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Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 47.

NOW, IS THE TIME
Earlier text: AN IMPORTANT CHANGE

POPLAR BLUFF (MO.) CAMP-MEETING.

By W. S. Cruzan

THE local camp-meeting for southeastern Missouri, appointed to be held at Poplar Bluff, October 29 to November 4, is now in the past. The weather was warm and pleasant, except the last day, which was made cool by the first severe frost of the season. The attendance of our own people was not large. Sabula, Glen Allen, and Poplar Bluff were the companies represented. The evening services were well attended by the people of the city, and good attention was given to the word spoken. The burden of the message was the necessity of living a godly, consistent Christian life in order to be ready to meet the Lord at His soon coming. The different departments of the work—the Sabbath-school, missionary, educational, and canvassing work, etc.—were given some thought. The privileges of this meeting were greatly enjoyed by the brethren. Three persons went forward in baptism. Elder R. C. Porter and the writer were the laborers present.
W. S. CRUZAN.

CHILE

By G. H. Baker

We began work in Iquique the first of April. Brother Balada remained until May 20, and I until September 1. Twenty-four persons were baptized, and a church of about thirty-four members was organized, also a Sabbath-school.
During my stay with them we studied the books of Daniel and Revelation, using as a text-book Elder U. Smith's work on this subject. These studies were well received by the majority, and there is a clamor for this valuable work in Castellano. We hope the translation is in progress.
Brother Davis, our only remaining canvasser, is thinking seriously of retiring from the field on account of his health. We need eight or ten canvassers for this large field. Will no one respond?
G. H. BAKER.
Valparaiso, October 8.

AN APPEAL FOR THE SOUTHERN FIELD.

By Leroy Dean

Christ’s injunction to us is: “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” In the Review of August 27, in an article entitled the “Southern Work,” written by Mrs. E. G. White, taken from Diary of 1899, is the following: “There should be a thousand workers where there is now but one.” That means that there is one thousand times more whitened fields already to harvest than the workers now in the field are able to reap. Will not much of the harvest be wasted if allowed to stand? For years God has been pleading with His people to whom He has given great light, to enter this neglected portion of the Lord’s vineyard; but many of us have been using the same argument as did the ten spies, saying there are great giants in the land, and we can never possess it. Brethren, can we afford to act the part of the ten spies in this most dangerous time? Shall we not say, with faithful Caleb and Joshua, “In thy strength, O Lord, we are able to take the land”? “All scripture is given,” “for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”
Thus the sin of Israel in not going forward and possessing the Canaan land as God directed them, is a warning to us in our relation to the needy Southern field. One day the Israelites might have entered; and the Lord would have gone with them, and fought their battles, and given them the land. The next day, because of their murmurings, the Lord told them not to go; but then they thought they were strong enough to take the land, so they presumptuously prepared for battle, and marched into the land, but were greatly defeated, because the Lord could not then go with them. The opportune time with them had passed, and they were bidden by the Lord to turn back into the wilderness, there to learn lessons of faith.
Here is a lesson for us. Over two years ago we were told by the prophet of the Lord that what was done in the South for the colored people would have to be done quickly, and where are we now?—Two years this side of that time. Does not this fact lead us to search our hearts; are we not compelled to ask ourselves the question, Has God been calling me to this needy field of labor? God has been calling for whole families to move into different portions of this Southern field; then, by precept and example, and a well-ordered industrial life, to teach the people not merely in the letter of the word, but to teach them how to build humble dwellings, and make a livelihood for themselves. The Southern field would be much blessed, and many hearts made to rejoice in the truth for this time, should all act intelligently in this matter now. Men of capital should move South, and start industries. Some are to enter the field as canvassers, ministers, teachers, nurses, and doctors. All these may find a part to act in this portion of the Lord’s vineyard.
Truly, the Southern field is a hard field, as compared with many other portions of the Lord’s vineyard. But there is nothing to be done at the command of God that may not be accomplished in His strength. My short acquaintance with the Southern people has been a happy surprise to me. I have found them a much better class of people than I had in mind when I left Michigan a short time ago. As a rule, they are hospitable. Many who have spent much time laboring in the South have testified to that effect. What we need most is more of the faith of Caleb and Joshua. The work in the South is to be taken up in a quiet, humble way. All should acquaint themselves with the Testimonies relating especially to the Southern field before undertaking the work. God grant that many more may consecrate their lives to the work in the Southern field.
LEROY DEAN.
Graysville, Tenn.

