p. 286 | Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 18 (April 29, 1880)

Earlier text: ANOTHER ACCESSION TO SPIRITUALISM

Notes of News.

—There are more than 1,000 measures pending before Congress.

—A heavy shock of earthquake was recently felt in San Francisco.

—The Albanians and Montenegrins still maintain a war-like attitude.

—It is said that 20,000 Russian prisoners await transportation to Siberia.

—There is a report that spotted typhus fever has appeared in St. Petersburg.

—Russia is about to issue through the Rothschilds a new railway loan of $75,000,000.

—The Methodists in Bombay, India, have built and dedicated their first church building.

—In some sections of Georgia, the frost has done much damage to the fruit and vegetables.

—A forest fire swept nearly the whole of the northern portion of Brookhaven, L. I. The loss is estimated at $30,000.

—Count de Lesseps claims to have secured subscriptions covering about two-fifths of the probable cost of the Panama canal.

—In the late election in Great Britain, the liquor interest sustained the government under Beaconsfield’s administration, and lost.

—It is thought that the British training-ship “Atalanta” has been lost near the Azores Islands. There were 300 boys and 15 officers on board.

—A family consisting of a man and his wife and three children were burned to death in the recent forest fires in the swamps of North Carolina.

—Mr. Bergh has done the country a service by forbidding the introduction of the Spanish national pastime of bull-fighting into the city of New York.

—During the year 1879, more than 200,000 volumes of the Scriptures and religious and educational books and tracts, were introduced into Turkish homes.

—The 300th anniversary of the introduction of the Protestant religion into Friesland, a province of the United Netherlands, was celebrated on the 31st of March.

—The Methodists will observe the 30th of April as a day of fasting and prayer for the divine blessing on their General Conference, which meets the day following.

—The railroad bridge on the ice across the St. Lawrence River cost $15,000, and has been a financial success; 11 heavily loaded cars and an engine have at times crossed together.

—On the 4th of April the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts was for the first time opened on Sunday. Over 10,000 people availed themselves of this opportunity to visit its galleries.

—A Chinaman was recently baptized in Trinity Baptist church, New York. He is 24 years old, and a decorator of cars by trade. There are about 30 youthful Celestials in the Sunday-school.

—A strike of the yardmen of the Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad (the old Wabash line) has been terminated by a compromise. The men demanded an increase of $10 per month, but accepted an advance of $5.

—Charles de Young, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, was shot dead in his office on the evening of the 23d, by I. M. Kalloch, son of Mayor Kalloch of that city. De Young was under arrest for an attempt on the life of Mayor Kalloch.

—From Ontario we have news of the burning of the city of Hull; loss between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, with no insurance. Also of the destruction of a portion of the village of Bondhead; loss $50,000. Several lives were lost in the fire at Hull.

—The Chinese Tract Society, an unsectarian society organized a little over a year ago, feels the necessity of having its own printing establishment, and is bargaining for a cylinder press. This infant organization asks aid from the American Tract Society.

—The Jesuits, who have been ordered out of nearly every Catholic country in Europe, are now, since France has closed its doors to them, seeking to establish themselves in Egypt. It is said that they are bargaining for buildings and land at Cairo and Alexandria.

—The Alliance has constituted itself the champion of a new orthodoxy. One of its main points, as summed up by the Advance, is, “Truths not spiritually discerned, which are debatable, ‘which have to be proved by the Bible,’ are not to be required as articles of faith.”

—Wednesday, the 21st, while the Hahnemann Hospital fair was in progress at Madison Square Garden, New York, the front of the building facing on Madison Avenue gave way, falling outward. There were about 800 people in the building at the time of the accident. Several persons were killed, and others injured. The pecuniary loss is considerable.

—In a township in Illinois where the directors had ordered that 15 minutes each morning should be devoted to the reading of the Bible, a Roman Catholic father ordered his son not to refrain from his other studies during that time. The son was expelled from the school. The Supreme Court of the State, to which the case was appealed, sustained the teacher.

—A terrible forest fire in New Jersey has consumed 150 square miles of cedar and pine forest; the rapid spread of the flames caused much alarm, especially in the region of Cape May. In the vicinity of Petersburg, Va., forest fires were for a time uncontrollable. Here, and in other portions of the State, barns and stables, and in some cases houses and orchards, were destroyed. Extensive fires also raged in Dismal Swamp.

—The Liberal triumphs in Great Britain have culminated in the appointment of Gladstone to the Premiership. Crowds of people, wild with enthusiasm, met him at London and Windsor. The people of Windsor say that the ovation tendered him is the greatest ever remembered. Mr. Gladstone’s appointment is a full recognition of the significance of the Parliamentary elections, and denotes the abandonment of any effort to give an evasive, half-way acknowledgment of the reversal of policy demanded by the nation.

