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The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

Of the $20 credited to Elder S. J. Hersum and wife in last week's Review, $10 should have been credited to Mr. and Mrs. John Easler.

Further partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—

Amount previously reported .....$33,708 97 H. Darius Bowen and family ..... 100 00 S. B. and T. B. S. ..... 100 00 Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Pierce ..... 54 25 H. E. Russell ..... 50 00 Swan Peterson ..... 25 00 Several persons of the Hamburg Mission ..... 25 00 M. B. Cyphers ..... 25 00 Boise (Idaho) church ..... 21 25 A brother ..... 15 00 Nellie B. Underwood ..... 15 00 George Nerrow ..... 10 00 C. J. Olson ..... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. Merrion ..... 10 00 A. E. Devreaux ..... 10 00 M. Minier ..... 10 00 Mrs. S. Lloyd ..... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Hersum ..... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chamberlain ..... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Saxby ..... 10 00 A. Marolf ..... 10 00 Robert A. Underwood ..... 10 00 Cove S. D. A. church ..... 8 00 Mrs. G. A. Rouker ..... 7 25 Mrs. E. Miller ..... 5 00 Mrs. Mary Jordan ..... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. George F. Enoch ..... 5 00 Mrs. Eliza Cadwell ..... 5 00 John K. Foster ..... 5 00 Mrs. Bose Kightlinger ..... 5 00 Mrs. H. M. Dorland ..... 5 00 Etta E. Spicer ..... 5 00 Mrs. L. J. Shirley ..... 5 00 Peter Hayes ..... 5 00 B. Hagle ..... 5 00 Dilla T. Richardson ..... 5 00 Anna Carlson ..... 5 00 P. L. Larson ..... 5 00 Hannah Seibert ..... 5 00 Medical Lake (Wash.) church ..... 5 00 Mrs. Winfield Scott ..... 5 00 Mary J. Peterson ..... 5 00

