— Great Britain is to send 30,000 more soldiers to South Africa.
— Former king, Milan, of Servia, died the afternoon of the 11th inst.
— The leading dressmakers of Paris are on a strike for shorter hours and higher wages.
— In Baku, Russia, 500 lives were recently lost in a conflagration of large tanks of petroleum.
— The proposal to increase King Edward’s income is meeting with bitter opposition in England.
— Reports state that Olive Schreiner, the author, and her husband, are prisoners in their Cape Town home.
— The public debt of the United States government, less cash in the Treasury, amounts to $1,094,595,878.
— In a battle at Tabaksberg Mountain, South Africa, the 11th inst., the Boers forced the British to retreat.
— Mormon missionaries have succeeded in getting Mormon books admitted to the public library at Reading, Pa.
— February 13 the plant of the National Glass Company, Rochester, Pa., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $1,500,000.
— Last year California shipped 22,000 car-loads of oranges and lemons, and produced 75,000,000 pounds of raisins.
— February 7 the Delaware House of Representatives passed “a bill to punish kidnappers of children by hanging.”
— Robert Arthington, of Leeds, known as a miser, recently left over $1,000,000 (250,000 pounds) to the London Missionary Society.
— The governor of Tennessee has signed a bill passed by the legislature, prohibiting in that State the manufacture or sale of cigarettes.
— In New York City there are 100,000 persons sick with la grippe; 100,000 in Chicago; 70,000 in Philadelphia; and 20,000 in Washington.
— In the opinion of General MacArthur, the election of President McKinley has not discouraged the Filipinos in their struggle for liberty.
— Anne Longfellow Pierce, sister of the poet Longfellow, died in the old Longfellow house in Portland, Me., the 25th ult., in her ninety-first year.
— The Swedish Congregational church of Brockton, Mass., recently voted to exclude from its membership those who would not withdraw from the various secret organizations.
— Maurice Thompson, the well-known author and poet, died at his home, in Crawfordsville, Ind., Friday morning at three o’clock, the 15th inst. He was born in Fairfield, Ind., Sept. 9, 1844.
— Judge Clarkson, of Omaha, Neb., a prominent Christian scientist, has “cast off allegiance to Mrs. Eddy,” and is “planning to establish a new sect with similar principles, but different applications.”
— Stirred by Mrs. Nation’s work, the citizens of Topeka, Kan., recently adopted an ultimatum, by a rising vote, that Topeka saloons must be closed at once, and all saloon goods and fixtures should be removed by noon, Friday, the 15th inst.
— A bill was recently introduced into the Tennessee Legislature “requiring that the teachers in all the educational institutions of the State shall be of the same race as the pupils.” The bill aims at the exclusion of white teachers from colored schools.
— Mr. Charles Langelier, of Ottawa, Ontario, has been offered a commission to proceed to St. Petersburg, Russia, “to examine papers bearing on the Alaskan boundary question, to strengthen Canada’s contention to a large strip of territory now occupied by the United States.”
— Count Seigey Smolianoff, inventor of smokeless powder, is a confirmed drunkard, and has just been condemned to the workhouse for three months. He was convicted in a Washington, D. C., police court, but showed no wish to mend his ways. He was at one time worth his millions, having received large sums of money from various governments for his invention, but at the time of his conviction, he could not furnish security for $500 for bail.125
— Anti-Jesuit demonstrations occurred recently in Valencia, Spain, the Jesuit college being stoned by a mob.
— Europe is beginning to see that the business supremacy and prosperity of the United States is due to the fact that this country is not so burdened with militarism.
— The religious question in the Philippines will be brought to a crisis if the friars are restored; for in that case many natives will leave the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, many are already doing so.
— Now that Russia has taken Manchuria, American dealers will be obliged to find another market for the cotton goods heretofore shipped there; for “Russia, like the United States, has a protective tariff, and does not allow the ‘open door’ in her possessions.”
— While other companies have made bids for raising the United States battle-ship “Maine,” in Havana harbor, asking from nothing to $867,000 for the job, Chamberlain and Company, of Chicago, offer to remove the wreck for nothing, and, besides, will give the government three per cent of the selling price of the material, in the form of souvenirs.
— Dixie Thomson, the “bean king” of Ventura County, Cal., raised 1,300 car-loads of beans last year. He says that “the bean ought to supersede corn as an American staple crop,” since it brings larger returns, is “surer, more hardy, more nutritious, and less perishable, … will feed man and beast, and is not easily destroyed by drought or insects.”
