SHOULD any reader of the REVIEW be tempted to delay the work of sounding the warning, we believe the following letters which have recently been received from congressmen will awaken all to earnest efforts to do their part in enlightening the people on the principles of religious liberty:—
“FEB. 12, 1906.
“DEAR SIR: Your letter of February 9 is at hand, in regard to the bills (H. R. 10510 and H. R. 3022). The latter bill I have read, and unless I learn of some serious objection to it, other than that mentioned by you, I shall vote for it if it comes before the House. I will vote for it, not because it is what you are pleased to call ‘religious legislation,’ but because I regard it as the wise kind of economic and social legislation. The day that is easiest to get most people to agree upon as a day of rest is Sunday.
“Regretting that I can not agree with your position, I beg to remain
“Yours very truly.”
“FEB. 17, 1906.
“DEAR SIR: Yours of the 12th inst. received. I shall, of course, examine carefully these bills when they come up. But I do not agree with you that they have the slightest tendency to unite church and state. I long since determined in my own mind that it was better for human beings to have one day of rest in the week, and that this day of rest is as necessary and proper as the rest secured by an eight-hour law. I should favor any legislation which tended to give one day free of labor out of all the seven. That this day is that day on which a large and increasing number of our people are accustomed to attend church would be a point in favor rather than in opposition to selecting that day, in my judgment.”
“FEB. 17, 1906.
“DEAR SIR: I have your letter of February 13. I can not regard the establishment by Congress of a day of rest and forbidding labor thereon as any more a union of church and state than the passage of an eight-hour law, and with all possible respect for the devout people of your household of faith, and without passing upon the merits of either of the bills referred to, feel impelled to vote for all reasonable legislation for the protection of one day in the week as a day of rest. Cordially yours.”
Here are other letters which are more encouraging:—
“FEB. 17, 1906.
“DEAR SIR: I have your letter of February 16, relative to H. R. 3022 and H. R. 10510. What you have told me of these bills has interested me very much, and I will take the first opportunity to procure copies and examine them carefully. When I have familiarized myself with their contents, I shall be able to vote intelligently.
“I will file the petition as you request. Very truly yours.”
“FEB. —, 1906.
“MY DEAR SIR: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 8th inst., and replying to the same beg leave to say that I join in your personal protest against the passage of H. R. No. 10510, and can assure you that you have my co-operation and assurance that I will use my influence and power against the enactment of religious legislation of any kind during the period that I am a member of Congress. Yours truly.”
“FEB. 15, 1906.
“DEAR SIR: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your esteemed favor of the 14th inst., and in reply will say that I have read the same with much interest. Mr. Crafts has views on several subjects that have never met my approval: First, that God should be in the Constitution, my belief being that God should be in the heart and life; second, the Sunday blue-law. This I have opposed most zealously in my own commonwealth, and should do the same here. Relative to the bill [H. R. 3022] . . . which I presume was written by Mr. Crafts, relieving from toil those who would have their day of rest, I am confident that any attempt to compel by law the observance of a particular day in the week will never become an effective statute of the United States.
“The Seventh-day Baptist, the Adventist, the Jew, the man with some other religion or none, must be answerable to his Creator, not to man. My impression is that the measure [H. R. 3022] . . . would not in any way jeopardize the interests lying near your heart. If I thought it involved the possibility of the curtailment of the freedom of the individual conscience, I should oppose it by all means in my power.”
It is plain that there is need of earnest work in presenting sound principles to men in high positions.
K. C. RUSSELL.
An Exemption Clause That Does Not Exempt
By K. C. Russell
A CONNECTICUT judge has recently rendered a decision concerning the meaning of the exemption clause in the Sunday law of that State, which has been supposed to exempt those who conscientiously observe the seventh day. This decision will be seen to be of special importance to observers of the seventh day in the State of Connecticut. It was brought about as the result of the arrest of a Jew who recently kept his store open on Sunday. The judge maintained that the defendant could not be accorded the benefits of the exemption clause because21he ceased from his observance of the seventh day at sunset Saturday, instead of continuing until midnight.
