Earlier text: Harvest Ingathering for MissionsSchooling for the Unfortunate
By C. C. Lewis
THE following case probably is representative of a large number of young people similarly situated:— A girl now thirteen years old was born blind. Her mother has been dead some years, and her father is opposed to the work of the Adventists. The girl has attended a State school for the blind. Before going to this school, she began to keep the Sabbath, and wanted to be a missionary, playing and singing the gospel songs. She was recently baptized, and united with the church. She has a desire to copy “Early Writings” and “Steps to Christ” in the braille writing for the blind, in order that other blind persons may read it. Her friends fear to have her return to the State school because of influences there not favorable to the training of workers for this message. What can be done for the education of quite a large number of cases of young people similarly situated? At College View we are favorably situated21 for carrying on education for the blind. Connected with the office of the Christian Record are six or more blind persons who have been well educated, and are able to teach the two leading systems for the blind. They believe, however, from their own experience, that the best way to educate the blind is to have them enter the regular classes with seeing pupils, listen carefully to the recitations, and take notes for reference in the point language. This system our blind workers here will teach them if they do not already understand it. The rest of their education will be obtained in the regular school. Students will be ready to assist such pupils by reading and studying the lessons with them. This is the way Brother Miller, the editor of the Christian Record, obtained his education at Healdsburg College, and he believes this is the best way to educate the blind. The director of our music department, Prof. C. N. Roberts, is also a blind man. He was formerly editor of the Christian Record. There is another class of unfortunate people in whom we are greatly interested—the deaf mutes. A little work has already been done for them. About eight or nine years ago Sister Katherine Kroeker became interested in this class of people, and learned the sign language. She has studied and taught this a long time under great discouragements, until she has become quite efficient. She is now studying the latest method of teaching the dumb to speak, and to read the lips of those who speak to them. She has persevered in this work from her love for the unfortunate, and her desire to do them good. The past two years she has had a few pupils. One young man, brought up in a Sabbath-keeping family, spent three months with her, and went back to his home, rented a farm for himself, and is faithfully keeping the Sabbath, having gained an experience which he did not have before. Another young man, who already had a good experience, spent last year in school. She took him to the various classes, and interpreted the recitations to him by means of the sign language. He worked in our broom shop last year. A little boy, who made great improvement in conduct as well as in knowledge, was also under her care. Probably these represent the wants of many similar cases in the denomination. We are able at Union College to conduct work for both the deaf mutes and the blind by the methods already described. The greatest difficulty will probably be that many of these are not able to meet their expenses, which will be about fifteen or sixteen dollars a month, the same as for other students. In some instances the friends of these students are able to meet the expenses. In other instances we hope there will be philanthropic people who will be willing to meet the expenses for them. We shall be glad to correspond with any who have such young people as we have described under their charge. Please write me their conditions and circumstances as fully as possible, stating whether you are able to meet their expenses, and if not, how much you will be able to pay. Give me also the addresses of benevolent persons who might be willing to assist in meeting their expenses. Please address, as soon as possible, C. C. Lewis, President Union College, College View, Neb. Eufola (N. C.) Academy
By J. O. Johnston
AFTER careful consideration, we have decided to change our name to “Eufola Agricultural and Mechanical Academy.” This is more descriptive of what we are and are doing than the old name. We have a forty-acre farm besides our shops. While we have seven or eight students in the shops and on the farm now, yet our regular fall “opening” will not take place till November 1. We have prospects for twenty-five or thirty students, though we could have more if we were able to furnish board to a number who want to work their way through school; but we now have all we can care for on this basis. Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich.
