p. 23 | Review and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 24. (5/13/1915)

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Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work:—

M. W. Moss, Gravette, Ark.

Emma Kincaid, R. F. D., 6906 Highland Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Belle McCabe, 709 S. Walker St., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Amelia A. Clark, Milton, W. Va. Tracts, Signs, and Watchman.

Mrs. S. J. Garlock, Marcellus, Mich. Especially Signs and Watchman.

W. Matthews, “Hillside,” 1093 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore.

M. C. Strachan, Box 825, Tampa, Fla. Continuous supply for three months.

Mrs. Louisa Hedrick, Lock Box 275, Lake Arthur, La. Especially the Signs, weekly and monthly.

Mr. N. D. Ingram, Northwilkesboro, N. C. Signs and Health and Temperance; also tracts on the Sabbath and health questions.

S. H. Carnahan, Care Colegio “Estrada Palma,” San Claudio, P. del Rio, Cuba. Instructor (especially the Temperance number), Liberty, Protestant, Watchman, and monthly Signs.

Encouraging Reports on Magazine Circulation

A SUBSCRIBER sending in subscription: “I am certainly pleased to see the excellent material in the Protestant Magazine.”

A GENTLEMAN sending $2.00 for three years’ subscription, says: “The people are getting awake in Birmingham, Ala., and our hope is that the Protestant Magazine will continue until America is forever Protestant.”

A GENTLEMAN orders Liberty, and says: “I have just noticed a copy at the office of one of my friends here, but do not wish him to be deprived of his copy while I read it, so am sending for the magazine that I may have it, also to help the work along that much.”

ILLUSTRATIVE of the possibilities in the circulation of the REVIEW Extras, is the work being done by a small church in Rutland, Vt. This church bought 10,000 Eastern Question Extras. In distributing 4,000 of this order, they collected $50, and still have 6,000 papers to work on. They allow the people to make any donation they feel free to give the worker as the papers are given out. Many of our churches ought to be engaged in a similar effort. These are golden days for the circulation of the Eastern Question Extra, in which is the core of the message for this special time.

THE one-topic-periodical plan adopted by the Present Truth Series in presenting the message, is proving very successful. The issues thus far published, and sent out with a letter by our church missionary society, are bringing more responses than any other literature used. The Takoma Park church missionary society recently sent a copy of No. 3 to a person in Virginia. He lent it to a few neighbors. So many wanted the copy, that he ordered one hundred, and afterwards wrote that all the people in the neighborhood were reading that issue, studying the Bible, and discussing the prophecies of the second chapter of Daniel, and that many were deciding that the little paper was right. No. 4 of this series gives “The Coming of the Lord.” No. 5, which will appear next month, will present the theme “The Signs of the Times.”

Health and Temperance

By Editor

A New Name

“WHAT is in a name?” We often hear this question asked, but the answer varies according to the subject under consideration. We are taking this opportunity to tell you that the well-known magazine, Life and Health, takes the name of Health and Temperance with the June issue, and we believe it will be a change that will appeal to its readers. Not only has it a new name, but four new departments have been added, which will make the magazine easy for agents to sell.

The temperance question receives attention, and now, while national prohibition is being agitated and many States are “going dry,” this magazine will be received with favor.

Send in your orders now and be early in the field. One dollar pays for twenty copies; orders for fifty copies or more, 4 cents' each.

Every reader of this notice needs the magazine in the home, and the dollar for the subscription will be well invested. Write now and order a year's subscription, or, better yet, send us $2 and get the magazine three years.

For $1.05 we will send the magazine one year, and mail, postpaid, a copy of the new temperance book, “The Shadow of the Bottle,” paper cover.

New and Timely Publications

The following new publications will be found especially timely and important in meeting the issues before us, and should be scattered like the leaves of autumn:—

Tracts on Romanism

IN view of the claims being put forth at the present time by the Papacy, and the rapid strides being made by that power in the effort to make America Catholic, the following tracts are very timely, and should have a wide circulation:—

“The Land of Promise,” Protestant Series, No. 1. This tract reveals the plan to make America Catholic, and shows the long-cherished hope of the church in this respect.

16 pages; 1 cent each. $1.00 per hundred.

“A Proposed Censorship of the Press,” Protestant Series, No. 2. Rome’s efforts to prevent the circulation of anti-Catholic literature, or recent demands made upon Congress to secure the passage of a law restricting the freedom of the press, are presented in this tract. It is an eye opener, and should be the means of arousing many sleepy Protestants to their danger.

Price, 75 cents per 100.

“The Attitude of Roman Catholics Toward Freedom of Speech,” Protestant Series, No. 3. This tract reveals the attitude of Roman Catholics toward all who dare to speak against that system of religion, and shows the means which they take to curtail freedom of speech. The duty of the hour is splendidly stated in this little tract.

1 cent each; $1.00 per hundred.

