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TABLE 1

STATISTICS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, 1913

Name of conference or mission	1. Number of churches	2. Membership	3. Number of companies	4. Membership	5. No. of isolated Sabbath keepers	6. Total Sabbath keepers	7. Baptized during year	8. Ordained ministers	9. Licensed ministers	10. Licensed missionaries	11. Book and periodical canvassers	12. Total laborers	13. Total tithe receipts	14. Tithe per capita	15. Total offerings to foreign missions (except as noted under 21 and 34)	16. Total contributions for home mission work	17. Total contributions for local church work
South American Union								4	3	7		14
1 Argentina Conference	10	840				840	80	3	3	10	9	25	11,137.90	13.25	1,796.60	619.50
2 Chile Conference	17	500				500	270	5		6	3	14	3,715.35	7.43	347.69	67.62
3 Alto Parana Mission	9	214				214	16	2		5	2	9	188.96	.88	48.72
4 Bolivia Mission	1	9				9		1		4	3	8	235.97	26.21	27.80
5 Ecuador Mission	1	12				12		1		1		2	277.02	23.08	31.08
6 Peru Mission	4	258				258		2	2	3	5	12	1,052.16	4.07	275.29	118.01	193.17
7 Uruguay Mission	4	114				114		1		4		8	3,278.57	28.75	212.70	898.95	50.00
Totals	52	1,947				1,947	366	19	8	40	22	92	19,885.93	10.21	2,739.88	1,704.08	243.17
Brazilian Union								1				2
8 Rio Grande do Sul Conference	10	435	8	107	77	619		3	1	1	10	15	6,516.13	14.97
9 Santa Catharina Conference	8	237	6	82	23	342		2	1		1	4	2,930.19	12.36
10 East Brazil Mission	1	19	5	88	32	139		1	2		12	15	1,264.23	66.56
11 North Brazil Mission			1	12		12
12 Panama Mission	4	150				150							1,458.30	9.72
13 Rio Espirito Santo Mission	6	205				205		1	2			3	3,855.84	18.80
14 Sao Paulo Mission	3	72	1	13	70	155		1	2	1	9	13	2,483.70	34.49
Totals	32	1,118	21	302	202	1,622	6,200	9	8	2	32	52	18,508.39	16.55
West Indian Union Conference								1		7		8
15 Central American Conference	5	82	6	59	6	147	10	1	1			2	1,306.10	15.92	216.16
16 Jamaica Conference	38	1,574	20	222	229	2,025		6	3	5	4	18	4,461.84	2.83	522.66		1,092.90
17 South Caribbean Conference	17	935	4	75	44	1,054	84	3	1	8	1	13	3,769.21	4.03	376.00
18 West Caribbean Conference	16	517	7	38	5	560	85	4	1	6	5	16	5,632.80	10.90
19 British Guiana Mission (e)	12	440	4	25		465	25	2	3	2	2	9	800.00	1.82	100.00		400.00
20 Cuban Mission	3	76	7	30	7	113	15	4	1	5	7	22	1,528.17	20.11
21 East Caribbean Mission	6	258	6	30	6	294	19	3	2	1	7	13	1,267.48	4.01	62.32		90.60
22 Guatemala Mission	1	12			6	18	2	1				1	442.37	36.86	45.18		5.75
23 Haitian Mission	8	216	6	53	6	275	110	1	1	2	8	12	940.93	4.35	49.50	49.50	45.20
24 Porto Rican Mission	1	34			4	38	6	1	1	1	2	5	1,074.26	31.69	223.79
25 Venezuela Mission	1	13				13							94.51	7.27
Totals	108	4,157	60	532	313	5,002	356	27	14	37	36	119	21,317.67	5.13	1,595.61	49.50	1,634.45
26 India Union Missions (e) (5 missions)	10	300	7	100	50	450	100	11	12	70	33	130	7,472.84	24.91	251.29	100.00	600.00
Miscellaneous Missions
27 Bahamas Mission	1	19			5	24	6	1		1		2	656.61	34.55	27.96	34.10	288.18
28 Bermuda Mission (e)	1	40			25	65	6	1		1		2	900.00	22.50	25.00		175.00
29 Hawaiian Mission	1	40			2	42	3	1	1	2	2	9	802.63	20.06	94.45	93.19	103.50
30 Mexican Mission	4	125	16	156	4	285	35	1	2	10	6	19	1,770.36	14.16	204.04		125.55
Totals	7	224	16	156	36	416	49	4	3	14	8	32	4,129.60	18.44	351.45	127.29	692.23

