p. 22 | Review and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 20. (5/14/1914)

Earlier text: On the Raising of Boys

Camp Meetings

CENTRAL UNION

Nebraska, Seward ......... June 4-14

Wyoming, Edgemont, S. Dak.....June 11-21

COLUMBIA UNION

West Pennsylvania, Homestead Park, Pittsburgh ............. June 11-21

New Jersey, Camden ...... June 25 to July 5

EASTERN CANADIAN UNION

Maritime, Moncton, New Brunswick..... ..................... June 4-14

Quebec, South Stukely ...... June 16-23

Ontario, Oshawa .........June 25 to July 5

LAKE UNION

East Michigan, Orion ........ June 11-21

Wisconsin, Wausau ......... June 18-28

NORTHERN UNION

Iowa, Des Moines ......... May 28 to June 7

Minnesota, St. Paul ........ June 4-14

South Dakota, Huron ....... June 12-21

North Dakota, Jamestown ...... June 22-28

NORTH PACIFIC UNION

Southern Oregon, Roseburg, 1164 Military St. .................. May 14-25

Southern Idaho, Weiser.....May 28 to June 7

Upper Columbia, Pasco ........ June 4-14

PACIFIC UNION

Northern California (local), Chico, May 12-18

Northern California, Sacramento .. June 10-21

California, Oakland ....... June 23 to July 5

Southern California, near Los Angeles... ...................... Aug. 3-16

Utah ................... Aug. 23-30

Arizona ................ Oct. 8-18

SOUTHERN UNION

Tennessee River, Jackson ........ July 10-20

Mississippi, Jackson....... July 23 to Aug. 2

Louisiana .............. July 31 to Aug. 9

Alabama, Montgomery ......... Aug. 7-17

Kentucky, Nicholasville ....... Aug. 20-30

SOUTHWESTERN UNION

South Texas, Houston ...... July 23 to Aug. 3

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION

British Columbia, Coquitlam ...... June 2- 7

British Columbia, Vernon ....... June 9-14

Alberta, Red Deer ......... June 18-28

Saskatchewan .......... June 25 to July 5

Manitoba .............. July 2-12

A Happy Meeting

By T. G. Belton

While canvassing for "Bible Readings" last summer in a pretty little village in Westmoreland, I was asked if I had seen a certain Mr. S—, a signalman, and an occasional preacher and church worker. I had not, but it was not long before I made my way along the line to the signal box where he was on duty. I had no sooner introduced myself and my book than he surprised me with the question, "Which day do you keep as the Sabbath?" "The seventh," I replied. "So do I," was his unexpected response, as he dipped into his bunker for a battered copy of an edition of "Bible Readings" published about thirty years ago. This book had been given him by a relative who had been over on a visit from Australia. This gentleman had also spoken to Mr. S— about the Bible Sabbath and other subjects, and his words proved to be seed sown in good ground; for Mr. S— studied his "Bible Readings" and his Bible, and as a result accepted many Bible truths which previously he had not understood. One of these was baptism. There was a Baptist church in the village, whose baptistery had not been called into use for about thirteen years, and Mr. S—, on learning the Bible teaching concerning baptism, went to the Baptist minister and arranged to be baptized. The baptism was a great event, the villagers assembling to listen to a rousing sermon on baptism. A paragraph was devoted to the event in the county newspaper. The example of Mr. S— was followed by his mother, two sisters, and two or three other persons.

In his employment as a signalman, however, he had to be on duty on Saturday; but he excused himself on the ground that when he was a Sunday keeper he sometimes had to work on Sunday. But he gradually came to see more and more that he ought to stand out boldly and keep the Sabbath under all circumstances; and since my interview with him, having been offered work in Australia by the relative who had visited him, he has sold his home, and with his mother and sisters has sailed to his new home beyond the seas, where he will have liberty to keep the Sabbath.

T. G. BELTON.

Southern Idaho Conference Association

NOTICE is hereby given that the seventh annual meeting of the constituency of the Southern Idaho Conference Association will be at Weiser, Idaho, on the camp ground, June 1, 1914, at 10 A. M., for the election of a board of trustees, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

J. J. NETHERY, President; T. L. COPELAND, Secretary.

South Dakota Conference Association

THE regular annual session of the South Dakota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is hereby called to meet on the camp ground in Huron, S. Dak., Tuesday, June 16, at 11 A. M., for the purpose of electing a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as the constituency may desire.