A sister in the truth ..... 5 00 C. N. Pike ..... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wiper ..... 5 00 Mrs. S. B. Whipple ..... 5 00 Mrs. M. A. Whalen ..... 5 00 Elvira Austin ..... 5 00 Mrs. E. H. ..... 5 00 Leonora Rees ..... 5 00 Louisa Shaffer ..... 5 00 Jane Lafave ..... 5 00 Aurora (Neb.) church ..... 4 25 Julina R. Hungerford ..... 4 00 Anoka (Minn.) church ..... 4 00 Mrs. H. Michel, collector ..... 4 00 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson ..... 4 00 John M. Estes ..... 3 75 John F. Estes ..... 3 50 Mrs. S. A. Ricketts ..... 3 00 Benjamin McCormack ..... 3 00 Roseau (Minn.) church ..... 3 00 Frank Peterson ..... 3 00 S. S. Bruber ..... 3 00 Mabel White ..... 3 00 Woodland (Cal.) church ..... 2 55 Ella C. Daniells ..... 2 50 Mrs. A. M. Davis ..... 2 50 Rosa Partridge ..... 2 50 Loyal (Wis.) church ..... 2 35 Clarissa M. Crane ..... 2 00 James W. Hamilton ..... 2 00 S. S. donation (Puerto Cortez) ..... 2 00 Mrs. George W. Payne ..... 2 00 Mrs. G. W. Binkley ..... 2 00 E. Ellickson ..... 2 00 Fred Grant ..... 2 00 Anna T. Hough ..... 2 00 Mrs. H. C. Janes ..... 2 00 Florence Peterson ..... 2 00 J. E. Cross ..... 2 00 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Turner ..... 2 00 Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Howorth ..... 2 00 A. C. Hartwell ..... 2 00 Josephine A. Howell ..... 2 00 A friend ..... 2 00 C. P. Austin ..... 2 00 A sister ..... 2 00 Hannah L. Gotts ..... 2 00 L. T. Crisler ..... 2 00 Martha Snow ..... 2 00 Mrs. A. B. Atwood ..... 2 00 Mrs. S. M. Olesen ..... 1 90 Pomona Missionary Society ..... 1 90 Mabel Peterson ..... 1 75 Mrs. W. H. Allens ..... 1 50 Pomona Children's Society ..... 1 50 Mary Goward ..... 1 50 Mrs. Jemima Hart ..... 1 50 Willimantic (Conn.) church ..... 1 35 Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hollister & son ..... 1 30 Raynold Peterson ..... 1 25 Mrs. W. V. Shepard ..... 1 00 Mrs. J. W. Swimm ..... 1 00 Mrs. Anna Amstutz ..... 1 00 J. P. Larson ..... 1 00 E. J. Harvey ..... 1 00 George H. Smith ..... 1 00 S. R. Graybill ..... 1 00 Mrs. S. R. Graybill ..... 1 00 H. T. Hermann ..... 1 00 Melissa Hermann ..... 1 00 Max Schneider ..... 1 00 Nellie M. Rood ..... 1 00 Mrs. Eliza Hamilton ..... 1 00 Agatha Hamilton ..... 1 00 Douglas P. Barrow ..... 1 00 Wolcot W. James ..... 1 00 George R. Messam ..... 1 00 S. H. Shaw ..... 1 00 Jennie E. Shaw ..... 1 00 Mrs. S. E. Mahurin ..... 1 00 Lina Ellickson ..... 1 00 Eugenia E. Briggs ..... 1 00 Mrs. R. S. Thomas ..... 1 00 J. Raymond ..... 1 00 Mrs. J. R. Hall ..... 1 00 Jennie Graham ..... 1 00 T. W. Lewis ..... 1 00 Dr. G. Yeram ..... 1 00 W. H. Massey ..... 1 00 Ina R. Massey ..... 1 00 Margaret Craig ..... 1 00 Mrs. Sarah A. Cardell ..... 1 00 Olive Hogg ..... 1 00 Mrs. E. A. Himebaugh ..... 1 00 Mrs. E. Wescott ..... 1 00 Mrs. Eliza Hill ..... 1 00 Mrs. Carrie D. Cooper ..... 1 00 F. R. Butler ..... 1 00 Elsie Peterson ..... 1 00 Rebecca Scofield ..... 1 00 John M. Lewis ..... 1 00 E. H. Lewis ..... 1 00 Frederik Abraham Dave Rasmussen ..... 1 00 Carl Samuel Rasmussen ..... 1 00 Christian Emanuel Rasmussen ..... 1 00 Marie Rasmussen ..... 1 00 Carl Rasmussen ..... 1 00 W. H. Armstrong ..... 1 00 Jack Holder ..... 1 00 Joe Self ..... 1 00 Juniata (Ala.) church ..... 1 00 H. E. Eighme ..... 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Owen ..... 1 00 John Banks ..... 1 00 Sarah Robinson ..... 1 00 Arthur Strickland ..... 1 00 Harry Fenner ..... 1 00 Asapel Smith ..... 1 00 Mrs. Mary Smith ..... 1 00 Christian Cary ..... 1 00 Mrs. W. H. Wright ..... 1 00 Mrs. M. L. White ..... 1 00 Mrs. A. M. Gibson ..... 1 00 Mrs. A. J. Hutchins ..... 1 00 Mrs. H. C. Hizerman ..... 1 00 Mrs. Ella V. Day ..... 1 00 Clara B. Willett ..... 1 00 G. M. Burnett ..... 50 M. A. Burnett ..... 50 Mrs. S. E. Chase ..... 50 Mabel Gulvin ..... 50 Mrs. Ellen Moore ..... 50 Margaret Hartman ..... 50 E. W. Albright ..... 50 Mr. C. V. ..... 50 Polina M. Anderson ..... 50 J. Strickland ..... 50 I. C. Miles ..... 50 Mrs. I. C. Miles ..... 50 Mrs. M. E. Miles ..... 50 C. H. Gober ..... 50 Phebe, Serena, Berniece, and Beatrice Donaldson ..... 40 Mary A. Terrell ..... 27 Mrs. Eliza Swim ..... 25 Ethel Brown ..... 25 Harold T. Hermann ..... 25 Alice M. Hermann ..... 25 DeEtte Payne ..... 25 Betsay Mills ..... 25 Mary Tetters ..... 25 George Zimmer ..... 25 Chat Brown ..... 25 Harry L. Ryman ..... 25 Walter Utter ..... 25 July Harris ..... 25 Clark Vemmans ..... 25 Phila Sadler ..... 25 C. D. Young ..... 25 Mary Abbott ..... 25 Laiman Shoemaker ..... 25 Neva Shoemaker ..... 25 Clarence C. Massey ..... 25 Pearl Massey ..... 25 Viva V. Massey ..... 25 Mrs. Phila Allen ..... 25 Mrs. Louisa Babcock ..... 25 Mrs. Nancy Seuthultz ..... 25 Jerome Dibble ..... 25 W. M. Reed ..... 25 Pearle Hartley ..... 25 Carrie Lewis ..... 25 Emma Lewis ..... 25 Harriett Meisenheimer ..... 25 Royal Hubbel ..... 25 Sarah McQueen ..... 25 Lizzie Pyke ..... 25 Ezrom Pyke ..... 25 Eldred Pyke ..... 25 Allen Pyke ..... 25 G. H. King ..... 25 Clara Underwood ..... 25 Maria Pyke ..... 20 A friend ..... 16 Fred S. Sweeting ..... 15 A friend ..... 12 Lysle Cronk ..... 10 May Bell Cronk ..... 10 Niva Adgate ..... 10 Fay Strickland ..... 10 Verna Hill ..... 10 Willie Anderson ..... 10 Rachel Anderson ..... 10 Bessie Salmon ..... 10 Albert Marshall ..... 10 Arthur Rothe ..... 5 00 Thomas Macmillian ..... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Gibson ..... 5 00 Sisters' Society, Cottonwood Grove church ..... 8 00 Mr. and Mrs. James Creamer ..... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morel ..... 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rockwell ..... 50 00 Nelson Simmons and family ..... 100 00

