“An invalid woman accepted the truth in Calcutta, India, and her husband acknowledged it, but for a time did not accept it because he did not know what he would do if he were forced to give up his government position. His wife was19a zealous missionary. Later they had to go to a city up in the mountains, where she stirred up such an interest by the distribution of literature and other work, that it was thought best to hold a series of meetings, with the result that a church was organized there.”
Singapore
“One Chinese young man told us he sat up one night to read through a little tract on the second coming of Christ, as it was so interesting that he could not put it away. This tract was sold to him by one of our members, and later the young man bought fifteen of the tracts to send to his friends in Penang.”
China
“An evangelist of another denomination wrote us that he had received our tracts, and now had fifteen persons keeping the Sabbath, and begged us to come and instruct them further. Two other evangelists also wrote us, one stating that he had forty waiting for us to come and teach them; the other said that his heart had been stirred by reading the tracts, and he wanted to come to our school to study the Bible.”
Australia
“Three young Welshmen staying near us in a tent, were asked if they would come to study the Bible with us. The result is that they are now attending all our meetings and are keeping the Sabbath. These young men say how strange it is that they should come all the way from Wales to hear the truth. They never heard of Seventh-day Adventists in Wales. One of them is anxious to return to warn his people that the end is near. There is also a Swede who is interested. He walked seven miles yesterday to attend our little Sabbath school.”
South Africa
“Six months ago I canvassed a man for De Wachter who did not care to subscribe for a paper of a religious character. After some persuasion he said he would subscribe for six months. This man stopped me on the street the other day, and reminded me that his subscription expires this month, and said that if I would call at his house some evening, he would renew it for the coming year. He is much interested in the paper, and after reading it himself has passed it on to a friend. This friend has now subscribed for it.”
“I cannot begin to meet the calls to study the truth with the people. Already six of my readers have taken their stand with us, and have been baptized. This paper and book work which is being done by the church members is finding out the people. It is opening up more homes for study than I can attend to. And some who had known the truth in the past but had become discouraged, have been persuaded to attend Sabbath school and prayer meeting. Truly a revival is coming in among us. To the Lord be all the glory.”
Wales
“Our society has been doing a little work with the papers entitled the World-War and Our Enemy. Our company decided to order six hundred papers, thinking this would be plenty, owing to the thinly populated condition of the territory. We divided the ground, making each member responsible for a certain district. On the first Sunday after the papers arrived, I started out on my mission at 10:30 A. M. It was wet, and I considered a little whether I should go or not, but I ventured. I returned home at 2:30 P. M., thankful for one of the richest experiences of my life. There was hardly a house in that district whose occupants did not buy a paper, and many took two papers. In four hours I sold seventy-six papers.”
“On the following day our missionary secretary went out with another sister into the district allotted to her. They had not been out before, and this particular place had been repeatedly worked with tracts and papers. In four hours they sold one hundred and sixteen papers, and came home rejoicing. The same week another brother and I went into a part of the district allotted to him, and we sold ninety-eight in two and a half hours, after doing our regular day’s work. Still another brother with his wife, went out on the next Sunday and sold one hundred and seven; one of the younger members went out with the secretary and sold one hundred and six; and the following Sunday my wife and I sold one hundred and forty, and another member sold one hundred and thirteen by himself. In all, we have distributed almost one thousand papers, and each member has had a good experience.”
“It is certainly gratifying to know that some phase of truth has entered every home in the district; for we are very particular to give tracts where we do not sell a paper, and also to many places where we do.”
West Indies
“In one society was a sister who always thought she could not do missionary work. But upon being urged to take a few tracts to lend or give away, she was persuaded to do so. On visiting a family, her fears were increased, as she was not given a welcome reception. Nevertheless she gave them a tract, which was taken and thrown aside, where it remained for some weeks. On a rainy day, not being able to go out, the wife took the tract and read it. After reading it through, she said to her husband, ‘I will have to go over to the Adventists.’ He replied, ‘That is, if you can keep to it.’ She said, ‘We will have to,’ and referred him to the tract she had read. He requested her to read it to him, which she did. He also became convinced, and they both knelt down and asked the Lord’s forgiveness for all the Sabbaths they had broken. Later their names were handed us for baptism.”
