As the young people are an important factor in the giving of our message, our foreign fields need to give careful consideration to their education. From the very first, the brethren here have been anxious to train the youth of South America for the cause of truth, and it is now eleven years since the first school was erected, in the River Plate field. As the work became strong on the west coast, another school was started in the republic of Chile.
It is at these two centers that the young people’s work was first begun. There have been organized societies for several years in both these places, and very encouraging work has been done. Since the last union council, renewed efforts have been made, especially in organizing young people’s societies according to the recommendations and regulations of the General Conference.
At present we have six young people’s societies in our union, following outlines of studies much the same as in the States. Inasmuch as there are so few reference books of the kind we wish to in Spanish, it means considerable more work for our leaders, as a great deal of information has to be translated from the English or the German. However, they are engaging in the work with a will, and this will undoubtedly add much to the upbuilding and training of home workers for our needy field.
MAXIMO TRUMMER.
New Literature From Hamburg
By N. Z. T.
The Publishing Department of the General Conference has recently received the following new pamphlets and tracts from the Hamburg House:—
“His Glorious Appearing,” in Croatian and Lettonian.
“Tobacco a Poison,” in Bohemian, Esthonian, Hungarian, Polish, and German.
“God’s Way-Marks to the Holy City,” in Bohemian, Esthonian, Hungarian, and Lettonian.
“Is the Collection of the Scriptures the Work of God or of Man?” in Bohemian, Hungarian, and Lettonian.
“The Secret of Health,” in Hungarian and Polish.
“The Deciphered Writings,” in Bohemian and Hungarian.
“Shadow and Substance of the Plan of Redemption,” in Hungarian and German.
“Bible Readings” (pamphlet of 94 pages), in Lettonian.
“Sleep of the Dead,” in Servian.
“The Sinner’s Fate,” in Servian.
“The Rock of Christianity,” in German.
N. Z. T.
News and Miscellany
Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— According to the latest report, the population of the Chinese empire amounts to 426,000,000 people.
— The Panama Canal commissioners report that the canal will be in complete readiness for operation by July 1, 1913.
— The recent election in California resulted in the adoption of the referendum, initiative, and the recall, also woman suffrage.
— In a series of earthquake shocks on the island of Sicily, October 15, a number of villages were destroyed; twenty persons are known to have been killed, and a large number injured.
— The wireless telegraph operators in San Francisco and Japan have exchanged greetings across the Pacific Ocean, a distance of over six thousand miles.
— A dense fog that hung over Pittsburg until noon, October 16, was responsible for four deaths, and injury to four other persons, through-train and street-car traffic being tied up for more than one hour.
— High heels and hobble skirts, the Pennsylvania Railroad finds, are responsible for a large proportion of recent accidents to women while getting on and off trains and in mounting and descending stairways in stations.
— Old rail fences in America—if they are of red cedar—are to be held in high esteem. An Illinois farmer sold such a fence for about two thousand dollars, although he had supposed it good for nothing but fire-wood. The rails will be used for making lead-pencils.
— Chopped hair has been successfully substituted for skin in skin-grafting, by a French surgeon. The freshest or newest parts are cut into small pieces, so as to form a coarse powder. This is sprinkled over the wound, and a bandage applied. After a time a new skin develops.
— In a collision between a passenger- and a freight-train on the Missouri and Pacific Railway at Fort Crook, Neb., October 15, seven persons were killed and twenty-one injured. The accident is believed to have resulted from misunderstanding orders on the part of the freight crew.
— New York City's hotels are said to represent an investment of $275,000,000. In its “first-class” hotels alone there are 50,000 rooms for guests. One of these hotels has a refrigerating plant that cost $50,000, and a kitchen the outfitting of which involved an expenditure of $200,000.
— During the past twenty years more than eight thousand British vessels—an average of nearly eight for every week—have been lost at sea. With these vessels nearly twenty-three thousand persons perished, of whom about eighty per cent were members of the crews, and twenty per cent passengers.22
— At the recent convention in New York City of the American Manufacturers' Export Association, a speaker who had just made a 38,000-mile trip said: “In all the countries I visited, the greatest trade growth is to come from those bordering on the Pacific Ocean. We are in the best position to go after this business, and it is there for the asking.”
