Earlier text: Writing for NewspapersWest Michigan Camp-Meeting
By G. B. Thompson
THE annual camp-meeting of the West Michigan Conference was held at Three Rivers, July 22 to August 2. The fairground, where the meeting was held, was quite well adapted for the purpose, but was not located centrally enough in the city to secure a large attendance each day. The attendance, however, on Sunday was very good, and a number seemed deeply interested in the message. A tent with a strong company of workers was left to follow up the interest. The attendance of our own people was not so large as at some other meetings, owing no doubt in part to the fact that the meeting was held near the southern border of the conference. On Sabbath and Sunday the attendance was largely increased by those coming from the surrounding churches who were unable to attend the entire meeting. There was a most excellent spirit manifested in the meeting, and many were refreshed and strengthened spiritually. Eighteen were baptized. Sister E. G. White was present during the greater part of the meeting, and spoke several times with much clearness and power. The privilege of again hearing this servant of the Lord was greatly appreciated by all, and her faithful words of counsel and admonition made a deep impression. An effort was made in behalf of missions the last day of the meeting, and about one thousand dollars was raised in cash and pledges. A sister in the conference, at the age of eighty-five years, pieced a quilt and sent it to the conference, the proceeds of its sale to be given to missions. This quilt sold for $205.36. The sacrificing labor of this aged servant of the Lord was blessed of the Lord, and shows that none are too old to do faithful work for the Master. Elders A. G. Daniells, W. C. White, Allen Moon, and C. McReynolds, and the writer were present, and shared with the union and local conference laborers in the burdens and blessings of the meeting. The meeting was a source of encouragement to those who attended. It is to be regretted that many fail to avail themselves of the opportunities and blessings of these annual convocations. Northern Illinois Camp-Meeting
By G. B. Thompson
The annual camp-meeting for the Northern Illinois Conference was held in Elgin, July 28 to August 8. The camp was pitched in a pleasant grove at the edge of the city. Although the attendance from the city was not large, a number manifested interest in the truths presented, and a tent with a good corps of laborers will remain to develop the interest. The attendance of our own people was not large during the first part of the meeting; but the last few days many came from Chicago and other places, and the large pavilion was more than filled. Sister E. G. White was present the last Sabbath and Sunday of the meeting, and spoke twice, with great freedom and power. The Spirit of God was present in a very special manner, and the testimony she bore was a source of great encouragement to those who were present. Her stirring words of exhortation to greater diligence in behalf of missions, and to faithful, godly living in the home, will not soon be forgotten. In the revival service held in the afternoon many sought the Lord for victory over besetting sins, and some gave their hearts to God for the first time. Eighteen were baptized. Elders A. G. Daniells and W. C. White, and the writer were present during some part of the meeting, and joined with the union and local conference workers in the labors of the meeting. On the last day of the meeting thirteen hundred dollars was given in cash and pledges, as an offering to missions. The children, during the meeting, made a quilt as a missionary enterprise. This was sold for one hundred thirty dollars, one half to be given to China, and one half to help the home work. The Lord blesses the sacrificing labors of the children who devote their strength to his work. Brother Miller, the editor of the paper for the blind, was present, and about one hundred dollars was given for this work. The Sabbath-school offerings were liberal, amounting to more than one hundred dollars. The Lord is blessing the work in this conference. There has been a most encouraging increase in tithe during the year. A number of new tents and seats have also been purchased during the year, which added much to the comforts of the meeting. The work is onward in the great city of Chicago, as well as elsewhere, and the Lord’s children are of good courage. The brethren and sisters left for their homes much encouraged, and with greater determination to share in the final triumph of the message. Society Islands
By GEO. L. STERLING.
