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Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 5.

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Donations for the Memorial Church, Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

SINCE the last report, $25.75 has been received for the Memorial church. Several friends who have already sent money to help pay the debt, are now sending help to make the alterations and repairs to fit the church for its special work. These necessary alterations have cost more than we had expected, and are not yet finished. We still hope that after this work shall have been completed, a good sum can be turned over to the sanitarium and school work, for which there is an immediate need. Below is given a list of donations received since the last report was written, December 30:—
Previously reported, $7,767.95; W. Burchfield, $1; O. M. Hindbaugh, $1; John Hindbaugh, 50 cents; John Patterson, 25 cents; C. E. Paul, $1; Ezra Fillman, 25 cents; E. L. Maxwell, $2.50; W. A. Wilcox, Treas., $3.25; W. R. Kester, $1; D. S. Plum, $2; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briere, 50 cents; Anna Dommitt, $1.35; R. H. Nortan, $1; Wayne Barto, 50 cents; Harry Christman, 25 cents; Charles Christman, 25 cents; Lloyd Christman, 25 cents; Rachael Christman, 25 cents; C. D. Christman, $1; G. W. Copple, $10.
The following donations were received Feb. 3–16, 1903: Mrs. Sarah Whipple, $2; Brooklyn church, by Mrs. Luther Warren, $11.06; H. G. Butler, $5; Mrs. M. E. McDonald, 38 cents; E. M. Bailey, $1; Robert Irvine and R. I. Rogers, $1.50; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Read, $2; W. J. Hackett, $2; M. M. Osborn, $2; Augustus Klein, $2; F. Baryour, $1.50; E. E. Gardner, $1; Holton (Kan.) church, $2.50; Kenton (Ohio) Sabbath-school, $2.75; Mrs. J. E. Cross, $1; Mrs. A. Nasman, $1; Maggie Spies, $1; Mrs. Robert M. Chaffee, $3; Moline (Kan.) church, by Jennie R. Dewey, $3.50; John I. Gibson, $5; Samuel Booth, $5; Mrs. A. E. Irving, $10; Lewis Philipson, $1.50; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hildreth, $2; Kelley (Iowa) church, by Mrs. Geo. Olson, $3.18; Clifford Lake (Mich.) church, by A. L. Evans, Lib., $4.25; New London (Wis.) church, by H. O. Thomas, $4.65; Bath (Me.) church, by R. A. Umberhind, $5; John F. Benton, $10; Hartington (Neb.) church, by Geo. Peterson, $12; M. P. H., $15; Mrs. Hoxie, 25 cents; Howard Hoxie, $1; Jacob Arnold, $5; Mary Greer, 25 cents; Ella Greer, 50 cents; Eliza Greer, $1; Master Frank Dryden, $1; Miss Nellie Dryden, $1; Mrs. C. W. Dryden, $1; Mrs. W. A. Marsh, $1; W. A. Marsh, $5.10; Mr. and Mrs. R. Harrington, 50 cents; Mrs. Arnold, $1; Rowland Harris, $1; J. B. Walters, $1.20; Arthur Herr, $1.25; A. D. Aycock, $1.50; G. W. Roat, $2.50; C. S. Baker, $5; Chase (Mich.) church, by Mrs. Lida Torrey, $6; J. A. Despelder, $12; N. R. P., $2; Alexandria (Minn.) church, $5; Tampa (Fla.) church, by B. B. Newman, $5.10; Chas. Hess, $1.50; Eureka (Wis.) church, $3; Helen Langtry, $5; Peter Peterson, $10; J. A. Coffer, 50 cents; J. B. Coney, 75 cents; Mrs. Gaither, $1; Butler Hunter, 50 cents; Robin Hunter, 50 cents; Eleanor Hunter, $1; Hiram Hunter, $1; W. E. Copenhaver, $5; A. R. Evans, $1; G. F. Evans, $5; N. B. Emerson, Treas. Kansas Conf., $13.56; Woodland (Cal.) church, by Lucy Bush, $41.30; Reuben Andrews, $1; W. J. and Emma Swain, $1; Mrs. H. M. Gater, $1; Mrs. D. T. Richardson, $1; Mrs. Almina J. Hicks, $1; T. R. Angove and wife, $2; J. M. Deming, $5; Mrs. M. H. Hughes, $5; Lizzie Mitchell, $1; C. A. Dorcas, $4; Annie L. Wood, $5; friends in Spokane (Wash.), by Elder W. H. Saxby, $10; G. W. Anglebarger, Denver, Colo., $10.50; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Buckner, $20; Mrs. C. S. Botsford, $1; Mrs. A. E. Oviatt, $1; George Green, $5; Herbert West, wife and mother, 75 cents; Missionary Society, Olin, Iowa, $6.50; Trenton (N. Y.) church, by Elder C. H. Keslake, $11; Miss Gertrude Dubards, $1; R. L. Fowler, $5; Thos. T. Heald, $5; Springfield (Ill.) church, $2; Ann M. Johnson, $2; Mrs. Lottie Kesling, $1; a friend, $6.69; Mrs. Jessie Deming, $1; Wm. Christopher, $2; Mrs. C. A. Prince, 50 cents; Mrs. Nellie Hayward, 50 cents; Mrs. C. L. Davis, $1; Mr. C. L. Davis, $1; a friend, Milton, Mass., $5; Mrs. R. H. Morton, $1; Richburg (N. Y.) church, by B. E. Fink, $7; J. B. Hollidge, $5; Davis City (Iowa) church, by Mrs. Julia Norman, $9; Mrs. M. Riford, 50 cents; Mr. and Mrs. L. Beals, 50 cents; Mrs. Frances M. Alden, 50 cents; Mrs. Stevens, 50 cents; Mrs. E. Barry, 50 cents; Mrs. J. C. Moore, $1; students of Bethel (Wis.) Academy, $7.85; Nellie Swank, 25 cents; John Swank, 10 cents; Eddie Swank, 15 cents; Gertrude Swank, 25 cents; Mrs. Maggie Swank, $2.25; Oline and Ethel Meeker, $1; Mrs. L. A. Wykoff, 50 cents; Eva A. Piper, $1; E. W. Stratton, $1; Mrs. S. A. Bryant, $1; Neb. Tract Society, by Mary F. Beatty, Sec., $41.02; Mrs. Maria Rule, $2; Bessie Smith, $1; Mrs. H. W. Lee, $1; J. E. Lingle, 25 cents; Samantha Anderson, 15 cents; Elizabeth Rea, $1; Rachael Gardner, $1; Levi Gardner, $1; Harry Lingle, 10 cents; Amy Reish, $1; J. L. Reish, $4; Mrs. Valeria Cresup, 50 cents; Mrs. S. M. Whitlock, $1; Miss Bessie Sufficool, $2.50; Pound Church, $2.17; Mrs. Lizzie Diedrich, 50 cents; R. T. Dowsett, $3; a friend, Helena, Mont., 50 cents; a friend, Helena, Mont., $2.50; a friend, Helena, Mont., $5; Sullivan Wareham, $20; Hamilton Paul, $1; Jennie Paul, $1; Odessa R. Paul, 5 cents; S. B. Steen, $1; H. E. Shelstad, 25 cents; Gust Henrickson, 25 cents; John Kraus, 25 cents; Sidonie Sproed, $1; Fred Sproed, $1; Lemhi Valley (Idaho) church, by Chas. Carlson, $6; Rachael Shane, $10; Mrs. Hobart, Oregon, $5; Mrs. Celia Steele, $5; Miss Helen M. Steele, $5; J. M. Parker, 25 cents; Mrs. L. A. Sprague, 25 cents; Geo. B. Tompkins, $2. Total reported, $8,379.36.
J. S. WASHBURN. 1728 14th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