By O. J. Graf
Our school is moving along nicely. The enrolment has already passed the one hundred mark, which it did not reach until the beginning of the winter term last year. I think our students will average better than last year; that is, they are more advanced in grades, and on the whole they are a very fine class of young people. Our crops are turning out well. We have already shipped about six thousand baskets of grapes, and will have about twelve thousand more to ship. There is room for one more boy in our men's dormitory, and two or three have already written that they will be here next week; so the prospect is that our school is going to be pretty well filled this year. O. J. GRAF. — At Potsdam, Germany, October 2, Orville Wright, in his air-ship, sailed to an elevation of 1,600 feet, the greatest height that has ever been attained by a heavier-than-air flying-machine. — An investigation of the quartermaster's department of the Russian army at Moscow, Russia, recently resulted in the discovery of irregularities in that department amounting to more than one million dollars. — By the use of powerful electric lights surrounding a baseball field in Chicago, it has been made possible to play the game at night. It is expected that similar arrangements will be made in other large cities for playing this game in the evening. — The British steamer “Macintosh,” belonging to the Madras Steam Navigation Company, is reported to have blown up at sea. Every man on board, with one exception, is said to have perished. This vessel was on her way from Rangoon to Calcutta. — After several postponements the trial of the two American missionaries in the Kongo Free State has begun. These missionaries are accused by the Belgian government of “calumnious denunciation,” because they have been telling the world of the terrible atrocities practised on the natives in the rubber country. — Captain Knud Rasmussen, of Denmark, has sailed for Greenland to question Dr. F. A. Cook's Eskimos in reference to the matters in controversy between Dr. Cook and Commodore Peary. Two eminent Danish scholars have been appointed by the Danish government to examine Dr. Cook's observations and records. — Through the aid of wireless telegraphy prompt assistance was rendered to the steamer “Carib,” of the Clyde line, when in distress off Cape Hatteras, on September 20. The vessel had 300 passengers on board, and would have been at the mercy of the sea but for the means of communicating with other vessels by wireless telegraph. — Advices from Saragossa, Spain, indicate that there is a virtual reign of terror in Barcelona. It is stated that not a day passes in Barcelona without bombs exploding in the streets. The anarchist agitations have increased since the arrest of the anarchist leader Ferrer. The anarchists are demanding “Ferrer’s liberty or the king’s head.” — Mr. Geo. H. Cove, of Summerville, Mass., has invented a solar thermo-battery which is claimed to produce enough electric current during ten hours' sunlight to supply thirty tungsten lamps for three days. This turning of sunlight directly into electric light has great possibilities before it, and opens up a new field of exploration for inventors. — Reports received at Havana, Cuba, on September 23 state that a cyclone of great destructive force visited the province of Pinar del Rio, killing ten persons, and destroying crops and other property to the value of $2,000,000. Two thousand persons are homeless as a result of this storm, and the Cuban congress has been called in special session to provide for the sufferers. — At Parnell, Ill., October 6, a head-on collision between two trains resulted in the death of four persons and the injury of about thirty others. — Ten men were killed and six probably fatally injured by a collision between a freight- and a passenger-train at Chicago on September 28. — There was completed at Seattle, Wash., October 6, a relay automobile run which began at Philadelphia September 25, thus completing the journey from Philadelphia to Seattle in twelve days. — The swiftest vessel in the United States navy is the torpedo boat destroyer “Reid,” which has just completed her speed trial at Rockland, Maine, making thirty-four and one-half knots an hour. — At Nanaimo, B. C., on October 5, an explosion in a coal-mine resulted in the death of thirty miners. Twenty-five others, who had been imprisoned at the time of the explosion, were rescued. — On October 6 Prince Henry of Prussia presided at the meeting of the directors