I WROTE the last report of my visit to the schools while I was at Union College, Neb. From that place I went to Stuart, Iowa. This school has been in the charge of Prof. Floyd Bralliar. He expects, however, that this will be his last year with this school, as he has perfected plans for associating with Brother O. R. Staines, of Nashville, Tenn., in independent school work for the colored people. Brother Staines has already entered upon this work. A farm has been purchased about five miles from Nashville, and improvements are being rapidly made. While I was at Nashville attending the union conference, I visited this school farm. Many of the incidents which led Brother Staines to this place seem to indicate in a decided way that the Lord has directed in the matter. Brother Bralliar will join Brother Staines as soon as possible after the school at Stuart closes. Brother M. Hare, formerly of Cooranbong, Australia, has been chosen principal of the Stuart Academy for the coming year. This school has done much in the way of scientific farming, particularly in seed-raising. Attention has also been given to the raising of good stock.
From Stuart I went to Bethel, Wis. It will be remembered that this school has suffered much from loss by fire. They are at the present time still holding school in the church building. This, of course, is not desirable, nor convenient; and yet, one can but be impressed with the spirit of adaptation prevailing in the school which enables them to do such good work under the unfavorable circumstances. Prof. A. W. Hallock, who has for some time been connected with the school as principal, left a few months ago to take up work in a new school, established by the Wisconsin Conference, at Hawthorne. It is called the Waldorfy school. Brother Charles W. Hess, a former teacher in the school, has also gone to Eagle River, Wis., to serve as principal of another intermediate school opened by the conference. It is called the Clear Water Industrial School. Brother A. W. Spaulding, who had been connected with Bethel Academy, was chosen to act as its principal. These and other changes in the school have made the work of rebuilding from the ruins by fire all the more difficult; and yet, it has gone forward most splendidly. A dormitory has been erected for the young ladies. This work was done almost entirely by the students and teachers, and is a great credit to the school. It has also meant much sacrifice on the part of those who were engaged in the work, for they received but very little remuneration for their services.
From Bethel I went to Berrien Springs, Mich. At Chicago I met Brother B. A. Wolcott, the principal of the Fox River Academy, and Elder William Covert, president of the board. I had a good conference with them with reference to the progress of their school. They report prosperity in every phase of the work, and are enthusiastically planning many new developments this coming year. At Berrien Springs I found Elder N. W. Kauble and his associates of good courage. I found here a fine class of students and a strong missionary spirit prevailing. I was pleased to see the large barn which they have recently constructed out of lumber sawn from trees which grew on the farm. The logs were hauled to the place where the barn was to be built, and a portable mill was brought there to do the work. The building was erected entirely by teacher and student labor. This building, and the young ladies' dormitory at Bethel, are evidences of the fact that it is possible for industrial training in our schools to show definite results. I was highly pleased to see both of these fine buildings, and believe that they should be a standing incentive to all our schools to prosecute more vigorously the industrial idea in education.
I next went to Cedar Lake, and Holly. These schools are the intermediate schools, respectively, of the West and East Michigan Conferences. In both of these schools I found an excellent class of students, and a good spirit of work prevailing. They are each making plans for more vigorous industrial work the coming year. The buildings of the school at Holly are not yet entirely finished. They will be well adapted to the work of the school. The school at Cedar Lake has eighty acres of land, and the school at Holly has seventy-seven acres.
At Mount Vernon, Ohio, I found the college home full. Prof. J. B. Clymer, president of the school, and his associate teachers are of good courage. The outlook for next year is flattering, as this school is now the training-school of the Columbia Union Conference. This will give to it a much larger field from which to draw students. It appears as if the accommodations would be hardly sufficient for the students who may come. With its enlarged opportunities the school seems to have a splendid future before it.
I was intending to go east from Mount Vernon, visiting the Tunesassa and Lorne Park schools and the South Lancaster Academy, but I received a telegram from South Lancaster Academy requesting me to delay my visit to that place, owing to the fact that Prof. B. F. Machlan and his family were suffering very serious illness. I therefore came directly to Washington; but have since received word from Professor Machlan that he and his family are rapidly improving. This school has suffered much this year, from fire, and from sickness. However, an excellent spirit seems to prevail on the part of teachers and students.
