Earlier text: The War’s Lesson on Health ReformThe Matabele Mission
By M. C. Sturdevant
Brief Report for Three Months Ending May 31, 1904
Our church-membership is now fifty-six. Because of failure to walk in the commandments of God, we felt it necessary to drop some from the record. However, with few exceptions, those remaining seem to be faithful and true. Regular services are held at the church each week, also prayer and social meetings at the beginning of the Sabbath. Every Sabbath afternoon, the boys and I go to ten or twelve kraals to hold Bible studies with the people in their homes, the boys having studied with me the thoughts presented the previous Friday afternoon. In this way we give the word to about two or three hundred who would not otherwise hear it. We hope soon to see fruit of this work, as we already see the effects of it on some hearts. Our Sabbath-school opens at ten o'clock. The average attendance is ninety, and the enrolment is seventy-seven. We enter on the record books only those who attend regularly. The school has about thirty visitors each week, Mrs. Sturdevant has the oversight of the school, with native officers and teachers. Through March and April our school was carried on much as it always has been, taught by native teachers and myself. Seven of our older boys were out teaching in four native kraals. The last of April, Elder Hyatt and his wife having come to help us for a few months, we called in all our teachers, and May 1, we began a special term which we hope to continue for seven months. In this way we give all a more thorough preparation before sending them out again. Our school now has an enrolment of ninety. Sixty live at the mission; thirty come from the kraals. We are teaching Zulu Bible, arithmetic, geography, and English. We are making special work of the English, hoping to teach our boys to read our English books, which we know can not be had in their own language for some time to come, feeling that they should have the benefit of the things in these books. They are advancing rapidly. Outside of school work, every boy and girl has certain hours of labor in the home and on the farm. The girls, under Mrs. Sturdevant's direction, care for the home, cooking, etc. The boys, under my supervision, care for the store, stock, farm, and garden. This year we have cultivated about eighty acres of land, of which thirty-five were in mealies (corn), twenty-two in peanuts, ten in Kaffir corn and nyauti, ten in sweet potatoes, and the remainder in garden stuff—pumpkins, beans, watermelons, Irish potatoes, tomatoes, etc. For a while our crops looked fine, and we expected a big harvest; but just at the wrong time the drought struck us, cutting everything short fully one half. Nevertheless I am sure we have raised all our school will consume in food for one year. For this we praise our Heavenly Father. Our crops are all gathered, except the peanuts. But the Kaffir corn and nyauti are not in the bags; however, I expect ten bags of each. Mealies yielded 149 bags (two hundred pounds in each), pumpkins 275, little squash 700. Value of Irish potatoes, £4, 11s. 6d.; tomatoes, £7, 3s.; watermelons £2, 6s. 6d.; all estimated at market price. We are beginning to gather the sweet potatoes. We gather them only as we eat them, and the crop will not be finished till the next planting season. They are yielding only fair. We hope to have between one hundred and two hundred bags of peanuts in the shell. However, they are very light this year, not having filled well. The drought injured them very much. The winter months will be spent in repairing buildings, making bricks, and preparing for next year's crop, etc. The Lord has truly blessed our mission in the matter of finances. By the crop from the farm and sales from the store we have been able to meet all our obligations and pay our native helpers, with little exception. Grain brings only half the price it did during the last two years, and because of this we are doing but very little in the store. The natives have brought in very little grain, and buy very little from the store. Till this month our butter and eggs brought in quite a little, but just now our milk is short. We are determined to be as nearly self-supporting as possible. We are striving to this end, and wait for the blessing of God, without which we can do nothing. The health of all has been good, with few exceptions. While we have had17 fever in our midst, sometimes four or five down at a time, yet it has not been of a serious nature. I have had two attacks, but by the blessing of God and careful treatment, have been able to rise above it. My wife's health has been the very best ever since our arrival here. We do praise God that he has given us the lives of all this season. Our courage was never better, and we feel like pressing the battle to the very gates. New Jersey Conference Proceedings
