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Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 42.

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Report of New South Wales Missionary Volunteer Department

By ETHEL M. JAMES

As we look back over the past year, we feel that we have much to thank the Lord for. When we count up the young people, it is interesting to see how many are filling places of usefulness in the work. We find one of our Missionary Volunteers in the Cook Islands; one has gone to the Friendly Islands; one, whose interest was first awakened as an isolated member, has gone to Adelaide to work in the sanitarium; one has gone to the Solomon Islands; still another has gone to India; two have joined the forces in China; and we might mention others who have gone this year to fill places of usefulness in the Lord’s work. Some have attended the college at Avondale, or entered the sanitarium and café, in preparation for future usefulness. But this is not all, for there are many strong young people who are doing faithful work in their home churches, and sharing in the joy of service. Our present membership is nine hundred and three. One hundred and twenty of these are isolated, and the others are banded into twenty-five societies.

Standard of Attainment

Efforts have been made to lead the young people to a systematic study of the message by memorizing our quarterly doctrinal texts. Scriptures were memorized last year on the signs of Christ’s coming, the second coming of Christ, the law of God, and the Sabbath in the Old Testament. Written examinations were taken at the close of each quarter, as follows: Second coming of Christ, 188; signs of Christ’s coming, 191; law of God, 312; the Sabbath in the Old Testament, 219.
As we have visited homes, it has been encouraging to hear these scriptures rehearsed, sometimes in the early morning while the housework was being done. Others have taken the time while going to and from their work. Even very young children who cannot read and write are eager to learn, and can answer many questions with a “Thus saith the Lord.” We have heard these scriptures repeated and made the subject of conversation in many homes, and some are endeavoring to use them when talking of our faith to strangers.

Reading Course

The books selected for our Reading Course this year were “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing” and “Livingstone the Pathfinder.” One hundred and eighty-three copies of the latter book have been sold to our members in New South Wales, and others are still ordering. These books have been read in many homes, and while out visiting recently I was surprised to find how many have read the books through two or three times already. We are glad to see our young people reading for themselves, and fortifying themselves against the enemy.

Conventions

Conventions and officers’ meetings have been held in different churches, and on May 2 the Missionary Volunteer officers met in the conference office, and spent a profitable time together.
The week of prayer proved a blessing to us all. Meetings for the children were held daily in some of our churches.
At Eugowra and other places the young people and children do not meet many people, but they are watching for opportunities.
Morning Watch Calendars have been sold more freely this year. In all, about nine hundred copies have been sent out from our office. The demand is increasing every year. But what is more encouraging still is to see them used. Many have spoken of their appreciation of these morning readings.
During the past year one hundred and thirty-seven young people were baptized and united with the church. Some of these are standing faithfully for the truth in divided homes.
The great and final gathering day is right upon us, and we realize that there is urgency in our work, and especially so in our work for the children and youth. Before the storm bursts, we want to see the lambs of the flock sheltered within the fold.
ETHEL M. JAMES.

Summary of Missionary Volunteer Work of the General Conference for the Six Months from July 1, 1915, to Dec. 31, 1915

