As a result of the tent effort at Munden, Kan., five persons are keeping the Sabbath.
THREE persons were recently baptized by Elder H. S. Parker and joined the church at Lucky, Ark.
A CHURCH has recently been organized at Adrian, Mich., with a full corps of officers and with a membership of twenty.
THE following report comes from Brother E. B. Hopkins, of Texas: “I baptized four on Sabbath a week ago at Cedar Grove, and expect to baptize three at Poetry church next Sabbath.”
At the close of a tent effort in Delta, Ohio, twenty-three signed the covenant. Seven of these belonged to other churches; the remainder are new Sabbath-keepers and mostly young people.
ALTHOUGH the attendance at the tent-meetings in Scranton, Pa., was not large, five persons have already begun keeping the Sabbath, and it is expected that others will take their stand soon.
THROUGH the faithful efforts of Brother Thomas Defreece, in Brenham, Tex., one sister joined our ranks, and three others began keeping the Sabbath. Before the meeting closed, one person was baptized.
BROTHER H. CLAY GRIFFIN writes that as a result of efforts put forth in tent-meetings near Hiwasse, Ark., three persons were baptized. He also states that several families and a number of individuals besides have begun to keep the Sabbath.
WE quote the following from a letter from Brother John E. Hanson: “The first series of tent-meetings closed here (at Lake Charles, La.) on August 4. A Methodist Episcopal minister, with his wife and child, have accepted the truth, and there is a prospect that several others will do so.”
THE following report comes from Nashua, N. H.: “Our interest is good. Some have begun to keep the Sabbath, and others give promise of obeying. One lady with two daughters has walked two miles and back for a long time to every service. They, with a niece, have embraced the Sabbath. The niece is the granddaughter of a Baptist minister, and has gone home to convince them of the truth.”
TENT-MEETINGS are being held at Sheridan, Ind., by Elders F. M. Roberts and J. M. Ellis, and several have taken their stand for the truth as a result.
A REPORT from Birmingham, Ala., states that seven have taken a firm stand for the truth, and several others are keeping the Sabbath, and as soon as their business affairs can be arranged, will unite with the church.
BROTHER J. O. MILLER states that a six-weeks' tent effort has closed at Newcastle Creek, New Brunswick. Of the results he says: “Eleven have already taken their stand for the truth, and twice that number are deeply interested. Sunday morning we held a baptism in Grand Lake, with a large crowd in attendance. After laboring in the city of St. John for the past year, and seeing an addition of twelve members to the church there, it did us good to go into a new place, and see the eagerness of the people to feed on the Word. Others are awaiting baptism.”
Current Mention
— The inter-parliamentary union met at Berlin, Germany, on September 17, in the chamber of the German Parliament. The German chancellor honored the convention by his presence, as did also nearly all the members of the Prussian and imperial cabinets.
— The Catholics of England propose, upon the opening of the next parliament, to make a vigorous effort for the repeal of all laws prejudicial to the interests of the Catholic Church in England, and also for the elimination from the king’s oath of the declaration against Catholicism.
— Despatches received from French forces operating on the Algerian frontier, state that last week, the French completely crushed the force of Berber tribesmen which had for some time been threatening the smaller forces of French near that place. The Berbers are said to have lost many hundreds in their frantic efforts to capture the French camp.
— A congress of veterinarian surgeons was held in Washington, D. C., last week, the principal topic of discussion therein being the existence of tuberculosis in dairy herds, and plans for eradicating the disease. In this convention, Dr. D. F. Luckey, of Missouri, in setting forth the true condition in the dairies of the country, declared that in some herds tuberculous cattle numbered as high as seventy per cent. He took direct issue with Dr. Koch on the question of the probability of transmission of this disease from cattle to human beings. Dr. Luckey holds that the tuberculous germ in cattle is transmissible to the human being.