The third annual session of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was held at Trenton, N. J., Nov. 16-20, 1904. The first business meeting convened Nov. 17, 1904, at nine A. M., Elder J. E. Jayne presiding. Every church was represented by delegates. Out of forty-seven elected, thirty-eight attended. Among the visiting brethren were Elder Cottrell, Professor Griggs, and Drs. J. P. Bradford and Henry Knapp. The president made the following appointments: On nominations, F. F. Stoll, J. W. Rambo, Enoch Titus, J. C. VanDyke; on credentials, C. H. Keslake, H. W. Cottrell, J. C. Stevens, B. J. Blinn, W. H. Long; on resolutions, A. R. Bell, Professor Griggs, H. J. Adams, John Dickson, F. D. Allen. The president mentioned the fact that this is the second annual session held within the present fiscal and statistical year, that the reports cover a period of ten months, and will be included in the complete conference year ending Dec. 31, 1904, which will be presented at the next annual session of the conference. The secretary's report showed a membership at the beginning of 1904 of four hundred and two, and a present membership of four hundred and thirty-two, or a gain of thirty. This does not include ten who accepted the Sabbath as a result of Elder Keslake's labors in Bordentown during the past summer, nor ten who are keeping the Sabbath in Paterson through Brother Bell's meetings, also five who have not yet united with the church in Newark, and one each in Bridgeton, Salem, and Washington, making, in all, a gain of seventy-five Sabbath-keepers in the past ten months. These would bring our membership to four hundred and sixty. The year has been a prosperous one for the cause. A persevering effort has been made to keep in touch with the scattered Sabbath-keepers in our conference who are not as yet numbered with us, with good results. We are made sad by the death of four of our members since our last conference,—Sister Josephine Soper, of Jersey City; Sister Esther Fulton, of Burlington; Sister Hattie Keslake, of Trenton; and Brother William Weldon, of Vineland,—but we can not sorrow for these as those who have no hope, knowing that those who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. The tithe for the period from January 1 to November 14 amounted to $4,621.75. This is $702.32 less than was received last year, but we have nearly two months to take into account. The offerings for the same period have been good. For all the various interests these have amounted to $1,217.13. This is about equal to the amount last year. The following report of the receipts and disbursements from Jan. 1 to Nov. 14, 1904, was presented by the conference treasurer:— RECEIPTS |
|
|---|
| Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1904 |
$1,606 59 |
| Tithe |
4,621 75 |
| General Trust Funds |
902 26 |
| Local Trust Funds |
315 13 |
| A. U. C. appropriation |
600 00 |
| Bills payable |
300 00 |
| Old tract society debt |
20 00 |
| Merchandise |
1 50 |
| Total |
$8,367 23 |
DISBURSEMENTS |
|
|---|
| Tithe |
$87 21 |
| General Trust Funds |
1,601 36 |
| Office expense |
138 10 |
| Bills receivable |
55 00 |
| Local Trust Funds |
165 38 |
| Miscellaneous |
469 61 |
| Salary and expense |
5,305 97 |
| Cash on hand, Nov. 14, 1904 |
544 60 |
| Total |
$8,367 23 |
ANNA E. RAMBO, Treasurer. The treasurer of the tract society presented the following report of the receipts and disbursements from Jan. 1, 1904, to Nov. 14, 1904:— RECEIPTS |
|
|---|
| Individuals on account |
$266 64 |
| Societies on account |
223 96 |
| Merchandise profits |
61 36 |
| Cash sales of periodicals and Merchandise |
151 22 |
| Total |
$703 21 |
DISBURSEMENTS |
|
|---|
| Review and Herald Pub. Assn. |
$439 87 |
| Pacific Press |
24 77 |
| Good Health Pub. Assn. |
1 05 |
| Cash Purchases, merchandise |
31 43 |
| Cash Purchases, periodicals |
81 98 |
| Cash on hand |
104 18 |
| Total |
$703 21 |
ANNA E. RAMBO, Treasurer. The number of Sabbath-schools in our conference is fourteen. The membership reported for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1904, is 396. There are thirty-one in the State Home Department, making a total of 427 members. Of this number 164 are youth and children. The senior classes number 226. Adding to this the thirty-one Home Department members, we have 257 adult members connected with the Sabbath-school. As the membership of our conference is 432, we see there are quite a number of our church-membership who do not attend the Sabbath-school. Steady, persevering effort has been made to reach these members and place them in touch with the Sabbath-school work and lesson study, either directly or through the Home Department. But there will ever be opportunity for such labor. To relax our efforts would mean to lose ground. We trust that every Sabbath-school superintendent and secretary will bear this part of his work in mind, and never cease his efforts to enlist the hearty co-operation of every church-member in the Sabbath-school work and lesson study. Each quarter the State Department has sent lesson pamphlets and Home Department envelopes to about fifty isolated Sabbath-keepers. Of these twenty-five have manifested their interest and appreciation by reporting, and without doubt others are glad to receive the quarterly, and are helped by the lesson study. For the three quarters