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Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 27.

WORKING IN CHRIST'S LINES
Earlier text: MORE THAN ANSWERED

THE IOWA JUBILEE MEETING.

By P. T. Magan

THE Seventh-day Adventists in the State of Iowa have sold a greater number of “Christ’s Object Lessons” than have the Seventh-day Adventists of any other Conference in the world. The Iowa Conference is not the largest numerically, nor the strongest financially, among us. But it has sold more books than any other. About seven thousand “Christ’s Object Lessons” have been disposed of in Iowa. This is a brilliant record. It is one of which Iowa may well be proud in the Lord. It is a Christian accomplishment, for which we all feel thankful to our God.
One year ago the question of the relief of Union College through the instrumentality of “Christ’s Object Lessons” was first laid before the people of Iowa at the annual meeting at Ames. No public call was made for money for the Material Fund, but an effort was made to get everybody to purchase and resell at least six copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The principle was laid down that the doing of this would result in great spiritual blessings to the individual worker, unity among church-members, and the bringing of many souls to a saving knowledge of precious Bible faith.
Some welcomed the light, grasped the promised blessings, and went out to garner in souls with the Object Lessons of Christ.
In November last a meeting of the workers was called at Des Moines. This was a wonderful, an epoch-making gathering. A determination to get out and do something for the Lord seized many of the workers. The State was divided into districts, and into each district a corps of workers went.
This was the beginning of a thoroughly organized effort for the circulation of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The ministers began to teach and train and help the people to do the work. Not only did they teach and train others, but they did more than this, they sold books themselves. They sold them to the people of the world. One minister, Elder Jeys, sold one hundred and forty books to those not of our faith.
Everywhere the people, gathering faith and courage from the deeds of their ministers, took heart and went to work. Strong farmers, of stammering tongue, perhaps, but honest men who believe that the Lord is coming, went out for the first time, in many cases, to sell a book. It was a new experience, but it was a bright one, and happiness and gladness of soul were the result. The selling of the first book imparted new courage to sell more books. Timid sisters, and even little children, also engaged in the work, and their efforts were crowned with success.
At the Des Moines camp-meeting this summer, a jubilee service was held, at which a large number testified of the rich experiences received while doing this work. The joy of having actually accomplished something definite for the Master was expressed by many. That keen Christian pleasure is the fruit of selling “Christ’s Object Lessons” was testified to by scores. And high above all this towered the blessed evidence, rolled forth from many a heart, that this movement had unified the churches, just as the Spirit of God had said it would. Besides this, the movement has given strength and courage to the churches. The doing of actual work in a field of labor so long dreaded and unentered by the laity, has made the churches strong.
In connection with this came a scene long to be remembered, when many of the common people arose and stated that they were willing and anxious for their ministers to go and labor in the regions beyond, and that they would take care of themselves and the fields around their homes. Truly this was a sign of a new awakening and of newly consecrated Christian life. Such a move as this is what the Lord has long been calling for, and we pause for a moment to breathe a prayer that it may mark the beginning of a great exodus, upon the part of our trained workers, to the waiting fields across the seas.
Two calls were made for money, with the result that donations in cash and pledges to the amount of seven thousand dollars were made to the Relief of the Schools Fund and the general work. And for this our hearts go out in gratitude to the One who has said that He loves a cheerful giver.
The Iowa camp-meeting closed triumphantly, a blessed victory for the precious cause which we so dearly love. P. T. MAGAN.

MATERIAL FUND FOR “CHRIST’S OBJECT LESSONS.”

