Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— There are more than 250,000 miles of steam railroads in the United States, employing a total of about 1,750,000 men. According to a recent statement of William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific road, about 600,000 shareholders own these railroads.
— The best graphite known for lead pencils comes from Siberia. Considerable quantities of the material are found in America, but it is somewhat inferior in quality. A material for an indelible pencil is obtained in both Siberia and Australia.
— The richest man in the world is not Rockefeller, Morgan, Rothschild, nor Krupp—no mere multimillionaire whose wealth can be estimated by income-tax experts. He is the czar of Russia, and no man living knows his wealth. His income is said to be a million or more dollars a day.
— Two hundred and sixteen members of the National Assembly met in Shanghai on April 24, and unanimously adopted a resolution denouncing Pres. Yuan Shi-kai’s mandate creating a constitutional cabinet, and refusing to accept any resolution of the political situation that included Yuan Shi-kai as president.
— A New York watch-repairing concern which has about 700 watches to wind every day, formerly employed several men to do the work. A small electric motor has now been installed, which does the business quite satisfactorily. The motor drives a felt-lined socket, against which the stem of the watch is held.
— Because of the advance in the cost of paper, ink, leather, and glue, due to the war, the price of Bibles has nearly doubled the last year. A Bible publishing concern announces that it expects to pay out an extra $130,000 this year for white paper, while the cost of other necessary materials will be $20,000 greater than usual.
— As the result of a strike of tugboat engineers in New York City, on May 2 about 450 tugs were tied up in the harbor, 500 engineers were idle, and 40 steamships were anchored in the bay, unable to get to their piers to discharge cargoes. On May 3 it was estimated that there were 100,000 workers on strike in the city.
— It is proposed by the Post Office Department to make a beginning of establishing aerial mail service routes, the experiments—for so they must be called—to be made in the eastern and western extremities of our country, namely, Alaska and Massachusetts. The route to be established in Massachusetts is from New Bedford to Nantucket, with a stop at Marthas Vineyard, a distance of fifty-six miles and return. The mails between these points are now of course conveyed by the regular steamers plying on that route. The advantage to the people of the Massachusetts islands, and especially of Nantucket, will be that a frozen harbor in winter will not prevent the delivery of the mails.
— The great whirlpool in the Niagara Gorge, some distance below the falls, has recently been spanned by a passenger cableway, at the cost of $60,000. Six parallel cables, whose length from one point of support to the other is longer than any similar structure in the world, are kept at constant tension, with the varying load, by automatically adjusted weights at one end, and the weight of the car as it travels is distributed among the six, three on each side.
— The canal under the mountain between Marseilles and the river Rhone, described as one of the most notable engineering achievements of modern times, was officially opened on May 7, in the presence of the French Cabinet and other officials. The waterway runs for five miles in a tunnel under the mountain, and links Marseilles with the inland cities of Lyons, Avignon, and Valence. It also gives Marseilles a direct water connection with Havre and the North Sea.
— Four world’s records for altitude, speed, and passenger carrying were broken by American aviators at Newport News, Va., last month. One flyer took six passengers in the flying boat H-7, of the super-American type, to an altitude of 1,000 feet. He remained in the air with them an hour and ten minutes, and maintained a speed of eighty-eight miles an hour. Speed, passenger carrying, and altitude with six passengers were all records. Another aviator in a twin-motor military biplane rose 16,500 feet with a passenger, which sets a record for altitude with a passenger. The last-named remained aloft one hour and thirty minutes.
— Two notable anniversaries have claimed the interest of literary circles during the past few days—those of Shakespeare and of Cervantes. Both of these literary geniuses died April 23, 1616, although Shakespeare’s death was reckoned by the so-called “Old Style,” or Julian calendar, which throws his death to May 3 by the “New Style,” or Gregorian calendar. In the nature of the case, Shakespeare’s anniversary has claimed the major attention. Shakespearean celebrations of various types have been held throughout the United States, and had it not been for the war, all the European nations would have vied with one another to do honor to the Bard of Avon.
