Brother Cady reports that the school home has been finished at Tahiti, and they have already begun work in it.
Elder William Covert reports the organization of a church at Hillsdale, Wis., June 7, 8. Seventeen members enrolled, all but two of whom had recently begun to observe the Sabbath. Several others expect baptism. A lot upon which to erect a meetinghouse has been purchased, and part of the material is on hand. Pledges to the amount of $200 have been made, which sum will be about half the amount needed.
Reports from Indiana state that good progress is being made toward the establishment of the industrial school, which it has been decided to locate at Boggstown. The site for the school has been selected, the spot chosen being a grove on the farm of Brother William Applegate, about three miles from the village. The location is thought to be a choice one. From $6,000 to $7,000 will be needed to build and properly equip the school, and of this amount $3,046 has already been pledged in the Indiana Conference.
Tent companies in Ohio will be located this summer as follows: R. R. Kennedy and John P. Gaede, South Point, Lawrence County; C. A. Smith and Virgil Fisher, Hamilton, Butler County; W. W. Miller and Francis M. Fairchild, Wauseon, Fulton County; C. C. Webster, B. L. House, and Robert Thurber, Burton, Geauga County; M. C. Kirkendall and F. H. Henderson, Duncan Falls, Muskingum County; J. O. Miller and C. T. Redfield, Fleming, Washington County; Kenneth R. Haughey, W. E. Bidwell, and Fred M. Fairchild, Lebanon, Warren County.
A brother in Chile has offered about fifty acres of land—all that he has—for a training school for workers, he himself planning to labor as a colporteur. The land is productive, and part of it is covered with heavy timber. As labor and lumber are cheap, a few hundred dollars would be sufficient to erect a building. The brother who devotes his time to translating articles for the paper has taken one hundred subscriptions during the last month. Thus far during the year the paper has been self-supporting, and three thousand copies are disposed of monthly.
Elder G. A. Irwin, president of the Australian Union Conference, writes that they have recently organized a conference in West Australia. During the past two years the Lord has blessed the efforts of the brethren who have labored there, and as a result there are three churches and four companies, with an aggregate membership of one hundred and fifty-two. They have just held a good camp-meeting. The donations more than covered the expense. This included a large forty-foot splice for their tent, and the purchase of several new family tents, besides all the timber and stakes necessary. Thirty-five tents were pitched on the grounds, and more than one hundred Seventh-day Adventists were in camp.
The South Lancaster Sanitarium is to be moved from its present location to Melrose, Mass., which is within a few miles of Boston. Among the reasons given for this step are the lack of proper sewerage and recreation grounds at South Lancaster, the impossibility of enlarging the present quarters of the institution, and the isolated situation of the village, one or more changes being required to reach it by rail from most parts of the surrounding country. In the new location there seems to be presented a providential opening for a sphere of much greater growth and usefulness. The situation is in the midst of Middlesex Fells, a park of three thousand five hundred acres, which has been reserved by the State for public use, in order to preserve its wonderful natural beauty. Upon the property selected is a hotel, which is well known to the people of Boston and vicinity, and upon the grounds are golf links, tennis courts, beautiful lawns, groves, and meadows, with an orchard, farm, and garden. The front lawn overlooks a beautiful lake, and from the highest point on the grounds a view can be had for miles over towns and woodlands, to the ocean. The buildings are ample and substantial, and fully equipped with all modern facilities,—electric lights, steam heat, water and sewer connections, etc. Trains run to and from Boston at frequent intervals, and there is also connection with the city by trolley. Other cities are within easy reach. The property was valued at $100,000, but was offered to the sanitarium managers for less than half this amount, and on easy terms. Mr. Thayer a well-known resident of South Lancaster, offered to buy the property at South Lancaster, giving full value, and yet allowing the managers to retain possession for another year, and then to remove the entire plant, including the buildings. The buildings on the new location will be fitted up at once to accommodate the overflow of patients from South Lancaster.
Donors to the Relief of the Schools
The Total Cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to June 21, 1902, is $44,195.65.