ending Sept. 30, 1904, our schools report total contributions of $384.91. Of this amount $229.91 was donated to missions. There was $20.59 sent in for the Haskell Home, but this is not all that was collected for this purpose, as some schools send the Haskell Home offering directly to Battle Creek. There was also $20.12 sent in for missions by the members of the State Home Department. This would make a total of $270.53 donated by our schools during the first three quarters of the present year to missionary purposes. The Sabbath School Worker has received a hearty welcome, nearly all our teachers having access to its helpful pages. From all directions there has come an expression of satisfaction with the Sabbath-school lessons this year. They have been interesting and timely, and their study has accomplished much good. May our Sabbath-schools ever aim to be indeed the church at study, the sheep and lambs of the fold led in green pastures by the divine Shepherd. During the conference the following resolutions were adopted:— “1. Resolved, That we express our gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the rich blessings of the present conference year by singing No. 256 in ‘Hymns and Tunes.’” “2. Resolved, That we express our gratitude to the Atlantic Union Conference for the financial aid rendered in granting us an appropriation of six hundred dollars for the present calendar year.” “3. Resolved, That we especially urge all our people to take an active part in the present missionary campaign, and that our efforts be made as systematic as possible.” “4. Resolved, That we believe all our people in this conference would derive material benefit from reading the REVIEW AND HERALD, Signs of the Times, Atlantic Union Gleaner, Sabbath School Worker, and Life and Health, and suggest that in order to lessen the expense in providing them, families who reside near one another unite in subscribing for one or more of them for mutual use.” “5. Resolved, That we approve of and continue the plan in operation during the past two years for the purpose of creating a conference benevolent fund, and that we urge our ministers and church elders to keep before the churches of our conference the first Wednesday of each month,—Conference day.” “6. Resolved, That we express our appreciation to the pastor and the congregation of the Swedish Lutheran church of their great courtesy in granting us the use of this hall for Sunday, November 20.” “Whereas, A very large portion of the population of our State consists of people of foreign birth, and,—” “Whereas, The time has come when we believe an effort should be made to reach this class with the third angel's message, and,—” “Whereas, It is impossible for our conference at present to bear the expense incident to this work, therefore,—18 “7. Resolved, That we ask the Atlantic Union Conference for an appropriation of $750 for the year 1905, that we may engage in active work among our German-speaking people.” “Whereas, What has been known as the ten-cent-a-week plan for the support of missions has in some localities been greatly neglected, and,—” “Whereas, The need of the mission field is greater than ever before, therefore,—” “8. Resolved, That we request our church elders, librarians, and other officers to impress the importance of this work upon the people of their respective churches, thus assisting them in adopting a systematic plan for giving.” “9. We recommend, That our local and State Sabbath-school secretaries continue their earnest efforts to enroll every one in the local or State Home Departments who is unable to attend a local Sabbath-school regularly.” “Whereas, There are among us worthy youth who should receive aid to attend our educational institutions; therefore,—” “10. Resolved, That during the coming year the people of our conference be invited to contribute one hundred and fifty dollars to a fund, to be expended for that purpose under the direction of the conference committee.” “Whereas, Those attending this conference have been favored with exceptional advantages in the arrangements for, and the quality of, the meals prepared; therefore,—” “11. Resolved, (a) That we extend a hearty vote of thanks to the Trenton church for our entertainment; and, (b) that our gratitude be especially extended to ‘Sister Harrison for the use of her home, and to those who have so ably assisted in the dining arrangements.’” Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: President, Elder J. E. Jayne; Vice-President, Elder C. H. Keslake; Secretary and Treasurer, Anna E. Rambo; Secretary of Tract Society Department, Anna E. Rambo; Secretary of Sabbath-school Department, Anna E. Rambo; Conference Committee, J. E. Jayne, C. H. Keslake, F. F. Stoll, H. J. Adams, and J. W. Rambo. Laborers were accredited as follows: ministerial credentials, J. E. Jayne, C. H. Keslake, J. C. Stevens; ordination and credentials, A. R. Bell; honorary license, F. F. Stoll; missionary credentials, Anna E. Rambo; missionary canvassers' license, J. W. Rambo, W. H. Loose. J. E. JAYNE, President,
ANNA E. RAMBO, Secretary. Vermont, Take Notice!
