COMMON SENSE IS THE BEST SORT OF SENSE, AND it is especially a good thing for a live Christian or Christian worker to have. Every pursuit of man ought to be a sacred pursuit. John Newton said if two angels were sent to the earth, one as Prime Minister and the other as a street-sweeper, it would be a matter of no difference whether they received the one or the other commission; it would be honor enough that the Lord had sent them. It is possible and practical to carry this right through, and do everything for the Lord Jesus Christ. If you want to do anything for the Lord, try to keep the thought before your mind constantly that, whether you go out or come in, eat or drink, you are to do everything to glorify God. The reason the world paralyzes a man's piety, is because he does not have singleness of aim. God put men into the world and asked them to be pious, and they ought to make the world minister to their piety. Dr. Kane, seeing himself in danger of being crushed by an iceberg, said: “I'll use the iceberg:” he thrust out the harpoon, anchored his ship to the iceberg, and it bore him to Polar waters. So you must make the world and business bear you heavenward.
Dr. Chalmers, riding on a stage-coach, by the side of the driver, said: “John, why do you hit that off leader such a crack with your lash?” “Away yonder there's a white stone; that off leader is afraid of that stone; so by the crack of my whip and the pain in his legs, I want to get his idea off from it.” Dr. Chalmers went home, elaborated the idea, and wrote “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.” You must drive off the devil and kill the world by putting a new idea in the mind.—DR. FISH, in Tabernacle College Lecture.
Obituary Notices.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
Died, in Cornville, Me., March 29, 1872, Sister Amanda Flanders, aged sixty years. Sister Flanders was one of the first in this place to embrace the third angel’s message. She was firm and unwavering in her faith to the very last. Her loss is deeply felt in the church and family where she resided. But we have laid her away, trusting she will share in the first resurrection. Chas. Stratton.
Died, at Los Angeles, Cal., April 20, 1872, of consumption Bro. Volney S. Staley, aged thirty-eight. This brother embraced the truth from the ranks of infidelity while the tent was in Santa Rosa. He gained an excellent experience in his afflictions and trials, and calmly fell asleep in Jesus. Service by the writer on the occasion of his burial, Sunday April 28, at Santa Rosa. A long train of mourners, brethren, and sympathizing friends, followed his remains to their resting place by the side of his mother who died a few months since in the same blessed hope. J. N. Loughborough.
Died, March 29, 1872, in Burlington, Mich., at the residence of her daughter, E. J. W. Bovee, of consumption, Mrs. Elizabeth N. Waggoner, in the sixty-fifth year of her age. About the age of twenty-five, she became a member of the Methodist Protestant Church with which she remained for several years, when she connected herself with the United Brethren. Since the death of her husband some three years ago, while being associated with her daughters she became interested in and fully embraced present truth. Upon her dying bed she became desirous of baptism, having only been sprinkled, she felt that could this duty be performed her work would be done, and she could die peacefully. Her youngest son who attended his mother in her last illness called upon me to perform the rite. By means of the India rubber bathing tub she was buried with her Savior by baptism only a few hours before her death. From this, a look of joy lighted up her countenance. She leaves a large family of sons and daughters to mourn the loss of an intelligent and affectionate mother. What would be her joy could she greet them all in the resurrection morning. Her remains were taken to Ohio, and interred by the side of those of her husband. A discourse was given by a minister of the United Brethren church. John Byington.
Fell asleep in Jesus, in Watrousville, Tuscola Co., Mich., April 6, 1872, Bro. Samuel Bell, aged eighty-two years. Bro. B. was a native of Northumberland Co., England, and emigrated to this country with his companion in 1867. Since that time, they have lived in the family of Bro. Walton, believing and living in accordance with the truths of the third angel’s message. Our brother died in hope. He leaves a companion, one son in England and two daughters in France to mourn their loss. The funeral was well attended by sympathizing friends and neighbors. Discourse by the writer from 1 Thess. 4:18. S. H. Lane.