NAME
AMOUNT
J. W. Posey
1 00
B. B. Newman
2 25
Scholls, Ore.
26
Mrs. A. Lauson
25
Amos Ritchey
1 00
Mrs. Lizzie Clark
1 00
Mrs. E. Ketzeback
1 00
Mrs. E. C. Dye
3 00
M. W. Lewis
10 00
Newton H. Wyatt
2 50
Mrs. L. M. Dodge
1 00
Mrs. J. C. Thompson
3 00
Mrs. C. F. Russell
5 00
Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Johnson
1 00
William Everington
5 00
Katie G. Boone
5 00
Lydia Netzley
5 00
George W. Wagner
5 00
G. W. Howard
1 00
Wallace Taylor
1 50
Mrs. Olive Colwell
1 00
Mrs. Elizabeth Bristol
1 00
Mrs. Helen Bristol
1 00
Eliza Mosebar
5 00
Mr. & Mrs. B. G. Boorman
2 50
| A friend (Wisconsin) | 1 00 |
| Mrs. R. J. Contant | 1 00 |
| Mrs. Hannah Penn | 5 00 |
| Mrs. W. J. Wilson | 5 00 |
| Mrs. Margaret Boys | 1 00 |
| Edwin D. Clayton | 1 00 |
| S. W. Burkhart | 5 00 |
| Mrs. L. E. Taylor | 5 00 |
| Mrs. A. C. Nichols | 20 |
| Mrs. Katy Taylor | 50 |
| Donation (Nebraska) | 4 00 |
| Susie Twiggar | 5 00 |
| Louis Reiss | 1 00 |
| Wright Barker | 5 00 |
| Karl Conzelman | 5 00 |
| Randall Perkins | 5 00 |
| C. H. Bates | 2 00 |
| Helen Swinger | 10 00 |
| Delia Clark | 2 00 |
| Mrs. P. A. Powell | 1 00 |
| Ellen R. Gott | 1 00 |
| James Thorp | 2 50 |
| Mrs. Frank Alley | 1 00 |
Looking on the Fields
The following letter to the believers in Michigan may be equally applicable in many conferences. It is plain enough that this experience with “Christ’s Object Lessons” is a testing one, and that the attitude of the whole body of believers toward this work will determine their attitude toward other plans for pushing the message in all lands. Shall this work be hastened, and the tested workers be released to enter new fields? This is the call of the hour:—
Hesperia, Mich., June 16, 1902.
DEAR FELLOW LABORERS: It rejoices my heart to know that the work that God has given his people is being crowned with success. The jubilee song can soon be sung. Many have gone forth praying and weeping, and such laborers are already shouting victory; for they have the victory before the work is accomplished.
And now, dear fellow laborer, a greater victory lies before this people. I expect soon to hear the churches that have been faithful in this work say to the laborers in the field, in harmony with the testimony of God’s Spirit: Go to the wide fields, to the lost sheep, to the destitute fields in the regions beyond the sea, to the isles that are waiting for God’s law, and we will accomplish the work on “Christ’s Object21Lessons” at home. And soon the schools will be sending out more missionaries to labor for the millions who are perishing without God. Surely God will roll the burden upon at least one third of our conference laborers this coming annual conference, to go to those needy fields, and our noble people will say to them: Go, and God go with you; and we at home will support you in those fields until the work closes, and the song of triumph is sung.
As I survey the field, I see that many of our dear brethren have made great sacrifices to carry out the plan of God. They are happy to-day. I see others who are far better able financially who are murmuring, and do not pay even their tithe. They are under condemnation of conscience. These are the ones for whom we should pray. Many who are well-to-do have not allowed the ministers to carry all the financial burden, but have said, “We will advance fifty, seventy-five, or one hundred dollars to enable our church to do the work;” and these, too, are rejoicing in God, and are blessed of him in many ways. To those who are not happy, I would say, Come along, brethren; God has a rich blessing for you, too. It is not too late. God is allowing the great work to tarry a little for you to step in. O, come! God wants you. He has a special blessing for you. And let the minister who has not felt the burden of this work, but has had murmuring in his heart, fall into line. God is waiting for him. He wants to bless him, and crown his work with success. I could mention many who have filled their quota, and are now helping others, because the great love of God is in their hearts; and as they had God’s blessing so richly in the work in their group of churches, they long to see their fellow laborers receive a part in the same.