— The Tri-District Committee, representing the United Mine Workers of America in the Pennsylvania anthracite mining districts, recently unanimously ratified the agreement of wages and working hours made by a subcommittee of miners and mine operators at the Union League Club. This means that a strike of 170,000 coal miners that a few weeks ago seemed unavoidable has been prevented; and as the agreement is to be signed as binding on all parties for four years, it will be a guaranty of peace in the anthracite mining district for that length of time. The agreement calls for a wage increase to miners which will increase the operators’ pay rolls by from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000 annually. This increase, it is said, will fall, in part at least, upon the consumers. Various mine operators estimate that the price of coal will rise in consequence as much as 40 cents a ton, and perhaps more.20
— Archie Roosevelt, son of Colonel Roosevelt, has accepted a job for the coming summer as woolsorter, at six dollars a week. He expects to be graduated from Harvard University in June, and intends to learn the carpet-making business from the ground up.
— Experiments show that a single gallon of gasoline, intelligently used, will furnish power to milk 300 cows, mix 35 cubic yards of concrete, and bale four tons of hay. It will also plow three fifths of an acre of land, move a ton truck fourteen miles, and generate enough electricity to light a farmhouse for thirty hours.
— Kansas is opening up a State-wide campaign against the use of cigarettes by boys; and the child welfare department of the State university is back of the movement. Prof. William A. McKeever, of Lawrence, head of this department, is in direct charge, and has just issued an anticigarette bulletin, giving full details as to methods for the campaign.
— The Panama conference on Christian work is being followed by regional conferences at different strategic points in Latin America. At the conference just held in Lima, Peru, it was shown that the real difficulty in that country is not in the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church, but in the dense ignorance of the Indians, who make up seventy-five per cent of the population, and who live in the great mountain region back from the coast. The inhabitants of these almost inaccessible mountain valleys, constituting more than half the population of Peru, have scarcely been touched by Roman Catholicism. Beyond these are wild and unexplored regions inhabited by savages.
Intelligent Sympathy
The only way in which the manifold claims of justice can be met is by the continual presence of an intelligent sympathy. Unless we can enter into the pleasures and pains of other people with some degree of participation, we cannot tell how to promote the one or avert the other. Only a keen sense of our friend's feelings will prevent us from wounding them; only a vivid realization of the needs of a community will teach us how to minister to those needs; only a close sympathy with the miseries which a special course of action will produce can lead us to take special pains to avoid that cause. If we are indifferent to all suffering but our own, we shall not exert ourselves to diminish it; if we care nothing for any joys but our own, we shall not strive to increase or perpetuate them.
— Great Thoughts.
Religion During the Summer Months
SOME people appear to lose their religion during the summer months, but when they do we fancy it must be because it was not a very good kind of religion to begin with. If your religion cannot bear the sunlight and cannot stay with you in summer camp, or in any other out-of-the-ordinary vacation time environment, then you have a real good reason to doubt the positiveness and reality of it before you put it to these tests. Really, if religion is worth anything any time, it is worth everything all the time, and we do not know of any time in all the year when real, wholesome, downright religion is more profitable or more enjoyable or more worth keeping than during the months of sunshine and fruitfulness.— The Christian Guardian.
Fear the Lord and Depart from Evil
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”
Notices and Appointments
Camp Meetings
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Massachusetts ............ June 8 to 18
Western New York, Buffalo .... June 16 to 25
Eastern New York, Oneida ... June 22 to July 2
Southern New England .... Aug. 17 to 27
Northern New England .. Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine ............ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado, Denver ............ June 8 to 18
Missouri ............ Aug. 3 to 13
Nebraska ................ Aug. 17 to 27
Kansas, Salina .......... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4
Wyoming ............ Sept. 21 to Oct. 1
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Chesapeake, Rock Hall, Md. .. June 8 to 18
Eastern Pennsylvania, Lebanon
......................... June 22 to July 2
New Jersey, Trenton ..... July 27 to Aug. 6
Ohio ................ Aug. 17 to 27
West Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh ........
