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Current Mention

— Both houses of the Tennessee Legislature passed the State-wide prohibition law over the governor’s veto on January 20. This act makes the bill a law.

— According to the decision reached by the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, on January 13, it will require $234,000,000 to pay the expenses of the postal department during the present year.

— The United States Supreme Court, on January 19, affirmed the decree of the State courts of Texas, imposing a fine of $1,625,900 on the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of St. Louis, and ousting it from that State, on the charge of violating the Texas anti-trust law.

— The United States military appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1910, as reported to the House by the committee on military affairs, provides for an expenditure of $98,295,406. This is about ten million less than the estimates, and nearly four million more than the expenditures for the present year.

— Through the influence of President Roosevelt the anti-Japanese legislation in the California Legislature has been delayed for a time. It is felt in many quarters that the passage of the proposed legislation at this time would be likely to result in serious consequences. A certain portion of the press in both Japan and the United States is making much of the incident.

— Secretary of the Interior Garfield, in asking the chairmen of the Senate and House appropriation committees for a further appropriation to enable his department to protect the government against fraudulent land deals, makes the statement that approximately $110,000,000 worth of lands in States west of the Mississippi have been fraudulently acquired within the past two years by certain corporations and individuals.

— January 20 fifty-three workmen lost their lives through the explosion of a quantity of powder on one of the wooden cribs which had been erected to facilitate the building of a submarine tunnel under Lake Michigan, near Chicago. The crib was one and one-half miles from shore, and the explosion set it on fire. As soon as possible tugs were sent to the rescue of the men; but more than half of those employed had been either burned to death or drowned before help could reach them.

— Earthquakes continue in the devastated portions of Italy and Sicily almost hourly. There have been numerous shocks also at Smyrna, Turkey. Six hundred houses were destroyed there, and eight persons are reported killed. Mount Colima in Mexico is still in eruption, and a severe earthquake shock has been experienced in that region. The eruption of a volcano in one of the Philippine islands has let loose a mountain lake that has caused much destruction to farms below. A few persons are still being taken out alive from the ruins of the Italian cities. Those latest recovered had been buried twenty-two days. It is reported that of those rescued and receiving treatment in hospitals, five thousand have died.

— Wireless telegraphy demonstrated its immense practicability on January 23, when two steamers, the “Republic” of the White Star Line and the “Florida” of the Lloyd-Italiano Line, collided in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Nantucket Light, in a dense fog. The “Republic,” at once, by means of the wireless telegraph, sent distress messages, which were caught up by a station on shore, and quickly repeated by the more powerful batteries of the shore station. Vessels of three different lines at once headed for the disabled steamers, and the passengers were all safely transferred and brought to land, with the exception of four, who were killed when the vessels collided. The “Republic” went down after the arrival of the other vessels; but the passengers of both vessels were brought to port by the “Baltic” of the White Star Line.

The Publishing Work

Conducted under the auspices of the General Conference Publishing Department.

C. H. JONES - - - - Chairman E. R. PALMER - - - - Secretary H. H. HALL - - - - Assistant Secretary

The Church

By H. H. Hall

Instruction Pertaining to the Duties and Responsibilities of Officers and Members

The Church a Missionary Department

As shown by the following chart, there are three divisions of church work and official responsibility,—general, missionary, and Bible study. As this article has to do with the missionary department, we will take up the work of the head of that department—the church missionary secretary:—

The Church Missionary Society

Assisted perhaps by a missionary leader who may have charge of public meetings, or by a missionary committee in the larger churches, the local missionary secretary is in charge of missionary services, missionary work, missionary supplies, missionary funds and accounts.

The Young People’s Society and the Sabbath-school usually order their supplies through the missionary secretary [formerly known as librarian]. It is much more satisfactory than for each to order from the State office.

The work of the missionary secretary may be divided into two general divisions, and these subdivided, as follows:— 1. Relation to the State Tract Society. a. Communications to secretary. b. Communications from secretary. 2. Relation to the Church. a. To encourage individual effort. b. To promote interest in the missionary meetings. c. Suggestive lines of work. d. To keep the accounts.