Dear brethren, I wish you could know the rejoicing there is to-day in the Old World, where hundreds of millions of people have not one laborer to a million, as Elder Daniells tells believers in the third angel’s message that the States are arranging to send them help, that the banner of the cross may be raised with the last message of mercy that will ever go to the world. All things are now ready except God’s people. The signs are in the past. God in mercy is waiting for us to get where he can pour his Holy Spirit upon us to sound the last solemn warning prior to his coming in glory. In a letter just received from Elder Daniells, who is in Europe, the appeals for help in that destitute field are heartrending. I long to see the time when our dear people in this country who are enjoying the bountiful blessings that God has been pouring upon them so many years, shall say to the laborers, Go. Then the blessing of God will be showered upon our churches here; for the message is to be preached in all the world for a witness. Has it not been preached to this nation sufficiently for a witness? Think of it. As I go North where we have but few churches, and mention the present truth to the people, they say, “O, yes, we have heard! We know all about it.” Come, let us go where they will not say this to us, and God will bless, and the work will be closed up, and his people will be redeemed.
With kindest regards,
J. D. GOWELL.
Rusty from Inaction
By Ellen G. White
MANY of the servants of Christ, although constantly reminded, seem to forget that they are stewards of their Lord’s goods. I have been shown that many of those who claim to be the children of God have become rusty from inaction; and the Lord in his providence has given them something to do, and in thus doing, has opened the way for them to help others to become acquainted with the truth.
He has given them a work to do that will bring about a good and grand result. In getting up out of the easy chair of self-satisfaction, and going forth to give the light of truth to their fellow men, God’s people will learn an excellent lesson. By selling “Christ’s Object Lessons,” they are doing a twofold work—helping to lift the debt from our schools, and at the same time giving most precious light to those who really need it. MRS. E. G. WHITE.
Current Mention
— While a funeral was in progress in a church at Pinerio, Spain, June 24, lightning struck the edifice, killing twenty-five persons and injuring thirty-five more.
— A steerage passenger on the “Kronprinz Wilhelm” who attempted to drink two liters of brandy daily during the voyage to New York, to win a bet he had made on his abilities as an imbiber, died of delirium tremens two days after the ship left port.
— A bill admitting Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico into the Union, is before Congress, and is being pressed for immediate consideration.
— The Chinese cruiser “Kai Chih” blew up June 22, on the Yangtse-kiang River, only two out of one hundred and fifty on board being saved.
— Cholera continues to spread in the island of Luzon, in spite of all efforts by American physicians. The reported deaths number over 200 daily.
— A concession made by Bolivia to an Anglo-American syndicate has caused a protest from Brazil and Peru, and according to report may lead to war.
— The Venezuelan revolutionists appear to be gaining steadily against the government forces, and the prospect is that the revolution will be successful.
— There is a prospect of war in the island of Mindanao, the inhabitants of which are Mohammedans. The dattos are disinclined to recognize American authority.
— The White House at Washington is undergoing extensive repairs and alterations, and President Roosevelt and his family have moved to other quarters in the city.
— A new constitution which was submitted to the people of Connecticut, June 16, after a constitutional convention had spent four months’ time in its preparation, was voted down by a large majority.
— Notwithstanding a recent advance in pay, Chicago freight handlers are demanding more money for their work, threatening in case of refusal to tie up all railroad freight business, July 1. The contest involves 10,000 men.
— The Boxer movement is still alive in some parts of China, as evidenced by a report which comes from Cheng-tu-Foo, on the western frontier, stating that a Methodist chapel there has been destroyed by the Boxers, and ten Chinese converts killed.
— Hundreds of acres of wheat in Kansas are reported to be going to ruin for want of harvest hands. Near Wichita fifty tramps are said to have been captured by farmers, and forced to work in the fields under shotgun guard, getting two dollars a day for their labor.
