Once, in the long ago, when I was but a little, wondering child, I looked down into a tiny coffin, in which lay the still body of a little dead playmate. The parents were poor in purse, and there was no costly shrouding of the little form. He lay dressed in the little, light-colored calico dress in which we had so often seen him, with a few white flowers scattered about his face.
I remember I looked with a feeling of pain at the garment, and when I turned away from the coffin, it was with a feeling of gladness that he was so young—he was not old enough to feel ashamed of his clothes when the glittering angels came to carry him home to God.
I had heard of “beautiful robes,” of the “garments of salvation,” and of the robes that were to be “washed whiter than snow,” and I had a vague idea that the angels were always clad in some spotless, glittering, diaphanous stuffs that were brighter than the sunshine; and one day I had heard a poor mother telling her friend, between sobs, that she had bought the finest goods she could get for her child’s shroud, so that when the little body rose at God’s call, it should not feel poorly clad among the angels it associated with.
That was such a long while ago! Since then I have looked down into many a coffin; I have laid away loved ones of my own, and still others so dear have fallen upon life’s battle-field, far from home, and other hands have laid their bodies away in the awed stillness of death. The poor, perishing forms were more often than not clothed in the ordinary garments of every-day fashion, but rarely were they white.
And I have not regretted it. I have learned that the “beautiful robes” in which the angels walk are not such as are fashioned by human hands, are not made of cloths of earthly texture, and that the poor trappings that wrap our dead are left in the tomb when the angels come to roll away the stone.
I have learned, too, that, day by day, we are weaving the garments that shall not wax old in the life beyond the grave. Hour by hour, thread by thread, we are storing the “fine linen,” and stitch by stitch we are setting the pearls upon the pattern. Thought by thought, act by act, the cloth is being woven, the pattern unfolded. A loving touch here, a word of tenderness there, a look of kindly sympathy, a sacrifice of self for another, a little shifting of the burden, a little lightening of the load, a little sunshine let into a shadowed life, a cloud of sorrow comforted away, a cruel thorn gathered out of the tangled pathway, a few rose leaves scattered over the bare rocks of affliction, a cheering away of petty trials, a patient pointing out of the higher pathway, a gentle smoothing away of the wrinkles of care, a strengthening of the feeble knees, a morsel of bread for the lips that famish, a cup of water for the parched tongue, a little kindness done, and a comforting word or helpful act—these are some of the threads, some of the pearls that we may gather in this life, and of these are woven the tissue that makes, by His grace for our freed souls, the garments, whiter than snow “that shall shine, even among the glorious band in the gardens of God.” We shall no more remember the pain of the gathering, the toil of the years left behind us. In the glory of God’s smile, we shall “stand before the King,” and we shall not be ashamed.—Anon.
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By Charles Mackay
A little stream had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern;
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Where weary men might turn;
He walled it in, and hung with care
A ladle at the brink;
He thought not of the deed he did,
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He passed again, and lo! the well,
By summer never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues,
And saved a life beside.
A nameless man, amid a crowd
That thronged the daily mart,
Let fall a word of hope and love,
Unstudied from the heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown,
A transitory breath—
It raised a brother from the dust,
It saved a soul from death.
O germ! O fount! O word of love!
O thought at random cast!
Ye were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last.
—Charles Mackay.
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NOTES ON THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.
THE Sabbath-school work was the theme of consideration at the fifteenth session of the conference, Mrs. L. Flora Plummer presenting her report and recommendations, and a discussion of the recommendations following. This report included reports from foreign lands, plans of work, reports of the work carried on by branch schools, and the organization of young people's societies. Mrs. Plummer strongly urged the bringing in of the missionary idea and spirit into the Sabbath-schools—that the young be taught to pass on to others the lessons which they are learning. She reported excellent results following the sending out of missionary programs during the past year.
