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Finished!

By H. H. HALL

At this date (November 30) nearly every copy of the four hundred thousand Gospel Series of The Signs of the Times has been ordered. As the publishers believe our people would prefer to spend their future time in following up the work already begun, they have decided not to print more, but have begun hunting up such unused packages as may be lying in tract society depositories.

Concerning follow-up work we would suggest the following:—

1. Secure subscriptions wherever possible. The regular visits of a journal like The Signs of the Times, Southern Watchman, or Life-and-Health for a year, may enlighten a whole family. The Prospectus for 1905, given on the last pages of the fourth Special Signs, will help you.

2. The four new tracts—“Heralds of His Coming,” “Waymarks to the Holy City,” “The Gospel Message for To-day,” and “Who Changed the Sabbath?”—will enable you to answer many of the inquiries arising as a result of former visits.

3. And then there are the following small books especially adapted to home work:— “Christ’s Object Lessons.” “Story of Joseph.” “Education.” “Mount of Blessing.” “Things Foretold.” “Steps to Christ.” “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones.” “Power for Witnessing.” “Thoughts on Daniel,” paper. “Thoughts on Revelation,” paper. “Great Nations of To-day.” “Sunshine at Home.” “Vegetarian Cook Book.”

If we all do as faithful work in following up interests already created as we have in the circulation of our periodicals, a great victory will be gained. Let us do it.

H. H. HALL, Sec. Gen. Conf. Publishing Com.

Current Mention

— The Servian government is seeking a loan of $8,000,000 for military purposes.

— Twelve miners were killed by an explosion in a coal-mine at Burnett, Wash., December 8.

— A New York salvage company has closed a contract with the Cuban government for the raising and removal of the remains of the United States battle-ship “Maine,” which was blown up in Havana harbor. The United States government, it is said, will offer no objection, and the plan of the salvage company is to transport the wreck to Coney Island, where it will constitute one of the leading attractions of that popular resort.

— A recent dispatch from Turkey tells of the first labor demonstration that ever occurred in that country, which proved to be a more serious matter for the agitators than the latter anticipated. According to the London Daily Mail “the workmen in a factory of the tobacco monopoly became enraged by the introduction of machinery, and attacked their superiors, threatening to strike unless their wages were increased. The police decided that a strike would be equivalent to a revolutionary movement, and that its instigators should therefore be arrested. As a result 220 persons are now in prison for their connection with the trouble.”

— At a recent dinner of the Authors’ Club, in London, a topic of discussion was the great and increasing frequency of the crime of homicide in the United States. The Washington Post in a report states that “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who presided, charged that the law in this great nation of America had outgrown its strength with appalling results. He said that while Great Britain in the Boer War lost 22,000 lives, the United States lost in the same three years 32,000 lives through murder or homicide. Lord Alverston said he agreed with all the strictures made by Conan Doyle, and that his remarks were no stronger than he had heard from many Americans themselves.”

— A Paris dispatch dated December 10 says: “Premier Combes and his cabinet have weathered another storm, the vote in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday evening having the effect of making the ministry stronger than ever. This assures carrying out M. Combes’s program, of which the principal feature is the separation of church and state. The overthrow of the program has been the real issue, although the opposition combined upon a number of minor questions, whereon they were able to arouse popular sympathy.” The chief of these was the government’s spy system, over which Premier Combes’s opponents succeeded in arousing an intense agitation. The government by this system collects secret information concerning the private lives of army officers and civil officials. The entire country took sides for or against the practise, and scores of duels were fought between army officers, judges, deputies, and officials. One of these duels was fought by an official holding a permit for the encounter from the French government, which is regarded as constituting a formal, official recognition of this form of combat.

