p. 88 | Review and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 11. (3/11/1875)

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

Died, near Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio, our aged and esteemed brother, father Benjamin P. Van Camp, aged 75 years and 11 days. Father Van Camp was born in Nyder Co., N. Y., near Painted Post, and has been a resident of Wood Co., Ohio, 37 years. He embraced present truth one year ago, was baptized last spring, and has lived a consistent Christian life, ever loving the commandments of God and soon coming of Jesus. His sufferings were great, but he endured them with the greatest patience. He called his family about him, and endeavored to talk with each till his strength failed, then bidding them all an affectionate farewell, died with these words on his lips, “All come on board for the better land.” He leaves a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. We trust he sleeps in Jesus. Funeral discourse from Rev. 14:13, to a crowded house of afflicted listeners. E. B. LANE.

Died, near Bowling Green, Wood Co., O., James H. Craw, infant son of Bro. Hyran and sister Ann Craw. His age was five months, and though so young, his loss is sadly felt, and the memory of his sweet countenance in death is still the cause of many tears. But he will soon come from the “land of the enemy.” Services conducted by Bro. Oliver Mears, and words of consolation spoken by him from the above words found in Jer. 31:16. This cord of the heart which is severed we trust will be united again in Heaven. E. B. LANE.

Died, near Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Mich., sister Catharine Shephard. She was born at Tiffin, Ohio, Aug. 22, 1834, and died Jan. 12, 1875, aged 40 years. She leaves a husband, six children, and many friends, to mourn their loss. We trust she died happy and rests in hope of eternal life. Her disease was consumption. She attended the camp-meeting and enjoyed it. It was a profitable meeting to her. Sister Shephard led a quiet, peaceful, Christian life. She was esteemed and loved by the church and all who knew her. E. B. LANE.

Died, at Partello, Calhoun Co., Mich., Dec. 31, 1874, of disease of the heart, our aged brother, father Charles Cooper, aged 72 years. He was born in Redding, England, Nov. 25, 1802. Father Cooper was formerly a member of the Church of England, but embraced the truth of the third angel's message under the labors of Eld. D. H. Lamson, in 1873. He ever loved the thought of Jesus' soon coming, and we trust he will come forth in the bright morning of the first resurrection. He leaves a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. There was a large attendance at the funeral.

“He sleeps in Jesus soon to rise, When the last trump shall rend the skies, Then burst the fetters of the tomb, To wake to full immortal bloom.” E. B. LANE.

Died, in Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 7, 1875, Sarah Sargent, aged 85 years. This aged pilgrim gave her heart to God in the early part of her life. Since then the truth and service of God were her delight. She heartily embraced the doctrine of the soon coming of Christ and the Judgment in the early history of the great Advent movement, and met the disappointment with others in 1844. When she heard the third message she embraced it, and commenced to keep the Sabbath. Her house was always open to the lovers of truth. She leaves sons and daughters, and other dear relatives and friends to mourn their loss; but she rests in hope. Funeral services by the writer, assisted by Eld. J. Couch. Text, 1 Thess. 4:18. P. C. RODMAN.

Died, of congestion of the liver, in Mendon, Mich., Feb. 7, 1875, Gabriel Langdon, in the 66th year of his age. He survived his wife and five children, and leaves an only daughter, sister Elizabeth F. Rood, to mourn her loss, but not without hope. He was a kind and affectionate man, loved by all who knew him. He had been a Sabbath-keeper about 13 years. Funeral discourse by Mr. Miller, Evangelical Methodist, from 2 Cor. 5:1. MARYETTE LANGDON.

