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Earlier text: People's Seventh-day Adventist Church of Washington, D. C

Literature for the Blind

By L. N. Muck

PAUSE with me for a moment to consider the quarter of a million blind in this country. Were you permitted to visit them, you would find them in a pitiable condition. Thousands of them are isolated, with no religious privileges, and without a single thing to read. They are left to pine away the long hours with nothing to encourage or comfort them. Let us go to them with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and we shall be able through the gospel to break the fetters of sin now holding in bondage thousands of blind men and women. Let us speedily carry this message to those perishing within our reach. Nothing save the gospel of Jesus Christ will lift them out of the pit into which they have been forced. Dear reader, are you anxious about the blind? The following is a quotation from a letter just received from one of our blind readers:—

“Still the Record has been coming to my home all the time, and I have been enjoying the contents of it very much indeed, and have received much benefit as well as pleasure from reading its pages. I have enjoyed it much more than any other point magazine which I have received; and I do not doubt that you are pleased to hear that the readers of the Record derive both pleasure and Christian benefits from carefully reading its pages. It is a magazine full of beautiful thoughts; and the Christian truths it teaches are beyond human value. I know and believe that the editor himself is a Christian man, and this makes the magazine of much more value. The good done for the blind is the prevailing feature throughout, and so we who read it should be willing to contribute

toward its support. In short, it has done me a world of good, and has enlightened my mind on many a Christian truth which would have been otherwise a blank to my mind. Through its vivid pages, I have learned many things about different blind people, which probably otherwise I should not have known.”

This quotation is one of many received at our office; and it should stir us to a full sense of duty. And in behalf of those appealing to us for the gospel truths, we beseech you in the name of God, to consider the needs of these unfortunate, perishing souls.

Dear reader, do you appreciate your sight, and all that you enjoy in the way of literature and scores of other blessings? If so, make a thank offering for the benefit of the publishing work for the blind. By so doing, you will aid us, through the Christian Record, to point thousands to the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world. This work should have its proper place in the message. We should not overlook the blind in our haste to spread the gospel. Brethren, while you are giving to the different enterprises, do not forget to share your means with your less favored brethren and sisters. “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand.”

The Christian Record is printed in two systems,—the American braille and the New York point. Those sending in subscriptions or names of blind people should determine, if possible, which system they read. The price of the magazine is two dollars a year. Send all subscriptions and donations to the secretary, Miss Katie Coleman, College View, Neb., and all funds will be turned over to the treasurer of the Central Union Conference.

L. N. MUCK.

A Book for the Times

By R. A. Underwood

I HAVE read the advance sheets of “Ministry of Healing.” This soul-inspiring book will comfort and instruct believers, convict the unconverted, bring courage and hope to the cast down. Every page sparkles with gems of light. The book will remove prejudice, and open the way for further gospel light to shine into many hearts. The sound sense and the unrefutable facts presented must commend the truth to the people who read it.

Here is another opportunity for us to act as God's helping hand to pass the light on to the people who are perishing for the lack of knowledge. This book has been dedicated by its author (Mrs. E. G. White) to the medical missionary work. The profits on it are to be used in the advancement of the medical work of the gospel. A threefold blessing will attend the sale of this book: first, the individual will be blessed in the effort he makes; second, those who obtain the book will be blessed; third, the sale of every book will furnish seventy-five cents to assist in building up sanitariums or other means of relieving suffering. I praise God for this book, and the blessings it has in store for his people.

R. A. UNDERWOOD.

Our Sanitariums

By GEO. O. STATES.

I HAVE been intimately acquainted with the sanitarium work from the very beginning of it, when the old Health Institute was established in Battle Creek. More than twenty years ago I was carried to the sanitarium, hardly able to move hand or foot, and in a few weeks was cured of the rheumatism, and returned to my labor.

If I had been careful to follow the instruction I then received, I doubt not that I would have been saved much of the suffering of the past two years. When I arrived at the Glendale, Cal., Sanitarium about the middle of last May, I was almost a nervous wreck. The constant attendance of my wife had been necessary for months. I was so nervous that even the thought of being left alone in a room at night was unendurable. When Dr. Simpson saw how sad and ill at ease I looked, she sat down and talked so encouragingly that I soon forgot my fears, and rested quite well the first night.

When I first came to the sanitarium, I was subject to spells of bitter weeping, apparently without any cause; I could not prevent my mind from dwelling on some of the unpleasant experiences of the past, nor could I understand why I should be taken from my ministerial work and allowed to endure such suffering.

