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Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 25.

CONSIDER HIM
Earlier text: Does It Make a Difference?

Interest in Missions

THE following suggestion is made in the June number of the Homiletic Review as a means whereby interest in missions may be created:—
General statements of the number of unevangelized heathen or of the shortcomings of ethnic faiths have lost much of their power. Comparisons between the amounts annually spent for chewing-gum and missions are not very convincing. Mere reiterations of Christ's great missionary command, though they may convict, rarely inspire. But to show the inherently missionary nature of the gospel is likely to awaken and win some of your hearers; for men's hearts warm to the spirit of adventure: while to acquaint young men and women with the lives of those who have been not only self-sacrificing and devoted but effective, will bring recruits to the missionary societies as scarcely anything else can. Mazzini used to say that there was one appeal which never failed. It was the invitation, "Come and suffer."

Source of Effective Reform

By J. N. Q.

MULTITUDINOUS are the voices urging as a remedy for Sunday desecration the enactment and enforcement of protective laws by State and national government. It is refreshing when occasionally a voice is heard annunciating correct methods, as witness the following by a speaker at the recent World's Sunday-school Convention in Washington:—
The enemy and avenger are abroad in Christian lands. The desecrators of the weekly rest day and purveyors of noxious literature, the obscenity of the low place of amusement, and the relaxation of the marriage tie,—these are the enemies that prey upon the vitals of Christian nations. How is their influence to be neutralized?—Gather the coming generation into Sunday-schools. Cause them to become Christians in the deepest sense. Let them receive the Christ nature. Imbue them with tastes so pure that they shall abhor that which is evil and cleave to the good. Thus you will solve many of the most pressing problems of the age.
The Christ nature truly is the remedy. This comes by faith in the promises of God; and no power other than the Holy Spirit can impart it. Reliance upon the power of the Spirit of God of necessity means to confess the uselessness of any other agencies in the work of moral reform.
J. N. Q.

Northern Wisconsin

By Ole Andres Olsen

I MADE a brief visit in northern Wisconsin recently to acquaint myself with matters relating to the Foreign Department of the General Conference. My first appointment was at Bethel, where I had interesting meetings with the church and the school. This was my first visit to that place. The school seemed to be running well and making good progress. I met a number of our people whom I had known in the message many years ago, and was glad to find them faithful, and rejoicing in the blessed hope.
Passing on from Bethel, I stopped one evening at Grand Rapids, and spoke to the church there. The following day, in company with Elder P. C. Hansen, I went on to visit the Oneida Indian reservation. Here I found quite a large company, and held a number of meetings with them. Some not being able to understand the English, Brother Israel, the elder of the church, served as interpreter. I was much interested in this visit, and our meetings were greatly appreciated by our Indian believers. There are other reservations and communities of Indians where the truth ought to be taken. I was glad to find a church-school among them. Brother William Kloss and his family have done much to help on the work among the Indians, especially in their church-school effort. The Lord will surely bless them for their sacrifice and labor of love.
I spoke one evening to our church at Green Bay. Many years ago we lived and labored in this city, and it was a pleasure to meet many who took their stand for the truth at that time, and to find them faithful, and rejoicing in the blessed hope.
At Green Bay I was joined by Prof. Paul Sheppler, and together we went on to Robinson to visit our French-Belgian church at that place. One of the special objects of this tour was to acquaint myself with the condition of the work among the French here in the North.
We were glad to find the church at Robinson holding its own. Since I last visited them, thirty years ago, many changes have taken place. Some have died, and others have moved away; but their places are taken by new believers. Some from here have moved to Wilson, in Northern Michigan, where there is quite a large church.
There is a large French-speaking population all through Michigan and northern Wisconsin, and with faithful labor many more could be gathered in. I am glad to say that the prospects are brightening, and I hope that before long we shall be doing active work among the French both in the East and in the Central West.
At our late council meeting of the General Conference Committee in Washington, it was voted to request the Latin Union Conference in Europe to send us a French laborer. To this call they are cheerfully responding. It would seem more fitting for us to send help to Europe, instead of calling their laborers to come here; but in the present instance we are glad they can supply the needed help.
I can now appreciate as never before the blessing that has resulted from the German, Swedish, and Danish-Norwegian departments in Union College, where young people of these tongues have received a training for labor among these nationalities. We ought, years ago, to have had a French department in some school, where young people from the French nation could have had the same opportunity as the Germans and Scandinavians have had. Something must be done in this line very soon. The time has come when we must make a definite forward move among the millions of foreigners in this country. I much enjoyed our visit with the Robinson church, and also my association with Professor Sheppler, who is of French birth. I trust that from this time on he will give his whole interest to the development of the work among the French.
One evening was spent with the church at Sturgeon Bay, where I labored thirty-two years ago. Here also we found the believers faithful, and pressing forward. In company with Elder C. McReynolds and Professor Sheppler, I enjoyed an afternoon and evening with the church at Lena, where we had some interesting meetings. The whole visit was both interesting and profitable, and I trust will contribute to the advancement of the message.
O. A. OLSEN.