An Old Friend Has Returned

By Editor

WHEN a dear friend returns after a long absence, how gladly we welcome him! What satisfaction his very presence brings! Perhaps he has helped us over some hard place, or encouraged us in some trial—has, in fact, proved himself “a friend indeed.”
Just as gladly do the Sabbath-school officers and teachers welcome the return of the Sabbath School Worker. Its familiar face brings encouragement to all. It was a help in the past, and we have missed it so sadly during its absence that it now seems doubly welcome.
We are not disappointed ’on a closer acquaintance either; for although smaller in size than before, it still has just the helpful suggestions, the reports from other schools, the instruction for teachers and officers, which we all need. Its “Helps on the Sabbath-school Lessons” for each week, and for every division of the school, are more valuable than ever, and contain just the information for which every earnest teacher feels the need.
The price, too, is so low that all can now afford to have it—35 cents per copy to individual addresses, or 25 cents per copy where two or more copies are sent to one name and address. You will surely need the Worker for 1904.

Field Notes

A SABBATH-SCHOOL has been organized near North English, Iowa.
THE company at Poetry, Tex., have been strengthened by six recent additions to their number.
BROTHER M. MACKINTOSH reports six recent converts to present truth in the San Luis Valley, Colorado.
AT Doxey, O. T., nine persons recently received baptism, following a series of meetings held there by Brother Wm. Braley.
FOUR persons have recently been added to the company at Watonga, O. T., and three have joined the church at Harper, in that Territory.
THE Iowa Industrial Academy at Stuart now has a total enrolment of eighty-five. About seventy-four of these are in regular attendance.
THE Keene (Tex.) Academy now has an enrolment exceeding one hundred, and the church school has an attendance of one hundred and twenty.
A CORRECTION.—Brother C. E. Leland writes us that by mistake his recent report from Reno, Nev., designated that church when the church at Susanville, Cal., was meant, the statements made having no application to the church at Reno.
AT Gentry, Ark., where Brother J. A. Oppy has been holding meetings, there are eight new Sabbath-keepers, and a prosperous Sabbath-school. It is the intention of the company there to erect a church building soon.
BROTHER J. S. JAMES, field secretary of the Southern Illinois Conference, writes us: “There will be a canvassers’ institute held in Du Quoin, Ill., March 8-21. A good attendance is expected at this institute.”
A CANVASSERS’ institute for Southern California is in progress at Los Angeles.
A CHURCH organization is contemplated at Peru, Ind., where there are now about eighteen Sabbath-keepers.
A CANVASSERS’ school in Walla Walla College began January 3, to continue twelve weeks, and close with a two weeks’ institute.
CANVASSERS’ institutes on the Pacific Coast will be held at the following places: Northern California, February 1-13; Western Oregon, February 16-29; Western Washington, March 1-13.
AT Ellisville, Miss., nine adults with a number of children have answered the call to become commandment-keepers, several of these being young men who give promise of becoming useful workers.
BROTHER F. H. CONWAY reports from Perry, O. T., that eighteen persons have recently joined the church at that place, and at the date of writing three others were expecting to join soon.
ELDER I. J. HANKINS, who recently returned to South Africa, has been elected president of the Cape Conference. Brother Hankins has been asked to take charge of a training-school for workers in that field, provision for which was recently made.
THE Western Oregon Conference Committee has selected the following persons to represent this conference in the next biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference at Healdsburg: F. M. Burg, W. R. Simmons, R. Rose, C. J. Cole, and Geo. W. Pettit.
THE teaching staff of Claremont Union College, South Africa, for the coming year will comprise the following: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hayton, Miss Ellen I. Burrill, and Miss Helen Hyatt. Mr. A. Commin has been asked to connect with the office in Cape Town, and Mr. William Haupt to enter the ministerial field of labor.
BROTHER GEORGE CRAWFORD reports from Cove Creek, N. C., that following a series of revival meetings by Elder R. T. Nash and himself in that place, “eight souls made a public profession of faith in Jesus, and three of them promised to keep the Sabbath.” A Sabbath-school was organized January 2. The church school is prospering, and doing much to bring a knowledge of the Saviour to the children, many of whom never heard a prayer until Brother Nash began preaching there recently.
WRITING of the outlook for the Oakwood Industrial School at Huntsville, Ala., Brother J. H. Smith says it “is constantly increasing both in members and in spiritual growth. Several of the students who came here not knowing God, have given their hearts to him for the first time. This gives us more joy than any other advancement that could be made. There are about forty students in the school home now. Most of them are of an older class, who appreciate the value of an education, and are willing to put forth an effort to obtain it. They have, as a rule, an ambition to become workers for the Master.”

