We are on the verge of the greatest crisis this world has ever known. A mighty work is to be done in a short time. While the nations of earth are preparing to fight on land, in the air, on the water, and under the water, as a denomination we should spare neither pains nor expense in preparing efficient workers in all lines of work. From “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IX, pp. 169, 170, we quote as follows:—
“If ever the Lord has spoken by me, he speaks when I say that the workers engaged in educational lines, in ministerial lines, and in medical missionary lines, must stand as a unit, all laboring under the supervision of God, one helping the other, each blessing each.” The three lines of work are to stand as a unit, workers in each line as soul-winners for God.
Says the servant of the Lord, “There is no missionary field more important than that occupied by the faithful, God-fearing physician. There is no field where a man may accomplish greater good, or win more jewels to shine in the crown of his rejoicing. He may carry the grace of Christ, as a sweet perfume, into all the sick-rooms he enters; he may carry the true healing balm to the sin-sick soul.”—Id., Vol. V, p. 448.
The three divisions of the Lord’s great army are given as workers “in educational lines, in ministerial lines, and in medical missionary lines.” Every teacher, from the head of our colleges to the humblest church-school teacher, is expected to be a soul-winner. A host of unconverted youth enter our schools year by year, and under the influence of godly teachers are led to Christ, and in turn are trained to become soul-winners themselves. Our ministers, in halls and tents, year by year, are bringing thousands from darkness to light. Why should not our medical workers be successful soul-winners?
In our North American Division we have five colleges and twenty-three academies, besides several seminaries, for the education and training of ministers and teachers. At a very conservative estimate each one of these five colleges has cost us nearly $150,000, while some of them have cost more than that; but who would think of regretting the expense when he looks upon the army of youth who pass from our schools out into the home and foreign fields as soul-winners?
While we have more than thirty advanced schools in America for the training of workers in the “ministerial lines” and in the “educational lines,” there are none of these schools that can give the necessary training that will fit one to do efficient work in “medical missionary lines.”
For many years, according to the light given by the servant of the Lord, we have understood that our medical missionary workers—physicians and nurses—will be the last workers in the field. When our schools are turned into barracks20for soldiers and our sanitariums are taken for hospitals for the wounded, and many of our ministers and teachers are forced to choose between active service in the army or imprisonment, then God-fearing physicians and nurses will be left free to carry the truth to thousands as they minister to their physical needs.
Is it not time for Seventh-day Adventists to study preparedness, and make rapid improvement in getting ready for the future? We have more than thirty well-equipped advanced schools for the training of two classes of workers, and only one school, and that with inadequate equipment at present, to train the workers that will in the near future largely have the responsibility of finishing the work.
Advance moves should be made without delay in preparing educational advantages for those wishing to fit themselves to work in medical missionary lines. We cannot leave this class of workers to receive their training in worldly schools, and expect them to come forth efficient soul-winners.
It will cost something fully to equip our Loma Linda medical school and bring it up to the standard outlined by the Spirit of prophecy. We have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipping colleges to train ministers and teachers. Why not equip one medical school to train workers in “medical missionary lines”? We should not delay in doing all in our power to make our medical missionary workers strong soul-winners. Our nation senses the needs of the time, and is spending millions in preparing for the crisis before us. This is being done because, by their human wisdom, men sense the needs of the hour. Surely we who have the light of prophecy shining on our pathway, warning us to prepare for what is before us, should not hesitate.
In one of Sister White’s last talks at the General Conference, she said, “Henceforth medical missionary work is to be carried forward with an earnestness with which it has never yet been carried.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IX, p. 167.
Shall we fulfil this word, and that speedily, by preparing the necessary equipment to give our medical missionaries a training in our own school?
Instruction has been given that “facilities should be provided at Loma Linda, that the necessary instruction in medical lines may be given by instructors who fear God and who are in harmony with his plans for the treatment of the sick.”—“Medical Evangelist Library,” No. 6, p. 29. Much instruction similar to this has come to us during the past seven or eight years, but we have been slow to comprehend it.
The enemy of souls, who has retarded this work for years, will suggest doubts in regard to the government’s recognizing our medical schools, etc., but so far, the leading medical men of the country have met us more than halfway.
The same God that opened the Red Sea before his people, after he had told them to “go forward,” lives and reigns today. We are bidden “to establish a thoroughly equipped medical school, the graduates from which shall be able to take State board examinations, and become registered, qualified physicians.”—Id., p. 30. He will open the way before us if we go forward in his name.
