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Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 9.

Our Tower of Refuge
Earlier text: Winning and Holding Boys —

Colporteurs’ Summary for January, 1912

Atlantic Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Maine 5 100 $72.15 860 $86.00 $158.15
Northern New England 4 351 308.77 254 25.40 334.17
Massachusetts 11 534 619.80 475 47.50 667.30
Southern New England 2 61 78.75 1493 149.30 228.05
New York 9 368 588.75 1085 108.50 697.25
Western New York 3 106 85.20 1160 116.00 201.20
Greater New York 8 289 185.15 2835 283.50 468.65
Totals 42 1809 1938.57 8162 816.20 2754.77
Columbia Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Ohio 6 390 340.25 4007 400.70 740.95
West Virginia 4 328 427.45 400 40.00 467.45
Virginia 7 442 963.40 1086 108.60 1072.00
Chesapeake 6 352 446.20 1289 128.90 575.10
Eastern Pennsylvania 5 310 199.00 1337 133.70 332.70
West Pennsylvania 11 615 680.20 676 67.60 747.80
New Jersey .. .. .. 725 72.50 72.50
District of Columbia .. .. .. 1230 123.00 123.00
Totals 39 2237 3056.50 10750 1075.00 4131.50
Lake Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
East Michigan 16 933 773.55 2189 218.90 992.45
West Michigan 5 286 141.90 1179 117.90 259.80
North Michigan 2 68 118.35 270 27.00 145.35
Wisconsin 5 359 307.55 2448 244.80 552.35
Northern Illinois 5 345 478.48 2362 236.20 714.65
Southern Illinois 8 415 415.05 555 55.50 470.55
Indiana 2 186 139.95 1085 108.50 248.45
Totals 43 2592 2374.80 10088 1008.80 3383.60
Canadian Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Ontario 1 112 141.50 2060 206.00 347.50
Quebec 1 60 31.50 200 20.00 51.50
Maritime 1 56 79.80 ... ... 79.80
Newfoundland .. .. .. 100 10.00 10.00
Totals 3 228 252.80 2360 236.00 488.80
Southern Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Louisiana 6 343 356.55 364 36.40 392.95
Alabama 5 305 305.25 720 72.00 377.25
Kentucky 3 383 297.25 610 61.00 358.25
Mississippi 12 542 734.70 70 7.00 741.70
Tennessee River 10 432 415.15 862 86.20 501.35
Totals 36 2005 2108.90 2626 262.60 2371.50
Southeastern Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Cumberland 8 245 244.25 100 10.00 254.25
Georgia 10 399 598.85 1000 100.00 698.85
North Carolina 8 489 564.75 210 21.00 585.75
South Carolina 9 325 442.00 325 32.50 474.50
Florida 17 959 1566.80 915 91.50 1658.30
Totals 52 2417 3416.65 2550 255.00 3671.65
Southwestern Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Arkansas .. .. .. 360 36.00 36.00
Oklahoma 11 521 678.10 220 22.00 700.10
West Texas .. .. .. 185 18.50 18.50
South Texas 5 341 292.85 392 39.20 332.05
North Texas 2 191 117.75 1735 173.50 291.25
New Mexico 5 321 276.10 740 74.00 350.10
Totals 23 1374 1364.80 3632 363.20 1728.00
Central Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
North Missouri 17 352 436.15 206 20.60 456.75
South Missouri 3 201 157.15 70 7.00 164.15
East Colorado 7 243 332.20 468 46.80 379.00
West Colorado .. .. .. 110 11.00 11.00
Nebraska 5 117 179.40 1470 147.00 326.40
Wyoming .. .. .. 300 30.00 30.00
East Kansas 2 70 66.50 1247 124.70 191.20
West Kansas 6 85 58.50 275 27.50 86.00
St. Louis Mission .. .. .. 25 2.50 2.50
Totals 40 1068 1229.90 4171 417.10 1647.00
Northern Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Iowa 7 553 392.25 1126 112.60 504.85
Minnesota .. .. .. 1545 154.50 154.50
North Dakota .. .. $... 505 $50.50 $50.50
South Dakota .. .. ... 385 38.50 38.50
Totals 7 553 392.25 3561 356.10 748.35
Pacific Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Northern California-Nevada 4 69 272.30 227 22.70 295.00
Arizona 2 252 1255.00 50 5.00 1260.00
Southern California 4 480 766.55 2311 231.10 997.65
Utah 2 199 461.95 110 11.00 472.95
Central California 2 301 541.70 162 16.20 557.90
California Coast 1 271 630.75 4776 477.60 1108.35
Totals 15 1572 3928.25 7636 763.60 4691.85
North Pacific Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Western Washington .. ... .... 1910 191.00 191.00
Upper Columbia .. ... .... 850 85.00 85.00
Western Oregon .. ... .... 4015 401.50 401.50
Southern Idaho .. ... .... 307 30.70 30.70
Montana .. ... .... 90 9.00 9.00
Southern Oregon .. ... .... 233 23.30 23.30
Alaska .. ... .... ... ... ...
Eastern Oregon Mission .. ... .... ... ... ...
Totals .. ... .... 7405 740.50 740.50
Western Canadian Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Alberta .. ... .... 215 21.50 21.50
Manitoba .. ... .... 750 75.00 75.00
British Columbia .. ... .... 455 45.50 45.50
Saskatchewan .. ... .... 578 57.80 57.80
Totals .. ... .... 1998 199.80 199.80
Subscription lists ... ... ... 51848 5184.80 5184.80
Foreign and miscellaneous ... ... ... 4879 487.90 487.90
Foreign Union Conferences and Missions AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
British 47 3316 1632.45 264844 4887.09 6519.54
Australasian 78 6223 9766.74 ... ... 9766.74
South Africa 10 790 1475.06 976 101.33 1576.39
India Mission 4 468 302.73 ... ... 302.73
Scandinavian .. ... .... ... ... ...
German unions (2) 501 38930 13232.30 189566 5201.90 18434.20
Russian 37 ... 1739.96 ... ... 1739.96
Siberian 3 ... 104.85 ... ... 104.85
Latin 10 1060 647.65 ... 120.90 768.55
Levant 16 810 77.78 ... ... 77.78
South American 17 963 2018.20 ... 157.36 2175.56
Brazil 11 1105 807.58 ... ... 807.58
Mexican 4 423 1463.75 1736 779.44 2243.19
Cuba 1 110 316.00 ... ... 316.00
Porto Rico 2 ... 283.50 ... ... 283.50
Totals, Foreign 741 54198 $33868.55 457122 $11248.02 $45116.57
Totals, North America 300 15855 20063.42 121666 12166.60 32230.02
Grand totals 1041 70053 $53931.97 578788 $23414.62 $77346.59