By J. W. WATT
In visiting among our people in Vermont, I find that some evidently do not fully understand the plan for the Southern missionary offerings. The self-denial boxes that have been sent into our State are for special donations for the Southern work, and not for the regular ten-cent-a-week offering for foreign missions. I find that some have placed their regular weekly offerings for missions in these boxes, thinking that the money all went to the same treasury, namely, the foreign missionary fund. While we are glad to aid the Southern work, and should do so individually to the extent of our ability, yet we think it would be wrong to turn our ten-cent- a-week offerings in that direction, as our laborers in distant countries need our help. As a people we must continually reach out our hands to the world, for we have a world-wide message. I hope these few words of explanation will enable all our Vermont people to understand where each class of donations should be placed. Our Religious Liberty Work
By K. C. RUSSELL
We have recently received a letter asking whether our people had abandoned our work in opposing Sunday legislation. It is not strange that such a question should be asked, in view of our apparent indifference in that line of work for the past few years. Our reason for making reference to this question is because we believe that a similar query has arisen in many minds. We are glad to answer such inquiries in the negative. I will not attempt to discuss at this time the reasons that might be given for the lull that has existed on our part for so long, but shall mention a few of the many reasons why our efforts in opposition to Sunday legislation should be more vigorous now than ever before. Imagine an army retreating when it would mean an ignominious defeat and a greater loss of life than would be experienced if they pressed the battle to the gate. We have been advised that the enemy has come down with great wrath, knowing that his time is short; and for us now to stack our arms would mean the loss of many souls that might be warned of the impending danger, and rescued. During these years of inaction on our part, there was never a time when those who are promoting religious legislation were more active. At present they are planning for enthusiastic campaigns in different States and in Canada in the interests of Sunday legislation, and besides these efforts is the movement in Washington, our nation's capital. It will be remembered that last spring a Sunday bill was introduced into Congress, which succeeded in passing the House, and at the close of last winter's session it was laid over as unfinished business, pending the third reading before the Senate. This bill, which will be quoted and explained in this issue of the REVIEW, is liable to come up and be passed very soon. There is also another bill that has been introduced into the House of Representatives that is more rigid in character than the one now pending before the Senate; and should the first one pass, it would open the way more widely for the other one to go through. Now it must be evident to all that if these bills become laws, such legislation on the part of our national legislature would give great prestige and influence in State legislatures, which would open wide the gateway for a deluge of Sunday legislation throughout the country. In view of the situation, what shall be done? We are pleased to say that the General Conference Committee, at its September session, passed the following resolution in regard to the Religious Liberty Department of the General Conference, which will be of interest to all our people at this time: “That the officers of this department proceed immediately to interest our people throughout the country in the circulation of petitions for signatures remonstrating against the passage of any Sunday or Sabbath law, or any other religious legislation in Congress.” In harmony with this recommendation we are having petitions printed that will be opposed to any religious legislation that may be introduced in Congress. Some leaflets recently prepared by the secretary of the Religious Liberty Bureau have just been issued, and will be found most excellent literature to distribute while circulating the petitions. The first four of these are entitled, “Principles Too Little Understood,” “Sunday Laws,” “The Logic of Sabbath Legislation,” and “The Civil Sabbath.” They most clearly state the principle upon which all religious legislation is based, and show the evils growing out of such legislation. We hope that our people will all obtain and read these leaflets, and then give them a wide circulation. K. C. RUSSELL, Chairman Religious Liberty Bureau. Sunday Bills Now Before Congress