Died, in Alba, Pa., Sabbath morning, April 13, 1872, after a long and painful sickness, in the sixty-eighth year of her age, our dear mother, Jane Loughhead. For over twenty years she was a believer in the third angel’s message, trying to keep all God’s commandments and the faith of Jesus. She leaves five children and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. But she sleeps in Jesus, and we very soon expect to meet her again where there will be no more death. Oh! that blessed hope. Funeral discourse by Bro. John L. Baker in the Disciple house of worship in this place. Jefferson Loughhead.
Died, in Clinton Co., Ill., March 26, 1872, of pneumonia and typhoid fever, Amanda Johnson, the daughter of Phremon and Polly Robinson, aged thirty-three years, ten months, and fourteen days. She leaves a companion and one child, and other friends, to mourn her loss. She experienced religion in her youth, and commenced to keep the Sabbath with her parents some twenty years ago, and has tried to live a Christian. When she saw that she could not recover, she said that she was willing to live or die, as the Lord saw was for the best. We mourn not as those without hope. Polly Robinson.
Stephen Allen’s Pocket-Piece.
(In the pocket-book of the Hon. Stephen Allen, who was drowned from on board the Henry Clay, was found a printed slip, apparently cut from a newspaper, of which the following is a copy. It is worthy to be placed in every newspaper and engraven on the heart of every young man.)
“Keep good company, or none. Never be idle. If your hands can’t be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets if you have any. When you speak to a person, look him in the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all things else. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be so that none will believe him. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever live (misfortune excepted) within your income. When you retire to bed, think over what you have been doing during the day. Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. Small and steady gains give competency with a tranquil mind. Never play at any game of chance. Avoid temptation; through fear you may not withstand it. Earn money before you spend it. Never run into debt unless you see a way to get out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. Never speak evil of any one. Be just before you are generous. Keep yourself innocent, if you would be happy. Save when you are young to spend when you are old. Read over the above maxims at least once a week.”
Ill Manners among Ministers.
By E. J. F.
THEODORE TILTON makes some good comments in his paper on the manners of clergymen. He gives several examples of boorishness among this class, of which these two may be repeated in The Examiner with profit to some, perhaps:
“A lady who was very sick was urged to receive a visit from a minister in the neighborhood. She consented, and he came stamping into her room as though sick people were destitute of nerves, with his clothes so saturated with tobacco smoke that the poor sufferer choked, coughed, turned over in pain, and asked to have a window opened. Then he began talking to her in a loud voice about dying, and after enduring his heartless, brazen speech as long as she could, she raised her thin hand and motioned him to go. ‘I thought you wanted to see a clergyman!’ said he, as he rose to go. ‘I—I would like to see a gentleman,’ gasped the woman in despair.
“As one of the local trains crowded with women was coming to the city, a man with two ladies entered at a way station and looked anxiously for seats, though several ladies were standing. By sharp and some heroic practice he presently succeeded in ousting two gentlemen from their seats; but no sooner were the ladies provided for than he fixed his eyes upon a place in the long row of passengers, and motioning the occupants to move, turned his back to sit down, saying, ‘I guess you can make room for one more; ministers and women are privileged, you know.’ One of the ladies thus imposed upon preferred standing to being squeezed in that way, and remarked to her companion as she rose, ‘If the boor had not said he was a minister, I should have taken him for one. Gentlemen never do such things.’”
“These may be extreme cases, but we meet just such characters, and their boorishness is as positive a denial of the teaching of the gospel as are the worldly lives of some professors, only in another way. Some ministers seem to feel that their office gives them a lawless position, exempts them from good manners and courteous ways; they are privileged to walk in by the side-door at any hour without knocking, to put their feet on chairs or sofas, to put their arm around a lady in company, to take the high seats or the best seats. All this is simply abominable. It ought to be understood that the office of ministry confers no privilege upon the man, not even to have goods sold to him at reduced prices, or to ride at half-fare, or to receive free tickets to lectures or concerts. If the world and the church are disposed to grant any privileges, it is well—the minister may accept them without compromising the honor of the Master or that of his high office; but to demand them or to expect them is contemptible, and dishonoring to the gospel itself.