Comparative Book Summary

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Jan. $26,325.50 $25,929.06 $40,677.06 $42,532.23 $44,495.65 $53931.97
Feb. 26,369.61 30,466.40 48,748.21 50,990.34 53,923.57 ......
March 36,253.65 35,757.15 52,703.85 55,711.55 73,015.56 ......
April 35,276.76 43,858.29 55,109.54 64,042.39 73,548.31 ......
May 51,097.51 67,455.44 82,971.94 86,333.58 81,923.78 ......
June 65,317.23 82,878.67 124,412.34 112,606.05 135,888.76 ......
July 75,691.57 120,973.89 95,445.21 103,919.12 127,256.86 ......
Aug. 46,590.68 66,946.38 71,652.97 91,145.11 91,810.46 ......
Sept. 32,503.48 51,148.56 55,625.41 66,523.65 86,001.72 ......
Oct. 40,646.45 62,719.91 52,669.93 62,461.13 81,367.89 ......
Nov. 30,016.77 53,787.31 49,964.99 58,211.68 67,600.00 ......
Dec. 25,361.54 39,873.18 45,759.73 54,663.93 58,386.24 ......
Totals, $491,450.75 $681,794.24 $775,741.18 $849,140.76 $976,218.80 ......

Comparative Summary of Ten-Cent Magazines

TOTALS 1909 TOTALS 1910 TOTALS 1911 TOTALS 1912 TOTALS 1909 TOTALS 1910 TOTALS 1911 TOTALS 1912
Jan. 71094 89462 122202 121666 Aug. 174136 152520 215773 ......
Feb. 91812 116198 99234 ...... Sept. 102033 120020 135179 ......
March 134206 132165 244003 ...... Oct. 108571 116157 164537 ......
April 120582 183981 192757 ...... Nov. 106860 102795 110326 ......
May 115145 174886 141204 ...... Dec. 90737 99137 98541 ......
June 163545 193727 145025 ......
July 168689 222146 197582 ...... Totals, 1447510 1703187 1866363 121666

Notes of Progress

By E. R. P.

