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Educational Department

J. L. SHAW — General Secretary

F. GRIGGS — N. Am. Div. Secretary

W. E. HOWELL — N. Am. Div. Asst. Secretary

Help for the Sabbath School and Missionary Volunteer Society

By M. E. KERN.

THE abstract does not appeal to young people as does the concrete. Here some Sabbath-school teachers and other workers for the young fail. In the present series of Sabbath school lessons on the life of Jesus, and in the Reading Course work on “The Desire of Ages,” we should endeavor to make the story of our Saviour very real to our children and young people. Many a boy or girl who seems to have lost interest in the “old, old story,” would be delighted to take a trip to Palestine and visit the places where Jesus spent “those sinless years beneath the Syrian blue.”

Very few will ever be able to take such a trip, but modern invention has almost succeeded in bringing Palestine to our own homes. Like the telephone, which gives us direct access to distant persons through the sense of hearing, the Underwood Travel System gives us direct access to distant places through the sense of sight.

For instance, the “Travel Lessons on the Life of Jesus” consist of thirty-six of the very finest stereoscopic views of the most interesting places in Palestine, in the order, as nearly as possible, in which Jesus visited them. There is a book of over two hundred pages which goes with this set of views, describing what can be seen in each of these stereoscopic views, and connecting everything with the life of Jesus. Much historical and geographical material is given. Then there are in the book four patent maps, with all those thirty-six positions marked, and indicating just what part of the map your vision takes in as you look at the picture through the stereoscope.

Surely it would arouse the enthusiasm of any boy or girl to take up position No. 4, for instance, on the hill above Nazareth, and look south over the village and away on to the plain of Esdraelon (or the valley of Megiddo), of so many Biblical associations. Here are the very hills where Jesus played, and the perspective is so perfect it seems that you are really there. Let the child look at this while you give the information about the scene, which you get from the book of Dr. Forbush and “The Desire of Ages.”

The Missionary Volunteer Department has secured the agency for these views, and can furnish them as cheaply as you can get them of the publishers. The set above referred to, with a stereoscope, all complete, is $8.35. There are other sets giving 100 and 140 views of Palestine. In fact, this travel system is being extended over all the world. It is largely used by Sunday schools and other schools. Address the Missionary Volunteer Department for literature giving further information and price lists.

M. E. KERN.

Report From the Mount Vernon Academy Missionary Volunteer Society

By M. E. Kern

As the readers of the REVIEW know, the North American Division Missionary Volunteer Department has been making a special effort this year to encourage all our school societies to follow the regular programs prepared by the department, and in other ways to conduct model Missionary Volunteer Societies, not only for the good of the young people in the schools, but that they in turn may be able to teach others, on returning to their home churches, concerning Missionary Volunteer plans and methods. The following letter from the leader of the young people's society at Mount Vernon Academy, Mount Vernon, Ohio, is a good example of the results being obtained in these school societies:—

“DEAR BROTHER: I am writing to you about our young people’s society here and its work. We have a good number of strong consecrated members, who are working for the Lord in various ways.

“The ministerial band has about fifty members. Meetings are being conducted every Sunday night in the city and in the country. There is a good attendance at each service, and several are interested. The band meeting is held in the academy on Thursday morning.

“The Bible workers’ bands are doing a good work. Several of the members are giving Bible readings in the city. Much helpful work has already been done by these bands. Their regular meetings are also held on Thursday. A large amount of literature has been given away by both the young men and the young women.

“Our young people’s general meeting is held on Sabbath afternoon at three o’clock. The society, at the beginning of the school year, adopted the programs outlined in the Gazette. These programs are proving profitable and interesting, and draw a good attendance.

“A pledge for the emergency fund was paid some time ago, and the present plans are for supporting a worker in India.

“A number of the members are using the Morning Watch, and a Standard of Attainment class is about to be organized. Much other work has been done by the society, and much fruit is expected.

“We hope and pray that all the other societies are prospering in blessing others.

“Yours for the advancement of the cause we love. E. R. CORDER.”

