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Review and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 10.

THE APOSTLE PAUL AND MANUAL LABOR
Earlier text: THE UNITED STATES IN THE EAST

SPRING TERM AT KEENE ACADEMY.

THE spring term at Keene Academy opens Wednesday, March 28. The new studies to be taken up and completed during the term are the following: teachings of Christ, teachings of the apostles, proof-reading and writing for the press, nursing and treatment, cooking, school management, civil government, kindergarten Sabbath-school work, cutting and fitting. Besides these, the regular work of the academy is open to any who may wish to review particular subjects. Here is an excellent opportunity for teachers whose winter terms are closed, and who may wish to prepare themselves to do better work, or teach church schools. For further information, address C. O. Lewis, Keene, Tex.

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.

By J. M. Craig

THE regular meeting of the International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association for the year 1900, will be held in the Sanitarium chapel, in the city of Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, the 27th day of March, 1900, at 11 A. M., standard time, for the transaction of any business that may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the Board of Trustees, J. M. CRAIG, Sec.

“CHRIST IN SONG.”

By S. H. Lane

FOR several weeks the REVIEW has advertised “Christ in Song,” and spoken very highly of the work; nevertheless none too highly; for it is a book of real merit. It has in it nearly 750 hymns, with music. There are many pieces entirely new, which, in this book, appear in print for the first time. These pieces of music are not of that type which soon wear out. In some books there are pieces that take well for a time. They are set to a melody that seems so sweet that one is ready to declare that he will never tire hearing it; but in a short time they fall into disuse, and, I may add, into neglect. Then, too, there are others that seemingly improve with age; such as, “Nearer My God to Thee,” “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” and “Rock of Ages,” etc. Some pieces of the new music in this book are worth many times the price of the book, and a large number of the old hymns are of that class which do not wear out.
“Christ in Song” is now used in Battle Creek College, and one of the professors says that it meets with general approval. It can be used to good advantage in all our tent services and Sabbath-schools. The 15-cent edition is especially adapted for tent services. This edition contains 96 pages and 178 hymns; yet the whole edition is preferable, and can be purchased for 35 cents. Both the 15-cent and the 35-cent editions are bound in flexible cloth. They are bound with wire staples, which pass through the entire book, so that the cover will not get loose, nor come off, nor the leaves come out unless they are torn out.
We can commend this book very highly. If something new is desired, it can be found in this book. The great mass of ordinary singers will desire the old-fashioned pieces, and they, too, can be found in this book; so that all classes may be pleased, and being pleased, may be reached, and through being reached, the sermons usually following these hymns of praise will also be effective.
I trust that all the readers of the REVIEW, desiring hymns, will send on their orders for “Christ in Song.” Address your tract society, or the Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.
S. H. LANE.

REVIEW AND HERALD STOCKHOLDERS, ATTENTION!

By Jno. I. Gibson

Proxies.

THE directors wish to call the attention of the stockholders to the notice of the annual meeting of the association, which appears on this page. Every shareholder who wishes to be represented, and who can not attend the annual meeting, should write at once to the undersigned for blank proxy forms, which will be supplied promptly.
It will facilitate the work of the secretary, and save time at the annual meeting, if all those who purpose issuing proxies will kindly do so, and forward them to the secretary, as soon as possible, so that they may be duly filed. The filing of proxies is made obligatory by Section VI of the Statute, which reads as follows: “Stockholders may appear and vote in person, or by proxy duly filed with the secretary.”
Please note that proxies issued by the shareholders of a religious institution are exempt from the war tax of ten cents. JNO. I. GIBSON, Sec.

MICHIGAN SANITARIUM AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.

By W. H. Hall

THE regular annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association for the year 1900, will be held in the Sanitarium chapel, in the city of Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, the 27th day of March, at ten o’clock A. M., standard time, for the election of trustees and the transaction of any other business which may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
W. H. HALL, Sec.

NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, NOTICE!

By J. O. Johnson

AT the October session of the General Conference Committee I was asked to take the directorship of the Carolinas; but I did not return from Trinidad till the first of January. I am now here, brethren, to help you in every way possible. Those who have unpaid pledges to the camp-meeting and tent fund may send their remittances to me at any time. The earlier these pledges can be redeemed, the easier it will be to plan and arrange for our camp-meetings this year.
Asheville, N. C., Box 145. J. O. JOHNSON.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.

By W. O. Sisley; I. H. Evans; O. D. Rhodes; Uriah Smith; L. McCoy; S. H. Lane; J. I. Gibson

THE fortieth annual stockholders’ meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association (ninth annual session under the new charter) will be held in the Tabernacle, at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, March 26, 1900, at 10 A. M., local time, for the election of a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
W. O. SISLEY, I. H. EVANS, O. D. RHODES, U. SMITH, L. McCOY, S. H. LANE, J. I. GIBSON, Directors.

