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Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 10.

Untrue to Self
Earlier text: Death of a Pioneer

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— Statistics show that fifty-two persons were lynched in the United States during 1912, one for each week of the year.
— A severe blizzard gripped the northwestern section of the United States on February 22 and 23, delaying trains and interrupting telegraphic service.
— Congress has passed the bill for a memorial building to President Lincoln to be placed in Potomac Park, Washington, D. C. The design is architecturally most beautiful, and it is to cost $2,000,000.
— Last week the militant suffragettes of England destroyed the country home of Chancellor Lloyd-George with dynamite. Their latest plan is to kidnap the cabinet ministers, and the police are taking every precaution to protect these gentlemen.
— Five new publications came into existence every day of 1912, according to census figures compiled for the 1913 American Newspaper Annual and Directory. But while 1,686 new publications were born, during the same period 1,650 died, making the net increase but 36. There are 2,633 dailies published in the country, 17,285 weeklies, and 3,069 monthlies.
— Announcement was recently made in St. Louis that department stores in many large cities of the United States have organized the American Department Stores Corporation to consolidate their purchases and thereby get low prices from manufacturers. The wholesaler is to be eliminated as far as the stores in the corporation are concerned. The stores in the new company have an aggregate purchasing power of more than $75,000,000 annually.
— A religious census of the Imperial University of Tokio, Japan, has been taken. There were 8 Shintoists, 50 Buddhists, 60 Christians, 1,500 atheists, and 3,000 agnostics.
— The Atlantic Cotton Compress Plant, located at Columbus, Ga., was practically destroyed by fire February 22. The loss is estimated to be over one million dollars.
— President Taft's record as a judge maker is unsurpassed in our history. Of the 195 federal judges, he will have named 114 when his term of office ends. These include five members of the Supreme Court.
— The United States imports five times as many bananas as any other country. In 1912 it imported 44,520,539 bunches of this most easily consumed fruit—say 50 bananas per capita. Of the countries contributing these, Jamaica led all the rest, with 15,000,000 bunches.
— The first demonstration in this country of the Pollak-Virag telegraph system, by which 40,000 words can be despatched in one hour, was given in New York City on January 31. A remarkable feature of the invention is that the message, sent at such great speed, is recorded directly in writing as with the hand—in long hand—at the receiving end. The system has been successfully tested in Germany.
— A train that left Bolivar, in South America, for a neighboring town three years ago has just arrived. The distance covered was 120 kilometers, and the reason for the delay was a storm which derailed the train, killed most of the passengers, and ripped up such a goodly portion of the railroad line that the company owning it was forced into bankruptcy. About six months ago an American engineer undertook the reconstruction of the road, and brought the long-delayed train to the point for which it originally started.
— Vincent Astor, who is reputed to be the richest young man in the world,—made such by the death of his father in the “Titanic” disaster,—has chosen scientific agriculture as his life-work, according to an announcement made a few days ago by Governor Sulzer, of New York. The governor is given credit for having diverted the mind of the young multimillionaire from idleness and pleasure to a channel of great usefulness through the development of the Astor farm at Rhinecliff on the Hudson along new and experimental lines.
— With her old conservatism broken down, there seems to be nothing new that China is not ready to adopt. President Yuan Shi Kai, on the suggestion of his French military adviser, has decided upon the organization of an aerial fleet of most modern and efficient character. All Chinese staff-officers will be required to pass through the aviation school, either as pilots or observers, and a series of competitions is being arranged for 1914, to which all aeroplane constructors will be invited to send machines. The despatch making report of the plan, says that in times of peace this new arm of the military service will be employed in police duty throughout the empire—a distinct innovation with the Chinese, and one capable of very practical development.

An Encouraging Beginning for 1913

By Editor

As we completed this, the first summary of the colporteur work for the new year, we could not help rejoicing over the splendid showing which it gives, and over the substantial gain which it shows over the corresponding month last year. Eight of the unions in North America made a gain in their book sales and eleven in periodical sales. The grand totals show a gain of more than $10,000 in book sales, and a gain of over 55,000 in the number of periodicals sold in North America. In the book sales, the Columbia Union leads with a report more than twice as large as that of January last year, and also double that of any other union. The Lake, Central, and Southwestern Unions also show splendid gains. Evidently our colporteurs have learned that books can be sold just as well after the Christmas holidays as before, and as well in winter as in summer. This splendid beginning that has been made strengthens our hopes that 1913 will be the best year we have ever yet seen in the history of our colporteur work.

