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.—Experienced health food baker. Send references and state salary expected, in first letter. Address Food Co., 2817 Bryant Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn.
WANTED.—S. D. A. man or boy (boy must be 15 or more) to work, during winter, on farm 32 miles from New York; easy work; small wages; chance to study. Address Francis Wheaton, Suffern, N. Y.
WANTED AT ONCE.—Hygienic cook for restaurant work. Man of experience in restaurant work preferred. None but S. D. A.'s need apply. Address, with references, Bert Castle, 414 Ferry St., La Fayette, Ind.
Good opening for person or persons who understand cracker and cereal baking, and have a few hundred dollars to invest. Have first-class oven and storage room; equipped for doing large business. Address The T. H. F. & B. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.—Several able S. D. A. men for private S. D. A. coal mine. Steady work. Average wages, $2.50 a day. Board, $4 a week. Experience not necessary. Bible school evenings. Meetings Sabbath. No room for tobacco users, profane men, or sluggards. Address J. W. Ingison, Kenmare, N. D.
FOR SALE.—Interest in, or entire general merchandise business at Keene, Tex. Nice new store, fresh stock, best corner and stand in town; prosperous business. Will sell business with or without building, and rent store cheap. Address Box 35, Keene, Tex.
Special Signs Number on Capital and Labor
By Editor
On our second page will be found full particulars of the special number of The Signs of the Times which will be devoted to the stirring questions relating to the vexed problem of capital and labor. We hope that the officers of our conferences and churches are giving attention to this matter, and sending in their orders for this number of the Signs. It only needs a united effort to sell this issue by the hundred thousand, and without such an effort no very large circulation will be given to this number. Let there be no delay in bringing this matter directly to the attention of the people, and in sending good large orders to the Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.
On Monday, October 19, a visit was paid to the White House by those in attendance upon the council of the General Conference Committee. The Evening Star of that date contained the following paragraph: “Upon the conclusion of the session this morning of the council of Seventh-day Adventists at the church on Twelfth Street, the delegates, headed by Rev. J. S. Washburn, the pastor, visited the White House, and paid their respects to President Roosevelt, who spoke briefly to the ministers, and extended to them his best wishes.”
The Twelve Spies and Conference Proceedings
By Editor
At the suggestion of Sister White we reprint in this issue a part of the chapter from “Patriarchs and Prophets,” entitled “The Twelve Spies.” This will be followed next week with the remainder of the chapter. This instruction should be read as having a special application to the present time, and the warnings and counsel should be applied to our own experiences. The fact that this instruction is suggested for present application increases our confidence that the time has come for us to go in and possess the land. O, let no one take a course which will turn this people back into the wilderness! Let us have faith in God, and go forward.
We are informed by the secretary of the East Michigan Conference that a report of the proceedings of that conference was sent to the REVIEW some time ago. On learning that this report had not been received at this office, the secretary prepared and forwarded another, which appears in this issue. This will explain the delay in the publishing of the proceedings of this conference.
Missionary Acre Fund Statement
AN important statement concerning the Missionary Acre Fund is printed on pages 20, 21.
Nurses Sailed for Japan
ALONG with the China party, which sailed the 5th, Brother and Sister Earl Rees, both nurses from the Portland Sanitarium, sailed for Japan, in response to the call from that field for experienced nurses, to help in sanitarium work.
Dr. Selmon’s Ordination
WE stated in a recent issue that Dr. Selmon was ordained to the ministry before leaving Iowa for China. It was so arranged, but in the pressure of getting away, Dr. Selmon was unable to meet the appointment, and so the matter will have to be attended to in China.
Dr. George Thomason Sails for Ireland
DR. GEORGE THOMASON and family sailed from New York last week for Ireland, where he will enter the Dublin University to qualify for practise in Great Britain and the colonies, preparatory to going on to South Africa to engage in medical missionary work under the South African Union Conference.