......................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Virginia ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Brantford ............ June 19 to 25
Quebec, Lennoxville ...... June 26 to July 2
Maritime, Norton, New Brunswick ......
......................... July 3 to 9
Newfoundland, St. John's ..... July 14 to 18
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Wisconsin, Madison ........ June 8 to 18
North Michigan, Escanaba .... June 15 to 25
Northern Illinois, Joliet ..... June 15 to 25 East Michigan, Saginaw .... June 22 to July 2
Southern Illinois, Martinsville .. Aug. 10 to 20
West Michigan ............ Aug. 17 to 27
Indiana ............ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan ............ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Western Oregon, Portland ..... June 1 to 11
Montana, Bozeman ........ June 8 to 18
Western Washington, South Tacoma...
......................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Minnesota, Anoka .......... June 1 to 11
South Dakota, Watertown .... June 8 to 18
North Dakota, Jamestown .... June 15 to 25
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California, Oakland ........ June 1 to 10
Northern California, Oak Park, Stockton ..
......................... June 6 to 18
Southern California, San Fernando ......
......................... June 15 to 25
Northwestern California, Napa, .... July 20 to 30
Southwestern California, Santiago .......
......................... Aug. 3 to 13
Inter-Mountain ........ About October 1
Arizona ............ Oct. 12 to 22
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Cumberland, Charleston, Tenn. June 1 to 11
North Carolina, Statesville .... June 15 to 25
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana ................ July 20 to 30
Mississippi, Meridian ..... July 27 to Aug. 6
Mississippi, Hattiesburg (colored)...
......................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Tennessee River, Nashville... Aug. 3 to 13
Alabama, Montgomery ...... Aug. 10 to 20
Kentucky, Bowling Green.... Aug. 17 to 27
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
North Texas ............ July 13 to 23
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Manitoba, Minnedosa ........ June 15 to 25
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.... June 29 to July 8
British Columbia (Coast District), Nanaimo ............ July 24 to 30
British Columbia (Okanagan District), Kelowna ........ Aug. 14 to 20
British Columbia, Alberta, Penoka...
......................... July 13 to 23
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Publications Wanted
THE PERSONS NAMED below desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work. In sending publications care should be exercised to select only such as are free from soil and disfigurement. We have been credibly informed that some who oppose this movement and the truths which it represents answer these requests for literature, and are sending to our brethren and sisters in various parts of the country tracts and papers representing their opposition. Our workers should be careful not to confound this literature with our denominational publications, and thus unwittingly become agents in sending out matter not printed in the interests of the cause of truth.
Joseph Clark, 1511 K St., Sacramento, Cal.
Miss Bertha Hamilton, Burke, S. Dak. Papers and tracts.
J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C., England.
Mrs. Jennie Hand, Ruthton, Minn. Signs, Watchman, and Little Friend.
W. G. Ringgold, R. F. D. 1, Red Level, Ala. Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, and Liberty.
Mrs. Amy Reese, Santa Fé, N. Mex. Signs, Watchman, Bible Training School, Instructor, and tracts.
L. C. Little, Box 85, Whistler, Ala. English, German, Italian, and Jewish periodicals. A continuous supply desired.
Mrs. Anna Hall, 4327 Garfield Ave., Kansas City, Mo. English and German periodicals and tracts, also some in other languages.
Mrs. Louisa Hedrick, Lock Box 3, Smithville, Ark. Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, Life and Health, Liberty, Instructor, and Little Friend.
Address Wanted
MRS. R. P. PERRY, of Kent, Wash., is very anxious to secure the address of Mrs. Myrtle Kitchen.
Change of Address
HAVING been called to Quebec to labor, all mail for Elder L. F. Passebois should be addressed to Gros Pin, Quebec, Canada.
Requests for Prayer
A SISTER in New York asks prayer for the recovery of her daughter who is very ill.
A sister in Washington writes thus: “I wish to ask prayer for healing from a tumor and other complications.”
