p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 21. (4/27/1916)

Earlier text: Home Missionary Work in the Regions Beyond

Publications Wanted

THE persons named below desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work. In sending publications care should be exercised to select only such as are free from soil and disfigurement. We have been credibly informed that some who oppose this movement and the truths which it represents answer these requests for literature, and are sending to our brethren and sisters in various parts of the country tracts and papers representing their opposition. Our workers should be careful not to confound this literature with our denominational publications, and thus unwittingly become agents in sending out matter not printed in the interests of the cause of truth.

Mabel R. West, Box 1110, Kiowa, Colo.

Ed. Searles, 509 Sears St., Bucyrus, Ohio.

Samuel Booth, 402 N. G St., Monmouth, Ill.

Mrs. S. M. Housler, 1523 Eighth St., Santa Monica, Cal.

Mrs. E. E. Petit, De Quincy, La. Continuous supply.

J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C., England.

Thelma Neal, Sunset Heights, Houston, Tex. Papers and tracts.

Mrs. Robert Cowan, 720 Atlantic Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Mrs. R. I. Jeffords, Box 724, Miami, Fla., Monthly Signs and Watchman.

J. F. Gorsage, Star Route 1, Deertrail, Colo. Especially Signs and Life and Health.

Mrs. C. H. Crabtree, Long Island, Ala. Unlimited supply of papers, magazines, and tracts.

Sadie Hangey, 122 E. Seventeenth St., Wildwood, N. J. Signs (weekly), Instructor, and Little Friend.

Wagner and Lindsey, 1207 S. Main St., Columbia, Tenn. Continuous supply of tracts on doctrinal subjects, also Signs (weekly), Watchman, and Liberty.

Mrs. Jessie F. Sanders, 13 Sycamore Ave., Takoma Park, D. C. Signs (weekly), Little Friend, magazines, and tracts.

Blanche Cool, R. F. D. 2, Murdocksville, Pa. Signs (weekly and monthly), Little Friend, Instructor, Watchman, and Life and Health.

Mrs. S. M. Oldson, R. F. D. 1, Box 1222aa, Bartlesville, Okla. Especially Signs (both weekly and monthly), Little Friend, and our magazines.

Requests for Prayer

A SISTER in Idaho, afflicted with rheumatism, desires prayer for healing.

An aged isolated crippled Swedish sister in Nebraska asks prayer that she may be relieved from intense suffering.

A colporteur, writing from Virginia, says, “I earnestly desire prayer that the Lord will heal me from a catarrhal trouble, and restore my health.”

A Wisconsin family now passing through very trying circumstances, requests our prayers that the enemy of righteousness may be defeated in this case.

Writing from Oregon, a sister asks that we unite in prayer for the conversion of her grandchild who is becoming deeply interested in Christian Science.

A burdened sister in Ohio asks the prayers of our people for her husband and her son. Her husband seems to be losing his mind, and the son has evidences of tuberculosis.

A Missouri sister sends this plea for a friend: “Please pray that this sister may be healed of heart trouble; that her husband may be strengthened mentally; and that their only living daughter, who is an invalid, may be raised up.”

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY POST-CARDS, ASSORTED COLORS

Principles of Religious Liberty Illustrated

Cartoons and illustrations are often studied when the principles represented by them would be overlooked if set in type. The cartoon in the daily paper first attracts the attention, and often makes a more lasting impression than the editorial or news items.

Cartoon post-cards are especially appropriate in these days of the post-card fad, and are carrying their message to many who might otherwise never receive it.

We print herewith the titles of these cards:—

Turning to Cæsar Religious Legislation Darkens the World Religious Bondage Religious Despotism A Reign of Terror The Modern Church Sunday “Sabbath” Observance The Object of Sunday Legislation Territory of Religious Affairs Sapping the Foundations

Single set ........................ $ .10 Five or more sets, each ............ .05

THE STRUGGLE FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN VIRGINIA

A Documentary Volume of Great Value

“The Struggle for Religious Liberty in Virginia” is a timely book containing much valuable information. It considers religious liberty as “the natural right of every soul to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. It does not make it a matter of indifference what a man believes or how he acts, but it places all on the same footing before God, the only Lord of the conscience, and makes us responsible to him alone for our faith and practise.” This kind of religious liberty is what our forefathers fought to preserve, yet their followers of the present generation, through lack of knowledge, are fast losing a proper conception of its sacredness.