From this, it will be seen that Jews, Seventh-day Baptists, and Adventists (for they were all included by the judge), to enjoy the exemption from the penalty of the Connecticut Sunday law, must hereafter refrain from secular pursuits until midnight Saturday, instead of resuming labor at sunset according to the Bible method of reckoning time. In other words, they will be compelled to observe the first day of the week from sunset until midnight every Saturday each week in order to be exempt from the law the remaining hours of Sunday.
The seventh-day observer who has been expecting to obtain relief from an exemption clause to Sunday laws will see from this that he is leaning upon a broken reed.
The principle that underlies every exemption clause is that of religious legislation; for when it is admitted that the state has a right to exempt one from the penalties of the Sunday law, it carries with it the right to abolish the exemption clause and enforce the law.
Imagine the presumption of a state's assuming the prerogative to exempt a person from obeying God! Think of the state exempting a person from keeping the command that forbids theft, or adultery, or murder! K. C. RUSSELL.
The Education of Our Children
By F. G.
THERE is no better investment which one can make of his money than to use it in the education of young men or women. There is no way in which the work of the world can be better forwarded than by sending out into it men and women properly qualified intellectually and spiritually to proclaim the truth with force and power. We should have a large number of ministers and Bible workers going forth from our schools and colleges every year. If this is to be accomplished, there must be an appreciation by fathers and mothers and all our church-members of the value of educated workers. If the older members of our churches are thoroughly awake to the importance of educational advantages, they will naturally hold these ideas before the children and youth so that they will be aroused to the importance of good educational attainments, and will be willing to deny themselves many things in order that they may be properly educated for the work of life. We certainly need a higher standard of education, and we need to appreciate the importance of the training of workers. Years ago the spirit of prophecy uttered these words: “Many have felt, ‘Well, it doesn’t matter if we are not so particular to become thoroughly educated,’ and a lower standard of knowledge has been accepted. And now when suitable men are wanted to fill various positions of trust, they are rare; when women are wanted with well-balanced minds, with not a cheap style of education, but with an education fitting them for any position of trust, they are not easily found. What is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. While religion should be the pervading element in every school, it will not lead to a cheapening of the literary attainments. While a religious atmosphere should pervade the school, diffusing its influence, it will make all who are truly Christians feel more deeply their need of thorough knowledge, that they may make the best use of the faculties that God has bestowed upon them. While growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, they will groan under a sense of their imperfections, and will seek constantly to put to the stretch their powers of mind, that they may become intelligent Christians.” Hundreds of our young men and women who are content with cheap educational attainments, and who are of but very ordinary ability, could by proper training become really valuable in the world. Five dollars’ worth of iron made into horseshoes is worth ten dollars. This same ten dollars’ worth of iron made into needles is worth $180. This $180 worth of iron made into watch-springs is worth $200,000. This $200,000 worth of watch-springs is worth $400,000 when made into hair-springs. So by a process of refining, that which is ordinarily worth but five dollars may be made worth $400,000. This is but an ordinary illustration of what education will do in refining and qualifying an individual for real worth in the world. When the Lord specifically calls upon us to be awake to this matter, we should realize that an enormous responsibility is thus placed upon parents and church-members to create by every laudable means an earnest longing on the part of our children and youth for such educational attainments as will increase their worth many times. Every church should feel the importance of having every young person educated. May the Lord lay the burden upon us all. F. G.
Result of Church-School Work.
By Mrs. R. W. McMahan
It was my privilege during the week of prayer that has so recently closed, to be with two of our churches where Christian schools are conducted. In one of these schools there was such a marked fulfilment of what the Lord by his Spirit has told us would result from Christian education, that I can not forbear giving the experience to the readers of the Home, Farm, and School.