An Iowa brother who is just now passing through very trying circumstances desires our prayers that he may remain steadfast in the truth.
“I ask your prayers for my mother’s restoration to health; that my brother may grow stronger; and that I may be cured of catarrh and eye trouble,” is the request of a Kansas sister.
Western New York Conference Association
By H. C. Hartwell; J. E. Belknap
THE annual session of the Western New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (a legal corporation) will be held in connection with the tenth annual session of the Western New York Conference, at Buffalo, N. Y., on the camp ground on Humboldt Parkway, near East Ferry Street. The first meeting will be called at 5 P. M., Tuesday, June 20, 1916. All accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of the association.
H. C. HARTWELL, President.
J. E. BELKNAP, Clerk.
Illinois Conference Association
By W. A. WESTWORTH; H. E. MOON
THE next annual session of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Joliet, Ill., in connection with the State conference and camp meeting. The purpose of this meeting will be the election of all the regular officers and the board of trustees. All accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of this association. The first legal meeting will be called at 9 A. M., June 21, 1916.
W. A. WESTWORTH, President.
H. E. MOON, Secretary.
East Michigan Conference Association
By A. J. Clark; Tillie E. Barr
THE annual session of the East Michigan Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference and camp meeting, at Saginaw, June 22 to July 2, 1916. At this meeting, officers and a board of trustees will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., June 27.
A. J. CLARK, President.
TILLIE E. BARR, Secretary.
North Carolina Conference Association
By J. B. Locken; C. R. Callicott
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the constituency of the North Carolina Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp ground, in Statesville, N. C., Tuesday, June 20, 1916. The first meeting is called for 10 A. M. on the above date, for the election of a board of trustees, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
J. B. LOCKEN, President.
C. R. CALLICOTT, Secretary.
“Signs Magazine” for July — Its Message
By Editor
“The Great War in Heaven.” Based on Rev. 12:7-17. A war in which all should be vitally concerned. Presented in a way to hold the reader’s interest.
“Cumulative Evidence of Christ’s Second Coming.” “When we have line upon line of evidence to prove any fact or event, doubt is smothered beneath the array of proof, and the proved fact stands out in the strong light of day.”—First paragraph of this article.
MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD
“Why God’s Judgments Visit the Earth.” “Not a pleasing message,” the writer says. Some of the fearful judgments referred to, and a reason assigned for them.
“The World Outlook.” Brief review of the standing of the warring nations, ending with editor’s Scriptural comment.
“Fifteen Facts Regarding the Sabbath of the Lord.” A “boiled down” presentation of the Sabbath question. Can be read in five minutes, but never forgotten.
“Hypnotism.” The writer of this article says, “The one who uses hypnotism to control his fellow men is doing the devil’s work.” A short article and to the point.
“The Great War.” Who will conquer? We do not know; nobody does. Death, who rides at the head of the armies numbering millions, is exacting dreadful toll with each passing day. Sobering comments of this sort characterize the article.
“My Kingdom is Not of This World.” Strange to say, preachers for two hundred years or more have taught the idea that the world is to be converted, notwithstanding plain Bible teachings to the contrary. This article shows the folly of such belief.
“The Church Correcting God.” Statements throughout this article, like the title itself, are startling, and the author’s happy faculty for putting things in an out-of-the-ordinary way will hold the reader’s attention.
“Blue-Penciling the Bible.” Don’t miss reading the deserved rebuke to the following statement by a writer of prominence: “Apply the blue pencil liberally to the Bible, and we shall have not only a Christianized version but also one that will more effectually show the power of Jesus to affect human society.”
“Christ’s Example of Prayer;” “Talking for Peace;” “Our London Letter,” and “Current Topics.”
If you cannot engage in its circulation, suggest the idea to some other person.
5 to 40 copies, 5 cents each; 50 or more, 4 cents each. Order from your tract society.
