“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.
HEMINGWAY.—Died of consumption, in Jamaica, Vt., July 21, 1879, Sister Mary Hemingway, aged 25 years. Sister Mary was a faithful member of the Andover church. She sleeps in Jesus, and it can be said of her, “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.” HORACE BURR.
JOHNSON.—Died of consumption, at Beaver Dams, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1879, Bro. Daniel Johnson, aged 48 years, 1 month, and 21 days. He had been a faithful and consistent Sabbath-keeper for 16 years. He will be greatly missed by his family, by the church, and by the community in which he resided. Words of comfort by the writer, from Rev. 22:12. T. M. LANE.
MEGGISON.—Died in Grand Ligne, P. Q., Nov. 13, 1879, of pneumonia, after ten days of severe suffering, but calm resignation to the will of the Lord, my dear mother, Mrs. Catharine Meggison, aged 71 years and 10 months. For nine years she had been a Sabbath-keeper and a firm believer in the third angel’s message; and she died in bright hope of meeting Jesus on the morning of the first resurrection. CATHARINE A. MEGGISON.
TINQUIST.—Died of consumption, in Somerset, Wis., Dec. 6, 1879, Bro. John Tinquist, aged 30 years, 10 months, and 19 days. We believe he sleeps in Jesus. He leaves a wife and three little ones, and a large circle of warm friends, but they mourn not as those without hope. Remarks by the writer, from Rev. 14:13, a text chosen by the friends. A. M. JOHNSON.
NELSON.—Died in Trowbridge, Allegan Co., Mich., Dec. 6, 1879, of typhoid pneumonia, Burgiss B. Nelson, aged 19 years. The deceased was a son of Sister Nelson, who is a widow, and a member of the S. D. A. church of Allegan. The deep sympathy felt for her by the community in which she lives, found expression in an unusually large attendance upon the funeral. The discourse was preached by the writer. W. H. LITTLEJOHN.
HAMILTON.—Died of fever, at her residence in Hamburg, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1879, our daughter, Mattie E., wife of Cicero Hamilton, aged 23 years, 6 months, and 19 days. She was a member of the Baptist church for some years, but about a year previous to her death she united with the S. D. Adventists. She leaves a child about two years old. Many friends mourn her loss, but not without hope. Funeral services in the Baptist church at Hamburg, conducted by C. F. Carman, First-day Adventist. T. W. AND A. M. STRONG.
GORDON.—Died of diphtheria, near Coopersville, Mich., Nov. 10, 1879, Freddie, son of Bro. and Sr. Henry Gordon, aged 9 years, 6 months, and 22 days; also a few days later, their son Frankie, in the thirteenth year of his age.
Concerning this sad bereavement Mr. E. O. Phillips, of Coopersville, Mich., says in the Spring Lake Republican: “Frankie was the pride and comfort of his parents, and now that he sleeps upon the hillside with his little brother Freddie, these fond parents are bowed with grief. Stern and cruel death has entered this family circle twice within a week and plucked two of the darling loved ones; and we can but offer our sympathy to this sorely afflicted father and mother. *”
RICE.—Died of typhoid fever, at Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 20, 1879, Bro. Willie Rice, aged 22 years. Willie was the son of Bro. and Sr. E. J. Rice, of Loyal, Clark Co., Wis. More than three years ago he gave his heart to the Lord, to walk in all his commandments. He was a devoted, Christian young man. At the beginning of the fall term, he came to Battle Creek to attend school, and to fit himself to be of some service in the cause. His short acquaintance here won for him many friends among the students. He was faithful and conscientious in the discharge of all his duties. A large circle of friends mourn his death, but they are comforted with the assurance that he died in hope. Funeral services held in the Tabernacle. Remarks from John 11:25, by Eld. O. A. Olsen. A. J. BREED.
MCKAY.—Died, in Little Valley, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1879, my dear wife, Lucia Tryphena McKay, after a long and wearisome illness, which to the last she bore with great patience and Christian fortitude, trusting confidently in Him who is the “resurrection and the life,” that when He who is our life shall appear, she shall “appear with Him in glory.”