Total reported .....$34,816 02

A further list will follow. Send all donations to the General Conference Treasurer, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Christian Education

By L. A. Hoopes; Frederick Griggs

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

L. A. HOOPES, Chairman; FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

Education in China

Although there are private schools, and literature in circulation, they have very little influence on the Chinese, yet at one time in China's history the works of Confucius were read and studied to such an extent that it is claimed a lost parcel was always returned to its rightful owner. As one looks over this land, only the decay of a once prosperous nation is to be seen.

While there is only one written language in China, the spoken language varies in every province, and the dialect is different even in adjoining cities.

The illiterates constitute a great army among the men. Out of a company of one hundred, only three or four will be able to read the Gospel of John, and among the women only one out of six thousand is able to read, and a large number that are able to read do not understand the meaning of the characters, but simply know their sound.

The imperial government makes no provisions for youth desiring an education. It holds examinations to test the students who have studied in private schools, and makes these examinations a test for office. Those passing these examinations are granted a degree of A. B., which makes them eligible to the office of mandarin, but this position is more often secured through money than merit. It is said there are a thousand eligible persons for every office. These examinations are held once a year in each province. The students are placed in booths just large enough to sit in and write, and are locked in for three days. After a short vacation they return to their booths for another three days, which are followed by a short vacation and another three days in the booth. During this time they must eat and sleep in these small booths, which are only about three feet square.