Died, in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Eld. David Deland, in the 81st year of his age. Bro. D.'s Christian character demands a passing notice. About 60 years of his life were given to the cause of Christ, and the most of the time he was a member of the Baptist denomination. It was a principle with him to go where truth led, regardless of consequences. He was a defender of the oppressed and downtrodden slaves in this country. About 30 years ago, he received light on the second coming of Christ, and the gift of immortality. In 1873, he heard the truths of the third angel's message. He had fallen into the idea of no Sabbath, but soon saw his mistake, and embraced with all his heart the Sabbath of the Bible. Was often led to blame himself for having read the Bible so carelessly and not seeing that the seventh day was the Sabbath. He received all the truths of the message, and identified himself fully with those carrying it forward. This position made him unpopular with his former friends, whom he loved till the last, but Christ more. He had few equals for truth and uprightness, and he tenderly loved those who possessed the same characteristics. He rests in hope, because he set the Lord before him in this life, only to be satisfied when he should awake in his likeness. I attended his funeral, and spoke from 1 Thess. 2:19: “What is our hope?” dwelling on the inheritance, coming of Christ, and the resurrection. C. O. TAYLOR.

Died, in Geneva, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1875, Horace Royce, aged 71 years and 11 months. Bro. Royce embraced the Sabbath and kindred truths under the labors of Eld. J. H. Waggoner nine years ago last November. From that time until his death, he lived a most humble, devoted, Christian life, and died in hope of a glorious resurrection. L. M. SQUIRES.

Walk in the Light.

By Roswell F. Cottrell

WE are in the last days. God has forewarned us that these days should be perilous. He has given us light, that we may be able to escape the perils. We thank God for the light of truth. But light unheeded only brings condemnation. “This is the condemnation that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”

We have light which calls for reform. Great troubles are before us, and these reforms are the very things that are to prepare us to stand amid the perils and escape those things that shall come to pass. Plagues are coming—“death and mourning and famine.” When the small-pox is near, the wise will use a plain and simple diet, that they may be prepared for it. We shall want the very best condition of body and mind to prepare us for the evils before us. And God has given us the very light which we need.

Do you say that the approved will be kept by the power of God in that day? So they will; but God chooses to work by means; and when he has given light, how can those who will not walk in it expect to be approved of him? This is the condemnation. Those who walk in his counsel will be approved of him and kept by his power.

To get the control of appetite will aid in subduing evil passions. It will enable one to exercise patience. Add to your temperance patience. Without the temperance the patience cannot be added to it.

It is the will of God that we should be prepared to do the greatest amount of good in the world possible. This we cannot do unless we walk in the light given. Shall we walk in darkness, neglecting the light, and finally perish? How unwise to do so! Let us realize our responsibility as children of the light. R. F. COTTRELL.

Leprosy in America.

We usually think of this loathsome disease as a malady wholly confined to the torrid regions of the East; but it appears from recent developments that the scourge is already at our doors, in fact, has existed in some portions of our country for many years. It is said to be quite common among the Chinese of California, being perpetuated and propagated by the uncleanly and vicious habits of those people. But it is in Carraquette, a small province of New Brunswick, that this most hideous malady appears in its greatest proportions in America. This district is almost solely inhabited by French, the descendants of a colony planted there one hundred or more years ago.

These people are very exclusive in their social habits, and have intermarried to that degree that it is said that there are very few families in the district who can marry without a dispensation or special permit from the church officials, on account of relationship. They subsist largely upon salt fish and herring, and live in dirty hovels, entirely disregarding every sanitary law respecting cleanliness and ventilation. These unfortunate victims of a hopeless disease have an obscure and doubtful tradition that the origin of the plague may be traced to a party of shipwrecked sailors from Marseilles, who were infected with it. It is by many good authorities supposed, however, that it originated in their unwholesome habits of diet, their wretched dwellings, and the long continued disregard of both moral and physical law which they have practiced in close intermarriage.

The disease has become so prevalent that the government has found it necessary to erect a hospital for the especial accommodation of this class of patients; and in this lazaretto may be seen individuals of both sexes and all ages, from infancy to second childhood, exhibiting the disease in all its stages and phases. Although the authorities are very prompt in transferring to this living charnel house every person who exhibits the symptoms of the disease, it is found to be still on the increase, appearing often in children of apparently healthy parents.