“And then a minister needs grace in his manners as well as in his heart; his religion ought to diffuse gentleness and refinement over his outward life, it ought not only to civilize but to polish him, and make him a Christian gentleman of the noblest type. Some one has given this definition of a clergyman, ‘A Christian gentleman teaching religion.’”—E. J. F.
Leading to the Lord.
A poor old man, some of whose family were sick, lived near Deacon Murray, referred to in the tract “Worth a Dollar,” and occasionally called at his house for a supply of milk. One morning he came while the family were at breakfast. Mrs. Murray rose to wait upon him, but the deacon said to her, “Wait till after breakfast.” She did so, and meanwhile the deacon made some inquiries of the man about his family and circumstances. After family worship, the deacon invited him to go out to the barn with him. When they got into the yard, the deacon, pointing to one of the cows, exclaimed, “There, take that cow and drive her home.” The man thanked him heartily for the cow, and started for home; but the deacon was observed to stand in the attitude of deep thought until the man had gone some rods. He then looked up, and called out, “Hey, bring that cow back!” The man looked around, and the deacon added, “Let that cow come back, and you come back, too.” He did so; and when he came back into the yard again, the deacon said, “There, now, take your pick out of the cows; I ain’t a going to lend to the Lord the poorest cow I’ve got.”
The Oldest Inhabitants—More Testimony as to Whence they Came.
The latest intelligence, says Appleton’s Journal from our Pacific coast, reports that a Japanese junk had come ashore on one of the islands of Alaska, with three living Japanese on board. The vessel had been disabled in a storm off Japan, and had drifted two thousand five hundred miles in nine months, twenty-three of the crew perishing from hunger and exposure. This striking occurrence is by no means unparalleled.
Just forty years ago, a Japanese vessel, with living men on board, came ashore near the mouth of the Columbia river, in Oregon. It had a cargo of rice, and the crew consequently had enough to eat, though their only drink was water from occasional rains. Such occurrences assist greatly in explaining how America was peopled—a question very perplexing to our ancestors, though late geographical and ethnological researches show clearly that there is really very little mystery about it.
The Japanese are evidently of the same race with our Indians, their language being, to some extent, similar to those of our Western tribes; and it is not at all unlikely that, during the thousands of years to which Japanese history goes back, many vessels may have floated from their shores to ours, bearing living persons of both sexes. But, even if it were impossible for them to cross the ocean, it is certain that Asiatics could easily make their way to America across Behring straits, or by the Aleutian Islands, the distances between which would be an easy voyage for a canoe.
Ten or twelve years ago the Appletons published an account of a voyage down the Amoor, by Peter McDonough Collins, the first American who ever descended that river. In his journal he constantly spoke of the wild tribes on its banks as “Indians.” We remember asking him at that time why he called them such, and he replied, “Because they are Indians.” He was familiar, by long personal observation, with the tribes in Oregon and California, and he declared that he could see no material difference between them and the tribes on the Amoor. He is a man of plain common sense, with a mind not obfuscated by ethnological or antiquarian studies; and the idea had apparently never entered his head that the Amoor tribes were not Indians. Their appearance, their mode of life, and the lodges in which they dwelt, he said, were all similar to those of the natives of Oregon. Their language, also, seemed to him very much the same, though, of course, he had no critical knowledge of their dialects. Taking this resemblance for granted, therefore, and there being no great difficulty in crossing the ocean by the way of the Aleutian Islands, even in canoes, there is no longer any mystery about the peopling of America.—Nashua (N. H.) Gazette.
Christian Liberty.
THE Christian is free and master in all things. The Christian is in bondage, and a servant in all and to all. He is free and a master by faith; he is a servant and a slave by love.