Whenever, in the past, God’s people have been ready and willing to go forward, he has always opened the way before them, whether it was through rivers, seas, or mountains.
In view of the great need before us, is it not time, in the name of the Lord, for all who sense the time in which we are living, and believe the instruction given by the Spirit of prophecy to say, as did Nehemiah of old, “The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build”? Neh. 2:20.
S. N. HASKELL.
Medical Missionary Department
W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - General Secretary
E. A. HANSEN - Assistant Secretary
H. W. MILLER, M. D. - N. Am. Div. Secretary
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp Meetings
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Massachusetts .................... June 8 to 18
Western New York ................. June 15 to 25
Eastern New York, Oneida ........ June 22 to July 2
Southern New England ............ Aug. 17 to 27
Northern New England ............ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine ........................... Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado, Denver ................. June 8 to 18
Missouri ........................ Aug. 3 to 13
Nebraska ........................ Aug. 17 to 27
Kansas, Salina ................... 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
Eastern Pennsylvania, Lebanon ... June 22 to July 2
New Jersey, Trenton .............. July 27 to Aug. 6
Ohio ............................. Aug. 17 to 27
West Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh ... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Virginia .................... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Brantford .............. June 19 to 25
Quebec, Lennoxville .............. June 25 to July 2
Maritime, Norton, New Brunswick . July 3 to 9
Newfoundland, St. John's ......... July 14 to 18
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
North Michigan ................... June 8 to 18
Wisconsin, Madison ............... June 8 to 18
Northern Illinois, Joliet ........ June 15 to 25
East Michigan .................... June 22 to July 4
Southern Illinois, Martinsville . Aug. 10 to 27
West Michigan .................... Aug. 17 to 27
Indiana .......................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan ................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 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
Montana, Bozeman ................. June 8 to 18
Western Washington, South Tacoma Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
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
Central California, Hanford ..... May 25 to June 4
California, Oakland .............. June 1 to 10
Northern California, Oak Park, Stockton ... June 6 to 18
Southern California, San Fernando ........ June 15 to 25
Northwestern California, Napa .... July 20 to 30
Southeastern California, Santiago ........ Aug. 3 to 13
Inter-Mountain ................... About October 1
Arizona .......................... October 12 to 22
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Georgia, Fairburn ................. May 18 to 28
Cumberland, Charleston, Tenn. .... June 1 to 11
North Carolina, Statesville ...... June 15 to 25
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana ........................ July 20 to 30
Mississippi ....................... July 27 to Aug. 4
Tennessee River, Nashville ....... Aug. 3 to 13
Alabama, Montgomery .............. Aug. 10 to 20
Kentucky, Bowling Green .......... Aug. 17 to 27
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
North Texas ...................... July 13 to 23
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
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.
Fred Lytle, Kensett, Ark.
J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C., England.
Mrs. Janetta Knight, Brentwood, Ark. Little Friend, Instructor, Signs, and tracts.
Edward S. Quinn, 7 Denwood Ave., Takoma Park, D. C. Signs (monthly and weekly), and Watchman; also names to use in missionary correspondence band.
Mrs. LeRoy B. Dye, 1208 W. Eighth St., Wilmington, Del. Signs (weekly and monthly), Life and Health, Watchman, and Instructor; also tracts on the second coming of Christ and the Sabbath.
Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute
The summer term of the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute opens June 21, 1916. The General Conference has recognized the institute as a training school for teachers of the rural schools of the South, and the work of this term is intended primarily to prepare men and women to conduct these schools. Opportunity is offered twenty persons to take this instruction, and at the same time earn their board, their room rent, and their laundry fees. This offer does not include clothing, books, or other incidental expenses.
The summer term will close with the tenth annual convention of rural teachers. Any one desiring to enter the rural school work of the South will do well to take advantage of this term's instruction. One very important way of carrying the truth to the people is by means of the rural school. It breaks down prejudice, and prepares people for advanced truths.
Any one who desires to attend this summer term should correspond with E. A. Sutherland, Madison, Tenn.
Thirty Nurses Wanted at the New England Sanitarium
By W. A. Ruble
To meet the needs of the growing work both in and out of the sanitarium, it is desired that the nurses' class to be formed Sept. 15, 1916, shall be the largest in the history of the institution. Catalogues and full information will be sent to all who desire them. Applicants should be twenty years of age, and have the equivalent of ten grades of school work. Applications are in order now. Those entering the fall class are given preference, during the summer working for wages. Address New England Sanitarium, Melrose, Mass.
