Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association
By W. A. WESTWORTH; W. C. FOREMAN
THE tenth annual session of the Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association will be held Aug. 31, 1915. The purpose of the meeting will be the rendering of reports, the election of three trustees, and the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the delegates. The meeting will be held in connection with the annual conference at Joliet, Ill., August 26 to September 5. All accredited delegates to the conference will be entitled to a vote in the association meeting.
W. A. WESTWORTH, President;
W. C. FOREMAN, Secretary.
Eastern New York Conference Association
By K. C. RUSSELL; HOWARD A. MAY
NOTICE is hereby given that the eleventh annual session of the Eastern New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the Eastern New York conference and camp meeting, at Eastern and Rankin Avenues, Schenectady, Sept. 2-12, 1915. The first meeting will be called at 10 A. M., Monday, September 6. All delegates to the Eastern New York Conference are members of this association. The purpose of this meeting is the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
K. C. RUSSELL, President;
HOWARD A. MAY, Secretary.
Indiana Conference Association
By E. A. Bristol; W. A. Young
THE annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 19-29, 1915. The first meeting will be called August 20, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the Indiana conference are delegates to the association.
E. A. BRISTOL, President;
W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.
Southern Illinois Conference Association
By A. J. Clark; R. B. Craig
The thirteenth annual session of the Southern Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Springfield, Ill., in connection with the annual camp meeting and conference, Sept. 2-12, 1915. The first meeting will be called at 9 A. M., Monday, September 6. Officers will be elected for the coming year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the Southern Illinois Conference are delegates to this association.
A. J. CLARK, President;
R. B. CRAIG, Secretary.
Illinois Conference Association
By WM. WESTWORTH; H. E. MOON
THE annual session of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Joliet in connection with the State conference and camp meeting. The purpose of this meeting will be the election of all the regular officers and the board of trustees. All regularly accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of this association. The first legal meeting will be called at 9 A. M., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1915.
WM. WESTWORTH, President,
H. E. MOON, Secretary.
Northern New England Conference
By R. D. Quinn; D. K. Royer
THE Northern New England Conference will hold its annual session in connection with its camp meeting, at White River Junction, Vt., Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, 1915, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought in. The first meeting will be held at 7:30 P. M., August 26. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for every ten members.
R. D. QUINN, President;
D. K. ROYER, Secretary.
Northern New England Conference Association
By Elgin G. Farnsworth; David K. Royer
THE second annual session of the Northern New England Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 5 P. M., Aug. 30, 1915, on the camp ground at White River Junction, Vt. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the association.
Elgin G. Farnsworth, Vice President;
David K. Royer, Clerk.
Northern New England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Incorporated
By Clarence F. Ball
The regular session of the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Incorporated, is called to convene at 5 P. M., Aug. 30, 1915, on the camp ground at White River Junction, Vt. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the corporation session.
CLARENCE F. BALL, Clerk.
Seventh-Day Adventist Book Society of West Virginia
By S. F. Ross; J. S. Barrows
THE fourth annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Book Society is called to convene at 10 A. M., Sept. 2, 1915, on the camp ground at Weston, W. Va. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the society.
S. F. ROSS, Vice President;
J. S. BARROWS, Secretary.
West Virginia Camp Meeting
By J. W. HIRLINGER
THE West Virginia camp meeting will be held in Weston, Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, 1915, instead of at North View Park, Clarksburg. In Weston we have the use of a quiet park with buildings. There is a fine pavilion fifty-five by eighty-five feet, which can be used as an auditorium for the meetings. It is built of wood, and meetings can be held in it rain or shine. There is also a good dining hall and other outbuildings on the grounds, all piped for lighting; also plenty of good shade trees, and conveniences which tend to comfort.
Weston is a beautiful place, connected with Clarksburg by a good trolley system and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. All will be pleased with this location. There will be plenty of family tents, and rooms for those who cannot live in tents. We are promised good ministerial help from the union and Division conferences.
J. W. HIRLINGER, President.
Requests for Prayer
A NEBRASKA sister writes, “Please pray that we may be enabled to get out of debt.”
