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Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 23.

The Great Nations of To-day
Earlier text: A Visit to Egypt

A Personal Experience

By Washington Morse

I HAVE just made a forty-mile trip, having gone into the country to visit some isolated Sabbath keepers. I walked much of the way, and in nearly every house I entered, I found some of our books. Many questions were asked concerning the doctrines they teach. This opened the way to present the truth more fully. One woman said that her minister said that he did not know anything about those prophetic periods or the time of the judgment; “but,” she added, “I have found by reading Elder Smith’s works on the prophecies, that we are already in the judgment, and that it is now going on in the courts of heaven.”
To persons of experience the house-to-house work affords an opportunity for the accomplishment of much good, and by this means the knowledge of the truth may be disseminated much more effectively than by sermonizing. As for myself, it would be a blessed work if I had the means to defray my current expenses. I am of good courage, and am able to walk from five to eight miles a day, and give several talks to those interested.
WASHINGTON MORSE. Peterborough, Ontario.

The Chesapeake Conference

By O. O. Farnsworth; Chas. D. Zirkle

The third annual session of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was held in Eareckson's Hall, Baltimore, Md., May 9-19, 1902. Each of the ten churches in the conference was represented by delegates. One new church (Cambridge, Md.), which was organized April 12, 1902, and which has a membership of sixteen, was added to the conference.
Elder S. N. Haskell, Professor Griggs, and Elders J. S. Washburn and L. C. Sheafe (the last two have just come to our conference to assist in the work in Washington, D. C.) were the laborers from outside the Chesapeake Conference who attended our meeting. Services were held twice a day for the public, and the attendance was excellent.
During the year fourteen laborers were in the field, eight of whom remained during the entire year. The work accomplished by these laborers is as follows: Days of labor, 3,252; Sermons delivered, 1,271; Bible readings held, 1,255; other meetings, 574; visits made, 7,118; pages of literature distributed, 90,407; periodicals distributed, 21,707; Subscriptions for periodicals taken, 3,219. Ninety persons were baptized and added to the different churches. Two church schools were conducted. Six entirely new fields were entered with the truth, and four of them were more or less fruitful.
Financially, the conference has prospered, yet our force of laborers being more than at any time since the organization of the conference, we run behind a little during the year. The amount of tithe received was, $5,477.40; first-day offering, $550.43; Haskell Home, $127.08; annual offering, $368.28; Scandinavian field, $195.16; relief of schools, $1,000.25; Skodsborg Sanatorium, $134.97. The blessing of the Lord was with us, and we were able to settle with our laborers at the end of each month.
We thank God for his guiding hand in our work; and it was resolved that we do all we can to get our literature into the homes of the people, and encourage competent canvassers and colporteurs to enter and remain in the work; that we encourage proper persons to engage in work with the Signs of the Times, taking subscriptions for the paper, and delivering the same by hand each week; and that all the resolutions passed by this conference since its organization be published in neat and durable form.
A new constitution was formed for the conference, in harmony with the plans of the General Conference.
The following named officers were elected: President, O. O. Farnsworth; Secretary and Treasurer, Chas. D. Zirkle; Executive Committee, O. O. Farnsworth, Dr. J. H. Neall, F. M. Bradford, Charles Judefind, Harry S. Weaver; Secretary of the Missionary Department, Mrs. Myra Davis Zirkle; Secretary of Sabbath School Department, Miss Helen V. Price.
Credentials were granted to O. O. Farnsworth, V. H. Lucas, J. F. Jones, F. W. Mace; ministerial licenses were given to F. H. Seeney, Chas D. Zirkle; and missionary licenses to Mrs. M. A. Baker and Miss L. M. Slocum.
Much valuable instruction was given during the conference, and the delegates returned to their respective churches cheered and strengthened for their work in the church and in their homes.
Four tent efforts will be in operation as soon as the weather is favorable to begin such efforts. Two tents will be conducted in Washington, D. C.,—one by Elder Washburn and one by Elder Sheafe. Elder V. H. Lucas will pitch a tent in Cambridge, Md., and Elder Jones in Oxford, Md.
The office of the Chesapeake Conference for the coming year will be at 903 Woodley St., Baltimore, Md.
O. O. FARNSWORTH, President.
CHAS. D. ZIRKLE, Secretary.