A TRIP NORTH.

By B. T. Walker

I was on a trip North last spring. Our church at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, is prosperous and flourishing. They have the best church school I have seen anywhere. The Smouses seem wholly consecrated to God's work. At Dexter, Minn., we have a fine little church with energetic, painstaking workers, and conscientious, God-fearing lay members. At Clifton Springs, N. Y., we have one brother, G. J. Stevens, who, for over forty years has upheld the blessed present truth alone. At Canandaigua, N. Y., and in the surrounding towns, Sister Lulu Wightman is doing a grand work for God and man. She and her helpers have built up several churches and societies. Christ works with and through them for His glory.
Praise God, the message grows grander and brighter, sweeter and better, every hour.
I had a grand time at Battle Creek, where I visited my children, saw many old friends, made many new ones, and replenished my stock of books, tracts, etc.
B. T. WALKER.

“THE KEY TO THE SUPERNATURAL.”

ONE of the peculiar signs in connection with Christ’s first advent was the wonderful activity among unclean spirits. What a multitude of persons in that day were possessed by them! When they cried out in the presence of Christ, they showed their expectancy as well as their anxiety. The questions they asked Jesus were a revelation. They said: “What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” Matt. 8:29.
It seems, too, as we near the end, we are having similar demonstrations. The efforts of modern Spiritualism are a repetition of the scenes of spirit-possession as they were seen in Christ’s day. They have succeeded more fully in their attempts to cross the border-land, and thus do away with the supernatural. As a sample of their claims as well as of their blasphemous utterances, we give the following extract. Speaking of “the key to the supernatural” one who made an address at the General Conference of Spiritualists held in London, England, several weeks ago, said: “That key is in the hands of the Spiritualist, who sees clearly enough that the man Jesus was a supreme medium, who lived so near to the spirit world and to the spirit forces that our ‘supernatural’ was his natural, as to some others it has been since, and may be again, and whose so-called ‘resurrection’ was only his supreme ability to present himself in a temporarily materialized form to his disciples. All this is to the Spiritualist perfectly plain, and what he has to offer is a perfect key.”
We confess that we cannot see that we are any better off with this new key. The speaker did not claim that he had it. In fact, he did not say that any one had it to-day. It seems that since Christ there have been, according to his statement, some supreme mediums, and there may be such again. There is no doubt but Spiritualists are looking for some one to come who will lift the veil and reveal the whole matter. Meanwhile we are willing to take the word of God as “the key to the supernatural.” We, according to that word, are looking for Christ to come, and not for a substitute. We are assured that He who, when here, could reveal and did reveal, will, when He comes, introduce the perfect state, when we shall see, “face to face,” and “know even as we are known.” We are willing to wait and see and know.

MAINE

By J. B. Goodrich

Since reporting last, we have held meetings in Washburn, Westfield, Blaine, Mars Hill, Dyer Brook, and Crystal. The interest to hear is good, and some are investigating. At Dyer Brook two were baptized, and united with the church. Our brethren are doing well in pledging on the tent fund. J. B. Goodrich.

NEWS AND NOTES

By A. J. B.

Leading Events of Week Nov. 10-16.

