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Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 14.

ANOTHER NEW TRACT—NOW READY
Earlier text: New Brunswick

J. A. SOMMERVILLE

By J. A. Sommerville

Texas

ON December 26 I left Oklahoma City for Lone Star, in Dewey County. When I arrived there, I found one of the sisters engaged in a discussion with a Campbellite minister. She had been working hard, and was in poor health; so we thought it best that I should take her place, which I did. After the discussion was finished, we continued the meetings with good interest. Nine adults accepted the Sabbath. The Lord gave us the victory in every conflict.
I went from there to Putnam. The Lord, continuing to bless our efforts, five accepted the message at this place. After finishing the work at Putnam, I went to Ruth, where I held a tent meeting. Brother and Sister Syp were with me a large portion of the time, doing faithful work. After we had been holding meetings about ten days, the people began to ask us if we were going to give an invitation to join the church. When this question was asked, we were satisfied that the Lord was ready to give us souls for our hire. We therefore gave an invitation each night thereafter, and from one to four came forward every night as long as the meeting lasted. During the meeting twenty-six joined the church; fourteen were baptized, and four others were left to be baptized by the local elder.
In all my experience, I had never seen such a powerful outpouring of the Spirit of God. Young men came forward, followed by their parents. During the meetings, forty adults accepted the message of God, for which we praise his great and holy name.
Dear brethren, it is a great blessing to have a part in the last message. Let us all work and pray; for the Lord's coming hasteneth greatly, and who shall be able to stand.

J. A. SOMMERVILLE

New York

By E. A. Raymond

OSWEGO COUNTY.—According to recommendation, immediately after conference I began to labor among the churches of this county. Finding very many, in some cases one half, without our denominational papers, and correspondingly behind in the special work for this time, a thorough and vigorous preliminary campaign seemed a necessity. A special effort was put forth to visit every family and individual, however isolated, obtain subscriptions for our papers wherever possible, and awaken and strengthen a healthy enthusiasm in behalf of the church-school work, as well as other work of special importance. As a result, twenty-six individual subscriptions for various papers were obtained, and a number of others will probably be secured soon.
At Williamstown, West Monroe, and Roosevelt church schools are much needed, and the brethren and sisters are awakening to a sense of the solemn responsibilities resting upon them. I fully expect to see a church school established at one or all of these places. The Pulaski church is also greatly in need of such a school, and we trust one will be started as soon as the children are brought near enough to attend. Several brethren having large families, in this and other churches, have lately told me of their determination to place their children in church schools at the earliest opportunity. Others, young men and women of ability and experience, have expressed their desire to enter the work as teachers.
About five miles from this city, at Mt. Pleasant, still stands the barn, then owned by Brother Arnold, in which the first Adventist conference was held. It was with a great deal of interest that I visited this truly historic spot.
At Minetto a very flourishing church school is being conducted, concerning which, and the work of the church, I intend to write more fully.
With one or two exceptions, the churches in the county are very much behind in the work with “Christ’s Object Lessons,” but I intend pushing this work to the best of my ability. Continually I see exemplified the great truth that only by constant and whole-hearted work for others can we hope to remain awake in this night of spiritual lethargy. It is by giving that we gain the more.
E. A. RAYMOND.