RAIATEA.—“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.” Ps. 91:10. I believe that we do not realize the blessedness of this assurance of God’s keeping power until we pass through some experiences which, when looked back upon, show us how narrowly we escaped injury, and perhaps even death. I am daily led to believe that God has a special care for his people, and that when “a thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand,” from various plagues and pestilences, it is only the power of God that keeps us from falling also. I have seen the power of the Lord manifested very plainly in my own life. When I was seventeen years of age, I was stricken with typhoid fever. Complications set in, and with the best of care, I came so near death’s door that I was given up so far as earthly help was concerned by both doctors and friends. Then it was that the earnest prayers of God’s people turned back the power of disease, and I was soon a convalescent. I have never doubted for a moment that it was the hand of God that raised me to health; and with it came the belief that my life had been spared for a purpose. And when the call came for my wife and myself to come to this field to labor, I could not say No. I believed it was the call of God to do the work for which my life had been spared. But that is past. Do we meet experiences here which remind us that God is still keeping us?—Many of them. A short time ago an epidemic of what the French call dangue, was raging in these islands. It was very severe. Nearly every one suffered an attack of it, and not a few died. It is now past; and we can thankfully say that none of the three white workers here had it. We took what precautions we could in the way of diet and healthful living, believing that God would bless such efforts. We are thankful for health reform. My work here at the mission home takes me out on the plantation quite a little, looking after the work. It was in the garden about six months ago that I had another experience. This time it was with a centipede about five inches long. The sting of the centipede is often quite poisonous, sometimes making one very sick several days. This one had succeeded in crawling up from the ground on my clothing when I was hoeing, and when discovered was crawling on my back beneath all my clothing. It took considerable nerve to be quiet until it could be gotten out, but, thanks to the Lord, it was done, and I was not injured. In these islands we meet scorpions as well as centipedes. I might mention other experiences through which the Lord’s protection has been seen. I do not mean to say that this place is fraught with more dangers to life than other places, for I think we all can recall instances where the hand of Providence has shielded us from danger. We are nicely located on the mission plantation on Raiatea. We have a good home, and things are quite pleasant, much more so than we anticipated on leaving America. While learning the language, we are engaged in caring for the mission home and teaching a few children. I have learned enough of the language to enable me to do a little work among the native people. There is much to be done in these islands. The people are steeped in sin and wickedness. I know of nothing that can reclaim them but the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are very difficult to work for. The Lord has blessed us abundantly during the past year, and we are encouraged to follow him in his work. We ask that you remember us in your prayers. GEO. L. STERLING. Religious Liberty Work in Kansas and Missouri
By J. S. Wightman
IN the early part of June, Prosecuting-Attorney Coon, of Jasper County, Missouri, promised a general law-enforcement crusade, including the enforcement of Sunday laws. By invitation, the writer, accompanied by Mrs. Wightman, began a general religious liberty crusade. Our first meeting at Joplin was held Tuesday, July 13. A summary of this work is as follows: Nine days in all were put in covering17 Joplin, Carthage, Carterville, Webb City, and Galena (Kan.). The services were all open-air meetings, and were attended, in the aggregate, by between three thousand and three thousand five hundred people. The interest shown was remarkable. Great street audiences listened as quietly and respectfully as if in a church. The weather was ideal, though exceedingly warm. Indoor audiences would have been out of the question. Mrs. Wightman addressed the people on “The Object of Civil Government” and “The Danger that Threatens Our Republic.” Sixth Street in Joplin was crowded full about the float from which the speaker addressed the people. Newspapers took particular notice of the work, ten articles, in all, appearing, reaching an aggregate of one hundred seventy thousand readers. Nine lectures were given, the last in a religious liberty convention held in our Joplin church, on Sunday night, July 18. One thousand copies of the special July Signs of the Times and twenty-five thousand pages of religious liberty leaflets were ordered for this campaign. Altogether, the effort was most satisfactory, and we believe has helped to mold public opinion. The Joplin and Carthage churches rendered strong financial aid. J. S. WIGHTMAN. West Africa
By D. C. Babcock
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE.—I was glad to get back home again, and was pleased with the progress the work had made while I was away. The past week I have baptized eight persons at Waterloo and Freetown. Brother Thompson reports six new Sabbath-keepers on the Gold Coast. I expect to go there in a short time. The rainy season is now on, and we shall be unable to do any work, outside of church work, until November. A Tribute of Praise
By Albert Weeks
OUR kind Father in heaven has given me a new hold on life, physically and spiritually, for which I wish to offer public thanksgiving. This has not been an extraordinary manifestation of the power of God, but simply an ordinary manifestation of his love. Conformity to the laws of life and health as God in his love has given them to us has been the means used. A change of environment has made this possible. Now, as the Lord opens the way, I purpose to use the strength thus given in the service of God. There is nothing more precious than to be the means in the hands of God of leading souls for whom Christ died in the way of everlasting life. As God in his goodness has thus used me in the past, so I expect to be a channel of light to others in the future, as God gives his grace. Give me your help by the prayer of faith. The Correspondence School
By W. E. HOWELL.