RECAPITULATION

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
31 Union Conferences in N. American Division								29	7	7		70	1,245.09		2,535.26	30.00
32 Atlantic Union Conference	174	5,578	12	112	237	5,928	402	47	12	101	68	230	109,267.70	19.58	21,494.77	13,364.84	14,227.10
33 Central Union Conference	259	8,108	17	96	991	9,195	610	68	32	95	60	255	130,786.34	16.13	35,548.77	6,184.90	11,769.35
34 Columbia Union Conference	212	6,949	10	55	200	7,204	639	67	21	69	89	246	131,542.96	18.93	28,171.66	7,384.92	21,588.84
35 Eastern Canadian Union Conference	45	929	8	71	39	1,039	35	15	6	26	6	53	17,332.79	15.85	6,709.94	1,007.34	613.39
36 Lake Union Conference	382	11,144	15	120	340	11,604	734	67	34	77	90	270	193,921.85	17.40	34,020.05	13,818.14	29,046.03
37 Northern Union Conference	241	6,199	14	58	371	6,628	358	52	27	49	72	200	123,589.05	19.93	37,563.43	21,589.94	10,544.62
38 North Pacific Union Conference	175	7,643	4	34	400	8,077	804	56	26	50	62	194	127,124.72	16.63	24,397.99	13,318.20	12,962.81
39 Pacific Union Conference	154	9,677	15	36	152	9,865	891	75	28	66	58	227	184,084.59	19.02	32,694.24	6,868.55	26,843.49
40 Southeastern Union Conference	87	2,842			244	3,086	431	26	18	40	63	147	40,287.92	14.17	13,975.51	1,737.32	4,699.34
41 Southern Union Conference	85	2,273	3	10	49	2,332	282	28	9	41	78	156	35,683.02	15.69	7,760.19	1,336.71	700.00
42 Southwestern Union Conference	134	4,290	3	19	289	4,598	490	42	16	48	118	224	63,377.03	14.77	9,376.24	3,727.69	2,768.84
43 Western Canadian Union Conference	58	1,635	2	30	642	2,307	214	17	13	21	41	92	42,895.71	28.05	7,882.89	9,806.74	2,877.39
Totals for North America	2,006	67,268	103	641	3,954	71,863	5,690	589	249	690	805	2,364	1,201,138.77	17.86	262,130.94	101,975.29	138,641.50
European Division Conference								2		2		7			5,714.42
45 British Union Conference	69	2,422				2,422	245	15	10	23	174	226	34,807.24	14.37	5,308.56	2,092.87
46 Central European Union Conference	134	3,373				3,373	681	27	14	36	123	205	47,220.70	14.90	11,648.42	3,762.58
47 Danube Union Conference	95	1,999				1,999	429	13	14	20	38	92	14,432.54	7.22	2,275.25	607.36
48 East German Union Conference	223	6,500				6,500	1,073	29	19	61	192	306	91,464.14	14.07	20,102.44	5,412.71
49 Latin Union Conference	53	1,398				1,398	157	13	11	15	9	54	15,662.66	11.20	2,968.37	1,134.23
50 Levant Union Mission	36	400				400	42	6	7	14	10	38	1,830.78	4.57	204.20	75.17
51 Russian Union Conference	108	4,569				4,569	667	28	6	49	66	163	31,403.07	6.87	4,650.36	1,943.67
52 Scandinavian Union Conference	104	3,686				3,686	316	18	14	35	92	166	34,473.71	9.35	5,016.71	1,892.49
53 Siberian Union Mission	72	1,246				1,246	172	9	3	10	6	28	5,578.60	4.48	576.47	116.74
54 West German Union Conference	179	5,516				5,516	974	34	18	53	229	338	84,815.00	15.38	13,696.86	3,207.64
55 European Division Conf. Missions	26	663				663	255	21	15	30	2	71	3,264.85	4.92	601.06	58.06
Totals	1,159	31,772				31,772	5,011	215	131	348	941	1,694	364,953.29	11.49	72,763.12	20,363.52
56 Asiatic Division	51	1,773	50	385	555	2,713	477	31	98	142	86	357	8,904.36	5.02	1,800.65
Miscellaneous Union Conferences
57 Australasian Union Conference	128	4,743	15	116	276	5,135	431	39	29	114	85	291	100,583.75	21.20	10,577.93	9,165.77	10,105.38
58 South African Union Conference	36	1,255	23	161	50	1,466	114	14	20	51	12	117	25,095.00	20.00	1,168.92	705.67	885.75
59 South American Union Conference	52	1,947				1,947	366	19	8	40	32	92	19,885.93	10.21	2,739.88	704.08	243.17
60 Brazilian Union Conference	32	1,118	21	302	202	1,622	200	9	8	2	32	52	18,508.39	16.55		1,704.08	243.17
61 West Indian Union Conference	108	4,157	60	532	313	5,002	356	27	14	37	36	119	21,317.67	5.13	1,595.61	49.50	1,634.45
62 India Union Mission	10	300	7	100	50	450	100	11	12	70	33	130	7,472.84	24.91	251.29	100.00	600.00
63 Miscellaneous Missions	7	224	16	156	36	416	49	4	3	14	8	32	4,129.60	18.44	351.45	127.29	692.23
Totals	373	13,744	142	1,367	927	16,038	1,615	123	94	328	228	833	199,993.18	14.33	16,685.08	11,852.21	14,160.98
64 Grand Totals, 1913	3,589	114,557	295	2,393	5,436	122,396	12,794	958	572	1,508	2,060	5,248	1,771,989.60	15.47	353,379.79	134,191.02	152,802.48
65 Grand Totals, 1912	2,874	98,044	829	10,655	5,507	114,206		863	492	1,386	2,194	5,101	1,653,624.54	14.48	351,767.41	157,744.06	160,241.79
66 Grand Totals, 1911	2,709	93,378	767	10,108	5,489	108,975		852	475	1,358	2,096	4,877	1,477,590.26	13.56	314,365.35	137,362.51	128,395.08

