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Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 41.

THE GOOD OLD REVIEW
Earlier text: Colorado Conference Proceedings

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

FURTHER partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—
Amount previously reported .....$37,988 02 Mrs. M. and Eric Caro (New Zealand) ................ 1,000 72 Abbie J. Burns .............................. 100 00 Ohio Conference .............................. 92 72 Rush Hartzell ............................... 55 00 A brother .................................... 50 00 A brother .................................... 50 00 Peter Hafenmayr ............................. 50 00 Central Union Conference ..................... 37 00 Omaha (Neb.) church .......................... 31 06 Maple Plain church ........................... 22 21 A friend ...................................... 20 00 T. McAlpine ................................... 20 00 Jeddo (N. Y.) church .......................... 17 00 David Quinn ................................... 15 00 Mrs. Martha Mitten ............................ 15 00 Jennie Sheridan ............................... 10 00 Mollie Patterson .............................. 10 00 Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Neall ...................... 10 00 East Denver Missionary Society ............... 10 00 A. L. Rickert .................................. 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Livingston .................. 10 00 David Z. Beidler .............................. 10 00 Gus Larson ..................................... 10 00 G. A. Kirkle ................................... 10 00 L. E. Koon ..................................... 10 00 J. Q. Foy ...................................... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Anderson .................... 10 00 Thomas Seaman .................................. 10 00 J. W. Parlin .................................... 10 00 Mrs. M. J. Kay .................................. 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gear ........................ 10 00 Ornell Nowlin ................................... 10 00 Mrs. L. M. Lasatar .............................. 9 50 Allegan (Mich.) church .......................... 8 63 A friend ......................................... 8 00 Battle Creek Tract Society ...................... 8 00 Homer (Mich.) church ............................ 5 50 Lucinda Sayre ................................... 5 00 R. I. Francis .................................... 5 00 I. G. Williams ................................... 5 00 J. H. Parritt .................................... 5 00 Los Angeles Sanitarium Missionary Society ...... 5 00 J. W. Mace ....................................... 5 00 Mrs. J. W. Mace .................................. 5 00 Mrs. Jeannette Dodge ............................ 5 00 A. Korb .......................................... 5 00 Marie Johnson ................................... 5 00 Mrs. A. F. Post .................................. 5 00 Mrs. N. J. Beaman ............................... 5 00 Dodo Hebard ..................................... 5 00 Susie M. Twigger ................................. 5 00 John Richards .................................... 5 00 J. A. Stuart ...................................... 5 00 Samuel D. Babcock ................................ 5 00 I. T. Reynolds ................................... 5 00 Emma Youngberg ................................... 5 00 Gertrude Fischer .................................. 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bagby .......................... 5 00 W. M. Totten ...................................... 5 00 Thomas J. Sherwin ................................ 5 00 E. W. Sherwin ..................................... 5 00 R. C. Sherwin ..................................... 5 00 Alma Welton ....................................... 5 00 W. G. Twitchell and family ........................ 5 00 E. B. Saunders .................................... 5 00 William Duchatean ................................ 5 00 Mrs. Clara Sinkes .................................. 5 00 Colin M. Gunn (Scotland) ........................... 4 87 Dr. Caro (New Zealand) ............................ 4 87 Alice Devine ....................................... 4 60 Teckla Nelson ...................................... 4 00 C. F. Turner ....................................... 4 00 M. S. Turner ....................................... 4 00 Allegan (Mich.) Sabbath-school ..................... 3 69 Moses Jobetal ...................................... 3 50 East Michigan Conference ........................... 3 50 J. W. Crochett ..................................... 3 00 Melisse Welton ...................................... 3 00 T. A. Sherwin ....................................... 3 00 C. V. Storie ........................................ 3 00 J. L. Locke ......................................... 3 00 H. F. Phelps ........................................ 3 00