This book traces the struggle for religious liberty through three periods: Before the Revolution; During the Revolution; After the Revolution. It cites the important part taken in this great movement by the leading characters of the times.

It is a thrilling work of a practical nature. 227 pages, plain cloth binding, $1.25, post-paid.

REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, Washington, D. C.

Order of Your Tract Society

BOOKS FOR TEACHERS

“Talks to My Students”

A very helpful and practical collection of chapel talks delivered at chapel exercises in one of our academies. Every teacher should have a copy. An excellent gift for young people. The titles of chapters are as follows: Adaptability, Be Enthusiastic, Learn to Wait, The Value of Minutes, Our Conversation, Economy, Promptness, Our Manners, The Association of Young Men and Young Women, “If Thine Eye Be Single,” The Love of the Beautiful, Lest We Forget. Attractively bound in dark red cloth with gilt stamp. 84 pages. 50 cents.

“Seven Laws of Teaching”

One of the most condensed and helpful books on teaching ever printed. Every progressive teacher should read this well-known book. 114 pages. Board, 50 cents.

“Art of Securing Attention”

Standard rules of teaching applied to the work of the Sabbath school. A very helpful little pamphlet. 78 pages. 15 cents.

“Counsels to Teachers”

No teacher, whether engaged in Sabbath school or day school work, should be without this book, by Mrs. E. G. White. It touches every phase of school life, and is a mine of information and inspiration indispensable to the Christian teacher. A standard book on the moral and spiritual side of school training. 573 pages. Cloth, $1.00; red leather, $1.50.

“School Management and Methods”

A practical and helpful book devoted to the two most important phases of school work. The book contains thirty chapters on educative conditions, educative facilities, school government, class management, school organization, and efficient methods of teaching. 395 pages. Bound in cloth, $1.50.

“Mistakes in Teaching”

A book of methods for everyday use in the schoolroom. Enters into the details of the teacher’s work, and gives definite instruction just where assistance is needed. 276 pages. Cloth, $1.25.

ORDER THROUGH YOUR TRACT SOCIETY

The Value of Missionary Volunteer Day

By Milton E. Kern

The president of the General Conference, the president of the North American Division Conference, and the officers of the Missionary Volunteer Department have done what they could to make Sabbath, May 6, a great spiritual uplift to our churches and young people everywhere. The success of this special effort now rests with our church elders, and with others who may be asked to assist in making arrangements for the exercises in the local churches.

Missionary Volunteer Day last year proved to be a great blessing to our people. One Missionary Volunteer secretary wrote, “I have received letters from many of our societies saying how much they enjoyed Missionary Volunteer Day, and that the young people seemed to take so much interest in the exercises. I think every church in our conference followed out the instructions given for that day. In this place the young people decorated the church with flowers, and some sprigs of evergreen, and our Missionary Volunteer motto was hung above the rostrum, ‘The Love of Christ Constraineth Us.’ Many spoke of the impression that the motto made upon them.”

Another worker said, “I am glad to say that most of our churches observed Missionary Volunteer Day, and carried out the program as given in the REVIEW. It was my privilege to be with one of our Missionary Volunteer Societies on that day, and we enjoyed a genuine consecration service.”

Elder W. T. Bartlett, of England, wrote, “So far as I have been able to learn, the exercises for the Missionary Volunteer Day produced a good effect; and I am hoping that they will make for a fresh impetus in favor of the Missionary Volunteer work.”

When we remember that “the work that lies nearest to our church members is to become interested in our youth,” how important that we make the most of this one annual Sabbath service, devoted to the interests of the Missionary Volunteer work. The readings for the day appeared in the REVIEW last week. The song “As a Volunteer,” mentioned in the program, will be found on page 17 of this issue.