Faith unites the soul to Christ, as a wife to her husband. All that Christ has, becomes the property of the believing soul; all that the soul has, becomes the property of Christ. Christ possesses every blessing and eternal salvation; they are henceforward the property of the soul. The soul possesses every vice and sin; they become henceforth the property of Christ.
It is then the blessed exchange commences. Christ who is God and man, Christ who has never sinned, and whose holiness is immaculate, Christ the Almighty and Everlasting, appropriating by his nuptial, that is, by faith, all the sins of the believer’s soul, these sins are swallowed up and lost in him; for there is no sin that can stand before his infinite righteousness. Thus, by means of faith, the soul is delivered from every sin, and clothed with the eternal righteousness of her husband, Jesus Christ. Blessed union! The rich, noble, and holy spouse, Jesus Christ, unites in marriage with that poor, guilty, and despised wife, delivers her from every ill, and adorns her with the most costly blessings. . . . Christ, a priest and king, shares this honor and glory with every Christian. The Christian is a king, and consequently possesses all things; he is a priest, and consequently possesses God. And it is faith and not works, that brings him to such honor. The Christian is free of all things, above all things, faith giving him abundantly of every thing.
Although the Christian is thus made free, he voluntarily becomes a slave to act toward his brethren as God has acted toward him through Jesus Christ. I desire to serve freely, joyfully, and gratuitously, a Father who has thus lavished upon me all the abundance of his blessings. I wish to become all things for my neighbor, as Christ has become all things for me. From faith proceeds the love of God; from love proceeds a life full of liberty, charity, and joy. Oh, how noble and elevated is the Christian’s life! By faith, the Christian ascends to God; by love, he descends even to man, and yet, he abides ever with God. This is true liberty—a liberty which surpasses all others as much as the heavens are above the earth.—Hist. of the Reformation.
Beautiful Allegory.
Mr. CHITTENDEN, of Kentucky, was at one time defending a man who had been indicted for a capital offense. After an elaborate and powerful defense, he closed his effort with the following striking and beautiful allegory:
“When God, in his eternal council, conceived the thought of man’s creation, he called up to him the three ministers who constantly wait upon the throne—Justice, Truth, and Mercy—and thus addressed them: ‘Shall we make man?’ Then said Justice, ‘O God, make him not, for he will trample upon the laws.’ Truth made answer also, ‘O God, make him not, for he will pollute the sanctuaries.’ But Mercy, dropping upon her knees, and looking up through her tears, exclaimed, ‘O God, make him; I will watch over him with my care through all the dark paths which he may have to tread.’ Then God made man and said to him, ‘O man, thou art the child of Mercy; go and deal with thy brother.’ The jury, when he had finished, was drowned in tears, and against evidence and what must have been their own conviction, brought in a verdict of not guilty.”
The Good Old Way.
There are not a few city churches whose choirs would be benefited by a visit from the clergyman in Vermont, of whom the following incident is told: “Several years since he visited New York, and was invited to fill a city pulpit. He had never had the privilege of listening to a church organ, and was totally unacquainted with the fashion of hiring a few vocalists to do the singing for the congregation. Giving out his first hymn, the organist played a fancy prelude, and in the highest style of the art the choir rendered the four verses. Addressing the throne of grace in a fervent invocation, which stamped him as a man of intellect and power with his audience, he coolly re-opened the hymn-book, and, turning to the page, exclaimed—‘The audience will now join with me in singing a good old Methodist hymn, and those persons running that bag of wind in the gallery will please not interrupt.’”
I Know Thy Works
“I KNOW THY WORKS.”—In all our changeful life there is no hiding-place where our Saviour cannot find us. Alike in the clear, bright sunshine, or in the darkening gloom of the winter storm, his eye is over his people, and his infinite knowledge weighs them in the balance. When the hill is steep, and briars and thorns grow up its steep ascent, he is watching the weary flock, and helps and pities them, as they strain up the mountain-side. When the road lies through velvet lawns, and beside peaceful waters, the Shepherd gazes tenderly, yet fearfully, upon them, for these are the “Enchanted Grounds,” where there is danger that the pilgrim fall into a fatal sleep.