A brother in Massachusetts, who is very sick, asks an interest in the prayers of God’s people.
A sister in Illinois asks prayer for healing, and also for the conversion of her brother and his family in Canada.
A California brother who has met with two severe accidents, and is now very ill, desires the prayers of God’s people that he may be restored to health.
From Wisconsin comes a request from an anxious wife, asking our prayers that her husband may be delivered from the tobacco habit, and also that her sister may accept Christ.
An Iowa sister requests prayer for the restoration of her husband’s mind, and for the conversion of her son-in-law, who is a drunkard. Another sister, writing from the same State, desires our prayers for the conversion of her husband, who was once a believer in this truth, and for his deliverance from the tobacco habit.
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Obituaries
CAPPS.—Effie Pendley Capps was born near Avinger, Tex., Oct. 25, 1894. She was married to Audry Capps in 1913, who, with their infant child, her father, two brothers, and six sisters, is left to mourn. Sister Capps accepted the third angel’s message in 1906, and died in the blessed hope of eternal life.
SULLIVAN WAREHAM.
STEVENS.—L. P. Stevens was born in New York State sixty-eight years ago. He died in Tucson, Ariz., July 11, 1915. Fifteen years ago Brother Stevens accepted the Sabbath truth, but he never united with the church, although he was a member of the Sabbath school. His wife and one sister survive. Funeral services were conducted by the writer.
J. ERNEST BOND.
BREESE.—Rosanna Breese was born Jan. 12, 1844. She was married to John Breese, and spent the greater part of her life in the Wyoming Valley, Pa. Two children were born to them, but only one daughter is left to mourn. For four years Sister Breese was a great sufferer, and on July 15, 1915, fell asleep in the hope of eternal life.
F. A. HARTER.
OSTLUND.—Johannah M. Ostlund was born in Sweden, Sept. 2, 1839, and died at the home of her daughter, in Battle Creek, Mich., June 29, 1915. Sister Ostlund accepted present truth, many years ago, in her native land. She became a widow sixteen years ago. Two daughters and one son are left to mourn, but they sorrow in hope.
G. E. LANGDON.
ORR.—Merab A. Orr died in Kokomo, Ind., June 9, 1915, aged 43 years, 4 months, and 24 days. She was a faithful member of the Kokomo Seventh-day Adventist Church at the time of her death. She was very patient, though she suffered much. Her husband and a son and a daughter are left to mourn. Funeral services were conducted by the writer.
C. N. SANDERS.
LIGHT.—Milton K. Light was born in Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 23, 1853, and died in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1915. After laboring as a Salvation Army worker for many years, he organized the Christian Crusaders, and continued work in this capacity until claimed by the disease which caused his death. His loss is mourned by a wife, one son, one brother, and one sister.
W. C. MOFFETT.
PLATZEK.—Elsie M. Platzek died in Fowler, Cal., June 26, 1915, in her fifty-second year. She was a faithful member of the Fowler church, and fell asleep with the assurance of a part in the first resurrection. Five sons and three daughters, also her mother, four sisters, and six brothers, mourn their loss, but not without hope. Words of consolation were spoken by the writer.
N. P. NEILSEN.
CAMPBELL.—Died in Le Grand, Cal., June 29, 1915, Sister Linnie S. Campbell, aged 40 years, 2 months, and 17 days. She was baptized about nineteen years ago, and was a faithful member of the Le Grand church at the time of her death. Her hope was bright in the Lord. She leaves her husband, one daughter, her mother, one brother, and one sister, besides other relatives, to mourn their loss, but not without hope.
N. P. NEILSEN.
BARRETT.—Eliza M. Dillree was born in Lockport, Va., March 5, 1835, and died in Edmore, Mich., July 2, 1915. She was married June 6, 1850, to A. Judson Barrett, and became the mother of three daughters, all of whom survive. She was left a widow Oct. 17, 1912. With her husband she accepted the third angel’s message at Carson City, Mich., nearly forty years ago, and was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She rests in hope. Funeral services were conducted by the writer.
