p. 744 | Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 31. (7/31/1913)

Earlier text: News and Miscellany

Three Prize Contests!

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“What I Know About Reducing the Cost of Living”

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“What I Know About Rearing the Baby”

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Two Books on National Topics

Capital and Labor

Valuable facts regarding the enormous accumulation of wealth by financial interests, the unprecedented resources of our government and the banking interests of this country, and other indications of national, institutional, and personal prosperity occupy the first pages of the book.

The subject of trusts is treated in a lengthy chapter in which is collected much valuable information. The unsuccessful attempt of the government to unseat the various trusts from their thrones, the reversal of the decisions of lower courts unfavorable to the trusts, the liberal application of laws in favor of the trusts,— these are some of the facts brought to the attention of the reader and recorded in convenient form for reference.

Leaving the financial side of the question, the author considers the labor question in chapters entitled “Unions,” “Strikes,” and “Boycotts,” in a manner which is both fascinating and educational.

The book contains 208 pages, 51 illustrations, besides tables and diagrams. Price, 75 cents.

American State Papers

A veritable encyclopedia on religious liberty. Historical sketches and patriotic speeches bearing on the subject, together with a vast amount of data collected from various sources, make this book the most valuable collection of facts on the subject of religious liberty ever printed.

It describes the blue-laws of colonial days, the development of religious liberty principles during the eighteenth century, the controversy carried on between religious liberty and religious intolerance during the past one hundred years, and the history and operation of more recent Sunday laws.

In these days when Catholicism is endeavoring to tighten its grip on the affairs of this country, and papal bigotry is asserting its old-time spirit of persecution, the publishing of such a book is much appreciated.

Every Seventh-day Adventist should read this timely book, and place it within the reach of as many persons as possible. It contains 800 pages, and is bound in two styles. Cloth, $1.25; Library, $2.00

Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D. C.

ORDER OF YOUR TRACT SOCIETY

Loyal Workers

Loyalty to God is not mere sentiment. It cannot be expressed alone in pleasant platitudes or by mere profession. More than by word of mouth, it is represented in the life. Of this loyalty many believers in this message have given definite assurance. For one to give all to Christ, sacrificing, if need be, position, property, and every personal consideration to give to his fellows the gospel of saving grace, to spend and to be spent, to wear out in such service, to lay his very life upon the altar,—in this kind of experience many connected with this movement are giving evidence of their highest loyalty to God and to his work.

We were impressed with this afresh as we bade good-by last week to Prof. and Mrs. H. R. Salisbury, who sailed for India to devote their lives to gospel work in that great and needy mission field. Brother Salisbury had just been elected by the General Conference as educational secretary for the next quadrennial term. His wife was a teacher and preceptress in the Foreign Mission Seminary. In these lines of educational work there was much to appeal to these workers,—comparatively pleasant environment, agreeable associations, favorable climate, and scores of other considerations which enter into the enjoyment of life among one's personal friends and acquaintances. These were willingly sacrificed, however, to answer the call to labor in a land of heathen darkness, where many conveniences and pleasures will be denied them. In this spirit of devotion they give evidence of their loyalty to God and their love for the souls of their fellows.

On the same boat sailed Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Menkel, returning to continue their work in India, after a furlough of two years made necessary by impaired health in a tropical climate. They, too, placed on the altar of service every worldly prospect, and equally with their traveling companions have given evidence of their loyalty to Christ and their devotion to his service.

But in the exercise of this spirit this company of workers now en route for India are not alone. They belong to a noble class of laborers in the great harvest-field who are daily giving the same evidence of the genuineness of their devotion to duty's call. Workers in every foreign land are doing this, and none the less are workers in the fields at home doing it. Every worker, wherever he may be laboring, in field or office or institution, whatever may be the line of work in which he is engaged, if he has placed all upon the altar, if he has dedicated himself, his plans, his hopes, his purposes to God and to the extension of his work, is surely counted as belonging to this class of loyal workers by the great God of heaven.