— The usual number of crimes this week.
— A new cable is being laid from Waterville, Ireland, to America.
— Municipal ownership of street railways is being agitated in Chicago.
— An earthquake was felt on the 15th inst. at Buena Vista, Colo.
— Miss Stone, the kidnapped American Missionary, is still a captive.
— Several houses at Erzeroom, Turkey, are wrecked by an earthquake.
— It is likely that General Weyler will be made temporary Premier of Spain.
— The town of Tower, Minn., is the first to erect and unveil a monument to Wm. McKinley.
— Episcopal preachers of Chicago denounced Sunday golf playing, in their sermons the 10th inst.
— The Cudahy packing plant at Kansas City, Mo., was destroyed by fire the 15th inst. Loss, $150,000.
— The headquarters of the National Civic Federation are removed from Chicago to New York City.
— The twelve buildings to compose the St. Louis fair will cost $6,750,000, and will cover 126 acres.
— A shower of leonid meteors was observed in several parts of the country the evening of the 14th inst.
— The Attorney-General of the United States is said to have “ordered suits brought against several trusts.”
— Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, German Ambassador to England, is replaced by Count von Metternich.
— Diplomatic relations are restored between France and Turkey, the French fleet having left Mitylene.
— Bulgaria is notified by the United States that it will be held responsible if Miss Stone is killed by the bandits.
— The independent biscuit manufacturers met at Cincinnati, Ohio, the 11th inst., “to consider the formation of a combine.”
— President Roosevelt is urged to include in his message to Congress, a recommendation to abrogate the present treaty preventing the ship-yards on the Great Lakes from taking contracts to build war-ships.
— Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, is very ill, and all her subjects are praying for her recovery. Should she die, the throne would probably be taken by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, her second cousin, who is heir to the regal title.
— The usual number of safe-blowings and bank robberies this week.
— The usual number of fires, wrecks, and other accidents, this week.
— The Russian and German ambassadors return to Washington, D. C.
— American cavalrymen disperse 200 Filipinos in Batangas, killing sixteen.
— The employees of sixty paper mills in Fox and Wisconsin River Valleys plan to strike.
— The Glasgow Exposition closed the 12th inst. Total attendance, 11,496,622. Net profit, $400,000.
— The English coast was swept by a fierce gale the 12th inst., causing much loss of life and damage to harbors and shipping.
— General Kitchener reported on the 12th inst. 63 Boers killed, 105 wounded, and 104 taken prisoners, since the 4th inst.
— Chicago complains bitterly of its poor telephone service. The only remedy seems to be the starting of a rival company.
— It is proposed that two burial corps be established in the Philippines, “to ship the remains of soldiers to the United States.”
— Two of the Leavenworth, Kan., escaped convicts captured the officers pursuing them, took their guns, and made good their escape.
— A car-load of California “honey” made of glucose, and labeled as “pure clover honey,” is barred from the Chicago market by the pure food law.
— Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, scores Governor Durbin, of Indiana, for refusing to honor his requisition for the person of W. S. Taylor, ex-governor of Kentucky.
— Detroit’s federation of Christian churches considers the advisability of taking “a religious census of the city, the expense to be shared by the churches belonging to the federation.”
— Supreme Finance-keeper Thompson, of the Knights of the Maccabees, Port Huron, Mich., proves to be “a defaulter in the sum of $57,000.” His bondsmen will make the sum good to the order.
— A dispatch from Escanaba, Mich., dated the 16th inst., states that five asphalt beds have been discovered in the northern part of Delta County, which are said to be “equal in quality to the famous Trinidad product.”
— A Camden, N. J., dispatch of the 16th inst. states that “the eighth death from lockjaw, due to vaccination, has been reported. Citizens are up in arms, and are openly defying the school authorities, who are trying to compel vaccination of all school children.”
— The work of making the new 16-inch gun at the Watervliet, N. Y., arsenal is still in progress. When completed, it will be capable of hurling its projectile twenty-one miles. This “largest gun in the world” will be mounted at Fort Hamilton, in New York harbor.
— According to a London dispatch of the 16th inst., Great Britain will conduct no further negotiations with either Kruger or Stein. Lord Kitchener’s “system of blockhouses shutting away from Boer attack 14,800 square miles of the Transvaal and 17,000 miles of the Orange River Colony,” is said to be proving effective. It is believed that the funds of the burghers are running low.
— Disguised as Indians, robbers entered the house of Michael Johnson, a farmer living near Hammond, Ind., on the 14th inst., and secured $178. They then burned his lips with a candle to have him reveal where the rest of his money was. Had not a servant girl in an adjoining room escaped, the robbers would probably have remained to torture the old man and his wife to death, so sure were they that he had $10,000 hidden on his premises. In these lawless times it is safer for one to be poor than to be reputed wealthy.