— Serious rioting occurred October 16, at Segni, a few miles from Rome, Italy. The populace, believing that the officers were to poison cholera patients confined in the hospitals, formed into a mob, destroying the town hall, and then rushing to the hospitals, rescuing, as they supposed, the sick inmates by dragging them out into the street. It was necessary for troops to be sent from Rome to quell the disturbance.
— Bayonne, N. J., has the largest oil refinery in the world. Oil from a quarter of a million wells flows through this station. There are now 55,000 miles of steel and iron pipes, stretching throughout the country, with pumping stations at every sixty or seventy miles along the route. The total storage capacity of all the stations is 85,000,000 barrels. Seventy million barrels of crude petroleum are transported annually from the wells to the refineries.
— As a result of the long-continued agitation over the question of teachers' salaries in the schools of New York, the legislature has passed a bill granting to women the same salaries received by men for the same grade of work. The bill was passed under an emergency message from the governor. Under this new law, the boards of education have full power to fix all salaries for teachers, but the law specifies that no discrimination shall be made on account of sex.
— The supreme court of New York State has decided that the application of a New York restaurant keeper for a certificate of incorporation permitting him to use the word “Hell” as the name of his restaurant can not be granted. It is refused on the ground that it would be against public policy to permit the use of a title or name which, “if not blasphemous, would hold the State up to ridicule and shock the sense of decent people. . . . It was unnecessary to put into the statute that blasphemous, obscene, or immoral words could not be used as a corporation's name. It is a fundamental principle that they can not be used.”
— Buried in a deluge of water cast upon them by a terrible earthquake in the Gulf of California, the cities of San Jose de Guaymas, El Palmo, and Ortiz, on the eastern shore of the gulf, were destroyed early on the morning of October 4. Other towns were terribly damaged. The tidal wave was preceded by a hurricane lasting for five days, and cutting off every means of communication with the outside world. For that reason no news of the terrible disaster reached the government officials until October 12. The local government of that region appeals for aid. The appeals state that from 300 to 500 lost their lives in the hurricane and tidal wave. Seventeen ships in the harbor of Guaymas were destroyed, and the wrecks now repose far inland, carried there on the crest of the huge waves.
— The public health service at Washington is conducting an extended study of goiter to learn, if possible, the cause of the epidemics of the disease which recently existed in various parts of the country. A locality in Utah was found where every woman inhabitant was a sufferer. An eminent pathologist is conducting the investigation at the laboratory of hygiene. Little is known of the cause of the disease.
— The International Society of Archeologists has a department for exposing fraudulent relics. In this country there are several manufacturers of bogus Indian relics, which are shipped to Europe as “genuine pre-Columbian stone implements,” and are so perfect as to deceive even experts. One concern makes a business of buying up poor but genuine specimens, and converting them into fine ones—changing a five-cent arrow-head, for instance, by making barbs and resharpening it, into a fifty-cent article that might be shown with pride by a collector.
— A serious uprising has occurred in the Chinese empire during the last few days, the aim of which is no less than to overturn the present Manchu dynasty, and to establish a constitutional government. It is claimed that a provisional government has already been established, a constitution adopted, and officers elected. Advice received through the revolutionists states that the provinces of Hunan, Honan, Hupeh, Kiangsu, Anhwei, and Szechuen are now in the hands of the rebels. The movement claims to possess $2,000,000 in its treasury, with an equal amount subject to call, and 35,000 troops with 10,000 more in reserve. The imperial government is putting forth energetic measures to meet the situation. Troops are being sent to quell the uprising as rapidly as the poor facilities of China will permit. It has placed a censorship on all news from the disaffected section, thus keeping the general Chinese public in ignorance of the situation as far as possible, in order that sympathy may not be created for the rebels. Newspaper correspondents have been refused permission to accompany the imperial troops. Already several engagements have taken place, with advantage thus far on the side of the revolutionists. The lives and property of foreign residents have thus far been respected, as the spirit of the revolt does not seem to be antiforeign, but a desire to bring about improved governmental conditions. At the present time the situation appears one of the most serious with which China has had to cope for some time. The spirit of disaffection, it is claimed, affects the imperial army, some of whom have already deserted to the insurgents.
