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Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 17.

The Annual Lesson
Earlier text: And Also to the Greek

Will You Promise?

By W. A. Ruble; D. H. Kress; G. H. Heald

It is very important that means be secured immediately for the Nashville and Huntsville sanitariums for the colored people. Are there not many of our institutions that can assume the responsibility of fitting up a room in one or both of these institutions? Could not some of our societies accept like responsibilities, and thus quickly secure the means required for this needy work?
Will you not consider the following scheme, and start a movement in your sanitarium, school, society, or community for raising this money now?

PLEDGE

We…. (name of person, sanitarium, school, society, or community)….hereby promise to be responsible for furnishing a room in the…. (Huntsville or Rock City)….Sanitarium for colored people, to be known as…. (insert name desired)….Room, for which we pledge $….. to be forwarded on or before July 1, 1909; or we promise to donate $….. to the general fund for fitting up said institution.

SUGGESTIONS

Huntsville Sanitarium (Colored) 2 Rooms costing $75 each 5 Rooms costing $70 each 5 Rooms costing $60 each 100 sums of $25 for general fund. Rock City Sanitarium (Colored), Nashville 4 Rooms costing $30 each 3 Rooms costing $50 each 5 Rooms costing $40 each 100 sums of $25 for general fund.
Make out a form similar to the one above, and send it to Elder I. H. Evans, with the money, or send money later, selecting one of the rooms for which you will be responsible; or send similar pledge for the general fund.
There are about eighty-five earnest young people in the Huntsville school. Several years ago we received messages regarding the great need of medical missionary work among the colored people. We were told that “in no place is there greater need of genuine gospel medical missionary work than among the colored people of the South,” and that “sanitariums and treatment-rooms should be established in many places. These will open doors for the entrance of Bible truths.” We were told also that “plans should now be made to do a quick work,” and we were exhorted to arise and redeem the time.
Regarding the work at Nashville, the following statements were made: “Medical missionary work must be carried on among the colored people. At the Huntsville school, some new buildings must be erected, one of which should be a small sanitarium. In connection with this training-center, we desire to see a strong work done in preparing the colored people of the South to accomplish that which must be done for their own race. Among the most promising youth are those who should be trained to labor as canvassers, missionary nurses, hygienic cooks, teachers, Bible workers, and ministers.”
Since these things were written, much has been accomplished. Our brethren in the South have gone ahead by faith, and have prepared as far as possible the institutions required; but now they must have more means. Let us who are more favorably situated in the North put our shoulder to the wheel and help lift this burden now. W. A. RUBLE, D. H. KRESS, G. H. HEALD, Committee.

Subscriptions for the Protestant Magazine

THE Battle Creek (Mich.) Tract Society recently sent us a list of forty-two yearly subscriptions for our new quarterly, the Protestant Magazine. See special offer elsewhere.

Orders for the Protestant Magazine

“Enclosed find money-order for $4-20,” writes a sister from Ohio, “for which please send the Protestant Magazine for one year to the enclosed twenty-eight addresses.” The fifteen-cent rate still holds good on orders for five or more copies, one year; cash with order.

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
W. A. George, M. D. . . . . Chairman
W. A. Ruble, M. D. . . . . Secretary