PUBLICATIONS WANTED.

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
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D. T. Shireman, Hildebran, N. C.
Minnie Hough, Pacific Grove, Cal.
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B. J. Duval, Gorham, N. Y., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel.
Mrs. E. A. Mitcheltree, Glen Rock, Wyo., Signs, Sentinel.
Isaac Gentis, Chandler, O. T., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, tracts.
Fannie Mass, St. Paul, Ark., Signs, Good Health, Medical Missionary, health tracts.
Workingman's Home, 1341 State St., Chicago, Ill., large supply of Signs, Instructor, Good Health.
An earnest appeal is made for publications for use in jail work in Indian Territory. The work is practically at a standstill for lack of reading-matter. Will not the brethren respond? Address Mrs. G. E. Prindle, Muscogee, I. T.

REVIEW TESTIMONY MEETING.—NO. 6.

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Good Form and Christian Etiquette

MRS. S. M. I. HENRY'S LAST BOOK,
Treats good manners as related to society rules in gospel work. A most helpful book for old or young, laity or clergy, all who are “earnestly looking for the best means of serving God and humanity.”
Of this excellent work Mrs. Henry says:— “Let no one suppose that I have been ‘laying down a lot of rules.’ The most I have attempted to do is to point out some of those regulations which the experience of thoughtful men and women of the world has found necessary to good social order, as well as some of those things that a long experience in work for the unfortunate has discovered as requisite to the prevention of scandals, and consequent ostracism.”

FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE MOST LASTING!

HABITS DETERMINE FIRST IMPRESSIONS!

Therefore your habits are worth looking after if souls are worth looking after; for the acceptance or rejection of your message depends largely upon the acceptance or rejection of yourself. The reproach of the gospel is inevitable; but this should not be augmented by reproach for violation of what good society understands to be good manners. Every Christian needs to know how to avoid the appearance of evil, “giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed.”
Whether a Christian or not, you need its helpful hints.
One hundred and fifty pages, purple felt paper cover, orange title, 25¢; blue flexible cloth, gilt top, 50¢ postpaid.
REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING CO.,
Battle Creek, Mich. Toronto, Ont. Chicago, Ill. Atlanta, Ga.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM.

By A. S. Parker

Time Card in Effect November 19, 1899.

C. & G. T. DIVISION.

WEST-BOUND FROM BATTLE CREEK.

LEAVE.
No. 9, Mail and Express, to Chicago ............... 12.15 P. M. No. 1, Chicago Express, to Chicago ................ 9.00 A. M. No. 3, Lehigh Valley Express, to Chicago .......... 3.40 P. M. No. 5, Pacific Express, to Chicago, with sleeper ... 1.10 A. M. No. 75, Mixed, to South Bend ...................... 8.20 A. M.
Nos. 9 and 75, daily, except Sunday. Nos. 1, 3, and 5, daily.

EAST-BOUND FROM BATTLE CREEK.

No. 8, Mail & Exp., to Pt. Huron, East, and Detroit 3.45 P. M. No. 4, Lehigh Express, to Pt. Huron and East ....... 8.27 P. M. No. 6, Atlantic Exp., to Pt. Huron, East, & Detroit 2.25 A. M. No. 2, Lehigh Express, to Saginaw, Bay City, Pt. Huron, and East 6.50 A. M. No. 74, Mixed, to Durand (Starts at Nichols) ....... 7.15 A. M.
Nos. 8 and 74, daily, except Sunday. Nos. 4, 6, and 2, daily.
A. S. PARKER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

Michigan Central

“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected Nov. 19, 1899.

EAST

Destination 3* Night Express 12† Detroit Accom. 6 Mail & Express 10* N.Y. & Bos. Spl. 14 Eastern Express 20* Jackson Ac'm'n. 36* Atl'ntic Express
Chicago pm 9.35 am 6.45 am 10.90 pm 3.00 pm 11.30
Michigan City 11.25 8.43 pm 12.08 4.40 am 1.20
Niles am 12.40 10.16 1.00 5.37 2.30
Kalamazoo 2.10 am 7.30 pm 12.10 2.08 6.52 pm 6.00 4.10
Battle Creek 3.00 8.10 1.00 2.42 7.28 6.43 5.05
Marshall 8.38 1.30 3.09 7.51 7.10 5.30
Albion 3.50 8.57 1.50 3.30 8.11 7.30 5.52
Jackson 4.40 10.05 2.35 4.05 8.50 8.15 6.40
Ann Arbor 5.55 11.10 3.47 4.58 9.43 7.48
Detroit 7.15 pm 12.25 5.30 6.00 10.45 9.15
Falls View am 5.02 pm 4.13
Susp. Bridge 5.17 4.93
Niagara Falls 5.30 4.40
Buffalo am 12.20 6.14 5.30
Rochester 3.13 9.50 8.40
Syracuse 5.15 11.50 10.45
Albany 9.05 pm 4.15 am 2.50
New York pm 1.30 8.15 7.00
Springfield 12.16 6.10 7.40
Boston 3.00 9.05 10.34