— The election of the governor of Maine took place on September 14. Mr. Bert M. Fernald, of Portland, Maine, Republican, was elected governor by a majority of about 7,300. This is the lowest Republican majority chronicled during the last quarter of a century, and is regarded by some as being due to the question of resubmission of the prohibition law. Mr. Gardner stood for resubmission and Mr. Fernald against it.
— By prompt action on the part of the postal authorities of Philadelphia, Governor Fort, of New Jersey, was prevented from receiving an infernal machine, which seems to have been designed for the purpose of taking his life. The contrivance was mailed the day after the governor declared his intention to enforce the Sunday laws in Atlantic City.
— Advices from Manila, dated September 17, state that thirty-one new cases of cholera have been reported in that city, with a death record of twelve up to that time. The health bureau of the city has entered upon an energetic campaign against the disease, and hopes are expressed by those in charge of this campaign that they will be able soon to stamp out the disease.
— The airship tests at Fort Myer, near Washington, D. C., carried on by Mr. Orville Wright, came to a sudden termination on September 17, when through the breaking of a propeller blade the airship became suddenly unmanageable, and dashed to the ground with Mr. Wright and Lieut. Thomas D. Selfridge. The latter died three hours after the fall, without regaining consciousness. Mr. Wright sustained a broken thigh and the fracture of three ribs. The surgeons report that he will doubtless recover. The machine became practically a total wreck. Mr. Wright’s brother, in France, continues to make successful flights in the same pattern of machine as that destroyed at Fort Myer. On the same day that the Wright airship was destroyed, a French aeroplanist, René Gasnier, met with a similar accident in his flying-machine. He was severely wounded about the head and his flying machine was wrecked. The attempt to navigate the air is proving a very costly one in the matter of human lives.
— For many days the press of Great Britain and also of the United States has been filled with conjectures as to what would happen in London during the great Catholic Eucharist Congress to be held there. This congress ended last week, and was one of the greatest Catholic demonstrations ever held. It was, in fact, the only really great Catholic congress ever held in London. The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1821 left some restrictions still upon the activity of the Catholics in the English realm. For instance, they were not permitted by the law to have processions in the streets, or to carry the “host” through the streets. As soon as the Protestant alliance of England learned of the purpose of the Catholics to conduct a procession through the streets of London bearing the “host,” a vigorous protest was sent to the premier, Mr. Asquith, and the law in reference to the matter was called to his attention. The Catholics felt that the government would hardly dare to forbid the procession; nevertheless the prime minister sent instruction to the leaders of the congress not to attempt to carry the “host” through the streets, because of the probability of riot and bloodshed following such a demonstration. This was a great disappointment to some of the Catholics; but the demonstrations of the people along the route of the procession showed that it was a very wise prohibition under the circumstances. As it was, many were injured in the crowds which obstructed the streets, and almost prevented the procession from passing.21
— At the present time the larger republics of South America are all arranging for a powerful increase in their navies. Brazil at the present time is having three of the most powerful warships built for her at private ship-yards in England. Argentina and Chile are also laying plans for a considerable increase in their fleets. These republics are said to have formed a tacit alliance for the purpose of combining forces in time of need against any nation that might threaten or seem to threaten their interests. Thus South America is being brought into line with the United States, Europe, and Asia in that work of war preparation which is to characterize the present generation.
— There seems to be no diminution in the interest of the public in the work of the aeronauts. During the past week a recent record made by Count Zeppelin in Switzerland, when he remained in the air twelve hours on two separate occasions, has been surpassed by Major Gross, a German officer, who has been able to remain in the air with his dirigible balloon for thirteen consecutive hours. Mr. Wilbur Wright, who has been demonstrating the ability of his aeroplane near Paris, France, continues from day to day to exceed the records previously made by him, and his brother Orville, at Fort Myer, near Washington, D. C., has during the past week surpassed the flight which he made as reported one week ago. In the last long flight recorded, Mr. Wright remained in the air one hour and fifteen minutes, lacking a few seconds.