She embraced religion, was baptized, and joined the Freewill Baptist church, at the early age of nine years. As a matter of convenience, she remained with the F. W. B. church until quite recently, although she did not fully accord with them in sentiment, having ever been a strong believer in the seventh-day Sabbath, and many of the distinctive doctrines of the S. D. Adventists. She finally joined the S. D. A. church in East Otto in July, 1878, and was much rejoiced to find a church with which she was in full sympathy. She was a woman of strong and decided moral and religious convictions,—one who loved and encouraged every virtue, and hated every vice. She ever stood as a minute-man at her post of duty, sustaining all her relations to her family, the church, and her Saviour, with the most amiable Christian devotion; and her name will remain perfumed with her many Christian graces, and most endearing qualities as sister, wife, mother, and friend, as long as her memory shall live in the minds of her afflicted family and friends. A large and sympathizing audience of friends and neighbors were present on the funeral occasion. H. V. R. McKAY.
Notes of News.
—In the recent floods in Spain about 3,000 people perished.
—In Upper Silesia 85,000 people are said to be destitute.
—March 2, 1880, will be the 25th anniversary of the Czar’s reign.
—The winter in France and Switzerland has been unusually severe, thus far.
—A bill providing for new forts on the Mexican frontier has passed the Senate.
—Atrocities in Burmah still continue. Five princesses have recently been murdered.
—California has 60,000 acres covered by vineyards, in which $30,000,000 are invested.
—In 1880 the Free-will Baptists will celebrate the centenary of the existence of their denomination.
—A paper recently started in Vermont announces that its “tone will be moral, though not severely so.”
—Bismarck has for some time been unable to attend to his official duties on account of severe indisposition.
—The wife of the Lord Lieutenant has appealed for subscriptions for the relief of the suffering in Ireland.
—Dispatches dated Dec. 25 indicate that the Peru-Chilian war is practically over. The Chilians are victorious.
—One quarter of the whole little army of the United States in service has been killed or wounded during this year.
—The Egyptian obelisk at Alexandria has been successfully lowered, and will soon be shipped for New York.
—Under the law allowing women in Massachusetts to vote on school matters, only 3,000 women registered in the entire State.
—A lady of Great Barrington, Mass., 88 years of age, recently attended the golden wedding of her daughter in Chicago.
—A memorial proposing the establishment of a confederation of all the governments on this continent has been presented to Congress.
—The N. Y. Tribune suggests an amendment to the National Constitution, prohibiting polygamy throughout the United States.
—An extensive bed of emery has been discovered near Peekskill, N. Y. The only other pure and marketable bed is at Chester, Mass.
—The largest library in the world is the National Library at Paris, which in 1874 contained 2,000,000 printed books and 150,000 manuscripts.
—The friends of National Reform (the religious Constitutional Amendment) held a spirited and successful convention at Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 2 and 3.
—The Chinese have begun to leave California. For the year ending Nov. 1, 1879, the excess of departures over arrivals was 2,618. These returned to China.
—A special school of diplomacy is to be opened at the Vatican. Original documents preserved in the archives of the Vatican will form the basis of the instruction.
—France is passing through another ministerial crisis. The ministers have tendered their resignations, and De Freycinet has undertaken the task of forming a new cabinet.
—Since women paying taxes can vote for school directors in Massachusetts, smoking has been forbidden at the voting places in Boston during the morning. Why not all day?
—Several of the Reformed Dutch churches in Michigan are divided into warring factions on the subject of Freemasonry, and an extensive secession will probably take place.
—On the 24th of December the cold was very severe in Minnesota and Utah, and on the Pacific slope. In some places the spirit thermometer ranged from 40 to 58 degrees below zero.
—The “Waste-Not Society” of Brighton, Eng., composed of about a hundred young people, during the year collected £28 worth of waste paper, sufficient to support two little girls at the Orphanage.
