“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died of typho-bilious fever, Dec. 21, 1877, at Gaines, Kent Co., Mich., Robert R. Jones, aged 75 years.
Bro. Jones had been a resident of the township of Gaines for thirty-seven years. When he first located there, the wilderness was almost perfectly unbroken, and the now large and growing city of Grand Rapids was at that time a mere hamlet. Few of the men who entered that region contemporaneously with Bro. Jones still survive; but those of the pioneer settlers who as yet remain were quite generally at the funeral. Some of them came many miles to be present on that occasion, and the turnout from the immediate vicinity was so large that the school-house was incapable of containing the congregation.
Bro. Jones had formerly been for twenty-one years a member of the Baptist Church of Grand Rapids; for the last sixteen years of his life he has been connected with the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. During the several weeks last preceding his illness, God seems to have been preparing him for his final change, so that on his death-bed he gave clear and satisfactory evidence that he died in the blessed hope of immortality beyond the grave.
The funeral discourse was preached by the writer on the afternoon of the twenty-fourth of December. W. H. Littlejohn.
Died at Monterey, Allegan Co., Mich., Dec. 5, 1877, Bro. Salmon Howard, Sen., in the eighty-eighth year of his age. Bro. H. was converted in 1835 and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and remained with them until the agitation on the question of slavery, when he united with the Wesleyan Methodists. In 1858 he commenced the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord, and united with the Monterey church of S. D. Adventists, of which he was a member at the time of his death.
An instructive and comforting discourse was given by Eld. W. H. Littlejohn, from Luke 2:29–31. H. M. Kenyon.
Died, Sept. 14, 1877, in Danby, Ionia Co., Mich., of asthmatic consumption, Bro. Milton S. Kellogg, aged 51 years, 10 months, and 19 days. Bro. Kellogg embraced the Advent faith in the summer of 1856, from which time until his death the commandments of God were his delight, and the soon-coming of Jesus his great theme of thought and conversation. As death approached, the prospect of the resurrection near kept him above all fear or dread of the grave. He leaves a companion, five children, and a large circle of friends, who deeply mourn their loss. At the funeral the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians was read, and appropriate remarks were made by Bro. E. Howe and N. Outwater. S. C. Perry.
Sister Sarah Burton died of consumption, at Pleasant Home, Polk Co., Neb., Aug. 8, 1877, aged about 33 years. For over two years sister B was a member of the Stromsburg church of Seventh-day Adventists, having embraced the truths of the third angel’s message under the labors of Bro. C. L. Boyd. She was faithful unto death. Funeral discourse by Bro. Boyd. Geo. S. Richard.
Addie Stickles, daughter of Hiram and Hannah Stickles, died of typhoid fever, at Smethport, Pa., Dec. 1, 1877, aged 11 years and 11 months. She was the only daughter, and leaves a father and two brothers to mourn her loss. Adelbert E. Stickles.
TRIAL OF BRO. REESE.
By J. A. Killingsworth
This trial came off at the appointed time. Bro. Reese informed me that, in addition to the other charges, he was accused of receiving an offer of a salary of perhaps four or five hundred dollars, as an inducement for him to assist the “one Taylor.” He has called for another trial, at which time he wants the proof produced. Bro. R. was suspended from preaching in Mt. Hope church. His case is to go before the General Conference.
Bro. Reese is pressed on every side. He is competent to speak the truth with power, but has not yet begun the observance of the Sabbath; for he meets with bitter opposition. It is very probable that he will yet take his stand with us. May God grant that many such may fully receive the truth.
J. A. KILLINGSWORTH.
Honey in the Church: Attracting Sinners by Grace
Bees find the flowers, not because they are symmetrical and beautiful, but because they have honey in them. If sinners are ever attracted to the churches, it will not be by the observance of stated and stately forms, or by the display of gaudy paraphernalia, but because there is honey in them.— Clark’s Gospel in the Trees.
Trusting God to Lead You Rightly
Whatever God has intended you for, you may safely trust him to bring you to. He may lead you around, but he will guide you right.
APPOINTMENTS
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
I will meet with the brethren in Illinois as follows:— At Aledo, Jan. 12 and 13. At Serena, Jan. 19 and 20. I will continue the meetings over the Monday following the appointment, in each place, if the brethren come prepared to remain. These meetings will be of general interest for the cause in the State. We hope, therefore, to see a good representation of the friends of the cause from all parts of the Conference. S. N. HASKELL.