— A list of the greatest conflagrations in the world since 1835, disregarding all fires in which the estimated loss is less than $10,000,000, will show the following startling exhibit for the United States, as compared with other countries:—
1835—Dec. 10, New York, $ 17,500,000
1842—May 4, Hamburg ........ 35,000,000
1848—Aug. 16, Constantinople ........ 15,000,000
1851—May 4, St. Louis ........ 15,000,000
1861—Dec. 12, Charleston, S. C. ........ 10,000,000
1866—July 4, Portland, Me. ........ 10,000,000
1870—June 5, Constantinople ........ 25,000,000
1871—Oct. 8, Chicago .... 165,000,000
1872—Nov. 9, Boston ..... 70,000,000
1876—Sept. 3, St. Hyacinthe, Canada ........ 15,000,000
1877—June 4, St. John, N. B. ........ 15,000,000
1882—Dec. 11, Kingston, Jamaica ........ 10,000,000
1892—July 8, St. John’s, Newfoundland ........ 25,000,000
1896—Oct. 5, Guayaquil, Ecuador ........ 22,000,000
1900—April 27, Ottawa, Hull, Ontario ........ 10,000,000
1901—May 3, Jacksonville, Fla. ........ 10,050,000
1904—Feb. 7, Baltimore .. 50,000,000
1904—April 10, Toronto, Ontario ........ 12,000,000
1906—April 18, San Francisco ........ 350,000,000
Within the last five years, as fire insurance statistics show, the loss of property in the United States from fires alone reaches a total of $1,257,716,855, an average of $251,000,000 a year.—The Outlook.
Experiences in the Publishing Work—No. 10
By John Norton Loughborough
“If the workers who have seen God’s dealing with his people during the rise and progress of the cause will strengthen the faith of the people of God by reviewing past blessings and mercies, they themselves will be blessed, and their work will prove a blessing to those who have not had the experience they have had. As they recount the sacrifices made by those who led out in the work, and tell of the power of God manifested to keep his work free from error and extravagance, they will have a molding influence for good.
“Those who enter the work at the present time know comparatively little of the self-denial and self-sacrifice of those upon whom the Lord laid the burden of his work at its beginning. The experience of the past should be told them again and again; for they are to carry forward the work with the same humility and self-sacrifice that characterized the true workers in the past.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in REVIEW of June 3, 1902.
We have called attention to the commencement of the publication of the little paper called Present Truth. As the typesetting and printing was secured from the secular press, the paper could be moved from place to place, as the interest in the labors of Brother and Sister White demanded, and as the brethren provided a home for them. From July to September, 1849, four numbers were printed at Middletown, Conn. The next six numbers were published at Oswego, N. Y., from December, 1849, to May, 1850. During that time Brother and Sister White had meetings in Oswego and that vicinity. They were set up in housekeeping in a room in the home of Brother Elias Goodwin, with furniture loaned to them by the few Sabbath-keepers in Oswego.
There was a peculiar and striking experience in the conversion of Brother Goodwin, who entertained these pioneer laborers. This I will relate, as he told it to me when I first became acquainted with him, in the winter of 1854-’55. He said that in 1843, and for many years previous, he was an expert gambler, and, in fact, made his living by gambling. He said that his nights were spent at gaming-tables, and his sleep was made up in the daytime. There came a night when he expected to stay at the table with the games, but somehow he lost all interest in the game, and made up his mind early in the evening to go home. As he was walking along the street, he passed an open stairway that led up into a hall. Some one was preaching very earnestly in the hall, and he began to ascend the steps to see what was going on there. His interest led him into the hall, and he took a seat, and listened to a stirring discourse on the prophecy of Daniel. He said that, as he sat and listened, he was impressed that the speaker was in need of money. When the meeting closed, he walked up to him, and gave him a five-dollar bill; but before he got down the stairs, he was cursing himself for giving the man the money. He went home to sleep, but the image and beasts of Daniel were constantly before him, and the solemn impression on his mind that the end of all things was right at hand. His conviction was such that he left his gambling, and sought the hall where he first heard this message. He listened to other speakers, and was soundly converted to God, and united with the Advent believers in the city.