—The railway up Mount Vesuvius has been completed, and travelers now ascend by it to the crater. “Vesuvius is grumbling at the invasion, and threatens to throw up,” says the Christian at Work.
—The public clocks in Paris are all connected, and their time verified, being set by the observatory time. It is proposed, also, to connect the clocks in private houses, so that time can be supplied like gas and water.
—The Alliance of Dec. 20, 1879, says that scarlet fever and other children’s diseases are alarmingly on the increase in Chicago. On the North Side there is scarcely a block that is not closely sprinkled with cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever.
—On one day, Dec. 18, no less than 71 vessels received grain cargoes, and the charters for wheat for Europe aggregated about 50,000 tons. Besides these, about a hundred other vessels were waiting their turn at the docks to take on grain cargoes.
—Last March an old woman was burned in a Russian village, by peasants who believed she was a witch. Recently the persons who committed the outrage were brought to trial, and three of them were convicted and sentenced to perform a small penance in church.
—The most terrible railroad accident on record is just reported from Scotland. The bridge over the firth at Tay gave way, precipitating an entire train with 300 passengers into the deep water below. It was night, and in the midst of a terrific gale. Not one was saved.
—One of the Independent’s French exchanges states that the Emperor of Austria, in response to the memorial presented by the Evangelical Alliance deputation, has caused an order to be issued giving the Protestants of Bohemia full liberty to conduct religious worship in their houses.
—The income of the Emperor of Russia is $25,000 a day; that of the Sultan of Turkey, $18,000; of the Emperor of Austria, $10,000; of the Emperor of Germany, $8,200; of the King of Italy, $6,400; of the King of the Belgians, $1,643; and of the President of the United States, $136.98.
—Nearly 1,000,000 cwt. of palm oil valued at $7,500,000 is annually exported to Great Britain from the west coast of Africa. It is used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumery, candles, and similar articles. The natives use it in the place of butter, and for cooking and lighting purposes.
—St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, erected at a cost of $600,000, by funds bequeathed for the purpose by the Misses Walker, has recently been consecrated by the Bishop of Edinburgh. About 300 of the clergy were present, besides a number of bishops, including all the Scotch bishops.
—The King of Holland has the largest private conservatory in the world. It contains two immense palm trees, the smaller of which weighs two and a half tons, besides a wonderful collection of tropical plants. The glass dome is ninety feet high and one hundred and eighty feet in diameter.
—Spain recently showed her jealousy of republicanism, and her distrust of the military, by refusing to let the military and their bands share in the manifestation prepared by the Murcian Relief Committee, in testimony of the gratitude of Spain to France for aid sent to sufferers by the floods.
—Edison claims that he has succeeded in producing an electric light—soft, mellow, but brilliant—which can be utilized for all purposes of illumination at a cost no greater than that of the cheapest oil. An Inter-Ocean correspondent thinks his invention “sounds the knell of the gas monopolies.”
—The political situation in Russia does not improve. The Revolutionary Committee threaten that the Czar will be removed from the throne unless their demand for a Constitution is acceded to. A feeling of insecurity and alarm is general. The police at Kieff recently surprised a secret Nihilist meeting, and captured 98 men.
—The steamer Borussia from Liverpool for New Orleans, sprang a leak on the 1st of December and was abandoned on the 2d. Nearly 200, passengers and crew, are supposed to have perished. The owners of the Borussia are confident that the steamer is still afloat, as it had water-tight compartments.
—The conquest of the restless, hardy, freedom-loving mountaineers of Afghanistan proves a very difficult task. There is a possibility, if not a probability, that the British may be compelled to meet the fanatical fury of a religious war. Gen. Roberts is receiving reinforcements; but the Inter-Ocean thinks it more probable that he will be captured than that he will retake Cabul.
—The young British Province of Queensland occupies the northeastern quarter of the Australian continent, and stretches from the northern boundary of New South Wales to the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is twelve times the size of England, twice the size of Canada, and half as large again as England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, and Spain combined. It is rich in gold.
