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The Lady Colporteur of Memphis

By E. R. P.

Miss MAMIE MOORE, who has been canvassing for “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation” for four years and a half among the most wealthy and influential citizens of Memphis, Tenn., is generally known by the people of that city as “the colporteur of Memphis.”

Sister Moore is one of the colporteurs in the Southern Union Conference who sold and delivered one thousand dollars’ worth of books during the year 1911. The wonderful and yet simple story of God’s providences over her work in the great city of Memphis, and the brief sketch given of her personal struggles and experiences as told by her in the bookmen’s convention of the Southern Union Conference, will never be forgotten by those who enjoyed the privilege of hearing it.

She is twenty-eight years of age, and has been in the colporteur work for nine years. In introducing her, Brother A. F. Harrison, the general agent, said:—

“Sister Moore needs little introduction. She is well known to you all. She is another one who has won out during the past year, having sold $1,003 worth of books. During the previous year, 1910, her sales amounted to $1,012, and once before she delivered $1,100 worth in nine months. I remember when Sister Moore first began. She was an uneducated girl, still wearing short dresses, and I had serious doubts of her ever becoming a colporteur. But she has been faithful all these years; while other girls were going to school or following their own course, she worked on, and the Lord has given her a rich reward for her labors. For four and a half years she has been selling ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation’ in the city of Memphis. For three and a half years, since her father died, she has been the father of the family, having supported very largely her mother and eight younger brothers and sisters. But I must not tell her story for her. You would rather hear her speak for herself.”

Sister Moore, who has never had many advantages, having been brought up in poverty on a farm, and having never passed beyond the fifth or sixth grade in school, is a good example of what consecration, courage, and industry can accomplish in one’s education, culture, and success. She is a young woman of rather more than ordinary address and bearing. She spoke slowly and clearly, using good language, and showing little nervousness, and no appearance whatever of sentiment or artificial feeling. She said:—

“I Was Not Satisfied”

“Brother Harrison said he can remember when I wore short dresses, and when he feared I would not succeed as a colporteur. A friend told me at that time she thought I was the worst subject for a colporteur she had ever seen. But I was not satisfied with plowing the corn and cotton and chopping wood. I was my father’s oldest ‘boy.’ While working in the fields, with no prospect before me, I often asked myself the question, ‘Is there nothing different for me than this? Must I always do this kind of work when I know this precious truth, and thousands are dying all about us with no knowledge of it?’ Notwithstanding the things that were against me, I resolved that I would do my best to accomplish something.”

The First Effort

“I secured a few copies of ‘Best Stories,’ paper binding, which sells for twenty-five cents. The first day I sold nothing, and yet I came home happy and not discouraged, for I had not expected to sell anything the first time I tried. But the second day I sold the three books I had taken with me, receiving the money; and with it in my hand I ran home, and bounding into the house, shouted, ‘I have sold them! I have sold them, every one of them! and have come for some more!’ I took three more with me, and sold them before night. That was the beginning.

“Later I sent for books in a better binding, which sold for fifty cents, and succeeded with them. Then I took ‘Coming King,’ and next ‘Bible Readings,’ and last of all I learned to sell ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation.’

The Lord’s Call to Memphis

“Four and a half years ago, when the testimony came from Sister White that work should be done in the great cities, I did not see how I could excuse myself from responsibility; for I was one of the workers, and could perhaps take the books to many homes which would never receive the truth from the tent-meetings. As the city of Memphis was definitely mentioned in the testimony, I decided to go there, and have been working there ever since. The Lord has greatly blessed me in my work; and some have accepted the truth through reading the books I have sold, and are now members of the Memphis church.

One Copy of the Watchman

“I have been asked to tell some of the results of this work in Memphis. I have been working among the most wealthy classes, and it is wonderful how, in response to prayer, the Lord has opened the homes and hearts of the people to me. As an encouragement to those who are selling the Watchman, I want to begin by telling you what one copy of the Watchman did. One copy of the Watchman opened the way for me to get the truth into a home which I could not otherwise have entered.