— Reports from Port Arthur state that the Russian fleet in the harbor, having been completely disabled by the fire of the Japanese heavy guns mounted on “203 Meter Hill,” which the Japanese recently captured after several days of hard fighting, there will be no general assault on the fortress, the Japanese having attained their main object, which was to dispose of the Russian fleet, and prevent a union of that with the expected Baltic fleet. It is stated that the Japanese will rely on starvation for the reduction of the fortress. Skirmishing continues between the Russian and Japanese armies facing each other near Mukden, but no important battle has taken place. It is reported that the czar has recalled the Baltic fleet, and that no third fleet will be sent.

— A report from Rome states that a French marquise who before her marriage was Miss Mary Gwendolin Caldwell, well known in Catholic circles in this country, and who gave a third of her fortune to establish the Catholic university in Washington, D. C., has now renounced Catholicism and returned to the Protestant faith. She is quoted as having made the statement: “Yes, it is true that I have left the Roman Catholic Church. Since I have been living in Europe, my eyes have been opened to what that church really is, and to its anything but sanctity. . . . For years I have been trying to rid myself of the subtle yet overwhelming influence of a church which pretends not only to the privilege of being ‘the only true church,’ but of being alone able to open the gates of heaven to a sorrowful, sinful world. At last my honest Protestant blood has asserted itself, and I now forever repudiate and cast off ‘the yoke of Rome.’”

— According to the London Express, Russia is experiencing the horrors of her war with Japan not alone at the front where the fighting is being done, but also in almost an equal measure in some of the home districts. In a letter written to this journal from Moscow it is stated that “the terrible strain imposed by the war on the internal resources of the country has brought central Russia into hunger’s grip. Desperate bread riots are reported in more than a hundred districts, and the peasantry are dying of starvation by scores. If the strain continues much longer, they will die by the thousands. There is piteous distress even in Moscow. Black bread has risen twenty per cent in price. Rioting is feared, and the troops are kept on the alert. The price of bread has trebled at Tver and quintupled at Uglich. The unceasing demands of the government and the shameless corruption of the tax collectors are driving the people to madness. Many have been killed and wounded by the soldiers in suppressing organized food riots. . . . Violent demonstrations against the war have been made throughout the country. If the people were united, there would be a revolution.” Public anti-war demonstrations of several days’ duration are also reported by the Odessa correspondent of the London Standard.

Business Notices!

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

WANTED.—Two good coat makers and dressmakers. Must be Adventists. Address G. F. Rusch, 204 Fourth St., Portland, Ore.

WANTED.—Work in Michigan during winter—teaming, cutting wood, making ties, or other kind of work, by S. D. A. Address E. E. Davis, Akron, Mich.

FOR RENT.—Farm of 57 a.; 25 or 30 acres good bottom ground, cleared; and 10 a. upper ground, cleared; rest in wood. Man with family preferred. For particulars address Lida Polson, Dubois, Ind.

For 30 days I will offer a Rapid Steam Cooker at agents' cost. This will enable you to get something of worth for your friends as a Christmas gift. Ask for a leaflet telling all about it. Address Rapid Steam Cooker Co., Laura, Ohio.

FOR SALE.—Twenty acres, 1¼ mi. from Seymour, Mo., thriving R. R. town. Six acres in full-bearing apple orchard. Small house, barn, and farming tools. Exceptionally pleasant and healthful climate. Good water supply. Price, $900, cash. Address Martha A. Brown, Seymour, Mo.

FOR SALE.—The Triumph Food Co., Ltd., of Menominee, Mich., is making a fine line of health foods, which are offered at very low prices. A large Family Box containing a $5 assortment of these foods for $3 cash with order. Special discounts to church societies, schools, and sanitariums. Write for samples and price-list.

You will find B. Gluten Flour, at $5.75 per bbl., a bargain worth securing. Choicest selected Spanish shelled peanuts at $6 per 100-lb. sack. Malt Honey or Malt Sirup at $1.10 per gal.; 5-gal. can, $5. “Uses of Water,” 60-cent binding for 25 cts., postpaid. Every family needs a copy. Address N. Y. Food Co., Oxford, N. Y.