Western New York

By K. C. Russell

I recently spent a few days in western New York, in the vicinity where I was born and spent my boyhood days, and also where I first received the knowledge of the third angel’s message. Many changes have taken place during the years that have intervened. It was a great satisfaction, however, to meet so many who were believers in the truth at the time I accepted it, and to know that they had remained loyal and true through all these years. On the other hand, I was made sad to learn that some, who were once apparently firm and zealous in the cause of Christ, have drifted back to the world. Various reasons might be given why they have lost their hold on God, among which might be the imperfect lives of those who make a high profession of the truth; others have failed to make the sacrifices which are involved in being true disciples of Christ; and still others have failed to endure the opposition and trials that they would have been obliged to experience in standing uncompromisingly for the truth. All these things might have been easily overcome had the words of Christ been borne in mind: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Thursday, May 19, I had the pleasure of visiting for the first time the headquarters of the Western New York Conference in Salamanca, N. Y., where I met Elder H. B. Carr, president of the conference. I also enjoyed a pleasant visit at the hospitable home of Brother F. H. Hicks.
Sabbath, May 21, I spoke to the church in Jamestown, N. Y. There was an excellent attendance of the members, and also of brethren and sisters from other places near Jamestown. We spoke on the “Keeping Power of God in Preserving From Sin,” and exhorted all to be kept in the love of the truth, and not allow themselves to be led away by the errors of the wicked one.
K. C. RUSSELL.

Highland School Missionaries

By M. Bessie De Graw

Those engaged in self-supporting missionary work for the highlanders of the South realize more and more, each time they meet, how great is the importance of the conventions held at the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute, both to them, as self-supporting teachers, and to their work.
These teachers meet all the problems common to the average school; they also do active evangelical work by holding meetings and distributing literature; and, moreover, they earn their living by tilling the soil and doing other things that naturally belong to farm life. Teachers who succeed in these rural self-supporting schools are, therefore, a very sturdy and independent class; and to meet with them in a convention called to study their problems is both interesting and profitable. It is little wonder that those who listen to the words of encouragement and counsel from these practical, fearless teachers find awakened in their hearts a desire to work for those in this long-neglected field. Victories are related in these meetings to encourage fellow workers, and defeats are sometimes told in order that others may avoid similar mistakes. Thus these quarterly conventions become a sort of clearing-house, where useful knowledge is exchanged to the benefit of all interested.
Brother Calvin Kinsman and his wife, former students of the institute, led out on the program at the recent convention, giving a report of their work in Cuba during the past four and one-half years. When they went to Cuba, there were no Seventh-day Adventist schools of any description on the island. Now Cuba has four schools, manned by self-supporting missionary teachers. Fruit is appearing as the result of this school work. In one school six natives have been baptized. The work started hard, but the foundation has been laid, and during the next few years much will be done for Cuba by schools of this type.
Prof. E. A. Sutherland gave an account of his visit to Cuba, and the great need of the establishment of a training-school for workers in that field. Elder C. F. McVagh, president of the Southern Union Conference, and Elder A. O. Burrill, president of the Kentucky Conference, also contributed to the success of the convention.
Ex-governor McMillan, who has done so much to advance the cause of education in Tennessee, attended the convention; and his practical talks on this subject were exceptionally good. He spoke highly of the education in the farm school, the ideal school to his mind. The teachers will not forget his statement, so familiar to us from another source, that children should not be urged to the schoolroom before eight or ten years of age.
Limited space will not permit me to give the subjects studied during the convention, but the workers were greatly benefited, and it was a universal expression that it was the best convention of its kind ever attended.
One real treat to the convention was the presence of Prof. Sidney Brownsberger, the first president of Battle Creek College and of Healdsburg College. Professor Brownsberger and Prof. Arthur Spaulding, with Sister Rambough, are now establishing a school in North Carolina. To listen to the timely instruction of one who was so well acquainted with our educational work when the practical was not exalted to its proper position, was encouraging. Professor Brownsberger is entering heart and soul into the industrial school work.
The Lord's blessing attends the humble efforts of these earnest teachers. We trust many of our people will have opportunity, sooner or later, to become better acquainted with this work.
M. Bessie De Graw.