South Africa
“The work that was suggested and adopted for the Maranatha Mission was the fourth Sabbath home missionary service,—the use of tracts as extensively as means will allow, especially tracts in the Kafir language; and the holding of meetings by the native brethren and sisters among the native people surrounding the mission. Two bands of about five in each band were organized for special missionary work, under experienced leaders. A piece of land will be worked by the members of the young people’s society of the church, to raise money for missionary purposes.”
“Two bands of workers were organized under the direction of the church, and they have been visiting the native kraals and holding evangelistic meetings whenever opportunities have appeared, with the result that some have given themselves to the Lord, and are keeping his holy Sabbath. One of these is our kitchen girl, for whom we have been laboring for some time. Oh, what a joy to see souls saved!”
India
“Not long ago, while I was making a pastoral call on one of our church members, he told me that it was not our preaching that caused him to be a Seventh-day Adventist, but the reading of our pioneer missionary paper, the Oriental Watchman. He said, ‘I have been a regular reader of that paper for more than five years. I compared what I read in it with my Bible, and by and by decided that the people who printed it had the truth.’ Some day in the not-far-distant future we shall find many souls in India that will come out into the light just as this brother did. He had been a missionary in India for nearly seven years, and speaks the Gujarati language.”
These reports come from many lands, widely separated, but they all show how the Spirit of the Lord is leading men and women to make earnest efforts to save their friends and neighbors. No matter what the color or the race, they are seeking for honest souls for God’s kingdom. How many more will enlist in this great home missionary campaign?
EDITH M. GRAHAM.
Lessons from the Flood
By C. McREYNOLDS
AFTER the raging torrent from the mountains around Loma Linda had done its work of destruction and had passed by, after the last family had returned home or had been housed in safety elsewhere, and some hasty preparations had been made, the Sabbath drew its quiet shade over the scene, and brought peace and gratitude to tired hearts.
A few assembled in the chapel as the hour for the regular meeting came. Only a few could be there, for many were cut off by the flooded district, and many were exhausted from the two days of hard work and severe strain, with no rest.
In the testimony meeting many told of the lessons they had learned from this experience. One brother, a cripple, said, “I could not get out and help, so I sat by the window and watched. The wind blew over first one tree and then another. The larger ones fell, never to rise; but I saw three small ones blown over while some roots remained in the ground. These will be trimmed and braced up, and will probably grow again. But those with large, spreading tops and very little root must be cut up and dragged away.” So there are many who make large pretensions, but have little root. Those can never stand the trials; while humbler ones who are rooted in the Word may bow before the winds of trial, but will rise again. This brother spoke, too, of how we had all disposed of our lamps and come to depend upon electricity. When the crisis came, we had no lamps and could scarcely buy candles, so were in darkness, because we had depended upon others’ light. The lesson was drawn that we need to have experience for ourselves, and not depend upon another’s.
One sister had noticed how ready every one was to work and to help in every possible way. “Everybody has been so busy there has been no time for criticism.” It is strange and sad, but sometimes true, that trials must come to draw God’s people together.
C. McREYNOLDS.
An Experience
By W. H. Sebastian
ON board a steamer the other day I stood near a young man who was smoking a cigarette. It took courage to hand him a tract, but finally I did, speaking to him pleasantly as he took it. Before we landed, he came to me and said,— “That tract is all right. It is small, but there is a great deal in it. The question, ‘Mothers, where are your sons?’ impressed me.” I asked, “Are you a Christian?” “No, sir,” he replied. I then urged him to accept Christ then and there, telling him that “now is the accepted time; . . . now is the day of salvation.”
Then we were obliged to part, but the experience brought forcibly to my mind the truth expressed in these words.—
“There are lonely hearts to cherish,
While the days are going by;
There are weary souls who perish,
While the days are going by;
If a smile we can renew,
As our journey we pursue,
Oh, the good we all may do,
While the days are going by.”
While resting at a certain well in Samaria, Jesus found an opportunity to lead a soul to God. Satan will do his best to keep our minds occupied with earthly things, but let us be on the watch for opportunities to speak a helpful word to those whom we meet “while the days are going by.” W. H. SEBASTIAN.
The Veterans’ Aid to the Hospital Fund
By Mrs. S. N. Haskell
DURING the council at Loma Linda last autumn, at which the women offered to help lift some of the heavy burdens connected with the medical school, by raising $6,000 to build and equip the hospital in Los Angeles, one sister conceived a plan whereby some of the veterans could help raise the necessary funds. At that council there were a larger number of ministers past three-score and ten years of age than usually assemble at such meetings. Five of the number, Elders J. N. Loughborough, G. I. Butler, S. N. Haskell, H. W. Decker, and J. H. Rogers, were past eighty years of age. This sister got them together, and the photographs here represented were taken.