C. F. McVAGH.
RICKETT.—Adelaide E. Rickett was born in Indiana in 1838. She was married to J. W. Rickett in 1858. During the pioneer labors of Elder J. N. Loughborough in California, she heard and accepted present truth and united with the church. On July 20, 1915, she fell asleep in Jesus, at the home of her daughter, in Santa Rosa, Cal. Three of her five children survive. Services were conducted by Elder M. A. Hollister, assisted by the writer.
C. S. PROUT.
SHILLING.—Died July 1, 1915, at her home, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Irene Leone Shilling, in her fourteenth year. Although she never made an open profession, she was reared by godly parents in a knowledge of this truth, and during her last sickness developed a Christian patience and confidence in God seldom seen in one so young. We believe that she will have part in the first resurrection. The sorrowing family are cheered by “the blessed hope.”
J. C. CLEMENS.
JACOBSEN.—Anthon Jacobsen was born in Audubon County, near Exira, Iowa, Oct. 3, 1885, and died at his home, in Wyoming, May 28, 1915. About five years ago he became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Oakland, Cal., and remained a faithful believer until his death. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters, and we feel confident that he will have a part in the first resurrection.
P. E. BRODERSEN.
HALL.—Mrs. Samuel Hall was born in Adrian, Mich., March 16, 1850, and died at the home of her daughter, in Lansing, Mich., July 14, 1915. About twenty years ago Sister Hall accepted the third angel’s message through reading, and remained a devout and faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church until her death. Interment took place at Nashville, Mich. The husband and one daughter are left to mourn. Words of consolation were spoken by the writer.
J. N. BRANT.
HENDRICKSEN.—Hans N. Hendrickson was born in Denmark, Aug. 29, 1830, and died May 31, 1915, at his home, in Persia, Iowa. He came to America in the spring of 1868, and settled near Kellogg, Iowa, but in 1875 moved to Shelby County. He was the father of twelve children. An earnest believer in the third angel’s message, he was faithful and zealous in carrying the good news to others, and just recently was instrumental in bringing several into the truth.
P. E. BRODERSEN.
RAYMOND.—Porter B. Raymond was born in the township of Wright, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Sept. 9, 1856, and died July 26, 1915. All his life was spent in the county where he was born. He was married to Sarah Parmalee on Oct. 8, 1885, and to them were born three sons and five daughters. Brother Raymond accepted present truth about thirty-five years ago, and now sleeps in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by Elder L. F. Westphal.
C. U. VEEDER.
WILCOX.—Phoebe G. Wilcox was born Feb. 8, 1881, on a farm near Carbondale, Pa., where she resided with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Goodrich, until her marriage, on Feb. 5, 1902, to J. W. Wilcox. She was in poor health for a year before her death, which occurred July 19, 1915. Sister Wilcox was a faithful wife and a devoted mother, and was loved by all who knew her. Her husband and four children, together with her parents, one sister, and two brothers, are left to mourn.
F. A. HARTER.
McALLISTER.—Adeline McAllister was born in Fowler, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1866, and died in Formosa, Fla., July 15, 1915. Her first husband was Henry Cobey, who died twenty-two years ago. One son survives this union. Sept. 2, 1895, she was married to F. G. McAllister. In 1895 she accepted present truth, and united with the church at Rome, N. Y. Failing health made it necessary for the family to move to Florida, where she spent the last four years of her life. Sister McAllister was a devout Christian.
L. T. CRISLER.
BYRUM.—Amanda Byrum, aged 91 years, died in Walnut Grove, Ohio, July 25, 1915. She was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A daughter and a son are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer.
D. E. LINDSEY.
WEIDING.—Ada Christian Weiding died at her home, in Seattle, Wash., in her fiftieth year. She was born in Sweden. Her husband, Captain Weiding, was killed in an automobile accident over a year ago. Sister Weiding was a member of the North Seattle church. She is survived by one daughter and three sons.