THE enormous capacity of our improved machinery and the big demand enable us to furnish absolutely pure, first-class, fresh-made peanut butter at 10 cts. per lb. in 50-lb. cans, or 11 cts. per lb. in 10-lb. cans; nut butter made from steamed nuts at 12 cts. and 13 cts. per lb., respectively. Cash with order. We pay freight on all orders of $10 or over to all points east of the Rockies. Address J. B. Schindler, Bay City, Mich.

FOR SALE.—A beautiful home in Modesto, the center of the prosperous irrigation district of the San Joaquin Valley. Corner lot, 50 x 100 ft., improved with trees and flowers, in best residence part of city. Shade trees in front and about the house. Fine six-room house, in good condition, and furnished throughout with good hardwood furniture. Carpets in all the rooms in good condition. Cook-stove, also heating stove, and a full supply of dishes and cooking utensils. House and lot and furniture at a bargain. Modesto is one of the finest towns in California, as to climate, health, and natural advantages; has a population of about 3,000, and is rapidly growing. Plenty of work in almost every line. Also S. D. A. church privileges. Address M. H. St. John, Modesto, Cal.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By CHAS. S. POTTS

Notice!

NOTICE is hereby given that the fourth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Publishing Association will be held at the offices of the association, Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1905, at 11 A. M., to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as is connected with the association.

CHAS. S. POTTS, Secretary.

The 1905 Year Book

By H. E. Rogers

A NUMBER of months ago it was decided to issue a Year Book for 1905, and revised directories were called for from all the conferences, missions, and institutions connected with the denomination. The proper persons were notified in time to send in their reports to this office at the date specified. Most of the secretaries did this; a few, however, did not, and hence the compilation of the directories has not been completed because of their failure to send in the necessary revisions.

Every week that has elapsed since that time, changes have occurred in officers and workers, and in their addresses. We now desire to issue the Year Book, whether the few secretaries who have been repeatedly asked to send in their reports, have enough interest to do so or not. The object of this note is to ask the secretaries of conferences in which changes of any kind have occurred since sending in their reports, to forward such information at once to the undersigned, that the matter for the Year Book may absolutely correct at the date of going to press.

In addition to the matter which the Year Book usually contains, the issue for 1905 will contain some very valuable historical matter, giving the leading facts regarding the development of the message, and the organization and progress of this work in various lines. These are put in chronological order. The chief events connected with the history of this cause are noted, and the most important actions taken at the sessions of the General Conference are epitomized, thus giving a brief resume of the work done by that body. The progress of the denomination is also reported statistically, so that the whole makes a very complete historical and statistical statement of the progress of the denomination from its beginning to the present time. The Year Book for 1905 will therefore exceed in value any previous issue, and every person will want to have a copy for his own use, not alone for the directory matter it contains, but for the valuable historical information it gives.

The price remains as heretofore, 25 cents a copy. Order of your tract society, or of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

H. E. ROGERS, Statistical Secretary.

Wanted

Four young ladies between the ages of twenty-four and thirty-five, weighing not less than 125 lbs., to take up the medical Missionary Nurses’ Class at the Iowa Sanitarium. An unusual opportunity for the right persons. Applicants must be in good health, and members of the S. D. A. Church. Class begins Jan. 10, 1905, and extends over a graded course of two years. Write at once for application blank. Address the Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.

Important Notice!

By Editor

BEGINNING with the issue for Jan. 3, 1905, the Southern Watchman will present to its readers during the months of January, February, and March, a series of thirteen articles from the pen of Mrs. E. G. White, entitled “Malachi, the Lord’s Messenger.”

