Earlier text: FACTS FOR THE N. Y. AND PA. TRACT SOCIETYAroostook Tent, East Washburn, Aug. 12.
Since our last report, July 29, the interest here has steadily increased. About forty-five are now keeping the Sabbath, who were not keeping it when we pitched our tent in this place. Last Sabbath, six were buried with their Lord in baptism. It was a pleasant season. After the discourse in the afternoon, forty-nine testimonies were borne in quick succession, and after the discourse on the evening after the Sabbath thirty-seven were given. God witnessed, by his Spirit, that he accepted the service of the day. Last week Tuesday, three no-Sabbath, trine-immersion Adventists pitched a tent a little more than a mile from ours; this drew off a portion of our congregation. They boasted of what they were going to do, but it has not been done yet. Next Sunday we expect one Eld. Rideout, from Presque Isle, to preach against us on the Sabbath question. We expect to remain here two weeks longer, and then shall start for the camp-meeting. J. B. Goodrich. S. J. Hersum. The Swedish brethren here are much interested in sending publications to relatives and friends in old Sweden. They also improve all the opportunities for tract and missionary work here. It having been thought best, in company with Brn. Gelotte and Sjöbom I visited their French neighbors. The first time, ten families were visited. A few tracts were left, and four persons were found to read the French paper. In a few days they were visited again, and another reader was found. One week after, at our third visit, seven more families took papers, and the former readers expressed a desire to subscribe. One subscribed and paid. Then the priest came among them and learned what had happened. Last Sunday, in church, he gave orders that all tracts and papers should be returned; that while they were retained the children and others should not be allowed to see them; and that if not taken back they should be burned. Several who returned the papers showed in their countenances that they were sorry to do so. They said they saw nothing objectionable in them, but the priest had ordered them returned, and they dared not do otherwise. We shall pray that this love of the truth that has been kindled in their hearts may increase, so that some may venture to investigate for themselves, and fear God rather than man. They treated us very kindly, and talked reasonably on the subject of religion. Last Sabbath, J. P. Gelotte was set apart as elder of the Swedish Seventh-day Adventist church of New Sweden. As the brethren have heard of a Danish colony in New Brunswick about twenty-five miles away, and Bro. John Olson can speak the Danish language, if the Lord will, a delegation of three, provided with tracts and papers, will soon visit them. J. Sawyer. Tent No. 2, Marshfield, Aug. 12. At the time of the last report from this tent, Aug. 1, meetings had just opened here. The tent stands on low ground and but a few feet from the Winooski River, and as it has rained every day up to yesterday, since the tent came here, the attendance has been rather small. Our object in pitching so near Cabot was to connect the two interests and watch this work till our camp-meeting. The Sabbath after we moved from C. we were to hold meetings in the Adventist meeting-house at Cabot, as we have had the promise of the house; but the doors were closed against us. So the brethren came to the tent, where a precious season was enjoyed by the “river side,” in the worship of God. At Cabot the ministers are now wide awake, and are coming to the front to defend Sunday. Three sermons were preached against us yesterday. Bro. Owen heard two of them. We preached three sermons on the Sabbath question in the tent yesterday. Our audience in the evening outnumbered any previous one here. Up to last Sabbath we could count six or more who have decided to keep the Sabbath since the tent came to this place. As the truths sustaining the Sabbath of the Bible were presented yesterday, and solemn appeals were made to the people, the candid attention and tearful eyes clearly revealed the fact that conviction settled into the heart. Since coming to the tent last week, I have often been reminded of our tent-meetings upon the same ground fifteen years ago this month. Our dear brethren, Eld. D. T. Bourdeau and Harrison Grant, were with us then. Our stay was short, and apparently but little was accomplished; yet I am confident the influence of that effort, with the consistent Christian life and earnest missionary efforts of Sr. Lamberton in this vicinity, who then embraced the Sabbath, have helped us, both in Cabot and here. A. S. Hutchins. Tent No. 1, West Townshend, Aug. 12. It has rained nearly every day since our last report, yet the people attend our meetings regularly, some coming an hour early to get in before it rains. The attendance at evening meetings has ranged from thirty to a hundred and