ANOTHER month has quickly passed, and we are presenting to the readers of the REVIEW another report giving a glimpse of what is being done by our colporteurs in the sale of books and magazines.
This report of course shows only the hours of labor, and the value of sales represented in dollars and cents, but who can tell the number of souls being reached with the message by the thousands of pages represented by these figures? The judgment alone can reveal this.
We are thankful for the splendid increase in the sale of our subscription books as shown in these reports from month to month, in both home and foreign fields. It will be noted that while there is a slight falling off in some of the war-stricken fields, such as England and Germany, the sales are remarkably good in view of the situation existing in those countries.
Only three of the unions reporting in the North American Division show a falling off in sales this month, and in these the decrease is not large, with the exception of the Lake Union. Brother Blosser, the veteran leader in that union, assures us that with the one hundred and fifty students from the schools who will soon be in the field, we can expect a different report next month.
Never in the history of our work have the people seemed more anxious to purchase our literature. The following is only a sample of the many interesting experiences which reach us, illustrating this:—
One of our lady colporteurs had occasion to call on a woman to whom she had delivered a book a few days previously, and found she had begun keeping the Sabbath. The woman bought six more books, to distribute among those in whom she was especially interested.
Another woman, who lived in a hidden recess among the cañons, hearing that one of our colporteurs was in the neighborhood, and fearing he would not find her, sent to several of her neighbors to have him be sure to call. She gave her order for a book, and also for a Bible.
At another place, a man had just returned home from the hospital, and learning of the work of the colporteur, gathered the family about the bed while the book was being shown, and gratefully gave his order for a full morocco binding, and thanked the colporteur again and again for calling at his home.
Surely the harvest is ripe.
W. W. EASTMAN.
Comparative Summary of Foreign Periodicals
JANUARY, 1915, 448,128 copies, value $13,166.23; January, 1916, 375,259 copies, value $13,774.74.
February, 1915, 403,134 copies, value $11,357.55; February, 1916, 577,282 copies, value $14,480.57.
March, 1915, 467,626 copies, value $18,243.92; March, 1916, 350,291 copies, value $35,029.10.
April, 1915, 418,884 copies, value $10,001.96; April, 1916, 365,373 copies, value $11,086.68.
The Liberal Soul Shall Be Made Fat
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp Meetings
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Massachusetts ................. June 8 to 18
Western New York, Buffalo.... June 16 to 25
Eastern New York, Oneida..... June 22 to July 2
Southern New England ....... Aug. 17 to 27
Northern New England....... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine ....................... Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado, Denver ............ June 8 to 18
Missouri ..................... Aug. 3 to 13
Nebraska ..................... Aug. 17 to 27
Kansas, Salina ............... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4
Wyoming ...................... Sept. 21 to Oct. 1
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Virginia, Richmond .......... May 25 to June 4
Chesapeake, Rock Hall, Md.... June 8 to 18
Eastern Pennsylvania, Lebanon................. June 22 to July 2
New Jersey, Trenton .......... July 27 to Aug. 6
Ohio ........................ Aug. 17 to 27
West Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh................ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Virginia ............... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Brantford .......... June 19 to 25
Quebec, Lennoxville ........ June 25 to July 2
Maritime, Norton, New Brunswick................ July 3 to 9
Newfoundland, St. John's .... July 14 to 18
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Wisconsin, Madison ......... June 8 to 18
North Michigan, Escanaba .... June 15 to 25
Northern Illinois, Joliet ... June 15 to 25
East Michigan, Saginaw ...... June 22 to July 2
Southern Illinois, Martinsville. Aug. 10 to 27
West Michigan ................ Aug. 17 to 27
Indiana ...................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan ................ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Upper Columbia, Walla Walla, Wash........ May 25 to June 4
Western Oregon, Portland .... June 1 to 11
Montana, Bozeman ............ June 8 to 18
Western Washington, South Tacoma........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Nevada ................. May 25 to June 5
Minnesota, Anoka ............. June 1 to 11
South Dakota, Watertown ..... June 8 to 18
North Dakota, Jamestown ..... June 15 to 25
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Central California, Hanford . May 25 to June 4
California, Oakland .......... June 1 to 10
Northern California, Oak Park, Stockton........ June 6 to 18
Southern California, San Fernando............. June 15 to 25
Northwestern California, Napa................. July 20 to 30
Southeastern California, Santiago............. Aug. 3 to 13
Inter-Mountain ............... About October 1
Arizona ...................... Oct. 12 to 22
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Cumberland, Charleston, Tenn. June 1 to 11
North Carolina, Statesville .. June 15 to 25
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana .................... July 20 to 30
Mississippi .................. July 27 to Aug. 4
Tennessee River, Nashville ... Aug. 3 to 13
Alabama, Montgomery .......... Aug. 10 to 20
Kentucky, Bowling Green ...... Aug. 17 to 27
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
North Texas .................. July 13 to 23
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Manitoba, Minnedosa .......... June 15 to 25
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon ...... June 29 to July 9
Wisconsin Conference Association
By P. A. Hanson; Frank Hiner
THE annual session of the Wisconsin Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Madison, Wis., in connection with the camp meeting of the Wisconsin Conference, June 8-18, 1916. The first meeting will be held at 11 A. M., Tuesday, June 13. Officers and a board of trustees will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All accredited delegates to the Wisconsin Conference are delegates to the association.