It was very early in the meetings, on Monday afternoon, when the teacher was preparing to conduct the writing exercise. She placed upon the blackboard, as was her custom, a text of Scripture for the children to use as copy. This time the text was, “Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.” The children had taken22their positions to write, when one little girl laid down her pen, saying, “Miss L., I can not write.” “What is the matter, Anna?” asked the teacher, kindly. “O,” said she, “I am not prepared to meet God.” And one after another, the children expressed the same thought. The teacher felt that it was the presence of the Holy Spirit moving upon the hearts of the children, and she asked, “What shall we do?” They said, “We want to pray.” Then all knelt, and the teacher told me that she never heard such prayers from children’s lips. Then they wanted to testify, and all spoke of their earnest desire to go out and give the truth to the people. Then they wanted to pray again, and she yielded to the influence that was upon them, and there was no more school that afternoon, but prayer and praise to God. That night in the regular meeting, the children were the first to lift their voices in prayer and testimony to God; in fact, it was plain that they had more liberty than did their parents.
Since that time there has been a change in the work of discipline of that school. It requires no effort on the part of the teacher to maintain good order. Each child is anxious to make the school a Christian school indeed. And they are carrying the printed page from house to house in the city where they live.
God has said that church-schools, “when properly conducted, will be the means of lifting the standard of truth in the places where they are established; for children who are receiving a Christian education will be witnesses for Christ.” “When heavenly intelligences see that men are no longer permitted to present the truth, the Spirit of God will come upon the children, and they will do a work in the proclamation of the truth which the older workers can not do, because their way will be hedged up.” Notice that it is the “children who are receiving a Christian education” upon whom “the Spirit of God will come,” and it is these who “will do a work in the proclamation of the truth which the older members can not do.”
This experience brings to my mind the instruction in Volume VIII, pages 61, 62, on “The Holy Spirit in Our Schools,” I trust that every teacher will carefully study it, and “when the Holy Spirit reveals his presence in your schoolroom, say to your students: ‘The Lord signifies that he has for us to-day a lesson of heavenly import, of more value than our lessons in ordinary lines. Let us listen; let us bow before God, and seek him with the whole heart.’”
I am greatly encouraged with the advancement that is evident in our schools. The teachers are coming up to a higher standard of spiritual and intellectual attainment. The true teacher will ever be a learner, seeking for the “higher education” that will fit her to be a guide to the children placed under her care. Indiana has a corps of faithful, conscientious teachers, and the influence of our school work is being manifested throughout the State in the increased effort on the part of both parents and youth to seek a preparation for the work of God, that the message may indeed go to the world in this generation, and the coming of Jesus be hastened.—Mrs. R. W. McMahan, corresponding secretary Educational Department of Indiana Conference, in Home, Farm, and School.
Religious Liberty Notes
THE Altoona Evening Gazette of Feb. 12, 1906, gives a report of a ministerial meeting of Altoona, Pa., favoring a more vigorous enforcement of the old Sunday “blue-laws.” The mayor of the city is committed to the work of the crusaders, and is applying his authority in enforcing the law.
The church element in Virginia has succeeded in getting a Sunday bill introduced into their State legislature. The bill provides an amendment to the present Sunday law, which is aimed at the running of coal trains and other general traffic on Sundays. The following from one of its promoters shows plainly its religious character: “Let us maintain in Virginia our respect for the law of God.”
The Cleveland Press bearing date of Feb. 12, 1906, reports a meeting held by a hundred ministers of that city in which they protested against Mayor Tom Johnson because he did not enforce the Sunday laws of that city as they desired. The report says that while a Methodist minister was delivering a scathing address, others cried out, “Usurper!” “Usurper!” “Fire a broadside!” “Impeach the mayor!” etc. Such demonstrations clearly show the spirit that goes with Sunday enforcement.
One of our esteemed religious liberty secretaries writes as follows concerning the effectiveness of utilizing the public press in defeating the efforts of the Sunday law crusaders: “To have our people circulate our literature is not enough. I have found the most effectual way to defeat them is to enter protest after protest through the daily papers, provided they take the right side of the question. These crusaders will soon give up for fear the people will become enlightened.” K. C. RUSSELL.
