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Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 10.

A Morning Prayer
Earlier text: Our Foreign Problem at Home

Legal Christianity

By S. B. H.

THE National Reform Association, which was organized in 1863, has for its platform the proposition that the national Constitution and laws of this country shall indicate “that this is a Christian nation,” and that “all the Christian laws, institutions, and usages of our government” shall be placed “on an undeniable legal basis in the fundamental law of the land.” If there be any meaning to the position which the association assumes, it is that America shall adopt a legal Christianity.
It would be well if all those desiring legal Christianity could have access to a decision handed down by the supreme court of Ohio in the December term of 1872 in the case of “The Board of Education of the city of Cincinnati vs. John D. Minor et al.”
In this case the question of teaching religion in the public schools was the issue. In its forceful decision, the court held, among other things, that “legal Christianity is a solecism, and contradiction of terms. When Christianity asks the aid of government beyond the mere impartial protection, it denies itself. Its laws are divine, and not human. Its essential interests lie beyond the reach and range of human governments. United with government, religion never rises above the merest superstition; united with religion, government never rises above the merest despotism; and all history shows us that the more widely and completely they are separated, the better it is for both.” Referring to section 7 of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of Ohio, in which it is stated that “religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government,” the court held,—
“Religion is ‘essential’ to much more than human government. It is essential to man's spiritual interests, which rise infinitely above, and are to outlive all human governments. It would have been easy to declare this great truth in the constitution; but its framers would have been quite out of their proper sphere in making the declaration. They contented themselves with declaring that religion is essential to good government; providing for the protection of all in its enjoyment, each in his own way, and providing means for the diffusion of general knowledge among the people.”
“The declaration is not that government is essential to good religion, but that religion is essential to good government. Both propositions are true in quite different senses. Good government is essential to religion for the purpose declared elsewhere in the same section of the constitution; namely, for the purpose of mere protection. But religion, morality, and knowledge are essential to government, in the sense that they have the instrumentalities for producing and perfecting a good form of government. . . .
“Properly speaking, there is no such thing as ‘religion of state.’ What we mean by that phrase is, the religion of some individual, or set of individuals, taught and enforced by the state. The state can have no religious opinions; and if it undertakes to enforce the teaching of such opinions, they must be the opinions of some natural person, or class of persons. If it embarks in this business, whose opinion shall it adopt? If it adopts the opinions of more than one man, or one class of men, to what extent may it group together the conflicting opinions? or may it group together the opinions of all? And where this conflict exists, how thorough will the teachings be? . . .
“But it will be asked, How can religion, in this general sense, be essential to good government? Is atheism, is the religion of Buddha, of Zoroaster, of Leo-tse, conducive to good government? Does not the best government require the best religion?—Certainly the best government requires the best religion. It is the child of true religion, or of truth on the subject of religion, as well as on all other subjects. But the real question here is not, What is the best religion? but, How shall this best religion be secured? I answer, It can best be secured by adopting the doctrine of this seventh section in our own bill of rights, and which I summarize in two words, by calling it the doctrine of ‘hands off.’ Let the state not only keep its own hands off, but let it also see to it that religious sects keep their hands off each other.”
The supreme court of Ohio is sustained in this decision by the platform upon which the founders of our government stood. They wrought in the light of European history, commonly a history replete with evidences showing the baleful effects of legalizing Christianity. True Christianity needs no help from Cæsar; it can not be absorbed by the individual through the processes of pains and penalties connected with the administration of civil affairs. True Christianity is a matter of the conscience and heart, affected by the working of the Holy Spirit. The citizenship of the Christian is a heavenly citizenship; and while Christianity demands that its devotees shall love their neighbors as themselves, and thus make for good earthly citizenship, still, the outcome guaranteed to the profession of Christianity is not dependent upon, nor connected with, the administration of affairs purely civil.
We commend the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court, above referred to, to the attention of those who desire to legalize Christianity in the United States of America.
S. B. H.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— The bulletless gun has at last made its appearance. It is a German invention, and, instead of bullets, it shoots a gas, which temporarily blinds and chokes the victim.
— The Girl Pioneers of America is the name of a new society that proposes to enlist the activity of young girls on lines analogous to those of the Boy Scouts movement.
— Jane Addams, of Hull House, says that four fifths of all the arrests in the criminal courts of Chicago are of boys and young men between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, of whom the large majority are under nineteen.
— The old Congress Hall in Philadelphia, in which George Washington took the oath of office as president at the beginning of his second term, in 1793, is being restored to the appearance which it presented on that historic occasion.
— A bill has been introduced by the Nationalists in the Russian Duma, prohibiting the admission into Russia of Jewish citizens of the United States. In the same bill, provision is made for a general increase in the customs tariff, with special duties to be levied against American goods.
— The Navy Department has just let contracts for the construction of six new torpedo-boats, which will be the largest and fastest fighting crafts of their kind in existence. The boats will be required to develop a speed of from twenty-five to thirty knots (about twenty-nine to thirty-five miles an hour), and their cost will range from $250,000 to $325,000 each.
— Dr. Joseph Lester, the discoverer of antiseptic treatment in surgery, recently died in London, at the age of eighty-five.
— On February 21 a large part of the city of Houston, Tex., was destroyed by fire. The property loss is estimated at $7,000,000, and approximately 1,000 persons were left homeless.
— One vessel sunk, twenty-two others — steamers and sailing vessels — ashore, and three mud-scows carried to sea, are some of the marine disasters caused on the Atlantic coast by a severe gale on the night of February 21, said to be the worst since 1879.
— The Russian peasants in several provinces are said to be in a starving condition. Many have gone mad from hunger, and thousands are trying to subsist on scrapings from granaries, the chopped thatch from their miserable hovels, or bread mixed with earth.
— It is admitted at the State Department that the condition of revolt in Mexico at present parallels, if not exceeds, that which preceded the downfall of the Diaz régime. The unrest seems greater, but entirely lacks cohesion. With a leader, it is feared that conditions will be worse than ever before.
— It is reported that Chairman Henry of the House Committee on Rules has received a letter from a New York banker, stating that Wall Street has advised the small bankers throughout the country that it will force a panic if they do not control their representatives in Congress, and prevent a probe of the money trust.
— Secretary Knox has notified the powers, through a note to the German ambassador, that the United States will insist upon the “open door” policy in China of the late Secretary Hay. Germany has signified her intention to support this country in the plan. This is explained to mean that secret loans and other schemes that would give certain countries a practical lien on the resources of China will not be tolerated.
— Massachusetts has passed a law regulating marriage, which went into force Jan. 1, 1912, to the effect that he who wishes to marry must file public notice of his intention at least five days before obtaining his license. This gives five days for objectors and protesters and questioners; and if there are valid objections offered, the license will not be issued. It is also reported that Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island have passed similar laws.
— The city of Beirut, Syria, was bombarded by a flotilla of Italian war-ships on February 24. All Turkish vessels in the harbor were destroyed. Because of the Italian naval activity in the Ægean Sea, Turkey has declared its intention to close the Dardanelles, and expel all Italians from the country. According to a letter from Tripoli, which has escaped the censor, Italy is making no headway in the war, and is having the greatest difficulty in holding the narrow fringe of territory it has occupied. The cavalry arm is crippled by the loss of thousands of horses. Appeals, it is said, have been made to the Arabs to surrender. The different political and religious chiefs will be acknowledged by the Italian government, and will be paid for their services.

