p. 168 | Review and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 21. (11/22/1877)

Appointments for Michigan Tent and Mission Society Meetings

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Meetings of Mich. T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 9, as follows:— Vassar, Nov. 24, 25; Elmwood, 27, 28; Fair Grove, 29; Watrousville, Dec. 1, 2; Tuscola, 3, 4; Thetford and Mt. Morris, 8, 9. A general attendance is hoped for at all these meetings, and we shall endeavor, as far as possible, to visit personally all who profess to love the truth. D. H. Lamson. E. G. Doud.

Meetings of Mich. T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 8, will be held in the following order:— Birch Run, Dec. 10, 11; Jay, 12, 13; Williams, 14; St. Charles, 15, 16; Chesaning, 17–19; Saginaw, 20, 21; Hazleton and Flushing, 22, 23. All these meetings, both in districts 8 and 9, will commence at 7 P. M., except Sabbath and first-day meetings, which will be at 10:30 A. M. Any changes as to hour of meeting may be made by churches, as will best suit their convenience, only let due notice be given. Come, brethren, with the spirit of the message in the heart. D. H. Lamson. John McGregor.

Meetings in Michigan will be held as follows:— Adrian, evening, Nov. 26, where Bro. Doren may appoint; Partello, 2 P. M. and evening, Nov. 28. Will Bro. Pierce meet us at Albion the 28th? Convis, 2 P. M. and evening, Nov. 29; Marshall, 11 A. M. and evening, Nov. 30; Battle Creek, Dec. 2 and 3; Kalamazoo, 2 P. M., Dec. 4; Mattawan, 2 P. M., Dec. 5; Kendall, at Bro. Howland’s, 2 P. M., Dec. 6. H. M. Kenyon. I. A. Olmstead.

Bunker Hill, Mich., Dec. 4, at 7 P. M. and Dec. 5 at 10:30 A. M. and 7 P. M. M. B. Miller. Alex Carpenter.

I will meet with the church at Poy Sippi, Wis., Dec. 1, 2. Meetings will commence the evening of Nov. 30, where Bro. J. C. Nelson may appoint. At Mackford, Dec. 8, 9. Meetings to commence with the Sabbath. O. A. Olsen.

Providence permitting, I will hold meetings at Benjaminville, Wis., commencing Sabbath eve., Dec. 1. Sabbath and first-day meetings at 10 A. M. and 6:30 P. M. I will also commence meetings at Monroe, Green Co., Wis., on Thursday evening, Dec. 6, and continue over Sabbath and first-day. We expect a general rally of all the lovers of the truth at these meetings. I. Sanborn.

Our appointment for Thompson, Mich., Nov. 27, is postponed until Nov. 29, at 2 and 7 P. M. Leslie, Dec. 1 and 2; meetings to commence Friday evening. Lansing, Dec. 8 and 9; meetings to be held where W. H. Kynett may appoint, and to commence Friday evening. M. B. Miller. E. P. Giles.

The Lord willing, I will meet with the church at Monroe, Iowa, Nov. 24 and 25. E. W. Farnsworth.

Meeting at Baraboo, Wis., Dec. 1 and 2. A general attendance is requested. H. W. Decker.

JAMES WHITE

By James White

California.

WE are now enjoying delightful weather in Oakland, Cal. There has been rain enough to lay the dust and moisten the soil, so that farmers are beginning to plough and sow. To-day, Nov. 8, has been as pleasant as an Eastern May. The mountains and valleys are looking green, inviting us out among them to enjoy the beauties of nature.

We speak to the people occasionally, and are writing some, but we are walking or riding out more. We are always cheered with good letters from old friends. God bless the brethren.

JAMES WHITE

Missionary Work.

By James White

An aged brother belonging to the Oakland church expressed to us the greatest pleasure for the privilege of going from house to house where he was invited to explain the prophetic and law of God charts. He always leaves tracts. Several in Oakland and in places near by have embraced the Sabbath by this means. He designs to give himself more fully to this work during the winter months. He takes with him the Health Annual. A thousand devoted men and women are wanted for this important work.

We shall soon issue a series of brief, clear sermons, covering the main ground of our faith and hope, to be read to small assemblies in schoolhouses and private dwellings. Well written sermons well read to the people will do more good than poorly arranged discourses poorly delivered by young preachers.

There is room enough for all to work. All are adapted to some field. God will bless each in his or her proper place. There are persons of experience, strength and ability, who should fill large and important places which others cannot fill. There are small and less important places which others can fill even more successfully than more popular gifts. The harvest is truly large, and calls for all who can labor are increasing. Both men and women can engage in this work. The present winter is the time to do this missionary work. J. W.

Let Them Be Circulated.

By James White

THE third volume of the Spirit of Prophecy will soon be through the press. There will then be three volumes of the most important reading matter ready for the public. These should be in all the families of our people. Small churches, whose members are not all able to own these volumes, should contribute the small sum of three dollars, and purchase them, so that all the church can read them, and also circulate them among their friends and neighbors. Do you wish the people to know what is in these books? Then let them read them. Do you wish to remove darkness from the minds of those who are prejudiced? Let them have the books. As a general thing those who have least read the works of the author of these books are the most prejudiced. The greatest evidence of the authenticity and truthfulness of the books is in themselves.

