—British troops, under Colonel Plumer, are now within forty miles of Mafeking. It is expected that the town will soon be relieved.
—A National Danish Rat Extermination Society has been organized in Copenhagen, which has built a crematory for the rats it kills, it being found unhealthy to bury them.
—Bloemfontein, capital of the late Orange Free State, surrendered to Lord Roberts, March 14, and the British flag now floats over the capital building. The British met with no opposition in entering the city. On the contrary, members of the late Orange Free State government, “the mayor, the secretary of the government, the landrost, and other officials,” says Lord Roberts in his dispatch, “met me two miles from the town, and presented me with the keys of the public offices. The enemy have withdrawn from the neighborhood, and all seems quiet. The inhabitants of Bloemfontein gave the troops a cordial welcome.” Lord Roberts will “establish a temporary military government for the queen’s new colony.”
—The Creusot French cannon factory, which supplied the Boers with guns, burned, March 2.
—March 12 President Gates, of Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, resigned on account of the state of his wife’s health.
—March 13, by a vote of 166 to 120, in the House of Representatives, the gold standard in finance was made the law of the land.
—March 8, 1,000 Mexican troops had a hard fight with 300 Maya Indians, and captured all their guns, killing thirty-seven Indians.
—Speaking of the Puerto Rican tariff bill, ex-President Harrison says: “I regard the bill as a most serious departure from right principles.”
—The bill passed by the Kentucky Legislature, offering a reward of $100,000 for the apprehension of the assassin of the late Goebel, became a law the 7th inst., by the approval of Democratic Governor Beckham.
—The recent discovery of Russian and Polish nihilist plots has led the Russian government to renewed police precautions. The routes of the czar’s visits are double patrolled by secret police, and the guards about the winter palace are particularly numerous.
—February 28 the Robert Smith Printing Company, of Lansing, was awarded the contract for binding for the State of Michigan, for two years, from July next. The contract for printing was previously given to one of the strikers of the company, who transferred it to a firm of New York printers.
—The Boers of Orange Free State have retreated from Bloemfontein to Winburg, and have removed to the latter place their seat of government, calling Winburg the new capital of the Orange Free State. It lies sixty miles to the north and east of Bloemfontein, and is the birthplace of President Steyn.
—A dispatch from Washington, dated March 13, states that “ten Republican senators are slated to-night as being ready to cast their votes against the Puerto Rican tariff bill. Should they do so, the bill will be defeated. Ten votes against the bill would defeat it by a majority of four, as the combined opposition is a unit against the tariff provision.”
—After a recent snowstorm, New York City spent $90,000 in two days in removing the snow from only a part of the streets in the borough of Manhattan. Commenting upon this, the Episcopal Recorder very sensibly remarks: “Accustomed as New York is to large figures, this amount seems considerable in view of the fact that from the changing weather, which is always probable at this season of the year, the gentle hand of nature removed the whole accumulation in the remainder of the city, without cost.”
—March 12 President Kruger requested all the foreign consuls at Pretoria to transmit to their respective governments his request for peace. The United States responded, by offering to Great Britain its friendly offices to bring the war to a conclusion. The United States merely transmitted to the British government, at the request of Presidents Kruger and Steyn, “the proposals that they wish to make for a cessation of hostilities.” Six other nations made representations to Great Britain, in response to the appeals made by President Kruger to the consuls at Pretoria. Needless to say, the British government declined to listen to any of the proposals.
—The New Orient, a Manila newspaper, in a recent issue, declares that the killing of General Lawton was the result of placing a price upon his head by wealthy natives of Manila. Continuing, the same paper says: “When the news of General Lawton’s death reached Manila, there was great rejoicing in certain native circles. It was at once proposed to raise a purse to reward the man who slew him, and within twenty-four hours more than $100,000 had been raised. After consultation it was deemed that this was too large a sum to be given to the slayer of one man, and the reward was fixed at $25,000. The man who did the deed was a second lieutenant of the Guardia Cavite, named Garcia.”