One day the following text came as vividly to my mind as if spoken: “But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10. In a few weeks I was sufficiently improved to attend church; and in one month, when Sister White spoke on the importance of the sanitarium work in the Los Angeles church, I attended, and took down the main thoughts in shorthand.

I have always believed the statement made by the servant of the Lord in 1867 that the health reform was a part of the third angel's message. In my ministry I have transgressed the laws of health, and this has resulted in inability to do public work. Some of my good brethren and sisters have suggested following the instruction of James, but I have felt that all I could do is to ask God's blessing upon his appointed means for my recovery.

In Volume 1 of “Testimonies for the Church,” page 561, the servant of the Lord tells this people: “I saw that the reason why God did not hear the prayers of his servants for the sick among us more fully was that he could not be glorified in so doing while they were violating the laws of health. And I also saw that he designed the health reform and the Health Institute to prepare the way for the prayer of faith to be fully answered. Let no one obtain the idea that the institute is the place for them to come to be raised up by the prayer of faith. That is the place to find relief from disease by treatment and right habits of living, and to learn how to avoid sickness.”

Doubtless mistakes have been made in the management of our sanitariums, but for all that, they are a part of the third angel's message. If many of our ministers could spend a few weeks in one of our sanitariums and see the devotion of the workers, hear the sympathizing prayers offered by men and women day after day for the recovery of the sick, and witness the Lord's blessing upon the helpers, it would be a blessing to them as well as to the sanitarium work.

While it is but natural that those of us engaged in the ministry, should be in earnest in our own special work, yet we must remember that God told us years ago that the sanitarium work is a part of the message, and we as ministers, of all others, should hold up the hands of those who are carrying on this important branch of the message. Since my two months' treatment at the Glendale Sanitarium I have felt a deeper interest in the sanitarium work than ever before.

I have always been a firm believer in the gift of prophecy among us, but since listening to Sister White's talk here in June I have felt as never before to thank the Lord for this gift among us. Her talks were on the importance of small sanitariums in many places. In looking over the eight volumes of “Testimonies for the Church,” I find that the Lord has told us step by step how to carry on this branch of the work. May the Lord bless the devoted workers in all our sanitariums, and may we all support every branch of the message.

GEO. O. STATES.

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

$2.50 EACH

Mrs. R. McWha, Mrs. Jane Taylor, M. E. Sutton.

TWO DOLLARS EACH

W. R. Murdes, H. L. Ainsworth, Jarrett Wood (Honduras), Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Selmon, W. H. Lewis, Mrs. Mary Strall, Mrs. N. H. Whitney, a friend, E. M. Eason, Alice Eason, O. P. Grant, Grace Parker, Herman Rust, Job Babbitt, I. E. Hool.

$1.75 EACH

R. B. Thomas, Clear Lake (O. T.) Sabbath-school, Vivian Eaton.

$1.50 EACH

A sister, George, Lizzie, and Marian Marsh, Crystal Gilfillan, Alice Owen, R. Baxter Owen, Mrs. Clara Anderson, Andrew Mattson, J. Aiperspach, Carl and Robert Campbell, Star (O. T.) church, Johannes Wecker, Mrs. T. W. Singletary and children, Ruth Lengel, Walla Walla (Wash.) church, L. S. Lauritsen, Mrs. Dr. Steurgaard, Margaret Meays, C. R. Dasheand family, Peter Lindahl.

Mrs. R. M. Hall (Jamaica), $1.40; Herbert L. Waters, $1.25; Mr. Wakeham (England), $1.08; Sister Dover Engleton (Jamaica), $1.01; F. Hall (Jamaica), $.97; Mrs. K. Hargreaves, $.97; Mrs. Leona Eaton, $.95; friends, $.75; Melissa Thomas, $.75; Mrs. M. Burr (Jamaica), $.73; E. Clifford (England), $.72; L. Clifford (England), $.72; Mrs. S. D. Chapman, $.60; Otis Brown Bleler, $.51; Sister Boughton, $.48; F. E. Conrad, $.45; Rose City (Mich.) church, $.40; Mrs. Brown (Honduras), $.40; Sister L. Edwards (Jamaica), $.36; children of Mrs. I. L., $.30; a friend, $.20; Sister Turner, $.12; Sister Soares (Jamaica), $.12; Mrs. Morley (England), $.12; E. A. Nurse, $.06.

$1.25 EACH

Carrie Langhoff, Grace Maynard, Manton (Mich.) Sabbath-school.