By M. E. KERN

No. Soc. Reporting Present Membership Conf. Soc. Membership Missionary Meetings Missionary Letters Written Missionary Letters Received Missionary Visits Bible Readings and Cottage Meetings Subscriptions Taken Papers Sold Papers Lent and Given Books Sold Books Lent and Given Tracts Sold Tracts Lent and Given Hours of Chr. Help Work Clothing and Bedding Given Scripture Cards Given Treatments Given Signers to Temperance Pledge Offerings for Foreign Miss. Offerings for Home Miss. Conversions
North American Div. 696 12866 293 19963 8373 51857 11328 2923 86516 276093 21567 11715 13038 286202 48390 25985 4964 4627 465 $25811.88 $4836.61 1331
European Division * .. .... .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .... .... .. .... .... ..
Asiatic Division .. .... .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .... .... .. .... .... 1
Australasian Union 118 2942 497 3217 1407 13587 1581 339 32517 25225 3057 1990 3390 55095 17267 755 4964 4627 121 2333.09 657.36 85
Japan 9 144 .. 734 442 2842 1581 56 2976 1875 194 299 17146 1039 1144 362 .. 47 7 .. $17.17 .. 8
Malaysian Un. Miss. 2 130 .. 91 17 465 161 11 479 2168 60 53 100 1174 59 10 22 2 16 .... $3.93 ..
South African Union † 10 184 .. 355 127 338 208 142 4542 7972 246 322 34 11321 168 422 14 110 17 24.45 41.95 10
West Indian Union 41 646 5 1131 283 3123 2273 370 4950 3479 933 491 2023 7417 2843 2084 169 364 64 40.30 61.68 43
Northern Latin American Missions
Haitian Mission 3 80 .. 181 74 765 544 2 131 140 74 45 208 236 3083 1274 .. 590 .. .... $8.98 ..
Mexican Mission 1 10 .. 14 12 178 133 8 131 197 45 54 97 242 206 101 .. 12 1 .... .... ..
Porto Rican Mission 2 35 .. 105 71 329 211 2 17 1858 52 120 45 1660 503 197 2 23 .. 18.41 6.98 ..
Miscellaneous
Bermuda 1 21 .. 40 5 5 4 .. .... 178 3 7 7 35 2 .. .. .. .. 3.09 .... 3
Totals 883 17058 795 25831 10811 73489 18932 3853 132259 319085 26216 15096 36088 364421 73665 31100 5171 6150 701 $28248.39 $5617.49 1481
  • No reports for 1915 yet received.
† For the year 1915.
M. E. KERN, Secretary of M. V. Dept. of the General Conference.

Educational Department

By Frederick Griggs

FREDERICK GRIGGS — General Secretary W. E. HOWELL — Assistant Secretary

“Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way”

In a recent letter, Prof. N. W. Lawrence, educational secretary of the North Pacific Union, writes as follows:—
“We have in our Union some very good examples of what can be done in the maintaining of a church school when the parents appreciate its importance and really desire to have their children reap the benefits of the church school. I have in mind just now what might properly be called a family school. It is conducted in the country on a farm, and is maintained by one man and his family. He hires a regular teacher, provides a little church school building, boards the teacher and provides room, and pays a fair wage. This man is not well-to-do, but he appreciates the importance of a Christian training for his children. So many people set their hearts on having an automobile, but he sets his on having his children trained in the church school; and people usually get what they desire. This same principle applies everywhere. I think there is scarcely a church in our field but that could maintain a creditable church school were they definitely and determinedly to set their hearts on so doing. It is largely a question as to which is of greater value, temporal blessings or the spiritual training of our boys and girls. This brother I mention has continued his school for a period of four or five years. He plans to do so until his children are of sufficient age to be sent to one of our larger schools.”
This experience has in it a valuable lesson. One of the first church schools to be established in this denomination was conducted by a widowed mother of four children, living eight miles from town, on a small farm, upon which she owed quite a sum of money. She believed in Christian education, and she employed a teacher for her children. I think there were one or two others that attended, but she kept the school in operation for two and one-half years on her own financial responsibility, and the teacher was paid in full.
What is needed in this matter of education, from the view of parents for the children and of young people for themselves, is a will that insures success,—a will that finds a way and then travels over it. At this time of year when plans are being laid for the opening of our church schools, and when young people are planning for school work, the experience just recited should provoke to courage and good works.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.

