“The Youngest Member took up his tale. “I shall never be satisfied,” he said, “until I hold my classes in the shop.”
“With you, then,” suggested the Pleasant Member, “it is cap and apron instead of cap and gown.”
“We left the cap-and-gown idea so long ago,” replied the Youngest Member, “that I was not consciously contrasting them. But I have learned since I came here, that the boys who are with me in my work are the ones whom I know best, and whom I can help most. They have not only learned more in a practical way while at work in the steam-fitting, firing, and other industrial departments, than they have learned in the class room; but I have learned more of their needs and aspirations, and we have come into closer relations in the work of God in which we are engaged. I begrudge the time of the class.”
“But would you not have to have classes just the same?” asked the Oldest Member. “Would you teach the theory while you were applying the practise? Wouldn’t you find it more profitable to spend a class-hour in studying the science, and then a period of labor in applying it?”
“No doubt,” admitted the Youngest Member, “there are points the study of which seem to demand a different condition than shop conditions; but I am not sure about it. If it should prove more profitable to make the class, then the class should be made. But experiment must prove that. There are trade-schools which teach the sciences right in the shop, and you never saw better attention paid. The students are earnest because they are at work, and know that their hands, not their mouths, must show what they learn.”
“But learning is not the end of life,” said the Lady Teacher. “We must not forget that our purpose in life is to give truth, not merely to get it. So far as I know, I agree with you about the value of shop-teaching as contrasted with class-teaching. But the world’s trade-schools surely can not be our complete model; for our aims are different from theirs.”
“And further,” said the Oldest Member, “it is only certain sciences, or perhaps certain parts of certain sciences, that you could teach in the shop. Arithmetic and geometry and physics may partly be demonstrated in your mechanical work, but that is not the full extent of school work, by any means. You may modify the teaching of one or two branches, and still not destroy the school.”
“Destroying the school,” asserted the Youngest Member, “is the farthest from my thought. I wish to make fuller the meaning of the school. I have taken the shop as a symbol, thinking particularly of my own work. What I mean is that every study should be carried on where it can be put into practise. And the natural and the exact sciences can be demonstrated in the shop and the field.”
“Now my ideal of the school is the place where we are to learn what we can use; and the sooner we use it, the better the mastery we obtain of our subject. Let us suppose a group of four or five family schools in a community of unbelievers. If there I take my class of carpenters out to build houses for people, I shall expect by the character of our work, by the nature of our conversation, and by the uprightness of our dealings, to impress the truth, silently but effectively, and teach some who perhaps can be reached in no other way.”
“And the same thing is true for the girl students,” said the Lady Teacher. “If as a dressmaker I go into a home, and, as I must, come closely in contact with many of its members, the character of my work and my demeanor will tell for the truth. Or if I go as a cook, or as a nurse, or in any other capacity, I am not merely a servant of the household, I am a servant of the Lord Jesus, and his ambassador.”
“But where is the school?” queried the Oldest Member.
“The school,” put in the Pleasant Member, “is going about doing good. And it was by that kind of school, we may know, if we will take the trouble to read ‘An Illustration of His Methods,’ in the book ‘Education,’ that the gospel was preached to the whole world in one generation.”
“I do not know, of course,” said the Youngest Member, “how much time we should have to spare for this custom work, but I believe our progress would be greater if we should adopt this, and cut off much of our labored study of unapplied theory. It is harder to make a tree than to grow one.”
“But that is only the beginning. In such a school, if in locating we planned for some natural advantages, such as water-power (or, lacking that, cheap fuel for steam-power), it would be possible to make all the industries necessary28for the maintenance of simple civilized life. And though we may now see but dimly the problems of the future, it is evident from the Testimonies that we shall not go amiss if in some places we prepare for trade difficulties. But the principal advantage in having these facilities is in the training of our students to be skilful and resourceful. We must have connected with our schools a printing shop, a mill, a blacksmith shop, perhaps sometime shops for wagon-making, machine work, and weaving and knitting. With cheap power, we can make these, by the application of steam, electricity, or directly of water. And thus we can instruct in all these lines.