— Six amateur musical composers, three of whom were Protestant clergymen, recently composed a mass for use in St. Patrick’s Cathedral at Newark, N. J. The New York Sun mentions this as “an interesting and somewhat significant incident of this time of religious liberality.”
— Violent wind storms in central Indiana, northwestern Iowa, and southern South Dakota, June 25, did damage estimated at $3,000,000, and caused the death of at least half a dozen persons. The heaviest loss was in Indiana, where thousands of buildings were wrecked, and tens of thousands of trees blown down.
— A professional nurse living in Boston, Jane Toppan by name, who has been suspected of having murdered several patients under her care, has confessed that no less than thirty-one persons for whom her services as nurse had been employed have met death at her hands, usually by the administration of morphine.22
— A Michigan statute forbidding the sale of oleomargarine colored in imitation of butter, has been declared valid by the State supreme court.
— The great volcano, Kilauea, in Hawaii Island, has been in eruption since June 3, and a report from the city of Hilo, which is thirty-one miles distant, states that the eruption has been steadily growing greater, and now constitutes a magnificent spectacle of fire by night and cloud by day. As yet there has been no flow of lava.
— The coronation of King Edward VII has been indefinitely postponed by reason of a sudden illness which seized upon the monarch a short time ago, culminating in a condition which necessitated a surgical operation, the report being that the king was suffering from appendicitis. All London was thrown into consternation and gloom; all preparations for the coronation festivities were discontinued, and almost on the same day that the finishing touches had been put on the stands and various temporary structures erected along the route of the coronation procession, the workmen began tearing them down. Many persons who had invested their money in these have been brought to the verge of bankruptcy. It is said that it will be months before the coronation can take place in the event of the king’s recovery, and that the pomp and display arranged for on this occasion will not be attempted a second time.
— From reports that come from Rome concerning the Taft mission to the Vatican, it appears that a serious hitch has occurred in the progress of the negotiations, which at first were thought to be proceeding with exceptional ease and smoothness. The Vatican’s reply to the propositions submitted by Governor Taft proposes certain conditions to be accepted by the United States in making the transfer of the friars’ lands, among these conditions being one giving to Roman Catholics the control of primary education in the islands. Governor Taft has sent to Washington for further instructions. This proposition made by Rome, to give her control of primary education in the Philippines, thus providing for the placing of a papal stamp and mold upon every child, by the sanction and under the control of the United States government, is of course totally contrary in every way to the American principle of the separation of church and state, and is one which this government naturally could not be expected to consider for a moment. But why has Rome, which very well understands American principles of government made such a proposition? Is there any connection between this and the announcement by Roman Catholic papers here that the great Catholic Federation in this country is now completed and ready to do business with political parties and with the government? Will the administration venture to hold out against Rome’s demands, in the face of the political opposition of this powerful federation, which may be able to seat a rival political party in power at the next election? Such questions as these naturally present themselves when the existing situation is fully considered. It is certain that Rome cares very little about the Philippine property in dispute, but she cares much for the political advantage she may be able to reap from successful diplomacy at this time.
A Destroying Blast
WHAT is probably the most accurate description that has been given of the volcanic outbreak which so suddenly and completely destroyed St. Pierre, so far as such an event could be described by an eyewitness, is the following which is printed in The Independent of June 19. It is furnished by a Catholic priest who lived a short distance inland from St. Pierre, and partly around the mountain from the city, just outside the range of the destroying blast which shot from the volcano. He says:—
At about half-past seven in the morning of May 8, a dense, black mass of smoke rising rapidly, rolling, twirling, and twisting upward to a prodigious height, was seen coming from Pelée’s crater. Suddenly the upper portion dilated like a huge sunflower on its stalk, and the lower part became wrapped in a snow-white wreath of vapor, which encircled the column, and then intermingled with it, and appeared as black cloud and silvery masses. Through the pitchy awning above, lightning played incessantly; and below on the side of the mountain, monster jets started upward until the whole mountain appeared to be a submerged, smoking, burning mass. There was a blinding flash, and it appeared as if some keen-edged knife had cut the stalk of the flower, and with a loud report, like the guns of the navies of the world simultaneously exploding, the black cloud swept down the mountain upon the little city. Lightning flashed and crackled, and the surrounding world became as dark as the darkest night. As the cloud reached the city, there was another blinding flash and a loud report, and from north to south St. Pierre burst into flames. The only fire from the volcano was that of lightning. Flames do not come from the crater.