Educational Interests in the South

By E. A. SUTHERLAND

We are living in a time of momentous events. European history of the past two years has startled the world, but this is only the beginning of trouble. Our own country will yet be plunged into a state of turmoil which will greatly hinder all missionary enterprises. Seventh-day Adventists have had their attention called repeatedly to the Southern field. To the South we owe a debt which will never be paid until thousands of our people enter this field as self-supporting missionaries. The situation demands just such a freewill offering.
When God says thousands should volunteer, it is evident that he has been stirring thousands to volunteer. Many men and women have been impressed by the Spirit of God to leave their homes in the North, but there has been a counterspirit at work, a spirit which says, “Do not be in a hurry; do not plunge into such a difficult undertaking; this may be an unwise move.” This is no more than we ought to expect. When the Spirit of God is urging men and women to offer themselves to this needy field, naturally the adversary will counsel delay.
But the work of God will be completed before probation closes. If it is not done by those who are now called to offer their services, the Spirit of God will be poured upon men and women from the highways and hedges, and they will do the work.
The situation in the South at the present time is a peculiar one. There is an intense desire on the part of many leading men to have good people settle here. They want educators and those who know how to improve health conditions, agricultural conditions, etc. Our people should enter this field prepared to lead out in these various lines. Everything seems favorable for such work now, but there is growing up in the South a movement which will some day make it practically impossible for us to go any farther. I appeal to you who have been called by the Spirit of God, to consider the responsibility that rests upon you in this matter. Why do you longer delay?
Between August 31 and September 5 a convention of self-supporting missionary rural school-teachers will be held at Madison, Tenn. It brings together men and women who have been doing the work that God says thousands of our people should be doing. There are only a few of these little schools now in operation. There should be hundreds of them. So this convention is for those who want to enter this work, as well as for those who are already in it. The meeting will introduce to you a good work. In five days it will teach you more of the situation and how to do the work than you could learn in many weeks in any other way.
The North American Division Conference at its fall council, held at Loma Linda last year, passed the following resolutions regarding the Southern work:—
“That this work be enlarged and strengthened, and that hereafter the Madison school, and the efforts which have sprung or may spring from it, be considered a part of the regular work of the denomination, and that the Madison school be regarded by the denomination as the training school for workers for rural schools in the mountain districts of the South.”
“That we encourage our conference officers and our people to consider and look upon the rural school work in the hill districts of the South as a part of the regular work of the denomination, and that we encourage proper persons in all our conferences to enter the Madison school, to receive a training for this work.”
This should be a strong inducement to our laymen to throw themselves into this work.
You are already familiar with the following paragraph from the Spirit of prophecy concerning these rural schools and this system of education:—
“The class of education given at the Madison school is such as will be accounted a treasure of great value by those who take up missionary work in foreign fields. If many more in other schools were receiving a similar training, we as a people would be a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. The message would be quickly carried to every country, and the souls now in darkness would be brought to the light.”
That the rural school work does appeal to the educators is evident from the following words spoken by Dr. John Calfee, for years a teacher in Berea College, Berea, Ky., and now president of the Asheville Normal. Dr. Calfee and a number of his associates recently spent a day at Madison, and later visited one of the rural schools, and in an address to the students and patients, he said:—
“When Jesus called Peter to take up his work, Peter, a practical business man, asked, What salary do you offer? The Saviour answered, None. What position will you offer me in the end?—None. What influence will there be?—None. Jesus told Peter to follow him, and offered him nothing else. There is something in this world that has more pleasure in it than position or salary. It is the power to serve people. Jesus told Peter that the only glory he could offer for following him was the satisfaction that always accompanies serving people. This is what I appreciate most about this institution. The biggest thing in this world, the most powerful thing, the most practical thing in this world, is an idea. Dr. Sutherland says you are so simple out here. That is the beauty of it. . . .”
“This has been one of the greatest days of my life from the standpoint of educational ideas and theories. The beauty of it is that you can put your theories in your hands; you can feel and use them, just as a carpenter handles the product of his labor. I have been studying and thinking ever since I came this morning. I shall go away thinking, and what I have learned today will be food for thought for weeks to come. I have been strongly impressed with what I have seen in this institution today.”
I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to come to the convention and hear the reports of our men and women who are out on the firing line, who are doing this thing that has seemed so difficult. Let us push forward in this work while we have the cooperation and the assistance of leading educational men.
E. A. SUTHERLAND.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
—The royal material testing office at Gross-Lichterfelde, a suburb of Berlin, announces the interesting discovery that paper can be manufactured from cotton stalks. The discovery is not considered of much importance for Germany, which produces no cotton, but is pointed to as of vast importance to the United States, the greatest producer of cotton in the world, because of the shortage of paper in this country.
—The Salvation Army recently admitted that it is worth $8,353,179 in this country in order to obtain permission from the supreme court, Brooklyn, N. Y., to mortgage property at Court and Carroll Streets for $8,500. In the petition it is stated that its real estate holdings total $6,846,051.59, and personal property $1,507,128.08. Its liabilities are $4,256,637.98, of which nearly $1,500,000 is unsecured.
—The Prohibition party at its recent convention in St. Paul, Minn., adopted a platform which expresses opposition to the “wasteful military programs of the Democratic and Republican parties,” but favors “preparedness for peace.” J. Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana, was named as Presidential candidate of the party, and Dr. Ira B. Landrith, of Nashville, Tenn., was nominated for the Vice Presidency.
—Sir William Ramsay, regarded as the foremost scientist of modern times, died at his home in London, England, on July 23. Sir William was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 2, 1852. He had been for many years professor of chemistry at University College in London, and in 1904 he was awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry. He was the discoverer of argon and helium, and was widely known for his experiments in connection with radium.
—The past two years have been years of horror, not merely to those in the trenches and at the battle’s front, but to the noncombatants, the innocent and helpless sufferers in the lands overrun by invading forces, and to homes bereft of breadwinners. Hundreds of thousands have died from famine and neglect in these twenty-four months of carnage. The United States has not been slow to hear the cries of the suffering beyond the seas. Her gifts to the famine-smitten countries have been in excess of $36,000,000. Of this amount Belgium has been helped most generously with gifts approximating $10,000,000 from this country. Germany has received over $6,000,000 for the needy of the Central Powers. There has been contributed for the Jews, $5,580,000; for Armenia and Syria, $1,025,000; for Poland, $800,000; for Serbia, $210,000; and for Albania, $37,000. It is said that Poland’s population of 34,000,000 has been reduced by the war to about 20,000,000, and that while many fell in battle, the greater number died of starvation. Because of diplomatic difficulties it has been next to impossible to send food to them. No children under seven years of age are to be found in Poland, all of them having died of starvation.
—The general railway strike, which has hung a threatening cloud in the horizon for months, still seems to be pending. On August 9, armed with a practically unanimous vote from 400,000 railway trainmen, heads of the four railway employees’ brotherhoods met the railroad managers, demanding again the eight-hour day. The alternative the Big Four will lay on the table will be a nation-wide strike, tying up every freight and passenger train in the United States. The railroads have given no indication of the course they will take in meeting this demand, but the Federal Board, backed by President Wilson, is ready to offer mediation to avert what would prove a nation-wide calamity.