THERE is, apparently, a great decrease in the book work in the British Union Conference, for in previous reports the missionary papers sold by colporteurs were counted in with the books. In this report they are separated. The total shows a good, substantial gain.
AGAIN, the German unions show a very large gain, not only over the previous month, but also over the corresponding month of the previous year. The general agent in Germany writes that during the past six months more than one hundred colporteurs have been added to their list, and the sales have nearly doubled. There are now 501 colporteurs in the two German union conferences. What a grand work this army of self-supporting missionaries represents!
THE three unions of the Southern field are also planning for a prosperous year, and the good work is well under way. The reports indicate that a large number of the colporteurs are planning to lift the standard by becoming one-thousand-dollar and sixteen-hundred-hour colporteurs.
IT is indeed a great inspiration to receive each month the reports which make up these summaries. They contain a wonderful record of the progress the third angel's message is making all over the world. We greatly rejoice in the triumphs of the message, and our brethren and sisters who read these good reports will rejoice with us.
SPECIAL mention should be made of the progress of the book work in the Pacific Union. The Lord has greatly blessed the colporteur work in that union during the past year, and the work has grown from a position near the bottom of the list to the very head of the unions in North America, for the first month of this new year. The sales for January, 1911, amounted to $721.35. Compared with the first month of 1912, there is a gain of $3,206.90.
THE general agent of the Lake Union Conference, Brother J. B. Blosser, writes that the prospects have never before been so good in the Lake Union Conference. Several very large institutes are being held, and from the present outlook there will be a gain of from twenty-five to fifty per cent in sales during the present year. There was also a most encouraging gain in that union last year. We trust that the expectation of our brethren will be fully realized.
As we all work together during the year 1912 to spread this precious truth, may the Lord help us to keep in mind, and be encouraged by, the blessed hope that when this gospel of the kingdom shall have been preached in all the world for a witness, then shall the end come. Let us all work and pray to the end that the splendid progress which the work is now making may not be interrupted until every nation, kindred, tongue, and people has heard the message of salvation.
BROTHER C. J. TOLF, general agent of the Atlantic Union Conference, writes that while their gain for the month of January is small, they “are surely on the up-grade, with a good pressure of steam on the boiler.” It was with considerable difficulty that the Atlantic Union held its own during the year 1911. However, a small gain was made in the sales, and the outlook is far better for the present year; and the workers, according to Brother Tolf's report, “are out for success, by God's help.” E. R. P.

The Torn New Testament

An infidel workman in Bulgaria bought a copy of the New Testament, and when he found it was a Christian book, he tore it in pieces and threw them away. The other workmen gathered up some of the torn leaves, and were so charmed with the words that many bought copies for themselves. Thus the one book destroyed was the means of interesting many men.—World-Wide.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By L. M. Bowen; L. A. Whitney

Notice

THE tenth annual meeting of the sanitarium Food Company will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Thursday, March 14, 1912, at 12 M.
L. M. BOWEN, President; L. A. WHITNEY, Secretary.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— The Chinghwa Republic is the official name of the new Chinese government.
— February 13, forty-six persons were drowned by the sinking, after a collision, of two Japanese steamers near Nagasaki, Japan.
— The city of Chicago receives $15,000,000 annually as a tax on vice. For this amount 5,000 human lives are sacrificed every year.
— Eight persons are dead and about fifty injured as the result of a tornado that swept through a section of Shreveport, La., on February 20.
— Interest in the Chinese political situation ought not to obscure the fact that in the Yangtse Valley a great famine is raging, in which nearly four million persons are facing absolute starvation.
— The Mississippi Legislature has passed an anti-tipping bill. Any employer who allows an employee to take a tip is to be fined $150. Any waiter who takes a tip, and any man who gives one, is to be fined $50.
— The Mexican government has agreed to pay an indemnity of $3,100,000 to the Chinese republic for the death of 300 Chinese at Torreon, Mexico, during the revolution last July, according to a recent cablegram. The Chinese were murdered by Mexican revolutionists.
— The Russian government is seriously considering the tunneling of the Caucasian mountains near Tiflis, thus connecting the Black and the Caspian Seas. The length of the tunnel would be sixteen miles, and the engineers estimate that the work could be completed in seven years.
— The situation in Mexico is still unsettled, and is causing much anxiety to the State Department at Washington. Lawlessness prevails in both the north and south, and the Madero government has, so far, been unable to quell the insurrection. Foreigners are leaving the country for safety.
— Biblical students await with interest the completion of an English translation of the Old Testament projected by a company of American Jewish scholars who purpose to provide a version based upon “the historical Jewish interpretation of Scripture” in the light of rabbinical tradition and learning.
— Four trainmen were killed in a rear-end collision between a freight-train and the Boston-bound express in the Hoosac Tunnel, near North Adams, Mass., on February 20. The passenger-train was not seriously damaged, but the wrecked freight-cars took fire, and it is said that the tunnel can not be cleared for several days.
— A coal strike is threatened in Great Britain which will involve about 800,000 miners. March 1 has been named by the federation as the date of the walk-out. It is reported that miners in this country and on the Continent will be asked to stop work in support of the British strike. The government is endeavoring to bring about a satisfactory settlement.