Field Notes

FOUR persons were baptized at Charlotte, Mich., September 17.
THREE persons were baptized at Sweetwater, Tex., September 18.
BROTHER E. B. HOPKINS reports the recent baptism of eight persons at Kildare, Tex.
A NEW building for a house of worship and church-school is being erected at Windsor, Mo.
FOUR persons were baptized recently at the close of a course of meetings in Howard, Mich.
TWO persons were baptized and united with the church in Wilmington, Ohio, September 10.
FOR the year ending June 30, the average weekly circulation of the Australasian Signs of the Times was nearly 10,000 copies.
ELDER W. A. GOSMER reports from Elliston, Mont., where he is conducting meetings, that “nine souls have already taken their stand for the truth.”
BROTHER A. J. WILLIAMS reports four new Sabbath-keepers at Jennings, in Southern Louisiana, where Elder H. H. Dexter is now holding meetings.

Donations Received

T. D. Davis 2 70 Ruth Jones (New Zealand) 2 56 Mrs. R. B. and C. M. Carleton 2 50 Leon D. Waters 2 50 Ira D. Blanchard 2 50 Nebraska Sanitarium 2 50 Samuel Blackfan 2 50 Jane Fischer 2 50 George W. Snowden 2 50 Mrs. S. Berry 2 50 Harker (New Zealand) 2 44 Lincoln (Neb.) church 2 20 Mrs. Dober 2 00 Mrs. Read 2 00 Agnes Stoll 2 00 Burr A. Smith 2 00 Mrs. Agnes Hunter 2 00 C. J. Howell 2 00 Mrs. Sarah Beames 2 00 J. J. Hayden 2 00 E. Marian 2 00 J. A. Young 2 00 Alpha Young 2 00 Glenn Waters 1 60 Loyal (Wis.) church 1 52 Louisa Willings 1 50 Mrs. Talitha Brewer 1 50 Miss L. J. Warner 1 50 Mrs. C. D. Wilson 1 50 Red Lodge (Mont.) church 1 18 F. L. Shepherd 1 00 Layton 1 00 M. Umstulted 1 00 J. McCurtadtee 1 00 Luretta Haywood 1 00 R. T. Mule 1 00 A. Avery 1 00 Mrs. L. M. Thompson 1 00 Mrs. T. D. Jay 1 00 T. D. Jay 1 00 Hiram Waters 1 00 Mrs. Sarah Brackett 1 00 John Lees 1 00 Mrs. John Lees 1 00 A. G. Crisp 1 00 James Hooper 1 00 Lealia Knowlan 1 00 Stephen Adams 1 00 L. H. Crisler 1 00 A friend 1 00 W. P. McCrillis 1 00 Frank L. Chitwood 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. Lingenfelter 1 00 Mrs. A. J. Beardslee 1 00 Louis Lopp 1 00 Sister Crandall 1 00 W. D. Turner 1 00 B. H. Turner 1 00 Henry Ohler 1 00 James Keith 1 00 Sadie Keith 1 00 Louie Welton 1 00 Linnie Welton 1 00 F. A. Lover 1 00 D. F. Sturgeon 1 00 Mrs. Metzel Storie 1 00 Mrs. M. Coleman 1 00 Mrs. Louisa Bower 1 00 Mary Dunham 1 00 Mrs. E. E. Bacon 1 00 Esther Smith 1 00 A friend 1 00 Britania Lane 1 00 Jennie Westing 