“I-Have” and “O-Had-I”

By A. E. Place

WE read of the meekness of Moses, the faith of Abraham, the patience of Job, the glory which crowns the martyrs of Jesus, and the grandeur of the seat at the right hand of Christ in his perfected kingdom, and we desire to be like those worthy men. With the poet we exclaim, “I long, O, I long to be there!” but how few come forward with the price! The Lord presents the very ladder which may take us to the seat we claim so much to desire, but how often our foot slips on the first round, and many become discouraged and sit down to the mockings of “O-Had-I.” Some even think they made a mistake to try at all. O, how frail and short-sighted is humanity!
A young man, who had often expressed a great desire to learn the carpenter’s trade, finally obtained an opportunity. After working about three weeks, he, by a careless motion, let a chisel slip, and instantly its sharp edge buried itself in his knee. He dropped the chisel, grasped his knee with both hands, and hopping around on one foot, cried, “O, I wish I had never learned the trade! I wish I had never learned the trade!” Some seem to look upon and deal with Christianity after this order; but to the careful, thinking mind it is plain that three weeks does not master the carpenter’s trade, neither does it make a Christian, and it is foolish to condemn either business, and drop our tools, because we strike a bone or a disappointment.
It means more than “O-Had-I” to say farewell to riches, and a glittering throne like Egypt’s was in the days of Moses, and wander with a poor, despised race till we die in the wilderness. It took Moses forty years tending sheep, and another like period dealing with rebellious Israel, to fit him to stand on Pisgah’s peak and feast his eyes on God’s view of beautiful paradise restored. More than six hundred thousand persons started with him from Egypt. All might have stood with him on the mountain of success and glorious victory if they had stood with him all the way.
No one can rightly appreciate the glory of our ascending Lord, or a seat with him on his throne, who fails to see as a part of the picture the wilderness of temptation, the days of patient toil and nights of prayer, yea, and the awful experiences of Gethsemane and Calvary. The loved Commander of all heaven reached the throne for a redeemed world with hands and feet pierced, and his noble brow scarred with a crown of thorns; and his counsel is, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” The man who sees the throne, and no crucified Lord between him and the throne, can never expect to have the throne above.
The mother of Zebedee’s children asked of Christ a seat at his right hand in the kingdom for her sons, James and John. The reply was, “Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with.”
Men may by wealth, by deception, and because they have a certain name, gain a position and a throne in this world, but the only way to the throne of God is by the way of Calvary.
Many mourn to-day because they think they do not have the position which belongs to them. This opens the way for envy and jealousy to come into the heart, and Satan whispers, “Your brethren do not appreciate you, they do not recognize you as they should,” etc., etc. But all this is surely a denial of the divine providences of God. Let all such study carefully the testimony of John the Baptist as recorded in John 3:25-31, especially verses 27, 30. Probably with few if any exceptions we occupy as exalted positions as we are really fitted for. At least, no one is fitted for a more responsible position than that which he occupies till he is willingly and faithfully performing to the best of his ability his present duties.
We deny God if we fail to recognize that his eye is over all his creatures, and it is useless and foolish to say or admit that he makes mistakes in his dealings with his children. Now let us read the word, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” “Due time” means at the right time. But suppose I come to the time when I think and feel quite sure that I ought to be exalted, and the exaltation does not come? If I believe the word, I know it is now “due time.” If I get stirred up over the fact that it does not come, or that some one else instead of myself was exalted, it is time for me to humble myself “under the mighty hand of God.” We oftentimes find that the seat called “lower” by the world or the selfish heart is really a higher round in God’s ladder heavenward.
The highest aim and most noble desire of man in this life is to recognize the divine providence of God; to fit himself to discharge present responsibilities so faithfully that each day’s experience shall be a stepping-stone to the next; and while others are sitting in their “hard lot,” listening to the mocking song of “O-Had-I,” he may be seen daily on the road to success, with “I-Have” perched tamely on his hand.” Let us all listen to his song: “I have forgiveness from all my sins; I have been saved from doubt and despair; I have daily confidence in the providence of a mighty Friend; I have help up every ‘hill difficult;’ I have strength to deal justly, and walk humbly before God; I have peace that floweth like a river; I have bright hopes of filling the place in the future kingdom that my heavenly King shall select for me.” A. E. PLACE.