— Mr. Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia, a well-known philanthropist, “wishes that the religious papers could be brought up to the moral level of the Springfield Republican.” Commenting upon this statement, the Western Recorder says that the course of some of the religious papers “has done more harm to the cause of religion than a dozen infidels could do.”
— A depression of trade is sweeping over Germany. According to the Berlin correspondent of the London Daily Mail, “the mortgage banks are in a bad way, as is also the electrical industry. The iron trade is very slack; the wool-spinning trade is almost ruined, the cities are full of men out of work; and the calamity is so great that the magistrates have arranged for public works to employ the men.”
— Missionaries in Peking, China, have presented to the British Minister and the Minister of the United States “resolutions requesting them to see that former treaties protecting missionaries are reaffirmed, that the [Chinese] government should be forced to allow Chinese of any rank to accept Christianity without injury to their prospects, and that relief should be provided for Christian Chinese who have suffered loss.”
— Mrs. Isobel Strong, stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, is protesting against the establishment of an American saloon at Tutuila, an American island in the Samoan Archipelago. “Nine years spent in Samoa and eight in the Hawaiian Islands, have given her opportunities to see what liquor does when it is brought to the natives.” However, “the United States navy officials discredit the statements of Mrs. Strong.”
— At Beaumont, Tex., is a gusher oil-well, which, January 20, began spouting crude oil 200 feet into the air, at the rate of 25,000 barrels a day. It is supposed that this indicates that there is “a pond, or a lake, or a river, or something, full of oil, about a quarter of a mile below the surface.” Analysis of the oil shows that “it can not be refined into illuminating oil, but will make good fuel—the one thing which Texas needs to make it a manufacturing State.” This great gusher was partially controlled on January 16, and on the 19th the flow was stopped. Prospectors and capitalists are now rushing to Texas.
— It is stated upon reliable authority that the world is governed to-day by seventy-six rulers, and that “seventy-five of these are men, and only one a woman.” Of these seventy-six rulers “twenty-two govern as presidents; sixteen as kings; eleven as dukes; six as emperors; five as princes; and five as sultans. There are two khans, one of Baluchistan, the other of Khiva; two ameers, one of Afghanistan, the other of Bokhara; one queen, Wilhelmina, of Holland; one khedive, of Egypt; one shah, of Persia; one bey, of Tunis; one mikado, of Japan; one maharajah, of Nepal; and one rajah, of Sarawak. Edward VII, and his nephew, the grandson of the late Queen Victoria, William II, of Germany, are the only ones who have two titles—the one king and emperor, the other emperor and king.”
NEW ENGLAND AT WORK
By E. E. Miles
Monday morning, the 21st ult., I spoke in the interests of the canvassing work in the academy chapel. There seemed to be a deep interest manifested on the part of both teachers and pupils. We hope for some immediate results in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and in the study of this and other books for future work. We look to the academy to furnish a number of canvassers, as in former years. This school used to turn out a large number of canvassers. Why should it not continue to furnish many recruits for this department of the Lord’s army? We trust that it will.
Tuesday night I held an after-meeting in South Lancaster, following the prayer-meeting. Nearly all remained, and there was no lack of interest in the subject. One brother expressed his determination to sell his six books before the close of the week.
Wednesday night, in company with my wife, I attended the prayer-meeting in Worcester, where I endeavored to encourage the workers to persevere, and by the power of example to get all to work. I found several members, including Brother Lane and his wife and Sister Laycock, all alive in the work. Brother Lane is enjoying his work very much, selling “Christ’s Object Lessons” to business men. He had taken about twenty-five orders, and he has only just made a beginning.
Thursday night I led the prayer-meeting in Hartford. This church, I think, will be one of the first to sell its quota of “Object Lessons.” Every one seemed anxious to do his part as soon as possible.
Friday night I stayed at the home of a brother and his wife in Bridgeport, who have been in this faith only a few months. This brother is thinking of engaging in the work of selling “Desire of Ages,” and he is well adapted to make a success of the work, as he has had a long and prosperous experience in selling books. He feels that he ought to be in the Lord’s work. I think he will shape his affairs so as to enter the gospel field in due time.