Meetings in Vermont as follows:— North Fayston, evenings of Jan. 16, 17, 1878. Warren, at J. Cardell’s, Sabbath and first-day, Jan. 19, 20, 1878. Bristol, Jan. 26, 27, 1878. A. S. HUTCHINS.
We will meet with the church at Raymond’s Corners, Pa., Jan. 5 and 6, 1878. Also the district quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 10, N. Y. and Pa. Tract and Missionary Society, at Wellsville, N. Y., Jan. 12 and 13. We request a general attendance from every church in this district at this meeting. Also State quarterly meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. Tract Society at East Otto, Catt. Co., N. Y., Jan. 19 and 20. B. L. WHITNEY, A. H. HALL.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 8, N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society, at the house of Bro. Darius Taber, near Pompey Center, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 13, 1878. A special invitation is extended to the friends in Linklaen, DeRuyter, and Pompey. Those coming from the west on the cars will please take the train on the Syracuse and Chenango Valley R. R., which leaves Syracuse at 4 P. M. for Oran, where a team will await them. P. Z. KINNE, Director.
N. Y. AND PA. T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 1. Quarterly meeting at Olcott, N. Y., the second Sabbath and first-day in January, 1878. R. F. COTTRELL, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 4, at Allegan, Mich., Jan. 12 and 13, 1878. It is expected that Elder U. Smith will be present. M. S. BURNHAM, Director.
T. and M. quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 9, at Vassar, Mich., Jan. 12 and 13, 1878. WM. OSTRANDER, Director.
Meeting of Dist. No. 3, at Marshall, Mich., Jan. 12, 13, 1878. I. A. OLMSTEAD, Dir.
Quarterly meeting of District No. 13 at Memphis, Mich., Jan. 12 and 13. D. E. WELLMAN, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 6, Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, at Osceola, Iowa, Jan. 12, 13. J. L. SYP, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 1, Iowa and Neb. T. and M. Society, at Lansing, Ia., Jan. 12, 13. F. H. CHAPMAN, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 5, at Wright, Mich., Jan. 12, 13. Librarians, attend to your duty. J. S. HICKS, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 8, Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, at Logan, Ia., Jan. 12 and 13, 1878. Will some minister attend? PROCTOR McCORMICK, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 7, N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society, at West Winfield, Jan. 12 and 13. J. Q. FOY, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 3, at Serena, Ill., Jan. 13, 1878. GEO. FOREMAN, Director.
Chicago, Ill., at 10:30 A. M., Jan. 5. Bladen Springs, Alabama, “ 12, 13. A. O. BURRILL.
General meeting at Monroe, Wis., Jan. 5 and 6, 1878. The brethren at Darlington, Albany, and Avon are invited. H. W. DECKER.
The Lord willing, I will meet with the church at Cleburne, Texas, Jan. 5 and 6, 1878; Dallas, at the general quarterly meeting, Jan. 12 and 13. I hope to meet with many of the scattered brethren of Texas at these meetings. Come, and come with a mind to work. R. M. KILGORE.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 5, Iowa and Neb. T. and M. Society, at Sandyville, Iowa, Jan. 12 and 13. J. B. BENNINGTON, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 2, Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, at Laporte City, Ia., Jan. 12 and 13. Eld. J. T. Mitchell is expected to be present. DANIEL ANDRE, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 6, Mich. T. and M. Society, at Greenville, Jan. 12 and 13, 1878. Eld. Corliss is expected to attend. FRANKLIN HOWE.
By request of the director in Dist. No. 3, I will meet with the churches as follows:— Pulaski, Jan. 5, 6. Adams Center, “ 12, 13. Mannsville, “ 19, 20. Meetings to commence Friday evening. The meeting at Adams Center will be the district quarterly meeting, and a general attendance is earnestly requested. Hope to meet Bro. Brown at all these appointments. S. B. WHITNEY.
I will meet with the church at Lapeer, Mich., Jan. 5, 6. Dryden, “ 7–9. Flint, “ 12, 13. Holly, “ 19, 20. We hope none of our brethren and sisters will excuse themselves from these meetings of their own church. Will Bro. Curtis, of Dryden, meet me at Attica station the morning of the 7th? E. R. JONES.
