“THIS people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.” “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” “That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
SELLING PROPERTY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS
MANY pledges have been made to pay money to the RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS fund when property is sold. Thank the Lord, many of our brethren are waking up, and are selling a part, at least, of their property, and putting the money into the cause. The mail to-day brought payment for two pledges made on condition of the sale of property. This shows that our brethren really mean business with the Master, and that they are making a genuine attempt to do something to relieve the schools. There will be singers in the chorus of jubilee, and they will be those who have taken part in bringing about the RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS.
Berean Library
By S. H. Lane
Those who have not subscribed this year for the Berean Library are losing a grand opportunity to gain some most excellent books. The first number of the present year was “Looking unto Jesus,” a book which takes up the subject of the Sanctuary, and through that subject brings to view the plan of salvation in such a thorough way that he who studies it can not fail to comprehend the grand truths connected with the most wonderful plan ever devised even by heaven.
The present quarter's Sabbath-school lessons will be on the subject of the Sanctuary, of which “Looking unto Jesus” treats very thoroughly, and every one who studies the Sabbath-school lesson during the next quarter should have a book treating on the Sanctuary question, and no other of all that have been written can surpass “Looking unto Jesus.”
“History of the Sabbath” is No. 6 of the Berean Library. The pamphlet retails at fifty cents. If any reader of these lines has not the “History of the Sabbath,” he should feel that this is a rare opportunity of obtaining the entire history for the small sum of fifty cents.
“Great Nations of To-day” is No. 7, and is a pamphlet of 257 pages. It deals with the live issues of the day, with which the great nations of the world are connected. The front cover page contains fine pictures of ten of the rulers of the leading nations of to-day; namely, Russia, England, France, United States, Turkey, China, Austria-Hungary, Japan, Italy, and Germany. This book should be placed in the hands of the reading public, and should be circulated by the thousand by our people. Its illustrations and maps help to set forth the grand subject of the book in a vivid, entertaining, and forcible way. Let the orders come in for this book. Price, twenty-five cents.
The latest number, No. 8, of the Library for this present year, will be a pamphlet, entitled “Battles of the Century;” price, ten cents. This book will be on the market in a few weeks, the announcement of which will appear in our various periodicals. The retail price of these four books is $1.10. The subscription to the Berean Library will give all four of them for seventy-five cents. If you wish to become a subscriber to the Berean Library, please inclose seventy-five cents, addressed to the Review and Herald, Battle Creek, and the four books already mentioned will be sent to you. If you wish any one of the books, send the price to the Office, and we will be glad to send the book. Address either Review and Herald Pub. Co., or Pacific Press Pub Co., Oakland, Cal.
These books should be in all of our homes; indeed, our people should constantly watch to see when a new publication is issued by any of our publishing houses, then purchase the book, and post themselves in regard to the matter which it contains, so as to be able to explain it to neighbors and friends, and then bring it to the notice of the people. All our tract society presidents, and especially the secretaries, should order each new book, become posted in regard to it, and then recommend its merits to all throughout the State or district, and solicit orders. Then our books will be scattered everywhere. May the Lord hasten the day. S. H. LANE.
ANOTHER STANDARD-BEARER FALLEN
By A. J. Breed
ELDER HARRISON GRANT died at the home of his son-in-law, Elder W. B. White, at Missoula, Mont., March 1, 1901. He was born at Hillsboro Bridge, N. H., April 2, 1821, which would make him eighty years old, lacking one month and one day. He was the eldest of eight children, seven sons and one daughter. When he was two years old, his father moved to Vermont, and engaged in farming and blacksmithing. Elder Grant worked with his father until he was of age; and at the age of twenty-two, in 1843, he attended a series of meetings held by Wm. Miller, and accepted the advent faith.