Sabbath day I spoke to the friends in New Haven. Not all were present; but the few who were there gave excellent attention. Here we held a little missionary meeting before the regular service. Brother Leighton said he did not suppose he could sell a book, and that he had said this a hundred times; but he found it not at all difficult when he came to make the effort. He sold to the first three persons approached. He will continue to sell. Elder Clark and members of his family have disposed of eleven copies of the “Object Lessons.” A sister who was not present has taken six copies, which she has sold or undoubtedly will sell. We have no fears but that this church will be among the first to do its part, if others take hold with those who are already selling.
This afternoon (Sunday) we have had the pleasure of attending the meeting for Bible study here at the house of Elder Clark. Here again the book work came up, incidentally, and another brother took a sample book to work with. E. E. MILES.
AID COMING IN
By S. H. Lane
As has been reported through the REVIEW, the material, or big fund, which is being raised for the aid of the schools, is to go to purchase material for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” We are glad to report that what is being paid in on the material fund is aiding wonderfully. As was stated in the REVIEW AND HERALD last week, we have printed eighty thousand copies, and the Pacific Press has printed twenty thousand; making one hundred thousand in all.
The committee into whose charge the book was given has raised enough money to pay for the setting of the type; the making of several sets of plates, and the illustrations; and there has been paid, for paper, ink, and binding material, from the Relief of the Schools fund, nearly seven thousand dollars, with some money still in the treasury. About seventy thousand books have been shipped from the offices, and are now in the hands of the people. A portion of these books has been sold, and fully fifteen thousand dollars has been paid on the various debts of our schools. And yet the work is only well begun. If every one will take hold and sell all the books possible, money will come in, and the burden of the debt will be lessened.
Some of our brethren are making a real success of it. One brother at the REVIEW AND HERALD Office has sold about two hundred copies. The steward at the sanitarium has sold about one hundred and fifty copies. One brother in Nebraska has sold one hundred and thirty. Some of our ministers are becoming active agents. Elder R. F. Andrews, of Illinois, had sold, at last report, nearly two hundred.
These brethren take the book wherever they go, and, having read it, recommend it to the people. And in the fear of God, fraught with earnestness, they have no trouble in selling it. We trust that what we have seen is only the beginning of what we shall see. Who will not enlist even now, and prosecute the work until the great school debt is swept away? S. H. LANE.
HOW ONE OF OUR WELL-KNOWN EVANGELISTS TAKES HOLD OF “CHRIST’S OBJECT LESSONS”
Some of our workers have thought that they were wasting their time in canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” but one, at least, of our well-known workers, whom the Lord has greatly blessed in his labors from one end of the country to the other, feels that no work which God says should be done is too small for him to undertake. Elder Ballenger realizes that success in the work depends upon the possession of the Spirit, and loves to do the thing which should be done. To be able to say, “Come on, brethren,” is much better than to say, “Go on, and God bless you.” As ministers we must put our shoulders to the wheel, and lift with all our might. God wants men who will do something, and do it with their might. Less talk and more good, hard work must be our motto in the message. Let everybody read the following letter carefully, and be blessed in reading it:—
“Eastport, Md.
“Dear Brother Magan: Your good letter, followed by the pledge blanks, is received. As to pledges, I am not situated so as to help you in the manner you suggest. There is not a Sabbath-keeper in this city or in the surrounding country. We have been sent here to break the ice, yes, worse, we have been sent to a field that has been worked without success. Though we may disappoint you in the matter of securing pledges from the churches, we hope not to disappoint you in the matter of taking orders for the book, ‘Christ’s Object Lessons.’ We have thirty-eight orders on our list thus far. I canvass in the forenoon while Belle looks after the little girl and the housework, and she canvasses in the afternoon while I attend to the housework and other duties. We are running a pretty even race so far as orders are concerned, but at present I am a little ahead.
“The morning I began the work, I showed the book in six homes, and took five orders, and one request to call again, which resulted in an order later. Besides this, I had four seasons of prayer with the people. I am carrying the same spirit of personal work into my canvassing that I followed in camp-meeting work. I am having some refreshing seasons with the people. If the themes of the book are rightly presented, the way will almost always be paved for a few moments of prayer. Every vestige of the atmosphere of the ordinary book agent will be dispelled in this manner, and the dignity of the divine Teacher will accompany the work.
“Yours faithfully,
“A. F. Ballenger.”
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN FIELD: ITS NEEDS AND WORKERS
By George F. Haylock, Jr.