The examination is in session in this city at present. The students have been locked up for one week in those small booths, the temperature being on

H. W. MILLER, M. D

By H. W. Miller, M. D.

average blood heat, ninety-eight degrees Fahrenheit. The candidates are of all ages from twenty to eighty years old. The older the applicant, the more likely he is to pass, as age is greatly respected.

The parents consider it a waste of time to educate a child that is going to be a carpenter, blacksmith, or cook. So only the children of teachers and officials have this privilege, as they are destined to follow the occupation of their fathers.

To a foreigner it is of interest to visit a Chinese school. While stopping at a Chinese inn, I heard in the adjoining room a continuous chatter, so I took occasion to go in. The teacher was a middle-aged man, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, smoking his pipe; the children were sitting around a table, reading, at the top of their voices, out of some books that their fathers or older brothers had used. The one who could make the most noise was the favored one by the teacher. The teachers claimed they could not tell whether the students were studying if they did not hear them. If the instructor should notice that one's voice was getting a little weak, he would speak out to him very harshly.

The subject-matter studied is composed largely of the Chinese classics, including the history of the emperors, and their temple worship. They have very little idea about the outside world, their knowledge of geography is limited to a radius of fifty miles surrounding their home, and they think that if any one should get beyond the great wall of China, he would fall off the world.

There are a few good books written by Chinese, especially one called the “Sacred Edict,” which contains right principles; but as the Chinese themselves say, they are read and considered better for the other man than for themselves to follow. The principal theme throughout all their literature is ancestral worship.

Many of the missionary societies have started high schools in the treaty ports, where the foreign method of education is used, but many disadvantages seem to be connected with this work; for very few of the students afterward choose the evangelistic work, or desire to teach their own people, but seek a paying position in a business house.

Where we are located in the center of China, a school conducted after the foreign school would be very unpromising. The evangelist could not, after completing such a course, teach the people, using examples involving modern methods; for example, to illustrate God’s power by likening it to the power stored in an electric wire, would mean nothing to a man who had never dreamed of electricity. The resources of the field must be used, and the students must be educated in the field. Paul taught the heathen at Lystra by drawing illustrations from nature, and as conditions here are very similar, we shall do well to follow his example. Outside the Bible, geography is the only essential study here. Many other missionaries are conducting schools on this plan, with the best results yet reported. As rapidly as we have converts and establish churches, it is our purpose to place the children in schools; but to take a large number of children now, whose parents are in heathendom, and educate them is not promising. Already we have a demand for a school for the children of our converts, which we hope soon to open. We also hope to have a Bible school to train evangelists. As regards the medical education of Chinese, the best method is to have the students assist in treating the sick, and while doing this, describe the disease. In a short time they will learn to recognize the ailment, and be able to treat it independently. I have one boy now who has made good progress by this method. The practical medical work is the most valuable, even in the States. We hope to be so led of God that his plan may be carried out, and certainly this branch of the work will constitute a great factor in preparing this people for Christ’s soon coming.

H. W. MILLER, M. D

Current Mention

— The business portion of Progreso, Mexico, was swept by fire, September 8, the loss amounting to $1,000,000.

— Fourteen persons, mostly children, were killed, and twenty or more injured, in a tenement house fire in New York City, September 4.

— A report from Mexico City states that a tidal wave has greatly damaged the costly harbor improvements at the port of Manzanillo.

— Five persons were killed and three others fatally injured by a premature explosion of nitroglycerin in an oil-well near Sandusky, Ohio, September 3.

— Five young men of Cleveland, Ohio, went out on Lake Erie in a small launch, September 3, and a sudden storm coming up, the launch was overturned, and they were drowned.

— A Wabash passenger train bound from Des Moines to St. Louis plunged down an embankment near Pendleton, Mo., September 6, the result being six passengers killed and thirty injured. A broken wheel is supposed to have been the cause.

— Four persons were killed and thirty-five injured by a wreck on the Seaboard Air Line southwest of Monroe, N. C., September 9. The train was derailed at a trestle, and a subsequent examination showed that the spikes holding the rails in place had been pulled out, and some joints of the trestle disconnected.