By S. H. Lane

We are glad that money on the Material Fund is coming in so well. The Lord has certainly blessed in the raising of this fund. The appeal which has been sent out, and that which has been written in the REVIEW, has touched the hearts of our people, and hundreds have responded. Many have not, but we trust they will do so soon. We have all been rejoiced to see the long list of names printed in the REVIEW from time to time. We called for fifty thousand dollars to buy the material for the books. About twenty-seven thousand dollars has already been paid, and several thousand pledged. The fifty thousand dollars will provide material for nearly three hundred thousand volumes, printed in the English, but we are printing in the Swedish, the Danish-Norwegian, and the German. There should be enough raised, aside from the fifty thousand dollars, to pay for the type-setting, the plate-making, and the material used in these languages. We hope every German, Swede, Dane, and Norwegian who loves the truth will send in something to pay for editions in these languages. Sets of plates for these books will be furnished to our German and Scandinavian brethren in Europe, from which books will be printed in the languages I have mentioned, to be sold extensively in Central and Northern Europe, and the proceeds from these books will go to help the schools in those countries.
Many who have been able to give but little have donated toward this fund. Some of the letters that have been received are soul touching. A letter just received, which was signed “A Friend,” reads as follows:—
“Dear Brother: I send all I have,—twenty-five cents,—to the Relief of the Schools, and may the Lord bless it, and give me an opportunity to earn more for His cause.”
Surely, whoever sent this will be richly blessed; for he sent his all.
Reader, have you done that much? If not, have you sent any? If you say “No,” will you not send in a donation immediately for the Relief of the Schools? We know the calls are many, but that is only an evidence that the cause is growing, and it will be a sad day when there is no opportunity to help the cause of God in the earth. The books are selling well, and wherever they are sold, people are highly pleased with them. Brother W. C. Sisley, superintendent of the Review and Herald Pub. Co., has sold as many as two hundred books to persons who have come to sell him material for our printing work. These men have carried the books from Boston to Chicago, and even farther west. The following is a copy of a letter received a few days ago from a wholesale man in regard to the “Object Lessons:”—
“Our Mr. —— bought from you, when last in your city, a nicely written book on the life of Christ. We have given it to a friend, who pronounced it the best thing ever written. Under these circumstances, I would request that you favor us with two more copies, and oblige.”
Thus the sale of that one book secured the sale of two others. These books can be sold, and if we all take hold and sell them by the thousand, many of those to whom we sell will give them away, and call for others. It is a book that is highly prized by the poor and appreciated by the wealthy. We have reached the busy time of year, but cannot many even now sell a few copies? If you cannot for lack of time, can you not, through a disposition to work, be saving up money with which to buy from five to one hundred copies, so that when the busy season is over, you can go out and sell them to your friends and neighbors? Let us begin to plan for the fall and winter even now, for we want to see hundreds and thousands of these books placed in the hands of the people.
About thirty thousand dollars has already been paid on the school debts throughout the country. This begins to decrease the amount of interest money, and every dollar paid in is a help. A battle well planned is a battle well begun, so let us begin our warfare by vigorously planning for the future of this work. While times are prosperous, let us roll back the reproach of debt. S. H. LANE.

JUBILEE SINGERS.

Name Amount Name Amount
Jane Nollingsworth 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herrell 10.00
A friend .50 Mrs. James McCreedy 2.00
A. S. Devinney and family, Scandinavian fund 2.00 O. N. and L. P. Whetsel 2.50
Ella Rowell 2.00 Mrs. G. A. Fenn 1.00
A. L. Gillis 1.00 Emma Cram 1.00
Thos. H. Moore 1.00 Rhoda Ormsby 1.00
Mrs. C. E. Patterson 1.00 W. A. Tisdale 2.00
A friend 1.00 L. E. Taylor 1.00
Jens R. Nelson 1.00 Mrs. C. S. Hosford 2.00
Volney Colgrove 1.00 A friend (A. F. F.) 1.00
Mrs. G. C. Westphal 1.00 C. H. Thompson 1.00
Wm. Fisher 1.00
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Name Amount Name Amount
Ralph M. Wood 3.00 I. Reid 1.00
Jacon Fouls 1.00 W. M. Mason 1.00
Ann M. Johnson 3.00 F. P. Marshall 2.00
Elizabeth Farewell 5.00 Albert Haisley .70
Mrs. N. P. Hills 2.00 Geo. W. Tytherleigh, Scandinavian fund 1.00
Ada West 1.00 Mrs. J. D. Clark 1.00
Mrs. N. P. Harrison 3.00 Addie P. Bigelow 1.00
Mrs. Mary Coleman 1.00 Mrs. A. C. Crandall 1.00
Mrs. M. J. Coleman 1.00 Mrs. Eliza Weaver .25
Mrs. L. A. Dallas 1.00 J. R. Owings 1.00
T. K. Henry 1.00 Mrs. Wallace Newton 5.00
A friend 1.00 Mrs. Seth Newton 5.00
Mrs. J. S. McCreary 10.00 Mrs. T. Pratt 1.00
W. T. Johnson 2.00 Mrs. M. E. Camp 5.00
Alex Paton 5.00 Annie and Lizzie Whisler 2.00
Mrs. E. A. Wood 1.00 A friend 1.00
Mrs. M. J. Parkhurst 1.00 C. C. Christiansen 1.00
C. D. Terwilliger 3.50 Mrs. Phebe Williamson .50
A friend 1.00 John Johnson 10.00
A friend 1.00 Mrs. Ella Grover 1.00
J. M. Adams 1.00 Hans Peterson 1.00
Alfred Greenslade 10.00 Miss Edna Bellows 1.00
Mary Hanson 1.00 W. A. and Hattie Hayward 2.00
Mrs. M. B. Clinglin 1.00 Laura Davis 2.50
Mrs. J. M. Eager 5.00 Joe M. Christiansen 2.00
Mrs. E. E. Barden 5.00 H. E. Fenn 2.00
Mrs. I. M. Melgood & Mrs. W. D. Bowen 5.00 Elma A. Powers 1.00
S. G. Woods 5.00
M. A. Titus 1.00

