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Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 20.

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Earlier text: The Atlantic Union Conference

The Summary

By A. J. S. B.

It is with pleasure that we report a gain in the April sales by all of our twelve union conferences. There were 44,478 more magazines sold during April than during the previous month.
To date the California Conference has ordered over seventeen thousand copies of the Temperance Instructor,—the largest number ordered thus far by any single conference. In all, nearly one hundred fifty thousand copies have been sold.
It will be noted that the California Conference disposed of six hundred fifty copies of the New-year's number of our Chinese magazine Shi Chao Pao during January, February, and March. Are there not other fields that could distribute quantities of our Chinese and Japanese magazines to good advantage?
Counting our sales month by month, the April sale of 186,253 magazines is the highest of any report for a single month thus far. A glance at the “Comparative Summary for Eleven Months” shows that the 101,050 copies of the Temperance Instructor, reported for June, 1909, represent a four-months' sale,—March, April, May, and June, 1909. Taking one fourth of this number as the actual June sales, our total sale of magazines for that month would have appeared as 172,216 copies. On that basis the August, 1909, sale of 174,136 magazines represents the highest record up to April, 1910. Our present record is, therefore, 12,117 copies higher than that of any previous month.
Brother F. F. Byington, manager of the International Publishing Association, gives the following reason for no sales having been made of our German magazine, Die Zeichen der Zeit, during April: “You will notice that the sales of Lys over Landet and Tidens Tecken show fairly well, as the editions for the second quarter were issued about the middle of April. We failed, however, to get Die Zeichen der Zeit out in time to fill any orders during April, and, inasmuch as the first quarter's supply was entirely sold during the month of March, we could not make any sales of this magazine during April. This will account for our not having reported any.” The many millions of foreigners living in the United States and Canada offer a great field for the circulation of our Japanese and Chinese magazines as well as the three just mentioned.
A. J. S. B.

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature.
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference.
E. R. PALMER       -      -      -      -      Secretary N. Z. TOWN          -      -      -      -      Assistant Secretary A. J. S. BOURDEAU       -      -      -      Missionary Secretary