of the Zeppelin Air-Ship Expedition to be undertaken under the auspices of the German Society. A party will go to Spitzbergen early next summer with equipment for the operation of an air-ship in the polar regions. — On October 6 there was unveiled, in the city of New York, a statue of Giovanni de Verrazano, an Italian navigator who entered New York harbor in the year 1524, eighty-five years earlier than Henry Hudson. Previous to its unveiling there was a parade through the streets of New York City of 20,000 Italians, in honor of the occasion. — Because of the injury of Bishop Boggiani, of Adrea, Italy, during an anticlerical demonstration in that city, the Pope of Rome has excommunicated all the inhabitants of the city. This excommunication is not only general but personal. The report states that this is the first general excommunication of a city during the reign of the present Pope. — The National Geographical Society has invited Commander Peary and Dr. Cook to present their data as early as possible for examination by the society. Commander Peary has signified his intention to comply with the society's request, and Dr. Cook promises to submit to this society his records at the same time that they are submitted to the University of Denmark. — On the second of March, 1912, Russia purposes to come into line with the rest of the world in the matter of reckoning time. For a long time the two kinds of reckoning have caused more or less confusion in the Russian empire; but on the date mentioned the Russian passover falls upon the same day that will be celebrated as Easter in other parts of the world, and from that date on she will follow the Gregorian calendar. — The great Gunnison Tunnel in the mountains of Colorado, which has been driven through a mountain a distance of six miles to bring water from one valley where it was not needed to another where it was greatly needed, was opened by President Taft on September 23. The water brought through the mountain by this tunnel will reclaim for agricultural purposes 140,000 acres of rich land. This was the largest of the government's reclamation undertakings in the West. SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE Florida, Orlando ................ Oct. 21-31 SHELBURG.—Helen A. Shelburg was born Aug. 19, 1908, and died at Mt. Hamill, Iowa, Sept. 16, 1909, aged one year and twenty-seven days. She was a lovable child, and leaves a father, mother, two brothers, three sisters, and other relatives to mourn their loss. But they are cherishing fond hopes of meeting little Helen on the morning of the resurrection. Comforting words were spoken from Jer. 31:15-17, by the writer.
M. W. LEWIS. WILSON.—Died at Omaja, Cuba, Sept. 8, 1909, Sister A. A. Wilson, wife of Brother W. J. Wilson. Sister Wilson was born at Woodhull, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1844, and has been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church since 1860. In the fall of 1906 she came to eastern Cuba, her husband having arrived from Nebraska a few months earlier. Although our personal acquaintance with Sister Wilson was limited, the spirit of sacrifice she manifested in coming to a new and untried field, attended with hardships, could not but command our admiration. While laboring for the Cuban people, in the vicinity of Omaja, she permitted nothing to detain her from rendering whatever assistance she could in the meetings. Although her loss will be felt by the church and by all who knew her, we are certain it will not be felt the least by the Cuban Sabbath-keepers who loved to listen to the songs she sang to them. Truly it can be said of her as of Mary, “She hath done what she could.” She leaves a devoted husband and two sons to mourn their loss, but they sorrow not as those who have no hope. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Words of comfort were spoken by Brother C. J. Blake of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Omaja.
E. W. SNYDER. GOURLEY.—Died at the home of her parents at Long Beach, Wash., Sept. 3, 1909, Augusta Caroline, youngest daughter of Sister Eleanor Gourley, aged two years and nine months. Little Gussie, in spite of her youth, was a sweet singer; her favorite song was “God Is Love,” which she sang at intervals all day long. We believe that God hath indeed permitted this in love, and that if we are faithful, we shall meet her on the resurrection morn. Words of comfort were spoken at the grave by Rev. Morris, Presbyterian, from Jer. 31:15-18, and Psalm 121.