—Lord Salisbury’s reply to Presidents Kruger and Steyn was couched in the following words: “At two-days’ notice, after issuing an insulting ultimatum, the South African republics declared war upon Her Majesty. A large portion of Her Majesty’s dominions was overrun, with great destruction of property and life. . . . This great calamity has been the penalty Great Britain has suffered for having, of recent years, acquiesced to the existence of the two republics. In view of the uses to which the two republics have put the position which was given them, and the calamities their unprovoked attacks have inflicted on Her Majesty’s dominions, Her Majesty’s government can only answer your honors’ telegram by saying that they are not prepared to assent to the independence either of the South African Republic or of the Orange Free State.”
—The following is the text of the letter sent by Presidents Kruger and Steyn, to Premier Salisbury: “This war was undertaken solely as a defensive measure to maintain the threatened independence of the South African republics, and is only continued in order to secure and maintain the incontestable independence of both republics as sovereign international states, and to obtain the assurance that those of Her Majesty’s subjects who have taken a part with us in this war shall suffer no harm whatever in person or property. On these conditions, but on these conditions alone, are we now, as in the past, desirous of seeing peace re-established in South Africa; while, if Her Majesty’s government is determined to destroy the independence of the republics, there is nothing left to us and to our people but to persevere to the end in the course already begun.”14
—Indian Territory has a population of fully 500,000.
—A trust, with a capital of $20,000,000, will develop the iron industry of Nova Scotia.
—Ten thousand miles of railway are in operation, or under construction, in Africa to-day.
—Within a year nineteen free public libraries have been established in the State of Wisconsin.
—The wife of President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, is with relatives in Aberdeen, Scotland.
—The United Fruit Company, of Boston, has purchased 198,000 acres of land on the Bay of Nipe, Cuba.
—Edinburgh University (Scotland) has conferred the degree of doctor of laws on American Ambassador Choate.
—The Order of the Golden Fleece has been bestowed on the German crown prince, by the queen regent of Spain.
—The new suspension bridge over the Niagara River, at Lewiston, is about completed, and electric cars will soon be crossing it.
—Brussels is planning to have a “world’s fair” in 1905, to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Belgian independence.
—Herman Jude, a Berlin, Germany, provision dealer, has been sentenced to four-months’ imprisonment for selling condemned American ham.
—The international peace office at Berne, Switzerland, has received a petition of 16,370 Swiss, asking President McKinley to mediate in the Boer war.
—The Salvation Army has taken a hall in Paris, near the Exposition buildings, where services will be conducted daily for the benefit of visitors.
—A seven-per-cent reduction in grain rates between Chicago and New York has been made by the railroads, making the rate sixteen cents for a hundred pounds.
—A Filipino envoy will arrive in Paris this month, going also to Berlin and London, to seek funds for the continuation of the war against American supremacy.
—In Japan there is a Buddhist temple for every 540 of the population, and a Buddhist priest for every 400 Japanese. About $10,000,000 is spent each year in this idolatry.
—The crown prince of Japan, who is to be married soon, will make a tour of the United States, with his bride, visiting New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
—In Germany, the sale of the French comic paper Le Rire has been prohibited for two years. The reason given is its “slandering public institutions and personages in Germany.”
—Aubrey Thomas de Vere, the oldest living English poet, recently celebrated, in good health, his eighty-sixth birthday. It is nearly sixty years since his first book of verse, “The Waldenses,” appeared.
—The year 1809 is a famous birth year. Among the great names dating from that year are Gladstone, Tennyson, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Darwin, John Stuart Blackie, Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
—The German minister to China says he has succeeded in getting a guaranty that Chinese rioters interfering with railway building will be dispersed. Troops are on the border to afford protection to German interests.
—It is announced that Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austrian throne, secretly married Countess Sofia Chotek, and, in consequence, forfeits succession to the throne on the part of his heirs, should there be such.
