It is with much satisfaction that we report the steady progress which Union College is making in everything which tends to the accomplishment of the purpose for which the school was established. Since the separation of the foreign schools, which took place last year, the college has started on a new era of growth and development, which we trust will enable the institution to accomplish in a fuller sense the high ideals for which it stands.
The Lord has been very near us this year, and has worked with us and for us in a marked way. The faculty meets for fifteen minutes each day, just before the chapel period, for a short prayer-meeting. At the same time the students gather in small groups in different rooms in the building for prayer, and for personal work for their fellows. Thus a united petition from both teachers and students ascends daily to the Source of all blessing; and the Lord has heard and answered.
The school has maintained regular Friday evening prayer and social meetings, in which all the school take part. Many good and helpful testimonies are given, showing battles fought and victories won,—a genuine growth in Christian experience. Opportunity is always offered for those who have not done so to take their first step in the Christian life; and we are glad to say that a number have availed themselves of this opportunity.
The week of prayer was a precious season with us. As a result of the revival effort put forth, over forty students and church-school pupils were baptized.
The foreign mission band numbers at present sixty-four, besides some who are not in school this year, but are still considered members, making a total of about ninety in all. The band is growing, and we expect to pass the one-hundred mark before the school closes. All the members have signed this declaration: “I am desirous and willing, if it be God’s will, of becoming a foreign missionary.”
The personal workers’ bands, which constitute the Missionary Volunteer society of College View, have been doing aggressive work, and the bands have been growing in numbers and in interest. Many kinds of work are carried on, among which the support of Elder J. C. Rogers in Nyasaland may be mentioned. The society has supported Elder Rogers ever since he went to Africa, and this has been the means of increasing the interest in missionary work, and of strengthening the spiritual life of the members. About $870 has been raised each year by the society for the purpose mentioned; but we hope to do still more than this in the future.
The intellectual work of the school is of a high grade, and the progress of the students in the various branches is excellent. The college has taken up the industrial work in an effective and permanent way, and much progress has been made. Plans are forming that will result in still further development.
We thank God for his protective and fostering care, which has attended all the work of the school this year.
H. U. STEVENS.
To this encouraging report I wish to add a few words from a letter which I have recently received from Miss Peck, regarding the work at College View during the week of prayer, and which have reference more particularly to the work for the younger students:—
“The week of prayer was such a blessing to us all, and the work of Professor Griggs was a great help to our children. Every day was one of genuine pastoral service. Several times I was obliged to dismiss classes, to give spiritual help to the children who sought me for it. At the close of the effort the Lord set his seal of approval on it by giving us twenty-eight children, who gave their hearts to God, and went forward in baptism. It was the richest experience I ever passed through, except at the time of my own conversion. I do praise the Lord that he lets me have a part in this grand work.”
H. R. S.
News and Miscellany
Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— It costs the government approximately $15,000 to graduate an officer from West Point.
— In an explosion, February 6, ten men met instant death in the plant of the Pluto Powder Company, in the outskirts of Ishpeming, Mich.
— There is considerable agitation in Jamaica over the holding of an exhibition in Kingston in 1915, coincident with the formal opening of the Panama Canal.
— There has been a serious outbreak among the Chinese on the island of Billiton, west of Borneo. The capital was looted and burned, and the chief minister murdered.
— The United States Congress has authorized an expenditure of $113,542,900 for public buildings since 1902. The government has expended for public buildings and sites the enormous total of $217,390,453.
— It is reported that an Indian pigmy tribe, known as Kurutou, has recently been discovered in Brazil. This is the first known pigmy tribe on the South American continent. The tallest individual was found to be only four feet six inches in height.
— It is reported from Helsingfors, Finland, that an entire village of 253 men, which has been established on the ice south of Bjorko Sound, was carried out to sea in a gale, February 3. Relief boats rescued about one half of the company, the others perishing.
— After a ten years’ struggle, the House, February 7, passed a bill providing for the purchase and construction of American embassy, legation, and consular buildings abroad. The measure was passed by a vote of 141 to 39. The bill limits the cost of buildings to $150,000 each.