ELEANOR GOURLEY. HAUGHEY.—Died in Assyria Township, four miles from Battle Creek, our aged and respected brother, John Quincy Adams Haughey. This death occurred July 1, 1909, and at that time he was 80 years, 4 months, and 19 days old. The disease was pericarditis, attended with affections incident to old age. Brother Haughey was born near Bowersville, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1829. He was the eighth of a family of twelve children. The parents’ names were John and Patience Haughey. On April 4, 1853, our brother was united in marriage to Lavina Paullin, who still survives. Through this union four sons were born, three of whom still live and were present at the funeral. Besides these there are now living seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The deceased remained on the farm in Ohio until the fall of 1875, when he removed to Battle Creek, Mich. Here he lived for more than thirty years, and was ever known as a good citizen, a man of integrity, and an earnest Christian. Respecting his religious life, although a person of excellent morals, he made no open profession till the fall of 1857. At this time a series of tent-meetings was held in the village of Bowersville by Elders J. H. Waggoner and I. D. Van Horn. These were attended by Brother Haughey and his wife, and as the result both were converted to the views of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Since that time the decedent has been known as a man of prayer, a man of faith, and a very active Christian. While his educational advantages were only those obtained at the country district schools, yet he informed himself by continually reading books of a scientific, medical, and general character, and thus kept abreast of what was taking place in the world. Being a lover of music, he occasionally composed religious poems, and some of these he had set to music and published. Brother Haughey constantly endeavored to advance the cause of present truth. To this end he wrote a thirty-two-page tract on the second advent, and in the year 1900 more than one hundred seventy thousand copies of these had been circulated. The same was translated into the Spanish language and scattered. Our brother was a very philanthropic man, and used his means liberally in doing good. He also distributed thousands of the papers and publications issued by our several publishing houses. As the end approached, he realized what was before him, and he came down like a shock of corn fully ripe. During his sickness many were the expressions dropped which showed that his thoughts were mainly on the blessed hope. He passed away peacefully, without a struggle. The funeral services were conducted on the Sabbath, at the residence, by G. W. Amadon, assisted by M. B. Miller. The interment was in the country burying-ground. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”
G. W. AMADON.23 WETMORE.—Sister Harriet Wetmore, aged nearly sixty-nine years, died May 13, 1909, after a lingering illness from cancer. Sister Wetmore had been a firm believer in the message for about forty years, and had been a living example of the truth before her neighbors. She leaves two daughters and one son and a large circle of friends to mourn her death, but not without hope of her coming forth in the morn of the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14:13 by the writer.
I. N. WILLIAMS. RAU.—Margaret Rau was born July 3, 1870, and died Sept. 1, 1909. Afflicted with that dread disease consumption, she nevertheless lived a Christian life. She rests in hope of a part in the first resurrection. Together with her husband, she accepted present truth about ten years ago, and rejoiced in the knowledge of her Saviour till the very last. The bereaved husband and three children await the day when the Life-giver shall call forth the sleeping saints, never more to be separated.
J. A. LELAND.
(Hausfreund, please copy.) HOOL.—Died at Compton, Quebec, Aug. 17, 1909, of general debility, Elijah Hool, aged eighty-nine years. Brother Hool accepted the advent doctrines in the 1844 movement, and a year or two after the disappointment he began keeping the Sabbath. He moved to Quebec, being one of the first Seventh-day Adventists in this province. He gave much of his means to help the cause of God, and left a gift to this conference at his death. The funeral service was conducted in a schoolhouse, near his home, where a goodly number of his friends and relatives met and followed him to Sleeper Hill Cemetery, where he was laid beside his wife, to await the coming of his Lord, for whom he had long waited. The writer spoke from the text, 1 Cor. 15:19.
GEO. H. SKINNER. OSBORNE.—Sister Elizabeth Osborne fell asleep in Jesus, Sept. 5, 1909, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Bowman, at Lodi, Cal. Our dear sister had suffered long with lung trouble, but her life was sweet with patience through it all. For thirty-five years she had been a stanch believer in, and supporter of, present truth. The sad thoughts of separating from loved ones were quieted by the remembrance that Jesus is soon coming. The burden of her prayers was that those near and dear to her might meet her on the resurrection morn. During the last days of her illness she was greatly comforted by the presence of all her children. By manifestation of her faith in God, and the earnest consideration she had for others, we believe she has been instrumental in binding together in Christian love not only the hearts of the family, but many others. Assisted by W. S. Holbrook, the writer conducted the services; thus we laid her away in the bright hope of soon seeing her again.