	19. No. of Sabbath schools	20. Membership	21. Total Sabbath-school contributions (to foreign missions)	22. Retail value of book and periodical sales	24. No. of church buildings	25. Estimated value	26. Approximate seating capacity	27. No. of church schools	28. No. of teachers	29. Total enrollment	30. Estimated value of buildings and equipment	31. Expense of annual maintenance	32. No. of Young People's Societies	33. Membership	34. Contributions for foreign work	35. Contributions for home mission work	36. Contributions for local society work	37. Total contributions Y. P. work
1	30	898	1,805.93	15,284.00	3	3,000.00	300						4	72
2	40	469	839.08
3	13	182	364.08	1,342.44
4	1	12	19.10	235.97
5	2	17	50.15	277.02
6	22	417	239.50	1,052.16
7	7	122	117.30	2,895.60	1	(a)	125
Totals	115	2,117	3,441.14	21,086.59	4	3,000.00	425						4	72
8	28	733	679.40		12	12,900.00	1,050	5	5	84			2	32
9	22	455	267.87		4	700.00	250	4	4
10	5	85	107.41
11
12	3	94	138.44		1	300.00	100
13	6	210	155.99		3	1,500.00	180						1	32
14	13	211	265.41		1	600.00	100
Totals	77	1,788	1,614.52		21	16,000.00	1,680	9	9	84			3	64
15	14	198	759.81	191.60	6	2,000.00	325						3	35	18.15	19.67	22.80	60.62
16	63	1,783	688.42	2,841.65	24	9,740.00	3,400	2	3	85	487.00	581.24	15	300
17	31	998	685.60	691.75	16	7,500.00	2,000	1	1	44	75.00	350.00	7	250
18	25	714	1,271.21	10,407.78	11	7,800.00	1,500						9	210	13.52		46.04	59.56
19	16	380	150.00	400.00	10	3,200.00	800	3	3	70	100.00	500.00	6	100
20	13	160											2	20
21	11	288	138.55	521.22	6	3,815.00	1,050	1	1	18	450.00	96.00	4	130		8.00	10.30	18.30
22	1	11	89.77	243.29									1	11			2.55	5.55
23	14	302	96.67	726.78	3	1,450.00	300	1	1	33		99.26	9	163		14.07	2.89	16.96
24	2	40	168.94	4,813.26
25	1	20	23.18	7.85				1	1	12		119.85
Totals	191	4,886	4,072.15	20,855.18	76	35,505.00	9,375	9	10	262	1,112.00	1,746.35	56	1,219	31.67	41.74	87.58	160.99
26	21	768	969.16	6,606.72	3	700.00	350
27	1	37	409.09	175.00	1	1,250.00	200
28					2	2,100.00	150
29	1	63	234.95	178.50	1	2,200.00	100								1	24	96.05	56.10
30	11	227	272.96		2	1,200.00	200	1	1	20		90.00
Totals	13	327	917.00	353.50	5	6,850.00	650	1	1	20		90.00	1	24	96.05	56.10	22.15	174.30

