ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern New England....Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine, Norridgewock...........Sept. 1-10
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Quebec, South Stukely....Aug. 25 to Sept. 3
Maritime, Williamsdale Academy, Sept. 11-18
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Nebraska (local), Palmer.......July 24-30
South Missouri, Springfield.....Aug. 3-13
East Kansas, Fort Scott.........Aug. 10-20
Colorado, Denver...............Aug. 17-27
Nebraska (local), Norfolk.......Aug. 21-27
North Missouri, Hamilton.......Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Kansas, Wichita...........Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
St. Louis Mission Field........Sept. 6-13
West Colorado..................Sept. 14-24
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
West Pennsylvania, Ford City....Aug. 10-20
Ohio, Wooster..................Aug. 17-27
Virginia, Richmond.............Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
New Jersey, Trenton............Sept. 7-17
Chesapeake, Dover, Del.........Sept. 14-24
West Virginia, Parkersburg, Sept. 28 to Oct. 8
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Indiana, Indianapolis..........Aug. 3-13
West Michigan, Muskegon........Aug. 17-27
Northern Illinois..............Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan, Traverse City...Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Southern Illinois, Shelbyville..Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
East Michigan, Oxford..........Sept. 7-17
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa...........................Aug. 23 to Sept. 3
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern California, Long Beach..Aug. 7-21
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
South Carolina, Woodruff.......July 20-30
North Carolina, High Point.....Aug. 3-13
Georgia, Forsyth...............Aug. 10-20
Cumberland, Lenoir City, Tenn....Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Florida, Sanford...............Sept. 28 to Oct. 9
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana, Baton Rouge.........July 27 to Aug. 6
Alabama, Decatur...............Aug. 3-13
Kentucky, Pleasureville........Aug. 17-27
Mississippi, Jackson...........Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
Mississippi (colored), Meridian,...Aug. 30 to Sept. 10
Tennessee River................Sept. 7-17
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Texas, Dallas..................Aug. 3-13
West Texas, Ovalo..............Aug. 10-20
New Mexico, Corona.............Aug. 17-27
Oklahoma, Enid.................Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Arkansas (colored).............Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Arkansas, Fort Smith...........Sept. 7-17
South Texas, San Antonio, Oct. 26 to Nov. 5
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Saskatchewan (South), Pense.....July 25-30
European Division
LATIN UNION CONFERENCE
France and Holland.............July 26-30
Barcelona......................Aug. 1-5
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE
North England..................Aug. 3-8
Scotland.......................Aug. 10-13
Ireland........................Aug. 17-29
Wales..........................Aug. 24-27
South England..................Aug. 31 to Sept. 5
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Georgia Conference
By C. B. Stephenson; Mrs. Calla B. Clark
THE eleventh annual session of the Georgia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Forsyth, Ga., Aug. 10-20, 1911, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the conference. The first business meeting will be held at 9 A. M., Friday, Aug. 11, 1911.
C. B. STEPHENSON, President;
MRS. CALLA B. CLARK, Secretary.
Alabama Conference Association
By E. G. Hayes; W. S. Cruzan
THE Alabama Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists (a body corporate under the laws of Alabama) will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Decatur, Ala., August 3-13. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, Aug. 14, 1911. This meeting will be for the election of trustees for the association, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
E. G. HAYES, President;
W. S. CRUZAN, Secretary.
Ohio Conference Association Meeting
By H. H. Burkholder; R. G. Patterson
THE annual meeting of the Ohio Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Wayne County fair-ground at Wooster, Ohio, in connection with the annual conference, Aug. 17-27, 1911. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Monday, Aug. 21, 1911, at 9:30 A. M.