P. A. HANSON, President.
FRANK HINER, Secretary.
Montana Conference Association
By U. Bender; T. G. Johnson
NOTICE is hereby given that the Montana Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation, will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the Montana Conference, June 8-18, 1916, for the purpose of transacting any business that may be lawfully done by the constituency of said corporation.
The constituency of this corporation is composed of all delegates assembled in the eighteenth annual session of the Montana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, June 12.
U. BENDER, President.
T. G. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Cumberland Conference Association
By R. W. Parmele; C. R. Magoon
NOTICE is hereby given that the ninth annual meeting of the Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Charleston, Tenn., in connection with the camp meeting, June 1–11, 1916. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, June 6.
R. W. PARMELE, President.
C. R. MAGOON, Secretary.
North Carolina Conference Association
By J. B. Locken; C. R. Callicott
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the constituency of the North Carolina Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp ground, in Statesville, N. C., Tuesday, June 20, 1916. The first meeting is called for 10 A. M. on the above date, for the election of a board of trustees, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
J. B. LOCKEN, President.
C. R. CALLICOTT, Secretary.
The Seventh-Day Adventist Association of Colorado
By A. T. Robinson; R. T. Emery
THE regular annual session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will be held in connection with the camp meeting, in Denver, June 8-18, 1916. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9:15 A. M., Monday, June 12. The regular election of officers, and such other business as may properly come before the association, will be attended to during this session.
A. T. ROBINSON, President.
R. T. EMERY, Secretary.
Chesapeake Conference Association
By J. O. Miller; Emma S. Newcomer
NOTICE is hereby given that the Chesapeake Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation, will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the conference and camp meeting, June 8-18, 1916, at Rock Hall, Md., for the purpose of transacting any business that may be lawfully done by the constituency of said corporation. The constituency of this corporation is composed of all regular delegates assembled in the seventeenth annual session of the Chesapeake Conference. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, June 12.
J. O. MILLER, President.
EMMA S. NEWCOMER, Secretary.
Saskatchewan Conference
By A. C. Gilbert; U. Wissner
The fifth annual session of the Saskatchewan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp grounds, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, June 29 to July 9, 1916, for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as should properly come before the meeting. The first session will be held at 9:30 A. M., July 2. Each church is entitled to be represented in the session of this conference as follows: By one delegate without regard to numbers, which shall be the elder (if there is one), and to one additional delegate for every seven of its members. Members of the executive committee, ministers holding credentials from the conference, and all departmental secretaries are conference delegates.
A. C. GILBERT, President.
U. WISSNER, Secretary.
Saskatchewan Conference Association
By A. C. GILBERT; U. WISSNER
NOTICE is hereby given that the Saskatchewan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its annual session in connection with the meeting of the Saskatchewan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first meeting of the association will convene at 9:30 A. M., July 3. At this session officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as pertains to the association.
A. C. GILBERT, President.
U. WISSNER, Secretary.
Western New York Conference
By H. C. Hartwell; W. M. Vehorn
The tenth annual session of the Western New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held June 16-25, 1916, on the camp ground on Humboldt Parkway, near East Ferry Street, Buffalo, N. Y., for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the delegates. Each organized church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. The first meeting of the session will be held at 9 A. M., Friday, June 16.