J. F. PIPER.
BRAM.—Joseph Bram was born in Germany Jan. 17, 1827, and died at his daughter’s home, in St. Charles, Mich., June 21, 1915. He was married in 1861 to Marry Remainder, who passed away twelve years later. In 1874 he was married to Sophia Englehart, who survives him. He accepted present truth nine years ago, and united with the church at St. Charles. He remained a faithful member until his death. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
I. J. WOODMAN.
EASTMAN.—Joseph Eastman was born in Lamolle, Ill., Oct. 31, 1851. He was converted early in life, and united with the South Side Seventh-day Adventist Church of Chicago, Ill. In 1881 he was married to Miss Nettie Hill, who died ten years later, leaving four children. In 1901 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Martha Sisley Lockwood. Brother Eastman died at his home, in Battle Creek, Mich., June 30, 1915. He lived an upright life, and the “blessed assurance” is the comfort of the bereaved family.
G. E. LANGDON.
KINDLESPIRE.—Mary Jane Beard was born in Ohio, Aug. 20, 1830, and died in Berkeley, Cal., June 2, 1915. She was married to Tobias Kindlespire Jan. 6, 1853, and was the mother of ten children, five of whom survive her. Forty years ago mother accepted the third angel’s message through the labors of Elders L. McCoy and R. M. Kilgore, at Nevada, Iowa. She was a devout Christian, an earnest Bible student, and her life was an example of consistent Christian endeavor. The funeral services were conducted by Elder J. W. McCord.
JULIA A. KENT.
McDOWELL.—Julia Elvira McDowell was born Feb. 3, 1838, in the State of Michigan, and died at the home of her granddaughter, in Pomona, Cal., June 1, 1915. She accepted present truth in Flint, Mich., in 1852, and never missed the yearly camp meeting from that time until her death. She was married to Thomas McDowell in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1864. Their three children and her husband died many years ago. For twenty-five years she lived in Pomona, and was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
F. M. BURG.
EULER.—Mary S. Euler died in Boulder, Colo., on May 24, 1915, aged 70 years. “Grandma Euler,” as she was familiarly called, was in delicate health for many years. She accepted the truths of the third angel’s message twenty-three years ago, and from that time until her death was a faithful member of our church in Boulder. Her death, which occurred six weeks after that of her husband, William Euler, Sr., brought double grief to the bereaved relatives and friends. The deceased was the mother of seven children, five of whom survive.
U. P. LONG.
KINDER.—Died near Addington, Okla., Myrtle Clara Kinder, who was born June 4, 1890, in Fannin County, Texas. For fourteen years her home had been near Addington, where she completed a course in the intermediate school, and successfully taught in the primary department. She had just been graduated from Keene Academy, and was visiting at her old home when stricken with the disease which caused her death. Myrtle was loved and respected by all who knew her, and the parents and sorrowing friends are comforted by “the blessed hope.”
I. A. CRANE.
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Locusts and Gospel Progress
From a letter from Dr. A. J. Hetherington, of Ruatan, Honduras, Central America, we quote the following paragraph: “The locusts are working great destruction on the mainland in Honduras. They are devouring plantations, pastures, coconut trees, and other vegetation. They have been at work for several months, till now a really serious condition has been created. Cattle are dying for want of feed, and we hear that on the south side of the republic people are dying for want of food. The government is taking into its hands the matter of supplying food to the people. The locusts have not reached the islands as yet, and the people are praying that they may not come, as their coming would result in ruin to the islands. Those who have seen them say that along the coast the locusts fly in such great clouds that the sun cannot be seen through them. Wars, famines, and pestilence are truly abroad in the earth.”
Brother S. A. Wellman, who is engaged in preparing literature for India, sends this cheering word in a letter dated July 6: “In talking over the work here in the field with Professor Salisbury this week, we found that the number of persons baptized has been the largest in our history for any one quarter, and will be nearly as large for the first six months as for any previous year.”
Elder Daniells Visits the Sanitarium
ELDER A. G. DANIELLS and wife have been spending the last week at the New England Sanitarium. Elder Daniells is endeavoring to secure a little rest before he plunges into camp meeting work. He expects to visit some of the meetings in the Lake Union. He says of the sanitarium: “The institution has a good patronage and an efficient staff of workers and nurses. One always enjoys a stay at Melrose. Every one seems to do his best to make one feel thoroughly welcome and at home.”