M. E. KERN.

Havens of Refuge for Tempted Youth

How welcome is the quiet harbor to the storm-tossed vessel! How much better still is such a shelter before the storm breaks! The following paragraphs were written by one who loves the young people and has tried to express that love in a practical way. Modestly the author asks that her name be withheld. Personally, I know that the efforts of this family have extended farther than here indicated. Young people who were anxious to obtain an education and showed willingness to exert themselves to obtain it, have been aided financially. Such efforts for our youth will be richly rewarded here and hereafter.

“In the months when ‘he’ and I were planning our home life together, these words from ‘Ministry of Healing,’ pages 354, 355, came to me over and over again: ‘Our homes should be a place of refuge for the tempted youth. Many there are who stand at the parting of the ways. Every influence, every impression, is determining the choice that shapes their destiny both here and hereafter. . . . All about us are youth who have no home, and many whose homes have no helpful, uplifting power. . . . These youth need a hand stretched out to them in sympathy. . . . From our homes will flow streams of healing, bringing life, and beauty, and fruitfulness where are now barrenness and death.’”

“We married, and settled down to home life, becoming members of a church with a little group of children and young people. They were just the usual kind — some married out of the truth, some stood at the parting of the ways, and some were too young to comprehend what the rest were doing.

“Well, we started a young people’s society, and because it seemed best, we held the meetings in our home. On Sabbath afternoon a part of the flock often

came home to dinner with us. They were just the ordinary dinners that we usually had, made large enough to meet the occasion, with sometimes an extra dish that some of us particularly liked. The girls and I prepared it, and cleared the table afterwards, while husband and the boys visited. And then until meeting time, when the rest came, we played and sang, or read, or talked, just as we individually liked.

“Meeting over, some lingered till the short Sabbath afternoon had passed, and joined with us in worship, and maybe told their hopes and fears as the twilight deepened. Or in the long afternoons of spring, there were delightful trips out into the wild beauty of nature. About the only cost of all this was the sacrifice of our own quiet afternoon together, for study and reading. The reward came in seeing our boys and girls spend the Sabbath hours profitably, and grow strong and self-reliant because of the responsibilities that were resting on them.

“The doors have often swung to those who wanted a home for a few hours or days, or sometimes weeks. What have they come for?—O, help with lessons, hot fomentations, rest, sympathy, and sometimes advice!

“I’d like to tell you of my careless, motherless girl, who had to be brought home occasionally, doctored up for some ailment, then gently made to put on sufficient warm clothing to avoid having the same ailment again. And then there was our homeless boy, who had drifted out into the world. I like to remember the afternoon we talked the whole thing over after dinner, the boy and husband and I. And I like better to remember the next day when he came to tell us that the choice had been made for God and right. He is now in one of our training schools.

“And so they have come, and as they have left us, happier and stronger, I have thought of the possibilities of our ‘havens of refuge,’ the blessedness of their ministry, the crying need for many of them.”

M. E. KERN.

Missionary Volunteer Department

M. E. KERN - - General Secretary

C. L. BENSON - - Assistant Secretary

MATILDA ERICKSON - N. Am. Div. Secretary

MEADE MACGUIRE - N. Am. Div. Field Secretary

Unpedigreed Children

I know a man who has a dog that's got a pedigree, An' he is just as proud of him as any chap can be, An' careful, too: he never lets him loose excep' he's there To see he doesn't run away an' lose himself somewhere. He never goes to bed at night until he's been to see His fifty-dollar dog is in the place he ought to be.

I know a chap who owns a horse, a splendid thoroughbred. He never eats his meal until the animal is fed; An' every minute he can spare, out to the barn he goes, To comb an' brush his glossy coat or gently rub his nose. No stranger's hands have ever tugged this horse's silver bit— They might abuse his mouth, and so he couldn't think of it.

I know a man, the father of three splendid, manly boys. But when he's home, they're not allowed to make the slightest noise; And they can roam the streets at will, and play with whom they choose, And he is not at all afraid that one of them he'll lose. In strangers' hands they're often left to do just as they please; For boys are not at all like dogs with splendid pedigrees.

