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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

ON July 8, eight members were added to the church in Wyandotte, Kan., making seventeen since April last.

A REPORT of Brother J. B. Ashcraft notes the baptism of three candidates at Sawyer, Kansas, and two at Medicine Lodge.

FROM Ironton, Ohio, Brother C. P. Haskell writes, under date of July 23, that twenty-eight persons began the observance of the Lord's Sabbath.

A SWEDISH Sabbath-school of twelve members was organized at Wahoo, Neb., July 29, by Brother W. O. Johnson, who is laboring exclusively among the Swedish people.

MEETINGS held in Argentine, Kansas, by Brethren R. W. Parmele and D. E. Huffman, had to be closed on account of sickness, after six had accepted the truths presented.

MINNESOTA Conference reports 122 Sabbath-schools, with a membership of 3,112. The City Bank, of Minneapolis, which failed a few years ago, has liquidated its entire indebtedness to the Minnesota Conference by payment in full, and interest amounting to about $400.

THE New York Press notes the erection of one of our tents in that city, with seating accommodation for 1,200 people, and the attendance was so great that hundreds more had to stand during the service. The latest report we had from the work was that about fifty had accepted the truths presented.

A COLPORTOR, writing to the Review from Oklahoma, says: "In 30 days' time I have taken 154 orders for 'Desire of Ages,' being 5 orders a day; besides $64 worth of helps, the orders amounting in all to $536, or $17.80 per day besides the helps. The 'Desire of Ages' is the most wonderful book I ever saw."

A REPORT from Brother W. Woodford notes the addition of six to the ranks of those who adhere to the "commandments of God and the faith of Jesus," at Fort Payne, Fla. A like number had been added to the church at Citronelle. Also that the State camp-meeting was well attended, and the Lord visited His people.

FROM Brother C. E. Knight, who has been laboring at Red Bluff, Cal., we have this brief testimonial: "Our papers are most valuable aids in introducing our work and in gaining attention; especially is this so of the Signs." This is true in every feature of our work, at least such is the testimony of all who have faithfully tried it.

REFERRING to a late camp-meeting in Texas, the Dallas News says: "The Adventists have left behind them an excellent record. All who visited the camp say there was more discipline, closer attention to religious matters, and less unnecessary talk than was ever observed before in a camp of like size. It was a well-regulated family, founded in love."

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By Joseph Beecher Clark

BEFORE leaving the Southern field for Mexico, I would be glad to know what papers any brother or sister will send to interested parties. I will then send addresses. A large number of copies of Our Little Friend should be sent direct to camps of State prisoners in the South. A State officer told me that he would like for me to send some second-hand Bibles and religious papers to the prison camps. These camps consist of State prisoners who are hired out to contractors. Do not send papers to me, but send to me for addresses. State what you will send, and how long, and notify me when you stop. Address Joseph Beecher Clark, Welsh, Louisiana.

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IS THERE AN ANTIDOTE TO A VIOLATION OF NATURE'S LAW?

By David Paulson

THE enterprising manufacturers of a variety of digestive tablets recently announced as one of its attractive features, "Take one, and eat what you like."

If it were possible to atone so readily for eating horrible things just because they tickle the palate, then the proprietors of this drug would certainly have a greater bonanza than if they had invested their capital in a Klondyke gold-mine. There is no more inexorable law of nature than, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap," and it is just as easy to conceive of the law of gravitation ceasing its operations as to believe that a man can sow for pain, misery and wretchedness, and then by merely swallowing some sugar-coated pill, no matter how skilfully advertised, and by so doing reap pleasure, happiness and strength.

But the very fact that a firm can afford to pay for the necessary advertising space to enunciate such a principle, only too plainly indicates that there is a large portion of humanity who are not yet aware of the unerring accuracy with which nature traces the definite relation between cause and its effects.

If all those who do recognize this would do all in their power to instruct others, how quickly these hazy ideas about disease being an arbitrary dispensation of Providence would have to disappear.

The working men toil early and late to lay up a little money for a "rainy day." Away down in their hearts this rainy day means "when some of the children are taken sick." But nearly all of the sickness among children, and grown-up people as well, is the result of the unnatural, unsanitary conditions under which they are living.

Then, if these persons were properly taught, all who would respond to the teaching, instead of laying up so much money for the dreaded rainy day, would use some of the surplus earnings in cleaning up the back yard, renovating the cellar and putting a proper system of ventilation in the home. And, not the least among these important reforms, the children would be trained to look with horror upon the eating of sweets and various nicnacs; they would have no piecing between meals, and would learn to love the palatable and pure food upon which God originally intended they should subsist.