fifty. Last Sabbath, the brethren from Jamaica and Windham met with us. About fifty Sabbath-keepers were present, and an equal number of those not of our faith. We had Sabbath-school and Bible-class, and after the afternoon service a social meeting in which forty-four testimonies were given, several from persons not Sabbath-keepers. On Sunday, about two hundred and twenty-five were present during the day. At the close of the discourse in the morning on the perpetuity of the Sabbath and law, a lady arose and declared her intention to keep the Sabbath according to the commandment. Many were visibly affected. At the close of the afternoon service about fifty manifested, by rising, their belief that the commandments are binding. Next Sunday the Congregationalist minister is to speak on the “Change of the Sabbath.” This we expect will increase the interest. The people are very friendly, aid in singing, etc. We are to have meetings every Sabbath. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.” Died, in Boyne, Kent Co., Mich., July 4, 1878, of inflammation of the bowels, Sr. Lourana Aldrich, wife of Bro. Marshal Aldrich, in the thirty-seventh year of her age. Sr. A. had been an observer of the Lord’s Sabbath about eleven years. At the time of her death she was a member of the Vergennes church, and was respected and beloved by all who knew her. A good wife, a kind mother, a consistent Christian, her presence will be missed by the church of which she was a member, and by the family in which she was a wife and mother. We expect to meet her “when this corruptible shall put on incorruption.” She was buried at Boyne Center. Funeral service at the M. E. church. Discourse by the M. E. minister. Died of heart disease, at his residence in Hillsdale Co., Mich., June 2, 1878, my only brother, Elijah A. Pond, in the forty-seventh year of his age. He embraced the truth in 1853, but, yielding to discouragement, he wandered far from God. He afterward confessed his backslidings and pleaded earnestly for forgiveness, and we trust found peace and pardon through the blood of Christ. He expressed a wish to live to do good with the means the Lord had given him. May his two sons heed a dying father’s counsel not to put off the necessary preparation, but to seek God now. Funeral discourse by Eld. Mills, F. W. Baptist. Fell asleep, in Leroy, Mich., June 30, 1878, Sr. Mary Ann, wife of Bro. Ira D. Perry, in the fifty-eighth year of her age. For the past few years, hers had been a life of suffering, but she endured all with the meekness and patience of a true Christian, and, though she longed for rest, was willing patiently to “bide her time.” She leaves an affectionate companion and seven children to mourn the loss of a true wife and a kind, sympathizing mother. Words of comfort were spoken by Eld. Henry (Baptist). We would not call thee from thy peaceful slumber,
The weary path of life again to tread;
We bid thee rest until the glorious morning,
When thou shalt waken from the silent dead.
Then thou shalt rise in bright immortal beauty,
To rest forever on that blissful shore,
Where all is light and life, and bliss eternal,
In perfect peace to dwell forevermore. Died of cholera, in Boone, Iowa, July 29, 1878, Lawrence Victor, infant son of Bro. and Sr. Lars and Ellen Neilson, aged 2 months. Words of comfort were spoken by Bro. Andrew Peterson, from Luke 7:12–15. Although sorely afflicted, his parents trust that they shall again meet their precious one where sorrow is not, and parting is no more. We pitched our tent in this place, Aug. 5. This is a small village on the C. B. and Q. railroad, only two miles from Newark, where we have just closed a series of meetings. We shall remain here till camp-meeting, laboring to the best advantage possible. Each week develops more fruits of our labors in Newark. About fifteen are keeping the Sabbath, besides many friends who are not yet identified with us. We hope and pray for them. There is a large, commodious church building in the place, which Mr. Coy, a merchant, bought of the Congregationalists. Mr. C. kindly permits us to use it free of charge. Our friends are making an effort to buy it. The following cases show the power of the truth to purify those who embrace it with all the heart: Two men, aged respectively eighty-seven and sixty-five years, the elder of whom had used tobacco sixty-six years, the younger over forty years, both left off its use. Father Barrows, the elder, says he feels little, if any, bad effects from leaving it off. What a rebuke to the middle-aged and the young who say they can't give up tobacco. We can do anything that the Lord requires, if we try by faith in Christ. Father Barrows informs us that his brother, aged about seventy-five years, who embraced the Sabbath and kindred truths, and who had used the filthy weed for about half a century, has quit its use. He has the consumption, and for a few days past has been so low