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Review and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 21.

Bible Charity
Earlier text: The Key-Note of the Gospel

Dedicatory Services of the Church for Colored People in Chicago

By William Covert

THESE services were held May 4-7. Elder A. J. Haysmer was with us all the time, and Brother Brown came up from Springfield, Ill., and rendered very acceptable service in his preaching and in other ways. Elder W. D. Forde delivered the dedicatory address on Sunday, May 7. We had provided 220 chairs for seating purposes, and almost every one was occupied, more than two hundred persons being present at the time of the dedicatory services.
It has been my privilege to provide a good many meeting-houses for our people during my long experience in the Lord's work, but I have never seen a people who seemed to enjoy getting into a new house more than these brethren and sisters enjoy their church home in Chicago. The entire cost of the lot and building, with equipments complete, amounts to five thousand dollars. This does not include the valuable services of Elder J. Tabor, who superintended the work all the time.
On Sabbath, May 6, three persons were baptized by Elder Forde in the baptistery in the church. The church-membership is now thirty-four, and a number of additions are expected soon. An immense field is opened up for these people in Chicago, and we are sure that what has been done for them is in the order of the Lord. There is yet to be raised about seventeen hundred dollars to complete the payments on this new church, and we shall be glad to receive any offerings for this purpose until it is all paid for. WM. COVERT.

The Canal Zone

By B. E. Connerly

WHILE current journalism is giving so much space to glowing accounts of progress made in building the great canal, and while all the world is interested in the developments on the Isthmus of Panama, no doubt the readers of the REVIEW will be glad to know something of the progress of the advent message here, from those who have been chosen to represent it to the multitudes who are advancing what is perhaps the greatest industrial achievement of all times.
Our little country, with an area of only ten by forty-seven miles, and with less than a decade of national life, is famous only because that through it there is being built the largest interoceanic ship canal in the world, at a cost of from thirty-five to forty-five million dollars annually.
The population is exceedingly cosmopolitan; but from whatever part of the world the people come, it is with the one object of getting rich, and there is none that seeketh after God. Including the two terminal points, Colon and Panama City, the Canal Zone has, approximately, one hundred thousand inhabitants, divided about as follows: Natives, 35,000 (these speak the Spanish, and are about equally divided between black and white); West Indians, 40,000; Americans, 10,000; Spaniards and Italians, 5,000; Chinese, 5,000; and other foreigners, such as French, Greeks, and East Indians, 5,000.
Our work among these people is onward, and though the evangelical branch is conducted for the most part in English, we are, by means of our literature, doing something for the others in this great Babylon of tongues. There are two organized churches and five companies in the Canal Zone, and work is being done in the seventeen towns along the line of the canal. Elder H. C. Goodrich, president of the conference, devotes less than half his time to the Canal Zone. In the conference with him are engaged one minister and six canvassers. We are making an effort this year to extend our work among the two hundred fifty thousand people scattered over the four hundred seventy miles of the singularly shaped republic of Panama. Among these are several thousand Indians, for whom we must plan to work.
It is believed that the canal will be completed in 1915; and when we take into account the fact that there are from forty to forty-five thousand men employed in operating the best and most effective machinery it is possible for the inventive genius of man to produce, and when we see the hundreds of long trains of soil winding out of the ever-deepening cuts, it is easy to believe that the great work will be completed on time.
It behooves us to work while it is called to-day. We hope that by the time the message is faithfully given to our little field, the other workers will have finished in the fields to which the Lord has called them, that all may go home together.
B. E. CONNERLY.