The Chinese "Signs of the Times"
By N. Z. T.
Dr. A. C. Selmon writes from China that during the year 1908, the circulation of the Chinese Signs of the Times averaged only 3,000 copies a month, but that at present the regular monthly circulation is over 25,000. During the last five months the circulation has doubled.
N. Z. T.
A Note From Mexico
In sending his last monthly report, Brother J. A. P. Green wrote:— “We rejoice that this is not man’s work. The workers believed it possible to succeed even when everything is so unsettled, and truly they have succeeded. The orders for books came in so fast that the office had to order 300 extra copies by mail, and 400 by freight. May it never be said of the canvassers: ‘O ye of little faith!’ but may our faith grow and reach out for even greater things, whether times be good or bad. Pray for the little band in Mexico.”
The Watchman
BROTHER B. N. BROWN, manager of the periodical department of the Southern Publishing Association, sends the following encouraging item in regard to the success of the Watchman:—
“The October Watchman is certainly striking a responsive chord in the hearts of the people. Our large edition is going rapidly. This morning’s mail brings us one order for a thousand copies, and another for eight hundred copies. This is just a glimpse of the success the Watchman agents are having. Our October issue, as nearly every other issue thus far this year, bids fair to become exhausted.”
The "Signs of the Times".
By G. C. Hoskins
WE have recently received a report from one of our lady agents in San Francisco, which shows 29 hours' work and 788 magazines sold. A tract society secretary sends in a report from one brother, showing 42 hours' work and 500 magazines sold. In 36 hours one sister sold 430 magazines, and another sister working 24 hours sold 539. A lady who recently started in the work, sold 640 magazines in 45 hours. Seven young ladies working in Toronto, Canada, sold in one day 951 magazines. The best day's record was 200, and the lowest 78.
We rejoice over the good work which is being done. We have printed 45,000 of the October number, which is 16,000 more than were sold last year.
G. C. HOSKINS.
Encouragement in Recognizing Sin
NEVER let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are most wicked; on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light, and let us remember, for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till we begin to cure them.—Fenelon.
Obituaries
Pier.— Henry W. Pier was born Feb. 15, 1836, at Big Flats, Chemung Co., N. Y., and died Sept. 19, 1911, at Brutus, Mich. When but a babe his parents moved to Ohio, where his early days were spent. He was married in 1861 to Mary Bennett, and to this union were born four children. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the service of his country, but later, on account of sickness contracted on the field, he was obliged to return to his home. In 1885 he heard and accepted the truths of the third angel's message, proclaimed by Elder F. I. Richardson and Dr. H. S. Lay, and remained a Sabbath-keeper until his death. The funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church at Brutus by the writer, assisted by the resident pastor. J. J. Irwin.23
Blackiston.— John Harold Blackiston, son of C. A. and Sadie Blackiston, was born July 1, 1911, and died Sept. 20, 1911, aged two months and nineteen days. He was a beautiful child, and is greatly missed by his parents and other relatives and friends. He rests in the Rock Hall cemetery, awaiting the call of the Life-giver. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Nicholas Dreer, elder of the Rock Hall (Md.) Church. Roscoe T. Baker.
Wood.— Walter E. Wood, son of Brother D. M. and Sister E. J. Wood, was born at Carleton Center, Mich., July 16, 1886, and died at Lansing, Mich., Aug. 28, 1911. For three years he attended Cedar Lake Academy, but did not yield to the entreaties of the Holy Spirit until brought to his death-bed. Before his death he was reconciled to God, and received much comfort from the twenty-third psalm. His remains rest in Mount Hope Cemetery. L. G. Moore.
Hunter.— Died in Pontiac, Mich., in the insane asylum, Sister Julia Hunter, in the sixty-eighth year of her age. Sister Hunter united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Saginaw about eight years ago. Until her mind rendered her much of the time irresponsible, she was a true Christian and a firm believer in the third angel's message. She was laid to rest till the Life-giver calls the sleeping saints of God to come forth from their dusty beds. Wm. Ostrander.