that his friends despaired of his recovery. When urged to take some stimulant as a substitute for tobacco, he refused, saying that he wanted to die clean and pure. Thank the Lord for a truth that will make a man every whit whole. Bro. B. is improving, and there is hope of his recovery. We do not think leaving off bad habits is going to kill any one. We have now held twenty-six meetings here. We are having a good hearing. At the first nearly all the ministers attended; but since the presentation of the Sabbath truth, some have stayed away. A goodly number have already acknowledged the truthfulness of our positions, and some have commenced the observance of the Sabbath. There is a strong under-current working against us, and two ministers have tried to puzzle us with questions at the conclusion of our services. This resulted in throwing themselves into confusion, and increasing the interest. We had a very interesting meeting last Sabbath. Brn. Vickery and Bennett assist me in visiting and in caring for the tent. We are encouraged to hope that a goodly number will be raised up here to hold up the light of the truth in this corner of the Master's vineyard. Our discussion closed on last Friday eve. The result is better than we expected. Eld. Crim took different positions on many points from those taken in the Carbondale debate. It became a very easy matter at different times to show Crim vs. Crim, and Crim vs. the Bible. The Lord blessed Bro. Colcord much in his efforts to show the fallacy of Eld. Crim's arguments. Truth has gained a glorious victory, as admitted by all except a few basely interested. Thus again the “champion of Southern Illinois” has been defeated, even “our enemies themselves being judges.” Several have expressed themselves determined to keep the Sabbath. Bro. Damon, a young Disciple minister from Judsonia, Ark., is now with us. He has accepted the truth in full, and designs preparing himself for usefulness. Bro. C. has just returned from Carbondale, and brings good news from there. The friends are growing firmer, and their numbers increasing. C. H. BLISS. I have now been at this place one week. The congregations average one hundred and fifty, and the attention is good. Yesterday we presented the Sabbath question, and though many are prejudiced, some are interested. A first-day Adventist preacher, a young man of intelligence, came to the tent, and we furnished him with tracts, and conversed with him till a late hour at night. He then went home and read the tracts, comparing them with Scripture, till morning, and continued investigating during the week till the next Sabbath. He then worked in the harvest-field till noon, when being disturbed by his convictions of duty he observed the remainder of the day as the Sabbath. Both he and his wife are now strong in the truth. We also met Eld. Day, lately of Maine, a first-day Adventist minister, who has been keeping the Sabbath about six months. The cause in Wisconsin is rising; good reports come in from all parts of the field. Five companies have been raised up since the camp-meeting, making an aggregate of over one hundred Sabbath-keepers added during the last six weeks. We have been here a little over a week. Our meetings have been well attended so far. Last night our tent was full, and thirty-five or forty were seated outside. There must have been two hundred and twenty-five present. And I never saw better order than was maintained for a little over an hour, while the Sabbath question was being discussed. We hope for good results. The cause is moving on steadily at Mukwonago. Twenty were present at our meeting last Sabbath, and every one spoke, four for the first time. [Abridged from the Signs of the Times.] Fourteen meetings have been held here. Eld. Loughborough has given thirteen discourses on the prophecies and the immortality question, to which the people have listened with marked attention. The congregations have never been less than one hundred, and sometimes as many as five hundred have attended. God blesses in the work. On Tuesday evening, July 30, Sr. White spoke with freedom to some four hundred hearers, on the words of John, “Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” Her presence and discourse added much to the interest of the meeting, and left a favorable impression on the public mind. The tent-meeting which Eld. Healey has held at Oakland closed Aug. 5. Forty-three signed the covenant. Thirty were baptized, two of whom are converts from the Roman Catholic faith. This meeting has made many friends to the cause besides those who have fully received the truth, and an extensive field is opened for the tract workers. The tent-meeting at Placerville, conducted by Eld. B. A. Stephens, seems to be progressing favorably. Eighty-three have, by vote, expressed their belief that the seventh day is the Sabbath; but how many will obey remains to be decided. Lone Oak and Pleasant Valley, Cal.