Then his anxiety was to find out who the man was that he first heard speak on the subject of the second advent. After a few months the same man came again, and said to the audience that there was a wonderful experience connected with his first visit to that place. He said, “When I started out to preach the near coming of the Lord, I told him I would go as long as he opened the way. As I came on the steamer to this city, an entire stranger, I had only fifty cents left. I prayed most earnestly in my cabin. I said, ‘Lord, if my work is done I can as well stop in Oswego as anywhere else; but if there is more for me to do, open the way.’ At the close of my sermon, a man handed me five dollars, and I have not lacked since. None of the brethren could tell who the man was; I would like to meet him.”
At the close of that service Brother Goodwin stepped up and said: “I am the man who gave you the five dollars, I want you to go home with me.” What a glorious time they had in praise to God as they related their experiences!
Such was one of the providences of the Lord in preparing a home for his servants, and especially for Brother and Sister White in their second move in the publishing work. Many a pleasant hour have I also spent in that pilgrim’s home, which was ever after open for the care of the Lord’s ministers.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
A Wonderful Record
According to newspaper reports, the annual sales of one of the largest general merchandise mail-order houses in Chicago amounted to $50,722,839, for the twelve months ending June 30, 1907. For the year ending June 30, 1908, the same firm's total sales show a falling off of nearly ten million dollars. This illustrates to what extent the panic in October, 1907, and the hard times which followed, have affected some mercantile institutions.
But the results are not the same when the reports of the actual sales of books by the Review and Herald Publishing Association of Washington, and its branches in New York City and Battle Creek, Mich., are examined. For the first eight months of 1907 the total retail value of book sales from these houses was $89,945.25. For the same period in 1908 the total sales already reported amount to $158,202.15, and one branch office has not reported. This would undoubtedly bring the total sales up to $165,000, or more than double those for the same months of 1907.
These figures represent the value of books, pamphlets, and tracts actually shipped out, and are not to be confused with the published reports of “orders taken” by our canvassers.22
This record has been made because of faithful work on the part of all. Our ministers have been “talking up” the canvassing work; our general missionary agents, our field missionary agents, our church elders, the teachers in our schools, and our people generally have been “talking up” this work, and as a result many persons have enlisted in it, and the Lord has wonderfully blessed their efforts.
In the sale of periodicals there has also been a marked increase this year, but the figures given do not include such sales.
We are unable as yet to state how many students who have earned scholarships during the summer are now enjoying the privileges of one of our denominational schools, but it is safe to say that there are scores of these earnest young people who are doing so. Many others ought to take up this same work this fall, and be ready to enter school at the opening of the winter term. A scholarship can still be earned if one begins without delay.
Many persons ought also to enlist in this work for life. It is a vocation worthy of our best talents, and one which is very fruitful in soul-saving results.
The remaining months of this year offer special inducements to our canvassers, and hundreds more are needed. Any one who is interested should correspond with his tract society secretary or with the conference field missionary agent.
S. N. Curtiss.
The Publishing Work
Conducted under the auspices of the General Conference Publishing Department.
C. H. JONES - - - - Chairman
E. R. PALMER - - - - Secretary
H. H. HALL - - - Assistant Secretary
Business Notices
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—
Conditions
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.
For Sale.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $7; 64 cents a gal. in half barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
For Sale.—200 acres, in Dallas County, Mo. Two frame houses; new; all improvements. Free range for all stock. Railroad surveyed near place. Plenty bearing fruits for family use. A bargain if sold at once. For particulars write to H. M. Stewart, Ira, Mo.
For Sale or Rent.—Well improved 120-acre farm two miles from Broken Bow, Neb. Also 117-acre fruit and dairy farm; good spring; running water through meadows and pasture; ¾ mile from Graysville Academy and Sanitarium. Address Daniel Mauk, Graysville, Tenn.23
Ripe Olives.—Please order early, as we are pressed later in the season. Freight, $1.25 for 10 gallons, if as many as 20 gallons are ordered. Prices 50, 60, and 70 cents a gal. in 5-gal. cans. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
For Sale.—500,000 beautiful Bible mottoes; over 95,000 sold in 5 months just past. Mothers, fathers, and children love our mottoes. 50 Imported Cards, size 4 x 7½, $1.75; 50 heavy paper, 12 x 16, $3; 100, $5. Sent by mail. Address, with stamps, Hampton Art Co., Hampton, Iowa.