Christian Liberty

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL . . . Secretary
S. B. HORTON . . . Corresponding Secretary

Home Rule in Ireland

By S. B. H.

For many years the question of home rule for Ireland has engaged the attention of Great Britain to a greater or less extent. At times the controversy has assumed formidable proportions, and murders and assassinations, with many breaches of the peace, have followed in the wake of this controversy. Recently the Presbyterian Synod of Belfast passed resolutions deprecating home rule for Ireland, in the following language:—
“That this synod reiterates its condemnation of the proposal of the government to grant what is called ‘home rule’ to Ireland, as such a measure would (1) violate to the uttermost the solemn league and covenant by which Great Britain bound itself to God in the year 1643; (2) make the ‘man of sin’ the real king, or rather ‘tyrant,’ of Ireland through the Irish majority, who are superstitious enough to confess and glory in political and religious fidelity to that popery which nearly every other Romish people has patriotically rejected; (3) surrender the Protestant minority in Ireland to an admittedly and ‘conscientiously’ murderous ascendancy; and (4) supply Jesuits with a new lever for promoting civil and international war in order to further the development of their fatal power and the corruption, humiliation, and destruction of Protestant Britain.”
S. B. H.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper. No advertisements of “agents wanted,” or “partners wanted,” and no “promotion” nor “colonization” enterprises, will be printed in this column. Brief business notices will be published, subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

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We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of two dollars 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 five cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—Man and boy 8 months or year to do general farm work. Will pay good wages to the right persons. Must be Seventh-day Adventists. Address F. B. Shearer, Mourey, Saskatchewan, Canada.
THE Colorado Sanitarium Food Co., Boulder, Colo., offers REVIEW readers the following low prices on same high-grade Cooking Oil which they have always offered: 1-gallon can, 90 cents; 5-gallon can, $3.90; barrel (about 55 gallons), 58 cents a gallon.
WANTED.—For cash, one or two acres of fertile land in warm climate, Texas preferred, near church-school. Must be reasonable in price. If you have none, will you ask your neighbors? Address Mrs. F. M. Standish, 501 North Henry St., Madison, Wis.
COOKING OIL.—Noted for quality. Free from animal fat. Keeps indefinitely. Eight 1-gallon cans, $6.60; 5-gallon can, $3.90; 10 gallons, $7.60; 30-gallon barrel, $19.80; 50-gallon barrel, $32.50. Cash with order. Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
FOR SALE.—Worth $1,800. First-class 5-room cottage. Rooms tinted, bath, toilet, hot water, wash-room, stationary tubs, lawn, cement walk, out shed, fruit-trees. Near Adventist church, high school, and grammar school. Good climate. 1½ lots. Only $1,300. Offered at this low figure to close an estate. Address Geo. J. Powell, Morgan Hill, Cal.
KOKOFAT is a pure coconut product, firm like butter most of the year. Ideal for cooking purposes and to replace dairy butter. Highly refined, and free from the coconut flavor so noticeable in shipments until recently. Five-gallon can, $5.50; 1-gallon can, $1.15. The factory uses no other shortening. Nashville Sanitarium-Food Factory, Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—The following choice bulbs at prices given: Gladioli (mixed), 25 cents a dozen; tuberoses (excelsior pearl), 25 cents a dozen; cannas, 75 cents a dozen; caladium (elephant’s-ear), 10 cents each. If by mail, add 10 cents a dozen for postage on gladioli, tuberoses, and cannas; for caladiums, 5 cents a bulb. Orders will be booked, and bulbs forwarded as soon as danger of frost is over. Your patronage appreciated. Address Oakwood Manual Training School, Huntsville, Ala.
BIBLE MOTTOES AND POST-CARDS,—sold over one million,—English, Spanish, German: 25, $1.25; 100, $4; 300, $10. Pure Cooking Oil: 5 gallons, $4; 10 gallons, $7.75. Write for barrel lots. Hampton Art Company, Nevada, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Two students, ready to enter the work for their race, must sell their farm in northwest Kansas to equip their school. Well watered, good grass, corn and wheat land, practically all fenced, fair improvements. Hillcrest School, R. F. D. 3, Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Two farms of 20 acres each, one fruit and one dairy, in the fertile valley of the San Joaquin. Mild climate, no snow. Church and church-school. Enclose stamp for reply. W. A. Trimble, R. F. D. 4, Selma, Cal.

Publications Wanted

MRS. F. S. JENKS, E. High St., R. F. D. 6, Lockport, N. Y., desires clean copies of Life and Health, Liberty, Protestant Magazine, Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, and the Youth's Instructor, to place in two large reading-racks in the New York Central Railroad station and in the electric railroad station of that place. Mrs. Jenks writes: “We must have more papers and magazines soon. In these two racks we can use as many as four dozen magazines and six dozen papers a week. If our rack is not full, the other people put Christian Science literature in it.”

