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Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 44.

LIBERTY
Earlier text: Developing Missionary Workers at Our Camp-Meetings

Significant Catholic Utterances

By C. S. L.

At the recent national convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, it was reported that the federation had been flooded with letters asking it to use its efforts to have papers of the type of the Menace excluded from the mails.
“As will be remembered, federation had up this matter with the Postmaster-General and Attorney-General of the United States, and the conclusion was reached that no law could be enacted under our federal Constitution to stop the circulation of literature containing general violent criticisms of any particular faith. . . . Since no federal law can be enacted, it is proposed to have State laws passed by which such scurrilous and slanderous publications could be brought to time.”—Bulletin of A. F. of C. S., Vol. VII, No. 9, September, 1913.
We can see clearly from this that the Catholics deliberately propose to take from the American people, through adverse legislation in the State legislatures where they are in power, the liberties granted under the Constitution of the United States.
Another important statement found in the Catholic Bulletin is very significant. It is as follows:—
“The A. F. of C. S. has always publicly protested against the seizing of the civil sovereignty of the Pope and the infringement of the rights belonging to the Catholic Church. . . . ‘We protest against the impious spoliation of the church in her rights of property and in her liberty of action, and we demand and will continue to demand the absolute independence of the Holy See.’ . . . Let us renew our protest and send out a message from this convention to the Catholic federations and societies all over the world requesting them to uphold unflinchingly before their rulers the rightful claims of the Holy See, and let us ask all Catholics to pray that God might restore the vicar of Christ to a full and absolute independence of any civil government.”
The above instruction was given to the Catholics in private conference, but when Archbishop Ireland delivered an address to the public at the same convention, which he knew would be published to all the world, he no longer indulged in the esoteric doctrines, but in the exoteric teachings of the church, and set forth the following:—
“Church and state cover separate and distinct zones of thought and action: the church busies itself with the spiritual, the state with the temporal. The church and state are built for different purposes,—the church for heaven, the state for earth.
“The line of demarcation between the two jurisdictions was traced by the unerring finger of him who is the Master of both: the law of God is, ‘Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.’
“I rehearse a vital dogma of Catholic faith with regard to mutual relations of church and state. . . . The position of the Catholic Church, consequently of Catholics, towards the nation or state, is defined in clearest terms by the highest authority of the church. What is to be feared from the Catholic Church? To priest, to bishop, or to Pope, who—I am willing to consider the hypothesis—should attempt to rule in matters civil and political, to influence the citizen beyond the range of their own orbit of jurisdiction, that of the things of God, the answer is quickly made: Back to your own sphere of rights and duties—back to the things of God! Or, in like manner, should the state, or its officials, in law or in act, step beyond the frontier of temporal jurisdiction and dare lay hands on things spiritual and divine, the answer is: Beware! touch not the things which God has reserved to his duly appointed representatives in the spiritual order. . . . The partition of jurisdiction into the spiritual and temporal is a principle of Catholicism. . . . Religious freedom was barred by law in the colonies—Protestant creeds warring one with the other, all warring with the Catholic . . . save in Maryland while reigned there the spirit of the Catholic Lord Baltimore.”
This is a good sample of the exoteric teachings of the Catholic Church in flat contradiction to her esoteric dogmas. In the face of the past history of the Papacy, Archbishop Ireland said:—
“Into the past ages I do not now hold the field-glass of scrutiny, although, were I to do so, I were readily able to descry glorious work done by the Papacy, and to the wondering eye of a more modern world show it to have been ever the guardian of personal and social rights, ever the foster-mother of popular liberty and popular justice, ever the resplendent mirror of Him of whom it was written: ‘He passed by, doing good.’”
But how will Archbishop Ireland harmonize his statements with the following doctrines of his church? “That it is necessary to separate church and state is a thesis absolutely false,—a most pernicious error.”—Pope Pius X, in Encyclical to Bishops of France, Feb. 11, 1906. Again in the Syllabus of Pope Pius IX, Dec. 8, 1864, the following propositions are strenuously condemned as “errors of our time:”—
“Every man is free to embrace and profess the religion he believes true, guided by the light of reason.
“The church has not the power of availing herself of force or any direct or indirect temporal power.
“The church ought to be separated from the state, and the state from the church.
“Civil laws may and must be independent of divine and ecclesiastical authority.
“In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion shall be held as the only religion of the state, or to the exclusion of all other modes of worship.
“Whence it has been wisely provided by law, in some countries called Catholic, that persons coming to reside therein shall enjoy the public exercise of their own worship.”
This is the double doctrine of Rome taught in a most beguiling way to deceive an uninformed public.
C. S. L.