The same form of leprosy which is found at Carraquette also prevails very extensively along the coast of Norway, among a class of people of similar habits.

Some maintain that the disease is not contagious, and that it can only be disseminated by hereditary transmission, never being produced de novo. These persons seem to forget, notwithstanding their learning, that all diseases must have arisen spontaneously at first, since the first individual suffering from any given disease could not have received the affection by hereditary transmission from a healthy parent.

A CHRISTIAN'S PRAYER.

My God, in me thy mighty power exert; Enlighten, comfort, sanctify my heart; Sweeten my temper and subdue my will; Make me like Jesus; with thy Spirit fill. I want to live on earth a life of faith; I want to credit all the Bible saith; I want to imitate my Saviour's life— Avoiding lightness, gloom, and sinful strife. I want to bring poor sinners to thy throne; I want to love and honor Christ alone; I want to feel the Spirit's inward power, And stand prepared for each important hour; I want a meek, a gentle, quiet frame, A heart that glows with love to Jesus' name; I want a living sacrifice to be, To Him who died a sacrifice for me. I want to do whatever God requires; I want my heart to burn with pure desires; I want to be what Christ my Lord commands, And leave myself, my all, in his dear hands. O Lord, pour out thy Spirit on my soul; My will, my temper, and my tongue control; Lead me, through life, to glorify thy grace, That I at length may see thee face to face.

Air, Pure Air.

By Roswell F. Cottrell

The article in the January Reformer headed, Universal Suffocation, is too true for the health of the people. Since the cold weather came on, I have had occasion to enter many houses; and it was generally, yes, in almost every instance, the case that no signs of attention to ventilation could be seen. The closer they are shut up, and the less of the pure air of heaven is admitted to enter, it seems to be esteemed the better. Men advanced in age, who have led active lives out of doors, now having but little to do in the winter season, fill up the stoves with fuel, hover around them, and guard against the entrance of the least amount of air on every side, as they would guard against the entrance of the most deadly foe. The blood rises to the head and does not circulate well in the lower extremities; and while the brain almost boils, the feet grow cold, and a sense of chilliness comes over them, the remedy of which is to pour in more fuel and guard more closely every avenue through which their best friend, and most needed, could come in, to their relief.

When the genial spring returns, they will perhaps wonder at their lassitude and want of vitality, after having taken such special care of themselves during the winter!

Tell them that they need air, pure air, to invigorate their bodies, and they will be perfectly unmoved by your appeal, or perchance they may consent to open a door into another room, the air of which has been confined for days or weeks, and consequently is loaded with impurity and is not fit to breathe. It is not the coldness of the air that we seek, but the purity. We want the air that has its due proportion of oxygen, such as we have in the freely moving element without; not that which has been shut up, breathed over and deprived of its oxygen, and filled with carbonic acid gas. Such air is deadly, though reduced in temperature to zero.

Some are found who will say, Yes, yes; when you speak of the need of a constant supply of fresh air; but they have no means provided in their houses for ventilation, their windows are not constructed so as to let down from the top; and there they rest the matter, not thinking it of sufficient importance to pay for a few minutes' work or a few dimes' expense, to have them prepared for proper ventilation. What wonderful indifference to a matter of such vital importance to themselves! Are not life and health worth taking a little pains to secure?

Read up, friends, on the laws of life and health; and when you have learned the truth, as all may, put it in faithful practice. Know that you cannot live without air to breathe; and also that the purer the air you breathe, the better your chances for life and health. Remember that the first precept of the “code of health” is, “Breathe pure air.” But if you only hear and do not heed, do not, I beseech you, lay your sickness, sufferings, and premature death to the charge of Providence. After you have been for months and years committing suicide by robbing yourself of the vitalizing fluid, so abundantly supplied by kind Heaven, do not think it some strange and unaccountable providence that yourself or your nearest friends fall a victim to your disobedience to the known laws of your being. R. F. COTTRELL.