— It is reported that the recent revolt in Haiti is rapidly spreading into new districts. The government is taking energetic measures to meet the situation.
— The people of Cleveland, Ohio, have subscribed $250,000, and petitioned Congress in a bill presented by Representative Howland to contribute a like sum, for the purpose of bringing the Olympic games to the United States in 1916. The city of Cleveland has agreed to erect a stadium. The $500,000 fund is for prizes and entertainment of the visiting athletes.
— The importance of the physical examination of school-children is shown by the results of such work in Chicago during the last three months of 1910. Out of 31,088 school-children examined, 13,248 were found defective, and medical treatment was advised. During the three years that this work has been done in Chicago, almost one half of the children examined were found physically defective. Most of these defects consist in enlarged glands, defective vision, and bad teeth.
— The executive committees of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines have decided to complete double-tracking the lines from the Missouri River to San Francisco; also to double-track the Oregon Short Line from the junction with the Union Pacific main line at Granger, Wyo., to Huntington, Ore.; also the line along the Columbia River in Oregon to Portland, a total of 1,673 miles. The cost of the double-tracking of the lines will aggregate upward of $75,000,000, which will be distributed over a period of five years.
— A Grand Rapids, Mich., police judge has initiated a novel plan in dealing with those brought before him charged with intoxication. He sentences the erring ones to attend the local rescue mission every night, for terms ranging from thirty to sixty days. The officers of the mission are provided with commitment papers, the same as a jailer, and all who are sentenced to attend the services are warned that if they do not put in an appearance at the mission every night, they will be taken to jail. Needless to say, all prefer the alternative of attending the mission.
— January 31 the House of Representatives, by a vote of 188 to 159, decided in favor of San Francisco, and against New Orleans, as the city in which an exposition to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal in 1915 shall be held. This vote was taken on a roll-call to determine whether the San Francisco resolution or the New Orleans bill should have consideration in the House. On a final vote the San Francisco resolution was passed by a vote of 259 to 43. The advocates of San Francisco are claiming that their fight is won, and that the Senate will ratify the action of the House. San Francisco won by capturing the Republican vote in the House. New Orleans’s support came from the Democrats. Only thirty Republicans voted for New Orleans. Thirty-six Democrats voted for San Francisco. The San Francisco resolution does not ask for government aid in any form. It simply authorizes the President of the United States to invite foreign nations to participate in the fair by sending exhibits, encouraging attendance, etc.
Christian Education
By H. R. Salisbury
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference
H. R. SALISBURY . . . . Secretary
The “Watchman” for March
By Editor
Before mentioning the articles to appear, we wish to call your attention to the following recent testimonials:—
“Of all the magazines I find the Watchman sells the best.”
“The Watchman and ‘Daniel and the Revelation’ have made me a believer instead of a scoffer, and I desire to show others the truth.”
“We appreciate the Watchman as a missionary paper, and know it has an active part to play in the giving of the message. We shall do all we can to send it out over our territory.”
In the March issue the editor will speak of the record of disasters by fire and flood, answering the questions whether these events come by chance or otherwise.
That splendid series on the Eastern question is continued, and the “Truce in the Far East,” by Prof. P. T. Magan, will be concluded in this number.
C. P. Bollman, associate editor, will write of the murder and homicide record for the year 1910.
“The Coming Conflict,” by E. E. Andross, will present striking quotations from the world’s greatest statesmen, showing how events are now shaping the way for Armageddon.
Most convincing testimony on the question of the perpetuity of the decalogue will be given in an article by J. S. Washburn.
Prof. Frederick Griggs, president of Union College, will write on “The Gospel and Education.”
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A Turkish missionary, Z. G. Baharian, will tell of the present crisis through which the Armenian people are passing.
Agents wanted everywhere. Rates: 5 to 40 copies, 5 cents each; 50 or more copies, 4 cents each. Send orders to your tract society or to the Southern Publishing Association, 2123 Twenty-fourth Ave. N., Nashville, Tenn.
Do They Know About These Things?