WEST

Destination 7* Night Express 15* N.Y., Bos. & Chi. Sp. 3† Mail & Express 5* News Express 23* Western Express 13† Kalam. Accom. 37* Pacific Express
Boston am 10.30 pm 3.00 pm 6.00
New York pm 1.00 6.00 am 12.10
Syracuse 8.10 am 2.00 pm 12.25
Rochester 10.00 4.05 2.25
Buffalo am 12.05 5.20 pm 3.50
Niagara Falls 6.02 4.32
Falls View 6.34 5.05
Detroit pm 8.20 am 7.20 am 8.25 pm 12.40 4.35 11.25
Ann Arbor 9.43 8.18 9.40 1.38 5.45 am 12.30
Jackson 11.15 9.20 11.05 am 3.30 2.40 7.30 1.35
Battle Creek pm 12.40 10.30 pm 12.25 4.35 3.50 9.08 3.00
Kalamazoo 1.40 11.05 1.20 5.15 4.28 10.00 3.35
Niles 3.15 pm 12.22 2.55 6.05 5.05
Michigan City 4.26 1.00 4.10 7.05 6.01
Chicago 6.30 3.00 6.05 8.55 7.50
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 8.05 a. m. and 4.10 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.10 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. Ruggles, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
R. N. R. Wheeler, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

WORDS OF COMMENDATION.

I am much pleased with the little booklet “Good Form and Christian Etiquette.” Its pages are replete with good advice on subjects of everyday interest. Christian courtesy is one of the most necessary qualifications of the Christian worker, and I feel sure that this latest of Mrs. Henry’s works will prove a timely help to parents in bringing up their children; to our young people in their associations with others; and in fact to everyone who desires to so equip himself that his bearing shall have the true dignity of Christian refinement. MRS. E. E. KELLOGG, Supt. Child Culture Circles, World’s W. C. T. U.
I have examined it with great care and interest. It is certainly a very practical contribution to the literature on etiquette. Most books on this subject are too elaborate and have too much of the fashionable society air, but this one meets the needs of common people, and I am sure they will thank Mrs. Henry for this effort to help them in making life’s pathway pleasanter and easier. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M. D., Supt. Purity Dept. World’s W. C. T. U.
“Shall be more than glad to use every right endeavor to give “GOOD FORM AND CHRISTIAN ETIQUETTE” as wide a circulation as possible, for association with young people for years has given me opportunity to see something of their needs, and enables me to appreciate, in some degree, at least, how this work of Mrs. Henry’s will be of service to them. J. W. LOUGHHEAD, Principal Mt. Vernon (Ohio) Academy.
“GOOD FORM AND CHRISTIAN ETIQUETTE” is certainly a novelty in its line. It is a neat little volume, written in a pleasant, simple, and dignified style, and through its pages are displayed a knowledge of the world and the kindliness of a mother’s heart. The author is Mrs. S. M. I. Henry. Her aim is to tell boys and girls how to act as becomes gentlemen and ladies. Her aim, however, is not to make them martinets, but to have them practice gentility because of the roundness which it gives to characters which, with an exterior uncouth, have real goodness in their hearts. She does not do this by laying down rules, but by pointing out regulations which the experience of thoughtful women, the world over, has found necessary for social order. The position which she has taken, she believes to be at the foundation of any social life that would keep itself unspotted from the world.—The Oakland (Cal.) Tribune.
We are glad indeed that the sweet Christian influence of the writer may still reach others. This book is a most important one for young people, and can be profitably read by everyone. —Secretary Vermont Tract Society, Burlington.
“GOOD FORM” is just the book for our young people to read to fit them to meet the world.—W. J. Blake, Quebec Tract Society, South Stukely, Que.

Until April 1, 1900, orders for

GOOD FORM AND CHRISTIAN ETIQUETTE,

BY MRS. S. M. I. HENRY,
Will be filled at the old prices, 15 cents and 25 cents, according to binding. After April 1, the prices will be 25 cents and 50 cents, as advertised below, the book to be sold principally by canvassers from that time on.
15 cents and 25 cents until April 1, 1900.
25 cents and 50 cents thereafter.