1 00 Ethel Anderson 1 00 C. C. Woodley 1 00 Charles and Anna Moore 1 00 Mrs. Mary Grove 1 00 William Hahn 1 00 Martha Arnold 1 00 Mrs. F. E. McLean 1 00 E. P. Gage 1 00 Mrs. E. P. Gage 1 00 Mrs. Lavina Darphine 1 00 Mrs. J. C. Johnson 1 00 Ernest Johnson 1 00 Blackstone 1 00 L. A. Lee 1 00 Mrs. C. A. Crater 1 00 Mrs. M. A. Baer 1 00 Mrs. Chr. Rasmussen 1 00 Susan Trogdon 1 00 O. H. Moss 1 00 Mrs. M. P. Moss 1 00 Jacob Huffman 1 00
Edward Cummins 2 70 Johnie Cummins 2 56 O. W. Wixson 2 50 N. W. Gath 2 50 Mrs. S. M. Newsom 2 50 Rosa Brown 2 50 Mrs. Francis Hering 2 50 Emma Culver 2 50 Mrs. Rosa Bamsdall 2 50 Jeanette Livermore 2 50 Mrs. A. E. Bigelow 2 44 Mrs. J. Covey 2 20 Mrs. O’Dae 2 00 Dr. Winegar-Simpson 2 00 Emilie Stevens 2 00 Mrs. W. W. D. Sharpe 2 00 W. C. and E. R. Wallis 2 00 T. J. Butler 2 00 Mrs. T. J. Butler 2 00 W. H. Wright 2 00 W. O. Parchment 2 00 A friend 2 00 Sarah M. Williams 2 00 Mrs. Jones (New Zealand) 1 60 Fanny Amstutz 1 52 Mr. Jones (New Zealand) 1 50 Sister Edwards (New Zealand) 1 50 Sister Kinnear 1 50 Burton (New Zealand) 1 50 Brother Reynolds 1 18 Brother Auchterlonie (New Zealand) 1 00 Sister Dray 1 00 Horace Philips 1 00 Howard R. Goodrich 1 00 Lafayette Goddard 1 00 Trine Nelsen 1 00 Roy Gage 1 00 Susan S. Ward 1 00 N. J. Stepp 1 00 Ruth Draper 1 00 L. B. Johnson 1 00 Lula S. Storie 1 00 Inez J. Storie 1 00 Dissie Keith 1 00 Linnie Keith 1 00 E. Crounse 1 00 Glen Brackett 1 00 S. Jay 1 00 Mrs. Alvira L. White 1 00 Nellie V. White 1 00 L. Privett 1 00 George A. Stringer 1 00 L. D. Putnam 1 00 L. T. Kent 1 00 Annie Hafenmayr 1 00 Bessie Reynold 1 00 Hannah Steadelman 1 00 James H. Anderson 1 00 Mrs. Brown 1 00 Forest Roberts 1 00 Mrs. L. F. Small 1 00 Elmer Dilley 1 00 Mrs. Ed. Stone 1 00 Mrs. Effie Stone 1 00 Mrs. Edna Thurston 1 00 Mrs. Kate Meixell 1 00 Mrs. Melissa Wright 1 00 George Eaton 1 00 Addie Draper 1 00 Don F. Prior 1 00 A. L. Chitwood 1 00 Mrs. Onie Chitwood 1 00 Bertha Chitwood 1 00 Floyd Brackett 1 00 S. Lochly 1 00 Jones 1 00 Mrs. Mary E. Gray 1 00 Mrs. Nellie Scott 1 00 Ernest E. Chitwood 1 00 Dora Chitwood 1 00 Ethel Clark 1 00 Glen Covert 1 00 Mrs. Anna Kelley 1 00 A. M. Burlingame 1 00 J. F. Gravelle and family 1 00 Clara Rider 1 00 Total reported $40,218 75 A further list will follow. Send all donations to the General Conference Treasurer, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Natural Science Work at Emmanuel Missionary College