The Central American field comprises the republics of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the colony of British Honduras. The Bay Islands, off the coast of Honduras, are included in the republic of Honduras. The total population of this field is about four millions. The people are principally of Spanish descent, and speak that language. British Honduras, with the Bay Islands, and the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua,—formerly known as the Mosquito Reservation,—are exceptions to this rule. Most of the people speak English, and regard themselves as English subjects. The English-speaking people number less than one hundred thousand. It is among these people that, so far, the message has been sounded in this region. The workers have done their work well. Most of the English-speaking people have had an opportunity to receive the message.
Since coming to the United States I have found that Central America is little understood, even by the well-informed among our people, those, at least, with whom I have come in contact. At the Michigan camp-meeting, after speaking about the Central American field, one of the sisters visited our tent, and in conversation with my wife said that she was glad we came from the Bay Islands, and she expressed surprise that we looked like other people. It is taken for granted that the people of the Bay Islands are descendants of aborigines. The fact is, the people of these islands are settlers, representing several countries, chiefly the British West Indies.
The message has not yet been given to those who really represent the Spanish-speaking people of the five republics of Central America. So far as I know, not a single citizen of either republic, has accepted the truth. The field has never been worked. The method of procedure will have to be very different from that adopted in working for the English-speaking people of the coast and the islands. Among them, merely preaching the truth will have little results. The medical missionary work I believe will have the best results. If a medical institution, backed up by an industrial school and a printing press, could be established in the central state, Honduras, there would be a nucleus, from which the work could be extended to the neighboring republics. The Seventh-day Adventist young men in the islands would, I feel sure, gladly prepare themselves to take part in establishing the truth among these people if they had an opportunity, and were given help and encouragement. Our people in the islands have thought they could be only sailors, fishermen, banana-growers, wood-butchers, cocoanut peelers, etc. They have had reason for thinking this.
I am convinced that the young men of these islands would make acceptable laborers in any branch of our work. The only difference between them and the young men of the United States is in their surroundings, which do not stimulate ambition; and in their lack of opportunity. The establishment of the truth in these islands will be a great help in taking the message to the republics proper. The methods of work which have been successful in Mexico should prove a success in these republics, for in habits and religion the people are similar.
Although none of the workers sent to Central America have been able to start a work among these people, they should be given due honor and credit for what they have done among the English-speaking people. I would especially mention Elder and Mrs. F. J. Hutchins, who did the pioneer work, and through whose efforts the work has been established in several places. I am sure I am expressing the sentiments of all our people in that field in thanking the board, and Elder Gowell, who, I think, suggested the appointment of Elder H. C. Goodrich for that field, after deciding to ask Elder F. J. Hutchins to go farther south. Although it was painful to have Elder and Mrs. Hutchins leave, we are glad to find in Elder Goodrich and his family experienced workers in the cause of truth. Already they have won a place in the affections of the people. Success has marked their labors since going to the field. Brother H. A. Owen and his wife, teachers sent from Battle Creek College, who left the islands about a year ago, also deserve mention. Although they met with some opposition and lack of confidence on the part of the brethren, their work has not been in vain. I wish to thank them for the encouragement they gave me, and not me only, but all the young people whom they reached. We have a small industrial school, conducted by Brother Evans and his wife and daughter, from Missouri. At the island of Utilla, a school is conducted by Miss Winifred Holmeden and her mother, of Battle Creek. I pray the Lord to bless this field and its laborers. May some of our young people in this country prepare themselves, by studying the language, for active work in the Spanish-speaking fields of the world. I hope to have a part with them in the work. George F. Haylock, Jr.
NEWFOUNDLAND
By H. J. Farman
SINCE my last report the work has progressed slowly but surely. As in other fields, there are difficulties to meet and victories to be won. There are, however, many encouraging omens, for which we thank God. During the last year over seventeen hundred dollars' worth of books and more than fifty dollars' worth of papers and tracts have been sold. This has not only given work, but has also given an experience to many who would otherwise have missed a great blessing. There can be no work more beneficial, spiritually and mentally, than the canvassing work, if taken hold of with right motives. There is much self-sacrifice connected with it, to be sure; but when compared with what Christ sacrificed for us, how small are all our sacrifices! We ought to be thankful that we have an opportunity to have a part in the closing work of saving men from their sins by pointing them to the Lamb of God. The last year's work has proved that our literature can be sold here, and the interest with which some are reading well repays for all the trouble we have had. The fact is we have had no trouble, but have enjoyed the privilege of doing what little we could.