This series is of vital importance to us as a people, and every Sabbath-keeper should possess it. These articles have been specially prepared for the Southern Watchman. A large edition will be printed, based upon the present subscription list, and the orders that will be received during December. But the issue will necessarily be limited, as the work is of interest principally to Sabbath-keepers, and it is not likely that the demand will warrant printing a second edition. You are urged, therefore, to subscribe at once, as the only safe course to pursue, for no one believing in the near coming of our Saviour can afford to be without these articles, and possibly we may be unable to furnish you a complete set if you delay. In justice to subscribers, and that all who desire may be able to obtain the complete set, the editions will not be broken by the sale of single numbers or of “sets.” Trial subscriptions will be suspended also. Our friends will please endeavor to obtain regular subscriptions from those they canvass, at the fixed rates, $1 per year; 50 cents for six months.

Address Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn.

Obituaries

Pike.—Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Clayton, near Jamaica, Vt., Oct. 4, 1904, of tuberculous enteritis, my dear wife, Sarah C. Pike, aged 68 years, 5 months, and 28 days. She was a devoted and respected mother in Israel for many years. I think the Sabbath truth was brought to her and her parents by Elder Joseph Bates. She loved the spirit of prophecy, and respected its teachings. Calvin N. Pike.

Briggs.—Died at Princes Town, Trinidad, British West Indies, July 10, 1904, Lindsay Colvin, the only child of Louis J. and Stella E. (Colvin) Briggs, aged 5 years, 6 months, and 7 days. Lindsay was an unusually bright and happy boy, and was loved by all who knew him. He sleeps in Jesus, and we, if faithful, shall clasp him to our hearts again in that near glad day. Louis J. and Stella E. (Colvin) Briggs.

Hill.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Adams Center, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1904, of tuberculosis, Wallace Hill, aged 59 years. He was baptized and united with the Adams Center church of Seventh-day Adventists in 1897, and was held in esteem by all who knew him. He bore his sufferings with patience and confidence in God. His decease is mourned by a devoted Christian wife, two sons, one sister, two brothers, and many friends. The remarks at the funeral were based on Job 14, by Elder White (Methodist). Ida Ford.

Higley.—Emulous Higley, aged 79 years and 9 days, was laid to rest, Nov. 25, 1904, in the Wright (Mich.), cemetery. Brother Higley accepted present truth under the labors of Elder I. D. Van Horn while living on a farm in Muskegon County, Mich., and remained a firm believer of the same for about thirty-five years. He was married to Elizabeth Allen in 1850, and to them were born seven children, only two of whom are still living. Besides these, he leaves an aged companion and many friends to mourn their loss. He died with a firm hope of a part in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 1:18. Gilbert J. Iles.

Kimball.—Lulu, wife of Mr. E. W. Kimball, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Whitelock, was born in Hutchinson, Minn., May 24, 1868, and died at Boulder, Colo., Oct. 29, 1904. Sister Kimball was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist church for a number of years. Her life was quiet and unostentatious. She sought in her own home and among her neighbors and friends to represent the truths she professed. She fell asleep peacefully and quietly, and was laid to rest with full confidence that we would meet her again in the resurrection morning. She leaves a husband, two children, parents, and sisters, besides many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Her funeral was largely attended. Francis M. Wilcox.

GOOD BOOKS

The Gospel in Prophecy and Experience

Daniel and the Revelation

As the name implies, this volume comprises a treatise on the books of Daniel and the Revelation. It is a verse-by-verse commentary on these prophecies. It appeals to individuals with limited interest in Bible study. The fact that events, prophesied hundreds of years before their fulfilment, have occurred at the time and in the manner specified, will cause even the most indifferent to think seriously.

Plain edition, for handy reference, $1, postpaid.

“Quart in a Pint”

in Bible catalogues, means the latest production of the Oxford University Press in the line of Bibles. There is no better Bible made, neither is there another with so large, clear type in such a convenient size. It has the large, plain figures for chapter headings. The “Quart in a Pint” Bible stands as the standard for merit. Bound with or without concordance, as follows:— With concordance, $3.25, $3.75, $5, $6.50, $7.50. Without concordance, $4, $5.50, $7.