Having the home thus carefully provided for, it should be insisted upon that the school board see that the children, while in the school-room, are supplied with their necessary quota of pure, fresh air. DAVID PAULSON, M.D.

Sabbath Observance

By Mrs. H. S. Maxson, M.D.

CHRISTIAN NURTURE. No. 2.

Family Worship.

MAINTAIN family worship; let nothing interfere with it. When this is neglected, the reason usually given is that there is not time for it. In other words, you tacitly say to your child that God's Word is of less importance than your work. Every one has all the time there is, and he presumably spends it in things he thinks of most importance. Your child understands this as well as you do, and even better; for you have succeeded in deceiving yourself in the matter. There can be no excuse for a Christian family neglecting this important duty. And in families where worship is maintained, respect for the Bible is unconsciously taught. If, day by day, the household is gathered around the opened Bible, and its members hear it read by lips they love, impressions are made upon their hearts which it will be very hard for the storms of life to erase. This exercise may be made very attractive by varying it from time to time and from day to day. This may be done in various ways. A favorite custom in many homes is to have all the members of the family read in turn, a verse or two each. Very small children may take part in this, and they are usually most happy to be accorded this privilege. It is astonishing to see how quickly the chubby fingers will learn to follow the verses as they are read; and before the little ones can read, they take the greatest delight in repeating a verse, line after line, after a parent's prompting. Again, some of the most familiar promises of the Scriptures, like the twenty-third psalm, or the fifth chapter of Matthew, may be read in concert; or the stories of the Bible may be read by one of the parents or by an older brother or sister, with explanations to make them plain to the little ones. It would be well to read a book through by course, thus avoiding the habit of disconnected reading, which is not always desirable.

Let the prayer be simple and suited to the needs of the family. Pray for Johnny, that at school and on the playground he may do only as the boy Jesus would have done. Pray for mama, that the Lord may direct her in all the duties of the day, while she makes the home for the little ones that God has given her.

Stated times for the study of God's Word are quite as important as the reading in family worship, and let this study be thorough, as thorough as you would expect your boy to get his lesson in arithmetic or geography. And why not? Is it not much more important? Make the Bible profitable to your children by carefully and lovingly applying it to their needs, helping them to see their weak points, and to fortify them.

Sabbath Observance.

How to train our children to a proper regard of the Sabbath is another question that perplexes the Christian mother's heart. First of all, we are to regard the day as "a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable." Teach your child to look forward to it, and to hail its coming with genuine pleasure. Again, we see that love must be the basis of observance. The child can not thus regard the day unless he has learned to love it; but, surely, Christian parents in this enlightened age should desire to have the Sabbath thus observed by their children. Now comes the question, "How shall I lead my child thus to observe the day?" First, by preparing for the day. Mend and lay out all the clothes to be worn, and let the preparation of the body also receive attention. A mighty lodestone of Christian development and sanctification lies in the custom of entering upon the Sabbath neat and clean. Second, the habit of preparing for the Sabbath-school during the week, or on Sabbath eve, and, attending with our children, can not fail to make it attractive to them. Children love to be with their parents. Nothing pleases a child better than to share his parents' real toils and pleasures, and we shall find that this rule works just as well when it comes to attending Sabbath-school and church, as during the week at the baking-board or the wash-tub.

There must be a change of occupation on that day, yet occupation the child must have. > "Rest is not quitting life's busy career, > Rest is the fitting of self to one's sphere."

Action the child must have, and so we must direct it. How can we secure this end for very young children? for this nurture must begin with the very tenderest age. Let the baby have a different rattle on the Sabbath day, something he does not have on any other day in the week. He will soon connect the new toy with the occupation of the Sabbath, and this will have its influence. When the child is a little older, say from three to ten years, let him have toys on that day, purchased for that day and preserved for it,—toys that he never has on other days, and that are suitable for Sabbath entertainment. Let him have a chest or box containing only those to be used on that day. It may contain blocks for building the temple, or the tabernacle, or a model of the ark, with all its belongings, highly-colored plates of Bible scenes, dissected passages of Scripture, dissected maps of Bible lands, etc. Let the older children amuse the younger ones by telling stories about these things or by reading to them.

Take pains to teach God in nature on that day more than on any other day. Let the father take the little ones out for a walk, teaching them the love of God and the beauty of His works with which we are surrounded. This is particularly the privilege of those who live in the country, where they are surrounded by everything that would direct their minds to the Creator of all things. A double good will often be gained. While the children are entertained or instructed, the weary mother may have an hour of rest, and perhaps a needed

nap. When the children grow older, no less is demanded of the parents, but rather more, that they may still direct the rapidly-unfolding minds, which reach out for more entertainment and more knowledge. For these, as well as for the little ones, the hour for family worship may have special attraction on that day. Sweeter songs may be sung, and time spent in learning new songs.