When the aged brethren heard that their photographs were to be sold for money, they at first objected; but when they learned that the money secured from the sale of the photographs would be used to build the Ellen G. White Memorial Hospital, they were glad to help in equipping the school for which Sister White carried such a heavy burden the last few years of her life.
It is the long years of self-sacrificing labor these aged workers have spent in the upbuilding of the cause we love, that endears them to us. Some of them are too feeble to do aggressive work in collecting funds for this enterprise, yet the sale of their photographs will give them a part in this work.
We trust that many will consider it a privilege to buy one or both of these photographs, thus helping to secure the funds necessary to carry forward this worthy enterprise. Because of the heavy burden carried by the servant of the Lord for this medical school, it seems fitting that the hospital should bear her name.
No building or column of granite could be a fitting memorial of the noble life whose influence, under God, has molded the lives of so many; but if she could speak, we think that her choice would be some humble building where the poor and the needy could receive spiritual and physical help. Such will be the work of the hospital when completed.
Money for the work is needed at once. The building will go forward only as fast as the funds are received. No debts will be incurred in erecting the hospital.
The photographs will be mailed, post-paid, to any address in the United States or Canada, for fifty cents each, or one dollar for the two. Postage should be added for foreign countries. Address all orders to Mrs. S. S. Merrell, Loma Linda, Cal. The name and age of each of these aged ministers, also the number of years each has spent in the gospel ministry, are printed on the back of the photographs.
MRS. S. N. HASKELL,
Chairman of the Women’s Committee.
Medical Missionary Department
W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - General Secretary
L. A. HANSEN - - - Assistant Secretary
H. W. MILLER, M. D. - N. Am. Div. Secretary
A Call to the Shepherd
By R. D. Benham
R. D. BENHAM
O SHEPHERD of Israel, thy sheep are astray,
They wander benighted o'er mountain and
plain;
Dark, dark is the night, and tangled the way;
They drift with the storm, with the snow
and the rain.
The “wolves of the evening” are heard from
afar,
They seek for the lambs that are out in the
wild;
O, send forth a gleam from bright Bethlehem’s Star,
To guide to the fold every wandering child.
The voice of the Shepherd is heard on the
hill,
So tearfully, tenderly calling his flock;
The winds of the winter blow heavy and chill
As he gathers his sheep to the shade of the
Rock.
Great Shepherd, thou Master of wind and of
wave,
Now speak thou and calm their life's
troubled sea,
As when thou didst walk on the waters to
save,
And stilled the wild tempest on dark Galilee.
Call them in, call them in, let them hear thy
sweet voice;
Bid the sheep of thy pasture thy glories behold;
And in that glad day will thy people rejoice
When safely they enter the heavenly fold.
Cornelius, Oregon.
Love in Deed and in Truth
“LET us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
Northern California Camp Meeting
By CLARENCE SANTEE
The Northern California camp meeting will be held in Oak Park, Stockton, June 8-18, 1916. This meeting will be preceded by the Northern California Conference, June 6-8. More extended notice will be given later, but it is none too soon for all to begin making arrangements to attend.
We often speak of reasons why certain camp meeting seasons are of special importance. But of all times, we have never known a time so ominous as the present. This annual feast together will certainly be under the shadow of the greatest storm cloud known to this world since its destruction by the flood; yet so many of us seem to see no cause for alarm. Millions have been placed beyond the reach of this saving message within the last two years, and the death toll continues. It means that the Spirit of God is being withdrawn from the earth, and that the close of human probation is right upon us. We are praying God to prepare us for a blessing as great as are our needs. Will all who realize a dearth in their own souls, join us in seeking God for this blessing?
This annual gathering should be more blessed, earnest, and far-reaching in its results than any camp meeting ever held before in the conference. We have promise of good ministerial help. Begin now to plan for this meeting.
CLARENCE SANTEE.
Publishing Department
N. Z. TOWN - - - General Secretary
W. W. EASTMAN N. Am. Div. Secretary
Magazines for the Foreign-Speaking People in America
By W. W. Eastman
How can we reach the millions of foreign-speaking people in America with the message? is a question many of us have asked over and over again.
