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Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 8.

A CONTRAST
Earlier text: *Atlantic Union Conference

Faithful Unto Death

By E. R. P.

As already announced in the columns of the REVIEW, our dear brother, Arthur A. Reinke, one of the four canvassers recently sent as pioneers in the canvassing work of Mexico, has fallen. When the General Conference, in response to a request from Mexico, decided to send four canvassers to that field to search out the land, and act as pioneers in the canvassing work, Brother Arthur Reinke, of California, but formerly of Pennsylvania, responded to the call.
Reports from these young men have been published from time to time. The Lord has blessed them in the study of the language, and given them success even from the first.
Brother Reinke was faithful in his work, and died at his post. We trust that he sleeps in Jesus, and will come forth in the first resurrection, to share the reward that awaits the faithful.
This is another link in the long chain of experiences that attend the proclamation of the gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. The laborers who thus give themselves a willing sacrifice in service for the lost are but following in the footsteps of the Master, who went about doing good while he lived, and then gave his life for the salvation of those for whom he labored.
This experience is repeated most frequently in the history of our foreign mission work. The graves of our missionaries are the landmarks of the gospel. While we sorrow deeply for those who are thus laid away, we rejoice that these sacrifices are not depressing, and that they never turn back the wheels of progress. Whenever a worker falls, others step quickly into the gap, and the battle against sin continues to be waged victoriously over the graves of the fallen.
Thus it is with those who place the prospects of everlasting life above the attractions of this temporal life. Every such experience makes us long more ardently for the ushering in of that day when the heroes of the gospel shall fall no more, but, all renewed to life, shall join in the shouts of final victory.
The following letter from Elder George W. Reaser, superintendent of the Mexican Mission field, gives further details:—
“I know that you will share with us in the keenness of our sorrow when I impart to you the sad news of the death of our dear brother, Arthur A. Reinke. He fell asleep at 8:30 P. M., Feb. 4, 1909, at the age of twenty-five years, as a result of complications which followed typhoid fever. Just before the holidays he desired to change his place of labor from Mexico City, and we requested him to go to Cuatla, which is about eighty miles south of Mexico City, and at an altitude of four thousand feet above sea-level.
“We had arranged for him to sojourn there at the home of Dr. A. A. John while canvassing the city. Having finished the canvass of the city, and ordered his books for delivery, he decided to go to Puebla. Immediately after arriving at the latter place, he became ill, and notified Brother G. W. Caviness of his sickness. Brother Caviness sent immediate word for him to come to his home in Tacubaya. He remained in Puebla about two weeks, however, before he decided to come. We naturally regret that he did not come immediately, so he could have had the best of care.
“On his arrival at Mexico City, we met him with a carriage at the train, and took him to the home of Brother Caviness, where he had the care of a physician of excellent standing, and also of a professional nurse, until the end came.
“We supposed that he was improving, but apparently the high altitude affected his heart action, so that, greatly to our surprise, he suddenly passed away on the date above mentioned. We will lay him to rest in the Dolores Cemetery, here in Tacubaya, until the Life-giver comes to call him forth.
“His parents are in Pennsylvania, and he has two brothers residing in the State of Washington. Those of us who were best acquainted with him fully believe that he sleeps in Jesus. He made excellent progress in acquiring the language, and had fully decided to devote his life to the salvation of souls in Mexico.
“While our hearts are filled with sadness, we naturally cry out: ‘How long shall death, the tyrant, reign and triumph o’er the just?’ The answer comes back to us from the Word of God: ‘Till Jesus comes.’”
E. R. P.

Winter Canvassing

By E. R. P.