THE educational work of the denomination was taken up at the fourteenth meeting of the conference. At this session E. A. Sutherland, secretary of the educational department, delivered an address upon the subject of Christian education, showing from the Scripture God's plans for the education of the children, and showing from history how God had sought through different individuals and religious bodies to carry out those plans. Now He was using this denomination, in this last generation, to set before the world His purposes in education. Professor Sutherland reported that in the last four years much had been accomplished in the line of carrying out these plans. Nearly five hundred church-schools have been established for the little ones in that time, and eleven industrial schools have been established for the education of the youth, while the larger schools, the academies and colleges, are doing all they can to train the older ones for the Lord's work.
Those having charge of the church-school work in various conferences then gave reports of the progress of the work in their fields, and it was strongly urged by some of the speakers that greater representation be given to this work on the General Conference Committee, and that there be plans laid for the unification of the work throughout the world.
AT the seventeenth meeting of the General Conference Geo. I. Butler was requested to present his report of the work in the Southern Union Conference. In brief, his report was as follows: The territory of the Southern Union Conference embraces the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, which contain a population of 14,908,379, one-half of whom are colored. In this territory there are eighty Seventh-day Adventist churches and 2,240 believers. These paid in tithe, during the year 1902, the sum of $20,571.30, and donated to foreign missions $2,178. In this Union Conference there are 119 laborers, 70 of whom are on the pay-roll of the conferences. A publishing house has been organized and incorporated at Nashville, Tenn. The conference has one school at Graysville, Tenn., for the whites, and one near Huntsville, Ala., for colored pupils. This session of the General Conference ought not to close without adopting some measure that will place the Huntsville school on a footing that will harmonize with the call of God for this hour. The financial question has been one of great difficulty with us. It has been intimated that more laborers ought to be sent into that field; but the question that stares us in the face is, How are we going to support them?
Elder Butler stated that the work in the South was in a backward condition, when compared with the work in the North. This was due to the fact that no laborers were sent into the South until long after conferences had been organized in the North. Now they were encouraging the young people in the southern schools to prepare themselves for work in their home field, and felt that their success depended largely upon their efforts in this direction. At the same time he wished it understood that they greatly appreciated the help furnished. He mentioned particularly the help furnished by California and Iowa. A sanitarium has been started at Graysville, Tenn., and it is expected soon to have small sanitariums in other places. Treatment rooms have been started in Nashville and Louisville, and in Hildebran, N. C., and vegetarian restaurants in Nashville and New Orleans.
Elder Butler made a stirring appeal for help in the support of the colored work in the South. He stated that it was the duty of the people of the North to share the responsibility and burdens of this work with the people of the South, and plead for the necessary help to enable them to carry it on successfully. Commendatory reference was made to the work of the Southern Missionary Society and the hardships borne by those connected with the missionary steamer Morning Star. He also laid before the conference the needs of the publishing work in the South, and asked for substantial assistance in the establishment and maintenance of the publishing office in Nashville.
The delegates present were certainly made to realize that there is a Southern field in the United States; that it is a needy field; and that it is one deserving of support. C. P. Bollman introduced a set of resolutions looking to the support of the publishing work and the canvassing work in that field, and these were adopted.
THE afternoon session of the conference on Sunday, April 5, was given to a report by E. J. Waggoner on the progress of the work in Great Britain, showing the needs of the cause there; what is being done; and what it is proposed to do. In the evening E. H. Gates reported on the progress of the work in the South Pacific islands. This work had been begun thirteen years ago, and now in many of the islands companies of Sabbath-keepers had been raised up. In the Fiji group there are at the present time nearly two hundred believers. In this group a monthly paper is being published in the native language. Some progress has also been made in the translation of our literature into the Samoan language. Doors which were formerly closed are now being opened to the progress of the work. Young men are being educated for evangelical and Bible work and for the production of literature in their native languages. Plans are now on foot for employing native Fijian believers in spreading a knowledge of the message through the cannibal groups to the west of Fiji, as it is thought they can find readier access to the people than could the whites.