T. H. WATSON. NEAL.—Samuel Neal was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1835. He died of malarial fever Aug. 12, 1909, in the Chico (Cal.) Sanitarium, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at that place, to wait the call of the Life-giver. Brother Neal was a member of the Huntington (Pa.) church. Sept. 15, 1909, a memorial service was held in remembrance of our beloved brother, conducted by Elder W. F. Schwartz. Words of comfort were spoken to the bereaved friends from 1 Corinthians 13. Thoughts upon the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead were presented by the speaker, a theme which the deceased loved to dwell upon, and which was to him a blessed hope. Brother Neal was married in 1860 to Miss Nancy McDivitte. Sister Neal accepted the truth in 1887 through the efforts of the writer, and Brother Neal one year later fully embraced the message under the labors of Elders Baker and Peabody. The gospel of the kingdom was more precious to them than all else in this world, and they cheerfully responded to every call. Sister Neal preceded her husband to the grave six years ago. Brother Neal was a man of sterling worth. He leaves four children, five grandchildren, three sisters, and two brothers to mourn their loss. We miss him, but we sorrow not as others who have no hope. We expect to meet him soon in the kingdom of God.
J. D. MULHOLLEN. YOUNG.—Mrs. Georgie Young died at her home near Lone Wolf, Okla., Sept. 1, 1909, of typhoid fever and other complications. The funeral services were conducted by Reverend McWilliams, after which the body was laid to rest in the Lone Wolf Cemetery. Sister Young was born Sept. 26, 1866; she embraced the truth and was baptized in March, 1909. She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn their loss. During the last days of her illness, she prayed much, and very earnestly and touchingly, for her children. God grant that the prayers be answered.
MRS. DAISey A. CRAFT. MCDANIEL.—Mrs. C. A. McDaniel was born in the State of Ohio, Oct. 13, 1843, where she resided until the year 1868. After several moves with her husband, she settled in the State of Illinois, and during this time her attention was arrested by the preaching of the third angel’s message in the town of Lovington, by Elders C. H. Bliss and G. A. Colcord, about thirty-five years ago. She spent the latter part of her life with her son, James Harrison, of Decatur. During her long-continued sickness, she clung to her hope of eternal life, and remained faithful until the last. Four of her five children attended her to the grave, one not being able to do so. She fell asleep Sabbath, Sept. 18, 1909, at the age of 65 years, 11 months, and 5 days. Remarks were made by the writer, founded upon Job 14:14.
S. E. WIGHT. BALSOR.—Brother Willard Rease Balsor was born in Anapolis County, Nova Scotia, Dec. 19, 1858, and died at his home near Farmington, Wash., Sept. 10, 1909. He went to North Dakota in 1884. In 1889 he married Miss Margaret Stewart. They soon after accepted present truth. In 1901 he, with his family, moved to Alberta, Canada, where he resided a little over a year, and then moved to Farmington, where he lived until his death. Fourteen children were born to them, of whom twelve, with their mother, survive to mourn their loss, but not without hope of again meeting when Jesus comes. Funeral services were held Sunday in the Christian church, where a large concourse of sympathizing friends assembled and followed him to the cemetery. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Heb. 6:13-20.
L. H. ELLS. MASON.—Sister Sarah Mason died at her home in South Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 20, 1909, at the age of eighty-two years. She was a great sufferer some of the time before her death, but she bore up under it with grace and courage. Sister Mason accepted the truth under the labors of Elder William Gabe in her home at Walpole, N. H., in 1874, and ever since has been a faithful servant of the Lord. She was matron of the South Lancaster Academy for four years, and was a great missionary worker. She leaves three sons, one daughter, and one grandson to mourn; but they sorrow not as those who have no hope. The funeral services were conducted by Elder C. S. Longacre, assisted by the writer, and the South Lancaster Academy closed during the funeral, the students marching to and from the church in a body in memory of her services for the institution. We believe she will be awakened with His likeness when he shall appear in glory.