I have greatly enjoyed meeting with the faculties and students of our various schools on this trip. In our counsels at each school we talked over those things which would best advance the educational interests of the school; and so the interest of the cause in general. We have seen that there are many opportunities for broadening and strengthening the work of these schools, of which we must rapidly avail ourselves. We can not too highly appreciate the possibilities for good which lie in them, and every effort must be made to have them reach the highest standard.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.
The Scandinavian Union School
By O. A. JOHNSON
This school is now held on a farm called “Nyhyttan,” located in Westmareland, Sweden, and was established for the benefit of the Scandinavian countries, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.
The first term of school began Nov. 1, 1906, and continued until Feb. 28, 1907. While we had hoped for an attendance of twenty-four or twenty-five, our regular attendance averaged about thirty-eight. The Scandinavian Union Conference was thereby encouraged to plan for more permanent school work, and therefore decided to have six months school. The second school term opened on Nov. 1, 1907. We thought that if we could get thirty-five or forty students, we should do well; but already fifty-five have been enrolled, and others are expected. Our school is held in two large farmhouses. Classes are conducted in the larger rooms. Two class rooms had to be turned into rooms for the students to occupy, and the two dining-rooms are used as class rooms in their stead. Of course this is very inconvenient, and makes extra work.
The Scandinavian Union Conference has planned a course of study for our school, to cover three years of eight months each, and to include the following29branches: Bible, history, language (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English, German), arithmetic and higher mathematics, geography, zoology, botany, physics, drawing, civil government, book-keeping, hygiene, music, public speaking, missionary work, etc.
An effort is being made to find a permanent place for our school. The school work is at present carried on by four teachers. An excellent spirit prevails. Two have begun to serve the Lord since the opening of the school. There are at present only two more unconverted students.
Of the fifty-five enrolled, twenty-three came from Sweden, fifteen from Denmark, ten from Norway, three (two Swedes and one American) from California, U. S. A., two from Finland, one from Iceland, and one from Russia. Such perfect harmony prevails among these seven nationalities, that it could not be more perfect if they were all of one nation or one family. Most of those in school will take up some kind of missionary labor as soon as school closes on April 30. We are truly grateful to God for the tokens of his blessing and the leadings of his Holy Spirit in our school.
O. A. JOHNSON.
Adelphian Academy, Holly, Mich.
By R. B. THURBER
Not since its beginning had the school enjoyed such a spiritual feast as that experienced during the week of prayer. We believe the secret of our blessing lay in our expecting more than ever before, and in preparing our hearts for it. A week before this special season began, little bands were meeting for earnest prayer. In the first Sabbath meeting an uplifting influence seemed to lay hold on all present. Nearly all bore testimony. There was a breaking up of “fallow ground,” and an earnest asking, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Many made a start for the first time, and some asked for baptism. We, as teachers, have found that such an awakening makes discipline a very small burden in our work. Best of all, this inspiration for work did not die out in a few days, nor was it killed by the holiday spirit. Just now, largely as a result of the work begun then, every student is actively engaged in some kind of missionary endeavor. We count the week of prayer as the turning-point in the spiritual life of the school year. Our only regret was that it came so near the holidays that some of the students left for home during the feast.
R. B. THURBER.
The School Work in Jamaica
By Mrs. C. B. Hughes
Our school is located at Willowdene, Jamaica. The schoolhouse stands on the side of a hill, and mountains can be seen in every direction. At the time of writing the school family consists of twenty-four. The house has four rooms above, and an assembly room and a room for the boys below. They dine up-stairs on the veranda. The workers are all well, and are much pleased with the climate and the outlook in general. The summer is not hot. So far the climate has been delightful. At night the students sleep with the doors and windows open, but have as much cover as they would need in Texas. The weather the year round is said to be like fall in Missouri. We have been having much dry weather, but are expecting the rainy season in a few weeks. In the dry season we have a heavy dew and fog nearly every morning, so that the air does not seem dry. We are having no rain to wet the ground or replenish the tank, which is our only water-supply; hence until the rains come on, we have to haul water about two miles. We have bananas all the year round, and oranges until about the first of April. After that we shall be having star apples. Besides bananas there is some other kind of fruit in season throughout the year.
There is a natural bridge six miles and a half from the school. The boys had just completed clearing and plowing a piece of land, and had been working so hard that they were given a holiday, and all the school went with them to see the bridge.