Neglected Mission Fields in Canada

By W. H. Thurston

Canada

It is often remarked that Canada, as a mission field, has been neglected, and a brief survey confirms this.
The Quebec Conference was organized nearly thirty years ago, and at the present time there are six organized churches and four companies, with a total membership of two hundred and fifty. The annual tithe is one thousand dollars, and the entire corps of workers in the conference is two,—two ordained ministers. A lamentable record for a conference thirty years old!
It is gratifying to all the people to know, however, that this order of things is being changed, and that there shall be delay no longer in giving the message. Help is forthcoming, and coming to stay. The Lord is reviving the missionary spirit among the churches, and the question is now being heard, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” The answer to each one is, “Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.”
Newfoundland has only one minister and one Bible worker. Medical help is on the way, however, and it is hoped that another minister will soon be procured. I have not reached the island yet, therefore cannot speak very intelligently of the work there.
Ontario is being blessed with more laborers in the different departments of the work, and the outlook in that conference is encouraging. The churches are sending out missionary workers, and this is as it should be in every conference. “The church of Christ on earth was organized for missionary purposes, and the Lord desires to see the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, page 29.
The Maritime Provinces will soon be organized into a conference to be known as the Maritime Conference. There are rich fields for faithful workers in these provinces, and the laborers here are pleased to learn that the corps of workers is being augmented. There are a few canvassers in the field, and others are preparing to go. “There is no higher work than evangelistic canvassing; for it involves the performance of the highest moral duties.” This being true, we should all have a part in it.
The Canadian Union Conference embraces Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime Provinces, and Newfoundland. Taking all in all, the climate is good, the people are clever, and there are great opportunities for missionary work. Since January there have been eighteen laborers assigned to the Canadian Union Conference, and yet there is room for God-fearing men and women who will bring their hearts, membership, and interests with them, and come to stay until the Lord calls them elsewhere. Most of the laborers just referred to are now in the field, and others will arrive by the first of June. It is understood that these laborers will transfer their membership to the conference in which they are located, and thus give evidence that they have come to stay.
It is only through the liberality of some of our sister conferences and the Mission Board in supporting some of these workers that we are able to secure the help of so many at one time, but we expect to become stronger year by year, and press on to victory. We desire another Bible worker and a minister and his wife,—providing they can be supported by their home conference for a year,—who are willing to work hard, and have no other motive but the salvation of souls. The message is onward, and the workers are all of good courage.
W. H. THURSTON.

F. W. FIELD

By F. W. Field

Japan

Tokio.—I spent the last Sabbath and Sunday of April in Wakamatsu, where Brother Kuniya has been laboring recently. On Sunday I baptized the four believers that form the little company there. We had a pleasant and profitable time. They are earnest and faithful. They have waited a long time for an opportunity to be baptized, and were happy in the sense of duty performed. Others are interested. There is much to do, and few laborers. But the work is the Lord’s, and we labor on in faith and hope.

F. W. FIELD

West Indies

By Sterrie A. Wellman

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS.—About a week ago I went over to Antigua for two days. In returning I took deck passage on one of the Quebec line boats. I sat down to read “The Story of Daniel the Prophet,” but had hardly begun when the chief engineer came by, and stopping, asked me about the book. I gave him the title, and he became interested, and began asking questions about the prophecies. As we were going over the points in Daniel, others of the officers and passengers joined us. Seeing this, the chief engineer invited me to come down to his room with those who were interested. Not one remained behind, and when we had settled ourselves, I took them through many of the prophecies and other points of Scripture truth, they asking questions meanwhile. Our voyage lasted five and one-half hours, and almost this entire time was spent in the conversation. Of course, all were not really interested, but one or two of the number followed me through the entire study, and were anxious to learn more. I promised them some reading matter for their return voyage. I am sure God has among them some faithful ones.
Our work in Basseterre is now doing nicely. The attendance at our Sabbath school and at our Sunday evening service has doubled. The members of the church are doing missionary work among the people.
STERRIE A. WELLMAN.

Bay Islands, Central America

By L. O. Corwin

UTILA.—We are now using our new building, although it is not yet finished. The placing in of the windows, and the painting will finish the work. We have not sufficient means to do this just now. It will take about one hundred sols to complete the building. Seventy-one students are enrolled in our school, and they are all interested in their studies. We have two Bible classes, and are instructing them concerning the second coming of Christ. All seem to believe that it is near. Some have manifested their desire to keep the commandments. The Sabbath school is better attended than in the past, also the Wednesday evening prayer meeting. The children always have a verse from the Bible. We are of the very best courage.
L. O. Corwin.