It appears, from observation, that there is a large class of people in this world who are very sensitive to climatic conditions. When asked to go to a foreign mission field, they want to know if the climate is hot or cold, desiring, it would appear, a place that is comfortably lukewarm. Evidently many of our canvassers have, in the past, belonged to this class. Their mental and spiritual temperatures rise and fall very much in accordance with the weather.
But there are signs of improvement. Last year both panics and politics were conquered by our Gideon army. We have now attempted the capture of another stronghold. This may seem like a peculiar undertaking; but we actually expect this grand and rapidly growing army of ours to lay siege to the weather, and secure an unconditional surrender of all its strongholds, and especially the great freezing bulwarks of winter.
A few successful battles have already been fought in this campaign. When we publish the summary for January, 1909, the reports will show that several of our union conferences have made substantial progress in developing winter work. This is very encouraging indeed. The following items we publish in advance from the January summary, comparing the sales in the conferences mentioned during January, 1908, with January, 1909. These sales show a decisive victory in the union conferences named:—
CONFERENCE SALES, 1908 SALES, 1909
Southern $ 773.65 $2,000.33
Southeastern 1,156.65 2,683.30
Atlantic 809.90 3,003.15
Columbia 1,702.45 4,000.00
Now, brethren, let us go on fighting this battle until the victory is universal and complete. There is no more reason why a child of God should be defeated by the cold than by panics and politics. It is the glory of the gospel to triumph over all these, and bring success to the workers in spite of such temporal difficulties. The child of God should enjoy such a warm, springlike experience within that he will be unaffected by external temperatures.
Most of our changes in temperature are mental anyway. Physically, we change very little. There is not usually a change of even one degree in the heat of the body, whether the thermometer stands at forty degrees below zero, or at one hundred degrees above. If the cold winds blow outside, the pores close up, and conserve the heat. If the hot wind scorches, the body cools by perspiration. It is even so with the practical Christian who enjoys a day and night, summer and winter, experience in the good things of God. Floods and droughts, panics and politics, heats and colds, pass by on the outside, while the eternal springtime of God's indwelling presence gives steadiness in experience, and steady, constant work and success under God's blessing without regard to temporal conditions.
E. R. P.

Christian Liberty

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL. . . . . . Chairman W. A. COLCORD. . . . . . Secretary

The Publishing Work

Conducted under the auspices of the General Conference Publishing Department.
C. H. JONES - - - - Chairman E. R. PALMER - - - - Secretary H. H. HALL - - - - Assistant Secretary

Current Mention

— By the collision of two vessels in the Mediterranean, February 12, thirty men lost their lives. Both vessels went down.
— On February 16 a bill passed the House of Representatives, requiring all ocean-going passenger vessels carrying over fifty passengers to be equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus. A bill of the same import has been introduced in the Senate also, but has not yet passed that body.
— A terrible theater disaster occurred at Acapulco, Mexico, on February 14. A performance was going on when it was discovered that the building was on fire. The exits were few and narrow, and were soon jammed by the terrified audience. Of the one thousand in attendance, three hundred ten were burned to death. One hundred others were so seriously injured that they are still in the hospitals.
— President Roosevelt is to call a world-wide conservation conference to meet at The Hague to consider the question of conserving the natural resources of the nations. The conference will take stock of the materials upon which the human race must exist, and consider ways and means of preventing waste, developing unused resources, and discovering substitutes for dwindling resources which can not be restored.
— The earthquake which was registered by seismographs in all parts of the world on January 23, but which could not be located, has at last been found. It occurred in the mountainous regions of western Persia, three hundred miles from Teheran. It is stated that about fifty villages were destroyed, and between five and six thousand persons lost their lives in the destruction of their homes. It is further stated that some villages seem to have been completely swallowed up, as no trace of them can be found. The Persian government is now seeking to provide for the distressed survivors, who have been without any means of communicating with the outside world, save by courier.
— The Argentine steamer “Presidente Roca” was burned, and sank off the east coast of South America on February 19. Twenty of her passengers were lost.
— On February 19 the Senate passed the pension and army bills, carrying a total appropriation of $263,505,050. This amount includes an appropriation of $350,000 for the building of roads in Alaska.
— After March 1 of this year the letter rate between the United States and Newfoundland will be two cents, the same as it is now between the United States and England, and the United States and Germany.
— Colonel Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, has made his report to the congressional committee on ways and means, in which he recommends emphatically the lock type of the canal. He states that the cost of the lock type of the canal will be $375,000,000, including the purchase price, whereas the sea-level type would cost $563,000,000. The lock canal, he declares, can be finished in 1915, while the sea-level canal could not be finished before 1921.
— Signs of another war brewing in Central America, between Guatemala and Salvador on the one side and Honduras and Nicaragua on the other, have caused the United States and Mexico to notify these states that at the first overt act of war, there will be armed intervention by Mexico and the United States to compel these Central American states to abide by the spirit of the treaty of Amapala, which created the peace tribunal at Cartago. It was only last July that the tribunal of peace was created for the express purpose of settling difficulties between the Central American states.
— A conference between representatives of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, known as the North American Conservation Conference, is now in progress in Washington, D. C., having been called together by President Roosevelt, who gave the opening address. The purpose of this conference is to devise ways and means of conserving the natural resources of the countries represented, to preserve the vegetation on the watersheds of the various international streams so as to protect the water-supply, prevent the washing of soil from the mountains, and prevent floods.
— The Federal Grand Jury of the District of Columbia has brought charges of criminal libel against the Press Publishing Company of New York; Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World; Caleb M. Van Hamm and Robert H. Lyman, of the same journal; also against Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, of the Indianapolis News. The indictments were brought in connection with the alleged libelous articles connecting President Roosevelt, President-Elect William H. Taft, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Charles P. Taft, J. P. Morgan, W. N. Cromwell, and Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of the President, with reported irregularities in the matter of the Panama Canal purchase. Bench warrants have been issued for the arrest of these influential publishers. The case has been before the court for a number of weeks, and has excited much comment throughout the press of the country.