The workers say they never before saw so many poor people. They certainly need schools, and there are nice, devoted young people as material to work with. There is as yet no church erected, hence Sabbath-school is held in the assembly room of the school. A few persons besides the school family meet for worship. The people speak English, but the language is so poor it is difficult to understand them.
MRS. C. B. HUGHES.
Notes
PROF. C. B. HUGHES in a recent letter writes that the attendance in the West Indian Training-school is now thirty. Others are expected soon. On account of the crowded condition, they are not advertising for students, but are planning changes to admit of a larger attendance.
The Adelphian Tent Company is an industrial department of the Adelphian Academy, located at Holly, Mich. It is at the present time having quite a large run of work. They put out a very neat little circular. It will be of interest to those who are contemplating the purchase of tents to correspond with the brethren at Holly.
The Walla Walla College is in receipt of a donation of two thousand dollars for the erection of a building for the normal department of the school. This building is much needed, and it will greatly increase the efficiency and value of the normal feature of this college. Plans are completed for the building, and its erection will begin at once.
The attention of our teachers is again called to the Supplement to the “Outline of Missions,” which has recently been prepared. This can be obtained by request from the Mission Board. Every teacher of geography should make constant use of the “Outline of Missions,” and the Supplement. It brings our missionary operations in all lands up to date.
Brother F. A. Page, principal of the Eastern Colorado Academy, reports a total enrolment of twenty-nine for the school thus far for the year. This school began work this past fall for the first time. It is so located with reference to our churches that it should be a valuable factor in the education of the children who are old enough to attend an intermediate school.
The holocaust in which nearly one hundred seventy children were burned to death recently at Collinwood, Ohio, should serve as a valuable lesson to all our schools. Every precaution should be taken to see that in case of fire there is no reasonable possibility for the loss of life. As the result of this fire the school boards in many large cities throughout the United States are taking special precaution to avoid a repetition of this horror in their cities. The lesson is an important one, the teaching of which should not have needed such an awful calamity.
Dr. L. A. Reed, president of the Pacific Union College, in a letter recently received says: “The meetings under Elder Warren have closed, but we are still carrying on the good work. Already seventy-four persons have been baptized, and there are about ten or fifteen others expecting baptism soon. Our students have signed an anti-fiction pledge. They have also organized into a band of Christian workers to do active personal work, besides the regular organized Young People’s Society. We are expecting to get out a copy of the Collegian giving a full outline of the work.” We all rejoice with this school in its spiritual prosperity. It will, of course, greatly increase the efficiency of its work. Many may be interested to obtain a copy of the college paper giving an account of these meetings.
Prof. C. Sorenson, principal of Keene Academy, writes: “At a meeting of our academy board there were no changes made in our faculty, but one additional teacher was employed. The sanitarium building was transferred from the Texas Conference to the school, and will be moved onto the academy campus as soon as we can make arrangements. The consideration was eight hundred dollars, which we all think very reasonable on the part of the Texas Conference. At our union conference our educational work received due consideration. It was decided to recommend the plan of paying the church-school teachers out of the second tithe. It was also decided to hold a union conference institute for the training of church-school teachers at this place during the summer.”
At a lecture recently delivered at the Columbia University in New York City, Dr. P. P. Claxton, head of the department of history of the University of Tennessee, discussed the marvelous development of educational interests in the Southern United States. He said, in part: “We have come up out of poverty, and in a generation we have risen from weakness to strength. There was no public school system in the South before the war, and nothing that could be called a system until ten years afterward. The start was made in 1873, and by 1890 we had something that was beginning to resemble the system of the North. Since 1902 the appropriations for public schools by the State legislature in Tennessee have increased 125 per cent, in North Carolina they have increased 100 per cent, and in Louisiana 140 per cent. Furthermore, the efficiency of the schools have been quadrupled through the establishment of normal schools and better school supervision. At first we copied the North in the establishment of our schools, but now we are creating a new type of education. To-day we are about as wide-awake on educational matters as any part of the world. We have to-day the best system of agricultural education of any State in the Union.” These words indicate a wide opening for our missionary teachers.
The School Manual
By Editor
We are pleased to announce that the “School Manual,” which was provided for at the educational convention held at College View in 1906, is now ready. We are certain that this announcement will give pleasure to our teachers and to thinking parents everywhere. The price is fifty cents a copy. It can be obtained from the tract society. The following table of contents will give an idea of the scope of the work:—
Introduction; Principles of Christian Education; Proceedings of the General Conference Educational Convention; School Organization and Management; The Home School; Courses of Study; Text-books; The Bible; History; Nature Study; Geography; Physiology and Hygiene; Manual or Industrial Training; English—Reading, Spelling, Language, and Composition; Drills—Penmanship, Drawing, and Music; Daily Program; Books and School Library.