ILLINOIS

By M. G. Huffman

MOUNT ERIE.—Elder Charles Thompson and myself pitched our tents in a beautiful grove near Mount Erie, and began a series of meetings the evening of June 13. Our audience of one hundred and fifty or more listened with marked interest while we showed that all the Scriptures were given by inspiration of God, and that there are no degrees in the inspiration of the Word, but that it was all given for a purpose, hence it is all of equal importance in furnishing the man of God unto all good works.
We have held five meetings, with an increased interest and attendance. We have spared no pains to make the tent and its surroundings attractive and comfortable. The people are kind, and are bringing us food, and inviting us to visit and dine with them.
We are sure that we shall have the prayers of all that we may so present the truth that the honest in heart may be brought to see the message for to-day, and by God's Spirit be impressed to accept the same. We are of good courage in the Lord, and praise Him for His boundless mercies toward us.
M. G. HUFFMAN.

NEWS AND NOTES

— Port Limon, Costa Rica, is partially destroyed by fire.
— The plague epidemic in Hongkong, China, is more violent than ever.
— Horace N. Allen, of Ohio, has been appointed by President McKinley as minister to Korea.
— The foreign ministers in China have denied the request that 3,000 Chinese soldiers be allowed to go to Peking now.
— The British House of Commons has just voted to spend about $80,000,000 more for horses for the South African war.
— Two Shreveport, La., negroes, accused of murder, were lynched the 19th ult. Another negro was lynched near La Grange, N. C., the same day.
— An explosion of fireworks in a Paterson (N. J.) store the 21st ult. resulted in the death of seventeen persons and the serious injuring of many more.
— The Paris-Lyons Railway, of France, has just received ten American locomotives—a trial order. Each one is guaranteed to run seventy-five miles an hour.
— Striking miners at Matewan, W. Va., recently fired on a posse of United States deputy marshals sent to serve injunction papers on them, and drove the marshals away.
— The British forces have again defeated the forces of the “Mad” Mullah in Somaliland, Africa, killing 100 of his followers, and nearly capturing Mullah himself. In the previous engagement 500 of his men were killed.
— The United States Secretary of War has made public President McKinley’s order “establishing civil government in the Philippines on and after July 4.” William H. Taft, of the Philippine Commission, is appointed civil governor of the islands.
— A flood swept through the Elkhorn Creek Valley, W. Va., last week (in the Pocahontas coal field). Keystone and other towns were wrecked, from 60 to 200 persons are reported to have been killed, and the property damage is estimated at $2,000,000.
— The sudden rise in property values in the oil districts of Texas is well illustrated by the fact that J. N. Page, a hard-working man of Georgetown, has just sold for $665,000 a tract of fifteen acres of land (four miles south of Beaumont), for which he paid less than $200 in 1899.
— Francis B. Loomis, minister to Venezuela (now recalled on account of recent dispute) has been appointed minister to Portugal. Herbert W. Bowen, minister to Persia, will become minister to Venezuela. Lloyd C. Griscom, of Pennsylvania, will become minister to Persia.
— J. Pierpont Morgan has just given $1,000,000 to Harvard University.
— General Gomez, of Cuba, recently left Havana, for a visit to this country.
— The survey of Cuban harbors to find places for American stations is nearly completed.
— A great broom trust is being organized at Urbana, Ohio. Capitalization, $6,000,000.
— Forest Park has been selected as the site for the St. Louis Exposition, to be held in 1903.
— Wu Ting Fang has been re-appointed as Chinese minister to this country for another term.
— An international salt trust is to be formed by American, Canadian, and British manufacturers.
— David Nation, husband of Mrs. Carrie Nation, recently issued a notice of his separation from his wife.