$1.22 EACH

Mrs. McDonald (New Zealand), H. Baldwin (England), E. Baldwin (England), Brother Burt (England), Sister Burt (England).

ONE DOLLAR EACH

M. H. Wilson, Mrs. Eliza Dow, Mrs. Nina Crane, L. G. Peterson, P. Giddings (Dominica), Mrs. P. Giddings (Dominica), Mrs. H. Lane (England), Mrs. Pinchbeck (England), Mrs. Williams (England), Ruth Wilbur, Emma J. Jones, Samantha O. Davis, M. A. and E. M. Livingston, a brother, Mrs. Frank Vye, Mrs. O. M. Hallock, Mrs. S. A. Jones, Allen Wayne Duncan, Mrs. David Parker, Clarence R. Waters, Mrs. H. S. Ackerly, Mrs. Lizzie Redding, Mrs. G. E. Leslie, a friend, Mrs. Clara McDonald, W. E. Wood, N. L. Weed, Robert McClelland, A. E. Hopkins, Jeanette Lowell, a friend, J. L. Locke, Joseph E. Layton, Eugene A. Brown, Mrs. Mary J. Laupher, Henry Bloom, R. B. Brower, Rosanna White, Maud Hamilton, J. N. W. King, William H. G., Mrs. L. M. Fisher Hill, Joe Hill, Leda Pease, Mrs. Inez L. Barnes, Alice Kelley, D. Andrews, Mrs. Edith Ward, Frank Nelson, John F. Powell, Mary May A. Arehart, A. G. Crisp, George Chilton, Mrs. Mollie Young, Mrs. F. A. Hall, Mrs. E. N. Wiley, Carrie Robie, Mrs. J. E. Wendell, H. W. Flayde, Mrs. J. A. MacKenzie, Mrs. M. E. Brush, Mrs.