Hope of Likeness to Christ at His Appearing

“BELOVED, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” 1 John 3: 2, 3.

Important Works.

LIFE OF WM. MILLER.—“Sketches of the Christian Life, and Public Labors of Wm. Miller, Gathered from his Memoir by the Late Sylvester Bliss and from other Sources by Eld. James White,” is the title of a new volume now offered to the reading public. See introduction to the work given on page 86 of this number. Mr. Miller is fairly represented by a lithographed likeness, which adds much value to the work. Price, post-paid, $1.00.

TESTIMONY TO THE CHURCH Nos. 24 AND 25.—These are no less important and readable than the preceding numbers. Price, post-paid 25 cents each.

LIFE OF CHRIST, “Redemption, or the Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness, by Mrs. E. G. White,” is the title of a work of great value, and suited to a very wide circulation. Price, post-paid, 15 cents.

FACTS FOR THE TIMES.—This important work, long out of print, has been much enlarged and thoroughly revised. It contains 224 pages. Price, post-paid, 30 cents.

MIRACULOUS POWERS is another important work revised and enlarged. Price, post-paid, 20 cents.

To Correspondents.

A. Wike: We think the talents spoken of in the Scriptures, denote all the means, faculties, or powers we possess with which we can do any service in the cause of the Master, whether it be with money, tongue or pen.

A. T. J.: The passages you refer to (Eze. 39: 9-16; Zech. 14: 16-18), are confessedly obscure. The prophets occasionally glance down very clearly to the scene of the last days. But just where to draw the line to form a clear demarkation between that which refers to the past and that which refers to the future is not so easy a matter.

A. H.: John 7: 6-8, and 8: 20, evidently refer to the Saviour’s third attendance at the passover. His betrayal did not take place till his fourth passover the year following. John 13: 1.

J. S. M.: We do not understand the words of Acts 17: 28, “in him we live, and move, and have our being,” to teach that a part of deity dwells in us; but only that we are sustained in every part of our being by the constant presence of his power.

Please explain Mal. 3: 1. What temple is it that the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to? &c. It cannot be his first advent, for then he did not sit as a refiner, &c. J. G. Walker.

This prophecy we think is one of those in which the inspired writer looks suddenly over from the present to the future, or from one future event to one far more distant still, which has some resemblance to it, or connection with it. This is characteristic of all those prophecies that have a double application. The first of Mal. 3: 1 certainly refers to the first advent; for so Matthew, Mark, and Luke quote it. But it will be noticed that they only quote the first part of the verse. Verses 2 and 3 refer to the time when the Lord sits as a refiner, searchingly testing the people. This as evidently refers to the time when in the heavenly temple he carries forward the investigative Judgment preparatory to his second coming; for then it is, and then only, that he sits as a refiner in the sense brought to view in the prophecy. Here, then, are two well-defined points; and the transition is somewhere between them. We conclude it occurs between the declaration respecting his messenger, and his coming to his temple. That is, after referring to John the Baptist, as the messenger of Christ, who should prepare the way for his first advent, the prophet strikes right over to the closing work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, or temple, preparatory to his second coming.

J. M. A., and G. F. B.: There is considerable verbal difference between 2 Kings 19, and Isa. 37.

Please explain Rom. 14: 5, 6. M. E. H.

ANSWER. The days Paul mentions, in regard to which every one was left to his own persuasion, were the days, the observance of which was enjoined in the Jewish ritual; for they are associated with the eating of herbs, and troubled only those who were weak in the faith. There was no virtue in their observance, after the typical system ceased; but Paul was disposed to be lenient with those who were dull of comprehension, and slow to perceive the freedom of the gospel. If they thought it would honor God to still give the Jewish feast days a place above other days, let them do so till they should learn the truth more perfectly. This had no allusion whatever to the Sabbath of the Lord, and the position which that occupies as the Lord’s, not man’s time. U. S.