H. C. HARTWELL, President.
W. M. VEHORN, Secretary.
Western New York Conference Association
By H. C. HARTWELL; J. E. BELKNAP
THE annual session of the Western New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (a legal corporation) will be held in connection with the tenth annual session of the Western New York Conference, at Buffalo, N. Y., on the camp ground on Humboldt Parkway, near East Ferry Street. The first meeting will be called at 5 P. M., Tuesday, June 20, 1916. All accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of the association.
H. C. HARTWELL, President.
J. E. BELKNAP, Clerk.
New York Conference Association
By Walter R. Andrews; Howard A. May
NOTICE is hereby given that the twelfth annual session of the New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the regular session of the Eastern New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, on Cleveland Street, Oneida, N. Y., June 22 to July 2, 1916, for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting is called for 10 A. M., Monday, June 26. The legal voters of this association are the representatives of the local churches elected as such to its annual sessions, also the members of the executive committee and such other persons as are in the employ of, and drawing pay from, the Eastern New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
WALTER R. ANDREWS, President.
HOWARD A. MAY, Secretary.
East Michigan Conference
By A. J. Clark; Tillie E. Barr
THE fourteenth annual session of the East Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting at Saginaw, Mich., June 22 to July 2, 1916. The first meeting will be held at 9:30 A. M., Friday, June 23. At this session officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and any other business transacted that may properly come before the conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate for each fifteen members or fraction thereof.
A. J. CLARK, President.
TILLIE E. BARR, Secretary.
The East Michigan Conference Association
By A. J. Clark; Tillie E. Barr
The annual session of the East Michigan Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference and camp meeting, at Saginaw, June 22 to July 2, 1916. At this meeting, officers and a board of trustees will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., June 27.
A. J. Clark, President.
Tillie E. Barr, Secretary.
Illinois Conference Association
By W. A. Westworth; H. E. Moon
THE next annual session of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Joliet, Ill., in connection with the State conference and camp meeting. The purpose of this meeting will be the election of all the regular officers and the board of trustees. All accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of this association. The first legal meeting will be called at 9 A. M., June 21, 1916.
W. A. WESTWORTH, President.
H. E. MOON, Secretary.
Eastern New York Conference
By Walter R. Andrews; Howard A. May
THE annual session of the Eastern New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the regular session of Cleveland Street, Oneida, N. Y., June 22 to July 2, 1916, for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. The first meeting of the conference is called to convene at 10 A. M., Friday, June 23.
WALTER R. ANDREWS, President.
HOWARD A. MAY, Secretary.
Northern Illinois Conference
By W. A. Westworth; H. E. Moon
THE fourteenth annual session of the Northern Illinois Conference will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Joliet, Ill., June 15-25, 1916. Each local church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for every fifteen members. This meeting is for the purpose of electing officers for the coming term, and the question of changing the constituency to make the term of office two years instead of one will be considered; also any matters that may properly come before this body.
W. A. WESTWORTH, President.
H. E. MOON, Secretary.
Manitoba Conference
By E. M. Chapman; B. L. Grundset
THE thirteenth annual session of the Manitoba Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting at Minnedosa, Manitoba, June 15-25. The first meeting will be held at 9:30 A. M., June 16. Each local church is entitled to one delegate at large (usually the elder), and to one additional delegate for every seven of its membership. This meeting is for the purpose of electing officers for the coming term, and attending to other business that should properly come before the conference.
E. M. CHAPMAN, President.
B. L. GRUNDSET, Secretary.
The World's Crisis Series
THE following books, issued in The World's Crisis Series, are especially timely. They deal with the particular subjects that are absorbing the minds of men and statesmen at the present time. Although some of them have been issued only a very few months, yet their circulation has already gone up to 100,000 or more. They are just the thing to place in the hands of people at this time, to direct their minds to the true solution of present-day problems.
PAPER CLOTH
The World's Crisis .......... $ .25 $ .50
Armageddon ................. .25 .50
The Shadow of the Bottle.... .25 .50
His Glorious Appearing ...... .25 .50
Helps to Bible Study ........ .25 .50
Our Paradise Home ........... .25 .50
The Vatican and the War .... .25 .50
The Other Side of Death .... .25 .50
Total cost: paper, $2.00; cloth, $4.00
Special rate to agents.