1. Relation to the State Tract Society

a COMMUNICATION TO THE SECRETARY.—The church secretary acts as the medium of communication between the church and the missionary department of the conference. She orders all supplies from the tract society secretary, and should send brief reports of missionary activities of the church in connection with such orders. In addition to this a quarterly report should be rendered to the tract society secretary on blanks which will be furnished.

b COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY.—The church missionary secretary is also the medium through whom the missionary department of the conference communicates with the church. As the conference lays plans for missionary efforts and campaigns, and sends them out through its missionary department to the church secretaries, how important it is that they lose none of their force; but rather that they receive a new impetus because of the hearty interest taken in them by the local missionary secretary. It may seem that the plans thus received by the church secretary are too numerous and demand too much effort, but when we think of the very limited time in which we have to work, ought we not to expect one item of work to follow another in rapid succession?

2. Relation to the Church

a ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.—Besides giving careful study to the suggested plans of work submitted by the conference missionary department, the secretary should study the members of the church as well, with a view of giving to each one that line of work for which he is best adapted. Here is where the resources of the secretary are severely and continuously taxed. She should have for a motto, “Something for Each One to Do.” She must recognize the fact that God has given “to every man his work.”

b THE MISSIONARY MEETING.—In many churches it does not seem possible to hold a weekly missionary meeting, even in connection with the prayer-meeting. Where this is the case, and even where short weekly meetings are held, the regular Sabbath service may be devoted to missionary work once a month to good advantage. These meetings may partake very largely of a reporting nature, grouped as follows:— (1) What is being done in the mission fields, and how. (2) What is being done in the home land and local conference. (3) What is being done by the various members of the home church, and the methods used. (4) The presentation of some line of work which may be taken hold of by the church at once.

The information contained in the REVIEW AND HERALD will prove very helpful in preparing such a program. “The Missionary Idea,” by Sister Ellis, is also good. Reports of work in our home land and local conference may be obtained from the REVIEW, the union conference paper, and letters from the missionary department of the conference.

The report of the home church should be presented by the secretary, and others who have been active should be encouraged to relate their experiences. With these experiences and methods of work before the people, it is easy to interest them in some definite missionary proposition.

c SUGGESTIVE LINES OF WORK.—The following suggestions as to kinds of work that may be carried on in the churches is taken from “Church Missionary Work,” by Sister Anna L. Hindson, missionary secretary of the Australasian Union Conference, from whom many other suggestions for this article have been received:—

(1) Tract Work. (a) The package system. (b) The Signs of the Times leaflet packet. (c) By mailing. (d) Reading-racks. (e) Miscellaneous distribution. (f) Loaning or giving to tradesmen who call.

(2) Periodical Work. (a) Taking subscriptions. (b) Selling from door to door. (c) On streets and in stores. (d) Placing in racks in stations and in other prominent places. (e) Posting regularly to libraries and reading-rooms. (f) Mailing in connection with missionary correspondence, and to friends and relatives. (g) Taking them to hospitals, deaf and dumb asylums, and all benevolent institutions. (h) Selling or giving to tradesmen who call.

(3) Work With Our Books. (a) Selling. (b) Loaning.

(4) Missionary Correspondence. (a) To relatives and friends. (b) To persons whose names will be supplied by the State secretary.

(5) Christian Help Work. (a) Giving simple treatments. (b) Helping the poor, and teaching them how to help themselves. (c) Doreas work. (d) Visiting hospitals and sick neighbors, taking papers, texts, and flowers.

(6) Holding Bible Readings and Cottage Meetings. (a) In your own homes. (b) Among neighbors and friends who manifest an interest in the tracts and papers circulated.

(7) Earning Money for Missions. (a) By making missionary gardens. (b) By keeping missionary hens and bees. (c) By selling papers and small books and giving the profits. (d) By doing plain sewing, or making articles of fancy work for sale, etc.

For additional details for the carrying on of these various lines of work write to your conference missionary department.

H. H. HALL.

Ambassadors for Christ

“ALL things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; . . . having committed unto us the word of reconciliation. We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ.”