General quarterly meeting of the Me. T. and M. Society, at Cornville, Jan. 19, 20. We wish to see a general gathering of our people at this meeting. J. B. GOODRICH.
General meeting of the Mich. T. and M. Society at Battle Creek, Jan. 20, 1878. J. FARGO.
General quarterly meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society at Knoxville, Ia., Jan. 19 and 20, 1878. H. NICOLA, Pres.
State quarterly meeting of the Indiana T. and M. Society, at Alto, Howard Co., Jan. 19, 20. J. W. COVERT, Sec.
Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the REVIEW & HERALD TO which the money received pays—which should correspond with the Numbers on the Papers. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged immediate notice of the omission should be given.
$2.00 EACH. Arvesta Pease 52-25, Henry Johnson 53-1, Justin Corey 53-1, D H Gould 54-1, Sally M Stockwell 53-1, J A Ashbaugh 53-1, A F Henning 50-1, Hannah Soule 54-5, J A Whitman 58-1, O W Comings 58-10, H P Wakefield 58-2, Jane Revell 55-1, S Winkley 52-25, Mrs J A Seckett 53-1, Hiram Stebbins 58-1, N S Raymond 53-1, Alfred Niles 53-8, W H Eggleston 53-2, Prudence Stillman 53-1, H Bowen 53-1, Laura Smith 53-1, John R Elliott 53-1, L B Miller 58-2, Thos Newman 52-25, J C Cole 53-10, H J Caldon 53-1, Nahum Ocut[t] 58-2, C H Potter 58-2, R B Simmons 53-2, Durham Moser 58-1, J W Merryfield 58-1, John Claxton 58-2, B Holster 58-9, N A Beck 58-1, Belle C Branson 58-6, M L Clark 58-1, N G Sanders 58-1, J P Jefferson 58-1, R Richardson 58-19, D W Emmerson 52-28, John Roberts 53-1, Samuel Persons 53-6, E Dunsecomb 51-18, Mrs C S Hemenway 58-3, Jas Burton 58-1, R M Pierce 58-1, Lydia V Heller 54-16, John C Evans 53-1, Mrs Eliza Watkins 58-1, Ira Abbey 58-1, A C Woodbury 58-1, Wm Wilson 58-1, John Howlett 53-6, L G Kidder 53-1, Levi P Whitcomb 58-1, J E Potter 58-5, Mary Bierce 54-1, H Phillips 58-8, E F DeBord 52-25, Mrs N Dennison 58-1, E D Fitch 58-1, Sally Dunton 58-1, Olive B Oakes 52-28, John Place 58-1, Isaac Whisler 54-1, Anna Emas 58-13, J H Collins 52-22, Harmon Gregory 52-1, J J Boardman 53-1, Combe Chapman 58-1, M Robinson 53-1, E Brown 58-1, Rachel L Ainsworth 58-1, Mary R Stem 53-24, H H Weld 58-14, J Chase 58-7, Chas V Lockwood 53-1, Wm Kerr 53-1, C L Bean 58-1, M E Mowry 58-1, Hiram Thurber 53-2, Christian Black 52-19, Peter Luke 52-1, George Drew 52-20, L H Priest 58-1, D S Crandall 58-14, Andrew Sigourney 58-1, John Wright 58-1, Joel Gordon 58-1, J P Kellogg 58-1, M L Heath 58-1, J Devenport 53-1, Ephraim Mead 52-25, Dr John Osborne 52-25, Robert McConnell 58-2, Mitchell McConnell 52-25, G W Rathbun 58-1, Thomas Hare 58-1, E H Root 53-1, E Kinne 53-1, P Z Kinnie 53-1, M C Hoag 58-1, Wm Hoag 53-1, Edmond Brown 52-25, F J Clark 52-25, Henry L Baldwin 52-25, Stephen Norton 53-1, M