“And I do not wish to omit,” went on the Youngest Member, “a method of science study which I may seem to have crowded out by my insistence upon shop work. I believe in the use of books in the study of science; for certainly no one of us, however proficient, has more than a very little knowledge of the science men have discovered. But when it comes to teaching botany, zoology, astronomy, etc., I believe in having my students study the things more than reports about the things. Especially with the children, I should wish to see them afield with their teachers in many a study hour, studying the life of birds and insects, plants and animals, observing the laws and the graces of nature in running brooks, rounded stones, clouds of the sky, and sunbeams of the air. Far rather this than to see them dreaming over the most highly colored nature-study book. If they are to learn ‘The Brook,’ and ‘The Daffodils,’ and ‘Seven Times One,’ I should like to have those melodious numbers mingle in their memories with tinkling of the water and the nodding of yellow cups and the cheerful hum of the ‘dusty fellow.’”
“And on the Sabbath,” added the Lady Teacher, “after a week of studying the application of God’s laws in nature, would not we and our children appreciate so much more deeply the handwriting of God in nature, as we pass on our way along the paths and through the fields to Sabbath-school and church?”
“And be learning more,” said the Oldest Member, “of the secret of the nature-teaching of our Master.”
A. W. SPAULDING.
A Valuable and Practical Principle
By J. S. Washburn
From experience the writer learned that the highest discipline and order as well as the greatest success and advancement in studies, was impossible without having the sympathies of all the students enlisted in making “our school” a real success.
I well remember, when principal of city schools in one of the Western towns, finding that, where the previous principal had practically been driven out by insubordinate pupils, and where nearly one half of the pupils were irregular or late in coming, a marvelous change was wrought by the application of this principle. The sympathies of the students were enlisted in making the school itself and the work of each one a real success. If any one was inclined to be insubordinate or disorderly, he soon found he had no sympathizers, but that he won the disapprobation of the entire school. This was the keenest punishment that he could suffer, and the most effective. In the second term taught in this school during a period of seven months, in the higher department there was only one case of tardiness during the entire time. The earnest, hard work and real success of some who had been inattentive and even insubordinate, was most encouraging. To enlist the sympathies and co-operation brings just what may be termed practically self-government, and is, I am certain, the key to successful discipline and advancement.
J. S. WASHBURN.
The Willing Mind
By J. S. Washburn
In education the will must be quickened, and the desire to know must be awakened. How difficult and how vain is the effort to force knowledge upon the unwilling mind. This is not God's plan. How inviting and wonderful are all his works, how they draw upon our desires to know more, to understand better, to become more fully acquainted with the divine Author and wonderful Creator.
“True education is not the forcing of instruction on an unready and unperceptive mind. The mental powers must be awakened, the interest aroused. For this, God’s method of teaching provided. He who created the mind and ordained its laws, provided for its development in accordance with them. In the home and the sanctuary, through the things of nature and of art, in labor and in festivity, in sacred building and in memorial stone, by methods and rites and symbols unnumbered, God gave to Israel lessons illustrating his principles; and preserving the memory of his wonderful works. Then, as inquiry was made, the instruction given impressed mind and heart.
“In the arrangements for the education of the chosen people it is made manifest that a life centered in God is a life of completeness. Every want he has implanted, he provides to satisfy; every faculty imparted, he seeks to develop.
“The Author of all beauty, himself a lover of the beautiful, God provided to gratify in his children the love of beauty.”—“Education,” page 41.
How earnestly every instructor should seek to feel and understand this blessed, divine, winning principle. It is true that there may be in public schools, where education is compulsory, those who are incorrigible, and who can not be won, whose interest can not be awakened; but in our church-schools and in our colleges, it would be very strange to find those whose affections and interest could not be so completely won that, with willing and open minds, they would draw in the instruction of truth, and the true beauty imparted by the earnest sympathetic teacher.
J. S. WASHBURN.
Our Schools
By F. G.
Emmanuel Missionary College
EMMANUEL MISSIONARY COLLEGE was established, as we most firmly believe, under the counsel and guidance of the Lord, and it has done good work. The school is beautifully located; we have perhaps no school whose natural surroundings are any more perfectly adapted for providing a Christian education. Here a school can be conducted upon right principles for the culture of mind, body, and soul, amid the beautiful scenes of rural life. This college is located in the heart of one of our largest union conferences, where there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of young men and women who should have the benefits of this school. For this school.