Science cannot account for the tragic phenomenon which is here described. The titanic forces of nature acted in a new way, which no man had been able to anticipate. And there are yet other events to take place which are equally unconceived of by the world’s system of science, one of which is described in the words, “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together.” Rev. 6:14. Modern worldly science declares this to be impossible; but the word of the Lord will surely be fulfilled, while those who have despised it will behold and wonder and perish.
Lessons from the Orchard
By J. C. Rogers
A few days ago, while walking in an orchard with the owner, I noticed the need of pruning. His attention was called to this tree with its dead branches, to that one filled with useless sprouts, or “suckers,” as they are sometimes called, and to others having branches which crossed and wore each other away by friction. “Let us get some knives and prune them.” Both agreed, and planned for the work. As the pruning proceeded, and the ladder carried us in among the branches, many other defects were found, and remedied as best they might be. Here was a big, sturdy shoot proudly lifting itself in the midst of fruitful branches; but it had never produced a single apple, and never would. It was only a parasite, sapping the life current from the legitimate branch which supported it. Branches were found dying by degrees from the extremities toward the body. Evidently there was something wrong here with the nourishment, something clogging the channel of its outward flow. In some cases too many branches crowded close together. All these grew weak, and had to be thinned out. So far, the one remedy was to cut out the useless members.
Next we climbed to the top of a fine, promising tree. The first look upon its thrifty branches, green leaves, and abundant blossoms showed a prospect of plentiful fruit. Apparently we might pass to the next tree, for no pruning seemed needful here. A gorgeous array of blossoms in glowing colors spread itself before us. The passing observer might easily be deceived by this show of blossoms; for it was only show. An examination of what should have been the fruit-bearing twigs of last season revealed many small applets, withered and blasted, still hanging there. No expert was required to determine that what this tree had done it was doing now, and would doubtless do again. It lived to make a show, bearing only leaves. What can we do for such a tree? The pruning knife cannot reach its defect; for it is not upon the surface. Ah, here is the saddest case of all. This tree is rotten at the heart. Borers have so long preyed upon its vitals that only a shell of its trunk remains. Tapping upon the body with an ax, it sounded like a drum. Here on one side near the ground is a thin opening, and the blade of our saw was thrust through its dead mass from bark to bark. All the remaining life of this tree has been turned to making a show of leaves and blossoms. While its appointed work is fruit bearing, it cannot do this work; for it is dead at heart. “Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?”
Nine years ago work in the Lord’s vineyard called me to a distant field, and my journey took me from the Pacific to the Central States, through the fertile fields of Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan. Never expecting to return again, I thought much of how the work of the message would be quickly finished. As I rode along through these prosperous States, where I knew thousands were rejoicing in the love of the truth, it seemed to me that these many loyal believers in the coming of Jesus would devote their lives, their houses, and their lands to the Lord, causing his truth to triumph in a little while. I am now told that in those very States during these years while God has given great prosperity in temporal things, many of these same believers have added farm to farm and bank account to bank account, instead of devoting their increase to hastening our Lord’s return. Is it possible that these professed believers have lived, like the tree, only for a show, bearing no fruit for God? The yearning heart of our Saviour replies to the decree, “Cut it down.” “Let it alone this year also.” In anxious tenderness Jesus pleads for us, longing to replace even the dead heart with one of perfect soundness.
Will you open the channel, so that the life-giving stream of love may flow from Jesus through you to the perishing? To many the present calls of duty may be the last. J. C. ROGERS.
List of Missionary Acre Pledges
NAME NATURE OF PLEDGE
O. C. Surdam, 2 days' work in shop each month.
E. R. Carnahan, proceeds 1 acre corn.
Chinery, 1 or 2 acres of wheat.