By W. A. Colcord
From almost the earliest history of the nation, contrary to one of its fundamental principles, misguided men have sought to fasten religious legislation onto the government of the United States. The chief means by which they have sought to accomplish this has been through Sunday legislation. As early as 1829 and 1830 petitions and memorials were sent to Congress, praying for legislation prohibiting the carrying and handling of mails on Sunday. In 1888 Senator Blair introduced his famous Sunday Rest bill, for a national Sunday law. Two years later Mr. Breckenridge introduced a bill for a Sunday law for the District of Columbia. None of these measures passed. “It has been a long fight to get a Sunday law for the capital of our country,” said the manager of the International Reform Bureau, in an address last August before an Epworth Assembly at Lincoln, Neb. But the friends of Sunday legislation are not dismayed. They do not intend to cease their efforts until they have secured the laws which they desire. The following is the text of two Sunday measures which were introduced in Congress about a year ago, and are still pending:— to further protect the first day of the week as a day of rest in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for any person to keep open any place of business or maintain any stand for the sale of any article or articles for profit during Sunday, excepting vendors of books or newspapers, and apothecaries for the dispensing of medicines, and undertakers for the purpose of providing for the dead, or others for the purpose of charity or necessity; nor shall any public playing of football or baseball, or any other kind of playing, sports, pastimes, or diversions, disturbing the peace and quiet of the day, be practised by any person or persons within the District of Columbia on Sunday; nor shall any building operations or work upon railroad construction19 be lawful upon said day. And for any violation of this Act the person offending shall for each offense be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and in the case of corporations there shall be a like fine for every person employed in violation of this Act laid upon the corporation offending. SEC. 2.—That it shall be sufficient defense to a prosecution for labor on the first day of the week that the defendant uniformly keeps another day of the week as a day of rest, and that the labor complained of was done in such a manner as not to interrupt or disturb other persons in observing the first day of the week as a day of rest. This Act shall not be construed to prevent the sale of refreshments, other than malt and spirituous liquors, or to prevent the sale of malt and spirituous liquors as now provided for by law, or tobacco, cigars, railroad and steamboat tickets, or the collection and delivery of baggage. requiring certain places of business in the District of Columbia to be closed on Sunday. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Columbia to sell or to offer for sale, or to keep open any place of business for the sale or delivery of, any groceries or meats or vegetables or other provisions on Sunday, except that from the first day of June until the first day of October meats sold prior to Sunday may be delivered at any time before ten o’clock on the morning of that day. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail of the District of Columbia for a period of not less than one month nor more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 2.—That all prosecutions for violations of this Act shall be in the police court of the District of Columbia and in the name of the District of Columbia. These are the Sunday measures now before Congress. The first was introduced in the House, Nov. 24, 1903, and was referred to the House Committee on the District of Columbia. This is as far as it has gone. The second was introduced in the House, Feb. 4, 1904, and passed that body on April 6, and hence is called an Act. April 7 it was introduced and twice read in the Senate, and referred to the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, of which Hon. J. H. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, is chairman. The committee has never reported on the measure, a tie vote having been taken by the committee on it shortly before Congress took its recess last spring. Thus matters stand on these pieces of proposed Sunday legislation at the opening of this winter’s session. There is one measure before the Senate, and one before the House of Representatives. Petitions have been prepared to present to Congress, protesting against the passage of these or any like measures. Copies of these petitions can be obtained from the tract societies, or directly from the Religious Liberty Bureau. We trust that our people will circulate these generally, and return them to us without delay. The little religious liberty leaflets just issued should be circulated widely, and can be used to good advantage in connection with the petition work. Order these also from the tract societies, or directly from the Review and Herald Publishing Association, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C. W. A. COLCORD,