The Bloemfontein Camp-Meeting

By R. C. Porter

THIS meeting was held March 16-26. It was a representative meeting, being a union of the Natal-Transvaal and Cape Colony conferences and the South African Union Conference. The meeting was not a large gathering, there being only about two hundred present. This number represented nearly all of the churches, and all but one of the mission stations. The key-note of the meeting was, The love of Christ in the heart the only true basis of Christian life and activity.
From the very beginning there was a ready response on the part of the people to the appeal from the ministry for a higher standard of personal experience in the love of Christ. It was very marked that the Lord was leading, as day by day the message lifted the people higher and higher in Christian experience. Brethren who had differed on plans and policies for the advancement of the work were perfectly united and of the same mind.
The first three days of the meeting it rained hard and quite continuously, greatly to the discomfort of the campers; but there was no murmuring in the tents. The last week the weather was delightful.
The business meetings were participated in by all present. No race nor national disunity appeared; the meeting was in every respect a union conference.
Elder H. J. Edmed was elected president of the Natal-Transvaal Conference, with Brother F. Macdonald as secretary and treasurer. Elder W. S. Hyatt was unanimously chosen president of the Cape Colony Conference, and J. V. Willson as secretary and treasurer. The writer was continued as president of the union, with J. V. Willson as secretary and treasurer. It was recommended that more help be provided for the office.
The past two years showed a marked gain in tithes and offerings, book sales, and general missionary work. The tithes showed a gain of $3,249 for the union. The First-day offerings showed $630 gain, and the Sabbath-school offerings, $1,015.
The attendance at our mission schools and out-schools has increased from 1,215 to 2,158. The book and paper sales also show a large increase. More than twenty thousand dollars' worth of books has been sold and delivered in the last two years.
The spirit of the meeting was deep and earnest. A meeting was called for the purpose of raising money to relieve the indebtedness of the Plumstead Sanitarium and the Claremont Union College. This was the most remarkable meeting I ever attended. It began at 9:30 A. M., and continued without intermission until 3 P. M. Dr. G. W. Thomason first gave a report of the sanitarium, and Brother C. P. Crager followed with a report of the college. These reports showed that the patronage at both the sanitarium and the bath-rooms and the attendance at the college had doubled during the past two years.
Following these reports a brief statement was made showing the importance of raising a fund for relieving these institutions of the burden of debt. The sanitarium first responded through Dr. Thomason and his associates offering to become responsible for raising five thousand dollars within the next two years if the people would raise an equal amount. All cash and pledges raised by the people were to be divided equally between the two institutions.
The sweet spirit of Christ rested upon the people, and amid flowing tears they began to give. Hand after hand went up for $500, then for $250, for $125, and for $100. These sums were followed by smaller amounts. Even little children caught the spirit of the meeting, and appealed to their parents for an offering for Jesus, and none were turned empty away. Children and wives at home were also remembered, and offerings given in their names. The good spirit of giving did not end here; for offerings were given in memory of loved ones now sleeping in death. The poor were accounted as those who gave, this being made possible by those who are more favored with this world's goods. Outside persons present gave willingly and cheerfully. There was no urging. Once or twice it was suggested that the meeting close, but the suggestion was not heeded. The workers from the dining-tent came with their fruit and vegetables, and prepared them for the noon-day meal in the rear of the large tent, that they, too, might share in the blessing of the service. None present doubted that we were being visited by the promised refreshings of the latter rain.
The "Christ's Object Lessons" and "Ministry of Healing" campaigns for the relief of institutional indebtedness were presented, and several hundred of these books were subscribed for. When the meeting closed, people lingered to learn the amount of the offering, and were happily surprised to find it totaled approximately seventeen thousand dollars.
It is needless to say that those who attended this meeting were lifted higher in their Christian experience, and returned home to work more earnestly than ever before to hasten the coming of Christ, and his blessed kingdom of peace and love, that we may enjoy such gatherings throughout an endless eternity. R. C. PORTER.

The Work of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary

By M. E. Kern

THE history of the Foreign Mission Seminary, like all Seventh-day Adventist enterprises, has been one of evolution and advancement. The same Spirit that led us in the establishment of denominational headquarters at Washington, directed that a school should be built here. When the biennial council of the General Conference held in Switzerland four years ago decided that the Washington Training College should be changed into an institution for the special training of missionaries, the action met a spontaneous and hearty response from our people everywhere, as well as the approval of the spirit of prophecy. The development of our foreign mission enterprises is really a marvelous story. The demands of the world-wide field upon us, our experience in the conduct of this work, and the urgency of an overdue message, all call for such an institution as this, where a thorough course of special training may be given for effective work in these fields.
Building on the experiences of the past, both in the management of foreign missions and in the conduct of the school, the General Conference Committee and Seminary board last summer took another step forward. The course of study was strengthened in a more specific preparation for the various fields, and by giving opportunity for practical experience in Christian work.