We sincerely trust that our teachers and parents everywhere will at once avail themselves of the benefits of this book.
F. G.
Religious Freedom in British Columbia
By F. H. CONWAY.
THE provincial government of British Columbia is opposed to the Dominion Lord’s Day act. When the bill was being discussed in the Dominion Parliament, some of the strongest opposition against the measure was from British Columbia.
A provision was incorporated in the act, leaving it with the attorney-general of each province to prosecute violators of the act, or not to prosecute, just as the sentiment of the respective provinces should demand. The prevailing sentiment in this province being against the act, it has not been enforced. Our people have greatly appreciated the religious liberty granted them, and also the stand that the province has taken in the matter. At our last provincial conference a resolution of appreciation was passed, and has been presented to the government through the attorney-general. It reads as follows:—
“We have noted with pleasure the fearless, broad-minded position taken by our government and especially by the attorney-general, in reference to enforcing the Lord’s Day act, notwithstanding the great pressure and earnest pleas of the religious organization known as the Lord’s Day Alliance; and inasmuch as this denomination known as Seventh-day Adventists are lovers of true religious liberty and equal rights for all; therefore, we recommend that this conference assembled do express to our government, and to the attorney-general in particular, our sincere appreciation of, and our profound respect for, their noble stand for religious liberty in refusing to enforce the Lord’s Day act.”
During the last days of February a municipalities convention, consisting of delegates from all municipalities of British Columbia, met at Nanaimo, and on the closing day of the convention, February 27, passed a resolution asking the attorney-general to introduce legislation into the provincial Parliament that would enforce the Lord’s Day act. The convention also sent a delegation to lobby Parliament. They worked diligently for several days. In the meantime religious liberty literature was distributed among the members, with a short letter calling their attention to religious liberty principles. Some courteous replies were sent to me by the chief government officials.
The matter was not brought up in Parliament, but the experience has brought me to a better realization of the attitude of religious persecutors toward those who honor the Sabbath of Jehovah.
F. H. CONWAY.
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WANTED AT ONCE.—Two more consecrated Seventh-day Adventist lady graduate nurses. References required. Address The Fayette Sanitarium, Connersville, Ind.
FOR SALE.—New dates at $2.85 a box. Cooking oil: 5-gal. can, $3.85; 2 5's for $7.50. Apples, maple sirup, honey, B. gluten and Graham flours. Write for list to New York Food Co., Oxford, N. Y.
WANTED.—To correspond with an experienced photographer. Good proposition. None but a competent man need answer. Must be Seventh-day Adventist with reference. Address A. E. Earll, 120 North Stone Ave., Tucson, Ariz.
WANTED.—A Seventh-day Adventist for foreman in a box factory. Must understand band re-saws and be a thoroughly capable man. Good salary and permanent place to the right man. Address Washington Pine Box Co., Long Beach, Cal.
FOR SALE.—4¼ acres 3 miles from Santa Cruz, Cal. New house, barn, chicken-coops and yard; ½ acre strawberries. Gasoline engine. Abundance of soft well water. Price, $3,000. Address F. C. Foland, R. F. D. 2, Box 611, Santa Cruz, Cal.
BUY watches, clocks, etc., at right prices, and experience benefits derived from patronizing commandment-keeping jeweler. Have 20-years' experience; am department manager and R. R. watch inspector in a large store. Write to W. H. Merrill (Watchmaker), Washington, N. J.
FOR SALE.—Two hundred single-comb R. I. Red Pullets, $10 per half dozen; also eggs for hatching: price, fifteen eggs for $1.25 or $6 per hundred. Address J. A. Miller, Superintendent South Lancaster Academy Poultry Farm, South Lancaster, Mass.
FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound; Olive-oil, $2.50 a gallon; 50 pounds Coconut Oil, $7; Vegetable Cooking Oil, 10 pounds, $1.10; 60 pounds, $6. Cash with order. All absolutely pure. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Good 7-room house with cement cellar; substantial barn; two hen-houses; other convenient outbuildings; fine well; three acres, rich land. On trolley line. Two blocks from Mount Vernon College. Address W. C. Moffett, 110 Hobson St., Cambridge, Ohio.