— About 2,000 Christian Scientists recently made a pilgrimage to the home of Mrs. Eddy, Concord, N. H.
— The steamer “Dolphin” has arrived at Seattle, Wash., with Klondike gold on board valued at $1,350,000.
— The shah of Persia is ill with the gout, and has invited the heir to the throne to take part with him in state affairs.
— It is thought that Secretary Hay’s retirement from the United States Cabinet will be hastened by the death of his son.
— Rebellion against England is said to be spreading in Cape Colony, it being reported that 6,000 have just joined the Boers.
— By order of the President, General Chaffee has been appointed military governor of the Philippines, relieving General MacArthur, who returns to this country.
— Four Dowieite elders who attempted to hold a public meeting in Fountain Square, Evanston, Ill., the 26th ult., were egged out of town by a crowd of 700 angry citizens.
— In his Fourth-of-July proclamation, Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has prohibited “the sale or gift of cannon firecrackers or toy pistols.” Good! That will save some lives.
— General Ma, the Chinese insurgent leader, is at Tientsin, “in communication with the foreign commanders concerning the pacification and reconstruction of the country.”
— A flow of crude petroleum oil has been discovered on the farm of W. W. Stevens, six miles northwest of Niles, this State. The sinking of an artesian well led to the discovery.
— Last week M. Fournier, one of the contestants in the automobile race from Paris to Berlin, rode the 285 miles between Paris and Aix-la-Chapelle, at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, exclusive of stops.
— The Michigan State Commission of the Pan-American Exposition has decided to close the Michigan building on Sundays, “except for one hour, 12 to 1 p. m., during which time mail will be distributed.”
— Adelbert S. Hay, son of the United States Secretary of State, and late consul at Pretoria, South Africa, fell from a hotel window in New Haven, Conn., the 23d ult., and was killed. He was born in 1876.
— It is stated by representatives of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y., that “unless an average daily attendance of 80,000 is secured from now until the end of the exposition, it will prove a financial failure.”
— After three sittings, the 22d ult., the French Senate finally passed the associations bill at one o’clock Sunday morning, by a vote of 173 to 99. This bill is intended to give the government control of the religious orders of the country, and has already been passed by the Chamber of Deputies.
— An exchange states that last week “seventy-five masked men assembled in the vicinity of ex-Judge B. P. Willis’s house in Mount Holly, N. J., bent on treating Harry Allen Baxter to a coat of tar and feathers. Entering the large yard, they made an effort to enter the rear door. Then something happened. The judge’s ten-year-old son asked them promptly to retire. At the same time he leveled a shot-gun at the gang, which beat a hasty retreat. ‘I’ll shoot the first one to enter,’ he said, and immediately the enthusiasm of the mob dropped to the freezing point, and it quickly retired. This ten-year-old boy should be appointed sheriff in a Southern State.”
— The funeral of Hazen S. Pingree will be held in Detroit the 6th inst.
— The International Vegetarian Congress opened in London, England, the 25th ult.
— An anti-clerical mob recently attacked the Catholic church and the archbishop’s residence at Valencia, Spain.
— The receipts of the United States government for the fiscal year ending June 30, exceeded the expenditures by $77,000,000.
— The Episcopal Church, through a recent report of its joint commission, forbids its clergymen from joining in wedlock divorced persons.
— A Belgian physician claims to cure almost instantly boils, abscesses, and anthrax, by injecting into them oxygen in its natural state.
— Representatives of the Japanese government recently visited Chicago “for the purpose of investigating the American horse, with a view to its introduction in Japan.”