C. M. BABCOCK, President; I. G. ORTNER, Secretary.

Minnesota Conference Association

ThE Minnesota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, Incorporated, is called to convene on the camp ground in St. Paul, Minn., at 9:30 A. M., June 11, 1914, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting other necessary business. Credited delegates to the conference are delegates to the association.

G. W. Wells, President; H. R. Gay, Secretary.

Eastern Canadian Union Conference

NOTICE is hereby given that the seventh biennial session of the Eastern Canadian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Moncton, New Brunswick, June 4-14, for the election of officers for the ensuing biennial term, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it.

M. N. CAMPBELL, President; T. D. GIBSON, Secretary.

Notes From the "Signs" Office

By Editor

THE list continues to grow, and is now 20,060. It has been a steady climb for the past six months. It indicates somewhat the real missionary spirit that is coming in among our people; for as they plan their work, they naturally look to our good pioneer missionary paper for something to use. The Signs is our missionary, our servant for reaching our friends with the truth. How ably it is demonstrating its ability to help us! It is worthy of more of our confidence.

Back numbers of the Signs weekly are no more obtainable. The rapidly increasing list exhausts every edition, with the exception of a few copies. This is as it should be. In planning your missionary work with the Signs, count on using the very latest and most up-to-date copies.

If we only had the room to tell you of the many splendid articles already in the hands of the editors, and the many, many others coming,—a steady stream of the very best there is, going out each week in our pioneer missionary paper! A real treasure! The leaders in this great movement are the ones who are making the Signs. Notice their articles. What could be better to send to your friends?

Now comes the call again to sell the Signs weekly at five cents a copy. Thousands of copies were sold in this way before our magazines were started. Since then the magazines have had the field, and have become well established, and now our people are inquiring for a five-cent journal. A good plan is to establish a regular route, collecting a month's subscription at twenty cents, or a three months' subscription at fifty cents, and deliver the paper each week, always endeavoring, of course, to secure renewals for a longer period. The paper costs you two and one-half cents a copy. This is a splendid opportunity for the boys and girls, and also older people.

The Portland (Oregon) church holds the record. They are setting a lively pace for missionary work; and it is no spasmodic effort, but is setting in for a good, long, hard, steady pull for the finishing of the work in that large city. At the present time they are using over six hundred copies of the Signs, and the best part of it is that over half of them are going to individuals in clubs of five. This means that about sixty members of this church are using five copies of the Signs in personal work. This is the kind of effort that counts, and while they have seen some splendid results there, we are confident that this means bigger things for them.

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The June "Watchman"

A STRIKING cover design, two leading articles by our editor, and a number of the latest views illustrating the Mexican situation will make the June Watchman one of the very best numbers ever published.

The cover design is one of the most striking that has ever appeared on the Watchman. It is a reproduction of a photograph in two colors of one of our largest battleships preparing to sail for Mexican waters. Our editor has two leading articles in this issue,—one on the conditions in Mexico, the other, "Are We Entering Perilous Times?" A beautiful cover design and these two leading articles and a number of appropriate views give the June Watchman four clinching selling points. A few other articles in this excellent number are:—

"Religion at the Panama Canal."

"The Real Issue in Ireland."

"The Right of Free Speech."

"Predestination."

"Will the Coming of Christ Be Secret?"

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Upper Columbia Mission Society

THE sixteenth annual session of the Upper Columbia Mission Society of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference at Pasco, Wash., June 4-14, for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the society at this time. All accredited delegates to the conference are delegates to this body. The first meeting will be held on June 10, 1914, at 10 A. M. P. A. HANSON, President; E. W. CATLIN, Secretary.

New Brunswick Legal Association

By J. A. Strickland

ThE annual meeting of The Executive Board of the Province of New Brunswick in connection with the Seventh-day Adventist Church of the Maritime Provinces, will be held in connection with the Maritime Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at Moncton, New Brunswick, Thursday, June 11, at 10 A. M.

J. A. STRICKLAND, Secretary.

Northern California Conference

THE fifth annual session of the Northern California Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp ground in Sacramento, Cal., June 10, 1914, at 9 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the delegates. Each church is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and to one additional delegate for each twenty members. The executive committee, ordained ministers, and representatives of the Pacific Union Conference, of the North American Division Conference, and of the General Conference are delegates at large.

C. L. Taggart, President; Verah MacPherson, Secretary.

Northern California Conference Association

The fifth annual meeting of the constituents of the Northern California Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated under the law of the State of California, will convene on the camp ground at Sacramento, Cal., Monday, June 15, 1914, at 10 A. M., for the election of the board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the session.