—Sunday, the 18th, a cyclone passed over nearly half of Missouri, causing terrible destruction. Marshfield, a village of 800 inhabitants, was almost entirely destroyed. The loss of property in the track of the cyclone is very great; and it is thought that the killed will number not much less than 100. Many are wounded, and large numbers are left destitute. The storm raged with great fury through the northern half of Arkansas and a considerable part of Eastern Kansas. It was the most deadly and devastating storm that has occurred in the West for years.

—On the 16th, 25 men were killed by an explosion in the Giant Powder Works, near Berkeley, Cal. The effects of the explosion of 5,000 pounds of giant powder were indescribable. The victims were blown to atoms, and hurled piecemeal into the bay and on the ground in the vicinity. In one place would be found a human foot, and in another a piece of a skull; an arm was found a quarter of a mile from the scene. No piece of the building much larger than a lath remains. Heavy timbers butted strongly together were splintered into shreds, and scattered over the ground for acres in extent, while at one point two miles from the scene of disaster the waters of the bay were covered with the debris. Large trees in the vicinity were twisted and thrown down like reeds before a fierce gale; houses a quarter of a mile distant were partially wrecked; and at Berkeley, three miles distant, the windows were broken, and bottles on the shelves were thrown down. The ground on which the building stood is torn up as though a hundred 10-inch shells fired from a Columbiad had struck it.

NATIONAL T. AND M. SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

By John Norton Loughborough; A. M. Loughborough

The following is the report of this society for the quarter ending April 1, 1880:—


No of members,	29
“ “ reports,	21
“ “ families visited,	7,246
“ “ letters written,	363
“ “ received,	165
“ “ new subscribers obtained,	35
Pages of books and tracts loaned,	187,870
Pages of tracts given away,	67,100
No. of periodicals distributed,	2,383
“ “ sent by post,	1,705
Book sales,	$23 80
Donations to society,	1.75
Total receipts,	$25.55

Of the above, 1,577 periodicals and 40,412 pages of books and tracts were placed on ships, and $12.50 of the book sales were on ships.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, Pres.

A. M. LOUGHBOROUGH, Sec.

QUARTERLY MEETING AT WRIGHT, MICH.

By H. W. Decker; Jennie Thayer

The quarterly meeting of Section 3, Michigan T. and M. Society, was held at Wright, April 18, 1880. In the absence of both the President of the society and the President of this section, Eld. H. W. Decker was chosen Chairman of the meeting. The section president, who had the programme of business, not being present, those unexpectedly called upon to take charge of the exercises knew nothing of his plans. This placed them in rather an embarrassing position, but did not prevent a profitable meeting.

The following report of labor for the quarter was read:

Districts.	No. Members.	No. Reports Returned.	No. Members Added.	No. Families Visited.	No. Letters Written.	No. Signs taken in Clubs.	Subscribers obtained for Periodicals.	Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets distributed.	Periodicals Distributed.	Annuals sold and given away.	Cash rec'd on Tract Fund and Periodicals.
5	95	33	2	35	47	127	101	8680	853	156	$68.93
6	100	66	1	95	52	24	83	17632	822	473	$169.37
7	78	50	10	57	14	31	27	10752	534	135	$91.17
12	11	12		16	5		7	270	12	5	$8.75
	284	161	13	203	118	182	218	37334	2221	769	$338.22

Attention was called to the fact that this report was an improvement upon that of the previous quarter. But few of the T. and M. officers were in attendance at the meeting, which showed that the importance of their being present was not fully realized. All interested in the work were requested to make an effort to secure the interest of others, as there should be a good representation at the quarterly meeting from every district in the section.

As it is very desirable that our work be carried on systematically, and but few of those present had been privileged to attend the Institutes lately held in this State, Bro. Howe was invited to give instruction in regard to the most approved plan of keeping accounts. This he did to the apparent satisfaction of all. Bro. H. also urged the young to become youthful missionaries, and take an active part in introducing the Instructor and College Record among their associates.

Eld. Decker spoke a few moments in behalf of the College Record, and when opportunity was given, twelve subscribed for the paper. He also made a cheering appeal to those who have labored faithfully in disseminating the truth, and yet have seen little or no fruit of their labor, not to be discouraged.

God has given us a glorious truth concerning the most important event of the world's history. It is his plan that men should be warned of the impending danger, and point to a way of escape; and it rests upon those who have the light of present truth to give the warning. We are all called upon to work; and none can be idle and retain the favor of God. There is a work for every one, and it is not the ministers alone who will be held accountable for the blood of others if they fail to perform their part in sowing the seed.