Home Missionary Department

By A. T. Robinson

D. M. GRAHAM — General Secretary
F. W. PAAP — N. Am. Div. Secretary

To Every Man His Work

“To every man his work,” was the parting commission of Christ to his followers to whom he spoke, and through them to his followers in all the days then to come. This divine commission is explained through the Spirit of prophecy to mean, “not work in his fields of corn and wheat, but earnest, persevering work for the salvation of souls.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. V, p. 381.
The call of the hour is for an entirely new movement on the part of this people. The Seventh-day Adventist Church today stands on the very threshold of “a great reformatory movement among God’s people.” This new movement “among God’s people,” with its blessed experiences and results, is thus presented in a graphic word-picture:—
“In visions of the night, representations passed before me of a great reformatory movement among God’s people. Many were praising God. The sick were healed, and other miracles were wrought. A spirit of intercession was seen, even as was manifested before the great day of Pentecost. Hundreds and thousands were seen visiting families, and opening before them the Word of God. Hearts were convicted by the power of the Holy Spirit, and a spirit of genuine conversion was manifest. On every side doors were thrown open to the proclamation of the truth. The world seemed to be lightened with the heavenly influence. Great blessings were received by the true and humble people of God. I heard voices of thanksgiving and praise, and there seemed to be a reformation such as we witnessed in 1844.”—Id., Vol. IX, p. 126.
Every one who has a genuine faith in this movement as the fulfilment of the description presented in Rev. 14:6-16, believes in his heart that in the nine volumes of the “Testimonies for the Church,” the Lord has given instruction, reproof, and warning for the special benefit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I have recently gone through the entire set, selecting pointed statements showing that this movement will never, can never, “be finished until the men and women comprising our church membership rally to the work, and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church officers.”
I have prepared a special study on home missionary work, in the form of questions, with direct and pointed answers from the Bible and the Testimonies. This study has been given in some of our churches in Colorado, and has been witnessed to by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in a marked manner. We have seen a response on the part of hundreds of our people, in a renewed consecration to do definite personal work for the salvation of souls. There is not space in this department of the REVIEW to give even an outline of this study, but I should like to give a few of the statements that have deeply impressed many hearts as they have been read.
“The church of Christ on earth was organized for missionary purposes, and the Lord desires to see the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth.”—Id., Vol. VI, p. 29.
“Satan is now seeking to hold God’s people in a state of inactivity, to keep them from acting their part in spreading the truth, that they may at last be weighed in the balance and found wanting.”—Id., Vol. I, p. 260.
“We are not doing a twentieth part of what we might do if we were awake.”—Id., Vol. III, p. 407.
“As a people we are almost paralyzed. We are not doing one twentieth part of the good we might, because selfishness prevails to a large extent among us.”—Id., Vol. IV, p. 426.
“I was shown that the blood of souls will be on the garments of very many who now feel at ease and irresponsible for souls that are perishing around them for want of light and knowledge.”—Id., p. 392.
“Had the believers in the truth purified their minds by obeying it, . . . where one soul has been saved there might have been twenty.”—Id., p. 68.
“When God’s people are truly converted, when they realize the obligation resting on them to labor for those within their reach, when they leave no means untried to rescue sinners from the power of the enemy, the reproach will be removed from our churches.”—Id., Vol. VII, p. 11.
“It becomes the people of God to humble their hearts before him, and in the deepest humiliation to pray the Lord to pardon our apathy and selfish indulgence, and to blot out the shameful record of duties neglected and privileges unimproved.”—Id., Vol. III, p. 408.
“The work which the church has failed to do in a time of peace and prosperity, she will have to do in a terrible crisis, under most discouraging, forbidding circumstances. The warnings that worldly conformity has silenced or withheld, must be given under the fiercest opposition from enemies of the faith.”—Id., Vol. V, p. 463.
It is as plain and clear as noonday that this work is never to be finished without a great revival of missionary activity on the part of the individual members of the churches. The one thing lacking to bring this about is strong, consecrated, courageous leadership. May our great invisible Leader raise up men whose souls are on fire, to lead forward this great army of willing soldiers (Ps. 110: 3, R. V.) in a new forward movement that shall end in the long-talked-of and soon-to-be-realized finishing of the third angel’s message. A. T. ROBINSON.