APPLICANTS for studies in the Correspondence School are frequently asking, How much time will be required for the preparation of a lesson? The range of individual ability is so great, and the methods of study so varied, that it is difficult to answer this question definitely. But some general remarks will be helpful to the student in estimating his work. In arranging for instruction by correspondence, it seemed best to set a definite standard before the student, and to place a reasonable limitation on the time for completing a subject. The standard set is that of preparing not less than one lesson a week, and of studying not less than one hour a day. This means a maximum of six hours spent on each lesson in study and in the preparation of the recitation paper to be sent in for correction. Many will complete two lessons in that time, and some three; but ordinarily no one will require more than six hours for thorough work on one lesson. It is understood that a correspondence lesson is necessarily a little longer than those usually assigned in residence work. A teacher must make his requirements a little stronger than where he has personal contact with his students, in order to assure himself that thorough work is being done. Most subjects are covered18 in forty lessons. Some are completed in twenty lessons. Thus a student may estimate the amount of time it will take him to complete a subject. While every student is urged to advance as rapidly as consistent, thoroughness will be insisted upon, even to the point of doing an entire lesson over when the instructor deems it best. If we expect credits given by the Correspondence School to be accepted by our resident schools, we must give the latter satisfactory evidence that the work has been well done. Thoroughness is, too, what the student has a right to expect for his own highest good. On the question of time, however, it is only just to concede that sometimes unforeseen circumstances will arise, such as sickness or other serious disability, when extension of time for completing a subject would be reasonable. To meet such cases, a maximum of one year is allowed for completing a course of forty lessons without special arrangement with the school. When more than one year is consumed on one subject, special adjustment with the school must be made before continued instruction will be given. “How Many Studies Shall I Carry at a Time?”
Unless a student wishes to complete a subject in a short time for a particular purpose, it would be an advantage to him to take two or more subjects simultaneously, provided he can do more than one lesson a week. The chief advantages are these:— 1. He can reduce expense. A discount is allowed when a student registers for two subjects at the same time. More discount is given for three when registered for at the same time. Then two lessons may often be sent for the same postage as one. 2. Two or more studies pursued together give variety. A change of subject is a rest to the mind. 3. It keeps the student's work better balanced. Under right conditions, a student may often get more out of a subject by studying part of his time with some one else. The right conditions are that the two be of about the same mental caliber and development; that their tastes or bent of mind be similar; and that they never yield to the temptation to squander precious time conversing on topics foreign to their lesson during the period set apart for study together. Frequently two in the same community might want to take the same study, and could arrange to do part of their studying together. One is a stimulus and encouragement to the other. But such arrangements should be entered into with precaution. Certainly no one should be unkind or selfish enough to attach himself to another manifestly much stronger than he, and surely no one would allow himself to depend on the other to do his work for him to any degree; for such a course would defeat the very purpose of taking the study. Such association, too, must be strictly confined to preliminary study; for every recitation paper must be prepared independently, every such paper being signed to this effect by the student who sends it in. The Correspondence School will open its doors bright and early Monday morning, October 4. The first lesson will be mailed in Washington on that date. Let every one who possibly can, have all the details of classification arranged in time to have his first lesson mailed the first day. After October 4, any student may register at any time in any subject offered in the Announcement, or subsequently announced in any other way. The first lesson will be sent on receipt of the registration blank and the proper remittance. A supply of Correspondence School Announcements and registration blanks is now in the hands of all Young People's Missionary Volunteer and Educational secretaries and superintendents. The Announcement contains full information on the benefits of correspondence study, the method employed, the classification of studies, the studies offered, the expense incurred, the method of registration, etc. Send for a copy at once, in order that you may become a charter member of the school. The Swedish Work in New York City