And this spirit of loyalty is manifested as well by many who are not actively engaged in regular lines of church work. God counts today no less loyal the brother who in his shop or on his farm is doing the best he can to hold up the light of truth, and who is giving of the fruits of his industry for the support of the gospel. It is by the offerings of these faithful men that our conference workers both at home and abroad are supported.

God counts not one whit less loyal the faithful housewife, the sacrificing mother, who in her own home and in her neighborhood circle is doing the best she can to train her children for God and to let her light shine forth into the hearts of others. The reaping will come by and by. The reward will be bestowed at the close of the day's labor. The Lord of the harvest at that time will deal faithfully and impartially with every one of his true and tried children. Wherever we are today let us prove by our lives our loyalty to Christ and to his blessed gospel.

Future Address of Elder W. B. White

THE future address of Elder W. B. White is 56 Roeland St., Cape Town, South Africa.

Tennessee River Conference Date Change

ALL interested should make note of the change of date for the Tennessee River conference, as indicated in the camp-meeting notices.

Canadian Offices Moved to Oshawa

THE office of the Eastern Canadian Union Conference, and also of the Canadian Publishing Association, has been moved from Port Hope to Oshawa, Ontario. All communications designed for either of these organizations should be sent to the new address hereafter.

Bulyea Camp Meeting’s Novel Jail Lodging

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS have sometimes been imprisoned for their faith, but the camp-meeting held at Bulyea, Saskatchewan, Canada, afforded a novel experience in the use made of the jail by some in attendance at the meeting, because of lack of tenting facilities on the encampment and of rooming facilities in the town. Read Elder O. A. Olsen’s report of this interesting meeting, on page 17.

Employment Opportunities at Foreign Mission Seminary

There are several opportunities at the Foreign Mission Seminary for those who are qualified, to earn part of their school expenses by working. There will be needed an assistant librarian who understands cataloguing, a shoemaker to do shoe repairing and teach others, a plumber, cylinder pressman, cook, and fireman for steam-boilers. Any interested persons should apply. Write to the business manager, Prof. R. W. Brown, Takoma Park, D. C.

Brother Carrott Sails for Burma

AFTER spending some time in England, Brother Wm. Carrott, formerly of India, sailed for Burma, July 18. Brother Carrott goes to Burma to join in the work of circulating our literature.

Progress in Saskatchewan Conference

SEVERAL features of the work in the Saskatchewan Conference indicate the progress being made by this movement. For the first time, we believe, in the history of American camp-meetings, services were held in the Servian and Roumanian languages. At this meeting also there was ordained the first Servian minister among Seventh-day Adventists.

Scandinavian Gifts for Manchuria Mission

The good word comes from North Dakota that at the time of their recent camp-meeting two Scandinavian brethren gave between them $2,000 to foreign missions. The Scandinavian churches in this country have undertaken, through the Mission Board, to open up and support the work in Manchuria. Two families expect to go to Manchuria this autumn.

Publicity for Denominational Activities

By Editor

A RECENT copy of the Southern Standard contains an excellent report of the late General Conference by Brother Clifford G. Howell. We have received a number of other papers also containing reports of the meeting sent out by Brother W. L. Burgan, of the Press Bureau. Much good is bound to result from the publicity which is now being given to our denominational activities.

Resolution and Performance

It was a fitting resolution made by the Western Oregon Conference, as given in the report of Elder H. W. Cottrell,—appropriate to be made not alone by this conference but by every conference and by every individual as well,—providing that they seek to hasten the work by deeds rather than by resolutions. It is well to make good resolutions. Their discussion in the conference session is educational and stimulates Christian activity. But it is far better to put into active operation the plans adopted. Let us not cease resolving, but let us remember that the fitting complement of resolution is performance.

Shultz Family Leaves for China

JAMES E. SHULTZ and wife and three children, Harold, Gerald, and Leslie, left San Francisco, July 26, for their new field of labor in China. Having had a taste of foreign field service several years ago in Japan, but being compelled to return on account of ill health, Brother and Sister Shultz have spent the time in preparation to answer a call from a distant field. We know their hearts rejoice as they turn their faces once more toward the needy East, and we know the workers in China will extend to them a hearty welcome.