“ALL the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. . . . Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.” Deut. 8: 1, 2, 5.
In these words we see plainly that the whole work of God with Israel in the wilderness was a work of education; and what is it written for?—“For our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”
A German interpreter, G. D. Krummacher, says that the word “wilderness” is translated from a word in the original text which is derived from a word that signifies “to instruct,” or “instruction.” He further states that “to humble” is translated from a Hebrew word which signifies “to answer.”
So we see that the experiences of Israel in the wilderness were a school for them indeed: God was their great teacher, and precious were the lessons taught to them; the Lord proved them, and tested them, and often it was manifested that they were very slow to learn their lessons. Many times their experiences were like putting test questions to a school, where the pupils could not answer their teacher “one of a thousand.” Job 9: 3. So we see “to answer” meant “to be humbled” for them indeed. Had they not been so slow to learn, the Lord would have lifted them step by step to higher level. Their great Teacher testifies of them: “Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways,” or as the German Bible has it, “and my ways they would not learn.” They “tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.” Does not that sound very strange? When the Lord, their teacher, would test them, in order to humble them, they would reverse the thing, and tempt (test) and prove the Lord. When the Lord would give them lessons to learn to know him, they “became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
In journeying from one wilderness to another, they wandered from one school to another; and the Lord as their great teacher labored with them to give them one lesson after another, but they would not learn. And the Lord says, “I swear in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.”
What purpose did the Lord have in view in the education of Israel? “Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments. . . . Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” Deut. 4: 5-9. “And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Deut. 11: 18-20. The Lord wanted them to be workers together with him in the training of their children, and in being a nation of teachers to the world. For this purpose they themselves needed instruction and discipline. But in all this they as a nation failed. Their whole history is given us as an object-lesson that the Lord may accomplish through us as a people what Israel failed to accomplish.
The Lord has given us instruction after instruction to fit us for our special work as teachers of our children and of the world. The whole power of the Almighty will be with us as a people, to enlighten the dark world, if we will heed the instructions given us. With Israel of old the plan of God could not be accomplished. But this time it will be accomplished, and then Israel will enter into his rest. May our earnest prayer be to have a part in it.
J. F. HARDER.
Methods in Primary Schools
By V. B. WATTS.
The Support of the Church-Schools
The financial problem of our church-schools is one that puzzles our churches. Many of our teachers receive but scanty living wages, and often go without their pay. There are several reasons for this:—
First, as a usual thing, it is not run as a church-school, but as a subscription school for the church. Second, there is not co-operation on the part of the church to make it a success. Third, there is not a burden for the children we see around us every day and mingle with on the Sabbath.
Christ says, “The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” Will not this apply to our present system of supporting our church-schools? The children of this world come together as a body and form what we call a civil government. For the education of their children they tax every man according to his wealth, and not according to the children he has.
A subscription school is not a public school, or a school run by the government. A subscription school is not a church-school, or a school run by the church. A public school is one run and supported by the public. A church-school is one run and supported by the church. Our present system is to tax every patron according to the children he sends, and then in the name of the church call28it a church-school, when in reality it is not a church-school, but a subscription school. Let us call it by its right name.
John the beloved has given us a rule that is a thermometer in every church. “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” Let us apply this rule to our work and ourselves.
We are sending scores of teachers to the foreign fields, and supporting them by our offerings, for the purpose of educating children whom we have not seen. Such schools are real church-schools. And this is as God would have it. Now do you love these children? Some of them are in Africa, India, and China. Perhaps you would say, “Yes, I love them, and I am helping to support those teachers who are laboring over there.”
Now let us apply John’s rule by a few questions. Do you live where there is a church? Is there a church-school? Are you helping to support it? If not, why not? Do you love the children you mingle with every Sabbath? Where is the proof that you love the children in the foreign fields whom you have not seen? Will it not be found by your support of the home church, and by your effort to save the children you see?