What Will Follow the Temperance Crusade

By W. A. C.

A WESTERN brother speaks truly, no doubt, when he says: “Following the great temperance wave and crusade there will be a great Sunday-closing wave that will be as bigoted and unyielding in its demands as in the fourth and fifth centuries.”
It is a part of the plan of the great deceiver to cover up the wickedness of the movement to exalt the Sunday sabbath and enforce its observance upon all, by coupling with it the temperance movement, which is good in itself.
But because this is his plan, we are not to be deceived in regard to either, nor turned aside from the straight path of opposing the one and standing for the other. The point at which to break with men is where the road divides, and they take the wrong road. W. A. C.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—To correspond with a Seventh-day Adventist who is thoroughly conversant with all the details of the printing business. Address Dr. M. E. Eastman, 118 West Figueroa St., Santa Barbara, Cal.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely; 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 62 cents a gal. in half barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
WANTED.—Strong, capable young man to work outside,—to care for cow, horses, chickens, and to help in general orchard and farm work. Good wages paid, with a chance for an increase. Address North Yakima Sanitarium, North Yakima, Wash.
SEND a card for price-list of our Health Foods and Cooking Oil. On orders amounting to five dollars we prepay freight to an amount equal to fifteen per cent of the value of the order. Address Iowa Sanitarium Food Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—5-acre fruit farm near Lyons, Colo., adjoining English and German Seventh-day Adventist church and school; 6-room house; fine lawn; concrete walk; good soft water; hydrant in house. For particulars address Geo. J. Lowe, Lyons, Colo.
MIDGET MASSAGE VIBRATOR.—Patented; runs without electricity; will last a lifetime; $3 to Adventists only. Medical lamps for offices and homes. Medical batteries, portable bath outfits, electric vibrators, steam cookers. Radiodescent Lamp Co., 54 South, Kalamazoo, Mich.
WHY not order highest grade Wesson's vegetable cooking oil, to sell your neighbors? Do them a kindness by saving them money. 51 gallons, $28.50; 32 gallons, $18.25; 8 gallons, $5.60 at Chicago; 10 gallons, $7; 5 gallons, $3.60. Samples Ban-nana Nuts, cereal, oil, etc., 15 cents. Price-list free. Address Ethan A. Brown (Nut Food Specialist), Des Moines, Iowa.
WANTED.—Farm-hand by the year, also elderly man to tend cattle and do chores. Also man and wife to live on ranch. Prefer a hand to stay a term of years. Reference, Geo. Kirkle, elder Seventh-day Adventist church, Minatare, Neb. Address A. Z. Nicola, Hope, Neb.
WANTED.—To correspond with good, competent, reliable man, to do general farm work. State age, experience, and wages required. Must be Seventh-day Adventist. Church and Sabbath-school privileges. For further particulars address Edward D. Bates, R. F. D. 3, Plimpton, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—Strawberry plants and asparagus plants at a bargain. Find five persons who want plants, and we will give you a year's subscription to Fruitman and Gardener for their addresses. Remember, the Highland catalogue free. Geo. Jorgensen & Son, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.