Henry H. Todd, $2.
H. J. Mass & wife, $2.
Mrs. S. C. Botsford, proceeds from sale on books, May 13 to Jan. 1.
Mr. & Mrs. James Sorenson, eggs laid on Sabbath.
Mrs. E. F. Noble, $1 monthly.
George Gregory, 1 row peanuts.
R. L. Gregory, 2 rows potatoes.
Willie Lewis, 1 row potatoes.
Martha Lewis, $1.
Mary Lewis, $1.50.
Mrs. Phebe Murray, $1 in work and $1 for carpet weaving.
Marx Murray, $2 in work.
Mathe Reed, $6.
Ella L. Hiatt, $1.50.
Ralph E. Dewey, $3.
W. F. Serber & wife, $2.
Vida Downs, 50c.
Willie E. Downs, 25c.
May B. Henderson, $1.
N. M. Treel, 2 rows potatoes.
H. A. Felkes, 1 acre grass.
Mrs. J. G. Downs, 1 hen & chickens.
Anna Gregory, eggs laid on Sabbath from June 1 to Sept. 1.
Nanna Gregory, hen and chickens.
Mollie Cole, eggs laid on Sabbath until Oct.
Pearl Catnaty, 1 hen and chickens.
Sallie Cole, 1 hen and chickens.
G. W. Baldwin, 1 acre corn.
E. C. Downs, 1 row sweet potatoes.
Fred W. Evans, 1 row potatoes.
Bert Cole, 1 row sweet potatoes.
James O. Oley, 50c.
Phillip Threadgold, 1 day's work.
Sarah Hiatt, 1 brood chickens.
Don Nowlen, 1 brood chickens.
Roy Russell, 1 brood chickens.
Oma Russell, 1 day's work.
Ed. Ashley, 25c.
Warren Russell, 2 rows potatoes.
Mrs. Ruth Russell, 1 brood of turkeys.
Jeff E. Russell, 1 brood chickens.
Riley Russell, 1 week's work.
C. R. Chowning, $1.
Burt Figgins, row muskmelons 20 rods long.
Arthur Figgins, 1 bu. of corn.
Charlotte Chowning, 1 brood of chickens.
F. M. Gourley, 1 day's blacksmithing.
Mrs. A. C. Crandall, $1.
Jake Figgins, ½ bu. beans.
Mrs. Wallace & Jane Griffith, 1 day's work each.
Mrs. Laura A. Bellah, 5c on every P. of P. sold.
Huldah M. Bellah, 1 quilt top.
Mrs. R. A. Bellah, 1 hen and 12 chickens.
H. A. & Mary G. Scantlin, $5.
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
Obituaries
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
Collins.—Bessie Maud Collins was born in Harvey County, Kan., Dec. 9, 1881; died at the St. Helena Sanitarium, June 6, 1902, aged 20 years, 5 months, 27 days. She died in good hope of a future life when Jesus comes. Services were conducted by the writer at the St. Helena church. Text, Rev. 21:4. H. A. St. John.
Bell.—Brother S. N. Bell was born in England, May 17, 1855. He came to this country when young, and for years made his home in Los Angeles, Cal. Seven years ago he accepted present truth, uniting with the Los Angeles church, and was an energetic worker for the principles which he loved. Although working steadily as a carpenter, he frequently gave Bible readings every evening during the week. He died of pneumonia, May 13, 1902, after an illness of but six days. He leaves a wife, four children, and his aged mother. Elders R. S. Owen and J. W. Adams and the writer conducted the funeral service. Clarence Santee.
Hough.—Died at Battle Creek, Mich., May 26, 1902, at the home of Niles Bartholomew, of cancer and old age, Dr. Joel D. Hough, aged 93 years, 7 months, 16 days. His religious experience was with the Seventh-day Adventists. He was brought into the faith of this people about the year 1856, under the labors of Elders M. E. Cornell and J. N. Loughborough, and was a zealous and steadfast member of the church till the day of his death. His faithful wife, with whom he lived for sixty-five years, was taken away by death a little more than three years ago. Out of a family of eight children only one daughter is now living. He fell asleep in bright hope of a part in the first resurrection. I. D. Van Horn.