“A traveling man of Memphis, while in Arkansas, was persuaded by a lady customer of his to take a copy of the Watchman and read it; she said that it told of the signs of the Lord’s coming, and that many of these things were already fulfilled. Out of curiosity, he took it, read it, and became interested. He wrote to the publishers, asking them to supply him with the first six numbers of the year, and tell him the subscription price. The publishers sent him the desired information, and then wrote to me to visit him and follow up the interest. I found him in his office, and easily sold him a copy of ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,’ half morocco, to be delivered the next day.

“On calling at his home to deliver the book, as he had arranged to leave the money there, I found it to be a place where I had been before. His wife was very angry because her husband had bought the book. She said it was a foolish book, and should not have a place in her library with her standard books. I told her she would not call it a foolish book after reading it, and urged that she study it carefully, for there was a message in it for her. Before I left, she became more friendly, and gave me the names of several of her friends who she thought would buy the book. This was all brought about by one copy of the Watchman.

“You Must Be a Seventh-Day Adventist if You Keep Saturday”

“A daughter of a Memphis physician purchased from me a copy of ‘Daniel and the Revelation.’ She was very glad to get it, and in a few days began to keep the Sabbath. In her joy over the new-found light, she talked it to her neighbors, and they said to her, ‘You must be a Seventh-day Adventist if you keep Saturday.’ She inquired who they were, for she knew nothing of any such people. They told her of Elder J. S. Washburn and his work in Memphis, and she rejoiced that her prayer had been answered; for she had been praying the Lord to send her some one of like faith to be with her, not knowing there were any such people in the city. She went to the telephone and called up Elder Washburn, weeping aloud for joy that she had found a people keeping the commandments. She requested him to send her more literature. He sent her a Bible worker, and she gladly received all the light that came to her, and could hardly wait until she could be baptized. She bought six copies of ‘Daniel and the Revelation’ to lend to her neighbors to read.

One Lady Buys Fifteen Copies

“Another lady in Memphis, a sister of a lawyer, has purchased from me fifteen copies of the same book, ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,’ and has given them away to friends. Whenever she gets any one interested in studying the Bible, she sends over for a copy of the book to give them. She bought one in the full morocco binding for a Christmas present for her brother. She now has another of her brothers taking Bible readings.

“A real-estate man’s wife bought ‘Daniel and the Revelation,’ and soon both she and her husband were keeping the Sabbath.

“The Lord Watches Over Each Book”

“Another lady to whom I sold the same book, did not become interested in it, but she lent it to a neighbor, who, after reading it, soon decided to keep the Sabbath. They are people of high standing in society. This illustrates how the Lord watches over each book, and when one falls into the hands of some one who does not appreciate it, he sees that it finds its way to some one else.

Results From a Stormy Day’s Work

“Some interesting things have been said in this convention about working on stormy days. I had one experience which illustrates this point. One disagreeable, stormy day, I sold a copy of ‘Daniel and the Revelation’ to a family for cash. I found the mother had been reading the Millennial Dawn books, and was very much interested in the coming of the Lord. About two weeks

after this, I saw her on the Sabbath in the congregation. She had already begun to keep the Sabbath and was rejoicing in the light, and now is one of our strongest and most active members.

“But this is not all that one book did. One of her sons, who was not at all religious, became a diligent Bible worker. He loves this truth above everything else, and rejoices that that book ever came to their home. His sister took her stand for the truth before he did, and is a very active member. Her husband also is almost persuaded. The family have lent their books and tracts to their relatives and friends, some of whom are interested, and have attended our meetings. A sister of this lady, who was a Christian Scientist, is now rejoicing in the truth, and another sister is also a member of the church. One of her sons, a doctor, and his wife are deacon and deaconess of our Memphis church. Her husband would be in the truth only for his tobacco. Two other sons are believers and are almost ready to yield, it seems. I feel glad, indeed, over the fruit of that day’s work.

“The daughter of the lady who was a Christian Scientist had bought ‘Daniel and the Revelation’ from me, and said she had read some of it—all she had dared to read. Another lady who bought the book soon took her stand for the truth, and is a very consecrated member, though previous to that she had been a woman of the world, not even a church-member.

Other Sowing and Its Fruit

“A faithful colored woman in Kentucky is in the truth as the result of a copy of ‘Bible Readings’ I sold her. I have never seen her since selling her the book, but I hear of her.

“The only relative I have outside of our own family who is in the truth, came in as the result of reading books and tracts given her.