Current Mention

— A new Texas oil field has been discovered at Harwood. The petroleum is said to be the best in the United States.
— Civil war is raging in San Domingo. In a recent battle at Juan Calvo the government forces were defeated with a loss of twenty killed.
— Clergymen of the New York Sabbath Committee are directing their energies toward the legal suppression of Sunday baseball in New York.
— An Albanian force of several thousand men was defeated on March 30 by 3,000 Turkish troops, after a two days’ battle, the loss being heavy on both sides. The sultan is alarmed, and troops are being rushed to the disturbed district.
— “Six-cent bread” is the prospect now faced by poor people in Chicago, says the Tribune of that city, on account of the continued upward tendency in prices. The higher price of both labor and material is given as the reason for this advance, which will take effect May 1.
— One result of the measures outlined for the relief of the peasants in the czar’s recent manifesto, according to a St. Petersburg dispatch, is that about $57,500,000 arrears of taxes have been cancelled, besides $15,000,000 owing to the district authorities being taken over by the central government.
— It is announced from Los Angeles, Cal., that the national government will shortly restore 1,000,000 acres in southern California to the public domain, to be subject to entry under the general land laws of the United States within sixty days after the official notification to the public.
— Bishop Spaulding (Catholic), who was a member of the strike commission appointed by President Roosevelt, says that arbitration will henceforth adjust labor difficulties in this country, and that the period of strikes has passed forever. This will be the result, he says, of the precedent established by the commission.
— A statement by Admiral Dewey to the effect that the recent demonstration by the American squadron under his command near the South American coast was a warning object lesson for Europe in general, and Germany in particular, has greatly incensed the latter country, and many bitter expressions are directed against him and against the United States in German papers.
— Merchants and business men of Honduras will, it is said, unite in an appeal to President Roosevelt to use his influence to put an end to the war in that country, by which all business there is demoralized, and which threatens to involve the surrounding countries in the strife. Should the president accept such an offer and do as requested, the act would have more significance than that of merely putting an end to the fighting.
— March 30 the London Times began what it says will be a “regular transatlantic service” between England and America by the Marconi wireless telegraph system. Two “marconigrams” of over one hundred words were printed in the Times of that date. It is stated that the rate for messages between England and America is not much in excess of that between England and France under the old system.
— The injunction issued March 3 by Judge Elmer B. Adams, of the United States District Court, at the instance of the Wabash railroad officials to restrain the brotherhoods of railway trainmen and firemen from ordering a strike on that system, was dissolved in a decision handed down April 1, by Judge Adams, at St. Louis, Mo. Thus victory has turned on the side of the labor unions, but it is hoped the threatened strike may be avoided.
— An international historical congress, attended by delegates from all nations interested in modern civilization, was opened in Rome, Italy, April 2, in the presence of the king and queen. The president of the congress, Professor Villari, made an address, the chief feature of which was his prediction that the overwhelming preponderance of the United States and Russia would compel the nations of Europe to combine for self-protection. Europe, he said, was shut in between two great powerful countries, Russia on the east and the United States on the west. The latter from a population of 30,000,000 had risen to 80,000,000, and no one knew what number its population eventually would reach. The United States also had taken the lead in all the works of progress and civilization. These two forces, acting on Europe, were likely to render necessary a union of the different European countries, which would completely change the geographical situation.
— The legal Sunday has received a backset in Philadelphia. Recently a test case was provided in that city to determine the legality of the Sunday “blue law” of 1794, by the arrest of representatives of several city newspapers, together with employees of an ice-cream company, who were charged with having violated the law. The result is thus stated in a Philadelphia dispatch dated March 31: “Magistrate James E. Gorman to-day rendered his decision in the cases against employees of several city newspapers, the Union News Company, and the Crane Ice Cream Company, who, it is alleged, had violated the Sunday blue law of 1794. In an elaborate opinion, supported by many legal authorities, he dismissed the charges. Among other things, he finds that there is a defect in the complaint by the omission to aver that the publication and sale of the newspapers on Sunday was not a ‘necessity’ and ‘charity;’ that this omission is fatal to the prosecution, and that, if for no other reason, he would be compelled to discharge the defendants. ‘If it were necessary, however,’ he says, ‘to determine this question, I should certainly be inclined to decide it as a matter of fact only in the affirmative. Perhaps no enterprise, whether we view newspapers commercially or in a literary sense, has made such rapid and marvelous strides as the public press. It has kept abreast and sometimes ahead of the wonderful development of the commonwealth in growth of population and in the various trades and business enterprises, and in a great measure has assisted in this development.’”
— The existence of a vast antarctic continent surrounding the south pole is considered to have been proved by the observations made by those on the ship “Discovery,” which recently returned from a voyage of antarctic exploration. The expedition penetrated one hundred miles farther south than any previous party had been able to do, and discovered an extensive mountainous region which is believed to stretch in a series of lofty peaks to the pole.
— The failure of modern Sunday-schools, was the theme of remarks made recently by Rev. D. W. Clark before the Methodist Preachers’ Association in Cincinnati. Mr. Clark is presiding elder of the Cincinnati district of the church. “The present object in many Sunday-schools,” he said, “seems to be to drive into the minds of children as many facts as possible. The children sit in an attitude of respectful listening, and do not become interested.” The ministers, Mr. Clark said, ought to take more interest in the schools.
— An Indianapolis telegram states that “figures just completed by Secretary Wilson, of the Mine Workers National Organization, show that the bituminous coal miners, as a result of the national and State conventions, will receive this year an aggregated increase of $19,437,000 in wages over last year. This estimate is based on the output of last year. It is probable the amount will be even more, as the production is likely to be greater. Including the advance received by the anthracite miners, the grand total will be about $35,000,000 this year.”