“The Roman Mass,” Protestant Series, No. 4. This is a conversation with a Roman Catholic priest with reference to the sacrifice of the mass.

Price, per hundred, 50 cents.

“The Curse of Intemperance”

This is a tract dealing with the subject of intemperance under the following headings: Temperance in the Home; The Influence of the Social Glass; Intemperance and Prohibition; A Grave Responsibility; Our Duty; Shall We License to Kill? Does It Pay Financially? Where to Stand; What Will You Answer? It closes with a two-page Bible reading on temperance.

The price of this tract, only 50 cents per hundred.

“The Shadow of the Bottle”

A most effective weapon to use against intemperance, the great enemy of mankind. Important statistics, impressive stories and poems, and “pictures that talk” and tell the truth about liquor. This book should be used by every temperance worker, and be placed in every home in the land.

128 pages; paper cover, 25 cents; cloth bound, 50 cents.

Special discounts in quantities.

“The Pot of Manna and Aaron’s Rod”

This little tract shows how God cares for those who put their trust in him, even to the performing of daily miracles in their behalf, as he did in the case of ancient Israel. There are many people today who believe the truth, but who fail to obey it for fear that they may lose their positions and their means of support. The reading of this tract will give confidence to such fearful ones.

8 pages; 50 copies for 25 cents, or 50 cents per hundred.

ORDER OF YOUR TRACT SOCIETY

A Testimonial for the Protestant Magazine

Ed. L. Graybill, Canton, Ohio, sends for the Extra and for prices on back numbers, and says: “I shall try to get you some subscribers to the Protestant Magazine. It is certainly the best magazine that I have yet received. One of the leading ministers of the city announced in one of his sermons a short time ago that it should be read in every Protestant home in America.”

Missionary Experience in Canon City, Colo.

By A. W. Beisel

WHILE the union evangelistic meetings were being held here, February 16-28, I improved the opportunity to take one of the Free Press Extra of the Protestant Magazine and give to Dr. E. J. Bulgin, asking him if he would not recommend the paper to his congregation, which he gladly did the same evening. I ordered five hundred copies and disposed of them as follows: One minister took two hundred and sold them to his members; another took fifty; one of our doctors and his wife took one hundred and handed them out to his patrons; and the rest of the papers I sold to whoever would buy them. After these were disposed of, I ordered fifty of the March Protestant, fifty of the Liberty Magazine, and twenty-five of the Signs of the Times Magazine, and sold them here and in Florence, Sister Mullinex helping me some in Florence. Whenever I met a Catholic who would not buy a Protestant Magazine, I sold him a Signs Magazine. I also sold one Protestant Magazine and one Signs Magazine to the Methodist minister in Florence, who spoke very highly of the former, and said that every true Protestant ought to read it. So we see what some of our good papers are doing.—A. W. Beisel, in Central Union Outlook, April 20, 1915.

Articles and Reports for the “Review”

By Editor

WE greatly appreciate the many excellent papers, general and local, which are being published by this denomination. We feel that our union conference papers are doing an excellent work for their particular fields. We do not see how they could well be dispensed with. They are needed by every Seventh-day Adventist in order that he may keep in touch with the details of the local work. In the same way our general church paper is needed by every believer in order that he may be kept informed of this great world-wide movement.

We are glad that both the general church paper and the local conference paper are found in so many homes. For this reason we do not feel that the REVIEW AND HERALD and the union conference papers should duplicate reports and general articles. We are glad always to receive reports and articles from our brethren throughout the field. In fact the very life of the REVIEW AND HERALD is dependent upon these communications. But we feel that in justice to our large family of readers we should ask that all articles written for the REVIEW be prepared exclusively for this publication. Of course we have no objection to the publication of any article in any paper after it has once appeared in the columns of the REVIEW. If our brethren desire to report both to the REVIEW and to their local paper they should prepare a separate report for each paper.

Then, too, there is another consideration. We have in our files a large number of accepted articles which are awaiting their turn for publication. Many of these are excellent articles. Surely it would be much better for us to publish these than to print articles or reports which are to be duplicated in local papers. We shall endeavor to follow this plan hereafter just as far as our knowledge will permit, and kindly ask that our contributors cooperate with us in making it effective.

Missionary Work Amid Persecution in Persia

F. F. OSTER writes from Persia that for one month he has been back in Maragha, the scene of former invasion by the Kurds. His wife and baby were still at Tabriz. Reports had come to him that “in Caucasia a whole village was massacred by the Moslems. Over in Urumiah a general massacre of Christians is reported to have taken place. The Kurds surrounded the large compounds of the American Mission, where ten thousand people had taken refuge, and demanded that they be given up or pay $40,000.” He then adds: “There are just two things which keep me here: first, my trust in a mighty God; second, my hope of winning some of these poor people to a better life. Nothing else would keep me here for a day under these circumstances.”