200 SONGS

Not in any of our books heretofore, will cost you only one fourth of a cent for each song if you buy the 50-cent book, bound in heavy canvas, aluminum title, red edges, wire stapled through cover and contents. The other 500 songs are the cream from all books heretofore issued, as stated last week, and are free of charge on the above basis. The book has been BUILT TO LAST, inside and outside; so get one of the best bindings.

Some More Words of Approval.

I am much pleased indeed with the books, not only for the character of the music, but also the style of the book itself, its binding, etc. I think you have turned out the strongest song book of this character that I have ever seen, and it deserves to be pushed to the utmost. It is a book that will wear, if I can judge rightly.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Principal South Lancaster (Mass.) Academy.
It affords me great satisfaction to say that in my estimation “CHRIST IN SONG,” is the best collection of sacred songs ever published by our people. The plan of the book is excellent. From the great variety, hymns can be selected to suit any occasion. The large number of hymns, the strong binding, and the low price, make it a very desirable book, within the reach of all.
H. W. DECKER, Pres. N. Pacific Conf. and Missionary Society, Portland, Ore.
I do not hesitate to say that I think this collection more generally meets the need of our people than any other song book ever published by us. It has several points of excellence which entitle it to hold the first place among works of its kind: First of all, it is complete, containing all the old melodies, favorite melodies of real merit from every source, which fits it to fill the demands of both church and Sabbath-school. Then its compact form and convenient classification are in excellent taste, and must recommend it to every lover of systematic methods. But one of its best features is the low price at which it is offered, thus placing it within reach of the humblest in point of means. The work deserves a wide circulation. J. O. CORLISS, Fruitvale, Cal.

Songs Classified by Four Departments and Editions

The Songs are Classified in four departments:—
Part I. Invitation and Repentance.
Part II. Consecration and Praise.
Part III. Work and Trust.
Part IV. Home and Heaven.
Compiled from the writings of 135 of the best hymnologists and composers.
In heavy flexible cloth, wire stapled through all, $ .35
In paper-covered boards, beautiful ink design, red edges, heavy canvas back, stapled through all, .40
In canvas-covered boards, aluminum title, red edges, stapled through all, .50
In half morocco, gilt title, securely hinged, 1.00
Abridged edition, 96 pages, flexible cloth, .15
Order of your tract society, or—
REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
ATLANTA, GA. TORONTO, ONT.

Sister Henry's Final Appeal on Religious Liberty

SISTER S. M. I. HENRY’s last appeal, even her dying appeal, to the National W. C. T. U. in behalf of religious liberty is now printed, and ready for circulation. It is a fifty-two page tract with cover, issued by the Religious Liberty Association. On the first page of the cover is an excellent half-tone likeness of Sister Henry. It is expected to put a copy of this tract into the hands of each member of the W. C. T. U. in the United States. To accomplish this the active co-operation of every Seventh-day Adventist in the United States is essential. The tract contains most valuable matter. Each one of our own people should read it, and then be sure that a copy is put into the hands of all the neighbors, and particularly of all the W. C. T. U. women. Price, single copy, four cents; discount on quantities. Order of Religious Liberty Association, Room 750, Monon Bldg., Chicago, Ill.
THE New York Tribune remarks that “as for the result of a hostile engagement between such navies as the great powers are now constructing and equipping, one hesitates to contemplate it.” True enough: but in view of what the powers are doing, how is it possible not to contemplate it? And what in all respects can possibly be the result, other than Armageddon and that “time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.”

Railroad Rivalry in Asia and the Russian Question

By Editor

A WRITER in the Century for March says that “America, Germany, Belgium, Japan, China, Italy, France, Turkey, England, and Russia are to-day building or projecting railroads in Asia;” and that “suddenly, and for the first time, every one of the nine countries first enumerated discovers that at the beginning of 1900 its railway lines at some point touch or encroach upon those of the tenth [Russia]—America at Hankow, Germany at Tientsin, Belgium at Ching-Ting, Japan in Corea, China at various points, Italy at Tai-yuan, France at Wu-chang, Turkey and Germany in Armenia, while England, touching Russian lines at Peking, Niu-chuang, and other points in central China, also is threatened at Herat and Kabul in Afghanistan, and is fearing for her northern boundary of India in the Pamira.” He closes with the observation that “England, Italy, Germany, Japan, and the United States may awaken to the situation soon enough to checkmate Russia by completing their routes. . . . But if these countries continue too long to be apathetic, the great bear will have all Asia in the merciless grasp of his steel-shod claws, and no man can foretell the outcome.” The article is accompanied with an excellent map, and presents a most interesting study in the perennial and mighty greater Eastern question.
IF you are getting as much good as we are from the articles on “The Gospel of the Kingdom,” then you are convinced that these alone, and already, are worth much more than a whole year’s subscription to the REVIEW AND HERALD. See, therefore, what a paying investment it will be to make your subscription such that you will be sure to get all of them, and at the same time get the abundance of other good matter that is regularly in the paper. And how easy it is to get it all when you can keep up your subscription, if not for a whole year at once, two months or even one month at a time!

