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Week of Prayer in Battle Creek.
By A. J. B.
THE opening services of the Week of Prayer in this place were held in the Tabernacle, Sabbath, December 21. Elder A. G. Daniells read the first Week of Prayer reading, entitled “Our Time, and Its Meaning” (General Conference Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 4, page 562), being assisted in the services by Elders W. A. Spicer, I. H. Evans, and I. D. Van Horn. The choir rendered the well-known anthem “Hark, Hark, My Soul,” and assisted in the music.
Following the reading, Elder Daniells emphasized, in a few words, the necessity of every Seventh-day Adventist’s being absolutely certain, in his own heart, that Jesus is coming again—that He is actually coming in this generation. He who is not SURE of this fact has no business to go before the people with the glad news that Jesus is coming soon. But everything points to the fact that He is coming. If we believe the Bible statements concerning His first coming to earth, we are also compelled to believe the many assertions made in the same book concerning His second coming. Jesus is “at the door.” All that hinders His coming is the attitude of His people. According to the Spirit of Prophecy, had God’s people done their duty, they would, ere this, have been within the gates of the New Jerusalem.
Arrangements have been made for two regular services each day in our institutions here during the Week of Prayer. Services will be held in the Tabernacle every day at 3 P. M.; a young people’s and children’s service also at 3 P. M.; prayer-meeting at 7 P. M., and revival service at 7:30. The Review and Herald employees meet together in the morning, and again from 11 to 12 A. M. The Sanitarium employees will also meet together twice each day. Elder John A. Brunson, of Berrien Springs, Mich., will also be here to assist in the revival services. A. J. B.
Least Expensive Church Organ.
By A. J. B.
EVERY reader of the REVIEW will be glad to learn that, taking into account the amount of reading-matter furnished, the subscription price of this paper, $1.50 per year, is lower than that of any other church organ published in the United States. For example, there lie on the table before us the following well-known weekly denominational organs: The Christian Advocate (Methodist, $2.50 a year), The Church Standard (Anglican, $2.50 a year), The Examiner (Baptist, $2.50 a year), The Northwestern Christian Advocate (Methodist, $1.60 a year), The Catholic Mirror ($2.00 a year), The New York Observer (Presbyterian, $3.00 a year), The Sabbath Recorder (Seventh-day Baptist, $2.00 a year), The Episcopal Recorder (Reformed Episcopal, $2.50 a year), The Western Recorder (Baptist, $2.00 a year), The Congregationalist ($3.00 a year), The Baptist Commonwealth (1.50 a year), The American Friend (Society of Friends, $1.50 a year), The Christian Herald (Baptist, $1.50 a year), The Midland (United Presbyterian, $1.50 a year), The Free Methodist ($1.50 a year), and still others we might select from our exchange list.
As will be seen, the average subscription price of these various church organs is much higher than that of the REVIEW. Then, too, another fact should be taken into consideration; namely, that all of these other periodicals are filled with column after column of advertisements, which, while they should enable the publishers to lower the subscription price, still deprive the reader of so much bona fide reading-matter. The REVIEW contains no outside advertisements whatever, and but one page of advertisements concerning matters pertaining to present truth.
Therefore, taking everything into consideration,—the extra reading-matter furnished in the regular monthly supplement, other extra supplements from time to time, the absence of all advertisements not pertaining to the cause, the extra size of the page, and the great value of the first-page articles and of those found in the other departments of the paper,—the REVIEW AND HERALD, at $1.50 a year, or three cents a week, is certainly the least expensive church organ in the country.
Let every one who reads this do everything in his power to secure new subscribers. If the list continues to grow as it has the past week, the REVIEW will soon be read by every Seventh-day Adventist every week. What will you do to help? A. J. B.
Priest Enright’s Offer Again.
IN view of the assertion so often made that Priest Enright had withdrawn his offer of one thousand dollars for one text of Scripture that we are bound under grievous sin to keep Sunday holy, instead of the seventh day, we sent to said Enright a query on this point to learn from his own words the truth in regard to this matter. This is his reply, in which the lie about his withdrawal of his offer is thoroughly nailed:—
“ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 26, 1901.
“DEAR SIR: Your note came while I was absent on missionary duties. I reside here at present—address above. I received a few letters from Madam Wilson. I requested her to send me some proofs of her assertions. So far I have received none. I have never withdrawn my offer.
“I hereby offer one thousand dollars to any one who can prove, from the Bible alone, that I am bound under grievous sin to keep Sunday holy.
T. ENRIGHT, C. S. S. R.”
Notice Regarding Free Sample Copies of the Review
By Editor
Notice!
PLEASE remember that our offer to send free sample copies of the REVIEW was directed especially to those who have a burden to secure new subscriptions for our church paper. One brother, misunderstanding the offer, recently asked us to send him two hundred copies, that he might do general missionary work with them. It would, of course, cost the publishers too much to thus give away papers by the wholesale.
The names and addresses of Seventh-day Adventist church-members who are not taking the REVIEW, are rolling in. Let those who have not reported the non-subscribers in their church please forward the names and addresses of the same to the undersigned, by postal, as soon as possible. A. J. B.
The January Sentinel.
By Editor
OUR friends are telling us how well they like the December Sentinel of Christian Liberty. Many say that it is even better in its new form than in the old.
Have you seen it? If not, there is still an opportunity to obtain a copy FREE. To all who subscribe now we will mail the December number, and enter their name for one full year, beginning with the January issue.
The January Sentinel will be a good one. Many of the old-time contributors are again writing for the journal. Here is a partial list of subjects and authors: “True Liberty,” Alonzo T. Jones; “Why Sunday Laws are Wrong,” A. G. Daniells; “The Christian Ideal of a Civil Government,” M. C. Wilcox; “ ‘The ‘Protection’ of Days,” Editor; “ ‘Civic Righteousness’ as Some People See It,” Editor.
Price but $1 a year. Send your subscription to your tract society, or direct to the Sentinel of Christian Liberty, 11 W. Twentieth St., New York City.
There Are Four Tuesdays
By Editor
in January, 1902; and we find, by examining our REVIEW mailing list, that subscriptions will expire on four Tuesdays of the month. Here are the names of four subscribers (taken at random from the list) whose subscriptions expire on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of January, respectively:—
C E Waterbury 7th
G W Stilson 14th
Nels J Nelson 21st
John Dicksen 28th
If your subscription to the REVIEW expires in January, 1902, you will find a renewal blank inclosed in this REVIEW. While renewing your own subscription, will you not also send us a four months' subscription for that friend of yours? REVIEW AND HERALD.
Elder W. W. Prescott Departs for College View
ELDER W. W. PRESCOTT left this place the 19th inst., for College View, Neb., where he will spend the Week of Prayer.
Wrapping the Review for Easier Reading
By B.
THOSE who have heretofore had difficulty in straightening out their copies of the REVIEW after taking them from the wrappers, will please note that we are now wrapping the papers in a way calculated to cause the least possible trouble in this respect. Those in charge of the paper desire to make it up-to-date in every way, and our readers will confer a favor if they send us kindly suggestions whereby the REVIEW may be improved. In the present instance, however, we took time by the forelock, no protests having been received. B.
Next Week.
By B.
WE promised to give our readers something more in the Sabbath-school Work department. You may look for it next week. The article will be entitled “A Model Sabbath-School,” and should be read by all who are at all interested in Sabbath-school work. It is a shorthand report of Elder W. W. Prescott’s address before the recent Battle Creek Sabbath-school Convention, Oct. 19, 1901—the best sermon of its kind that we ever heard. B.