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By S. N. Haskell; Claude G. Conard

Canvassers’ Institutes for 1909

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

Eastern Pennsylvania, Lebanon ........ Jan. 20 to Feb. 1

Virginia, Lynchburg ........ Feb. 5-19

West Virginia, Parkersburg, Feb. 19 to March 5

Chesapeake ........ Feb. 19 to March 5

West Pennsylvania, Clearfield, March 5-19

Ohio ............ March 19 to April 2

Mount Vernon (Ohio) College, Mount Vernon ........ April 2-16

Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park, D. C. ........ April 16-30

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Iowa ........ Jan. 23 to Feb. 9

Minnesota ........ Feb. 26 to March 14

South Dakota ........ March 15-25

North Dakota ........ March 25 to April 5

Annual Meeting of the California Conference

The thirty-eighth annual meeting of the California Conference will be held at Oakland, Cal., Feb. 3, 1909, and continue until February 10. The first session of the meeting will be held at 9 A. M., February 3.

Each church is entitled to one delegate for the church, and one additional delegate for every twenty members. A full delegation is earnestly desired.

• S. N. HASKELL, President; CLAUDE G. CONARD, Secretary.

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth. Those responding to requests for papers should send only clean copies, neatly folded, and securely wrapped.—Ed.]

Mrs. Cassie Crawford, Trenton, Mo., literature for missionary work.

Mrs. Julia W. Jensen, 3 Lenora St., Worcester, Mass., periodicals for missionary work.

A. M. Hardy, Box 155, Salida, Colo., Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and Health, and tracts.

Mrs. Katy Taylor, 6503 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, denominational papers for reading-rack.

Charles Clooney, Box 35, Rock Hall, Md., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Instructor, and Little Friend.

Mrs. N. M. Guild, 51½ Blossom St., Fitchburg, Mass., denominational papers for missionary work.

Mrs. A. C. Allen, Portage, Wis., Signs, Watchman, REVIEW, Life and Health, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.

E. W. Wolfe, Mason City, Iowa, a large supply of tracts, pamphlets, Family Bible Teacher, and denominational periodicals in English, German, Jewish, and Scandinavian.

Miss Lillian Burnside, 715 Dakota St., San Antonio, Tex., Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and Health, and Instructor.

Miss Gussie Jensen, 2001 Red River St., Austin, Tex., wishes to thank those who have sent her literature, and to request that a continuous supply of Signs, Instructor, Watchman, Liberty, and Life and Health be sent.

C. H. Keslake, St. John’s, Newfoundland, REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Liberty, and any other of our denominational publications in the English, for distribution among the thousands of sealers who will be in the city of St. John’s between the first and tenth of March, on their way to the seal fisheries. The rate of postage to Newfoundland is one cent for two ounces.

Annual Meeting of Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists

By WM. COVERT

THE Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is hereby appointed to convene in its annual meeting at 2 P. M., Friday, Feb. 12, 1909, at the Seventh-day Adventist church at Sheridan, Ill. The legal voters of this association are the accredited delegates from the churches in the Northern Illinois Conference, the executive committee of the conference, and such other persons as may be delegates in attendance at the annual session of the Northern Illinois Conference to be convened at that time, for the purpose of electing a president, vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, an auditor, and two councilmen to serve for the period of one year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before delegates in annual session. WM. COVERT, President.

Northern Illinois Conference

By Wm. Covert

The sixth annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is hereby appointed to be held Feb. 10-14, 1909, at Sheridan, Ill., for the purpose of electing conference officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the assembled delegates.

The officers to be elected are: a president, secretary, treasurer, missionary secretary, missionary field agent, educational superintendent, Sabbath-school secretary, religious liberty secretary, an auditor, an executive committee of seven members, and a board of education for Fox River Academy, to consist of five members.

The delegates to the conference will consist of the executive committee, the accredited laborers of the conference as delegates at large, and delegates to be elected by the churches, upon the basis of one delegate for every fifteen members. The first meeting of this session is to be opened at 11 A. M., Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1909.

Wm. Covert, President.

Addresses

THE address of A. L. Gregory, M. D., is Sanitarium, Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina.

The address of Elder John S. Wightman is now College View, Neb., care of Central Union Conference Office. All mail will be forwarded to him from this address.

Names and Addresses Wanted for Missionary Purposes

THE Takoma Park Tract and Missionary Society wishes to obtain the names and addresses of persons to whom literature may be sent, and with whom missionary correspondence can be carried on. Address the librarian, John N. Quinn, Review and Herald, Takoma Park, D. C.