H. H. BURKHOLDER, President;
R. G. PATTERSON, Secretary.
Kentucky Conference Association
By B. W. Brown; J. J. Graf
THE regular annual meeting of the constituency of the Kentucky Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Pleasureville, Ky., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 17-27, 1911. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1911. This meeting will be for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
B. W. BROWN, President;
J. J. GRAF, Secretary.
South Missouri Conference
By D. U. Hale; E. R. Allen
THE fourth annual session of the South Missouri Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Springfield, Mo., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 3-13, 1911, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and such other business as should be attended to by this conference. The first business session will be held August 4, at 9 A. M. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate for each fifteen members or major part thereof.
D. U. HALE, President;
E. R. ALLEN, Secretary.
Ohio Conference
By H. H. Burkholder
THE forty-ninth annual session of the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Wayne County fair-ground at Wooster, Ohio, in connection with the annual camp-meeting, Aug. 17-27, 1911. The opening meeting will be held on Friday, Aug. 18, 1911, at 9:30 A. M. The session is called for the purpose of electing the officers of the conference for the ensuing year, and for transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
All churches in the conference should be represented at this session, and if possible by a full delegation. The basis of representation is one delegate for the church organization, and one additional delegate for each twenty-five members.
H. H. BURKHOLDER,
President.
Kentucky Conference
By B. W. Brown
The fourth annual session of the Kentucky Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Pleasureville, Ky., Aug. 17-27, 1911, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first business meeting of the conference will be held Aug. 18, 1911, at 9 A. M.
Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate without regard to membership, and one additional delegate for each ten members. Delegates should be elected by the churches as soon as possible, and their names forwarded to the conference secretary. Tents will be provided for all at the usual rates, and a dining-room will be conducted by the conference. We have secured a beautiful park in which to hold this meeting. Let us all come praying for God's blessing. This meeting should be the best ever held in this conference. B. W. BROWN, President.
Publications Wanted
THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent post-paid:—
M. W. Moss, Gravette, Ark.
Eugene A. Brown, Lowell, Ariz.
Mrs. Lizzie Harmon, Elliott, Okla.
James M. Johnston, R. F. D. 5, Box 27, Hickory, N. C.
James Harvey, 1373 Grove St., Oakland, Cal., continuous supply of papers and tracts.
Emma Schwarz, Decatur, Ark., Youth's Instructor, Signs of the Times, Watchman, and Life and Health.
Lizzie Symons, R. F. D. 1, Sterling, Mich., Signs of the Times, Watchman, Youth's Instructor, Life Boat, tracts.
Mrs. M. V. Boyd, Box 76, Oconee, Ill., weekly Signs and other denominational papers and tracts. REVIEW not desired.
Orno Follett, Garden City, Kan., Signs, weekly and monthly, Watchman, Life and Health, Liberty, Protestant Magazine.
William Cobb, 1029 West Pearl St., Jackson, Miss., Signs of the Times, Watchman, and Seventh-day Adventist tracts for use by our mission workers in unworked territory in and around Jackson, Miss.
BECAUSE of special conditions in Oklahoma, one of our workers there, Mr. Z. S. Arey, Wanette, Okla., finds that he can make better use of Our Little Friend than of any other paper. He desires a liberal and continuous supply for missionary work.
Business Notices
By Editor
This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
No advertisements of “agents wanted,” or “partners wanted,” and no “promotion” nor “colonization” enterprises, will be printed in this column. Brief business notices will be published, subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—
Conditions
Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. The fact that one is a subscriber does not necessarily make him “known” to the managers, nor constitute sufficient 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 two dollars will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost five cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—At the Wabash Valley Sanitarium, La Fayette, Ind., an experienced laundryman. None but those having experience need apply. First-class references required. Do not write us unless you have these qualifications.