Obituaries

By J. M. Hoyt; O. L. Denslow; Ira J. Woodman; Geo. M. Brown; H. M. Kelley; V. B. Watts; J. W. Boynton

MAYNARD.—Joseph Bates Maynard was born in Greenville, Mich., July 15, 1864, and died April 30, 1916, at the home of his sister, Mrs. L. D. Howe. He was a kind brother, and patiently endured the intense suffering occasioned by his last sickness. J. M. HOYT.
LONGWORTH.—Mrs. Blanch Alexander Longworth was born Jan. 21, 1896, and died at her home, in Nashville, Tenn., July 7, 1916. About three years ago she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and remained a faithful member until her death. O. L. DENSLOW.
BLANCHARD.—Emma Blanchard was born in St. Clair, Mich., March 21, 1844, and died at the home of her daughter in Edenville, May 27, 1916. Early in life she gave her heart to God, and was a faithful member of the Edenville church. In 1864 she was united in marriage with Eli Blanchard, at Midland, Mich. Their three daughters mourn. IRA J. WOODMAN.
HOWE.—Betsey Maynard was born Sept. 12, 1850, in Greenville, Mich. On Dec. 7, 1872, she was married to Lorenzo Howe. Her parents were among the first to embrace the third angel's message in Michigan, and her life was spent in active service for the Master. Her husband and one daughter mourn her death, which occurred June 21, 1916. J. M. HOYT.
NELSON.—Mrs. Anna Nelson died in Minneapolis, Minn., July 13, 1916, aged 72 years. She was born in Sweden, and in 1863 came to Minnesota and was married to James Nelson. She accepted the third angel's message in 1877, and later became a member of the Minneapolis church at its organization. Three sons are left to mourn, but not as those who have no hope. GEO. M. BROWN.
HELMS.—Amanda Rivers was born in Johnson County, Indiana, May 3, 1849. She was married to William Helms in 1869, and to them were born two children. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church about twenty years ago, and was a member of the organization at Kokomo, Ind., where she died, July 12, 1916. One brother, three sisters, and six grandchildren survive. H. M. KELLEY.
NICOLA.—John B. Nicola was born Dec. 13, 1888, in Ringgold County, Iowa, and died at the home of his parents, near Sigourney, Iowa, July 13, 1916. At the age of sixteen years he was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, remaining faithful unto death. He was a student in Union College for several years. His parents, a brother, and a sister mourn. V. B. WATTS.
WRENN.—Orlin Francis Wrenn was born in Monroe, Wash., Feb. 22, 1915, and was suddenly killed in an auto accident July 14, 1916. The writer, assisted by Reverend Raymond of the Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted the funeral service, speaking words of comfort concerning the blessed hope of the resurrection. The little one was then laid to rest until Jesus comes to claim his loved ones. J. W. BOYNTON.
REIGEL.—Clyde Kenneth Reigel, only son of Arthur and Grace Reigel, of Rankin, Okla., died July 22, 1916, aged 2 years and 11 months. The parents and two sisters mourn, but not as do those who have no hope beyond the grave. W. C. STEVENS.
BRANSTRUP.—Mrs. R. P. Branstrup was born in Odense, Denmark, May 17, 1854. She came to America about the time of her marriage. Two years ago she was left a widow. Her death occurred at Albert Lea, Minn., July 26, 1916, following an operation. Eight grown children are left to mourn. She died in hope of the first resurrection. R. L. BENTON.
CROWDER.—William Crowder was born in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1850, and died in Hanford, Cal., July 25, 1916. He began the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath in 1888, and remained a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church until called by death. His loss is mourned by a wife, four children, and other relatives. N. P. NEILSON.
JAMESON.—Sarah Brickey was born in Ireland, Oct. 16, 1825. She was married to Robert Jameson in 1844. They came to America in 1882, and lived in Nebraska until 1889, then came to Oregon, where she spent the remainder of her life. After the death of her husband, she resided with her daughter in Portland, Oregon, where she fell asleep in Jesus, July 21, 1916. Two daughters mourn. R. D. BENHAM.