St. Helena Training School for Missionary Nurses

By GEO. THOMPSON; MYRTLE B. HUDSON

On April 2, 1912, we would gladly welcome thirty-five consecrated young men and women to our spring class.
A call for a class of this size has never before been made, but it is now possible because of the expansion of the sanitarium and hospital work, and the opening up of additional facilities in San Francisco,—the laying of the foundation for a more extensive work in anticipation of the great opportunities offered by the world's fair of 1915.
The sanitarium board has decided to open treatment-rooms in the best part of the city of San Francisco, in addition to the Laguna Street Dispensary. This added work will necessitate more workers; but the cities must be warned.
Believing that “medical missionary work is the door through which the truth is to find entrance to the large cities,” and realizing the need of medical missionary workers in foreign fields as well as in the home field, we urge our young people to come now and enter this branch of the cause.
With a large four-story hospital connected with the sanitarium, those in the training-school have the advantage of a thorough preparation in surgical work. A laboratory course in gastric and urine analyses is also now part of the required work.
It is necessary that students shall have completed at least the eighth grade of preliminary school work.
The training-school calendar and an application blank will be forwarded upon request.
Read the testimony given June 1, 1909, in Volume IX, page 167.
GEO. THOMPSON, M. D., Med. Supt.; MYRTLE B. HUDSON, M. D., Sec.

Notice

By H. W. COTTRELL; J. B. GIDDINGS

THE fifteenth annual meeting of the California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association for the purpose of electing four or more members of the board of directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting, will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Wednesday, March 13, 1912, at 12 M.
H. W. COTTRELL, President; J. B. GIDDINGS, Secretary.

Northern Illinois, Attention!

We have moved the office of the Northern Illinois Conference and Tract Society from 440 S. Dearborn St. to 3645 Ogden Ave., Chicago. We are near the corner of Millard Avenue, and may be reached by three car-lines,—the Douglas Park elevated to Lawndale Avenue station, and the Ogden Avenue and Twenty-second Street surface lines. All communications for the office or for any officer of the conference should be addressed to our new number, as noted above.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE AND TRACT SOCIETY.

Pacific Union Conference Biennial Meeting

By G. A. Irwin; J. J. Ireland

The sixth biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 417 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, Cal., at 9:30 A. M., March 21, 1912, to continue until the 26th, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing biennial term, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Each local conference shall be entitled, aside from its president, to one delegate in the sessions of this conference, without regard to numbers, and one additional member for every three hundred church-members in the conference.
A ministerial institute will be held in Los Angeles from March 12 to 20, which will precede the opening of this session of the conference.
By order of the executive committee. G. A. Irwin, President; J. J. Ireland, Secretary.