Obituaries
Butterfield.—Freda Doris Butterfield was born Sept. 25, 1912, and died in Modesto, Cal., May 8, 1916. She was ill only a few hours, and her sudden death brought deep sorrow to the family. She loved to talk about Jesus. She leaves her parents and one brother. J. W. Rich.
Pirtle.—Elizabeth Everett was born in Ohio, Jan. 8, 1828. She was married to George W. Pirtle March 5, 1846. Thirteen children were born to them, of whom three sons and four daughters are living. She was a faithful believer in present truth. Her death occurred April 29, 1916. D. D. Voth.
Crockett.—Mrs. Sally Crockett died at her home, in Cartersville, Ky., May 13, 1916. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church a number of years ago, and was faithful and true to the message. She leaves a husband and one daughter, who sorrow, but not as those who have no hope. B. W. Brown.
Stanard.—Mrs. Clara Aurelia Stanard died on her fifty-eighth birthday, May 8, 1916, at her home, in Bolivar, N. Y. She accepted present truth in 1890. Through her long illness she showed the patient forbearance of the Master, and exalted him in her life. She is survived by a husband and one daughter. H. L. Shoup.
Crandall.—Elizabeth Parmer was born in New York State in 1841, and was married to Hiram Crandall in 1864. They made their home in Downing, Wis., and here, for twenty-seven years, they bore faithful witness for the truth they loved. Sister Crandall died April 19, 1916, and her companion, with two of their six children, mourns her death. Wm. Lewsadder.
Woernly.—Charles A. Woernly was born in Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 28, 1837. He became an American citizen in 1867. Although he never identified himself with the remnant church, yet he shared his companion’s religious views, and she sorrows in hope. Ten children also survive. His death occurred at his home, in Warsaw, N. Y., May 18, 1916. H. L. Shoup.
Nielson.—Niels C. Nielson was born in Denmark, July 21, 1847, and died in Clear Lake, Wis., May 7, 1916. He came to America in 1869, and was married to Bertha M. Jorgensen, Sept. 15, 1876. Six children were born to them. Brother Nielson was an earnest member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and now rests in hope. His companion and four sons survive. Wm. Lewsadder.
Chapin.—Mary Stauffer was born April 4, 1844, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. She was united in marriage with John S. Chapin, Nov. 19, 1865, at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Ten children were born to this union, four sons and six daughters. Sister Chapin and her husband united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Bolivar, Mo., in 1888. Her husband and their five children, besides eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, survive her death, which occurred at Pomona, Cal., May 8, 1916. We believe Sister Chapin sleeps in Jesus. F. M. Burg.22
Ahsell.—Bernard Ahsell was born in Germany, May 24, 1842. When he was seventeen years of age he came with his parents to the United States, where he was married to Meritta D. Knight, Oct. 22, 1864. About five years ago he heard the third angel’s message, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at San Diego, Cal. He died suddenly April 23, 1916. His sorrowing companion survives. W. W. Sharp.
Bridges.—My aged mother, Mrs. C. C. Bridges, passed to her rest at Phoenix, Ariz., May 7, 1916, aged 87 years and 10 days. In 1883, in the State of Kansas, she accepted the third angel’s message, and to the end of her life did what she could for its advancement. She went to Salem, Oregon, with her daughter’s family in 1909, but in a few months removed to Arizona. She rests in hope of the Saviour’s soon coming. N. J. Bowers.
Gardner.—Mary A. Fox was born March 19, 1848, in Greencastle, Ind. She was reared in Indianola, Iowa. Going to Nebraska, she met Frank M. Gardner, to whom she was married Dec. 19, 1872. In 1881 she became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and four years later came to West Virginia, where she died at her home, in Bridgeport, April 14, 1916. Geo. A. Stevens. T. W. Thirlwell.
Deitel.—Harry G. Deitel was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 30, 1873, and died in the same city, May 15, 1916. His mother was among the first to accept the faith in the city of Brotherly Love. God’s hand pressed hard on Harry, but at last there came surrender and peace through the blood of the cross. For a little while he rests in Westminster Cemetery, then the eternal awakening. His mother and three sisters await the soon-coming day of reunion. John N. Quinn.