Christian Education
By FREDERICK GRIGGS; C. C. LEWIS
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman,
C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.
Basket Making
By Mina Mann
I FIRST tried the raffia basket making. I procured a book on the subject, then had a friend, while waiting for her train, show me the “squaw” stitch, and, thus prepared, started it in school.
It is very easily learned, and the baskets, when finished, are quite pretty and durable. But there is very little real training in the work, and it is slow and tedious, while the finished product is of little monetary value. It is good where nothing better can be done, especially for lower grades. The same objection holds in splint basket making. While it teaches patience, perseverance, and accuracy, the amount of time consumed in finishing one basket is so great, and the finished product of so little real value, that I believe it is not the best thing for manual training. There are plenty of things one can do that will develop patience, perseverance, and accuracy just as well, and at the same time the articles made have intrinsic value of their own.
One can develop muscle by knocking a punching-bag, and yet the same end may be accomplished while one is really doing that which will prove of benefit to himself and others. So in our manual training; while the finished product is not the only end in view, I believe it should not be left out of consideration. The willow and reed baskets are really splendid work, and, when finished, the pupil has something which is valuable because it is useful. It can be done quickly, and if willows can not be procured, substitutes can.
I would urge our teachers everywhere to do something in the line of manual training. If you can not do what you want to do, do what you can do, but do. There are plenty of good books on basket making, and a careful study will enable one to do much for himself in the way of self-teaching. We will next consider sewing as a regular course.
MINA MANN.
Hanford, Cal.
Current Mention
— An anti-Jewish riot resulted in the destruction of a town of 6,000 inhabitants, near Gomel, Russia, by fire, February 18.
— The natives in German East Africa are still unsubdued. Severe fighting is reported around the northeast end of Lake Nyassa.
— The city of Kingston, St. Vincent, British West Indies, experienced a severe earthquake shock February 16. It is reported that Mt. Pelee is again active.
— The Hungarian Diet at Budapest was forcibly dissolved by armed soldiers, February 19, and the session is now at an end. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria seems disposed to use harsh measures in dealing with the Hungarian patriotic element, even to the extent of suppressing freedom of speech and of the press.
— Reports are in circulation, coming from Denver, Colo., that a detective named McParland has discovered evidence which implicates the Western Federation of Miners in a number of murder mysteries, including the recent assassination of ex-Governor Steunenburg, of Colorado, and the explosion at Independence, near Cripple Creek, in which fourteen men were killed.
— Advices received at Panama, February 19, from Colombia stated that on February 5, President Reyes was informed that Telembi, Cauca, and neighboring towns suffered terribly by the tidal wave of January 31. The water rose over twenty feet, and fifty-two families disappeared in the flood. Great underground disturbances were felt, and the temperature rose more rapidly than has ever been known. When the tide receded, the coast was covered with dead birds and fishes.
— The Moroccan conference, so far as may be judged from present reports, is likely to prove a failure, France and Germany being unable to come to an agreement over their respective claims. France is standing firmly for what she considers her rights, and it is believed that she has assurances from England upon which she relies in the matter. As regards the result of the conference several opinions are quoted from French statesmen, one of whom says that while no one expects war, the conference will leave behind it a European situation of extreme tension, and another, that it will inaugurate an intolerable state of discord from which war may result at any time.
— Evidence that Emperor William is planning a gigantic scheme of conquest is set forth in a telegram from Brussels. The report states: “That Germany has her eyes on not only Belgium, but surrounding countries, is evident from the new school readers and other books used by the German children. One book of geography, the use of which is now obligatory in most of the German schools, contains this paragraph: ‘Belgium, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Holland, Luxemburg, and Denmark are considered as forming part of Germany, because they are the most scheduled within her natural boundaries.’ Wall maps are displayed showing the Tyrol, Vienna, and Trieste as parts of the future German empire.” Belgium is working hard on her fortresses in anticipation of war, which she believes will be the outcome of the Moroccan controversy. One report from Algeciras states that a settlement is to be effected by giving Germany a free hand in Palestine, in return for French paramountcy in Morocco.