Special Training for Foreign Missions

There are special problems in foreign fields pertaining to racial characteristics, religious conditions, manners, and customs, maintenance of health, and previous missionary efforts, which should be thoroughly studied by candidates for appointment. A mere conventional idea of Christian work is disastrous; for success or failure depends very largely on the ability to deal with actual situations.
Special courses have been given in the study of the various mission fields, including the geography and history of the country, the customs and habits of the people, the religions to be met, and the history and present status of missionary effort among the people. All this has done much, we believe, to put the candidate in touch with his field, and prepare him for successful missionary effort.

Practical Missionary Effort

Following the suggestion that has been given us that here the students "are to be tested and proved, that it may be seen what their adaptability is," the board laid broader plans for practical missionary effort in connection with the school training. Special classes for the training of ministers and Bible workers have been organized, and one day in each week has been set apart for missionary work in the city of Washington. The results of these efforts have been very gratifying. The students feel that they have learned in this way what it would have been impossible to learn in any other.

Personal Acquaintance Before Final Selection

The attendance of these candidates for mission fields at the Seminary has not only been of great value to them in theoretical and practical lines, but it has given the Seminary faculty and the Foreign Mission Board a chance to become well acquainted with them. By observing the students in their school life and practical work, the Mission Board has been able to judge of their ability to succeed, and better to determine for what field of work they are best fitted. This we feel sure is a very important matter, now that the majority of missionaries being sent out are comparatively young. The past year has demonstrated the wisdom of the decision of the Mission Board in requiring that our missionaries spend the first few months of their service at the Seminary. A great saving has been effected by the better equipment of those who go; and in the cases of a few who have proved unfit, we know that a great expense has been saved. The missionaries who have gone out have been sent with a much fuller assurance and confidence on the part of the board.

A Post-Graduate Nurses' Course

During the past few months the Seminary board and General Conference Committee have been earnestly studying the problems connected with the Seminary, and how more fully to meet the demands of our ever-expanding work. There is a crying need to-day for medical missionaries. The truth of Moffat's statement that a medical missionary is a missionary and a half, is quite generally admitted. We have many consecrated nurses throughout the country who will develop into excellent medical missionaries if they are given a thorough course in Bible and Bible work, and some additional study in advanced nursing, with practical hospital and dispensary experience. We believe that there is a great field among us for a post-graduate nurses' course. Then, too, all our missionaries need at least an elementary training in this work.
In view of these facts, the Washington Sanitarium and the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary have more closely united in their work. All the educational work will be done under the direction of the Seminary, leaving the Sanitarium more free to arrange for practical nursing in connection with the newly established hospital, and in work that may be opened in the city of Washington. The nursing at the Sanitarium will ultimately be done entirely by graduate nurses, some of whom will be employed outright, and many of whom will be in the advanced course. This post-graduate course fills a long-felt want. It will enable those who have been graduated from our various sanitariums to obtain advanced professional study with hospital experience, and at the same time receive thorough instruction in Bible and evangelical work.

Preparation for City Work

The cities of the world are still unwarned of the near coming of Christ. Spirit-filled ministers, consecrated Bible workers, and medical missionary evangelists are needed at once. We believe that God has directed in the plans of the Foreign Mission Seminary for a quick preparation for this work. The pastoral training-class, with its thorough instruction and practical work, the Bible workers' training-class, led by an experienced Bible worker in the study of the best methods of labor and in practical effort, with the medical missionary training-courses, are designed to take persons of maturity and education, and quickly prepare them for efficient service in gospel work in the world-wide field and in the great cities of our own land.
Who will lay aside all worldly plans, and share with Jesus the burden for a lost world? "Already many hearts are responding to the call of the Master Worker, and their numbers will increase."
It is necessary that the list of students at the Foreign Mission Seminary should be made up at an early date. Let those who think of coming write at once for further information and application blanks to the undersigned at Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
M. E. KERN, President.

Copper Ridge

By J. L. Shuler; Mrs. J. L. Shuler

Tennessee

Copper Ridge.—Shortly after the ministerial institute in Knoxville, Elder P. G. Stanley requested us to visit the Copper Ridge church. We began meetings here, March 22. In a few nights a good interest was secured, and the church was filled each evening. The weather was very bad a great deal of the time, but this did not prevent us from reaching the interested ones.
This series of meetings continued until April 16, and a number took a stand to keep the Lord’s commandments. From that time we endeavored to further instruct these, so they might be in harmony with us on every point, and be ready for baptism. Sabbath, May 6, we had the pleasure of receiving eight new members into the church. We had a precious meeting that day. The Lord came near, and hearts were melted in love under the influence of his Holy Spirit.
Sunday, May 7, Elder J. B. Locken buried seven precious souls with their Lord in baptism. Four or five more will be ready for baptism in a few weeks. We praise the Lord for his blessings to us in this place, and pray that sheaves may be gathered into the garner of God as a result of our seed-sowing in this community. J. L. SHULER, MRS. J. L. SHULER.