By B. E. Crawford

“God is the foundation of everything. All true science is in harmony with his works.”
“Science opens new wonders to our view; she soars high, and explores new depths; but she brings nothing from her research that conflicts with divine revelation. Ignorance may seek to support false views of God by appeals to science; but the book of nature and the written Word shed light upon each other.”
“Those who take the written Word as their counselor, will find in science an aid to understand God.”
The facts of science bear unmistakable testimony to the truth of the Bible. All the scientific discoveries that have been made during the last twenty-five years or more are in harmony with the Bible record. Eminent scientists are beginning to realize that this is so, and their attention is being turned toward Biblical truth as the surest foundation for all scientific study and progress.
The truth for this time must be presented to the world's most highly educated and cultured men and women. Many of these must be reached through the avenues of science. Just now is the opportune time to become acquainted with the Word and works of God, and the relation of one to the other. Just now is the time to step into God's opening providences, and to become so thoroughly acquainted with scientific truth that we shall be able to show to the world, in a most clear and convincing manner, that Christianity as set forth in the Word of God is neither fable nor fiction, but is established upon a solid rock foundation. All the science work at Emmanuel Missionary College is planned with this end in view.
The practical bearings of the various sciences on the common work and experiences of every-day life are given a prominent place throughout the entire course in science. In this way the student is made familiar with many of the secrets of success or failure in the practical duties of life, and on many an occasion in after-years will he feel abundantly repaid for all the efforts he has put forth to become acquainted with God's ways of doing things.
The sciences of physiology, hygiene, sanitation, astronomy, physics, botany, zoology, chemistry, mineralogy, etc., are so intimately related to our every-day experiences that all should become acquainted with their rudiments at least.
Emmanuel Missionary College has excellent chemical, physical, and biological laboratory facilities. Among other things are a large number of excellent microscopes. These laboratories are now being fitted up, and will be ready for use at the opening of school.
We have on hand a large amount of museum material which was shipped from Battle Creek at the time the school was moved to Berrien Springs. The museum is being installed in a spacious room in Study Hall. The work is now well under way, and is progressing rapidly. This feature of the school will be a most valuable one, especially in connection with the science department. We invite correspondence on the part of those who are in a position to make donations to the museum. The school will appreciate any assistance that may be rendered in this way.
Plans are now being laid for the perfecting of an organization the object of which shall be the study of scientific truth in its relation to the Bible, and the dissemination of this truth through the press and in other ways. Those who are interested in such an organization should correspond with the writer.
B. E. CRAWFORD.

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.

Current Mention

— A strike of coal drivers, which was inaugurated with some violence, was begun in Cincinnati, October 7.
— A dispatch from Seattle states that telegraphic communication has now been established between that city and all parts of Alaska.
— The revolt of the Hereros against German rule in German Southwest Africa is reported to be broken, the natives having been driven into the desert, where many of them died of thirst.
— A Madrid telegram states that Sunday bull fighting in Spain has just been abolished by vote of the Institute of Social Reforms, and that this is considered a death-blow to the bull-fighting business in that country.
— Report of the defeat of a Portuguese force operating against rebellious natives in Portuguese West Africa has been received at Lisbon. Of five hundred men who comprised the force, over half were killed and fifty more wounded.
— Disastrous floods are reported in southwestern Oklahoma and southeastern Indian Territory. A bridge connecting the towns of Lexington and Purcell, in Oklahoma, was swept away, and seven men who were trying to save the bridge were drowned.
— Mount Pelee is again in eruption, according to word brought by the captain of a British steamer who passed near the volcano on September 30. The mountain was throwing up, he says, stupendous black clouds and balls of fire. This is believed to account for dust clouds recently reported throughout the Windward Islands.
— Postmaster-General Henry C. Payne died in Washington, October 4, at the age of sixty years, after an illness of one week. Disease of the heart was the cause of death.
— Reports from various points in New Mexico which were visited by the recent floods in that territory show that at least twenty persons lost their lives by drowning. Railway traffic was paralyzed in several places, and the property loss was great, amounting to $100,000 in the town of Roswell alone.
— There has been a scarcity of news for some days from the theater of military operations in the far East, and no great activity is reported on the part of either of the contending armies. A report that the Russian fleet had made another sortie from Port Arthur failed to be confirmed. The Russian Baltic fleet has not yet sailed for its reported Asiatic destination.
— An automobile was recently driven from Chicago to New York City at an average speed of twenty-four miles an hour, the whole time consumed in making the trip being fifty-one hours and five minutes. The highest speed attained was fifty-eight miles an hour. This performance breaks the previous record between those cities by nearly fourteen hours.
— The funeral of the French sculptor Bartholdi took place in Paris, October 7, and was largely attended by public officials and students. It is stated that Bartholdi died poor, his time and labors spent in the enterprise represented by the statue of Liberty in New York harbor, and in raising the money for the same from the French people, of which work he had charge, being largely responsible for the depletion of his financial resources.
— A recent court decision in New Hampshire upholds the practise of Christian Science as a means of healing in that State. A suit was brought by a patient to recover damages for alleged injuries received from Christian Science treatment. The plaintiff received judgment in the lower court, but on appeal the decision was reversed, the court holding that Christian Science treatment is legal where the practitioner employs the regular approved methods of that cult.
— Another “model saloon” is to be established, its location being in the town of Henry, Md. It will be under the direction of the Davis Coal and Coke Company, and will not be allowed to open its doors in the morning until eight o’clock, when the miners will have gone to work. It is designed to run opposition to a neighboring saloon of the ordinary type. The idea was suggested to the coal company by Bishop Potter’s “model saloon” in New York City.
— The cruelties practised on the natives of the Congo State, in Africa, which is nominally under Belgian rule, led to a memorial signed by many eminent men in Europe and in America, petitioning President Roosevelt to intervene to secure humane treatment for the victims of the land owners in that section of Africa. The president, after considering the matter, has replied that not sufficient cause has been shown for intervention.