Whene'er I see a man who owns a fifty-dollar pup, Or keeps a thoroughbred that he alone must harness up; Whene'er I see the care that's paid a bulldog or a horse, I always feel a touch of pain, of pity and remorse, Because I think of boys and girls about me everywhere Who really need, but never get, such tender, watchful care. —Selected.

Make Your Life an Argument

By C. L. Benson

TIMOTHY, a young man in Paul's day, was admonished to let no man despise his youth. His was an age when sports, games, and pleasures of all sorts were regarded as the chief business of the youth who were not Christians. The sensual, vice-addicted Cæsars set this example before the citizens of their domain by precept and example. But not so Paul. His advice to those too young to bear heavy responsibilities, was to “study,” to economize their time, to invest it in a manner that would yield them a harvest of spirituality and intellectuality. Thus they would increase “in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man,” prepared to fill their God-appointed place in the world's great work.

Were not these words “written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come”? Our age is parallel, in many respects, to that of Paul's. Everywhere are to be seen young and old frittering away their God-given time and money, merely to gratify the appetites and senses. Should not our own young people seek to make their lives the strongest argument against the present-day worldly standards? The Missionary Volunteer Department has faith to believe, that our Missionary Volunteers will rally to do this. We know that hundreds covet to be God's workmen. “Many a lad of today, growing up as did Daniel in his Judean home, studying God's Word and his works, and learning the lessons of faithful service, will yet stand in legislative assemblies, in halls of justice, or in royal courts, as a witness for the King of kings.” Will you be one? Are you studying? Are you faithful?

No one can know the day or hour when the Lord will pass by and say, “Thou art the man,” and “Thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this.” When least expecting it, we are being observed, tested, tried, in the commonplace activities of life, to see if we will be faithful in the more momentous issues.

The Standard of Attainment examination to be given in March, affords an excellent opportunity to test your ability to give a reason of the hope that is in you, “both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Are you prepared to take this examination? We hope you are.

Paul, a tried, experienced worker, took a fatherly interest in the young people of his flocks. He encouraged and admonished them whenever opportunity afforded. His greatest concern was that they might study God's Word, and become thoroughly rooted and grounded in the truth. Only by founding their faith on a “Thus saith the Lord” would they be able to resist the attacks of Satan successfully.

This real pastoral work is needed in each of our churches today. What an opportunity every church elder has to be a real father in Israel to the lambs of his flock! He is responsible in a large measure for their spiritual condition. The Missionary Volunteer Department desires to cooperate with our church elders in their efforts to enlist the young people in Bible study. They must know for themselves why they are Seventh-day Adventists.

The Standard of Attainment work is designed to arouse each Seventh-day Adventist young person to study our message. In March and September, examinations are held throughout the North American Division under the direction of our local church elders. The questions on both Bible doctrines and denominational history can be secured from your conference Missionary Volunteer secretary. Ascertain the number of old and young who desire to take either or both examinations. The secretary will gladly supply you with the questions.

C. L. Benson.

Some Helps for the Home Missionary Work

By E. M. Graham

Home Missionary Leaflets

To assist in organizing our churches for work, some leaflets called the “Home Missionary Series” are being issued. Three numbers are now ready: “The Relation of Church Members to the Finishing

of the Work” (price, ½ cent), “Organization of Churches for Home Missionary Work” (price, ¾ cent), and “The Missionary Meeting, Reasons and Plans” (price, ¾ cent).

The leaflet on organization deals with membership, officers, missionary committee, bands, division of territory, reporting, duties of missionary leader, duties of church missionary secretary (or librarian), and missionary meeting.

The leaflet on the missionary meeting takes up the reasons for holding such a meeting, when it may be held, the program, prayer in the missionary meeting, the use of the Bible in it, how to vary the reporting, what subjects to consider, supplies, announcements, relation of the Missionary Volunteer meeting to the general missionary meeting.