Current Mention

— A despatch from Teheran, Persia, states that 2,000 persons, including women and children, have been massacred by Turcoman tribesmen at Astrabad.
— A despatch from Tokyo, Japan, dated April 16, states that on that day nine members of the lower house of the diet were placed under arrest, charged with participation in the fraudulent transactions of the Japan Sugar Company.
— More than ninety of the one hundred counties of Virginia are now free from the legalized saloon, and the temperance forces have begun a campaign to close the saloons in the cities of Richmond, Newport News, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Petersburg. With these in the “dry” column, Virginia will be a prohibition State in all but name.
— At Ada, Okla., on April 19, a band of about 200 men took from jail and hanged four wealthy land and cattle owners who were accused of the murder of a deputy United States marshal. The report states that the members of the mob belonged to “the better class” of citizens, and were “disgusted with the kind of justice meted out to criminals in the smaller towns of Oklahoma.”
— Statistics just published by the railways of the country show a loss of $330,000,000 to the railways as a result of the financial depression of 1907-08.
— Because of the rise in the price of wheat due to the gambling of Chicago wheat speculators in future deliveries of that article, a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to prohibit dealing in futures of wheat, cotton, and other agricultural products.
— The negotiations between Turkey and Bulgaria regarding the recognition by Turkey of the independence of Bulgaria, have been brought to a close by the signing of a protocol at Constantinople on April 19, by which Turkey recognizes the independence of her former dependency.
— There is now a prospect that Missouri may soon join the ranks of prohibition States. The lower house of the Missouri Legislature has passed a resolution by a strong majority to submit a prohibition constitutional amendment to a vote of the people in November, 1910. The measure is yet to be acted upon by the Senate.
— Two American cruisers stationed in Cuban waters have been ordered to Turkey to protect the interests of American citizens during the unsettled conditions now prevailing in that country; and one cruiser on her way across the Atlantic has been ordered by wireless telegraph to proceed to Turkish waters on the same mission.
— The threatened strike of anthracite coal-miners has been averted by an agreement between the mine operators and the miners’ representatives at Scranton, Pa. This agreement will be signed for a period of three years. By this agreement the grievances of the miners are to be settled by a conciliation board. The miners hold that the new agreement amounts to a recognition of the union.
— An investigation carried on by the Des Moines Tubercular Association among the schoolchildren of that city has resulted in the discovery that six out of every ten children examined were infected with tuberculosis. Most of the cases were incipient, but in many cases the disease had progressed to a dangerous degree. The association is considering the establishment of a children’s tubercular camp.
— The long litigation between the State of Texas and the Waters-Pierce Oil Company was brought to a close on April 16, when the mandate of the United States Supreme Court was announced at Austin, Tex. By this mandate the property of the oil company is to be placed in the hands of the State receiver, whereupon the company will pay to the State the fine assessed against it, amounting to $1,804,000.
— The Canadian Parliamentary Blue Book, issued March 31, shows that convictions for drunkenness in Canada have, in the last ten years, increased by 164 per cent. In the year ended September, 1907, there was an increase of twelve and a half per cent in convictions for general offenses under the criminal code. In the Yukon there were 56 convictions for every 10,000 of the population; and in Prince Edward Island, which is the prohibition province, only one conviction.
— In the destruction of the St. George Hotel, at San Francisco, Cal., on April 16, at least six persons were burned to death.
— On April 21 a tornado swept through Cleveland, Ohio, which resulted in the death of six persons, the fatal injury of seven, and the less serious injury of about fifty others. The value of the property destroyed is estimated at about one million dollars. The tornado came up without warning, and was over within five minutes.
— Because of the disturbed conditions in Persia, Russia and England have reached an agreement by which Russia is to invade Persia and seek to put an end to the massacres by the troops and irregular bands now operating in the vicinity of Tabriz. A six-days’ armistice is now in operation at that city to enable the starving inhabitants to procure food; but Russia is using this time to concentrate her troops on the Persian border.
— There has been discovered at New York City what is termed a smugglers’ trust, which, it is stated, has been doing a regular business amounting to about one million dollars a year. This trust has been smuggling into the country from Paris high-priced gowns, bringing them in in steamer trunks which were brought ashore through the connivance of some one who could have prevented it. It is claimed that prominent New York firms are involved, and efforts are now being made to bring about their conviction.
— Events in Turkey during the week led up to the expected crisis on March 24, when the troops who are supporting the constitutional government advanced upon Constantinople, and were engaged by the garrison that remains loyal to the sultan. The battle lasted from morning till noon, and reports indicate that thousands were killed or wounded. The defenders are now hemmed in on all sides, the sultan is virtually a prisoner in the Yildiz Kiosk, and the constitutional troops have entered the city. The leader of the constitutionalist forces has given assurances to all the foreign ambassadors and ministers that order will be maintained, and so far reports state that no excesses have been committed by the invaders. It is still a question whether the sultan will be deposed, or will be permitted to continue as the nominal head of the government but shorn of his power. In Asiatic Turkey, especially in the vicinity of Antioch, massacres of Christians continue. It is reported that between 20,000 and 30,000 Christians and Armenians have been slain by Mussulmans. In Antioch it is stated that quiet now reigns, because all Armenians have either been slain or have secretly left the city and are in hiding in the mountains. At different places throughout Asiatic Turkey, thousands of refugees are seeking shelter at Christian missions. These may at any moment become victims of the rioters, and both the missionaries and the refugees are greatly in need of the necessaries of life. During the fighting at Constantinople, many of the constitutionalists were killed through the treacherous use of the white flag by the defenders of the garrison.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Canvassers’ Institutes for 1909

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Mount Vernon (Ohio) College, Mount Vernon .................... April 16-30
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich. ........ April 18 to May 2

Notice!