If we are to be the light of the world, we must follow the commission our Saviour has given in Acts 1:8: “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
In Acts we find the disciples carrying out this commission. How?—“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.” They sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need, and had all things common.
When we walk by these principles, we shall surely have church-schools in the true sense of the word.
V. B. WATTS.
Geography a God-given Science
By Mrs. W. H. Sebastian
The importance of the study of geography in school has too long been underestimated. How can we lead the minds of the children to God other than through his handiwork? Thousands of children’s minds have been left in a state of hopeless and no less helpless confusion, because this beautiful study is taught in such a way that it appeals to their memory as only a list of unrelated, disconnected facts.
Parents should be the only teachers of their children until they have reached at least eight years of age, and the material for their instruction in geography is found under the children’s feet, over their heads, and in the air about them, and on every side of their path,—the fragrant flowers, the bright, sparkling waters, the birds darting by, green fields, lofty trees, passing clouds, and falling rain. The child should be asked to accept but little blindly, and his activity, instead of being suppressed, should be turned into channels of education.
“The little children should come especially close to nature. Instead of putting fashion’s shackles upon them, let them be free like lambs, to play in the sweet, fresh sunlight.
“Teach them to see the wisdom and love of God in his created works, and as their hearts swell with joy and grateful love, let them join the birds in their songs of praise.
“Educate the children and youth to consider the works of the great Master Artist, and to imitate the attractive graces of nature in their character.”—“Testimony on Education,” page 62.
Geographical facts are constantly changing; but the great principles of the science, the well-developed physical laws which underlie civilization and govern the world, remain ever the same, and these should be taught the children as the sure foundation on which to build all the work for all the years to come.
A good teacher is known by the amount of crayon he uses. In presenting a subject, if ever so rude a drawing can be made on the blackboard, it answers the purpose in conveying the thought to the child’s mind, and it is indelibly pictured there; to do this it is not necessary that one be an artist, still never begin by saying, “I can not draw a good picture;” for the child’s mind is alive to what you have taught it previous to the presentation of the drawing, and no matter how rude the sketch, it will appear a likeness of whatever you are endeavoring to illustrate.
Map work should hold a most important part in our geography work. The flat surface, to develop thought, must be made to glow with life and movement. The eye must look beyond the symbol, and see the thing symbolized. The pupils must develop the power of imagining great unseen forms, and should be allowed sometimes to give the picture as it exists in their minds, after it has been produced for them.
A vagueness of conception on the teacher’s part in regard to places to be represented will lead to a failure. In this you can not expect more of your pupils than you can do yourself. It is your bounden duty to know.
The science of geography is God-given. Its principles are so simple, so plain, and so practical that the little child can be charmed with their beauty; and yet its truths are so grand, so wonderful, and so unsearchable that the most mature mind finds in them depths of thought which can not be fathomed, and intricate problems which can not be solved. It is a study that elevates and ennobles the mind, and in the School of the Hereafter, “all the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s children. With unutterable delight we shall enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen beings. We shall share the treasures gained through ages and ages spent in contemplation of God’s handiwork. And the years of eternity, as they roll, will continue to bring more glorious revelations. Exceeding abundant above all that we ask and think will be forever and forever, the impartation of the gifts of God.”—“Education.”
Geography is an unfathomable science; we can not learn nor teach it completely in this life, but the teacher who co-operates with the divine purpose in imparting to the youth, through this science, a knowledge of God, does a work like unto the Saviour’s when here on earth; and his was a high and noble work.
“As the teacher awakens a desire to reach God’s ideal, he presents an education that can not be completed in this life, but that will be continued in the life to come,—an education that secures to the successful student his passport from the preparatory school of earth to the higher grade, the school above.”
MRS. W. H. SEBASTIAN.