Changes in the Summary

We have rearranged the form of our summary, so as to show the value of book and periodical sales in each field for 1912 and 1913. This will enable each field agent to see at a glance whether the work in his conference is growing or declining. About half of the conferences in the United States show a gain this month over January of last year. We hope the other half may join this honor roll next month.
We are also able this year to compare the sales of our foreign periodicals with those of 1912. Owing to the low price at which most of these periodicals are sold, the value of sales is considerably smaller than in North America, but in the number of periodicals sold, the foreign fields are far ahead of this country. Again we rejoice over the successful work of our colporteurs.

Colporteurs' Summary for January 1913

AGTS. HRS. Books Periodicals
VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912

Atlantic Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Maine 3 63 $56.05 $72.15 585 $58.50 $86.00
N. New England 3 197 184.20 308.77 431 43.10 25.40
Massachusetts 4 226 417.50 619.80 5919 591.90 47.50
S. New England 2 148 137.10 78.75 2006 200.60 149.30
New York 11 491 605.60 588.75 1210 121.00 108.50
W. New York 6 162 133.30 85.20 1555 155.50 116.00
Greater New York 14 533 353.85 185.15 6104 610.40 283.50
Totals 43 1820 1887.60 1938.57 17810 1781.00 816.20

Columbia Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Ohio 13 1081 1253.80 340.25 4477 447.70 400.70
West Virginia 6 584 672.85 427.45 358 35.80 40.00
Virginia 3 230 254.75 963.40 1401 140.10 108.60
Chesapeake 6 617 913.75 446.20 1023 102.30 128.90
E. Pennsylvania 23 1376 1061.54 199.00 2796 279.60 133.70
W. Pennsylvania 10 1045 1148.00 680.20 1979 197.90 67.60
New Jersey 7 647 827.65 ..... 1820 182.00 72.50
Dist. of Columbia 16 444 993.70 ..... 2418 241.80 123.00
Totals 84 6024 7126.04 3056.50 16272 1627.20 1075.00

Lake Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
E. Michigan 7 651 554.95 773.55 2768 276.80 218.90
W. Michigan 5 415 314.45 141.90 2097 209.70 117.90
N. Michigan 7 267 103.30 118.35 355 35.50 27.00
Wisconsin 8 805 585.80 307.55 1362 136.20 244.80
N. Illinois 4 282 256.95 478.48 6465 646.50 236.20
S. Illinois 8 1094 1158.15 415.05 316 31.60 55.50
Indiana 1 176 131.50 139.95 526 52.60 108.50
Totals 40 3690 3105.10 2374.80 13889 1388.90 1008.80

Canadian Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Ontario 2 342 372.85 141.50 1701 170.10 206.00
Quebec .. ... ..... 31.50 975 97.50 20.00
Maritime .. ... ..... 79.80 ..... ..... .....
Newfoundland .. ... ..... ..... 460 46.00 10.00
Totals 2 342 372.85 252.80 3136 313.60 236.00

Southern Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Louisiana 8 562 603.50 356.55 1480 148.00 36.40
Alabama 7 990 484.00 305.25 905 90.50 72.00
Kentucky 8 399 412.65 297.25 1302 130.20 61.00
Mississippi 13 443 525.05 734.70 720 72.00 7.00
Tennessee River 5 644 355.80 415.15 1565 156.50 86.20
Totals 41 3038 2381.00 2108.90 5072 597.20 262.60

Southeastern Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Cumberland 10 518 565.25 244.25 805 80.50 10.00
Georgia 8 381 308.45 598.85 2590 259.00 100.00
North Carolina 9 781 508.75 564.75 1825 182.50 21.00
South Carolina 7 519 415.00 442.00 1025 102.50 32.50
Florida 9 512 658.50 1566.80 920 92.00 91.50
Totals 43 2711 2455.95 3416.65 7165 716.50 255.00

Southwestern Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Arkansas 6 251 280.95 ..... 962 96.20 36.00
Oklahoma 13 682 889.05 678.10 1060 106.00 22.00
W. Texas 6 249 302.70 ..... 160 16.00 18.50
S. Texas 8 261 229.60 292.85 826 82.60 39.20
N. Texas 12 190 265.70 117.75 625 62.50 173.50
New Mexico 14 729 687.56 276.10 540 54.00 74.00
Totals 59 2362 2655.56 1364.80 4173 417.30 363.20