Field Notes

EIGHT new members have recently been added to the church at Concord, N. H.
AT Rapson, Mich., on May 8, seven young people were buried with their Lord in baptism.
A NEW church of forty-nine members has been organized at East Los Angeles, Cal., by Elder E. E. Andross.
ELDER F. G. WARNICK reports three additions to church No. 2 at Richmond, Va., and one addition to the church at Danville, Va.
ELDER A. V. OLSEN reports the baptism of eleven persons at Duluth, Minn. Two of these will unite with the Scandinavian church at that place.
A MINISTER at Cedar Lake, Mich., has recently accepted the truth.
A SISTER has recently taken a stand for the truth at Bondville, Vt.
BAPTISM was administered to two persons at Marion, Ind., recently.
A FIRM stand for the truth has been taken by two persons at Sparta, Wis.
A MAN and his wife have just taken their stand for the truth at Houghton, Mich.
AT Las Cruces, N. M., four persons have been baptized by Elder W. A. T. Miller.
TWO new converts were baptized recently by Brother G. W. White, at North Platte, Neb.
EIGHT persons have recently been baptized at La Junta, Colo., by Elder G. W. Anglebarger.
ON Sabbath morning, May 7, another believer followed her Lord in baptism at Milwaukee, Wis.
TWO young men have united with the church at Brownstown, Ill., and will soon be baptized.
ELDER H. E. REEDER reports the organization of a Sabbath-school of sixteen members at Kaycee, Wyo.
A LETTER just received from J. W. Boynton states that he recently baptized three persons at Bellingham, Wash.
BROTHER G. B. F. UNGER, elder of the church at Shimerville, Pa., reports one person awaiting baptism at that place.
As the result of work done by Sister J. A. Lauter in Zion City, Ill., twelve new Sabbath-keepers are ready for church organization.
AT Watsonville, Cal., three young people were baptized recently, making an addition of two members to the church, one being rebaptized.
ELDER C. H. MILLER reports five awaiting baptism at Hartington, Neb. Ten others have been added to the church there this year.
A REPORT from Elder Morris Lukens states that he recently baptized two persons at Terre Haute, Ind., and that three have united with the church.
A NUMBER of persons have recently accepted present truth as the result of cottage meetings and Bible work done on the South Side, Chicago, Ill.
TWO new members were added to the church at Englewood, Ill., on a recent Sabbath. They were baptized by Elder E. F. Collier at the Forty-Sixth Street church.
FOLLOWING some special evangelistic services just held at Nashville, Tenn., two persons were admitted to church-membership by baptism, and a third upon profession of faith.
A CHURCH of twelve members has been organized at Prescott, Wash., by Elder Oscar Hill.
SIX young persons have received baptism and united with the Scandinavian church at Cedar Home, Wash.
ON Sabbath, May 14, Elder Wm. Covert baptized three candidates at the 46th Street church, Chicago, Ill.
FOUR precious souls were baptized at the North Philadelphia church, Sabbath, May 14, Elder B. M. Heald officiating.
THE company at Marshfield, Ore., was organized into a church on Sabbath, May 7. Twelve went into the organization.
AT Carlton Center, Mich., seven have been baptized, and eight have united with the church. Another will be baptized soon.
As the result of work done in Martinsville, Ill., three are keeping the Sabbath, and others are expected to take a stand for the truth soon.
A BAPTISMAL service was held at the Swedish church, in Chicago, Ill., on Sabbath, May 14. Elder C. Meleen administered the ordinance to two persons who had accepted the truth. These have united with the West Side church.