The time having arrived for the Wright church to renew their club of Signs, an expression was taken by the members, and between $50 and $60 per month was pledged to pay for said club. The time and place of the next quarterly meeting was left to the discretion of the President of Section 3.

H. W. DECKER, Chairman pro tem. JENNIE THAYER, Sec.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.

BRACKETT.—Died of paralysis, in Ipswich, Mass., April 7, 1880, Graham Brackett, aged 64 years. A notice of the death of Bro. G.’s wife was in a late REVIEW, she having died three weeks before her husband. The church at Ipswich have lost two faithful members. D. A. R.

STRABLE.—Died of whooping cough and lung fever, in Chippewa, Isabella Co., Mich., March 7, 1880, Mary, daughter of J. A. and T. L. Strable, aged 2 years, and 3 months. Words of consolation were spoken from 1 Pet. 1:3. They laid her away in hope of meeting her again in the first resurrection, never more to be separated. Mrs. A. E. KELLOGG.

JONES.—Fell asleep, near Westfield, Marquette Co., Wis., Feb. 21, 1880, our beloved sister, Marcia A. Jones, wife of Bro. J. Jones, aged 68 years, 1 month, and 17 days. Her disease was congestion of the lungs. She embraced the truth three years ago, under the labors of Eld. H. W. Decker. Funeral services by the writer; text, Rev. 14:13. J. J. SMITH.

SPARROW.—Died of consumption, in Clark Co., Ohio, April 3, 1880, Maria A. Sparrow. Sister Sparrow embraced the present truth over ten years ago, and was a member of the Bowersville church until it was disbanded. She loved the truth, and died in hope of a part in the first resurrection. A husband and three children mourn her loss, besides many friends. Discourse by the writer. Wm. COTTRELL.

CHILSON.—Died, of consumption, at Memphis, Mich., Feb. 2, 1880, Ella Chilson, aged 22 years and 10 months. From childhood she had kept the Sabbath with her parents; but she never made a full surrender of her heart to God until a few months before her death. Her parents and four sisters mourn her loss, but not as those without hope; for she left a bright evidence of her acceptance with God. Funeral discourse by Eld. R. J. Lawrence. S. E. WELDON.

WOOD.—Died in Windham, Vt., March 31, 1880, Emily F. Wood, aged 35 years. Sister W. embraced present truth two years ago, under the labors of Eld. Sanborn, and has since been a member of the Jamaica church. She endeavored to serve her Master, and we trust that for her is laid up a crown of life. She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her loss. Funeral discourse by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15:26. R. S. OWEN.

BUTTON.—Died of heart disease, near Royal Oak, Mich., April 6, 1880, my oldest sister, Polly Button. She leaves a companion and large family of children to mourn the loss of a faithful wife and mother. She embraced the truth several years ago and kept the Sabbath alone in her family, till within a few years some of her children have commenced its observance. This, with the privilege of uniting with the Birmingham church last fall, was a source of great comfort to her. Brief remarks were made at the funeral by the resident Methodist minister. P. Z. KINNE.

MCKENZIE.—Died of quick consumption, after a brief sickness, near Kingston, Minn., March 23, 1880, Laura McKenzie, aged 59 years, 10 months, and 11 days. Sister McKenzie had been a faithful member of the Kingston church for about four years. She was seldom absent from our quarterly meetings, although she was obliged to walk four miles to attend them. Her parting words to her family were an admonition to seek the Lord, and prepare to meet her at the coming of Christ. She was the mother of fourteen children, nearly all of whom, with their aged father, live to mourn her loss. We shall miss her from our little company, but we sorrow not as those who have no hope. On account of sickness, the funeral discourse was indefinitely postponed. A few words of comfort, and a prayer at the burial, by the writer. L. A. CURTIS.

BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE.

A MODEL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, COMPRISING FIVE DEPARTMENTS.

Nearly 500 Students Enrolled Annually, Coming from 32 States and Territories.

DEPARTMENTS.

I. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.

This includes a Classical Course of FOUR YEARS and an English Course of three years, each with its Preparatory Course of two years.

II. NORMAL DEPARTMENT.

This includes a Teachers’ Course of FOUR YEARS, and a Model School. The course in this department includes all the branches required for a first-class certificate in any State. Professional instruction in Dialectics is also given to those in this department who are expecting to teach.

III. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.

This includes instruction in the following topics: Bookkeeping, Business Correspondence, Business Forms, Business Penmanship, Commercial Law, Banking, and Telegraphy. The common branches are also pursued in connection with the topics given above; also, French and German.