Central Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
N. Missouri .. ..... ..... 436.15 322 32.20 20.60
S. Missouri 6 744 1443.00 157.15 335 33.50 7.00
E. Colorado 3 143 167.50 332.20 1555 155.50 46.80
W. Colorado .. ..... ..... ..... 193 19.30 11.00
Nebraska 5 152 155.55 179.40 1330 133.00 147.00
Wyoming 1 75 265.00 ..... 343 34.30 30.00
E. Kansas 3 100 117.10 66.50 1190 119.00 124.70
W. Kansas 6 887 942.26 58.50 565 56.50 27.50
St. Louis .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 2.50
Totals 24 2101 3090.41 1229.90 5833 583.30 417.10

Northern Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Iowa 6 396 356.80 392.25 2610 261.00 112.60
Minnesota 2 137 154.75 ..... 3196 319.60 154.50
North Dakota .. ..... ..... ..... 270 27.00 50.50
South Dakota .. ..... ..... ..... 195 19.50 38.50
Totals 8 533 511.55 392.25 6271 627.10 356.10

Pacific Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
California-Nevada 4 154 $210.50 $272.30 1950 $195.00 $22.70
Arizona 3 36 45.45 1255.00 100 10.00 5.00
S. California 4 133 352.55 766.55 8554 855.40 231.10
Utah 2 36 46.00 461.95 260 26.00 11.00
Central California 3 158 217.50 541.70 630 63.00 16.20
California Coast 3 ..... 269.05 630.75 4458 445.80 477.60
Totals 19 517 1141.05 3928.25 15952 1595.20 763.60

North Pacific Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
W. Washington 4 118 187.60 ..... 4935 493.50 191.00
Upper Columbia 2 20 298.50 ..... 1270 127.00 85.00
W. Oregon 4 55 167.25 ..... 2700 270.00 401.50
S. Idaho ..... ..... ..... ..... 530 53.00 30.70
Montana ..... ..... ..... ..... 453 45.30 9.00
S. Oregon ..... ..... ..... ..... 325 32.50 23.30
Totals 10 193 653.35 ..... 10213 1021.30 40.50

Western Canadian Union Conference

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Alberta ..... ..... ..... ..... 415 41.50 21.50
Manitoba ..... ..... ..... ..... 700 70.00 75.00
British Columbia ..... ..... ..... ..... 80 8.00 45.50
Saskatchewan ..... ..... ..... ..... 165 16.50 57.80
Totals ..... ..... ..... ..... 1360 136.00 199.80
Subscription lists 46912 4691.20
Foreign and miscellaneous 22122 2212.20

Foreign Union Conferences and Missions

AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
Australasian 78 6515 10793.66 9766.74 ..... ..... .....
British 40 2570 1120.16 1632.45 196454 3986.14 4887.09
South Africa 10 562 636.08 1475.06 2453 128.90 101.33
India 4 645 472.35 302.73 ..... ..... .....
Scandinavian 67 7063 1891.28 ..... 7067 457.50 .....
German (2) 437 47744 16273.70 13232.30 185197 5124.30 5201.90
Russian 46 1218 1942.85 1739.96 ..... ..... .....
Siberian 7 330 147.01 104.85 ..... ..... .....
Latin 4 371 334.50 647.65 2675 51.34 120.90
Levant 9 618 81.48 77.78 ..... ..... .....
South American 33 1870 4099.58 2018.20 ..... 85.84 157.36
Brazil 11 1105 ..... 807.58 ..... ..... .....
Mexican 2 188 ..... 1463.75 8350 410.11 779.44
Cuba 5 427 876.77 316.00 712 46.40 .....
Porto Rico 2 ..... 31.50 283.50 ..... 11.10 .....
Philippine Islands 2 126 181.50 ..... ..... ..... .....
Totals, Foreign 746 70247 38882.42 33868.55 402908 10301.63 11248.02
Totals N. Amer. 373 23331 25380.46 20063.42 177080 17708.00 12166.60
Grand totals 1119 93578 $64262.88 $53931.97 579988 $28009.63 $23414.62