All church workers will find these leaflets helpful, as they deal with questions that are continually raised in connection with this home missionary work.

“Church Officers’ Gazette”

The Church Officers’ Gazette is indispensable to churches which desire to keep abreast with the advancing home missionary campaign. In it are given the fourth Sabbath home missionary programs, in which various plans of work are outlined. There are also suggestions for weekly missionary meetings, to assist in the preparation of helpful programs. Instructions are given, whenever space permits, on the duties of missionary officers and on the various problems connected with missionary work. Through its columns any questions on church work that are sent in are answered. In addition to the Home Missionary Department, there is a valuable department of General Instruction to all church officers, to which the most experienced ministers in the denomination are contributing. Every church should see that a sufficient number of copies of this paper are taken to enable every officer to have access to it, and one copy should be filed as part of the church library, for reference by future officers. The subscription price is 50 cents for a single copy for one year, and 35 cents for two or more copies to one address for one year.

Lessons for Home Missionary Institutes

For the use of those who conduct home missionary institutes in our churches, a pamphlet has been prepared, entitled “Lessons for Home Missionary Institutes.” It gives a brief lesson on each of the following subjects, with questions on each lesson: “Organization of the Church for Work,” “Relation of the Missionary Volunteer Society to the Church Missionary Society,” “Duties of the Missionary Leader,” “The Missionary Meeting,” “The Missionary Program,” “Reporting,” “Bands and Their Leaders,” “Division of Territory,” “Duties of the Church Missionary Secretary,” “Work With Tracts,” “Work With Periodicals,” “Work With Magazines,” “Home Workers’ Books,” “Missionary Correspondence,” “Bible Readings,” “Christian Help Work,” “Temperance Work,” “Earning Money for Missions,” “Personal Work,” “Work for Foreigners.”

While primarily intended for institute work, this little book would be a valuable help to the church elders, church missionary secretaries, and other missionary officers. The price is 15 cents.

An Appeal to Our Churches

The tract, by Mrs. E. G. White, entitled “An Appeal to Our Churches in Behalf of Home Missionary Work,” has been reprinted in envelope size. This tract should have a wide circulation among conference workers, church officers, and lay members, because it contains much valuable instruction and counsel in regard to the home missionary work. No one can read this tract without being impressed that the Lord attaches great importance to the training of our people for service. The appeals he has made through his servant to his people are strong and urgent, and every loyal heart will respond to them. This tract is particularly helpful in institute work and in church work generally. The price is 2 cents.

It will be seen that there are now available many helps for promoting the home missionary work in our churches and among our isolated members. We trust all who are carrying responsibilities in this cause will provide themselves with these helps, for they are inexpensive, and within the reach of all.

E. M. GRAHAM.

Home Missionary Department

E. M. GRAHAM - - - - General Secretary

F. W. PAAP - - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary

Religious Liberty Day

By E. M. Graham

The fourth Sabbath in February is set apart for the consideration of important religious liberty issues. These are of the utmost interest to all, for upon them come the last battles in the great controversy. In connection with this program, which is given in the Church Officers' Gazette, it was recommended that the churches use the offering for the literature fund, which is taken each fourth Sabbath, for religious liberty literature to be circulated by the churches.

Since the Gazette containing that program was printed, other issues have become pressing, and it is thought that the conferences could use this offering to better advantage than the churches could; so it is now recommended that it be sent direct to the conference treasurer, with instructions that it is to be used in the circulation of religious liberty literature within the conference. We believe all our churches will be glad to turn over this offering to the conference under these circumstances, for all will want to do what will be most effective in holding back the forces that are working to stay the progress of this message.

E. M. GRAHAM.

Visiting Sanitariums

By L. A. Hansen

On a recent trip that included visits to a number of our sanitariums and treatment rooms, stops were made at several churches for Sabbath talks or night stereopticon lectures. About one hundred and fifty slides with views and statistics on the growth of our denominational work, including sanitarium, educational, publishing, Missionary Volunteer, and foreign mission work, were shown to eleven audiences.

