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Educational Department

By W. E. Howell

J. L. SHAW — — — General Secretary W. E. HOWELL — — — N. Am. Div. Asst. Secretary

Talks on Education

THERE is another side of the educational question that deserves notice. More than twenty years ago it was written that there is more than an average of ability among us as a people. This is so because of what the truth does for us. The person, man or woman, who steps out of the world or out of a popular church and takes his stand on all points of present truth must and does do some thinking and some studying. How often the presentation of the stirring message for this time moves a man in the common walks of life to get out his Bible and buy books written by studious, praying men and women, and set to work digging out an understanding of these great themes for himself. A taste of good things gives him an appetite for more. He begins to accumulate a library, to study his Sabbath-school lessons, and to read history and current events with a deepening interest to know the meaning of these things better and to observe the fulfilment of prophecy. In order to defend his faith and practise among his neighbors and to interest others in the truth now grown precious to him, he must know well the reasons for his faith, and he becomes a thinking, studious man. The abstemious habits he has acquired with a knowledge of Bible truth help him in this. Regard for the right of his neighbor, and a sense of unpopularity, and of the fact that he is a special object of Satan's buffeting, develop in him patience and endurance of hardness as a good soldier of Christ. In comparison with what he was before the truth reached him, and with what he would still be without the stimulus of the truth to make something more of himself, it may truthfully be said that he measures up to more than the average of ability among his fellows of the same social class.

A Dearth Among Us

Not far from the same time when it was said that there is more than an average of ability among us as a people, these solemn words were written: “There is a dearth of educated ability among us, and we have not men who are sufficiently trained to do justice to the work.” What does a dearth of educated ability mean?

It means a dearth of effective labor in the rapidly spreading work of this message.

It means that we have not duly magnified the office of the schools as a means of recruiting our force of laborers, and that we must give them increased moral and financial support in the carrying of this very responsible work.

It means that the schools themselves may not have placed an adequate estimate on the task laid upon them.

It means that in bringing people into the truth we have failed to follow up the work as we ought in educating them for service.

Let us put the two expressions together and consider them a little:— “More than an average of ability.” “A dearth of educated ability.”

With a high average of ability resulting from the truth’s appealing to the serious, substantial element among the people, and from the stimulus to be and do something for Jesus that the truth itself imparts, how great is our duty to develop and train that ability for service! “Speedy preparation for the work” is a necessary admonition, one for us to take seriously to heart; yet it is one that must not be misapplied. In the recent volume “Counsels to Teachers, Parents, and Students,” page 219, are these words:—

“The instruction which the Lord has sent us, warning students and teachers against spending years of study in school, does not apply to young boys and girls. These need to go through the proper period of thorough discipline and study of the common branches and the Bible, until they have reached an age of more mature and reliable judgment.”

This sets before us a patient, constructive labor for our youth that we cannot afford to ignore or neglect. Those who come into the truth after maturity are to be given as effective preparation as possible in a reasonably short time, then be sent forth as fishers of men. This was the Master’s method with his grown-up followers. But in the ordinary course of things our youth need the discipline, the Christian culture, and the sound judgment—that firm establishing of character fortified by essential knowledge which requires the element of time under God-fearing instructors to produce. On one special occasion the Master turned water into wine in a moment of time, but he did not instruct us to make this the basis of grape culture; he rather bids us to sow with tears, dig about the growing plant in hope, then wait with patience for the harvest, that we may reap in joy. In our schools there will be some, especially among those who have been born again after natural maturity, whom the wonderful touch of the Master will transform in a short time into successful laborers for others; but for the most part our work must be patient continuance in cultivating the growing plants in the Lord’s vineyard, in harmony with the laws of growth established by an all-wise Creator, until they are brought to maturity and can truthfully be said to have “educated ability.”

The Outlook Hopeful

In what I have said here, I do not want even to seem to ignore the very substantial progress our schools are making, both elementary and advanced. The past June, Union College graduated twenty students from the college course (the largest number in its history), and lost nothing in attendance. Emmanuel Missionary College had six college graduates, and gained fifty-five in attendance; Mount Vernon College also had a larger class than usual; while all these schools, together with South Lancaster and Keene Academies, Walla Walla and Pacific Union Colleges, sent forth a larger number from the fourteenth grade,—all of whom, if they find their way into the denominational work, will help fill needy places.

