Earlier text: Publishers' PageOne Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund
By Daniel H. Kress
For Special Work at Home and Abroad
WHENEVER a new enterprise is started that God would use in the accomplishment of great good, reports are always freely circulated by enemies, and often by would-be friends, which tend to destroy faith and confidence in it. When we began our sanitarium work in the Wahroonga Sanitarium, there were those who said it was a white elephant, and would never be able to pay its way. When faithful workers rolled up their sleeves and took hold of the work, fault was found with the management. But in spite of all this, the institution prospered, and has continued to prosper up to the present; and it will prosper just as long as right principles are maintained and a Christian influence is cherished by its workers. Not only was the institution prospered financially, but during the four years of its existence, not less than thirty-five embraced the truth. Many of these were people of influence, who possessed considerable means, and who have since then been giving liberally toward the support of the work. Since our arrival in Washington we have heard similar predictions concerning the Washington Sanitarium. Of course we can hardly expect a new enterprise to come out entirely as we should like during the first six months of its existence. But that it is not an impossibility for this Sanitarium to pay its way, while doing a good work, will be seen from the following itemized approximate report of its present standing:— EXPENSES
Insurance ........................$ 325
Interest ......................... 2,500
Telephone ........................ 300
Electricity ...................... 350
Gas ............................... 150
Taxes (per annum) ................ 200
Fuel .............................. 1,200
Food .............................. 4,000 Wage list—
Physician .....................$ 15
Matron ........................ 10
Head Nurse ..................... 12
Head Nurse ..................... 12
Nurse ........................... 9
Nurse ........................... 9
Nurse .......................... 10
Cook ........................... 12
Maid ............................ 9
Student ........................ 5
Student ........................ 5 Total a week .......$108
Total a year ............ 5,616 Total expense a year .........$14,641
Total expense a week ............$281 RECEIPTS
11 Patients .....................$175
Extra Nursing .................... 30
Boarders .......................... 80 Total receipts a week ........$285 Our eleven patients average about $16 a week. One or two pay as high as $25 a week, some $18, some $15, and one only $12.50, and another $10. From this it will be seen that we are not forced to charge exorbitant rates to our patients. I have tried to give in this report a fair and honest estimate. Our food expense is not so high as rated at present. Our fuel bill is also much lower at present, but will be higher during the winter months. I trust our people will take courage, and talk courage wherever they go. I believe the money invested in the Washington Sanitarium will prove a good investment. D. H. KRESS.
Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium. Received on the $150,000 Fund up to July 9, 1907
By I. H. Evans
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England ........$ 2,623.61
Chesapeake .................. 424.26
Eastern Pennsylvania ........ 1,411.85
Greater New York ............ 431.85
Maine ....................... 362.22
New Jersey .................. 552.63
New York .................... 1,101.42
Southern New England ........ 1,138.50
Vermont ..................... 850.70
Virginia .................... 271.67
West Pennsylvania ........... 832.57
West Virginia ............... 241.67
Western New York ............ 1,301.67
Total .......................$11,544.62 Canadian Union Conference
Maritime ....................$316.43
Quebec ...................... 33.78
Ontario ..................... 350.48
Total .......................$700.69 Central Union Conference
Colorado ....................$ 878.19
Iowa ........................ 2,254.97
Kansas ...................... 1,660.40
Missouri .................... 851.45
Nebraska .................... 4,800.68
Wyoming ..................... 403.87
Total .......................$10,849.56 District of Columbia
Washington churches .........$1,294.44 Lake Union Conference
East Michigan ...............$ 1,307.82
Indiana ..................... 4,475.48
North Michigan .............. 131.51
Northern Illinois ........... 1,619.74
Ohio ........................ 2,662.61
Southern Illinois ........... 750.58
West Michigan ............... 3,166.85
Wisconsin ................... 1,818.22
Total .......................$15,932.81 North Pacific Union Conference
Conference not specified ....$ 360.26
British Columbia ............ 83.80
Montana ..................... 256.56
Upper Columbia .............. 1,496.14
Western Washington .......... 1,084.20
Idaho ....................... 844.90
Western Oregon .............. 1,294.20
Total .......................$5,420.06 Northern Union Conference
Alberta .....................$ 144.10
Manitoba .................... 238.70
Saskatchewan Mission Field.. 34.85
Minnesota ................... 4,384.36
South Dakota ................ 2,614.19
North Dakota ................ 1,767.41
Conference not specified .... 73.82
Total .......................$9,257.43 Pacific Union Conference
Arizona .....................$ 177.87
California-Nevada ........... 5,199.16
Southern California ......... 493.84
Utah Conference ............. 205.46
Total .......................$6,076.33 Southern Union Conference
South Carolina ..............$ 103.85
Alabama ..................... 200.63
Tennessee River ............. 502.94
Florida ..................... 338.65
North Carolina .............. 255.25
Kentucky .................... 30.36
Cumberland .................. 552.82