ROYAL PEANUT BUTTER is all we claim for it. Made only from No. 1 Spanish peanuts, carefully selected, and everything objectionable removed. Southern California Extracted Honey in convenient packages. Write for prices. Address Cleveland Health Food Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—Gladiolus Bulbs, flowering size, 12 cents doz., 80 cents 100. Largest size, 18 cents doz., $1.20 100, post-paid. Special rates by 1,000. A special deal in hardy bulbs. Write for list. Everything in seeds, bulbs, roots, vines, shrubs, or trees. Write to Oxford Floral Co., Oxford, N. Y.
FOR SALE.—Kornoil. Bread made with Kornoil keeps moist and fresh much longer than bread made with other shortening. It is the pure oil pressed from grains of corn, no chemicals being used. One letter received to-day reads, “Received the Corn Oil all right. We all think it fine, just the next thing to good dairy butter. Am so well pleased with it that I will enclose $7.50 for ten gallons.” Five gallons, $4; 10 gallons,31a 100-lb. shipment, $7.50. Put up in one-gallon screw-cap buckets, and keeps well. Use one third less than of other oils. Standard fever thermometers, 50 cents, post-paid, until May 1—the dollar kind. Sanitarium Supply Co., Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Beautiful Imported Bible Card-board Mottoes; all have flowers with silver letters. Cord furnished to hang mottoes with. Special for 60 days: 5 for 50 cents; 12, $1; 25, $1.75; 50, $3; 100, $5. More you buy, the cheaper they are. All sent by mail. Address Hampton Art Company, Hampton, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Buff and White Orpington eggs, $2 per 15. A few Buff cockrels and Barred Plymouth Rock hens left, at $1 each. We have shipped successfully to all parts of the United States. Order early, or you will not be able to get eggs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address Union College Poultry Yards, College View, Neb.
FOR SALE CHEAP.—Forty acres: 2¼ black raspberries, 1½ blackberries, ¾ red raspberries, 1/3 strawberries; 150 grape-vines, 50 plum-trees, 50 apple-trees, all bearing, and in excellent condition. Fair improvements. Mail route and telephone. Church and church-school privileges. Good markets. Reason for selling; too much land. Address C. C. Johnson, Mankato, Minn.
Religious Liberty Notes
By Indiana Reporter
PROF. C. SORENSON, principal of the Keene Industrial Academy, in a recent letter said: “A company of young ladies took four hundred copies of the current issue [of Liberty] and sold them in the interest of the Latin Union Mission School.”
A sister from Ohio, when sending in a number of petitions, says: “In my work of soliciting signatures to the petitions, I find some who want Sunday laws; and, if they get them, would enforce them to the letter; but the four angels are holding the four winds until the servants of God are sealed.”
One brother writes that he has sent for a dollar’s worth of every issue of Liberty since it was first published, selling some and giving away others. In closing, he says, “I think I know the worth of Liberty.” If our readers do not know its worth, let them subscribe for it for one year.—Indiana Reporter.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By B. F. Kneeland
New Jersey Canvassers' Institute
THE NEW JERSEY canvassers' institute will be held at Trenton, April 12-26. Already several have expressed their intention to attend, and there is every indication that God is preparing for a grand revival of the canvassing work in this State. Ask God earnestly to show you if this is your work; and if you are impressed to attend, write me at once, at 621 Williams St., Trenton, N. J. Pray and work, should be our motto.
B. F. KNEELAND.
Christian Liberty
Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining\nto the Current History of the\nRights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL, — — — Chairman
W. A. COLCORD, — — — Secretary
Sunday-Law Agitation in Virginia
By H. J. Farman
DURING the legislative assembly just past, there were five Sunday bills proposed, four of which were killed or died a natural death. Three hearings were given before the House and Senate Committees on General Laws, two of which were impartial; the third, however, was quite different. Various reasons were given for these measures, some of which sought to conceal their religious character under the garb of a civil Sunday.
The bill which finally passed was an amended law increasing the fine from two to five dollars, and reads as follows: “Violation of the Sabbath; how punished. If a person on the Sabbath day be found laboring at any trade or calling, or employ his apprentices or servants in labor or other business, except in household or other work of necessity or charity, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars for each offense. Every day any person or servant or apprentice is so employed shall constitute a distinct offense.” It may readily be seen how this law can be made an engine of tyranny to work great hardship against those who keep the Sabbath of Jehovah.