—The discovery by the British, of Yakoob Khan’s buried treasure, at Cabul, tends to throw some light upon the inwardness of the situation in Afghanistan. The hidden treasure consisted of Russian gold, which goes to confirm the suspicions of the British, and discloses from whence came the sinews of war which have enabled the natives to repulse the forces of England at every point.
—The Michigan State Association of Spiritualists and Liberalists have purchased 80 acres of land on Goguac Lake, near Battle Creek, which they intend to fit up as a campground and summer resort. The grounds will be artistically laid out by a professional landscape gardener. A large, commodious and handsome hotel will be erected immediately, and eventually a college. It is the design to hold a camp-meeting every summer, to continue six weeks. These meetings will be attended by leading spiritualists and liberalists from all sections of the United States.
—The Illustrated Christian Weekly of Dec. 20, 1879, says: “Republicanism does not suffer as tested by the balance-sheets of the principal governments of Europe. While the Prussian deficit amounts to 62,500,000 francs, the Austrian to 32,000,000, that of Hungary to 45,000,000, that of Holland to 17,000,000, and the English floating debt has been increased by 238,000,000, France will have a surplus this year of not less than 100,000,000 francs.”
—According to a carefully prepared report, the loss of men engaged in the fisheries from the port of Gloucester, Mass., and the number of vessels wrecked, during the past year, presents a fearful record. The loss of life is unprecedented in the history of the business. In a single February gale 13 vessels went down, 143 men were drowned, 56 women were made widows, and 150 children were rendered fatherless. During the year, 30 vessels, comprising over one-tenth of the fishing tonnage of this port, valued at $118,780, sailed to return no more; and 240 lives were lost, leaving 88 widows and 219 fatherless children. There are also two vessels now absent, for the safety of which grave fears are entertained. If these do not soon return, it will add 22 more to the number lost, swelling the fearful aggregate to 264 lives.
—The clearing house returns for the week ending Dec. 19 show that at the leading commercial centers the immense volume of trade continues without any material abatement, and general activity is indicated by the figures. As compared with the corresponding week of last year, the returns show a gain at New York of 89.8 per cent; Chicago, 62.6; Boston, 55; Philadelphia, 76; Cincinnati, 21.1; St. Louis, 30.6; Baltimore, 37.9. The large increase at Philadelphia is attributed to the rapid advance in iron and renewed activity in that trade. For the week ending Dec. 26, the returns show a continuance of the extraordinary volume of business which marks the renewed prosperity of the country.
THE HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE QUARTERLY.
By John Harvey Kellogg
Although the first number of the Health and Temperance Quarterly received a warm reception from the numerous friends of the American Health and Temperance Association, many sending in their names as regular subscribers, it has been decided that it will be better to accept the generous offer of the publishers of Good Health to print the Quarterly as an extra department in that Journal. It will be issued regularly once in three months as a department in Good Health, and will be furnished free to all full members of the American Health and Temperance Association who are subscribers to Good Health. Copies of the Journal sent to those who are not members of the Association will not contain the temperance department.
This liberal offer is made by the Good Health Publishing Co., first, to encourage the friends of health and temperance to engage in the circulation of the Journal; and second, to induce the patrons of Good Health to become members of the American Health and Temperance Association.
The temperance department will be a lively feature of the Journal, and will be made interesting by personal experience in temperance work, reports of societies, etc. We hope that it will be an inducement to all members of the Association not only to subscribe for the Journal themselves, but to induce others to do so, and at the same time also become members of the Association.
J. H. K.
G. C. TENNEY
By G. C. Tenney
TO DIST. NO. 1, WISCONSIN.
We wish to urge all our people in Dist. No. 1, and others near that part of Wisconsin, to attend the meeting at Oakland, Jan. 9-11. A team will meet the trains at Ft. Atkinson on Friday. Meetings begin Friday evening and close Sunday evening. The Sabbath will be devoted to the Sabbath-school and the interests of the youth and children. Hope that all will be prepared with the current lesson in Instructor and Lesson Sheets. Temperance meeting evening after the Sabbath.
G. C. TENNEY
LIFE SKETCHES.