F. C. GILBERT. SIMKIN.—Brother Wm. Simkin died at his home near Wellsville, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1909, of kidney trouble. He was born in England, Sept. 19, 1840, and was reared as a Friend. He was converted at the age of twenty, and in 1877 he accepted present truth through a tent effort at Wellsville, N. Y. His family united with him, and they have ever since been light-bearers in the community where they live. Brother Simkin served as elder of the Wellsville church for many years, and it was noticeable that by humility and faithfulness he was ripening for the change that has come to him. Brother Henry Simkin, of Nashville, Tenn., who is well known as a laborer among us, was at the funeral. Two other sons, George and Arthur, and one daughter, Sister Mary Allen, were also present, who with a devoted wife and mother, deeply mourn their loss. Brother Simkin will be missed in the home, in the church, and in the community which he has so well served. The funeral text reads, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”
H. W. CARR. ROGERS.—Died at College Place, Wash., Aug. 24, 1909, Sister Mabel Rogers, aged 18 years, 9 months, and 9 days. Mabel was a devout Christian, and was preparing for usefulness in the Master’s vineyard. A father, three brothers, and a sister are left to mourn, but not without hope. We laid her away to await the call of the Life-giver. Words of comfort, based upon 1 John 2:17, were spoken by the writer to a large circle of friends.
W. W. STEWARD. COOPER.—Mrs. Susan Marie Cooper died Sept. 23, 1909, from an accident occasioned by a fall. Mrs. Cooper had reached the advanced age of eighty years, and for the past nineteen years had been totally blind. For years she had kept the Sabbath of the Lord, but never had identified herself with any church. Funeral services were held at the home near Partello, Mich., on Sunday, September 26, attended by a large number of relatives and friends.
S. D. HARTWELL. BURSAW.—Mrs. Sylva Pearl Bursaw (née Melvin) was born near Caldwell, Idaho, March 22, 1886. At the age of fifteen she, with her mother and stepfather, came to Portland, Ore. July 22, 1903, she was married to Denton O. Bursaw. At the age of eleven she was baptized and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Boise, Idaho. She taught her children to fear God and to love the Bible. She fell asleep Aug. 18, 1909. Her husband and two children, mother, stepfather, one sister, and four brothers survive her. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
W. F. MARTIN. HARRINGTON.—William Arthur Harrington, who moved from Traverse City, Mich., to Knoxville, Tenn., where he has been residing for the past eight years, died Sept. 15, 1909, at the age of sixty-one years. He leaves a wife and one son to mourn his death. Brother Harrington has been an Adventist for twenty-three years, and a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Knoxville during his residence here. He was loved by the members of the church, and esteemed by his neighbors for his exemplary Christian character. He was a kind and loving father and husband. The funeral service, conducted by the writer, was largely attended, by a great number of friends and neighbors of the family who were not members of the church.
CYRUS SIMMONS. MINNICK.—Joel R. Minnick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Minnick, was born at Robinson, Ill., Sept. 29, 1856, and died at Oblong, Ill., Sept. 8, 1909. At the time of his death his home was in Terre Haute, Ind. When death came to him, he was working on his brother’s building, dying on the scaffold, of heart failure. Mr. Minnick was married three times; his third wife, two sons, one daughter, and five stepchildren survive to mourn their loss. About half of the latter part of his life was lived in Indiana, mostly in Terre Haute and La Fayette. His first Christian experience was in connection with the United Brethren Church. After moving to La Fayette he identified himself with the Friends Church. Upon hearing the truths of the third angel’s message, he gladly accepted the same, ever remaining true and faithful to the Seventh-day Adventist faith. We hope to meet our brother on the resurrection morning. Services were conducted by the writer at his home in Terre Haute, to a large concourse of relatives and friends. Text, Rev. 14:13-15.