By G. E. Nord
THROUGH the help of God, since our tent season last year, we have had the ordinance of baptism on four different occasions, and seventeen precious souls have thus been added to our Swedish church in New York City. The last time we baptized four, Sabbath morning, August 7, in the beautiful Hudson. This was an occasion long to be remembered. We have our tent on the same spot as last year, and there is a good attendance. Pray for us that the Lord may accomplish his will through us and our effort this summer. My work is exclusively among the Swedish people. JULY 25, six young people were baptized, uniting with the church at Cedar Lake, Mich. As a result of an effort for the Scandinavians of Chippewa Falls, Wis., four have begun to keep the Sabbath. ELDER B. L. HOWE reports three baptisms at Bakerfield, Cal., and Elder Geo. A. Snyder four baptisms at Melrose, Cal. FOUR were recently added to the membership of the Leesburg (Ohio) church. In all, ten have now been baptized as the result of five weeks’ meeting held there last winter. EIGHT persons have accepted the faith at Sulphur Springs, Ala., as the result of a five-weeks’ tent effort conducted at that place by Brethren W. M. Crothers and Ross Lindsay. Many others acknowledge the truths taught, and it is hoped that some of these will yet decide to obey. Christian Education
By Frederick Griggs
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference FREDERICK GRIGGS - - - - Secretary Younger than Joseph or Daniel was Moses when removed from the sheltering care of his childhood's home; yet already the same agencies that shaped their lives had molded his. Only twelve years did he spend with his Hebrew kindred; but during these years was laid the foundation of his greatness; it was laid by the hand of one little known to fame. Jochebed was a woman and a slave. Her lot in life was humble, her burden heavy. But through no other woman, save Mary of Nazareth, has the world received greater blessing. Knowing that her child must soon pass beyond her care, to the guardianship of those who knew not God, she the more earnestly endeavored to link his soul with heaven. She sought to implant in his heart love and loyalty to God. And faithfully was the work accomplished. Those principles of truth that were the burden of his mother's teaching and the lesson of her life, no after-influence could induce Moses to renounce. From the humble home in Goshen, the son of Jochebed passed to the palace of the Pharaohs, to the Egyptian princess, by her to be welcomed as a loved and cherished son. In the schools of Egypt, Moses received the highest civil and military training. Of great personal attractions, noble in form and stature, of cultivated mind and princely bearing, and renowned as a military leader, he became the nation's pride. The king of Egypt was also a member of the priesthood; and Moses, though refusing to participate in the heathen worship, was initiated into all the mysteries of the Egyptian religion. Egypt at this time being still the most powerful and most highly civilized of nations, Moses, as its prospective sovereign, was heir to the highest honors this world could bestow. But his was a nobler choice. For the honor of God and the deliverance of his downtrodden people, Moses sacrificed the honors of Egypt. Then, in a special sense, God undertook his training.—Mrs. E. G. White, in “Education.” New Campaign Literature
By F. G.
WE would again call attention to the leaflets which have just been issued by the Educational Department. They are entitled as follows: “The Children Have not Been Neglected,” “Our Line of Advance,” “Separation From the World,” “The Church-School,” “The Source of Recruits,” “The Demands of the Moment.” These leaflets are each four pages, and cost twenty-five cents a hundred. The educational department of each conference should undertake immediately to place them in every Seventh-day Adventist home. They are of envelope size, and can thus easily be used in correspondence. They are intended for campaign purposes—to create an interest in the importance of Christian education. Let them be used at once. F. G. Educational Programs
By F. G.