Kennedy.—John J. Kennedy was born in Nova Scotia in November, 1875. At the age of sixteen he came to Butte, Mont., and there accepted present truth. He afterward lived in Idaho and Washington, and attended Walla Walla College for a time. Brother Kennedy was a successful canvasser and an earnest Christian. His death occurred at the Walla Walla Sanitarium, College Place, Washington, Feb. 4, 1916. A father, one sister, and one brother are among the bereaved. F. D. Starr.
Carpenter.—Cynthia McCoy was born in Massachusetts, Aug. 20, 1834. She was married to Eber W. Presbrey in November, 1850, and one son was born to them. Being left a widow, she united in marriage with James C. Carpenter Aug. 27, 1860, and one daughter was born to them. She became a Seventh-day Adventist about forty years ago, and twenty-four years ago united with the church at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her faithful Christian life was an inspiration to all who knew her. She died at her home, in Council Bluffs, May 9, 1916. J. C. Clemens.
Warren.—Mary Loguil was born near Lima, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1844. She was married to John A. Eliger Jan. 1, 1867, and to them were born five children. Her second husband was Charles W. Warren, whom she married in 1876. This union was blessed with three sons. She was left a widow a second time, in 1891. She spent her closing days at the Nebraska Sanitarium, College View, Nebr., where she fell asleep hoping in her Saviour, May 5, 1916. Seven children, two brothers, and three sisters, mourn. B. L. House.
Halladay.—Ida Wekell was born in Sweden in December, 1864. At the age of twenty-seven years she became a Seventh-day Adventist, and was faithful to the truth of God until the end of her life. She was married to Elder F. W. Halladay in Yazoo City, Miss., in 1897. They were at that time connected with the Southern Missionary Society, of which they were charter members. After their marriage they connected with the Oakwood School at Huntsville, Ala., and there she died May 5, 1916. Her husband and daughter mourn. T. H. Jeys.
The Seventh-Day Adventist Association of Colorado
By A. T. Robinson; R. T. Emery
THE regular annual session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will be held in connection with the camp meeting, in Denver, June 8-18, 1916. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9:15 A. M., Monday, June 12. The regular election of officers, and such other business as may properly come before the association, will be attended to during this session.
A. T. ROBINSON, President.
R. T. EMERY, Secretary.
Ontario Conference
By A. V. Olson; Olive Leach
The fifteenth session of the Ontario Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Brantford, Ontario, June 19-25, 1916, for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting is called to convene at 9:30 A. M., Tuesday, June 20.
A. V. Olson, President.
Olive Leach, Secretary.
North Dakota Conference Association
By S. E. Jackson; F. A. Lauterback
The annual meeting of the North Dakota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene in Jamestown, N. Dak., in connection with the camp meeting, at 10 A. M., Thursday, June 22, 1916. The main business of the hour will be the election of officers. It is possible that the constitution will be changed. All accredited delegates to the camp meeting are regarded voters at the association meeting.
S. E. JACKSON, President.
F. A. LAUTERBACK, Secretary.
Eastern New York Conference
By WALTER R. ANDREWS; HOWARD A. MAY
THE annual session of the Eastern New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting on Cleveland Street, Oneida, N. Y., June 22 to July 2, 1916, for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. The first meeting of the conference is called to convene at 10 A. M., Friday, June 23.
WALTER R. ANDREWS, President.
HOWARD A. MAY, Secretary.
Chesapeake Conference Association
By J. O. Miller; Emma S. Newcomer
NOTICE is hereby given that the Chesapeake Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation, will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the conference and camp meeting, June 8-18, 1916, at Rock Hall, Md., for the purpose of transacting any business that may be lawfully done by the constituency of said corporation. The constituency of this corporation is composed of all regular delegates assembled in the seventeenth annual session of the Chesapeake Conference. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, June 12.
J. O. MILLER, President.
EMMA S. NEWCOMER, Secretary.