The Teacher and the Home

By Ella M. Osborn

Through the spirit of prophecy, the Lord has told us that until the child is eight or ten years of age, the home should be his only school, and the parents should be his only teachers. If, up to this time, the parents have been faithful to the privilege the Lord has given them, the child will have such confidence in them, that, if placed under the right influence a few more years, nothing can come between them and the child. How much, then, rests upon the Christian teacher to see that in the school life this confidence is respected and developed. How this can best be done is a question that should be studied as carefully and as prayerfully as any connected with her work.
Few teachers fully improve the opportunities of becoming acquainted with the pupils in their own homes. Next to the members of the family, no one should meet with a warmer welcome in the home than the teacher; in fact, she should be looked upon as a member of each family, and she should, by her interest and influence, prove herself worthy of the confidence and love manifested.
Many a teacher whose path is full of obstacles difficult to surmount, might find the difficulties removed if she would give herself unreservedly to her work. Her one question should be, How can I best help these children placed under my care to develop such characters that the image of God may be restored in them? Since a teacher should know her children, we ask, Where can she become so well acquainted with them as in the home? Before the opening of school a fortnight spent in visiting in the homes of the patrons of the school will be of more value than an equal amount of time spent in any other preparation. Teachers, show the parents that you desire their interest and co-operation in your work. They are the ones to whom the Lord has given the privilege of training their children for his kingdom, and they are the ones who understand how best to reach their youthful minds.
Could we realize the need of a deeper consecration on our part,—a deeper realization of the importance of our work,—we would look beyond the petty annoyances, and the minor questions that occupy our thoughts, to the great work God would have done for the children and youth just now.
The work of the teacher differs from that of the parent. During the first eight or ten years of the child's life he has been developing physically, and not so much attention has been paid to his progress mentally. He has been learning from the things around him, it is true; but when he enters school, he then begins to study in a more systematic way. His associations are different, his occupation is different, and it is not always easy for him to adapt himself to the change. We should not for one instant lose sight of the fact that our object during the period of his school life is to prepare him not only to develop a right character, but also to give him an education that will fit him for the duties and responsibilities of life. Our schools should be second to none. The work done in them should be far superior to that of a worldly school where the Lord's counsel and wisdom is not sought, and where the education given is of a purely worldly nature.
If our schools have already begun, and we have not yet become acquainted with our patrons, let us begin at once to get acquainted. Let us consult with the parents about the work. Their experience will make their advice valuable. Invite them to visit you at your school. The children will appreciate this. It will give the parents a knowledge of what you are doing. Explain to them your plans. Make them partners in your work. Study with them perplexing questions that may have arisen in the home or in the school. Pray with them for the salvation of their children. Work personally for each pupil under your care, and, as you work and pray, remember the Lord has said that his Word shall not return unto him void. It is our privilege to stand where no trial can come to us except it is permitted by the Lord. Much trouble arises from the parents' not understanding the work of the teacher. The motive from which you act would often make everything clear.
Work with the children; walk with them; talk with them; in fact, live with them; and the more intimate the relation existing between teacher and pupil, the stronger the influence will be. Give yourselves wholly to your work. “Be yourselves what you wish your pupils to become.” ELLA M. OSBORN.