WE learn that a large number of our conferences are planning for educational programs on a Sabbath before the opening of the new school year. This is greatly to be commended, for these programs will assist very materially in creating a strong interest in this important work. We can not have the question of the education of our children and youth held too much before our minds, for upon their preparation for service depends the advancement of this great cause of truth. Not only so, but this very training for work will mean their personal salvation. These educational programs will mean better provisions for our church-schools this next year. Let all enter heartily into these most appropriate and important exercises. F. G. WE are rapidly preparing the first number of the new educational magazine, Christian Education, which we plan to mail by September 1. Our teachers have long called for this magazine, and the responses which are received to the efforts definitely to establish it are most cheering. But for it to be made a permanent success, the heartiest co-operation will be required on the part of all who are interested in the cause of Christian education. We can not enter this new publication in the post-office until we have a substantial and bona-fide subscription list. Accordingly, we would urge our friends to respond at once with their subscriptions. Christian Education is not alone for teachers, but quite as much for parents, and it should be in thousands of homes. The subscription price is fifty cents a year, or thirty-five cents in clubs of five or more. F. G. The South Lancaster Summer School for Teachers
By May G. Cole
The summer school at South Lancaster Academy closed August 9, after four weeks of healthful, hard work. In addition to the regular teaching force, Profs. B. F. Machlan, M. E. Cady, C. S. Longacre, and F. Griggs, Mrs. C. B. Hughes, and Miss Eliza H. Morton were present, and rendered valuable help from time to time throughout the session. Especial attention was given to manual-training methods in Bible and nature, primary and advanced arithmetic, reading, geography, physiology, and music. Those who are to teach in the intermediate grades received much practical aid from Elder Longacre, who presented many new thoughts and plans of teaching The Acts, and Daniel, and The Revelation. Enough can not be said for the excellent work given by Mrs. E. M. Long in manual training. The teachers go out well prepared to carry on work in chair-caning and palm-leaf basketry, in addition to previous work in paper modeling, sewing, the making of splint baskets, etc. Plans are being laid for a permanent summer school, which may be of benefit to those pursuing academic and college work, as well as to graduates and those in the field. We are thankful for the deep earnestness which the teachers have shown, and pray that God may intensify this spirit throughout all future sessions. MAY G. COLE,
Educational Sec. A. U. C. It will be of interest to our teachers to know what may reasonably be depended upon in the way of new text-books for this coming year. As is well known, the Pacific Press does nearly all the printing of our text-books. They are printing, at the present time, Bible Lessons, Nos. 2 and 3, by Mrs. McKibben; True Education Reader, No. 4; and Nature Study, No. 2. It will not be possible to have all these books at the beginning of the school year, but they will be ready for use shortly after. It is hoped to have Bible Lessons, No. 2, ready by the time the school year opens. These books are being hurried along as rapidly as possible. In this connection, we would also mention the “Speaker’s Manual,” a little book by Mrs. Fannie Dickerson Chase, which is published by the Review and Herald. This book is intended primarily as a text-book to be used in class study of pronunciation. The familiar diacritical marking is used throughout the book. Part of the work is devoted to “Rules for Spelling,” “Exercises in Enunciation,” “Homonyms,” and “More Than Half a Hundred Don’t’s.” This little book, of one hundred twenty-seven pages, is a valuable one for our schools. It should be in every school, time being given in the daily program for its use with the whole school. F. G. Another Jubilee Song
By F. G.
It does us all great good to hear the echoes of the jubilee songs that are being sung by our schools from time to time throughout the land. Another song was sung Thursday, the twelfth of August, on the camp-ground at South Hollywood, Cal. It was on the occasion of the freedom from debt of Fernando Academy. We are sure that the program will be of interest. It was as follows:— INVOCATION . . . Elder H. W. Cottrell
FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND FUTURE POLICY OF
THE INSTITUTION . . . H. G. Lucas
EARLY HISTORY OF FERNANDO ACADEMY . . . Elder R. S. Owen
SHORT ADDRESSES BY
Elder E. E. Andross
Elder H. W. Cottrell
Elder W. A. Spicer
Elder W. C. White
Elder J. O. Corliss
Elder E. J. Hibbard
BENEDICTION . . . Elder E. E. Andross In the announcement the following items of interest were given:— Enrolment . . . 175
Number of teachers . . . 13
Average . . . 1 teacher to 13 pupils
Wages paid to teachers . . . $5,372.67
This Average . . . $30.70 for each pupil enrolled JUNE 1 LIABILITIES PRESENT WORTH
1905 $21,513.37 $ 3,593.07
1906 11,494.08 13,578.98
1907 5,874.67 18,961.15
1908 3,225.60 23,771.61
1909 500.00 26,554.35
Aug. 12, 1909 none 27,054.35 The second tithe for the support of our teachers. Let all be faithful in the payment of the second tithe for the education of our children. We look forward to the time when all our schools may be able unitedly to take part in one grand jubilee chorus, and we must steadily work to this end, never forgetting that from them there is to come forth year by year a mighty army qualified for vigilant service in the cause of truth, and that freedom from debt will enable these schools to render much better help in the training of these young men and women for Christian warfare. Our Magazines
By A. J. S. B.