W. A. RUBLE, M. D.,Secretary of Faculty.
Obituaries
Bradley.—Susan Bradley was born in Ontario sixty-four years ago, and came to Manitoba early in life. She died in Winnipeg, April 12, 1916, following an operation. Our sister accepted the third angel's message over twenty years ago, and remained faithful to the end of her life.
E. M. Chapman.
Coggeshall.—Olivia L. Coggeshall was born in Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 28, 1872, and died in Chicago, Ill., April 24, 1916. She was baptized at the age of fourteen, and served the Review and Herald as compositor and later as proofreader. Her father, stepmother, and one brother mourn.
Geo. E. Langdon.
Scott.—John Wesley Scott was born in the State of Indiana, March 1, 1854, and died in Los Angeles, Cal., March 17, 1916. In early life he was married to Miss Anna J. Limford. Two sons and two daughters were born to them, all of whom live to mourn their loss. Four brothers and one sister also survive. Brother Scott embraced present truth in the spring of 1915. He was faithful to the end, and rests in hope.
F. I. Richardson.
Miller.—Minnie A. Eggeman was born in Detroit, Mich., July 20, 1862. In 1886 she was united in marriage with David F. Miller. Of their eleven children, two sons and three daughters are now living. Twenty-four years ago she accepted the third angel's message, and became a charter member of the church in Wildwood, Mich., remaining a loyal, devout Seventh-day Adventist until her death, which occurred April 26, 1916.
J. J. Irwin.
Frank.—Died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 19, 1916, Mrs. Maria Warner Frank, aged 61 years. She was born in Ohio, but in her early childhood the family moved to Canada, where she resided until her death. In 1874 she was married to George E. Frank. Eighteen years ago she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and remained faithful to the message until death. She is survived by her husband and two daughters.
M. N. Campbell.
Worden.—Alberta Pitt was born in Greenwich Hill, Kings Co., New Brunswick. In 1897 she was united in marriage with A. W. Worden, who, with their two sons and one daughter, survives. At the age of twenty-three years she accepted the third angel's message and became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at St. John, New Brunswick. She was an invalid for several years before her death, which occurred March 8, 1916. Her age was 43 years. We look forward with hope to the first resurrection.
Geo. H. Skinner.
Kernahn.—John Kernahn was born in Ireland, Oct. 31, 1835, and died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, April 7, 1916. His wife and children are left to mourn. He accepted present truth about fifteen years ago, and died a faithful Christian.
E. M. Chapman.
Beck.—R. W. Beck was born in Warren County, Kentucky, Dec. 25, 1849. He accepted the truths held by Seventh-day Adventists in 1903, and united with the church. His death occurred suddenly March 3, 1916. His wife and seven children survive.
B. W. Brown.
Wright.—Mrs. Eunice Lord Wright was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 22, 1839, and died at her home, in Ashland, Mass., April 15, 1916. About twelve years ago she embraced the third angel's message, which became more and more precious to her as the years went by. One daughter is left to mourn.
P. F. Bicknell.
Carey.—Thomas E. Carey was born in New Brunswick, July 4, 1825, and died in Snohomish, Wash., April 24, 1916, in his ninety-first year. Brother Carey was a Sabbath keeper for about thirty-five years. He was a fervent, active Christian, loved and respected by all who knew him.
F. W. Field.
Gregory.—John J. Gregory was born in Washington County, Kentucky, March 10, 1834, and died at his home in Elk City, April 21, 1916. He accepted present truth about twenty-eight years ago, and lived in harmony with its teachings until his death. His companion and four children survive.
E. T. Wilson.
Wilton.—Sylvia M. Wells was born in Clarendon, Mich., Feb. 9, 1853. July 2, 1871, she was united in marriage with Wesley J. Wilton, and one son was born to them. Sister Wilton had been in poor health for some time, and fell asleep in Jesus at her home, in Brookfield, Mich., April 22, 1916.
F. A. Wright.
Bailey.—Mrs. Abbie Relief Bailey was born in Leominster, Mass., Feb. 16, 1845. In 1866 she was married to William A. Bailey. The light of present truth came to her in the spring of 1910, and she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her death occurred in South Lancaster, Mass., April 11, 1916. One son, one daughter, and one sister remain to mourn their loss.