He passed through the bitter experiences and disappointment of 1844, but firmly believed the positions taken were correct, although his hopes of meeting the Saviour were not realized. When, after the passing of the time, the believers more carefully examined the positions taken, he with others saw the mistake, and gladly accepted the Sabbath and all the truths connected with it—the Third Angel’s Message. He walked in all the light as fast as it was made known to him.
In 1845 he was married to Chloe Pearson, of Roxbury, Vt. He erected the family altar, and in 1858 his wife accepted the truth, and for forty-three years they walked together in the service of the Lord.
In 1862, with two children, they left Vermont for Minnesota. They traveled by team to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and there took the boat for Milwaukee, Wis. From there he drove to Minnesota, settling at Deerfield, on eighty acres of new land, and supported himself and family by farming and blacksmithing.
In 1873 he was ordained to the work of the ministry. He served as president of the Minnesota Conference for sixteen successive years, bearing burdens and responsibilities in the work until he saw it grow from a small beginning to what it now is—one of the leading Conferences in America.
He continued laboring in Minnesota until 1892, when, by recommendation of the General Conference, he moved to College View, Neb., where he labored as pastor of the church until the spring of 1898. He then went to Colorado, where he spent a few months, and in the fall moved to Montana, and settled at Missoula, with his son-in-law, Elder W. B. White.
Being of an active disposition, and never idle, he engaged in labor at Missoula, and was elected elder of the church at that place. He attended a few general meetings in Montana, relating his early experiences of 1844, which were of much interest to those who had so newly come to the faith.
There were no railroads in Minnesota for many years, except nine miles from St. Paul to St. Anthony, now Minneapolis, and he traveled from place to place by team. It was my privilege to be associated with him for a time, and I look back upon that time as a season spent with an earnest, devoted servant of the Lord.
During his sickness he suffered but little pain, telling those who called to see him, “If it is mine to fall, I will fall toward heaven.” His aged wife, now nearly eighty, and two daughters, survive him.
Thus another of the old standard-bearers has passed away, and the work he loved so much is left in the hands of others; and may it be said of us, as it has been of him, He died the “death of the righteous.” He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Missoula, March 5, Elder J. H. Behrens preaching the funeral sermon, from 2 Tim. 4:6-8, a text of Brother Grant’s choice. A. J. BREED.
MUCH HELP FROM THE AGED
DURING the last few weeks we have been receiving a number of large and medium-sized contributions to the big fund for the relief of the schools. Many of these have come from aged Sabbath-keepers, accompanied with the most hearty, cheery, and encouraging letters. We have had so many gifts from those grown old in the faith that we have been deeply impressed with the way God moves upon the hearts of those who have been a long time in the way. It calls to our minds the words of the12prophet, that in the last days God will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children. Here is one letter, which will serve as a sample of many:—
MY DEAR BROTHER:
I do not have the ready money, so I send you my pledge, trusting that I may be able to meet it when due; and I will try to do something with the book as soon as I can, the dear Lord being my helper.
I am a sad and lonely man. I lost my dear wife about three months ago. She loved these precious truths, had kept the Sabbath nearly fifty years, and was ever ready to lend a helping hand to forward the work of the dear Master. How I do miss her in my declining years; and how much I need the Spirit of the dear Master to guide me in all my ways. I am nearly seventy years old, and I see so many mistakes in my past life that it almost overwhelms me at times. I am heartily sorry for every wrong act I ever did. Pray that I may have grace to overcome all my besetments, and be fully prepared to meet the Lord when He comes to take us and all the dear sleeping ones.
News of the Week
— Germany’s claim for indemnity from China is announced as $60,000,000.
— Minnesota prohibits the manufacture, sale, or use of cigarettes in the State.
— The Mexican Central Railway is now under the control of New York capitalists.
— President McKinley has appointed Frederick E. Coyne postmaster of Chicago.
— The surplus proceeds from the Passion Play at Oberammergau amounted to $54,720.
— The strike in Marseilles, France, is quieting down, though troops are still in the barracks.
— About $300,000 is to be expended in improving the Capitol at Washington, during the congressional recess.