Frank.— Died at her sister's home in Bulwinkle, Cal., Beatrice Frank, in her nineteenth year. In her last sickness she was converted, and a few days later was baptized by the writer. She had a sweet Christian experience during the few remaining months of her life. She leaves a father, mother, sister, and many friends to mourn their loss. We confidently expect that she will come forth at the resurrection of the righteous. The funeral services and interment took place at Arcata, Cal. S. T. Hare.
Vaughn.— Died in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 28, 1911, John Morace Vaughn, aged eighty-four years. Brother Vaughn was born in St. Louis County, Missouri. From youth he was an active worker in the church. About twenty-five years ago he and his wife accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith, and became charter members of the Harrisonville (Mo.) church. He took an active part in the distribution of our literature. Services were held in the Seventh-day Adventist church in Kansas City. V. Nutter.
Colburn.— Elvira R. Bascom was born in Ticonderoga, Essex Co., N. Y., April 28, 1844, and died near Loomis, Placer Co., Cal., Aug. 28, 1911, aged sixty-seven years and four months. With her parents she removed from her childhood home in New York to Michigan in 1850. In 1868 she was united in marriage to Mr. L. B. Colburn, who survives her. Together they came to California in 1885, where they have resided ever since. At the age of thirteen years, Elvira was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which she remained a devoted and loyal member till the last, dying in confident and triumphant faith in God through Jesus Christ, her accepted Saviour. William F. Eckles.
Pritchard.— Ellis Martin Pritchard was born at Kansas City, Mo., May 7, 1891, and died Sept. 20, 1911, aged 20 years, 4 months, and 13 days. He was the oldest son of Richard H. and Jennie L. Pritchard. About six years ago, he united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He had the assurance of sins forgiven, and died with the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Though life was dear to our brother, and he desired to labor for others, he was reconciled to death. His parents, brother, sister, and other relatives mourn his death. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the First Seventh-day Adventist Church at Kansas City, Kan., September 22, and he was laid to rest in Mount Hope Cemetery, to await the Life-giver. W. H. Clark.
Brown.— Vera, little daughter of Brother and Sister G. L. Brown, of the Middletown Sanitarium, at Middletown, N. Y., died Oct. 9, 1911. Her sickness was very short, and her death brought great sorrow to the sanitarium family. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Jer. 31:15-17. R. D. Quinn.
Armstrong.— Died at Soldiers' Home, in Grand Rapids, Mich., Sister Mary Wilson Armstrong, in her ninetieth year. For many years she has been a shining light at this large institution. Everybody knew her as an Adventist, and dearly loved her. She chose her own text, 2 Tim. 4:6-8, for her funeral several months before her death. Services were conducted by the writer, assisted by the chaplain, Colonel Stark. C. A. Hansen.
Feagin.— Julia Morel Feagin was born in Savannah, Ga., March 12, 1822, and died in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 26, 1911. In 1896 she accepted the faith of the Seventh-day Adventists under the labors of Elder M. C. Sturdevant. She witnessed the falling of the stars in 1833, and fervently loved the truth of Jesus' soon coming. Her greatest joy was the progress of the third angel's message and the evidences of its speedy triumph. She leaves to mourn, five daughters, one son, two sisters, and other relatives. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Ps. 17:15. Dr. Branscomb, pastor of the First M. E. Church of Birmingham, assisted in the funeral services. W. C. Wales.
Collins.— T. B. Collins was born in Alfred, N. Y., March 14, 1843, and died of Bright's disease, Sept. 26, 1911, aged 68 years, 6 months, and 2 days. When the deceased was but a boy of three years, his father moved to Albion, Wis., where Brother Collins lived until his death. All that a loving companion and kind relatives could do for his comfort and recovery was done. He was converted in early youth and united with the Seventh-day Baptists, serving them faithfully as deacon for many years. In 1903 he embraced the messages of Revelation 14, with all their associate truths, uniting with the church at Albion, and accepting the burdens and responsibilities of an under-shepherd, caring for the flock in a faithful manner until his health failed. His home life was very happy, meekness and gentleness being well-developed traits of his character. The family has lost a loving and affectionate husband and father, and the church a devoted worker. He leaves a wife and two children, with other relatives, to mourn their loss. Text, 2 Sam. 3:38. W. W. Stebbins.