BENNETT.—Harry Bennett was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 17, 1894, and died near Carterville, Ill., May 1, 1916. Brother Bennett was a faithful canvasser for several years, and left the field only when compelled to do so by failing health. He fell asleep of good courage in the Lord, and we believe he will have a part in the first resurrection. He is survived by a wife and one child; also by a brother and a sister. C. W. CURTIS.
GIDDINGS.—George H. Giddings was born in Romeo, Mich., May 18, 1836, and died in Springdale, Ark., July 19, 1916. Brother Giddings accepted present truth in 1896, while in Oklahoma City, Okla. A short time before his death he assured the writer that all was well between him and his Saviour, and we feel assured that he will rise with the righteous at the call of the Life-giver. His companion, a son, and a daughter survive. J. T. JACOBS.
PUTNAM.—Myrtle Ella Putnam was born in Durand, Ill., April 12, 1869, and died in St. Paul, Minn., May 22, 1916. At the time of her death she was keeping the Sabbath, and planning to attend the Minneapolis camp meeting, although not a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We believe she rests in hope of eternal life. The funeral service was held in Milton, Oregon. Her husband, four brothers, two sisters, and many friends mourn. W. W. STEWARD.
KLINDT.—William Fredrick Klindt was born in Germany, Aug. 16, 1855, and died near Elgin, Tex., July 23, 1916. At the age of sixteen he came to America with his parents, and the family settled in Iowa. Three years later he went to California, and there embraced present truth. For a time he attended Healdsburg College, and then went to Lincoln, Nebr., there preparing to enter the canvassing work. He labored in Arkansas until 1911. He was married to Mrs. Cora Wiswell, and to this union were born five children. These, with the wife and two stepchildren, mourn. R. B. DUNKS.
CADY.—Leon Raymond Cady was born in Poy Sippi, Wis., Dec. 20, 1894, and died in Cambria, Wis., July 15, 1916. He was baptized at the age of sixteen years, and united with the Birnamwood church, of which he was a member at the time of his sudden death. The last two years of his life were spent in teaching, and he expected to begin his college course in Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich., this fall. His parents, with a brother and a sister, mourn, but with the hope of meeting their loved one again when the Life-giver shall come to claim his own. H. H. HICKS.
BURDICK.—Dewit Marcus Burdick was born June 12, 1844. In 1865 he came from New York State to Central Lake, Mich., where he homesteaded and lived until his death, which occurred July 8, 1916. About thirty years ago Brother Burdick became a Seventh-day Adventist, and he died a firm believer in the message. Four children survive. E. A. BRISTOL.
LUND.—Charles Lund was born in Vermland, Sweden, March 29, 1855, and died at his home, in Chicago, Ill., July 16, 1916. His death is mourned by a wife, one son and one daughter, and three brothers. About thirty-seven years ago he united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and though he passed through many severe trials, he remained faithful to the end. ADOLPH JOHNSON.
VOND.—Mrs. Helen Vond, aged fifty-seven years, died at her home, near Kent City, Mich., Jan. 3, 1916, after a short illness. She was one of the charter members of the Seventh-day Adventist church organized at Kent City in 1889, through the efforts of Elders J. L. Edgar and T. M. Lane. Hers was a consistent Christian life. Her husband, an adopted son, and many relatives and friends mourn. C. L. WHITE.
THORPE.—Richard Thorpe was born in England, Nov. 2, 1846. He came to America at the age of twenty years. In 1868 he was married to Mary Ann Walker, and to them were born three sons and one daughter. At the time of his death he was living near Gaston, Oregon. Brother Thorpe was a believer in the third angel's message for years. The confidence felt by the wife and sons that he was at peace with God brings much comfort to them in this hour of sad separation. C. F. PARMALE.
HALLOCK.—Amy C. Hallock died in Hallock, Mich., July 10, 1916. At the age of nineteen she was married to B. H. Hallock, of Albion, Mich. Fourteen years of their married life were spent in Eaton County, after which they moved to the vicinity of Gaylord, where they have made their home for the past forty years. Her companion and two of their five children mourn. Sister Hallock accepted present truth in 1868, and was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the time of her death. E. A. BRISTOL.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp Meetings