H. J. FARMAN.
Obituaries
Stagg.—Died Dec. 28, 1907, at Nashville, Tenn., of scarlet fever and pneumonia, Charles E. Stagg, the second son of Brother and Sister Alfred Stagg, aged 3 years and 3 months. The blessed hope of a joyful and speedy reunion alone gives comfort to the bereaved friends. The funeral was conducted by the writer. C. F. Parmele.
White.—Died at New Orleans, La., Feb. 7, 1908, Harriet White. Sister White was born Nov. 29, 1882, near Chattanooga, Tenn. She accepted present truth about six years ago, while attending the Oakwood Industrial School at Huntsville, Ala. After some preparation she decided to devote her life to educational work. She came to Louisiana last year, and engaged in mission-school work under the auspices of the Southern Missionary Society and the conference. Contracting a cold, which resulted in complications, while at Newellton, she was removed to the residence of Elder A. C. Chatam, in New Orleans, where she received all possible attention. Sabbath afternoon she was laid to rest, the writer officiating at the funeral. S. B. Horton.
Watson.—Died at Mason, W. Va., Feb. 4, 1908, Sister Susan Lewis Watson, aged 62 years and 21 days. Brother and Sister Watson, shortly after their marriage were converted, and united with the Missionary Baptist Church. In the fall of 1898, under the labors of Elder C. B. Rule, she embraced the truths of the third angel’s message, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Mason. Her faith and hope grew brighter as she neared the end, and we believe she sleeps in Jesus. A husband, three sons, and four daughters mourn the loss of a loving companion and devoted mother. Elder Gilmour (Methodist) spoke words of comfort to a large audience in the Welsh Baptist church, and the remains were laid to rest in the Mason Cemetery. L. E. Sufficool.
Fry.—Died at her home one mile east of Amory, Miss., Feb. 16, 1908, Mrs. Mary Fry, wife of J. S. Fry, aged 49 years. She and her husband began keeping the Sabbath in the year 1889, but did not unite with the Seventh-day Adventist Church until they came to Mississippi, in 1901. Sister Fry was sick only a few days. She was patient and faithful until the last. Her death is mourned by a husband, two brothers, two sisters, and two adopted children, besides other relatives and friends, but they mourn not as those who have no hope. She was a strong believer in the third angel’s message, and died in bright hope of a part in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 1 Thess. 4: 16, 17. We laid her to rest in the Hatley Cemetery. James Bellinger.
Lowry.—Died at Mannsville, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1908, of cancerous affection, Sister Jane Lowry, aged 88 years, 10 months, and 2 days. Thus another of the pioneers and firm adherents of the cause of present truth has fallen. Sister Lowry was converted at the age of sixteen, and became one of the charter members of the First Baptist church at Mannsville. In 1843 she embraced the advent message, and came through the disappointment to find light and relief in the message of the third angel. She began the observance of the Sabbath in 1848, and was also one of the charter members of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Mannsville. Her husband died in 1890, and her last days were spent with two daughters, who did all that loving hearts and hands could do for their mother’s relief. Her love for the coming of the Lord grew stronger and her hope brighter till the last. Three of her six children survive their mother’s death. The funeral service was held in her home, which was filled with sympathizing friends and neighbors. S. B. Whitney.
Gibbs.—Died at Greenville, Mich., Feb. 2, 1908, Charles N. Gibbs, aged 69 years, 10 months, and 18 days. He began keeping the Sabbath about fourteen years ago, and was a consistent, earnest Christian until the time of his death. He leaves a devoted wife, one son, two daughters, and an adopted son to mourn their loss. The funeral was conducted at the house by the writer; text, 2 Sam. 14: 14. W. R. Matthews.
Hendon.—Died at his home one mile east of Amory, Miss., Feb. 10, 1908, J. D. Hendon, aged 55 years, 2 months, and 15 days. In 1897, through the instruction of Brethren Nash and Owens, he and his wife accepted the truths of the third angel’s message and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His patient, unselfish, devoted Christian life won for him many friends, who with his bereaved wife and relatives deeply mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, words of comfort being spoken from 1 Cor. 15: 51-54. We laid our brother to rest in the Amory Cemetery, where he awaits his Master’s call. James Bellinger.