For years the spirit of prophecy has been calling upon our ministers and workers to enter the large cities and proclaim the message. In one way and another our faithful ministers have undertaken large efforts in the great cities, with varying success. All these years our house-to-house workers have labored hard to reach these city homes (protected by servants, watch-dogs, janitors, and speaking-tubes) with our subscription and trade books. The Lord has greatly blessed the efforts of these workers, one of whom had, at last accounts, visited nearly every home in San Francisco. As recently stated by one of our ministers, however, the phenomenal sale of our ten-cent magazines in the cities, month by month and quarter by quarter, indicates the first permanent, sustained response to the urgent call to give the truth to the teeming millions in the congested centers of America. Our magazine agents are successful in reaching the families and the business and professional people of the cities. Business managers, bookkeepers, heads of departments, clerks, bankers, tellers, office boys, elevator men, and others readily buy the neatly dressed magazines from our businesslike agents. Note, for instance, the record recently made by a timid sister in one of the largest cities of the West. Being overtaken by the rain, she entered the largest department store in the city, spoke kindly to the manager, and secured permission to pass rapidly from clerk to clerk throughout the building. In a short time she had sold one hundred magazines, at ten cents each. As she was about to leave the building, she found that it was still raining. Taking another one hundred copies of the magazine, she stationed herself at the outer entrance of the store, and in a little while had sold these also to the clerks and others as they passed by. She thus sold two hundred ten-cent magazines in one department store, and on a rainy day at that. Incidentally, her profits for those few hours’ work were fourteen dollars. The financial aspect of her work, however, troubles her very little, her chief desire being to see the salvation of souls. In this respect she is typical of a very large class of our devoted periodical workers. The self-supporting feature of this city missionary work is also worthy of note. Instead of our conferences being obliged to draw upon the tithes to support these magazine agents, the amount of tithes is materially increased by the faithful, large tithe these workers are able to pay. And these are not mere theoretical increases “upon paper;” for the president of an Eastern conference recently took occasion to publish in his conference paper the exact amount of tithe received from only one of the magazine scholarship companies of his conference—nearly one hundred dollars. When every conference shall have completed the organization of its tract and missionary department by appointing a missionary secretary, whose business it shall be to thoroughly organize the magazine work of the conference, to train the agents in church institutes, assign territory, and arouse a live interest20 in the possibilities wrapped up in this work,—when this shall happen, we repeat, a new era will dawn for our work in the great cities, and for our home missionary work generally. Let us encourage all classes of our people not now at work, to enter the field, assuring them, from past experience, that the Lord is a good paymaster. Let us urge our workers to send their orders for all publications through the conference tract society, thus binding the local workers close to the missionary department of the conference and helping to strengthen it. In short, let us, by proper organization and a strong, hearty support, give our magazine workers—the “miners and sappers” of our great gospel army—every chance for success in their earnest, consecrated endeavors. Summary of Magazine Sales for July, 1909