Some Thoughts in Favor of Wood Sloyd
By Lotta Bell
(Concluded)
Some may say that wood sloyd is not practical in the grades. It is true that we turn out little models, in a sense only ornamental, but the child must be trained from the simple to the more complex forms. The former are found among the ornamental articles. Consider the age and ability of the child, and give him work at first that he can turn out in a reasonable length of time with a degree of satisfaction in the results obtained. You may hear some one say that it takes too much time, and does not leave ample time for the regular class work. In every case that comes to my mind where sloyd has been used, it has been added, not to supplement some other subject, but as an independent class. Experience has proved that it does not detract from the mental work. On the other hand, we find a more thorough student turning off better work and more of it. Sloyd not only improves his knowledge in drawing, science, mathematics, etc., but teaches him to judge between right and wrong methods and their results. He can see the difference between the skilled and the unskilled workman, and their comparative worth. In the sloyd room family caste is laid aside, and the son of the rich man takes his place at the bench by the side of the poor man's son. The former begins to appreciate the fact that there is dignity in labor. It is no longer degrading in his sight, and the working man has his sympathies. The poor man's son accepts the opportunity as a stepping-stone to train his eye, his hand, and his mind to work in unison, and thus become a more skilful laborer, and of some real worth to his fellow men.
Sloyd work tends to hold the boys in school for a longer period, and is a drawing card to increase the attendance. As a factor in discipline it is of inestimable value. The worst punishment that can be inflicted upon a child for misbehavior or poorly prepared lessons, is to excuse him from his sloyd class.
One might suppose that expense might stand in the way of its introduction into some of our schools, but a well-equipped room can be furnished for what an ordinary schoolroom might be. After all, if a child's soul is at stake, shall we stop and quibble over a few silver coins? The Lord will surely ask us, “Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?” Give them the threefold development, and keep in mind Bacon's aphorism, “Education is the cultivation of a just and legitimate familiarity betwixt the mind and things.”
Sloyd is not taught for the sole purpose of turning out artizans, no more than banking is taught with the intention of turning out bankers, nor botany with the thought of turning out naturalists. A boy sent out with a practical education is better qualified to enter the industrial school of life. He is not the boy to wait for something to turn up, but is able to turn up something for himself. In “Education,” page 214, on Manual Training, we have the following: “It29is a safeguard against temptation. Its discipline places a check on self-indulgence, and promotes industry, purity, firmness. Thus it becomes a part of God's great plan for our recovery from the fall.”
LOTTA BELL.
Our Schools
By JOHN LIPKE
Our Industrial School in Taquary, Brazil
REALIZING the importance of Christian education, our brethren resolved at a conference held in Sao Leopoldo, of this State, to open an industrial school, where our youth could be educated for the great work of proclaiming the third angel’s message.
The committee appointed to look for a suitable place, found after much searching a property with the necessary, suitable buildings in Taquary, which was bought by our school association; and here, after the necessary repairs and preparations, the school was opened Aug. 19, 1903, with a fair number of students.
The Object
Our school has a well-defined purpose. Its mission is to train workers to carry the gospel to the inhabitants of Brazil. In the preparation of laborers the principles of true education are recognized. In educating the youth of both sexes we hope to turn out able canvassers, who can spread a knowledge of present truth with success, and to prepare Bible workers, teachers, and ministers who can proclaim to the world the last warning message in simple words with a heart filled with love for their fellow men. Since the opening of the school the work of the teachers with their students has been richly blessed.
Instruction
This institution offers a two years’ course in German and Portuguese. The Bible takes the first place in the studies. Instruction is also given in nature study, physiology, grammar, geography, arithmetic, writing, singing, music, dress cutting, sewing, hand-work, etc.
The Home
The main building contains a class room, a meeting room, general office, rooms for students and teachers, printing-office, kitchen, etc. Teacher and students are one family, and live and dine in the same house.