The world is crying for educated men and women who are thoroughly consecrated to the service of Christ. When we think of the great mission fields of China and India, with half the population of the earth, with their languages and customs and the whole bent of thought so different from ours, they appeal to us most earnestly for help. But it takes trained minds, it takes strong bodies, it takes, above all, a firm faith in this message, to go into these lands, battle with the difficulties, and overcome the obstacles that are there to be met, and reap the harvest of souls. And there is a harvest of souls to be reaped.
It is for these great mission fields that Emmanuel Missionary College was established and exists to-day. Important changes are being made in the personnel of the faculty of this school. Elder29N. W. Kauble, who has been with the school for a number of years, and who has given to it his most earnest and devoted efforts, has left the school to take up work in a new school which is being established in Kansas. Prof. O. J. Graf, who has been connected with our educational work for some time, recently at College View, Neb., has accepted the presidency of this school.
We sincerely trust that the school will have the hearty support of the people of the Lake Union Conference under its new management. We believe that there is a work for it to do, and if our people uphold it, and give to it of their young people and of their financial support, it will do a splendid work in the finishing of this message. F. G.
The Teacher
By Charles W. Eliot
Tenure of Office
THE only tenure of office which is fit for a teacher is the tenure during good behavior and competency; and this is the only tenure which will secure the services of competent professors in colleges and universities. The frequency of the elections of teachers is a very bad feature in our public-school system. Permanence of tenure is necessary to make the position of a teacher one of dignity and independence. Young men of vigor and capacity will not enter a profession which offers no money prizes, unless they are induced by its stability and peacefulness, and by the social consideration which attaches to it. The system which prevails in most of our large cities and towns, of electing the teachers in the public schools at least as often as once a year, is inconsistent with this dignity, peacefulness, and consideration, unless a firmly established custom of re-electing incumbents converts the constantly recurring elections into mere formalities.
—Charles W. Eliot.
Simplicity in Teaching
JESUS’ manner of teaching was beautiful and attractive, and it was ever characterized by simplicity. He unfolded the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven through the use of figures and symbols with which his hearers were familiar, and the common people heard him gladly; for they could comprehend his words. There were no high-sounding words used, to understand which it was necessary to consult a dictionary. He illustrated the glories of the kingdom of God by the use of the experiences and occurrences of earth. In compassionate love and tenderness he cheered and comforted and instructed all who heard him; for grace was poured upon his lips that he might convey to men in the most attractive way the treasures of truth.—“Christian Education.”
Report Blanks for Our Primary Schools
By F. G.
At the recent meeting of the principals held at Cleveland, Ohio, definite action was taken with reference to blanks for use in our primary school work. The union conference secretaries in attendance at the meeting met together, and submitted to the meeting eight different forms. They are as follows: Pupil’s monthly report cards, cash order blanks, teacher’s final report, enrolment report, teacher’s monthly report, annual report of secretary of board, treasurer’s annual report, and teacher’s contract.
It may be well to say a word descriptive of these blanks. The pupil’s monthly report card is designed to give to the parents a report of the department and class standings of each pupil. It is designed to cover all his work, and certifies to his promotion at the end of the year. The cash order blanks are for the use of the church clerk in making a request on the treasurer to cover various expenses of the school. The teacher’s final report is a blank upon which the teacher makes a report to the conference superintendent of the schools at the close of each year’s work. The enrolment report is a blank for the purpose of reporting the name, age, grade, and church standing of each pupil. It also contains other items of report to the conference superintendent. The teacher’s monthly report blank is designed for a report to be made each month to the superintendent. The annual report of the secretary of the board and the treasurer’s report blanks are also for the help of the superintendent in his work. The teacher’s contract is for the use of the officers of the school board and the teacher.
These blanks are now being printed, and we hope to be able to supply all orders for them at once. The union conference educational secretaries should order these blanks of the undersigned, at Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. The State conference superintendents can order of the union conference secretaries for the needs of the local schools. We are unable to state at present the prices of these blanks.