Christian Education

By L. A. Hoops; Frederick Griggs

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. HOOPS, Chairman; FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

Current Mention

— The university library at Turin, Italy, the most famous in that country, was partially destroyed by fire, January 26. It is estimated that 100,000 volumes were burned. Many rare manuscripts are included in the loss.
— It is reported that Russia's reply to Japan's latest note will indicate an acceptance by Russia of the Japanese terms, and hence will dispel the probability of war. Japan is said to insist on the maintenance of the integrity of China as well as of Corea, while Russia has insisted on an agreement providing only that Corean integrity shall be maintained.
— There are indications of an intention on the part of Colombia to make an attack on Panama, this move being prompted by the necessity to the government at Bogota of doing something to avert its downfall. Governmental affairs in Colombia are reported to be in bad shape. President Marroquin has lost all his prestige, and a revolution would not be an unexpected event.
— News of a great disaster in the Fiji Islands was received at London, January 25, by the following cable dispatch: “A severe hurricane swept over the Fiji Islands, January 21 and 22. The damage in the neighborhood of Suva (the capital, and chief port of the islands on the southwest coast) was chiefly to the banana and other plantations and native houses, but the destruction at Levuka (on the east coast of the small island of Ovalau) was very serious. Whole native villages were swept away, the bonded warehouse was destroyed, and its valuable contents were seriously damaged, and coasting steamers, a bark, several small craft, and many government buildings were destroyed. Only six lives have thus far been reported lost, but news from the provinces has not yet arrived.”
— One of the greatest disasters in the history of coal mining in this country occurred January 25, at the Harwick mine of the Allegheny Coal Company at Cheswick, Pa. The disaster was of the usual kind in coal mines,—an explosion of gas which had collected in the galleries of the mine. All the men in the mine at the time, with one exception, were killed, some being blown to pieces by the violence of the explosion, which was very great, and others being suffocated by the gas into which the air was changed by the explosion, all the oxygen having been burned out of it. The number of lives lost, including two men who were killed at the mouth of the mine shaft, and one who went down in a rescue party, is one hundred and seventy-four. The work of recovering the bodies was one of the greatest difficulty, and progressed very slowly.

Among the Church Schools

By Floyd Bralliar

SINCE my last report I have visited the school at Des Moines, Iowa, where Miss Grace O'Neal is teaching. The regular school work was rather broken into the day I was there, as they were preparing to have a Thanksgiving program in the evening. I was much impressed with the program rendered, and, so far as I could judge from it, and from him, the school work I saw, the Des Moines school is doing very superior work.
Miss Ruth Kane is also teaching a small school in Des Moines. Reports of her work are very favorable, though I was unable to visit her school while there.
While at the educational council, held at Kansas City, Mo., it was decided to systematically search out those of our young people in the various conferences who should be engaged in the church-school work, and encourage them to prepare for it. It was decided to furnish these with the reading-circle lessons. Four leaflets on educational topics are also to be prepared, and given a general circulation among our people in this union conference. Plans were also laid for making nature study in our church schools more effective, and at the same time assist in that work at Union College.
After the council I visited the school in St. Joseph, Mo., where Mrs. Florence Lemmon is teaching. Her school was opened under difficulties, but through faith and consecrated efforts, these have disappeared. At this writing I am at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, where Miss Edna Schee is teaching. She has eighteen pupils enrolled, and they are having much of God's blessing in the school. A united church and a prayerful effort have assisted in making this school a real encouragement to the work there. The school work this year is the most successful I have ever seen it. Truly, God's hand is in this work.—Floyd Bralliar, in the Central Advance.

Summary of the Canvassing Work Reported for December

AGENTS ORDERS VALUE
_Atlantic Union Conference_
Maine .............. 4 32 $ 58 05
Vermont ............ 3 24 55 50
Central New England 1 23 56 00
Southern New England 3 20 50
Eastern Pennsylvania 7 37 162 15
Western Pennsylvania 4 14 40 75
_Southern Union_
Georgia ............ 2 68 95
Tennessee River .... 8 228 85
Alabama ............ 2 40 65
Florida ............ 3 247 95
Cumberland ......... 3 140 75
Carolinas .......... 6 124 20
Louisiana .......... 2 181 75
Mississippi ........ 1 41 50
_Lake Union_
Ohio ............... 8 123 55
Indiana ............ 7 11 323 00
Southern Illinois ... 10 82 203 05
Superior ........... 3 41 263 40
_Central Union_
Iowa ............... 3 17 35 85
Colorado ........... 10 562 1,030 40
Kansas ............. 20 767 941 89
_Southwestern Union_
Texas .............. 4 93 115 72
Arkansas ........... 2 19 61 75
_Pacific Union_
Western Oregon ..... 5 158 00
Western Washington . 9 28 165 20
_Northern Union_
South Dakota ....... 2 13 79 70
Minnesota .......... 4 13 18 00
_Canadian Union_
Ontario ............ 7 283 75
_European General_
Germany ............ 581 552 04
Great Britain ...... 69 511 969 40
_Australasian Union_
Australia .......... 57 1,173 6,153 84
Tasmania ........... 6 244 478 00
New Zealand ........ 8 210 950 24
_Summary_
AGENTS ORDERS VALUE
A. U. C. ........... 22 130 392 95
S. U. C. ........... 27 1,074 60
L. U. C. ........... 28 134 913 00
C. U. C. ........... 33 1,346 2,008 14
S. W. U. C. ........ 6 112 177 47
P. U. C. ........... 14 28 323 20
N. U. C. ........... 6 26 97 70
Canadian U. C. ..... 7 283 75
E. G. C. ........... 69 1,092 1,521 44
Australasian U. C. . 71 1,627 7,582 08
Grand totals .......... 283 4,495 $14,374 33