— As the result of a fight between striking street laborers and the police, at Rochester, N. Y., eleven policemen and twenty workmen were injured; but the rioters were dispersed.
— Hoshi Toru, former Japanese minister to the United States, and a member of the late Ito Cabinet, was assassinated at a meeting of the City Assembly, in Yokohama, the 21st ult.
— Battle Creek publishes more papers and magazines, with the exception of Detroit, than any other Michigan city. During the month of May 68,000 pounds of second-class matter were mailed at this office.
— In a speech delivered by Emperor William, of Germany, not long ago, he said that he “could but rejoice over every German who goes forth seeking ‘new points where we can knock in nails on which to hang our armor.’”
— The Seventh National Bank, of New York City, has been closed by order of the comptroller of the currency. Cause, heavy loans on doubtful security. National Bank Examiner Forrest Raynor has been placed in charge as temporary receiver.
— The claims for damage done to mission property in China are to be settled by the various provinces, and are “separate from the general indemnity demanded by the Powers, and must be paid by the provinces in addition to their share of that.” These claims amount to about $7,000,000, or 10,450,000 Chinese taels.
— An exchange states that in imitation of “the American administration in the Philippines,” the Virginia constitutional convention has “voted against incorporating into the oath of office of the delegates a pledge to support the Constitution of the United States,” and asserts that “the reason is in each case the same—intention to violate or evade the Constitution.”
— The United States battle-ship “Massachusetts” succeeded, last week, in passing through Hell Gate channel into Long Island Sound, being the only war-ship of her class that has ever made the trip. Upon hearing of this, the Secretary of the Navy issued “a stringent order that hereafter no battle-ship shall go through Hell Gate, except under conditions of exceptional emergency.”
— Italy evidently has designs upon Turkey; for, in the Italian Parliament, Signor Guicciardini recently stated that “in case of a rising of the Macedonians against the sultan (which is not improbable at any moment), Italy would step in and look after her own interests in Albania.” It is also stated that while Russia opposes the extension of Austria’s power along the Adriatic, she will not discountenance Italy’s movements in that direction.
— One year ago the 20th of June the siege of the legations at Peking, China, was begun. The present situation is thus summed up by an exchange: “The empress dowager has the same strong hold of affairs; her former generalissimo, Jung Lu, is in favor at the court; General Tung Fu Hsiang, who commanded the Chinese troops and ordered them to attack the foreigners, is scot free; Prince Tuan, the chief criminal in the Boxer uprising, has received comparatively light punishment, and his son is still the heir apparent to the throne. The perils of last year, the plotting of the court, the outrages, the edicts ordering the extermination of foreigners, and the pandemonium caused by the Boxer uprising, have been largely forgotten. The savage attacks on the various missions and the massacres of innocent missionaries, are ignored, while commercial schemes are given pre-eminence.” The Chinese puzzle is not yet solved.
— Prussia has decided not to exclude American life-insurance companies, as it has heretofore done.
— Great fear is being expressed in the religious press, that the coming St. Louis World’s Fair will not be closed on Sunday.
— An electric railway will be built “from Athens to Piraeus, in Greece, to be furnished with cars made in the United States.”
— Dr. Harris, United States commissioner of education, says that the college courses in this country are too long, by at least one year.
— An anonymous donor has given $100,000 to Columbia University (New York City) “for the establishment of a chair for the study and teaching of the Chinese language and literature.”