The trip was crowded with good experiences, pleasant receptions, and enjoyable visits with workers. Personal touch with institutional and field work gave better opportunity for noting progress and needs than could otherwise be had. A few observations may be of interest.

On the way to Melrose, Mass., two hours were spent in Springfield, Mass., calling at the Nauheim Sanitarium, which is owned and managed by Dr. Mary Sanderson. The sanitarium is located in the best residential part of the city. By careful management and close attention to the comfort of patients, the doctor has built up a work of permanent standing.

At the New England Sanitarium, Melrose, Mass., I was given the privilege of a few days' observation of what looked like a good example of a well-conducted sanitarium. From the time the auto meets one at the station till it leaves him there on his departure, he feels that everything is being done to make his stay pleasant, and that every one knows how to do his share to this end. The goodly number of guests indicates that such care is appreciated. With nearly fifty per cent of the patronage coming from former patients returning or sending others, emphasis is laid on the importance of seeing that departing guests go away satisfied.

It was only about five years ago that the New England Sanitarium presented a problem to its board, involving the question as to whether the institution could ever be made to pay. The annual loss was about nine thousand dollars at that time, but its gain is now nine thousand dollars a year, or more.

It took definite measures to bring about such a change. Worn-out equipment was replaced with good; improvements absolutely necessary to good service were made, and systematic methods for the highest efficiency were inaugurated. Careful attention was given to all inquiries, whether by mail, telephone, or in person. A follow-up system of correspondence has also shown definite results.

Besides giving attention to the material needs of the work, the equally important (if not more important) educational and spiritual phases were considered, and provision made to bring these to their proper place in a well-organized sanitarium work. This has added much to the splendid showing now seen.

Dr. W. E. Bliss is superintendent, with Drs. J. W. Hopkins and Estella Houser assistant physicians. J. G. White is business manager. Elder G. B. Starr is actively connected with the religious and educational work of the institution, and an excellent family of helpers shares the credit of the good that is being done.

A short visit was made to South Lancaster for a stereopticon lecture to the academy students, and a similar appointment was met at Brooklyn. Here a Baptist minister came forward at the close of the service and said: “This meeting is an eye opener to me. I had no idea your people were doing such an extensive work.”

On the trip from Washington to Chicago I had the company of a medical missionary from a foreign field who was home on furlough. We naturally fell into conversation on the topic of mutual interest. Occasion was taken to run through the collection of slides, holding them up to the window for him to see. This gave opportunity for quite a full account of our work. The statistics of the progress of our message in nearly all parts of the world were intensely interesting to him. The views of our sanitariums, schools, and publishing houses, impressed him. He said, “Why, the growth of your work is marvelous.” He seemed glad to hear of our various truths, and gave his name and address, which will make possible further communication.

After holding two Sabbath meetings in Chicago, I went to Nevada, Iowa, where I gave two stereopticon lectures and visited the sanitarium. The institution is enjoying a good patronage. It has the confidence and loyal support of our people. Dr. H. W. Barbour, recently of Edgeley, N. Dak., is now superintendent. With a medical and surgical experience of several years, attended with the best success, his connection with our institution brings to it great help. The doctor has made unusual sacrifices in order to render this help. He feels repaid in the rich blessings he is receiving. T. S. Dock is business manager.

A short call was made at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Dr. R. L. Mantz and wife are conducting successful treatment rooms in connection with his practice.

At the Tri-City Sanitarium, Moline, Ill., the work is moving quite successfully with a fair patronage. Financial progress is being made. The family of workers, numbering about thirty-five, showed its interest in hearing about the work by coming to two early morning meetings, which made a five o'clock rising hour necessary. Dr. F. J. Otis and Dr. Estella Norman are the physicians, and Brother W. C. Foreman is the business manager.

At Ottawa, Ill., Brother and Sister E. A. Dunn are conducting a good treatment room work. They are reaching the better class of people of the city and surrounding country. He is local elder of our church, and has succeeded in securing space in all three city newspapers for articles on present truth.