Rhodesia, South Africa

By M. C. Sturdevant

BULUWAYO.— We are here at the wagons, on the edge of Buluwayo. Day is breaking, and I rise early, so that I may write home. We are all well, and of the best courage, happy in our Father, who has brought us safely o’er all our long journey. We arrived here April 14. Brother Anderson and Lena Mead met us at the depot. They took us to the wagons, loaded with grain and produce from the farm. We camped all night, and to-day will sell the stuff, and get ready to travel to the farm to-morrow. We could not be more contented and happy in the Lord than we are this lovely morning, so glad we are here. And truly, we could not have had a more pleasant trip—no storm, no roughness, no sickness, only for a few days on the sea. From the first, it was a most pleasant trip. Brother Anderson says to tell you that they are all well, and glad we are here. They seem as happy as can be, and report the very best progress in every branch of the work in this field.
M. C. STURDEVANT.

General Notes

A CHURCH of fourteen members was recently organized at Farmington, N. M.
BROTHER R. R. KENNEDY reports from Wheelersburg, Ohio, that five persons were baptized at that place, May 18, and three others are awaiting this ordinance.
THE company at Kokomo, Ind., have recently received eight additions to their number, as the result of a two weeks’ course of meetings held by Brother A. L. Miller.
BROTHER E. HILLIARD, of Minnesota, who is now laboring in Tasmania, in a recent letter to his Minnesota brethren says: “A fruit grower who lives a few miles from Launceston has furnished us with the finest of fruit for over two years and after purchasing of him from time to time, he was handed some of our literature. He became deeply interested, and a few days ago I rode out to his place on my bicycle, remaining with the family overnight. I held a Bible reading with them on the change of the Sabbath, the second coming of Christ, and the signs of the times. All of the family living at home accepted the truth, and the next Sabbath we organized a family Sabbath school. A Church-of-England minister living near him had previously accepted the truth, and so we arranged for them to meet together. This minister is quite wealthy, and expects to visit America in May. He wants to become acquainted with our people there, and learn more of our work and institutions.”

Sunday Evening Meetings Begin in Hamilton, Bermuda

By M. Enoch

Bermuda

HAMILTON.—We have rented a nice new hall, about three miles out of town around the harbor, but not more than one and one-half miles across it. I have begun Sunday evening meetings. The hall is about forty feet long and twenty-three feet wide. We had some chairs, and bought three dozen more at our own expense. We had our first public meeting last Sunday, and about twenty-five attended it, besides some of our own people. I have not felt well for two weeks, and part of the time have been unable properly to attend to my own work. Last Sunday I was sick, and feared that I should not be able to meet the appointment. But I took the matter to the Lord, and then rode on my bicycle around the harbor to the hall. The Lord sustained me, blessing me with freedom; and after the meeting I accomplished the journey, feeling as well as I had ever felt. O, the Lord is God! Truly, all praise belongs to him. The Lord has a great work in Bermuda, and although it is a hard fight, the truth will go, and a people will be prepared to meet Jesus when he comes. M. ENOCH.

Antigua: Souls Won and Interest Growing in St. John

By D. E. Wellman

Antigua

St. JOHN.—The Lord is giving us a few souls for our labor, and we are glad, and praise him for his unspeakable grace in Jesus Christ that saves the hungry souls that are bound in sin. We hope that several will soon begin to observe the Sabbath. Among those who have identified themselves with us is a clerk in one of the business houses,—a white man,—and the head gardener of the botanical gardens. Both will lose their places. The first will go into business for himself on a small scale, and the latter will do private gardening and bookkeeping, at which he is an expert. Many others are interested, and we hope at every step to win souls for Christ. We are nearly as strong and healthy as ever, and have great reason for thankfulness. D. E. WELLMAN.