— President Hadley, of Yale, is said to favor “the organization of educational trusts, in order to secure the best results.”
— Mrs. Nation is in Indianapolis; but the mayor says that he will allow no “smashing” of saloons. The saloons pay a license of $400 a year.
— The gold in the United States treasury “amounts to nearly $496,000,000—the largest amount of gold known to be held in any national treasury.”
— By a declaration of twenty per cent dividend, the 22d ult., the Standard Oil Company contributed $6,200,000 more to the immense fortune of John D. Rockefeller.
— The German wire nail trust charges foreign buyers only 312 marks a ton, while German buyers are obliged to pay 326 marks a ton—the result of “the protection of a customs tariff.”
— The Doukhobors who settled in Canada are already causing that country trouble. These “self-exiles” have “made to the government formal objections to the Canadian laws” relating to the forbidding of promiscuous marrying, etc.
— Count Cassini, Russian ambassador at Washington, continues to disavow “any intention by Russia permanently to acquire Manchuria or any other Chinese territory;” but he will not put any such statement in writing, which the Washington officials have hinted they would like to have him do.
— President Thwing, of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, says that “two influences in particular seem to be keeping college men from entering the ministry. One is the larger inducements which commercial careers are offering, and the other is the unsettling of doctrinal beliefs, and doubt as to the future relation of the Church to society. The question puzzles young men, whether the church is to be a place of worship, as in former days, or ‘a club of the new institutional type, where games are played, where there are gymnasiums, and where there are classes for secular studies.’”
— A Washington dispatch states that “there is no longer any doubt that the emperor of China, sustained by the advice of Japan, England, and the United States, has instructed Yang Yu, his envoy at St. Petersburg, not to sign the [Manchurian] treaty, and Yang Yu has had a convenient attack of vertigo, which makes it easier for him to obey orders. The Russians will wait for a narrower place in the road. They have Manchuria, and are actually enjoying all the powers and privileges granted them by the suspended treaty, which they will continue to exercise as long as they please by force until China is ready to make the concessions in a formal manner.”
— In an article in the World’s Work, praising the late Philip D. Armour, the writer gives the following as “his commercial creed:” “(1) To pay all debts in full, and to require full payments from those who owed him; (2) never to waste energy, money, or stock, and to make all work productive; (3) never to forgive one who wantonly injured him; and to make few friendships, but those lasting ones; (4) to destroy competition by absorption or by obliteration; (5) never to admit that any rival production or work of his own kind of trade was better than his own; (6) to work—work—work—and to save—save—save.” The writer adds that “to his last hour he held the grim determination to do these things.”
— A Japanese squadron has sailed from Nagasaki, for Korea.
— Gen. Sir A. P. Palmer has been appointed as commander-in-chief of the British forces in India.
— Edwin A. Abbey, an American artist, has been commissioned by King Edward, of England, to paint the latter’s coronation scene in Westminster Abbey.
— A few days ago King Edward, of England, was visited by deputations representing the various churches. He assured them all that “it would be his constant care to maintain religious liberty and toleration, and aid in the progress of truth, morality, and peace.” And to the delegation of Quakers “his Majesty said he prayed that his reign would witness the widespread acceptance of their principles, the establishment of peace among nations, and the growth of mutual help among the people of Great Britain.”
— Emilio Aguinaldo, commander-in-chief of the Filipinos, was captured by Brig.-Gen. Frederick Funston, March 23, and is now in jail in Manila. The capture was effected by stratagem: Funston and some friendly Filipinos, together with a few picked Americans, being conducted by a Filipino deserter, to the camp of Aguinaldo, as prisoners. As Aguinaldo was about to receive the supposed American prisoners, he was himself captured by them, without bloodshed. He will doubtless be deported to Guam.