A. L. MILLER. THIS department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper. Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following— Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it. We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order. A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents. No discount for several insertions. RELIGIOUS SPECIALTIES.—We are wholesalers of religious specialties. Send us 25 cents, and we will mail you at once five beautiful samples, post-paid; also literature and full particulars concerning our lines. Don't delay. Write to-day. The Waterbury Specialty Co., Wholesalers, Brandon, Wis. FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 6½ cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky. BEAUTIES! BIBLE MOTTOES, SIZE, 12 X 16.—1,000,000 Father and Mother Mottoes for Sale, besides the many other Beauties in Stock. Father and Mother Mottoes lead. Xmas will soon be here. 100, assorted, $5; 200, $9. Father and Mother Mottoes alone, 200, $12. Write quickly. Address Hampton Art Co., Hampton, Iowa. CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS.—Shipped direct from ranch in Napa Valley to families, schools, restaurants, and sanitariums. Larger variety, better facilities, prompt shipment. Write for circular “R” giving full information. St. Helena Home Fruit Co., Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal. WANTED.—A strong, experienced Seventh-day Adventist lady for first cook in private sanitarium. Must be competent. Wages, $5 a week, with board, room, laundry; church privileges, and treatment if needed. Do not write unless you will stay some time. Address Jared Sanitarium, 1128 Broadway, Logansport, Ind. RIPE OLIVES.—By the time this notice appears, we expect new crop olives at 50, 70, and 90 cents a gallon, in 5-gallon cans. Pure olive oils, corn and cotton oils. Pure extracted honey, 7½ cents in 60-lb. cans. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal. WANTED.—A live, wide-awake man to act as manager for our restaurant department, the Vegetarian Café, in Portland, Ore. A good opportunity for the right man. Could purchase a small interest if satisfactory. Must be Seventh-day Adventist. References required. Address H. H. Haynes, President, Vegetarian Food Company, Inc., 105 Sixth St., Portland, Ore. LET me send you my little catalogue of watches, it is valuable to you wherever you buy. My 20-years' experience is at your disposal. Probably only Sabbath-keeping railroad watch inspector in the world. W. H. Merrill, Washington, N. J. WANTED.—At once, single man, well recommended as a graduate nurse of ability and Christian integrity, capable of taking charge and running treatment-rooms. State age, also wages required. Capable cook also wanted. Address J. E. Cross, 652 Congress St., Portland, Maine. “What Is the Matter With the Churches?”
By Editor
In the October number of the Delineator, this question of intense importance to Christendom is interestingly discussed from the view-point of prominent clergymen of different denominations, including Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Most, if not all, of these clergymen agree that there is something the matter with the churches, and some of them state what it is, and offer recommendations to cure the conditions. The November number of the Watchman will take up this question from the view-point of Holy Scriptures, and consider the matter in the light of what God has placed upon record. The Watchman articles will suggest the remedy which God has placed within the reach of all who are inquiring for truth and knowledge. Do not fail to secure a large number of this magazine for distribution among your friends and neighbors. It will certainly be a number affording great assistance to the agent who devotes his time to the selling of periodicals, for with such a subject made prominent in the magazine it will advertise the paper at once. This is a reading age, and it stands our people in hand to work mightily with the periodicals containing present truth. There is still opportunity to do a great work, and the Watchman will keep abreast of the important movements which bear relation to God's prophetic word. Send in your orders at once. Special rates to agents and clubs. Address the Watchman, Nashville, Tenn. THE following-named persons desire for missionary use late, clean copies of our denominational papers. These should be neatly and carefully wrapped, and sent post-paid:— J. F. McIntyre, Box 116, Trumbull, Neb., desires Signs, Watchman, and tracts. Tom C. Hege, Fayetteville, N. C., would like denominational literature till Christmas for city work. The address of Elder J. H. Krum is now Keene, Tex. The address of Elder Anoe Grundset is via Brindisi, Italy, Poste Restante, Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa. Fireside Correspondence School Opens
WITH courage and high hopes for the success of this latest educational enterprise in our denominational history, Prof. W. E. Howell, as principal, opened the Fireside Correspondence School October 4. An excellent class of students, representing nearly every section of the United States and some from other lands, have enrolled as charter members. The hearty response to this movement from every quarter insures from the outset that the school will prove a valuable factor in educating workers for this cause. MRS. FANNIE D. CHASE, editor of the Youth's Instructor, returned last week from Chicago, where she had been attending temperance conventions, in the interests of the work she represents. Ingathering Campaign and China Workers