Donors to the Relief of the Schools

The Total Cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to May 24, is $43,205.39.
NAME AMOUNT
Mrs. C. A. Hinterleiter 1 00
R. Switzer 5 00
M. E. Woodworth 10 00
Louisa Sims 2 00
Mrs. G. Goddard 25
M. G. Vaughn 1 00
F. O. Hightown 1 10
O. D. Fackler 5 00
C. Hanson 1 00
M. Christiansen 50
O. P. Nelson 3 50
Mrs. M. C. Glendenning 1 00
M. A. Ellis 1 00
A. Chatman 2 00
Wm. Orris 5 00
S. Batterson 2 00
W. L. & M. L. Bird 5 00
Mrs. S. Johnston 50
C. H. Wolcott 1 00
H. Rust 5 00
S. C. Batsford 1 00
J. I. Taylor 2 50
R. Palmer 5 00
Mrs. Southworth 1 00
L. E. Simmonds 5 00
E. A. Stockton 1 00
M. Belden 50
F. Bowley 2 00
L. Kienhoff 2 00
Ida Knurtis 1 00
W. B. Knowls 2 00
F. O. Raymond 5 00
Brother Zebold 1 00
C. Holtes 5 65
C. Johnson 5 00
Mrs. M. A. Thayer 2 00
Mrs. B. F. Barefoot 1 50
R. D. Whitney 1 00
Mrs. W. Hill 1 00
Mrs. C. L. Davis 2 00
Mrs. N. Hayward 1 00
I. Sultz 1 00
M. A. Hanson 2 50
Mrs. A. C. Beard 1 00
Mrs. H. J. Jocelyn 2 00
D. & B. Hackett 2 00
J. H. Laury 10 00
Mrs. E. J. Poppelwell 45
E. R. Hamlin 50
Mrs. C. Morton 50
J. Gronemeier 25
C. Gronemeier 50
R. A. Brooks 1 00
W. Wallace 2 50
F. Cunningham 1 00
H. F. Brown 15
Mrs. M. A. Taylor 1 00
W. O. Erb 3 00
Mary Huntley 1 00
Grace Huntley 25
Ethel Huntley 25
Luella Reed 2 50
A. M. Johnson 2 00
Mrs. C. S. Davis 60
S. C. Saxby 2 00
I. Sanborn 2 00
Mrs. A. Fetter 1 00
J. & J. Tibbett 5 00
E. L. Merry 1 00
Mrs. E. Brown 1 10
S. S. Bingham 1 50
R. Patton 3 00
R. & I. Patton 2 00
P. P. Gaede 5 00
Wm. Covert 12 50
Mrs. E. J. West 1 00
D. K. Royer 2 00
L. Young 50
Mrs. E. Knapp 25
A. E. Johansen 1 00
Elizabeth Franks 5 00
Mrs. Martha Lake 1 25
M. G. Gorham 5 00
W. R. Kirk 5 00
C. Hoffman 2 00
D. & L. Pickering 2 00
Joseph Pickering 50
Mrs. G. P. Hull 50
Mr. & Mrs. T. Griffin 5 00
J. H. Acker 5 00
Nellie P. Honeywell 1 00
Mrs. E. M. Drown 3 00
J. Bigne 50
Mrs. P. McNamara 5 00
A friend (Colorado) 3 00
J. E. Guyton 2 00
Mrs. L. M. Guy 1 00
J. B. Johnston 2 00
Mrs. J. Freeze 2 00
Mrs. D. E. Young 2 00
E. Swap 2 00
A. L. Cottrell 1 00
Anna Fryer 1 00
P. J. Buller 3 00
Ida Fulk 1 00
A friend 2 12
F. Martin and mother 2 00
P. Leibold 1 00
Mrs. M. L. Andreasen 1 00
Thomas Baker 1 00
Mrs. Capt. Thomson 2 00
J. G. Lamson 1 00
Mrs. B. A. King 7 50
Mrs. Cooper 1 00
Minnie Baxton 1 47
G. G. Green 25 00
Mrs. L. B. Godfrey 2 00
Martha Young 5 00
J. E. Pegg 5 00
Mrs. P. Jessup 1 00
Mrs. L. G. Hidda 2 00
Mrs. D. M. Guy 1 00
F. M. Corbaley 5 00
I. S. Hanon 50
J. T. Wakeham 5 00
May Wakeham 5 00
Mrs. S. Hamlin 2 00
J. N. Loughborough 20 00
A. Rhoads & wife 20 00
Mrs. Bullermeir 5 00
D. Hildreth 1 00
Mrs. J. L. Bean 2 00
Mrs. Beatty & family 2 50
A friend 3 90
M. H. Minier 10 00
Mrs. E. M. Yale 5 00
Lilly M. Avery 2 00
Mrs. Goodison 35
A brother 7 13
Mrs. W. Wright 5 00
Mr. & Mrs. McKinnon 2 50
M. Redenaun 1 00
Mary E. Foster 1 00
Mrs. M. P. Burr 50
Mrs. S. Jones 25
Gustave Morrell 5 50
J. J. Nichols 2 00
J. B. Vandewark 2 00
Mr. & Mrs. J. O. Beard 5 00
Brother Speed (Iowa) 10 00
Mrs. E. T. Burch 1 00
O. S. Hadley 10 00
M. F. Harlan 1 00
Mrs. E. Smith 50
O. M. Slocum 2 00
Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Armstrong 1 00
Pheobe L. Moore 50
Jennie Shaw 1 00
Mrs. Sabrina & Myrtle Burleson 1 50
Mrs. J. C. Trenholm 4 00
Mrs. M. H. Graves 1 00
Mrs. C. D. Wolf 50
M. E. Claflin 3 00
Wm. Fisher 2 25
C. Dodge & V. McBride 2 00
L. M. Phelps 3 00
P. D. Porter 5 00
Mrs. M. Ellsworth 5 00
Ruby Rosco 50
Mr. & Mrs. C. F. Dockham 2 00
A. Kalstrom 15 00
Mrs. N. D. Ingram 1 00
Mrs. J. C. Evans 5 00
D. S. Sutton 50
Mrs. E. J. Stillman 1 00
J. A. Faust 1 00
Mrs. E. L. Wallace 1 00
Wm. Higgins 2 00
Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Gardner 21 00
Floyd & Earl Gardner 5 25
C. Hale 2 00
Alice C. Bush 2 00