C. L. Taggart, President; Verah MacPherson, Secretary.

California Conference

THE forty-third annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Oakland, Cal., June 23 to July 5, 1914, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as shall come before the meeting. The first meeting will be called at 10 A. M., Tuesday, June 23.

E. W. FARNSWORTH, President; CLAUDE CONARD, Secretary.

California Conference Association

THE eighteenth annual meeting of the California Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the forty-third session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at Oakland, Cal., June 23 to July 5, 1914, for the election of a board of seven trustees for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The first meeting will be called at 3 P. M., Wednesday, June 24.

E. W. Farnsworth, President; Claude Conard, Secretary.

The Maritime Conference

ThE twelfth annual session of the Maritime Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the general meeting at Moncton, New Brunswick, June 4-14, 1914, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. First session will be held at 10 A. M., Friday, June 5.

M. M. HARE, President; LULU VAN BUSKIRK, Secretary.

East Michigan Conference Association

ThE annual meeting of the East Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Orion camp ground, Orion, Mich., in connection with the annual conference, June 11-21, 1914. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Monday, June 15, 1914, at 10 A. M.

Wm. Guthrie, President; Daniel Wood, Secretary.

East Michigan Conference

THE twelfth annual session of the East Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting on the Orion camp ground, Orion, Mich., June 11-21, 1914. The first meeting will be called at 10 A. M., Friday, June 12. The session is called for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, and for transacting any other business that may properly come before the conference.

WM. GUTHRIE, President; TILLIE E. BARR, Secretary.

Nebraska Conference Association

ThE regular meeting of the Nebraska Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (a legal corporation) will be held on the camp ground in Seward, Nebr., Monday, June 8, 1914, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers, and the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

J. W. CHRISTIAN, President;\nANNA M. PETERSON, Secretary.

An Advance Step

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6. Sabbath in History	- .50
7. Capital and Labor	- .25
8. Here and Hereafter	- .25
9. Bible Footlights	- .35
10. Our Paradise Home	- .15
11. Religious Liberty in America	- .35

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ALMOST Submerged

Could Uncle Sam by legislation put an end to storms and water-floods that are so destructive to life and property, how quickly he would do so. Yet his wheels of legislation move slowly in putting an end to the liquor business, which destroys more homes, takes more lives, and costs more money than do storms and tornadoes. The

Temperance Instructor

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THE LIQUOR BUSINESS WILL DECREASE

Death of Mrs. Delia A. Thompson

By Editor

ON Sabbath morning, May 2, Mrs. Delia A. Thompson, wife of Elder George B. Thompson, was stricken by death. While she was in a serious condition for several days following an operation, the friends of Sister Thompson were hoping for and expecting her recovery. This sudden overturning of our hopes came as a fearful shock to Brother Thompson and to all who knew his faithful companion. Sister Thompson was an efficient helper in the work of the church and Sabbath school, and holds a very tender place in the hearts of all who knew her. Our sympathy and prayers are with Brother Thompson in this time of his great bereavement, knowing that the burdens which he bears in connection with this message will be greater now that the one who has helped him bear them has been taken from him. The funeral services were held in the Takoma Park church, and were conducted by Elder A. G. Daniells, assisted by Elders W. A. Spicer, W. T. Knox, and F. M. Wilcox. While we sorrow with Brother Thompson over the loss of his companion, we are glad to be able to testify to the beautiful life and godly example of the one thus taken, who now sleeps in Jesus.

The End of Death

By Editor

ONE of the gladdest thoughts that will come into the minds of the redeemed when the conflict with sin is ended will be the thought that the hand of the reaper Death has been forever stilled—that the cutting down of loved ones has forever ceased. It gives us joy now to know that that time is soon to be. There is no heart now without its sorrow, no home without its standing menace of disruption at the cruel hand of death. This common sorrow and this common dread should bind the hearts of God’s children more closely together as we press on to that victory which means eternal triumph over this common foe of God and man.

More and more frequently are we called upon to record the deaths of our tried workers and their faithful helpers at home and in foreign lands; and as our numbers increase and this cause pushes out into the darker and more inhospitable portions of the world, we may expect to see more and more of these evidences of the reality of the conflict in which we are engaged. Sometimes it may seem to us that the miller is taking all the grain for toll, but this is only in the seeming. When the veil is lifted, it will be seen that God has carefully gathered to himself his own. While we lay away our loved ones, and while the cause relinquishes its laborers to the prison house of the grave, the key of the tomb is in the hands of our Redeemer. With that prospect we shall not lose courage or hope, but press on to victory, and beyond the victory the reunion of laborers and loved ones.