|
Signs Monthly |
Watchman |
Life and Health |
Liberty |
Protestant |
Instructor Temp. No. |
Total No. |
Value |
|---|
| _Atlantic Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Maine |
106 |
36 |
693 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
835 |
$ 83.50 |
| Vermont |
100 |
20 |
1417 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
1537 |
153.70 |
| New Hampshire |
.... |
57 |
205 |
.... |
25 |
.... |
287 |
28.70 |
| Massachusetts |
220 |
32 |
4494 |
115 |
25 |
50 |
4936 |
493.60 |
| Rhode Island |
.... |
7 |
261 |
.... |
.... |
500 |
768 |
76.80 |
| Connecticut |
106 |
20 |
520 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
646 |
64.60 |
| New York |
.... |
701 |
5743 |
1180 |
138 |
258 |
8020 |
802.00 |
| Totals |
532 |
873 |
13333 |
1295 |
188 |
808 |
17029 |
1702.90 |
| _Columbia Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pennsylvania |
215 |
116 |
1037 |
50 |
.... |
50 |
1668 |
166.80 |
| New Jersey |
3556 |
528 |
2698 |
.... |
.... |
200 |
6982 |
698.20 |
| Delaware |
.... |
.... |
27 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
27 |
2.70 |
| Maryland |
35 |
9 |
172 |
700 |
100 |
.... |
1016 |
101.60 |
| Virginia |
.... |
17 |
1831 |
.... |
.... |
5 |
1853 |
185.30 |
| West Virginia |
.... |
138 |
166 |
125 |
.... |
.... |
429 |
42.90 |
| Ohio |
1239 |
1147 |
6814 |
1600 |
.... |
45 |
10845 |
1084.50 |
| Dist. of Columbia |
92 |
29 |
2116 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
2237 |
223.70 |
| Totals |
5137 |
1984 |
14861 |
2475 |
100 |
300 |
24857 |
2485.70 |
| _Lake Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Indiana |
1365 |
171 |
6953 |
3100 |
50 |
.... |
11909 |
1190.90 |
| Illinois |
4176 |
624 |
3512 |
250 |
.... |
25 |
8587 |
858.70 |
| Michigan |
1779 |
163 |
3125 |
755 |
130 |
5 |
5957 |
595.70 |
| Wisconsin |
621 |
98 |
1372 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
2091 |
209.10 |
| Totals |
8211 |
1056 |
14962 |
4105 |
180 |
30 |
28544 |
2854.40 |
| _Canadian Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Totals |
2982 |
264 |
1480 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
4726 |
472.60 |
| _Southern Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kentucky |
.... |
1203 |
2576 |
100 |
.... |
.... |
3879 |
387.90 |
| Tennessee |
110 |
254 |
819 |
195 |
.... |
50 |
1428 |
142.80 |
| Alabama |
200 |
1423 |
88 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
1736 |
173.60 |
| Mississippi |
200 |
254 |
96 |
150 |
50 |
.... |
750 |
75.00 |
| Louisiana |
.... |
374 |
331 |
100 |
.... |
.... |
805 |
80.50 |
| Totals |
510 |
3508 |
3910 |
555 |
60 |
55 |
8598 |
859.80 |
| _Southeastern Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| North Carolina |
30 |
44 |
125 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
199 |
19.90 |
| South Carolina |
.... |
75 |
58 |
200 |
260 |
100 |
693 |
69.30 |
| Georgia |
950 |
188 |
2016 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
3154 |
315.40 |
| Florida |
.... |
83 |
251 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
334 |
33.40 |
| Totals |
980 |
390 |
2450 |
200 |
260 |
100 |
4380 |
438.00 |
|
Signs Monthly |
Watchman |
Life and Health |
Liberty |
Protestant |
Instructor Temp. No. |
Total No. |
Value |
|---|
| _Southwestern Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Arkansas |
100 |
241 |
512 |
.... |
.... |
300 |
1153 |
$ 115.30 |
| Oklahoma |
1750 |
177 |
642 |
200 |
.... |
.... |
2769 |
276.90 |
| Texas |
590 |
1859 |
1090 |
175 |
300 |
50 |
4064 |
406.40 |
| New Mexico |
30 |
23 |
216 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
269 |
26.90 |
| Totals |
2470 |
2300 |
2460 |
375 |
300 |
350 |
8255 |
825.50 |
| _Central Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Missouri |
3766 |
91 |
383 |
30 |
.... |
.... |
4270 |
427.00 |
| Kansas |
656 |
185 |
503 |