Berean Library
THE following books, if purchased in the regular cloth-bound editions, would cost the purchaser $8, but in the Berean Library, which is printed from the plates of the regular standard edition, but on thin paper and bound uniformly in paper covers, the full set, put up in a neat pasteboard box, can be secured, postpaid, for $2.50. The following books are in this library:—
NO. PRICE
Steps to Christ .................... $ .25
Thoughts on Daniel .................. .30
Thoughts on Revelation ............... .35
Religious Liberty in America ........ .35
The Sabbath in the Scriptures ....... .25
The Sabbath in History .............. .50
Capital and Labor ................... .25
Here and Hereafter .................. .30
The complete set ....................... $2.50
Song Books
WE are now publishing songbooks suited to every kind of religious service. The Seventh-day Adventist hymnal, entitled—
“Hymns and Tunes,”
contains 1,413 songs especially adapted to church services. The songs are so classified and indexed that one can easily find just the ones he wishes on any subject. Full cloth cover, 75 cents; half leather, $1.50; full Russia leather, $2; flexible morocco, $2.50.
“Christ in Song”
This is the standard songbook for Sabbath schools, and contains 950 songs. Full cloth binding, 50 cents; half morocco, $1; full morocco, $2; flexible morocco, $2.50.
“Songs of the Message”
This is a choice selection of songs from “Hymns and Tunes,” especially designed for tent meetings and other evangelistic services. Paper cover, 20 cents; full cloth, 35 cents.
“Songs of Zion”
This is a splendid collection of songs, many of them new. Several thousand copies of this book have been sold during the last year for use in tent meetings and other special services. Prices: paper cover, 15 cents; full cloth, 30 cents.
“Songs for the King’s Business”
A special collection of songs by some of the best music writers of the present day. Splendid for choir use or young people’s meetings or other special services. Price, 40 cents.
Home Workers’ Books
IN this list are included some of the best books we have for children and young people, as well as a number of special interest to mature minds. It will be well for you to preserve the list for future reference. Many of these books are handled to excellent advantage by individuals who can devote only a few hours occasionally to this line of work. A special prospectus called the Home Workers’ Prospectus, showing samples of many of these books, can be had from your tract society for only $1.
PAGES PRICE
Sketches of Bible Child Life..........144 $ .75
Conflict Between Capital and Labor....208 .75
Elo the Eagle and Other Stories.......186 1.00
Friends and Foes in Field and Forest..245 1.00
A Friend in the Kitchen...............112 .50
My Garden Neighbors..................256 1.00
Helps to Bible Study..................128 .50
The House We Live In..................218 1.00
Our Little Folks’ Bible Nature........160 .50
Making Home Peaceful..................228 .75
Spring Blossoms.........................64 .35
Story of Pitcairn Island...............266 1.00
Those Bible Readings..................206 .75
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing...218 .75
Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones..............221 1.00
Uncle Ben’s Cloverfield...............295 1.00
The Vegetarian Cookbook...............266 1.00
Prices ten per cent higher in Canada. Order from your conference tract society.
An Object Lesson
By Editor
WE wish to call the attention of our readers to the large number of excellent articles in our General Articles department. None of these articles is long, and not one is prosy. We wish that we might receive many such articles as these from our brethren throughout the field. Some of the articles which are sent us are too long. Often we receive articles covering ten or fifteen pages of typewritten matter, and we well remember one several years ago which covered one hundred and fifteen pages of closely written foolscap.
Some send articles with the statement that they have never written before for publication, and should like to see their article in print; but instead of concise articles on different phases of Christian experience, they send page after page written in a prosy, meandering style, quite unusable in the crowded columns of our church paper. Let these beginners take as models for their efforts such articles in this number as the ones from Elders F. D. Starr, H. A. St. John, and W. F. Martin, and others. These experienced writers do not endeavor to exhaust a line of thought. They take a particular point and address themselves to it in clear, concise language. These articles are refreshing to the weary spirit. We can nearly always use articles of such length and style, whereas long prosy ones must be laid aside to await a dearth of copy.