One of the greatest needs has been current literature, fresh, up to date, and attractive, that appeals to the people at first sight. The Pacific Press will undertake to meet this need after June 1, by issuing, from Brookfield, Ill., periodicals and magazines in the Russian, Roumanian, Bohemian, Serbian, and Italian.
The periodicals will be issued monthly, and will contain the Sabbath school lessons and other information and instruction, especially for the believers speaking these various tongues, while the magazines will be issued quarterly, and will contain matter similar to that in our English magazines, and, as far as possible, will have the same cover design. This will enable our English magazine sellers to offer the same matter to the various nationalities in their own tongues. It is hoped that our workers will avail themselves of this opportunity by always going prepared to supply message-filled literature to every man in his own tongue.
This is a great undertaking on the part of the Pacific Press, owing to the scarcity of believers in these various languages, and the difficulty of securing translators, proofreaders, and typesetters. It necessarily means a financial loss to them, but they are undertaking it from a missionary standpoint, because of the need which is so appealing. It is hoped that our English-speaking brethren will give their hearty support to the plan by seeing that their foreign-speaking neighbors are given an opportunity to purchase these magazines.
We believe this advance step in providing literature for those within our borders who do not speak our language is another indication that the Lord of the harvest is preparing to thrust in his sickle and reap the harvest of the earth. We confidently expect the hearty support given by our brethren will insure the success of the effort, and that it will be found necessary to add other languages to those already mentioned. Let us not forget the stranger that is within our gates.
W. W. EASTMAN.
The Value of a Real Friend
“One real friend is worth a score of mere acquaintances.”
Forget Your Grievances
“DON’T write down your grievances; the sooner they are forgotten the happier you will be.”
Life’s Plain, Common Work
The best things are nearest—breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are among the sweetest things of life.—Lord Houghton.
Northern California Conference Association
By Clarence Santee; Verah MacPherson
THE sixth annual session of the Northern California Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the Northern California Conference meeting, June 6-8, 1916, on the camp ground, in Oak Park, Stockton, Cal., for the purpose of electing a board of trustees, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. All delegates to the Northern California Conference are delegates to this association. The first meeting is called to convene at 2 P. M., Tuesday, June 6.
CLARENCE SANTEE, President.
VERAH MACPHERSON, Secretary.
Southern Idaho Conference Association
By T. G. Bunch; T. L. Copeland
The annual meeting of the constituency of the Southern Idaho Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation, will be held on the camp ground in Boise, Idaho, Tuesday, May 23, 1916. The first meeting is called for 10 A. M., on the above date, for the election of a board of trustees, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
T. G. Bunch, President.
T. L. Copeland, Secretary.
Virginia Conference
By W. C. Moffett; F. N. Johnson
THE thirty-third annual session of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Richmond, Va., May 25 to June 4, 1916, in connection with the annual camp meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the conference session. Each church is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. Delegates should be elected promptly by churches, and credentials sent to F. N. Johnson, 2705 West Main St., Richmond, Va. A full delegation is desired from all our churches.
W. C. MOFFETT, President.
F. N. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Virginia Conference Agency
By W. C. Moffett; F. N. Johnson
THE Virginia Conference Agency of Seventh-day Adventists, Incorporated, will hold its next annual session in connection with the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at Richmond, Va., May 25 to June 4, 1916. The first meeting of the session will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, May 29. The delegates of the Virginia Conference in session constitute the constituency.
W. C. MOFFETT, President.F. N. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Upper Columbia Conference
By Jay J. Nethery; Lloyd E. Biggs
THE thirty-sixth annual meeting of the Upper Columbia Conference will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Walla Walla, Wash., May 25 to June 4, 1916, for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference at that time.
JAY J. NETHERY, President.
LLOYD E. BIGGS, Secretary.
South Carolina Conference
By J. L. Shuler; Thos. E. Pavey
THE tenth annual session of the South Carolina Conference will be held in the city of Greenville, in connection with the camp meeting, May 4-14, 1916. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for the church, and to one additional delegate for every five members. The first meeting of the conference will be held at 9:30 A. M., Friday, May 5. Let every delegate be present at the first meeting, if possible.