By Editor
Do your fellow townsmen know that lawlessness is on the increase; that at the present time there are four and one-half times as many crimes for each million of people as there were in 1881? Do they know that this is a sign of the end?
Are they correctly informed as to the meaning of the crisis in the far East?
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Is Spiritism making inroads in your community? Its growth is quite marked in most places. In a recent interview Mrs. Stetson is quoted as saying that she expected Mrs. Eddy would manifest herself in physical form as our Saviour did after his resurrection; for, she argues, Mrs. Eddy occupied the same relation to her time as Jesus Christ did to his. Such assumption! And yet there are thousands who are led astray by just such declarations. Aren't there those in your community who would be glad for God's truth on this point?
Do your neighbors know what God's Word says about the Sabbath? Would they be benefited by reading twenty-one questions and answers, together with numerous explanatory notes, on this very important theme?
The March number of the Signs Monthly contains convincingly written and well illustrated articles on all the subjects mentioned, and much more, too.
Don't fail to get a copy. If necessary, the publishers will send sample copies free to those who will order if the number is up to their expectations. It is not putting it a bit too strong to say that the March number is even better than the January or February numbers.
Dear readers, if you are not already doing so, will you not take hold now and help us educate the masses in God's truth, and by this means?
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
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For Sale.—In a growing town, Turkish bath- and treatment-rooms, for ladies and gentlemen. Good trade established; fine place for man and wife. Mrs. N. M. Brien, Clyde, Ohio.
For Sale.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely; 5-gallon can, $4.30; 10-gallon can, $8.45; ½ bbl. (30 gallons), 79 cents a gallon; 1 bbl. (50 gallons), 78 cents a gallon. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
Wanted.—An able, experienced Sabbath-keeper to work on farm by year or month, in healthy, quiet location. Colored or white, married or single. Good recommendations given and required. State wages wanted. Address Fred Vydell, R. F. D. 1, Faber, Nelson Co., Va.
Help Wanted.—Sabbath-keeping young man to work on fruit farm. Must be strong, of good habits, good hand with team, careful around trees; begin March 1. $30 a month and board; for seven or eight months. Reply immediately with reference. J. J. Knapp, Hood River, Ore.
Such New, inspiring Scripture Post-Cards, beautifully embossed, illustrated Hymns, Holidays, and Birthdays, assorted, post-paid, 10 for 10 cents; 100, 90 cents. Elegant Floral Bible Mottoes (12 x 16), sample, 6 cents; 12, 65 cents; 50, $2.25; 100, $3.75; all prepaid. Particulars free. Waterbury Specialty Co., Brandon, Wis.23
Wanted.—A young, single man, Seventh-day Adventist, to work at raising sugar-corn, potatoes, tomatoes, etc. There will be furnished him a good home, with church privileges. The land is desirable for cultivation. Send recommendations from church elder to James A. Scott, R. F. D. 1, Seven Mile, Ohio.
Help Wanted.—An experienced forelady for steam laundry; nurses; stenographer; chambermaids; dining-room help; ironers; call-boys. Permanent employment; good wages. Also wish to correspond with those who desire a training as sanitarium clerks, stewards, cooks, or matrons. Address L. M. Bowen, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
Dr. Gorsmark’s Hygienic Shortening, No. 2. Rich, pure, odorless, healthful. Prices: 5 gallons, $4.20; 10 gallons, $8.20; ½ bbl. (about 32 gallons), 72 cents a gallon. Our better grade: 5 gallons, $4.50; 10 gallons, $8.50; ½ bbl., 76 cents. By freight from Louisville or Chattanooga. Order to-day. Home Supply and Manufacturing Co., News Building, Chattanooga, Tenn.
For Sale.—Bible Mottoes—foreign beauties, all of imported designs. Almost 500,000 sold in 1910. We print our own designs. We are the only company to get out a Father and Mother motto, and they lead the world. Special offer: 200 Spanish, $5. Assorted, English and German, 100, $5; 200, $9; 500, $20; 1,000, $35. Twenty-five free with each 100 ordered; express prepaid. Address Hampton Art Co., Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.