S. I. Davis, J. Bartlett, J. P. Walker, L. A. Gibson, Rhoda Gibson, Mrs. E. G. Thompson, Mrs. J. F. Johnson, Ross Booth, Mrs. N. F. Samson, M. Wittum, Mrs. J. D. Wilson, Fern Wilson, Ira S. Jones, D. H. Denison, Mrs. Sacora, Mrs. Birdie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. Clough, Mrs. Mary Holt, J. A. Kirshman, Mrs. L. A. Lowe, Mrs. E. C. Widgery, J. W. Benedict, Lizzie Lewis, Julia E. Leach, Jennie Plaistead, Sarah A. Pence, Mrs. Maggie Paddock, R. D. Blanchard, Sylvia R. Blanchard, Allen B. Wentworth, Phillips (Maine) Sabbath-school, a friend, Fred E. Moses, Mrs. Jennie Holton, J. A. Holton, M. L. Taylor, William Chilson, E. M. McEwen, Mrs. Minnie Philpot, Mrs. Anna Hulett, Mrs. Elizabeth McKeown, Mrs. Graham. Osso Easley, Anna Easley, Mary Surprise, Beatrice A. Heisler, T. C. Hanson, Miss Saxon, J. D. Da Silva, O. E. Davis, John Hornet, Sister L. Baird, Sister R. J. Kirk, W. J. Kirk, C. O. Gerhart, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Prettyman, Mrs. S. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Burges, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Downs, Gertrude Campbell, Mrs. Ella Marsh, Norman Marsh, A. J. Douglas, Mrs. J. E. Greer, W. R. Douglas, Mrs. C. J. Ditto, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kingman, R. B. Browe, Willie Gronemiar, Anna Reefman, Julia Husted, Hilbert Siems, W. Reefman, Hellen Hornet, Joe Hornet, A. C. Jones, R. M. Hall, S. J. Rhyne, Mrs. John Reed, B. A. Maker, Lavicy White, J. C. Pettit, Arthur Rice, Mrs. Mary Lloyd, G. H. McCoon, Mrs. A. W. Everts, Ruby B. Lecklider, James D. Lecklider, Mrs. Katie Madden, Rhoda Ford, J. S. Hedench, Brother Anderson, a friend, Mrs. E. J. LaPlant, Mrs. J. E. Ross, Mrs. M. Clemenson, Mary E. Whitesell, Laura O’Reilly, Charles N. Pratt, Alice Williams, E. W. Benson, A. A. Larsen, Mrs. B. Hendrickson, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Atchley, James W. Hamilton (Central America), W. P. Barrow (Central America), Mrs. Arabella Harding (Central America), Arthur Harding (Central America), T. J. Bailey, Mrs. A. B. Cushing, old friend, Nina Mae Dudley, Mrs. Berth Brunstetter, Mrs. Flora Ward, S. E. Cushman, Martha Rose, a friend, Oklahoma City church, Joe Baxter, Creston (O. T.) church, W. J. Ruh, Ida M. Tower, Mrs. C. E. Burgeson, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wright, Mrs. Longwell, P. V. Houston, E. E. L. and D. M. L., Hart Hall, Mrs. Elvira Taylor, C. W. Palmer, P. Hanson, A. G. Ehn, Mrs. W. T. Litten, Jesse Salisbury, Mrs. J. B. Holland, Mrs. I. H. Archer, Maud Husted, Alice Lawson, T. J. Blake, W. A. Fry, James Bell, Mrs. Clara Wolf, Mrs. Sarah Bowers, L. A. Robison, Mrs. P. Hanson, G. M. Dimick, Mrs. E. B. Ralston, Nettie Taggart, osteopathic student, Minnie Prince, Sister Brooks, R. B. Coberly, Arthur Hollenbeck, O. C. Hollenbeck, Edna Hollenbeck, Mary A. Hollenbeck, J. E. Van De Mark, Mary J. Van De Mark, Freda Stiles, Christina Anderson, Earle Stiles, E. D. Slosson, V. A. Sandell, Ivy M. Hester, Laura Hester, Ann Morris, Laverna Jones, M. M. Finley, Jennie R. Hewett, James Harvey, C. F. Glasscock, B. H. Tally, Maria Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Tate, a friend, Mrs. M. L. Mitchell, Sister L. J. Fay, Mrs. Nancie P. Johnson, Mrs. E. Frankenbury, Fannia A. Bickle, Fred Damke, Mrs. Fred Damke, Mrs. N. D. Nelson, Lydia Netzley, A. H. Osman, Orlando Emmons, Emma Emmons, Newton Blough, Oscar Morris, B. Esterline, A. C. Eidson, Margaret Kysor, Gertrude Lyng, Anna Wernly, Mrs. James Kolb, Josephine Holfteen, S. C. Wolf, Mrs. M. Teats, John C. Artley, Sister Buccamon, Mrs. S. Hurdon, children of Galesburg (Ill.) church-school, Mrs. George Cook, Mrs. H. Coney, F. C. Smith, Mrs. Anna Lovelace, L. B. Maryanne, A. H. Ronning, Katherine Nuding, Mrs. R. Forbes, B. S. Webber, Margaret Owen, C. J. Nuding, Elizabeth Nuding, a student, Mrs. A. J. Beardsley, W. E. Straw, Mrs. A. W. Spaulding, H. H. Murphy, Rose B. Murphy, Andrey Murphy, Mrs. L. E. Saylor, Mrs. M. C. Otis, F. T. Wales, a friend, Mrs. Esther Rabarge, Mrs. John Ferguson, Etta Cornish, Mrs. M. E. Peebles, Sarah Gibson, L. D. Jones, Mrs. E. E. Dibble, Mrs. Yeager, O. H. Maxon, J. Gilbert, Mrs. J. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Lamb, Nettie Baker, Mary F. Hall, J. Allee Hall, Annie J. Allee, James C. Hall, Flossie Horning, Mrs. P. L. Horning, E. Orr, D. M. Smith, Mrs. M. J. Delhorbe, Mary Brant, Lyndon Windfield, Mrs. Polly Cary, L. E. Markin.

SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH

Frances Tarte, Margaret Nelson, Berrien Springs (Mich.) church collection.