For Sale and to Rent.—Fifty acres of young orchard, in five-acre tracts, and twenty acres to rent for three or five years. Best of soil, and irrigation. One mile from Great Northern Railroad station on the Columbia River, Klickitat County, Wash. Address Geo. H. Smith, 4017 Bagley Ave., Seattle, Wash.
California Dried Fruit.—An opportunity is offered our people throughout the East to secure dried fruits from the ranch of Mrs. E. G. White, in the Napa Valley, at reasonable prices. Low freight rates. Prompt shipment. Write for prices and particulars now. Address P. C. Mason, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
Notes of Progress
The month of August has proved to be the banner month in the matter of book sales for the Review and Herald home office thus far the present year. During the twenty-six working days of the month, shipments of books to the value of $23,546.17 were made from that office, or an average of over nine hundred dollars' worth of our truth-filled silent messengers were sent out each day. The sales for this month show an increase of twenty-five hundred dollars over the preceding month (July, 1908), and an increase of about eighty-five per cent over the totals for the month of August, 1907. This large amount of business has tested the organization of their bindery and shipping-room,—the bindery working four nights a week,—but the workers in those departments have faithfully stood by the task in hand, and as a result our field men have had their orders filled promptly, shipments being made, as a rule, the same day the orders have been received.
Tabulated reports of sales show that, for the month of August, 1908, no less than five of the conferences in the Lake, Atlantic, and Columbia union conferences, have trebled their sales, as compared with the corresponding month of 1907.
From a report received from Brother Max Trummer, who has charge of the German canvassing work west of the Mississippi River, we learn that sixteen of the canvassers under his direction in twelve hundred eighty-six hours took orders to the value of fourteen hundred twenty-six dollars (an average of $1.10 an hour). These workers are located in German-speaking districts of the Central, Northern, and Southwestern union conferences, the majority being in North Dakota. It is cheering to note that many of these laborers intend to stay right by the work throughout the fall and winter, carrying the truth for these times to their fellow countrymen.
Early in September the general agent of the Northern Union Conference, Brother W. L. Manful, reported that there were already about twenty-five young people in that union conference who had taken orders enough to assure their scholarships. The sales of these students range all the way from two hundred dollars to over nine hundred dollars for the summer season. Why should not the first of September, 1909, show at least double the number of young people from that union conference ready to enter our schools as the result of a summer spent in circulating our literature? There is certainly no other line of work where the returns are greater for the effort put forth, and where the blessing of God is so strikingly manifested toward the consecrated worker.
Self-Supporting Missionary Council
SCATTERED throughout the South there are a number of persons engaged in self-supporting missionary work. During the last four years some of these self-supporting workers have been permitted to meet with those doing the same kind of work at our regular conferences; but as the time of these meetings was usually taken up with the business for which they were called, little opportunity was left for such workers to exchange experiences and ideas, and study the principles and methods which must be followed in making self-supporting work a success.
For this reason it has seemed best to many who are deeply interested in this kind of work to meet together for a two-weeks' conference, and devote a large part of the time to the study of self-supporting missionary work. Undoubtedly we are approaching the time when thousands of lay members will be impelled by the Spirit of God to enter regular missionary work at their own expense. Many of our people are being stirred by the Spirit of God at the present time over this question, and are writing letters of inquiry regarding it.
A number of our leading conference men who are in deep sympathy with this kind of work, and are interested in its success, will attend. The council will be held at the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute, at Madison, Tenn.
The Institute will do everything it can to entertain those who attend. It will be necessary for each one to furnish his own bedding. Board will be served on the European plan.