The Need of To-Day

By G. F. Watson

THE work that God has committed to his remnant church is the most important work ever committed to any people. There are many reasons why this is true. It is the greatest, because it is the last of all God's messages of mercy to fallen man; because of the vast territory it covers, and of the teeming multitudes who inhabit that territory. The greatest need of to-day is love for the truth in giving this last message,—the same love that was in the great heart of God when he committed the work to his remnant church. Paul tells us of a class of people who perish because they receive not “the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” Is this message that is committed to the remnant church the truth? All who can say, Yea, Lord, to this question should love the message in keeping with its greatness. I need to ask God on bended knee to keep me in the love of this great truth, and to help me give it to the nations of earth. How is it with you, brother, sister? O, let us thus pray! It is with sadness that I think of my dear fellow workers who have left home and friends, and gone to foreign fields. We call them fellow workers. This does not simply mean that they are fellow workers with those of us who are canvassers, Bible workers, teachers, or preachers; but all the members of the church are fellow workers one with the other if all share alike in its joys and its griefs. Dear people of the Southwestern Union Conference, can we say that we are fellow workers with those who have gone to foreign fields unless in some way we share with them in the sacrifices that they are making?
They ask our prayers and a support. Could they ask less, and live? Can we give less, and be fellow workers with them? I ask myself this question, and leave it with you to do the same.
Some one has failed to do his part in this blessed work. Yes, many in our Southwestern Union Conference have failed, as the following will show: During the first quarter of 1911, our union sent to the General Conference, for mission funds, $5,139.45; but we should have sent, according to the membership of last year, $6,408.80. This means a shortage of $1,269.35, caused by a deficit in all the conferences of our union. Arkansas, which should have sent in $718.90, sent only $355.19, a shortage of $363.71. New Mexico should have sent in $442, but sent only $354.04, a shortage of $87.96; North Texas should have sent in $1,978.50, but sent $1,267.97, a shortage of $710.53; Oklahoma should have sent in $2,610.40, but sent $2,515.82, a shortage of $94.58. West Texas should have sent in $292.50, but sent only $279.93, a shortage of $12.57.
We know, every one of us, if we have failed in doing our part, so I need not say any more at this time. I hope, however, that our conference presidents will set to work just a little more determinedly. Our secretaries should look closely to the membership in their several conferences, so they will know just how much should come in for missions. Let us act well our part in this our day.
G. F. WATSON.

Field Notes

FIVE persons united with the church by baptism at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, recently.
A SHORT series of meetings with the Ontario (Idaho) church closed with six new members added to the same.
AT the general meeting at Thatuana, British Columbia, three young people were baptized, and twelve persons united with the church.
SABBATH, April 15, nine adults, three brethren and six sisters, were baptized in Johnstown, Pa., and eight were taken into church fellowship.

The Huntsville (Ala.) School

By H. R. S.