Comparative Book Summary

1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Jan. .... $25,929.06 $40,677.06 $42,532.23 $44,495.65 $53,931.97 $64,262.88
Feb. .... 30,466.40 48,748.21 50,990.34 53,923.57 53,525.18
March .... 35,757.15 52,703.85 55,711.55 73,015.56 73,374.99
April .... 43,858.29 55,109.54 64,042.39 73,548.31 73,027.32
May .... 67,455.44 82,071.94 86,333.58 81,923.78 94,166.15
June .... 82,878.67 124,412.34 112,606.05 135,888.76 137,838.38
July .... 120,973.89 95,445.21 103,919.12 127,256.86 156,166.90
Aug. .... 66,946.38 71,652.97 91,145.11 91,810.46 103,165.69
Sept. .... 51,148.56 55,625.41 66,523.65 86,001.72 67,551.70
Oct. .... 62,719.91 52,669.93 62,461.13 81,367.89 70,219.07
Nov. .... 53,787.31 49,964.99 58,211.68 67,600.00 77,424.87
Dec. .... 39,873.18 45,759.73 54,663.93 58,386.24 57,291.91
Totals, $681,794.24 $775,741.18 $849,140.76 $976,218.80 $1,017,684.13

Comparative Summary of American Periodicals

TOTALS TOTALS TOTALS TOTALS TOTALS TOTALS TOTALS TOTALS
1910 1911 1912 1913 1910 1911 1912 1913
January 1 89462 122202 121666 177080 August 152520 215773 183119
February 116198 190234 144257 Sept. 120020 135179 173077
March 132165 244003 207529 October 116157 164537 587830
April 183981 192757 189498 Nov. 102795 110326 108755
May 174886 141204 162220 Dec. 99137 98541 111199
June 193727 145025 163120
July 222146 197582 191937 Totals, 1703194 1866363 2344207

Comparative Summary of Foreign Periodicals

COPIES VALUE
1912 1913 1912 1913
January .... 457122 402908 $11248.02 $10301.63

Trials That Become a Blessing

God permits us to have trials only when trials will be a blessing. The highest attainments in piety are never reached without heart-searching trials. For the time being trials and testings are not enjoyable, but in the end they are a great blessing. If you are now passing through a severe trial, you may rest assured it will be a blessing if you are faithful to God. Trust God in the storm.—Selected.

Christ, the Supreme Model

By Herrick Johnson

The most destructive criticism has not been able to dethrone Christ as the incarnation of perfect holiness. The waves of a tossing and restless sea of unbelief break at his feet, and he stands still the supreme model, the inspiration of great souls, the rest of the weary, the fragrance of all Christendom, the one divine flower in the garden of God. — Herrick Johnson.

The Publishing Work

By N. Z. Town

Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference
N. Z. Town — — — — — Secretary

Business Notices!

FOR SALE.—Because of a change in field of labor, my four-room house in Greensboro, N. C., is offered for sale. It is located only one block and a half from a good church-school and Sabbath services. For further information write Elder R. T. Nash.
WANTED.—Single man to work on farm by month. Must be Seventh-day Adventist. Howard L. Stringer, Hunters Creek, Lapeer Co., Mich.
WANTED.—Man and his wife to work on farm. Must be Sabbath-keepers, experienced in farm work, able to milk, and take care of stock. Might rent to right party. F. M. Rodenberger, Bruno, Minn.
WANTED.—A housekeeper in small family. Middle-aged lady preferred. Must be Seventh-day Adventist. Will pay $4 a week. Address Mrs. John McHenry, Station A, East Liverpool, Ohio.
WANTED.—Woman thirty to sixty years of age to do general housework, cooking, and plain sewing in a small family. Hygienic living. Mrs. J. S. Comins, R. F. D. 6, Battle Creek, Mich.
WANTED.—A woman of mature years in good health, to do the cooking. Also a woman to do general housework. Give references and state wages desired. For particulars, write G. A. Droll, 2301 East Fourteenth St., Kansas City, Mo.
LINOTYPE machinist operator for Model 8 machine in Seventh-day Baptist office. Man who understands ad. setting preferred. Preference for Sabbath-keeper. Write, telling experience, speed, and age. The Utter Company, Westerly Daily Sun, Westerly, R. I.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By F. H. Robbins; J. S. Barrows

West Virginia Book Society

The first annual meeting of the board of directors of the West Virginia Seventh-day Adventist Book Society will be held at the society headquarters, Fairmont, W. Va., March 4, at 9:30 A. M., for the election of officers and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the board.
F. H. ROBBINS, President; J. S. BARROWS, Secretary.