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By J. Edgar Colloran

Notice!

There is opportunity for three young men to enter the nurses’ training class at the Iowa Sanitarium at once. As only a limited number are admitted to each class, the students have the advantage of individual instruction by their teachers. Besides a thorough course in the different scientific branches of nursing, a full course in Bible is given, teaching especially the truths peculiar to us as a people. Upon the completion of the course a diploma is granted. Send for application blanks to Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.
J. EDGAR COLLORAN, M. D.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
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Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
H. R. Knecht, Bennington, Ind., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, Little Friend, Youth’s Instructor, and Sentinel.
Clara Blexrud, Osseo, Wis., Little Friend and Youth’s Instructor.
Ruth Phillips, Osseo, Wis., periodicals, especially Little Friend and Youth’s Instructor.
Mrs. M. C. McNeely, 1121 North 17th St., Birmingham, Ala., REVIEW, Signs, and tracts.

Opportunity for Self-Improvement

“CHRIST’S commission, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,’ is spoken to every one of his followers.” This was the opening thought of the message that came to this people during the week of prayer. On every one who has been saved by grace is laid the burden of carrying the good tidings to others. Those who realize the solemn work that we have to do will sense the need of self-improvement. “He is a Christian who aims to reach the highest attainments for the purpose of doing others good.” Laborers in God’s vineyard should constantly seek to improve themselves.
Seventh-day Adventists are ever ready to take hold of new and successful methods for extending their work. The world has demonstrated that successful study can be done by correspondence. By taking advantage of this method, many of our people who can not leave home to attend one of our training-schools may come in touch with our educators, and pursue systematically courses of instruction that will be of great benefit to them.
As announced in the last Year Book, Union College is offering some work by this method. The subjects now being given are New Testament History and History of Missions. Let any who are interested in this work, address Union College, Correspondence Department, College View, Neb.

Notice !

By H. W. Cottrell

THE members of the Medical Missionary Department of the Atlantic Union Conference are hereby called to assemble Feb. 5-8, 1904, at New York City; the place of meeting being Miller's Hall, in the Miller Building, corner Broadway and Sixty-fifth Street. The object of the meeting is to organize the committee, and formulate plans for aggressive work throughout the union conference during the year.
The following are some of the questions that should be considered : relation of Medical Department to the union conference, to the local conferences and their medical committees, and to institutions and enterprises in the Atlantic Union ; how to provide funds required by the department to carry forward its work ; literature, and how to secure it ; how to aid, by friendly co-operation, physicians and nurses who are carrying on independent, self-supporting work ; the most effective way to educate our churches in health principles, including simple treatments ; the establishment and management of city treatment rooms and hygienic restaurants ; the establishment and management of food factories and stores ; the financial question as related to each interest. Many other topics may be introduced by the different members of the committee.
The committee is composed of the following-named persons: Drs. C. C. Nicola, A. J. Read, A. R. Satterlee, Geo. A. Hare, E. H. M. Sell, Brother J. R. Scott, Elders M. D. Mattson and J. E. Jayne.
We trust every member of the committee will be present the entire period, and be prepared to do work with the different churches on Sabbath. The president of the General Conference will be in attendance.
The Greater New York Conference invited the council there, and will care for those in attendance. The first meeting will be at 10 A. M.
H. W. COTTRELL.