RIPE OLIVES.—I have a large number of smaller sizes which can sell at 50 cents a gallon in five-gallon cans. If twenty gallons are ordered, the freight will be 15 cents a gallon to East. Send for our circular, “How to Keep,” and other information. W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.—Riverside Sanitarium, Montrose, Colo. Must close up or sell soon; good patronage, well known, established nine years. Here is a splendid opportunity for some one who wants a small country sanitarium cheap. Address F. J. Hartman, Montrose, Colo.
HYGIENIC VEGETABLE COOKING OIL.—Best shortening known. Guaranteed under pure food law. Keeps sweet and choice. 5 gal., $3.50; 10 gal., $6.75. Cans crated. ½ bbl. (about 32 gal.), 60 cents a gal. By freight from Louisville, Ky. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.
A BARGAIN IF SOLD AT ONCE.—200-acre farm in Dallas County, Mo.; two frame houses, all improvements, practically new. Good location; free range for stock; fine water; healthful climate; daily mail; plenty fruit. Purchaser's transportation paid. Enclose stamp. Address H. M. Stewart, Ira, Mo.
FOR SALE.—The Alberta Conference has for sale nine quarters of good farm land, at $10, $12.50, $17.50, and $30 an acre. Excellent water, plenty of fuel, and good climate. Here is an opportunity to secure a good home, and at the same time help advance the work. Write for particulars to C. A. Burman, Leduc, Alberta, Canada.
KANSAS LAND.—640 acres, Trego County; near Union and Missouri Pacific railroads. Elder C. A. Washburn's family estate; value increasing, but deaths in family, etc., cause us to offer whole section, $10 an acre. Splendid farming land. Climate excellent. Purchaser's fare paid. Address J. S. Washburn, 665 Decatur St., Memphis, Tenn.
BUFF ORPINGTONS.—All our spare stock was sold; but we have just bought a fine flock, so that we can now offer a few singles at $2; six pullets and a male, $10; eleven pullets and a male, $16; five Barred Plymouth Rock pullets and male, $6. Eggs, $1.50 a dozen. Incubators, brooders, and poultry supplies. Satisfaction guaranteed. Union College Poultry Yards, College View, Neb.
FOR SALE.—400,000 new mottoes, all of foreign design, 12 x 16 inches. The most beautiful mottoes you ever looked at. Two have these words: “What Is Home Without a Father?” (the first “father” motto ever issued), and, “What Is Home Without a Mother?” Both have beautiful roses, with nice border. These two mottoes are companion pieces, and will be sent to any address for 50 cents. The world is ready for these two beauties as well as for our ten other new designs. (We have about 75 old designs in stock.) Prices: Father and Mother mottoes, per 100, $8; per 200, $15; 12 new designs, assorted, per 100, $6; per 200, $11. Special rates in 5,000 lots. Over 25,000 sold also since January 5. We guarantee our goods. Write us if you mean business. Address Hampton Art Company, Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—This is the way they write: “Enclosed find draft for $7.50. Please send me another ten gallons of your excellent Korn-oil. I wonder you do not recommend the oil for use at table, instead of butter from tuberculous cows. I so use it exclusively, and consider it very nice. I eat it freely, and find that it does not tax the digestion as all other fats do.” From Aurora, Ill. Name supplied upon request. Here is another, just received: “Find enclosed P. O. O. for $7.50, for which send to my address, by freight strongly packed, ten gallons of your cleanest, newest Korn-oil. We use it in place of olive-oil for the table, and like it better.” This is from a physician in Topeka, Kan. Name supplied upon request. Prices: five one-gallon buckets, $4, or ten (100 pound shipment) for $7.50. Pressed from the corn, no chemicals, no animal fat; keeps well; always fresh. Full line fresh health foods. Sanitarium Supply Co., Nashville, Tenn.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Canvassers’ Institutes for 1909