FIFTY CENTS EACH

Mary J. Rider, Myra E. Gadick, Anthony Petticore, Mary Steinborn, Mrs. Katy Taylor, Dr. W. J. Penen, L. Erlandson, Katherine Erlandson, Emily Erlandson, Hannah Erlandson, Mrs. E. C. McClelland, Blanch Grubb, Minna Crager, Mrs. Skinner, Mrs. Merrifield, Mrs. Leighman, Naomi Johnson, Mrs. William Sanders, A. M. Ronning, Mrs. Carter, Mary Jewell, Rose Gunderson, Cora Blosser, Lonnie Taylor, George Walker, a student, Gay Rogers, Tina Jorgensen, Mrs. Luther Smith, Mrs. M. M. Bell, N. S. Raine, E. E. Fleming, Frank McGlothlin, Frances Baxter, Maggie Hurt, a sister, Brother Coote, Brother Douglas, John Hibbert, E. A. Delhorbe, Janesville (Wis.) church, Mrs. H. D. Johnston, Mrs. O. S. Parker, Ernest Budd, Lloyd Budd, Tena Hanson, Will Hanson, J. N. Tuyford, San. Pershall, Tisdale brothers, R. Jamieson, G. V. Hostler, Mrs. A. W. Graham, Verna Fry, Mrs. Sabrina Burleson, Margaret Turner, Leon M. Pike, Melissa Thayer, Betress Redefeld, Linnie Babcock, Ida Comstock, H. C. Wilson, C. H. Allen, Mrs. Morris Benjamin, O. P. Farber, Mrs. Ella Camp, W. E. and M. J. Haskell, J. A. Morrow (Bermuda), Nettie Davis, C. W. Lane, Mrs. C. W. Lane, Altie E. Lane, a friend, Eunice Marsh, Alice Marsh, Mrs. M. J. Griffith, James Wood, E. Mendel, Charles R. Jones, Mrs. Melissa Sollars (collector), W. H. Batterson, Thomas Larson, Mrs. Lulu Johnson, Dr. Beakman, Mr. Stokey, Miss Johnson, W. O. Brown, Henry Wehmeyer, Mrs. Oliva Peterson, Mrs. C. D. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Logan, L. C. P., D. K. Royer, W. F. Grimshaw (Trinidad), C. F. Grimshaw (Trinidad), D. Grimshaw (Trinidad), Mrs. Minnie Whetsel, James L. Paulay, Mrs. Nellie A. Barnes, Mrs. W. H. Cronk, W. W. Hogle, a friend.

[NOTE.—We are acknowledging as fast as possible the donations which we received during the “surprise party” campaign. All will be printed in due time. The amount of the list furnished to us is now $107,952.07.—En.]

Field Notes

FOUR persons have received baptism recently at Otter Lake, Mich.

TEN persons have covenanted to keep the commandments of God, at Gum Corners, Ind., as a result of meetings held by F. M. Roberts and Robert Leach.

A CHURCH of sixteen members was recently organized at Eaton, Ind., to be known as the Beathe church. At the last report several persons were awaiting baptism at that place.

IN a recent report from Vermont, Elder T. H. Purdon mentions several new converts at Northfield, two new Sabbath-keepers at Montpelier, two persons baptized at Rutland, and two Sabbath-keepers at Pittsford who have not yet joined any church; also one person baptized at Manchester.

BROTHER E. F. COLLIER reports from Berlamont, Mich.: “Last Friday evening when we asked those to rise to their feet who were determined to be on the Lord’s side of the Sabbath question and keep his commandments, six new ones stood up. The community is stirred, and the battle is on. We hope to present a number of souls for baptism into the blessed faith.”

A REPORT from the tent company at Benton Harbor, Mich., states the following: “We have seldom seen Satan’s strong effort to destroy precious souls as we have seen it here in the past few days, but we can say with the apostle, ‘Thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory.’ Those who were under the bondage of sin a few days ago are now rejoicing in the power of God to save. Five willing souls have given their hearts to God, and are now walking in the light, having fellowship with the Lord and his dear children.”

BROTHER E. A. RAGAN says in a report of meetings at Wellington, Kan., conducted by Elder H. F. Ketring, beginning July 6 and closing July 23, at which time Elder Ketring was obliged to leave that place: “After the sermon given the last evening (on the Marriage Supper of the Lamb), by request a large number arose to their feet, showing their willingness to keep the commandments of God and have a part in the marriage supper in the new earth. We are sorry Elder Ketring had to leave us at this time, but he had been asked to assist in the tent-meeting at Sterling, and he felt under obligation to go there.”

BROTHER C. H. PARKER recently made a visit to the island of Lakebe in the Fiji group. One of the rokos lives on this island. Brother Parker writes: “The people received us with open arms, and wanted to hear the message. We held three services, sold fifteen books, and gave out over three hundred of our native papers. Could we have stayed longer, we could have sold a larger number of books. The roko asked me to give him a reading on the ‘New Earth’ and the ‘Destruction of the Wicked.’ He was very much interested, and wants me to study further with him. Later we hope to return, and hold a series of meetings.”

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—ED.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—

Charles F. Volz, Marble Hill, Ind., periodicals and tracts.

Mrs. James F. Woods, Warsaw, Ind., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, etc.

W. B. McKay, 1501 Virginia Ave., Connersville, Ind., periodicals and tracts.

Julia W. Jenssen, 99 E. Seventeenth St., Paterson, N. J., periodicals.