Notice!

By Lucy F. Tyte

THE church at Flint, Mich., desires the addresses of the following-named persons: Mrs. Emma S. Worden, Melissa Simpkins, and Anna Sheldon. If not received by the first Sunday in April, they will be dropped from the church record. LUCY F. TYTE, Clerk.

Notice !

NOTICE is hereby given that all members of the Eureka (Cal.) church who do not report, and whose whereabouts can not be ascertained by April 1, 1904, will be dropped from the church roll. Address Mrs. Helen Cook, 1537 Watson St., Eureka, Cal.

_Business Notices_

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.—A home in a mild climate, with opportunity to pay expenses in work. The benefit of home treatments is desired. Address A. H. Davis, Monticello, Minn.
WANTED.—A first-class barber to work in Seventh-day Adventist barber shop. Good wages to the right man. Apply to Henry Thompson, 1309 Queen St., Alexandria, Va.
FOR SALE.—New eight-room house, with 2½ A., and some fruit trees, two good wells of water; only a few rods from our intermediate school. Address W. D. Dortch, Hazel, Ky.
FOR SALE.—Farm in tracts from 5 to 30 A., to consecrated Sabbath-keepers. Soil rich, producing good fruit, vegetables, etc. Object, to get church school or industrial school. For particulars, address J. E. Lovell, Genesee, Idaho.
FOR SALE.—Good nine-room house in College View, Neb., five blocks from college. Has large cellar, and basement, a cistern, two wells, five lots with 130 bearing fruit trees, also a good barn. Address P. Potter, College View, Neb.
FOR SALE.—In Takoma, Md., on avenue with water and sewer, a beautiful building lot containing half acre, at a bargain. High ground, near railroad and electric station. Address P. W. Wiley, 10 Randolph St., Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Farm of 40 A., $1,200; 5 mi. S. E. of Osseo, Hillsdale Co., Mich. S. D. A. church and church school on corner of farm. Buildings fair. Good well and cistern. Fruits for home use; 30 A. improved. Address, with stamps, Edd Losey, Osseo, Mich., R. F. D.
WANTED.—Physician, a graduate of the American Medical Missionary College, on salary or as partner, in a well-established and well-equipped sanitarium. Must be Seventh-day Adventist in good standing. Address L. J. Belknap, Garden City Sanitarium, San Jose, Cal.

Obituaries

DIMMICK.— Died Jan. 21, 1904, at the home of her father, Henry Grammar, near Libertyville, Iowa, Laura Grammar Dimmick, aged 37 years, 6 months, and 17 days. A husband, two children, a father, a mother, a brother, and three sisters look forward to that happy reunion where there will be no more good-bys and aching hearts. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the home of her father. She was laid to rest in the Libertyville Cemetery. W. C. HANKINS.
HAMREN.— Died near Wetaskiwin, Alberta, of pneumonia, Sarah Jeanette, youngest child of J. L. and Ida Hamren, aged 16 months and 21 days. Although little Nettie was not permitted to remain long in the home, she was such a bright sunbeam that she will be greatly missed by the sorrowing parents, brothers, and sisters. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Jer. 31:15-17, after which kind friends laid her to rest in the Wetaskiwin Cemetery, which means, in the Cree language, The Hill of Peace. J. W. BOYNTON.
ELLYSON.— Died at Willamina, Ore., Jan. 12, 1904. Etta Blair Ellyson, wife of J. J. Ellyson, aged 42 years and 18 days. She became a member of the Willamina church four years ago, and most of the time since then was Sabbath-school secretary and church librarian. Hers was an unselfish life, her greatest delight being to do good to others. She leaves a husband, father, one brother, and five sisters to mourn their loss, but not without hope. In the absence of a minister, the funeral services were conducted by the writer. J. W. G.
PENGALLY.— Died at Guelph, Ontario, Jan. 17, 1904, of diphtheritic croup, Russell, youngest son of John and Catherine Pengally, aged 10 years and 8 months. On account of the contagious nature of the disease the interment was hastened, and the father, who was away canvassing, was unable to reach home in time for the funeral. Under these sad circumstances, the bereaved parents are sustained by the Christian's hope, and look forward to the resurrection of the just. A few words of comfort were spoken by the writer. G. B. THOMPSON.
GINLEY.— Died in Coopersville, Mich., Jan. 18, 1904. Dr. J. H. Ginley, aged 75 years and 6 months. The deceased accepted present truth in 1855, under the labors of Elder J. B. Frisbie. Thirty-five years ago Dr. Ginley was physician-in-chief of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, which was then known as the Health Institute. He afterward conducted a similar institution in LaFayette, Ind., later removing to Coopersville, Mich., where he was a practising physician for twenty-five years. He leaves a widow and three children, one of whom, Mrs. Laura J. Whitgrove, is a Bible worker in England. The funeral was held at his late residence, and the interment took place in the Adventist cemetery in Wright.
WING.— Died at the home of his brother, of cancer of the stomach, David Wing, aged 54 years, 7 months, and 21 days. He was born in Sutton, Quebec, but removed to Kansas in early manhood. Later he moved to Lake County, S. D., where he learned of the precious truth. Three years ago he removed to Alberta, and remained until his health failed, when he went to California. He seemed to improve for a time, and returned home, only to fail again. He left a cheering testimony of his hope and faith in God. His wife, two children, two brothers, two sisters, and many friends mourn their loss. By his request, the writer, assisted by Rev. T. P. Perry (Methodist), preached from the comforting words of 1 Thess. 4:13-18. J. W. BOYNTON.