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Northern New England, White River Junction, Vt. .......... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine, Dover and Foxcroft........................ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Nebraska, Hastings...........Aug. 17 to 27
Kansas, Emporia ...... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Wyoming, Bridgeport, Nebr. Sept. 21 to Oct. 1

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

Ohio, Newark.................Aug. 17 to 27
West Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh................ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Virginia, Weston..Aug. 31 to Sept. 10

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

West Michigan, Allegan........Aug. 17 to 27
Indiana, Indianapolis....Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan, Cadillac..Aug. 24 to Sept. 3

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Western Washington, South Tacoma............... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Southern Oregon, Roseburg......Aug. 17 to 27

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Inter-Mountain, Salt Lake City, Utah....................... Aug. 17 to 27
Arizona........................Oct. 12 to 22

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Kentucky, Bowling Green......Aug. 17 to 27
Mississippi, Hattiesburg (colored)................ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, St. Petersburg....Sept. 28 to Oct. 8
Florida, St. Petersburg (colored)........ Sept. 28 to Oct. 8

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Oklahoma, Enid..........Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Arkansas, Springdale...........Sept. 7 to 17

Indiana Conference Association

By W. A. Westworth; W. A. Young

THE annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916. The first meeting will be called at 9 A. M., Aug. 28, for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the Indiana Conference are delegates to the association.
W. A. WESTWORTH, President. W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.

Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

By W. A. Westworth; F. A. Loop

THE Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the conference, at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916, to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as is deemed necessary. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., August 29. All accredited delegates to the conference are delegates to this association.
W. A. WESTWORTH, President.
F. A. LOOP, Secretary.

Seventh-day Adventist Book Society of West Virginia

By J. W. Hirtlinger; C. T. Redfield

The fifth annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Book Society is called to convene at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1916, on the camp ground at Weston, W. Va. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the society.
J. W. Hirtlinger, President. C. T. Redfield, Secretary.

Nebraska Conference Association

By D. U. Hale; Anna M. Peterson

THE annual session of the Nebraska Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists (a legal incorporation) will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Hastings, Nebr., Aug. 17-27, 1916. The first meeting will convene at 9 A. M., Monday, August 21. The delegates to the conference will form the constituency of this meeting, which will be held for the purpose of electing officers for this association, and of transacting such other business as may come before the constituency.
D. U. Hale, President.
Anna M. Peterson, Secretary.

Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By D. U. HALE; ANNA M. PETERSON

THE Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association (a legal incorporation) will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp meeting, at Hastings, Nebr., Aug. 17-27, 1916. The first meeting will convene at 9 A. M., Monday, August 21. This meeting is for the purpose of filling such vacancies on the board as need to be filled at this time, and of transacting such business as should properly come before this body.
D. U. HALE, President.
ANNA M. PETERSON, Secretary.

Northern New England Conference Association

By R. J. BRYANT; D. K. ROYER

THE third annual session of the Northern New England Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 10 A. M., Aug. 30, 1916, on the camp ground at White River Junction, Vt. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the association.
R. J. BRYANT, President. D. K. ROYER, Clerk.

Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Incorporated

By R. J. Bryant; C. F. Ball

THE regular session of the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated, is called to convene at 10 A. M., Aug. 29, 1916, on the camp ground at White River Junction, Vt. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the corporation session.
R. J. BRYANT, President. C. F. BALL, Clerk.
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