Notice

By L. M. BOWEN; L. A. WHITNEY

The tenth annual meeting of the Sanitarium Food Company will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Thursday, March 14, 1912, at 12 M. L. M. BOWEN, President; L. A. WHITNEY, Secretary.

Pacific Union Conference Biennial Meeting

By G. A. Irwin; J. J. Ireland

The sixth biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 417 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, Cal., at 9:30 A. M., March 21, 1912, to continue until the 26th, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing biennial term, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Each local conference shall be entitled, aside from its president, to one delegate in the sessions of this conference, without regard to numbers, and one additional member for every three hundred church-members in the conference.
A ministerial institute will be held in Los Angeles from March 12 to 20, which will precede the opening of this session of the conference.
By order of the executive committee.
G. A. IRWIN, President; J. J. IRELAND, Secretary.

St. Helena Training School for Missionary Nurses

By Geo. Thomason; Myrtle B. Hudson

ON April 2, 1912, we would gladly welcome thirty-five consecrated young men and women to our spring class.
A call for a class of this size has never before been made, but it is now possible because of the expansion of the sanitarium and hospital work, and the opening up of additional facilities in San Francisco,—the laying of the foundation for a more extensive work in anticipation of the great opportunities offered by the world's fair of 1915.
The sanitarium board has decided to open treatment-rooms in the best part of the city of San Francisco, in addition to the Laguna Street Dispensary. This added work will necessitate more workers; but the cities must be warned.
Believing that “medical missionary work is the door through which the truth is to find entrance to the large cities,” and realizing the need of medical missionary workers in foreign fields as well as in the home field, we urge our young people to come now and enter this branch of the cause.
With a large four-story hospital connected with the sanitarium, those in the training-school have the advantage of a thorough preparation in surgical work. A laboratory course in gastric and urine analyses is also now part of the required work.
It is necessary that students shall have completed at least the eighth grade of preliminary school work.
The training-school calendar and an application blank will be forwarded upon request.
Read the testimony given June 1, 1909, in Volume IX, page 167.
GEO. THOMASON, M. D., Med. Supt.; MYRTLE B. HUDSON, M. D., Sec.

New Cook-Book Free

By Editor

THE new awakening in health principles has prompted the Loma Linda people to issue a practical cook-book on new lines. To assist the Loma Linda institution in introducing this work at once to all our people, we have decided for a short time to give, absolutely free, a copy of this new book to every new subscriber of the Life Boat, at only fifty cents a year. Call the attention of others to this most unusual offer. Address the Life Boat, Hinsdale, Ill.