By G. A. Irwin

Notice is hereby given to the constituency of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association that the fourth annual meeting of said association will be held in connection with the next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Takoma Park, Md. The first meeting will convene at 11 A. M., Thursday, May 20, 1909.
The members of this corporation consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the board of management of the evangelical work of the Seventh-day Adventists in the District of Columbia and in Takoma Park, Md., and the board of trustees of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association.
This meeting is convened for the purpose of rendering and considering reports, electing a board of trustees, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
G. A. Irwin, Chairman.

“Liberty” for the Second Quarter

By Editor

WITHOUT and within, this is the best number of Liberty that has been issued. The two-color cover design is something entirely new for this publication. All pronounce it dainty, artistic, and beautiful. On the front of the cover is a photo-reproduction of the famous Column of Liberty, in Paris, France. On the second cover page appears a “Facsimile of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” reproduced from his own handwriting, with a portrait of himself showing through the writing. A full-page “Prohibition Map of the United States,” in black and white and shaded effects, appears on the third page of cover. On the last cover page is found a noteworthy pronouncement on “Civil and Religious Liberty,” by the author James M. King, with two-color border, suitable for hanging up on the wall.
FACSIMILE OF COVER PAGE, ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN TWO COLORS
FACSIMILE OF COVER PAGE, ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN TWO COLORS
We have printed as our first edition fifty thousand copies of this excellent number.

Contents of “Liberty” for the Second Quarter

Within the beautiful cover of this number, are found the following interesting and valuable articles:—
ILLUSTRATIONS.—Eighteen photo-reproductions, a number of them full page. A valuable collection of pictures.
EDITORIAL.—A Christian Platform—A Congressman’s View Reviewed—Answers to Questions Asked at a State Legislative Hearing—Cardinal Gibbons’s Views on Church and State, a Review of His Recent Article in the North American Review (with portrait of the cardinal)—George Washington’s Famous Letter on Liberty of Conscience—A Good Record Maintained by the Sixtieth Congress—A Proposed “Legal Sunday” for Boston—The Roman Catholic Doctrine as to the Relation Between the Church and the State (recent startling statements from authoritative Catholic sources)—An Unwarranted Demand for Religion in the Public Schools.
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES.—The Rise and Fall of Religious Liberty, by C. M. Snow—Attempted Religious Legislation in California, by J. O. Corliss (with portrait of author of California Sunday rest bill; also Sacramento Bee’s cartoon showing monster roll of petitions against proposed law)—Freedom of Conscience Defended, or the Recent Victory in the District of Columbia (selections from speeches on both sides)—A Proposed Religious Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, by W. A. Colcord—The Limits of Civil Authority, by L. A. Smith—Twenty-three Reasons Why We Oppose Sunday Laws, by K. C. Russell.
PUBLIC OPINION.—(Pertinent extracts from various writers relating to religious liberty)—Government and Religion—The Purpose Behind Sunday Laws—Alliance of Church and State.
RELIGION AND SCIENCE.—Creation in Science, by George McCready Price—The Unproved Assumptions of Evolution.
TEMPERANCE.—The German Emperor for Temperance (with photo-reduction of Methodist resolutions sent to the emperor)—Personal Liberty, by C. P. Bollman (cartoon, “A False Plea”)—The Only Safe Way—A Temperance Handbill.

Plan to Sell This Number

You will find no difficulty in selling a large number of this issue of Liberty. Thousands of honest, thinking men and women agree with us upon the theme of this magazine. Scores of their letters are in our files. Many of them say they will stand by and with us on these great issues of religious freedom.
Over one thousand agents are now handling this excellent magazine. Our Philadelphia agent ordered one thousand five hundred copies in less than one month’s time. Another agent has contracted to sell fifteen thousand copies each quarter.
“While I am not in harmony with you in regard to religion,” writes a gentleman from Arkansas (not an Adventist), “I gladly renew my subscription for your magazine, Liberty. I am entirely in harmony with your views of religious liberty, and will at all times be ready to render any assistance I can to any movement that tends toward the complete separation of church and state. Have been acquainted with the Seventh-day Adventists for more than twenty years, and have always admired their honesty and fairness in wanting all people to have perfect civil and religious freedom. I am frank to say that this country is sadly in need of more publications like yours.” And this letter is but a sample of many others received.
Two letters recently received from one of our State tract societies contained six hundred four yearly subscriptions for the magazine.