Gospel Calls From West Africa
ELDER D. C. BABCOCK, writing of the interest which exists to hear the gospel in the West African Sudan, says: “Three native Yoruba men called on us one morning with a letter from a native village one hundred miles distant, written in their own language, imploring us to come to their town and give the message for these times. The letter was a real plea, signed by the chief man of the town. Another call came from the king of a very large town, who sent word by the clerk of the court that he wished to see me about opening a school and mission.”
American Bible Society Scripture Output
The American Bible Society is able to report material gain for 1914 in the output of the Scriptures over any preceding year — a total of 6,396,323 volumes, or a gain over the previous year of 1,145,147 volumes. This total consisted of 352,469 Bibles, 732,596 New Testaments, and 5,311,258 smaller Scripture portions. Most of these issues were placed in homes in the Far East. In China there was an advance over the preceding year of 319,000 books; in Japan, an advance of 353,000 books; in Korea, 282,000; and in the Philippines an advance of 143,000 books.
Funeral Service of Mrs. E. G. White
In the REVIEW of July 29 and August 5 there was published an account of the life and labors of Mrs. E. G. White, together with a report of the funeral services held in Battle Creek, Mich. There has been a large demand for these two numbers of the REVIEW. The editions have been exhausted. A number have requested that this matter be reprinted and placed in more convenient form and on better paper.
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The Way Prepared Through the Wilderness
By W. A. S.
WELL may we thank God for the providential preparation of the way into Africa since the first entry of our work.
The other day, in the conference, I turned to Elder W. H. Anderson, of the Barotseland Mission, who came out seventeen years ago to enter the Rhodesian field, and asked, “How long would it have taken me, seventeen years ago, to make this trip through the missions, that we now expect to accomplish in the next two months?” “It would have taken nearer two years than one, I think,” was the reply.
Now we figure out by the time-table about what day a station can be reached. Seventeen years ago we should have been estimating about what month a given destination might be reached with favorable weather and fordable rivers.
As the message has entered these regions, the path has been opened before it. God has made a way through the wilderness for a quick work. W. A. S.
The Refuge Psalm: A Song for the Time of War and Trouble
By Editor
WE have received from the author, Elder J. S. Washburn, a beautiful brochure of forty pages, entitled “The Refuge Psalm; A Song for the Time of War and Trouble.” Brother Washburn has taken the forty-sixth psalm and set to music its majestic utterances. The music is adapted to the use of choirs and choruses. This musical composition has received very high commendation from leading musicians. The song is artistically illustrated and beautifully printed. Price, 50 cents. Brother Washburn has also set to music “The Tender Shepherd,” written by R. W. Robertson, together with “The Shepherd Psalm”—the two in sheet music for 10 cents. Address the author, at 5318 Chancellor St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Calls for Workers in Manchuria
This message no sooner touches new territory than new demands are made upon the workers by new interests springing up here and there, so that workers must go to answer the calls for help sent in. It seems so short a time since our first advance force reached Mukden, Manchuria. They are scarcely located and well at work when Brother B. Petersen sends this word: “From the vicinity of Harbin [to the north, not far from the Siberian border] there comes an urgent call for a worker, and we feel we must take up work there in the very near future. We have not had time to visit the place, but I am planning on going there next month, and we then expect to locate a Chinese evangelist there.” This is the story repeated over and over as lights are lighted here and there in the darkness. What a privilege to be associated with such a movement, going to all the earth!
Harvest Ingathering Signs Campaign
WORD comes from the Pacific Press that the first order to be filled for the new Harvest Ingathering Signs came from Portland, Maine. The telegram ordering these papers, sent in by Brother A. E. Sanderson, reads as follows: “Send at once one hundred Harvest Ingathering Signs. Please rush order. If I get them in ten days or two weeks, I expect to receive $100 for them, or an average of one dollar apiece. Please forward them as soon as possible.” This looks as if it would be impossible to confine the work of the campaign to begin October 3. The papers were sent; and the presses at Mountain View are hard at work printing more. And surely we have an excellent issue. Copies have just been received. To get a good look at the paper is enough to give all of us an inspiration to work.