Notice to Recipients of Unordered Review Copies

By Editor

☞ If you receive copies of this paper without ordering them, please remember that they are sent to you by some friend. Persons thus receiving copies of the REVIEW will not be called upon to pay for them. If, after reading these copies, you do not care to keep them, please hand them to your friends to read.

Last-Day Affairs in the East

By Editor

STRICTLY speaking, the article in the Sermon department this week is not exactly a sermon; yet it so strongly presents an important phase of last-day affairs in the East that it can very fitly pass as a sermon.

Two Hundred Eighty Million Bibles Published in a Century

During the last century there have been published by the Bible societies alone, two hundred and eighty million copies of the Bible. This is an average of seven hundred and seventy-seven for each day of the hundred years.

German Writer on Germany's Place Among World Powers

A German writer says that “the great question of the twentieth century is to be: Shall there be three world-powers or four? Shall Germany take her place beside England, Russia, and America? or shall she retire into the background, like Scandinavia, like France?”

Professor Hyslop's Appeal for Psychical Research Funds

It will be remembered that about a year ago we noticed the claims of Professor Hyslop, of Columbia University, in behalf of Spiritualism. He now calls for fifty thousand dollars in donations, to enable the society of Psychical Research to publish the report of the results of his “scientific” investigations.

Unanswered Question in the New York Times Supplement

IN the “Questions and Answers” column of the book-review Supplement to the New York Times, February 24, is a question asking, in all soberness, “Where can I find ‘not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life’?” And more surprising still, this is one of the only two questions in the column that are unanswered.

Naval Expansion Follows the Czar's Peace Call

GERMANY proposes to spend two hundred million dollars in strengthening her navy; France, one hundred and fifty million for the same purpose; and “Great Britain is at present at work upon, or has within a few weeks completed, no less than eighteen first-class battle-ships, or three times as many as France proposes to build in the coming seven years.” Such is the actual response to the czar’s peace call, to which the Peace Congress at The Hague was the theoretical, the academical, response.

NEXT WEEK

By Editor

The studies on the Third Angel’s Message will begin on What Is It as to the Beast and His Image? This will bring us to the very sum and substance, and the life and heart, of the Third Angel’s Message itself. Every one who has read these studies so far will surely wish to follow them through, and especially through this part, which is the great object and sum of all. Do not let your subscription expire. And are there not yet others whom you can get to invest twenty-five or fifty cents? or in whom you are sufficiently interested to invest that much in their behalf, in order that they may have the benefit of these all-important studies?

Blessing the Bible: A Catholic Pretense

Perhaps it is not generally known that in the Catholic Church there is such a thing as blessing the Bible. Persons can have Bibles “blessed” on application. Now the word of God says, “Without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.” Is, then, a Catholic priest or other functionary better than the Bible? If not, then it is certain that he can not bless the Bible. And everybody who will think, knows that no Catholic priest nor any other man can possibly be better than the Bible. Therefore it is perfectly plain that no man can possibly bless the Bible. Consequently all pretension to blessing the Bible by anybody is only mummery and false pretense.

The Story of a Five Thousand Dollar Meeting

A FEW days hence there will be sent to all the subscribers of the REVIEW in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois a small tract entitled “The Story of a Five Thousand Dollar Meeting.” It is sent with the simple prayer that all who receive it will read it, and that all who read it will be touched by the Spirit of God to make a gift by sacrifice unto the Lord. Any one else who would like a copy can have it by sending a two-cent stamp to P. T. Magan, College, Battle Creek, Mich.

NOTICE!

By John Harvey Kellogg

In answer to many inquiries, and in order to remove what seems to be a wide-spread misapprehension, the undersigned desires to say that neither himself nor any person connected with the Sanitarium, with the Sanitarium Health Food Company, with the Sanitary Supply Company, or with the Sanitas Nut Food Company, is at the present time, or has been at any time, connected with a firm advertising under the name, “Kellogg Sanitas Company.”
J. H. KELLOGG.
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