p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 48. (12/2/1902)

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

“The Niagara Falls Route.”

Corrected June 26, 1902.

EAST	8 ^* Night Express	12 Detroit Accom.	1 Mail & Express	10 N.Y. & Bost. Spl.	14 Eastern Express	4 N.Y. & Bost. Spl.	36 ^* Atlantic Express
Chicago	pm 10.00		am 6.45	am 10.30	pm 3.00	pm 5.20	pm 11.90
Michigan City	am 1.50		8.15	12.08	5.99	6.50	am 1.25
Niles	1.05		10.15	1.00	5.35	7.45	2.30
Kalamazoo	2.45	am 7.30	pm 12.05	2.08	6.45	8.52	4.10
Battle Creek	3.30	8.10	1.00	2.42	7.17	9.25	5.00
Marshall	4.10		1.30	3.09
Albion	4.32		1.50	4.30
Jackson	5.20	pm 2.35	2.40	4.56	*8.40	10.40	6.40
Ann Arbor	6.20	3.20	3.47	4.58	9.30	11.25	7.45
Detroit	7.35	4.15	3.50	6.00	10.30	12.20	9.15
Falls View					am 6.12	6.58	pm 5.10
Susp. Bridge					6.33	6.57	5.31
Niagara Falls					6.48	7.08	6.45
Buffalo			am 1.20	8.10	7.50	pm 5.05
Rochester			3.13	10.00	9.35	8.40
Syracuse			5.15	pm 12.00	11.30	10.45
Albany			9.05	4.35	pm 9.05	2.50
New York			1.30	8.15	6.00	7.00
Springfield			pm 12.13	11.39	8.30	6.05
Boston			3.00	11.30	11.30	9.46

WEST	7 ^* Night Express	17 ^* N.Y. Bos. & Chi. Spl.	5 ^† Mail & Express	3 Fast Mail	23 ^‡ Western Express	13 ^§ Kalam. Accom.	37 ^§ Pacific Express
Boston		pm 2.00		am 4.40	pm 4.15		pm 8.00
New York		4.00		8.45	am *6.00
Syracuse		11.20			2.00		am 10.00
Rochester		am 1.10			4.08		11.42
Buffalo		3.10			7.25	6.00	pm 1.15
Niagara Falls					8.07	7.02	5.02
Susp. Bridge					7.15	5.18
Falls View					7.36	5.41
Detroit	pm 8.20	7.55	am 6.50	am 12.40	pm 12.40	4.50	11.15
Ann Arbor	9.38	8.49	8.10	1.30	1.38	5.55	am 12.20
Jackson	11.20	9.50	11.05	2.25	2.35	7.30	1.25
Battle Creek	12.40	10.54	12.25	3.30	3.50	8.49	3.00
Kalamazoo	1.30	11.28	1.20	4.10	4.28	9.50	3.35
Niles	3.25	pm 12.45	3.25	5.35	6.00		5.06
Michigan City	4.47	1.35	4.50	6.32	7.00		6.01
Chicago	6.50	5.15	6.40	8.05	8.55		7.50

Daily. † Daily except Sunday. ‡ Stops on signal. § Stops to let off passengers.

Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.10 p. m. daily except Sunday.

O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago. R. N. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

GRAND TRUNK R’Y SYSTEM.

By W. C. Cunliffe

EAST	8	4	6	2	10	76
Chicago	AM11.05	PM3.09	PM8.15		†AM9.00
Valparaiso	PM12.42	4.41	10.05		PM1.25
South Bend	1.57	6.00	11.31		PM1.04	AM7.50
Battle Creek	4.00	8.00	AM2.03	^†AM7.00	3.40	PM5.30
Lansing	5.20	9.21	3.31	8.30	5.29
Durand	6.00	10.06	4.25	9.30	6.30
Saginaw	8.10			11.05	8.10
Bay City	^†8.45			^†11.40	8.45
Detroit	8.00		7.15	11.50	9.20
Flint		10.30	7.15	10.21	7.28
Port Huron	9.40	AM12.30	7.00	PM12.20	9.30
London
Hamilton
Suspension Bridge	AM3.40	7.05	PM1.55	PM8.35	AM3.40
Buffalo		8.20	3.05	9.50
Philadelphia	PM3.47	PM7.24	AM7.28	AM8.56	PM3.47
New York	4.45	8.40	8.40	9.45	4.45
Toronto		AM7.40		PM7.40
Montreal		PM6.00	7.30	AM7.30
Boston	AM8.10	^†PM7.05	^†PM7.05
Portland	AM7.30	^†PM6.15	PM6.15

WEST	3	5	7	9	11	75
Portland	^†AM8.15	AM7.00	AM7.00
Boston	^†11.30	7.30	7.30
Montreal	PM10.30	AM9.00	AM9.00
Toronto	AM7.35	PM4.50	PM11.20
New York	PM5.40	8.55	AM9.25
Philadelphia	6.30	8.45
Buffalo	AM5.55	1.00	PM10.05
Suspension Bridge	7.05	2.00	11.15
Hamilton
London
Port Huron	PM12.00	9.00	AM4.05	^†AM6.50	^†PM3.50
Flint	PM1.25	11.07	5.31	8.54	5.54
Bay City	^†AM11.40	9.00
Saginaw	^†PM12.15	9.35
Detroit	^†AM11.30	10.00		7.00	4.00
Durand	PM1.58	AM12.05	6.00	9.30	6.30
Lansing	2.33	12.54	6.44	10.50	7.53
Battle Creek	3.55	2.18	8.10	PM12.30	9.30	^†AM7.15
South Bend	5.40	4.12	10.03	3.01		PM4.45
Valparaiso	7.00	5.29	11.14	4.41
Chicago	8.45	7.20	PM12.50	^†7.40

Nos. 4-6-8-Daily　　　　　　　　　Nos. 3-5-7-Daily Nos. 10-76-Daily ex’t Sunday　　　Nos. 9-11-75-Daily ex’t Sunday

W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent, Battle Creek.