— In its issue of the 14th inst., the Detroit Christian Herald quotes the following words recently uttered by the Rev. John M. Schick, President Roosevelt’s pastor: “Anarchy is the product of disbelieving discontent, and it may point its pistol at the breast of one prominent Christian in politics, but God will always have another Christian in politics, ready to take his place; and when this happens at the topmost pinnacle of American politics, the country, in the midst of its deepest sorrow, finds confidence in her institutions, and is comforted because God has there a Christian man in politics.” But, look where we may in the Word, it is impossible to find any record of Christ’s being in politics.
— American canned foods purchased for the French army are found to be spoiled.
— Some Chicago boys admitted in court the 14th inst. that they had “formed a conspiracy to kill a truant officer.”
— General Uribe-Uribe declares that the Colombian revolutionists are fighting “to insure United control of the Panama Canal.”
— It is once more reported that negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indian Islands to the United States are “nearly completed.”
— On the 14th inst. the chief of police of Duluth, Minn., was indicted “for malfeasance in office in permitting saloons to run on Sunday.”
— In a lecture at the University of Chicago the 14th inst., Professor Laughlin “declared his doubts of the value of the classics in modern education.”
— Utah experienced some twenty earthquake shocks the 13th and 14th inst. Damage, $500,000; the damage in the town of Richfield alone being estimated at $100,000.
— Many vessels on the Great Lakes were compelled to remain in port on the 15th inst. because of a gale which had been raging three days. A number of wrecks are reported.
— The Secretary of the United States Navy, in his annual report, recommends “appropriations for twenty-two new war-ships, including three first-class battle-ships and two armored cruisers.”
— Dispatches of the 15th inst. state that the British Cabinet is “split over the Boer question;” that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is “harshly criticised by his associates,” and may resign.
— The American schooners “Nettie” and “Lottie” are seized by a Portuguese gunboat at Horta, Fayal, “for clandestinely conveying twenty-six immigrants who were trying to avoid military service.”
— During the afternoon of the 16th inst. Henri Fournier, the famous French chauffeur, “made a mile in his 2,000-pound gasoline automobile on Coney Island boulevard in the record-smashing time of 51 4-5 seconds.”
— Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts called on the President last week “to exercise his influence to secure the passage of the bill known as the ‘New Hebrides bill,’” the object of which is “the protection of the natives of the Hebrides and other islands against firearms and intoxicants.” President Roosevelt received Dr. Crafts with consideration, and promised to give the matter his careful thought.
— According to a Washington dispatch of the 16th inst., “the Isthmian Canal Commission, of which Rear-Admiral Walker is chairman, has completed its report. The signatures of the members were attached last night, and the commission is now ready to go out of existence. The report will be presented to President Roosevelt Monday for transmission by him to Congress. The commission is unanimous in its conclusions. It favors the adoption of the Nicaraguan route as the most feasible and most practicable for an isthmian canal to be ‘under the control, management, and ownership of the United States.’”
— A special dispatch from Atlantic City, N. J., dated the 13th inst., states that “a suicide club” has been formed in that city by a man from Newark, and that “the local society has thirty-four members, and over one hundred applications for membership have been received. . . . The by-laws state that once each year the members shall assemble at the place of meeting, and each member draw one bean from a jar. He who receives the black bean must, between the time of drawing and the next yearly meeting, commit suicide. A sum of money will be set aside to defray the funeral and other expenses of each and every departed member.” It would seem that there are already enough suicides each year, without any clubs to foster this form of crazy, gone-to-seed pessimism.
— In a test at Sandy Hook, N. Y., the 15th inst., the Gathmann dynamite gun proved a failure, while the twelve-inch army gun “produced results that may revolutionize naval warfare.” The test shot “drove a hole thirteen inches in diameter through a hardened steel plate eleven and one-half inches thick, and immediately thereafter, before the shell had got out of the steel cofferdam behind the plate, exploded, making a hole in the interior steel construction through which a man could run an automobile.” Imagine the effect of such a shot with its after-explosion upon even the best war-ship! The secret of making the high explosive used in this gun belongs exclusively to the United States. Since armor plate is now made as hard as possible, and as thick as the ships will stand, it will be of interest to note the inventions that will be made to counteract the effect of this new explosive. A. J. B.