— The Armstrong committee which has been investigating the big life insurance companies in New York City, under the direction of lawyer Charles E. Hughes, has presented a drastic report, recommending changes which, if embodied in legislation, will revolutionize the life insurance business. The remedies it proposes for the evils of the existing system of life insurance are: (1) Legalization of mutual corporations without capital stock, provided at least 500 persons subscribe for $1,000,000 in insurance; (2) investing policy-holders with authority in management of the companies and in the election of officers and directors; (3) removal of all present directors and cancellation of proxies; (4) prohibition of investment of insurance funds in stocks, except public stocks of municipal corporations. All such prohibited securities to be disposed of within five years from Dec. 31, 1906; (5) prohibition of all syndicate transactions; (6) limiting the amount of new business which each of the larger companies may take to $150,000,000 a year; (7) contributions by insurance corporations for political purposes to be strictly forbidden; (8) further incorporation of assessment companies to be prohibited; (9) abolition of lobbying; (10) annual accounting and distribution.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Notice!
THE following-named persons, members of the Beaver City, Neb., Seventh-day Adventist church, whose whereabouts are unknown, are requested to report to the church clerk, Mrs. H. W. Taft, Beaver City, Neb., in response to this notice: Millard Sawyer, Alice Dunwoody, Sam. Windser, Mary Copsy, Ada West, and Stephen Reed.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Business Notices
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All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.
In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.
WANTED.—Thorough, reliable farm-hand. State wages wanted and necessary information. References required. Also to learn of boy and girl in need of a home. Two others to board. Address Mrs. A. Fitch, K. C. Station, Bradford, Pa.23
If you wish to change your business location, or to buy wheat, cotton, and broom-corn land cheap, in Kansas, Oklahoma, or Texas, write to Pennell and Dunlap, Liberal, Kan.
FOR SALE.—Strawberry plants. Try northern-grown plants. I have a fine stock that I offer at a moderate price. It will pay you to get my prices before you order. Drop me a postal at once. Address Geo. Jorgensen, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.
WANTED.—A Seventh-day Adventist who is experienced in bicycle repairing. Also wish an experienced electrician, one capable of doing all kinds of wiring, etc. Give age, married or single. Answer soon. Address Salamanca Cycle Works, Salamanca, N. Y.
WANTED.—Information about good cheap farming land near a small company of Adventists. State quality of water, soil, kind of crops, yield and market value, healthfulness of climate, etc. Information about government land desired. Address R. L. Wildman, Chitwood, Ore.
FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful, best vegetable oil for cooking or salads; no odor; keeps indefinitely. 1-gal. can, $.90; 5-gal. can, $3.50. Send for sample. Also finest whole-wheat health-food flour in U. S. A. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York, N. Y.
EVERY reader should try our absolutely pure and rancid-proof peanut butter, only 10 cents a pound. We pay freight on 100 pounds or more east of Rocky Mountains, at 12 cents a pound. Agents wanted. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, 309 Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
HELP WANTED.—We can give pleasant and profitable employment to reliable persons in all parts of the United States, demonstrating our sanitary “ideal duster.” People will thank you for calling. Write at once for particulars. Address “Ideal Duster,” 524 Walbridge Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
STEAM BOILERS FOR SALE.—We have two 85 H. P. Lansing steam boilers which have just been thoroughly overhauled, tubes re-welded, and all put into first-class condition for our own use, but which we shall not need because we have decided to purchase a gas engine. We offer these for sale at a very reasonable price. We also have a 110 H. P. Chicago boiler for sale. For full information and prices, address Review and Herald Publishing Association, Battle Creek, Mich.