At Lone Oak, where Eld. J. L. Wood held meetings July 13, the people manifest a desire to take hold of the tract work in earnest. Tract society business was transacted at this meeting. At Pleasant Valley two signed the covenant. Joyous Natures and the Impressions of Reverence
The most joyous and gladsome natures are those most keenly alive to impressions of reverence, wonder, and awe. Editorial Notes on Bro. White, Reports, and Church Additions
By Editor
We are happy to learn, by the return of Bro. Cartwright from Colorado, more definitely of Bro. White’s improvement in health. We have had good grounds to infer this from the increased number of important and interesting articles with which he has favored the columns of the REVIEW for some weeks past, and which its readers cannot but have noted and thankfully appreciated. Read the article, “The Millennium at Hand,” in this number, and see what ridiculous applications of prophecy people will make who reject the true principle of interpretation. Let not such persons accuse Adventists of being absurd or fanciful. Thirty-four reports in our Progress Department this week, and three in other parts of the paper, making thirty-seven in all, most of which report additions to the church, and all of which speak encouragingly in reference to the cause. From a portion of the reports from ministers, we have been obliged to omit some of the signatures for want of room. We give another Supplement this week, containing receipts for the Dime Tabernacle, to Aug. 1, 1878. It is designed to give the receipts for this object quarterly, in a Supplement printed for the purpose. If any mistakes have been made, they will be cheerfully corrected on being pointed out. The short-sightedness of some ministers in their opposition to the law of God, is conspicuous in their treatment of such passages as Matt. 19:18,19. Bro. E. R. Ellenwood writes us that the Methodist presiding elder at Lakeview, Mich., took the position unqualifiedly that Christ told the young man all that was to be done in the way of keeping the commandments of God; that is, that no other commandments were to be kept but those expressly specified; and the fourth commandment, not being specified, is not to be kept. Thus to get rid of the fourth commandment, men will give up the first, second, and third; which also are not specifically mentioned, and according to their teaching, men may have other gods, worship images, and take the Lord’s name in vain. What a curse to the world are such religious teachers. The reports from the yellow fever district, New Orleans and other points on the Mississippi, are becoming frightful. It assumes the dimensions of a plague, and the people are fleeing from it in such a panic, that the victims are left to die without attendance. Appeal to Brethren in Eastern Michigan.
By Wm. Potter
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: As the place of our first meeting has been decided upon, and as we go forward to make preparations for it, the question naturally arises in our mind, How extensive should the preparations be? Could we know that our brethren generally would come, we could judge about what to do. The meeting has been favorably located for all; very many can reach the ground by one day's drive with their teams, and those coming by railroad we expect to return free. Now, brethren, the success of the meeting depends very largely on the interest you shall manifest in making an effort, not only to attend yourselves, but to get others to come. If your friends see in you a lack of interest in attending the meeting, it will have a great influence upon them. If your committee move forward with zeal and earnestness in preparing for the meeting, and their effort can be seconded by the brethren in this part of the State, our meeting may, by the blessing of the Lord, be a grand success. Now, brethren, shall we have your help? Will the elders of the churches take hold of the matter and do their duty, that the Judgment may reveal that in this matter each has done what he could? We expect to have tents to accommodate those that come. Each one try to get a company to come from your place, and come at the commencement of the meeting and stay till the close. If the attendance is small in the beginning of the meeting, our reports will be such as to discourage the people from attending on Sunday. May we each feel our responsibility in this matter, and do what we can; and may the blessing of the Lord be with us, and our meeting in this part of the State be a grand success. Wm. Potter. “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” The fourth annual session of the Missouri Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sedalia, Mo., Sept. 4-10. We hope that every company and church of Sabbath-keepers will be represented at this meeting. Every church is entitled to one delegate. All churches having thirty-five members are entitled to two delegates, and one for every additional fifteen members. We want all the delegates on the ground, so as to have a session of the Conference Wednesday. Let all churches send reports of their standing to the secretary, or bring them. All accounts against the Conference should be handed in at the beginning of the meeting. Geo. I. Butler, Pres. Missouri T. and M. Society.
The fourth annual session of the Missouri Tract and Missionary Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sedalia, Mo., Sept. 4-10. Eld. Haskell is to be present, and we want a general rally of the workers of the society; for this will be the most important meeting for the tract work ever held in the State. We want a session of the society at the first of the meeting. Come in season. Geo. I. Butler, Pres. The Vermont State Conference.
The annual session of the Vermont State Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held at Morrisville, in connection with the camp-meeting, Sept. 11-17, 1878, for the election of officers and the transaction of such business as may come before the meeting. Let every church be represented by delegate and letter, agreeably to the constitution. It is desired that all S. B. pledges should be paid up to the close of the past quarter. Vt. Conf. Com. Vermont T. and M. Society.