F. G.
An Important Notice With Reference to Text-Books
By F. G.
A MEETING of the Text-Book Committee was held at Cleveland, Ohio, July 8. This meeting unanimously passed the following recommendations to the Department of Education; later the Department adopted them.
“Voted, That we ask Prof. G. Gerritsen to publish about two hundred copies of his elementary course in sight singing in manuscript form for use as a trial.
“Voted, That we seek some one to prepare at once a missionary hand-book to accompany the Morton geographies.
“Voted, That we recommend Prof. H. A. Washburn’s Lessons in ‘Daniel and the Revelation’ to our teachers for trial.
“Voted, That we recommend Prof. F. S. Bunch’s ‘United States History’ to teachers for trial.
“Voted, That we recommend that Prof. M. E. Cady re-publish his ‘Principles of True Science.’
“Voted, To recommend the publication of the manuscript ‘Footprints of Jehovah,’ prepared by Prof. C. G. Howell, and that this book be used in the seventh grade as an elementary general history.”
It will be noticed that three new books are thus presented to our teachers for the coming year. They are the “Course in Sight Singing,” the “Lessons on Daniel and the Revelation,” and the “United States History.” We hope to be able to make further definite announcement next month regarding the price, and to give instructions about ordering them. It is understood that these recommendations are not to be considered as a final adoption of these three books for use in our schools, but rather are intended for an encouragement to those who are preparing such needed books. They will appear in manuscript form, and it is desired that the teachers who use them give to them the most careful study, and make free criticism to the authors, in order that the books may best represent the most advanced ideas which we have in the teaching of these subjects.
Without doubt the “Principles of True Science” by Professor Cady, will be ready for publication in the course of a few weeks. We are unable as yet to make any definite announcement in reference to the hand-book to go with Morton’s geographies, or the “Footprints of Jehovah.” We hope to have a more definite announcement to make with reference to these books next month, so that they can be ordered, and used in our schools the coming year. We would also call attention to a book recently issued by the Pacific Press, entitled “Essentials of English,” by Professor Rine. This book is re-written, and we believe is a valuable addition to our English text-books. We also hope to be able next month to announce the publication of “McKibben’s Bible Lessons” for use in our schools this coming year.
F. G.
A New School
By F. G.
In a letter under date of June 15, Elder E. L. Cardey, writing from Guatemala City, says: “An American lady has been conducting an English school here for about five years. Her patrons are the best families in the city. It is the only English school in this country. For various good reasons she wishes to sell out to a mission society. The school now enrols sixty-five, paying a tuition of about one hundred seventy-five dollars (gold) a month. She has no mission board back of her, so it has been impossible for her to get proper help.”
“I have examined the school and conditions quite thoroughly, and we have decided that it is an opening from the Lord for our work in this place. The price she asks for it is two hundred dollars (gold). We have therefore decided to buy; but we must teach a few months with the present management to get acquainted with the running of things. So if the present plans carry, we shall take charge the first of November. By taking over this school as it is, we shall be able to make room for twenty-five or thirty of our young people without much extra expense; thus we will have our training-school started.”
We are encouraged as we see these schools opening in a great missionary field. They mean more workers, and a rapid advance of the message.
F. G.
Royal Academy, Cottage Grove, Ore.
By L. G. PAAP
WE are glad to be able to report the best year in the history of the work here. This is the third year it has been my privilege to direct the work in the academy; earnest work has been done, and the school work put on a good basis. The school stands financially clear, with about fifty dollars on the right side of the ledger. This year there were fourteen graduates, nine from the eighth grade, one from the business course, and four from the stenographic course.
We were especially glad that all the students took a Bible study, and pursued it to the end of the school year. Several of the young men are now canvassing, in order to come to school next year.
L. G. PAAP, Principal.
Notes
The Southern Field Echo reports that during the past year the Southern Missionary Society has been operating seventeen schools in the different conferences in the Southern Union. The Society hopes to have more schools in operation during the year to come.
Prof. J. B. Clymer, who for years has been connected with the Mount Vernon College, formerly Mount Vernon Academy, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, has been chosen to be principal of the Elk Point (S. D.) Academy. It is planned to move this school from Elk Point to a location nearer the central portion of the State.