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FOR SALE.—Good five-room house, lot 61 x 102, twenty miles from Portland, Ore. Price, $975. Also shoe-repairing machinery. Good location; all the work a man can do. Home must sell before shop is vacated. W. C. F. Ward, Hillsboro, Ore.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure, healthful, odorless; keeps indefinitely; 5-gallon can, $4.30; 10-gallon can, $8.45; bbl. (50 gallons), 72 cents a gallon; ½ bbl. (30 gallons), 76 cents a gallon. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
HYGIENIC COOKING OIL.—A pure, nutritious vegetable shortening. Delicate in flavor, odorless, and healthful. Guaranteed by Dr. Godsmark under Pure Food Act of June 30, 1906, Serial No. 31284. Shipped direct from refinery, Louisville or New Orleans. Five-gallon can, $4.50; ten-gallon can, $8.50; half bbl. (32 gallons), 77 cents a gallon. Send all orders to Dr. Godsmark's Hygienic Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.23
SPECIAL OFFER.—Bible Mottoes—Beauties; 12 x 16; express prepaid; 500,000 on sale,—English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Danish. 200, $7; 50 or 100, same rate. Post-cards free with Mottoes. Father and Mother lead. Hampton Art Company, Nevada, Iowa.
DELICIOUS Peanut Oil Butter, 10 and 25 lbs., 11 cents lb.; 50 lbs., 10 cents lb.; Pure Olive Oil, $2.70 a gallon, $2.50 a gallon when ordered with Peanut Butter; Peanut Oil, 55 cents a quart, $2 a gallon; Pure Vegetable Cooking Oil, $1.10 a gallon; White House Cereal Coffee, 10 cents lb., 25 lbs., $2.25. B. Coleman, South Capitol and N Sts., Washington, D. C.
Kansas Conference Association
By L. W. Terry; E. Harris
THE annual session of the Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held at Fort Scott, Kan., in connection with the camp-meeting of the East Kansas Conference, Aug. 10-20, 1911, to elect officers for the ensuing year.
L. W. TERRY, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
Texas Conference Association
By W. A. McCutchen; C. E. Smith
THE annual meeting of the Texas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Dallas, Tex., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 3-13, 1911. The first meeting of the said association, a legal corporation of the State of Texas, will be held at 9 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1911. Association officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association.
W. A. McCUTCHEN, President;
C. E. SMITH, Secretary.
South Missouri Conference Association
By D. U. Hale; E. R. Allen
THE third annual session of the South Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting in Springfield, Mo., Aug. 3-13, 1911, for the election of officers, and the transaction of any other business that should properly come before this body. The first business session will be held Monday, August 7, at 9 A. M. The constituency to transact business is composed of the delegates of the South Missouri Conference.
D. U. HALE, President;
E. R. ALLEN, Secretary.
Texas Conference
By W. A. McCutchen; J. W. Winn
THE thirty-fourth annual session of the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Dallas, Aug. 3-13, 1911, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting of the session will be called at 9 A. M., August 4.
All churches of this conference are entitled to representation on the basis of one delegate for each church and one delegate for each fifteen members or major part thereof.
W. A. McCUTCHEN, President;
J. W. WINN, Secretary;
Indiana Conference
By O. Montgomery; A. N. Anderson
THE thirty-eighth annual session of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, on the grounds of the Winona Technical Institute, Indianapolis, Ind. The first meeting will be called at 10 A. M., Aug. 4, 1911. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization and one additional delegate for each fifteen members. The purpose of this meeting is for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. A full delegation is requested from all our churches.
O. MONTGOMERY, President;
A. N. ANDERSON, Secretary.
The Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists
By O. Montgomery; W. A. Young
THE first meeting of the regular annual session of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the campground in Indianapolis, Ind., Monday, Aug. 7, 1911, at 10 A. M., in connection with the Indiana camp-meeting. At this meeting, members of the board of directors will be elected to fill the places of those whose terms of office expire, and such other business will be transacted as may come before the association. The legal voters of this association are the regularly appointed delegates from the different churches of the Indiana Conference, the members of the executive committee, and such other persons as are employed by the Indiana Conference.
O. MONTGOMERY, President;
W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.
The Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
By O. Montgomery; H. E. Sanders
NOTICE is hereby given that the first meeting of the regular annual session of the Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be called at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1911, in connection with the camp-meeting at Indianapolis, Ind. At this meeting, members of the board of directors will be elected to fill the places of those whose terms of office expire, and such other business will be transacted as may come before the association. The legal voters of this association are the regularly appointed delegates from the different churches to the Indiana Conference, the members of the executive committee, and such other persons as are employed by the Indiana Conference.
O. MONTGOMERY, President;
H. E. SANDERS, Secretary.
Map of Paul's Travels
HAVE you secured the little map showing the travels of Paul? It will add much to the interest of the Sabbath-school lesson. Convenient for carrying in your Bible. Price, only five cents. Order from your tract society.
Addresses
THE permanent address of Elder L. D. Santee is 1314 Fourteenth St., Moline, Ill.
ELDER EUGENE LELAND'S address is changed from Millington, Mich., to 311 Van Buren St., Battle Creek, Mich.
THE Mississippi Conference and Tract Society office and officers have moved into their new quarters at 932 Union St., Jackson, Miss.
THE address of F. E. Gibson has been changed from R. F. D. 2, Youngstown, Ohio, to 22 Columbia Blvd., Charleston, W. Va.
ALL interested will please note that the address of the Ecuador Mission and workers is changed from Apartado 3, Ambato, to Casilla 44, Quito, Ecuador.
Where the July "Life and Health" Went
By A. J. S. Bourdeau
(Agents' Orders Only)
THE following list shows the number of copies of the July LIFE AND HEALTH ordered by our agents in each union and local conference. It also shows the standing of these conferences.
Union Conferences
(1) Lake Union Conference, 13,662; (2) Columbia Union Conference, 12,362; (3) Atlantic Union Conference, 10,311; (4) Northern Union Conference, 3,675; (5) Pacific Union Conference, 3,350; (6) Central Union Conference, 3,274; (7) Southeastern Union Conference, 1,940; (8) Canadian Union Conference, 1,480; (9) North Pacific Union Conference, 1,150; (10) Southwestern Union Conference, 906; (11) Southern Union Conference, 890; (12) Western Canadian Union Conference, 740; (13) foreign and miscellaneous, 4,664.
Local Conferences
5,950 to 3,000 Copies
(1) Northern Illinois; (2) Ohio; (3) New Jersey.
2,000 or More Copies
(4) Southern New England; (5) Northern California; (6) Western New York.
1,000 or More Copies
(7) Indiana; (8) Massachusetts; (9) Wisconsin; (10) Southern Illinois; (11) Iowa; (12) Minnesota; (13) Ontario; (14) Maine; (15) Eastern Colorado; (16) West Pennsylvania; (17) East Pennsylvania; (18) West Virginia; (19) East Michigan; (20) Southern California.
930 to 735 Copies
(21) Chesapeake; (22) New York; (23) West Michigan; (24) Greater New York; (25) Georgia; (26) Northern New England.
655 to 505 Copies
(27) Nebraska; (28) Florida; (29) Alberta; (30) West Kansas.
432 to 200 Copies
(31) Virginia; (32) Kentucky; (33) Western Oregon; (34) Arkansas; (35) Southern Oregon; (36) South Dakota; (37) Louisiana; (38) Southern Idaho; (39) Cumberland; (40) Texas; (41) Manitoba; (42) North Missouri; (43) New Mexico; (44) South Carolina; (45) St. Louis.
195 to 100 Copies
(46) North Michigan; (47) South Missouri; (48) North Carolina; (49) West Colorado; (50) Montana; (51) Tennessee River.
80 to 25 Copies
(52) Oklahoma; (53) East Kansas; (54) Alabama; (55) Quebec; (56) North Dakota; (57) District of Columbia; (58) Upper Columbia; (59) West Kansas.
New agents are wanted in every part of the United States and Canada.
Send 10 cents for sample copy of the August number. For terms and territory, apply to your conference tract society.