“One of our deacons in the Memphis church heard the debate there. He had a copy of ‘Bible Readings.’ So he went home, got it out, and began studying it, and he and his wife soon took their stand.

“A number of others, also, in Memphis to whom I have sold books are attending Bible readings, and are deeply interested. It rejoices my heart as I attend the Memphis church and look over the congregation, to see here and there those who have accepted the truth through reading the books sold. Many of them are active workers and the most influential members of the church. I enjoy my work very much, and ask your prayers that I may always be faithful in it. I trust my work shall never be taken from me.”

A Gem From the Deep Mine of Personal Experience

I can give you but a feeble intimation of the impression made by this simple, direct story of blessing and achievement. When Sister Moore had finished, I believe there was not a person in the house who was not silently weeping. Strong men could hardly control their feelings, and many tears flowed from the eyes of the ministers and other workers while they listened.

That story was worth going to Nashville or around the world to hear. It was a true gem, fresh and shining, from the deep mine of personal experience in house-to-house and heart-to-heart colporteur work.

A Trumpet-Call to Service

Dear reader, what message does this story bring to you? Do you hear the Master saying, “Go work to-day in my vineyard”? Listen again to those words, “I was not satisfied with plowing the corn and cotton and chopping wood. I was my father’s oldest ‘boy.’ While working in the fields, with no prospect before me, I often asked myself the question, ‘Is there nothing different for me than this? Must I always do this kind of work when I know this precious truth, and thousands are dying all about us with no knowledge of it?’ . . . I resolved that I would do my best to accomplish something.”

To our young people this story should be a trumpet-call to service. Again that precious truth is illustrated, “I can of mine own self do nothing,” but “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

E. R. P.

The Publishing Work

Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference

E. R. PALMER . . . . Secretary

N. Z. TOWN . . . . Assistant Secretary

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

—New-year’s day, 1912, marked the completion of four fifths of the excavation for the Panama Canal. According to the canal record, the American engineers since beginning their work in May, 1904, have taken 158,010,963 cubic yards of dirt and stone out of the canal bed.

—At noon on Feb. 4, 1912, the great ice bridge at Niagara Falls, that for three weeks had choked the river channel between the cataract and the upper steel-arch bridge below the falls, broke from its shoring and went down the river, taking three persons to their death. Had the accident occurred an hour later, hundreds would probably have lost their lives, since the bridge was considered safe, and many tourists had anticipated the pleasure of venturing upon the ice.

—The agricultural wealth of China may be seen in the fact that it sustains a population more than four times as large as the United States. At Hankow there are skilled laborers in the iron works receiving five or six annas a day, a rate with which American labor can not compete. China possesses wealth in mineral and coal, vast and unutilized. Her coal supply is estimated at twenty times that of Great Britain, and could supply the entire world for a long period of time. Her capacity for manufacture, when her raw material, vast natural resources, and labor supply are utilized, will be among the foremost in the world.

—The United States is the second strongest nation of the world in naval strength, according to the new Navy Year Book. Considering the “Charleston,” “Milwaukee,” and “St. Louis” to be armored cruisers, the total tonnage of the United States navy is placed at 797,341, which is nearly 10,000 tons in excess of that of the German navy—787,638 tons. Great Britain continues to hold its place of supremacy as the greatest naval power of the world. The strength of her navy is considerably more than twice that of either the United States or Germany. France, Japan, and Russia rank next, in the order named.

—The Woodside plant of the Acadia Sugar Refining Company, located at Halifax, Nova Scotia, was destroyed by fire on Feb. 1, 1912. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000.

—There is now a definite movement on the part of the Russian government and capitalists of Russia to extend their railway line across Persia, and intersect with the railways of India.

—On Feb. 3, 1912, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, landed in America. He will review the Boy Scouts in many of our leading cities during his visit.

—The Catholics in France are lamenting that so few men are going into the priesthood. The archbishop of Paris has said that if the present state of affairs continues, there will soon be no priests in France.

—A Catholic teachers’ college for women, is to be erected adjoining the Catholic University near Washington, D. C. The buildings will stand on a fifty-seven-acre campus, and will cost approximately $1,000,000.