Importance of the Spanish Language

By B. E. Crawford

THE Spanish language is rapidly coming into prominence, and bids fair in a few years to rival the English tongue in its world-wide predominance. It has been estimated on good authority that “the Spanish and Portuguese, which are mere varieties of the same language, will be spoken by 180,000,000 in 1920.”
In view of this fact, it is highly important that many young men and women begin the study of the Spanish language at the earliest opportunity.
The openings for missionaries in Spanish-speaking countries are unlimited. Our sister continent, South America, a large proportion of whose inhabitants speak the Spanish language, is throwing its doors wide open to missionaries.
The Sabbath-school at Emmanuel Missionary College is making a careful study of South America as a mission field, spending a portion of the time each Sabbath in this study. In many ways it is one of the most interesting of all mission fields. Its natural resources are undoubtedly greater than those of any other continent, but are yet largely undeveloped.
“If the El Dorado of early voyagers was a myth, the gold of the Guianas is not, nor the gold and diamonds of Brazil, the iron, copper, lead, bismuth, and other metals of various sections.”
“The niter of Chile is a national source of wealth; while the Andes are rich in precious metals, the mines of Potosi alone having furnished the world over $1,500,000,000 worth of silver since the Spanish first took possession of them.”
“The products of the forest are a limitless source of future wealth, and a present cause of prosperity. Beautiful woods used by cabinet-makers are found in almost inexhaustible supply; a variety of gums and wax, and the extensive tracts where the india-rubber trees flourish, furnish a large part of the exports; modern medicine could hardly exist without South America’s coca, which yields cocaine, and above all, Peruvian bark,” from which quinine is prepared.
South America is only one of numerous interesting Spanish-speaking countries where the gospel must be proclaimed. There should be a large class of young people studying the Spanish language.
B. E. CRAWFORD.

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.—Situation, by year or month on a S. D. A.’s farm in the southwest, by a man 30 years of age, having a wife and one child. Address O. R. Robertson, Alma, Mich.
WANTED.—A good, able-bodied man to work on hay and fruit ranch. Must be a single man. Good wages to the right man. Address B. F. Bauer, Santa Ana, Cal.
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, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
FOR SALE.—Sixty acres, ¼ mile from S. D. A. church; 2 dwellings on place, also fruit of all kinds—peach, apple, strawberry, dewberry, blackberry. Good land; good water. For particulars, address T. T. Bledsoe, Marietta, Tex.
FOR SALE.—Due to failure of the Hammond Food Co., of Bay City, Mich., I am in the position to quote unsalted, pure peanut butter, made from No. 1 Spanish shelled peanuts, at 10 cts. per lb. in 50-pound lots or more. Cash with order. Address J. B. Schindler, Bay City, Mich.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Notice!

David E. Bell, the elder of the Wilmington (Del.) church, having moved to Washington, his address will now be Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. All mail intended for the Wilmington church should be addressed to the deacon, R. M. Rosin, 729 W. 9th St., Wilmington, Del.