Thanks for Religious Liberty Clippings

By Editor

WE wish to thank our friends for sending in to the office clippings from the press on questions pertaining to religious liberty principles.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
No advertisements of “agents wanted,” or “partners wanted,” and no “promotion” nor “colonization” enterprises, will be printed in this column. 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. The fact that one is a subscriber does not necessarily make him “known” to the managers, nor constitute sufficient 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 two dollars 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 five cents.
No discount for several insertions.
KOKOFAT is a pure coconut product, firm like butter most of the year. Ideal for cooking purposes and to replace dairy butter. Highly refined, and free from the coconut flavor so noticeable in shipments until recently. Five-gallon can, $5.50; gallon cans, $1.15. The factory uses no other shortening. Nashville Sanitarium-Food Factory, Nashville, Tenn.
For SALE.—Farm, 40 acres, good 10-room house, furnace, windmill, well, cistern, bank barn, fruit, rural route, 1½ miles from store, and 60 rods from Seventh-day Adventist church; land rolling. F. D. Snyder, R. F. D. 27, Osseo, Mich.
For SALE.—Two students, ready to enter the work for their race, must sell their farm in northwest Kansas to equip their school. Well watered, good grass, corn and wheat land, practically all fenced, fair improvements. Hillcrest School, R. F. D. 3, Nashville, Tenn.
COOKING OIL.—Quality guaranteed. Extensively used. Nutritious, odorless, keeps indefinitely. 5 gallons, $3.25; 8 1-gallon cans, $5.80; 10 gallons, $6.25; 30-gallon barrel, $17.60; 5 5-gallon cans, $18.60; 50-gallon barrel, $30. Purity Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
WANTED.—Seventh-day Adventist to work on farm. Must be a competent farm worker and good with horses. Twenty-five dollars a month and board first year; higher wages second year. State age and experience; send recommendations from two persons. Address John Baer, Rushville, Nebr.
For SALE.—Worth $1,800. First-class 5-room cottage. Rooms tinted, bath, toilet, hot water, wash-room, stationary tubs, lawn, cement walk, out shed, fruit-trees. Near Adventist church, high school, and grammar school. Good climate, 1½ lots. Only $1,300. Offered at this low figure to close an estate. Address Geo. J. Powell, Morgan Hill, Cal.
For SALE.—The following choice bulbs at prices given: Gladioli (mixed), 25 cents a dozen; tuberoses (excelsior pearl), 25 cents a dozen; cannas, 75 cents a dozen; caladium (elephant’s-ear), 10 cents each. If by mail, add 10 cents a dozen for postage on gladioli, tuberoses, and cannas; for caladiums, 5 cents a bulb. Orders will be booked, and bulbs forwarded as soon as danger of frost is over. Your patronage appreciated. Address Oakwood Manual Training School, Huntsville, Ala.

Obituaries

LYMS.—Rebekah Jane Gilmore Lyms was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1, 1828, and died at Grand Ledge, Mich., Feb. 6, 1912. Her husband and four children survive. Sister Lyms accepted present truth about seventeen years ago. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from her favorite text, John 15:7. R. E. PUTNEY.
BRUCE.—Died at Roswell, New Mex., Dec. 18, 1911, Frances Saxton-Bruce. She was born May 2, 1837, and became a Christian early in life. At the time of her death she was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Keene, Tex., and had cherished the blessed hope of a soon-coming Saviour for fifteen years. Six children are left sorrowful, but cheered by the hope of the first resurrection. C. F. PARMELE.
SOUTHWICK.—Merrit Zelotes Southwick died at his home in Milton Junction, Wis., Jan. 28, 1912, aged 84 years, 2 months, and 17 days. He was converted early in life, and later embraced present truth. Two sisters, two brothers, and a daughter are left to mourn; but they are comforted by the assurance that their loved one fell asleep in the blessed hope of a soon-coming Saviour. W. W. STERBINS.
WEED.—Nancy L. Boyce was born in Lapeer County, Michigan, Jan. 10, 1853. In 1876 she was united in marriage with Daniel Weed, who died eleven years ago. A foster-daughter, one sister, and many friends mourn their loss. Sister Weed accepted present truth in 1889. She loved the message and was an active worker for her Master until her death, which occurred Jan. 31, 1912, in Battle Creek, Mich. The writer, assisted by H. G. Bayley, conducted the funeral service, speaking words of comfort from Rev. 14:13. C. N. SANDERS.
WELCH.—William Henry, son of George A. and Addie R. Welch, was born Sept. 26, 1895, and died at his home near Van Wert, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1912. In many ways he was a model young man, and those who knew him saw before him a bright future, had not his brief illness cut short his noble life. He maintained his Christian hope until the last. His father, mother, four sisters, and three brothers are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, the text being Isa. 40:31. JOHN FRANCIS OLMSTED.
SUMNER.—George W. Sumner, local elder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Sandprairie, Richland Co., Wis., died Jan. 27, 1912, aged 65 years, 10 months, and 6 days. Brother Sumner was a member of this denomination for the last thirty-six years of his life. A devoted companion, two sons, and three daughters are left to mourn. The little church of which he was elder feels deeply the loss of a faithful shepherd. A large and attentive congregation at the funeral gave evidence of the high esteem in which he was held by the community. The writer spoke words of comfort from Rev. 2:10. W. S. SHREVE.
CHASE.—Clarecy A. Stilwell Chase was born at Rochester Center, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1844, and died at Hart, Mich., Dec. 30, 1911, aged 67 years and 19 days. She came with her parents to Michigan in 1861, and thirteen years later was united in marriage with Horace Chase. To this union were born three sons and one daughter. In 1881 Sister Chase embraced present truth, and remained faithful until her death. She suffered intensely during her last illness, but bore it very patiently. Two sons survive. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, words of comfort being spoken from Ps. 146:3, 4. C. N. SANDERS.
GIBSON.—Charles M. Gibson was born in Muncie, Ind., July 28, 1837, and fell asleep in Jesus at Salina, Kans., Jan. 7, 1912, aged 74 years, 3 months, and 11 days. In 1857 he was united in marriage with Jennie D. Heaton. To this union six children were born, four of whom, with their mother, are still living. About thirty-two years ago Brother Gibson accepted the third angel's message. From that time until his death he was a conscientious Christian, and dearly loved his Bible. It was his delight to talk of the soon-coming Saviour. A large number of friends and neighbors attended the funeral service, which was conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother B. H. Shaw. M. G. HUFFMAN.