Religious Liberty Department

By C. S. Longacre

C. S. LONGACRE N. Am. Div. Secretary

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp-Meetings for 1913

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Arizona ........................ Nov. 13-23
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Florida, Lakeland ........ Oct. 30 to Nov. 9

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— A severe storm swept the Atlantic coast October 20. The raging gale and high seas resulted in much damage to shipping, and a government barge, loaded with ammunition valued at $50,000, went ashore near Bush Bluff Lightship, a total wreck.
— Seventeen soldiers of the One Hundred Seventieth Company of United States Coast Artillery were killed, and ninety injured, when a special troop train on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad crashed through a trestle near State Line, Miss., on October 19.
— A business man's club at Portland, Oregon, has launched a plan to abolish the State senate and the house of representatives and place the State's business in the hands of a commission. Preliminary steps have been taken to have a commission form of government for the people, through the initiative. The project received its impetus at a recent meeting of merchants, and the initial commission is to be appointed to determine the details.
— President Huerta of Mexico, on the night of October 10, arrested 110 members of the chamber of deputies and rushed them to the penitentiary. The action was the outgrowth of criticism of the president by certain members, and a threat on the part of the chamber to dissolve and meet elsewhere because of the lack of protection accorded its members. The arrest followed a demand by President Huerta that the chamber withdraw the resolution. Only non-Catholic deputies were imprisoned. Catholic members were allowed to go free.
— This is pronounced the heaviest year in crop loss since 1901. The government report estimates the loss in corn during the drought and hot weather of August as 292,000,000 bushels, and the total crop loss in all products is placed at 1,418,000,000 bushels, with an additional loss of 10,000,000 tons in hay. One of the most serious phases of this loss is the fact that the heaviest losses are in the so-called surplus States. The hopes of reduced cost of living have been blighted by the loss in the potato crop. The loss in potatoes, as given in the September report, shows that last year the yield was 421,000,000 bushels; this year it is only about 325,000,000 bushels.
— Lack of return addresses on the envelopes and letter-heads costs the Chicago post-office about $200,000 a year. Forty per cent of the mail handled in Chicago is said to be insufficiently or incorrectly addressed, and then it is claimed that another eighteen per cent of the mail handled at the outlying stations is in the same condition. The force of clerks required in the read-dressing department costs about $75,000 a year, and then the several redistributions of the same pieces of mail made necessary by incorrect addresses cost another $73,000. It is said that firms and corporations which give no other addresses than Chicago—no street number—cost the department an enormous sum.
— Twenty million dollars is said to have changed hands during the recent world's series baseball games between the New York and Philadelphia teams.
— Lorenzo Cozza, of Rome, has been carrying on the work in which his father was engaged, of finding the port of Pompeii. He has at last unearthed the quay, which he found twenty-three feet below the surface. It is 700 meters from Pompeii, and 1,250 from the sea-coast as it is now. It is thought that this discovery will throw much new light on the shipping customs of the Romans.
— The constantly increasing traffic between the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Continent has led the German railways to arrange for the construction of what will probably be the longest railway bridge in the world. It will be 12,000 feet long, 100 feet high, and exceed the famous bridge over the Firth of Forth and the recently built Hoangho bridge in China. The purpose is to establish through railroad service from Stockholm to Madrid by way of Hamburg and Paris.
— By a vote of forty-three to fourteen, Gov. William Sulzer of New York was found guilty, by the high court of impeachment, on three of the articles preferred against him. He was convicted of filing with the secretary of state a false statement of campaign contributions, of perjury in swearing to his campaign statement, and of misdemeanor in suppressing evidence against himself. The final vote was taken October 16, and the following day he was removed from office, but not disqualified for holding office of public trust in the State. Lieut.-Gov. Martin H. Glynn became chief executive, and the former governor will at once become a candidate for the State legislature.
— When Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the English militant suffragettes, reached America on the liner “Provence,” from France, on October 18, she was detained at Ellis Island by the immigration officers. A special board of inquiry considered her case, and ordered her deported on the ground that she was an undesirable alien. Her representatives appealed to the Washington government for a reversal of this decision, and President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson interceded in her behalf. She was finally allowed to land in New York on October 20, on probation. She comes to America for the purpose of making a lecture tour, and expects to return to Europe on November 28.
— At the convention of the Medical Association of the Southwest, Dr. C. S. Venables, one of the speakers, affirmed that pigskin is the best for grafting purposes. Dr. Venables has made many experiments, and he says that skin taken from pigs when they are from two to six months old can be grafted on humans more successfully than can skin from other human beings. The grafting of pigskin is successful in seventy-five to one hundred per cent, while the grafting from humans is successful in thirty-two to fifty per cent. By a deep-shaving process the probability of the transplanted pigskin growing bristles is avoided.