— Japan is making every possible preparation for war with Russia; and, although “the refusal of China to sign the [Manchuria] treaty postpones the inevitable war,” still “it is the universal opinion that the struggle will come sooner or later, and that the battle ground will be Korea, the Liao Tung Peninsula, and Manchuria. The first point of attack for Japan will be the Russian naval station and arsenal at Port Arthur, and the Yellow Sea will be filled with hostile fleets. Russia is the more powerful of the two nations in wealth and numbers, but the fighting will be done on the eastern side of Asia, which is 7,000 miles from the base of Russian supplies. The naval strength of the two nations is very nearly even, but Japan has the advantage of being able to throw all her fleets directly into the war and keep them there, while it is necessary for Russia to have a reserve force at home.” However, with France’s powerful navy linked with Russia’s, Japan would be helpless without England’s support.
— Newspaper dispatches state that “the existence of human slavery in the colonies of Germany was openly admitted and defended in the Reichstag last week. Herr Bebel, the socialist leader, moved that all children born of slave parents under the German flag should be declared free, but the motion was defeated.” “The government authorities,” says the Springfield Republican, “simply took the position that slavery is necessary for European settlers in German colonies, and let it go at that. It is rather upsetting to reflect that slavery exists to-day under the flags of England, Germany, and the United States. Our own precious slaves in the Sulus are not yet freed, although President McKinley has autocratic civil power in the Philippines, and to keep a human being in slavery a single hour is a violation of the Constitution of the United States. So far as we know, Russia with all her absolutism and semi-barbarism, so-called, hasn’t a single slave to answer for within the reach of the czar’s authority.”
— During the year 1882 there landed in the United States 355,956 immigrants from Germany and the Scandinavian countries; 76,432 from Ireland; 32,159 from Italy; 50,740 from Austria-Hungary and Russia. In the year 1892 there arrived 185,463 immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia; 51,383 from Ireland; 61,621 from Italy; 199,984 from Austria-Hungary and Russia. In the year 1900 the number of immigrants was as follows: from Germany and Scandinavia, 49,658; from Ireland, 35,595; from Italy, 100,135; from Austria-Hungary and Russia, 205,634. Speaking of the problem of foreign immigration, the Christian Advocate (New York) says: “If we were permitted to select the immigrants, we would not choose those who are so vastly in the majority to-day. Twenty years ago nearly one half of the foreigners seeking our shores were Germans and Scandinavians, but to-day they comprise about one tenth of the vast horde; then there were 4 per cent of Italians, now there are 22 per cent; then 6½ per cent of Austrians, Hungarians, and Russians, now 46 per cent. Among those classified as ‘Russians’ this year, however,—90,787 of them,—there were 12,515 Finns, who will make good citizens soon; 37,011 Hebrews, 32,797 Lithuanians and Poles, and only 1,165 Russians of the genuine stamp. Formerly the problem of assimilation involved particularly the Irish and the Germans—a problem with many factors in it which guaranteed a satisfactory though gradual solution; but to-day the chief elements are the Slav, the Italian, and the Hebrew, and coalescing with these are various other elements, minor but difficult, which render the problem extremely complicated, and the outcome uncertain.”221
— The Rutland, Vt., City Hall was totally destroyed by fire the 24th ult. Loss, $30,000.
— In a recent encounter between Cossacks and workmen, in St. Petersburg, 100 of the workmen were killed or wounded.
— The Chicago Times-Herald has absorbed the Chicago Record, and its future name will be the Chicago Record-Herald.
— In a recent speech, Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Secretary, stated that the “integrity of the Chinese Empire and principle of the open door must be upheld.”
— Speaking of the “triple alliance,” between Germany, Austria, and Italy, Premier Zanardelli, of Italy, significantly remarks “that Italy will not bind herself to its renewal ‘until after ripe reflection.’”
— William T. Stead, editor of the English Review of Reviews, “reiterates Bismarck’s prediction that South Africa will be the grave of the British Empire, and says that Britain’s only salvation is in a reversal of her policy toward the Boers.”