Selling “Christ’s Object Lessons”

I HAVE never had anything so sweet as this work; and I feel that it is the salvation of the denomination.
I did not take much interest in this work at first, not until we had a meeting at Bethel. Then I thought I would try it, and see what I could do. I want to say right here that I am a poor salesman. My boys at home have always said to me, “Father, if you buy a horse, you will surely have him until he dies.” And so I had not much hope of making a success in selling the book, but I thought I would try.
When I got home, I called the brethren of the Antigo church together while this thing was fresh in my mind, to see what they would say. After presenting the plan, one brother began to argue that the taxes were so high this year that we could not do much. He said that he had canvassed three weeks for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and had sold only one book. That kind of talk discouraged the brethren. I decided to try this work myself. The first man I met kept me waiting until after three o’clock in the afternoon. Then I thought that it was so near night that I might just as well go home, and start out again the next morning. But I did not think it right to surrender this way, so I went to work, and by five o’clock I had twenty-two orders. I hurried from one place to another as rapidly as I could. I took orders so fast that I feared I would not leave much of an impression on the minds of the people with regard to the value of the book. And when I got home, I thought it all over, and decided that when I delivered the orders, I would stay with the people until they knew something about the book. While delivering twenty-two book orders, I sold eighteen more. This work is better than preaching.
I wish to say a word with regard to the influence of the book since the people have had it; for that is the most interesting part of the work. I took my time when delivering. I sat down and talked about the book, and what it contains. I wanted to make an impression that would lead the people to read it. Some perhaps will not; I do not know. But since that time many have come to me and asked questions with regard to the message that we are carrying to the world. Some of these are men with whom I have long desired to have a talk. I seemed unable to approach them; they were too big for me. But I thank the Lord that the book is bigger than they are. They have come and asked questions with regard to their soul’s salvation. One man especially, whom I had attempted several times to approach, but failed, has talked with me regarding this great work. I never thought that he could weep, but he did weep, and I wept too.
Another thing that I must mention is the excellent effect this work has upon those who engage in it. It seems to put new blood in our veins, and it gives a new inspiration. I will relate one experience in my home church. I said to a sister, “Had you not better take your books along and try to sell them?” She said, “I can’t sell a book; do not bother me with that thing.” “Well,” I said, “I am afraid that if you yield to such feelings, that spirit will lead to something worse, and you may lose your soul.” But we said good-by for that day. Early the next morning she took her four books. I was somewhat afraid she might not sell them, and I made up my mind that if she did not, I would help her. But in half an hour she came back after four more. She said, “I feel so glad! I could not sleep last night, because I had treated the matter so indifferently. But now,” she continued, “I feel so glad I started. I praise the Lord. This is a good work.”
I could relate many instances like this. I have sixteen churches in my district that I am laboring with, and most of them are successful in selling the book. The work is going, and it will not stop until it is crowned with victory.