This society will hold its seventh annual session at Morrisville, in connection with the camp-meeting, Sept. 11-17, 1878, for the election of officers and the transaction of any other business which may properly come before the meeting. It is hoped all the officers of this society will attend. A. S. Hutchins, Pres. Iowa and Nebraska Conference.
The fourteenth annual session of the Iowa and Nebraska Conference will be held in connection with the Iowa camp-meeting, Sept. 18 to 23, 1878, at Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa. E. W. Farnsworth, H. Nicola, J. H. Morrison, Iowa Conf. Com. Wisconsin T. and M. Society.
The next annual meeting of the Wisconsin T. and M. Society, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, at Grand Rapids, Wis., Sept. 11 to 17. All the directors in the State are requested to attend; also all T. and M. officers, as far as possible. H. W. Decker, Pres. The North-western Kansas camp-meeting will be held at Bethany, Osborne Co., Kansas, Oct. 9-14, 1878. Every effort will be made to furnish the best labor we have for this meeting. If we can possibly obtain help from other States, we shall do so. Let our brethren in North-western Kansas make special efforts to make this a successful meeting. Kansas Conf. Com. We will hold a general meeting at Pleasant Grove, Wis., Aug. 24 and 25. Hope to see the brethren and sisters from Greenwood Prairie and Grand Meadow, at this meeting. Harrison Grant, L. H. Ells. Linn, Clay Co., Kansas, Sept. 14 and 15. Hanover, Washington Co., Sept. 21 and 22. New Liberty, Republic Co., Sept. 28 and 29. Marsh Creek, Jewell Co., October 1-6. Will the brethren at the above-named places make a special effort to make these meetings a success? Chas. F. Stevens. The Lord willing, I will meet with the brethren at Dell Prairie, Wis., Aug. 24; at Adams Center, Aug. 31; at Ordino, Sept. 3; at Plainfield, Sept. 7. John Atkinson. A general rally of all the friends of the cause, within a reasonable distance, is requested at the tent in Greenville, Mich., Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 1878. Should these days prove very stormy, the meeting will be put over one week. Let all come that can. J. Fargo. D. H. Lamson. H. M. Kenyon. Has any one a copy of Dr. Kellogg’s Hygienic Family Physician, either new or second-hand, that they would part with? If so, please correspond with D. Morrison, Elliotstown, Effingham Co., Ill. My address, till further notice, will be Avalanche, Vernon Co., Wis. O. A. Johnson, Sec. Wis. S. S. Association. Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the Review & Herald to which the money receipted pays—which should correspond with the Numbers on the Posters. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged, notice of the omission should be given. James O. Carlson 54-7, O. A. Twist 54-7, Elizabeth Hamilton 54-7, L. T. Nourse 54-7, Leonard Martin 54-7, Stephen Allchin 54-7, Mrs. Nancy Miles 54-7, A. J. Cook 58-10, J. J. Andrews 54-7, H. H. S. Lee 54-12, Mrs. E. Rozell 54-5, Geo. J. Landsdown 53-24, Charles Clark 54-7, O. P. Rice 54-7, Mary L. Smith 54-7, W. H. Mills 54-8, R. Fairbank 54-7, Wm. Marshall 54-7, T. F. Rice 54-9, John W. Johnston 54-7, T. J. Stiffler 54-7, Mrs. Z. A. Curtis 54-7, Wm. O’Connell 54-5, W. J. Kerr 54-10, James Cauvins 54-8, Wm. Carpenter 