— Lord Salisbury, British Prime Minister, is seriously ill. His term of service is already longer than that of any of his predecessors.
— It is announced that Korea has “dismissed McLeavy Brown (English), Director-General of Customs,” and that Great Britain has “entered protest against his dismissal.”
— The Cubans have been promised a possibility of “free trade to Cuban sugar and tobacco,” providing they will accept “the Platt restrictions upon the island’s independence.” But what good will even that do the Cubans, since American capitalists will soon control all such industries in Cuba?
— Some think that Russia’s domestic troubles, which are indeed serious, will keep her from engaging in a foreign war just at present; but it should be remembered that “a foreign war is often waged by rulers in order to divert the attention of their people from domestic grievances.” In this light, says the Springfield Republican, “too much of a row at home would almost surely send Russia into a foreign war.”
HERE is an interesting letter:—
DEAR SIR: Inclosed please find five dollars for the RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS, which I, a woman nearly sixty years old, have earned by cooking in a mining camp. I could not get the money in any other way, and am thankful that I had the strength to earn it.
Selling Christ’s Object Lessons for South Lancaster Academy
ELDER A. O. BURRILL, who is making special effort for the relief of South Lancaster Academy, in New York State, writes as follows:—
“We are talking of selling ten thousand copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” One person has disposed of seventy-five or eighty copies since Christmas.
Correction to Gift Acknowledgment
A KIND gift of forty dollars accredited to Elder M. C. Wilcox should have been acknowledged as coming from Elder M. C. Wilcox and his wife.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Needed
By Editor
We earnestly request all our kind friends to remember that FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS is needed to pay for the material in “Christ’s Object Lessons.” We ask for large contributions from the rich and small gifts from the poor. Money for this purpose should be sent to the treasurer of the General Conference Association, care of Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.; and be sure to state that it is for THE RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS.
Donations Received
Mrs. M. V. Hanson........................$ 3 50
A friend....................................50 00
C. M. Jaques...............................1 41
A. Mathiesen.............................116 12
Mrs. Nettie Reynolds.......................2 00
Mrs. Olive M. Kelley.......................1 25
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Stringer................5 00
Flora and William Fox....................10 00
William Jenney..........................100 00
Michigan Tract Society....................8 45
Winfield Nary...............................50
C. G. Leitzman............................25 00
G. W. Anglebarger........................10 00
R. B. Barber...............................5 00
C. H. Parker...............................3 75
J. O. Johnson.............................25 00
T. J. Sutherland...........................5 00
A friend.....................................2 50
Wisconsin Tract Society...................10 00
Fresno (Cal.) Society.......................4 00
Mrs. William Dale...........................50
Mrs. Elva Reynolds..........................1 00
Nellie M. Stevens...........................5 00
L. W. Scovell...............................2 25
Mr. and Mrs. Lornson.......................10 00
J. F. Peters................................5 00
W. Crittenden...............................1 25
Mrs. M. J. Van Oren..........................5 00
S. A. Conway................................1 00
V. L. Stoner................................1 00
Mrs. Minter Bodwell..........................5 00
W. C. Knapp...................................50
A friend.....................................1 85
S. B. Horton..................................5 00
Satie Gates................................$ 1 00
Harry R. and Ella C. Gay...................10 00
Mrs. Atilla Leatherdale.....................5 00
Friends "Colo."..............................5 50
Neil McGill..................................5 00
Aug. and Ida Klein...........................5 00
A friend.....................................1 50
C. W. McConnell............................25 00
Mrs. Regina B. Jones........................6 00
Miss Susie M. Trigger........................8 75
Lemuel E. Reed...............................1 00
NOTES FROM THE ANGLO-CHINESE ACADEMY OF HONOLULU
By William E. Howell
In these “notes” it is designed to give, in short, detached paragraphs, such features of, and incidents in, the work of conducting a Christian school among the Chinese, as it is thought will be of interest to the general reader. Let it be borne in mind by those who may read these notes, that the pupils in our school have grown up to youth and manhood in homes that, almost without exception, are entirely destitute of Christian influences and ideas of social propriety; so what might pass by without notice or comment in the ordinary school, must be signs of progress in this one.