Louisiana ................... 385.61
Mississippi ................. 191.13
Georgia ..................... 345.86
Total .......................$2,907.10 Southwestern Union Conference
Not specified ...............$ 170.18
Arkansas .................... 222.64
Oklahoma .................... 1,414.94
Texas ....................... 1,062.86
Total .......................$2,870.62 Unknown
Unknown .....................$151.20 Foreign
Algeria .....................$ 13.33
Australia ................... 137.06
Bermuda ..................... 25.00
China ....................... 20.60
South Africa ................ 128.16
Jamaica ..................... 13.41
Yukon Territory ............. 10.00
England ..................... 256.32
West Africa ................. 14.06
Mexico ...................... 2.00
Costa Rica .................. 2.00
India ....................... 12.48
South America ............... 23.35
Switzerland ................. 9.69
Panama ...................... 9.00
Nicaragua ................... 4.00
Trinidad .................... .34
Central American Mission .... 17.00
Norway ...................... 25.00
Japan ....................... 12.50
Hayti ....................... 5.00
Egypt ....................... 51.55
Palestine ................... 2.00
Tobago, W. I. ............... 1.22
Omaja, Cuba ................ 3.00
Total .......................$798.07
Grand Total .................$67,802.93 All remittances should be made to the treasurer of the State conference wherein the remitter resides. If this is not possible, remittance should be made to
I. H. EVANS, Treasurer. Keeping at It
By J. S. Washburn
WHEN the $100,000 fund was being made up, there were many, among them some of our poorer brethren and sisters, Who pledged themselves to give to the fund, many of them regularly, until the whole amount was made up. These pledges were kept. My brother, it is our privilege not to stop giving on this fund, no matter what we have previously done, until the last cent of the amount is paid in. We have no doubt there will be also at the last a surplus, as with former funds. It is not too late. The door is still open. Let us not be weary in well-doing: J. S. WASHBURN. Watch and Pray
By T. S. WILLIAMS
Ye poor, despised, rejected band
Who watch, and sing, and pray,
Sojourners in a foreign land,
Who wait the blessed day,
Watch on, pray on, and wait;
Ye soon shall enter heaven’s gate. Watch, wait, and see the blessed day
When tears shall all be dried,
When sin and sorrow pass away
Through Christ once crucified;
Watch on, pray on, and wait;
Ye soon shall enter heaven’s gate. Though fiery trials oft beset
Along the narrow way,
Though troubles rise thy soul to fret,
O watch, and sing, and pray;
Watch on, pray on, and wait;
Ye soon shall enter heaven’s gate. The resurrection trump shall sound,
The dead in Christ shall rise,
And all who shall be worthy found
Shall meet him in the skies.
O then we shall no longer wait,
We then shall enter heaven’s gate! A Message to the Churches
By Ellen G. White
I HAVE a message to speak to the churches. If we are to make known the story of the cross in all parts of the world, our missionary efforts must not be allowed to weaken. They must be kept vigorous and strong. The efforts we put forth to dispel the darkness of error will always be proportionate to our faith in God, manifested in our obedience to his commandments. With faith and courage and hope we are to extend the knowledge of present truth. We have not always met as we should the obligations in missionary effort that our knowledge of present truth places upon us. The manifold wisdom of God has been displayed in the organization of his church in the earth for the representation of the truth in the world. In their zeal for the cause of righteousness, his servants are to reveal a faith that works by love and purifies the soul from every slothful habit, a zeal that reveals itself in watchfulness unto prayer, humble heart-searching, a readiness to examine self, that they may detect their own defects of character, and avoid the evils of self-exaltation. This faith and zeal are essential, or our labors for the perishing will weaken, and Christ will be disappointed in his church. The three powers of the Godhead have pledged their might to carry out the purpose that God had in mind when he gave to the world the unspeakable gift of his Son. Every act of self-denial, every earnest surrender to God, is an element in God's design for the increase of the piety and zeal and earnest faith of his people. The Holy Spirit unites with the powers of grace that God has provided to turn souls to Christ. We are to labor as Christ labored for the salvation of dying souls. And as we work, our hearts are to be encouraged by the thought that every soul converted through our efforts will become another instrumentality in the work of recovering the lost. Guided by the same Spirit that led some one to work for him, he will take up the work and labor in the spirit of the Master. God has given me this message to bear to those who are out of line: “Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.” In these last days, there are arising strange fallacies and man-made theories which God declares shall be broken in pieces. The spirit of covetousness has led men to seek worldly advantage, and by extravagance and display they have tried to hide their wicked deeds which they have done in order to reach their object. Men occupying high positions of trust have revealed this unlawful desire for gain; they have practised extortion and robbery, and have gratified the evil passions of their hearts, until our cities are corrupted through their wickedness. God has declared that he will uncover these works of deceit and robbery by their own working. In some cases the judgments of God have already fallen heavily on these cities. “The Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, ‘Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.’” In this representation of