Summary of Magazine Sales for April, 1910

Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England 1287 451 2244 324 275 868 ... 180 ... ... 5629 $562.90
Maine 165 56 1173 318 ... 157 ... 10 ... ... 1879 187.90
New York 320 69 680 426 6 695 710 200 ... ... 3106 310.60
Greater New York 722 318 988 523 8 60 300 800 ... ... 3719 371.90
Western New York 300 18 705 428 6 1607 ... ... ... ... 3064 306.40
Southern New England 133 26 368 35 ... 428 ... 18 ... ... 1008 100.80
Northern New England 35 18 415 81 ... 314 ... ... ... ... 863 86.30
April totals 2962 956 6573 2135 295 4129 1010 1208 ... ... 19268 1926.80
March totals 3087 891 5905 686 385 3474 36 100 14 166 14744 1474.40
Canadian Union Conference
Maritime 33 10 75 11 ... 170 ... ... ... ... 299 29.90
Newfoundland ... 1 2 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 .40
Ontario 223 81 505 22 ... 270 ... ... ... ... 1101 110.10
Quebec ... 2 76 8 ... 660 ... ... ... ... 746 74.60
April totals 256 94 658 42 ... 1100 ... ... ... ... 2150 215.00
March totals 455 96 318 10 108 225 ... ... 1 26 1239 123.90
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta 333 10 433 12 ... 2730 65 ... ... ... 3583 358.30
British Columbia 81 78 95 11 ... 135 ... ... ... ... 400 40.00
Manitoba 90 12 75 10 ... 220 ... 110 ... ... 517 51.70
Saskatchewan 85 8 10 4 ... ... 2 ... ... ... 109 10.90
April totals 589 108 613 37 ... 3085 67 110 ... ... 4609 460.90
March totals 980 85 115 ... ... 423 8 ... 18 17 1646 164.60
Central Union Conference
Colorado 243 241 280 152 ... 2675 ... ... ... ... 3591 359.10
Western Colorado 72 88 230 237 ... 465 55 80 ... ... 1227 122.70
Kansas 736 133 474 474 74 1862 ... 75 ... ... 3828 382.80
North Missouri 755 154 272 175 ... 131 1 ... ... ... 1488 148.80
Southern Missouri 181 643 551 394 ... 250 ... 13 ... ... 2032 203.20
Nebraska 467 131 1152 610 60 3473 483 160 ... ... 6536 653.60
Wyoming 37 76 31 166 ... 180 3 20 ... ... 513 51.30
April totals 2491 1466 2990 2208 134 9036 542 348 ... ... 19215 1921.50
March totals 3178 1400 3501 310 124 4602 24 110 27 166 13442 1344.20
Columbia Union Conference
Chesapeake 127 14 182 140 ... 320 ... ... ... ... 783 78.30
District of Columbia 112 582 483 1075 ... 817 ... 10 ... ... 3079 307.90
New Jersey 389 510 852 230 ... 960 25 25 ... ... 2991 299.10
Eastern Pennsylvania 230 809 505 199 124 795 ... ... ... ... 2662 266.20
West Pennsylvania 92 296 155 58 10 1891 7 350 ... ... 2859 285.90
Ohio 1357 276 1437 270 50 2008 ... ... ... ... 5398 539.80
Virginia 101 812 286 224 ... 595 2 ... ... ... 2020 202.00
West Virginia 78 17 186 20 ... 120 ... ... ... ... 421 42.10
April totals 2486 3316 4086 2216 184 7506 34 385 ... ... 20213 2021.30
March totals 2983 1518 3721 1023 942 3371 20 50 18 130 13776 1377.60
Lake Union Conference
Indiana 725 679 1457 886 ... 634 ... ... ... ... 4381 438.10
East Michigan 609 453 622 152 ... 520 ... ... ... ... 2356 235.60
West Michigan 195 114 1693 504 ... 1345 7 ... ... ... 3858 385.80
North Michigan 40 48 107 75 ... 165 ... 110 ... ... 545 54.50
Northern Illinois 1082 2482 1426 327 ... 900 380 859 ... ... 7456 745.60
Southern Illinois 169 1614 60 120 ... 275 ... ... ... ... 2238 223.80
Wisconsin 470 276 700 209 ... 1587 445 95 ... ... 3782 378.20
April totals 3290 5666 6065 2273 ... 5426 832 1064 ... ... 24616 2461.60
March totals 3193 2838 4766 447 383 8145 118 100 23 196 20209 2020.90
Northern Union Conference
Iowa 1838 1054 2244 289 ... 3541 285 100 ... 10 9351 935.10
Minnesota 777 160 1270 884 ... 2051 875 770 ... ... 6787 678.70
North Dakota 278 309 130 222 ... 529 75 65 ... ... 1608 160.80
South Dakota 45 46 100 263 5 670 160 70 ... ... 1359 135.90
April totals 2938 1569 3744 1658 5 6791 1395 1005 ... 10 19105 1910.50
March totals 2996 740 2197 170 75 3582 263 75 59 125 10282 1028.20
North Pacific Union Conference
Montana 2093 80 293 297 ... 793 20 20 ... ... 3596 359.60
Southern Idaho 128 103 92 122 ... 365 4 10 ... ... 824 82.40
Upper Columbia 981 939 705 1494 ... 1270 35 ... ... ... 5424 542.40
Western Oregon 1753 45 2132 1607 ... 2085 106 50 ... ... 7778 777.80
Western Washington 930 488 1067 569 ... 1250 285 320 ... ... 4909 490.90
April totals 5885 1655 4289 4089 ... 5763 450 400 ... ... 22531 2253.10
March totals 4742 826 2312 838 5 5175 35 7 27 236 14203 1420.30
Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
Pacific Union Conference
Arizona 163 12 127 60 ... 127 ... ... ... ... 489 $48.90
Northern California 1369 708 3801 1838 ... 8995 132 105 ... 650* 17598 1759.80
Southern California 1009 879 1253 170 ... 1025 ... ... ... ... 4336 433.60
Utah 30 3 75 5 ... 160 4 18 ... ... 295 29.50
April totals 2571 1655 5256 2073 ... 10307 136 123 ... 650 22718 2271.80
March totals 3448 826 7541 2200 225 4950 15 30 24 145 20355 2035.50
Southern Union Conference
Alabama 24 750 79 160 ... 12 ... 2 ... ... 1027 102.70
Kentucky 72 145 1530 25 ... 200 ... ... ... ... 1972 197.20
Louisiana 25 743 624 42 ... 22 ... ... ... ... 1456 145.60
Mississippi 103 333 71 116 ... 33 ... ... ... ... 656 65.60
Tennessee River 100 1070 143 66 ... 305 ... ... ... ... 1684 168.40
April totals 324 3041 2447 409 ... 572 ... 2 ... ... 6795 679.50
March totals 650 1723 956 65 55 615 ... ... ... 48 4112 411.20
Southeastern Union Conference
Cumberland ... 100 380 36 ... 593 ... ... ... ... 1100 110.90
Florida 29 227 217 16 ... 665 ... 2 ... ... 1156 115.60
Georgia 330 1481 580 281 50 ... ... 2 ... ... 2724 272.40
North Carolina 110 1959 533 62 ... 525 ... ... ... ... 3189 318.90
South Carolina 23 76 29 20 ... 60 ... ... ... ... 208 20.80
April totals 492 3843 1739 415 50 1843 ... 4 ... ... 8386 838.60
March totals 375 1232 687 ... 30 1458 ... 5 ... 32 3814 381.40
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas 35 300 93 105 ... 610 ... ... ... ... 1143 114.30
New Mexico 40 11 185 42 ... 470 ... 5 ... ... 753 75.30
Oklahoma 1285 326 223 159 ... 1015 1 ... ... ... 3009 300.90
Texas 200 1801 60 318 25 2245 ... 5 ... ... 4654 465.40
Western Texas 54 363 19 40 ... 200 ... ... ... ... 676 67.60
April totals 1614 2801 580 664 25 4540 1 10 ... ... 10235 1023.50
March totals 1458 1213 876 50 40 1531 1 ... 27 46 5242 524.20
Miscellaneous
Foreign 551 218 1622 138 ... 706 70 665 ... 1622† 5592 559.20
Miscellaneous 820 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 820 82.00
Grand totals 27269 26335 40662 18357 693 60804 4537 5324 ... 2272 186253 $18625.30