— The strike of the butcher workmen, which has demoralized the meat-packing industry throughout the country for the last two months, has been officially declared off by President Michael J. Donnelly, of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butcher Workmen of America. The strike has cost the men $5,100,000, and the packers $7,500,000.

— The mysterious phenomenon of immense waves without wind is exciting the wonder of people on the coast of southern California. The disturbance has continued for several days, and considerable damage has been done to wharves and other structures within reach of the water. By some the phenomenon is accounted for on the supposition of submarine earthquakes, and by others it is thought to be due to some far-away storm of great severity.

— While no accurate estimate of the casualties at the great battle at Liao Yang has yet been received, it is believed the total of killed and wounded on both sides, is about 60,000. The Russian army seems to have made good its retreat to Mukden, and both armies are now resting from their exertions. At Port Arthur the Japanese have ceased assaults, and are approaching the Russian fortifications by means of trenches. An effort at intervention in the war is to be made by an international peace organization, according to the following telegram dated at St. Louis, September 10: "The powers of the world, signatory to The Hague convention, will be asked by the Interparliamentary Union at its twelfth conference to intervene in the Russo-Japanese war; President Roosevelt will be requested to call a second session of The Hague convention; compulsory arbitration will be advocated; the use of submarine mines in time of war will be deplored, and many kindred resolutions will be presented during the deliberations of next week."

The Missionary Acre Fund

By Alonzo T. Jones

By the regular monthly reading in the churches for the month of April last, the call was made for all to take part in contributing to the Missionary Acre Fund by setting apart a portion of ground or orchard or vineyard, the whole proceeds from which should be devoted to that fund. As it is now in the midst of harvest time, we call the attention of all to this matter.

The proceeds of the Missionary Acre Fund have been devoted especially to the paying off of the debts of the old Battle Creek College property. About sixteen thousand dollars of this debt is due to the Review and Herald Association in Washington. About twice this amount is due to individuals of our own people, who loaned their money to the college when it was in need.

That which is due to the Review and Herald is now greatly needed in establishing the work in Washington. Many of the individuals to whom money is due from the college debt now desire to have their money, that

they may help establish the work in Washington. Others desire to have their money because they personally need it very much.

The Training School Association was organized as an intermediary corporation, solely for the purpose of raising the money and paying off these debts on the college property, and of transferring the property to the designated corporation for the designated purpose. This association has no enterprise of its own; it has rightly no will of its own; it is confined to the one matter of raising the money and paying off these debts and transferring the property. The Acre Fund was assigned to this association as its principal resource—and indeed its only regular source of income for the purpose for which the association exists. We want to pay all. But we simply can not possibly pay any, without money; and the Acre Fund is practically our only source of means.

Donations to the Acre Fund can not really interfere with donations to any other enterprise; because practically the Acre Fund is the proceeds of a certain portion of ground or orchard or vineyard that is set apart for that purpose; and after the portion of ground or orchard or vineyard is so set apart, the amount which shall be given is decided solely by what that portion produces, whether it be little or much; and even only a little from each one of our people, devoted for this fund, will be all-sufficient to effect in a short time the purpose which the Training School Association was organized to accomplish. Indeed, in the matter of the sixteen thousand dollars due the Review and Herald, and much that is due to individuals, it is the truth that every dollar paid to the Training School Association pays double; each dollar counts the same as two dollars; for it pays those debts, and at the same time helps the work in Washington. And we can fully assure all people that the officers of the Training School board could take no more pleasure in anything than in putting into the hands of our brethren in Washington that sixteen thousand dollars, and in paying to the individuals what is due to them so that they can put the money into the hands of the brethren in Washington.