Farm
To the school belong about thirty acres of land, which in part is cultivated by the students, who are required to work four hours every day. Students have an opportunity to learn valuable lessons in horticulture and bee management. In our garden we can raise almost all the vegetables and fruits that can be raised in the States. Our students do the work in the house, on the land, in the garden, and in stable and barn, and do also the necessary building and building-repairing work.
When we look over the past and consider what the Lord has wrought, we must wonder and praise him. In various ways he has helped and counseled us. The educational work is a much more difficult work in Brazil than in the States. Our students pay only about $4.60 a month for tuition, board, rent, etc., and yet it is difficult for parents to pay even this amount. On the other hand, American ambition and push are lacking. Everything is done with paciencia (patience). A large per cent of the natives can neither read nor write. Among the Germans the conditions are somewhat better. The upper class has comparatively good schools, yet even in cities many can neither read nor write. With many disadvantages before us, we have pushed forward with the help of our Heavenly Father.
In our printing-office, which is located in the main building of our school, we are quite busy now. We print one German and two Portuguese journals every month. Next month we expect to print an extra number of our paper O Arauto da Verdade (Herald of Truth). About seven thousand copies have already been ordered, so we probably can print an edition of ten thousand. Besides that, we now print “His Glorious Appearing,” our second book in the Portuguese language, on our own press. All those dear brethren and sisters in the States who gladly contributed to our printing fund will be glad to learn that thousands of pages go out from the printing plant which they helped to buy, to warn the inhabitants of Brazil. How great, my brethren, will be your joy when you finally meet saved souls in the kingdom as a result!
JOHN LIPKE.
Church-Schools in Oklahoma
By DAVID VOTH
It is very encouraging to see the interest our people are taking in this branch of the Lord's work. The purpose of the church-school is to give the children and youth an education and a training that will fit them for the Master's work here below, and so for those heavenly mansions above. By taking an interest in church-school work, parents take an interest in the salvation of their children.
We have twelve church-schools in our conference this year. Six of these are English, with an enrolment of one hundred and thirty, and six are German, with two hundred and thirteen enrolled. The teachers are all pleased with their schools, and send in encouraging reports. To my knowledge there has been no friction between the patrons and teachers. The work has moved along smoothly and harmoniously. If we had been able to secure teachers for all the calls coming in, we could have at least eighteen church-schools. Letters have been received from different parts of Oklahoma, asking for teachers, but to the disappointment of their writers and to our sorrow, I was obliged to write that all the teachers were engaged. As long as we are unable to fill these places, the children will attend the public schools. This should not be so. We hope and pray that the Lord will lay a burden upon many of our young people for this work.
Brother Harder, who has recently moved to Beaver County, Oklahoma, felt a burden resting upon him to do something for our young people in that part of the country, and instead of asking for financial help from the conference, he took from his own money and built a commodious schoolhouse. About forty pupils are attending. When we think of the number of young people in that part of Oklahoma, we can but believe that this brother has done a noble work, and his money is wisely invested.
Our brethren in Oklahoma are waking up to the fact that the church-schools are the means of establishing their children in the message and preparing them to carry the glad tidings of the soon-coming Saviour to a fallen world.
DAVID VOTH.
The Du Quoin Intermediate School
By A. C. Haughey
FROM its earliest existence the Du Quoin (Ill.) school has been handicapped for want of a dormitory. Few parents are willing to send their boys and girls away from home to live in some private family unless they are perfectly satisfied that the home environments of that family are thoroughly conducive to a healthy spiritual growth, as well as to a symmetrical physical and mental development.
This, together with some local conditions, has tended to keep our attendance lighter than it otherwise might have been. However, those who have come are endeavoring to qualify themselves to enter some field of usefulness in the Master's service. Every student in the intermediate department, with perhaps one exception, is planning to engage actively in the work soon. Nearly all, if not all, will enter the canvassing field next summer. Some intend to earn a scholarship for Emmanuel Missionary College. One or two hope to teach next year. Some who went to school last year are teaching this year. So while we have been unable to see such results as we would like, yet omens are more encouraging now than at any time in our history.