—Letters from the Philippines support the charge that the United States warship “Charleston” wreck was due to the drunkenness of the officers, who did not know where the ship was. The crew nearly mutinied when asked to sign an exoneration.
—Harry Cooper, said to be the tallest man in the world, has just died. He was born in Cleveland, in Yorkshire, England. He was eight feet eight inches in height, and at one time was a member of Barnum’s troupe. He died in British Columbia.
—Count von Buelow, German minister of foreign affairs, has assured the Reichstag that “the government is in perfect harmony with The Hague Peace Conference, so long as nothing is done to jeopardize public safety and the right of Germany to protect her own interests.”
—The gross earnings of all the Pennsylvania railroads, east and west of Pittsburg, for 1899, were $152,169,106; operating expenses, $106,506,988; and net earnings, $45,662,118. Compared with 1898, the gross earnings increased $16,038,835, and the net earnings, $4,202,703. The gross earnings of all the lines east of Pittsburg and Erie, for 1899, were $72,922,984; operating expenses, $50,344,633, and net earnings, $22,578,351.
—A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., says that “an official report made by the Hinds County board of supervisors reveals a frightful condition of affairs on account of smallpox, in the neighborhood of Jonesville. In the course of six weeks the mortality has been nearly 100, and deaths are so numerous that it is impossible to make interments within any reasonable time. Many patients are in a critical condition, and without medical attention.”
—The British government has ordered five automobiles in Paris, for use in South Africa.
—Queen Victoria will visit Ireland in April, the journey being undertaken by her to express her appreciation of the bravery of her Irish troops. Her last visit to Dublin was in 1861.
MICHIGAN
By W. C. Hebner
GLENWOOD, MENDON, PAW PAW, WAVERLY.— I came to Glenwood, November 25, and the Lord came near as we met in the home of one of our brethren for Sabbath-school and meeting. Evening after the Sabbath we met at the house of Brother Powers, in Glenwood, and Mr. ——, one of the trustees of the People's church, met with us. The Lord gave freedom in presenting his word, and Mr. —— felt perfectly free in asking questions.
At the close of the meeting the use of the People's church was secured, and meetings were begun there the next evening. The attendance was good from the first, and God blessed us greatly in presenting his word. Meetings were held each evening till December 14, without any apparent surrender on the part of the non-believers. Yet it was evident to all that the Lord was moving upon the hearts of many.
The evening of December 13 I spoke on the two laws. After the meeting, Mr. —— invited me home with him. I gladly accepted the invitation; and before retiring for the night, we had a long talk. He told me that he was ready to give himself to God; but he wished his wife to go with him.
In the morning after breakfast he called his wife and children into the sitting-room. The children were two girls ten and seven years old respectively, and a boy of four. He set six chairs in a half circle. Chester occupied his small rocker, Hazel next, Edna next, his wife next, himself, then myself.
We had not yet taken the seats, when he stepped forward and said to his family, “You have never seen me pray; but God being my helper, hereafter my house shall be a house of prayer.” Turning to Chester, he gently and tenderly placed him, kneeling, down by his little rocker, saying, “Remain there.” Next he did the same with Hazel, then with Edna; after which he turned to his wife, took her by the hand, and placing an arm about her neck, kissed her, saying, “Let's give ourselves to Christ and be Christians.”
Then he asked me to pray, which I did. He followed me in prayer. And I am safe in saying that I never heard a man talk with God as he did. We then arose; he again took his wife by the hand, and embracing her, kissed her. Then turning to me, he took me by the hand and kissed me, saying, “Brother Hebner, the load is rolled off, and I am a free man.” It was as still as death, with the exception of sobs from Mrs. ——. It was the most impressive scene I ever witnessed.
After taking his girls to school, he was ready to do missionary work; and about ten o'clock we went over to a neighbor's. Mr. —— told these friends what he had done, and asked them to go with him to the kingdom of heaven. They said they would. And their three oldest children have since accepted Christ. Brother —— is a man highly respected by all the community. After the sermon that night he requested the privilege of saying a few words, and in his remarks he held up the Bible, and said, “This is my foundation; whatever is taught therein I will do, God helping me.”