M. E. KERN.

Polyglot Nature of America

A STRIKING illustration of the polyglot nature of this country and the advantages of the knowledge of foreign languages, is given in the following clipping, which we make from Zion’s Herald, March 1, 1916:—

“There is something to arrest attention in the report that comes from Ansonia, Conn., of a young man who, because he could use seven languages, became master of what threatened to be a very serious strike situation. No less than eleven nationalities were represented among the strikers, who were employees of various mills of the American Brass Company. A meeting was called, with some ninety extra police on duty. When the men had come together, a trouble maker secured the floor, and soon there was a babel of tongues and much confusion. The youth in question, who is just out of high school, then mounted the platform and ordered the speaker to leave the hall. Then by the use of the seven languages at his command he appealed to the men, and finally managed to restore order. A committee was appointed at his suggestion, consisting of three men from each nationality. When the committee met, its personnel was found to consist of representatives of the Russian, Polish, Slavic, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Italian, Greek, Syrian, German, English, and American races. The youth was the dominating spirit, and succeeded in bringing about a conference with the employers.”

A Striking Contrast

WHEN we read of the terrible havoc and destruction of life and property being wrought by the great guns on sea and land at the present time, it is interesting to contrast this with the account of a bombardment given May 17, 1784, as recorded by John Wesley in his journal. Mr. Wesley says:—

“I reached Arbroath and inquired into that odd event which occurred there in the latter end of the great war. The famous Captain Fall came one afternoon to the side of the town, and sent three men on shore, threatening to lay the town in ashes unless they sent him thirty thousand pounds. That not being done, he began firing on the town the next day, and continued it till night. But, perceiving the country was alarmed, he sailed away the next day, having left some hundred cannon balls behind him, but not having hurt man, woman, or child, or anything else, save one old barn door.”

Monitor-Merrimac Survivor to Transit Panama Canal

In fulfilment of a promise made by Abraham Lincoln over half a century ago, John Driscoll, of Hampton, Va., will take a trip through the Panama Canal on the first United States warship that passes through that waterway. Driscoll is a veteran of the Civil War and the oldest living survivor of the battle between the “Monitor” and the “Merrimac.” After the engagement Lincoln summoned the crew of the “Monitor” to Washington, and after thanking them for their bravery, told them that if ever any one of them wanted a favor from the government, he had only to ask for it and it would be granted.

Armageddon to Be Published in Spanish

LAST week the General Conference have received a cable message from our Argentine publishing house, Buenos Aires, ordering the cuts used in the book “Armageddon,” with ten tons of paper. The South American office has already issued “The World's Crisis” in Spanish, and this cable shows that “Armageddon” is to follow it.

Adventists Gather in Haiti

WE have received from Elder G. G. Roth a photograph of the group of Seventh-day Adventists attending the general meeting recently held in Haiti, which Elder Roth attended at the request of the General Conference. The photograph shows a large gathering, and Brother Roth reports himself as surprised at and greatly pleased by what he sees of encouraging evidences of the progress of the truth in this French-speaking island republic.

Remarkable Demonstrations in Wireless Telephony

REMARKABLE demonstrations of recent achievements in the development of long-distance and wireless telephony featured the annual dinner of the National Geographic Society recently held in Washington, D. C. Among the guests of honor were Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, who met face to face for the first time in thirty years, notwithstanding their mutual interests of a lifetime. The diners heard, by telephone, the breakers rolling against the California coast, and at the same time watched moving pictures of the surf at the same point. Words and music of “The Star Spangled Banner,” picked up from a phonograph by a wireless telephone, and received at the navy’s great Arlington plant, went through the air to a long-distance wire line out of New York, which then brought them to the banquet table.

Marathi Pamphlets From India

WE have received from India copies of several new pamphlets and tracts in the Marathi language, spoken in western India. These are issued by our Lucknow publishing house. Somewhere, every week, new endeavors are under way to hasten onward the message for the hour. A few years ago we could register every new move; now it is possible to note only a fraction of them, as reports come before us.

A Church Raised Up in San Paulo

In a letter to the Mission Board, Elder L. V. Finster, of the Philippine Mission, says, “As a result of the tent meetings at San Paulo, we baptized 104 persons. Many others who offered themselves were advised to wait till a later time. A church of 116 was organized. The workers are pitching the tent in another part of the town, and we expect to raise up a good strong church there also. Surely now is the time to work in the Philippines, as the Spirit of God is going before us in a marked manner.”