E Archer 58-4, John P Zirkle 53-1, Mrs W H Hudson 58-1, Alfred Perren 58-1, Edward Tillotson 52-25, James Shore 52-25, Monroe Crosset 52-25, D T Peru 52-25, Alfred Hobbs 58-1, Mrs M A Aldrich 58-1, J T Mitchell 53-5, J E Farrar 53-1, T H Wakeman 52-25, Mrs C Tosh 53-1, R A Jeffries 58-1, H W Musser 52-25, Clarissa Aldrich 58-1, Daniel Watson 52-25, Mary Olmstead 58-1, E Lauder 53-1, Mary Bean 52-1, Prudence Yates 58-1, Adam Watters 52-25, D B Richards 58-1, A Fife 53-1, Beem Craig 52-24, F Howe 58-1, A Clute 58-1, Leander Graves 53-1, Wm E Price 52-24, John Sutton 58-4, Geo Carter 58-5, Mrs R A Dunbar 58-1, Geo A Hobbs 58-1, Sarah Nettleingham 52-25, S W Rhodes 58-3, Jesse Dorcas 52-25, Mrs L S McClure 52-24, Harmon Lindsay 58-1, Lizzie Hornby 53-1, David Burdick 53-2, Martha Hinds 58-1, Elijah Boyer 58-1, Peter Redmond 53-1, E L Hobdell 53-1, A W Sanborn 52-25, O E Stranahan 52-25, Henry Hahn 52-25, H E Gardner 53-1, L Edmonds 53-1, H H Bramhall 53-1, P D Larrabee 52-25, J H Johnson 52-24, S K Foster 52-22, Mrs C Belden 58-2, Wm Van Gieson 53-1, D R Palmer 58-1, D S James 53-1, Sanford Rogers 58-1, Fannie Blackstock 53-1, M W Purdon 53-1, E Cobb 58-1, D Wilcox 58-1, H K Pike 58-1, Horace Barr 52-13, Sylvester Simonds 58-1, George Klopfenstein 53-1, Levi Clinger 58-1, M M Scott 58-6, J W Adams 58-1, Washington Johnson 53-1, R Parker 58-1, A C Penfield 53-3, Mrs Mary Child 58-4, Ellen Whitman 53-1, Mrs E J Bump 53-17.
$1.00 EACH. Judith Foster 52-1, Lucy H Winslow 52-18, John P Kanagy 52-1, C T Jensen 52-1, Harrison Spears 52-1, C A Russell 52-1, Wm Cochran 52-1, Melvin Adams 52-1, Well Brigham 52-1, Reuben Keck 52-1, J T Terrell 52-1, A J Terrell 52-2, J N Ayers 52-1, L W Mason 52-1, B G Jones 52-1, Mrs H A Page 52-1, Wm Coats 51-25, Jane Bellamy 52-1, Wm White 52-1, C W Woods 52-1, Thos J Cross 52-9, G W Mitchell 52-3, Wm McAllister 52-1, Mrs Betsey Stiles 52-1, Mrs D A Plant 51-25, D K Mitchell 51-24, D F Evans 52-1, Jane Habenicht 51-25, Lizzie Hipple 52-10, Margaret Shotwell 52-10, S W Flanders 52-1, C McReynolds 52-1, N Battin 52-1, T E Thorp 51-25, Geo D Chester 52-1, Minerva Bangdorf 51-25, Hannah C Watkins 51-25, Wm Carter 51-25, Rose C Hight 51-25, Cynthia McCoy 52-1, Geo Kennedy 51-25, Wm Fox 51-25, E B Potts 51-25, S W Willey 52-25, Lucy A Birney 52-1, Wm F Noyes 25-1, J N Loughborough 51-14, E J W Bovee 52-1, Sophia Gerould 52-2, W K Loughborough 52-1, Mrs C E Swarthout 52-1, Mrs A N Wilson 52-10, Catharine Miller 51-25, Rosanna Stewart 52-1, Mrs Betsey S Shaw 52-1, Mary Peters 52-1, T C Pierce 52-1, C M Shepherd 52-1, H S Priest 52-24, Lewis Warner 52-1, M M Shepherd 52-1, John J Allard 52-1, Isaac Cornell 52-1, David Hewitt 52-18, J J Brunner 51-25, Cynthia Lynch 52-1, Sophronia Shirley 52-1, Clarissa Chillson 52-1, S H Daniels 