the prophet, we see that Satan is at work not only with worldlings, who have not the fear and love of God before them, but also with those who profess faith in Christ. Here are plainly represented two distinct parties, formed from a company that was once united. The members of one of these parties are in resistance to the will of God. They have taken themselves from the side of the loyal and true, and are now resisting the warnings of the Spirit of God. To the obedient the Lord will be “for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.” Every professed believer in Christ will be tempted by Satan. “And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared [mark that word], and be taken.” Notwithstanding all their knowledge of the Word of God, all their light, and their position as expositors of Bible truth, many shall “stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.” The ruin of this class is certain. Then the charge is given, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. “And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.” “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter: shall not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” This warning is given for the days in which we are now living. Read carefully the third chapter of Second Timothy. This chapter refers to the “many” spoken of by Isaiah who have departed from the faith. “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,” the apostle says to Timothy, “deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast heard and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.” A wealth of moral influence has been brought to us in the last half century. Through his Holy Spirit the voice of God has come to us continually in warning and instruction, to confirm the faith of the believers in the spirit of prophecy.9 Repeatedly the word has come, Write the things that I have given you to confirm the faith of my people in the position they have taken. Time and trial have not made void the instruction given, but through years of suffering and self-sacrifice have established the truth of the testimony given. The instruction that was given in the early days of the message is to be held as safe instruction to follow in these its closing days. Those who are indifferent to this light and instruction must not expect to escape the snares which we have been plainly told will cause the rejecters of light to stumble, and fall, and be snared, and be taken. If we study carefully the second chapter of Hebrews, we shall learn how important it is that we hold steadfastly to every principle of truth that has been given. “I am now ready to be offered,” the apostle Paul declared as his warfare drew to a close; “the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” “Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: for Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee.” “Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” This letter was written to Timotheus, the first bishop of the church at Ephesus, after Paul had been brought before Nero the second time to witness with his life to the faith he held. In placing on record this account of his trials through men who turned from the faith, Paul speaks words which should encourage our hearts as we pass over the same ground. We are having trials to encounter similar to those that Paul met. There are some who once were with us as teachers, but who are now denying the faith, and are working against the truth they once advocated. In this experience we need not lose our faith and confidence in God. It is the privilege of each to be able to say, “The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
By J. W. Westphal
Upon the “horror of great darkness” the morning was breaking. The long years of Egyptian slavery were closing. The Lord had sent his chosen servant to bring to Israel the message of their deliverance. “By temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors” it was demonstrated to them “that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.” Happy in the thought of their Canaan possession, and with confidence established in Moses as their visible leader, chosen of and directed by God, they were ready on that eventful passover midnight to bid Egypt a final good-by. As yet they realized but little the meaning of their exodus. Before the Lord could entrust them with the promised inheritance, they must be tested. They must learn to know God, to trust him, to obey him, and to be led by him. This was the purpose of their wilderness experience. “Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.” Deut. 8: 2, 3. At the Red Sea the people feared and murmured against Moses. In their inexperience the Lord did not chide them. Their murmurs were met with, “Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.” Their complaints at Marah only called forth a prayer from Moses, “and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet.” In response to their bitter accusations in the wilderness of Sin, where they had no food, the Lord said, “I will rain bread from heaven for you.” When some went out to gather manna on the Sabbath day, the Lord for the first time reproved their unbelief and disobedience, saying, “How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?” At Rephidim, where they questioned the leadership of Moses, and said, “Is the Lord among us, or not?” the Lord patiently directed Moses to smite the rock and give the people water to drink. Thus did the Lord deal with them like a tender father, demonstrating his love for them, his presence among them, and recognizing before all the people Moses as his chosen instrument and leader of Israel. Then followed the greatest of all wonders. “Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?” The Lord would give every possible evidence of his presence with the people of his choice and remove every occasion for unbelief. From the midst of a cloud on a