Having other appointments, I was obliged to go to Mendon, but returned two days later, and began meetings again. Sabbath, December 23, I called at the house of Mr. Crane, who was sick with dropsy, being expected to live only a few days. I talked to him about giving himself to God, but he said there was no use to think of it, as he could not be saved unless he was baptized. After a talk of about half an hour he surrendered to Christ, and Christmas I baptized him in a large water tank, which was taken into the kitchen; and a happier man you never saw.
The 31st we expected an opposition sermon on the Sabbath question. But the intensity of the storm hindered. That evening I had an appointment; there were eleven who came, five of whom were Christians. God gave freedom in presenting his word, and all left the house praising God.
I went over to Paw Paw and Waverly to attend their quarterly meetings, and Brother and Sister Hagle carried forward the work at Glenwood. At Paw Paw, God blessed us greatly, and all the members were encouraged; and there were some who found the Lord for the first time. At Waverly God gave freedom in presenting the truth, and one backslider was encouraged to give himself to the Lord anew.
I then returned to Glenwood, and found that during my absence two more had given themselves to God. We held several more cottage meetings among them, and called attention to the need of a church building. All took hold readily. A building committee was elected, and an acre of ground was purchased upon which to build a church, 24 x 36 ft., with a basement for a church school.
It would be a treat to any person at their Sabbath meetings to see the children,—twenty-two in number, with an average attendance of sixteen or seventeen—arise and present their verses, some by reciting them, and others by reading them.
I am of good courage in the Lord, and to him be all the praise. [0mW. C. HEBNER.
THE FRENCH TRACT FUND.
By D. T. Bourdeau
It will be cheering to the readers of the REVIEW who are interested in the prosperity of the cause among the French, to learn, as reported in this week's paper, that the French tract fund has received further support. But it should be borne in mind that according to a business statement, which I have just sent out to different persons, including the president of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, the editors of the REVIEW, and the secretary of the General Conference, the receipts have only met the expenses at this end of the line.
While I am glad to be able to say that my accounts are balanced, I can not refrain from wishing that our beloved central house of publication could report that, in this case, receipts equal expenses, nor from extending a hearty invitation to all who are interested in the prosperity of the French tract work to further contribute in favor of the French tract fund. If this is cheerfully done, the noble work for which that fund was started, and which has already been crowned with encouraging results, may not be hindered, but may be carried on so vigorously and so successfully that our most sanguine expectations with regard to it may be more than met.
D. T. BOURDEAU.
SPECIAL NOTICES
WANTED, at once, the name and address of every Seventh-day Adventist in your church who does not take the REVIEW. Address the editors.
RECEIPTS FOR FRENCH TRACT FUND.
Formerly reported.................................................. $188 95
Reported by D. T. B.................................................. 19 50
Total................................................................. $208 45
MICHIGAN STATE MEETING.
There will be a meeting at Greenville, Mich., beginning April 26, and continuing until May 6. All the Michigan Conference laborers are expected to be present at this meeting. We also expect Elders S. N. Haskell, G. A. Irwin, and A. J. Breed. J. D. GOWELL.
AN INTERESTING BOOK.
“Thrilling Incidents in the Life and Experience of John F. Bahler (a blind brother), with Poems by His Wife; also Fifty Hints on Health, and Forty Recipes of Great Value,” is an interesting, useful, and beneficial work. Ninety-six pages. Price, 25 cents.
We hope our people will send in their orders to J. F. Bahler, Keene, Tex. The profits will go to assist in building a house of worship for the Lord. E. T. RUSSELL, Pres. Tex. Conf.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.