At Streator, Ill., Dr. L. M. Worthing has treatment rooms. A short call was made there on the way to Pontiac, where Brother and Sister F. L. Williman are conducting treatment rooms. Their work holds the confidence of the citizens, and is getting creditable reputation.

Sabbath was spent at the Hinsdale (Ill.) Sanitarium, and was filled with meetings and visiting with workers. The institution is busy in its various activities. Meeting with friends was a pleasure, and an urgent invitation to return was received on leaving.

The sanitarium at Madison, Wis., was next visited. A full patronage was found here, and many evidences of headway were seen, as compared with the conditions a few years ago. Brother P. L. Larson, the business manager, has shown admirable courage and faithfulness in his work against what have at times seemed insurmountable difficulties. Dr. W. T. Lindsey, formerly of Chamberlain, S. Dak., is superintendent, and holds the confidence of the people for his professional ability. Dr. C. C. Patch is now house physician.

At La Fayette, Ind., the Wabash Valley Sanitarium was visited. Dr. F. A. Loop, superintendent, was confined to his home by sickness. Dr. W. B. Vander Voort, as house physician, was carrying the professional burden of the work. C. M. Christiansen has recently taken the business management. The institution is well equipped with some of the best scientific apparatus. The most hearty support of its constituency is needed in order that the sanitarium may accomplish all that it should.

One or two stops were made in Indiana, after which I reached Mount Vernon, Ohio, and there spoke three times to the school audiences, which included persons from the vicinity. I also visited with various sanitarium workers in the city. Two private sanitariums and a treatment room are finding sufficient work to keep all quite busy.

After a Sunday evening sermon at Pittsburgh, Pa., Washington was reached in time to prepare for a medical convention.

L. A. HANSEN, Assistant Secretary.

Medical Missionary Department

W. A. RUBLE, M. D. — General Secretary

L. A. HANSEN — Assistant Secretary

H. W. MILLER, M. D. — N. Am. Div. Secretary

Medical Convention

By L. A. HANSEN

A CONVENTION was held at the Washington Sanitarium February 10-12, for the consideration of a number of important questions pertaining to sanitarium work. The meeting opened on time, and was well filled with discussions on the twenty subjects presented in the program. No papers were read, but practical study was given to the topics. Unanimous sentiment of success was voiced in behalf of the convention at its close.

There were present at the convention the following persons: Dr. H. W. Miller, L. A. Hansen, I. H. Evans, W. T. Knox, G. B. Thompson, L. H. Christian, F. M. Wilcox, Dr. D. H. Kress, Dr. W. T. Lindsey, Dr. F. A. Loop, Dr. L. E. Elliott, Dr. R. S. Irvine, E. A. Bristol, C. M. Christiansen, Dr. W. E. Bliss, P. L. Larson, C. E. Hammond, H. M. J. Richards, Mrs. S. M. Slaten, O. B. Kuhn, Brother Kelley, Mrs. Hulda Olsen, J. N. Anderson, Dr. G. H. Heald, Dr. Margaret Stewart, Prof. J. L. Shaw, F. W. Paap, Lola French, and a number of nurses from the Sanitarium and postgraduate nurses from the Washington Training College.

This convention is to be followed by one at Loma Linda, Cal., March 21-23, and one at Boulder, Colo., at a later date. After these conventions a full report will be given of the combined proceedings of the conventions.

L. A. HANSEN.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— It is announced that the formal opening of the Panama Canal has been postponed from March 12 to July 4, and perhaps later. Battleships cannot now be sent through the waterway in safety.

— The parliament of Iceland, thirty-four of whose forty members are elected by popular suffrage, has passed a measure forbidding the sale of alcoholic liquors. All the remaining stock in the Danish dependency has been exported.

— The Central Christian Advocate says: “Roman Catholics are in the majority in the city councils of more than 15,000 cities and towns in the United States, and in all incorporated communities of 10,000 or more inhabitants an average of more than eighty-five per cent of the police are Roman Catholics.”