burning mountain and a quaking earth, surrounded with “thunderings, and lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking,” a grandeur more than earthly, the Lord spoke his holy law in the hearing of all the people. There could be no doubting the meaning of this. The Spirit of God wrought upon their hearts, they felt his presence, and conviction seized upon them. They were obliged to confess that it was God; that Moses was his mouthpiece to Israel, and promised thus to receive him. “Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” They were prepared to enter into a solemn covenant with God, repeatedly promising to obey him. “All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.” In this way the Lord proposed to prepare the people to receive whatever further instruction he might see fit to give them through the medium of Moses, and through the same means to lead them through the perils of the wilderness into the promised land. There10 would be continual evidence of the Lord’s guidance in the pillar of cloud and of fire; there would be special providences revealing his presence to confirm their faith, but the foundation of it all had been laid in the experience up to and at Sinai. Israel had received greater light. With light came greater responsibility. Sin became more sinful. There was left no excuse for unbelief and disobedience. The time of ignorance God winked at, but now he requires sincere repentance. The Lord would not love them less; he would still pardon their sins; but he could not overlook wilful disobedience and stubbornness and selfish unbelief. Henceforth he will call them to account. Moses is with the Lord in the mountain forty days. Becoming weary of awaiting his return, and forgetting their promises and recent experiences, they make a calf and worship it. To it they ascribe the honor of their deliverance from Egypt. Never did Moses love them more than then. His interests were so wrapped up with theirs that if they could not be saved, he was willing to have his name blotted from the Lord’s book. However, disobedience so flagrant could not be overlooked. “He said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.” When Nadab and Abihu “offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not,” they were devoured by fire which went out from him. When an Israelitish woman’s son “blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed,” he was stoned. When they lusted for flesh and murmured against God and Moses and endeavored to carry out their unholy greed, “the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.” Miriam was smitten with leprosy when she and Aaron spoke against Moses. The Lord commanded with reference to the man found gathering sticks on the Sabbath day: “All the people shall stone him with stones without the camp.” A most determined and wicked disobedience occurred when Israel was on the verge of the promised land. The Lord had told them by the mouth of Moses that they should go up and possess the land. The spies they had sent at their own request to search the land brought back a report which discouraged them. They now murmured not only against Moses, but also against Aaron. They wished they had died in Egypt or in the wilderness. They threatened to make a captain and return to Egypt. It was an open case of rebellion against the Lord. But for the timely appearance of the glory of the Lord, they would have stoned Caleb and Joshua for their defense of his command to move forward. The whole people took part in this stubborn, and (in the light of all their past experience) unreasonable uprising. As a result all that generation must die in the wilderness. The Lord declared: “As truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not harkened to my voice; surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it.” Of those who were leaders in it, it is written that they “died by the plague before the Lord.” When immediately afterward some of the people went up against the enemy contrary to the word of the Lord, they were discomfited and smitten, and the sentence against them began to be fulfilled. What was the effect of all these experiences upon them? It would not be natural for all humbly to submit, and their subsequent history shows that they did not. “The people mourned greatly,” but it was not over their sins, but over their future wilderness prospects. This is shown by the fact that they again immediately transgressed the Lord’s instruction not to go up because the Lord was not with them. Only because “the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel” did they yield, for this they could not for the moment withstand. God’s overpowering presence awed them into silence, and caused them to cease their evil purposes against the faithful servants of God. Being only smothered, their discontent must erelong seek an opportunity to reveal itself. This time soon came. Believing with the Will
By J. S. WASHBURN
The will is the center of the man. We are not to believe, to obey, simply with the feelings. God requires the will. “If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching.” John 7: 17, R. V. When a man’s will is given up to God, that man belongs to God. When the will is converted, the man is converted. We do not fully believe until we believe with the will. If Satan tells us that we do not believe, we may answer, I will, I do believe. When tempted to yield in the fight, we may still say, I will not surrender; I will not give up. If we have made a mistake, if we have fallen into sin, and are then tempted to utter discouragement, we may say, No, I never will give up the conflict; I will win the prize. Jesus said, “Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.” A Christian without a will is worthless. He who is moved simply by the emotions of the moment is worthless in the strong, strenuous conflict which we are fighting. Many times the light is shut away entirely. Many times the enemy seems to have won a victory, and we can only say with Christ, “Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.” I will persevere; I will not surrender. I will believe; I will do God’s will. O brother, give your will to God, and let him strengthen it, and make it unconquerable. Hope against hope. Believe against every earthly evidence, because God has spoken, because he has promised, and he can not fail. He that willeth shall be led of God, shall know the teaching, shall not be deceived, shall surely prevail. A New Difficulty