Reflections

By D. T. Shireman; A. Shireman

ALMOST forty-six years have passed since the REVIEW began coming to our home, changing its address as we went into new fields to build up the work that was dearer to us than the pleasures of this world. Many opportunities to seek for the gold of this world have presented themselves, but we knew that the earthly treasure would soon pass away, while the Word would abide forever.
Although the flames have turned into smoke and ashes the former home of the REVIEW, it still lives; and while death has laid low in the grave such faithful laborers as Brethren White, Andrews, Waggoner, Smith, and many others, yet the REVIEW comes to our homes laden with precious truths to encourage the few aged veterans whose heads have grown gray in this work.
May the younger workers upon whose shoulders the great burden must now rest until the message is given to the world, feel the need of seeking strength from Him who is able to keep us from falling. Only as we stand in Christ can we go through the perils we shall have to meet in this closing work.
Our courage is good. We hope to keep in the front till the battle is ended, and the victory won.
D. T. SHIREMAN, A. SHIREMAN.

Field Notes

A RECENT report from Hutchinson, Kan., states that about forty persons are in attendance at the missionary school which is being conducted there.
BROTHER T. W. FIELDS reports from Madge, Tex.: “We have a church school in good running order at this place. The brethren are wonderfully encouraged by the success of the school. Brother Nathan Willis is teacher. We also have a good church building finished.”
BROTHER J. F. POGUE is conducting meetings in a hall in the city of Minneapolis, the attendance, which has at times reached the number of one hundred and fifty, showing that there is a good interest on the part of the people to hear. The Minneapolis church is actively co-operating with him in the work.
BROTHER C. P. WHITFORD makes this the report of work done in several towns in southern Florida since the beginning of the year: “I have conducted 59 meetings, made 75 visits, disposed of 14 copies of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons,’ sold 16 Bibles, 12 copies of ‘Christ in Song,’ one of ‘Hymns and Tunes,’ one of ‘Early Writings,’ one of ‘Helps to Bible Study,’ 2 of ‘Sunday in History,’ one Bible Text-Book, and have given away 426 pages of tracts, 61 papers, and received 41 subscriptions to periodicals.”
BROTHER H. F. COURTER reports having held a short series of meetings near Red Oak, Ga. He says: “I held meetings in a schoolhouse. The people turned out well, considering the weather. A fair interest was manifested. The last night I was there, several gave themselves publicly to the Lord, to keep his Sabbath and fully consecrate themselves to him. I was called away from this place to attend a meeting for counsel and plans concerning the proposed sanitarium in Atlanta.”

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By A. J. Olsen

Northern Michigan Institute

THERE will be a canvassers' institute held at Petoskey, Mich., beginning April 27, 1903, lasting ten days. All the conference laborers are expected to attend, and we also expect to have Elder J. B. Blosser with us. A. J. OLSEN.