R. T. Harrod, M. D., Checotah, I. T., tracts and papers for missionary purposes.

M. W. Dellorbe, Pullman, Mich., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Little Friend, Bible Training School, Life Boat, Good Health, Life and Health, Instructor, and tracts.

G. H. A. Beermann, Green Lake, Wash., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Bible Training School, Sabbath School Worker, Little Friend, Life Boat, tracts, and health publications.

T. J. Chambers, Benning, D. C., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Good Health, Life and Health, Life Boat, and tracts and other publications upon present truth to distribute among the large number of employees, soldiers, and sailors at the Washington navy yard.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

East Michigan Conference

The first meeting of the third annual session of the East Michigan Conference will convene at the camp-ground at Holly, Sept. 13, 1905, at 9:30 A. M.

E. K. SLADE, Pres., FRANK HINER, Sec.

Current Mention

—An active volcano is reported to have been discovered in Humboldt County, Nevada.

—An overwhelming sentiment in favor of separation from Sweden was shown by the result of the referendum vote taken August 13, only 184 votes being cast against dissolution of the union, while 268,200 votes were recorded in its favor.

—Work on the construction of the Panama Canal has been stopped by order of the authorities in charge of the work, the conclusion having been arrived at that the care of the 20,000 laborers employed in the work, in the way of providing proper sanitary conditions under which the work may be done, is the problem of first importance. It is not stated when work on the canal will be resumed.

—The yellow fever situation in the South has assumed a more serious aspect on account of the discovery that unknown centers of the plague have existed for a month or more at Mississippi City, and Laplace, La., and other towns bordering New Orleans, the disease having been mistaken in these places for malarial fever, it is alleged. The number of fresh cases reported daily in New Orleans continues large. The mortality is about fifteen per cent.

—It is reported that the hope of a successful outcome of the peace negotiations at Portsmouth now rests on the influence of President Roosevelt, who is making every effort, since it became known that the conference was likely to prove abortive, to bring the contending parties to an agreement. In this effort the president is said to have the active support of Great Britain, France, and Germany. The principal Russian objection to the terms proposed by Japan is understood to be to the cession of the island of Sakhalin. Hostilities in Manchuria are practically suspended, waiting the outcome of the peace negotiations; but it is reported that field-marshal Oyama is ready to strike as soon as it is apparent that the war is to be continued.

—A great forward step in the struggle for representative government in Russia was taken August 19, on which date the czar issued his ukase relating to the calling of a representative assembly of the people to participate in the government of the empire, as outlined in his rescript of March 3 last. The date chosen for the convening of the assembly is the great Russian religious feast day of the transfiguration, in mid-January. As to the nature and powers of this national assembly, or “douma,” as it is called, a St. Petersburg dispatch says: “The national assembly will be a consultative organization in connection with the council of the empire, and not a legislative body. The powers of the emperor remain theoretically absolute. As the emperor is the supreme lawgiver and autocrat, the decisions of the douma have only a recommendatory, and not a binding force, though the rejection of any legislative measure by a two-thirds majority of both houses is sufficient to prevent that measure from becoming law. The representatives of the people will have not only the right to be heard on any legislation proposed by the government, but also can voice their desires on new laws, and will have the right to exert a certain supervision over budgetary expenditures. The suffrage, though wide, is not universal. It is based on property qualification, the peasantry having a vote through membership in communal organizations. A considerable portion of the residents of the cities, possessing no lands, together with women, soldiers, civil functionaries, etc., are without suffrage. The term of the douma is to be five years, but it can be dissolved by the czar. There is to be a general session, but the douma will also meet by sections, the length of the sessions being designated by the czar.”

—Dispatches from Spain tell of alarming conditions in some provinces due to famine. A Madrid dispatch dated August 14 says: “The newspapers declare that 100,000 laborers in Andalusia are without the necessities of life; that several districts are at the mercy of rioters, and that many landlords are seeking safety in flight.” Another dispatch of the same date, from Seville, says: “The authorities have dispatched re-enforcements to the Ossuna district to cope with the anarchistic conditions there arising from depredations committed by the famine-stricken peasants. Bands of laborers are pillaging the farms and slaughtering and carrying off cattle and sheep, and the proprietors of the farms are terrorized. The marauders are so numerous that the gendarmerie are quite powerless to prevent the sacking of villages and homesteads.”

Notice!

By E. C. TAYLOR

THE seventh annual meeting of the Benevolent Association of Seventh-day Adventists of Maine will be held at Lewiston, Maine, Aug. 20, 1905, at 5 P. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. E. C. TAYLOR, Clerk.

Save the Boys

By H. F. PHELPS.