Annual Meeting of the California Conference Association

By H. W. Cottrell; CLAUDE G. CONARD

THE thirteenth annual meeting of the California Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the thirty-eighth annual meeting of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at Oakland, Cal., Feb. 3-10, 1909, for the purpose of electing a board of seven directors, and transacting any other business that may come before the meeting. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., February 4.

H. W. Cottrell, President; CLAUDE G. CONARD, Secretary.

Annual Meeting of the Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association

By Wm. Covert

THE Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association will hold its next annual meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist church at Sheridan, Ill., at 9:30 A. M., Friday, Feb. 12, 1909. The legal business to be transacted at this meeting will be the election of three directors to act for a term of three years as members of the board of the Tri-City Sanitarium of Moline, Ill. The legal voters of this meeting will be the accredited delegates to the Northern Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, to be held at that time and place.

Wm. COVERT, Chairman.

Business Notices

THIS department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.

Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.

We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.

A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.

No discount for several insertions.

Farm to Let on Shares

To Let on Shares.— A farm of 80 acres in Maple Grove, Mich., sixteen miles north of Battle Creek. Tenant must be a Seventh-day Adventist. For information address William Harding, R. F. D. 1, Dowling, Mich.

Sanitarium Cooking Oil for Sale

For SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 62 cents a gal. in half barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.

Peanut Butter and Cooking Oil for Sale

FOR SALE.— Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound; 100 pounds, freight paid, 12 cents. West of Rockies, 14 cents. 50 pounds Cocoanut Oil, $7; 6 cans (60 pounds) Cooking Oil, $6; freight paid, $6.50. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Washington, D. C.

Wesson’s Cooking Oil

WHY experiment with cheap and inferior cooking oils? Why not use Wesson's when it is as cheap, and so much superior? Free samples, "foods," "oil," and recipes, for 25 cents postage. Send to-day for price list to Ethan A. Brown (Nut Food Specialist), Des Moines, Iowa.

Strawberry and Asparagus Plants for Sale

FOR SALE.—Strawberry plants and asparagus plants at a bargain. Find five persons who want plants, and we will give you a year's subscription to Fruitman and Gardener for their addresses. Remember, the Highland catalogue free. Geo. Jorgensen & Son, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.

Hygienic Vegetable Cooking Oil

HYGIENIC VEGETABLE COOKING OIL.—Best shortening known. Guaranteed under pure food law. Keeps sweet and choice. 5 gal., $3.50; 10 gal., $6.75. Cans crated. ½ bbl. (about 32 gal.), 60 cents a gal. By freight from Louisville, Ky. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.

640 Acres for Sale in Kansas

By J. S. WASHBURN

For Sale.—640 acres in Frego County, Kan., near Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. Splendid farming land. Family estate of Elder C. A. Washburn. Land increasing rapidly in value, but as I am in the work, I desire to sell at once. For a limited time, price only $10 an acre for whole section; $12 for pick of quarter sections. Excellent climate. Purchaser’s railway fare paid. Address me at 665 Decatur St., Memphis, Tenn. J. S. WASHBURN.

Obituaries

Thomas.— Died at Mantee, Miss., June 15, 1908, from the effects of a lingering illness, Sister Salome E. Thomas. Sister Thomas was a devoted believer in the message. She accepted the faith in Texas, and since her return to Mississippi, she has been isolated the larger part of the time from those of the same faith, yet at all times she stood firmly for the truth, and desired her life to be a light in the community where she resided. She was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, near her home. W. J. Blake.

Foster.— Reuben J. Foster was born in Jefferson County, New York, Nov. 16, 1836, and died at the home of his daughter, six miles south of Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 26, 1908. He came to Michigan when a boy, accepted the truth of the third angel's message at the age of twenty-one, and at the age of twenty-eight was married to Miss Martha A. Wells. He had a living faith in God, and rests in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. Three children and many friends are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken from Job 19:25, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Wright Cemetery. J. M. Wilbur.