Gargett.—James Gargett was born in Canada, July 15, 1825; died at Chester, Va., June 11, 1902, aged 76 years, 8 months, 26 days. Brother Gargett accepted the third angel’s message about thirty-seven years ago as the result of a tent effort at Alma, Mich., by Elder I. D. Van Horn. He was a prominent business man in Alma, and at one time represented his part of the State in the Michigan Legislature. He served on the Virginia Conference Committee and acted as conference treasurer for the past eight years. He was a great help to the cause by his wise counsel and his liberal gifts. His funeral was conducted by the writer from the M. E. church at Chester. He leaves a wife and many friends to mourn, but not as those who have no hope. R. D. Hottel.
Davis.—Died at Esmeralda, Cal., May 21, 1902, of diphtheria, little Tad Davis, only son of Thomas and Susie Davis, aged 2 years and 7 months. He was born in Iquique, Chile, Oct. 25, 1899, where his parents spent several years in the Master’s service. They sorrow not without hope. Funeral service was conducted by Brother D. Adams. Mrs. C. L. Davis.
Ellison.—Fell asleep May 4, 1902, at Noblesville, Ind., Charles Ellison, aged sixty-nine years lacking two days. He was born in Dover, N. H., and was a Union soldier in the Civil War. He was converted under the labors of Elders Lane and Covert. We laid our loved one in the tomb with the bright hope of meeting him in the first resurrection. Mary I. Ellison.
Nelson.—Died at the home of her father, in Dodge Center, Minn., April 24, 1902, of pulmonary tuberculosis, Mrs. Lizzie Nelson. The deceased was reared in the truth, and at the time of her death was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Indianapolis, Ind. She leaves a husband, two little boys, a father, and three brothers to mourn her loss. Funeral services were conducted by Brother J. F. Pogue. M. B. Van Kirk.
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 man to work on farm for four months, beginning about July 1. Wages, $30 a month. Address C. L. Kendall, Mooreton, N. D.
WANTED.— Twenty reliable Seventh-day Adventists to take nurses’ course. Address Colfax Springs Sanitarium, or W. D. Kinney, M. D., Colfax, Iowa.
WANTED.— A good dentist or dental assistant. Will be glad to correspond with an industrious young man who desires to learn. Must be a Sabbath keeper. Address L. A. Reed, dentist, Jacksonville, Ill.
WANTED.— Three good, strong, active Sabbath-keeping men to work in sawmill, drive team, and cut logs on Sec. 10, Tp. 45, Range 2, West Ashland Co., Wis., six miles north of Mellen, on Tyler Fork River. Address W. H. Kynett, Mellen, Wis.
WANTED.— Steady work by first-class workman. Has worked in copper works, and tin, machine, and other shops; also in Pa. R. R. Locomotive Works (Air Brake Department), Altoona, Pa., for 17 years; discharged for Sabbath keeping. Address Julius H. Ulrich, 2114 Fifth Ave., Altoona, Pa.
Notice to Those Planning to Visit the Sanitarium
Notice!
THE undersigned wish to state to the public that it is absolutely necessary that those who are planning to come to the Sanitarium, or the Medical Missionary College, should write in advance of coming, and make necessary arrangements. It is not sufficient simply to write, giving notice of coming, but arrangements should actually be made with those in charge of the work. It has for several years been customary for those who had friends at the Sanitarium to write and notify their friends of their coming. Such a notice is not adequate, and the management of the institution desire to say that, after this date, they cannot receive any with the exception of those with whom they have previously corresponded. SANITARIUM.
Post-Office Address of Elder Geo. I. Butler
Address
THE post-office address of Elder Geo. I. Butler is 1025 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn.
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:—
R. T. Nash, Waynesville, N. C.
E. L. Pickney, Lock Box 467, Jonesboro, Ark.
Anna Marr, Blackwell, O. T., Little Friend, Instructor, Life Boat.