## RECAPITULATION

	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
31				426,243.25
32	204	5,572	21,567.52	69,435.53	19,596.92	59	176,450.00	9,450	21	21	252	3,735.00	5,433.52	54	972	799.62	169.98	114.72	1,664.02
33	305	8,428	25,043.31	52,148.21	15,887.41	153	209,247.00	22,323	58	62	1,042	20,110.00	15,622.50	91	1,482	1,156.15	240.11	134.84	1,531.10
34	236	7,061	26,625.64	110,938.69	29,714.36	108	265,620.00	17,385	31	35	509	11,340.00	6,747.36	60	1,060	835.08	240.27	191.52	1,266.87
35	43	947	3,615.89	1,670.71		20	26,900.00	2,875	2	3	84	50.00	875.00	9	104	102.42	77.54	30.01	209.97
36	451	10,887	33,395.10	95,940.11	38,710.34	209	394,425.00	36,275	91	95	1,274	23,598.25	20,420.07	100	1,780	1,229.40	326.14	544.50	2,100.04
37	320	7,310	24,251.22	61,078.25	24,638.40	119	144,237.00	16,085	30	35	539	12,625.00	8,921.48	64	980	1,320.87	90.44	140.26	1,551.57
38	301	7,913	24,341.79	73,307.03	25,050.05	113	152,974.50	16,245	63	76	1,495	35,528.50	22,144.00	52	1,063	422.40	197.72	334.69	954.81
39	198	8,599	32,344.21	80,995.12	57,452.05	117	281,261.14	21,040	66	92	1,778	45,402.05	29,108.07	82	2,637	1,708.30	536.60	740.16	2,975.06
40	122	3,248	8,075.50	44,042.60	1,693.74	58	68,575.00	8,100	35	38	789	3,260.00	7,465.59	39	834	472.72	132.88	178.34	804.44
41	119	2,713	6,191.54	40,384.21		42	51,950.00	6,175	11	14	177	6,528.58	1,555.60	22	401	366.42	62.33	99.35	414.70
42	211	5,221	14,388.32	79,384.82	5,623.34	72	66,550.00	12,055	42	53	1,161	12,061.00	9,735.98	46	1,017	169.00	99.35	146.29	284.38
43	91	2,384	9,196.20	42,793.47	1,736.77	28	43,035.00	2,905	18	20	304	1,435.00	4,100.75	18	398	62.55	159.65	62.40	284.38
Totals for North America	2,601	70,283	228,938.24	1,178,920.80	230,103.38	1,108	1,801,524.64	170,823	468	544	9,404	175,549.38	132,128.94	637	12,730	8,644.47	2,887.93	2,651.99	14,284.39
44				22,952.15
45	94	2,337	3,223.34	70,018.08		11	12,635.25	1,770						16	199	56.98	10.55	4.96	72.49
46	128	3,397	4,406.63	49,600.51	7,246.85									28	346	277.50	195.00	76.49	548.99
47	90	1,920	1,528.75	9,345.00		1	3,037.00	250						15	507	4.94		209.24	213.28
48	223	6,291	7,927.58	52,187.24	28,036.27	1	1,300.00	400						36	697	313.77	890.13	640.80	1,844.70
49	64	1,111	2,167.81	36,647.45	866.27	1	14,000.00	400						2	60
50	31	360	172.12	655.04
51	168	4,902	3,301.71	9,569.47		7	12,500.00	1,650						6	138	99.42	19.27	166.60	285.29
52	177	2,815	3,746.89	88,007.63		7	18,696.00	1,275	2	2	40	540.00		15	242	177.39	71.02	116.89	365.30
53	72	1,588	651.76	1,269.63		2	400.00	200
54	179	5,514	5,758.02	164,838.68	33,782.19	2		600						32	562	157.21	196.57	198.90	552.48
55	26	663	482.63	209.26		2	2,500.00	600
Totals	1,252	30,808	33,457.24	505,300.24	69,931.58	34	65,268.25	7,145	2	2	40	540.00		151	2,745	1,086.31	1,382.34	1,413.88	3,882.53
56	142	3,589	1,567.69	8,208.66										11	324
57	192	5,732	16,744.99	116,933.68	9,433.85	81	93,310.73	10,674	19	22	353	965.48	4,102.72	96	2,158	2,573.99	1,377.47	265.23	5,356.69
58	128	2,770	1,989.63	12,529.11	1,434.01	78	23,152.80	2,810	2	4	43	340.90	204.54	5	92		245.94	275.36	521.30
59	115	2,117	3,441.14	21,086.59		4	3,000.00	425						3	72
60	77	1,788	1,614.52			21	16,000.00	1,680	9	9	84			3	64
61	191	4,886	4,072.15	20,855.18		76	35,505.00	9,375	9	10	262	1,112.00	1,746.35	56	1,219	31.67	41.74	87.58	160.99
62	21	768	969.16	6,606.72		3	700.00	350
63	13	327	917.00	353.50		5	6,850.00	650	1	1	20		90.00	1	24	96.66	56.10	22.15	174.30
Totals	737	18,388	27,748.59	177,384.78	10,867.86	208	182,018.62	25,964	40	46	762	2,418.38	6,143.61	165	3,629	3,701.71	1,921.25	500.32	6,213.28
64 Grand Totals, 1913	4,732	125,068	291,711.76	1,860,714.48	310,902.82	1,350	2,048,811.51	203,932	510	592	10,206	178,506.76	138,572.55	964	19,428	13,432.49	6,291.52	4,656.19	34,380.20
65 Grand Totals, 1912	4,450	114,897	252,682.40	1,836,527.86	264,233.49	1,317	1,894,443.37	199,161	573	674	12,037	155,141.10	138,330.22	685	14,928	10,947.95	5,956.85	3,013.80	17,818.60
66 Grand Totals, 1911	4,267	106,060	160,762.39	1,637,657.83	187,904.32	1,318	1,902,824.92	204,333	513	780	15,498	157,382.92	126,622.38	615	14,013	10,788.58	4,495.13	2,708.01	17,989.72