— What will be known as the Rocky Mountain National Park has been created by action of Congress. The new park is near Denver and includes Longs Peak. It has an area of about 700 miles, and includes cañons, mountain lakes, valleys, and mountain peaks. It can be reached by most of the large railroads running west, and is a little over a day’s journey from Chicago. The new park will include a part of Estes Park, which is visited annually by about 30,000 visitors.

— In a well-phrased message, which argued that the “literacy test” would “all but close entirely the gates of asylum,” which have hitherto remained open in America to the politically oppressed from the rest of the world, President Wilson recently returned the immigration bill to Congress with his veto. The principal reason given by the President for setting his will against that of Congress, aside from his personal conviction, was that the American people had never passed upon the issue involved.

— In a collision near the Fenwick Shoals lightship on January 26 the American-Hawaiian line freight steamship “Washingtonian” was sunk, and the American schooner “Elizabeth Palmer,” which rammed her, was abandoned with decks awash. The “Washingtonian” had a crew of forty men aboard. She left Honolulu, bound for Delaware breakwater on December 20, with a full cargo of sugar, passing through the Panama Canal January 18. The value of the ship and cargo the superintendent placed at $1,500,000. Captain Carlisle valued the “Elizabeth Palmer” at $125,000.

— Washington women, assisted by women from all parts of the country, are to erect a memorial to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in the capital city. It will take the form of a model block of tenement houses which may be rented to the poor at a low figure. Mrs. Wilson, it will be recalled, was intensely interested in the “alley people”—those who live in unsightly and insanitary places in Washington. One of the last wishes expressed by her was that these could be done away, and Congress in the last hours of her illness passed a measure which obliterated the twenty-three miles of these dwellings, which means 278 alleys, where 10,000 persons live. The model block will include a municipal washhouse, a day home for the children of working women, and other features in which Mrs. Wilson was especially interested.

— That the United States government faces a deficit—estimated in some quarters as high as $80,000,000—for the present fiscal year, and that the expenditures for next year will exceed the revenues by a much greater amount unless a vigorous policy of retrenchment is adopted immediately by Congress and officials of the administration, came to light last week. Appropriations by Congress, chiefly in rivers and harbors and public buildings bills, the enactment of an income tax law without definite information as to the amount of revenue it would produce, the disastrous effects of the European war on the customs collections, the failure of the war tax law to develop the returns expected, and the constantly increasing cost of operating the government departments, are the chief reasons for the situation.

Statistical Stereopticon Slides

STEREOPTICON slides have been made giving statistics compiled by our statistical secretary, H. E. Rogers, and are available to those desiring them. They cover information as follows:—

1. Seventh-day Adventist conferences, churches, and members.

2. Sabbath schools, members, and funds.

3. Total laborers, total funds per capita.

4. Foreign missions, laborers, offerings.

5. Educational work.

6. Sanitarium work.

7. Publishing work.

8. Summary of Missionary Volunteer work.

9. Growth of the Morning Watch.

10. Standard of Attainment, and Reading Course certificates issued.

These slides will be sent, postpaid, for thirty-five cents each. Cash must accompany order. Address the Treasury Department, General Conference, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Our Foreign Magazines

By Editor

WE desire to call the attention of our readers to the excellent foreign magazines now being issued by the Pacific Press Publishing Association, at College View, Nebr. We show the cover design of Lys over Landet (Light Over the Land), the Danish-Norwegian magazine, for the first quarter of 1915. Die Zeichen der Zeit (Signs of the Times, German) and Tidens Tecken (Signs of the Times, Swedish) also have the same artistic cover design in colors. This number of these magazines deals specially with the great European struggle, giving many illustrations of the same. The main object, however, is to trace down the prophetic lines, showing the meaning of the war, where we stand in the stream of time, and that all earthly nations will soon come to an end in the great battle of Armageddon. Our people should supply their foreign neighbors liberally with these foreign magazines on present truth. Prices same as the English magazines, ten cents each; 5 to 40 copies, 5 cents each; 50 or more, 4 cents each. Order from your tract society, or from Pacific Press Publishing Assn., College View, Nebr.