Albin.—Died near Niangua, Mo., Dec. 25, 1907, of la grippe and general breakdown due to old age, Mrs. D. Ann Albin, aged 92 years, 8 months, and 22 days. She had been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church over thirty years. She accepted the Sabbath truth through reading, and joined the church under the labors of Brother R. L. Lawrence, and has been a constant reader of the REVIEW ever since. She was ever ready to help with her means to advance the cause of truth. The funeral service was conducted by Elder Speck (Christian). Her two daughters and granddaughters and sympathizing friends laid her to rest till the Life-giver comes. Mrs. S. I. Tegart.
White.—Died at Maywood, Ill., Jan. 29, 1908, Ora Reta White, daughter of Charles A. and Rachel Slaughter. She was born Oct. 6, 1874, in Leesburg, Ohio, where she spent her childhood days. At the age of twelve she became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at that place, but in after-life changed her membership to Chicago, Ill., where she remained a member until death. She was quiet, unassuming, a great reader, and a deep thinker. Her last words were an expression of her hope to meet Jesus. She bore her many weeks of suffering with Christian fortitude. A husband, one son, mother, and two sisters survive to mourn their loss. M. C. Kirkendall.
Osborne.—Died in San Pasqual, Cal., Feb. 24, 1908, of typhoid fever, Howard Edgerly Osborne. He was born Sept. 13, 1873, in Hartland, Maine, and was the son of Elder P. B. Osborne, for many years a Seventh-day Adventist minister of that State. Brother Osborne attended the South Lancaster Academy for four years, and the Battle Creek College for two years, after which he spent several years in the religious liberty work and the ministry, in the States of New York and Maine. He was two years secretary of the General Conference, when a severe attack of pleuropneumonia caused him to resign his position, and go to California for his health, which was quite rapidly restored. Dec. 21, 1904, he married Miss Jessie Barber in San Pasqual, Cal. He taught one year in the Healdsburg College, and was teaching in the Fernando Academy when his health again failed. He was a man of more than ordinary mental ability, coupled with the graces of humility and brotherly love, which made him useful and highly esteemed. His wife and little daughter, his parents, and a brother and a sister mourn their loss, but not as “others which have no hope.” As we lay him away to rest, we know that “precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” W. M. Healey.
[As this notice contains information concerning Brother Osborne’s life not found in the obituary published last week, we give place to it in this issue.—Ed.]
Addresses
By B. F. Kreeland
The address of Elder A. O. Burrill and wife is McKinney, Ky.
The home address of Elder J. M. Rees is 1702 Park St., Parkersburg, W. Va. His office address is 1200 Seventh St.
The permanent address of V. O. Cole, who has been chosen general missionary agent of the Southeastern Union Conference, will be R. F. D. 4, Riceville, Tenn.
The Seventh-day Adventist church at Topeka, Kan., would like to secure the addresses of the following-named persons as soon as possible: Dr. G. H. Rogers, Mrs. Mary Willson, F. W. Middleson, D. D. Pratt. Address Mrs. L. Winston, clerk, 521 Lane St., Topeka, Kan.
The address of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and of the New Jersey Tract Society, is 619 William St., Trenton, N. J. All tithes and offerings, and all orders for books, periodicals, etc., should be sent to the above address. Make all checks payable to the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
B. F. KREELAND, President.
Publications Wanted
[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.— Ed.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
J. S. Killen, Asheville, N. C., periodicals and tracts.
Lizzie Symons, R. F. D. 1, Sterling, Mich., REVIEW, Signs, Liberty, and tracts.
J. W. Beckett, R. F. D. 1, Rose Bud, Ark., Liberty, also Sabbath and religious liberty tracts.
H. W. Reed, North Crandon, Wis., periodicals, tracts, Lesson Quarterlies, etc., in English.
Mrs. Fannie Guilliams, 630 Eleventh St., Bowling Green, Ky., Instructor and Little Friend; large quantities desired for use in a mission Sunday-school.
J. P. Sample, Tampa, Fla., wishes to thank those who have been sending him literature for distribution. He would like a largely increased supply of periodicals and tracts.
Canvassers' Summary
IT is interesting to note that a new union conference, the Southeastern, leads the union conferences in America in the canvassers' summary, while the German Union Conference reports sales amounting to nearly as much as the total sales reported in all the union conferences in the United States.