As the summer and fall are the only parts of the year in which canvassing can be carried on here, it has been an important question to decide how the interest already awakened can be matured. But one plan seems feasible—to send the people papers and tracts. This we can do once or twice a month, as dog-teams take the mail over the ice and snow to the different settlements. The people have plenty of time to read, and those who can do so are glad to get reading-matter. We appeal to those who have late, clean copies of our papers, such as Review, Signs, Instructor, Life Boat, and Little Friend, to send them to Mrs. E. B. Ayres, 33 Freshwater Road, St. John's, Newfoundland, postage prepaid. They will be thankfully received, and sent out to interested readers.
So far as accessions to the faith are concerned, we can not report as many as we should be glad to. This is seed-time, instead of harvest; and it takes the people a long while to become convinced that they are in error. A few here in Brigus are following the Lord, and others are studying the blessed Bible to know the way. There are several good openings for meetings where the people are calling for ministerial help, but there is no one to fill the calls.
Since Elder Giles was obliged to leave the island on account of failing health, the work which he began is at a standstill, and I have all I can do, holding meetings in three places. Is not the Lord putting His Spirit upon some one, and bidding him to go into the vineyard and work, who will come here and help us? No one need think it is an easy field, nor need any think it an exceptionally hard one; for there are as true-hearted people here as in any place I have been in. When they once see the truth, and the Spirit of God impresses it upon their hearts, they will yield to it as readily as do others. Educational privileges have been very limited in the past, and the people have been taught to rely on what their teachers have told them, rather than read and know for themselves. Of course this condition pleases Satan, and helps to hold the people in bondage, but when they are once free in Christ, they enjoy that freedom as much as any people I ever saw.
Any one thinking of coming to this island should14be in possession of good health, with strong lungs, and able to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Such will find as hearty a welcome here as in any place to which they can go. I will give any information I can concerning this field, to any one who is contemplating making this his field of labor.
H. J. FARMAN.
Brigus, C. B., Newfoundland.
CALIFORNIA
By John Norton Loughborough
From January 7-21 I spent in Healdsburg, attending the special eight-weeks’ school for the workers, which was being conducted by Brother Santee, Dr. Heald, and others. I had opportunity to listen to daily lessons from both Brother Santee and Dr. Heald. The lessons of the latter were designed to give to the workers valuable ideas concerning foods and their proper combinations, as well as instruction in the way to proceed with simple treatments in some of the common ills of the human family.
Brother Santee’s lessons were of a nature to call special attention to the fundamental truths of the Third Angel’s Message. He impressed upon his class the importance of presenting “the present truth,” and not being moved away from the “old landmarks” by a desire to bring forth “some new thing.” At the same time he gave important lessons on the Church, Church discipline, and Church work. It seemed to me that his class of over half a hundred were having a good opportunity to learn how to labor more efficiently in the message. As they go forth, trusting in the Lord’s power to work with the simple truth, we shall expect to see reports of success crowning the efforts.
While in Healdsburg, I gave thirteen lessons to the class, on the rise and spread of the great second advent movement, and how the Lord, by the gift of prophecy, has led in the rise and development of the Third Angel’s Message.
By request of the college faculty, I gave eight of these lessons to the college students, occupying the time of the morning “opening exercise,” of the school. The students were anxious to have this instruction, but were in their own college classes at the time of my lessons in the special school.
While in Healdsburg, I gave two talks in the auditorium of the church, to full audiences, on points of interest not treated upon in the classes. Besides this, I attended three meetings with students and others at the Students’ Home.
I could not but contrast the present situation in Healdsburg with the introduction of the present truth in the place, June 10, 1869. Our first discourse was given in a sixty-foot tent, which was erected only a short distance east of where the college and church buildings now stand. That series of tent-meetings, continued a little over thirteen weeks, from June 10 to September 12. On December 12, of the same year, the Healdsburg church was organized, with twenty-one members; others united soon after. A church of over four hundred members; the great Sabbath-school, augmented by the college students; the college, with its earnest, godly instructors, and so many devoted students preparing for the work, was to me indeed an interesting sight. In the church audience I still saw a few remaining of the first members of the church; but the larger portion are sleeping in the cemetery, in sight of our institutions. May we all, with those that still remain, be found ready for that glad reunion of God’s people which is so rapidly approaching.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
DISTRICT 5
By R. M. Kilgore
From the Colorado Conference, at Boulder, Prof. P. T. Magan accompanied me to Keene, Tex., where the session of the Texas Conference was held January 3-9. The churches were not fully represented, yet a good delegation was present, and the work was satisfactorily accomplished. But few changes were made, the officers remaining about as they were. The Conference funds were ample to settle all accounts with the laborers, and in some instances wages were raised.