By T. E. BOWEN
Not exactly new, but because of growing developments, the church consolidation, or federation, that has been working in this land, becomes more and more a serious difficulty to the progress of our work in foreign fields; it becomes a real, live issue in mission operations abroad, in such fields as China, India, Japan, as well as the southern portion of the Western hemisphere. In these fields the missionaries get together, and first decide not to teach strict denominationalism, but simply give the essentials of Christianity as these appear to them, such as belief in God, faith in Jesus Christ, etc. Then they divide up the territory, in the same businesslike manner that any large trust would proceed to do, so that their efforts shall not in any manner overlap one another’s, and each can go on in his own way to Christianize the heathen. This may sound very good, and appear to be just the thing to do to convert the world to Jesus in the shortest possible time. But when it comes to that point where a Seventh-day Adventist missionary reaches the field to begin work, it will be observed that not one of these beautifully prepared arrangements can be entered into, nor agreed to for one moment. We have a specific message to give the world. It is a call from all sin, from heathenism, its idolatry, its ancestral worship,—in fact, the redemption of the individual from all his evil habits. And all this compact of dividing up territory must be ignored, because our message goes to every tongue and every people. At the centennial missionary gathering at Shanghai, China, recently held in honor and in memory of the landing of Robert Morrison in 1807 to enter upon missionary work for the Chinese, over a thousand delegates and representatives were gathered, representing every denomination carrying on missionary work in China, some of our own missionaries also being present. We quote a little from a report as given by Rev. Charles C. Creegan, D. D. He says:— “The subject, however, which was discussed with most spirit and, at times, with less harmony of thought and action than any other of the twelve considered during the sessions of the conference, was that of comity and federation, which was opened by Dr. Ament in a brilliant address. He said, in part:— “‘Christ came not to found a church, but to establish a kingdom. Unity is always a condition. In India the Dutch Reformed, Congregational, and the Free Churches of Scotland have effected a memorable union called the Union Church of South India, with a simple confession of faith in four articles. When perfected, this will include one hundred and fifty thousand Christians, and other bodies will probably join. The Free Church Federation of Great Britain in fifteen years of existence has nine hundred councils, and practically covers the country. In Canada, Nova Scotia, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Japan, as well as India, those formerly opposed to each other are now allied.’” “The debate, which lasted nearly all day, was participated in by Bishop Roots, Drs. Goodrich, Farnum, Corbit, Gibson, Wherry, Martin, Bishop Bashford—in fact, by nearly all the leaders in the conference, and many who had been silent before found their voices before the final vote on the following resolution was taken:— “‘Resolved, That this conference recommend the formation of a federal union under the title, “The Christian Federation of China.”’” “There were only a half-dozen votes against the resolution, and the eight other resolutions necessary to put it into practical operation were passed with almost no opposition. “This action does not, of course, mean that there will be in the near future organic union of all the Protestant churches in China, but many of the speakers did not disguise the fact that this is their hope and expectation within reasonable time.” After a meeting of this kind, where unionism was the prevailing sentiment, and enthusiasm for it ran high, it is easy to divine with what feelings and sentiment a work such as ours would be regarded. But let us thank God he has11 given us a truth able to stand out by itself, even though it be alone—one that needs not the stays and supports of human federation, and is abundantly able to win its way to the hearts and consciences of men everywhere by the power of God’s Holy Spirit. In the face of all odds, souls are found ready to ignore all these pleasing enticements, and come out and take their stand firmly for the third angel’s message, calling, as it does, for the giving up of so much that is dear to the heart of the heathen. Our work can not cease to be strictly denominational; for God has ordained it to be so. While we do not have to put forth the peculiar points of the message first, yet in all our endeavor, whether at home or abroad, whether in institutional or private work, we have the one message to give, summed up in the final closing message of the everlasting gospel of Rev. 14: 6-12. From this we must not be enticed nor swerved; for now in this threefold message is summed up the “power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Although it may be ridiculed, and its advocates be styled narrow and bigoted because of their holding to these strictly “denominational” features, let us with Paul boldly exclaim, “I am not ashamed of the gospel.” “For therein is revealed the righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.”