Business Notices.

BRIEF business notices and “wants” will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over four, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.—A stenographer; steady employment; none but first-class need apply; Graham writer. Address Joseph Lambert, Battle Creek, Mich.
WANTED.—Assistance to send two children—a girl and a boy—to Cedar Lake Academy. For further information please write to Mrs. M. Everard, Stephenson, Mich.
FOR SALE.—The Beecher farm of 252 acres of fine fruit land, five miles west of Battle Creek. Can be bought now for $8,000, to settle the estate. Address Samuel Barr, Battle Creek, Mich.

The Relief of the Schools

The “Total Cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to date is $35,169.17.

Roll of Jubilee Singers.

Name Amount Name Amount
Roxanna E. Miller 1 00 O. N. & L. P. Whetsel, Scandinavian fund 2 50
John & Lydia W. Brown 5 00 D. Wood 1 00
John & L. W. Brown, Scandinavian fund 2 50 Mrs. Sarah Spinney 1 00
Mr. & Mrs. J. V. Mack 2 00 B. B. Lynton 5 00
Mrs. Mary Goldsmith, Scandinavian fund 1 00 M. A. Morrow 1 00
Mrs. Eunice Guild 1 00 Mrs. L. F. White 1 00
H. S. Cornish 2 00 F. W. Proctor 1 00
Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Rahn 1 00 Mrs. Pinkerton 1 00
Alice E. Price 5 00 Mabel Hatchaway 1 00
H. Perlick 3 60 Shearden Rayhill 1 00
B. C. & B. B. Tabor 2 00 Lucinda Francis 1 00
Ida M. Walters 5 00 Mary J. Rees 50
Libbie Edson 5 00 W. N. Perham 3 00
Frances Soucey 10 00 H. A. Jenkins 1 25
Ralph M. Wood 3 00 Martha T. Knutson 1 00
Mrs. Wm. McCollum 5 00 Emma Uptogrove 1 00
H. S. M. 4 00 H. J. & Irene Roberts 2 00
H. S. M., Scandinavian fund 2 00 Mrs. Nelson Simmons 1 00
B. M. Heald 5 00 Mrs. Josephine Gibbs 1 00
S. N. Ayers 1 00 Mrs. Josephine & daughter, Scandinavian fund 1 00
Mrs. Alice E. Pierce, Scandinavian fund 1 00 Mrs. Emma Etkinson 1 00
Fritz Guy 5 00 Rachel Straw 2 00
Mrs. Jennie Bickford 5 00 J. S. Hanon 1 00
R. H. Dames 1 00 Mary A. Kellar 16 00
Mrs. C. Malm 2 25 R. N. Houston 1 00
J. W. Emerson 1 00 Mrs. Albert Scratton 2 00
George Stow 5 00 M. Stephenson 1 04
Mrs. Julia E. Stow 1 50 Moses C. Davis 2 00
Mrs. Nettie Winters 1 25 Elizabeth Scott 1 00
Mrs. W. H. Dufur 100 00 Vernon Brown 1 00
Jessie Werfield 5 00 W. S. Randall 2 00
James Klosterney 1 50 Mrs. E. A. Shields 1 00
Mrs. Porter C. Dean 1 00 Rose V. Davenport 1 00
Geneva M. C. Comstock 2 00 Mrs. A. G. Hoover 3 00
Della Ryan 2 00 T. H. Dunbar 5 00
Hannah Penn 50
Amelia Wilson 10 00
Mrs. W. J. Wilson 50
A friend 10 00
Barbara Hilligoss 2 00

The Missionary Acre Fund.

By S. H. Lane

In a recent Review, Dr. J. H. Kellogg requested that the means accruing from the sale of the proceeds from missionary acres and gardens be sent to the writer, who is glad to state that he has received some means. The Battle Creek College property has been sold to the International Medical Missionary Training School Association, of which Elder Daniells is president; W. H. Edwards, secretary; and the writer, treasurer. The money received from the acre fund will aid in purchasing the old college property, and the new association has rented it to the American Medical Missionary College, which institution is constantly educating physicians for the denomination, to be sent everywhere throughout the civilized world to advance the gospel of health and temperance.
It is the only institution of the kind that has ever existed among our people, and is doing a noble work in training nurses and physicians to do valiant service in the field, and to stand at the head of our sanitariums and medical work throughout the entire world. No one agency is exerting more influence in favor of the truth everywhere than our health principles, and it is no more than just that as a denomination we take hold, and through the missionary acre fund purchase the Battle Creek College property for the medical college. The money received will pay off the debts of the old college; and as these debts are canceled, money will go into the hands of our brethren who have loaned to the college, and also go to the Review and Herald Office, which has stood by and loaned money to the college in its hours of financial distress for the last twenty-five years; and when the money reaches the hands of the creditors, it will simply advance the good work.
We would therefore ask all who have not sent in the money from the sale of produce to do so as soon as possible, and we can assure them that the money will be so appropriated as to help the medical college; and as soon as the debts are paid, the property will be turned over to said college. No object is more worthy of the property than that institution which is training a class of young men and women who are standing firmly in defense of the truth. Please send to the writer all proceeds from the missionary acres and gardens. Address Battle Creek, Mich.
S. H. LANE.