The board of management of the Tunesassa School at Tunesassa, N. Y., has secured the services of Brother E. E. Osborne and wife to take charge of the school. Professor and Sister Osborne are from Maine; they were both former students of South Lancaster Academy, and they bring to the school an experience of value.
Prof. Otto J. Graf has been chosen president of Emmanuel Missionary College, at Berrien Springs, Mich. This was made necessary on account of the resignation of Elder N. W. Kauble, who is to connect with the Strode Industrial School at Oswego, Kan. Emmanuel Missionary College is being enlarged and improved, and has an excellent outlook for the future.
Reports From Australia
By William A. Colcord
In a recent letter addressed to the secretary of the Religious Liberty Bureau, writing of the condition of things in Australia, Elder A. W. Anderson, editor of the Australasian Signs of the Times, says:—
“There is a general tendency toward compulsory legislation here, and a constant effort on the part of the church bodies to secure the enactment of religious legislation, all of which speak in unmistakable terms that the crisis is approaching. The defense bill now before the Federal Parliament has created very much interest, not only on the part of our people, but on the part of all who object to compulsory military training. The government proposes to take all the young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one and train them for active military service. We have pointed out to the minister of defense that it would be difficult for such a law to be obeyed by Adventists, seeing that most of the military training would undoubtedly be given on the Sabbath. The government’s reply to our appeal for exemption on that and other grounds is that we are amply protected by the federal constitution. I thought that you would be interested to know this, seeing the prominent part you played in introducing the amendment to the constitution, known as the ‘116th clause.’ Here is the government of to-day pointing to that very clause as the charter of our religious liberties.”
Clause 116 of the Australian Constitution reads as follows:—
“The commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the commonwealth.”
This clause was inserted in the federal constitution of Australia as the result of the efforts put forth by our people in Australia a few years ago at the time when the federal conventions were being held which framed the constitution. Appropriate religious liberty literature was prepared and circulated freely, and petitions protesting against anything being inserted in the constitution looking toward a union of church and state, and praying for a declaration in favor of religious freedom, were circulated, and thirty-eight thousand signatures secured to them. Prominent men in the conventions were also interviewed and supplied with literature. All this had effect, and we can to-day see something of the value of putting forth such effort, and securing such a declaration of rights in governmental documents.
Writing a little later, Elder W. A. Hennig, secretary of the religious liberty department of the Australasian Union Conference, reports as follows:—
“There have been a good many arrested the past few months for Sunday work. One of the most perplexing ones, to the authorities, was in Melbourne two weeks ago. The judge announced the fine, but the prisoner said that he would not pay it, but take the penalty prescribed by the law under which he was summoned, the law of Charles II (1676); and you know that under this a man can refuse to pay the fine, and sit in the stocks. The case was dismissed; but the Sunday people feel a bit humiliated over it. The judge said that the stocks had to be made, or some better law take the place of the one they have. About all the laws there are that are of value to the people who desire to compel all to rest on Sunday are the police acts, and they are very unsatisfactory. Some of the policemen do not care if the people do work on Sunday. I do not know how we shall fare at the school since the district police has been changed. The man in charge now has made the announcement that he would arrest all who worked on Sunday. Our brethren are going about their work in a quiet way.”
“In Victoria and Queensland the churches are working hard for the Bible in the schools. They have changed their demands somewhat, and now all they ask is that reading lessons without note or comment shall be given in the schools. I do not think that we shall have much to say against that, although it is probable that the advocates ask this as the entering wedge. A referendum to decide the matter has been arranged for Queensland. In Victoria the government refuses to sanction a referendum.”
“The military training proposition is not attracting much attention at present, and I am of the opinion that it will fall through, as there have been many objectors to the compulsory phase of the matter.”
Having spent nine years in Australia, and remembering the battles we had there for freedom and truth, we are particularly interested in the work in that field.
W. A. C.
The Truth Wins Its Way
By W. A. C.
NEXT to the message of infinite love and mercy itself, there is nothing that wins its way to the hearts of intelligent and thinking men like the advocacy of freedom, justice, and fair play, which are the golden-rule fruits of this message of love and mercy.