Secretary Religious Liberty Bureau. Our Quarterly Receipts for Missions
By W. T. BLAND
The table submitted herewith represents the amount received at the general office during the third quarter for the various mission fields or funds that are receiving contributions from our people. Our people everywhere are manifesting great interest in the foreign mission work, and, although the third quarter is usually the hardest one of the year, still the report shows well. It is with a feeling of deep gratitude that we call attention to the splendid gift to missions as a result of the Sabbath-school offerings. Approximately fifty thousand dollars is turned into the General Conference Treasury each year from the Sabbath-schools alone, for use in mission work. It is difficult to estimate the wonderful help this is to our needy fields. We wish we might express, to all our Sabbath-schools throughout the country, our appreciation for their efforts in behalf of this great work. The Midsummer Gift to Missions
Our people will be disappointed that the special collection taken the second Sabbath in July for missions, was not greater. Last year the one offering amounted to about eleven thousand dollars. Perhaps there are reasons for the falling off in the amount raised this year, that we do not know of. It is certainly not from lack of interest, and we are not discouraged, even though we had hoped for more, and had planned our work accordingly. Good Reports From the Field
Certainly all are rejoicing as they read of the encouraging reports that have been published from our missionaries during the past few months. Let all remember that every contribution they20 make for foreign missions, whether through the children at the Sabbath-school, through the weekly offerings, or in special gifts to the most needy fields, helps so much in the work, and that the one making the gift has a real part in the work in foreign fields. We invite all to carefully look over the report of this quarter; possibly it may assist some in planning their future offerings. Sunday Legislation Worldwide
The organized movement for Sunday legislation is now world-wide. Amount Received on Mission Funds for Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1904
| Funds |
Atlantic Union Conf. |
Canadian Union Conf. |
Central Union Conf. |
Lake Union Conf. |
Northern Union Conf. |
Pacific Union Conf. |
Southern Union Conf. |
S. Western Union Conf. |
No State Named To Classify |
Totals |
|---|
| African Field Fund |
$ 1 25 |
|
$ 60 96 |
$ 2 02 |
$195 48 |
|
|
|
|
$ 259 71 |
| Annual Offering |
178 66 |
$102 52 |
48 67 |
628 39 |
1 75 |
$73 90 |
|
|
|
1,033 89 |
| Australian Field Fund |
73 01 |
25 75 |
|
4 00 |
|
|
|
|
|
102 76 |
| British Guiana School Fund |
|
|
|
|
60 00 |
|
|
|
|
60 00 |
| British Sanitarium |
14 86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 86 |
| China Field Fund |
2 33 |
|
60 00 |
71 66 |
16 83 |
24 00 |
$6 53 |
|
$1 73 |
183 08 |
| Fiji Field Fund |
|
|
1 11 |
13 49 |
|
3 76 |
|
|
|
18 36 |
| First-day Offerings |
1,577 94 |
265 80 |
1,045 10 |
1,330 16 |
87 06 |
524 13 |
343 75 |
|
1 00 |
5,174 94 |
| German East Africa |
12 00 |
|
|
5 60 |
80 35 |
15 00 |
|
|
|
112 95 |
| India Field Fund |
3 00 |
|
55 00 |
101 00 |
|
69 45 |
|
|
|
228 45 |
| Jamaica |
1 00 |
|
50 00 |
1 03 |
|
|
5 00 |
|
|
57 03 |
| Japanese Field Fund |
|
|
50 00 |
1 30 |
5 12 |
|
|
|
|
56 42 |
| Mexico Field Fund |
|
|
|
2 25 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 25 |
| Midsummer Offering |
665 31 |
6 00 |
706 83 |
743 75 |
24 47 |
54 87 |
8 34 |
5 39 |
27 90 |
2,242 86 |
| Missions |
435 29 |
79 18 |
393 21 |
932 47 |
919 43 |
128 00 |
22 00 |
90 00 |
54 82 |
3,054 40 |
| Mopoches Indian School Fund |
1 50 |
|
|
|
10 00 |
|
|
|
|
11 50 |
| Nyassaland Field Fund |
|
|
|
2 00 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 00 |
| Nyassaland Student Aid Fund |
|
|
|
6 00 |
2 00 |
|
|
|
|
8 00 |
| Palestine Field Fund |
8 26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 26 |
| Porto Rico Field Fund |
4 25 |
|
50 00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
54 25 |
| Porto Rico Printing-press |
|
|
25 20 |
2 00 |
|
|
|
|
|
27 20 |
| Rome Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
5 00 |
|
|
|
5 00 |
| Sabbath-school Donations |