P. F. Bicknell.
Golden.—Hattie Ellen Dougan was born March 13, 1869, in Arlington, Nebr. She was married to Thomas M. Johnson Nov. 27, 1883. Seven of their nine children are living. Her second husband was F. N. Golden, of Rathdrum, Idaho. To them were born three children. Sister Golden accepted present truth two years ago, and faithfully followed the Master until she fell asleep, in Meadow Lake, Wash., April 21, 1916.
A. M. Dart.
Williams.—Dr. William Williams was born in Tyrawley, La., in August, 1873, and died April 16, 1916. He was a pharmacist until the light of present truth came to him; then he gave up his business and entered the ministry. He was associated with the writer in New Orleans, La., for nearly a year, when compelled by failing health to return home. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, one son, his mother, three sisters, and one brother.
T. B. Buckner.
Griffin.—Edith Stanley was born in New York City, Oct. 25, 1868. In 1884 she was married to Eugene M. Griffin, and on their wedding day they were baptized and united with the Battle Creek (Mich.) church. For the three years following they attended Battle Creek College. Eight children were born to them, six of whom, with their father, are left to mourn. Sister Griffin was a faithful, active member of the church and Sabbath school. She died in Battle Creek, Mich., April 27, 1916.
G. E. Langdon.22
From.—Johanna Jensen was born in Uldom, Denmark, Aug. 10, 1833. She came to Nebraska in 1871, where she was married the following year to John From. In 1886 she accepted present truth, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Orum, Nebr., remaining faithful until her death, which occurred in Blair, Feb. 27, 1916.
W. H. Sherrig.
French.—Arthur E. French was born Dec. 16, 1857, in Pembroke, Mass., and died in Blair, Nebr., March 13, 1916. He was a veteran telegraph operator, and for twenty-three years was employed in the passenger depot at Blair. In 1886 he was married to Margaret Singer, at Albion, Ill. One year ago he accepted the third angel's message, and he rests in hope.
W. H. Sherrig.
Maxon.—Ellen A. King was born in Wayne, Pa., July 7, 1841, and died in Rochester, N. Y., April 9, 1916. She was married to George E. Maxon in August, 1861. The light of present truth came to her in the fall of 1914, and she gladly accepted it, uniting with the church at Rochester. She sleeps in hope of a part in the first resurrection. She is survived by her husband, three daughters, and one son.
J. Milton Jackson.
Clough.—Oliver F. Clough was born in St. Louis, Mo., March 28, 1879. He accepted present truth in San Francisco, Cal., in 1900, and from that time until his death, April 19, 1916, was an earnest Christian. His one desire was to lead others to the Saviour he so devotedly served. He is survived by his wife, one little son, his parents, and one sister, who expect to meet their loved one when Jesus comes.
George G. Sims.
Stevens.—Mary Grace Fox was born in Tallmadge, Ottawa Co., Mich., April 24, 1887. At the age of eleven years she was converted to God, and hers was ever a consistent Christian life. On her nineteenth birthday she was united in marriage with Waite N. Stevens, of Wright, Mich. She died triumphant on May 4, 1916. Her husband and two children, with her parents, two brothers, and many other relatives and friends, mourn.
R. U. Garrett.
Easler.—Died in Skowhegan, Maine, April 22, 1916, Alexander Easler, in his seventy-seventh year. He embraced the truths of the third angel's message in 1879, through the efforts of Elder J. B. Goodrich and the writer, and was ever ready to help in its proclamation to the extent of his ability. Although having no children of his own, about twenty were reared in his home. His death is mourned by his companion, three brothers, and one sister.
S. J. Hersum.
Kenison.—Lizzie E. Fenlason was born in Oshkosh, Wis., March 29, 1861. She was married to Hiram A. Kenison in Pipestone, Minn., March 31, 1886. They both accepted present truth in July, 1888, and were baptized, uniting with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She taught six terms of church school in California, and was an active soul-winner. Her death occurred in Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 16, 1916. She is survived by her husband and one daughter.
Hiram A. Kenison.
Snow.—Edward Snow was born in Jacksontown, New Brunswick, May 20, 1832. Feb. 1, 1855, he was married to Grisella Davis, at Wakefield, New Brunswick. In 1857 they moved to Bridgewater, Maine, where he lived forty years. In 1872 he accepted, in theory, the doctrines held by Seventh-day Adventists, under the labors of Elders J. B. Goodrich and W. H. Blaisdell. He at once began keeping the Sabbath, but did not receive baptism and unite with the church till 1896. Twenty years ago he came to Morgan Hill, Cal., where he resided till the time of his death. Brother Snow loved God, his church, and his fellow men, and in his death we are all losers. He continued to attend church after his steps were very uncertain, being partially paralyzed—a standing rebuke to many who permit trivial excuses to keep them from the church and Sabbath school. He had been in poor health for several years, but kept his bed only three weeks. On March 27, 1916, he fell asleep. He leaves a wife and four children, sixteen grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. One of his children is Elder C. M. Snow, editor of the Australian Signs of the Times.