ON Monday evening, April 6, G. A. Irwin presented a report of the progress and needs of the work in the Australasian Union Conference, a conference embracing Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, and having supervision also over the work in the Malay Archipelago, with a population in all of about 50,000,000 persons. There had been an increase of 349 in membership since the last General Conference, giving a present membership of 2,460. Their present working force includes thirty-two ministers, seventeen Bible workers, and seventy-eight colporters and canvassers. The tithe reported for the biennial period amounted to $71,990, or a yearly average of $15 per capita. There was a good showing also in the matter of Sabbath-school, missionary, and miscellaneous donations.
The blessing of the Lord has been upon the publishing work. Though many institutions had been forced to close, owing to the terrible drought in Australia, which had created a business depression, the Echo Office had had a good run of work, and showed a net profit for the year of $4,665. The Avondale Press also showed a net gain, and good work was being done in the publication of works in the languages of the Pacific islands and in the circulation of English literature in Australia and New Zealand. The Avondale school also was in a prosperous condition; the school farm had not suffered materially from the drought; and a large proportion of those who have completed their work in the school have gone into the work as canvassers, church-school teachers, and nurses. The medical work also was encouraging, though only beginnings had so far been made in this line.
THE eighteenth meeting of the conference was held April 9, at 11 A. M., and the report of the committee on education was deferred in order that the committee on plans and constitution might bring in its report. This committee presented a majority and minority report upon the matter of a constitution. The former contained the constitution as recommended by the majority. The minority regarded the adoption of another constitution as unnecessary and the proposed constitution as a departure from the principles enunciated and adopted at the General Conferences held in 1897 and 1901. After a full and free discussion of the principles involved in the adoption of a constitution at this time and in the constitution itself as a whole and as to its several parts,—a discussion which lasted through sessions eighteen, nineteen, and twenty—the constitution, amended in a few particulars, was adopted. Tho the discussion was a long one, there was an excellent Christian spirit manifested on the part of those who spoke to the question.
AT the morning session of the conference on April 7, E. J. Waggoner conducted a study upon the subject of “Bible Education.” He began with the position, familiar to Seventh-day Adventists, that “the cross of Christ will be the science and the song of the redeemed throughout eternity;” and read scriptures which proved the statement to be true. The kernel of the study was, The knowledge of the Lord. That knowledge opened up to those possessing it all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hid in God. The cross of Christ is the science of the saints, because it is the cross of Christ which reveals God to us; but it takes searching and application to make ours that knowledge which is wrapped up in the cross of Christ. The speaker asked the delegates to test themselves as to whether they were as familiar with the different books of the Bible as a mathematician must be with the different books in mathematics. It was evident that they were not; and yet, if one would call himself a Bible student, he should be. Solomon did not get his wisdom by going to sleep and waking up the next day a wise man. He cried for it; he inclined his ear toward it; he searched for it as men search for silver and gold. Now the Lord says that every man who searches for wisdom in that way will get it, and he will know every right way; he will know the right thing; he will not make mistakes. He closed his study by showing the use of the Bible as a text-book, and then comparing the results of the education of the worldly man and the education of the man who makes the cross of Christ, the wisdom of God, his study.
THE educational work was the topic of consideration at the twenty-first meeting of the conference, which was held April 10, at 8:00 A.M. At this meeting the committee on education presented its report. A portion of its recommendations were adopted, but the recommendation that the church-school teachers be employed by the conferences and paid out of conference funds as are other conference laborers, was referred to the committee of council created for the purpose of considering such problems.