By James White
We have decided to hasten this book through the press in a few weeks. And we have so much on our hands that it is thought best to leave out matter of not the greatest interest to the general reader, which would require much time and space. The book will contain about 450 pages. Plain cloth binding, $1.00. With steel engravings of the subjects of the sketches, $1.25. Extra binding, $1.50.
J. W.
TESTIMONY 29.
The important subjects treated in this work are, 1. The description of the Judgment. 2. An appeal to the people relative to the sacredness of pledges. 3. Our publications; their value and influence, and the importance of circulating them. 4. An appeal on the subject of wills. 5. The qualifications and duties of the ambassadors for Christ. The book will be ready for delivery the present week. Orders have been received from most of the Tract Societies; and a small quantity will be sent to the Secretaries of those Societies which have not ordered. Price 25 cents.
Gold Inflow to New York Predicted for 1880
A circular received from the banking house of Henry Clews and Co., N. Y., states that $68,580,000 in gold has been received at that port since August last. The bulk of this has come in for agricultural products, which have been sold to the old world. This, after going to the West in the circulation of trade, will return to the East. They predict, therefore, that the first quarter of 1880 will witness one of the most extraordinary plethoras of money ever witnessed in the Eastern cities of this country.
STATE INSTITUTE AT CORSICA, OHIO.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
The Lord willing, we will hold our Ohio State quarterly meeting and T. and M. Institute at Corsica. Meetings will begin Thursday, Jan. 15, and continue two weeks. We have selected Corsica for several reasons.
1. It is the most central church for the State.
2. They have a good meeting-house, well adapted to the use of our school.
3. There are enough families within a reasonable distance of the church to accommodate all who will come.
4. There are several churches near.
5. All the other strong churches have had large meetings with them many times, while Corsica has never had one. As our State quarterly meeting will be held here at this time, each district must be sure to be on hand in time with its reports.
OBJECT OF THE INSTITUTE.
The object of the Institute is to thoroughly instruct the officers of the Conference in their work, but especially the T. and M. officers. Church clerks, S. S. treasurers, Sabbath-school superintendents and secretaries, the health and temperance officers, librarians, secretaries, and directors will all be instructed in their special work. All these should bring their books with them. There will also be a class in music. Special attention will be given to canvassing.
WHO SHOULD COME.
All the above officers, as far as possible, should attend this meeting. Let a special effort be made to this end. Do not say that you cannot come. Think that you can, plan for it, and make an effort to be present. If necessary, let the church assist some of the poorer ones. Any one who can give a part or the whole of his time to canvassing ought to come.
WHERE TO COME.
Corsica is a little off the railroad, but the brethren will take all to and from the cars with their baggage. Galion is the best point, as it is only five miles from the church, and some of the members live within three miles. But the friends can also get off at Crestline, which is six miles, or at Lexington, which is eight miles from the church. But the brethren at Corsica require that they shall be informed how many are coming to each of these points, so as to know how many teams to send.
Therefore, let every person who expects to come write a week beforehand to V. B. Stevens, Corsica, Ohio, stating at which station he will get off. The trains at each of these places arrive about eleven o'clock A. M. from each way. All should come Thursday, Jan. 15, so as to be at the stations named before noon of that day.
Let as many as can bring bed-clothing. Tracts and books should be taken back to each church, to save freight. A full and large assortment of all our books will be there, also Bibles, Concordances, etc.
Let none calculate to leave till the meeting closes. Eld. B. L. Whitney and perhaps others will come to aid us in these meetings. D. M. CANRIGHT.
TO CHURCH OFFICERS IN MICHIGAN.
We wish to call the attention of the elders and church officers in Michigan to the special duties which should be looked after in particular at the quarterly meeting, Jan. 3 and 4.
1. Every Sabbath-keeper in your vicinity should pledge to pay his tithe (Lev. 27: 30-33; Matt. 23: 23) for 1880 into the treasury, to be forwarded to the State treasurer, for the support of the ministry. Any away from home or the church should report to the S. B. treasurer, sending his pledge.