There are many who feel that God is calling them to the South. This would be a good meeting to attend to gain information of the Southern field. For further particulars address E. A. Sutherland, Madison, Tenn.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1908
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Washington, Chelan (Upper Columbia)…… Sept. 24 to Oct. 4
Oregon, Medford…… Oct. 1-10
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California, Fresno…… Sept. 17-27
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Tennessee River, Memphis…… Oct. 1-10
Kentucky, Moreland…… Sept. 24 to Oct. 4
Alabama, near Mobile…… Oct. 8-18
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Florida, Palatka…… Oct. 1-12
Central New England Conference
By H. F. Ketring
THE fifth annual session of the Central New England Conference will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church at South Lancaster, Mass., October 8-11, for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting. The first meeting of the conference session will be held Thursday, October 8, at 3 P. M. It is desired that the churches attend at once to the election of delegates, and that a good representation be present at the first meeting.
H. F. KETRING, President.
Addresses
THE permanent address of R. W. Parmele and of Dr. Lydia E. Parmele is Sanitarium, Orlando, Fla.
The permanent address of B. Hagle is Ligonier, Ind.
Publications Wanted
By Editor
[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth. Those responding to requests for papers should send only clean copies, neatly folded, and securely wrapped.—Ed.]
The following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
E. W. Bretz, 2036 Washington Ave., Springfield, Mo., denominational literature for use in depot racks.
Miss Mary E. West, 122½ South Church St., Spartanburg, S. C., Signs, Watchman, Instructor, and Little Friend.
Mrs. M. F. Summey, Prosperine, Laclede Co., Mo., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, Liberty, Instructor, and tracts.
Obituaries
HANSON.—Died at the home of his mother, in Portland, Ore., August 19, 1908, Arthur Hanson, aged about twenty years. The disease which brought Arthur's life to a close was of a tuberculous nature. He gave his heart to the Lord some months before his death, and died in hope of a part in the resurrection of the just. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. Text, Num. 23:10. T. H. STARBUCK.
CADY.—Died at Winona, Minn., Aug. 15, 1908, Sister Hazel Florence Cady, aged 13 years, 11 months, and 10 days. The last few days of her illness she suffered much, as the result of an operation. We trust she sleeps in Jesus, to be called in the dawning of the glorious resurrection morning. She leaves father, mother, one brother and four sisters to mourn. The remains were interred at the Dodge Center Cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. A. W. KUEHL.
PRICKETT.—Mrs. Pauline A. Prickett (née Sorenson) was born in Denmark, Dec. 12, 1869, and died at the Glendale (Cal.) Sanitarium, Aug. 12, 1908, aged thirty-nine years and eight months. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases. In her early Christian life she was a Bible worker; and after graduation as a nurse, she and her husband spent a few years as missionaries in the South Pacific Islands. Since that time she has been actively engaged in church work, especially among the young people. We laid her to rest in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Tropico, Cal. The remaining members of the family greatly mourn their loss, but not as those without hope of the resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. F. I. RICHARDSON.
McKINSTRY.—Died at his home in Healdsburg, Cal., of heart failure, Brother Henry H. McKinstry, aged sixty-seven years and a few months. He was the son of Methodist parents, was left an orphan when but nine years old, and drifted into infidelity. Under the preaching of Elder Wm. Healey, he accepted the truth of the message, but afterward fell away for some years. Later he was rebaptized by Elder W. Ings. During his last illness he made faithful preparation for his departure, and expressed himself as being ready and submissive to the will of God. He quietly fell asleep to await the call of the Life-giver. He leaves a stricken wife, who has been bedridden for more than a year, also six children. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother Lashier, elder of the Healdsburg church. N. C. McCLURE.
SMITH.—Died in Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 8, 1908, Mrs. Anna Butters Smith, aged 49 years, 4 months, and 8 days. Three children, a son, and two daughters are left to mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother. Sister Smith united with the Battle Creek Seventh-day Adventist church by letter, March 4, 1899. The funeral service was held in the Tabernacle in Battle Creek, September 11, by the writer, assisted by Elder A. C. Bourdeau. S. D. HARTWELL.