THIS journal, with the October issue, will contain sixteen pages. It will also be illustrated with scenes from nature, beginning with some beautiful views of the noted Minnehaha. The price will be 36 cents a year. In clubs of five or more to one address, 30 cents. In quantities, ordered month by month, 2½ cents a copy. Single copy, 5 cents. Everybody will want it. It will sell. The situation is desperate; the demands are imperative: We must save the perishing. We ask that this journal be given a place in the great missionary campaign. It must be circulated wherever there are boys and girls to save. Order now. Address Save the Boys, Washburn Park, Minneapolis, Minn.

H. F. PHELPS.

Camp-Meetings for 1905

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

New York (conference), Phelps ... Sept. 7-17

Southern New England, Willimantic, Conn. ... Aug. 31 to Sept. 11

Maine, Lewiston ... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4

Western Pennsylvania, Bradford ... Aug. 30 to Sept. 3

Western Pennsylvania, Greensburg, Sept. 8-17

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, Plant City ... Oct. 5-15

Cumberland, Spring City, Tenn. ... Aug. 31 to Sept. 10

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec, South Stukley ... Aug. 31 to Sept. 10

Ontario, Lorne Park ... Sept. 7-17

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Iowa (northeastern) ... Aug. 29 to Sept. 3

Iowa (northwestern) ... Sept. 5-10

North Michigan, East Jordan ... Aug. 31 to Sept. 10

Wisconsin, Janesville ... Aug. 30 to Sept. 10

Indiana, Connersville ... Sept. 7-18

East Michigan, Holly ... Sept. 12-19

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Kansas (conference), Hutchinson ... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4

Minnesota, Detroit City ... Sept. 12-17

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Aug. 24 to Sept. 3

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

California, Hanford District ... Oct. 19-29

Western Washington, Seattle ... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3

Montana, Whitehall ... Sept. 15-25

Southern Idaho ... Sept. 12-17

British Columbia, Victoria ... Sept. 7-17

The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.

Notice !

By E. K. SLADE; E. I. BEEBE

THE East Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its annual meeting for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other business as may be necessary, on the camp-ground at Holly, Sept. 13, 1905, at 10:30 A. M.

E. K. SLADE, Pres., E. I. BEEBE, Sec.

The New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists

By T. E. BOWEN

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the call of the president, that the first meeting of the New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground at Phelps, September 7-17 (the definite time being publicly announced at that camp-meeting), for the purpose of ratifying the articles of incorporation, with by-laws; the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as shall properly come before the meeting. All duly elected delegates to the forty-fourth annual session of the New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will constitute the members of this association, and are legally authorized to participate in its deliberations.

T. E. BOWEN, Secretary.

Obituaries

MAXNELL.—Fell asleep June 26, 1905, at Winston Salem, N. C., Sister Hannah Maxwell, aged 70 years, 3 months, and 26 days. She had been a member of the First Seventh-day Adventist church at Washington, D. C., since 1895. Although a confirmed invalid during that time, she was patient and cheerful. Her hope and faith were strong in God. N. P. HAIRSTON.

KARR.—Died at the home of her parents, in Greenville, Mich., July 19, 1905, Mrs. Chloa Banks Karr. Sister Karr became identified with the Seventh-day Adventist people by baptism at Decatur, Ill., a little less than a year ago. She leaves a husband, one child, two sisters, three brothers, and parents, with other relatives and friends, to mourn their loss. O. F. BUTCHER.

ABBOTT.—Died at Almond, Wis., July 7, 1905, of bowel trouble, little Eugene, son of Brother and Sister Homer Abbott, aged only 9 months and 21 days. He leaves a father and mother and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss, but they are comforted with the blessed hope of meeting him again when death shall be no more. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a large congregation from Jer. 31: 16, 17. N. P. NEILSEN.

MARTINSON.—Died at College View, Neb., June 25, 1905, of consumption, Hannah Martinson, aged 22 years, 8 months, and 21 days. She observed the Sabbath with her parents all her life, and about eight years ago was baptized by Elder J. S. Hart at Algona, Iowa, and united with the church there, remaining a member till the time of her death. She leaves a father, mother, two sisters, and a brother to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by Elder J. S. Hart. C. A. THORP.

WHITE.—Fell asleep in Jesus at her home in Eureka, Wis., May 4, 1905, Sister Mariah White, aged about 73 years. She accepted the third angel's message about twenty years ago, and united with the Eureka church at the time of its organization, June 8, 1886, of which she remained a member until her death. About four years ago she had a paralytic stroke, from which she never fully recovered. She leaves two sons and many friends to mourn their loss. We believe she sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Job 19: 25-27. N. P. NEILSEN.