AT this point P. T. Magan was asked to give a report on the “Object Lesson” work, and did so. He stated that, although the work had not gone as rapidly as it should, material progress had been made, and the debts on our various educational institutions had been greatly reduced. Up to date the effort to clear the debts on the schools by the sale of “Object Lessons” had resulted in the realization of $237,910.75. Since the “Object Lesson” work began, the debts on the various schools had been reduced by the following amounts (though not all of this was due directly to the sale of that book): Walla Walla, $29,925.59; Healdsburg, $20,162.12; Union College, $48,940.70; Mount Vernon Academy, $7,000; South Lancaster Academy, $25,569.60; Emmanuel Missionary College, $22,393.10; Graysville Academy and Huntsville School and the Southern Missionary Society, $12,262; Keene Academy, $12,228.76; Battle Creek College (before and since its transfer), $26,669.86; Avondale School in Australia, $10,000; London school, about $10,000; European schools, $15,000; and Canadian school, $1,000. There had been raised on the material fund for “Christ’s Object Lessons” $53,271.92.
AT the twenty-second meeting of the conference there were called up the resolutions offered at a previous meeting by C. P. Bollman in reference to the work in the Southern Union Conference, especially the publishing work. The series of resolutions was adopted, thus throwing the moral support of the denomination into the Southern publishing project. The Southern Union Conference is authorized by the denomination to raise a fund of $10,000 for the equipment of the Nashville publishing office.13
Another action of importance taken at this meeting was the provision for the support of aged ministers and the dependent widows and orphans of deceased ministers. It was voted that as the tithe was the inheritance of God's ministry, these persons were entitled to support from that source.
THE Sabbath morning service on April 11 was conducted by Geo. I. Butler, who spoke from the text, “Despise not prophesyings.” He showed that while the gift of prophecy had been manifested in past ages, the Scriptures clearly indicated that this gift was to be connected with the remnant people of God, living in the last days and looking for the second coming of the Lord. He showed that this gift had been with the people who have been giving the Third Angel's Message, had met every Biblical test given, and that its value had been shown in carrying us through many a crisis. Experience had shown that those who had believed in and heeded the instruction, corrections, and warnings, had been loyal to the Message.
AT 3 P.M., April 11, a memorial service was held in the church in memory of Elder Uriah Smith. Remarks were made by Elders Daniells, Butler, Loughborough, Lane, and Irwin. Hymns composed by Elder Smith and by his sister, Anna R. Smith, were sung during the service.
THE report of the publishing committee and the committee on nominations occupied the time of the twenty-third meeting of the conference, which was held Saturday evening, April 12. The publishing committee brought in a series of twenty-five recommendations in reference to the publishing work, the gist of which was as follows: That a vigorous campaign be entered upon for the circulation of our literature; that this work be done under the supervision of the conference officers; that ministers, church officers, and heads of families take up this work; that the General Conference begin a systematic publication of Gospel literature in all the mission fields and send such persons to these fields as will engage in the circulation of literature; that the publishing work in the other countries be strengthened; that the Union Conferences and Union Mission Fields have the right to take charge of the publishing work in their fields, securing their books from what source they may choose, this work to be so conducted as not to interfere with the work of publishing houses already established; and that a general advisory committee for North America be selected for the purpose of unifying and building up the publishing work. These recommendations were adopted.
The committee on nominations presented the following names for General Conference officers: President, A. G. Daniells; first vice-president, L. R. Conradi; second vice-president, W. W. Prescott; secretary, W. A. Spicer; treasurer, I. H. Evans; auditor, D. B. Parmelee. For executive committee: presidents of Union Conferences and Union Mission Fields, and the following named persons: W. A. Spicer, L. A. Hoopes, A. T. Jones, W. C. White, C. H. Jones, David Paulson, J. C. Ottosen, A. J. Read, Frederick Griggs, W. C. Sisley, S. N. Haskell, and R. M. Kilgore. For members of the General Conference Association: S. H. Lane, W. H. Edwards, H. M. Mitchell, W. A. Spicer, A. G. Daniells, I. H. Evans, W. W. Prescott, P. T. Magan, Allen Moon, J. D. Gosnell, William Covert, C. D. Rhodes, A. G. Haughey, R. A. Underwood, J. E. Jayne, H. W. Cottrell, S. N. Curtiss, J. S. Comins, A. E. Place, D. B. Parmelee, and J. Sutherland. For legal trustees of the Foreign Mission Board: A. G. Daniells, W. A. Spicer, S. N. Curtiss, H. W. Cottrell, I. H. Evans, A. J. Breed, Frederick Griggs, W. W. Prescott, and J. E. Jayne. The entire report of the committee on nominations was adopted as read.