Once scoffs and jeers at these writings had effect upon the public. Then the writer was but little known. That time is past. It is only the vain and weak-minded that will now be affected by these things. And such persons could not benefit the cause of God. The time has come for Mrs. White’s writings to go abroad, and accomplish the great good the Lord designed that they should do. Here is a work for the Tract and Missionary Society, second to no other. A special fund of one thousand dollars should be raised to put these books into families where they are not. The writer will give one hundred dollars for this object. J. W.

The Charts.

THE latest edition of our Prophetic and Law of God Charts is a great improvement in artistic and mechanical skill over former ones. These were designed for three purposes:

The use of our ministers in the stand before the people, to illustrate the word of God.
To hang in our houses of worship.
To hang in our houses to be continually before our eyes, to remind us of the Son of God and the Prophets, to explain to our neighbors and friends who may visit us, or when we visit them at their homes.

There are a number on hand at the REVIEW Office at Battle Creek, Mich., and at the SIGNS OF THE TIMES Office, Oakland, Cal., which should be put to use, and our publishing houses need the pay for them. Price on cloth, $3.00; paper, mounted and varnished, $3.00.

Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving and Prayer Day

The president has appointed Thursday, Nov. 29, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer.

News Items.

The governor of Indiana has appointed Hon. D. W. Voorhees U. S. Senator, in place of Senator Morton, lately deceased.

Nov. 12, there was a severe hurricane on the British coast, and numerous disasters to shipping are reported.

The Herald's special, Nov. 15, says that Cardinal Simeoni, Secretary of State, is summoning all the foreign cardinals to support him in his trial for a foreign pope, and the old “conciliatory policy. The black small-pox is prevailing with such virulence in the Vatican that it may prevent attendance at the conclave.

The “sick man” of the East is growing worse and worse: Every day brings to light new evidences that his throne is tottering and ready to fall. Not only does Turkey meet reverses and defeat at the hands of the Russians, but at home the elements of discord and dissatisfaction are continually manifesting themselves. Nineteen servants of a deposed sultan have lately been executed for trying to reinstate their master on the throne. It is reported that the Prophet has appeared to the sultan and demanded him to make peace.

To the Brethren in Kansas.

By A. J. Stover

WINTER is here, and our ministers will have to provide for it. The treasury is empty, and if not soon replenished they will have to go home and go to work at something else, in order to support their families.

Brethren, come up with your S. B. pledges as soon as you can, and keep the laborers out in the field. You have done well in the past, but some of the churches are behind time at present.

A. J. STOVER, Treasurer.

Oswego, Kansas.

God Always Opens the Way to Obey

You wait in vain for the Lord to open the way for you to keep his commandments. He will not open the way; because it is always open. Satan will close it, if he can, and keep it closed just as long as you will let him. He may be permitted to open the way into the lions’ den, or the fiery furnace; but God will open the way out.

The Kind of Religion We Want.

We want a religion that softens the step, and tunes the voice to melody, and fills the eye with sunshine, and checks the impatient exclamation and harsh rebuke: a religion that is polite, deferential to superiors, courteous to inferiors and considerate to friends; a religion that goes into the family, and keeps the husband from being cross when dinner is late, and keeps the wife from fretting when the husband tracks the newly washed floor with his muddy boots, and makes the husband mindful of the scraper and the door-mat; keeps the mother patient when the baby is cross and amuses the children as well as instructs them; cares for the servants besides paying them promptly, projects the honey-moon into the harvest-moon, and makes the happy home like the Eastern fig-tree, bearing in its bosom at once the beauty of the tender blossom and the glory of the ripened fruit. We want a religion that shall interpose between the ruts and the gullies and rocks of the highway of life and the sensitive souls that are traveling over them.

Tents for Sale from Wm. Armstrong, Chicago

By H. W. Decker

Tents!

THOSE who wish to purchase tents for next season, will find it to their advantage to correspond with Bro. Wm. Armstrong, 282 South Water Street, Chicago, Ill. He has fully embraced our faith, and has been keeping the Sabbath about four months. He is a practical tent maker: has made several large tents for our people, which have given good satisfaction. We consider him a first-class workman. If orders for tents are sent in so that he can do the work in the winter, he will make quite a discount on regular rates. H. W. DECKER.

Business Department.

“Not slothful in Business. Rom 11:12.”

Eld. R. M. Kilgore’s P. O. Address is Peoria, Hill Co., Texas.

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Cash Rec’d on Account.

Cal T and M Society $5.55, Ohio T and M Society per M E Guilford 172.11, Wyoming T and M Society per John Fulton 18.00, C L Boyd 50.00, Ill T and M Society (George Foreman) 5.75, Ill T and M Society per F M T Simonsen 3.55.

Mich. T. & M. Society.

Dist 8 per L M Griggs $3.00, Dist 2 per F A Drake 1.00, Dist 3 (Marshall) 3.80, Dist 10 (Sarah A Taliaferro) 3.00.

Mich. Conf. Fund.

Gaines $18.09, Greenwood 48.00, Hazelton 25.00, Marshall 11.20.

Gen. Conf. Fund.

Carl Herrguth $15.00.

Danish Mission.

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District No. 10 Post Office Address and Officers

By GEO. RANDALL; H. G. BUNK

THE P. O. address of the director and secretary of Dist. No. 10, will be Flint, Mich., Box 336. GEO. RANDALL, Director. H. G. BUNK, Sec.

Wanted: Farm Situations for Two Young Men

Wanted.

Two young men, aged 20 and 21 years, want situations on farms of Sabbath-keepers. Any person wanting such help will address Cicero H. Maxwell or Thomas C. Shreve, New Franklin, Wayne Co., Illinois.