Earlier text: J. A. SOMMERVILLEActive Bible Distribution
THAT is a good testimony which was given of our workers in the West Indies by the agents of the British Bible Society there, that they are the most active of all in selling and distributing God's Word. See page 4. Seventh-day Adventists ought to be known everywhere for their activity in this direction. Robinsons Return to America for Health
ELDER A. T. ROBINSON and his wife, who have labored in South Africa and Australia for the past twelve years, came to America with the delegates from Australia. This change was rendered necessary by the condition of Sister Robinson’s health, as she is compelled to seek such a climate as is found in Colorado or New Mexico. Brother and Sister Robinson will attend the General Conference which is now in session in Oakland, Cal. General Observance of Lent
Under the heading, “General Observance of Lent,” the New York Sun gave in a recent issue this statement of the attitude now assumed by Protestant bodies toward this Catholic fast: “Fourteen missionary societies, representing every Protestant religious body in the United States and Canada, have issued from their combined office in this city a common prayer service and topics for a week of prayer, beginning next Sunday, Palm Sunday, and continuing until Easter day. Quakers, Disciples of Christ, Baptists, and Congregationalists uniting with Lutherans and Episcopalians in observance of holy week and in the use of printed prayers is new for the first time this Lent, and is regarded as a step toward Protestant unity.” “OUR people should make greater efforts to extend the circulation of the REVIEW. If our brethren and sisters would only manifest greater earnestness, and put forth more persevering efforts to accomplish this, it would be done. Every family should have this paper. . . . “Those who consent to do without the REVIEW AND HERALD lose much. Through its pages, Christ may speak to them in warnings, in reproofs and counsel, which would change the current of their thoughts, and be to them as the bread of life.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IV, page 599. As a witness to the truth of these statements we quote the following testimonial from one who has had ample time to test the merits of the paper:— “It is with pleasure that I renew my subscription to the good old REVIEW. It has been a welcome visitor in our home for about fifty years, and it has come laden with good things calculated to inspire spirituality in our souls. We always feel that if there was but one paper in the world we could pay for, it would be the REVIEW. Our home would seem very lonely without it. “Yours in the blessed hope, Jewish Zionists Plan Military Defense
A NEW and interesting phase is coming over the Jewish Zionist movement, according to the following press telegram dated at Philadelphia, April 2: “The Zionist movement in this city is expected to assume a practical form within a few weeks, when an organization will be effected of military companies, prepared to defend with their lives the Jewish republic which it is planned will be established in Palestine by the purchase of the country from the Turkish government. This plan of the Philadelphia Zionists is said to be in accord with the policy outlined by them throughout the world, as they intend to have a fully equipped army and navy. An armory for the use of companies will in all probability be rented. The plan has the hearty approval of Rabbi B. Levinthal, the chief rabbi of the orthodox Jews.” Industrial Strikes Begun April 1
SOME idea of the acute stage which has been reached in industrial strife in this country, may be obtained from the following statement giving the place, class of workmen, and number of men engaged in strikes, all of which were begun in a single day, April 1. We take the list from the Chicago Tribune:— New York........Builders.....20,000
Terre Haute, Ind....Miners......10,000
Pana, Ill..........Miners......2,000
Shamokin, Pa......Miners......1,800
Greenwich, Conn....Builders......1,000
Bellaire, Ohio....Miners......1,000
Schenectady, N. Y. Carpenters....800
Denver, Colo......Miscellaneous. 800
Evansville, Ind....Furniture men 800
Cincinnati, Ohio...Iron workers....700
Columbus, Ohio....Brewers.....600
Cleveland, Ohio....Painters.....500
Danville, Ill........Plumbers.....500
Pittsburg, Pa......Wagon makers 400
Pittsburg, Pa......Plasterers....400
Milwaukee, Wis....Glassblowers..328
Oswego, N. Y......Laborers.....300
Saratoga, N. Y.....Builders.....300
Indianapolis, Ind....Bricklayers...300
Milwaukee, Wis....Painters.....250
Jackson, Mich......Masons, etc....250
Logansport, Ind....Bricklayers...250