“Save the Boys”

By Editor

Yes, and save the girls, too. That is what this journal aims to do. Thousands of our boys and girls are being ensnared by rum and tobacco. They are fast placing themselves where, like the sons of Aaron, they can not discern sacred things; and that without a word of warning. Every Sabbath-school, every tract society, and every individual as far as possible, should take a club of this journal. Ten copies to one address for two dollars. Single subscription, thirty cents a year.
That anti-beer issue can be furnished at one cent a copy, if the aggregate of all the orders amounts to several thousand. Send what money you would like to invest to warn your beer-drinking friends, and we will do the best by you possible. That special issue will be of great value. Address Save the Boys, 113 West Minnehaha Boul., Minneapolis, Minn.

Publications Wanted

N. B.— Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
[SPECIAL NOTE.— All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.— ED.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mrs. Mary A. Terry, Clinton, Ill., periodicals and tracts.
Mrs. J. H. Buel, Evansville, Ark., Signs of the Times and Life Boat.
Varvara Deitrichs, 715 Schofield Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio, REVIEW (old or new), and Signs.
*C. A. Johnson, Colfax, Iowa, Signs, Life and Health, Instructor, Southern Watchman, and tracts, etc.

Obituaries

ATKINS.—Died near Lake Tapps, Wash., June 26, 1904, of pneumonia, Grace May Atkins, aged 9 years and 6 months. Little Grace had learned to love her Saviour, and rests in hope. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. W. C. F. WARD.
DRAPER.—Died at El Dorado, Kan., Sept. 19, 1904, of consumption, Joseph M. Draper, aged 39 years and 29 days. We laid him to rest with the assurance that, if faithful, we shall meet him at the resurrection of the just. He leaves a wife and four children, an aged father and mother, three brothers, four sisters, and many friends to mourn his death. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14: 12, 13. N. T. SUTTON.
PIERCE.—Died at her father’s home, near Bowman, Ga., Sept. 26, 1904, of typhoid fever, Sister Diecie E. Pierce, aged 17 years. Sister Pierce, with her father, mother, three brothers, and little sister, accepted the Sabbath and kindred truths about the first of August, under the labors of Elder F. R. Shaeffer and the writer. During her sickness, when conscious, she was frequently singing or praying. At the time of her death she had not yet withdrawn her name from the Baptist Church, of which she had been a member for several years. At the mother’s request, two Baptist ministers, with whom the family had been long acquainted, and the writer took part in the funeral exercises. We laid her away in a beautiful grove to await the Life-giver’s call. H. F. COURTER.
ASHLEY.—Died at his home in North Dartmouth, Mass., Sept. 22, 1904, of rheumatism around the heart, Jarvis T. Ashley, aged 82 years, 11 months, and 10 days. Brother Ashley was born in North Dartmouth in 1821. When the message for these last days came to him, he and his wife willingly embraced it, and he was among the first members of the Dartmouth Seventh-day Adventist church, and for many years he served faithfully as its elder. He was dearly beloved in his family and church, and was held in high esteem in the neighborhood where he had spent all his life. For several years he had been gradually failing. Wednesday evening, September 21, he was taken suddenly ill with severe pain in his shoulders and arms, and deathly sickness at the stomach, which caused vomiting. Nearly all night his pain was quite severe, causing copious perspiration. Great difficulty was also experienced in breathing; but his mind was clear to the last, and he endured the pain with patience. Thursday, about 10 A. M., he peacefully fell asleep to “wait a little while” for the return of the Life-giver, for whom he had waited so long. He leaves a wife, one daughter, and other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was held from his home, September 25. A. E. PLACE.

Special Watchman Issues for November

By Editor

The publishers of The Southern Watchman make the following announcement: “It has been decided to devote to special subjects four issues of the Watchman for the month of November . The topics will be taken up in the following order: (1) Health and Temperance; (2) The Second Advent; (3) Immortality through Christ; (4) The Sabbath. We hope to make each of these numbers so attractive, and to fill it so full of Bible truth, that our tract societies and all our workers will find the Watchman an excellent help in the special effort that is to be made with our literature.” These are the very subjects which ought to be presented to the people everywhere, and these special issues of the Watchman should have a large circulation. Remember this announcement in making your plans for the literature campaign.