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The Florida Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By W. H. Heckman; H. A. Shreve

THE sixth annual session of the Florida Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will convene on the Seventh-day Adventist campground, at Lakeland, Fla., Monday, Nov. 3, 1913, at 10 A. M., to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The voters of this association are the regularly accredited delegates of the Florida Conference.
W. H. HECKMAN, President; H. A. SHREVE, Secretary.

The Florida Conference Association

By W. H. Heckman; B. W. Spire

THE seventh annual session of the Florida Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp-ground at Lakeland, at 9:30 A. M., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1913, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association.
W. H. HECKMAN, President; B. W. SPIRE, Secretary.

Special Meeting of the Central California Conference Association

By J. H. Behrens; G. A. Wheeler

A MEETING of the Central California Conference Association is called to convene in connection with the special session of the conference at Laton, Cal. The regular delegates to the Central California Conference (unincorporated) are the constituency of the Central California Conference Association. The first meeting of the association is called for Wednesday, November 5, at 10:30 A. M.
J. H. BEHRENS, President; G. A. WHEELER, Secretary.

Special Session of the Central California Conference

By J. H. Behrens; G. A. Wheeler

At a joint meeting of the Central California Conference Committee and the Armona school board it was voted “that the future policy of the Armona Academy and equipment be submitted to a special session of the conference to be called in connection with the coming camp-meeting, Oct. 30 to Nov. 9, 1913.”
In harmony with the above action, a special meeting of the Central California Conference is called to convene at Laton, Cal., Oct. 30 to Nov. 9, 1913, for the transaction of the above-named business and any other business that may seem best to the regular delegates and people in conference assembled. The first session of the conference is called to meet on Monday, November 3, at 10:30 A. M.
By order of the conference committee.
J. H. BEHRENS, President; G. A. WHEELER, Secretary.