Missionary Acre

Money Received on the Missionary Acre Fund

Total cash received on the Missionary Acre Fund previously reported, $3,057.81.
NAME　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 AMOUNT Otto J. Graf　　　　　　　　　　　　　 $21 00 T. K. Henry　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5 25 Sadie Burton　　　　　　　　　　　　　- 25 Mrs. W. H. Parker　　　　　　　　　　 2 50 Ohio Conference　　　　　　　　　　　 9 50 E. Richter　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5 00 P. E. Pepper　　　　　　　　　　　　 5 50 W. H. Bunch　　　　　　　　　　　　 10 16 Michigan Tract Society　　　　　　　 12 02 D. C. Stone　　　　　　　　　　　　　 50 Cecil Garton　　　　　　　　　　　　 63 W. S. Campbell　　　　　　　　　　　 5 00 F. E. Cowin　　　　　　　　　　　　　6 15 Mrs. M. J. Campbell　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Lon Somers　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5 00 J. H. Johnson　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 John Eden　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2 00 Fritz Zrick　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Otto Eisele　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2 00 W. J. Wilson　　　　　　　　　　　　 5 00 A friend　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5 00 R. H. Thompson　　　　　　　　　　　 75 Mrs. A. D. Alden　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 A friend　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 50 A friend　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2 00 Emma Youngburg　　　　　　　　　　　 5 00 Collection, Oklahoma　　　　　　　　 1 15 Flora F. Stowell　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 A friend　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 50 G. A. Kirkle & family　　　　　　　　 1 00 Robt. Ryan　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 L. B. Porter　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Amanda Nelson　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Mary Fast　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Fast　　　　　　　　2 00 Susanna Isaac　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Annie Isaac　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 M. Eitel　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 50 J. Minter　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 C. D. Lude　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 F. H. Westphal　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Mrs. Ella Minter　　　　　　　　　　 1 00 Mrs. L. Rocke　　　　　　　　　　　 1 00

THE RELIEF SCHOOLS

Donors to the Relief of the Schools

The total cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to March 9, 1903, is $53,035.43.
NAME AMOUNT
J. Richart $10 00
J. C. Simons 2 00
Mrs. Carrie Howlett 5 00
Peter Wells 5 00
John Meredith 1 00
O. M. Haines 2 50
Fred Stoll 3 00
Mrs. W. N. DeWolff 5 00
John McKehy 2 00
G. W. Dodd 10 00
Elsie and J. H. Capfer 3 50
Mrs. Rinda Cook 1 00
D. G. Church 2 00
J. H. Wells 1 00
Mrs. B. A. Cane 1 00
A. G. Peart 2 00
George Alcott 1 00
W. G. Twichell 25
H. A. Campbell 2 00
Mrs. C. P. Copelin 25
Nora E. Porch 5 00
Mrs. L. M. Fisher 2 00
Agnes Stoll 50
J. F. Doerr 2 00
Madge Long 5 00
Mrs. P. Robinson 2 00
Mrs. W. N. McCutcheon 95
Mrs. Lizzie Cox 3 00
Kittie Bell 5 00
Mrs. Sophia Morgan 25
Mary Kinnear 10 00
M. G. Meade 1 00
H. Ricketts 1 00
Mary N. Thomas 2 00
Mrs. Mary Wicker 5 00
Mrs. W. Cartwright 25
Alice Hopkins 2 00
O. C. Brown 1 00
A friend 1 00
Mrs. Nellie C. Brown 2 25
Frank Baldwin 2 00
Z. M. & L. H. Moore 3 52
Mrs. Benjamin Young 1 00
Mrs. Emily Carr 50
Rosa Tatum 3 00
Wm. Estett 2 00
Carrie Hastings 1 00
Otto C. Taylor 1 00
Mrs. C. Dinwiddie 5 00
M. E. Rosebrook 1 00
L. M. Whisby 10 00
Ida Kuhn 50
Grace Marvin 1 00
Mrs. Ella B. Gardner 2 50
Mrs. Humphrey 1 00
John Reid 2 00
Fred Sproed 2 00
Mrs. Della Bailey 3 00
Mrs. A. O. Clark 1 00
Ft. Bragg S. S. 5 00
Maggie Spies 2 00
Geo. M. Bowers 5 00
Mrs. E. J. Stillman 1 00
E. Erickson 8 00
Mattie E. Graves 10 00
Mrs. J. C. Durant 5 00
Elizabeth Maxey 1 50
Mrs. L. E. Vincent 1 00
Lucy Ayling 2 00
Mrs. A. F. Smith 1 00
Rosa Brown 1 50
John G. Jenks 1 00
J. E. Collins 1 00
John Soderberg 2 00
Aaron Miller 25 00
Mrs. Alice Lunsford 2 00
Anna Wyckman 50
Mrs. McUmber 1 00
T. J. Patton 5 00
Nancy Harp 1 00
James R. Smith 2 00
Mesdames Donaldson, Reese & Wagner 1 00
E. C. Glasgow 25
T. W. Singletarry 2 00
G. A. Weeks 1 50
John B. Skeels 2 50
M. M. Osborn 2 00
Louise B. Jackson 1 00
H. J. Farman 1 00
Frank Letterman 1 00
S. Rose 2 25
Lucy Wilkins 1 00
John Bess 10 00
A. B. McReynolds 85
Mrs. Agnes H. Duncan 1 00
A friend 1 00
Southern Union Conference 50
H. M. Hobbs 2 00
Robert Carr 2 00
Tom C. Hedge 1 00

Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By George Thomason

THE regular annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association for the year 1903, will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist Tabernacle in Battle Creek, Mich., Wednesday, April 8, 1903, at 3 P. M., standard time, for the election of trustees, and the transaction of any other business which may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the board of trustees,
GEORGE THOMASON, Secretary.

Donations for the Washington (D. C.) Church

Mrs. S. C. Clark, $1; Jesse E. Warner, $5; George Schrag, $1; Fred. Holmden, $1; Fannie Glascock, $2; Sarah Brigham, $1; a friend, $1; Gussie & Jas. Mathews, $1; Nelson & Sarah Mathews, .50; Mrs. Edna J. Vine, $5; Mrs. A. M. Dunlap, $1; Mrs. F. C. Montgomery, $1; Mr. & Mrs. D. G. Collier, $1; Ida L. Darnall, .25; a friend, $1; W. E. Krum, .50; William Koenig, $1; Chas. R. Beeman, $5; Mrs. Olive Payne, .50; Mrs. Mary Griffin, .25; Maggie & Francis Griffin, .50; Mrs. D. S. Peppers, .50; W. F. Hastings, $1; Mrs. E. B. Scott, $1; a friend, $1; C. J. L., $1; Mr. & Mrs. Chancy Wood, $4; S. M. Lewis, $2; Mrs. Catharine Baughman, $1; Prattville (Mich.) church, $5; Elmina S. Heald, $25; R. E. Bliss, $5; Albert Weeks, $1; Mrs. A. W. Keck, $10; Jas. Bishop, $1; Mrs. R. E. Abbott, $2; Joseph A. Howland, $1; Mrs. M. Louise Duryea, $2; Emma Johnson, $1; Mrs. Eliza M. Ervay, $1.50; Mrs. R. D. Wyatt, .50; Mrs. S. S. Post, $1; Mrs. A. T. Lewis, $5; Mrs. Sarah Hill, .50; Mrs. Louisa Larson, $1; L. E. Larson, $1; Mrs. V. Liter, $2; Mrs. T. B. Hatch, $5; Cadillac (Mich.) church, $2; Mrs. Lavina Howe, $10; Agnes Harrison, .25; Richard Harrison, $1; Thomas Harrison, $1; Mrs. Hannah Johnson, $1.

International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

By George Thomason

THE regular annual meeting of the International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association for the year 1903, will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Tabernacle, in Battle Creek, Mich., Wednesday, April 22, 1903, at 3 P. M., standard time, for the election of trustee, and the transaction of any other business which may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the board of trustees, GEORGE THOMASON, Secretary.