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FOR SALE.— Cooking Oil, finest quality: Barrel (50 gallons), per gallon, 61 cents; ½ barrel (30 gallons), per gallon, 62 cents; 5-gallon cans, $3.50; 8 1-gallon cans, $6.40. Cash with order. Lookout Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
CHRISTMAS is coming, and we have 1,000,000 Bible Mottoes to sell. Size, 12 x 16. Special offer: 25, $1.50; 50, $2.50; 100, $4.50; 250, $10; 500, $17; 1,000, $30. Express paid. Spanish, German, English. Address Hampton Art Company, Nevada, Iowa.
THE Colorado Sanitarium Food Company of Boulder, Colo., can now offer our people the following rates on Cooking Oil: 1-gallon can, 90 cents; 5-gallon can, $4; 25 gallons, 77½ cents a gallon; in barrels containing about 55 gallons, 62 cents a gallon.
LIBERAL OFFER.— Highly refined Cooking Oil, wholesome and nutritious. Guaranteed free from animal fats and all other impurities. Superior shortening. Attractive prices. 5 gallons, $3.75; 10 gallons, $7.50; ½ barrel, $19.75; 1 barrel, $33.50. Purity Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
FOR SALE.— Furniture, fixtures, and lease of well-equipped sanitarium, with excellent opportunity for extensive business in city that shares running expenses of the institution. Ill health only reason for selling. Write, giving references to Marie Sahli, Fayette Sanitarium, Connersville, Ind.
ALL correspondence to the North American Negro Department, to the Gospel Herald, and to A. J. Haysmer should be addressed to 536 Fifth Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn., instead of to 61 Lindsley Ave.
Joseph Sutherland
By J. H. Morrison
JOSEPH SUTHERLAND was born in Canada, near Montreal, Dec. 20, 1839. He moved with his parents to Lodi, Wis., where he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Rankin in 1863. He and his wife finally made their home at Otranto, Iowa, then one hundred miles from a railroad. There the four children born to them were reared. One of these, Prof. E. A. Sutherland, is well known to the readers of the REVIEW. Brother Sutherland was trained after the strictest order, his father being a Presbyterian minister. He accepted the Adventist faith in 1873, under the labors of Elder Isaac Sanborn. In 1889 he sold his farm, and moved to Battle Creek, Mich., to educate his children, and there became connected with our denominational work.
When Union College was established, he was asked to take the management of that institution. He put his whole life force into the college, sparing no pains, enduring every hardship, even to the detriment of his health, to keep the institution in active operation during the years of its infancy, helpless as it was to cope with the trials of its early existence. It was his constant burden and anxiety day and night.
It was this, with his sterling qualities of integrity and uprightness, that endeared him to the faculty, and to the students, thousands of whom are now scattered all over the land. They loved him as a father, and their hearts will be touched with sadness when the news of his death reaches them.
He safely managed our institution through the panic and drought of 1893-95, while other institutions went down to ruin. Under the strain and burden of the work, his health began to fail in 1900, and in 1905 it was so broken he was obliged to resign. Since then most of the time has been spent with his children, and it was evident to all his friends that his infirmities were increasing with his advanced years. He passed through days and weeks of languor, but not any the less of suffering because quietly borne with clear sight, sound mind, and calm courage as he looked forward to his approaching end.
On the morning of September 27 he was taken violently ill, and realized that his time was short. He expressed an earnest desire to see all his family before he died. His faithful wife and three of his children were present to comfort him in his dying moments. He fell asleep on the morning of September 28, at his farm home near Lawrence, Kan. He was a model man, honorable, noble, and conscientious in all his work, a faithful husband, a kind father, and a true friend.
The funeral services were conducted by Elder A. T. Robinson, assisted by Prof. Frederick Griggs and Elder F. M. Burg, at College View, Neb., October 1, a very large and appreciative audience listening to impressive words based upon Rev. 14:13.