Obituaries

SLIPPER.—Sister Katheryn Slipper was born in Canada in 1841, and died Sept. 19, 1913, in Chicago, Ill. The deceased accepted this message in 1904, and remained faithful to the day of her death. Three sons, two daughters, and one sister are the only living relatives. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, words of consolation being spoken from 1 Thess. 4:13-18. M. H. SERNS.
WORKHOFFEN.—Jennie Workhoffen, a native of Holland, died at Salida, Cal., aged 70 years and 8 months. In 1867 she was married to Henry Workhoffen, who, with four children, survives. From early childhood the deceased was religiously inclined, and in 1880 she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which she continued a faithful member until her death. For many years the family lived in Indiana. They had only recently located in California when the wife and mother was taken from them. N. W. KAUBLE.
MILLER.—Mrs. Anna M. Miller died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Hill, near Lexington, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1913, aged 76 years, 10 months, and 4 days. She was born at Nassau, Germany, and came to this country with her parents at the age of seven years. She accepted the third angel's message and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Bellville, Ohio, July 6, 1879, and remained faithful until her death. The funeral service was held in the Christian church at Lexington, and was attended by a large number of friends and neighbors. H. H. BURKHOLDER.
WHITE.—John Randolf White was born Sept. 8, 1872, at Osceola, Iowa, and died at the home of his only sister, in San Jacinto, Cal., Sept. 2, 1913, aged 40 years, 11 months, and 24 days. The deceased was a graduate of the Knoxville high school, and also had a normal training. For some time he engaged in teaching, and later came to California. Brother White suffered much, but was hopeful to the end, and died a firm believer in the third angel's message. His companion, three children, and one sister survive. The writer spoke words of comfort from Job 14:1, 2. L. E. BRANT.
SEWELL.—Mrs. Mary Ann Sewell died at her home in Farmer, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1913, aged 67 years, 7 months, and 26 days. In the summer of 1895, during a tent effort conducted by Elder R. A. Boardman and the writer, Sister Sewell gladly embraced the doctrines held by Seventh-day Adventists, and united with the Hicksville church at its organization a few months later. Her affliction covers a period of about eight years, during which time she was never known to murmur or complain. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her, and will be greatly missed by the church. A husband, five sons, and two daughters mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the union church at Farmer, which was well filled with sympathizing friends. H. H. BURKHOLDER.
BIRD.—Elizabeth Dunn Martin was born in New Jersey, July 16, 1837, and died at the home of Elder W. L. Bird, in Columbia, S. C., Sept. 20, 1913, aged 76 years, 2 months, and 4 days. At the age of twenty she was married to Sylvester W. Bird, whom she survived by four years. To this happy union were born eight children, seven of whom are living. Sister Bird accepted present truth in 1872, and was laid to rest hoping for the soon coming of Him in whom she trusted. A. D. GILBERT.
HUBBARD.—Willis S. Hubbard was drowned in the Tuolumne River, Modesto, Cal., Sept. 21, 1913, at the age of 61 years, 5 months, and 29 days. He was born in Pleasantville, Iowa. In 1872 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Wilbur. Some twenty-five years ago he united with this church, and remained faithful until his death. His companion, three sons, one daughter, three sisters, and one brother survive. Funeral services by the writer, assisted by J. C. Rasmussen. C. M. GARDNER.
FEWELL.—Died at Turlock, Cal., Sept. 9, 1913, Frank B. Fewell, aged 58 years and 9 months. Brother Fewell came to California with his parents in pioneer times, but later returned to Nebraska, where he was united in marriage with Eva A. Russell thirty-five years ago. About twenty years ago the light of present truth came to him at Santa Ana, Cal., and he remained a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church until called by death. He was a clean, sober-minded, upright man from his youth, honest, earnest, and industrious. He leaves a wife, three sons, three brothers, and two sisters, but they sorrow in hope. C. M. GARDNER.