On the other hand, we cannot but reflect upon the small total of 243 enrolled in the college grades in all our schools the past year, then reflect further upon the fact that four out of five of our children and youth of school age are yet in the secular schools, some of the latter of the best natural ability among us. We are obliged to think, too, of the heavy draft upon our best laborers for the foreign fields. We would not have this otherwise, for nothing has done more to engender a missionary spirit in the student body and in church-members generally. But the dearth of laborers, especially of ministers and teachers, both at home and abroad, presses itself upon us continually. Shall we not arouse to the situation, throw our energies more fully into raising the efficiency of our schools by every possible means, and not rest till every seat and every room in our schools is filled, and every boy and girl bearing the name of Seventh-day Adventist is brought under Christian instruction?

Education for the Word

By J. L. S.

THERE is a growing conviction among our leading men that a much larger number of our young people should remain longer in school and take college courses. Heads of colleges and men of wide experience realize it keenly. Men of large spiritual and intellectual efficiency are needed in all branches of the work at home and in the mission fields. While all cannot take college courses, yet many young men and women, willing and ready to overcome obstacles and work hard for an education, can finish such a course before they are old enough to accomplish very much in field work in the cause. Where there is a will, there is a way. Such an education would lay a broad foundation for the work of life.

Parents, ministers, and teachers can do much in encouraging young people to make more thorough preparation for the Lord's work. We owe it to them. Early manhood and womanhood come but once in life. The earnest study, application, and training of those years very largely measure the possibilities of life. The following extracts from the spirit of prophecy bear directly on preparation for the work.

Well-Educated Men Desired

"A life devoted to God should not be a life of ignorance. Many speak against education because Jesus chose uneducated fishermen to preach the gospel. They assert that he showed preference for the uneducated. But there were many learned and honorable men who believed the teaching of Christ. Had these fearlessly obeyed the convictions of their consciences, they would have followed him. Their abilities would have been accepted, and employed in the service of Christ, had they offered them. But they had not moral power, in face of the frowning priests and jealous rulers, to confess Christ, and venture their

reputation in connection with the humble Galilean.

"He who knows the hearts of all, understood this. If the educated and noble would not do the work they were qualified to do, Christ would select men who would be obedient and faithful in doing his will. He chose humble men and connected them with himself, that he might educate them to carry forward the great work on earth when he should leave it."—"Counsels to Teachers," page 511.

Possibilities of the Youth

"God will accept the youth with their talent and their wealth of affection, if they will consecrate themselves to him. They may reach to the highest point of intellectual greatness; and if balanced by religious principle, they can carry forward the work which Christ came from heaven to accomplish.

"The students at our colleges have valuable privileges, not only of obtaining a knowledge of the sciences, but also of learning how to cultivate and practise virtues which will give them symmetrical characters. They are God's responsible moral agents. The talents of wealth, station, and intellect are given of God in trust to man for his wise improvement. These varied trusts he has distributed proportionately to the known powers and capacities of his servants, to every man his work."—Id., page 512.

Perseverance in Gaining Knowledge

"Perseverance in the acquisition of knowledge, controlled by the fear and love of God, will give the youth increased power for good in this life; and those who make the most of their opportunities to reach high attainments, will take these attainments with them into the future life. They have sought and obtained that which is imperishable. The ability to appreciate the glories that "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard" (1 Cor. 2:9), will be proportionate to the attainments reached."—Id., page 513.

Setting a High Standard

"What is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. While religion should be the prevailing element in every school, it will not lead to a cheapening of the literary attainments. It will make all true Christians feel their need of thorough knowledge, that they may make the best use of the faculties bestowed upon them. While growing in grace and in a knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, they will seek constantly to put to the stretch their powers of mind, that they may become intelligent Christians. . . .

"To meet the highest standard possible, we need to be persevering and determined. In many cases established habits and ideas must be overcome before we can make advancement in the religious life. . . . The essential work is to conform the tastes, the appetites, the passions, the motives, the desires, to the great standard of righteousness. The work must begin in the heart. Unless the heart is wholly conformed to Christ's will, some master passion or some habit or defect will become a power to destroy."—Id., pages 504, 505.

We are nearing the time when our schools will open. September will soon be here. Ministers, teachers, and parents have a duty to perform. Many young people are halting, and hardly know whether they should attend school the coming year. Some are canvassing, others are engaged in other lines of work, and there is much encouragement to remain at their work. It may be fathers and mothers do not know how to advise. Remember this, however, time flies. Early manhood comes only once. It is the time to lay the foundation for life's work. As the young make God their counselor, surrender wholly to him, and fully determine at all costs faithfully to prepare for his service, he will guide them. It is God's will that the coming year in our schools should be the best, the most thorough, successful, and spiritual of any in their history.

