p. 64 | The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Thursday, January 22, 1880)

BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE.

This institution, since its establishment in 1874, has gained an enviable reputation, and in many respects its success has been unparalleled in the history of colleges during the first years of their existence.

NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS ENROLLED EACH YEAR.

It is Thoroughly Practical in its Methods of Instruction and Discipline,

In the various departments young men and women are receiving just what they need as a preparation for the positions in life which they intend to occupy.

THE COLLEGE BUILDING IS NEW, SPACIOUS, AND BEAUTIFUL.

Five Departments of Instruction are open to receive students:— 1. Department of the Arts and Sciences. 2. Normal Department, with its Model School, and Course of Four Years. This includes all the COMMON BRANCHES. 3. Biblical Department. 4. Commercial Department. 5. Department of Hygiene, with a Course of One Year.

For full Descriptive Catalogue, address,

BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE, Battle Creek, Mich.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SANITARIUM,

By John Harvey Kellogg

This institution, beautifully located in one of the most healthful cities of Michigan, is everywhere recognized as the

GREAT SANITARIUM OF THE WEST.

More than 4,000 patients successfully treated. The erection of new buildings and the addition of all the most approved remedial appliances known to the profession, have made it The Most Complete Institution of the Kind in America. All modern hotel conveniences furnished. Terms very reasonable.

J. H. KELLOGG, M. D., Medical Superintendent.

Address, SANITARIUM, Battle Creek, Mich.

Publishers' Department.

By Editor

“Not slothful in business.” Rom. 12:11.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.

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Day Express and Mail daily, except Sunday. Pacific and Atlantic Express daily. Night and Evening Express daily, except Saturday and Sunday.

The post-office address of D. T. and Mrs. L. A. Fero is Wellsville, N. Y., instead of Penn., as stated in the last H. and T. quarterly.

WISCONSIN SABBATH-SCHOOL SECRETARIES, TAKE NOTICE.—The Secretary of the State Sabbath-school Association is Mrs. Nellie Taylor, Neillsville, Clark Co., Wis., and not Mattie A. Kerr.

WANTED.—Two men for grubbing and clearing timber. None need apply who do not understand that kind of work. For further particulars, apply to G. Bernard, Serena, La Salle Co., Ill.

WILL the brethren in Virginia take notice that all business connected with the T. and M. society must be done through the State Secretary? All money, donated or otherwise, must be forwarded to R. T. Fultz, Quicksburg, Shenandoah Co., Va.

A. C. NEFF, Director.

Notice of expiration of subscription will be given by special stamp on the margin of the paper. We should be pleased to receive your renewal at once.

NOTICE.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all cases a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do not in due time appear, and if books ordered by mail are not received, notice should be given. All other business is acknowledged below.

Books Sent by Express.

A S Perrin $1.75, Mrs E A Turner 8.70, Mrs Jennie Reid 3.85, Mrs L A Bramhall 17.52, Geo Foreman 37.17, S S Shrock 15.88, Lewis Johnson 12.77, Wellman & Gilbert 19.77, E B Lane 26.94, Wm Chinnock 8.50, J B Gregory 35.65.

Books Sent by Freight.

Lizzie Hornby $75.00, S N Haskell 111.68.

Cash Rec’d on Account.

Ill Conf Fund Sarah Glascock s b $13.00, Ill Conf Fund M J Myers (s b) 50c, G S Honeywell 15.00, Ind Conf Fund 290.00, Ind T & M Reserve Fund 15.00, Am H & T Association per M F Stillman 27.75, Vt T & M Society per T H Purdon 68.05, N Y T & M Society per B L Whitney 362.67, M M Olsen 31.04, Calverton, Md church 9.35, Signs of the Times B C V M Society 148.00, Mo Conf Fund M B Wagner 2.00, Am H & T Association per J Thayer 3.75, Ind T & M Reserve Fund per S H Lane (I Zirkle 25.00, Wm McCurdy 10.00), Ind T & M Society per S H L 29.00, Va T & M Society per J M Sanborn 3.75, S Osborn 5.00, Wm Ostrander 5.00, Col T & M Society per A J Green 25.88, Vt T & M Reserve Fund (A J Barton 5.00, Mary Howe 1.00), Pa T & M Society per B L W 137.33.

Gen. Conf. Fund.

Mary A Manley (thank-offering) $1.60, Orange church 175.00, Mo Conf per Wm Evans tithe 10.00, Annie Mills 1.00, Sarah Glascock 30.00.

Mich. Conf. Fund.