—In the Christian it is stated that when 1915 arrives, bringing the five-hundredth anniversary of the martyrdom of John Huss, the people of Bohemia, especially the Czechs, are planning to celebrate it by a great exodus from the Roman Catholic Church.

—The long-protracted task of raising the sunken battle-ship “Maine” was crowned with success Feb. 2, 1912, when the after section, which was not injured by the explosion and comprises approximately half the total length of the ill-fated vessel, was set afloat.

—Yuan Shi Kai has been chosen president of the new Chinese republic, which began its existence Feb. 12, 1912, when the child emperor Pu-Yi, through the empress dowager, abdicated the throne. Press reports indicate that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen has resigned in favor of Yuan Shi Kai.

—On Feb. 14, 1912, more than forty of the fifty-four men indicted in connection with the nation-wide dynamite conspiracy were arrested. Prisoners were taken into custody in practically every large city of the United States where dynamite explosions, directed against the “open shop,” have taken place in the last seven years.

—The revolution in Ecuador assumed a new phase recently when four generals and a former president were taken from prison by a mob and lynched. The United States government is uneasy about the American railway property from Guayaquil to Quito, and is placing several war-ships at Guayaquil, including the armed cruiser “Maryland” and the gunboat “Yorktown.”

—Wisconsin’s income tax law has been affirmed as constitutional by the State supreme court. The income tax is a graduated one, increasing from one per cent on incomes over $800 and under $1,800, to six per cent on incomes of $12,000 and over. State and federal employees are exempt, as are husband and wife whose total income comes within $1,200. For each child under eighteen an additional exemption of $200 is made.

—According to official figures submitted on January 24 to Mayor Gaynor by the finance department, New York City’s total debt at the beginning of 1912 was $1,037,811,718, or approximately $20,000,000 more than the public debt of the United States. During 1911 the funded debt increased $71,432,485, of which $44,200,000 represents bond issues for rapid transit work and the new water-supply system.

—We hear much of the labor organizations, with their 1,750,000 members, and their $5,000,000 last year in aid of strikes; but we hear much less of the organization of farmers, perhaps because they have no strikes, and no desire to shorten the hours of labor. The farmers have over 12,000 fair associations in the country, with over 246,000 members; and their income was over $6,500,000, of which over $2,500,000 was spent in premiums, while the attendance at the fairs was more than 15,000,000. No other business so abundantly enriches the country as does that of the farmer.

—From Telluride, Colo., comes the report that billions of tons of earth and rock tumbled down the sides of Lizards Mountain on the morning of Dec. 21, 1911, when the entire top of that giant peak literally toppled over. The mountain was one of the sharpest pointed in the entire San Juan region. The peak was 14,160 feet high, within 300 feet of Mount Massive, the highest mountain in Colorado. The fall shook the country for miles. So far as is known no one was killed or injured. It is estimated that fully one thousand feet fell from the top of the peak. This is believed to have been occasioned by recent snows.

—That the nations of the world are all answering the call of liberty was the declaration of Resident Commissioner Manuel L. Quezon, of the Philippine Islands, at a recent gathering in New Jersey. The Filipino people desire their independence, he emphatically declared. “Let there be no misunderstanding. The cry for self-government in the Philippine Islands,” he said, “is not the work of a few impatient or ill-advised politicians. It is the cry of the whole people. It is the ripe fruit of the seed planted at Philadelphia by your forefathers in 1776. And you, the Americans of today, ought to feel happy, ought to feel proud of the world-wide achievements of your ancestors.”

—Feb. 9, 1905, the President signed an act for the building of a great dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa, but it was not until five years later, namely, Feb. 1, 1910, that the work was begun. Since last December 5,000 men have been at work upon this dam, which is a mile wide. The World says that this is second as an engineering feat to only two other enterprises, the Panama Canal and the great dam on the Nile at Assuan, each of which will be completed in two years. As to the size, the Keokuk dam is second only to that at Assuan, and is the largest in the United States. It will be 5,800 feet in length, 37 feet in breadth, and of the same height. In addition, the power plant and the lock which are to be constructed will overcome the great obstruction to the navigation of the upper Mississippi. It is expected that the result of this enterprise “will make the upper Mississippi Valley one of the greatest of the world’s manufacturing centers.”