Current Mention

— The Rev. John Henry Barrows, president of Oberlin College, died June 3, of pneumonia.
— A fire at Rockaway Beach, Long Island, June 1, destroyed seven hotels and a number of dancing halls. Four lives were lost.
— The May fire loss in the United States amounts to $13,197,700, and for the expired portion of the present year, to $72,272,100.
— According to figures furnished by the operators and miners concerned in the anthracite coal strike in Pennsylvania, the loss for the first three weeks of the strike amounts to $14,850,000.
— Fifty persons committed suicide in Chicago during the month of May, says the Chicago Tribune, which paper adds the statement that this is the greatest recorded number of suicides for one month.
— Adherents of the “New Thought,” or “Mental Science” teaching, have purchased a large tract of land on the Hudson River, some distance above New York City, where they will establish a school for the dissemination of their doctrines.
— A cloud-burst near the city of Joliet, Ill., June 3, caused a damaging flood in neighboring creeks, and cut off Joliet from communication with outside districts, inundating its streets, paralyzing business, and causing three deaths by drowning.
— The Boer war in South Africa, after continuing nearly two years and eight months, was officially ended May 31, by the agreement of the Boer representatives to accept the terms offered them by Great Britain. The news caused great rejoicing in England.
— The announcement comes from Berlin that the German gun maker, Krupp, has invented a projectile which will penetrate through the heaviest armor he can produce. Emperor William, the report says, has ordered him to manufacture these projectiles exclusively for the German navy.
— A committee of German chemists in Berlin have submitted a report to the German government on the question of the effect of borax on the human system. After an investigation covering two years’ time, during which tests were made upon four men, the chemists report that the presence of borax in the human body, even in minute quantities, is unquestionably injurious. A single dose, they assert, remains in the system eight days.
— A large district in Alaska was shaken by an earthquake last April, says a report brought by travelers from that country, and simultaneously with this disturbance a mountain in southeastern Alaska, which was not known to have any crater, burst into eruption, sending out clouds of ashes and a stream of mud, mixed with bowlders. Passengers arriving at Seattle from Alaska report that the Redoubt Volcano near Cook Inlet is active, sending out fire and smoke, the latter forming dense black clouds, which obscure that entire region.
— Bold bank robberies, some of them committed in open daylight and in full view of the citizens, are reported from several towns in South Dakota.
— A dispatch from Panama reports that Ecuador is facing revolt. The revolutionary movement is led by General Alfro, a former president of the republic.
— Wireless telegraphy is to be employed in establishing communication between the Klondike gold fields and the outposts of civilization in the higher latitudes of North America.
— A report from Turkey which comes by way of London states that the Turkish government is in a worse financial situation than it has faced in many years, and that the sultan, in order to avert bankruptcy, may defy Europe by confiscating revenues already ceded by Turkey to foreign creditors, amounting to about $15,000,000 yearly; in which event it is believed Europe would unite to bring the sultan to terms.
— So far the year 1902 has broken the record of the past decade for immigrants landing at New York City. January and February showed a large increase on the figures for the same months last year. March showed 23,000 more than March, 1901, and during the first two weeks of April there entered 40,000 souls, as against 28,000 in the same fortnight a year ago. For the rest of April the proportions are as large, if not larger, and May bids fair to outdo April.
— The London Globe (England) reports that “Dr. Bunge, a Russian medical man, proposes to establish a sanatorium for consumptives in the polar regions. He has observed that the members of exploration parties returning from the polar regions are always in perfect health, owing to the purity of the air and complete absence of all harmful microbes. In the polar regions bronchitis, laryngitis, influenza, and other contagious diseases are unknown.”
— As showing the risk of disaster that would be incurred to a canal constructed over the proposed Nicaragua route, one authority states that “there are not less than twenty-five volcanoes, at fairly equal distances, on the line of crustal weakness which is occupied by Lakes Nicaragua and Managua, most of which have been active within a very moderate period of time, while some are active to-day. Yet it is proposed that the United States government shall spend $200,000,000 in building a canal, with an elaborate system of locks, through the heart of that volcanic region.”