The higher the price, the better the binding. Contents the same in all styles, except the addition of the concordance. We recommend purchasing a good binding. It pays.

Here and Hereafter

A BIBLICAL treatise on man in life and death. No subject is more important for the world to understand than “man,” in this life and in the life to come. On a false view of man’s condition after death, every system of heathenism of the world is based, and professed Christianity is rapidly marching on to this dangerous platform. When the condition of man in death is thoroughly understood, a barrier is raised against an innumerable host of delusions as the result of a lack of knowledge of Scriptural teachings on the nature of man.

Price, postpaid, $1.

Our Paradise Home

A THRILLING and inspiring volume on the following important Bible topics:— Sin Permitted. The Fall of Satan. The Purchased Kingdom. The Three Worlds. Redemption of the World Promised. The Two Kingdoms. The Two Jerusalems. The Three Heavens. Events Introducing the Restitution. The Earnest of the Holy Spirit. A Glimpse of the Future Kingdom. The Rest That Remaineth. The Events of the Millennium. The Judgment. The Two Resurrections. Description of the Kingdom of Glory. The New Jerusalem.

“Our Paradise Home” is a book of encouragement to the Christian, and it appeals to the unconverted to turn from the error of his way, and to accept salvation.

Postpaid, in board covers, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.

Presentation edition, 75 cents.

The Bible Text Book

is in reality a Pocket Topical Concordance. Beginning with creation, it takes up, in their order, studies on The Word, Government, and Law of God; The Rebellion and Fall; Plan of Redemption; Change of the Sabbath; Faith; The Prophecies of Daniel and Revelation; Second Coming of Christ; and many other topics.

The book contains 150 readings, and is especially adapted for use in home study.

Leather, 50 cents; cloth, 30 cents.

Education

MRS. E. G. WHITE

A valuable volume on education in its entirety, covering all its phases; especially prepared for parents, teachers, and students; excellent for all classes. The great principles of Christian education are clearly set forth, and invaluable counsel for the education of the youth is placed within the reach of all. 321 pages, beautifully bound, three-color cover design; price, $1.25.

Story of Redemption

The story of the great plan of redemption through Christ is traced from the time it was unfolded to Adam and Eve until the close of time. It appeals strongly to the reader to accept of Christ and the love which forms the foundation of the great plan of redemption. It contains 237 pages, illustrated with colored pictures.

Price, $1.

Helps to Bible Study

LATELY revised and illustrated, making an attractive volume. Contains about forty Bible readings for individual and family use, covering the most important subjects pertaining to the spiritual welfare and salvation of mankind.

Bound in cloth cover, 50 cents.

Bound in paper cover, 25 cents.

Looking Unto Jesus

CHRIST in Type and Antitype. An exhaustive treatise on the subject of the sanctuary. A well-written and nicely illustrated book of over 300 pages, on the work of Christ as revealed in prophecy from the beginning, by Uriah Smith.

Prices, plain cloth, postpaid, $1.

Presentation edition, postpaid, $1.50.

History of the Sabbath

An extensive treatise on the Sabbath question. Every passage of Scripture in the Old and New Testaments that has any connection with the Sabbath, is critically examined. By special index, any Bible reference, or quotation from history pertaining to this subject, is readily found. This work is an unprejudiced commentary on the Sabbath question. Cloth, $1.50.

Steps to Christ

To the readers of the REVIEW this book needs no description. All know that it is a work which has cheered many discouraged hearts, that it presents in a simple, attractive manner the steps by which the sinner may be made complete in Christ, that it is an excellent guide for inquirers and young converts, and that it contains a wealth of counsel and encouragement for those who are laboring with the difficulties that beset a growing experience.

Bound in cloth, 50 cents; leather, thin edition, 60 cents.