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

West Virginia, Parkersburg, Feb. 19 to March 5
Chesapeake ................Feb. 19 to March 5
West Pennsylvania, Clearfield, March 5-19
Ohio, Columbus ............March 19 to April 2
Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park, D. C. ................April 2-16
Mount Vernon (Ohio) College, Mount Vernon ................April 16-30

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Kansas, Ottawa ............March 12-22

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Minnesota ............Feb. 26 to March 14
South Dakota ................March 15-25
North Dakota ............March 25 to April 5

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Northern Illinois, Sheridan ......Feb. 12-21
North Michigan, Petoskey .... March 5-15
East Michigan, Holly ........ March 16-28
Wisconsin, Grand Rapids, March 16 to April 5
Indiana, Beechwood Academy, April 8-18
Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich. ......April 18 to May 2

Church Federation in Wyoming

A VERY significant incident happened recently at a little town in Wyoming. The Congregationalists have a field missionary who is working the county—about one hundred miles square. He is under the direction of their State superintendent. Of course it is impossible for this county worker to keep in close touch with the work in every village, especially while new towns are springing up quite rapidly in different places.
Recently a retired Presbyterian missionary began holding meetings every fourth Sunday in this town. On the intervening Sundays he held meetings at other points. Later the Congregationalist State superintendent visited this town and held a meeting on an open Sunday. He announced that he would have a worker there to preach the next Sunday, which happened to be the appointed day for the Presbyterian worker’s service. Upon learning this, the superintendent became very excited, and stated that the Presbyterian minister had no business to hold such a meeting, and that he would see that a stop was put to it.
He further stated that the people of the town were not the ones to say who should preach to them, but such questions would be decided at the Congregationalist headquarters at Boston. He stated, by way of explanation, that there was an understanding between the Presbyterians and the Congregationalists so that the workers of one body would not intrude upon the territory of the other, and that the first in the field would hold the right of way.
The above facts are gathered from a letter from a self-supporting Seventh-day Adventist worker located in the town. He states that so far the federation has not interfered with his work. Evidently church federation is now a live question in this new mining town.
What this movement means is presented in a most interesting manner in the current number of the Watchman. The March Watchman will be equally interesting and timely. It deals with the increase of lawlessness in recent years, showing what part the churches have had to do in this matter by turning their backs upon the only true standard of righteousness—God’s law. It clearly shows what all this means.
Single copies of the Watchman may be obtained for ten cents: 5 to 24 copies, 5 cents each; 25 to 499 copies, 4 cents each; 500 or more copies, 3½ cents each. Now is the time for consecrated efforts to be put forth in every locality, thus placing these message-filled papers in the hands of the people. For further information, address the Watchman, Nashville, Tenn. Orders should be sent through the State office.

New England Sanitarium Association

By H. F. KETRING; J. B. HUGULEY

NOTICE is hereby given that the ninth annual meeting of the constituency of the New England Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will be held in the sanitarium building, in the town of Stoneham, Mass., Wednesday, March 10, 1909, at 7:30 P. M., for the purpose of filling expiring vacancies in the constituency, and the election of a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The constituency consists of twenty-four members, the term of office of twelve members expiring at this meeting. Two members are to be elected from nominations submitted by each of the following conferences of Seventh-day Adventists: the Atlantic Union Conference, the Vermont Conference, and the Southern New England Conference. Four are to be elected from the Central New England Conference, and two other persons are to be nominated and elected by the New England Sanitarium corporation in session.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
H. F. KETRING, President; J. B. HUGULEY, Secretary.