It is to be hoped that the departure of one who was so dear may better prepare us for the end that may await us. The bright promise to the faithful illuminates the darkness of the night when it comes. As the ties that bind us to this life are broken, and as one after another is called from our circle, we find ourselves better prepared to appreciate the hope of the saints.
We may miss the world's honors and the world's plaudits, but if our cause is right, we can be victorious even in defeat. The world can never understand the yearnings of a great heart that is determined to know and to do the right, let it cost what it may.
How fitting it is, after the toils and struggles of these threescore and ten years; after the battles and conflicts of this discordant life, to have a little while to rest. It is comforting to know that while our dear ones are passing through the valley of the shadow of death, they fear no evil. Soon the long dark night of sin and death will be over, and the trumpet-like voice will break in upon the sleep of ages, awakening the righteous to a glorious immortality. J. H. MORRISON.
Brother Hansen Returns from Southern Camp-Meetings
LAST week Brother L. A. Hansen returned to Washington from attending camp-meetings in the South.
Dr. George Thomason Returns to Washington
Dr. George Thomason, secretary of the Medical Department of the General Conference, is again in Washington.
Mrs. Plummer Returns to Her Office
HAVING spent the summer months at the home of her parents in Indiana, Mrs. L. Flora Plummer, editor of the Sabbath School Worker, returned to her office last week.
Fall Council of the General Conference Committee
THE fall council of the General Conference Committee began Tuesday, October 24. Important decisions will be reached during the ten days or so following, as the appropriations for all the mission fields will be made up at this time. The earnest prayers of God's people are requested, that right decisions shall be reached.
Heald and Palmer Return from Europe
AFTER attending conventions in Dresden and Friedensau, Dr. G. H. Heald, editor of Life and Health, and his wife, and Elder E. R. Palmer, secretary of the General Conference Publishing Department, and his wife, spent the summer months in Europe, visiting various institutions and general gatherings of our people. They returned to Washington last week, bringing a good report of their summer's work, and have again resumed the duties of their respective positions.
The Gospel Herald
By Editor
AMONG the papers which come to our desk from month to month, none is more interesting than the Gospel Herald, the organ of the North American Negro Department, published at Huntsville, Ala. Elder A. J. Haysmer, secretary of that department, is editor of the paper, with Elder T. H. Jeys as associate and office editor. That the important work of this department is being blessed of God, the record contained in the Gospel Herald gives abundant evidence. This paper is dedicated to a great and important work, and those who are leading out in this work should have the hearty sympathy and cooperation of our people in their efforts to give this message to the colored race. Twenty-five cents sent to the paper at the above address will bring it to any home for one year, and will give its readers enlarged views of the important work it represents.
Medical Question Department
By Editor
WE are pleased to announce that we shall begin soon, in connection with the Home and Health department, a question and answer column for those who desire information relating to practical health topics. This column will be in charge of competent physicians, and we believe will prove of real, practical help to many who are in need of medical advice. The readers of the REVIEW are invited to avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded. It may be necessary to give the medical counsel desired by private letter, rather than through the columns of the REVIEW. For this reason all inquiries should be accompanied by a stamp. The names of those seeking information will not be published. The name and address, however, are required as an evidence of good faith. No attention will be paid to anonymous inquiries. Address all inquiries to Medical Question Department, Editorial Rooms, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
Columbia Union Conference Committee Meeting
THE members of the Columbia Union Conference Committee are holding a meeting in Washington this week, and at the same time are attending the meetings of the General Conference Council. The council meetings are being held in the chapel of the Foreign Mission Seminary.
Morris Lukens Reaches Australia
A LETTER, dated September 4, from Elder Morris Lukens, states that he and his family had a pleasant voyage, having reached Australia safely. They are pleased with their field, and are thankful they can assist in the advancement of the message in that great island territory.
Baptism in British Guiana
From Georgetown, British Guiana, Elder E. C. Boger reports the baptism of ten earnest souls, with several others desirous of being baptized in the near future. A tent was pitched, and meetings began October 4. Let us pray for the work at this place.
