MUCH is being said to-day about the conservation of resources. As applied to the work of this denomination, there is nothing more important than the conservation of the life of our workers, particularly those who go out to represent us in the great strongholds of sin in the foreign mission fields. Sad indeed it is to see some of our most faithful workers, after gaining a valuable experience in the mission field and becoming acquainted with the language, fail in health, and either succumb to some deadly malady or be compelled to return home in a state of invalidism. What a great loss to the denomination is represented in experiences of this kind, and how much might be saved in life and working energy and missionary money if those working in mission fields could be provided with such facilities as would enable them to properly carry forward their work. An effort has been made recently to provide homes for our missionaries. The need of this is well emphasized in the excellent article by Mrs. J. N. Anderson, found on page 15, entitled "The Missionary and His Home." The Sabbath-school offerings on the last Sabbath of September will be applied for this commendable work of conservation. Every reader will have an opportunity to demonstrate his practical interest in this effort.
Frank Raley Joins Jamaica Mission
By Editor
WE have omitted to mention that Brother Frank Raley, formerly secretary and treasurer of the Northern New England Conference, sailed for Jamaica the first week in August, where he is working in the West Indian Union Conference office, at Riversdale.
Mrs. Shidler Sails for Cuba
By Editor
We learn that Mrs. A. L. Shidler, of the Foreign Mission Seminary, has just sailed from New Orleans for Havana, Cuba, to join her husband, who is engaged in the canvassing work in that field.