South Lancaster Academy

By E. W. FARNSWORTH; B. F. MACMILLAN; C. H. EDWARDS; D. B. PARMELE; H. E. KETRING; M. L. ANDREASEN; L. W. GRAHAM; J. G. WHITE

NOTICE is hereby given that the first session of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the constituency of the South Lancaster Academy Corporation will convene on Tuesday, March 9, 1909, at 3 P. M., at the Seventh-day Adventist church at South Lancaster, Mass., for the purpose of electing a board of trustees, and of transacting any other business which may properly come before the meeting.
E. W. FARNSWORTH, B. F. MACMILLAN, C. H. EDWARDS, D. B. PARMELE, H. F. KETRING, M. L. ANDREASEN, L. W. GRAHAM, J. G. WHITE, H. B. TUCKER, Trustees.

Special Meeting of the British Columbia Association

By W. M. Adams

NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the members of the British Columbia Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the office of the association, at Port Hammond, B. C., April 13, 1909, at 11 A. M., to take into consideration the advisability of selling the lands of the association hereinafter described, upon the terms and for the price hereinafter set forth, and, if thought advisable, to pass the following resolution:—
Resolved, That it is expedient for the association to sell and to dispose of fifty (50) acres, more or less, being and lying on the west part of the east half of section thirty-five (35); also lots nine (9) and ten (10), subdivision of section thirty-six (36); also all of lot eleven (11), except one acre on the southeast corner of said lot, which is to be reserved for a church building. Also lots (to be surveyed) facing the road, lying on the east part of section thirty-six (36). Said lands to be sold for the price of one hundred dollars ($100) an acre, some more and some less, and upon such terms as the executive committee may determine.
At this time trustees will be elected for the ensuing year.
W. M. Adams, President.

Address Wanted

ANY person knowing of the whereabouts of the Ira D. Sheffler will confer a favor by sending his address to the clerk of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Duluth, Minn. Address Miss Alice Burghart, 903 East Fourth St., Duluth, Minn.

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTICE.— We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth. Those responding to requests for papers should send only clean copies, neatly folded, securely wrapped, and fully prepaid.— Ed.]
J. F. Dennis, Montgomery, Ala., denominational papers and tracts.
W. R. Lamb, Napa, Napa Co., Cal., a continuous supply of denominational papers and tracts.
E. J. Harvey, Box 851, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Signs, Life and Health, Watchman, Liberty, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.
Charles Douney, Box 35, Rock Hall, Md., REVIEW, Signs, Little Friend, Watchman, Instructor, and other denominational literature.