Business Department.

Not slothful in Business. Rom. 11:12

A BLUE cross on the margin of your paper signifies that your subscription will expire in two weeks, and that an earnest invitation is extended to you to renew at once.

RECEIPTS.

For Review and Herald.

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 then be given.

$2.00 EACH. J C Wright 47-5, C B Osborn 47-9, C R Mooney 47-9, Sarah C Wilkinson 47-10, Reuben Greer 47-10, Mrs Emma Morehouse 47-4, J C Morehouse 47-9, A H Hall 47-10, Mrs L M Whitney 48-1, H C Bagley 47-10, Mrs J J Gilding 47-10, Gardner Sweet 47-1, Geo. M Atkinson 47-6.

$1.00 EACH. J L Presscott 48-7, Mary J Eastman 46-11, Wm Ellsworth 47-10, J T Ashley 46-8, Jas Mills 47-10, M Colwell 46-10, Wm L Tieman 47-10, Morris Pinney 46-9, E Robinson 47-10, J Fisher 46-1, J H Collins 46-8, Jehiel Ganiard 46-10, Eld J Byington 46-11, Reuben Ford 46-10, Wm Miles 46-8, E E Haught 46-10, Amanda Weatherwax 46-10, J H Chesebro 46-8, W W Wilson 46-10, Hannah Kimball 46-9, Mrs Ruby Onderdirk 47-10, Mrs E R Wood 46-1, S Martin 46-9, Warren Beebe 46-8, Ebenezer Martin 47-10, Mary A Stacy 47-10, Emma Dymond 47-10, Mrs Marcia Coolidge 47-10, Lizzie Hornby 46-3, Joseph A Meeks 47-10, A D Beers 46-10, John Cockings 47-10, Theodore Brackett 46-14, Mrs J A McConnell 47-10, George Whisler 46-10, John H Acton 47-10, A Pinman 47-10.

MISCELLANEOUS. Martha L Byington 50c 45-24, Mary Sharp $1.50 47-2, S M Coe 75c 46-18, H C Legget 25c 45-23, Mrs C T Barber 25c 45-23, D W Clay 2.10 47-6, Emily Simpson 85c 46-6, G W White 1.60 47-15, H C Stone 3.00 48-16, A Albro 50c 46-10, Robert Sawyer 20c 45-11, T L Anderson 50c 46-10, G G Rupert 1.50 46-24, Ransom B Hunter 50c 46-10, L O Pedersen 1.50 46-22.

Books Sent by Mail.