Therefore, the officers of the Training School board earnestly request that all our people will remember the Acre Fund, throughout the harvest time of the abundant crops that the Lord has so graciously given this year. Please send in promptly the proceeds of the portion of field, orchard, vineyard, or garden that you have or will set apart, that it may be passed on to the cause and the persons that so much need it. We believe that it is safe to say that if the debt of the college property were all to be paid now, the greater part of all the money would go directly into the hands of the brethren of Washington to aid in establishing the work there.

All money to the Acre Fund and all other money to help pay the debts on the college property should be sent to the Treasurer of the Training School Association, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.

ALONZO T. JONES,

President of Training School Board.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1904

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, Plant City ............ Oct. 13-23

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

East Michigan, Flint ........ Sept. 15-25

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Iowa, Independence (local) ..... Sept. 20-25

Iowa, Albia (local) ........ Sept. 27 to Oct. 2

Kansas, Manhattan (local) ..... Oct. 5-12

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

British Columbia, Vancouver ..... Sept. 15-25

UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE

Washington, North Yakima .......... October

The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.

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.— Employment which will permit the proper observance of the Sabbath. Address G. A. Cramer, 5820 Pennsylvania Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.

WANTED.— An elderly S. D. A. sister as housekeeper in small family. Good home for right person. Address, stating terms, F. de Fluiter, Ravenna, Ohio.

WANTED.— Situation as an engineer, by a competent man who has first-class papers for lake engineering. Address Alonzo Smith, Marine City, Mich., Box 547.

WANTED.— By a young man 18 years of age, work where he can keep the Sabbath. Address Christian Hansen, care of Geo. A. Rohde, 49 Graham St., Jersey City, N. J.

WANTED.— Man to work among horses and cows and in garden. Good place for right man. Must be a Sabbath-keeper, and not under twenty years of age. Address J. A. Stuart, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.

WANTED.— Man with or without family, to work by the year on farm and in dairy and mine. State experience, and wages wanted. I also have two farms to let; can furnish team, seed, and tools. Address L. W. Scovel, Telluride, Colo.

FOR SALE.— In part or the whole, 162⅔ acres near Memphis, Tenn., on a good pike road leading into city, 2½ miles of a good street-car line. Mild climate; good soft water, a lot of fine white oak and poplar timber; fine markets for produce and stock. If the whole tract is sold, a good donation will be made to the work in the South. Address N. W. Allee, 1025 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn.

WANTED.— Five to twenty acres of farm land situated from five to ten miles from city of 30,000 or more. House and other buildings desired in connection. Address Box 122, care of J. B. Grimes, Bourneville, Ohio.

C. H. EDWARDS,

By C. H. Edwards

Notice!

THE Greater New York Conference will hold its third annual session in New York City, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, 1904, for the election of officers, and the transaction of any other business that may be brought before the delegates. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one for each ten members. It is requested that each church in the conference elect its delegates immediately, and that the credentials of the same be sent at once to E. H. Hall, conference secretary, 39 Union Square.

The conference sessions will be held in the Beacon Light tent, Cor. 109th St. and Manhattan Ave.; first meeting, Thursday morning, September 29, at 10 o'clock. Let each delegate come to this important gathering with the prayer that brotherly love and unity may so prevail that the business sessions may be what God designs all his work to be, spiritual feasts and seasons of refreshing.

C. H. EDWARDS,

President.

Indian Camp-Meeting

By A. G. Smith

THE fourth annual Indian camp-meeting will be held on the Six Nation Reserve, near Brantford, Ontario, beginning on the evening of October 7, and continuing until the evening of the 16th. It is hoped that some of the ministers of the other conferences will "come over and help us."

This meeting is specially important, so we are anxious to make it a success as far as lies in our power. A. G. SMITH, Local Elder and Chairman of Committee.

Vermont, Notice!

PLEASE make all drafts, post-office orders, money orders, express orders, and checks payable to F. M. Dana, on all items pertaining to the Vermont Conference or Tract Society. Address F. M. Dana, Sec. and Treas., 190 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.