A GENERAL interest from all parts of the field is being taken in the Ingathering campaign which begins November 1. The present outlook promises a much greater distribution of the Missions REVIEW than last year, and a consequent larger ingathering of funds for missions. Let every Seventh-day Adventist have a part in this good work. FRED LEE and wife have been spending a few days visiting his parents here in Washington before leaving for California on their way to China. They left for the West Tuesday of this week. Brother Lee is among the first to respond in answering the call for forty families for China. ARRIVING in Washington last week from Tennessee, Elder G. G. Lowry and wife are on their way to India. They are to join the India party in New York this week. Brother and Sister Lowry expect to locate in South India and labor among the millions in the Telugu district. Changes in Southern Publishing Management
By Editor
RECENT changes in the management of the Southern Publishing Association make Brother R. Hook, Jr., general manager, and Elder S. B. Horton circulation manager. This association operates in a needy field, and we hope these brethren, with their associates, will be supported by the earnest prayers and hearty co-operation of our people throughout the field. Orders for Christlicher Hausfreund
ORDERS for the Harvest Ingathering number of the German paper, Christlicher Hausfreund, should be mailed to the International Publishing Association, College View, Neb. This will be the only foreign publication in this country issuing a missions special this year. By ordering as above, delay will be avoided in getting the papers. An Invitation to the Mission Field
WRITING from a Western seaport to say that he had just seen a party off to the missions, a brother added: “I was almost sorry it was not my privilege to go with them, but possibly my time will come in the future.” When he wrote this, a letter was already on the way to him from the General Conference Office, inviting him to go to a needy mission field. Adventist Books for Public Libraries
The superintendent of circulation of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburg, recently wrote to Elder N. S. Ashton, of that city, requesting that he recommend several books on our denominational history and belief, as inquiries were being made by readers for such books. Such a request suggests that our churches in towns with libraries might well see that a few of our standard books are supplied for the library shelves. Church Building Purchased in Rochester
It is interesting to note that the city of Rochester, N. Y., at one period in pioneer times the headquarters of this movement, has a substantial church building for the representation of our work. According to the Rochester Evening Times of October 1, our brethren have purchased the Bronson Avenue Baptist church. We trust that this may prove the means of a great revival of our work in that important city. The Spirit World and the Future Life
As No. 202 of the Bible Students' Library, appears “The Spirit World and the Future Life,” a pamphlet of ninety-six pages, by Prof. Geo. W. Rine. Price, ten cents. The writer demonstrates by many testimonials the genuineness of psychic phenomena, and shows that these manifestations are a fulfilment of prophetic forecasts, and that their influence and character prove them to be of satanic origin. This is an intensely interesting number. Order of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View, Cal. Missionaries Bound for India
Last week Friday Miss Estella Secrist reached Washington from California, stopping a few days before going on to New York to embark with others for India. This company for India is the first one the Mission Board has been able to make up of outgoing missionaries since General Conference for the far East. Contributions to the Review
By Editor
WE are in daily receipt of contributions to the columns of the REVIEW. We seek to utilize as many of these articles as possible, and are thankful to all our friends for thus remembering us. Some of these articles, however, we can not use on account of their great length. The demand is for short, pointed articles, on various phases of Christian experience, Bible doctrines, etc. Especially would we be glad to receive contributions from some of our home-makers for our Home and Health department, on various practical phases of household affairs. Our church paper, representing as it does so many varied interests, is now all too small to meet the demands made upon it. Hence articles containing from five hundred to one thousand words are much to be preferred to long prosy ones. We give to the readers of the REVIEW a cordial invitation to write for its columns. Write briefly, write pointedly, condense your thoughts, and give us your best. From these various contributions the editors of this paper will use their best discrimination in selecting that which should be printed in its columns. Let us co-operate heartily and earnestly in making the REVIEW that which it should be, a general representative of our church thought and interests. All contributions should be addressed to Editorial Department, Review and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.