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER.

“I have received an education which fits me to teach. I believe I can help the children of the public schools by teaching them. Why should I separate from this work?” Again and again teachers have confronted me with this argument. Many are still acting upon this theory.
Let me ask a question. A young minister hears the call of God, and begins the observance of the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment. There are many among his former congregation who are honest, and will obey when the truth is brought to them. Is it the duty of this minister to remain in his old charge, and preach the new light incidentally, or shall he separate in order to give his trumpet a certain sound? Rev. 18:4 answers the question, and many a man now actively working for the advancement of the Third Angel’s Message is a witness to the answer which conversion forces upon his soul.
The teacher bears the same relation to the children that the minister sustains to the Church. Let every teacher decide honestly before God whither duty calls. In the secular schools you may do good. If not, then you have no right to a teacher’s credentials. But where, only, can you as a teacher reach the souls of the children, and teach those things which will bear the test of eternity?
If you have ability to teach, God asks for a complete offering of talent, a whole burnt offering, as the expression would be in the ceremonial law. This you can make only when you follow the methods of Christian education. In other words, God calls you into a Christian school.

HOW TO MAKE THE CHANGE.

I find that when our young people assemble as they do at the camp-meetings, they say that they do not know how to get into the church school work. No matter what your training or previous education, if you are to become a Christian school teacher, you need to study Christian education. This is as true as true can be. This fact was recognized by the General Conference when it planned for a central summer school for the training of teachers. The needs of an army of young people were considered when the place was selected, when free tuition and free tents were offered. Everything has been done to make it easy for you to obtain a training. This summer school is an unusual offer to every teacher. Now is your time for action.
As to the matter of a position, as soon as a teacher is prepared for a church school, there will be a position awaiting him. The summer school will put all its students in touch with churches which have children to educate. There are always calls for teachers, and not enough persons to fill the vacancies. This season the calls are more numerous than ever before. Several State Conferences have already begun systematic work among their churches, and demand competent teachers.
Remember the Educational Conference and Summer School, opening July 10. For particulars, address E. A. Sutherland, Battle Creek College, Battle Creek, Mich.

THE LAST MENTION.

By S. H. Lane

We desire once more to call the attention of every reader of the REVIEW to the day of prayer and donation, July 6. The Fourth, or Independence day, will come on Thursday before the 6th. The people of this country will spend thousands, and even millions, of dollars in making a noise and in pleasure-seeking, and will think nothing of the sacrifice of money, for such it will be in every sense of the word. Means will be sacrificed upon the altar of the world which will bring no returns save those of sin and folly. Shall not we, the professed people of God who expect the soon coming of the Saviour, make a sacrifice of means on the altar of “want” for our suffering Christiania publishing house, to redeem it from the thraldom of debt? We are glad so many of our people are becoming interested in the matter, and when we all take hold of the work, thousands of dollars can be raised. We hope to see twenty-five thousand dollars donated on Sabbath, July 6.
The readings for the day are probably already in the hands of each church elder, and we trust none will fail to read the appeal to the people. Then we hope that every one connected with the Church, and even many who are not connected with us, will give liberally. Send all the donations direct to your State secretary and treasurer, who will immediately forward them to the treasurer of the Mission Board, H. M. Mitchell, Battle Creek, Mich. Quite a number have written for appeals, and already money begins to come in.
We have just received an interesting letter from an aged sister in one of our Eastern cities who has sent us a donation of one dollar. It is all she can afford. She says in her letter: “The envelope and contents sent me from Battle Creek by some one in regard to the situation of the publishing house in Christiania is received. The debt seems a heavy one. The Lord has permitted it to be, but with a strong pull, all pulling together, the debt can be rolled away, and God’s waiting people be enabled to see the truth in all its beauty, shining forth as bright as the stars in the heavens. Inclosed you will find one dollar to help lift the burden. It is but little, and I would do more if it were possible.”
These words have the right ring to them; and if the seventy-five thousand Seventh-day Adventists in the world will all do what they can, it will surely be a strong pull. Be sure to attend the meeting on Sabbath, and take an earnest part in all the exercises. Do not talk discouragement and doubt, say nothing about wrong management, and do not criticise; for if we had been managing, we might not have done so well as our conscientious brethren did. The wall of debt is to be broken down. We are to take up the ark of truth and begin our march, and when we have marched around enough times, courageously in the fear of the Lord, God will influence men and women to be liberal, and the wall of debt will be eternally leveled, never to rise. Let us all take hold and help. Work is abundant, and money is plenty. The world is going wild over speculation. Money is being invested in schemes that are indeed wild; and when those schemes fail, as fail they must sooner or later, the failure will bring sorrow of heart, and in many instances remorse of conscience. But he who gives to the cause of God will quicken his conscience in the cause of right; and when everything earthly falls, the liberal soul will have a possession in the kingdom of God. We trust all have saved something for the soon-coming day of donation. Pray especially on that day for our work in the regions beyond. Do not lay this paper down without deciding to do something for the Lord and His truth. S. H. LANE.

DO NOT FORGET.