New Superintendent of the Turkish Field
The faithful churches in Turkey are at last to have a helper who will not be hampered by the restrictions which have hindered the labors of our Armenian superintendent of the field. Dr. A. W. George sailed from New York the 21st, to take the superintendency of the Turkish field. He goes by way of London and Hamburg. He spent several days with us in Washington, during the council.
Hankins Family Return to South Africa
ELDER I. J. HANKINS and family are returning to South Africa, their former field of labor. After two and one-half years in the home land, Brother Hankins is glad to join the South African brethren again, with whom he has labored since the earlier days of the cause in Africa. Sister Hankins will engage in the educational work. They sailed on the “Oceanic,” from New York, October 21.
School Work in the Bay Islands
A LETTER from Brother J. G. Smalley, dated New Orleans, reports that he was about to sail for the Bay Islands, in company with Mrs. Wm. Evans, to join Brother Wm. Evans, of Bonacea, in the school work which our brother has been carrying on for the youth of that island. Brother Smalley has been teaching in church schools in Michigan, and now gladly goes out to one of the frontier posts.
Medical Missionary Work in the Transcaucasus
DR. V. PAMPAIAN, his wife, and his brother, C. Pampaian, a nurse, sailed by the German line from New York, October 15. They will engage in medical missionary work in the Transcaucasus, near the Persian border. Dr. Pampaian goes as a physician into that difficult region, but first of all as a herald of the advent message. May the Lord help this little band to plant the standard in fields as yet unentered.
Large Attendance at Simpson’s Meetings
We take the following note from the Riverside (Cal.) Enterprise, of October 12: “The tent at the corner of Main and Eleventh Streets, where the meetings are being held by Evangelist Simpson for the Seventh-day Adventists, is crowded nightly, and the interest is very great. Saturday evening there was not a vacant seat, and the same last evening. To-night the evangelist will talk on the subject, ‘What led William Miller to believe the Lord would come in 1844.’ The tent will no doubt be crowded to the limit.” We are glad to hear of the large attendance, and good interest at Brother Simpson’s meetings.
Daniel and Revelation as God’s Word
In speaking to a large congregation in Simpson Auditorium, Los Angeles, Cal., as reported in the Express of that city, October 12, Dr. George Thomas Dowling said that “in accordance with the modern Biblical scholarship of the world,” he accepted the book of Daniel “as a high and noble fiction, written, as was the book of Revelation of St. John, for the purpose of moral teaching and encouragement.” It is thus that the professed teachers of the gospel are making of none effect the very message for this time. Let our ministry teach these books with authority, as God’s word to the people at this time.
The Basis of Unity
By Editor
DURING the closing days of the recent council of the General Conference Committee, Dr. J. H. Kellogg was in Washington, and attended several of the meetings. At two or three different times he spoke of his long connection with this work, and his present attitude toward it. He referred to the unhappy differences existing among us, and expressed the desire that these might come to an end, and that a spirit of unity might prevail. In response to this suggestion, Dr. Kellogg was invited to meet with the members of the General Conference Committee for special prayer and counsel. The members of the committee expressed the same earnest desire that Dr. Kellogg did to have the conflict that has so long existed, brought to an end. As the situation was reviewed, it was made plain that the only basis of unity is to be found in the full acceptance by all parties of all the counsel the Lord is giving us through the spirit of prophecy. For years God has been pointing out the way to all, but that way has not been followed by all, nor perhaps by any, as it should have been. Now the Lord is speaking in no uncertain language. The way is made exceedingly plain to every one, and there will be perfect union, harmony, and concert of action when all acknowledge and obey his voice. This is the true basis of unity, and there is no other. The time has come to let all fully understand the instruction that has been given; and it should be clearly understood that in doing this, no one is seeking to cause division, but rather to bring it to an end. After the council referred to above had closed, the brethren who had been in the forefront in recent experiences, met in personal interviews, with the hope of establishing mutual confidence for the future. We are exceedingly thankful that the Lord has wrought in behalf of his work, and we give to him all the glory. Our hope is renewed that this people will go forward with a united front, to accomplish the work committed to them in this generation. Let all pray that the peace of God may rule in all hearts.