A. J. S. BOURDEAU,
Circulation Manager.
Obituaries
HERRINGTON.—Frederick Earl Herrington, son of F. L. and D. E. Herrington, was born Aug. 8, 1910, and died June 22, 1911. He was bright and cheerful the evening before his death, but was taken ill in the night and died the next morning. The parents are comforted by the thought that it will be but a short time until he will be restored to them. D. U. HALE.
DEFFENBAUGH.—Died at Spokane, Wash., June 22, 1911, Mrs. Bertha Deffenbaugh, aged seventy-four years. Sister Deffenbaugh accepted the third angel's message in Nebraska over thirty years ago, and has lived a faithful Christian life. She leaves five children besides many friends, by whom she will be greatly missed. Comforting words were spoken by the writer, from John 17:4. E. H. HUNTLEY.
CAMPBELL.—Hannah L. Burr was born in Eldred, Pa., Oct. 5, 1860, and died at her home in that place, June 10, 1911. She was married to M. B. Campbell, Nov. 18, 1883, and accepted the truths of the third angel's message in meetings held by Elders E. J. Hibbard and M. D. Mattson about eighteen years ago. She died in faith of a soon-coming Saviour to raise the sleeping saints. Sister Campbell leaves her companion to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, and we laid her away to await the call of the Life-giver. I. N. WILLIAMS.
CARLSON.—Died at the home of her family in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 21, 1911, Mrs. Hannah Carlson, aged 71 years, 6 months, and 3 days. Sister Carlson, wife of Brother J. Carlson, who was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for several years, died in the full hope of her faith. She will be greatly missed by the church and many friends, besides her immediate family, consisting of her husband and three children. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Heb. 11:39, 40. E. H. HUNTLEY.
MONTANEZ.—Aurora Garcia was born in the city of Adjuntas, Porto Rico, in 1883, and died in Monati, April 17, 1911, aged twenty-eight years. She was united in marriage to Brother Esteban Montanez, who, with a daughter, is left to mourn. In October of 1910 Sister Montanez accepted the truths of the third angel's message, and was baptized, continuing faithful until death. Words of comfort and hope were spoken by the writer, from Job 14:14 and 1 Thess. 4:13, 14. WM. STEELE.
MARTIN.—Died at Roundup, Barber Co., Kan., June 26, 1911, Mrs. Charlotte Martin, aged 69 years, 4 months, and 10 days. She was born in Ohio, Feb. 16, 1842, and was married to James Martin in Ohio. Sister Martin was converted when young, and in 1898 she heard the third angel's message, and was received into the Seventh-day Adventist church at Medicine Lodge by baptism. She was loved by all who knew her. Eight children and other relatives are left to mourn. We laid her to rest in the Newkirk Cemetery, by the side of her husband and son. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder Van Wright (Free Methodist). MRS. MARY C. GRONEMIAR.
HAYNES.—Died near Waurika, Okla., June 13, 1911, Maud Goldie Haynes (née Kinder). Sister Haynes was born May 22, 1884, at Savoy, Tex., and Oct. 1, 1905, was married to W. H. Haynes. She was converted and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1908, remaining a faithful member until her death. She died in full hope of the message, and was laid to rest in the Hastings cemetery, awaiting the day when the voice of the Lord will awaken his children to eternal life. I. A. CRANE.
HORNING.—A. F. Horning was born in Germany in 1834, and died in Chico, Cal., May 29, 1911. He came to this country in early manhood, and was married in Sacramento to Miss C. M. Happe. Together they accepted the message in 1876, and became charter members of the church organized in Chico. Brother Horning's life has been characterized by faithfulness and integrity. The testimony of his brethren and neighbors is that he lived his profession. Four children are living, all of whom are in the truth. Sister Horning and the sons were present at the funeral services were conducted by the writer. D. T. FERO.