For Sale.—“Temperance Torchlights,” by Matilda Erickson. A book of studies, stories, songs, poems, and useful information on temperance topics; for the use of individuals, churches, schools, temperance and young people’s societies. Every one interested in the cause of temperance will find many helpful suggestions in this book. It should be placed in the hands of every temperance worker. Cloth, 256 pages, fifty cents. Order of the tract societies.
For Sale.—“The Speaker’s Manual of Pronunciation,” by Fannie Dickerson Chase. Primarily a text-book on pronunciation and enunciation for class use or private study, but equally valuable to all who speak the English language, whether minister, teacher, or student. The book contains the correct pronunciation of over two thousand words commonly mispronounced. The familiar diacritical marking is used throughout. The book contains 127 pages, pocket size (3⅝ x 5¾ inches). Bound in two serviceable styles. Cloth, twenty-five cents; leather, fifty cents. Order of the tract societies.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Change of Address
By C. N. Woodward
HAVING been transferred from the Southwestern to the North Pacific Union Conference, my address for the future will be College Place, Wash. All mail or business for the Southwestern Union Conference, formerly addressed to me, should now be addressed to Mr. C. E. Smith, Keene, Tex.
C. N. WOODWARD.
Publications Wanted
THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent post-paid:—
Tom C. Hege, Rocky Mountain, N. C.
Mrs. S. Augusta Lawrence, Bridgeport, Ala., denominational papers, especially Watchman, Life and Health, Youth’s Instructor, and Life Boat.
Mrs. R. G. Stringer, Drawer 28, Orlando, Fla., Signs of the Times, Watchman, Gospel Sentinel, Life and Health, Youth’s Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.
St. Helena Training School
THE NEXT class in the St. Helena Sanitarium and Hospital Training School for Medical Missionary Nurses will be organized Tuesday, April 4, 1911. Owing to the large number and great variety of cases that flock to this institution for relief, and the wide experience thus offered the students in both surgical and general hospital nursing, the course is especially strong, from a practical missionary standpoint. In addition to the opportunities for missionary work at the sanitarium, the San Francisco Dispensary, which the institution has taken over, affords training in city mission work. The institution has also undertaken to open up mission work in China the present year, thus giving a special opportunity to those who desire a definite foreign mission field for which to prepare and upon which to enter when their course is completed. Twenty-five consecrated young men and women, whose desire is to enter the work for the sake of fallen humanity and not for profit, are wanted to join this class.
Send for the Training School Calendar, addressing Dr. H. F. Rand, Superintendent, or Mrs. S. J. Whitney, Secretary, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
Address Wanted
ANY one knowing the present address of Wilhelmina Faling, née Suhr, will confer a favor upon her by sending it to 807 Maple St., Saginaw, W. S., Mich., as her mother is dead.
Obituaries
Batterson.—Mary Grace, our only child, died Oct. 1, 1910, aged 6 years, 1 month, and 20 days. She loved to talk of the joys that await the children in the kingdom of God. The funeral services were conducted by Elder P. A. Field, of Omaha, assisted by Elder Hill, of the Christian Church. Words of comfort were spoken from John 11.
Wm. M. Batterson.
Swanson.—Nellie, daughter of Brother and Sister August Swanson, died at her home near Genoa, Neb., Dec. 31, 1910, aged 14 years, 7 months, and 23 days. Sister Nellie was baptized at the York camp-meeting last August, and rests in Jesus, awaiting the call of the Life-giver. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer at the funeral service, which was held at Nebraska City.
Wm. M. Batterson.
Allen.—Died Jan. 24, 1911, Brother John Allen, aged about seventy-two years. He was one of the first to accept the message in Richmond, Va., about sixteen years ago, and was loyal to the truth and always faithful in attendance at the meetings of the church until his death, which was caused by asphyxiation by gas. He was laid to rest in the Oakwood Cemetery, to await the call of the Life-giver. The funeral services were conducted by the writer.