Albert E. Place.
Wisconsin Conference Association
By P. A. Hanson; Frank Hiner
The annual session of the Wisconsin Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Madison, Wis., in connection with the camp meeting of the Wisconsin Conference, June 8-18, 1916. The first meeting will be held at 11 A. M., Tuesday, June 13. Officers and a board of trustees will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All accredited delegates to the Wisconsin Conference are delegates to the association.
P. A. HANSON, President.
FRANK HINER, Secretary.
Cumberland Conference Association
By R. W. Parmele; C. R. Magoon
NOTICE is hereby given that the ninth annual meeting of the Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Charleston, Tenn., in connection with the camp meeting, June 1–11, 1916. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, June 6.
R. W. Parmele, President.
C. R. Magoon, Secretary.
The Seventh-Day Adventist Association of Colorado
By A. T. Robinson; R. T. Emery
THE regular annual session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will be held in connection with the camp meeting, in Denver, June 8-18, 1916. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9:15 A. M., Monday, June 12. The regular election of officers, and such other business as may properly come before the association, will be attended to during this session.
A. T. ROBINSON, President.
R. T. EMERY, Secretary.
Colorado Conference
By A. T. Robinson; R. T. Emery
THE thirty-fourth annual session of the Colorado Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp ground, in Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colo., at 9:15 A. M., June 9, 1916. All delegates should be present at this first meeting, so there may be no delay in the work of the conference. During this session of the conference, officers will be chosen for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the conference.
A. T. ROBINSON, President.
R. T. EMERY, Secretary.
North Carolina Conference
By J. B. Locken; C. R. Callicott
The sixteenth annual conference and camp meeting of the North Carolina Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Statesville, June 15-25, 1916. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers for the ensuing two years, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the conference session. Let the churches elect delegates, and forward credentials to C. R. Callicott, 234 Summit Ave., Greensboro, N. C. The first meeting of the conference will be held at 9:30 A. M., Friday, June 16.
J. B. LOCKEN, Président.
C. R. CALLICOTT, Secretary.
North Carolina Conference Association
By J. B. LOCKEN; C. R. CALLICOTT
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the constituency of the North Carolina Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp ground, in Statesville, N. C., Tuesday, June 20, 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.
J. B. LOCKEN, President.
C. R. CALLICOTT, Secretary.
Montana Conference Association
By U. BENDER; T. G. JOHNSON
NOTICE is hereby given that the Montana Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation, will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the Montana Conference, June 8-18, 1916, for the purpose of transacting any business that may be lawfully done by the constituency of said corporation.
The constituency of this corporation is composed of all delegates assembled in the eighteenth annual session of the Montana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, June 12.
U. BENDER, President.
T. G. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Request for Prayer
A SISTER in Texas desires that we join with her in prayer that a stumblingblock which has distressed her family for years, may be removed.
A Missionary Enterprise
One of our missionaries of long, successful service, offers our people his plan in effective missionary work with the Present Truth Series. The plan is as follows:—
“The individual members of our churches subscribe for a definite number of the Present Truth Series for their use in systematically mailing to relatives and friends.
“Beginning at a certain date, the churches in the conferences will launch this special missionary work as a conference effort, and the conference tract society will have the papers on hand, ready to mail at the beginning of the time appointed.
“The individual orders for the papers are to be for entire sets, beginning with No. 1 of the series, and to be mailed each week by the tract society for six months, which time is required to use the full series of twenty-four numbers.”
Prices
The price of the series used in this way is only one cent a copy, or 24 cents for a full set, sent to one address each week, 24 cents covering the entire expense of giving a relative or a friend a full and complete presentation of the message, the cheapest and the best way possible to do it. In this plan a list of ten names would cost only $2.40, which amount would cover cost of papers, wrapping, and postage. The same amount of printed matter in tract form mailed to separate addresses would cost $7.20, allowing 2 cents for each tract and 1 cent for postage.