As a result of the strong stand we have taken against compulsory religious legislation, and an address delivered last winter on this subject before the Secular League of Washington, the league desires that a full statement of our belief shall be made before its assembly in an address to be delivered some time this coming fall or winter. How grateful we should be for a message which appeals to those who have been driven into skepticism and unbelief through the unscriptural views, and the inconsistencies and intolerance, of professed believers in Christ.
W. A. C.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1908
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Maine, Brownville ............ Aug. 20-30
Vermont, Waterbury ............ Aug. 20-31
Western New York, Buffalo ..... Sept. 3-13
New York, Norwich .............. Sept. 10-20
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Toronto ............... Aug. 20-30
Quebec — ............ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Maritime, Williamsdale, N. S., Sept. 10-21
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Missouri, Sedalia .............. Aug. 6-16
Kansas, Ottawa ................. Aug. 13-23
Colorado, Pueblo ............... Aug. 20-30
Nebraska, Hastings ............ Aug. 30, to Sept. 6
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Ohio, Mansfield ............... Aug. 13-23
New Jersey, Woodbury .......... Aug. 20-30
West Virginia, Charleston, Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Virginia (local), Newmarket .... Sept. 8-13
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Southern Illinois, Vandalia ................ July 30 to Aug. 9
Indiana (State), La Fayette ...... Aug. 6-16
West Michigan, Grand Rapids ...... Aug. 13-23
Northern Illinois, Streator ....... Aug. 20-30
East Michigan, Lapeer ............ Aug. 20-30
Indiana (local), North Vernon ..... Aug. 25-31
North Michigan (conference), Petoskey ................ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Wisconsin, Madison ............... Aug. 31 to Sept. 13
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Nevada .................... Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Montana, Victor ................ Aug. 20-30
Montana, Great Falls ............ Sept. 4-13
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern California, Los Angeles, Aug. 6-16
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana, Lake Charles ........ Aug. 6-16
Tennessee River, Memphis ............
Mississippi, Amory (white) ...... Aug. 13-23
Mississippi, Jackson (colored) ................ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Alabama, Cullman ............... Sept. 3-13
Kentucky, Moreland ............. Sept. 24 to Oct. 4
Alabama, near Mobile ............ Oct. 8-18
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Georgia, Atlanta ................ Aug. 6-16
North Carolina, Lexington ....... Aug. 14-23
Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn., ................ Aug. 26 to Sept. 6
Florida, Palatka ................ Oct. 1-12
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Arkansas (State), Fort Smith ..... Sept. 3-1331Texas (State), Keene .... July 30 to Aug. 9
Oklahoma (State), Enid ........... Aug. 20-31
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made in either time or place of meeting already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.
Christian Liberty
Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining
to the Current History of the
Rights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL, Chairman
W. A. COLCORD, Secretary
A New Tract—“Prohibition and the Liquor Traffic”
ANY desiring the addresses of Elder W. A. Colcord, Dr. W. A. Ruble, and Elder K. C. Russell on “Prohibition and the Liquor Traffic” presented at a hearing on prohibition given by the House District Committee in Washington, D. C., April 1, 1908, can secure a copy by addressing the Religious Liberty Bureau, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. The addresses as they appeared in the Congressional report of the hearing have been published in tract form. This is a good publication with which to meet the charge not infrequently made that Seventh-day Adventists are linked with the saloon element.
Phoenix Adventists Oppose Sunday Closing
As citizens of the Territory of Arizona, the members of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Phoenix, Ariz., presented a memorial to the Phoenix City Council on June 15, 1908, against the passage of a Sunday-closing ordinance. The memorial is couched in respectful and dignified terms, and gives twenty-six terse and cogent reasons why such a measure should not be passed.
Shenandoah Valley Training Academy
By R. D. HOTTEL
The new academy building at Newmarket, Va., will be dedicated during the time of the local meeting to be held at this place, September 8-13, and will open its doors for students, Sept. 15, 1908.
For several years we have been planning and working for this school; and now that we have it completed, we trust that our people in Virginia will make every effort to send their children.