A. M. Neff.
Nuttle.—Died at his home at Riverside, Cal., Dec. 12, 1911, Brother Henry Nuttle, aged 65 years, 5 months, and 7 days. Brother Nuttle leaves a wife, two sons, and one daughter to mourn. It was the privilege of the writer to visit our brother in his illness and pray with him. A special service was conducted by the writer at the undertaker’s parlors before the body was sent to the Coast for burial. The rooms were filled with Grand Army men and friends. Words of comfort were spoken from 1 Thess. 4:13-18.
F. W. Paap.
Baker.—Mary Matilda Baker was born May 22, 1835, and died at the home of her son, at Rock Hill, Md., Jan. 23, 1911, aged 75 years, 8 months, and 1 day. For about eighteen years she was a lover of present truth. She was the mother of eight children, seven of whom survive her. The writer spoke comforting words to about sixty sorrowing relatives and friends at the funeral at her late home, January 25, from Prov. 16:31. In behalf of the bereaved family the writer wishes to thank Elder Dreer and the choir of the Rock Hill church, also the many friends, for their numerous acts of kindness.
C. Earle Tickner.
Dean.—Alonzo Daniel Dean was born in Bellevue, Eaton Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1842, and died at the age of 68 years, 1 month, and 21 days. Brother Dean’s father died when he was a small boy. Alonzo being the oldest of the family, he began early in life to assume responsibilities which he carried all through his life. He served his country as a soldier during the Civil War. In 1882 he with his faithful companion accepted the third angel’s message. Brother Dean will be greatly missed by his aged wife, five children, and two sisters. His many friends gave evidence of their regard for him during his sickness. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer at the funeral service.
Wm. Ostrander.
McConnell.—Mary May was born in Fountain County, Indiana, March 29, 1842; was married to R. S. McConnell in 1862; and died Jan. 19, 1911, aged 68 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Two sons were born to Brother and Sister McConnell, one being now deceased. The other, with her aged husband and one sister, is left to mourn. Sister McConnell accepted the message many years ago, and was one of the charter members of the First Springfield church, organized in 1888. She loved the truth, and her faith and hope in the soon-coming Saviour were unwavering. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at Springfield, where Sister McConnell resided for forty-four years.
E. A. Bristol.
Larrabee.—Fell asleep in Jesus, Jan. 29, 1911, Brother Philander D. Larrabee. He was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, Dec. 13, 1832, and was married to Louisa Clark in October, 1861. Eight children were born to them, six of whom are still living. He accepted the third angel’s message under the labors of Elder J. Bartlett, about thirty-five years ago. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 John 2:17, to a large circle of friends in the Seventh-day Adventist church near Granger, Wash.
W. W. Steward.
Goff.—Sarah Jane Savage was born Sept. 29, 1835, in the State of New York, and died at her home in Edenbower, Ore., Jan. 17, 1911, aged 75 years, 3 months, and 18 days. She was married to Ira Alfred Goff in Michigan. They afterward went to Iowa, where Sister Goff first received the advent message. Four years ago they came to Edenbower, Sister Goff joining the church at Roseburg. She was a consistent Christian, loved by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, five sons, and one daughter, who are left to miss her loving ministrations. She was taken to Joliet, Mont., to be laid to rest till Jesus comes. The funeral was conducted by the writer. Texts, 1 Cor. 15:51 and 1 Thess. 4:16.
J. N. Vance.
Morton.—Asa Carder Morton was born in the State of New York, July 27, 1830, and died in Fresno, Cal., Jan. 27, 1911, aged eighty years and six months. At the age of eighteen he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1854 he heard the third angel’s message presented at Delhi, Mich., accepted it as the truth, and in 1856 began preaching it to others. A little later he moved to Minnesota. He was among the first to see and accept the truth that the Sabbath hours should be reckoned from sunset to sunset. In 1860 he was married to Mary A. Sanford, and in 1876 he came, with his family, to California. He was a charter member of the Fresno church. His faith never wavered, and he died with a strong hope of Christ’s soon coming. His wife, ten children, and a large circle of friends are left to mourn.