Have You Started in the Good Work Yet?

By S. H. Lane

Our printing offices have on their shelves several thousand copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” waiting for some one to sell them. Now is the time. There will not be a better time during the present season than just before the holidays. People are now looking for Christmas presents. A good book is a splendid present. Will not our workers everywhere recommend this book, and sell thousands of copies between now and Christmas? The book is going well wherever our people are working for it.
A worker in England, W. C. Sisley, writes as follows:—
“Last night on my way home I delivered a copy of “Christ’s Object Lessons” to a well-to-do shopkeeper. He was so well pleased with the book and the object for which I was selling it that he took four more copies, which he proposed to sell or to give to his friends.
“After remaining home a few minutes, I started out again, and made six calls, selling four books. It took some little self-denial to leave my cozy fireside, but I felt amply repaid, for by selling these books I have been able to secure thirty-two shillings for the school fund, comfort a gentleman who had just lost his daughter, encourage a struggling young man who is supporting his mother, and impress a worldly merchant with the uncertainty of riches, and his need of Christ; none of which I could have done had I stayed at home.”
The proceeds of the book in England are to establish a school, while in this country the proceeds will help pay the debts on our schools. You will note the missionary work that the worker did, as suggested by the preceding quotation. The work can be done in this country, and thus a threefold object be attained. When the book is got out, money will be brought in to help our educational institutions, and missionary work will be done. This indeed is a noble work. Reader, are you trying it? If not, will you not begin immediately? S. H. LANE.

A Splendid Opportunity for 1902!

THE Correspondence School for Nurses connected with the Sanitarium Medical Missionary Training School will begin a new class at the beginning of the new year. Lessons are sent weekly to students who are unable to leave home duties in order to take a regular course at one of our sanitariums. This is the third year this course has been carried on, and scores are availing themselves of it. Studies on eleven subjects are given, among which missionary work and the care and treatment of the sick are prominent.
The tuition fee is three dollars, which barely covers the cost of sending out the lessons, correcting the replies, and returning the reports to the pupil. The books required for this work are furnished at actual cost price. We shall organize a new class in January, which will continue one year (some finish in six months), and shall be glad to hear from all who are interested. A descriptive circular, giving full particulars, also testimonials from those who have taken the course, will be sent free on application.
Address Cor. Dept. Sanitarium Training School, Battle Creek, Mich.

Foods Free!

The undersigned happen to have on hand some No. 2 grade cereal foods they are willing to send out free to needy and worthy persons. So long as the foods last, we shall be pleased to send them out, one or two cases at a shipment, to be divided, without cost, among those who may be in need of the foods, and are not in position to pay for them. We would prefer to receive orders through the elder of the church or the church clerk. The foods are perfectly wholesome and as nutritious as any, but do not happen to be quite up to the grade that we are putting on the market. Address the Sanitas Nut Food Co., Battle Creek, Mich.

Address.

The address of Elder H. W. Herrell is now Twenty-fifth and Clay Sts., Richmond, Va.