To the writer's mind we are handicapped more for lack of room and facilities for carrying on the different lines of manual training than all else combined. God has plainly indicated to us that we should have manual training in our schools, and surely no school can attain to the standard God would have it without carrying on this department of the work as a part of the daily curriculum. God wants us to exercise faith. He is able, willing, and anxious to do great things for his people. Why does he not do so?—Because we stand in the way.
William Hawley Smith, the renowned lecturer, said to the writer a short time ago: 'You Adventists are right in your ideals of education. Stand by them, and you are sure of success. The road may be rough and rocky, but it will pay to climb the steep.' Men of the world are not slow to recognize the merits of any good thing. Why are we so slow? I know but one reason. Rev. 3:17 tells the whole story. What a dreadful thing it is! But thank God for the eighteenth verse. In it is couched the panacea for all our ills. Let us heed it. And evidently one of the best ways to do so is to arise to a realization of our duty in the way of educating ourselves to the work of giving the message to the world in this generation. The Du Quoin church and school are beginning to see and grasp the situation; for this we feel thankful. A missionary spirit seems to be coming, which must result in good. Brethren and sisters, remember us in your prayers, that we may rally to the standard, and help to make a short work of our long-neglected duty.
A. C. HAUGHEY.
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NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1907
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Central New England, Mass., Fitchburg ........June 20-30
Chesapeake, Baltimore, Md. .....July 5-14
Greater New York and New Jersey ........June 13-23
Maine ....................Aug. 23 to Sept. 2
New York .......................Sept. 5-16
Southern New England, New London, Conn. ........June 6-16
Vermont .............Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
Western New York ....Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
West Pennsylvania, Oil City ....June 13-23
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Alberta, Lacombe ...............July 1-7
Ontario, Niagara Falls ....Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Alabama, Birmingham ............Oct. 3-13
Cumberland Conference ........Aug. 20-30
Florida, Tampa .................Oct. 10-20
Georgia ................July 25 to Aug. 4
Louisiana ....................July 19-28
Mississippi ...................July 11-21
North Carolina, Lexington .....Aug. 15-25
South Carolina, Spartanburg ....Aug. 8-18
Tennessee River Conference, Waverly ........Aug. 2-10
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Northern Illinois, Aurora, Aug. 29 to Sept. 8
North Michigan, Gladstone ........June 24-30
North Mich., East Jordan, Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Minnesota, St. Cloud ....May 30 to June 9
North Dakota, Devil's Lake ......July 5-15
North Dakota, Velva ......June 24 to July 1
North Dakota, Hankinson .......June 11-17
South Dakota, Sioux Falls ......June 13-23
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Des Moines ........May 30 to June 9
Kansas, Herington (State) ....Aug. 15-25
Missouri, Eldon ..............Aug. 8-18
Nebraska, Hastings (Prospect Park) ........Sept. 12-22
Wyoming Mission Field, Crawford, Neb. ....................June 20-30
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California-Nevada, St. Helena, Cal., ....................June 20-30
Southern California, Los Angeles, Aug. 16-
Utah, Salt Lake City ............Oct.
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Montana, St. Helena ........June 13-23
Upper Columbia, Walla Walla, Wash. ........May 30 to June 10
MEETINGS IN EUROPE
Finland .......................June 14-18
Sweden, Södertelje, near Stockholm ................June 19-24
German-Swiss .....................July 3-7
French-Swiss ....................July 10-14
German Union, Friedensau .......July 18-28
British Union ....................Aug. 2-11
Holland ........................Aug. 15-18
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.
Literature for Jamestown Exposition
By R. D. HOTTEL
ANY of our publications,—periodicals, tracts, or books,—in any language, that any conference, publishing house, or individual can send us, prepaid, will be gladly accepted for free distribution during the time of the Jamestown Exposition. Send any time before Nov. 15, 1907, prepaid, to G. A. Stevens, 24 Willow St., Hampton, Va. By request of the Virginia Conference,
R. D. HOTTEL, President.
South Dakota. Notice!