PEPPERS.—Mary Jane Griffin Peppers was born in Monroe County, Iowa, July 27, 1879, and died at Chisholm, Iowa, Oct. 6, 1913, aged 43 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Jan. 15, 1891, she was married to Sherman D. Peppers, who, with her mother, four brothers, and one sister, is left to mourn. Sister Peppers was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Eddyville, Iowa. She lived a quiet, consistent Christian life, and was a most devoted wife and daughter, a loving sister, a kind neighbor, and a sympathetic friend. Her loved ones find comfort in the assurance that she sleeps in Jesus. M. B. BUTTERFIELD.
DUNLAP.—Miss Ida Dunlap was born near Pewamo, Mich., Jan. 7, 1860, and died at the home of her sister at Crystal Lake, Sept. 27, 1913. The deceased accepted the third angel's message at the age of twenty-two, and for many years was actively engaged in the work, at one time being secretary of the Young People's Society of the East Michigan Conference. Later she took up work in the Huntsville (Ala.) school, where she labored faithfully until failing health forced her to give up. During the last year of her life Sister Dunlap was a patient sufferer, full of faith, and resigned to God's will. Five brothers, four sisters, and many friends mourn. The writer conducted the funeral service. IRA J. WOODMAN.
(Lake Union Herald, please copy)
SHAVER.—Mary Eliza Shaver was born in the State of Illinois, May 13, 1849, and died at her home in College View, Nebr., Sept. 17, 1913. She was married to George W. Shaver at Hampton, Iowa, Aug. 25, 1869, and resided in that State until 1897. Eleven children were born to this union, nine of whom are still living. Sister Shaver's illness began eighteen years ago, and was the cause three years later of the family's moving to College View in order to be near the sanitarium, where she might have treatment. Brother and Sister Shaver embraced the third angel's message, thirty-five years ago. A large number of brethren and sisters and friends attended the funeral service, which was conducted at the family home in College View. The husband, five sons, and four daughters are left to mourn the loss of a dear wife and mother, and to live in the hope of meeting her again at the resurrection morning. D. P. MILLER.
ARTERS.—Little Mary, only daughter of Sister Elizabeth Arters, of Flagstaff, Ariz., was born March 18, 1910, and fell asleep Sept. 12, 1913. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at the home of the grandparents. M. A. HOLLISTER.
SMITH.—Mrs. Martha Josephine Cowing Smith fell asleep in Jesus Sept. 29, 1913, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Sister Smith accepted present truth in the State of Kansas some twenty-five years ago. She resided mostly at Fresno, Cal., during the last sixteen years of her life, where she had many warm friends. Four children mourn. Services were conducted by the undersigned, and the deceased was laid to rest awaiting the call of the Life-giver. J. H. BEHRENS.
DILLARD.—Pleas H. Dillard was born in the year 1870, and died Sept. 29, 1913. The deceased was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. He was a great sufferer for several years, but bore his affliction with patience. He leaves a wife and four children, but they “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” He now rests awaiting the voice of the Life-giver. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. C. R. MAGOON.
SMITH.—Arthur Raymond Smith, the little son of O. M. and Lillie Castle Smith, was born June 12, 1910, and died Sept. 26, 1913, at the age of 3 years, 3 months, and 14 days. Little Arthur was a bright, active child, always strong and well until his last illness, which lasted about one month. He was patient in all his suffering and passed away peacefully. His loss is mourned by the parents, one brother, and three sisters. Words of consolation were spoken by a Congregational minister to a large concourse of relatives and friends who gathered at the funeral service. MRS. O. M. SMITH.
BAGLEY.—Mrs. Lois Ann Bagley died at the Alameda sanitarium, Alameda, Cal., Sept. 9, 1913. More than forty years of her life were spent in Chicago, Ill., where she was connected with the first effort of this denomination in that city. She came with her daughter to California, only two months before her death, which was the result of a fall. She was a patient sufferer, and her faith in the Saviour and hope of eternal life were sure and steadfast to the end. One daughter and several grandchildren are left to mourn. Elder B. E. Beddoe conducted the funeral services. C. G. HOLMES.