Addresses Wanted

THE address of H. Greenslade, who has been engaged in colporteur work in Iowa, is wanted by W. O. Palmer, of Edgefield, Tenn.

The church at Persia, Iowa, would like the addresses of Alfred Anderson and Richard G. Surber. MATTIE HENRICKSON, Clerk.

Change of Address

THE office of the Arkansas Tract Society will be moved to 1623 Broadway, Little Rock, Ark., about the middle of September. Please send all mail for said office to the above address after September 15.

Obituaries

Nystel.—Died at the home of Brother O. T. Nystel, near Clifton, Tex., Aug. 31, 1904, of snake bite, Clara Gertrude Nystel, aged 4 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Jer. 31:15, 16. W. W. Eastman.

Walton.—Died at Exray, Tex., Aug. 2, 1904, our dearly beloved sister, E. H. Walton. She accepted the truth at Cleburne, Tex., in 1877, under the labors of Elder R. M. Kilgore, and, although separated from all of like precious faith, she was true to her convictions, and died believing in a soon-coming Saviour. Sister Walton was a noble Christian, a true friend, and a faithful and loving mother. M. L. Criner.

Cosby.—Died at Richmond, Va., Aug. 21, 1904, Martha Fenton, daughter of Eva M. Cosby, aged 4 months and 13 days. Only a few days later, September 3, came word that the mother had succumbed to an attack of inflammation of the bowels. Eva M. Cosby, daughter of O. F. and Hattie E. Dart, was born at Oswego, N. Y., July 6, 1876. Besides her three small children, she leaves her parents, to whom her death was a sad blow, but they sorrow not as others who have no hope. Services were conducted by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15:19. R. D. Hottel.

Donaldson.—Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kinnear, in Edgecomb, Wash., Aug. 13, 1904, of cancer, Mrs. Ann Donaldson, aged 86 years and 2 months. Sister Donaldson was a native of Scotland, and came to this country thirty-two years ago. About sixteen years ago she accepted present truth in Batavia, N. Y., to which she adhered until the end. She suffered much in her last sickness, but her trust in God sustained her. She leaves two sons and two daughters to sorrow. Funeral sermon was preached by the writer. W. W. Sharp.

Gennings.—Died near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1904, of tuberculosis, Mrs. Mary Philpott Gennings, aged 23 years. She had been in failing health for about two years, and had been confined to her bed most of the time for the past three months. She bore her long suffering with Christian patience, and just before her death she said the future looked bright to her, and she was ready to go to rest, assuring her husband that she would come forth in the morning of the first resurrection. A large company of sympathizing friends was present when she was laid to rest until the Life-giver shall come. B. A. Philpott.

Estep.—Joseph Estep died Sept. 5, 1904, aged 69 years and 20 days. Brother Estep was in failing health for more than a year, and as the end drew near, he realized more the necessity of fully identifying himself with the people of God, and the third angel’s message, with which he had been acquainted for many years. He was baptized a few days previous to our camp-meeting, by Elder A. C. Neff, and was received into full fellowship in the church, having fully accepted Christ as his Saviour. He leaves a wife and a daughter to mourn their loss. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder A. C. Neff. R. D. Hottel.

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

We are very thankful to see the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund growing so encouragingly. The total amount, as will be seen by reference to page 21, is now $34,816.02.

There is one very interesting feature of this work to which I would call the attention of every one who is interested, and this is that there are quite a number of friends who are not Seventh-day Adventists who are helping. We know it to be real missionary work to bring this matter before them. In this way they will become interested in the great message of present truth as they never would have been had this opportunity to give not been presented to them. It is a great mistake to think that because there are no members of the church living in our vicinity, we can do nothing with the subscription lists. Please read the following letter:—

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO., July 21.