Sacredly reserve to your children the hour for Bible study. Have a shelf in your library devoted to Sabbath reading, and strictly reserve it for that purpose. Let it be filled with books that will be a delight to the hearts of the youth, not some dry, prosaic work that you would find it hard to be interested in yourself. Make the spirit of the entire day one of reverence.

Finally, dear parents, you will see that success in bringing up children in "the nurture and admonition of the Lord" will cost study—prayerful, earnest study. It will take time to prepare for this work. It will require self-denial, self-control, unwavering faith, and determination, as well as a thorough conviction that the importance of the work, and the glorious results that are sought, are such as to warrant their best efforts and greatest sacrifices. MRS. H. S. MAXSON, M.D.

THE BLOODLESS SPORTSMAN.

By Sam Walter Foss

I go a-gunning, but take no gun; I fish without a pole; And I bag good game, and catch such fish As suits a sportsman's soul; For the chiefest game that the forest holds And the best fish of the brooks Are never brought down by a rifle-shot, And are never caught with a hook.

I bob for fish by the forest brook, I hunt for game in the trees, For bigger birds than wing the air, Or fish that swim the seas. A rodless Walton of the brooks, A bloodless sportsman I; I hunt for the thoughts that throng the woods, The dreams that haunt the sky.

The woods are made for the hunters, The brooks for the fishers of song; To the hunters who hunt for the gunless game The streams and the woods belong. There are thoughts that moan from the soul of the pine, And thoughts in a flower bell curled; And the thoughts that are blown with the scent of the fern Are as new and as old as the world.

So, away for the hunt in the fern-scented wood Till the going down of the sun! There is plenty of game still left in the woods For the hunter who has no gun. So, away for the fish by the moss-bordered brook That flows through the velvety sod! There are plenty of fish still left in the streams For the angler who has no rod. —Sam Walter Foss.

EDUCATION OF GIRLS.

By Varina Davis

THE following is a part of what Mrs. Varina Davis, widow of the late Jefferson Davis, has to say in the World on the training of children:—

The most favorable moral education a girl can have is the example of her mother. If she daily practises truth, justice, sincerity, patience, fortitude, gentleness, a large charity for others—that is, if she leads a Christian life—it will impress her child more than any dogma which can be inculcated in her in lengthy lectures. If, added to this, the mother has the self-control to notice the child's little fads and fancies, and treat them respectfully, and if the child be allowed the largest liberty consistent with the proper care of her, there will be little to fear for her future.

THE MOTHER AS FRIEND AND GUIDE.

Tell her frankly and tenderly when she is alone where she has erred, and repeat it as often as is needful, but let her feel she is reforming herself, not being dragooned into obedience. Most girls will sedulously avoid errors which their mothers do not daily commit. That child is fortunate indeed who looks up to her mother as an example of all she inculcates and not as a sinful woman who is her harshest judge. A good example is the practical demonstration of a moral theory, and is worth more than all the sermonizing one can utter. Once I knew a witty reprobate whose uncle asked him: "Why do you not behave like George? I have brought you up alike?" "Because," said the wit, "I suppose he followed your precepts, and I followed your example."

Too many mothers forget good manners in intercourse with their children. They do not use the little elegancies which, if forgotten toward a stranger, they would consider unpardonable. In correcting a child's fault they use that policy described by the most disagreeable of all cant phrases to me—they "call a spade a spade." The mother who devises some occupation for a noisy child which will absorb her attention, does better than one who says, "If you do not behave I shall punish you; you are a noisy, bad girl." And yet the latter course is the common one.

DO NOT TRUST CHILDREN TO SERVANTS.

The habit of trusting children to the care of servants in the nursery in the formative period of their lives is a very vicious one, no matter how trustworthy the servants may appear to be. Let the parent ask herself if such close attention as her little girl requires can be paid by a servant or even a governess, be she never so conscientious, as a mother's love would prompt. The fretful little cabined creature is mutely conscious of a lack of sympathy which she craves and of which she does not know that her own annoying peculiarities have deprived her. She does not admit the right of any one to restrain, who does not love her, and whom she is fiercely bent on never loving. So a constant warfare is kept up by assurances repeated on the slightest provocation that there was never so naughty a child, and responsive declaration of the unhappy little creature, "I do not love you, and I will never be good."