Comparative Summary for Eleven Months

Signs Monthly Watchman Life and Health Liberty Protestant Temp. Inst. Lys over Landet (Danish) Tidens Tecken (Swedish) Zeichen der Zeit (German) Miscl. Total No. Total Value
June 27607 15501 58185 35352 10308 101050* ... ... ... ... 248003 $24800.30
July 48011 15891 79400 15161 1549 2918 ... ... ... ... 162930 16293.00
August 54689 18500 65537 20233 10945 4232 ... ... ... ... 174136 17413.60
September 34302 16335 46845 2217 1584 750 ... ... ... ... 102030 10203.00
October 30483 13035 37812 22171 2819 1126 ... ... ... ... 111577 11157.70
November 28327 20221 37700 3473 14904 225 ... ... ... ... 106860 10686.00
December 29495 20624 36200 2569 1528 290 ... ... ... ... 90741 9074.10
January 18881 13996 32800 15374 1302 710 ... ... ... ... 84332 8433.20
February 29305 11410 36098 3116 14513 220 8242 5036 3098 ... 111068 11106.80
March 28667 15101 34223 5824 2397 38063 558 535 252 ... 141775 14177.50
April 27269 26335 40662 18357 693 60804 4537 5324 ... 22896* 186253 18625.30
Grand totals 387036 176949 505462 143847 62542 210388 1337 10895 3350 22896 1519705 $151970.50
  • Copies of our Chinese magazine Shi Chao Pao sold during January, February, and March.
† Copies of our Japanese magazine Owori no Fukuin sold in two weeks, during March and April. See “Magazine Sales in Japan.”
  • Sold during March, April, May, and June, 1909.

Current Mention

— By a vote of 200 to 126 on May 10 the House passed the Administration Railroad bill, as amended in the Committee of the Whole.
— Fifteen persons were killed outright, and fifty injured, by the explosion on May 8 of the plant of the General Explosives Company, at Hull, Ontario. Everything within a radius of a mile and a half was torn and shattered. In Ottawa, four miles distant, windows were broken, buildings shook, and the earth trembled.
— A typhoon of unusual violence raged about the waters of Kobe, Japan, on May 12. Fifty persons are known to have perished on one boat, and it is feared that many others have lost their lives.
— President Taft has appointed former President Roosevelt special ambassador to attend the funeral of King Edward VII. Seven visiting kings — Emperor William of Germany and Prussia, Frederick VIII of Denmark, King Haakon VII of Norway, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King Manuel II of Portugal, King Albert of Belgium, and King George I of Greece — will also be in attendance.
— Destructive forest fires are raging in northeastern Minnesota and across the line in Wisconsin.
— One of the most distressing river accidents of recent years occurred on the night of May 11, on the Mississippi River, opposite Glen Park, Mo. The $40,000 stern-wheeler, “City of Saltillo,” carrying an invited pleasure party down the river, was caught in a swift current, swept ashore, and capsized. Thirteen persons were drowned. So close was the vessel to the shore that after the first moment of panic, a plank was laid from the sinking boat to the bank, on which those who had not been thrown into the water were saved.

Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications post-paid:—
HARRY A. PHILLIPS, R. F. D. 2, Lawton, Okla., desires late, clean copies of papers and tracts on present truth.
Edgar C. Collins, R. F. D. 4, Washington, D. C. (Dominion Heights, Va.), desires, post-paid, clean copies of our papers and tracts.
B. E. Tefft, 405 Twenty-seventh St., San Diego, Cal., desires Signs, Life and Health, Watchman, and tracts; also addresses for missionary correspondence.
Lizzie Symons, R. F. D. 1, Sterling, Mich., would like Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Liberty, Protestant Magazine, and tracts on the Sabbath, for free distribution.
Sydney Scott, Box 303, Columbia, S. C., wishes any of our denominational literature except the REVIEW to be used in a tent effort this summer.
Bessie Wilson, Elm, Ark., desires, post-paid, a continuous supply of Signs, REVIEW, Youth's Instructor, Little Friend, Watchman, Liberty, tracts, and any of our other literature for young people's Missionary Volunteer society.

Annual Meeting of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists

By Wm. Covert

THE Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is hereby appointed to convene in its annual meeting at 2 P. M., Thursday, June 9, 1910, at Sheridan, Ill. The legal voters of this association are the accredited delegates from the churches in the Northern Illinois Conference, the executive committee of the conference, and such other persons as may be delegates in attendance at the annual session of the Northern Illinois Conference to be convened at that time, for the purpose of electing a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, an auditor, and two councilmen to serve for the period of one year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before delegates in annual session.
WM. COVERT, President.

Camp-Meetings for 1910

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central New England ... June 9-19
Southern New England ... June 16-26
Maine ... June 23 to July 3
Northern New England ... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
New York ... Sept. 1-10

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Maritime ... Aug. 18-28
Quebec ... Sept. 1-12
Ontario ... Sept. 15-25

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Nebraska, York ... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

Eastern Pennsylvania, Allentown ... June 1-12
West Pennsylvania ... June 16-26
New Jersey, Trenton ... June 23 to July 4
Virginia ... Aug. 4-14
Ohio ... Aug. 11-21
West Virginia ... Aug. 18-28

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

East Michigan ... Aug. 11-21
West Michigan ... Aug. 18-29
Wisconsin ... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4
North Michigan ... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Indiana ... Aug. 31 to Sept. 11
Northern Illinois ... Sept. 8-18
Southern Illinois ... Sept. 8-18
North Michigan, Ishpeming ... June 20-26

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Iowa, Sigourney ... June 6-12
Minnesota, Hutchinson ... June 9-19
South Dakota, Chamberlain ... June 9-19
North Dakota, Jamestown ... June 23 to July 3

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Southern Idaho, Payette ... May 19-29
Western Washington, Vancouver ... May 26 to June 5
Western Oregon, Portland ... June 2-12
Upper Columbia, Garfield, Wash. ... June 9-19
Montana ... June 16-26

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Georgia ... July 21-31
South Carolina ... Aug. 4-14
North Carolina ... Aug. 18-28
Cumberland ... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Florida ... Oct. 13-23

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Louisiana ... July 21-31
Alabama ... Aug. 4-14
Tennessee River ... Aug. 18-28
Kentucky ... Aug. 25 to Sept. 3
Mississippi ... Sept. 8-18

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

South Texas ... July 7-17
Texas ... July 21-31
West Texas ... Aug. 4-14
New Mexico ... Aug. 18-28
Oklahoma ... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Arkansas ... Sept. 1-11

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Manitoba ... June 23 to July 3
Saskatchewan (South) ... July 6-12
Alberta ... July 15-24
Saskatchewan (North) ... July 26 to Aug. 1
British Columbia (Eastern) ... Aug. 4-11
British Columbia (Western) ... Aug. 12-21

European Division

BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE

British Union, Watford ... July 28 to Aug. 2
South England, Southampton ... May 13-17
Scotland ... June 16-19
Wales ... Sept. 29 to Oct. 2
North England ... Oct. 6-9

SCANDINAVIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Norway, and Scandinavian Union, Christiania ... May 16-22
Sweden, Norrkoeping ... May 25-30
Finland, Bjoerneborg ... June 1-5
Denmark, Copenhagen ... June 7-12

EAST GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE

East German Union Committee, Friedensau ... July 25, 26

WEST GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE

German-Swiss ... July 5-10
West German Union, Friedensau ... July 15-24
Holland ... Aug. 4-7

LATIN UNION CONFERENCE

French-Swiss Conference, Gland ... Aug. 10-15
Southern France ... Aug. 17-21

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

West Pennsylvania Conference Association

By F. D. Wagner

NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the West Pennsylvania Conference Association will be held June 17, 1910, at 9:15 A. M., on the camp-meeting grounds in Lenape Park, Ford City, Pa., for the transaction of business that should properly come before the association.
F. D. WAGNER, President.

North Dakota Conference Association

By C. J. Buhalts; J. F. Simon

THE annual session of the North Dakota Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting at Jamestown, N. D. The first meeting will be called June 23, 1910, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers and the transaction of such business as may come before the association.
C. J. BUHALTS, President, J. F. SIMON, Secretary.

Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association

By W. C. Foreman

THE fifth annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association will be held June 9, 1910, at 3 P. M., in connection with the annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, to be held on the academy grounds at Sheridan, Ill., June 7-12, 1910, for the purpose of presenting annual reports, for the election of three trustees for three years, and for the transacting of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. W. C. FOREMAN, Secretary.

Southern New England Conference

By C. H. Edwards

THE seventh annual session of the Southern New England Conference will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting at Fairlawn, Pawtucket, R. I., June 16-26. At this time there will be the election of officers, the transaction of regular conference business, and the consideration of any other matters the delegates may see fit to introduce.
Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate, irrespective of the number of members, and one additional delegate for every ten members. A full delegation is desired at the first meeting of the session, Friday, June 17, at 9 A. M. C. H. EDWARDS.

New Nurses’ Class at Glendale Sanitarium, Los Angeles, Cal.

A NEW class for the training of medical missionary nurses will be started at Glendale Sanitarium on June 1, 1910. This school is affiliated with the San Fernando Academy, where a year of preparatory work is given. Term at Glendale, two years. If desired, advanced medical work can be arranged for at Loma Linda after graduation.
Arrangements are such that students can work their whole way. Allowances are liberal. Full particulars upon application. Intending students please apply at once to Dr. Belle Wood-Comstock, Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, Cal.

Pennsylvania Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By W. H. Heckman

NOTICE is hereby given to the constituency of the Pennsylvania Sanitarium and Benevolent Association that the fifth annual meeting of the said corporation will be held at 9:30 A. M., Thursday, June 9, 1910, at Emmanuel Grove camp-grounds near Allentown, in connection with the annual camp-meeting of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
The membership of the constituency is composed of the executive committee of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the executive committee of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the physicians employed by the corporation, the ordained ministers of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the ordained ministers of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and twelve persons elected for the purpose at the last session of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Officers will be elected and such other business will be transacted as may properly come before the meeting.
W. H. HECKMAN, President.

Ishpeming (Mich.) Camp-Meeting

By J. J. IRWIN

THE camp-meeting for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will be held at Ishpeming, Mich., June 20-26. Elder Allen Moon, president of the Lake Union Conference, will be present, as will also Elder Mortenson, who has charge of the Swedish work in the United States. We can not at this time state definitely what other ministerial help we shall have outside of our own conference, but expect others besides the ones mentioned.
These seasons in the past have been of especial benefit to our people in the Northern Peninsula, and we confidently expect that the Lord has richer blessings in store for us. Again and again the Spirit of the Lord has urged upon us the importance of these gatherings, and we shall do well to pay heed to these admonitions. Try to persuade your neighbors to attend with you, and receive the blessing God has for those who come.
It will be an advantage to the work in shipping the supplies to the grounds if we can know how many tents are needed. Rents will be the same as last year: tents, $2.50; stoves, $1; bed-springs, 50 cents; tables, 25 cents; chairs, 10 cents. Send orders early to the North Michigan Tract Society, Petoskey, Mich., so you can be sure of having what you order.
Come praying that the blessing of the Lord will be with us all in the services.
J. J. IRWIN.
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