News and Miscellany

By Editor

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

—A lighted cigarette, carelessly thrown from a railway-train, is now believed to have started the forest fire that more than three thousand men lately fought on Mt. Tamalpais, in Marin County, California, about fifteen miles northwest of San Francisco. It was hoped to save Muir Woods, the home of the giant redwoods,—trees of thousands of years' growth and hundreds of feet high, the finest specimens in the world. Soldiers fought desperately to save these woods, but the flames leaped the trenches and the men had to flee for their lives.

—When you are tempted to be impatient with "Central" because she cannot give you your number with quite the speed of lightning, it would not be amiss to remember these facts: The British postmaster-general has stated that the average time, on 50,000 calls observed, taken from the moment of ringing up to the moment the operator responded was 5.1 seconds, and the average time till the person called answered 22.6 seconds. But that was in phlegmatic England. In nervous Chicago, the corresponding average times were 3.1 seconds, and 25.4 seconds. How should you like to try to do it quicker than that yourself?

—Ledgers recently discovered at Palos, Spain, contain interesting facts concerning the outlay made by Christopher Columbus on his expedition to the New World. The armament of the little fleet cost 14,000 pesetas. The personal expenses of Columbus and his officers were about 2,000 pesetas, and six pesetas a month sufficed for the crew, so that 22,050 pesetas, or about $4,400, was spent for the eight months that the voyage lasted. The sum total for the discovery of America, therefore, was 36,000 pesetas, or about $7,200. In spite of the small amount required, however, Queen Isabella was forced to pawn her jewels, it is related, to provide funds for the expedition.

"Counsels to Teachers, Parents, and Students"

By J. L. S.

THE recent book, "Counsels to Teachers," by Mrs. E. G. White, contains a wealth of helpful instruction on the subject of Christian education. Teachers in our schools have requested that the earlier books, "Christian Education" and "Special Testimonies on Education," be reprinted, with additional matter written in recent years. A search through the author's writings has brought to the hands of the compilers very valuable new matter. This, with much that was published in previous books, makes "Counsels to Teachers" a contribution to the cause of Christian education of no small worth. A wide range of articles helpful to parents also largely increases the usefulness of this valuable book.

If "Counsel to Teachers" is not only placed in the library of every teacher, student, and parent, but is read and studied, and its principles continually held forth in the school and in the home, we shall see success take the place of what might have been a failure, and new impetus will come in the training of children and youth, which will bring large results to the cause of God in years to come. In the interest of students attending our schools, for the help and encouragement which it may bring to teachers and parents, we believe that an effort to give the book a wide circulation is a matter of much importance.

J. L. S.

Camp-Meetings for 1913

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Maine, Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 Northern New England, Montpelier, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 Southern New England, Auburn, R. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 2-7

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Maritime, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE Nebraska, Seward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 East Kansas, Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 Colorado, Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 West Kansas, Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 Western Colorado, Grand Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 9-16

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Virginia, Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-25 Ohio, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 West Pennsylvania, Corry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 West Virginia, Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4-14 Chesapeake, Chestertown, Md. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 18-28

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Southern Illinois, Taylorville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 West Michigan, Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 North Michigan, Gaylord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 Northern Illinois, Allen Park, Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 Indiana, Hartford City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4-14

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Cedar Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 8

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Western Washington, Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Kentucky, Nicholasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 Tennessee River, Jackson, Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 Mississippi, Hazlehurst (colored) Sept. 4-14 Alabama, Anniston (colored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 5-12

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE South Carolina, Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 North Carolina, Greensboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 Cumberland, Athens, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4-14 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 2-12

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE New Mexico, Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION British Columbia (Eastern), Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-24

Maine Benevolent Association

The fifteenth annual meeting of the Benevolent Association of Seventh-day Adventists of Maine will be held on the camp-ground at Camden, Maine, Aug. 25, 1913, at 9 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

E. C. TAYLOR, Clerk.

Northern New England Conference Association

The next session of the Northern New England Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Montpelier, Vt., in connection with the annual conference session and camp-meeting, Aug. 21-31, 1913. Officers 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 August 26 at 10 A. M. The regularly appointed delegates to the conference session should be present.

F. W. STRAY, President; CLARENCE F. BALL, Secretary.

West Michigan Conference Association

The annual meeting of the West Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the meeting of the West Michigan Conference on the fair-grounds at Hastings, Mich., Aug. 21-31, 1913. The first meeting will be called at 10:30 A. M., August 21. The regular delegates to the West Michigan Conference (unincorporated) are the constituency of the West Michigan Conference Association. This meeting will elect a board of trustees for the association and transact such other business as may properly come before the association.