E Van Deusen 25c, J C Midaugh 50c, Charles L Boyd 95c, Wm Dawson $4.32, J T Barber 25c, Ole Carlsen 3.00, Gilbert McMicken 10c, Moses Chartier 65c, A W Maynard 45c, Jessie R Edgerton 15c, C A Morel 1.00, Geo Foreman 25c, Peter Wood 30c, J H Heal 31c, R Ladlee 50c, Wm Rankin 1.68, H F Phelps 50c, S A Hallack 30c, Angeline Cole 50c, James Loudon 50c, C J Barber 25c, W S Dailey 50c, Edgar Phillips 30c, Emily Simpson 15c, Homer Perkins 50c, D T Bourdeau 50c, Mary J Gomae 3.50, Miss M R DeCoe 1.50, A H Pervorse 60c, A D Parkhurst 50c, I T Ashley 50c, George Billington 10c, John Gillam 25c, James Hanson 10.16, J S Wicks 75c, John B Seavy 15c, John Tilson 1.00, B Goldman 1.65, A W Cummings 50c, Wm Munch 1.00, Mrs E H Lewis 50c, M W Kerns 50c, E D Hoagland 60c, H G Washburn 1.00, S H Lane 25c, C G Liston 20c, M F Dibble 50c, A Munson 50c, J C Baur 50c, C F Gage 15c, Dr D D Stevens 1.68, C R Mooney 1.00, W E Chesebro 25c, Mary J Eastman 2.50, J C Wright 4.00, A C Munn 50c, L F Sallee 60c, Thos Webb 50c, Wm Proctor 25c, A S Osborn 25c, Marshall Aldrich 75c, Hiram Hunter 10c, N P Hansen 30c, Alex Patton 50c, Myron W Harris 50c, Wm Covert 50c, Ebenezer Scribner 1.00, Allen D Smith 25c, Jacob Hamman 1.15, E L Cushman 45c, Geo A Shultz 1.00, D C Elmer 50c, C A White 2.00, Frank E Brown 25c, Thomson Lowery 50c, Mary Sharp 50c, Mrs Whiteman Hall 50c, Mrs L Getman 50c, J B Gregory 50c, J Q A Haughey 5.02, J W Lucas 1.60, J S Galloway 1.00, Wm S Foote 50c, O D Washburn 50c, Joseph Davenport 5.00, Lucia Evans 50c, James J Shreeves 1.89, F C Hodges 1.00, M J Akins 50c, R J Moffat 60c, Mrs N E Burgar 25c, T N Rogers 20c, George Mann 45c, Cyrus Carnish 21c, D C Hunter 1.00.

Books sent by Express.

A H Clymer, Bluffton, Ohio, $5.00, F A Barlow, Brooklyn, Iowa, 25.02, James R Keefover, Moscow, Muscatine Co., Iowa, 5.00.

Book Fund.

A Friend 2.00, M F Dibble 25.00, Geo H Porter 10.00, Alice Bralliar 5.00.

Cash Received on Account.

H F Phelps $5.00.

Michigan Conference Fund

Carson church, $1.24, Matheton church 5.76, Jackson church, 1.10, Monterey, 50.00.

Michigan T & M Society.

Wm McDaniels 25c.

General Conference T. and M. Society.

M A Kelly 10.00.

S. D. A. Educational Society.

$25.00, S R Hogue. $10.00, Sarah Gibson. $5.00, M J Akins. $2.50, John Rathfon.

Danish Monthly.

John C Petersen $3.00, Jens Mortensen 3.00, H P Nielsen 1.00, Soren Petersen 1.00, Hans J Bentzen 1.00, Haits Andersen 1.00, Karen Mortensen 1.00.

Iowa T. & M. Society.

J N Berry $25.00.

Donations to Mo. & Kan. Sufferers.

Robert Ladlee, $5.00, O F Umstead 1.00, M Banks 50c, James Whitiker 1.68, Nellie Abelson 10c, H D Banks 2.00, W Sanborn 10.00, E B Town 1.00, Jennie Flot 2.00, Mary Stern 6.00, S E Jacobes 1.00, Conway church, per Thos Lane, 20.00, church at Wright, 67.00

U. S

By Uriah Smith

Spiritualism.

We have received Nos. 1 and 2 of the first volume of a monthly entitled, The Spiritual Magazine, edited and published by Samuel Watson, D. D., Memphis, Mich. The avowed object of this magazine is to advocate spiritualism from a Christian standpoint, and show that it harmonizes with Christianity.