1,224 43 |
160 74 |
1,562 39 |
1,474 71 |
339 77 |
749 10 |
|
|
|
5,511 14 |
| Scandinavian Relief Fund |
1 25 |
|
2 56 |
|
|
1 80 |
|
|
|
5 61 |
| Scotland Field Fund |
|
|
10 00 |
10 00 |
|
|
|
|
|
20 00 |
| South American Field Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
30 00 |
|
|
|
30 00 |
| Southern Field Fund |
21 78 |
|
5 00 |
1 00 |
3 87 |
|
500 00 |
25 00 |
5 00 |
561 65 |
| Zambesi Field Fund |
|
|
|
|
114 44 |
|
|
|
|
114 44 |
| Totals |
$4,226 12 |
$639 99 |
$4,126 03 |
$5,332 83 |
$1,860 57 |
$1,679 01 |
$885 62 |
$120 39 |
$90 45 |
$18,961 01 |
A SABBATH-SCHOOL was recently organized and Sabbath meetings begun at Orum, Neb. A NEW church building at Menominee, Mich., will be ready for dedication early in January. A SABBATH-SCHOOL of twelve members was organized at Cottonwood, west Texas, November 19. THE cause of Sabbath reform has recently gained nine new converts at Morrow, Warren Co., Ohio. ELDER H. E. RICKARD reports the addition of six members to the Quebec (Canada) church, November 12. The West Michigan Herald announces that “the brethren and sisters of Carson City have remodeled their church, and are planning to hold a series of meeting soon.” BROTHER W. C. BOYNTON, reporting from Fort Calhoun, Neb., says: “Four have united with the church since camp-meeting. We have a good church-school of nine members, and quite an interest on the part of those not of our faith.” “BOTH of the new church buildings in Indianapolis,” says the Indiana Reporter, “are now completed, and the East Side church met for the first time in their new building last Sabbath. While it is small, it is convenient, and presents a neat appearance.” The Southwestern Union Record prints this item from Arkansas: “Elder Griffin sends a good report of a meeting at Armada, near Porter station. He has a fine interest, some of the most influential people of the place being in attendance. He has closed his meeting at Sassafras Pond with, as he says, ‘Some good, solid fruit, and a number in the valley of decision.’”21 SISTER CRYDERMAN, a member of the Petoskey (Mich.) church, a lady seventy-four years of age, took six orders for the REVIEW AND HERALD in one week. It is hoped that all Seventh-day Adventists will follow the example of this aged pilgrim in placing the REVIEW in the homes of many of their neighbors.—North Michigan News Sheet. BROTHER H. L. PARKER, who is at Hot Springs, Ark., reports: “Beginning October 21, I held a meeting twenty-four miles southwest of Hot Springs and four miles from Ussery. Two persons were baptized, and others are now waiting baptism. Three have been added to the Hot Springs church since the camp-meeting at Russellville in August.” ELDER J. M. REES says, in a report of a four weeks’ course of meetings held at DuQuoin, Ill.: “As a result of our meetings, ten united with the church, and two were left keeping the Sabbath. Two, a young man and a young lady, were baptized. A lady from Kentucky, who was visiting her sister, hearing the truth, hurried home to declare the message she had heard to her family. Some of those who united with the church were isolated Sabbath-keepers from other churches.” IN a report from Gladstone, north Michigan, Brother R. J. Bellows says of the result of recent work in that field: “As a result of the meetings here and at other places, we have as follows: At Ensign, a church organized with twenty-four members, and a Sabbath-school of the same number. At Rapid River there are eight adults keeping the Sabbath, and ten children, with an organized Sabbath-school of eighteen members. At Gladstone we have also recently organized a Sabbath-school with thirteen members.” SPEAKING of the result of recent meetings held at Myersville and Bismarck, Ill., where the interest of the public was increased by the opposition of a Campbellite minister, Elder P. G. Stanley says: “The whole community is stirred, and many are convinced that we have the truth. Two of the leading trustees of the church in which we are holding meetings, have signified their willingness to be with us and of us. One of them is the leading financial man of the Methodist church, a man of influence and worth among men. He is standing by me with his influence and with his means.” A REPORT from Elder R. M. Kilgore, who is at Grayson, Ga., states the following: “Eight souls have taken hold with us during the last ten days. One of these owns a farm of three hundred and three acres; another owns one of two hundred and sixty acres. It makes us happy that we are gathering out those who, we hope, will be able to help spread the message. These souls took their stand during the ten days’ meeting which closed last Sunday night, in a country schoolhouse. On the following Monday night we began meetings in another schoolhouse three miles farther south, a larger house, and the first night the house was full. We hope, by God’s blessing, for much larger audiences, a still greater interest, and more fruit.” The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