California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

By L. M. Bowen; J. J. Wessels

NOTICE is hereby given that the sixteenth annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be held at Sanitarium, Napa County, Cal., Wednesday, March 12, 1913, at 12 M., for the election of four or more directors to take the places of those whose term of office expires at that time, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The members of the association consist of, (1) all charter or life members; (2) the following are ex-officio members: the physicians, graduate nurses, and department leaders employed in any branch of the work of this association; (3) Members of the executive committee of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; (4) members of the executive committees of the following conferences: the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Northern California-Nevada Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Central California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; (5) the members of the board of trustees of the California Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists; (6) the secretary of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the missionary secretary and Sabbath-school secretary of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the church-school superintendent, all ordained ministers, licentiates, and church-school teachers in the employ of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; (7) the officers and managing boards of all regularly organized Seventh-day Adventist denominational institutions in the territory of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; (8) all duly accredited delegates to the annual meetings of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the elders, deacons, clerks, treasurers, librarians, Sabbath-school superintendents, and leaders of young people's societies in local Seventh-day Adventist churches within the territory of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
L. M. BOWEN, President; J. J. WESSELS, Secretary.

Sanitarium Food Company

By L. M. Bowen; L. A. Whitney

THE eleventh annual meeting of the Sanitarium Food Company will be held at Sanitarium, Napa County, Cal., on Thursday, March 13, 1913, at 12 M.
L. M. BOWEN, President;
L. A. WHITNEY, Secretary.

Change of Office Address

By D. K. Royer

ALL communications intended for the Northern New England Conference and Tract Society should now be addressed to 136 North Main St., Concord, N. H., and not to Bellows Falls, Vt., as heretofore.
D. K. ROYER.

Important Notice

By W. T. Knox

THE next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., from May 15 to June 8, 1913. The opening meeting will be held Thursday morning, May 15, at 10:30 o'clock. Every delegate should be present at the opening meeting.
Accommodations for lodging will be provided for delegates and visitors in tents or in buildings.
All tents will be floored and furnished with cots, mattresses, pillows, chairs, a small table, pail, tin wash-basin, and cups. All other articles required—bedding, curtains for dividing the tents, linen, towels, soap, mirrors, etc.—must be furnished by the occupants. An abundance of bedding should be brought, as there may be cold nights during the meeting.
The tents will be located on the Seminary grounds where the Conference will be held, the grounds being well supplied with substantial walks.
The General Conference Office building and the Takoma Park church-school building, located about one mile from the Seminary grounds, will be open for the accommodation of guests. Rooms in these buildings will be supplied with cots, mattresses, pillows, and chairs. All other requisites must be supplied by those who occupy the rooms.
A charge will be made for accommodations in tents and rooms in the above-mentioned buildings at the following rates:—

Tent and Room Rents

Two persons in tent or room . . . . $5.50 each Three persons in tent or room . . . . 4.50 each Four persons in tent or room . . . . 4.00 each Five or more persons in tent or room . . . . 3.50 each
These rates will be the same whether the tent or room is occupied by the renter a portion or the whole of the time of the General Conference session.
A limited number of furnished private rooms can be secured in Takoma Park. The rental for such rooms will range from $2 to $4 a week for one person, an additional charge generally being made when two persons occupy the same room.
Delegates from foreign fields will receive entertainment free, and will be lodged in the Seminary dormitories.

Board

A commodious dining-tent, with ample accommodations to care for those attending, will be conducted on the cafeteria plan. A lunch-room by counter will also be operated. Thus all can be speedily served, and with as great a degree of economy as the individual may desire.
Those occupying tents may board themselves, if they prefer, but no cooking will be allowed in the rooms.
There will be a store on the grounds, at which breadstuffs, fruits, nuts, and vegetables can be secured at market prices.
It is anticipated that there will be a large attendance at the coming General Conference session, hence it will be absolutely necessary for the Committee on Arrangements to know beforehand for whom accommodations must be provided.
Delegates and all visiting brethren who expect to be supplied with accommodations in tents or rooms and board, or in private homes, should write at once to L. A. Hansen, Takoma Park, D. C., stating their requirements and preferences.
All orders should be in the hands of the Committee on Arrangements not later than April 15. Those failing to write early, must not be disappointed if on arrival they do not find provision made for their needs.
Do not forget that the General Conference will not have bedding to sell or rent, nor will they supply any articles except those mentioned above, nor can they guarantee any lodging accommodations to those who do not order in advance. All proposing to attend are therefore urged to write immediately.
Information concerning special railroad rates and how to reach the grounds, will appear in an early number of the REVIEW AND HERALD.
For the committee,
W. T. KNOX.