J. L. SHULER, President.
THOS. E. PAVEY, Secretary.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp Meetings
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Massachusetts ............ June 8 to 18
Eastern New York ........ June 15 to 25
Western New York ........ June 22 to July 2
Northern New England .. Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine ................ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
Southern New England .... (Undecided)
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado, Denver ............ June 8 to 18
Missouri .................... Aug. 3 to 13
Nebraska ................... Aug. 17 to 27
Kansas ..................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4
Wyoming .................... Sept. 21 to Oct. 1
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Virginia, Richmond ..... May 25 to June 4
Chesapeake .............. June 8 to 18
West Pennsylvania ...... June 22 to July 2
Eastern Pennsylvania .... June 15 to 25
New Jersey .............. July 27 to Aug. 6
Ohio .................... Aug. 17 to 27
West Virginia, North View, Clarksburg, .... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario .................. June 19 to 25
Quebec .................. June 25 to July 2
Maritime ................. July 3 to 9
Newfoundland, St. John's .. July 14 to 18
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
North Michigan .......... June 8 to 18
Wisconsin ................ June 15 to 25
Northern Illinois, Joliet .. June 22 to July 2
East Michigan ............ June 22 to July 2
Southern Illinois ........ August 10 to 20
West Michigan ............ August 17 to 27
Indiana .................. August 24 to September 3
North Michigan ........... August 24 to September 3
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern Idaho, Boise ........ May 18 to 28
Upper Columbia, Walla Walla, Wash. .... May 25 to June 4
Western Oregon, Portland ...... June 1 to 11
Southern Oregon, Eugene ....... June 8 to 18
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Nevada ............ May 25 to June 5
Minnesota, Anoka ........ June 1 to 11
South Dakota, Watertown .. June 8 to 18
North Dakota, Jamestown .. June 15 to 25
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern California, Oak Park, Stockton ........ June 8 to 18
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
South Carolina, Greenville ...... May 4 to 14
Obituaries
BAKER.—Edwin Ross Baker died at his home, near Thayer, Kans., March 30, 1916, aged 22 years, 1 month, and 18 days. His parents, one brother, and two sisters are left to mourn. Funeral services were conducted by the writer.
W. F. SURBER.
WILLIAMS.—Dumah Amariah Williams, infant daughter of Josephus N. and Lurretta M. Williams, was born March 5, 1916, at Frederickstad, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, and died March 26. Words of consolation were spoken to the bereaved parents by the writer.
F. HALL.
GORDEN.—Mrs. E. C. Gorden died at the home of her daughter, in Washington, Pa., March 8, 1916, aged 90 years. She was born in Canada, but later moved to the States, and accepted the third angel’s message at the age of about sixty years. She was faithful to the end, and fell asleep hoping in Jesus. Her death is mourned by two daughters and many relatives and friends.
J. P. GAEDE.
CHAPMAN.—Edith Chapman, née Ayers, was born in Stony Point, Cal., Jan. 7, 1862. During her eighteenth year she was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Feb. 4, 1889, she was united in marriage with Harry E. Chapman. Two daughters were born to them. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, a true Christian, and highly esteemed by neighbors and friends. During her long sickness she was ever patient, and on March 26, 1916, fell asleep in the bright hope of life eternal.
S. T. HARE.
SPROUL.—Elizabeth Ann Stewart was born in West Alexander, Pa., April 4, 1847. At the age of twenty she was united in marriage with William Sproul, of Iowa, and together they came to Kansas thirty-eight years ago, and settled in Eldorado, which has since been their home. Sister Sproul accepted the third angel’s message about twenty-five years ago, and was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church until her death, which occurred March 28, 1916.
E. T. WILSON.
WORTHING.—Edwin Mandeville Worthing was born Nov. 13, 1876, in West Webster, N. Y. He was a physician, and practiced in Austin, Minn., and later in Houston, Tex., where, about four years ago, he accepted present truth. Removing to Streator, Ill., he undertook the conduct of treatment-rooms, but failing health sent him to Colorado in July, 1915. His death occurred in Denver, Dec. 22, 1915. He is survived by a wife, his parents, one brother, and four sisters.
G. W. ANGLEBARGER.
MORIARTY.—James Edward Moriarty, the four-year-old son of Brother and Sister William Moriarty, of Washington, D. C., died March 5, 1916. Funeral services were conducted by Elder R. E. Harter, who spoke words of comfort from Jer. 31:15-17.