From Mr. W.’s long experience in a highly influential position in the Methodist church, the weighty title attached to his name, and an ample fortune at his command, it is thought that this magazine is destined to exert no small influence in behalf of spiritualism. We are very sure that it is this phase of spiritualism which is to find acceptance with the majority of outwardly and professedly religious people. While such obscene and beastly types as are developed through Hull and Woodhull-ism reveal the inner soul of this foul monster, and show the logical results of its premises, and the legitimate workings of its principles, we have no idea that the masses who are to be carried away by it, whatever may be the feelings of their hearts or their secret practices, will lay aside the outward common proprieties and decencies of life. The last age is to be a very polished one. Men will sin according to the most scrupulous requirements of etiquette. Pollok well describes it when, in delineating the state of the world just before the coming of Christ, he says:—

“Another feature only we shall mark: It was withal a highly polished age, And scrupulous in ceremonious rite. When stranger stranger met upon the way, First each to each bowed most respectfully, And large profession made of humble service, And then the stronger took the other’s purse, And he that stabbed his neighbor to the heart, Stabbed him politely, and returned the blade Reeking into its sheath, with graceful air.”

Spiritualism bears a relation to Christianity similar to that of a counterfeit bill to the genuine. It may have many resemblances, and even some points of seeming identity. But the marks upon the counterfeit bill, which the keenest expert cannot detect from those of the original, are not therefore genuine. They are still counterfeit, artfully placed there to make the deception all the more complete.

The plea that spiritualism is the handmaid of Christianity, or rather a higher type of Christianity itself, will be very taking with many. For a respectable and talented phase of spiritualism, such as is represented in Mr. Watson’s enterprise, we believe that many in the world and the different churches are already ripe; and we shall look for it to meet with great success.

U. S

Sign your Names.

By A. H. Vankirk

WILL those who are employed in procuring subscribers for the periodicals through the Tract and Missionary Society of Minnesota please sign their names to all lists sent to me, as I do not feel free to forward unsigned lists to the Office.

A. H. VANKIRK, Sec.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand

* Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 269 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend.

Quarterly meeting at Avon, Rock Co., Wis., Sabbath and first-day, March 20 and 21, 1875. The brethren from surrounding churches are invited. JOHN A. PEASE, Clerk.

Monthly meeting for south-western New York, and Warren and McKean Counties, Pa., at Randolph, third Sabbath in March. Expect to have preaching. Hope there will be a good attendance. S. THURSTON.

Quarterly meeting at Kickapoo Center, Wis., first Sabbath and first-day in April. All the friends are cordially invited, also Brn. Atkins and Olsen. LORENZO HILL, Clerk.

Quarterly meeting for Sand Prairie church, Wis., at their house of worship, March 27, 28. This is also the general quarterly meeting for the T. & M. Society. Eld. O. A. Olsen is expected. A general invitation extended. Meetings to commence with the Sabbath. THOMAS DEMMON, Clerk.

Quarterly meeting of the S. D. A. church at Hundred Mile Grove, Wis., April 3 and 4, 1875. Bro. O. A. Olsen is expected. All who can come from other churches are invited. N. M. JORDON.

Quarterly meeting of the T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 1, Vermont, will be held at Berkshire, March 13 and 14, 1875. We request that all members of the Society hand in their reports to the business agent of their church, or send them to M. E. Kellogg, district secretary, immediately. CHARLES P. WHITFORD, Director.

Quarterly meeting of Ohio T. & M. Society, for Dist. No. 2, will be held at Waterford, Knox Co., Ohio, March 13 and 14, 1875. Let all the members report in good season, and attend the meeting if at all practicable. W. T. CARSON, Director.

No providence preventing, will meet with the church in Ipswich, Mass., March 20, 21; Curtis Corners, R. I., Apr. 3, 4; Green Hill, 10, 11; Lafayette, 17, 18. The above meetings will commence on Friday evening. We hope to meet all the friends of truth in each vicinity. Let all make an effort to be there through the meeting. P. C. RODMAN.

Providence permitting, I will hold meetings in Wis., as follows:— Plainfield, Waushara Co., March 13, 14. Maple Works, Clark Co., “ 20, 21. These are intended for meetings of special interest, and it is hoped and expected that the Sabbath-keepers in their vicinity will make a special effort to attend and make them profitable. The meeting at Plainfield is intended for the quarterly meeting for that District. The meeting at Maple Works will be the quarterly meeting for District No. 13. O. A. OLSEN.