(a) Value given in Financial Statement; building used as office and dwelling, as well as chapel. (b) Under General Conference and North American Division are included those engaged in general labor, and not accounted for elsewhere. The amount shown in column 22 is for book and periodical sales made by publishing houses, and not included in conference reports; thus making the total stated in Table 2. (c) Estimated.

Colporteurs Sailing for Cuba

THE latter part of November, Brother C. F. and Mrs. Innis, of Colorado, and Brother J. D. Haynes, of Texas, sailed from New Orleans for Cuba, to engage in the Spanish colporteur work. Cuba has made an earnest call for colporteurs.

A Report Worthy of Study

By Editor

Our readers will be interested in the report from Brother H. E. Rogers, the statistical secretary, published in this number. This report is worthy of careful study. Read in connection with that study the article by Elder I. H. Evans, entitled “A Retrospect,” in our Editorial department.

Death of an American Consul

By Editor

WE have received from Dr. G. W. States, of Colorado, a copy of the Franklin County Citizen, giving an account of the death, from smallpox, of Mr. T. C. Ham, the American consul at Durango, Mexico. The editor well remembers Mr. Ham as a boy in Boulder, Colo., and has noted with pleasure the success which has attended his efforts in fighting his way up from a poor boy to a position of honor and responsibility. We express to his mother and other relatives, who for years have been interested readers of the REVIEW, our deepest sympathy.

One Union Out

By T. E. BOWEN

THE first union conference to reach its portion of the Harvest Ingathering goal is the Eastern Canadian. The Ontario Conference having won out, this placed the union upon the honor roll. Also the Mississippi Conference joins the list, which now stands:—

East. Canadian Union, November 26. Newfoundland, October 14. Maritime, October 22. Quebec, November 11. Ontario, November 26. Mississippi, November 28.

This honor roll begins to look much better, surely. We hope to see still further additions.

We have wondered if during the week of prayer another good, strong, united effort might not be put forth in behalf of missions by those conferences that have not yet raised their quota, and thus double the blessings to be received during this week set apart for specially seeking God. Some conferences are planning to do this. Why not all?

Another statement of the standing of the conferences in Harvest Ingathering receipts will be given about December 20.