Progress of the Work in the German Union Conference

By Editor

A GENERAL view of the progress of the work in the German Union Conference is given in the report from that field by Brother Conradi, which begins on page fifteen. We hope no one will be prevented from reading it because it looks rather long. Each division of the field is treated under its proper heading, and the whole is a series of short reports rather than one long report. Our desire is that all the people shall become acquainted with the advancement of the message in all fields, and especially those in “the regions beyond,” and this is the reason why so much space is given in the Review to these fields and the work in them. Do not fail to read the report.

A Time for Prayer

By Editor

It is true that “men ought always to pray, and not to faint,” and it is equally true that appointed times for special prayer and earnest seeking of the Lord are acceptable to God, and a means of special blessing to his people. Again and again when God's people have faced a great crisis and have turned to the Lord with prayer and with fasting, humbling their hearts before him, he has signally wrought for them, and has delivered them. Note the experience of Judah under king Jehoshaphat. When it was told the king, “There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria,” then “Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.” And the Lord saved them from their enemies.

So Ezra, after starting to lead the released captives from Babylon to Jerusalem, set apart a special time of waiting upon God for needed help. “Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.” And the result is thus stated in Ezra's own words: “And the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.” “The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.” “The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”

It must be evident to every thoughtful believer that we are now facing a crisis in the work of this message. And this is true whether we consider the situation as it is within our own ranks, or as it is in the world outside. We have come to the time of shaking, and to the time for pushing the definite message of the soon-coming Saviour to the ends of the earth before the passing of this generation. It is now time to call this whole denomination to pray the prayer of Daniel as recorded in the ninth chapter of Daniel. The prophet Daniel understood from the words of the prophet Jeremiah that the time had come for the deliverance of God's people from Babylon, and he prayed for the restoration of Jerusalem. It was a prayer of the most humble confession and sincere repentance. Listen to the penitent cry: “We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly. . . . O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.” And now observe the earnestness of the pleading that God would build again Jerusalem. “Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. . . . O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”

The time of complete and final deliverance from Babylon has now come. We are now offered the privilege of being “laborers together with God” in the accomplishment of his purpose to “build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down,” as explained in Acts 15:13–17, by proclaiming this closing message to the nations of the earth, and gathering out a people for the Lord's name. It is time for the weak to be as David, and David as the angel of the Lord, but this experience can come only through the valley of humiliation and the mountain-top prayer. To this we invite this whole people. A time for confession and repentance, and of taking hold upon God anew is greatly needed.

The annual week of prayer is appointed for December 20–27. It may be an occasion of such a blessing as has not been known hitherto, or it may be allowed to pass with a mere formal observance. Shall we not pray now and constantly that God will visit his people during this season of prayer, and revive his work in the midst of the years? “O visit me with thy salvation.”

General Conference Committee Council Adjourns After Fifteen Days

THE council of the General Conference Committee, to which reference has already been made, adjourned Tuesday afternoon of last week, after having been in session fifteen days. A report of such part of the proceedings as will be of general interest will appear in our next issue.

Delay in Publication Due to Engine Repairs

By Editor

It is possible that this week's Review may reach some of its readers a little later than usual, as we were delayed in going to press on account of necessary repairs to the engine. We shall do our best to mail this edition on time, and hope that the number may be small who will be obliged to wait for their paper.

Fundamental Principles in the Sabbath-School Lessons

By Editor

The truths now being studied in the Sabbath-school lessons are most important, and we hope they will receive the attention which they deserve. The editorial article on one of these lessons, beginning on page four, deals with some fundamental principles which need to be clearly understood, and which are worthy of earnest consideration by all our readers just now. We invite attention to it.

Correction on Greater New York Article Hall Rent

By Editor

In the article entitled “Greater New York a Needy Field” printed in the Review for November 11, there was a mistake for which the writer was not responsible, and which ought to be corrected. On page 17, first column, about the middle of the second paragraph, in speaking of the hall occupied by the colored people, the article stated that “the price of this hall was forty dollars a week.” It should have been “forty dollars a month.” We regret the error.

Sanctuary Question and the Defection in Holland

The report of the sad defection in Holland, in Brother Conrad’s article this week, shows again how truly the sanctuary question is the key to the truth that has given us a definite message for this time. When the early pioneers in this work received the light on Christ’s ministry in the temple of God in heaven, they went forth proclaiming the message of Rev. 14:6-12, with the power of God. Still the same message is to go, in clear-cut, well-defined lines, showing that Christ’s work before the Father’s throne in the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary is drawing to its close. The judgment hour is passing. The warning cry is to go to all the earth. And now Satan would delight to throw a veil of mysticism over the whole question. The brethren in Holland, who were led into the idea that man’s body is the only sanctuary, necessarily became confused, and let go of the spirit of prophecy and the vital prophetic truths of the third angel’s message. The enemy would be glad to throw this confusing issue into all the ranks. But let all press together, holding forth the definite message that has made us a people, and the same message by which God’s work is to be finished in our day.