BRUNS.—Eliza Bruns (née Kramer) was born Feb. 22, 1824, in Ehrhova, a province of Hanover, Germany, and died at the home of her son, in Toledo, Ill., May 23, 1911, aged 87 years, 3 months, and 1 day. She was married in 1853, and in 1865 came to this country with her husband, settling in Cumberland County, Illinois. For the past fourteen years, since the death of her husband, she has made her home with her sons. Sister Bruns accepted the views held by Seventh-day Adventists about twenty-four years ago, and remained faithful to her Saviour. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at Toledo. E. A. BRISTOL.
CHRISTENSEN.—Celia M. Christensen was born July 16, 1885, and died June 10, 1911, aged 25 years, 10 months, and 25 days. She joined the Seventh-day Adventist church of Dodge Center, Minn., July 14, 1894. She began the nurses' course at the sanitarium at Boulder, Colo., but was compelled to leave after being there only a year and a half. Later she completed her course at the sanitarium at College View, Neb., being graduated in 1907. At different times she has nursed at the sanitarium until her health was completely broken, and she returned home. She realized the end was near, and selected hymns and texts for the funeral service. Father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters, besides a host of friends, are left to mourn. She was laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery, to await the call of her Redeemer. E. L. SHELDON.
CRISLER.—Carolyn Hathaway was born in Paw Paw, Mich., May 22, 1873. She became a graduate of the Bloomingdale (Mich.) high school, afterward taking a collegiate course in Battle Creek College. She worked eight years in the Review and Herald Publishing House in Battle Creek, one half that period being devoted to proof-reading. Nov. 24, 1904, she was married to Clarence C. Crisler, since which time they have resided at St. Helens, where they have been closely related in a literary and clerical way with the work of Mrs. E. G. White. To their union was born one daughter, Dec. 1, 1908. Sabbath, June 17, Sister Crisler was in her accustomed place as organist at the Sanitarium (Cal.) church. On Monday she was taken with a severe nervous headache. In the providence of God, suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday night the silver cord of life was loosed, and she passed peacefully away without a struggle, the immediate cause of death being heart trouble. To mourn her loss there survive her the husband, little Beatrice, her mother, at the advanced age of seventy-five years, who lived with her, and a half-brother, besides many other relatives and friends. She will be greatly missed; but God knoweth best. The funeral was conducted by the writer and Elder D. E. Robinson. Words of comfort and assurance were spoken by the writer, based upon Mark 14:8 and John 14:1-3. H. W. COTTRELL.
A Request
LAST October Sister Lizzie Harner, of Leeds, N. D., went to Kokomo, Ind. She wrote to me April 18, 1911. I answered immediately, but did not receive a reply. I again wrote, but the letter was returned, marked “gone.” Any one knowing her present address, will please communicate with Robert Carr, Box 136, Sheldon, N. D.
Notes From the Field
By Editor
THE Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium is now enjoying the largest patronage in its history. This is all the more encouraging for the reason that the summer months have heretofore given the lightest trade of the year.
THE report of the medical missionary work carried on in Hartford City, Ind., as given in the Medical Missionary department, is well worth reading. It illustrates what might be done in many other places by the same spirit and like methods of labor.
WE were pleased to greet in Washington last week Dr. Lydia Kynett Parmele, of the Florida Sanitarium. She brings good reports from her institution and from the work in the Southland. Dr. Parmele will spend some time in post-graduate work in the Johns Hopkins Medical School, of Baltimore.
THREE little brochures have come in from the India press, at Lucknow, printed in Bengali,—“Steps to Christ,” in paper; “Fundamental Principles of Seventh-day Adventists;” and “Is the End Near?” These afford a beginning in the translation of literature with which the brethren and sisters can work effectively for the people in the large sections where the Bengali language is spoken.