Longley.— Died suddenly from an acute attack of indigestion, at her home at Robey Station, Va., near Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 1908, Mrs. Cora A. Longley, wife of H. E. Longley. Sister Longley was forty-two years of age. She was born at Eaton, Mich. She and her husband were baptized into the third angel's message some twelve years ago by Elder A. O. Burrill, at Ola, Mich. She leaves a husband, three sons, and three daughters to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer at the home, December 16. Words of comfort were spoken from 1 Cor. 15:51. Sister Longley was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C. K. C. Russell.

Wild.— Died on her sixtieth birthday, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1908, at her home in New York City, of cancer, Mrs. Emily Wild. She accepted present truth eight years ago, and joined the Bronx Seventh-day Adventist church. She was faithful to the end. Words of comfort were spoken by J. J. Kennedy, who based his remarks on Rev. 1:18. The remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. J. M. Calvert.

De Graw.— John L. De Graw was born in New York State, May 21, 1838, and died near Emporia, Va., Dec. 3, 1908. When quite young, he moved to Michigan, joining the Seventh-day Adventist church at Alma about twenty-five years ago. About six years ago he came to Virginia. His death was caused by Bright's disease. He leaves a wife, two sons, one daughter, several grandchildren, and many friends to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. H. W. Herrell.

Fish.— Died at Los Angeles, Cal., of cancer, at the age of sixty-three years, Edward M. Fish, formerly of Leroy, Mich. Brother Fish accepted present truth in 1886, and has been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church since that time. During the past two years he has been a constant sufferer, but his patience and faith have been a blessing to the Edendale church, of which he was a member. His dying testimony was, “All is well.” The service was conducted by Elder J. W. Adams, assisted by the writer. R. S. Owen.

Hutchins.— Frank A. Hutchins was born in Fayetteville, N. Y., in 1853, and died of a complication of diseases, Nov. 20, 1908. In early years he became a member of the Presbyterian Church, later uniting with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Syracuse, N. Y., of which he has been a faithful and loyal member. He had a beautiful tenor voice, which he consecrated to the service of the Master. An aged father, a daughter, a son, and one brother, with a large circle of friends, are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. F. H. Laird (Presbyterian), a beloved friend of the bereaved family. We laid him to rest in the village cemetery, with the full assurance that if faithful, we shall yet hear him sing God's praise in the earth made new. *

Keller.— Vina May Smith was born at Thamesville, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 26, 1881; was married in 1905 to Mr. Keller, and one year later, with her husband, was graduated from the Battle Creek Sanitarium as a nurse. In November of the present year she underwent an operation at the sanitarium at Philadelphia, Pa., where her brother, Dr. W. Smith, is superintendent. Owing to weakness of heart action, and other complications, she died November 29. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, from her father's home near Charlotte, Mich., after which we laid her to rest in the beautiful cemetery to await the coming of the Lord. This is the first time that death has entered this family. The father, mother, four brothers, and two sisters mourn deeply their loss. W. R. Matthews.

Tefft.— Died of hemorrhage, caused by cancer of the stomach, at the home of his daughter, at Allentown, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1908, Elisha H. Tefft, aged 75 years, 7 months, and 22 days. Father was born at South Kingston, R. I., March 29, 1833. In early life he accepted Christ, and joined the Baptist Church. In 1855 he was married to Mary Jane Brandt, now deceased. In 1864 Elders M. E. Cornell and J. N. Loughborough preached the third angel's message in Rhode Island, and father and mother became charter members of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Curtis Corners. He was ever steadfast to the truth, firm to principle, and through months of intense suffering maintained his faith till the last. Of seven children, four are living to mourn his loss, but not without hope of seeing him again in the resurrection morning. Brief and appropriate remarks were made by Rev. Chattin, of the Methodist Church. Mrs. M. S. Collins.

Stratford.— Mrs. Blanch Stratford, née Seward, died of tuberculosis, Jan. 2, 1909, at Kokomo, Ind. Sister Stratford was born near Kokomo, Nov. 9, 1880. When about twenty years of age, she was married to Orla Stratford. The husband and one daughter survive. She died in hope, rejoicing in the thought of the soon-coming Saviour. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. A. L. Miller.