There are two sessions daily—afternoon and evening.

The courses in this department are of varying length, and the tuition ranges from $5.00 to $30.00.

Superior advantages for those desiring to prepare themselves for Tract and Missionary Secretaries and Librarians. (Send for special circular.)

IV. DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY.

This department has a course of three years, which includes, besides the usual common branches, Geology and Greek.

V. DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE.

This department has a course of one year. It is designed for those who desire to obtain accurate and scientific information on all subjects pertaining to the preservation of health, together with a fundamental knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and a practical acquaintance with the nature and ordinary treatment of common diseases.

THE FACULTY

numbers fourteen members. They are all men and women of experience and critical scholarship.

The majority of the students are young men and women of true moral worth. Their influence over the unstable is highly restrictive and salutary, making it comparatively easy to maintain the most rigid discipline.

EXPENSES.

Probably there is no other College in the United States where a thorough education can be obtained at so small an expense. A system of clubbing, which has become very popular among students, enables them to secure excellent board at $1.10 a week, exclusive of lodging, which costs 50 cents to $1.00 more. The annual expenses of each student, including all but traveling expenses and clothing, need not exceed $113.00. A full descriptive Catalogue will be sent free, upon application.

Address BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE, Battle Creek, Mich.

REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE.

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, BOOK BINDING,

Electrotyping, Stereotyping, Paper Ruling, Blank Book Manufacturing, Etc.

The largest and best equipped printing office in the State. Orders by mail promptly attended to.

Address REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SANITARIUM,

By John Harvey Kellogg

This institution, beautifully located in one of the most healthful cities of Michigan, is everywhere recognized as the

GREAT SANITARIUM OF THE WEST.

More than 4,000 patients successfully treated. The erection of new buildings and the addition of all the most approved remedial appliances known to the profession, have made it The Most Complete Institution of the Kind in America. All modern hotel conveniences furnished. Terms very reasonable.

J. H. KELLOGG, M. D., Medical Superintendent.

Address, SANITARIUM, Battle Creek, Mich.

GOOD HEALTH.

By Editor

J. H. KELLOGG, M. D., EDITOR.

This popular health journal enters upon its fifteenth volume with the most flattering prospects for a continuation of the prosperity that has attended its publication in the past. It has for several years enjoyed the

LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY HEALTH JOURNAL IN AMERICA,

and its publishers are determined, not only to maintain the high position already attained, but to greatly increase its circulation the coming year, and thus enlarge its field of usefulness.

During the year each number will contain a large amount of valuable and interesting matter on the subjects of Health, Temperance, Popular Science, General Literature, and other topics of interest. The practical information in its pages on Sanitary Science, Public and Domestic Hygiene, and topics of kindred nature, gives it a scope and field of usefulness peculiar to itself, and unoccupied by any other journal.

AN ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE

on practical hygiene, or some other topic of general interest, will appear in each number, as a new and permanent feature of the journal in the future. In addition to this the Department of Questions and Answers, which has contributed so much to the success of the journal in the past, will be revived in a practically useful form, and made more valuable than ever before.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR.

PREMIUM FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.—The “Household Manual,” a work of great value as a book of ready reference, packed full of practical information, and sold at retail for 75 cents, is offered to new subscribers with GOOD HEALTH for one year, for $1.25. We regard this as the best premium offer ever made, as the book alone is well worth the subscription price of the journal, and 25 cents extra secures both.

Specimen copies of the journal will be sent free to any address on application.

Address GOOD HEALTH, Battle Creek, Mich.

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

A RELIGIOUS PROPHETIC JOURNAL.

This is the pioneer sheet of eight pages (the size of the REVIEW page), circulated everywhere by our Tract and Missionary workers, at the low price of one dollar a year to the T. and M. societies only.

The conductors of the SIGNS have laid their plans to make this pioneer sheet for 1860 a power in the land. Live writers are engaged for the work. Elder Smith will give a series of articles under the significant heading, Synopsis of Present Truth. Elder White will occupy several pages of each number with sermons on Redemption through Christ, and other subjects of like importance. And besides the regular articles on Old Testament history, Mrs. White will furnish other matter in her usual forcible style.

There will be a special edition of the SIGNS of twelve pages, for old subscribers, who are generally members of our churches on the Pacific coast. This will contain the eight pages of the pioneer sheet with four pages of church matters, reports and appointments inserted, making twelve pages, which will contain nearly three hundred square inches more than the old size of eight pages. Price, invariably, $2.00 a year.

Address SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, California.

THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR.

WEEKLY AND MONTHLY.