58-10, I. N. Floyd 54-7, Hosea Wheeler 54-8, Chas. H. Aldrich 54-7, Mrs. H. E. Colby 54-7, Rebecca Pullen 54-8, Louisa Morgan 54-8, Catharine Metcalf 54-8, Reuben Greer 58-10, Nancy Wilcox 54-7. Richard Vandervoort 58-7, Emily Corwin 55-7, Daniel Needham 53-8, Daniel Hale 53-7, John Fishell 53-9, H. C. Jones 58-7, Mrs. A. L. Burwell 58-8, Alvira Brown 58-7, J. W. Blake 58-8, Asa Green 58-7, R. Carr 58-8, L. W. Carr 53-16, Mrs. Sophia Johnson 53-7, E. Hurd 53-1, Wm. Martin 53-7, David Filloon 53-7, Arcelia Merikal 53-7, Wm. Swartout 53-2, L. Osborn 53-2, John G. Brown 53-7, H. C. Miller 52-22, S. A. Farnsworth 53-7, R. R. Moon 53-9, F. F. La Moreaux 53-7, Jennie Dowell 53-7, Geo. Bush 53-1, Lester Russell 53-7, D. H. Hodler 53-8, W. S. Wright 58-13, Wm. Griffith 53-7, Jno. Valentine 53-7, J. H. Bates 53-7, O. A. Bates 53-7, P. J. Peterson 53-7, Joshua Philbrick 53-14, Isaac Hughes 58-7, Adel Hall 53-7, J. Omwake 52-17, B. A. Rogers 53-7, Lathrop Drew 53-7, Eastman M. Smith 53-7, S. Martin 58-9, H. E. Martin 53-7, Silas Pike 53-8, C. L. Sweet 53-7. Robert Howlett 75c 53-8, Mrs. N. A. S. Bliss 1.50 53-1, P. Lightner 50 53-1, D. A. Wellman 50c 52-24, Frank C. Hodges 1.50 54-7, H. Abbott 3.00 50-8, S. C. Perry 45c 53-1, Mrs. Dr. I. E. Spencer 75c 53-7, Minerva Davis 50c 53-1, Mary J. Rees 50c 52-20, E. B. Stillson 50c 52-21, Alvin Sweeney 50c 52-24, Converse Baker 50c 52-24, Leonard Baker 50c 52-24, Samuel Gimsin 50c 52-24, Mrs. T. M. Foster 1.50 54-7, Mrs. E. Clark 50c 52-20, C. C. Van Pelt 1.50 54-7, Whitman Clark 50c 52-25, Joseph Van Horn 75c 53-7, Andrew Beckwith 1.50 54-7. Mrs. C. T. Ingersoll 25c, Mrs. H. E. Francis 60c, Mrs. Caroline Stickles 20c, S. C. Perry 30c, J. S. Milton $1.00, J. W. Strong 50c, D. R. Palmer 81c, C. A. Ashton 31c, E. A. Whipple 30c, Miss Harker 3.00, Mrs. T. T. Greenacre 15c, Dr. J. G. Cox 25c, M. J. Lamson 10c, Martha Reese 15c, Alvira Brown 25c, Paul Buzon 75c, S. A. Keyser 2.00, Otis S. Skidmore 1.00, Carl Zwerneman 1.75, Rev. Silas Finn 10c, Chester E. Powell 1.00, F. S. Ross 75c, R. G. Dayus 15c, R. L. Simpson 1.05, C. C. Whitman 25c, O. W. Olds 1.00, T. F. Rice 1.00, Paul H. Buzon 40c, Mrs. W. L. Johnson 25c, D. W. C. McNett 1.00, E. Zytkoskee 40c, A. H. Clymer 6.00, S. C. Conray 3.80, Mrs. H. E. Cassil 25c, H. A. St. John 20c, O. Mears 5c, E. H. Gates 30c, T. M. Steward 60c, J. H. Waggoner 3.50, James Sawyer 50c, A. B. Oyen 4.50, Helen L. Morse 1.00, Marilla S. Bump 3.55, J. S. Hart 82c, J. B. Goodrich 20c, A. J. Cudney 1.40, Geo. W. Barker 2.35, John Sisley 61c, Ole Olesen 3.31, L. McCoy 1.50. Signs of the Times $887.36, Clinton Owens 26.51, Bettie Coombs 30.82, A. W. Shepherd 10.00, Nelse Hansen 10.25, taken to Denmark by Knud Brorsen 127.59. A. O. Burrill per Stephen Allchin $2.60, A. J. Cudney 6.50, A. K. Attebury 20.00, Geo. D. Ballou 9.12, Niels Larsen 80c. C. G. Johnston $25.00, Geo. Benton 10.00, W. W. Locke 10.00, W. H. Eggleston 20.00, Frank Baldwin 10.00. Va. T. & M. Society, Italian, $9.00, C. G. Johnston $25.00, A lover of the truth 2.00, Geo. Marshall 50.00, N. N. Lunt 10.00, J. Q. Foy 25.00. Orleans per L. B. Kneeland $55.00, Rockwood, L. N. Miller 40.00, Hillsdale 2.00, Muir & Lyons per F. Howe 14.79. Dist. 8 Hastings per L. G. Moore $7.75, Dist. 6 per F. Howe 4.82. REMAINING CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1878.