Obituaries

By T. L. THUEMLER; A. L. MILLER; O. C. POTTER; MRS. A. L. CURTIS; E. ROSENWOLD; E. K. SLADE; C. A. HANSEN; H. W. REED

MILLER.—Mrs. O. F. Miller was born in Steuben County, New York, May 19, 1839, and fell asleep in Jesus Jan. 28, 1912. She was married to Oscar F. Miller Oct. 28, 1856. To this union five children were born, four of whom survive. She joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1886, and was a faithful Christian. She fell asleep in the blessed hope. The writer spoke words of comfort from Psalm 116. T. L. THUEMLER.
PARKER.—Mrs. Bertha Orr Parker was born in West Middleton, Ind., Feb. 9, 1889, and died at Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1912. About five years ago she was converted, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Kokomo, Ind. From that time until her death she lived a faithful Christian life. Her husband, Earnest V. Parker, survives. The writer conducted the funeral service, speaking words of comfort from Rom. 5: 12. A. L. MILLER.
POTTER.—Adaline G. Potter was born in Jefferson County, New York, Sept. 4, 1840, and died Jan. 23, 1912. She went with her parents to Green Lake County, Wisconsin, in 1854, and four years later was married to Charles H. Potter. In 1867 they moved to Minnesota, and since that time she has made her home in this State. Sister Potter united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1874, and was faithful to the end. One son survives. O. C. POTTER.
NORTON.—Sarah M. Norton was born Nov. 13, 1830, in New York State. In her early childhood her parents moved to western Pennsylvania, and a little later to Wisconsin, making the long journey by team. She was converted at an early age. Service for the Saviour was ever her joy. When the special gospel message for this generation was brought to her knowledge, she accepted it in the face of bitter opposition. However, she had the joy of seeing all her family united with her in the faith before her death. Her trust in God sustained her through many years of suffering. She died at Albion, Mich., May 26, 1911. Funeral services were conducted by Elder H. W. Miller. Two sons and two daughters are left to mourn their loss. MRS. A. L. CURTIS.
WETTERSTRAND.—Died at his home in New York City, Feb. 2, 1912, August Emanuel Wetterstrand. He was born in Sweden, Jan. 7, 1873. When eighteen years of age he came to America. In 1899 he was married to Augusta Anderson, who survives him. About two years ago he accepted the third angel’s message, and united with the New York Swedish Seventh-day Adventist Church. From that time until his death he led a consistent Christian life, serving the church in several capacities. He was a zealous missionary worker, and only the last great day will reveal the results of his efforts to bring a knowledge of the truth to others. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother O. Lund, of New Jersey. Words of comfort were spoken from Job 14: 1-6 and Rev. 14: 13. E. ROSENWOLD.
ENCK.—Amanda Meckley Enck was born in York County, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1845, and died at her home at Corsica, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1912, aged 66 years, 8 months, and 8 days. In 1868 she was married to Edward T. Enck. Their home was blessed with one son and four daughters, who survive their mother. Sister Enck was a faithful and devoted member of the Corsica Seventh-day Adventist Church. A large circle of friends feel that a child of God has fallen in their midst. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. E. K. SLADE.
FISHER.—Rodolph Fisher fell asleep at Quincy, Mich., in his eightieth year. When a young man, he found the Saviour, and at thirty-seven years of age he accepted the third angel’s message. Up to the time of his last sickness, Brother Fisher was an active missionary among his neighbors and acquaintances. His death is mourned by his wife, three sons, four daughters, and a large circle of friends. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from John 11: 28, C. H. Thompson assisting in the service. C. A. HANSEN.
SHUDY.—John Shudy passed away at San Diego, Cal., Jan. 13, 1912, aged 71 years, 9 months, and 6 days. He was a native of Pennsylvania. Twenty years ago he moved with his family to California, where he had since resided. His aged wife, one daughter, and one son are left to mourn. Mr. Shudy accepted the third angel’s message about twelve years ago, and lived a consistent Christian life until the last. The funeral service was conducted by Elder William Healey, who spoke words of comfort from Job 14. *