GENERAL ARTICLES

An Inspired War Song, J. S. Washburn 3

“Inasmuch,” D. H. Kress 3

The Ambassadors From Babylon, Mrs. E. G. White 4

The Age-to-Come Doctrine—No. 10, J. O. Corliss 5

EDITORIALS

Proof of Life After Death — The Spirit of Inquiry — The More Important Question — Synopsis of Present Truth, No. 5 — Seasons of Refreshing — The Northwest India Mission 6-11

THE WORLD-WIDE FIELD 12, 13

OUR HOMES 14, 15

THE FIELD WORK 15-17

NEWS AND MISCELLANY 18

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DEPARTMENT 18, 19

MEDICAL MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT 19, 20

MISCELLANEOUS 20-22

News from the East African Mission

Elder Guy Dail writes from Hamburg, on April 15, that at present they are receiving no word from missions in East Africa. They learned that Brother Palm, at Nyabangi, was shot November 28. Brother Dail left The Hague to attend a committee meeting at Hamburg.

The Next Harvest Ingathering Number

Last week the matter for the next Harvest Ingathering number of the Signs was sent from the Mission Board office to the brethren at the Pacific Press. Encouraging reports of progress have come from every land, and another excellent Missions number will be ready to use in soliciting for missions when the time comes to begin.

Work Advances in India

Brother S. A. Wellman writes from Lucknow, India: “I had never seen so strong a determination on the part of the church members to give the message personally as has been manifested this year. We are planning large, and the Lord is giving us the cooperation of many loyal souls. Already there are evidences of the harvest in some parts.”

Mission Bungalow at Kalyan

WORK on the mission bungalow at Kalyan, India, was suspended for some time, but has now been resumed, according to a letter from Brother M. D. Wood. They hope to have it ready for use soon. A large well is being blasted and dug on the mission property, that water may be had near at hand. At present all the water used by thirty-five persons must be hauled over a mile.

Progress in Western Canada

BROTHER A. H. BRIGHAM, secretary-treasurer of the Western Canadian Union Conference, says of the work in that field: “The Lord is richly blessing his work in this field, and we are looking forward to some good meetings during the summer. Financially the prospect is rather dull here this year, but in face of all this the work is progressing more rapidly than ever before. We have just made up our statistical report for last quarter, and find that thirty-one have been baptized.”

Spicer Visits South African Missions

LEAVING Cape Town, March 18, Elder W. A. Spicer visited Maranatha Mission, also Spion Kop, prior to the South African Union conference, to be held the first of April. At the close of the conference, he plans to go on into Rhodesia to visit among the missions there, hoping also to go later to Nyasaland. Elders W. B. White and W. H. Anderson will accompany him. He states that the one copy of the REVIEW he had seen since leaving Washington, looked wonderfully good to him.

The Publishing Work

By Editor

ALL will be interested in reading the article from the pen of Elder E. R. Palmer on page 2, regarding some special features of our publishing work. When we come to consider all that is being done in the circulation of our literature, and through other agencies, we must recognize that increasing power is taking hold of this movement, and we thank God for the evidence he has given us that his blessing is attending the efforts of his people in the proclamation of the message now due the world.

A Book Leads to Faith in South India

IN the sowing of gospel seed beside all waters, some seed find fertile soil. Brother E. D. Thomas, in South India, relates that one hot day beneath the equatorial sun, an elderly gentleman came into their mission compound at Nazareth. The traveler had a book which he handed Brother Thomas, inquiring whether the Seventh-day Adventists published it. On receiving an affirmative reply, his joy was manifestly great. He said: “I have come walking such a long distance [fifty miles] to see the faces of the people who believe in such a grand truth as is revealed by this booklet, and to get acquainted with them. This book has been my spiritual meat in my old days. I have spent hours upon hours under the banyan tree near my house, reading and studying it.” He remained a few days at the mission and returned a firm believer in the truths of the Sabbath and the near coming of Jesus. He took a quantity of literature with him.

An Old Magazine — A New Name

OLD and yet new,—the old spirit and power, a new name, new departments, and an enlarged scope of operation,—this describes the transmutation of Life and Health into Health and Temperance. Of the aim of this excellent journal for the future, its editor, Dr. G. H. Heald, says:—

“Rechristened, and with several new departments, we come to you, we trust, with nothing omitted which you valued in Life and Health, and with much additional matter which we hope you will value as highly. Health and Temperance aims, first of all, to be of real service in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health in the home. But it also aims to have part, on the right side, in the great struggle between the forces which make for better homes and a better country and the forces which for sordid gain are willing to ruin young lives, wreck homes, increase insanity, disease, and crime, debase politics, and destroy national wealth.

“Health and Temperance is opposed to all forms of capitalized greed, whether it be in the liquor business, the patent medicine business, or capitalized vice in any form. To the extent that you support this magazine by aiding in the increase of its circulation, you are helping in the great warfare against the evil, not only of intemperance, but also of capitalized vice.”

Every reader of the REVIEW should be a reader of Health and Temperance. See page 23 for price and announcement.