California’s Capital and Labor Campaign

THE following item of news will be of general interest. It comes from Brother A. J. Bourdeau, the secretary of the California Tract Society: “You will be glad to learn that the entire State of California and the two small churches in Nevada, had, up to Jan. 18, 1904, taken 59,476 copies of the Capital and Labor number of The Signs of the Times. We are now planning to mail copies to each of the 7,500 public school teachers in California, and to 4,000 school trustees, whose names and addresses I have been able to secure from the county superintendents. If we succeed in sending them to the teachers alone, it will roll up a total record of about 67,000 copies for us. This we still hope to accomplish. Of course, California’s population is only about 1,500,000.” This is a good showing for California.

The Answer to China

By W. A. Spicer

It is a stirring appeal that comes to us from China in this week's issue. Brother Pilquist states the case, and letters from Brother Anderson, the superintendent of the China Mission, and from the medical workers, second every word urging the need. Dr. Miller writes that so far as he knows, they are the only physicians in a province of twenty-two millions. The workers find their hands full day by day, but feel the pressure of need of some place for teaching and caring for those who throng them. They feel that the facilities asked for are essential, and one thousand dollars secures them for all time, as that is what a ninety-nine year lease means to us. Surely the request is a reasonable one. The General Conference Committee has returned answer that definite assurance can not be given until the reports from the week-of-prayer offerings come in, and the estimates for all the fields are made up. When the definite answer goes, a draft for one thousand dollars must go with it. In justice to all the fields, we must wait a little—unless some one or two individuals, hearing the call, should find that God had enabled them to send the answer without delay. We make no general appeal for small gifts in such cases; for the needs in all the fields are such that a hundred places might readily open calls for subscriptions. But sometimes when reports of special needs come from newly opened fields, such as this from China, some one or two individuals feel it a privilege to make special provision to supply the need. The facilities are desired only as a base of operations for hastening the third angel's message, with its warning of the coming of the Lord, among all China's millions. As people come long distances with hopeless cases, as of blindness, incurable so far as human skill is concerned, our workers can point them to the coming One, and they suggest that it will be a glad experience when, if to the glory of God, even the blind may receive sight, in the closing work. We are all surely remembering to thank God that still his hand holds in check the winds of strife in the far East, giving us still further opportunity to sow the seeds of truth in time of peace.
W. A. SPICER, Secretary.

Collection for the International Publishing Association

REMEMBER the collection next Sabbath for the benefit of the International Publishing Association. Note the article on page 20.

Brother Robinson in Washington

By Editor

WE are glad to greet in Washington, Brother Ellery Robinson and wife, who have spent some years in both England and India, in the book and Bible work. Brother Robinson will join us in the work in this city for a time.

Elder Corliss Withdraws From Pioneer Work

ELDER J. O. CORLISS and family were in Washington last week, en route from England to California, and Brother Corliss spoke to the M Street church last Sabbath. The condition of his health has made it necessary for Brother Corliss to withdraw from active pioneer work, at least for the present, and he will make his home in California for a time.
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