Current Mention

— Sir Charles Hardinge has been appointed viceroy of India, to succeed the earl of Minto, the present viceroy.
— Premier Asquith announced in the House of Commons, June 13, that the government proposed to bring in a bill to modify the king's accession oath, which has been the cause of much bitter feeling among the Catholics of Great Britain.
— A meeting of representative men in Washington, D. C., was held on June 6, at which preliminary steps were taken in the formation of an organization having for its object the erection, in the capital city of the nation, of a fitting memorial to Abraham Lincoln.
— While an aviator was attempting an exhibition at Worcester, England, on June 9, his aeroplane became unmanageable, and descended upon a crowd of spectators. One woman was killed and several persons were injured. A similar accident occurred in Budapest on the same day, six men being injured. In both cases the aviators were unhurt.
— A serious accident occurred in Montreal on June 13, when the supports of the sprinkling-system tank, on the roof of the Herald building, gave way; and the great mass of metal and water crashed through the building to the basement. Fire broke out immediately, and spread with such rapidity as to render the rescue of the injured a perilous task. Twenty-nine persons are known to have lost their lives, a search of the ruins showing that the victims were crushed, drowned, or burned. There were three hundred persons in the building at the time of the accident, which occurred without warning.
— A stinging rebuke was administered to Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, by King George of England last week. At a reception of the cabinet officers held at Marlborough House, to discuss the political situation, the secretary interrupted the king to say, “I do not agree with your majesty there.” He was instantly ordered from the royal presence.
— Charles R. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, was convicted, June 10, on an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government of customs dues on sugar. E. W. Gerbracht, a former superintendent of the refinery at Williamsburg, was also declared guilty. Sentence was suspended, pending an appeal, until August 30, and bail was fixed in each case at $25,000. Minor officers of the company, also found guilty, were sentenced to short terms of imprisonment. Large sums of money out of which the government has been defrauded by this company have been refunded.
— At three o'clock on the morning of June 7 the province of Avellino, in southern Italy, was visited by an earthquake shock of considerable severity. Many small towns and villages were wrecked, a number of deaths occurred, and many persons were injured. A party of American clergymen, who were in the province at the time of the earthquake, had a narrow escape. “Some of the panic-stricken populace believed that the calamity was due to the presence of the clergymen, and attacked the latter with the avowed purpose of lynching them. The police rescued the ministers, afterward escorting them to a safe distance from the village.”
— Heavy storms in the region of the Ahr River valley, Germany, culminating in a cloudburst on the night of June 12, caused the river to overflow its banks, and resulted in enormous financial damage and great loss of life. It is estimated that more than 150 persons were drowned, and fully 1,000 are homeless. The greatest loss of life occurred in the barracks of foreign laborers employed on the railway. These were surprised in their sleep by the onrushing flood, and were unable to escape. The Prussian Diet has authorized an appropriation to relieve the sufferers. Unprecedented floods in other regions of Europe have caused many deaths and serious damage to property.
— On June 13 Charles K. Hamilton flew from New York to Philadelphia and return, making the round trip of 172 miles in an actual flying time of 209 minutes. The flight from New York to Philadelphia was made without a break in 1 hour and 51 minutes; but an accident on the return trip caused a delay that hindered the making of a new record for long-distance flight. In several ways, however, his flight is regarded as a wonderful achievement. “Carrying, as he did, letters between the two cities, Hamilton created the first fast mail by the overland route to Philadelphia and return, and demonstrated that an aeroplane can deliver mail from one city to another with the punctuality of government service. During the whole of his first lap he never varied more than two minutes from his time-card, and came down on the handkerchief laid to mark his landing-spot with the precision of a homing pigeon settling on its perch.” On the same day, at Indianapolis, another aviator reached a height of 4,384 feet in a Wright biplane, thus breaking the world's record for altitude.

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature.
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference.
E. R. PALMER — Secretary N. Z. TOWN, — Assistant Secretary A. J. S. BOURDEAU — Missionary Secretary

The Summary

By A. J. S. B.