MORELHOUSE.—Died at Ceresco, Mich., of ossification of the liver, July 29, 1908, William Morehouse, aged sixty-nine years and twenty-eight days. He was born in New York State, and was the only surviving member of a family of nine children. During the last few years of his life he endured intense suffering. At the age of thirty years he was converted, accepted present truth, and soon afterward joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which he remained a faithful member until his decease. His wife is left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, on the occasion, to a goodly number of sympathizing friends. A. C. BOURDEAU.
BUTCHER.—Died in Healdsburg, Cal., Aug. 3, 1908, Brother William Butcher, aged eighty-seven years. He and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist Church until 1877, when they heard the advent message. They accepted the truth as presented, and ever since have been members of the Vacaville church. For more than twenty-five years Brother Butcher served as one of the local elders and heartily supported the various branches of the work in home and foreign fields. His love for this last-day message was never stronger than during the closing days of his life and he continually expressed his faith in God and the truth. His wife, eight children, and fifteen grandchildren survive him. GEO. W. RINE.
MOYER.—Manasseh Beam Moyer was born in Berwick, Pa., March 29, 1835, and died Aug. 29, 1908, of Bright's disease. He enlisted in the 80th Illinois Volunteers when a young man, and served his country as a soldier for three years. Brother Moyer with his companion accepted present truth about twenty years ago, and has lived a consistent Christian life. He was a kind husband and loving father and a pleasant neighbor, and was highly esteemed by his acquaintances. He was a firm believer in the soon return of the Lord, and was elder of the church at the time of his death, which position he had filled for a number of years. He leaves a wife, five children, and many friends to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15:26. B. W. BROWN.
VANHORN.—Charles Wesley VanHorn, youngest son of Elder I. D. and Mrs. A. P. VanHorn, was born in Beaverton, Ore., Feb. 21, 1880, and died in Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 10, 1908, aged 28 years, 5 months and 20 days. At the age of four years an accident occurred which blighted his young life, and caused him years of suffering and this early death. In childhood his loving disposition was sunshine in his home. He early made choice of life service for his divine Master, and became a member of the Battle Creek Seventh-day Adventist church by baptism at the hands of his father, at the age of thirteen years. In all these years of affliction no murmur ever escaped his lips. He often spoke of the home of the saved with deep interest, and would dream of being there, where “his trouble would be gone forever.” During his last few years his Bible was daily in his hands, and he would read it through by course each year, in connection with other standard books so much prized by our people. He was prostrated by his last sickness, and took his bed July 5. For more than thirty days his friends watched in vain for strength to return, and two days before his death he grew rapidly worse. The service was conducted by the pastor of the Battle Creek church, Elder S. D. Hartwell, assisted by Elder A. C. Bourdeau. ***
GOLT.—Died at Wilmington, Del., Harry Golt, aged three months and five days, the infant son of Brother and Sister Golt. We laid him away to await the soon-coming Saviour. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. Carlyle B. Haynes.
DUNN.—Evelyn May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dunn, of Nashville, Mich., was born Feb. 13, 1907, and died Aug. 28, 1908. She had a loving, sunny disposition, and gave a smile for every word. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by the writer. Text, 2 Kings 4:26. A. C. BOURDEAU.
MORRISON.—Died at Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug. 19, 1908, Brother Alex Morrison, aged sixty-seven years. Brother Morrison united with the Vancouver church the latter part of last year, and attended its services regularly until his last illness. He is awaiting the call of the Life-giver at the first resurrection. E. M. CURRIE.
DAVIS.—Simeon Davis was born Feb. 3, 1852, and died at his home near Supply, Okla., Sept. 6, 1908. He had been in poor health for several years, but was taken worse on the road home from the Enid camp-meeting. The funeral service was held September 7, after which our brother was laid away to rest till the Life-giver shall return. J. R. BAGBY.