Obituaries

VORSE.—Died at Helmick, Kan., March 13, 1903, of a complication of diseases, little Arden Augusta Vorse, aged 10 months and 10 days. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to about two hundred people at the Christian church of Wilsey, Kan. A. E. JOHNSON.
HUGHES.—Died at Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 5, 1903, of croupous pneumonia, Lewis Spencer Hughes, youngest son of Brother and Sister Robert Hughes, aged 3 years, 11 months, and 3 days. The parents look forward to a glad reunion at the coming of the Life-giver. Words of comfort were based upon Jer. 31:17. J. D. RICE.
SMITH.—Died at Cherry Flats, Pa., March 23, 1903, Sister Ezra Smith, aged 62 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Mother Smith leaves three children and a husband to mourn her loss. Funeral services were held in the church. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 1:18, by the writer. W. F. SCHWARTZ.
WILKINSON.—Died of heart trouble at Fargo, N. D., March 16, 1903, Elizabeth Wilkinson, in the seventy-first year of her age. She was a faithful servant of the Lord. A husband and six sons, of whom Elder B. G. Wilkinson, now in France, is the youngest, mourn their loss, but they are comforted with the blessed hope. The funeral discourse was based upon Num. 23:10. ANDREW MEAD.
MANOR.—Died at her home near Williams, Cal., March 4, 1903, of pneumonia, Ida M. Manor, wife of L. G. Manor, a native of California, aged 35 years and 11 days. She accepted present truth several years ago, and died in the blessed hope of a resurrection at the soon coming of the Lord. She leaves a husband, a two-year-old daughter, and two sons. She was loved by all who knew her. Text for funeral discourse, Mark 14:8, first line. J. D. RICE.
STURDEVANT.—Died at the Seventh-day Adventist mission station at Bulawayo, South Africa, Feb. 10, 1903, of spinal meningitis, Jonathan G. Sturdevant, only child of M. C. and M. J. Sturdevant, aged 14 years, 3 months, and 28 days. Jonathan was baptized and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church at nine years of age. John 14:1-3 and 1 Thess. 4:13-18 were read, and a few words of comfort were spoken, by Brother C. R. Sparrow, and we laid our darling boy to rest to await the Life-giver. Though we miss him so much in our home, we sorrow not as those who have no hope. M. C. AND M. J. STURDEVANT. (Southern Watchman, please copy.)
EMMERSON.—Died at his home near Grove Lake, Minn., Feb. 12, 1903, Brother John Emmerson, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was born in New Brunswick, and came to Minnesota before the Civil War. He became a Christian at an early age; was a member of the Baptist Church until thirty years ago, when he became a Sabbath-keeper. He served in the church as elder, and on committees of counsel in the Minnesota Conference, for many years. Uncle John was an honest man, true to his conviction, and of good judgment, and in his death the cause of present truth has lost a staunch advocate. He was the father of six children, five of whom, with his faithful wife, survive him. H. S. SHAW.
MITCHELL.—Rachel B. Mitchell was born Feb. 14, 1859, and on March 18, 1903, in Battle Creek, Mich., she fell asleep in Jesus, being 44 years, 1 month, and 4 days old. A little more than twenty years ago she gave her heart and life to the Lord, and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She lived a consistent, Christian life, and died in full faith of salvation through Christ. She rests in the blessed hope promised by her Saviour: “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” Consoling Scripture truth was presented by the writer at the funeral, held at her late home, and burial took place in Oak Hill Cemetery. I. D. VAN HORN.
BRICE.—Died at the home of his father in Lexington, Ky., March 19, 1903, James Willard Brice, oldest son of James F. and Mary B. Brice, aged 21 years and 2 days. When he was eleven years old, his parents accepted the truth as held by this people, and from that time he lived a consistent Christian life. He was attending Chandler Normal School of Lexington, Ky., expecting to be graduated at the close of the school term in June. He was a fine musician, and the organist of the Sabbath-school. The school choir furnished the music. His pall bearers were the members of his class. The funeral sermon was preached by the writer, assisted by the pastor, W. L. Johnson (Congregationalist), who kindly gave the use of his church for the services.

Annual Stockholders’ Meeting

By Irwin H. Evans; Arthur G. Daniells; William W. Prescott; S. H. Lane; G. W. Amadon; C. D. Rhodes

The forty-third annual stockholders’ meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association (twelfth under the new charter) will be held in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, April 21, 1903, at 10 A. M., local time, for the election of directors, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
I. H. EVANS, A. G. DANIELLS, W. W. PRESCOTT, S. H. LANE, G. W. AMADON, C. D. RHODES, Directors.

Absent Members, Notice!

THE Oklahoma City church desires to hear from the following-named persons: Minnie Alexander, S. A. Belson, Anna Johns, Sister Prindle, L. A. Campman, J. H. McGee. It will be necessary to drop from the church record the names of persons failing to report. Address Mrs. F. B. Buel, Clerk, 324 Chickasaw St., Oklahoma City, O. T.