THOMPSON.—Elizabeth Gartie Thompson was born in Finlay, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1844, and died Feb. 10, 1912. On Aug. 22, 1860, she was united in marriage with G. B. Thompson, who, with their nine children, survives to mourn her death. Sister Thompson accepted present truth under the labors of Elder T. M. Stewart in 1855, and was one of the charter members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Mauston, Wis. She bore her affliction with Christian fortitude, and died in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. Words of comfort were spoken by Pastor Briggs, of the Presbyterian Church. H. W. REED.
PATCH.—Mrs. Mary I. Patch was born in Detroit, Mich., May 23, 1848, and died Jan. 15, 1912, at the home of her son in Lemmon, S. Dak. The remains were taken to Minneapolis, Minn., for burial. Her husband, one daughter, and two sons survive. Mother had lived in Minneapolis for many years, and was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at that place. She accepted present truth more than forty years ago through reading the REVIEW. Her life has been an inspiration to many, and she died in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. C. CLAYTON PATCH.
GIVENS.—Amos R. Givens died Jan. 28, 1912, at Pittsburgh, Pa., aged 42 years. He was born in the State of Virginia. Twenty years ago he gave his heart to God, and in 1906 he accepted present truth, uniting with the Pittsburgh No. 2 church. Though suffering greatly during his last illness, his faith in God’s love never faltered, and his cheerful, patient endurance was remarkable. His wife, mother, three brothers, and two sisters are left to mourn. The funeral was conducted by the writer, assisted by Reverend Robinson of the Baptist Church. B. F. KNEELAND.
DONEY.—Hattie Camille Roberts was born near Salem, Oregon, April 13, 1888. At the age of sixteen she accepted present truth and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Salem, remaining a faithful member until her death. Dec. 21, 1904, she was married to F. E. Doney. Two children were born to them, who, with their father, survive. Sister Doney fell asleep on Jan. 29, 1912. We can truly say that hers was a consistent Christian life. A large concourse of relatives and friends attended the funeral service, which was conducted by the writer. Text, Rom. 6: 23. T. H. STARBUCK.
WILKINS.—Mrs. W. P. Wilkins was born May 4, 1854, and died Jan. 28, 1912. At the time of her death she was visiting her daughter in Denver, Colo. All her life she was a consistent Christian. Six years ago she heard and gladly accepted the third angel’s message. This was the very truth her heart had longed for, and it brought the fulness of peace and joy to her life. For four years she had been an invalid, but during that time not one word of complaint nor a murmur of discontent passed her lips. A husband and two children survive to mourn their loss. Text, Rev. 14: 13. STEWART KIME.
ROBINSON.—Mrs. Matilda S. Robinson died in Battle Creek, Mich., on Jan. 28, 1912, at the age of 55 years. She was born in Lambeth, Ontario, of Christian parents, and early received the faith of her Saviour. She accepted present truth in Detroit, Mich., fifteen years ago, and was faithful to the last. Mrs. Robinson won many friends by her kindnesses and by her consistent Christian life. She leaves one son and three daughters who deeply mourn the loss of a faithful mother. After a brief service her remains were taken to St. Thomas, Ontario, for burial, where amid old neighbors and friends the funeral rites were conducted by the Methodist pastor. Geo. C. TENNEY.
URQUHART.—Luis Josephine Haines was born near Lansing, Mich., Oct. 20, 1861. She was married to James E. Urquhart in 1878. To this union nine children were born, of whom six survive. Many years ago Sister Urquhart accepted the truths of the third angel’s message under the labors of Elder C. N. Martin. She lived to see most of her children rejoicing in the truth, and her last hours were bright in the hope that they might all meet in the earth made new. Her death occurred Oct. 1, 1911. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Chico, Cal. FRED BRINK.
ASP.—Mrs. Eva Asp, the oldest sister in the Brooklyn church, died Jan. 30, 1912, at the home of Sister Erika Erikson, whom she had gone to visit for a few days. Sister Asp was born in Longbambytian, Vermland, Sweden, March 30, 1835. She came to America in 1895, and about twelve years ago accepted the third angel’s message. Since that time she has been a most faithful servant of the Lord. The funeral service was conducted February 2, by the writer, assisted by Elder N. P. Nielsen. Our sister was laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery to await the call of the Lifegiver. Five children are left to mourn. E. ROSENWOLD.