Obituaries

ALBRIGHT.—Fell asleep in Jesus, Jan. 5, 1909, Mrs. Florence Geraldine (Abell) Albright, aged 35 years, 3 months, and 22 days. Words of hope and comfort were spoken by the writer. J. D. RICE.
RICE.—Died in Reno, Nev., Sept. 13, 1908, Mrs. Dorcas Alemeda Rice, aged seventy-six years and seventeen days. She accepted the present truth and was baptized in Monte Vista, Colo., in 1888, since which time she lived a consistent, godly life. The remains were laid to rest in Placerville, Cal. Services were conducted by the Methodist minister of that place. One daughter and two sons survive to mourn their loss. B. E. BEDDOE. (Corrected)
HUNTLEY.—Died at Bossburg, Wash., Jan. 24, 1909, of diabetes, Dennis Huntley, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. Father accepted the third angel's message in the fall of 1887, under the labors of Elder E. A. Curtis, at Hancock, Minn. Though he has fought many battles with the powers of darkness, he has never given up the faith. Fell asleep a firm believer in the message and in the soon coming of Jesus. He leaves an aged wife, seven sons, and one daughter, with other relatives, to mourn. We keenly feel our loss, and long for the gathering day. E. H. HUNTLEY.
MORRISON.—Lucy Battey Morrison was born in Addison County, Vt., March 3, 1827; and died of old age, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Hampton, in Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 6, 1909. Sister Morrison accepted present truth twenty-seven years ago in Osage County, Kan. All these years it has been her theme and the rejoicing of her heart. She was a consistent, godly woman, beloved by all who knew her. On the occasion of her funeral the writer spoke to a house filled with friends and relatives, on the Christian's hope. R. F. ANDREWS.
SAVAGE.—Died at Central Lake, Mich., Jan. 17, 1909, at the home of her son, Sister Julia Savage, aged 88 years, 3 months, and 13 days. She was born near Cipeo, N. Y., and came to Michigan in early life, settling near Battle Creek. Here she accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith, at the time when Brother and Sister White were still laboring there. About four years ago she became a member of the Eastport church, and was faithful, doing all she could for the cause she so dearly loved. We believe she will come forth at the first resurrection. The funeral service was held in the Congregational church, at Central Lake, by the pastor, Elder Clement Upham, who spoke words of comfort and consolation from 1 Thess. 4:13-15. THOS. DE MOULFIED.
MORFORD.—Earnest Leroy, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Morford, was born in Port Orange, Fla., March 2, 1903; and died after a brief illness at the same place, Feb. 8, 1909, aged 5 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Earnest loved the Lord, and fell asleep in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 2 Sam. 14:14, assisted by Elder C. B. Stephenson. C. M. CLARK.
KREAMER.—Died of kidney disease, Oct. 20, 1908, at Alamogordo, N. M., Sarah S., wife of E. Kreamer, aged 63 years, 7 months, and 17 days. Sister Kreamer was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio; was married in 1862; and has lived in New Mexico since 1881. More than forty years ago she, with her husband, accepted the faith held by the Seventh-day Adventists. She lived a consistent Christian life, and died with the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Her husband, seven children, and many friends are left to mourn. The funeral was held in the Methodist Episcopal church. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from John 11:25. H. L. HOOVER.
WOODARD.—Died at her home in Stockton, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1909, after long and protracted suffering from local difficulties and heart affection, Sister A. R. Woodard, aged 70 years, 10 months, and 11 days. Her maiden name was Julia Ann McBride, and she was one of a family of eight children, only two of whom still live. She was married Nov. 16, 1859, to Mr. A. R. Woodard, and has lived in the town of Stockton for forty-two years. They had been united in living the present truth for twenty years. The bereaved husband, two sons, and one daughter are left to mourn. The writer sought to comfort the mourners with the assurance of the resurrection, which had been so long cherished by the one who has fallen asleep. H. W. CARR.
BELL.—Died of tuberculosis at York, Pa., Jan. 4, 1909, Ralph T. Bell, son of Elder A. R. Bell, aged 20 years, 6 months, and 2 days. He was unable to work for a number of weeks. A short time before his decease, his health was materially improved; this gave him new hope and courage, and he devoted his regained energies to the canvassing work, which he continued until about a week before he died. He was reared under the influences of the truth, and frequently assisted his father as tent-master and organist. He was also employed for a time at the Philadelphia (Pa.) Sanitarium. In his dying moments, he whispered to his father: 'There's nothing between me and heaven; I have all confidence.' These words are a great comfort to those who mourn his loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, and was attended by a large number of relatives and friends. W. H. HECKMAN.
FONDERSMITH.—Miss Fannie Fondersmith fell asleep in Jesus, at her home, in Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 9, 1909, aged forty-two years. Just one month before she died, Sister Fondersmith had a stroke of paralysis, and from this time she gradually declined until death claimed her. A father, three brothers, and two sisters mourn deeply their loss. Sister Fondersmith has been a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for over nine years, and at the time of her death was Sabbath-school secretary of the West Pennsylvania Conference, which office she has faithfully filled for five years. She was loved by all who knew her, for by deeds of love and words of kindness she engraved her name upon the hearts of all with whom she associated, and she leaves behind her the fragrance of a Christian life. Better than any stately shaft of granite, which might mark her final resting-place, will be the monument of virtue she has built for herself,—a monument the storms of time can never destroy. She will be remembered by what she has done. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Dabny (Christian) and Rev. Garvin (Presbyterian), who were friends of the family. N. S. ASHTON.