The Columbia Union and the South-eastern union conferences show a substantial increase in their May sales.
Now that our schools are all closed, many of the students will be selling our magazines to earn their scholarships. Their efforts will doubtless mean a large increase in the next summary of magazine sales.
The Kansas City branch of the Pacific Press Publishing Association handles 2,500 copies of the Signs Monthly on consignment each month. This enables the tract societies in that territory to be served very promptly.
We regret to report 16,131 fewer magazines sold during May than during the previous month. This is accounted for by a heavy fluctuation in our “miscellaneous” column; also by the losses reported in ten of the twelve union conferences.
This summary completes our report for twelve months. The sale of 1,688,827 magazines during that time means an average of 140,136 copies a month, — a high average indeed for the year. It should be remembered that this does not by any means represent the total sale of periodicals by the denomination. Thousands of unreported sales are made each month, both at home and abroad.
The apparent drop in the sale of the Watchman is explained by the fact that through a misunderstanding the publishers reported the total number of copies sold during the month of April, instead of the total sale of the April edition, which would have been about nineteen thousand instead of 26,325 copies. That is to say, practically 7,000 of the May number were ordered and sold during the month of April.
The development of our magazine work outside of America is again demonstrated by the report from our West Caribbean Conference, located in the Canal Zone. In a letter dated June 2, Brother C. F. Innis, the field missionary agent, says: “At present every town and camp on the Isthmus of Panama is being reached by our canvassers. Last month this conference used 2,600 copies of the Caribbean Watchman and 860 of El Centinela de la Verdad. We expect to increase these amounts each month.” He states that their list of canvassers is now twenty-four, as against sixteen during the month of April.
A. J. S. B.