The donation of $8.16 credited to Cecil H. Pretyman in the Review of December 1, should have been credited as follows: Cecil H. Pretyman, $2.42; Mrs. K. Pretyman, $2.42; friends, $1.82. The remaining $1.50 was for a year's subscription to the Review and Herald. A year's subscription to the Review was included also in the amount credited to “Friends in Darjeeling, India,” in the Review of November 10. For these two subscriptions we therefore subtract three dollars from the total reported in the last Review. Amount previously reported .. $48,930 84
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yeoman ........ 50 00
Avondale (Australia) church ...... 25 57
Mrs. J. R. Williamson ............ 25 00
Elder and Mrs. R. A. Underwood ... 25 00
Peter Moore ....................... 25 00
Hattie House ...................... 15 00
Greater New York Conference ...... 11 50
Dr. J. E. Froom ................... 10 00
Southern New England Conf. ....... 9 00
Ontario Conference ............... 7 00 Fannie W. Gossett, H. A. Schneider, Mrs. James Martin, Mrs. Laura and Ernest and Wynter and Gladys Mallernee, Susan H. Crouse, S. D. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace, E. Sprague, J. Q. Foy, Mrs. Anna Johnson, W. A. Morris, M. J. Bryant, P. P. Lane, H. M. Wilkinson. E. C. Chapman (Australia), $4.87; Mrs. E. C. Chapman (Australia), $4.87; Vermont Conference, $4; H. D. Carr, $3.65; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Crawford, $3.40; R. J. Christianson, $3.15; Eva Osborne (Australia), $2.44. Mrs. O. M. Kelly, Henry Johnson, W. J. Heckman, Columbia Sabbath-school, D. S. James, Mrs. Lilliah Orr, C. J. A. Anderson, J. R. Atchley, Mrs. J. R. Atchley. Ruth Selleck, N. C. Rogers (collector), Mrs. H. W. Myers, Margaret Scott, I. E. Farnsworth, Mrs. S. M. Bennett, W. Reinhardt, Mrs. M. E. Burnette, Mrs. Lorine Orr, Earl Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. Clingler, Mrs. Nettie Norton, J. A. and Ida Hedberg, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Cochran, G. H. Clark, L. C. Mitchell. Loyal (Wis.) church, $1.65; Mrs. Minerva J. Hicks, $1.50; G. W. Sowler, $1.35; Mrs. J. I. Applegate, $1.25; R. Polluck (Australia), $1.22; Minnie Anderson, $.80; friends, $.35; John Graves, $.35; Rubin Anderson, $.15; Joseph Armbrecht, $.05; Roscoe Clester, $.05. Mrs. B. W. Kilgore, F. J. Kilgore, Mrs. W. E. Bender, H. R. Hammond, Mary A. Riedy, Miss C. M. Hooke, Luella M. Haines, J. Crawford, M. Walburn, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Crawford, Mrs. E. Covert, Henry R. Campbell, Martha Osborn, thank-offering from a friend (per Mrs. Isabelle Richmond), Mrs. K. C. Horton, M. E. Otis, W. Southworth, Mrs. E. Smith, J. W. Moore, Mrs. J. W. Moore, Floy I. Moore, Mrs. D. S. James, Sister Oppy, J. B. Neal, Mrs. J. B. Neal, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Movers, Hilda McGuffin, J. A. Kirshman, W. B. Midgley, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hall, Mrs. P. M. Lee, Margaret Basel, Neva Fukua, Mrs. L. Weathernox, Mrs. O. M. Shock, J. R. Ballard, First State Bank of Hillsboro (Texas), J. P. Rasmussen, Miss Vone Hoisington, Herman Mangels, Fannie Schmid, B. A. Smith, E. S. (per F. A. Mott), J. E. Emerson, S. P. Mead, Emma N. Wiley, Augusta Wheeler, E. A. Warner. Mrs. Lile Carpenter, Ellie E. Clingler, Mrs. Jennie Conner. Mrs. J. P. Armbrecht, Carrie Campbell, Aba Campbell, C. L. Budison, B. J. Olson, A. L. Napper, Haas and son, Hoxie Grocery, De La Baere, W. W. Barney, R. Coddington, S. A. Fess, W. O. King, C. H. Guzz, F. M. Green, Tena Klemenson, Mrs. R. A. Dennis, Mrs. W. A. Clute, Jessie Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Franz, Anna Green, Andrew Johnson, Bell McCutchen, J. B. Thompson, J. B. Bond, George D. Bond (Jr.), J. H. Tiney. Mrs. Roberta House, Mrs. Ella Means, G. A. Hart, C. W. Means, Pearl Oppy, W. Smith, Mrs. Wisner, A. R. Jacoby, Mrs. Margaret Soft, James Crawford, A. G. Bowers, F. C. Graves, Stock and Co., T. Hermanson, a friend, Fred A. Nye, W. S. Clapp, A. J. Gallentine, F. A. Packard, E. A. Meservey, Mrs. Clara E. Green, Mrs. E. Bailey, Mr. Snyder, M. Ripley, Mrs. A. P. Leslie. Mrs. Mary Lugenbeal, Margaret Atchley, Cash. Ellen and George W. Kinneer ........ 10 00
Elder E. Van Deusen ............... 25 00
Sundries .......................... 30 10
Total reported .................... $49,420.91 A further list will follow. Send all donations to W. T. Bland, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.