C. L. Taggart.
Zirkle.—Mrs. Elizabeth E. Zirkle, daughter of John and Catharine Rife, and widow of the late John P. Zirkle, was born near Timberville, Va., April 22, 1836, and died in Union Station, Washington, D. C., Jan. 19, 1911, aged 74 years, 8 months, and 27 days. She is survived by one sister, one brother, a son, a daughter, sixteen grandchildren, and other relatives. Sister Zirkle had been in failing health for more than a year. Two months before her death she was at the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium, where everything possible was done for her; but her advanced age and condition were against her. Finding that no permanent help was assured, the family was making an effort to return her to her home at New Market, Va., when, in the presence of her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. and Elder R. D. Hottel, she died in the Union Station, thirty minutes before the train was to leave for her home. Sister Zirkle was the first person to receive baptism under the proclamation of the third angel’s message in the State of Virginia. When, in January, 1876, Elders J. O. Corliss and E. B. Lane came to Virginia, they found their first permanent home at Sister Zirkle’s. Near her home the first sermons were preached, and from this vicinity the truth radiated to other parts of the State. She soon accepted the message, and on June 17, 1876, Elder Corliss baptized her. She has ever since been a faithful and earnest member of the church, always being present at the services, and taking a deep interest in the progress of the work. The family gave the land on which now stands the Shenandoah Valley Training Academy, and she has since made other substantial gifts to the school and the work. The services, Sabbath morning, were conducted by Elder Stewart Kime, assisted by Elder A. C. Neff, who read a brief history of her life, in the presence of one of the largest congregations ever assembled in New Market on such an occasion. Interment was made in the family graveyard near her home.
R. D. Hottel.
Summer Flowering Bulbs
LAST year the Oakwood Manual Training School raised some fine summer flowering bulbs, and now offers the following for sale:—
Excelsior Double Pearl Tuberose bulbs: 5 cents each; 50 cents a dozen; $2 a hundred, not prepaid.
Gladioli, mixed colors, very choice: 3 cents each; 25 cents a dozen; $1.50 a hundred, not prepaid.
Dahlias, fine double mixed, white, red, pink, and mixed colors: 10 cents each; 50 cents a dozen, not prepaid.
Cannas, a choice bedding plant, mostly red: 10 cents each; 75 cents a dozen, not prepaid.
Caladiums (“elephant’s ears”), a fine foliage plant for the lawn: 10 cents each; 75 cents a dozen, not prepaid.
Transportation on the above prepaid unless otherwise specified. Orders for one-half dozen will be filled at the dozen rate, and for fifty at the hundred rate. All these bulbs are flowering size, and should be planted in the spring. Your order will be a benefit to the school. We have published a descriptive price-list of these flowers, and shall be glad to send it on request.
Address all orders and inquiries to the Oakwood School, Box 414, Huntsville, Ala.
The Idaho Sunday Law
By C. M. S.
THE governor of Idaho, in his message to the legislature, dated January 3, strongly recommends the repeal of the State Sunday law. This is the Sunday law which was drawn up by the Pacific Coast representative of the International Reform Bureau, Rev. G. L. Tufts, and was declared to be the product of a study of forty other State Sunday laws, and was highly recommended by the International Reform Bureau as a model law. Nevertheless the governor declared that “the provisions of the act itself are in many respects both absurd and contradictory,” and that “the matter has twice been before the supreme court, requiring construction at the hands of that tribunal, while many other of its provisions still remain in grave doubt. . . . The reason for many of the prohibitions are simply incomprehensible to the average mind. . . . No law universal in its application can be enacted that will be satisfactory to the varying conditions of this State. As a result of its experience in construing this law, the supreme court has proposed in its report to the governor, that it be so amended as to be made intelligible. Undoubtedly the act needs amendment if it is continued in force, but I would suggest as a still better remedy that the entire act be repealed, and the subject-matter of it relegated to local authorities in the various municipalities of the State.” This double criticism from the governor and the State supreme court is a strikingly severe comment on the work and the judgment of those who are responsible for the making of the law. It is to be hoped that the governor’s recommendation for the repeal of the law may meet the approval of the Idaho Legislature. C. M. S.