Cedar Lake per C Webster $18.50, Brookfield per L N Lane 19.54, Sheridan per B E Sherman 25.12, Orange per L C Smith 32.00, Newton per James Stiles 40.35, Bancroft Augusta Chafee 8.01, Partello per Robert Crawford 20.50, St Charles per E L Watkins 3.20, Orleans per L B Kneeland 28.00, Jasper per N A Horton 13.07, Westphalia per M J Parkhurst 10.34, Maple Grove per Wm Harding 13.92, Armada per M F Mullen 2.40, Matherton per Peter Moore 21.00, Cedar Springs per L S McClure 10.27, Kalamazoo per E M Butler 25.00, Muir & Lyons per F Howe 6.40, Otsego per A Carpenter 63.07.

Mich. T & M. Society.

Dist 11 Augusta Chafee added ½ $2.67, Dist 3 per J H Thompson 14.25, Dist 13 per M F Mullen 16.75, Dist 1 per C S Veeder 56.80, Dist 9 per D Malin 27.50; Dist 6 per F Howe 135.45, Dist 10 per S Wilson 81.24, Dist 14 per A Carpenter 134.56, Dist 16 per M E Rathbun 5.00.

Danish Mission.

Ole Paulsen $5.00, Paul J Norderhus 5.00, Ole Larson 2.00, John Peterson 4.00, Lizzie Edwardson 12.00, Rasmus Hansen 5.00, Lars Clauson 5.00, Hans Peterson 3.00, Lars Hanson 1.00, C A Dineson 5.00.

European Mission.

J T Alverson $20.00, Orange church 50c, Sarah Glascock 25.00, Melissa J Myers 50c, R Simmons Italian 5.00.

English Mission.

R B Simmons $5.00.

The Thousand-dollar Fund.

Mary Martin $1.00, M E Stewart 1.50.

S. D. A. E. Society.

P M Lamson $25.00, Delilah Blanchard 5.00, Stephen Rider 10.00, Mrs Ellis Clarke 25.00, T H Purdon 25.00.

Share in Sanitarium.

Stephen Rider $25.00.

GENERAL MEETING IN MINNESOTA

Appointments.

“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matt. 10:7.

GENERAL MEETING IN MINNESOTA.

The Minnesota Tract and Missionary Society will hold its semi-annual meeting at Hutchinson, Feb. 7, 8. Meetings will commence Friday evening. The directors, secretaries, and librarians of the several districts are particularly requested to attend, as matters of importance will be considered. We hope to see a large number of the brethren at this meeting. Come prepared to take care of yourselves, as far as possible. Harrison Grant, Pres.

We will meet with the church at Gaines, Mich., Jan. 24 and 25. Eld. E. H. Root will be present. E. B. and E. S. Lane.

I will meet with the church at Little Falls (Cataract), Monroe Co., Wis., Feb. 21, at 2 o’clock P. M., and first-day forenoon and evening. Would like to have the brethren from Leon attend if possible. T. B. Snow.

Providence permitting, I will meet with the church in Bunker Hill, Mich., Jan. 24, 25. We wish to see a full attendance, as the meeting will be an important one. M. B. Miller.

Carson City, Mich. — Jan. 23–27; Matherton — Jan. 28, 29. A. O. Burrill.

The T. and M. quarterly meeting for Division Three, Michigan, will be held at Orleans, Ionia Co., Feb. 7, 8. It will be seen that this will be in connection with the T. and M. Institute appointed by Eld. Haskell in last Review, to commence Feb. 5 and continue two weeks. Hope the ministers and T. and M. officers and workers in this division and others from other parts of the State will avail themselves of this opportunity. Let all bring bedding and provisions, so as to care for themselves as far as possible. J. Fargo. A. O. Burrill.

THE GUIDING HAND.

By R. F. Cottrell

BY ELD. R. F. COTTRELL.

When the Epistle to the Romans was written from Corinth, it seems that the apostle had never been in Rome; but he had heard that there were some in that place who believed, and he was anxious to see and help them. He longed to see them, and had often purposed to go there, but had been hindered. The Lord’s time had not yet come. He wrote:—

“I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (but was let hitherto).” Rom. 1:8-13.

Paul intended to visit the seat of the great Roman empire; and he did not mean that Rome should be the full extent of his journey in that direction. His mission was to the world. He intended to go on westward to Spain, thus reaching the Atlantic shore, the western boundary of the known world. See Rom. 15:20-25.

But before going to Rome, the apostle had a mission to Jerusalem. We read: “After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there I must also see Rome.” Acts 19:21. He still meant to see Rome by some means; and it is reasonable to suppose that he expected to travel as he had heretofore,—voluntarily, and at his own charges. He did not know that the Roman government would take him there free of charge.

On his way to Jerusalem, he was dissuaded by prophets from going there. They told him very truly that the Jews at Jerusalem would bind him and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. His reply was, “I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Acts 21:10-13. If he died at Jerusalem, of course he would be excused from going to Rome. So he went bravely on, “not knowing the things,” he says, “that shall befall me there.”