AMONG the principal recommendations brought in by the committee on plans at the twenty-fourth meeting of the conference was the recommendation that the Sabbath-school officers throughout the world be elected by the church. The resolution carried. Other recommendations in this report provided for the raising of funds for the support of the work in the South, also in German East Africa.
An interesting report of the work of the Southern Missionary Society was given by J. E. White, showing the work accomplished, and the needs of that large, neglected field. This report was followed by an earnest setting forth of the needs of the Southern field by Mrs. E. G. White, the work before us there, and the duty of the people of the North to that destitute field.
An excellent sermon on “Christian Education” was delivered by A. T. Jones on April 10, at 7:30 P.M., even a brief summary of which it is impossible to give in these notes.
THE chief feature of the twenty-fifth meeting of the conference was an address on “An Educational Health Campaign,” delivered by Dr. S. P. S. Edwards, the field secretary of that department, in which he plead for a thorough education of the people upon the lines of health work. This address was followed by a report from the Mexican field by G. M. Brown, the superintendent of the work in Mexico. Meetings number twenty-six, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight were devoted to the finishing of the work of committees, and the presentation of memorials. At the close of the last named meeting, it was voted that the conference adjourn, to meet in Battle Creek, Mich., on April 22.
OUR WORK AND WORKERS.
IN connection with the recent institute at Perry, Texas, four candidates were baptized.
THE church-school at Keene, Texas, has enrolled 118 pupils, and employs three teachers.
THE missionary institute at Hutchinson, Kansas, was closed March 23, and thirty-three persons started for their fields of labor.
AT the recent quarterly-meeting at Alton, I. T., which was attended by Brother A. E. Field, four members were added to the church.
THE brethren in Cleveland, Ohio, are building a new house of worship and expect to dedicate it about the first of June. It will seat 600 persons, and will cost $7,500.
THE openings for labor, and the facilities for doing it, exceed anything that has been in the past. A greater number of people than was ever known before are concerned about things which are transpiring in the world. We have more publications now than we had in the past, and many of these are well up to date. All these things are calling upon us to go into the vineyard to labor.—Wm. Covert.
A CHURCH of eighteen members was organized at Westlake, Wash., March 15, and a new house of worship was dedicated on the same date. Brother C. E. Ford has been laboring at that place, and Brother F. D. Starr was present at the organization and dedication.
REPORTING the result of the first term of the South Dakota Industrial School to the Worker, Brother J. W. Beach says: “We are glad to say we have been able to pay the running expenses of the school from tuition received.” The school is located at Elk Point.
IN connection with tent labor at Bell, Fla., by Brother C. B. Stephenson, he reports to the Southern Watchman, that a Sabbath-school of forty-five members was organized March 21. Also, that about twenty persons were ready for church membership, and that they would soon build a church on land already secured.
A SUMMER SCHOOL of five weeks, closing with an institute of one week, will be held at Graysville, Tenn., beginning May 13. This is for the benefit of teachers, or those who expect to be teachers, for Bible-workers and canvassers, and any who desire to become better informed with regard to general missionary work. Address, The Southern Training School, Graysville, Tenn.
THE California Conference met in annual session in this city the day after the General Conference adjourned. Officers were elected as follows: President, A. T. Jones; vice-president, A. S. Kellogg; secretary, M. H. Brown; treasurer, Pacific Press Publishing Company; missionary secretary, A. J. Bourdeau; Sabbath-school secretary, Mrs. Carrie E. King. The executive committee is composed of the following persons, A. T. Jones, A. S. Kellogg, M. H. Brown, M. C. Wilcox, D. T. Fero, M. E. Cady, and T. J. Evans.