Desire of Ages — Cheap Edition

“THE DESIRE OF AGES” is one of the very best lives of Christ, ever given to the public. Its clearness, cogency, beauty of simile and metaphor, admirable plan and force of evangelical teachings, place it pre-eminent as a work for the student and Christian, as well as the humblest believer. It presents the exact words and scenes which illumine the gospel in so reverent and apt a manner that reading it is a delight. The cross shines out from its pages as a symbol alike of blessedness and power.

Bound in cloth, $1.50; leather, $2.

Modern Spiritualism

SPIRITUALISM treated from the stand-point of the Scriptures, by Elder Uriah Smith; its nature clearly revealed by the inspired Word. Believers in the Scriptures can have no doubt lingering in their minds about this great power after studying it as presented in “Modern Spiritualism.”

It contains 156 pages. In pamphlet form, 20 cents; bound in cloth, 40 cents, postpaid.

Things Foretold

A TREATISE on the prophecies, especially prepared for children. It might be called a primary “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation.” The prophecies are treated in a plain, simple manner so that the children can comprehend them. Some adults unfamiliar with the prophecies, prefer “Things Foretold” to the exhaustive treatise given in “Daniel and the Revelation.”

It is printed in a very neat, attractive form, and the nature of its contents renders it worthy of a wide circulation. Neatly bound in board covers; price, 50 cents.

Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing

THIS excellent work is a verse-by-verse treatise upon the sermon on the mount, and is very beneficial to all. It is particularly suited for general distribution among unbelievers. It is also very helpful to parents, an excellent companion volume for “Steps to Christ.”

Nicely illustrated, bound in cloth, with cover design, 75 cents; in half calf, $1.

Order of Review & Herald

Order of Review & Herald, Washington, D. C.; Battle Creek, Mich.; Pacific Press, Mountain View, Cal.; Kansas City, Mo.; Southern Publishing Ass'n., Nashville, Tenn.; or your State Tract Society.

Applications for Corporation Membership

FORMER stockholders in the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association of Battle Creek, Mich., who have donated their stock to the trustee for the General Conference, and desire to become members of the corporation known as the Review and Herald Publishing Association, formed in this city, should make application for membership to the Secretary of the General Conference, Elder W. A. Spicer, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C., without further delay, if they have not already done so. Such applications are not valid unless made by Jan. 1, 1905. Those who have already sent in their requests will soon receive their certificates of membership.

The Change of the Sabbath

ANOTHER new book on the Sabbath question. The title is “The Change of the Sabbath;” the author is Elder George I. Butler; and it is published by the Southern Publishing Association of Nashville, Tenn. In his preface the author thus declares the plan and purpose of the book: “As many can not take the time required to read such an exhaustive treatise [as Andrew’s “History of the Sabbath”], this book has been prepared, which covers the ground of the change of the Sabbath as briefly as is consistent with a clear discussion of the subject, and gives a concise outline of the steps taken in bringing about the change. It is hoped that this work will prove a fair synopsis of the subject, and answer in a satisfactory manner the question, Who changed the Sabbath?” The book contains 196 pages, divided into twenty-two chapters, and is illustrated. The importance of the question considered and the interest aroused by wide-spread agitation of the whole subject, will certainly create a demand for this book, and it will doubtless have a large sale. It can be ordered through the usual channels. Price, in cloth binding, fifty cents, in paper, twenty-five cents.

Reports During the Week of Prayer

By Editor

WE wish to remind our fellow laborers in the different fields of our request made last week that they should forward for publication brief reports of any special experiences during the week of prayer.

Pearl West Appointed to South Africa

Miss Pearl West, under appointment to South Africa, reached Washington last week, and after a few days went on to New York, expecting to sail December 14. She will teach in the Claremont Union College, Cape Town. Nebraska continues her salary.