The fortieth annual stockholders’ meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association (ninth annual session under the new charter) will be held in the Tabernacle, at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, March 26, 1900, at 10 A. M., local time, for the election of a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
W. C. BISLEY,
I. H. EVANS,
C. D. RHODES,
T. SMITH,
L. MCCOY,
S. H. LANE,
J. I. GIBSON,
Directors.
REVIEW AND HERALD STOCKHOLDERS, ATTENTION!
By JNO. I. GIBSON
Proxies.
The directors wish to call the attention of the stockholders to the notice of the annual meeting of the association, which appears on this page. Every shareholder who wishes to be represented, and who can not attend the annual meeting, should write at once to the undersigned for blank proxy forms, which will be supplied promptly.
It will facilitate the work of the secretary, and save time at the annual meeting, if all those who purpose issuing proxies will kindly do so, and forward them to the secretary, as soon as possible, so that they may be duly filed. The filing of proxies is made obligatory by Section VI of the Statute, which reads as follows: “Stockholders may appear and vote in person, or by proxy duly filed with the secretary.”
There are a large number of old unrevoked proxies on file, made out, several years ago, to persons who formerly resided in Battle Creek, but who have gone elsewhere, and can not attend the next stockholders’ meeting.
All such useless proxies should be revoked by the stockholders who issued them, and new proxies made out to some one who purposes being present at the annual meeting on March 26.
Please note that proxies issued by the shareholders of a religious institution are exempt from the war tax of ten cents. JNO. I. GIBSON, Sec.
MICHIGAN CHURCHES, NOTICE!
We have failed to receive reports from a large number of churches for the present quarter. Our list of officers has become quite incomplete, and, although blanks were sent to all according to this list, we presume many have failed to report because no blank was received. We urge every church clerk who has not reported since Jan. 1, 1900, to forward the name and address of the elder, or leader, treasurer, and clerk, by return mail. Please do this whether you have received a blank or not, and attend to it at once. We are ready to send blanks for the next quarterly report, and are anxious for all to have blanks to render a proper report. Report to J. S. Hall, Battle Creek, Mich.
WELSH SABBATH-KEEPERS, NOTICE!
By D. A. Evans; J. M. Jones
The undersigned, who are themselves of Welsh descent, desire to have the name and address of each Welsh person who believes and practices the truths of the Third Angel’s Message. We would also like to have such as are sufficiently educated in both the Welsh and English languages to be able to translate English into the Welsh, to mention the fact when the name is sent.
The object to be attained in this is the enlisting of all the Welsh talent that can be found, in a systematic effort to spread the message among our countrymen. Is it not high time that this was done? Is it not time that the distinctive features of present truth were printed in our native language? Will all who think it is time respond quickly to the foregoing request? We trust that our Heavenly Father will open the way for a great, a good, and a long-neglected work to be done among our fellow countrymen. Address all communications to J. M. Jones, 46 Manchester St., Battle Creek, Mich.
D. A. EVANS,
J. M. JONES.
WHAT CONFERENCE WILL RESPOND?
The Lord has said that the Southern field is a “difficult” field for our missionary efforts, but that it is a “fruitful field.” Work in the past here has moved quite slowly. The Tennessee River Conference has a membership of about three hundred and seventy-five persons. A burden of indebtedness is resting upon it at present, but we hope by the blessing of the Lord to see this greatly reduced during the coming year.
We are in pressing need of a consecrated lady Bible worker to enter Memphis, a city of one hundred thousand inhabitants who have scarcely heard a note of the Third Angel’s Message, also support for this worker for one year. In Memphis there are only a few sisters, and they are struggling to hold up the light, and are crying for help. There are so many other calls for the laborers now in the field that it is impossible for us to send a worker to this city. In fact, we have no one to send. Work in the cities must be carried on largely through Bible work, from house to house. Memphis is a pleasant city on the Mississippi River, and it is high time we had a good, faithful laborer there.