“The Best Number Yet”

The October number of Life and Health has met with a very encouraging reception. Many assert that it is the best number yet issued. The contents of this number are such as the public interests demand.
This health journal is published primarily with the view of reaching those not of “the faith” who have not access to other denominational literature, and who may not accept as authority all that has been given to this people. It is the aim to take no extreme position which might turn people away from this work. It is designed to be in health lines what The Signs of the Times is in general lines, the pioneer paper to meet the minds of those to whom these truths are new, to feed “milk” rather than “strong meat.”
It is intended to make the magazine an advocate of health principles which can not be gainsaid, and which will be a help to the readers of the REVIEW as well as to others.

Sanitarium Work in Washington

Dr. Hattie Maxson, of Oakland, Cal., visited relatives and friends in Washington last week on her way to New England. She seemed to be very favorably impressed with the outlook for the sanitarium work in this city.

Atlantic Union Conference Committee Meeting

The executive committee of the Atlantic Union Conference has been in session in New York City during the past week, and Brethren A. G. Daniells and S. N. Curtiss have been in attendance from this city. Elders R. D. Hottel and S. G. Huntington spent one day in Washington on their way to this meeting.

Brother E. Aplin

BROTHER E. APLIN, of Glasgow, Scotland, spent one day in Washington last week. Brother Aplin received the truth in London several years ago, and as a result he left the Salvation Army to unite with this people. For the past year or two he has been giving his whole time to the work in Great Britain, and returned to his field of labor immediately after his visit here.

Special October Review Campaign

By Editor

THE REVIEW has freely given its second page for years to the promotion of other literature, and has made no reference to its own interests, but in this issue the second page contains notice of the special October campaign in behalf of the REVIEW itself. We call special attention to this notice. Let all the friends join in this effort, that the REVIEW may be in the home of every Sabbath-keeper.

Announcements of Two Conference Schools

We have received the first annual announcement of the Maplewood Industrial School, located at Maple Plain, Minn., and the second annual announcement of the Lornedale Academy, located near Lorne Park, Ontario, fifteen miles from the city of Toronto. Both of these institutions are conference schools of an intermediate grade, in which the study of the Bible is made a leading feature. Elder O. O. Bernstein is the principal of the Minnesota school, and Elder Eugene Leland is the principal of the Ontario school.

Washington Sanitarium to Open

The trustees of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association have rented the large double house, Nos. 1 and 2 Iowa Circle, N. W., and will open it immediately as a sanitarium. This house was built by General Grant, is located in the most attractive residence part of the city, and faces the small but very pretty park known as the Iowa Circle. It is well furnished and admirably adapted for use as a sanitarium. A more full statement of the plans and purposes of the trustees will be made later.

Back to the Land

UNDER the title “Back to the Land,” the editor of The Signs of the Times explains quite fully the reasons which have led the Pacific Press Publishing Company to remove their printing plant from Oakland to Mountain View, Cal. Among the reasons given are the high valuation and the consequent high taxation of property in the city; the cheaper land and the greater opportunity for cultivating the soil in the country; the difficulties with the labor unions; and the increased spirit of violence in the cities. Summing up the situation, the editor says: “With their crude, undigested, uncontrolled masses of restless humanity, ready for any magnetic leader, evil though he may be, the cities will lead in time and degree of violence. And again we say that, as we see these things, it behooves us to establish our center of work, if possible, in the quiet of the country.” It is stated that a branch office will be maintained in Oakland.

"How to Ask Questions"

By Editor

Is an important article in the October number of the Sabbath School Worker. It contains some valuable suggestions for the teachers in our Sabbath-schools.
"Needs of the Sabbath-school," suggestions for the "Missionary Exercise," the "Question Box," "A Quarterly Summary of Sabbath-school Reports," and over seven pages of specially prepared helpful notes on each lesson of every division for the month, are other features which help to make this a most necessary periodical for every officer and teacher in our Sabbath-schools.
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