DILLON.—Died at Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 30, 1908, of meningitis, Edith Jone, infant daughter of Brother and Sister P. Dillon. She was eleven months old the day of her death, and had always been a strong, healthy child until three or four days before she was taken from us. Words of comfort and instruction were spoken by the writer, from Matt. 13:28 and other texts. J. ERNEST BOND.
FOSTER.—Died at his home two miles south of Cedar Lake, Mich., Sept. 7, 1908, after an illness of about two weeks, Elbert L. Foster, aged twenty-nine years and thirteen days. He has known the truth all his life, was baptized about nine years ago, and died with these words upon his lips: “I will leave it all with Jesus.” Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by the writer. J. M. WILBUR.
PORTER.—Died near Duke Center, Pa., Sept. 6, 1908, Wm. Neil Porter, aged 3 years, 1 month, and 6 days. The funeral service was held at the house, which was crowded with relatives and friends. Three loving daughters and a bright boy remain to comfort their parents. The little one whose departure is mourned was a patient sufferer during the three weeks' affliction that finally resulted in his death. He loved to repeat, “Jesus loves me,” and then add, “I love him, too.” I. G. BIGELOW.
ROGERS.—John E. Rogers was born in Dodge County, Wis., April 2, 1849, being about fifty-nine years of age at the time of his death, which occurred in August, 1908. He was married to Miss Sarah Comstock, Feb. 27, 1869. This faithful companion fell asleep about fifteen years ago. To them were born seven children, six of whom are still living. He was a great sufferer, but patient to the last. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, and was largely attended by relatives, friends, and neighbors. Text, Rev. 14:13. A. M. DEEDON.
ATWOOD.—Died at St. Helena, Cal., Aug. 2, 1908, of consumption, Mrs. Mary Humphrey Atwood, in the sixty-fourth year of her age. Mary White was born at Dead River, Maine, Nov. 15, 1844. In that vicinity she spent her early years, and there, in November, 1864, she was married to Artemas C. Atwood. In 1876 she moved with her family to Wisconsin, from which State fourteen years ago they moved to St. Helena, Cal. She was the mother of three sons, one of whom died in Wisconsin at the age of fifteen; the other two survive her. She was converted early in life, and soon united with the Seventh-day Adventists, being one of the charter members of the church in Norridgewock, Maine. She maintained a consistent Christian experience, and her dear ones laid her away to rest in hope of a triumphant resurrection. D. E. ROBINSON.
Religious Liberty in Turkey
THE workers in Turkey are full of joy at the favorable turn in governmental affairs in that country. Now Brother Baharian is free to labor wherever he is most needed. A time of thanksgiving and praise has been appointed throughout the Turkish field, when our people will assemble to praise the Lord, and bring a thank-offering to him. In Constantinople the church assembled Sabbath, August 1, and enjoyed a great service of praise to God, Turks, Greeks, and Armenians greeting each other as “brother.” All this, Brother Claude AcMoody writes, seems more like a dream than a reality. Let us join with them in praising the Lord for the liberty proclaimed in Turkey.
The Annual Statistical Report
IT is earnestly hoped that our readers will not fail to give careful consideration to the annual report of the statistical secretary, published last week. Therein is given an epitome of the work of this denomination for the last year in all parts of the earth, and therein is seen striking evidence of the prospering hand of God upon the efforts of this people in the proclamation of the third angel’s message. After a careful study of the report, let this be the prayer of each, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” It will be noted in that report that this denomination surpasses all others in the amount of donations for mission work for each member; but let us not plume ourselves upon this. We have not yet begun to give what this wonderful message warrants us in giving, nor what its crying needs are calling on us for. Let us not compare ourselves with ourselves, or with other denominations, in this matter; but, with a full realization of what this message means to the world and to us, lay ourselves and our means upon the altar, to be used as He wills.
Nurses Arrive in India
The three nurses recently sent to India have reached Mussoorie, and are finding plenty to do to assist the workers there. Their coming is greatly appreciated by those who were overburdened before this relief came.