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The Autumn Council

By Editor

The autumn council of the General and North American Division Conferences, which closed in Takoma Park this week, had under consideration some very important questions affecting the general welfare and world-wide extent of this movement. Every year increases the scope and importance of these great problems. The brethren have brought to the discussion of these questions a spirit of earnest seriousness. Never have we seen men carrying heavier burden for the work of God, nor more deeply concerned for its welfare, than those who have gathered for counsel during the last few days. The reports of this meeting, which will be furnished by Elders W. A. Spicer and G. B. Thompson, will be read with interest. Let us uphold in prayer the hands of our brethren occupying these places of leading responsibility. Their burdens are indeed great, and only as they are given divine enlightenment can they advise as to what Israel ought to do in the many crises through which this work will pass before the coming of the Lord. Help has been laid upon One who is mighty to save. The great God of Israel has a care for his people and for his work. By his direction and in his power we are well able to prevail.
We learn from the Australasian Record that in August Brethren P. B. Rudge and J. L. Branford, with their families, sailed from Brisbane, Australia, to establish a mission among the aborigines of Queensland. The mission is on a site reserved in the Cairns district, at a place called Monamona. We rejoice with our Australasian brethren that another tribe is added to our missionary list.

Echoes From the Harvest

By T. E. Bowen

SPLENDID reports are being received of the good work being done in the Harvest Ingathering. A few extracts from letters will be of interest:—
Elder C. L. Taggart, president of the Northern California-Nevada Conference, writes: “We are glad to report that we are busily engaged in the Harvest Ingathering campaign. Tuesday, October 14, a company went out in the city of Stockton and gathered during the day $72 for missions. We feel sure our field is going to gather considerably more than was obtained last year. One brother went to three persons and received $12.50,—five dollars each from two, and two dollars and a half from the third. Our conference workers are taking an active part in this work. We are not asking our people to do something that we are not willing to do ourselves.”
Another report reads: “Word just received from Boulder, Colo., states that two of the members there have already turned in $32 from the Harvest Ingathering campaign work. Of this amount six persons gave five dollars each.”
Another church in Colorado reports $20.80 as the result of working five residence blocks in their city, with the business portion still untouched. This church says further: “Almost all are at work. We took the matter to the Lord in prayer before we started out, and we believe he is answering us.”
Papers are being used with care. Let none think they are out to see how many papers they can give away. This is not the object, but how much can be gathered for God while handing out these good papers. One union conference has adopted a printed envelope to accompany each paper, the solicitor stating that he will call in a day or two for an offering.
Over half a million papers have already been sent out, and the orders have caught up with the supply printed ahead. The presses are still at work, and will be able to keep ahead of the orders.
The four unions leading on October 17 are: Pacific, 73,145; Columbia, 68,773; Lake, 67,783; and Northern Pacific, 62,245. The council in session here is enthusiastic in planning for the campaign. God is greatly blessing this work. All must share in it by taking part.
T. E. BOWEN.

The Danish-Norwegian Seminary

By Ole Andres Olsen

WHEN the General Conference Committee in the autumn council of 1909 decided to dissolve the German and Scandinavian departments at Union College, and establish three separate foreign schools, the Danish-Norwegian department was the first to find a location. At Hutchinson, Minn., they very providentially found a college building in good repair, which was offered at a very low price.
It is a matter of much interest that all our people who have visited the place have been not only satisfied, but greatly pleased with the location and everything connected with it.
An earnest effort has been made to raise the money for the purchase price, and for the improvements that have been made, and our people have responded liberally and very cheerfully with cash and pledges, for which we feel very grateful.
This fourth year has started out with a far larger attendance than did any previous year, and gives promise of being a still better one than any of the preceding years. This is surely as it should be.
There is, however, one phase of the situation that is not altogether satisfactory; namely, that we have still some debt on our school. To this we cannot be reconciled. We cannot be fully satisfied till our Danish-Norwegian Seminary stands entirely free from any financial embarrassment. Our people have done nobly in contributing to our school, and if all the pledges that have been made, and that are due, had been fully paid, our seminary would now be entirely free from debt.
What say you, my brethren and sisters? Is not this a good time to pay these pledges? Everything is favorable; God has blessed the country as a whole with excellent crops, and the prices, too, are good. We can hardly think of a more favorable time in which to fulfil these our obligations and pay these pledges, and thus wipe out the debt still remaining on the Danish-Norwegian Seminary. We therefore urge our friends to improve this favorable opportunity to pay these pledges, and thus place the school not only free from debt, but in a favorable condition to do its work and fulfil its great mission in connection with the work of the Lord in the earth. May we not look for a speedy response to this call, for we know that each of you feels as deeply concerned for the best interest of the school as we possibly can? Therefore we feel confident that you who have made pledges to the seminary which have not yet been paid, will embrace the first opportunity to do so, and thus bring a blessing to yourselves and the school, and to the work of the Lord as a whole.
All remittances should be sent to W. H. Edwards, 2718 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn., or to L. H. Christian, 1315 E. Twenty-eighth St., Minneapolis, Minn. O. A. OLSEN.

Elder Allen Called to Cuban Mission

WE learn of the arrival in Cuba of Elder A. N. Allen, formerly superintendent of the Peruvian Mission, South America. He was called by the General Conference to take the superintendency of the Cuban Mission. The work in Cuba is moving forward encouragingly.

Methodist Book Concern Output

OUR publishing-house workers will be interested to learn of the output of the Methodist Book Concern last year. Their sales were $3,250,000. The profits were $490,978, or sixteen per cent on total assets. The income goes to church extension and missions.
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