Review and Herald Publications Catalogue

By Editor

A LEAFLET catalogue with a unique cover has been issued by the Review and Herald Publishing Association of this city, giving brief descriptions of its more important publications. It can be enclosed in an envelope of the usual size, and is a convenient means of letting personal friends know about our leading publications. It is furnished free on application.

G. B. Thompson Visits Ohio Convention

ELDER G. B. THOMPSON left Washington last week to attend the Ohio Young People's Convention, which was held at Mount Vernon Academy, Mount Vernon, Ohio. After spending the first Sabbath and Sunday of the week of prayer with all the students of the academy, he expected to visit the church at Battle Creek, Mich., where he planned to remain until the close of this special season.

Missionary Collecting Cards for Foreign Missions

SOME church officers are already calling for more of the missionary collecting cards for the use of members who wish to give friends and business acquaintances an opportunity to make a gift to foreign missions during the holiday season. The Mission Board is glad to supply all such calls, also any further copies of the little India leaflets, which might appropriately be given to those who make gifts to missions.

J. Lipke Returns to Brazil

BROTHER J. LIPKE and wife have returned to Brazil, sailing from New York, December 5. He has secured in cash and pledges sufficient to supply a useful printing outfit for Brazil, and the printing department of Emmanuel Missionary College, at Berrien Springs, has donated a press to that field. This response, so generously made to Brazil's call, will greatly cheer the workers in South America.

Death of H. M. Mitchell

ELDER H. M. MITCHELL, of Ohio, and more widely known, perhaps, through his years of service as treasurer of the General Conference, died at his home in Academia, December 6. Brother Mitchell was beloved by all who knew him, and served this cause loyally to the last. He dropped his active duties only when failing strength made it impossible to go further. The memory of his patient, cheerful life will be cherished by his associates.

The Sabbath School Worker

The superintendents of our Sabbath-schools would do well to see that all their teachers have the benefit of the helpful matter in the Sabbath School Worker. Its general articles, its suggestive exercises, and its lesson helps for all divisions of the school make it a valuable aid to every Sabbath-school worker. The price for two or more copies to one address is only twenty-five cents a year for each copy. It can be ordered through your State tract society.

The Advent Message’s Worldwide Progress

By Editor

IN a leaflet of forty-eight pages, with the title “The World-wide Progress of the Advent Message and the Finishing of Its Work,” Elder A. G. Daniells has given a comprehensive view of the history of this advent movement from its beginning, with interesting and encouraging facts relating to its growth up to the present time. Added to this is a statement of the situation and needs in the mission fields, and an urgent appeal to this denomination to respond to the call of the hour for a renewed consecration of talent and means in the supreme effort to carry this message to the world quickly, and thus prepare the way for the coming of our Lord. The Mission Board has sent a supply of this leaflet to all our churches and companies, to be distributed without cost among the members, and has sent a copy to each isolated Sabbath-keeper whose address they have. For this reason it is unnecessary to speak at any length of its contents, but we earnestly urge all who receive a copy to read it, and to ponder upon the facts and appeals found in it. Those who do not now recognize the leading of God’s providence in his work in these eventful times, and who do not move forward as the pillar of cloud is moving, are likely to miss their way altogether, and so fail to stand in their lot “at the end of the days.” We can but believe that the hearts of all our people will be deeply stirred as they read this leaflet, and that they will be encouraged to both go and give in behalf of this closing message. Be sure that you secure the copy intended for you.

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

I AM certain that those who have been interested in the Washington Memorial church will be rejoiced to know that the week of prayer opened there with a very encouraging meeting, Sabbath, December 10. The gentle, tender, quiet Spirit of the Lord, which brings conviction and repentance, was present in a most marked and unusual degree. “There is a sound of abundance of rain.”

There has been received on the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund $49,-420.91. See page 20. We trust that in the next published list we shall have reached the fifty-thousand-dollar mark.

J. S. WASHBURN.

FROM "THE FOUR TRACK NEWS" "SUCH WHITENESS, SUCH STILLNESS"