Townsend.— Dec. 11, 1908, Mrs. H. D. Townsend, late of Lyndonville, N. Y., was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, where she awaits the call of the great Lifegiver. She was about eighty years of age. She was born at Catskill, Greene Co., where her early life was spent. Later she lived in Partridge and Elmira, but the last months of her life were spent at Lyndonville with a son. At an early age she expressed her love for her Saviour, and joined the Episcopal Church, which connection she held until a few years ago, when she accepted present truth. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. R. B. Clapp.

Larson.— Died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Thorkelson, at Ruthven, Iowa, of old age, Anna Margaret Larson, aged 82 years, 10 months, and 22 days. Sister Larson was born in Eidsvold, Norway, Dec. 23, 1825. Dec. 26, 1850, she was married to Christian Larson. In 1869 they came to the United States, settling in Dane County, Wis. In 1872 they moved to Iowa, and settled in Palo Alto County, where they lived until her death. In 1872 Sister Larson accepted the doctrines of Seventh-day Adventists under the labors of Elder John F. Hansen. She lived a consistent Christian life, and died in the faith, with the hope of a part in the resurrection of the just. Four children, with one brother and one sister, are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer; text, 1 Thess. 4:13-18. W. D. Parkhurst.

Fleming.— Mary, wife of J. E. Fleming, was born Oct. 25, 1877, and died at her home in Wichita, Kan., Nov. 28, 1908, aged 31 years, 1 month, and 3 days. She was converted at an early age, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church; later she joined the Presbyterian Church. Four years ago she became acquainted with the truth through the labors of Sister K. Dick, and gladly accepted it. A husband and six children are left to mourn, yet they sorrow not as those who have no hope. During her life she taught her children to live Christian lives, and her last thoughts were for them. We laid her away in the Highland Cemetery at Wichita, to await the coming of the Lifegiver. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from John 14:1-3; 2:24, 25. Dr. F. E. Braucht assisted in the service. H. E. Kirk.

Hill.— Benjamin F. Hill was born in Southampton, England, Aug. 27, 1826, and died in Charlotte, Mich., Dec. 25, 1908, aged 82 years, 3 months, and 28 days. He came to America with his parents when two years of age. In 1853, with his wife and two children, Brother Hill moved to Michigan, and located near the present city of Charlotte. May 20, 1849, Brother Hill was united in marriage to Miss Rachel A. Barkdull, with whom he lived happily for nearly sixty years, and who survives him. Six children were born to this union, four of whom survive to comfort the sorrowing wife and mother. His Christian experience began when he was about sixteen years of age, at which time he united with the Methodist Church. In 1862, under the labors of Elders J. N. Loughborough and Moses Hull, he accepted the views held by the Seventh-day Adventists. His life of self-denial and sacrifice has ever been a worthy example to believers. In the death of Brother Hill the community loses a highly respected citizen, and the church a beloved leader and counselor. The funeral service was conducted by Elder W. R. Matthews, assisted by the writer. S. D. Hartwell.

MIDGET MASSAGE VIBRATOR.—

Patent applied for. The only true massage machine ever invented that will run without electricity. Will last a lifetime. $3 to Adventists only. Send for folder. We make medical lamps for office and home use. Radiodescent Lamp Co., 54 South, Kalamazoo, Mich.

NURSES WANTED.—

Would like to correspond with graduate nurses who desire to secure permanent positions with good salary. No nurse over thirty-five need apply. State age, place and date of graduation, and experience in nursing. References will be required. Address North Yakima Sanitarium, North Yakima, Wash.

Building Lots for Sale in Florida

For Sale.—Thirty-seven building lots, 60 x 210 feet, on sanitarium plat, near Adventist church and school. Modern facilities. Sure to enhance. Lots improved and cared for to suit purchaser. Fine place for citrus fruits and bananas. Price, $125 each. Cash or terms. Every dollar goes to Florida Conference to pay for sanitarium. Address Florida Sanitarium, Drawer 28, Orlando, Fla.

Sanitarium Furniture and Apparatus for Sale

For SALE.—On account of poor health, I offer for sale the complete furniture and apparatus of a modern, well-equipped sanitarium, located in Grand Junction, Colo. Building rented for a period of time under favorable terms. Good opening. Work well started and in full harmony with Western Slope Conference. For further particulars address Dr. F. A. Washburn, care Fairlawn Sanitarium, Grand Junction, Colo.