Desire of Ages and College Bulletin

THE following item is taken from a recent issue of the Los Angeles Examiner: “An inspection of the cells in the prison in which the McNamara brothers were confined brought to light the fact that in that of John McNamara was a well-thumbed copy of ‘Desire of Ages,’ a deeply religious work. In the preface it was marked that in the heart of every human being there is a longing unsatisfied until to the soul the works of God are made plain, believed in, and accepted as a comforter. Jail attendants said that for several days John McNamara had devoted all his leisure time to reading the work, which the author assured brings solace by assuring the desire to which the preface refers.”
FRIENDS of Emmanuel Missionary College will be glad to know that Vol. 1, No. 2, of the College Bulletin is published, and may be had for the asking. This is a forty-page issue, filled with what you wish to know about the institution. Address O. J. Graf, Berrien Springs, Mich.

Progress of the Work Abroad

ALL who are interested in the progress of our work in the regions beyond should read the article on page 9 of this issue from the treasurer of the General Conference. What has been done and what the mission fields are demanding will interest every Seventh-day Adventist.

K. C. Russell’s Pacific Coast Tour

ELDER K. C. RUSSELL, secretary of the Religious Liberty Department of the General Conference, left Washington on Wednesday of this week for the Pacific Coast. En route he expected to stop at Pittsburgh, Pa., Chicago, Ill., and College View, Nebr. In California he will assist in the religious liberty institute to be held in connection with the Pacific Union Conference at Los Angeles and Loma Linda, and will also attend other meetings.