Notice

By L. M. BOWEN; L. A. WHITNEY

THE tenth annual meeting of the Sanitarium Food Company will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Thursday, March 14, 1912, at 12 M.

L. M. BOWEN, President; L. A. WHITNEY, Secretary.

Notice

By H. W. COTTRELL; J. B. GIDDINGS

THE fifteenth annual meeting of the California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, for the purpose of electing four or more members of the board of directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting, will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Wednesday, March 13, 1912, at 12 M.

H. W. COTTRELL, President; J. B. GIDDINGS, Secretary.

Pacific Union Conference Biennial Meeting

By G. A. Irwin; J. J. Ireland

THE sixth biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 417 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, Cal., at 9:30 A. M., March 21, 1912, to continue until the 26th, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing biennial term, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Each local conference shall be entitled, aside from its president, to one delegate in the sessions of this conference, without regard to numbers, and one additional member for every three hundred church-members in the conference.

A ministerial institute will be held in Los Angeles from March 12 to 20, which will precede the opening of this session of the conference.

By order of the executive committee, G. A. IRWIN, President; J. J. IRELAND, Secretary.

St. Helena Training School for Missionary Nurses

By GEO. THOMASON; MYRTLE B. HUDSON

On April 2, 1912, we would gladly welcome thirty-five consecrated young men and women to our spring class.

A call for a class of this size has never before been made, but it is now possible because of the expansion of the sanitarium and hospital work, and the opening up of additional facilities in San Francisco,—the laying of the foundation for a more extensive work in anticipation of the great opportunities offered by the world's fair of 1915.

The sanitarium board has decided to open treatment-rooms in the best part of the city of San Francisco in addition to the Laguna Street Dispensary. This added work will necessitate more workers; but the cities must be warned.

Believing that “medical missionary work is the door through which the truth is to find entrance to the large cities,” and realizing the need of medical missionary workers in foreign fields as well as in the home field, we urge our young people to come now and enter this branch of the cause.

With a large four-story hospital connected with the sanitarium, those in the training-school have the advantage of a thorough preparation in surgical work. A laboratory course in gastric and urine analyses is also now part of the required work.

It is necessary that students shall have completed at least the eighth grade of preliminary school work.

The training-school calendar and an application blank will be forwarded upon request.

Read the testimony given June 1, 1909, in Volume IX, page 167.

GEO. THOMASON, M. D., Med. Supt.; MYRTLE B. HUDSON, M. D., Séc.

Change of Address

THOSE wishing to communicate with Elder E. L. Sanford should now address him at 238 Haywood St., Asheville, N. C.

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FOR SALE.—Eighty acres; two sets improvements; commercial orchard, bearing; ten acres meadow. Blue-grass lawn, shade- and evergreen-trees. Three miles from Cabool and Seventh-day Adventist company; seven miles from Mountain Grove, Mo. $3,000. Write J. L. Lowell, Cabool, Mo.

FOR SALE.—The following choice bulbs at prices given: Gladioli (mixed), 25 cents a dozen; tuberoses (excelsior pearl), 25 cents a dozen; cannas, 75 cents a dozen; caladium (elephant’s-ear), 10 cents each. If by mail, add 10 cents a dozen for postage on gladioli, tuberoses, and cannas; for caladiums, 5 cents a bulb. Orders will be booked, and bulbs forwarded as soon as danger of frost is over. Your patronage appreciated. Address Oakwood Manual Training School, Huntsville, Ala.

Obituaries

Belden.—Dorothy Celia Belden, adopted child of Celia M. Belden, was born Jan. 4, 1910, and died Jan. 15, 1912. Little Dorothy was an unusually bright and attractive child. Though never strong, she was very patient for one of her years. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, comforting words being spoken from Jer. 31:15-17. P. F. Bicknell.

Pember.—Linnie May Pember was born May 31, 1881, in Bowling Green, Ohio, and died Jan. 22, 1912, aged 30 years, 7 months, and 21 days. Her husband, four children, parents, one brother, and two sisters survive. Sister Pember united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church when sixteen years of age, and was faithful until her death. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. J. J. Marietta.