Sunday Bill Hearings

By Editor

CONSIDERABLE space is devoted in this issue to the report of the hearing on the Johnston Sunday bill, now pending in Congress, and to the hearing on a Sunday bill before a committee of the Maine Legislature. The issues involved are of special importance to all our people, and we believe that these reports, although somewhat lengthy, will be read with interest.

Adventist Contributions and Mission Giving

IN a recent issue of the Christian Advocate (Methodist) we find the following paragraph relating to the financial side of our work:—
Last year's contributions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with 64,515 members, amount to $1,312,563, or an average of $20.34 a member; the church gave $211,643 for foreign and $310,823 for domestic missions, or an average of $8.08 a member for missions. Systematic giving of the tithe is the rule in this church.

Dr. Replogle Sails for Argentina

LAST week Dr. G. B. Replogle sailed from New York for Argentina, South America, in response to a call for another physician to assist in the medical work which Dr. R. H. Habenicht has been carrying on. A sanitarium is being erected in connection with the training-school near Diamante. Dr. Replogle's family will sail later. As a nurse, Brother Replogle was for years in the South African field, having returned to America to take a medical course.

The Death of Sister Fannie Fondersmith

Among the obituaries printed this week will be found that of Sister Fannie Fondersmith, for several years the Sabbath-school secretary of the West Pennsylvania Conference. It is with regret that we have chronicled recently the death of quite a number of valued workers, whose places it will not be easy to fill. While they rest from their labors and await their reward, those who remain must by earnest efforts hasten the day when the work will be completed, and the workers united in the eternal kingdom.

The Gospel Sentinel

The first number of The Gospel Sentinel, an eight-page weekly paper issued by the Southern Publishing Association, is received. The purpose of this publication is thus stated in its own columns:—
The Gospel Sentinel starts this week on its mission. Though small in size, it hopes to be a mighty factor in proclaiming the gospel of salvation. It will be the endeavor of the publishers to ever hold the banner of truth aloft, having its columns filled with short articles, giving clearly the message for this time.
The special purpose in the publication of this periodical is to meet the demand for an inexpensive paper which may be distributed freely. We hope it may have a large circulation.

The Temperance Number

By Editor

“NONE should endure ills he might cure.” Action is the wise man’s part. The great liquor evil threatens the destruction of the country; but by the earnest effort of temperance men and women it has been largely shut out from some portions of our land. Why may it not be from every part? We are, at least to some extent, responsible for the evil, until we have exhausted all our powers in the effort to destroy it. Now is the opportune time for us to make vigorous efforts in behalf of the prohibition of the liquor traffic. The Temperance number of the Youth’s Instructor about to be issued, will effectively serve you in carrying on this campaign. Let liberal orders be placed at once.

Emmanuel Missionary College

IN the January number of The Missionary Review of the World there appeared an article entitled “Missionary Training-Schools.” After describing the Moody Institute of Chicago and some other institutions of a similar character, the writer makes mention of one of our own training-schools:—
Of distinctly another class is the Emmanuel Missionary College, of Berrien Springs, Mich., which is an industrial school, under the direction of the Seventh-day Adventists, but open to young men and women of all denominations. There is a farm of two hundred seventy acres on the St. Joseph River, the work of cultivation being done entirely by the students. In addition to the agricultural work, almost every conceivable sort of manual training is given under the supervision of expert instructors. The full curricula of the other institutions is carried out. “Each student carries three subjects at a time,—one intellectual, one manual, and one spiritual (the latter including Bible and its attendant studies and practical Christian work),—the aim being to offer all the subjects needed for the all-round training of the missionary. Tuition is free, though a slight charge is made for certain subjects.” It is the purpose of the school to give a three-fold education: so to conduct the work that the student does not wait till he is graduated to become an active worker; to send out workers who are self-supporting; and to enable students to meet their expenses while gaining an education.
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