IN a personal letter from Prof. Clarence J. Boyd, the principal of the Oakwood Manual Training School, Huntsville, Ala., he tells of the generous gifts which he received for the school while on a recent trip to the North:—
“I spent about six weeks going from city to city through Indiana, Michigan, and northern Illinois, visiting such manufacturing establishments as turned out articles that we could use to advantage in our work here at Oakwood. In all, about three car-loads of good, substantial donations were received, which will inventory at about twenty-five hundred dollars. This material was gathered at an expense of less than two hundred dollars. We loaded one car in Grand Rapids, Mich., which was filled mostly with furniture for our sanitarium and new buildings. In this city and vicinity I simply worked up a list which I carried from factory to factory, having previously met the officials of the city board of trade and being given the privilege of doing so. Two firms gave one bedroom suite each, another two office desks, another a hundred folding chairs, and another three dozen dining-room chairs. Others gave chairs of different descriptions, tables, buffets, mirrors, etc. The American Fork and Hoe Company, of Jackson, gave us a hundred hoes, fifty forks, and twenty rakes. We also received a dozen wheelbarrows, a cart, trucks, etc., from Lansing; a steam-pump from Battle Creek; tanks from Sturgis; washing-machines from Muskegon; etc. From another section we received some machinery; for example, a power corn-sheller, a two-horse potato-planter, and some pumps. The International Harvester people gave us a large three-horse manure-spreader. Another company gave us five and one-half miles of woven wire fencing.
“I find this class of men easy to approach and in nearly every instance deeply interested in our work. I had many interesting conversations with them, and tried in every case properly to represent our cause and work in general. I believe that many of these men, who occupy high positions of responsibility, might never know of Seventh-day Adventists and their work unless some humble servant, like myself, should talk to them about something of this kind. Our future prospects are encouraging.”
HERE is a suggestive paragraph in an interesting letter from one of our educational superintendents whose work is meeting with success:—
“I give four or five talks to the patrons of the school when I visit the schools and meet with the members of the board. I am not simply visiting schools, but I go into the schoolroom to work, introducing methods which I think will be helpful to the teacher. There is so much to be done that I often work late into the night with the teachers, but they are all so willing to co-operate with me that it makes my work a pleasure. We are working in harmony.”
ON this question of the church-school teacher, I wish to add another paragraph taken from a letter from Miss Sarah Peck, director of the normal department of Union College:—
“I am glad to hear you speak as you do of the normal work. In my estimation, the training of teachers is the practical solution of the problem which confronts us in extending the educational phase of the third angel’s message. Sometimes I think that our backwardness, our lack of faith, in this work is the one thing which, more than any other, delays our Lord’s coming. How can he come when by our neglect these poor children are so sadly unready for him! The one thing I pray for constantly is that the Lord will help us as educators to sense the condition of things as they exist, and give us some suitable burden for this work. The preparation of books and the laying of plans that are in harmony with the principles the Lord has given us, and then the training of teachers to appreciate these principles and carry out these plans,—these to my mind constitute our present work as educators.”
H. R. S.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— In consequence of food shortage on the Labrador coast, between five and six thousand settlers are suffering for want of food. Supplies are being forwarded for the benefit of the needy.
— Senator Frye, who has acted as president of the Senate pro tempore for a number of years, on account of his condition of health has tendered his resignation, to take effect as soon as a successor can be chosen to take his place.
— Recently a book on the Colonial laws of Massachusetts in 1642 was sold by a bookseller in St. Paul, Minn., for two dollars, the seller not appreciating its value. A few days later the same volume was sold in New York City for $20,000.
— The steamship “Merida,” with 187 passengers, was rammed by the “Admiral Farragut” off the Virginia capes, May 12. The boat sunk with its full cargo, valued at $2,000,000. The passengers, however, were rescued, and safely transferred to the “Farragut.”
— The first test in the House of Commons over the veto bill to curtail the power of the House of Lords ended May 15. The strength of the movement to bring about a reform in the upper house was shown in an amendment to reject the whole bill. The vote stood 363 to 243, and the measure was carried on its third reading 362 to 241.
— A bill which passed the Pennsylvania Legislature proposing to exempt parsonages from taxation has been vetoed by the governor. The proposed exemption is unconstitutional, according to a decision of the supreme court of the State, and the governor, for that reason, was “reluctantly compelled to withhold his approval from the bill.”
— A number of industrial strikes have occurred throughout the United States during the month of May. May 1, 1,500 shopmen employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad went out on a strike. On the same date 10,000 men engaged in various industries in Chicago quit work, demanding a higher rating of wages and shorter hours. Later in the month, some 9,000 machinists in New York City struck for a reduction of the work-day from nine to eight hours. May 3, 2,000 New York boiler-makers likewise quit work, pending settlement of a demand for an increase of wages.
— But little change has resulted in the Mexican situation during the past week. After the fall of Juarez, General Madero proceeded to form a provincial government, with himself as president. A cabinet was likewise selected. The revolutionists in other parts of the republic have reported unimportant victories and the taking of several small towns. At the present writing, May 20, peace negotiations are again under way. It is reported that President Diaz has definitely decided to retire by June 1, placing Señor de la Barra and General Madero in executive control, an election to be held later.
— There has been in progress in New York City for some days a sale of the literary treasures collected by Robert Hoe, inventor and builder of printing-presses. It is surprising to read of a day’s sales which run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. A single work sells for many thousands of dollars. A Bible, which is one of seven copies now in existence, sold for $50,000, the highest price ever paid for a book. The book was printed by Gutenberg, and is one of the first books ever printed from movable types. It is printed on vellum. It was bought by Mr. Hoe for $20,000 fourteen years ago. It is now the property of Henry E. Huntington, a wealthy railroad operator.
— May 15 the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in the famous Standard Oil case, which will practically result in dissolving that great corporation. This monopoly is held to restrain commerce “unreasonably.” It is given six months in which to meet this new requirement. The court was unanimous in its decision as to the main features. This decision of the final court of appeals is regarded by the government officials as practically a complete victory for the government. Substantially every proposition contended for by the government in this case is affirmed by the Supreme Court. By the decision a corporation which attempts to control or absorb its competitor is illegal, and may be dissolved. The same day, the jail sentence which has been hanging over Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrison, labor leaders, was set aside, the Supreme Court holding that the sentence of the lower court as to imprisonment was illegal, and that these men could be punished for civil contempt only by imposition of a fine. The Supreme Court holds that the published or spoken utterance of organized labor can be enjoined or attacked legally, because organized labor is a combination, and as such relinquishes the rights of individuals. It also establishes the fact that legal prosecution can be levied not only at the union itself, but at its officers as well.