Summary of Magazine Sales for May, 1910

Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England 454 250 1046 1452 50 600 ... 10 30 ... 3892 $389.20
Maine 102 136 858 397 ... 100 ... ... 1 ... 1594 159.40
New York 494 71 365 467 8 235 ... ... 9 ... 1649 164.90
Greater New York 700 349 1174 447 ... 710 200 110 1128 ... 4818 481.80
Western New York 166 71 1191 258 55 725 ... ... 25 ... 2491 249.10
Southern New England 140 22 635 211 25 222 ... ... 2 10 1267 126.70
Northern New England 131 19 177 58 ... 415 ... ... 51 ... 851 85.10
May totals 2187 918 5446 3290 138 3007 200 120 1246 10 16562 1656.20
April totals 2962 956 6573 2135 295 4129 1010 1008 ... ... 19268 1926.80
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Canadian Union Conference
Maritime 157 12 86 10 ... 310 ... ... ... ... 575 57.50
Newfoundland 20 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 2.80
Ontario 433 53 459 24 ... 380 ... ... 1 ... 1350 135.00
Quebec ... 4 75 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... 88 8.80
May totals 610 77 620 43 ... 690 ... ... 1 ... 2041 204.10
April totals 256 94 658 42 ... 1100 ... ... ... ... 2050 215.00
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta 189 11 277 14 ... 1065 12 ... 141 ... 1709 170.90
British Columbia 239 210 26 12 ... 160 ... 50 6 ... 703 70.30
Manitoba 72 57 76 12 ... 100 ... 100 12 ... 429 42.90
Saskatchewan 68 9 10 5 ... ... 4 ... 84 ... 180 18.00
May totals 568 287 389 43 ... 1325 16 150 243 ... 3021 302.10
April totals 589 108 613 37 ... 3085 67 110 ... ... 4609 406.90
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Central Union Conference
Colorado 398 188 258 280 ... 450 ... ... 19 ... 1593 159.30
Western Colorado 102 56 77 60 ... 132 ... 65 ... ... 492 49.20
Kansas 582 205 728 481 ... 505 5 30 114 ... 2650 265.00
North Missouri 1226 194 158 215 5 347 ... ... 10 ... 2155 215.50
Southern Missouri 237 546 430 529 50 722 ... ... 139 ... 2653 265.30
Nebraska 764 454 446 373 ... 180 5 20 257 ... 2499 249.90
Wyoming 90 6 13 170 ... 300 ... ... 5 ... 584 58.40
May totals 3399 1649 2110 2108 55 2636 10 115 544 ... 12626 1262.60
April totals 2491 1466 2990 2208 134 9036 542 348 ... ... 19215 1921.50
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Columbia Union Conference
Chesapeake 187 415 136 247 ... 300 ... ... 278 ... 1563 156.30
District of Columbia 109 103 337 1091 25 35 ... ... ... ... 1700 170.00
New Jersey 312 513 772 443 13 1460 75 50 126 ... 3764 376.40
Eastern Pennsylvania 331 161 307 105 ... 832 ... ... 82 ... 1818 181.80
West Pennsylvania 403 601 405 1077 ... 1982 ... ... 155 10 4633 463.30
Ohio 928 2829 1060 638 10 3225 ... ... 215 ... 8905 890.50
Virginia 132 1060 336 224 ... 45 ... ... ... ... 1797 179.70
West Virginia 18 7 21 21 ... 420 ... ... 2 ... 489 48.90
May totals 2420 5689 3374 3846 48 8299 75 50 858 10 24669 2466.90
April totals 2486 3316 4086 2216 184 7506 37 385 ... ... 20213 2021.30
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Lake Union Conference
Indiana 476 1562 1617 1172 ... 880 ... ... 53 ... 5760 576.00
East Michigan 1438 496 1675 515 200 640 ... ... 29 ... 4993 499.30
West Michigan 251 210 1570 238 ... 406 2 ... 2 ... 2679 267.90
North Michigan 110 48 937 168 ... 733 ... 100 2 ... 2098 209.80
Northern Illinois 1051 1578 1336 405 ... 630 50 10 374 ... 5434 543.40
Southern Illinois 141 587 70 85 ... 515 ... ... 2 ... 1400 140.00
Wisconsin 600 158 231 215 10 285 7 25 198 ... 1729 172.90
May totals 4067 4639 7436 2798 210 4089 59 135 660 ... 24093 2409.30
April totals 3290 5666 6065 2273 ... 5426 832 1064 ... ... 24616 2461.60
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Northern Union Conference
Iowa 2147 948 1249 236 ... 1865 20 ... 149 ... 6614 661.40
Minnesota 677 131 1025 444 55 2992 85 30 70 10 5528 552.80
North Dakota 199 111 62 327 50 922 65 10 548 ... 2294 229.40
South Dakota 123 45 74 251 ... 290 6 50 53 ... 892 89.20
May totals 3146 1235 2410 1258 105 6069 176 90 829 10 15328 1532.80
April totals 2938 1569 3744 1658 5 6791 1395 1005 ... 10 19105 1910.50
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
North Pacific Union Conference
Montana 924 131 140 298 ... 345 2 ... 1 ... 1841 184.10
Southern Idaho 160 117 259 110 ... 270 ... ... 9 10 935 93.50
Upper Columbia 680 653 212 290 ... 245 ... ... 195 ... 2275 227.50
Western Oregon 1994 38 635 900 ... 1610 ... ... 89 ... 5266 625.60
Western Washington 852 416 1700 1314 ... 5 ... 125 6 ... 4418 441.80
May totals 4610 1355 2946 2912 ... 2475 2 125 300 10 14735 1473.50
April totals 5885 1655 4289 4089 ... 5763 450 400 ... ... 22531 2253.10
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Pacific Union Conference
Arizona 131 11 131 81 ... ... ... ... ... ... 354 35.40
Northern California 1583 1070 3831 2363 ... 7020 ... ... 218 ... 16085 1608.50
Southern California 1445 299 1111 330 ... 1000 ... ... 72 ... 4257 425.70
Utah 12 2 25 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 4.40
May totals 3171 1382 5098 2779 ... 8020 ... ... 290 ... 20740 2074.00
April totals 2571 1655 5256 2073 ... 10307 136 123 ... 650 22718 2271.80
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Southern Union Conference
Alabama 20 666 135 267 ... 100 ... ... 10 ... 1198 119.80
Kentucky 122 374 652 25 ... 175 ... ... 65 ... 1413 141.30
Louisiana 252 251 492 103 ... 610 ... ... ... ... 1708 170.80
Mississippi 285 251 116 67 ... ... ... ... ... ... 719 71.90
Tennessee River 38 523 237 55 50 120 ... ... ... ... 1023 102.30
May totals 717 2065 1632 517 50 1005 ... ... 75 ... 6061 606.10
April totals 324 3041 2447 409 ... 572 ... 2 ... ... 6795 679.50
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Southeastern Union Conference
Cumberland ... 335 117 33 ... ... ... ... ... ... 485 48.50
Florida 244 135 775 19 ... 655 ... ... ... ... 1628 162.80
Georgia 391 1219 1130 307 50 345 ... ... ... ... 3442 344.20
North Carolina 554 1583 123 88 25 375 ... ... ... ... 2748 274.80
South Carolina 209 136 19 21 ... ... ... ... ... ... 385 38.50
May totals 1198 3408 2164 468 75 1375 ... ... ... ... 8688 868.80
April totals 492 3843 1739 415 50 1843 ... 4 ... ... 8386 838.60
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas 16 223 144 21 20 570 ... ... ... ... 994 99.40
New Mexico ... 6 179 92 ... 160 ... ... 4 ... 441 44.10
Oklahoma 990 342 707 297 ... 605 ... ... 370 ... 3311 331.10
Texas 400 762 180 209 25 175 ... ... 54 ... 1805 180.50
West Texas 81 339 15 ... ... 50 ... ... 4 ... 489 48.90
May totals 1487 1672 1225 619 45 1560 ... ... 432 ... 7040 704.00
April totals 1614 2801 580 664 25 4540 1 10 ... ... 10235 1023.50
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Miscellaneous
Foreign 498 271 6390 192 ... 266 20 350 1111 ... 9098 909.80
Miscellaneous 960 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3460* 4460 273.00
Grand totals 29038 24647 42260 20873 726 40816 558 1135 6589 3500 169122 $16763.30
  • Sale of 2,600 copies of the Caribbean Watchman and 860 copies of El Centinela de la Verdad by West Caribbean Conference during May, at five cents a copy.