Fletcher.—Lois Mac Fletcher, the twelve-year-old daughter of R. C. and Bertha Fletcher, died Jan. 22, 1912. She was born in Williams Township, Bay Co., Mich., Oct. 18, 1899. Lois was a faithful member of the Bay City Sabbath-school, and was loved by all who knew her. Her father and mother and four sisters mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Amos 3:6. T. L. Thuemler.

Walters.—William J. Walters died Jan. 29, 1912, aged 77 years, 7 months, and 17 days. He spent the greater part of his life in Sullivan County, Indiana, where he died. Aug. 9, 1855, he was married to Lucinda Gambill, and to this union ten children were born, eight of whom, with their mother, are left to mourn. Brother Walters accepted present truth about fifteen years ago, and fell asleep in the hope of the soon return of the Saviour. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. A. L. Miller.

Smith.—Maude Mary Smith was born Sept. 11, 1884, at Brook, Ind., and died at Kansas City, Mo., on Jan. 26, 1912. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the age of twelve, and remained a faithful member until her death. She was graduated as a nurse from the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium in 1906, and her one ambition was to be of use in the Master's work. Her father, one sister, and five brothers mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by Reverend Frasier of the Presbyterian Church. Henry Smith.

Baldwin.—Aaron M. Baldwin was born in Shelby County, Ohio, May 13, 1844, and died Jan. 10, 1912, at Ottawa, Kans. Most of his life was spent in the States of Ohio and Kansas. Dec. 21, 1865, he was married to Susan C. Boyd. To this union were born three daughters and two sons, all of whom are living. In 1898 Mrs. Baldwin died. In July, 1909, Brother Baldwin was united in marriage with Emily A. Miller, who survives him. Twelve years ago he accepted present truth, and since that time has lived a consistent Christian life. The funeral service was conducted by the writer in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Abilene, Kans. W. H. Clark.

Briggs.—Died in North Dartmouth, Mass., Jan. 5, 1912, Prudence Miller Briggs, aged 89 years and 11 months. She was born Feb. 5, 1822, being the oldest of a family of twelve children. In 1843 she was married to C. C. Briggs. Sister Briggs accepted the Sabbath truth under the labors of Elder Joseph Bates, and was one of twelve who signed the first covenant ever signed by Sabbath-keeping Adventists. To this covenant she remained faithful until her death. Nov. 14, 1863, Elder J. N. Loughborough organized a Seventh-day Adventist church in Dartmouth, and she became one of the sixteen charter members. We can truly say that she lived a consistent Christian life. Two daughters survive. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, and our sister was laid to rest till the resurrection morning, when Jesus will call forth his sleeping saints. J. K. Jones.

Deetkin.—Eva T. Deetkin was born in Boscoville, Wis., in 1860, and died in Tempe, Ariz., Jan. 7, 1912. Four years ago she accepted the third angel's message, and fell asleep in the blessed hope. Her sorrowing husband returns alone to their home in Denver, Colo., from which place they came just one month before Sister Deetkin's death, hoping that the change of climate might benefit her health. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. H. G. Thurston.

Bush.—After a severe illness of many months, Ellen Agusta Bush died in Los Angeles, Cal. She was born June 19, 1831. Her father, John R. Porter, was the founder of the Scientific American. He was also an earnest believer in the religious views of William Miller. Mrs. Bush accepted the third angel's message under the labors of Elder W. M. Healey. She was for many years a teacher in the public schools of San Diego, and also a writer of some note. Her poems have been widely read. Emma H. Adams.

Wilson.—R. J. Wilson was born in Cumberland County, Illinois, April 1, 1874. In 1881 he came with his parents to Washington County, Arkansas, where he lived until he fell asleep in Jesus on Nov. 11, 1911. He was converted in 1892 and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Although he suffered much during his last illness, yet he was very patient, and often spoke of his trust in God. Words of comfort were spoken to the sorrowing relatives and friends by the writer from John 14:1-3 and kindred texts. C. E. Norwood.

Connick.—Mary E. Connick was born in New Brunswick, Oct. 24, 1824, and died Jan. 10, 1912. She became a resident of Humboldt County, California, thirty-five years ago. Early in life she became a Christian, and about twenty-four years ago embraced the truths of the third angel's message, to which blessed hope she clung until her death. Nine children survive. The funeral was held at her home in Metropolitan, Cal. The writer took from its shelf her time-worn Bible, and read to the sorrowing relatives and friends some of the precious promises that she had marked. S. T. Hare.