In a recent examination in language, one boy gave, in illustration of the use of a certain word, this sentence: “I pray the Lord to take care of me, when I lie me down to sleep.” We often have to depend on something of this nature to discover the working of these conservative minds.
A few weeks ago the members of our physiology class requested us to provide boiled water in the home for drinking purposes, as they wished to discontinue the use of tea. We bought a stone container, labeled it “Boiled Water,” set it alongside the one that was being used for tea, and instructed the Chinese cook to keep it supplied with boiled water, putting it in hot, as the boys had been accustomed to using their tea warm, and thus the change would not seem so great as to give them cold water. The thought was to place the boiled water beside the tea, and let it win its way gradually. But before night of the same day, much to our surprise, the cook removed the tea-container, on his own responsibility, and put the boiled water in its place. There it still remains, without a murmur against it, to my knowledge, and the boys may be seen almost any time of day slaking their thirst by the same means as the more careful health reformer.
That this episode may be appreciated, let the reader bear in mind that the Chinaman uses tea as an Anglo-Saxon uses drinking-water—to quench his thirst any time of day or night, to cleanse his mouth and teeth, etc., but very rarely at his meals. The tea-container already spoken of was set out on the dining-room veranda, just as a filter would be in an American hotel or other public place, and was as frequently resorted to. It will be remembered that the Chinese conduct their own culinary department in our school, and consequently we were not responsible for the tea. We are glad, however, to be indirectly responsible for its disappearance.
Two of our teachers and myself made a bicycle tour of this island (Oahu) in the holiday vacation, being out three days, and covering eighty-five miles. One of our home boys accompanied us, and it was interesting to observe that whenever we stopped with a Chinese friend or entered a Chinese restaurant, he, of his own accord, would see that boiled water was provided for us and himself. As we were sometimes obliged to drink such water as we could obtain between stops, he declares that next time he goes on such a trip, he will buy a canteen, and fill it with boiled water before he starts, for use along the way. This young man does nothing by halves, so far as we have been able to observe; and as he is one of the number who recently made a public profession of faith in Christ, we have strong hopes that the same zeal he manifests in the matter of the boiled water, may be exercised in all points of truth that go to make up a Christian character. Here is his picture.
W. E. HOWELL.
(To be continued.)
BRAZIL
By W. H. Thurston
With the increase of responsibilities and the enlargement of the work, the blessing of the Lord has been present, and our efforts have not been in vain. During the year there were 188 persons baptized, 232 members added to the churches, and three new churches organized. This brings our church-membership up to about 700.
In some cases the preaching has been done in the face of mob threats. At one place a man, with a revolver in his pocket, took the front seat, saying that he came for the purpose of shooting the speaker; but he could not get the revolver out of his pocket.
The interest in the truth is increasing in every place where we have begun work, and the calls for help are more than we are able to respond to; but the people are reading.
The Methodists do not seem to enjoy the progress of our work in Brazil, and have taken steps to retard it; but the promise is, “We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” The pronoun “we” in this text applies to Methodists as well as to every one, anywhere, who tries to do anything against the truth; and if the advocates of truth go straight forward in the spirit and power of the Author of truth, there will be victory all the way.
The tithe reported for the year was $1,773.56. The new churches were organized near the close of the year, and no tithe was received from them. The offerings amounted to $123.24. This includes Sabbath-school offerings given to missions. The total amount of offerings from the Sabbath-schools was $137.40. The total membership of the Sabbath-schools reported is 604, while the church-membership is 697. This is not as it should be, but is due in part to the fact that the churches do not all understand the method of reporting the Sabbath-school membership, and to a failure on the part of some to report. Most of the churches have reported the church-membership, and have not counted the children as members of the Sabbath-school. Line upon line, precept upon precept, will finally adjust all these matters, and a proper showing will appear in each department.