Comparative Summary for Twelve Months

Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
June 27607 15501 58185 35352 10308 101050 ... ... ... ... 248003 $24800.30
July 48011 15891 79400 15161 1549 2918 ... ... ... ... 162930 16293.00
August 54689 18500 65537 20233 10945 4232 ... ... ... ... 174136 17413.60
September 34302 16335 46845 2217 1584 750 ... ... ... ... 102030 10203.00
October 30483 13035 37812 22171 2819 1126 ... ... ... ... 111577 11157.70
November 28327 20221 37700 3473 14904 225 ... ... ... ... 106860 10686.00
December 29495 20624 36200 2509 1528 290 ... ... ... ... 90741 9074.10
January 18881 13996 32800 15374 1302 710 ... ... ... ... 84332 8433.20
February 29305 11410 36098 3116 14513 220 8242 5036 3098 ... 111068 11106.80
March 28667 15101 34223 5824 2397 38063 558 535 252 ... 141775 14177.50
April 27269 26335 40662 18357 693 60804 4537 5324 ... 22896 186253 18625.30
May 29038 24647 42260 20873 726 40816 558 1135 6589 3500 169122 16912.20
Grand totals 416074 201596 547728 164720 63268 251204 1895 12030 9939 26396 1688827 $168706.70

News and Notes

By A. J. S. B.

Owing to an unexpected demand for the edition, the publishers of Life and Health have printed 60,000 copies of the June number.
Brother A. A. Cone, field agent of the Pacific Union Conference, has just returned from a trip through Southern California. He reports that Brother Ernest Lloyd, missionary secretary of the Southern California Conference, recently developed six magazine agents as the result of one week's work in one of the large churches. There are many in our churches who might thus be encouraged to enter the work.
One of our brethren in Switzerland recently wrote to the publishers of our German magazine, Zeichen der Zeit, expressing his high appreciation of the same. This he did not only in words, but also by ordering 600 copies to sell among the people.
One of our German workers in California writes: “Zeichen der Zeit finds just as kind reception as the Hausfreund, and is loved and appreciated by its readers. In proof of this, when I explained some matters to a German sister the other day, she handed me, at the close of our conversation, $100 to be used especially in behalf of Zeichen der Zeit.”
“We feel encouraged in the periodical and tract and missionary work in our conference,” writes Mrs. H. W. Carr, secretary-treasurer of the Western New York Tract Society. “As we visit the different churches, we find our people willing to assist in this work when it is placed before them. We are selling large numbers of the one-dollar tract packages, and our people seem pleased to get them. A good interest is also being taken in the Temperance number of the Instructor. During a two weeks’ trip I took orders for papers and tracts to the amount of fifty-five dollars. We purpose to continue this work in every way that we can in the future.” A. J. S. B.
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