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Where the April “Life and Health” Went

By Editor

The April edition of Life and Health circulated in forty-three States (Canada included). Over 35,000 copies were ordered before April 14. Illinois took the highest number of copies, 5,190; California, 4,942 copies; Georgia, 2,766; New York, 1,623; Iowa, 1,561; Washington, 1,423; Canada, 1,297; Oregon, 1,116; Michigan, 1,055; Wisconsin, 1,025; Pennsylvania, 788; Ohio, 775; Indiana, 671; Minnesota, 616; Louisiana, 471; District of Columbia, 461; South Carolina, 406; Nebraska, 403; Oklahoma, 338; North Carolina, 322; Alabama, 319; Texas, 241; Maine, 226; West Virginia, 189; Kansas, 189; Maryland, 189; Massachusetts, 186; Colorado, 161; North Dakota, 159; Mississippi, 151; Connecticut, 149; Kentucky, 144; Missouri, 141; Idaho, 126; Rhode Island, 111; Wyoming, 110; Virginia, 93; New Jersey, 86; South Dakota, 75; Florida, 65; New Hampshire, 58; Arkansas, 55; Utah, 39 copies.
Next month we shall publish similar statistics, showing the standing of the various States. What are you doing to help the circulation of this valuable magazine in your State?
If you wish to join our army of over 1,000 agents, kindly send a written recommendation from your pastor, teacher, banker, tract society, or leading business firm.
Send $1 for 25 copies of the May issue; or 50 cents for 10 copies. First edition, 40,000 copies. Address all orders to your State tract society, or to Life and Health, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Notice!

By William Warren Prescott

NOTICE is hereby given that the sixth annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, of Washington, D. C., will be held in the General Conference tent, Takoma Park, Md., on Tuesday, May 18, 1909, at 11 A. M., for the election of four trustees for the coming year, to take the places of those whose term of office expires at that time, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The following persons are members of this corporation: those composing the executive committees of the General Conference, the Atlantic Union Conference, the Canadian Union Conference, the Lake Union Conference, and the Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists; those who compose the executive committees of the several local conferences of the Seventh-day Adventists within the territory of the aforementioned union conferences; those who compose the board of trustees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association; and such persons as have received certificates of membership in said association.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
W. W. PRESCOTT, President.

The General Conference Corporation

By A. G. DANIELLS

THERE will be a meeting of the members of the General Conference Corporation, Monday, May 17, 1909, at 11 A. M., at the place of meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, in Takoma Park, Md. The members of this corporation are the delegates to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
By order of the Trustees,
A. G. DANIELLS, President.

The Washington Training College

By Arthur Grosvenor Daniells

A MEETING of the Washington Training College corporation (the legal name of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary) is hereby called for 11 A. M., Wednesday, May 19, 1909, to convene at the place of meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, in Takoma Park, Md. The members of the corporation are the executive committee of the General Conference and the president of each local conference in the United States.
By order of the Trustees, A. G. DANIELLS, President.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

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We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—An able farm-hand to do general farm work. Also help to do general housework. Address J. C. Kraushaar, R. F. D. 1, Alden, Minn.
WANTED.—Two first-class coal-miners. Steady work the year round; good pay. None but Seventh-day Adventists need apply. Address F. F. De Rush, Palisade, Colo.
FOR SALE.—160 acres: 40 timber; rest field and pasture. Double house, barn, etc.; on main road; 3 stores near; hard and soft stone; spring water; fruit, plenty; nice location. Address O. W. Burnell, Route 2, Daylight, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—We desire to offer to the Seventh-day Adventist families our line of pianos and organs at special discounts. We handle a number of the high-grade makes. We have been in business for the past eighteen years, and can give you the best of references from our people. We will be pleased to mail you a catalogue of pianos and organs, and will be glad to answer any your correspondence concerning the same. Address L. C. Penn, 14 South Main St., Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—A mill seat; can have five feet fall; 4 acres, mostly timber, ¼ mile from Daylight, on main road. Logs for dam on the ground. A good location and a bargain. Address O. W. Burnell, Route 2, Daylight, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 62 cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.—By the Colorado Sanitarium, a competent and experienced middle-aged man or woman cook. Must be a devoted Seventh-day Adventist. References required. Address Meade MacGuire, Sanitarium, Boulder, Colo.
WANTED.—By a bright young man of good, steady habits, a position with a reliable photographer, where he can learn the business, keep Sabbath, and have church privileges. Adventist photographer preferred. Address Nels Christensen, Mahtowa, Minn.
WANTED.—A graduate lady nurse, one who is capable of taking charge of a small institution, assisting surgeons, instructing training-class. First-class executive ability required. Give references and state salary desired. Mt. Vernon Hospital-Sanitarium, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound. Gallon Olive Oil, $2.50; 6 cans (60 pounds) Vegetable Cooking Oil, prepaid, $6.50; Cereal Coffee, 100 pounds, $8. Prices specially low on other foods. Write to Vegetarian Meat Co., Bond Bldg., Washington, D. C.
WANTED.—Two strong Seventh-day Adventist young men who desire to learn Massage, Treatments, and Bath-room Work, and to earn money while learning. There will be an excellent chance for missionary work. Address Treatment Rooms, Windsor Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla.
THE Paradise Valley Training-school for Missionary Nurses will be ready for first-year and second-year students October 1. Please send applications early. Address all communications to the superintendent, Winnifred W. Frederick, Paradise Valley Sanitarium, National City, Cal.
WANTED.—Printer, for foreman in composing room; Sabbath-keeper, non-union, good make-up, job compositor, acquainted with handling linotype work, able to supervise, read proofs, plan work. Eight-hour day; good place for right man. References. 439 West Sixth St., Plainfield, N. J.
GLASS DECORATION.—Decorate your church, home, or place of business! Samples and estimates free! Send for them! The translucent Glass Decoration easily applied; looks like stained glass; costs little. We also make the real stained glass. Address Art Decoration Co., 521 Seventh St., Des Moines, Ia.
TWO Seventh-day Adventist linotype operators can find employment at night during the General Conference session, May 13 to June 6, at the Review and Herald office. Must be accurate and rapid. Write stating where you have worked, how long, speed per hour, and what wages you would expect. Only first-class machinist-operators are desired, and no one should come expecting employment unless definite arrangement has been made in advance. Address Review and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