Professor Magan’s efforts in the interests of the school and of the material fund for the book, “Christ’s Object Lessons,” were appreciated, and those present responded by giving, in cash and pledges, over seven hundred dollars. More will yet be given.
Having now a physician connected with the academy, the sanitarium enterprise was again revived, and over one thousand dollars was immediately subscribed to furnish and equip the commodious building that was erected for that purpose, but which, with its two lower stories neatly finished, has stood vacant for nearly two years. This step awakened new life in all concerned, and was a surprise to many others. A new board of trustees was elected, which set to work at once to plan and appropriate the stock thus subscribed.
The work of the academy is progressing in an encouraging manner. The teachers have all more than they can well do. A good class of students are in attendance. The financial condition of the institution is improving, and the prospect brightens as the plans for the different departments are being executed, and still more, as the returns from the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” begins to reduce its bills payable.
Elder C. McReynolds was present during the Conference, and the school board was enabled to consider plans which will have an important bearing on the future interests of the academy.
We were glad to note that the obligations of the tract society had decreased about one half during the past few months. With good crops in some parts of the State, and good prices, the future outlook for the canvassing work is encouraging. This will enable the society to free itself entirely. The officers of both the tract society and the Sabbath-school Association were reinstated. A full delegation was elected, and others will also attend the coming General Conference.
I go from here to visit the companies and workers in Arizona. R. M. KILGORE.
ADDRESS
Mrs. J. B. WALTERS, of 139 E. Seventh St., Erie, Pa., desires the address of a cousin, Mrs. Carra Howard, an Adventist worker in Kansas.
MONTANA, ATTENTION!
By W. B. White
The third annual session of the Montana Conference will meet in Butte, Mont., March 17, and continue one week. At this time officers will be elected for the coming year, and all other necessary business transacted. We hope to see a good delegation from all parts of the State. W. B. WHITE.
BIBLE NATURE STUDY LESSONS
Some who subscribed for these lessons may not have received the full set, which numbers 260. By addressing Healdsburg College, and stating how many lessons are lacking, you will receive the remainder of the lessons. The first edition of one thousand copies has been exhausted, and the book is now undergoing careful revision. It will be ready for circulation before the beginning of another school year.
PUBLICATIONS WANTED
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mrs. E. A. Gray, Pawnee, O. T.
J. L. Spraggins, Rockwall, Tex., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel.
Grant Priddy, Berlin, Wis., large number of Signs; also tracts.
W. J. Read, Box 309, Girard, Ohio, one hundred papers weekly to supply three racks.
S. K. Feeks, 2117 Congress Ave., Houston, Tex., papers in English, German, and Spanish.
W. E. Frederick, Box 342, Red Oak, Iowa, REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Sentinel, Life Boat, tracts.
A. B. Cheek, Harrison, Ark., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Gospel Herald, Missionary Magazine.
Maggie Southard, Woodward, O. T., REVIEW, Signs, “Is the End Near?” “Is Sunday the Sabbath?”
Martin V. B. Reynolds, Berlin, Kan., has sufficient publications.
BUSINESS NOTICES
WANTED.—A place on farm by man aged 24, to work by the month. South Dakota preferred. Address Daniel N. Stow, Lawrence, Mich.
WANTED.—A first-class head-sawyer to work in circle saw mill. Must be a S. D. A. Christian. Address L. M. Richards, West Sumpter, Mich.
WANTED.—A young man (28) desires a position as German correspondent or clerk with Seventh-day Adventists. Address L. Thomas, Linden, N. J.
WANTED.—To correspond with any one who has a boy nine to fourteen years of age desiring a home among Sabbath-keepers. Address G. W. Masters, Flint, Mich.
WANTED.—A place to work on a farm for Sabbath-keeper; or to rent a furnished farm, by married man with small family. Address C. H. Dryer, Box 21, Genoa, Ohio.