Bible readers know the sequel. He was seized by the Jews, who were determined to kill him, was taken out of their hands by the Roman authorities, and, to save his life, was sent off by night to Cæsarea. The Jews wished to get him back to Jerusalem, under pretence of being tried there, but in reality to give his sworn enemies a chance to murder him. And when he was asked by Festus if he would go up to Jerusalem to be judged by him, his answer was, “I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat;” meaning, doubtless, that he was there to be judged by a Roman governor, the proper authority, and that he ought not to be put in the power of his murderous enemies. Said he, “I appeal unto Cæsar.” To his surprise, Festus replied, “Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.”

When a boy I used to read the words of Agrippa, namely, “This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar,” and I would feel regret and sorrow for the apostle, because he had made this mistake. But the Guiding Hand was there. This was God’s way of sending an ambassador to Rome—“an ambassador in bonds.” It was a fearful voyage, one of extreme hardship and suffering; but God caused the Romans to take the apostle to Rome, and then grant him liberty to preach to those who would hear in “his own hired house.”

The Guiding Hand is with the faithful servants of God. They cannot die, until they have fulfilled their mission. It was so in former times; why not so now? God still lives, and has as much interest in his work on earth as ever. He chooses his own instrumentalities as well now as then, and will guide and sustain them, if devoted to his will. Why not, then, fully trust him?

We cannot choose the way for ourselves. Our plans may be thwarted, and our course directed contrary to our expectations. But if, with a true heart, we rely upon the Guiding Hand, the will of God will be accomplished. Why not, then, pray, “Thy will be done”? We must meekly accept our situation, and submit to the crossing of our purposes; for he has said, “The meek will he guide in judgment; and the meek will he teach his way.” Ps. 25:9.

We may regret our want of power. Age may be approaching, and our bodily and mental powers failing; but we must remember that God is strong, and his strength may be shown to be perfect by being exhibited through our weakness. See 2 Cor. 12:9. Let us then cheerfully accept the will of God, and move onward in his service, believing that his hand will guide us, crown our efforts with success, and finally crown us in his kingdom.

“Forward, then, with courage go.”

TO THE BRETHREN IN MICHIGAN.

By Editor

IN another column will be found a notice of what some of the enemies of our faith are trying to do in reference to the writings of Sister White, making Testimony No. 29 the point of attack. The false statements referred to will probably be spread by different papers all over the State; and we recommend to our brethren living in various localities, wherever public attention may be called to these matters, and an interest or curiosity be raised to read Sister W.'s writings, that they circulate her pamphlets on the Life of Christ, and also this number of the REVIEW containing the article on The Spirit of Prophecy. We shall print extra numbers for this purpose.

A. H. VANKIRK: The statement has been made in Michigan papers that Battle Creek is in rank the third mailing office in the State of Michigan; which is correct. The mistake you refer to has come from some one saying United States instead of the State of Michigan.

SHOOTING-MATCHES.—Is it right, asks a correspondent, for S. D. Adventists to patronize shooting-matches? We might with propriety turn around and ask, Is it right to ask such a question? Any person who will patronize and spend his time in any such folly as shooting-matches is undeserving the name S. D. Adventist, and is not one, however much he may claim the name.

By the Spirit of God.

By I. Sanborn

I have just finished two prayerful readings of Testimony for the Church, No. 29, and I have felt greatly reproved, and also strengthened to renew the struggle for complete victory, in the strength of Jesus, our matchless Redeemer, who still loves us. He proves his love by often reproving us through the testimonies of his Spirit. And I hereby wish to say to all who love the present truth, Dear brethren and sisters, if you neglect to give Testimony No. 29 a careful and prayerful reading, you wrong yourselves. I would not be deprived of the knowledge I have thus obtained for anything that I know of. Read, believe, and obey, and the Lord will greatly bless. I. Sanborn.

AN IMPORTANT MEETING.

By J. Fargo; E. R. Jones

The State quarterly meeting for Michigan T. and M. Dists. 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 16, to be held at Flint, Jan. 24-26, will be a very important one for this division of the State. At this meeting we expect to see every minister and director in these districts. Let no ordinary circumstance deter you from coming.

We also urgently request that there be a good delegation of brethren and sisters from every church comprising these districts. At this time arrangements will be considered for more perfect action in the T. and M. work. We hope to have the largest gathering ever held in this part of the State. We would be glad to see all who attend this meeting come with such zeal in the work of God as would inspire a greater love and more earnest activity in every other person.

Bro. and Sr. White are expected to attend, and this will give us all an opportunity to hear once more the good counsel and instruction from these servants of the Lord.

J. FARGO. E. R. JONES.