ILLINOIS, Bloomington, Aug. 27 to Sept. 3. OHIO, Tiffin, Aug. 28 to Sept. 3. MASS., Ballard Vale, Aug. 28 to Sept. 3. MAINE, Waterville, Sept. 4-9. MISSOURI, Sedalia, " 4-10. VERMONT, Morrisville, " 11-17. WISCONSIN, Grand Rapids, " 11-17. MICHIGAN, 1, Orion, " 18-23. “ 2, Battle Creek, Oct. 2— IOWA, Oskaloosa, " 18-23. NEBRASKA, Seward, " 25-30. CAL., 1, Yountville, Aug. 29 to Sept. 5. “ 2, Grangeville, Sept. 10-16. The Dime Tabernacle.
By James White
We are glad to see by the REVIEW AND HERALD that our people in different and distant parts of the country are donating for the Dime Tabernacle. One dime a month for one year amounts to only the small sum of one dollar and twenty cents, a sum that all can donate unless they are so very poor as to be dependent on others. We shall not object to larger sums from those who are able to give them, and choose to make a larger free-will offering. And as means are wanted immediately, we recommend that the subject of the Dime Tabernacle to be erected at Battle Creek, be brought before the remaining camp-meetings for the season, and that all the brethren and sisters be invited to give one dollar and twenty cents to be immediately forwarded to the REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Michigan. The greatest care should be taken in making these collections to take the names and addresses of the donors in plain handwriting, as these, with the amount donated, are to be given in a pamphlet in connection with the history of the enterprise from the commencement to the close of it. Larger donations will not be refused, although we are satisfied that the strength of the enterprise depends very much upon the united efforts of all, by a systematic effort in raising a dime a month. As the surplus funds, should more be raised than is needed, are to be put into the treasury of the European Mission, our more wealthy brethren and friends will desire to donate all the way from one dollar and twenty cents up to one hundred dollars. The Dragon's Ire.
By Editor
The predicted “wrath of the dragon” against those who are trying to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, is of late taking a more practical turn. The REVIEW has given several notices of the persecution and imprisonment of Seventh-day Baptists in Pennsylvania; and our readers have seen by the reports from Bro. Bourdeau, what experience he is meeting in Switzerland. An item we give on the third page of this number, from the Christian Statesman, shows that the authorities in Canada are determined to enforce rigidly the Sunday law there. Bro. Taylor in this number reports the case of Bro. Mitchell, of Georgia, who has been imprisoned for laboring on Sunday. And a letter from Bro. H. S. Gurney, of Memphis, Mich., informs us that he and his son, C. H. Gurney, have been arrested for working on that day, notwithstanding the harvest fields have been full of Sunday-keeping workmen, for some weeks past. Bro. H. S. Gurney's case was dropped, but an adverse decision was rendered in the case of C. H. Gurney, and he has appealed to a higher court. Persecution is the last appeal of bigots; and this is what we may expect as the next phase of the Sunday agitation. Having no Bible to sustain the institution, the next thing is to see what the law can do; and if more stringent ones are demanded, it will not take long to procure them. Brn. Andrew and Knud Brorsen left Battle Creek, Aug. 13, for Denmark, in Europe, to assist Bro. Matteson in his mission there. Many prayers follow them from America, that the Lord may be with them, and much success attend the efforts which they and Bro. M. shall put forth in behalf of the Sabbath and advent cause in their native land. We impatiently anticipate the time when we can make a similar record in behalf of a mission in England. A prompt notice under this head of all books received, giving title, the name of the author and of the publisher, and the price, when known, will be considered by us an equivalent to the publishers for the same. A more extended notice may be given whenever we consider that the interests of our readers would be subserved thereby. The Church Offering is the title of a new music book, by L. O. Emerson, published by Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, Mass. It is a collection of Anthems and Chants especially adapted to the Episcopal service, but will be found a valuable book for choirs in all denominations. A notice of the work from which we are permitted to copy, says: “Choir leaders in general will be very well satisfied with the nearly one hundred Anthems, Motets, and Sentences, and may find a use for the ninety additional Chants.” In Lesson 10, Bible Lessons for Youth, Question 14 should read, “What was the result of the battle?”