Mrs. Carrie S. Hammond, Wayne, Neb., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, Life Boat, Instructor, Little Friend, tracts, for two months.
Capt. C. Castberg, 95 Stuart St., San Francisco, Cal., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, Good Health, Instructor, foreign publications for use in ship-mission work.
Summer Session at South Lancaster Academy
By Frederick Griggs
THE outlook for the teachers’ school is good. We expect a very profitable time. There is an increasing demand for teachers for our church schools, as many new schools are to be established this coming year. Seventh-day Adventists should not be content to teach in worldly schools when, if their labors were consecrated to the Lord, the churches would be benefited by them. Last year a number of church schools could not be supplied with teachers, hence were unable to open. This must not occur again. I hope that these thoughts, even though it be the eleventh hour, may stir up those of our people who should avail themselves of the advantages of the course of training offered by the summer school to do so, even though they have not given the matter consideration heretofore.
The school opens July 2. The announcement will be sent upon application.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected Nov. 3, 1901.
EAST
8 1Night Express
12 2Det. Accom.
6 1Mail & Express
10 1N.Y. & Bos. Sp.
14 1Harv’a Express
4 1N.Y. St. Sp.
36 1At’ic Express
Chicago
pm 9.35
am 6.45
am 10.50
pm 3.00
pm 5.30
pm 11.30
Michigan City
11.25
8.43
pm 12.08
4.39
7.00
am 1.30
Niles
am 12.40
10.15
1.00
5.35
7.55
2.30
Kalamazoo
2.10
am 7.30
pm 12.10
2.08
6.45
3.10
Battle Creek
3.00
8.10
1.00
2.42
7.17
9.37
5.00
Marshall
3.33
8.38
1.30
3.09
7.43
5.30
Albion
3.55
9.00
1.50
3.30
8.03
6.45
Jackson
4.50
10.05
2.35
4.05
8.40
10.50
8.40
Ann Arbor
5.55
11.10
3.47
4.58
9.30
11.40
7.45
Detroit
7.35
pm 12.25
5.30
6.00
10.00
am 1.45
9.30
Falls View
pm 5.32
Suspension Bridge
5.37
Niagara Falls
am 12.20
am 7.00
7.50
6.40
Buffalo
1.13
9.00
10.00
8.40
Rochester
1.39
9.00
10.00
8.40
Syracuse
5.15
10.55
am 12.15
10.45
Albany
9.05
pm 2.30
4.50
am 2.50
New York
pm 1.30
6.00
4.51
am 3.00
Springfield
12.16
6.10
8.32
5.06
Boston
3.00
9.00
11.30
9.40
WEST
7 1Night Express
17–21 1N.Y. Ba. & Ch. Sp.
5 1Mail & Express
3 1Fast Mail
23 1N.Y. & Bos. Express
13 1Kat. & St. L.
37 1Pacific Express
Boston
am 4.00
pm 4.10
pm 6.00
New York
3.00
am 8.50
6.00
am 8.10
Syracuse
4.00
am 5.00
pm 7.50
Rochester
am 11.30
2.00
pm 10.30
Buffalo
am 1.20
4.05
pm 12.10
Niagara Falls
3.20
pm 6.25
5.20
4.50
Suspension Bridge
6.02
5.32
Falls View
6.31
5.07
Detroit
pm 8.20
8.25
am 7.15
am 12.30
pm 12.40
4.35
11.15
Ann Arbor
am 9.38
9.23
8.40
1.20
1.38
5.45
12.20
Jackson
11.20
10.20
11.05
2.30
2.40
7.25
1.35
Battle Creek
am 12.40
11.34
pm 12.25
3.30
3.50
9.00
3.00
Kalamazoo
1.40
12.10
1.20
3.05
4.28
10.00
4.40
Niles
3.25
1.22
3.25
5.28
6.05
6.08
Michigan City
4.47
2.20
4.45
6.22
7.05
6.00
Chicago
6.05
4.00
6.40
7.55
8.55
7.50
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.10 p. m. Daily except Sunday.
O. W. RUGGLES,
General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