C. F. McVAGH, President; F. R. EASTMAN, Secretary.

The Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

The Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will hold its legal annual meeting in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 1913. The constituency of this association is called to meet in the main pavilion of said gathering, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1913, at 10 A. M., for the transaction of any business that may properly come before it.

A. R. OGDEN, President; C. W. HEALD, Secretary.

East Kansas Conference Association

NOTICE is hereby given that the first annual session of the East Kansas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground, one block west of the Santa Fe depot, at Ottawa, Kans., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the purpose of electing a board of trustees, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, August 26, at 4:15 P. M.

W. F. KENNEDY, President; B. M. EMERSON, Secretary.

West Kansas Conference Association

THE third annual meeting of the West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held at Lyons, Kans., in connection with the annual camp-meeting, Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, 1913. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may be deemed necessary. All duly accredited delegates to the West Kansas Conference (unincorporated) are entitled to take part in the proceedings of the association. The first meeting of the association will be held Tuesday, September 2, at 10:30 A. M.

N. T. SUTTON, President; E. HARRIS, Secretary

Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

NOTICE is hereby given that at the meeting of the annual conference of Seventh-day Adventists of Indiana, to be held at Hartford City, Ind., Sept. 4-14, 1913, three persons will be chosen to serve for two years as members of the board of directors of the Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association.

E. A. BRISTOL, President; F. A. LOOP, Secretary.

Kansas Conference Association

THE annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association of Kansas will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, on the camp-ground located one block west of the Santa Fe depot at Ottawa, Kans.

The first meeting of said association will be called at 9 A. M., Aug. 26, 1913. The election of a board of trustees, and the transaction of such other business as may be necessary or proper, will come before the meeting.

W. F. KENNEDY, President; E. HARRIS, Secretary.

Southern New England Conference

The tenth annual session of the Southern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting in Auburn, R. I., Sept. 2-7, 1913, for the election of conference officers to serve during the coming year, and for the transaction of such other business as may be presented to the delegates. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate for each ten members. The first meeting of the session will be held at 10:30 A. M., Tuesday, September 2.

J. E. JAYNE, President; W. E. FORTUNE, Secretary.

Western Colorado Conference

By E. A. Curtis, President; J. A. Neilsen, Secretary

The fifth annual session of the Western Colorado Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Grand Junction, Colo., Sept. 9-16, 1913, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., Wednesday, September 10. All delegates from the churches should be present at the first meeting.

E. A. CURTIS, President; J. A. NEILSEN, Secretary.

Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

Notice is hereby given that the next annual meeting of the Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association (incorporated) will be held in connection with the Nebraska conference and camp-meeting at Seward, Nebr., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, August 26, at 10:30 A. M. Accredited delegates to the Nebraska Conference are delegates to the Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association.

J. W. Christian, President; Geo. A. Williams, Secretary.

Indiana Association of Seventh-Day Adventists

NOTICE is hereby given that at the meeting of the annual conference of Seventh-day Adventists of Indiana, to be held at Hartford City, Ind., Sept. 4-14, 1913, a board, consisting of seven members, will be elected to serve for one year as directors of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists.

E. A. BRISTOL, President; W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.

The Illinois Conference Association

The twenty-third annual session of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Ottawa, Ill., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, 1913. Officers will be elected and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, September 2.

G. E. Langdon, President; H. E. Moon, Secretary.

Chesapeake Conference

The fourteenth annual session of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, will be held at Chestertown, Md., in connection with the camp-meeting, Sept. 18-28, 1913. The purpose of this meeting is the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting for organization and appointment of committees, etc., will be called at 11 A. M., Friday, September 19. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and one additional delegate for each ten members. A full delegation is desired from all our churches.

R. T. BAER, President; W. T. DURST, Secretary.

Chesapeake Conference Association

By R. T. Baer, President; W. T. Durst, Secretary

The Chesapeake Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a body corporate under the laws of the State of Delaware, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Chestertown, Md., Sept. 18-28, 1913. The first meeting will be held on Monday, September 22, at 11 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

R. T. BAER, President; W. T. DURST, Secretary.

Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association

THE eighth annual session of the Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting to be held in Allen Park, Ottawa, Ill., Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 1913, for the election of three trustees to serve for three years, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be called at 10:30 A. M., September 3. Accredited delegates to the Northern Illinois conference are delegates to this association meeting.

G. E. LANGDON, President; W. C. FOREMAN, Secretary.

Colorado Conference Association

THE next annual session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will convene at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colo., Monday, Aug. 25, 1913, at 10:30 A. M. This meeting is called for the election of trustees and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.