Large Orders for Missions Signs
THE following night letter was received by the General Conference night after the Sabbath, October 21: “Orders received to noon to-day [October 20] for Missions Signs, total over 328,000, all mailed. This includes 18,500 for regular Signs list and about 8,000 to foreign fields. Eleven conferences have already exceeded last year’s orders. Expect numerous large orders after to-morrow’s meeting.” This last expression refers to churches especially considering the number of papers they will need prior to the opening of the Ingathering work next Monday, October 30. And “the people had a mind to work.” Blessed results always follow. The apparent interest manifested this year exceeds all previous years in the Harvest Ingathering work. All should plan to have a part in the work and share in the blessing.
Death of Brother Davis
Word from Mrs. O. E. Davis says she planned on leaving Georgetown, British Guiana, about October 15. Later information reveals the fact that Brother Davis did not meet his death by poisoning, as was first reported, but that he died of blackwater fever, after several days of suffering, having contracted the fatal disease on his journey into the interior. This was learned from his own diary when it reached his wife at Georgetown. He was apparently tenderly cared for by the Indians.
Pacific Union College Opens
AN excellent announcement of the opening of the Pacific Union College is contained in the St. Helena Star of October 6. The school opened with an enlarged attendance and with every prospect of a most successful year.
Articles Parallel Sabbath-School Lessons
Beginning with next week the articles from Sister E. G. White will parallel the Sabbath-school lesson scripture for the last quarter of this year. In connection with the study of the lesson, they will be found of special interest.
Joseph Sutherland Obituary
MANY will read with sorrow the obituary of Brother Joseph Sutherland, furnished the REVIEW by Elder J. H. Morrison, found on page 23. In the death of Brother Sutherland this cause lost a true, devoted worker.
Elder Lillie Sails for China
ELDER CHAS. P. LILLIE and his wife sailed October 25 from California for their chosen field, China. They have been waiting the sailing word nearly a year, spending the time at the Foreign Mission Seminary and in field work, and are glad to be off to join their efforts with the missionaries already on the field. They may reach China in a troublous time, but God will surely care for them.
Brother C. D. Rhodes Visits Washington
We were pleased last week to greet Brother C. D. Rhodes and his wife of Battle Creek, Mich., who spent several days visiting at the home of I. A. Ford and other friends in Washington. For many years Brother Rhodes was connected with our work, until compelled to retire on account of his health. He and Sister Rhodes will spend the winter in Florida.
Ministerial Institute at College Place
ELDERS A. G. Daniells, W. A. Spicer, and G. B. Thompson returned this week from the ministerial institute at College Place, Wash. An excellent meeting was enjoyed, a report of which will be furnished the REVIEW later.
W. J. Stone En Route to Virginia
EN ROUTE for his new field of labor in Virginia, where he will take the presidency of the conference, Elder W. J. Stone, of Indiana, with his family, reached Washington last week.
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HEADACHES: THEIR CAUSES, PREVENTION, AND CURE, by the author of “Preston Papers.”
Who can estimate its worth to millions of sufferers from this common affliction?
HOW TWO MOTHERS CARED FOR THEIR BABIES: WHY ONE SUCCEEDED AND THE OTHER FAILED, by Lauretta Kress, M. D., of the Loma Linda (Cal.) Sanitarium staff.
The first of three articles from the pen of this physician of wide experience in Europe, Australia, and America. Should be read by every mother interested in the successful care of her children.
HOME WATER TREATMENTS: THEIR RESTORATIVE EFFECTS, by G. K. Abbott, M. D., of the Loma Linda (Cal.) Sanitarium staff.
Many illnesses can be alleviated and cured through these simple treatments, which may be administered in the privacy of the home.
WHY A SMALL ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH SERVICES? A STUDY ON VENTILATION, by Mary A. Laselle.
Call the attention of your pastor, and of your friends’ pastor, to this valuable contribution, showing the relation between good health and good religion.
THE SCIENCE OF WATER-DRINKING, by W. W. Worster, A. B., M. D.
There are many things to be learned even about the common, every-day practise of drinking. Well worth reading.
THE HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES, by J. H. Neall, M. D.
A lecture recently delivered by this well-known physician. Tells us in simple language what arteriosclerosis means to the life and health of mankind.
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