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—*Jesus

Obituaries

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—*Jesus

Abbott.—Died at her home in Almond, Wis., Nov. 6, 1901, Sister Delilah Abbott. She was born in Akron, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1824. She accepted present truth twenty years ago, and was a firm believer in the second coming of Christ. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from John 11:25, to a large concourse of people. Swin Swinson.
Cummings.—Died at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. H. N. Truesdell, Port Huron, Mich., Oct. 16, 1901, Hattie Cummings, aged 32 years. She had been a great sufferer for the past twelve years, and during that time her life has shown the most beautiful traits of Christian character. Among her last words were, “Jesus is mine; I am thankful for that.”
Irish.—Died at East Olean, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1901, Bennie W. Irish, son of N. Wardner and Ida Wightman Irish, aged 23 years. For four years he had had consumption, and the last six months was a great sufferer from an abscess. He was very patient, and died trusting in the Lord. By his request W. D. Burdick, pastor of the Nile Seventh-day Baptist church, preached the funeral sermon from 1 John 3:1, 2,—words frequently referred to by Bennie during his sickness. W. D. Burdick.
Loyd.—Died at her home in Princeton, Ill., Sept. 12, 1901, of pneumonia, Sister H. N. Loyd. She had been very feeble for some years, and we were all happily surprised to meet her on the ground at the recent Kankakee camp-meeting. She was, as ever, rejoicing in the keeping power of God. As an Adventist she stood alone in her family and town, but her light shone bright. Upon inquiry, her son wrote me that “she died as she had lived.” That being true, she sleeps in Jesus. W. D. Curtis.
Stephens.—Died at Island Falls, Me., Oct. 30, 1901, of consumption, Cosena E. Stephens, aged 25 years, 8 months, and 29 days. She accepted present truth several years ago, was faithful in the service of the Master, and died in the triumphs of faith. She leaves a husband and two small children, a loving father and mother, and several brothers and sisters to mourn their loss. May the Lord comfort their hearts. Remarks at the funeral were made by the writer, from John 11:23. J. B. Goodrich.
Alway.—Died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mankato, Minn., of a complication of ailments resulting from an operation for appendicitis, Emma May Alway, of Eagle Lake, Minn. She was next to the youngest of seven sisters. There were also two brothers, one of whom is Elder W. A. Alway, of Ogden, Utah. Emma’s life was one of quiet, unselfish service for others. Although not having made a public profession, a few hours before her death she expressed herself as being sure she loved Jesus, and that He was her Saviour. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder O. O. Bernstein and Elder Elijah Hale (Methodist). M. B. Van Kirk.
Morrill.—Died, Oct. 26, 1901, of internal abscess, Sister Sarah Morrill, wife of Brother Simeon Morrill, of Janesville, Minn., aged 75 years, 7 months, 22 days. Sister Morrill was a native of Vermont, having been born in Waterville, in 1826. She, with her husband, Simeon Morrill, came to Wisconsin in 1850, and then to Minnesota in 1862. While living in Wisconsin, they both accepted the Third Angel’s Message, in the faith of which Sister Morrill died. She leaves her aged companion, and four sons and a daughter, with their families. Her last resting place is in the beautiful cemetery at Janesville; and we hope that when the Life-giver shall appear, she will come forth to enjoy life everlasting. Words of comfort were drawn from Job 14:14. M. B. Van Kirk.
Van Deusen.—Brother J. S. Van Deusen was born in Vergennes, Mich., Dec. 6, 1840. He peacefully passed away in death in Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 28, 1901, aged 60 years, 9 months, and 22 days. About the age of twenty-one he, with his elder brother, Elder E. Van Deusen, accepted the Third Angel’s Message, the Lord’s great work of truth for our time. He never gave up his faith in the great principles of this message, though at times somewhat discouraged. Several weeks before his death he had a bright experience, renewed his covenant with God, and found peace and acceptance. In his failing health he bore his suffering with patience. He leaves a wife, two daughters, and one son to mourn, but not without hope. Funeral services were held in the Tabernacle, and burial took place at Oakhill Cemetery, Sept. 30, 1901. I. D. Van Horn.
Craw.—Died at his home at Sadorus, Ill., Aug. 24, 1901, Brother Alvah Craw. Brother Craw was born July 20, 1820, consequently at his death was 81 years, 1 month, and 4 days of age. But few men are more true to principle and more upright than was Brother Craw. For many years after his conversion, he and his companion were associated with the Baptist Church. More than twenty years ago he became acquainted with the views of Seventh-day Adventists and heartily accepted them, and remained faithful and true to them until the day of his death. He was liberal with his means toward the cause of God, and his children were taught in the way of righteousness. His home was the home of the ministers and many worn pilgrims who chanced to stop underneath his roof. He leaves to mourn a loving companion, three sons, and three daughters, and a number of grandchildren. Among his children is Sister G. W. Baber. His funeral was so well attended that the large Methodist church of his town was not able to seat the people. All his children were present, and as we laid him away to rest, we did so with the expectation of meeting him in the swiftly approaching resurrection morn. S. H. Lane.

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