Chitonga Bible Textbooks for Mission Schools

COPIES of three Bible text-books in the Chitonga language for use in our Barotseland Mission schools, South Africa, have been received by the Mission Board. These books reveal much painstaking labor in translating on the part of our workers, and will greatly strengthen their efforts for the natives speaking that language. The printing was done by our brethren at Wynberg, under the supervision of Prof. H. Elffers.

The Message Marching On

IN the midst of national and international upheaval and strife, this message is marching on to a victorious consummation. It is worthy of more than passing mention that in no report that comes to us from our centers of missionary operations in the various countries of the world is there a single note of discouragement, of defeat, or of fear. God is with his workers, and his work is shaping toward its close.

Harvest Ingathering Returns Increase

Those who worked so earnestly from home to home, soliciting mission funds with the Harvest Ingathering Signs, will be interested to learn that as a result during the months of November and December, 1911, and January and February, 1912, $26,952.71 has been received at the Mission Board treasury. During these same months last year $23,702.80 was sent in. This shows a gain of $3,249.91 in the returns this year as compared with last.

Encouraging Magazine Club Work

BROTHER E. E. MILES, field missionary agent of the Massachusetts Conference, is touring the churches in several of the New England conferences in behalf of both the book and the magazine work. In a recent letter, he states that the little church at Hartford, Conn., having a membership of about thirty, recently ordered 725 copies of our magazines for March, for house-to-house work. The success which Brother Miles is having in getting our church-members to pledge for regular clubs of the ten-cent magazines is truly encouraging.

Bringing the Message to Persons of Influence

The recently published tract, of sixteen pages, entitled “How the Third Angel’s Message Is Being Brought to the Attention of Persons of Influence,” contains more facts regarding the way this message has been brought to leading men throughout the world than can be found in any other publication. It will be interesting to read how governors, presidents, kings, queens, princes, ministers of war, and representatives of nearly all the governments of the earth have secured portions of our literature, and have visited some of our institutions. If you have not seen the tract, send 25 cents for 25 copies, and give some of them to your friends. Order from your State tract society.

Can You Spare Them?

By A. J. S. Bourdeau

OUR supply of the Protestant Magazine for the third quarter, 1911 (Vol. III, No. 3), is entirely exhausted, yet we are still receiving many orders enclosing 50 cents for the magazine for the two years 1911 and 1912. This is the number containing the double frontispiece showing the photograph of President Taft at the Military Mass on the Washington Monument grounds. Any of our tract societies, agents, or subscribers having extra copies of this number on hand will please write the undersigned, stating the number of copies that can be spared; and we will be pleased to make arrangements for as many copies as we shall need in order to fill our orders. Please do not send before hearing from us.
A. J. S. BOURDEAU,
Manager Magazine Department.

Study Spicer’s Editorial Series

IT will be well for every reader of the REVIEW to make a close study of the series of articles now appearing in the Editorial department from the pen of Elder W. A. Spicer. The series is somewhat long, but it is a very important one, and none will regret the time spent in the reading of these articles as they appear from week to week. While the series is long, the weekly divisions of it are not long, and will not be found tedious.

Printing Plant for India

AFTER struggling along with the printing work for India in small, unsuitable quarters at Lucknow, Brother W. E. Perrin, who is in charge of the press, is greatly pleased over the prospect of a little plant of their own, made possible by money received from the $300,000 Fund. He writes: "You can imagine how we feel at the news that we can go ahead with our building plans. Convey our appreciation to the brethren and sisters who thus stand by the work."

Progress in Barotseland

Rains have come to the South African mission farms, so prospects are good for abundant crops. Brother W. H. Anderson's report for Barotseland shows their contributions for the year just closed to be over one hundred fifty pounds, an average of three pounds to the member. He adds, “Not bad for the natives, is it?” Five of the boys had requested baptism. Brother Anderson's plans are to reach every native kraal in their territory with the message. The government is locating the natives now in larger kraals. As a result they are more easily reached with the gospel.
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