Obituaries

By A. C. Bird; C. E. Shaffer; Eliza Truex; T. W. Thirlwell; W. E. Straw; E. A. Sutherland

NORMAN.—Amanda Nobles was born in Meadsville, N. Y., in 1836. Fifty-one years ago she became the wife of Richard Norman, who with four of their six children, is left to mourn the loss of a faithful companion. She fell asleep in the blessed hope, at Caldwell, Idaho, Jan. 16, 1915. A. C. BIRD, C. E. SHAFFER.

TRUEX.—Benjamin F. Truex was born Dec. 2, 1835, and died Nov. 18, 1914. He was married to Eliza Green, his second wife, Nov. 14, 1906. He observed the Sabbath for many years, and was an earnest Christian, a true friend, and a devoted husband and father. His wife, five children, and seven stepchildren are left to mourn. ELIZA TRUEX.

MASSEY.—Mrs. Maud Massey died Dec. 27, 1914, at the home of her parents, in Clarksburg, W. Va. She suffered greatly during the last few months of her life, but was resigned to God's will, and fell asleep in the blessed hope of the third angel's message. Sister Massey accepted present truth many years ago, and was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church when called by death. Words of consolation were spoken by the writer from 2 Tim. 4:6-8. Two sons, her parents, five brothers, and one sister survive. T. W. THIRLWELL.

TUTTLE.—Ayers S. Tuttle was born in Bradford, Pa., Dec. 12, 1821. He was married to Miss Susan A. Thayer, of Oswego, N. Y., at Kalamazoo, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1849. They made their home at Oshtemo for twenty-one years, later moving to Kent County, where Mrs. Tuttle died in 1893. Soon after his marriage Brother Tuttle accepted present truth. He was a consistent Christian, and was loved by all who know him. He fell asleep in the blessed hope of a part in the first resurrection. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. W. E. STRAW.

ALDEN.—Caroline Amanda Linsenbigler was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1856, and died near Goodlettsville, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1914, after a short illness. She was the eldest of a family of six girls; and as her parents were poor, she learned lessons of hardship and self-sacrifice early in life. In 1888 she was married to Scott Alden, of Brookwayville, Pa., and to that union were born seven sons, five of whom survive her. Sister Alden embraced present truth in 1894, and seven years ago, with her husband, she came to Tennessee, where they joined their son, Charles Alden, in missionary work. The early experiences of our sister especially fitted her for pioneer life, and she zealously entered upon the work of establishing a mission school in the highlands of Tennessee. Always courageous, her example was a constant source of strength to those with whom she was associated. Sister Alden was deeply loved, and will be greatly missed by those with and for whom she labored. E. A. SUTHERLAND.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By E. E. ANDROSS; L. V. ROBERSON

California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

NOTICE is hereby given that the eighteenth annual constituency meeting of the above association will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Wednesday, March 10, 1915, at 12 M., for electing directors, amending by-laws, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

E. E. ANDROSS, President; L. V. ROBERSON, Secretary.

For Sale for Missionary Purposes

ONE hundred and sixty acres of rich farming and grazing land in southern part of North Dakota. Good water; good soil; fenced. Six miles from town. Fifty per cent of proceeds goes to missions. Address S. E. Jackson, President South Dakota Conference, Drawer N, Jamestown, N. Dak.

Addresses

MAIL for Elder W. H. Thurston, formerly of Grand Rapids, Wis., should now be sent to College Place, Wash.

The address of Elder D. T. Shireman is now Morganton, N. C., R. F. D. 1, Box 95C, instead of Hickory, N. C., as formerly.

The church at Fort Smith, Ark., desires to learn the addresses of Mrs. Mary Snodgrass and Mrs. S. C. Palmer. Information should be sent to the church clerk, H. B. Taylor, Box 302, Van Buren, Ark.

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