There will be meetings of the Indiana T. & M. Society as follows:— Spencer, Owen Co., March 27, 28, 1875. Mechanicsburgh, Henry Co., April 3, 4. Bunkerhill, Miami Co., “ 10, 11. North Liberty, St. Joseph Co., “ 17, 18. We hope to see all the members at these meetings in their several districts, that a full report may be given at North Liberty. Dear brethren and sisters, let us do the Lord’s work promptly. JAMES HARVEY, Pres.

General meetings in Minn. as follows:— General meeting at Hutchinson, March 13, 14. We hope to see all of the churches of Hutchinson, Silver Lake, and Glencoe, and all the Sabbath-keepers in McLeod Co., at this meeting. Please make a special effort to be there; for this will be an important meeting. HARRISON GRANT.

General quarterly meeting for the T. & M. Society of Vermont, will be held at Wolcott in connection with the district quarterly meeting for that district, March 20, 21, 1875. We hope to meet the directors at this meeting; we also hope the directors will hold meetings in their respective districts in season to report. L. BEAN, Pres.

General quarterly meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska T. & M. Society, at Marion, Iowa, April 10 and 11, 1875. Let each director see that his district is properly represented in this meeting. Meeting to commence Friday evening. H. NICOLA, Pres.

The Wisconsin T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 9, will hold its next quarterly meeting at Hundred Mile Grove, Wis., March 21, 1875. Please forward your reports to A. Paton, Lodi, Col. Co., Wis., and send them in early. N. M. JORDON, Director.

The general quarterly meeting for the T. and M. Society of Wisconsin will be held at Sand Prairie, Richland Co., March 27, 28. Let all the directors see that their district quarterly meetings are held in time for the general meeting. O. A. OLSEN, Pres..

The next quarterly meeting of the Ohio T. & M. Society of district No. 5, will be held with the church near Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio, March 13, 14, 1875. An earnest invitation is extended to all interested to attend. JAMES I. BOARDMAN, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the Ohio T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 3, will be held at Windsor Mills, March 20, 21, 1875. Scattered members will please send their reports previously to the district secretary M. E. Underwood, Mesopotamia, Trumbull Co., Ohio. It is hoped there may be a general attendance. R. A. UNDERWOOD, Director.

Appointments—Special Notice.

By Editor

As our paper goes to press Wednesday morning, appointments for any given issue must be received as early as Tuesday afternoon of that week, or they will have to lay over to the following week. It is important that all remember this.

Eld. J. B. Logan's Articles on "Who Changed the Sabbath?"

By Editor

Eld. J. B. Logan, of Jefferson Co., Ill., formerly a methodist Minister, but now turned to the keeping of the Bible Sabbath, has written a series of articles for his County paper, The News, on the subject, “Who Changed the Sabbath?” in reply to others who had written on that question. We are glad Eld. L. has succeeded in getting the Bible doctrine on this subject before the readers of that paper. If among them there are persons of thought, the articles cannot fail to arrest their attention. We have not space for them in the REVIEW.

“Be Careful.”

By J. N. Ayers

I received a registered letter yesterday, containing $7,00, from James H. Minisee, Jamestown, no county or State given. Also one box of goods by express from John Pupaneier, Appleton City, St. Clair, no State given. Hope all will give their name, post-office, county, and State, plain, then I will answer promptly. Will Bro. T. J. Butler, J. Lamont, Jos. G. Wood, C. F. Stevens, and Smith Sharp give me their P. O. address by mail.

J. N. Ayers, Treasurer Mo. & Kan. Conf. Farmington, Linn Co., Kansas.

Report your Accounts.

By A. H. VANKIRK

WILL the directors of the T. & M. Society of Minn. please send me a list of monies paid to the society treasurer, with dates of same, since the last camp-meeting. Also, full list of members of their respective districts. A. H. VANKIRK, Sec.