.... |
.... |
50 |
1394 |
139.40 |
| Colorado |
152 |
121 |
763 |
1000 |
.... |
.... |
2036 |
203.60 |
| Nebraska |
1185 |
100 |
1931 |
156 |
131 |
25 |
3528 |
352.80 |
| Wyoming |
5 |
18 |
16 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
39 |
3.90 |
| Totals |
5764 |
515 |
3596 |
1186 |
131 |
75 |
11267 |
1126.70 |
| _Northern Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| North Dakota |
630 |
54 |
92 |
.... |
25 |
.... |
801 |
80.10 |
| South Dakota |
25 |
55 |
123 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
203 |
20.30 |
| Minnesota |
1183 |
180 |
3707 |
2500 |
.... |
500 |
8070 |
807.00 |
| Iowa |
3075 |
231 |
2462 |
80 |
.... |
.... |
5848 |
584.80 |
| Totals |
4913 |
520 |
6384 |
2580 |
25 |
500 |
14922 |
1492.20 |
| _North Pacific Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Oregon |
2446 |
63 |
590 |
.... |
.... |
100 |
3199 |
319.90 |
| Washington |
1467 |
634 |
4608 |
625 |
30 |
100 |
7464 |
746.40 |
| Idaho |
53 |
38 |
77 |
.... |
.... |
500 |
668 |
66.80 |
| Montana |
525 |
18 |
1639 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
2182 |
218.20 |
| Totals |
4491 |
753 |
6914 |
625 |
30 |
700 |
13513 |
1351.30 |
| _Pacific Union Conference_ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| California-Nev. |
9819 |
1654 |
3059 |
1515 |
25 |
.... |
16072 |
1607.20 |
| Southern California |
.... |
.... |
3591 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
3591 |
359.10 |
| Utah |
.... |
4 |
24 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
28 |
2.80 |
| Arizona |
2 |
13 |
143 |
.... |
.... |
.... |
158 |
15.80 |
| Totals |
9821 |
1671 |
6817 |
1515 |
25 |
.... |
19849 |
1984.90 |
| Foreign and Mis. |
2200 |
2057 |
2233 |
250 |
250 |
.... |
6990 |
699.00 |
| Grand totals |
48011 |
15891 |
79400 |
15161 |
1549 |
2918 |
162930 |
$16293.00 |
The Home Missionary and Publishing Work
Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference E. R. PALMER — Secretary
N. Z. TOWN — Assistant Secretary
A. J. S. BOURDEAU — Missionary Secretary The Summary
By A. J. S. B.
The first monthly summary of magazine sales, which appeared in the REVIEW of July 29 (pages 20, 21), was welcomed with enthusiasm, especially by agents and conference workers. From their letters we learn that these figures in tabulated, convenient form, give them the information they need to show the progress being made in their respective territories. The gain of the previous summary over the present one, is only apparent, for the June report included a four-months' sale of the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor. Counting out this item alone, the July summary shows a wholesome and substantial gain. Of the Signs Monthly, for instance, 20,404 more copies were sold than in June; of the Watchman, 390 copies; and of Life and Health, 21,215 copies,—a total sales gain of 42,009 copies for the three magazines. The statistics for this summary were furnished by the publishers of the magazines whose sales appear. They will continue to furnish them until a system of field reporting shall be perfected. Our Pioneer Weekly
By E. R. P.
THE Pacific Press Publishing Association announces a “Home Bible Study Series” of twenty-five numbers of the Signs of the Times (weekly) beginning Oct. 6, 1909. These special numbers will present, in order, the fundamental doctrines of the Bible, and will be especially suited for neighborhood missionary work. Although it is generally understood that the present plans which are being adopted for the thorough organization of the home tract and missionary work are designed to take the place of special campaigns, yet this does not mean that less work is to be done. This series of our pioneer missionary paper comes at the right season of the year, and we are confident that, like previous series, these numbers will be a satisfactory success. E. R. P.