2. As some in this Conference have not adopted the plan recommended by the General Conference for the support of the T. and M. work, we will call your attention to the following resolution, passed at the last Michigan T. and M. meeting: “Resolved, That we, as ministers of the Michigan Conference, and directors of the T. and M. Society, will put forth a persistent effort to get all our people in this Conference to pay a tithe into the Conference treasury, and a sum equal to one-third of the tithe into the T. and M. fund.”
To our scattered brethren and sisters who are not members of our churches, we would say, that we think you should pay your tithes and add a sum equal to one-third of the tithe for the tract and missionary work, and forward the same to the State treasurer, H. W. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich. By this act upon your part we shall be very much encouraged to send you ministerial help; but the best of it all is, you will be doing your duty.
Notice of expiration of subscription will be given by special stamp on the margin of the paper. We should be pleased to receive your renewal at once.
Notice.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all cases a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do not in due time appear, and if books ordered by mail are not received, notice should be given. All other business is acknowledged below.
The permanent P. O. address of Eld. C. H. Bliss is Belvidere, Boone Co., Ill.
The permanent P. O. address of Eld. John F. Hanson is Box 22, Marne, Cass Co., Iowa.
Sister C. Ayers, widow of our lamented Bro. J. N. Ayers, has a pair of charts in good condition which she would be glad to sell. Any one wishing a set of charts now has a good opportunity to obtain them, besides conferring a favor upon Sister Ayers. Address, Farlinville, Linn Co., Kansas.
Until further notice, the address of the Secretary of the Nebraska H. and T. Society will be C. P. Bollman, Dayton, Boone Co., Neb. Secretaries of local clubs are requested to report promptly.
To Dist. No. 3, Indiana T. and M. Society.—As Bro. Harrington desires to be released from the duties of the office of District Secretary, J. W. Covert, Sharpsville, Tipton Co., Ind., is appointed to fill that office.
Wm. Covert, Director.
As Mrs. H. T. H. Sanborn has been suddenly called to Rhode Island, all mail matter for her should be addressed to North Scituate, R. I., instead of Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., Va. She will still attend to her V. M. work.
I. Sanborn.
The lessons for the Sabbath-school to be held at the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, quarterly meeting Jan. 17, will be lessons 50 and 76 of the Instructor for Dec. 10, for the youth’s class. For the first class, lessons 55, 56, and 57 of the Supplement for December.
S. Osborn.
Notice to Church Treasurers of N. Y. Conference.—At the last session of the Conference held at Hornellsville, L. T. Nourse, Chittenango Falls, Madison Co., N. Y., was elected Conference Treasurer, consequently you will hereafter remit all Conference moneys to him instead of to C. E. Green, as formerly. Send report of the money remitted to E. W. Whitney, Manlius Station, N. Y., as heretofore.
E. W. Whitney, Sec.
To S. S. Treasurers in the New York Conference.—In sending funds to me, please send by New York draft or registered letter, to Chittenango Falls, N. Y. Let all try to send at the commencement of each quarter, as nearly as possible.
L. T. Nourse, Conference Treasurer.
A Request.—Will each S. D. A. church-member in New England, who has not already done so please send us, without delay, at least a few names as trial subscribers for Good Health? Such names, with subscription price—only 20 cts.—from any others who are interested in this good work, will be gratefully received.
Eliza Thayer.
South Lancaster, Mass.
Books Sent by Express.
Mrs A J Richmond $4.00, Sanford Rogers 3.00, Geo H Randall 1.56, Geo Foreman 30.80, W P Dixon 60.00, Eli Wick 3.63, H C Goodrich 1.00, J F Carman 1.00, Harriet McLean 4.88, L G Moore 5.00, S E Gibson 7.97, C C Doren 1.00.
Books Sent by Freight.
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Cash Rec’d on Account.