By S. H. Lane

THE time for the day of prayer and the collection for the Christiania publishing house, Sabbath, July 6, is near at hand. We hope our ministers will send out their appointments, as far as possible, in ample time so that the appointments to meet with the churches may be well known. The Lord wants this day of prayer to be a success from a spiritual standpoint to every one who shall engage in it. Many thousands of dollars should be given to the aid of the Christiania publishing house. The July payment will demand $11,000, but much more than this should be raised. If every one does his duty, at least $25,000 will be contributed.
Reader, will you not aid in this work? Begin now to make plans to do so; but what is more important still, let us seek the Lord, and make the day one of special profit to each heart. The Lord was never more willing to help than now. We have reached stirring times, and the Lord wishes every one to do his part nobly and well.
S. H. LANE.

SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY.

By Frederick Gregg

The calendars and catalogues of the South Lancaster Academy for the coming year are ready for distribution. This year we have departed from our usual custom of preparing our catalogues, and have prepared a calendar to be hung on the wall, together with our usual catalogue.
We wish this calendar and catalogue to go into every Seventh-day Adventist’s home in the Eastern Union Conference. We are taking them to all our camp-meetings. If, however, there are those who do not receive a calendar, we shall be glad to have them write for one. We would appreciate it if the postage to mail the catalogue were inclosed with the request. The postage is three cents on the catalogue and calendar.
I would also call attention to the industrial work in our school. The board has directed me to send out an urgent appeal to our people to assist us in establishing our industrial work on a firm foundation. Accordingly I am sending a large number of letters to our people, trusting for a liberal response. The Lord has said so much with reference to this feature of our school work that the management of the school feel that they must place it upon a substantial basis; and accordingly I take this opportunity of calling the attention of our people in the Eastern Union Conference to this matter. FREDERICK GREGG.

A GOOD OPENING.

By L. A. Reed

Jerseyville, county seat of Jersey County, Illinois, offers a good opening for one or two faithful Seventh-day Adventist men. The church has gone through a very severe trial from the disgraceful conduct of some who claimed to be God’s people, but, though the church is scarcely a year old, these faithful souls are standing stiffly for the right. One faithful brother there has more work than he can do. He understands the work of weaving corn baskets, and has orders all the time for more than he can possibly make. He offers to take one or two good men in with him if they will work with him all through the winter. Good wages can be made at the work. The church needs a consecrated man, one who by word and deed can help to build up the church. Let no one else think of going there. Any one interested may learn full particulars by writing to Brother C. M. McCarty, Jerseyville, Ill.
L. A. REED.

CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1901.

By General Conference Committee

EASTERN UNION CONFERENCE.

Location Dates
Vermont, Barre, Aug. 22 to Sept. 2
New York, Oswego, Aug. 29 to Sept. 8

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE.

Location Dates
Graysville, Tenn. (educational institute), June 13 to July 4
Louisiana, Crowley, July 12-22
Louisiana, Grand Cane, Aug. 11-
Mississippi, Hatley, July 26 to Aug. 4
Georgia, Austell, Aug. 9-
North Carolina, Hickory, Aug. 23-
Tennessee River, Sept. 9-
Alabama, Sept. 20-
Florida, Nov. 1-

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE.

Location Dates
Michigan, Lansing (State), Aug. 15-25
Illinois, Kankakee, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Indiana, Greenfield, Aug. 21 to Sept. 1

NORTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE.

Location Dates
Manitoba, Carberry, July 5-14
S. Dakota, Custer (local), July 16-23
Nebraska, Cambridge (local), Aug. 13-20
Nebraska, Seward (State), Sept. 3-16

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE.

Location Dates
Arkansas, Rogers, July 18-29
Kansas, Burlington, July 25 to Aug. 5
Missouri, Boonville, Aug. 1-12
Texas, Cleburne, Aug. 8-19
Utah, Aug. 8-15
Oklahoma, Enid, Aug. 15-28
Colorado, Denver, Aug. 28 to Sept. 9

GENERAL EUROPEAN CONFERENCE.

Location Dates
Switzerland, July 4-14
Germany, Friedensau, July 18-28
British, London, Aug. 2-12
The presidents of the Union Conferences are requested to forward to the office of the General Conference the location of the various meetings as soon as determined.
GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
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