C. R. KITE, President; G. M. ALWAY, Secretary.

Colorado Conference

The thirty-first annual session of the Colorado Conference will be held in Denver, Colo., Aug. 21-31, 1913. The first meeting of the conference will be held at 10:45 A. M., Friday, August 22. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen members or fractional majority thereof. Officers will be elected at this conference for the ensuing year, and other important business pertaining to the Lord's work will be considered.

C. R. KITE, President; R. T. EMERY, Secretary.

West Virginia Camp-Meeting

By F. H. Robbins

THE West Virginia Conference will hold its annual camp-meeting and conference session at Charleston, Sept. 4-14, 1913. This will be an important meeting, as God's people will have the privilege of coming together again in a holy convocation, after another year's labor and toil.

Prof. B. G. Wilkinson and other General Conference workers will be there to give instruction and preach the word. Prof. E. G. Salisbury, the new president of Mount Vernon College, is expected to be with us. Our local workers will be present. I trust that our brethren and sisters in this conference will not permit their common every-day work to hinder them from attending this important camp-meeting.

Meals will be served in the dining-tent at reasonable rates, on the cafeteria plan. Good rooms can be rented at from $2 to $3.50 per week. These rooms will be near the place of meeting. A few family tents will be pitched, but we advise the use of rooms, as they will be cheaper than tents. However, those desiring tents may have them, provided they are ordered at once. They will cost $3.50 each for the ten days; this is without floor or furnishings. Tents or rooms should be ordered at once. Send all orders to the West Virginia Conference, Fairmont, W. Va.

As the evenings may be damp and cold, it will be well to bring heavy wraps, umbrellas, and overshoes. Those occupying tents will need to bring bedding and necessary camping outfit. All bedding will be furnished to those occupying rooms. Bring Bibles and "Christ in Song."

Instead of a large tent, the new church building in West Charleston will be used for the meetings. Lots adjoining the church have been secured on which to pitch tents. Those coming to Charleston on either the C. & O. or K. & M. Railroads, would better go to the main street, on which the Capitol building is located, and take an electric car for West Charleston. Get off at the street which leads south to the West Charleston park. The church is located on this street, midway between the street-car line and the park.

F. H. ROBBINS.

September Signs

By Editor

INTERESTING features of the September Signs Magazine are:—

"The Future of America"—statements from President Wilson. "The Pity of It"—these industrial clashes. "Heresies Become Orthodox"—the trend of current churchdom. "Against the Church"—reforms needed. "Blood for Blood"—the industrial situation. "Pandering to Nastiness"—the trend of journalism. "Bibles to All Lands"—and what it means. "Loss of Reverence"—its place in human progress. "Come Forth, My People"—the call to you. "Prayer Hours With Jesus"—our only hope and strength. "Creation or Evolution"—which stands the test? "The Worlds and the Word"—a study in astronomy; speak the same language and teach the same truth. "Excavations at Babylon"—some interesting and important discoveries. "God's View of Nations"—Daniel 7; world's history in advance, condensed, but wonderfully comprehensible.

"Breaking the Alabaster Box"—a token of love; the better way. "Reason and Faith"—real rationalism. "Public Service Corporations"—the new law; a fair deal; will it bring the millennium? "Promoting War"—some astonishing figures. "Uncle Sam's Latest Observatory." "What Came of the Added Word." "Physiological Signs of the End." "Federal Aid to Prohibition." "The Motion-Picture Industry." "What the Moslem World Thinks." "The Balkans and Turkey." "Corruption of the Heart." "Creeds of the Bible." "Secretary Bryan and Peace."

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Nebraska Conference Association

The annual meeting of the Nebraska Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Seward, Nebr., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the purpose of electing officers and trans-acting necessary business. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., August 25.

J. W. CHRISTIAN, President; ANNA M. PETERSON, Secretary.

Western Colorado Conference Association

THE Seventh-day Adventist Association of Western Colorado will hold its fifth annual meeting in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, at Grand Junction, Colo., at 9 A. M., Sept. 11, 1913. This meeting is called for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

E. A. CURTIS, President; J. A. NEILSEN, Secretary.

New Jersey Conference Association

THE sixth annual session of the New Jersey Conference Association will be held in connection with the regular annual conference to meet in the Trenton Church, 200 Columbus Ave., Trenton, N. J., Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 1913. The first meeting of the association will be called at 10 A. M., August 29.

A. R. SANDBORN, President; W. B. WALTERS, Secretary.

West Virginia Conference

By F. H. Robbins, President; J. S. Barrows, Secretary

THE twenty-sixth annual session of the West Virginia Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 4-14, 1913, for the election of officers for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting will be held September 5 at 9:30 A. M.

F. H. ROBBINS, President; J. S. BARROWS, Secretary.

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