We are desirous of presenting every week in our church paper a large variety of matter to meet the various needs and tastes of our readers. We can do this only as our contributors boil down their matter and come to the point in what they have to say. Let us all, both editors and contributors, seek to do this as far as possible in the future. Some subjects, of course, like doctrinal discourse or articles requiring long quotations, must have greater space for proper treatment. The large majority of articles could be shortened to great advantage.
ONLY a few days ago Brother J. V. Willson, of Kimberley, South Africa, notified the General Conference that he felt he should have to retire from the strenuous work he has been carrying in the field for many years, and take duties more in keeping with his age and physical powers. However, he was looking forward to years of service in connection with some of our medical institutions or elsewhere. Last week a cable message came from South Africa announcing Brother Willson's death. Our sympathies are with Sister Willson, and with the members of the family in this country. We know that their friends will pray that the Lord may comfort and strengthen Sister Willson at this time. Brother Willson has been a faithful laborer in Africa during seventeen years or more of earnest service.
Washington Missionary College Commencement
The commencement exercises of the Washington Missionary College were held May 15-22. Elder A. G. Daniells gave the baccalaureate sermon, in the Takoma Park church, Sabbath, May 20. The graduating exercises proper were held in the Takoma Park church Monday evening, May 22. Elder C. S. Longacre gave the address. Prof. J. L. Shaw, president of the College, presented diplomas to seven graduates from the academic course and to four graduates from the medical evangelistic course. Twenty-one received the degree Bachelor of Arts. Twenty-seven of the young men and women who have attended the Missionary College the last year are under appointment for work in foreign fields. Some of these will leave at once; others will wait until next fall. The second year that the Washington Missionary College has done regular college work has proved a most successful one. Prof. J. L. Shaw will now devote his time to the work of assistant secretary of the General Conference, the position to which he was called by the Loma Linda council. Prof. B. F. Machlan will succeed him as president of the Washington Missionary College.
A Call for Teachers
THE rural schools in the South are greatly in need of fifteen or twenty teachers. The summer training school for teachers opens at Madison, Tenn., June 21. Will those who feel impressed to volunteer for this field correspond with us at once, with recommendation from their union conference president?
NORTH AMERICAN DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION.
Cheering Report from South America
LAST week Elder N. Z. Town arrived in Washington from his trip through the South American field. Brother Town brings a very cheering report. Having labored for years in the early days in South America, the present growth and development of the work appeal with particular force to him. This cause is firmly rooted in all parts of the great South American continent.
Sister Salisbury Returns from India
After the death of Prof. H. R. Salisbury, of India, in the “Persia” disaster, it was Sister Salisbury’s purpose to continue her work in India. Acting under counsel, however, she thinks it wise to return to this country to regain health and strength for the service. We learn by cable that she was planning to sail from India in May, by the Pacific route.
Elder Evans Returns from Loma Linda
ELDER I. H. EVANS returned this week from Loma Linda, Cal., where he had been called to counsel with the brethren concerning the work there. On his return from the West, he gave the baccalaureate sermon in connection with the commencement exercises of Union College. Prof. Frederick Griggs delivered the graduating address.
Next Harvest Ingathering Number
By Editor
The Pacific Press Publishing House is beginning its work on the next Harvest Ingathering number of the Signs, material for which has been supplied by our missionaries in the fields.
Elder G. B. Thompson
ELDER G. B. THOMPSON left Washington last week to attend the camp meetings in the Pacific Union Conference.
Wanted: French- or Spanish-Speaking Mission Secretary
THE Mission Board is very desirous of getting into communication with any one who speaks the French language, or has given a fair amount of study to the language, who has also the experience qualifying for work as secretary and accountant in a mission field. We shall be glad to have information concerning any one who may possibly answer this call. While thus advertising the need of a French-speaking secretary and treasurer, we should be glad also to hear from any one with experience in this department of the work who has a knowledge of Spanish, or who may have spent some years in the study of Spanish. Address Mission Board, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
Pacific Union College Commencement
By Editor
WE have received the commencement announcement of Pacific Union College. The exercises are to be held June 1-4. This excellent institution has completed another profitable year, and is graduating an earnest class of young men and women to go out as workers in connection with this movement. Seventeen complete the college course, seven the ministerial, three the premedical, six the normal, two the pianoforte, two the shorthand, one the business, and twenty the academic. Deducting seven who appear in two courses, this leaves a total class of fifty-one.