Addresses Wanted

THE Boulder, Colo., church would like to know the whereabouts of the following persons: Caroline Bixby, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Britton, Maud Butcher, Helen Carlton, and Lawrence Kerr. Any information should be addressed to the church clerk, Mrs. F. W. Alcorn, 805 Maxwell Ave., Boulder, Colo.

Change of Address

ALL mail for W. G. Buckner should be addressed to Redondo, Cal.
All correspondence intended for the president of the Montana Conference should now be addressed to Elder L. A. Gibson, Box 118, Bozeman, Mont.
Communications intended for the president of the Southern Union Conference should be addressed to S. E. Wight, 511 Cole Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. All mail intended for the treasurer of that union should be sent to E. H. Rees, at the same address.

Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent post-paid:—
Mrs. J. W. Johns, R. F. D. 6, Jefferson, Tex., desires papers for free distribution.
Mrs. J. M. Fittro, Branson, Mo., desires late, clean copies of our papers and magazines for free distribution.
Copies of Life and Health, Signs of the Times (weekly and monthly), Life Boat, Youth's Instructor, Watchman, and Our Little Friend are desired for use in missionary work by Mrs. J. L. Holm, R. F. D. 3, Bon Aqua, Tenn.

The Holy Spirit Comes First

IN emphasizing the importance of receiving the Holy Spirit, Elder A. G. Daniells, in one of the Sabbath services at the ministerial institute at College View, Nebr., said: “Finances and plans of administration are important, but they are not supreme. The blessing of the Spirit comes first. The pioneers in this work lacked organization, but they had the Word and the Spirit. These were the essential elements in the establishment of this work. They will prove essential elements in its finishing. We must pray, as did Dr. Chalmers, that the material things shall not secularize us. I thank God for our organization, for our conferences, our educational institutions, our publishing houses, and our sanitariums. But it will prove our ruin to look to these material agencies instead of to God. We must seek the power of the divine Spirit, and emphasize it above all else.”

Another Worker Fallen

By T. E. Bowen

TUESDAY morning of last week, a cable from Shanghai announced the sad news of the death of Esta Miller. The cable gave the cause of his death as appendicitis. These words flashed across the sea and came as a shock to all, as no intimation had been given of his illness.
Brother Miller had been in China only a few months since his marriage and return to that field, he and his wife having sailed from San Francisco the latter part of September, 1910. Having acquired the language during his former stay, the brethren in China urged his return, as his help was greatly needed at that time at Chang-sha. They sailed, therefore, a little earlier than they had planned. Up to the time of the revolution, when all our workers were compelled to leave the interior for a place of safety, Brother Miller was doing good service among the Chinese in evangelistic work. His labor is now finished. Other hands must grasp the fallen standard and continue to press the message on into the waiting fields of China.
In this hour of sorrow, the parents, Elder J. O. Miller and his wife, of St. John, New Brunswick, and the wife in China, will have the sympathy and prayers of the brethren and sisters. May God bless and comfort them.
T. E. BOWEN.

Death of Elder F. Anderson

The death of Elder F. Anderson, who has had charge of the North Swedish Mission, is reported by Brother Guy Dall. Brother Anderson was on his way to the Skodsborg Sanatorium, but died at Malmo, Sweden. The date of his death is not stated. Full particulars will be given later.