How to Sell Our Magazines

THE following suggestions will be found helpful in the sale of Life and Health, Liberty magazine, the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor, the Protestant Magazine, or any of our ten-cent magazines:—
1. Read the magazine. Each number has a peculiar individuality. Know what you sell. Impress yourself with its value.
2. Hold your head high. Be proud of your work. You are a philanthropist, doing mankind a great service. Wear a smile.
3. Be brief. Make a ten-cent talk. Don't tell all you know. Leave the dollar and two-dollar speeches to our friend, the book agent. Arouse curiosity, and create the desire to buy. Let the magazine do the rest.
4. Don't argue. You may (may not) win the debate. If you do, remember that a defeated customer seldom buys. Refer all arguments, queries, etc., to the magazine itself. Make a SALE!
5. Use tact. Read your customer's attitude. Agree with him, if possible. You can do so on many points. Suit your talk to his needs. But, make a SALE!
6. Be courteous. If the lady refuses to buy, thank her cheerily, and assure her that there is some one just around the corner waiting to buy the magazine. Such an attitude will frequently surprise the customer and provoke a sale, after all.
7. Develop regular customers. The grocer, the milkman, and the baker sell regularly. Why not you? If your territory is limited, learn to handle several magazines, selling them in rotation each month. Try Life and Health, Liberty magazine, the Protestant Magazine, or the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor. Handle only one at a time, however.
8. Improve special opportunities. Sell to crowds attending conventions, to those going to or from lectures or the theater. Sell on the streets Saturday nights; and in the public parks (if permissible and advisable) on Sunday afternoons. Good sales are also frequently made near post-offices week-days and Sunday forenoons.
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While, of course, all are not equally adapted to this work, all classes of people seem to be able to do something in the sale of the magazines. Some of the very best records have been made by those who, heretofore, have not been considered good salesmen or salesladies. Boys and girls, young men and young ladies, old men and old ladies,—all seem to enjoy the work, and are able to report at least some degree of success.
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Single copies, 10 cents; 5 to 20 copies, 5 cents each; 25 to 400 copies, 4 cents; 500 to 800 copies, 3½ cents; 1,000 or more, 3 cents.
The Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor varies slightly in price, as follows: 25 to 99 copies, 4 cents each; 100 to 499 copies, 3½ cents. Other prices the same.
Join our large force of nearly 1,000 agents now handling Life and Health, Liberty magazine, and the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor, or perhaps you would prefer to handle the new quarterly, the Protestant Magazine. Try 25 copies of any of the four magazines for $1. Sell them to your neighbors, friends, and townspeople. Or, send sixteen cents in stamps for one sample copy of each of the four magazines.
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Publications Wanted

By Editor

**[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth. Those responding to requests for papers should send only clean copies, neatly folded, securely wrapped, and fully prepaid.—Ed.]**
Esther Smith, North Platte, Neb., denominational papers for free distribution.
Mrs. Katy Taylor, 6503 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, denominational papers for depot racks.
Mrs. Mary Solter, R. F. D. 3, Shelton, Neb., denominational papers and tracts for free distribution.
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