Now will not one of our strong Conferences hear our plea, and select one of their best Bible workers, who has a burden for this field, and send her here and support her for a year in the work? We know that a blessing will come to the Conference that will do this, and that it will help to increase a missionary spirit among the membership of the Conference, as they watch the results of the labor of the worker thus sent forth, and their prayers follow her. We believe some one will hear our pleadings, and answer the call. Who will it be?
I have been in this Conference only four months, but I can say that the Lord is going before the laborers in a special manner. Many openings for labor are presenting themselves, and new courage is coming to the workers, as many of them testify. For all this I praise the Lord.
I know that there are many, many needy fields in foreign lands, calling for help; but not every one is prepared to go to foreign lands. We can use some one here who is not ready to go to a foreign field, and the experience that may be gained in a year’s work in this field, may be just what is needed to fit the worker for some more difficult field.
We shall be glad to hear from any who are interested in the work here, and to give any information desired. If any of our Bible workers who read this feel a special burden for this field, they are requested to indicate it to their Conference committee.
Address W. J. Stone, 415 Woodland St., Nashville, Tenn.
NOTICES
WANTED.—Employment in Sabbath-keeping family by sister with one child of six years. Address Mrs. Emma L. Wild, Thompsonville, Benzie Co., Mich.
WANTED.—To correspond with reliable S. D. A. dentist. One of the best openings on the Pacific Coast. Address J. A. Reid, 260½ Third St., Portland, Ore.
WANTED.—Information concerning whereabouts of Walter H. Vaughan, a printer, by his brother, E. N. Vaughan, Hilderbran, Burb Co., Tenn. Last heard from Jan. 9, 1898.
WANTED.—Married man, with small family, to work on farm, by month or year. Must understand farm work and care of stock. Permanent job. Address H. W. Miller, Box 1864, Battle Creek, Mich.
FOR SALE.—Stock of groceries, hardware, and general merchandise. Best business location in College View. Also pleasant home in Brownville, Neb. Wish to sell on account of failing health. Address M. L. Hale, College View, Neb.
FOR SALE.—Twenty-two acres of fruit land on Black Oak Ridge, noted for peaches and strawberries. Two miles from Southern Industrial School, Graysville, Tenn. Good house, barn, well, 500 budded peach trees, choice varieties; 50 apple trees; ¾ acre strawberries, all of one year planting. Excellent climate, good school and church privileges. Address N. W. Allee, Graysville, Tenn.
ADDRESS
The present post-office address of Henry Block is Leduc, Alberta, Canada.
“THE REST DAY.”
A great educator has said that “admissions in favor of the truth from the ranks of its enemies constitute the highest kind of evidence.” This new tract, by C. H. Edwards, is brimful of just such “admissions,” regarding the Sabbath, from the world’s greatest Catholic and Protestant authorities—from bishops, theologians, encyclopædias, the leading religious papers of the land, etc. Though it contains but forty pages, it is a complete catechism of all necessary information relating to the question of Sabbath observance. The 118 quotations from various theological authorities, are grouped under the following titles: Protestant Pledge, Loyal to the Bible, Loyal to the Law, Protestant Confessions, Roman Catholic Confessions, Opinions of the Fathers, Origin of Sunday Observance, Papal Witnesses, Rise of the papacy, A Child of Tradition, Words of Truth Series, No. 23. Envelope size, Price, 2½ cents each. Address your tract society, or the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
REVIEW TESTIMONY MEETING.—NO. 7.
The subscription for which Marcus L. Carpenter had paid expired Feb. 20, 1900. He died March 3, 1899. The inclosed paper found among his papers after his death, will show how he valued the REVIEW:—
“When wearied with my daily toil,
And burdened with the cares of life;
When sick of this vain world's turmoil,
So full of sorrow, sin, and strife;
When longing for some sweet release,
My drooping courage to renew,
And bring me gladness, light, and peace,
With joy I welcome the REVIEW.”
“REVIEW AND HERALD, how I love
Thy weekly visits! They to me
Seem like a Godsend from above,
To guide me o’er life's stormy sea;
Ofttimes they are so opportune,
To check my worldliness and pride.