Mottoes and Bible Cards for Sale

For SALE.—500,000 of the most beautiful Mottoes you ever looked at. We sold almost 31,000 of these beauties in the first twenty-nine days of November. We will mail 100 Mottoes, 12 x 16, for $6; or 100 of our Imported Bible Cards, 4 x 7 inches, for $3.50. Teachers will want these cards for their classes. Do not delay, but send order at once. Orders filled by return mail. Address, with two-cent stamp, Hampton Art Company, Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.

Omitted Names of Outgoing Workers

THE list of outgoing workers for 1908 omitted the names of Elder J. G. Kroeker and wife, of Nebraska, who sailed for Brazil about June 1.

Sunday Mail Reports Against Religious Legislation

THE Religious Liberty Bureau has issued in an attractive form extended extracts from the Sunday Mail Reports of 1829 and 1830, in which were presented most logical and convincing arguments against any religious legislation by Congress. Appended to these extracts are official indorsements of these reports adopted by State legislatures in 1830 and 1831. This booklet will be of special value in the present effort to persuade Congress not to reverse the decision made at that time, and not to yield to the present demands for the enactment of a Sunday law.

Timely Counsel in the Review

By Editor

It is perhaps unnecessary to direct special attention to any article in the Review by Mrs. E. G. White, but the instruction contained in the article in this issue of the Review is so timely that we deem it fitting to bespeak for it a careful reading.

Dr. Farnsworth Visits Washington

AMONG the visitors in Washington last week was Dr. C. P. Farnsworth, the medical superintendent of the sanitarium at Chamberlain, S. D. Dr. Farnsworth came to Washington for the special purpose of meeting a committee of the House of Representatives to confer with them concerning some government school property in South Dakota.

Hansen Family Returns from India

AFTER seven years in India, in sanitarium and general work, Brother L. F. Hansen and family have returned to America, reaching Washington last week. Their ship came into Messina, Sicily, four days after the earthquake, and took several hundred refugees to Naples. They report that press despatches have in no wise exaggerated the picture of ruin and desolation in the stricken area.

F. M. Wilcox Joins Review Staff

By Editor

It is with much satisfaction, which we think will be shared by our readers, that we announce that Elder F. M. Wilcox, who has for several years been connected with the work in Boulder, Colo., has accepted an invitation to join the editorial staff of the REVIEW. His long and varied experience in the denominational work, which includes a term of office as secretary of the Foreign Mission Board, and his wide acquaintance throughout the field, will be of special advantage to Brother Wilcox in taking up this line of work. His name will appear hereafter in the editorial card as one of the associate editors.

Sabbath-School Reports

In the February number of the Sabbath School Worker there is printed a quarterly summary of the reports of the Sabbath-schools in the union conferences in North America for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1908, and the Sabbath-schools in the foreign conferences and mission fields for the quarter ending June 30, 1908. The total contributions to missions by the Sabbath-schools in this country during the quarter reported amounted to $20,753.51, while the total contributions to missions from the schools in foreign countries during the quarter reported, amounted to $5,910.49, making a grand total of $26,664, or an average of over two thousand dollars a week donated to missions during one quarter. The Sabbath-school Department now suggests a new rally cry, “A Hundred Thousand Dollars a year for

A Hundred Thousand Dollars a Year

direct missions from the Sabbath-schools in the United States and Canada." The contributions from our Sabbath-schools have come to be a large factor in the problem of extending the gospel message throughout the world.

Workers Safe During Haiti Conflict

In a recent letter, Elder W. J. Tanner reports his family and the workers as having been kept safely during the conflict in Haiti. He feels it providential that “just in the localities where our work is established, there was practically no trouble,” though once it appeared that his family would have to take refuge from flying bullets in the cellar.

Conference Reports in the Public Press

QUITE full reports of the session of the East Pennsylvania Conference were given in the daily papers of Lebanon, Pa., where the conference was held. These reports were illustrated by pictures of leading workers, and in this way the attention of many people was called to the truths of the message. The leaders in our conference work are appreciating more and more the benefits arising from the publication of such reports in the public press, and are availing themselves more and more of the opportunity thus offered of reaching the people.

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