52-1, M E Rathbun 52-1, Mrs S Beckwith 52-1, G F Earnst 51-25, Geo Knight 52-1, D C Burch 52-1, C M Nichols 52-1, H D Bruce 52-1, S W Randall 52-1, G B Castle 52-1, S F Grant 52-1, Mrs Maggie Sherron 52-1, Mrs A Herrick 52-1, John A Hardy 51-25, Martha A Merrick 51-24, Mary A Cruzan 51-25, R M Caviness 51-24, J L Edwards 51-25, J Crane 51-24, Roswell H P Bellhouse 51-25, S A Hallack 51-25, D R Seely 52-2, Martha Watkins 51-25, D Malin 51-25, A B Russell 52-1, Thomas Fisher 52-1, Wm Sanders 51-25, Joseph B Locke 52-11, T T Wheeler 51-25, V L Lyber 51-25, H H Lowery 51-25, Wm Buchanan 51-20, E Van Deusen 51-18, M Crawford 52-1, S Sisley 51-25, Mrs C A Burt 52-25, John Young 52-8, L H Hacket 51-25, C C Wonders 51-25, H R Palmer 52-2, D K Robbins 52-1, Lathrop Drew 52-1, John E Kingsbury 52-1, Margaret E Smith 52-1, A G Scott 58-7, Wm Barden 52-7, C E Cole 52-1, J M Gallemore 52-1, David Honeywell 52-3, Harriet E Wilkins 52-1, Harmon Camp 52-7, Azariah Kenyon 52-05, T F Emans 52-1, Z D Howe 52-20, Henry Sheperd 52-10, C N Pike 52-1, S A Holden 52-1, J H Hoff 52-1, G H Murphy 52-1, John Clark 52-1, Truman Kibble 52-1, Chas Wooster 52-1, H G Buck 52-1, Thomas Demon 52-1, Phebe Vedder 52-1.
Miscellaneous.
Daniel Mansfield $1.50 53-1, Abraham Yeager 1.50 58-1, J M Sebrock 1.50 52-14, Joel Yeager 1.50 52-18, Harvey Morton 50c 51-14, Mrs Ira Sherman 75c 52-1, S C Perry 1.50 52-14, L M Puffenberger 50c 51-14, Mrs A F Coats 1.50 53-1, L M Alexander 50c 51-15, James Ives 1.50 53-1, John Carriel 1.50 53-1, J B Dunwoody 90c 52-17, W S Wright 50c 51-14, M H Stephens 1.50 53-8, M F Simons 1.50 53-1, Rebecca Hutchins 75c 52-1, Adolphus Smith 1.25 52-1, W M Kerr 87c 51-14, Dr E W Kerr 87c 51-14, M N Kerr 87c 51-14, John Reynolds 87c 51-14, E R Hitchcock 75c 52-1, Mrs M Haskell 50c 51-14, Chloe Rumsey 1.50 58-1, J L Shockey 50c 51-14, Mrs Mary Irons 1.50 52-1, Susie T Ayres 1.15 51-4, Chas Osborn 50c 51-14, J T Alverson 1.50 52-14, Lina Penniman 50c 51-17, Cyrus Saxton 50c 51-14, J L Rice 50c 51-14, G Castle 50c 51-3, Peter Amundsen 75c 51-25, A J Richmond 50c 51-14, David Johnson 50c 51-14, M E Haskell 75c 52-1, E A Heath 1.50 52-25, Mrs Esther Smith 1.50 52-25, Solomon Myers 1.50 52-14, Nancy Collins 1.50 52-13, B C Chandler 50c 51-14, Mrs Martha A Crum 1.50 52-25, Mrs S H Burdick 1.15 52-25, James M Legg 50c 51-20, Daniel Briggs 1.20 52-2, T B Snow 25c 51-8, H W Young 1.50 58-1, Dallas Garrett 1.10 53-1, Perkins Bunnell 50c 52-14, A C Hudson 50c 51-6, Hattie House 1.50 52-25, Mrs Lucy Mott 75c 52-1, Herman D Wilson 50c 53-1, Mrs E A Teal 1.50 58-1, Stewart Gibson 50c 51-17, Jas Gilbert 50c 51-17, Belinda Smith 1.50 53-1, Franklin Covert 1.50 58-1, Emma Talmadge 4.50 53-7, Amy Curry 3.00 53-7, Emma J Straup 1.50 53-1, Libbie Bigler 53-1.
Books Sent by Mail.