IF any one feels a burden to fit up a laborer among the colored people of the South, he can do so at very small expense. Brother S. M. Jacobs, who has been connected with the Industrial School near Huntsville, Ala., for several years, informs the editor of the Welcome Visitor that “ten dollars pays the necessary expense of clothing and books for a worthy poor student in that school for a whole year, his work on the farm providing for board and tuition.” Surely there should be no lack of students at that school.
OF the experience of Drs. S. L. and Myrtle L. Lockwood, who went to Japan last fall, the Bulletin, of Des Moines, Iowa, says: “They are located at Tokyo, and, having been unable to secure a foreign house, are living in a Japanese cottage,—a paper house with sliding walls. They have to purchase all their furniture at sales or at second-hand stores. However, with many inconveniences to meet, the work seems to be opening up nicely. Because of the difficulty in securing a location in Tokyo they think of settling at Kobe. They have become acquainted with influential people there who are glad to do all they can to assist. It is hoped that a house suitable for sanitarium work can be secured soon.”
BROTHER A. G. BODWELL, who is doing evangelistic canvassing work in old Mexico, sends an interesting report to the Southwestern Union Record. Of the town of Zamora, State of Michoacan, he says: “This has the name of being the most fanatical town in the world. It has a population of about thirteen thousand, and has about eight hundred priests. They have a school here for priests, and one for nuns. The first day we landed, in walking one block and a half, we met about twenty-five priests. So you can see the difficulties under which we have to labor. It has only been a few weeks since they killed an American here. But in spite of all this we are taking some subscriptions for our paper. I can sense more clearly than ever before what the reformers had to contend with. It takes patient, careful, untiring labor to accomplish anything. Sometimes, when I leave my room I wonder if I will return alive. The other day, in a small town, I had just turned a corner, and a rock about the size of my fist came whizzing past me. Of course I could not see the one that threw it. So I just walked on, thanking God for the privileges that I was enjoying.”
A SCOTCH WOMAN’S MISSION MONEY.
By Louis Albert Banks
“If I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.” Some one tells the story of a Scotch woman who lived on oatmeal porridge that she might give to missions. A friend gave her a sixpence to buy a chop. She said, “I have been without chops for nine years; I can do without the chop.” She gave the sixpence to missions.
The friend, some time after, being at a dinner where a number of wealthy people were present, told the story of that chop. Many were deeply impressed, and one lady among them spoke up, and said, “I never went without a chop for Christ yet; I will give a thousand pounds for missions.” Another and another spoke, until, around that dinner-table, the old Scotch woman’s sixpence worth of mutton-chop had grown into twelve thousand dollars to send the Gospel to the heathen. He who fed the thousands of people with the few loaves and fishes long ago had blessed that chop, and made it large enough to feed the multitude again. O! if there be love with it, a chop foregone for Christ’s sake is worth more than a million of dollars given without love.—Louis Albert Banks, in S. S. Times.
FERNANDO (CAL.) COLLEGE.
By Clarence Santee
THIS school has reached the midst of its second term, and there has been material progress in all lines. The farm is already making returns. We have about one and one-half acres of peas, which are now commencing to bear; two acres of potatoes, which are now getting large and will be ready for use the last month of the school; two acres of strawberries, planted in January, which are now blossoming. The school has also set out three acres of grape cuttings. The students have cleared and fenced ten acres of new ground, and have sowed eight acres of wheat on the same. There has also been leased for three years, twenty acres of orchard, consisting of olives, apricots, and peaches.
Some are inquiring about Southern California, and especially of Fernando, as a place to locate on account of health. No one should think of moving to Fernando, if they expect to depend upon their work for a living, without first corresponding with some one who can give definite information. The Fernando valley is small, and the opportunities for work are not equal to the applications. To avoid disappointment and loss, be sure to know what you are going to do before removing to that place.
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