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 number of good strong men to work in and around a sawmill. Address W. H. Kynett, Mellen, Wis.
FOR SALE.—The Quaker City Mill No. 4 F. The best mill for family use that we know of on the market. It will blanch peanuts as well as grind into butter all kinds of nuts. Is an excellent mill for making granola and other health foods equal to those made at our best factories. It will grind vegetables, roots, and drugs as well as wheat and corn. We offer these mills for a time at $3.50 each. And with each mill will give recipes for making substitutes for protose, bromose, granola, gluten, gluten butter, and nut cheese. You can order the mill sent by express or freight as you prefer. Address all orders to C. S. Coon, Lincklaen Center, Chenango Co., N. Y.

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:—
Tom C. Hege, Winston, N. C.
J. S. James, Stewardson, Ill., Signs and Good Health.
Pearle Apt, Marion, Ohio, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.
J. W. Hicks, Locust Branch, Ky., periodicals and tracts on the Sabbath.
E. F. Green, Care of E. C. Needels, Albany, Mo., either back or late copies of S. D. A. periodicals.
J. C. Colby, Union Grove, Wis., continual supply of REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, Good Health, Instructor, Little Friend, Life Boat.

Michigan Central

“The Niagara Falls Route.”

SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE

In both directions, in connection with Boston & Albany and New York Central, between CHICAGO and DETROIT, and NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, BOSTON, and Eastern points, with finest equipment of Through Sleeping, Dining and Buffet-Library Cars.
All day trains stop five minutes at Falls View, directly overlooking Niagara Falls. Send 4 cents postage for NIAGARA FALLS ILLUSTRATED.
O. W. RUGGLES, Gen'l Pass'r and Ticket Agent, CHICAGO

Excellent Dining-Car Service

The dining-car service on the Grand Trunk Railway System is of such an excellent standard that from time to time the officials of the company receive unsolicited testimonials of praise and eulogy in connection with this department. They are recently in receipt of a letter from a prominent gentleman in Pennsylvania, who, while traveling over the line, had the opportunity of dining in some of these cars, and his letter to one of the high officials of the company reads as follows: “We traveled over your line from Detroit to Montreal, and were very much pleased with the service. The dinner we had in the Cafe Car on the train leaving Detroit at 2:45 last Saturday, the 14th, was one of the best-cooked and best-served meals I have had in a dining car for many a day, and I congratulate you on the excellent service your department is giving.”

The Coming Conflict Over Rest Day

THAT the time in which we are now living is characterized by intensity, which is hastening us on to the fulfillment of prophecy and the final consummation, has for years been the testimony God has sent, and it is now the testimony of those who write of world affairs in the secular journals. For example, note the following from the last issue of The Independent:—
Events are moving rapidly in the United States, as in other countries, toward some reorganization of the political and industrial structure of society. Ten years ago it was possible for intelligent men still to cherish the hope that the day of capitalistic combinations and of trade unions might pass, and that the world might return to an unrestrained individual competition. No man in his senses cherishes such a hope to-day. The only question now is whether the coming system will be monopolistic, socialistic, or some third possibility.
And how much further will this have to go before it will be held that the individual does not have the right to settle for himself the question of which day of the week shall be his rest day, and which days his working days? This question each individual must settle for himself, before God; and when it is decided in this nation that the day of individualism has passed, and that henceforth the trades union or confederacy of some other sort must decide such matters, the individual Christian will be brought into direct conflict with the powers that be. That day is coming, and it is near.

Giving—a Blessing

By A Church Librarian

WE are still distributing the envelopes from Sabbath to Sabbath. Our offerings amounted to $27.52 up to December 30. I have not heard what we have collected since then. I distribute the envelopes each Sabbath, and our church treasurer collects the ones I had distributed the week before. We are sure that the envelope plan has been a great blessing to the church, as it has been a reminder of their call to duty. The dear children have caught the spirit, and take pleasure in passing in the envelopes with their little offerings. I am careful not to miss the lambs of the flock as I give out the envelopes. I wish you could see how pleased they are to get one in their own hands, which means to them that they are expected to help in the good work. I am indeed glad that we have this plan started again. I am thankful there is something I can do to help this good work along. I realize that time is short, and that we have only a little time in which to prepare for that great day.
A CHURCH LIBRARIAN.
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