By C. M. Clark; Geo. W. Miller
THE annual meeting of the South Dakota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in the city of Sioux Falls, S. D., at 11 A. M., Tuesday, June 18, 1907. All delegates to the conference are delegates to this meeting.
C. M. CLARK, Chairman,
GEO. W. MILLER, Secretary.
Alberta, Notice!
By C. A. Burman; A. C. Anderson
THE first annual meeting of the members of the corporation known as the Alberta Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Lacombe, July 3, at 9 A. M.
C. A. BURMAN, President,
A. C. ANDERSON, Secretary.
Alberta. Notice!
By C. A. Burman
THE second annual session of the Alberta Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in connection with the camp-meeting at Lacombe, Alberta, July 1-7, 1907. The purpose of this conference will be the election of officers for the coming year, and the transaction of such other business as may be considered advisable in the promotion of the cause of God in this new field.
Since there has been no provision made for the election of delegates, all members of churches in the Alberta Conference in good standing will be invited to participate in the proceedings of this conference.
C. A. BURMAN.
Chesapeake Conference
By Morris Lukens
THE eighth annual session of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Baltimore, Md., July 5-14. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization, regardless of membership, and to one additional delegate for every ten members. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and other important matters pertaining to the work in the conference will come before the delegates.
Tents, cots, lumber, etc., will be for rent. Orders for the same should be sent to E. R. Nutter, 1909 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Md., at an early date, so that everything may be ready when the campers arrive on the ground.
Good ministerial help is promised, and special attention will be given to all branches of the work.
MORRIS LUKENS.
North Dakota, Notice!
By John G. Walker
Those living in the northeastern part of the State will be pleased to learn that a camp-meeting is appointed to be held at Devil's Lake, July 9-15. This is during the Chautauqua season, when a large number of people are attracted to that place, both for the entertainment the Chautauqua affords and also for the pleasure of camping in the beautiful groves bordering the lake.
We hope to have the camp located where the people of Devil's Lake, and also visitors, will find it convenient to attend the meetings. Services will be held in the English and Scandinavian languages, and efficient laborers in them all will be present.
We sincerely hope that all our brethren and sisters living in the northeastern part of the State will attend this meeting. A dining tent will be on the ground, and meals will be provided at a reasonable charge. In regard to reduced railroad rates, we can not announce them at this time; but if the Chautauqua is granted special rates, we also will receive them. So those coming should take certificates of purchase from the agent, and if rates are granted, the certificates will be signed by the secretary of the Chautauqua. Come and bring your family with you, and invite your friends.
JOHN G. WALKER,
President.
Camp-Meetings in the Southern Union
By GEO. I. BUTLER.
In the list of camp-meetings for 1907 it will be noticed that in several of the conferences in the Southern Union the time and the place are both given, while in others only the time appears. It is hoped that the authorities in each of the conferences of the Southern Union will decide upon a location for the camp-meeting as soon as possible, and report the same.
We can not tell at this writing just who will attend these camp-meetings. Elders Tenney, Parmele, and very likely Elder J. S. Washburn, will attend most of these meetings. More will be said in the future with reference to this.
GEO. I. BUTLER.
Greater New York and New Jersey, Notice!
By C. H. EDWARDS.
It has been definitely decided between the conferences of Greater New York and New Jersey to hold a joint camp-meeting. The meeting will be held June 13-23. The exact location has not been determined at this time, but the interests of both conferences will be considered, and the best place selected. We trust this gathering may be the best that has ever convened in this part of the field.
We can not give the prices of tents and other furnishings yet, but we will notify our churches as soon as possible. We trust that our brethren and sisters will put forth an extra effort to attend this meeting. You can not afford to lose the blessing it will bring to you. C. H. EDWARDS.