WE hope that all are laying plans to engage heartily in the Harvest Ingathering campaign the coming autumn. Read what Elder W. T. Knox says about this on page 11. The special number of the Signs of the Times, which will be brought out for use in this work, will be found a valuable medium. The new paper, with the reports from missions, cast in a new mold, and with new and original cuts, will prove valuable in the prosecution of the campaign. Let every reader of the REVIEW AND HERALD and every Seventh-day Adventist plan to have a part in this campaign in behalf of missions.
BROTHER W. H. Green calls our attention to a mistake in the printing of his report of last week, in which it was represented that some who had accepted the truth in Washington had done so as the result of the tent effort he was carrying forward. The tent effort did not begin until June 16; hence there has been very little time for the development of the effort. Those to whom Brother Green referred are persons who have identified themselves with us, or have become interested, through the general effort which has been made in connection with the church work for the colored people in the city.
THE annual announcement of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary is now ready for distribution. Four years ago this summer the General Conference council recommended the establishment of this special training-school for missionaries; and each year has shown progress in the development of the plan. The present announcement, we believe, more nearly reaches the ideal. The practical plans for the training of ministers and Bible workers, the emphasis on the study of special mission fields by candidates for those fields, the study of the city problem, and the new post-graduate course for missionary nurses, including dispensary and hospital experience, appeal to us as timely arrangements. Elder Daniells, who has recently visited Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Servia, and Austria-Hungary, after receiving an outline of the plans for the Seminary work for the coming year, wrote: “As I have traveled over the vast territory of the European Division, I have become more deeply impressed than ever with the need of just such a school as we are developing at Takoma Park. It seems to me that we have now the truest conception of a training-school for missionaries we have ever had. Our ideal fits the field exactly.” For copies of the 1911-12 announcement, address the president, M. E. Kern, at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. If you expect to attend the school, ask for an application blank also.
BROTHER A. Pages, writing from Brazil, mentions that as the result of work done by a canvasser in San Bernardo, five were recently baptized. Brother John Lipke also reports that the whole city of Bahia is stirred through the circulation of our literature.
THEAustralasian Record notes the sailing of Miss Olive Osborne from Avondale for China. Miss Osborne goes out to take up mission work for the Chinese. She writes courageously of her prospective work, and is glad of the privilege of helping to spread a knowledge of the truth in China.
WE take pleasure this week in giving to our readers a new department, “Gospel Workers.” This will be conducted by Elder A. G. Daniells. Brother Daniells solicits the aid of our ministers throughout the field in making this department one of help and encouragement to all our workers. Contributions designed for the Gospel Workers’ department should be sent directly to Elder A. G. Daniells, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., and not to the Review and Herald Publishing Association. While the department is designed particularly for our workers, the instruction from week to week will be found profitable reading for all.
The Johnston Sunday Bill
By K. C. Russell
From an article, two thirds of a column long, on the Johnston Sunday bill, which appeared in the Washington Herald of July 9, 1911, we quote the following:—
“‘Let that bill go over,’ commanded Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, yesterday, shooting a characteristic glance over the top of his glasses at the clerk of the Senate, as that individual announced the Johnston bill, designating Sunday as a Four day of rest in the District, as the next measure on the calendar. . . .”
“The good-natured wrangle over the Sunday Rest bill thus far has been left entirely to Senator Johnston and Senator Heyburn. . . .
“There are several other members of the Senate, however, who are commencing to wonder just how soon the measure will cease to be a joke, for a remarkable number of protests against the Johnston bill are flooding the senatorial mails.
“‘I have heard far more from my constituents in regard to the Johnston Sunday Rest bill than I have in regard to reciprocity,’ remarked one senator yesterday. ‘Thousands of persons have been urged to write to us asking us to kill the measure. If Senator Heyburn suddenly should cease to act as Horatio at the bridge, some one else would have to jump into the arena, for Senator Johnston apparently is determined that the bill shall pass.’”
The friends of religious freedom should improve the interim between now and the close of this present extra session by writing the senators from their respective States, earnestly protesting against the passing of this measure, and urging them to oppose its passage. We believe God’s restraining hand is still “holding the winds.”