We learn through Elder J. E. Fulton, of the Australasian Union, that Pitcairn Island has just had a good camp meeting. “A camp meeting on Pitcairn Island,” he says, “means a meeting held some distance from the village, where the people erect booths every year. Our missionaries, Brother and Sister Adams, say the meeting was a success, and the people were refreshed spiritually.”

European Division Baptisms

By Editor

WE note in the European Division Conference Review that during the fourth quarter of 1913 the number of baptisms in the division is given at 1,092.

Mexican Workers Arrive in San Diego

A TELEPHONE message from the State Department to the General Conference reports that the department has information that two of our Mexican workers, Miss Grace White, of Guadalajara, and Dr. J. W. Erkenbeck, of Ameca, west of Guadalajara, arrived in San Diego, Cal., from Mexico, May 1.

First Abyssinian Baptism

FROM the Abyssinian Mission, at Asmara, Eritrea, on the borders of Abyssinia proper, comes a good word. Brother H. Steiner writes: "Last Friday, March 27, we had our first baptism, three Abyssinians going forward in the service. We had also a blessed Sabbath meeting yesterday. The Lord came very near. We believe these three men will soon be followed by others."

Death of Elder A. P. Heacock

By Editor

THE readers of the REVIEW will regret to learn of the death of Elder A. P. Heacock, who had been for nearly thirty years a valued laborer in the cause of truth. While the cause at large is affected by this loss, the brethren of the Southland, where he labored so long and valiantly, will feel the loss most keenly. It is said of him that they who knew him longest loved him most. His body was worn with labor, and the best attention could not ward off the stroke of the grim reaper. To his sorrowing relatives and nearest friends the REVIEW extends its deepest sympathy. A further notice will appear in our obituary columns.

Death of Elder E. H. Wilbur

By Editor

SAD news comes by cable from Shanghai. Under date of May 2 the General Conference received a code message which, translated, reads: “Wilbur died yesterday. Cannot give any particulars.” This means that our fellow laborer, Elder E. H. Wilbur, has fallen at his post. He and his family were located in Pakhoi, in the southernmost part of Kwang-tung Province, on the Gulf of Tonking. We know that the sympathy and prayers of all our readers will be with Sister Wilbur and the children, and with the parents and relatives in this country. It will be some weeks before particulars of this sad loss will be received. Elder Wilbur was a faithful and devoted missionary, and loved the people among whom he labored.

Longest Pioneer Journey in China

Our missionaries in heathen lands have to do, many times, with great distances in their missionary journeys, as well as with great problems and millions of people. Elder F. A. Allum, reporting a recent missionary journey in China, says: “I am planning to write more about this journey later, for it is the longest pioneer journey that our people have ever taken in China. By the time we reach the capital of Szechuen, we shall have covered about two thousand miles, and in the best time we can make it will take probably not less than two months.”

The Moslem World Mission

By Editor

SENDING a report of the work in North Africa, which will soon appear in the Review, Elder W. E. Hancock, our representative in that field, in a personal letter says this of the problem before him: “We are face to face with the great Moslem world, and feel that it presents a stupendous problem as a missionary undertaking. Nothing but a supreme faith in the great gospel commission can give a missionary courage to face this problem. This work will need the most careful consideration, and without doubt the expenditure of much means and many workers, before we can hope to see any visible results. But we have the promise of God’s presence with us, and know that he has many jewels among the millions of Mohammedans in this country. This gives us courage to work when the difficulties seem insurmountable, and gives us faith in what the world would call a failure.”

Missionaries Among Cannibal Islanders

FROM Australia Elder J. E. Fulton sends the Mission Board a brief note received from Elder C. H. Parker, on the island of Atchin, New Hebrides. One uprising of these wild islanders had been passed safely, Brother and Sister Parker refusing to flee from the island. Now he writes again: ‐Trouble is again brewing. Last Sunday seven native teachers of the Presbyterian mission were shot, killed, and eaten only a few miles from here. We can see the place from our door. Those who did the killing said they had been hired by the people of Atchin to kill all men with calico on [evidently meaning those who had adopted civilized clothing]. We know not when our turn may come, but by God’s help we intend to remain with these people.‐ We know many prayers will ascend in behalf of these workers who are laying siege to cannibal hearts. Brother and Sister Parker have been rejoicing of late that there were signs of interest on the part of many, and that more were attending ‐the worship,‐ of which the people were very much afraid at the beginning. Brother Parker adds: ‐We are on the King’s business here, and are subject to his command, and our times are in his hand.‐