WANTED.—Help to start a Surplus Property Industrial Mission School. Please make a list of any surplus property, however small, that you can spare now, the possession of which will only pain you when Jesus comes. Write me about keepsakes, jewelry laid away, tools, live stock, town lots or land you wish to sell now and put into the work. Are you hiding your talents? Are some surplus things you have dearer to you than the salvation of precious souls? Plenty of trained workers can be secured; a little means needed to start a self-supporting work. Good opening now that will soon be closed forever. The King’s business demands haste. Address Joseph Clark, Ceballos, Cuba.
Obituaries
EICHHOLZ.—Died at Cottage Home, Ill., Feb. 3, 1906, Henry Eichholz, aged 65 years, 10 months, and 17 days. About twelve years ago he accepted the views held by Seventh-day Adventists. He was an invalid for six years, but was patient through all his suffering. A wife, two sons, and three daughters are left to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer in the Adventist church at Cottage Home; text, Isa. 26:19. E. L. CARDEY.
REASNER.—Died at Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 18, 1906, after a short illness with Bright's disease, William Reasner, in the fifty-first year of his age. Brother Reasner accepted the third angel's message in the fall of 1894, under the labors of Brother Lee S. Wheeler. He was the leader of the company, and was faithful in all things pertaining to the message. He had been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for twenty-five years. He leaves a wife, three brothers, six sisters, and many friends to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. W. F. SCHWARTZ.
WOODBURN.—Died at his home in Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 16, 1906, Harry E. Woodburn, in his forty-second year. For years he had been a telegraph operator in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, but finally succumbed to a nervous break-down and malnutrition. His end came unexpectedly, but he fell asleep peacefully in the blessed hope of the first resurrection. He was a man of noble traits of character, and was beloved of all. He leaves a father and a daughter to mourn their loss. The pastor of one of the United Presbyterian churches of Pittsburg and the writer spoke words of comfort at the funeral. C. S. LONGACRE.
HANSON.—Died at his home near Raymond, Wis., Jan. 4, 1906, Ole Hanson, aged 86 years, 6 months, and 20 days. He was born in Denmark, and came to this country about thirty-eight years ago. About thirty years ago he accepted the third angel's message and united with the Raymond church, of which he remained a member until his death. He fell asleep with a bright hope of coming forth in the resurrection morning. He leaves his wife, two daughters, two sons, and other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken to a large congregation by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. N. P. NEILSEN.
JACK.—Died at Decatur, Neb., Oct. 18, 1905, Harvey S. Jack, aged 59 years, 9 months, and 18 days. He was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1883, of which he was a consistent member until his death. He was married to Rosa R. Cates in 1876, and to them were born seven children, all of whom were present at the funeral, and near his bedside at the last, to aid in his comfort and care. The funeral service was short, consisting of the singing of the hymns “Just as I Am” and “Asleep in Jesus,” followed by the reading of John 14, and prayer by the elder of the church, this being his expressed wish. The remains were laid to rest in the Adventist cemetery. MRS. C. H. LEETE.
PETERSEN.—Died at Raymond, Wis., Jan. 4, 1906, of strangulation and convulsions of the bowels, Oscar Henry Petersen, son of James and Christiana Petersen, aged 14 years, 5 months, and 18 days. He was apparently as well as usual the day before his decease, but in less than twenty-four hours his eyes were closed in death. He was a faithful member of the Sabbath-school, and loved to study the Word of God. He leaves his father and mother, three brothers, and four sisters to mourn their loss, but they sorrow not as others who have no hope. The funeral was held in connection with Brother Ole Hanson's funeral; their caskets were placed side by side in the church, and they were laid to rest in the same cemetery. N. P. NEILSEN.
MANCHESTER.—Died at Oxford, Wis., Nov. 28, 1905, of valvular disease of the heart, complicated with disease of the kidneys, producing general dropsy, Thomas Wilderson Manchester, aged 48 years, 11 months, and 11 days. He was baptized in the year 1888, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Oxford at the time of its organization. He went to his rest confidently expecting a part in the resurrection of the faithful. Three sisters and four brothers were left to mourn their loss. The funeral service was held in the Presbyterian church, four miles from Oxford, remarks being made by the writer from Job 14:12. H. W. REED.