Without thy counsel I might soon
Be swept along with this world's tide.”
MRS. M. I. CARPENTER.
—, MICH., March 7, 1900.
I have been an Adventist for more than 20 years, and have never ceased taking our good paper, the REVIEW; could not get along without it.
C. P. HASKELL.
—, OHIO, Jan. 7, 1900.
I should miss you very much if you should fail even once to make your weekly visit. Therefore, please find in this $1.50 to insure your regular visits for another year.
MRS. FLORA H. WILLIAMS.
—, TEX., Dec. 25, 1899.
Find inclosed $1.50 for another year's subscription for the good REVIEW. I think the REVIEW gets better all the time, and I should be sorry indeed if I could not have its weekly visits.
MRS. ANNIE BARTLETT.
—, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1899.
Your paper, the REVIEW, is so full of instruction that I should regard it a great loss to do without it. I hope to secure some new subscriptions. It is a rich blessing in any house.
MRS. ANNA E. WARNER.
—, FLA., Jan. 8, 1900.
As I renew my order for the REVIEW, I feel like speaking a word of praise and appreciation for the dear old paper. I am a lonely Sabbath-keeper, and seldom have the privilege of hearing a sermon; so you can imagine how I welcome the weekly visits of the REVIEW, but you can never know the many blessings I receive from it until we meet around the throne of glory.
MRS. J. M. ISENBERG.
—, OHIO, Jan. 8, 1900.
Please find inclosed postal order for $2, the extra 50 cents to pay for the paper four months to Mrs. _____. Your labor of love is appreciated by me. I am thankful to the Lord for the agents he has sent to make plain the messages of truth for these last times.
C. E. EDY.
—, MD., March 7, 1900.
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MRS. OCTAVIA BOWMAN.
—, MISS., March 5, 1900.
We are glad to renew our subscription to the REVIEW. It is such a comfort to us, as we are the only Sabbath-keepers in this county so far as we know. We are always glad to get it.
M. M. ADAMS.
—, EGYPT, Feb. 7, 1900.
Inclosed I send a report for the REVIEW. As soon as I gain more strength, I hope to do more for the REVIEW. Our workers in foreign fields, not able to take a newspaper, greatly appreciate the News and Notes department of the REVIEW. It saves me much reading, as it gives about as good an idea of the news as I daily, and avoids the rubbish.
H. P. HOLSER.
—, NEB., Jan. 10, 1900.
I send my renewal in this letter, although my time is not out. It has been a great loss to us lately not to get the REVIEW regularly, on account of moving. So many interesting things have been missed. The REVIEW has been a comfort and help for about fourteen years; and the longer we take it, the harder it is for us to do without it. May the Lord bless it more and more, and bless all who help to make it so good.
MRS. J. B. NEAL.
—, Dec. 28, 1899.
Inclosed please find $1.50, renewal for REVIEW. I don't wish to miss any copies. I love its weekly visits. It is improving right along.
ROBERT CARR.
—, IOWA, —, 1899.
The REVIEW is too important a paper for us to lose any number. I prize it as highly as any letter. I can not see how any one who takes it can miss reading any part of it. I read it from beginning to end, although I can not subscribe for it a full year at a time.
MRS. MAY DRAUN.
—, MINN., Jan. 10, 1900.
Inclosed please find $1.50 to renew my subscription to the REVIEW. May God bless you for publishing so great a paper.
H. H. BROWN.
—, N. Y., March 8, 1900.
It is with thankful heart that I send my renewal for the REVIEW. It is a refreshing shower that comes to us every week, and I would not know how to do without it. Have read it ever since I became an Adventist,—about thirty-six years ago,—and it seems to grow better each week.
W. N. PARKER.
—, KAN., Sept. 20, 1899.
I have taken the REVIEW for two years, and I feel that I can not be without it. The Lord is enlightening my family through its silent ministry, for which I am praising God.