AN ILLUSTRATED PAPER FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN, DEVOTED TO MORAL, MENTAL, AND RELIGIOUS CULTURE.

This paper is not devoted to insipid stories and religious fiction, but is filled with a great variety of that kind of reading which tends to the healthful development of the youthful mind. Its pages are made bright by the choicest illustrative pictures, and its columns are always full of useful information.

WEEKLY EDITION.—FOUR PAGES, WITH SABBATH-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

As a Sabbath-school and Lesson paper, it is suited to the wants of scholars and teachers, and is calculated to increase the interest of all who read it, in thorough Bible study.

The Sabbath-school Department will contain two series of lessons, one for children and one for youth. Lessons on Prophecy for Bible Classes will also be furnished with the Weekly Instructor in the form of a monthly supplement.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 75 CENTS A YEAR.

All new subscribers paying the above price will receive the “Child's Poems” as a premium without extra charge.

TERMS TO CLUBS, PAID IN ADVANCE.

Price per Copy, Post-paid.

5 to 10 copies ... 55 cents a year.

10 copies and upwards ... 50 cents a year.

10 copies and upwards, without supplement containing Lessons on Prophecy ... 45 cents a year.

Subscriptions for 5 to 10 copies will be taken for six months. Larger clubs may be paid for quarterly.

MONTHLY EDITION.—EIGHT PAGES.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 50 CENTS A YEAR.

The publishers are determined to increase their already large subscription list, and therefore offer, as a special inducement to new subscribers,

THE “CHILD'S POEMS” AS A PREMIUM,

at the price of the paper alone (50 cents). This beautifully bound and illustrated little book has 128 pages of choicest poems for children, price 30 cents. Six thousand have been sold during the past year, and the children call it a treasure.

Address YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, Battle Creek, Mich.

STIMME DER WAHRHEIT.

A GERMAN MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED FAMILY JOURNAL.

Devoted to the maintenance of practical Christianity and Bible religion. It is bold and outspoken in its explanation of the prophecies and defense of the doctrines of the near coming of our Saviour, and the binding obligation of the Law of God.

Its neat appearance and the beautiful illustrations of many Bible subjects secure general favor, while the low price at which it is offered places it within the reach of all.

TERMS, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.

TO AMERICAN SUBSCRIBERS.

Single copy, one year — 50 cents. To new subscribers, with Way of Life as premium — 75 cents. Five or more copies to one address, for missionary work, per copy — 40 cents. Ten or more copies — 35 cents.

TO EUROPEAN SUBSCRIBERS.

Single copy, one year — 70 cents. To new subscribers, with premium — $1.00. Five or more copies to one address, per copy — 55 cents. Ten or more copies, per copy — 50 cents.

Address REVIEW AND HERALD, or, STIMME DER WAHRHEIT, Battle Creek, Mich.

ADVENT TIDENDE.

By Editor

SIXTEEN PAGES.

A DANISH-NORWEGIAN RELIGIOUS SEMI-MONTHLY.

Devoted to the dissemination of the great truths applicable to this time, among the Danes and Norwegians. Each number contains a beautiful illustration of some interesting Bible theme, besides a large amount of varied reading on different points of our faith. A series of Bible Lessons to be used in the Sabbath-school and the family circle is maintained, while the subjects of health and temperance and the leading events of the day, are given due attention, thus making it an invaluable household magazine.

TERMS.

To American subscribers, $1.00 a year. Six or more copies to one address, 40 cents per copy. New subscribers receive the magazine one year and the beautiful picture, The Way of Life, for $1.25.

To European subscribers the paper is sent at $1.25 a year, without premium.

Address ADVENT TIDENDE, Battle Creek, Mich.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.

By H. C. Wentworth

GOING EAST.

Night Ex.	Atla. Ex.	Day Ex.	Mail	STATIONS.	Mail	Day Ex.	Eve’g Ex.	Pac’e Ex.
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5.00	12.45	4.05	3.45	Jackson	10.20	12.15	11.15	12.55
3.18	11.10	2.15	1.28	Battle Creek	12.19	1.55	12.50	2.20
2.28	10.28	1.40	12.33	Kalamazoo	1.15	2.37	1.38	3.02
11.30	7.40	11.13	9.25	Michigan City	4.30	5.20	4.55	5.55
9.10	5.15	9.00	7.00	De. Chicago . . Ar.	P. M.	P. M.	A. M.	A. M.
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Day Express and Mail daily, except Sunday. Pacific and Atlantic Express daily. Night and Evening Express daily, except Saturday and Sunday.

H. C. WENTWORTH, Gen. Pass. Agent.

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