Not only according to Mr. Justice Brewer is this “a Christian nation,” but also according to a speaker in a late National Reform convention in Boston. Here are the words of the Rev. J. M. Foster, of that city: “This is not a Mohammedan, not a pagan, nor a Roman Catholic, but a Protestant Christian nation.”
January Liberty Number
By Editor
OTHER numbers of Liberty have been good, timely, and instructive, but every reader will concede that the January number, which is being mailed this week, is one of the very best that has ever been printed. It is a live, wide-awake, up-to-date number. Able articles from its editors and from its contributors discuss the dangers now threatening to once more engulf the world in the union of church and state, the same as in past ages. It tells of the forces now marshaling for the final conflict. It sounds a clear, unmistakable warning against subtle influences which are molding the great churches of the day, and leading them to demand religious legislation. This number of Liberty should be read by every reader of the Review. Its merit demands a wide circulation.
Important Notice
By I. H. Evans
ELDER W. T. KNOX, who was elected treasurer of the General Conference at its last session, has closed out his interests in California, and has now located in Takoma Park, to take up the work of his department.
The attention of our people is called to the fact that Brother Knox is now in the General Conference office, looking after the business of the Treasury Department, and all remittances of funds pertaining to the General Conference, of every nature whatsoever, should be forwarded to him, or to the General Conference, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. Elder I. H. Evans has disconnected with the Treasury Department, and funds should not be sent to him as formerly.
All business pertaining to the General Conference Corporation and the General Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists, should also be directed to W. T. Knox, Treasurer, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., who will give all these matters prompt and careful attention.
I. H. EVANS.
Halley’s Comet Article in the Watchman
By Editor
The reappearance of Halley’s comet after an absence of seventy-five years is eliciting considerable interest throughout the country. In several months this comet may be seen with the naked eye near the constellation of Orion. This interesting celestial phenomenon will be made the subject of an article in the March number of the Watchman, by Dr. O. C. Godsmark, of Chattanooga, Tenn. This article will begin a series of astronomical subjects, treated from the standpoint of science and the Bible. Subscriptions to the Watchman beginning with the March number will include this interesting series.
Read, Study, and Circulate Life and Health
By Editor
It is always interesting to watch the evolution and growth of a newspaper or magazine. Gradually its scope becomes enlarged, its field of vision broadened, and it takes on added dignity and breadth and power. This has been the experience of our excellent health journal, Life and Health. Beginning in a humble way with a small subscription list, it has gradually worked its way into a broad field of usefulness. Steady and marked improvements have been evident in both its mechanical and literary make-up. With no particular fads and fancies to promulgate, and with no personal enterprises to exploit, it has earnestly and faithfully sought to take the principles of health and expound them in a way intelligible and practicable to the common people. That it is ably succeeding in this work, thousands of readers can testify. Its editor, Dr. G. H. Heald, has done hard and earnest work, the merit of which is witnessed by the character of this journal. Every Seventh-day Adventist should read and study this publication as an exponent of health principles. It is unquestionably the best magazine in the field to-day for the introduction of health principles. It serves a valuable mission. Read, study, and circulate Life and Health.
Union Conference Meeting Dates
The Northern Union Conference has been appointed to convene at Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 22 to March 3, 1910; and the Western Canadian Union Conference will meet at Lacombe, Alberta, March 4-13. Further particulars will be published next week.
W. T. Knox Becomes General Conference Treasurer
CLOSING his labors in California with the year, Elder W. T. Knox and wife reached Washington, D. C., January 13. Brother Knox has already entered upon his duties as treasurer of the General Conference, to which office he was elected at the last session of that body.
W. A. Westworth’s Address in Shanghai
A LETTER from Elder W. A. Westworth written at Vancouver, Dec. 27, 1909, states that he was to leave that port for China the next day, December 28. His address will be Box 993, U. S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China. Correspondents should make note of this address.
Deaths of Mission Workers’ Relatives
UNDER date of December 24, Brother Guy Dail writes that a cable from German East Africa received that day announced the death of Mrs. Ella Drangmeister, one of our workers at the Kihuiro Mission. It came as a surprise, he said, for no intimation had been given them that she was ill. Brother Dail also states that a daughter of Elder H. F. Schuberth, president of the German Union Conference, about fourteen years of age, was recently buried. The friends thus called upon to mourn will receive the sympathy of all the readers of the REVIEW.