A Long Struggle Closed

THE following is a summary of the terms of peace between Great Britain and the Boers in South Africa:—
The burgher forces in the field to lay down their arms and hand over all guns, rifles, and ammunition of war in their possession or under their control, desist from further resistance, and acknowledge King Edward VII as their lawful sovereign.
All burghers outside the limits of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and all burgher prisoners of war at present outside South Africa, on duly declaring their acceptance of the position of subjects of his Majesty, to be brought back to their homes as soon as means of transport can be provided, and means of subsistence assured.
The burghers so returning not to be deprived of their personal liberty or property.
No proceeding, civil or criminal, to be taken against any burghers surrendering, or so returning, for any acts in connection with the prosecution of the war.
The Dutch language to be taught in public schools of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, where the parents desire it, and to be allowed in the courts of law for the better and more effectual administration of justice.
Possession of rifles to be allowed in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony to persons requiring them for their protection, on taking out a license.
The military administration of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony to be succeeded at the earliest possible date by a civil government, and, so soon as circumstances permit, representative institutions, leading up to self-government, to be introduced.
The question of granting the franchise to natives not to be decided until after the introduction of self-government.
No special tax to be imposed on landed property in the Transvaal or Orange River Colony to defray the expenses of the war.
A grant of £3,000,000 ($15,000,000) to be made by the British government for the purpose of restocking the Boer farms, and providing for the support of those left destitute by the war until they can again renew their normal occupations. All notes and receipts duly issued in return for valuable considerations, to be regarded as evidence of the war losses sustained by those to whom they were first given. Loans to be made by his Majesty’s government without interest for two years, and afterward bearing interest at three per cent, to individuals not foreigners nor rebels.
The treatment of Cape Colony and Natal rebels to be determined by the colonial courts in accordance with the laws of the colonies, and British subjects from other countries who have joined with the Boers in the war to be tried by the laws of that part of the empire to which they belong.
The rank and file of the Cape Colony and Natal burghers who have been in arms against Great Britain, to be required to sign a document before the resident magistrate of the district in which they surrender, acknowledging themselves to be guilty of high treason, and to be punished therefor by disfranchisement for life.
All Cape Colony rebels who have held official positions under the British government, to be tried for high treason before the regular courts of the country, or such special courts as may be afterward constituted, and to be punished according to the court’s discretion; provided that in no case shall the punishment consist of the death penalty.
Natal rebels to be dealt with according to the law of that colony.
Thus the Boers have parted with their independence, and their territory has been absorbed into the British empire. Aside from extinguishing the nationality of the conquered people, Great Britain has dealt generously with them, and it is to be hoped a policy of good will will be adopted on both sides, with a view to the speediest possible effacement of the scars of war.

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By Ellen G. White

THE work being done with “Christ’s Object Lessons” is a good beginning to the work the Lord desires to see carried forward by his people, because it calls for sacrifices and gifts, and old and young can engage. The Lord’s plan has opened the way for all to do something. This is a work that is to be a blessing to all who engage in it. The more you do of this work, the less weary and the less perplexed you will be. As you go forth to sell the book the Lord has declared should be sold, you will realize that to you is spoken the benediction, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you.” E. G. WHITE,

“Christ's Object Lessons” in the German Language

OUR German brethren and sisters throughout the country will be glad to know that the Review and Herald is now hard at work on another edition of five thousand copies of the German “Christ's Object Lessons.” Last autumn an edition of five thousand copies was published, but this has been entirely exhausted.

Cultivating Territory Through Patient Canvassing Work

WHEN the canvasser does his work in the right way, he does not “burn the territory” over, but he cultivates it, so that it brings forth more fruit.

Milwaukee Sells Full Quota of Christ's Object Lessons

MILWAUKEE can sing the song of jubilee, having sold its full quota of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” numbering five hundred and sixty books, and individual members have guaranteed the sale of fifty copies more.

Sister Irish's Testimonial on the Prodigal Son

SISTER IRISH, of Jacksonville, Ore., writes that their M. E. minister has purchased one of the books, and given a written testimonial that “the chapter on the prodigal son is worth the full price of the work.”

Colporteur Work in Everett and Mt. Vernon

In Everett and Mt. Vernon, Wash., excellent work is being done. One sister at Mt. Vernon went twelve miles from home to canvass, and sold twelve books. Another went a distance of twenty miles in order to find territory. Others are doing the same. One lady, not of the faith, asked one of these sisters to permit her to take some orders among her friends, as she wanted to assist in so worthy a cause.
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