MRS. FRED MOODY.
—, MO., Sept. 25, 1899.
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R. K. PAST.
—, Sept. 15, 1899.
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MRS. L. S. BRIGGS.
—, 1899.
I send you to-day $1.50 for the REVIEW. Our crops were badly damaged with hail, and we were afraid we would have to drop the paper; but we must have it, if we have to go without something else. We have taken it ever since we were Sabbath-keepers, and can not afford to do without it.
M. E. GRIDLEY.
—, Sept. 12, 1899.
We have been giving our neighbors some reading-matter, and they are very much interested in the REVIEW. One woman says it is the best reading-matter she ever saw. We take the REVIEW, Signs, and Instructor, and do not think we could do without them very well. We distribute them all.
MRS. E. A. PARKER.
—, FLA., Oct. 7, 1899.
I write to renew my REVIEW subscription. It is all the preaching I have. I have not heard a preacher for three years, and I do not see how I could do without the paper. There is no Seventh-day Adventist in this part of the country.
W. J. HASTY.
—, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1899.
I am thankful to be able to renew my subscription for the REVIEW. I feel that I can not do without it. I think the REVIEW is the best paper that I have ever taken, and I wish to be a subscriber to it as long as I live.
LORINDA P. STEERE.
—, KAN., Sept. 8, 1899.
Don't wonder at my not taking the REVIEW for the last four months; for I had “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” “Marvel of Nations,” and “Bible Readings,” which I had not studied for years. I could not read all and do my work. Now I will sign for the good old weekly visitor, the REVIEW. It is the best paper that is published.
O. D. NICHOLS.
—, KAN., Sept. 8, 1899.
Excuse me for not sending my subscription money when the time expired, but my parents were staying with me, and we did not need two REVIEWS; but now they have gone to California, so I am in great need of your excellent paper. I am sorry I have not the fifty cents to add to the one dollar, so as to pay for one year.
MRS. L. E. ALLEN.
—, ALA., Sept. 7, 1899.
I have learned, by happy experience, from your regular visits for the last eighteen or twenty years that you always come with a “feast of fat things.” I wish all the world could have the benefit of your visits. Our church here, I believe, has but one member that does not take the REVIEW; and last year I paid for it, and sent it to her.
W. G. BUCKNER.
—, WIS., Aug. 30, 1899.
I like the paper so well that I can not afford to do without it.
MRS. LENA STORMER.
—, WIS., Aug. 31, 1899.
DEAR OLD FRIEND: Hearing your knock, I hasten to open the door, and explain why you have not found us “at home” in your weekly rounds. We have been going from one place to another ever since last winter, and so left you to call at our daughter's house, instead of following us in our wanderings. When you called at other places and on other people, we read your cheering words. You are a welcome guest; and when from any cause your chair is vacant, you are greatly missed.
WM. SANDERS.
—, NEB., Aug. 28, 1899.
I assure you the REVIEW is highly appreciated by me; and it gets better all the time. But this should be expected, in harmony with the progressive times as we near the end.
VICTOR THOMPSON.
—, OHIO, Jan. 1, 1900.
Please find inclosed $1.50, for which send the REVIEW for one year. I can not think of doing without the paper, as for many months at a time, we do not have the privilege of hearing a minister. The REVIEW is as a living minister to us every week.
MRS. M. M. BRUNSON.
—, ALA., Dec. 27, 1899.
Please send the REVIEW. I don't think we have missed a paper since we first subscribed, and that was many years ago; and we can't afford to miss it now.
A. S. DEVINNEY.
—, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1900.
I doubt if any subscriber has appreciated the REVIEW for the last two years any more than I, or if any have been more seriously impressed with the valuable matter that it contains.
G. B. JONES.
—, MASS., Jan. 5, 1900.
I congratulate you on the excellent paper you are publishing. I think it ought to have a large circulation outside of our own denomination. I have often wished that many of its articles might be read by every one in the country.
GEO. B. WHEELER.