Jesus knows the works of his people. He knows whether they are walking on the skirts of the dread forest of the world, or whether they are earnestly striving after a closer union to himself. He knows when they extend a helping hand to the pale children of sorrow, and when they shut their ears to the cry of the desolate. Their motives are all open before him. Men judge by results. Christ sees the secret spring.
Let the thought that our Maker knows our works stimulate us to do and dare for him. When the spirit is weary in well doing, let it lift its eyes to Jesus, who went about doing good. In the hour of prayer let it take encouragement, because He who knows of its secret wrestlings will hear and sustain. Upborne by the everlasting arms, and looking to the Author and Finisher of our faith, let us press on to the joy that is set before us.—Christian Intelligencer.
The Value of Eternal Life
None will be so keenly sensible of the value of eternal life as those who lose it.
Sabbath-keepers in good standing, who understand wood working machinery, getting out materials for tables, chairs, bedsteads, &c., can hear of steady employment by addressing F. Simonson, Erie, Whiteside Co., Ill.
Particulars concerning a good opening for a Sabbath-keeping blacksmith, can be had by addressing immediately, Wm. H. Jackson, York Center, Steuben Co., Ind.
And a machinist, a Sabbath-keeper, can find steady employment and all the wages the trade commands, by applying at once to A. Gleason, Quincy, Branch Co., Mich.
N. Y. and Pa. Tract Society.
THE NEW YORK and Pennsylvania Conference Tract Society will hold their first general quarterly tract and missionary meeting at Adam's Center, Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 18 and 19. A report from each director is expected to be sent to the secretary, Harmon Lindsay, Olcott, N. Y., as soon as the 15th of May, that the working of the Society throughout the Conference may be known, and its wants considered at this meeting. Let each district be represented as far as practicable, as this will be a meeting of interest. Bro. and sister White are cordially invited to attend if able. If not, will not Bro. Haskell meet with us?
J. M. LINDSAY. Pres. of T. and M. Society of Penn. and N. Y. Conf.
QUARTERLY meetings in Minnesota as follows:—
Brash Creek, May 18, 19.
Jo Davis, “ 25, 26.
Tenhassen, June 1, 2.
Deerfield (Walcot School-house), “ 9, 10.
Concord, May 18, 19.
Pleasant Grove, “ 25, 26.
Maiden Rock, June 1, 2.
St. Cloud, “ 9, 10.
HARRISON GRANT.
My post-office address will be in the future, Medford, Steele Co., Minn. HARRISON GRANT.
QUARTERLY meeting for the churches of McConnell's Grove and Green Vale, at the Stone School-house, two miles north-west of McConnell's Grove, Ill., on the first Sabbath and first-day of June. Bro. I. Sanborn and Bro. R. F. Andrews are expected to be present. A cordial invitation is given to brethren from other churches to meet with us.
THOMAS BROWN.
QUARTERLY meeting of the Waukon and West Union churches will be held at West Union, Iowa, June 1, 1872. We hope for a general turnout of the scattered brethren, and that all will strive to get near the Lord before the meeting and bring the Lord with them.
NASON HOYT.
QUARTERLY meeting of S. D. Adventists at Beaver Dams, Schuyler County, N. Y., June 1 and 2. We hope there will be a general attendance of brethren and sisters. There will be a team at Corning on the arrival of the eleven o'clock express. There will also be a team at Watkins.
JOHN LINDSEY.
Lapeer, Mich., Sabbath and Sunday, May 18 and 19, 1872.
E. B. LANE.
QUARTERLY meeting for Oakland, Wis., first Sabbath and Sunday in June.
JOHN MATTESON.
Washington, Iowa, May 18, 1872.
At this meeting delegates to Conference should be appointed. Bro. Bartlett, we trust, will be with us.