Philadelphia, Pa....Plumbers.....200
Peru, Ind....Laborers....150
Milwaukee, Wis....Steamfitters....135
Veedersburg, Ind....Brickmakers..109
Reading, Pa.......Plasterers....100
Schenectady, N. Y....Electricians...100
Philadelphia, Pa....Many trades....—
Fort Wayne, Ind....Painters....—
Wheeling, W. Va....Builders. 80 per cent Knowledge of Prophecy Does Not Save
A MERE knowledge of the prophecies of Christ's second coming will not save any person from being surprised by the day of the Lord. Summary of Daily Proceedings, March 30 to April 4
Monday: Forenoon, address by the President, A. G. Daniells. Afternoon, address by Mrs. E. G. White. Evening, sermon by Elder E. J. Waggoner. Tuesday: Forenoon, report of Elder H. W. Cottrell, superintendent Atlantic Union Conference. Afternoon, announcement of standing committees, and financial reports of General Conference Association and Mission Board. Evening, missionary address by Elder W. A. Spicer. Wednesday: Forenoon, reports of Elders W. H. Thurston, Supt. Canadian Union Conference; E. T. Russell, Supt. Central Union Conference, and C. W. Flaiz, Supt. Northern Union Conference. Afternoon, report of W. T. Knox, Supt. Pacific Union Conference. Evening, address by Dr. David Paulson. Thursday: Forenoon, Committee on Plans reported favorably the following resolutions on mission work:— “Whereas, The one great work of this people is to carry the third angel’s message in this generation to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people; and,— “Whereas, About four fifths of the laborers, and the means with which to support them, are now gathered in the United States, where there is only about one twentieth of the world’s population; therefore,— “1. We recommend, That a systematic and thorough campaign be entered upon and kept up to turn the attention of conference committees, ministers, and people to the needs of the fields outside of their respective conferences and outside of the United States; and that all conference resources of ministers and money be held open by the conference management to the needs and calls of the regions beyond, the same as within the bounds of local conferences. “2. We recommend, That conferences urge their laborers to move out into needy fields, especially into fields outside of the United States, and pledge to support them there, as their own laborers, until they have raised up a sufficient constituency to give them their support. “3. We recommend, That in all cases where laborers are sent into another field, as above suggested, they work under the direction of the conference into whose fields they are sent; that the committee under whose direction they labor audit their accounts; and that all appropriations for their support be sent to the treasury of the Mission Board. “4. We recommend, That the General, Union, and State Conferences give their internal workings and the expenses of administration careful study, to the end that all unnecessary expenses be eliminated, and the work put upon a sound basis. “5. We recommend, That we encourage the States that are able to do so, to set aside a definite per cent of the regular tithe as an appropriation to the general work of the Mission Board. “6. We recommend, That this forward movement in behalf of missions be placed clearly before our people, and that their responsibility to pay a full tithe into the Lord’s treasury be emphasized. “7. We recommend, That in addition to this devotion of conference resources to destitute fields, we urge all our laborers and people to agitate the matter of the regular weekly offerings to missions, known as the ten-cent-a-week plan, by which a large treasure may easily be turned to the evangelization of the world.” The discussion of these resolutions occupied the greater part of the forenoon and afternoon sessions. They were adopted with slight amendment. Remainder of afternoon session was occupied by a partial report of the Committee on Institutions and a further report of Committee on Plans. Evening, sermon by Elder D. E. Lindsey. Friday: Forenoon, discussion of paragraph one of report of Committee on Institutions, providing that all institutions are to be owned directly by the people, either General Conference, Union Conference, State conference, or organized mission field. The resolution was opposed by Dr. J. H. Kellogg, who occupied the remainder of the forenoon session and the afternoon session with a review of his connection with the sanitarium work. Evening, sermon by Elder Geo. B. Thompson. Sabbath: Forenoon, sermon by Mrs. E. G. White. Afternoon, sermon by Elder A. G. Daniells; subject, “Personal Power and Consecration Needed to Finish the Work in this Generation.”