KNOX.—Died in Fruita, Colo., Dec. 22, 1905, of pneumonia, Brother Joseph Knox, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. Brother Knox accepted present truth in Des Moines, Iowa, about twenty-one years ago, and united with the Des Moines church. He afterward moved to Fruita, Colo., and united with the Adventist church at this place; he was a faithful member until death. He leaves a wife, two sons, and one daughter. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Mr. Bird, of the M. E. church. He was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery about eighty rods north of Fruita, to await the glorious resurrection that is soon to take place. WM. KENNEDY.
GOULD.—Died at Hyde Park, Vt., Jan. 22, 1906, Mrs. Lucy J. Gould, wife of Marcus Gould, aged 67 years, 4 months, and 8 days. Sister Gould accepted present truth about 1863 in connection with the labors of Elder and Sister White at Bordoville. She has trusted in her Saviour through many circumstances of trial and affliction, yet as witnessed by her companion and five daughters, she has been a dutiful, patient, and loving Christian. For twelve years she was sick, nearly eight of which she was bed-ridden. Her death was hastened by a cancerous tumor in the abdomen. Funeral service took place at the home, with burial at Hyde Park Cemetery, remarks being based, by request, on John 14:1, 2, by the writer. F. M. DANA.
HARLAN.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at the home of her oldest daughter, at Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 6, 1906, of pneumonia, Mrs. E. M. Harlan, in the eighty-third year of her age. Sister Harlan, with one unmarried daughter, accepted the truth about twelve years ago, under the labors of Brethren Butler and Shireman. She had a sweet Christian experience, never wavering in her faith in the third angel's message, and died with a bright hope of soon having part in the first resurrection. Until quite recently she has resided with her daughter at Hildebran, N. C., but came to Lincoln on account of her health, the daughter also wishing to take treatment at the sanitarium at College View. Thus ends a long and useful life. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder M. D. Mattson, of Union College. MRS. E. M. PEEBLES.
DEVEREAUX.—Fell asleep, at the home of her mother, in Cedar Lake, Mich., Nov. 24, 1905, Bernice D. Devereaux, aged 16 years, 2 months, and 16 days. Bernice was born in Battle Creek, Mich., and at the age of six entered the school for the blind at Lansing, Mich. She lacked but two years of graduating. She loved to study, but close application to her books, without sufficient exercise, caused her health to break down. Her gentle and sweet disposition endeared her to all who knew her. At the age of ten years, Bernice was baptized, and although in a worldly school, she always let her light shine, and was very conscientious in her observance of the Sabbath. She leaves a mother, sister, and many other relatives to mourn their loss, but not without hope, for we know that her life is hid in Christ. The funeral service was conducted by Elder S. M. Butler; text, Job 14:14. CARRIE E. KELLEY.
Change of Address
THE post-office address of Elder M. H. Brown will be Morganhill, Cal., until further notice.
Nursery Stock
STRAWBERRY, raspberry, and blackberry plants, grape vines, fruit trees, and ornamental trees and shrubs. A fine lot of early bearing apple-trees of the best varieties. Prices reasonable. Your order, whether large or small, will be appreciated. Send for catalogue. Address Emmanuel Missionary College Nurseries, Berrien Springs, Mich.
Appointment of a General Conference Council
By A. G. Daniells
It is thought best to hold a spring council of the General Conference Committee at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., April 4-11, 1906. It is expected that this council will be attended by the members of the committee who are located in North America, and such other leading members of the various department boards as it may be thought best by the heads of those departments, in counsel with members of the general committee. As the auditing for 1905 must be done at this council, it will be necessary for eight men not in the employ of the conference to be appointed to work with the General Conference Committee.
As there has been no general meeting of the committee since the Washington Conference of 1905, and as many plans must be arranged for the development of the work another year, this will be a very important council. All members of the committee and heads of departmental committees are requested to make a careful list of business that should be brought before the council. Entertainment will be provided in Takoma Park. It is re quested that all members notify the secretary of their plans to attend.