Roll of Honor
By W. T. Knox
WE are glad to add the following conferences to the list already published:—
Sustentation Fund
To Mission Work
Per Cent
Per Cent
Alabama
5
5
Tennessee River
5
5
Kentucky
5
5
Southern Union Mission
5
5
North Dakota
5
10
Western Oregon
5
15
Upper Columbia
5
20
W. T. KNOX, Treasurer.
What About the Johnston Sunday Bill?
By K. C. Russell
THE District Committee of the House of Representatives has taken no action concerning the Johnston Sunday bill since the hearing that was held on the same, March 8 and 16, 1910. It had lain in the hands of the committee so long without any action, that no one expected, at this late hour in this session of Congress, that it would be acted upon by the committee; but to our surprise we learned Wednesday morning, February 8, that final action was to be taken the next morning. Most earnest efforts were at once put forth with the members of the committee with the hope of influencing them to render an adverse report upon the bill; for it was feared that, should the committee take favorable action on the measure, it would undoubtedly pass the House, and become a law.
WE are glad, however, to report that there was a failure to secure the presence of a quorum of the committee; hence no action was taken.
THE bill, however, is placed upon the “motion to discharge committees” calendar, and may yet slip through. Let us pray that its passage may be hindered.
K. C. RUSSELL.
February 25
By A. J. S. Bourdeau
SABBATH, Feb. 25, 1911, is the day set apart for the regular fourth Sabbath home missionary service in our churches. As there will be considerable original work connected with the program (see pages 18-20 of REVIEW for February 9), it is suggested that church elders or missionary leaders make early assignments to the various members who will be expected to take part.
In reading note 2 in the “Suggestive Program” found on page 20 of last week’s REVIEW, the “Great Controversy” should be credited with having led twenty-one persons of the 1,080 mentioned to accept the truth, instead of only one person, as it was made to read through a typographical error.
A. J. S. BOURDEAU,
Missionary Secretary.
British Publishing-House Financial Statement
By Editor
The annual financial statement of our British publishing-house, the International Tract Society, shows a gain of $5,344, which means a good work done in issuing publications bearing this message.
Meiktila Industrial School Announcement
WE have received the announcement of the Meiktila Industrial School, in Burma, to open May 30, 1911, Elder Robert B. Thurber, superintendent. The announcement is printed in both English and Burmese.
Brother Douglas Invited to Mexico
The Mission Board has invited Brother J. R. Douglas, of Arizona, to go to Mexico to engage in the book work. He will doubtless spend some time in the school being conducted for workers in Mexico City.
Ferris Family Arrive in Norfolk Island
We learn that Brother A. H. Ferris and family, of Australia, landed in Norfolk Island, South Pacific, early in January. Brother Ferris goes to take the oversight of the work there in place of Brother H. Mitchell, who is compelled to return to Australia on account of his wife's health.
New Orleans City Mission Work
ELDER E. L. MAXWELL, president of the Louisiana Conference, reports that Elder J. A. Morrow and wife, of Kansas, have arrived in New Orleans to take charge of the city mission work. Elder Maxwell is desirous of securing a French canvasser to work in that great city, with its many thousands of French-speaking people. For English canvassing, he has secured Brother F. A. Evans, of Pennsylvania, and Brother Z. S. Arey, of Oklahoma.
Work in San Salvador
WE hear that the West Indian Union Conference is arranging to open work in San Salvador, the one Central American state in which we have no representative.
Credit for Hail, Gladdening Light
By Editor
We regret that we neglected to give the proper credit for the beautiful song, “Hail, Gladdening Light,” printed in our Home department last week. The words are by Sebaste, and the music by John Stainer.
General Conference Treasury Reports
THE General Conference Treasury makes two interesting reports in this issue. It is good to see the growth in the $300,000 Fund since the former report. Let us keep it growing. Not a week passes that does not emphasize anew the need of the facilities that this fund is to secure in the great mission fields where the facilities are so meager.
Gospel Opportunity in Turkey
IN appealing for funds for issuing a new book for Mohammedans, the American Tract Society quotes the saying of a veteran missionary that the opportunity now in Turkey "surpasses anything our missionaries have ever thought or dreamt of." Every nation and tribe must hear the gospel message in this generation, and the Lord prepares the way.