WALTERS.—Died at the home of her son, W. B. Walters, in Columbus, Ohio, June 25, 1905, Sister Mary M. Walters, aged 84 years, 6 months, and 19 days. In early life she gave her heart to Jesus and united with the Methodist Church, since which time she has lived a Christian life, embracing the third angel's message as far as she saw the light in the feebleness of ill health and old age. She witnessed the falling of the stars in 1833. During the last two years of her life she often spoke of this occurrence as the sign of the Master's coming. We all miss her kindly greetings, but we sorrow not as those who have no hope, believing that she sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Hosea 13: 14, to a crowded house of relatives, friends, and neighbors. R. R. KENNEDY.

TRACY.—Died at his home, in Augusta, Maine, Aug. 3, 1905, of heart-disease, Brother Stephen Tracy, aged 70 years and 4 months. Forty years ago this coming October, Elder M. E. Cornell came to Rome, Maine, after his and Elder J. N. Andrew's tent effort at Norridgewock, and gave a short course of lectures in the town hall. As the result of those few lectures, eleven decided to keep all the commandments of God. Brother Tracy and his wife were among that number. But three of the eleven are now living, the other eight having died in the truth. Brother Tracy fell asleep in hope of the soon coming of Christ and a resurrection among the blessed. He leaves a wife, four children, two sisters, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Funeral discourse was given by the writer, from John 3: 16. S. J. HERSUM.

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BRADLEY.—Died at Enid, O. T., Aug. 5, 1905, Andrew Jackson Bradley, aged 60 years, 3 months, and 19 days. He was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in the Missouri State militia, in which he served three years. He was converted and accepted the truth about six years ago, when he heard the third angel's message presented by Elder J. P. Lorenz. Since that time he has lived a Christian life, dying in full faith of his Lord's soon return. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, to which a large number of friends assembled. MINNIE SYP.

BAKER.—Our dear mother, Mrs. Martha Baker, died at her home three miles west of Pleasanton, Kan., of lung and heart trouble, July 24, 1905, aged 68 years, 2 months, and 15 days. For thirty years she had been a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. During her sickness she was cheerful and most patient, often speaking of her fervent love for the truth, and her hope in the soon-coming Saviour. She leaves one son and five daughters to mourn the loss of a devoted and loving mother. Funeral service was conducted at her home by Mr. Coleman (Holiness minister), who spoke from 2 Tim. 4: 7, 8. CHAS. S. BAKER AND SISTERS.

TILLMAN.—Died at her home, near Doxey, O. T., Aug. 5, 1905, Mrs. Jennetta Andrews Tillman, aged 65 years, 3 months, and 8 days. She was converted at the age of sixteen under the labors of Elder Moses Hull, and united with the First-day Adventists. About eighteen months ago she began the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord, though she never united with the Seventh-day Adventist people. Her Christian life was a shining example in the community; and in her death, her husband, who is an invalid, and eight children are bereaved of a kind and affectionate companion, a tender, loving mother. We believe she sleeps in Jesus. To the large company of friends who attended her funeral, words of comfort were spoken by the writer, using as a text her favorite scripture, 1 Cor. 15: 52, 56. E. L. MAXWELL.

DANA.—Died at Middlesex, Vt., July 28, 1905, Mrs. Sarah Ann (Benton) Dana. She was born at Weathersfield, Vt., June 3, 1837. In 1853 she was united in marriage to Brother Edwin H. Dana. About forty-seven years ago they met an observer of the seventh day, and thinking to show their neighbor his folly in clinging to the Sabbath of the commandment, they began studying their Bibles for the facts and explanations to present to him for that purpose. Their study led them to consider the weakness of their position, and they accepted the Sabbath, having never heard a sermon or read any literature upon this question, and from that time they were loyal to God in observing his rest day. Sister Dana was a member of the Barre church. Through nearly all their experience under the third angel's message they did not have the privileges of meeting with those of like precious faith, yet they enjoyed communion with their Saviour and Father. Their ministry of love will not be forgotten by their many friends, neither by their God. Besides the husband, there are three daughters, one son, ten grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, one sister, who mourn her departure from their family circle. Although suffering from paralysis the last few weeks of her life, she bore all bravely and with a full assurance of hope. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Miss Hattie Knapp (deaconess of the Methodist church), Psalm 17 being read, and words of comfort spoken from the last verse. F. M. DANA.

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