Obituaries

CHAPMAN.—Edith Chapman died at her home in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1913, on her fifty-third birthday. She was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and we laid her to rest to await the resurrection morning. C. A. HANSEN.
RUMERY.—Harriet King Buck was born at Bucksbridge, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1847. Her father, H. G. Buck, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, accepted the doctrine of the soon coming of the Saviour when she was four years old, and identified himself with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which was just springing into being. Thus her childhood and youth were deeply influenced by the pioneer experiences of this people. Her whole life bore the fruitage of that early training. At the age of sixteen she went with the family to Battle Creek, Mich., and the year following to Monterey, where at the age of twenty-one she was united in marriage with J. L. Rumery, who survives. Here for many years she was closely identified with church work, holding several different offices in the church, Sabbath-school, and missionary society. For the past twenty years the family home has been in Hopkins, Allegan County. Here, while denied church privileges, her tender and sympathetic nature manifested itself in unselfish devotion to her family, and a spirit of overflowing Christian helpfulness to those about her, until the entire community feels that it has sustained a personal loss. Hoping that she might be benefited in health, she was taken, last summer, to Chattanooga, Tenn., where her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Otis Hayward, are operating a sanitarium. Another daughter, Mrs. Arthur Westphal, who is a trained nurse, hastened to her side. All that loving hearts and skilful hands could do proved ineffectual to stay the disease, but served to unite more closely, if possible, the tender bonds of affection, and she quietly fell asleep at the home of her daughter, on Lookout Mountain, Jan. 29, 1913. She was brought to her Michigan home for burial, all of her immediate relatives being privileged to attend the services—the husband, the aged mother in her ninetieth year, three daughters (Mrs. Mina Hayward and Mrs. Kate Westphal, of Tennessee, and Mrs. Alonsa Baird, of Hopkins), Sib Rumery, also of Hopkins, and one brother, John Buck, of Hastings. Besides these, an unusually large circle of friends mourn the loss of one whom to know was to love and appreciate. Those who were with her to the last felt that her death was one of those designated by David as “precious in the sight of the Lord,” which consoling text was chosen as a basis for a message of comfort when we laid her away to rest until the coming of the Life-giver. CLIFFORD A. RUSSELL.
OLNEY.—Sarah J. Wells was born in the year 1841 at Homer, Mich., and died at Richmond, Va., Jan. 28, 1913. She was married to David W. Perry in 1870, and, after his death, to Leonard Olney, whom she also survived. Of three children only one survives, Dr. Olive Perry Ingersoll. With her husband, Sister Olney accepted present truth in 1885. For two years, between 1865 and 1868, she was preceptress of Battle Creek College, where she won the friendship of many young people. In the closing days of her life it was a great comfort to her to read the letters that came from some of those young people, now scattered to all parts of the world, who had been encouraged to live a Christian life by her counsel and example. In 1898 she accompanied the Drs. Ingersoll to India. While there she gained the distinction of being the first American woman to enter Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Her party was escorted through the Khaidar Pass by the ameer’s troops. Returning to this country, she made her home with the Drs. Ingersoll at Washington, D. C., and later at Richmond, Va. After a lingering illness she passed away while asleep. On the morning of her death the family gathered in the sanitarium parlor, and for worship sang “Sweet Peace, the Gift of God’s Love.” The strains of this hymn, which was repeated at her request, were especially comforting to her. After remarking that it sounded like the angels singing, she fell asleep to awaken no more in this life. During her illness she was patient and ever thoughtful of others. Her life was filled with ineffable sweetness, and to know her was to love her. We all miss her, but we laid her away in perfect confidence that a place is assured her in the first resurrection. Besides the family of Dr. Ingersoll, the only relative of Mrs. Olney attending the funeral was her nephew, Mr. R. J. Foster, of Irwin, Pa. Elders W. J. Stone and J. H. N. Tindall assisted the writer in the funeral service. J. L. MCELHANY.
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