James B Mason 50c, C S Chaffee 75c, E McMillan 10c, Jennie Borden 25c, H J Park 1.50, T H Aasen 1.30, Mrs C W Haze 10c, Wm T Price 15c, Wealthy McNitt 50c, H C Hanson 1.00, H McKeown 15c, Mrs K A Pavey 45c, A H Clymer 5.00, L S Emery 50c, Isaac N Kirk 2.00, Eric Sundstrom 30c, J E Nordstrom 90c, H Mack 25c, J N Brant 50c, Fannie White 25c, M Mudd A White 75c, Myrtle Pring 75c, Grant White 75c, R Mannell 25c, J Palmer 10c, L C Nourse 3c, S T Ayres 1.05, P M Taylor 25c, Hattie E McEntier 75c, Rev W H Coombe 1.00, A A Bigelow 3.00, Mrs C O Taylor 10c, Mrs C E M Andrews 3.00, Geo R Drew 10.00, Dr G M Terrell 2.00, F Mead 50c, Geo R Drew 1.00, Adam Ramsey 2.00, Ellen W Alexander 1.10, Robert Kidd 45c, E A Langdon 1.25, M Andrews 1.50, Isaac Hughes 25c, John Place 50c, R Scarborough 95c, A G Cooper 1.00, Mrs J Mosher 25c, Rev W H Coombes 30c, Mrs M G Pusey 50c, Mrs G A Maxson 1.50, Mrs Hattie Parsons 50c, E I Howe 75c, Mrs C Belden 25c, Emma Minch 30c, Olive B Oakes 2.50, S Marshall Cook 1.50, Mrs Lottie Bental 15c, G H Brownson 3.00, T J Patchen 25c, A Johnson 80c, L H Ellis 1.00, Lizzie Youngman 2.00, Jennie Adams 3.50, M F Reynolds 1.00, W B Hill 25c, D S James 25c, C B Ingersoll 1.00, A M Fulton 2.25, Mrs L Beach 15c, Avery 45c, U D Twitchell 1.00, J C Loomis 25c, J M Gallemore 1.40, Mrs T M Haughey 1.40, Lydia V Heller 1.00, H Spears 1.00, O A Twist 50c, M N Kerr 23c, J Reynolds 23c, W M Kerr 23c, Dr E W Kerr 23c, C Brown 65c, S Berridge 25c, G C McElroy 1.00, M D 75c, Geo A Brown 1.00, E Whipple 35c, W A Raymond 2.50, Geo Carter 50c, L S Griggs 25c, R C King 10c, C T Bower 60c, R L Cole 5c, David Fulton 2.50, M D Campbell 1.02, L P Hoen 1.00, J P Lundgrist 72c, Jorgen Christensen 1.00, R W Chapman 30c, M A Bell 10c, Mrs J K Gardner 25c, E Brown 25c, W P Brown 25c, S P Brown 25c, Mrs John Knight 25c, C F Kingsley 40c, M L Bundy 40c, Mrs C O Lakey 25c, O A Bullock 1.20, R M Pierce 75c, Weatherby 10c, H McColl 75c, J Hutchinson 75c, W S Henington 1.00, P Whitcomb 1.20, P B Peterson 1.00, J Buckley 2.53, Daniel Bright 1.60, T J Cross 1.75, J O Akerlind 1.00, Adolphus Smith 1.25, E R Hitchcock 1.50, Mrs S Kenney 25c, I O Kenagy 10c, K Dohonney 25c, J A Stuart 2.00, H C Terrell 1.00, Samuel Fulton 1.00, Albert Blake 60c, Wm Kerr 5.50, R J Goodrich 69c, Theron Teal 20c, J W Covert 66c.
Books Sent by Express.
F F Emans $5.00, L A Logan 15.00, James W Tait 15.00, R M Kilgore 2.50, Wm Beebe 5.00, J S Houseman 2.50, L McCoy 23.25, R C Glunt 5.95.
Books Sent by Freight.
S H King $18.65, S N Haskell 99.05, Solomon Myers 10.25, J N Ayers 100.01, A S Hutchins 81.12, S D Smith 5.75, M S Bingham 25.40, Harmon Lindsay 49.85, L B Kneeland 21.45, Nels Jensen Dam 7.39.
Cash Rec’d on Account.
Cal T and M Society per Signs Office $18.40, Wm Ings per J H Hustman 200.75, L H Ellis 4.65, Wyoming Canada T and M Society 16.00.
Share in S. D. A. P. Association.
M J Luke $9.00.
Mich. Conf. Fund.
Greenville $30.00, Chesaning 3.88, Burlington 20.00, Memphis per H S Gurney 20.00, Gaines per W H Littlejohn 5.00, Hastings 7.97, Antrim 25.00, Genoa 13.86, Holly 16.75, Wright 155.00, Lapeer 130.00, Leslie 87.00.