In Response to Appeals
The Present Truth Series has been brought into existence in response to appeals sent to us in connection with the consideration of plans by which the church may become a strong factor in giving the message. For more than twenty years we have been told that “the very simplest modes of work should be devised and set in operation among the churches. If members will cooperate with such a plan, and perseveringly carry it out, they will reap a rich reward; for their experience will grow brighter, their ability will increase through exercise, and souls will be saved through their efforts.” “God expects his church to discipline and fit its members for the work of enlightening the world. But let no one feel that because he is not educated he cannot be expected to take part in the work. God has a work for you to do. He has given to every man his work. Well-organized work must be done in the church, that its members may understand the manner in which they may impart light to others, and thus strengthen their own faith and increase their knowledge. As they impart the light which God graciously bestows upon them, to those in darkness, they will be confirmed in the faith. A working church is a living church. The Lord God of heaven would have the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth.”
These appeals cannot be longer disregarded, and the light intrusted to this denomination be retained. In these days when the nations of earth are convulsed with war, and men's hearts are failing them for fear, and the masses are casting about for the meaning of what they see coming on the world, the golden opportunity is presented for our message to be given with “a loud cry” that will encircle the earth. We are in the day of God's providence and of our opportunity; hence the need of specially organized, continuous, strong efforts in proclaiming the fundamental truths of the gospel message for this day and age.
Results
The publishers of the Present Truth Series often receive letters from those to whom copies of the series have been sent by friends or relatives. The following letter, bearing date of April 22, comes from Panama. It is characteristic of many others received:—
“GENTLEMEN: A friend sent me a copy of your Extra No. 14, and its facts are so convincing that I should like to assist in distributing the Extra. Enclosed please find international coupons for 10 cents, to cover cost of 15 copies.”
“DEAR SIR: I saw a copy of your paper, REVIEW AND HERALD, Extra No. 16, dealing with the “Threefold Message of Revelation.” I am much interested in the way you present this matter. Can I get a quantity of this number?”
The Bible Year
By Editor
THE printing edition of last week's REVIEW ran short, and we are not able to supply some who have been following the Bible texts given in the Bible Year. For their benefit we repeat the scripture outline given last week:—
A REPORT from our book department shows that since the close of our records in December, the following number of our evangelical tracts have been sold from this office: Words of Truth Series, 185,780; Bible Students' Library, 37,383; Signs of the Times Leaflets, 31,000. Total, 254,163. Thus more than a quarter of a million copies of these little messengers have gone out throughout the field to enter homes to spread a knowledge of the truth for this time. The Testimonies state that our literature will be circulated “like the leaves of autumn.”
Testaments for Soldiers
For more than a year the World's Sunday School Association has been collecting nickels for the purpose of supplying soldiers in the great European conflict with copies of the New Testament. Up to the present time 450,000 Testaments have been provided.
Signs of the Times Leaflets
A SERIES of 16 Bible studies on various subjects, condensed for busy people; printed on single sheets, each having an ornamental heading.
Many will read a small leaflet that is right to the point, who, because of a limited amount of time or for other reasons, will not read a long Bible study.
The demand for small, inexpensive leaflets testifies to their value in creating an interest in our literature, and in encouraging a desire for a more complete and comprehensive treatise.
Signs of the Times Leaflets were gotten out with special reference to these various requirements, and are admirably suited to the purpose for which they are intended.
A supply should be found in the home of every Seventh-day Adventist, to be used as opportunities occur. All classes of workers can make use of them to most excellent advantage. Because of the condensed style of the leaflets, the variety of subjects treated, as well as their pleasing appearance, they are an essential addition to the equipment of a tent or hall effort, and solve the problem of expense, when large quantities of literature are desired for free distribution.
Signs of the Times Leaflets
NO.
The Sure Word of Prophecy.
Prophetic History of the World.
Second Coming of Christ.
Signs of Our Times.
The Sanctuary.
The 2300 Days.
The Law of God.
The Sabbath of the Bible.
The First Day of the Bible.
Who Changed the Sabbath?
The Great Threefold Message.
The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast.
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Elder Boettcher Leaving Russia
THE General Conference learns by cable message that Elder J. T. Boettcher was leaving Russia May 17 for the United States, via Vladivostok. Elder Boettcher will doubtless arrive in this country by the Pacific route about the first of July.
Evangelists Sail for Niue
SOME time ago the Australasian Union placed the island of Niue on its entered list, but has been delayed in locating permanent evangelists there. Now we learn from the Australasian Record that Brother and Sister S. W. Carr sailed on April 5, from Australia, to take up work for the Niue people.