DEAR BRETHREN: I received your authority for securing gifts for the Washington fund. On the eighteenth of this month I went to town, and as I am the only Adventist living here, I thought I would not receive a cent, but I worked a little while, and received three dollars, and a promise from other men that the next time I came down, they would give me some money for this purpose; so to-morrow I will go again. We live four miles from our little town. . . . Hoping this will meet with your approbation, I am as ever,

Your sister in the blessed hope.

The following letter was written by a brother in Amsterdam, Mo.:—

DEAR BROTHER: Your subscription paper has been here about thirty days. I have taken it to all the business men in our little town, banker and all. They all gave me something. God gave me a great blessing in my undertaking, and my prayer is that he will move upon hearts to give of their means to finish the work, and go home, where we can rest. May God bless you, dear brethren at the head of the work, is my prayer.

The following letter is quite remarkable:—

Enclosed find money order for five dollars for the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund, and I will try to pay one dollar a month until it is raised. I am a Methodist minister's wife, and this is by self-denial. May the Lord bless and prosper you is my prayer.

If every member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church would do what this Methodist lady is doing, the amount needed would be raised within two months at least. But we are satisfied that, as many are not making any donations at all, there must be some large donations to complete the amount. Will you not, dear reader, respond to this appeal, which comes to you, not for any human organization, but for the closing up of the work of Him who, although the riches of the universe were in his hands, became so poor that he had not where to lay his head, while seeking to save the lost?

The following words from the testimony written June 4, are certainly very direct and forcible:—

I know that the people of God desire to act their part nobly in advancing his work in the world. God extends his favor to us daily, and we are to regard it as a privilege to show that we are in harmony with the work now being done at the capital of our nation. We have no time to lose. The bounty that God daily bestows upon us makes a direct and forcible appeal to us to respond to the goodness and love of God by placing all that we have and are upon the altar of sacrifice.

J. S. WASHBURN.

Young People's Work Manual

A MANUAL on the Young People's Work has been prepared by the Sabbath-school Department of the General Conference, and can be obtained by addressing the headquarters at Washington, D. C. All who are interested in this work should have the report of the Central Union Conference Young People's Convention, held May 31 to June 5 of this year. This is our first union conference convention, and it ought to mark a new era in the work. The price of the report is 10 cents, or $6 a hundred. It can be obtained by addressing the Union College Press, College View, Neb.

Important Articles by Haskell and Butler

By Editor

WE hope our readers are not overlooking the important articles of Brethren Haskell and Butler which are now being printed in the REVIEW.

General Conference Committee Council

The General Conference Committee Council opens in College View, Neb., on the date of publication of this paper, September 15. Brethren A. G. Daniells, W. W. Prescott, and S. N. Curtiss are in attendance from this city.

Camp-Meeting Attendance

BROTHER J. S. WASHBURN has been attending the camp-meetings in the Central and Southern New England Conferences. Brethren G. B. Thompson and D. W. Reavis are now attending the West Virginia camp-meeting.

Envelope Pockets for the Ten-Cent Plan

By Editor

ON page fourteen will be found an article by Brother W. A. Colcord, which gives practical instruction for the making of envelope pockets to be used in connection with the ten-cent-a-week plan. We especially commend this article to the attention of church officers, and hope that many will act upon the suggestions made.

Henry E. Simkin’s New Address

Brother Henry E. Simkin, who was at one time a member of the editorial staff of the REVIEW, but for several years has been in the employ of the Echo Publishing Company, of Australia, is now connected with the Southern Publishing Association, and all mail for him should be addressed to 1025 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn.

Southern Training School Announcement

THE Ninth Annual Announcement of the Southern Training School of Graysville, Tenn., is issued in an attractive form, and contains all the information desired by prospective students. Prof. J. E. Tenney remains as principal of the institution, and Brother Kenneth R. Haughey, of Ohio, who has had a successful experience in school work, will act as preceptor. Copies of the announcement may be obtained by addressing Southern Training School, Graysville, Tenn.

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