Mich. T. & M. Society.
Dist 8 added ⅜ 64c, Dist 5 per M S Burnham 1.50, Dist 8 Hastings added ⅛ 4.94, Dist 11 per A Carpenter 45.00, Dist 3 L M Griggs 12.00, Dist 6 per A O Burrill 80c, Dist 3 Newton added ⅛ 8.00.
Mich. Camp-Meeting Fund.
Orleans church $1.50, A Gleason 1.00, Emma Van Horn 1.00, Mrs Mudget 1.00, G W Bennett and wife 8.00, Thomas Newman 3.00.
Gen. T. & M. Society.
Jess Moreton $1.00, Mrs Stephen Perkins 2.00, Mrs J W Lucas 5.00, A C Penfield 8.00, Mrs M Child 1.00.
S. D. A. E. Society.
Lizzie Hornby $10.00, Elizabeth Brown 5.00, Thomas Bickle 12.50, Albert Cash 5.00, Sarah Cash 2.50, Mrs S B Smith 2.50, L L Cushing 5.00.
The Signs of the Times.
By James White
We soon enter upon the fourth volume of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, with the year 1878. Tract and Missionary workers are now being organized for their work. Churches and individuals should make up their packages at once for the year, to pay for them mostly on the installment plan. The friends of the SIGNS should calculate on a circulation of from ten to twenty thousand copies.
There will be no other pioneer sheet the coming year, and all will be done to make the SIGNS interesting and instructive that can possibly be done. Mrs. W.'s articles will continue on the first page of each number of volume four, as they have appeared in volume three. We shall also put through the entire volume a series of articles on the incidents of our lives, in which will appear very many things of great interest, as they illustrate very forcibly the power of faith and the work of God. We hope also to furnish matter on the great plan of redemption, and the great prophetic truths that bring us to its consummation.
Volume four will not come a whit behind other volumes in importance, and we bespeak for it a liberal and wide circulation from individuals and from Tract and Missionary Societies. Now is the time to work. Be in season with your orders. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.
J. W.
The Way of Life.
By James White
WE now offer this beautiful Scriptural engraving, with the Key, or Explanations, for $1.00. To canvassers, at one-half discount. We will furnish SIGNS OF THE TIMES with the Way of Life, postage paid, to those who wish to send them to their friends, for $2.00. The Way of Life and Key, to officers of T. and M. Societies, to club with SIGNS, at special rates.
J. W.
Sabbath Readings.
VOLUME 2 of this collection is now ready. Vol. 1 is adapted to the younger members of the family. Vol. 2 contains selections of moral and religious reading that is adapted to all. The two volumes are elegantly bound at this Office, and make valuable books for the home circle. Price, 75 cts. a volume.
State Quarterly Meeting At Danvers.
By D. M. Cartwright
Providence permitting, the State Quarterly Meeting for New England will be held at Danvers, Mass., Jan. 19 and 20, the third Sabbath and Sunday in January. We cordially invite a general turnout of all the friends of the cause in the Conference. We have many friends in Danvers, and they cheerfully offer to care for all who come. Indeed, they are anxious to have a large gathering at this time. Begin now to calculate on coming. Let all the T. and M. workers and officers do their very best to have a good report at this meeting, so that our new friends of the cause in this section can see how the work is done.
We expect this will be one of the largest and best quarterly meetings ever held in the Conference. Friends from Haverhill, Groveland, West Newbury, Newburyport, Kensington, Ipswich, and Boston should all attend this meeting; and large delegations should come from the more distant churches. Our new meeting-house is done, and is now occupied by our people. Full directions will be given in season.
D. M. Cartwright.
Notice to S. B. Treasurers in Kansas.
By Smith Sharp
I HAVE to-day (Dec. 23, 1877) mailed blank quarterly reports to all the S. B. treasurers in Kansas, as far as I have their addresses. These will reach you in time to collect all unpaid S. B. for 1877, and fill the blanks and return to me immediately after your quarterly meetings, Jan. 5, 6, 1878. Please attend to this without fail.
Those churches or companies to which I have failed to send blanks, will please have their reports made out as best they can, and send to me early in January, and give me the address of the treasurer, so that I can send blanks for the next quarter.