The canvassing work has been between ebb and flow during the year, but it is coming up now, and the outlook is encouraging.
The Lord has opened the way for us to start a mission school, and we now have fifteen students, and others are expected soon. Two have already been sent out from this school as teachers, as they had a good education when they entered, and were in the mission class before the school proper was started. We expect this school to provide teachers as fast as they are needed for our schools, as well as to prepare suitable persons for other lines of work.
We have four church schools and one secular school doing good work, and expect soon to start two more church schools.
The outlook for the advancement of the message was never better, and is indeed encouraging. We thank the Lord for what has been done in this great field; and taking courage from the past, we press forward, knowing that the time is short in which we have to labor.
From a secular standpoint, the outlook is dark. Banks are failing, business houses are being closed, capital and labor are clashing, and commerce seems almost at a standstill. Wickedness is increasing on every hand, and the end is not yet; but we are in the time of the end, and the Lord is soon coming to reward every one according as his work shall be; and then shall we go to the “city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”
W. H. Thurston.
JAMAICA
By FRANK HALL
GROVE TOWN is situated on the southern end of the parish of Manchester, about five miles from the seacoast. Here, September 5, a series of tent-meetings was begun. Brother Jay W. Tanner, recently from the United States of America, assisted in the meetings. At first we had large crowds to hear the message; but when the peculiar phases of our doctrines were presented, the number gradually diminished.
Twenty persons have recently accepted the truth. Ten others were keeping the Sabbath before we came, so there are now thirty persons here who observe the Sabbath. As the people had been taught to expect a place of worship, in order to give permanency to our work we had to begin the building of a church. One of our brethren has given a lot on which to build our chapel, and another has given ninety feet of hewn stones for the foundation; and a man who is not of our faith has given a part of the lumber.
The brethren and sisters are working faithfully. I am glad that wherever the Third Angel's Message goes, there are true-hearted ones who will accept its teachings, and prepare for a home in the city of God.
FRANK HALL.
LOUISIANA
By M. G. Huffman
I HAVE been in Louisiana a little over one year. I came here by request of the leading brethren, and began my work at Delhi, Jan. 17, 1900. From there I went to Bastrop, and labored in and near that city from February 1 to July 3. I have labored at Marthaville, Mansfield, Mangham, Alto, and held one series of meetings about seven miles south of Delhi. With the exception of Marthaville and Mansfield, I labored alone, as far as ministerial help is concerned. I found bitter prejudice at all those places; but I am happy to say that most of the prejudice has given way to a favorable impression concerning the views held and taught by us as a people. At the two first-named places I held meetings on coming into this State. I have lately visited Delhi and Bastrop, and the Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterians invited me to preach in their churches. I accepted the invitations, and spoke to large congregations.
In God's strength and wisdom, I have tried faithfully to warn the people of the coming doom upon a wicked world, and the necessary preparation that must be made to meet Jesus at His soon coming. As the result of efforts put forth, a goodly number have decided to walk in the light of the Third Angel's Message, and many others are deeply interested. I have delivered 230 discourses, held 47 Bible readings, made nearly 300 visits, put into the hands of the people nearly 2,000 pages of tracts, sold about $65 worth of books, received 13 subscriptions for the REVIEW AND HERALD (nearly all for one year), received, in contributions $130, also, in cash and pledges, nearly $40 for the new tent which the General Conference sent to be used in this part of the State.
I have enjoyed my labors in Louisiana, and I praise the Lord for His goodness toward me, in giving me strength and wisdom for the work. I have gained experiences while here for which I am thankful.
May God bless the work in Louisiana.
M. G. HUFFMAN.
SPECIAL NOTICES
ADDRESS
The permanent address of Elder J. C. Foster is Billings, Mont.