Reitzell.—Irene, daughter of E. M. and Clara Reitzell, was born in Wetmore, Kans., April 25, 1890. When Irene was ten years of age, her mother died, and two years later her father brought her to California for her health. Since then they have made their home in this State. Four years ago Irene joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Fresno, and hers was a consistent Christian life. She fell asleep on Jan. 24, 1912. Her father and many friends are left to mourn. After a few remarks by the writer, we laid her away in the Mountain View cemetery to await the call of the Life-giver. J. W. Rich.

Ingalls.—Teresa Anson Ingalls was born Aug. 6, 1847, and died at her home in Quincy, Mich., Jan. 5, 1912. On Sept. 6, 1864, she was married to Franklin Ingalls. To this union one child was born, which died in infancy. Sister Ingalls was one of the charter members of the Quincy church. She suffered greatly during her last sickness, but bore it all with Christian fortitude. Her husband survives. Rev. R. D. Freeman, pastor of the Methodist Church, conducted the funeral service, assisted by the local elder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, O. S. Thompson. Clarendon Thompson.

Varsaille.—Mrs. Angel Varsaille was born in St. Paul, Canada, June 8, 1822, and died Jan. 14, 1912. Most of her life was spent in the vicinity of St. Anne, Ill. In 1838 she was married to William Varsaille. They united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1872. Sister Varsaille leaves her husband, who is now ninety-eight years of age, four sons, and one daughter to mourn the loss of a faithful wife and mother. Her beautiful Christian life and patient endurance to the last assure us that she awaits the resurrection of the faithful. Services were conducted by the writer, who spoke from Job 14:14. J. M. Burbick.

Morgan.—C. F. Morgan died Jan. 18, 1912, aged 66 years, 9 months, and 24 days. In 1878 he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Smithland, Iowa. In 1902 he moved to South Dakota, and from that time until his death he was a member of the Ft. Pierre church. He was a true Christian, and a kind father and husband. His wife, three sons, and one daughter are left to mourn their loss. Emma Rahn.

Cutrell.—Lora Lee Cutrell died at the Christian Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 2, 1911. She was born in Carterville, Ill., May 17, 1881. At the age of seventeen she publicly took her stand for Christ. She accepted present truth three years ago, and was an active and faithful member of the Duquoin (Ill.) Seventh-day Adventist Church at the time of her death. She married Martin Cutrell June 6, 1904, and leaves a husband, three stepchildren, a sister, and two brothers to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by Brother W. C. Dalbey, assisted by the writer. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14:13. John E. Hanson.

Hackett.—Mary E. Tyler was born in New York State, June 29, 1857, where she resided until she was married to Harry Wells. They made their home at Pensacola, Fla., until the death of her husband. She then returned to New York, and later settled in Michigan. Oct. 18, 1906, she was united in marriage with Seth Hackett. In early youth Sister Hackett accepted Christ as her Saviour, and while living in Florida united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She died at her home in Sturgis, Mich., Dec. 31, 1911. Her husband, two brothers, and two sisters survive. Elder W. C. Hebner conducted the funeral service. Mrs. R. M. Harlan.

Gassaway.—Elmer Gassaway, while on the beach near his home, in California, Dec. 18, 1911, was caught by a large breaker and carried out to sea. His lifeless body, badly mutilated, was cast ashore by the angry waves on Jan. 8, 1912. At the time of the accident Elmer was 19 years and 6 days of age. About five years ago he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was an earnest Christian and an active church worker, and will be missed by all who knew and loved him. His father, mother, one sister, and three brothers mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder S. T. Hare, words of comfort being spoken from Isa. 57:1. J. W. Bressie.

Suggestions on the Care of the Health in Tropical Countries

In harmony with a vote of the General Conference Committee, the Medical Department has prepared a little leaflet of sixteen pages, written by A. C. Selmon, M. D., of China, entitled “Suggestions on the Care of the Health in Tropical Countries.” A quantity is being sent to the general office of each mission field, with the request that every worker be supplied with a copy. The little leaflet contains many hints which may prove of great value to workers in unhealthful climes.

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