Christian Education

By H. R. Salisbury

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference
H. R. SALISBURY Secretary

Summary of Magazine Sales for April, 1911

Atlantic Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Maine 1879 714 $ 71.40
Massachusetts 5629 3578 357.80
N. New England 863 309 30.90
S. New England 1008 1147 114.70
Gr. New York 3719 4895 489.50
New York 3106 2901 290.10
W. New York 3064 895 89.50
Totals 19268 14439 1443.90

Canadian Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Maritime 299 60 6.00
Ontario 1101 2080 208.00
Quebec 746 305 30.50
Newfoundland 4 ..... .....
Totals 2150 2445 244.50

Western Canadian Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Alberta 3583 619 61.90
British Columbia 400 2795 279.50
Manitoba 517 235 23.50
Saskatchewan 109 121 12.10
Totals 4609 3770 377.00

Central Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Colorado 3591 1970 197.00
West. Colorado 1227 275 27.50
East Kansas 3828 2060 206.00
West Kansas 935 93.50
N. Missouri 1488 760 $ 76.00
St. Louis Mission ..... ..... .....
S. Missouri 2033 685 68.50
Nebraska 6536 2822 282.20
Wyoming 513 295 29.50
Totals 19215 9802 980.20

Columbia Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Chesapeake 783 1370 137.00
District of Col. 3079 1031 103.10
New Jersey 2991 3816 381.60
E. Pennsylvania 2662 2650 265.00
W. Pennsylvania 2859 1827 182.70
Ohio 5398 5680 568.00
Virginia 2020 780 78.00
West Virginia 421 600 60.00
Totals 20213 17754 1775.40

Lake Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Indiana 4381 3685 368.50
East Michigan 2356 1530 153.00
West Michigan 3858 1450 145.00
North Michigan 545 600 60.00
Northern Illinois 7456 5990 599.00
Southern Illinois 2238 1099 109.90
Wisconsin 3782 2535 253.50
Totals 24616 16889 1688.90

Northern Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Iowa 9351 7445 744.50
Minnesota 6787 4109 410.90
North Dakota 1608 4995 499.50
South Dakota 1359 801 80.10
Totals 19105 17350 1735.00

North Pacific Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Montana 3596 779 77.90
Southern Idaho 824 299 29.90
Upper Columbia
E. Oregon Mis. 5424 3300 330.00
S. Oregon 7778 225 22.50
W. Oregon 1630 163.00
W. Washington 4909 1940 194.00
Totals 22531 8173 817.30

Pacific Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Arizona 489 20 2.00
California 5818 581.80
Cen. California 17598 545 54.50
N. Cal.-Nevada 2065 206.50
S. California 4336 7391 739.10
Utah 295 300 30.00
Totals 22718 16139 1613.90

Southern Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Alabama 1027 1421 142.10
Kentucky 1972 1065 106.50
Louisiana 1456 793 79.30
Mississippi 656 700 70.00
Tennessee River 1684 1792 179.20
Totals 6795 5771 577.10