Saskatchewan Conference Association
By A. C. Gilbert; U. Wissner
NOTICE is hereby given that the Saskatchewan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its annual session in connection with the meeting of the Saskatchewan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first meeting of the association will convene at 9:30 A. M., July 3. At this session officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as pertains to the association.
A. C. GILBERT, President.
U. WISSNER, Secretary.
New York Conference Association
By WALTER R. ANDREWS; HOWARD A. MAY
NOTICE is hereby given that the twelfth annual session of the New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the regular session of the Eastern New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, on Cleveland Street, Oneida, N. Y., June 22 to July 2, 1916, for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting is called for 10 A. M., Monday, June 26. The legal voters of this association are the representatives of the local churches elected as such to its annual sessions, also the members of the executive committee and such other persons as are in the employ of, and drawing pay from, the Eastern New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
WALTER R. ANDREWS, President.
HOWARD A. MAY, Secretary.
Literature in Tent Work
There are three essentials in every successful tent effort,—central location, good speakers, and effective literature. The lack of any of these will always materially weaken the influence of tent meetings. In fact, if success is attained, none of these can be omitted. If the location is right, the congregation is sure. If the speakers are good, the attendance will be larger. If the literature is strong and adapted to the topics presented by the speakers, it will produce conviction relative to the subjects in which the speakers merely interested their hearers. In a tent service the literature must be attractive and topical, only one subject at a time, the subject the speaker presented from the desk. Literature of this nature will rivet the conclusions drawn by the speakers, and tend to lead to conviction, when quietly studied in the home. Without such literature the people listen, temporarily assent, perhaps, but go their way and forget what they heard. They escape conviction. Proper literature securely binds, cements, and rivets the message delivered by the speakers.
Present Truth Series in Tent Work
Elder N. T. Sutton, president of the Wyoming Conference, writes thus of the Present Truth Series in tent work:—
“We used Present Truth Series in connection with our tent meetings last year, and found them a real help. The committee will meet the first of the coming week, and I will present the matter for our summer’s campaign. I am sure we shall place our order for the amount that we deem necessary for the tent companies. I believe the Present Truth Series is filling a long-felt need in this denomination, giving an opportunity of purchasing literature at a low price.”
Elder C. S. Wiest, president of the Mississippi Conference, says:—
“It has been my plan to use the Present Truth Series in our tent efforts. We are planning to use as much of this literature as we are able. I believe it is the cheapest literature and the most valuable that can be used in tent efforts.”
Elder R. J. Bryant, president of the Northern New England Conference, makes the following statement:—
“We have 10,000 copies of the Present Truth Series on hand. You may wonder what we are going to do with them. I will tell you that it is my plan to put out 2,000 a week for five weeks here in the city of Concord, to prepare the way for the tent effort which I shall conduct. I believe this series is one of the best things that the Review and Herald has ever given us for this kind of work.
“Our first three numbers will be put out without any announcement. Then the fourth and fifth numbers will be stamped as follows: ‘Hear Pastor R. J. Bryant on great Bible subjects.’ At the same time that these are being put out with this stamped on, we shall be advertising in the newspapers and with circulars as to who Pastor R. J. Bryant is and where he will speak. We shall soon send you another order for several other numbers to use in the follow-up work in connection with our tent effort. These will not altogether take the place of tracts, as we expect to use quite a large number of them also. We are trying to do everything we can to place the Present Truth Series in the hands of the people throughout the conference, and for this reason we are endeavoring to get our churches to take clubs of them.”
Every tent company ought to have a generous supply of Present Truth Series on hand, ready to distribute after the different general topics are presented by the speakers. Numbers 1-18 have been printed and can be promptly supplied:—
The Bible the Word of God.
The Origin of Sin and the Plan of Salvation.
A Great Prophetic Dream; or, The Kingdoms of This World and the Kingdom of God.
The Second Coming of Christ.
The Signs of Christ’s Coming.
The Millennium.
The Home of the Saved.
The Four Great Beasts of Daniel 7 and the Work of Antichrist.