R. M. KILGORE.
MONTHLY meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., at East Otto, the third Sabbath and first-day in May.
B. B. WARREN.
MONTHLY meeting will be held with the church at Athens, Me., Sabbath and first-day, May 18 and 19, commencing Sabbath evening at half past seven.
GEO. W. BARKER.
THE first quarterly meeting of the S. D. A. church at Nashville, Barton Co., Mo., Sabbath and first-day, May 18 and 19, 1872. The brethren from Avilla and elsewhere are invited to meet with us.
JOSEPH G. WOOD.
WILL meet with the Albany church of Green Co., Wis., in quarterly meeting to be held in the Gillet school-house, commencing Friday evening, May 17, and continuing over Sabbath and first-day. Brethren from Monroe and Avon are invited to attend. Also at Avon in quarterly meeting, May 25, 26. Meetings to commence Friday at 7 P. M. Brethren from Monroe, Rockton, and Albany, are invited to attend. I will also attend the quarterly meeting at McConnell's Grove, June 1 and 2.
I. SANBORN.
QUARTERLY meeting at Rockton, Ill., May 18 and 19. All that can attend, are invited to be present. In behalf of the church.
T. M. STEWARD.
Western Camp-Meetings.
By Gen. Conf. Com.
We are very happy to state to our friends in the West that Bro. and sister White purpose going there and attending the camp-meetings, to help in the work by their counsel, and labor as far as health will permit. Our brethren must not expect they will take heavy burdens upon themselves: their worn condition absolutely forbids this. But we know all will rejoice at their presence among us. And let us all try to make it a season of encouragement to them by manifesting a zeal and interest proportionate to the great importance of the work in which we are engaged. GEN. CONF. COM.
Increase of Wealth.
FROM the following statement published in the Monroe (Iowa) Record, the astounding fact appears that the wealth of the United States has nearly doubled within the last census decade.
“We talk a great deal about the rapidity of our country’s growth in wealth as in population, but there are really very few people who have any definite idea as to how rapidly this growth is going on. Perhaps the following figures, extracted from the report recently made by Gen. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, may aid us in giving definite shape to our conceptions on the subject. The actual value of all the real and personal property in the United States, in 1870, was $30,068,518,578. In 1860 it was $16,159,616,068, so that the property value has nearly doubled within the last census decade. The increase between 1850 and 1860 was about $9,000,000,000, while that between 1860 and 1870 was nearly $14,000,000,000. The wealth of New York is very much greater than that of any other State, the aggregate being $6,500,841,264, while Pennsylvania, the next highest, only reaches $3,803,340,112, or a little over half the value of New York’s property. The ratio of increase, too, is unusually large in New York, the property value in that State having advanced, within ten years, from $1,843,388,517 to the present figures, more than trebling itself, while Pennsylvania’s wealth is but a little more than double what it was in 1860.”
Illinois Camp-Meeting
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Illinois Camp-Meeting.
This meeting will be held three miles north of Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill., in Sugar Grove, on the premises of Mr. Reed, May 31 to June 4.
This place is easy of access, being situated on a branch of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, between Galva and New Boston. Those coming from the east on the C. B. and Q. R. R. will change cars at Galva; those coming on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R. R. will change at the junction west of Wyanett, and at Galva. Those coming from the north, can take the Western Union R. R. to Rock Island, then the Rockford Rock Island and St. Louis road to Alpha, thence the C. B. and Q. R. R. to Aledo, or they can come down the Mississippi to New Boston, thence by R. R. eleven miles to Aledo. Those coming from the South on the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis R. R. will change at Alpha, or can come by the river to New Boston, thence to Aledo. There will be teams to carry all from the cars to the camp-ground.
We are very anxious that the friends of the cause within the limits of the Conference attend. There will be a missionary and tract society organized for the Illinois Conference, at this meeting. Let there be a general rally from every part of the State.
It will be a great pleasure to us to have all our brethren from Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, or elsewhere, that can meet with us do so.