Mrs. O. E. Davis Returns

MRS. O. E. DAVIS reached Washington last week, Wednesday, on her return from British Guiana. She went on north the next day, where she will spend some time with friends of her deceased husband in New York and Michigan before going to her former home in Seattle, Wash. No further particulars developed regarding the death of Elder Davis other than those published. Brother Roger plans to visit the Indians this spring, and may be able to get more information.

Life and Health Subscription Offer

By Editor

The supply of the January Life and Health is exhausted. All 15-months-for-$1 subscriptions hereafter will therefore include the October, November, and December, 1911, issues, and begin with the February number. This offer expires April 1.

Sabbath-School Memory Verse Cards

SATISFACTORY arrangements have been made for the Sabbath-school Memory Verse Cards to be supplied by the Sabbath School Worker at 7 cents per set of 13 cards. These cards have been tested thoroughly enough to demonstrate their utility and desirability. All schools where there are children should have the Memory Verse Cards. In ordering, remember to order one full set for each child, and to send the order to the Sabbath School Worker, Takoma Park, D. C.

W. T. KNOX

By W. T. Knox

Closing Up the $300,000 Fund

THE last report on the $300,000 Fund, which appeared in the REVIEW of February 15, shows receipts on this fund up to January 31, amounting to $161,482.66. One conference and one mission field—Nebraska and Saskatchewan—are reported as having paid their full portion on this enterprise.
By action of the autumn council of November, 1911, this fund will be kept open until July 1 of the present year, after which date it is desired to close the account and effort. As a result of this action and of a somewhat similar one taken at the Friedensau council, many pledges to the fund have been made in almost all conferences in America. In view of the rapid passing of the allotted time, and also of the notification coming to the General Conference Office that China, India, and Japan are desirous of having large contributions from this fund in the very near future, it becomes exceedingly important that special effort at once be made by all concerned to help the General Conference treasury to secure speedy payment upon all pledges made.

W. T. KNOX

Ida Thomason Returns to Africa

Miss Ida Thomason arrived in Washington Thursday of last week. She is on her way to South Africa, being obliged to return a little earlier from her furlough than was planned on account of Dr. Thomason’s not returning to Africa. Another brother, Oscar, goes over to Africa with her, having accepted a private offer to superintend a ranch in the vicinity of Lake Nyanza. Miss Thomason’s heart is in the medical missionary work in South Africa, she having labored earnestly with her brother in building up the patronage of the sanitarium at Plumstead. She will have the prayers and best wishes of her many friends as she returns to her work. She sails from New York next week.

Providences in Our Magazine Work

By A. J. S. Bourdeau

The influence exerted by our ten-cent magazines is marvelous. Our correspondence shows that even the giving out of one single copy often results in many subscriptions returned, and the development of agents among clergymen, attorneys, business men, and other professional classes. The city clerk of Milwaukee, Wis., who is a contributor to Life and Health, says: “I have been interested in reading your magazine Liberty, and appreciate very much the numbers of Life and Health. Best wishes for the future of your work.”
The religious liberty secretary of the North Pacific Union Conference, sends this encouraging item: “Within less than one month, Elder F. S. Bunch and myself have secured more than 975 yearly subscriptions for the Protestant. I secured in two churches 410 subscriptions for Liberty.”
One of our lady agents in Philadelphia reports a sale of 28,633 ten-cent magazines during 1911, in 2,974 hours; an average sale of nearly ten copies an hour, a profit for each hour of over 57 cents. During this time she also distributed 40,575 pages of tracts.
One of our new subscribers says: “A copy of the Protestant Magazine for the fourth quarter, 1911, accidentally fell into my hands while unpacking furniture at the — house-furnishing store, at —, Pa. I am interested, and have decided to subscribe. Enclosed find 25 cents, also postage-stamp for reply.” G. G. S.
Another, W. H. W., of N. Brookfield, Mass., says: “I have just read Liberty for the first quarter, 1912, which is in our public library in this town. If you will mail me sample copies, I will try to interest others, and secure subscriptions to your valuable magazine.”
What are you doing to get these truth-filled magazines before the people in your community and elsewhere? Send 20 cents to your tract society for sample copy of Life and Health, Liberty, and the Protestant Magazine, asking for agency, territory, terms, etc.
A. J. S. BOURDEAU, Manager Magazine Department.

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Review and Herald · Feb 29, 1912