Southeastern Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Cumberland 1109 1575 157.50
Florida 1156 1236 123.60
Georgia 2724 2085 208.50
North Carolina 3189 2210 221.00
South Carolina 208 511 51.10
Totals 8386 7617 761.70

Southwestern Union Conference

TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Arkansas 1143 1283 128.30
New Mexico 753 310 31.00
Oklahoma 3009 1376 137.60
Texas 4654 1652 165.20
S. Texas Mission 100 10.00
W. Texas 676 405 40.50
Totals 10235 5126 512.60
TOTALS APRIL 1910 TOTALS APRIL 1911 VALUE APRIL 1911
Foreign & Misc. 6412 17177 $1717.70
Mailing lists ..... 50305 5030.50
Grand totals 186253 192757 19275.70

Comparative Summary

TOTALS 1909 TOTALS 1910 TOTALS 1911
January 71094 89462 122202
February 91812 116198 99234
March 134206 132165 244003
April 120582 183981 192757
May 115145 174886 .....
June 163545 193727 .....
July 168689 222146 .....
August 174136 152520 .....
September 102033 120020 .....
October 108571 116157 .....
November 106860 102795 .....
December 90737 99130 .....

Literature for Spanish-Speaking Jews

By Frederick C. Gilbert

Some time ago a Christian brother wrote to us, asking for literature for the Jews in the Levant. We sent him such as we had, but soon received word that not many of the Jews in the Orient could read that kind of Yiddish. Through the providence of God one of the tracts fell into the hands of a Jewish Christian who could read both the English and the Judeo-German, and soon a letter came to us, asking if we would like to have one of our Jewish tracts translated into Judeo-Spanish, as this Christian worker desired to give the contents of the tract to his people. We immediately replied that we would gladly have it put into that language; so now we have the tract, “Israel’s Deliverer,” translated into Judeo-Spanish.
If the readers of the REVIEW know of any Spanish or Portuguese Jews who do not read the Yiddish, and would like to get some of the Judeo-Spanish tracts for their friends, we will gladly get a supply from the Orient for them, that the Oriental Jews may read the gospel in the tongue to which they are accustomed.
We thank the Lord that this tract has been put into this dialect, and we are sure it will be a means of reaching thousands of Jews. The original tract, “Israel’s Deliverer,” has had a circulation of over one hundred ten thousand copies. Let us pray that God will bless the scattering of the printed page.
F. C. GILBERT.

A Samoan Paper

By Frances N. Waugh

SINCE our last Australasian Union Conference, another monthly paper has been begun for our field, this time in the language of Samoa. When we consider the population of that group who read and write in the Samoan language, we feel that seven hundred fifty copies to scatter among forty thousand natives are as but a drop in the ocean. But we thank our Heavenly Father that he has given us the privilege of making a beginning. If we sow in faith and with prayer and supplication, we know that he who fed the five thousand by the shores of Galilee is able to feed the people of Samoa with the papers now sent out.
As you look at the map and study our mission field, you will find that with the list of island papers now being printed, we can reach the whole of the people in Polynesia, including, of course, the Maori people of New Zealand. Our thoughts turn toward the unentered islands in Melanesia and Micronesia, and we hope that erelong we shall see some of our workers on their way to carry the message to these fields.
The work is onward. Our courage is good, and we praise the Lord for his goodness and love.
FRANCES N. WAUGH.

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference
E. R. PALMER . . . . . . . . . Secretary N. Z. TOWN . . . . . . . . . Assistant Secretary

The Magazine Summary

By N. Z. T.

OUR summary of magazine sales for April shows an encouraging increase over the corresponding month of last year. There is, however, quite a falling off from the month of March, but there is a reason for this. Last month the new Temperance Instructor was just ready, and nearly all the conferences ordered large numbers of these. While our total loss from last month is only fifty-one thousand copies, the total order for the Temperance Instructor this month is over seventy-nine thousand less than during March. So while there is a loss in the number of Instructor sold, there is a substantial gain in the circulation of the three monthly magazines, Signs of the Times, Watchman, and Life and Health.
It is good to see the friendly attitude which our brethren and sisters show toward each of the different magazines. In making up the summary, we notice that the Atlantic Union stands at the head in the number of Signs ordered, while the Pacific Union last month used almost twice as many Watchman as Signs. We trust that this spirit may continue, and that the circulation of each of these good magazines may increase in every conference. N. Z. T.
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