Let those that come bring tents. Every family if possible, should have one, especially brethren that are able should have them, to accommodate themselves with their families, and as many of their friends and neighbors as they can induce to come to the meeting. Bring empty bed-ticks to be filled with straw, and plenty of bedding. Let none stay away, however, because they cannot bring a tent, for provision will be made for such.
Provisions, and feed for teams, will be furnished at reasonable rates on the ground. There will be a good assortment of our publications on hand. Come prepared to take bundles of light home with you in the form of books, pamphlets, and tracts, to scatter among your friends and neighbors when you return. But above all, come with “a broken and contrite heart” to seek God.
In behalf of the Conference, we extend an urgent invitation to Bro. and sister White to favor us with their presence at this meeting, if at all consistent, as we need the benefit of their labors very much, being deprived of it in this Conference last year.
Seth Newton, Ill.
John H. Bennet, Conf.
R. F. Andrews, Com.
Illinois State Conference.
The second session of the Illinois State Conference, will be held in connection with the Illinois Camp-meeting May 31 to June 4, near Aledo, Mercer County, Ill.
We hope all the churches within the bounds of this Conference, will immediately take the necessary steps to be rightly represented at this meeting. (See address to the churches in Michigan on last page of REVIEW, No. 19, present Vol.) Churches wishing admission to the Conference, should present their requests and send their delegates to this meeting. Let every church in the Conference be represented by delegates if possible, if not, by letter.
Seth Newton, Ill.
John H. Bennet, Conf.
R. F. Andrews, Com.
Camp-Meeting in Iowa.
PROVIDENCE permitting, the Iowa Camp-meeting will be held two miles north of Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa, June 6-11.
Since the General Camp-meeting is taken up, it gives opportunity to appoint the Iowa meeting one week later, which will much better accommodate the brethren, owing to the lateness of the season. If it is consistent with the health of Bro. and sister White they will be present at these meetings.
Gen. Conf. Com.
Iowa State Conference.
By George I. Butler; H. Nicola; J. T. Mitchell
The Iowa State Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the Iowa Camp-meeting to be held near Knoxville, Iowa, June 6-11.
Let all the churches take the steps necessary at once to represent themselves fully at this meeting. Churches that wish to join the Conference should present their requests at this time. Let all the ministers, licentiates, and delegates, come prepared to make the various reports which the constitution of the Conference requires. Let every church in the State represent itself by delegates, if possible; otherwise, by letter.
GEO. I. BUTLER, } Iowa
H. NICOLA, } Conf.
J. T. MITCHELL, } Com.
Western Camp-meetings.
By Gen. Conf. Committee
Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill., May 30 to June 4.
Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa, June 6–11.
Medford, Steele Co., Minn., “ 19–24.
Lodi, Columbia Co., Wis., June 26 to July 1.
GEN. CONF. COMMITTEE.
The School.
At a meeting of the school committee, in Battle Creek, in the evening of May 11, two of the General Conference committee being present, the following resolution was passed:
“Resolved, That we invite the General Conference Committee to employ suitable teachers for the contemplated school, to take such steps as they may deem proper to raise the necessary means for its support till it becomes self-sustaining, and to take the general oversight of this enterprise.”
This being a movement in behalf of the cause at large, the General Conference committee are the proper persons to act in the premises. In accordance with the foregoing resolution, its management will hereafter be in their hands.
It is now decided to commence the school on Monday, the third of June next. A place is provided, and teacher engaged. The first term will continue twelve weeks, to Aug. 26. Tuition from $3 to $6, according to the studies taken.
The chief object has been stated to aid those who contemplate becoming public laborers in the cause of truth. Of course, those who have no such object in view, but who wish merely to acquire an education under the advantages and in the society here offered, are at perfect liberty to attend. Let all come who can, in season to be here at the commencement, and others as soon thereafter as possible.
Eastern Camp-Meetings.