L. L. CAVINESS.
TAGGART.—Lucy Ann Ishler was born Dec. 13, 1834, in West Lebanon, Wayne Co., Ohio. She was married to Matthias Taggart, Dec. 4, 1856. Nine children were born to them, among these Elder C. L. Taggart, of Lodi, Cal.; and all, with their father, mourn her death, which occurred at Martinsville, Ill., March 16, 1916. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1870, and was a consistent Christian. We feel confident that she sleeps in Jesus.
R. J. NETHERY.
DAUGHERTY.—Mrs. Mary Malvina Daugherty was born in Marshall, Tenn., May 15, 1838. The early part of her life was spent in Missouri, but in 1884 the family moved to Bitter Root Valley, Mont. In 1897 she heard and accepted present truth, uniting with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Six of her twelve children are left to mourn her death, which occurred in Stevensville, Mont., March 28, 1916.
N. C. ERNTSON.
HILLMER.—Anna De Etta Hamm was born in Mountain Lake, Minn., and died in Long Beach, Cal., April 3, 1916, aged 29 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Dec. 7, 1915, she was married to Fred Hillmer, who survives her. Her father, mother, three brothers, and one sister also mourn her decease. We believe she closed her life work in the blessed hope.
B. E. BEDDOE.
ALLEN.—Louis Ray Allen was born May 5, 1849, in Pike County, Indiana. He was married to Balsora Cottingham, April 28, 1867. Brother Allen united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1898. In 1901 he came to California, and continued a resident of Napa Valley until his sudden death, March 31, 1916. He was an earnest Christian and a faithful follower of the Master. He is survived by a wife, four sons, and three daughters.
S. T. HARE.
HILLS.—Nancy P. Hills was born April 28, 1837, and fell peacefully asleep in Jesus at the home of her son, near Paonia, Colo., March 22, 1916. For thirty-seven years she was a devout member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and her sudden death brought deep sorrow to the hearts of her many devoted friends in the church, as well as to those without. She is survived by one son, one daughter, one adopted daughter, and a number of brothers and sisters.
W. M. ANDRESS.
LANE.—Aaron T. Lane was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, Sept. 28, 1831, and was killed in a train accident March 31, 1916. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Jane Gibbes, Aug. 25, 1850, and to them were born four sons and three daughters, who, with their mother, are left to mourn. Brother Lane accepted the third angel’s message in 1881, and was a faithful member of the church at Farmington, Wash., until his death.
F. J. OGDEN.
OLSON.—Ruby Stout was born in Garfield, Mich., Sept. 28, 1884. She was married to A. C. Olson Dec. 12, 1905. She was a devout, conscientious Christian, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Watertown, S. Dak. For some years she had been in poor health, and while visiting her only sister, in Kloten, N. Dak., she was suddenly taken away on March 7, 1916. Her husband and little daughter, also her parents and sister, mourn.
J. W. LAIR.
HILL.—Luke Sylvester Hill was born near Waterloo, Quebec, July 26, 1874. The family moved to the States when he was nine years of age, and he grew to manhood near Boscobel, Wis. He was married to Cora O. Millman Jan. 1, 1902. For a number of years he was traveling salesman for supply companies in Chicago and St. Louis, and demonstrated that it is possible to make a success of business and still remain true to religious convictions. His death occurred at Colorado Springs, Colo., July 6, 1915, but funeral services were held at his home town, Gallatin, Mo. His sorrowing family are comforted by the assurance that he sleeps in Jesus.
Western Oregon Conference
By H. W. Cottrell; H. G. Thurston
THE fourteenth annual conference and camp meeting of the Western Oregon Conference will be held, the Lord willing, in Portland, June 1-11, 1916.
We have completed arrangements with all railroad companies in Oregon and Washington to allow the one-and-one-third-fare rate to this large gathering, on the certificate plan, from all stations on the several lines. Be sure to ask for camp meeting certificate. Tickets will be on sale, going trip, May 20 to June 3. Certificates will be honored for return June 1-13, inclusive.
Each local church is entitled to one delegate regardless of its membership, and to one additional delegate for every fifteen members. The members of the executive committee and all ordained ministers are delegates at large.
H. W. COTTRELL, President.
H. G. THURSTON, Secretary.
Western Oregon Conference Association
By H. W. Cottrell; C. E. Olcott
NOTICE is hereby given that the fourteenth annual session of the Western Oregon Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal organization, will be held, the Lord willing, in Portland, in connection with the camp meeting, June 1-11, 1916, to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as the constituency may elect. The first meeting will be at 10 A. M., Tuesday, June 6.