At the present time we can accommodate only about twenty in the home. We desire to see the school full from the beginning, and while the academy was built primarily for this conference, we invite correspondence from those in neighboring conferences who may have children they wish to send to such an institution. Those who apply first, and meet the requirements, will be accepted first.
This school is designed as a preparatory school, taking the grades to about the twelfth, and preparing students to enter our colleges. The expense will be very low, and we trust within the means of many who otherwise could not send their children. Our catalogue will be sent to all who desire detailed information. As the time is short, we invite you to write at once. Address the undersigned at Newmarket, Va.
R. D. HOTTEL.
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WANTED.—At once, a competent cook. State experience and give references with reply. Address C. W. Larson, Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.
WANTED.—One copy each of the REVIEW of July 16 and 23, 1895. Correspond with W. B. Walters, care of Review and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
WANTED.—At once a practical horse-shoer who can do buggy work. Single young man preferred. Must be a Sabbath-keeper. Give experience and wages wanted. May live in my home. Address C. R. Conger, V. S., Carlock, Ill.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $7; 64 cents a gal. in ½ bbl. and bbl. lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
WANTED.—By a Sabbath-keeping woman, forty-eight years of age, a situation as housekeeper with Sabbath-keepers where church privileges can be enjoyed. References furnished. Address Mrs. Josie Arias, R. F. D. 1, Weidman, Mich.
WANTED.—By Seventh-day Adventist twenty-five years old, a place to work on farm. Understands milking, and willing to work. Can speak German. Can give references if desired. Address Andy Gasper, Box 118, Bloomfield, Conn.
HYGIENIC COOKING OIL, the standard food fat among our people. 5 gal., $3.40; 10 gal., $6.55; 64 cents a gal. in bbl. and ½ bbl. lots. Shipped from Louisville, Ky. Send stamp for cook-booklet and descriptive circulars. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.
WANTED.—To correspond with first-class steel shipbuilders and fitters, blacksmiths, yacht-builders, and machinists. Must be Seventh-day Adventists. Send references. Partnership may be offered to the right party. Meyer Shipbuilding Co., National City, San Diego Bay, Cal.
CIRCULAR WANTED.—I need at once a circular of “Parsons’ Hand-Book of Business and Social Forms.” It should be the one containing the recommendations of State superintendents of public instruction. For the first copy received I will mail the sender one dollar. Address J. E. White, 1713 Cass St., Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Owing to the death of my husband, Harry Weber, I wish to dispose of a desirable, well-stocked dairy and poultry ranch of one hundred sixty acres in a rapidly developing section of northern Colorado. Good improvements and equipment. Free range. Good prospect for irrigation. Cheap if taken soon. Mrs. Angelia W. Weber, Carr, Colo.
FOR SALE.—Beautiful Imported Bible Mottoes. Special, 100 Bible cards, $3; 100 of our heavy 12 x 16 paper mottoes, $6. 27,000 sold in April and half of May. We have four languages,—English, Danish, Swedish, and German. The more you buy, the less they cost. 15 for $1 by mail. Address, with stamp, Hampton Art Co., Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.
NURSES WANTED.—At once, a competent lady nurse and a male nurse, between twenty-five and thirty-five. Must be graduates, qualified for any line of nursing, of good address and good education. Wages, forty dollars a month, board and room. A chance for increase to the most efficient. No transportation. Give references. Send photo. Address F. M. Rossiter, M. D., Sanitarium, North Yakima, Wash.
New Jersey Camp-Meeting
By B. F. KNEELAND
THE annual camp-meeting of the New Jersey Conference will be held at Woodbury, N. J., August 20-30. We trust that all our brethren and sisters will make special effort to be present during the entire meeting.
Let us pray that this meeting may be indeed a season in which our hearts shall be prepared for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
B. F. KNEELAND, President.
Notice!
By T. H. Jeys
The eighth annual session of the North Carolina Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Lexington, N. C., Aug. 14-23, 1908. At this time officers for the ensuing conference year will be elected, plans will be laid for aggressive work, and other conference business will be transacted. All members of organized churches in North Carolina are delegates. The first meeting of the conference will be held Friday, August 14, at 9 A. M. T. H. Jeys, President.