As the appointment of these meetings falls upon the General Conference Committee, it is desirable that they should understand the wants of every Conference before making any appointment as to the time each meeting should be held, so as to accommodate the friends of the cause as far as practicable, without interfering with the wants of any other one; and when such conflict does occur, make the best arrangement practicable under the circumstances. To this end we call for a statement of the time and place where the brethren desire each camp-meeting to be held, from the camp-meeting or Conference committee of each State, to be sent to the REVIEW Office as soon as practicable. With these documents before them the General Conference Committee will be better prepared to make these appointments satisfactory. Direct to REVIEW AND HERALD.
Gen. Conf. Com.
Kansas Tent-Meeting.
In accordance with the suggestion of Bro. Lawrence the Kansas tent-meeting will be held in the vicinity of the Soodden School-house, on Deer Creek, half way between Big Springs and Clinton, fifteen miles west, and a little south, from the city of Lawrence, Kansas. This meeting will be held May 31 to June 2, 1872. Let all attend who can reasonably do so. Come prepared to take care of yourselves, and spend these three days in the service of God.
Gen. Conf. Com.
The Missouri and Kansas Conference.
By Gen. Conf. Com.
As THE State Committee have not appointed this meeting, and as there are matters of business that should be attended to at some one of the tent meetings to be held within the bounds of this Conference, we take the liberty of appointing a session of the Conference in connection with the tent-meeting to be held at Avilla, Mo., May 24-26. As the time is very short till this meeting is to be held, we call upon the churches and scattered brethren as far as possible to send in their reports and means immediately, and, above all, for as many to attend personally as practicable. We desire to see the cause in this large Conference take a new start, and the brethren move forward with spirit and zeal in the glorious work in which we are engaged. Gen. Conf. Com.
Pope Refuses Italian Government's Financial Appropriation
By Methodist
The pope has refused to accept the liberal sum ($600,000) appropriated to him by the Italian Government. We predicted this result. How could the embarrassed pontiff do otherwise? To accept the appropriation would be practically to accept the “situation.” He holds Victor Emmanuel to be a usurper of his throne and territories; can he, then, receive from the king’s hands a salary, however munificent, without conceding the usurpation? The Italian Government has the odds of him, however, in the matter. It saves both its money and its credit. Had it left the pope without honorable financial provision, the Catholic powers would have occasion to complain; now they cannot criticise the government, and the latter can use its money for better purpose—for the education of its people. Every new event in the papal policy only sinks it deeper and deeper in the quagmire of its perplexities. —Methodist.
Wisconsin State Conference.
By P. S. Thurston; Rufus Baker; I. Sanborn
PROVIDENCE permitting, this Conference will be held in connection with the Camp meeting at Lodi, Columbia Co., Wis., commencing Tuesday evening, June 18, and continuing till the morning of the 24th. We do hope all will try to be on the ground at the commencement of the meeting and stay till it is closed. Bring all your interested friends with you. We hope all the churches will represent themselves by delegate or by letter, each giving the number of its members, and the amount of Systematic Benevolence that they wish to pledge to the Conference the coming year.
P. S. THURSTON, } Wis.
RUFUS BAKER, } Conf.
I. SANBORN, } Com.
Tent-Meetings in Missouri and Kansas.
WITH an earnest desire to help forward the cause in this large Conference, where the brethren are so scattered that it is almost impossible to have a general gathering of our people, we have concluded to take up the appointment of Camp-meeting as given in No. 19, and appoint three tent-meetings, as follows:—
Civil Bend, Daviess Co., Mo., May 17–19.
Avilla, Mo., May 21–26.
Where Bro Lawrence may appoint in Kansas, May 31 to June 2.
We hope by holding three days’ meetings in these different places to accommodate a large portion of the Sabbath-keepers in this Conference, and to have the privilege of seeing most of them at these appointments. We hope it may be consistent with the health of Bro. and sister White to be present at these meetings, not, however, to take the burden of them, but to be encouraged by the presence and interest of the friends in the glorious truths of the message. We expect a general rally at these meetings of those who love the truth.