B C V M Society per W C Stacy $74.95, Am H & T Association per J Thayer 7.25, H A St John 10.00, Ind T & M Reserve Fund S H Lane M S Edwards 2.00, Zorado Hughes 1.00, Beam & Mary Craig 15.00, Ill T & M Society per L S C 16.00, D T Biggs 15.00, Am H & T Association, Wis H & T As per M F Stillman 15.00, Am H & T Association per J Thayer 2.25, Mich S S Association Lakeview penny collection at quarterly meeting in Oct, 1.21, Am H & T As Ind H & T As 25c, Norman Dewey 4.10.
Gen. Conf. Fund.
T Curtis per J O Corliss 10.00, Ill Conf (tithe) per J J Carlock 50.00, “W E L Thank-offering 60c, J K J 12.00, A friend 2.00, Mary Robbins 10c, A Anderson 1.74, S E Coppill’s son 1.10.
Mich. Conf. Fund.
Vicksburg J K Gilbert & wife $14.00, Sand Bank J K J 13.36, Jackson per D R Palmer 16.45, Burlington per Hickman Miller 51.36, Rockwood L N Miller 44.00, Pierson Edgar Fields 3.55, Carson City per Wm R Evans 61.00.
Mich. T & M. Society.
Dist 8 Edenville 2.00, Dist 3 per Nellie Leland 2.50, Dist 3 Burlington per H Miller 3.08, Dist 3 per H C Goodrich 1.00, Dist 13 per Geo O States 21.15, per J O Barnhart 5.00, Dist 3 A A Fairfield 1.00, Dist 15 per L G Moore 8.00, Dist 7 per W Reynolds 18.00.
S. D. A. E. Society.
Mrs Hattie H Wentworth 10.00, O A Richmond 5.00.
European Mission.
Lucy Lewis 50c, Darius Reynolds 40.00, A friend 5.00, C K Farnsworth 10.00.
English Mission.
A friend $5.00, Mrs Wm Mitchell 2.00, Sally M Stockwell 2.00.
Donation to Harolden.
A Sister $1.00.
Danish Mission.
Lars Chr Larson $10.00, S H Rodmeyer 5.00, Mary Johnson Serns 10.00, A G Swedberg 10.00, Mrs J Calvert 2.50, A G Olsen 2.00, Mrs Tilda Lindstrom 50c, Anna C Olson 50c, August Lyman 10.60, C Wingquist 4.00, P J Anderson 5.00, Melia Swanson 25c, James P Peterson 10.00, N Clausen 5.00, N Peterson 10.00, M Dueland 5.00, N Mickelson 5.00, Peter Johnson 10.00, Hans Nielsen 5.00, John Johnson 2.00, N S Anderson 5.00, Nils Fredin 25c.
THE BATTLE CREEK TABERNACLE.
By James White
THE debt on the Tabernacle should be raised from it as soon as possible. The bountiful harvest of the Christmas Tree reported in this paper shows that the members of the Battle Creek church stand ready to pour in their free-will offerings for the house of the Lord, erected not for their good alone, but for the benefit of the general cause. The debt before the donations placed on the Christmas Tree was about $10,000. We give some of the reasons why this should be met by the free-will offerings of all our people, as soon as possible.
1. Most of this amount is due the Office of the REVIEW AND HERALD, which is embarrassed for the want of it.
2. This house was built for the good of the cause, and too great burden should not rest upon the church at Battle Creek in the payment of it. At the recent General Conference and Biblical Institute, the Battle Creek church made the terms of those benefited very easy. Board, tuition, heating and lighting the Tabernacle was free, excepting a fee of one dollar each for a course in elocution.
3. Last, but not least, our houses of worship dedicated to the service of God should be free from debts. If it seems necessary to make a debt which may rest upon a house at the time of the dedication, it should be removed as soon as possible.
We hope to hear good news of the fruit gathered from hundreds of Christmas Trees for the benefit of the house of worship at Oakland, Cal., and the Battle Creek Tabernacle. If any church, or any brother or sister, feels convicted that they did not do their duty on Christmas, the door is still open. Please send in your offerings. Let these houses of worship be free from debt, then let them have a new dedication to God. J. W.