The following letter, which fully explains itself, having just reached us, we pass on for the encouragement of our readers:—
“I have just had a chance to glance over the 1913 Temperance Instructor. I do not know how it strikes others, but it makes me feel as if I want to see a copy in every home in this State. It is the best you have put out, and that is saying a great deal when we consider what you have done in past years. We have just wired for a thousand copies, and you will hear from us in future orders. It is no wonder that people say that our temperance literature is the best put out, when such papers come from your press.
“We are joining with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in a vigorous temperance campaign in Somerset County. Our field agent is in charge of the sales campaign there, and we hope to see a large number sold.
“Very sincerely,
B. F. KNEELAND,
President West Pennsylvania Conf.
Court Records of a Convent Tragedy
By Editor
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Religious Liberty Offering
By vote of the General Conference, five annual offerings are taken in all the churches of this country for various phases of our work. One of these offerings is taken in February for the benefit of the religious liberty work. With the approval of the General Conference Committee, this offering will be taken this year on the fourth Sabbath of February, the twenty-second. A special reading, prepared for use on that day in all the churches, will be sent to church elders in the United States and Canada, with the suggestions concerning the program for the day. The renewed activities of various organizations to secure a Sunday law for the District of Columbia, as well as local movements in various States, such as, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and California; and the opportunities offered by the holding of the World's Christian Citizenship Conference in Portland, Oregon, during the coming summer, give much emphasis to the call for a liberal donation for this line of work. It should be remembered that one third of this offering is retained in the local conference for local work, one third is used by the union conference, and one third goes to the General Conference treasury to aid in the support of the general department work. Elders of our churches should give notice of this collection not later than Sabbath, February 15, so that the people may come prepared for the collection.