I should not deprecate giving as good an education as a girl would take, but her moral training is of infinitely more importance, and no mother can escape the dreadful responsibility of this task. I confess to being unable to give any formula for its performance except self-abnegation and eternal vigilance.

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What brought the change? In the opening exercises the president read the first clause of Prov. 18:24. The Spirit of God sent the words home to me. I began to greet the students with a pleasant word, and soon they all seemed so friendly.

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LESSON XIII.—SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1899.

REVIEW FOR THE QUARTER.

Golden Text: "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them." Ps. 34:7.

LESSON I.—Gracious Invitations. Hos. 14:1-9. God's gracious invitation to Israel, and to all His backslidden people to return to Him. The golden text is the true seeker's response to the Lord's appeal, "Come, and let us return unto the Lord."

LESSON II.—Daniel in Babylon. Dan. 1:8-21. One of the grandest temperance lessons of the Word of God. It shows how God will work in the lives and characters and capabilities of him who is loyally co-operative with God. Golden text: "Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself."

LESSON III.—The Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace. Dan. 3:14-28. Here are points among others: Church and State governments (such was Babylon) always persecute. God's people should stand true to principle, whether death or deliverance await. They can not in any way compromise, or seem to yield their faith. God is able to deliver, and will now if it is for His glory. If not He is with us in the suffering. What bearing have the principles of this lesson on modern religious legislation or Sunday laws? Golden text: "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us."

LESSON IV.—The Handwriting on the Wall. Dan. 5:17-31. Near the time of the return of the captive Jews to Jerusalem. Babylon had run her allotted career. Weighed in the balances, she was found wanting, and doomed. Of what use are you in God's vineyard? He will soon weigh your character. Will He be forced to number the days of your existence? or will your future be forever with Him? Golden text, "God is the Judge." Ps. 75:7.

LESSON V.—Daniel in the Lions' Den. Dan. 6:10-23. Another lesson of Church and State union. In lesson 3 God's people were asked to pay outward deference to a false god. In this lesson the servant of the Lord is asked simply to refrain from openly worshiping the true. Both of these tests will come to God's people in these days. God honors and preserves the loyal. Notice also that through the loyalty of those Hebrews the knowledge of the true God was carried throughout the Babylonian and Medo-Persian Empires. You do not know how much your loyalty to truth in a little thing will amount to. Golden text: "The Lord is thy keeper." Ps. 121:5.

LESSON VI.—The New Heart. Eze. 36:25-36. The precious lessons on Daniel and his fellows have been dealing with new-hearted men; for the true hearts are the new hearts, made so by God's power. God will give to all the new heart who will yield to Him and believe. God's promise, "A new heart also will I give you," is a golden text for every man.

LESSON VII.—Ezekiel's Great Vision. Eze. 37:1-14. A lesson of God's power in a twofold sense. He is able to re-create a living man who is as hopeless as the dry bones of the dead, and He will raise up all Israel in the last day. But to be among them then, the power of Christ's resurrection must be manifest in our lives now over sin. See Eph. 1:19-21; Phil. 3:10. The golden text is God's promise to His children now: "I will put My Spirit within you." Are you ready for it?

LESSON VIII.—The River of Salvation. Eze. 47:1-12. From this conditional prophecy we may learn what God desires to do for all His people; nay for the earth. He wishes to heal all diseases, restore the lost. Jesus says (golden text): "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. 22:17.

LESSON IX.—Returning from Captivity.—Ezra 1:1-11. The lesson for us is God's faithfulness and mercy, and His desire to save us from all the bands and captivity of sin. Golden text: "The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad." Ps. 126:3.

LESSON X.—Rebuilding the Temple. Ezra 3:10 to 4:5. This is the fulfillment of God's promise made 200 years before. The practical lesson is that God is taking our poor sin-weakened bodies and hearts and rebuilding them for His own dwelling-place. Golden text: "The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." 1 Cor. 3:17.

LESSON XI.—Encouraging the Builders. Haggai 2:1-9. God has always encouraged His true workers in great crises, by special messengers. He encourages every true soul in character-building, by the Word of God, by the messages through angels, prophets, apostles, and our Lord Himself. He encourages us by reproof, by warning, by true friends, by His Holy Spirit. Golden text: "Be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work; for I am with you."

LESSON XII.—Power through the Spirit. Zech. 4:1-14. No machinery, no devices, no art or craft, no organizations, no carefully laid plans, no force of men can take the place of the Spirit of God in God's work. That Spirit must direct and furnish the power, or the work will come to naught. "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts."

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