T. E. BOWEN.

The World's Crisis

In the Light of Prophecy

(Ready December 15)

The following is the outline of subjects: —

“Light for Our Time in the Prophetic Word.” “The European Conflict: Is It Armageddon?” “Approaching Armageddon.” “Turkey and the War.” “Prophetic Outline of World Empire.” “The Primitive Faith the Standard for This Generation.” “Christ’s Second Coming.” “Signs of the Approaching End.” “God’s Message for Today.” “The Home of the Saved.”

This book will contain about 128 pages, with paper covers in two colors. It is well illustrated with full-page and part-page engravings and diagrams. Price, 25 cents. One hundred copies, by freight, $12.50. On an order of 200 copies the freight will be paid.

A hundred thousand copies should be sold this winter. While the great European war is raging and the eyes of the world are fixed on it, we should use this as a means of drawing the attention of the public to the Lord’s soon coming. This is the opportunity and now is the time to give the message quickly. Send in your order now to your tract society.

Death of Elder B. C. Haak

By cable dispatch from Buenos Aires, South America, the sad intelligence comes of the loss of another burden bearer in the missionary service. A year ago Elder B. C. Haak, of Minnesota, was called to the presidency of the Argentine Conference, our largest conference in the South American field. Now the cable brings the brief word that Elder Haak has died of typhoid fever. The sympathy of all our people, we know, will be with the bereaved wife and little ones in Argentina, and with the members of the family in this country. Our South American brethren rejoiced greatly at the arrival of Elder Haak, and from time to time he sent us most encouraging messages as to the progress of the work, referring repeatedly to his joy in the service as he saw the special outpouring of the Spirit of God upon the believers among the churches of the conference. His death will be a sore loss to the work in South America. We can only pray God to raise up laborers for his harvest field to strengthen the hands of the brethren as they seek to fill in this gap in the missionary lines, and to hasten the time of glad reunion in the kingdom of God.

Von Schwarzen Und Weissen

We have received from the Hamburg Press a new pamphlet, entitled “Von Schwarzen Und Weissen” (Of the Black and the White). It is an interesting story of the beginnings and progress of our missions in German East Africa, together with comments on the ways and customs of the people. The author is Ernst Kotz, one of the pioneer missionaries in this region.

Ministerial Reading Course

By J. L. SHAW

WE are nearing the end of the Reading Course for 1914. More than 700 have enrolled in the course this year, and the circle of readers has gone to the north and the south and around the world. Most of them have kept up with the schedule. Many have already completed the last book.

Those who complete the three books by the first of January, 1915, and file a written statement with the department, will receive a credit card from the General Conference Department of Education to that effect, and will be regarded as charter members of the Reading Course.

The large volume of correspondence in hand testifies to the benefits of the course and speaks well for the interest in the course for 1915. Plans for the Reading Course for next year will be published in the REVIEW next week.

J. L. SHAW.

The Week of Prayer

By I. H. Evans

WE have come to another week of prayer. These annual seasons of devotion mean much to God's people. As we near the end, spiritual revivals will appeal more and more to the Lord's children, and they will become very important to the church, offering opportunities for renewing our consecration to God.

We should make the most of this season of prayer. Differences in families and between church members should be put away, wrongs should be confessed, and pardon sought. Reconciliation with God should be the purpose of each heart. This is no time for sin to be tolerated; neither is it a time when worldliness should reign in our hearts. We are nearing the end of all earthly things. The clashing of nations, the universality of sin, the fast-fulfilling signs, all point to that great event. Special effort should be put forth to reclaim the backslider, and to win the unconverted to Christ. Neighbors and friends should be invited to the meetings. Churches do not need to await the coming of a minister for a revival.

Friday, December 18, is to be Young People's Day. We hope our churches will make a supreme effort to reach the unconverted youth on this occasion. There must be earnest prayer, much wise planning, and full dependence upon God for the manifest working of his Holy Spirit on this day. Many will yield by direct appeal. Give every young person who attends the services an opportunity to consecrate himself to God.

Let us not forget Sabbath, December 19, the day for our Annual Offering. The church should plan for this. It should check up its standing on the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund, and endeavor on December 19 to raise at least the full amount which is lacking on this fund.

When we think of our people in Belgium, northern France, Poland, and portions of Austria-Hungary, we can surely afford to give liberally to help the cause of God, and still be in a much better condition than many of our brethren.

It is a wonderful privilege to live in these days. Never have events more directly fulfilled prophecy than those daily taking place before our eyes. Let us determine to make the most of the week of prayer. I. H. EVANS.