WANTED.—Two young men or man and his wife as self-supporting evangelists to help fulfill Luke 14:21, using colporteur wagon and tent. Write fully to Lloyd J. Caldwell, Arvada, Colo.
FOR SALE.—City lot in Battle Creek, Mich. Long time and nothing down if purchaser builds. Also small farm near Battle Creek to let on shares. Write for particulars to W. H. Littlejohn, Hume, Mich.
WANTED.—By a worthy brother and his five-year-old daughter, a home among Sabbath-keepers, where they can be together. He is handy at farm or shop work, but willing to do anything. Canada preferred, but will go anywhere. Moderate wages. Correspondence answered. Address Harry Rivers, Grape Creek, Ill.
Obituaries.
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
JOHNSON.—Died Jan. 9, 1901, of dropsy, Hanson Johnson, aged 85 years. Brother Johnson accepted present truth several years ago, and stood stiffly for it till death. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by J. T. Smith, from 1 Cor. 15:21, 22. J. W. SINGLETON.
INGLE.—Died at Conde, S. D., of cancer of the stomach, Brother Nicholas Ingle, aged 63 years, 4 months, 20 days. He accepted the truth about seven years ago, and rests in the hope of the first resurrection. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. ELMER G. HAYES.
SINNING.—Fell asleep in Jesus at his home in Titusville, Pa., Dec. 23, 1900, Brother George Sinning, aged 75 years. Brother Sinning, after accepting present truth, did what he could to give the light to others. Funeral services were conducted at his residence by Elder Morris Lukens, of Erie, Pa. A. G. WARNER.
BUCK.—Rubin L. Buck was born in Canada, Jan. 22, 1838, came to Michigan in 1850, and settled at Muskegon. In 1898 he settled in Wexford County, where he died January 19, being 62 years, 11 months, 27 days old. He had long been an Adventist, and died in hope of a glorious resurrection. Words of comfort were given by the writer. O. SOULE.
ALEXANDER.—Died at his home in Rush County, Kan., Dec. 14, 1900, David D. Alexander. He was born in New Dunham, N. J., May 17, 1848. In early manhood he was converted, and joined the Methodist Church, but afterward united with the Adventists, of which denomination he was a member for twenty-four years. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. C. W. GATES.
LUDLOW.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Gilman, Iowa, Jan. 10, 1901, of progressive paralysis, our beloved sister, Mrs. Amanda M. Ludlow, aged 77 years, 27 days. She was faithful in home duties, and loved by all who knew her. She did what she could to advance the Third Angel’s Message, and her end was peace, and a blessed assurance of a glorious immortality when Christ shall come. MRS. J. H. SEAGER.
CARSON.—Died at Glenwood, Ind., Jan. 6, 1901, of pneumonia, Nancy J. Carson, in the sixty-sixth year of her age. She accepted present truth in 1865 while living at Cicero, Ind. She was a diligent though quiet missionary worker, having circulated many thousands of pages of reading-matter. She attended the late camp-meeting at Muncie, and was made to rejoice in a great refreshing. Words of comfort to a large gathering of friends and neighbors were given by the writer, assisted by Elder S. G. Huntington. W. A. YOUNG.
Three New Tracts
By Mina Mann
Food: Its Mental and Moral Value
BY MRS. MINA MANN
Apples of Gold Library, No. 68.
A paper read at the ninth annual convention of the Kern County (Cal.) W. C. T. U.
A treatise on food from the standpoint of temperance work, set forth in plain everyday life. Price, ½ cent.
Someone Cares for Your Soul
By W. S. Sadler
BY W. S. SADLER
Apples of Gold Library, No. 69.
This tract was originally published in the Life Boat Series, and accomplished much good among the lost, discouraged, and downcast. It has been rewritten, and placed in the Apples of Gold Library. This tract has done a wonderful amount of good, and deserves an unlimited circulation.
Price, ½ cent.
Under the Law
By Milton C. Wilcox
BY M. C. WILCOX
Bible Students' Library, No. 163.
This tract has been issued in response to the continual demands for a short exposition of the texts now under consideration in our Sabbath-school Lessons. The different texts where the words “under the law” are found are taken up, and by uniting them, a flood of light is thrown upon the whole theme. This tract will be a great help to every one who is interested in the meaning of these texts, which are often misunderstood and misinterpreted. Price, 1 cent.
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