p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 16. (4/19/1906)

General Conference Council Actions

By Editor

So many important matters demanded consideration at the General Conference Council just held that the session was prolonged several days beyond the appointed time. Some of the brethren in attendance were compelled, on account of previous appointments, to leave Washington last week, but the majority of them remained until the first of the present week. A summary of such actions of the council as are of general interest will be presented in the next REVIEW, but we call attention to the decision concerning the next educational convention, of which mention is made on page 20. The instructors in our schools of all grades will be especially interested in this announcement.

Sister White’s Article

By Editor

THE article by Sister White in this issue of the REVIEW should be read with serious attention. It contains instruction and counsel which are especially suited to present needs.

Elder Morrison Visits Takoma Park

Elder J. H. Morrison, of College View, Neb., has been visiting relatives and friends at Takoma Park, and was cordially welcomed in the meetings of the council of the General Conference Committee.

Prof. Frederick Griggs Speaks

PROF. FREDERICK GRIGGS, the chairman of the Educational Department of the General Conference, spoke to the members of the Takoma Park Young People's Society at their regular weekly meeting on Sabbath, April 7.

Review and Herald Publishing Association Annual Meeting

THE third annual meeting of the members of the Review and Herald Publishing Association will be held in connection with the Lake Union Conference at Berrien Springs, Mich. Formal notice of this meeting will be found on the twenty-second page.

Death of Mrs. Clara Jones

JUST as this issue was going to press, we received news of the death of Mrs. Clara Jones, widow of Elder D. T. Jones, at her home in Guadalajara, Mexico. Her death was due to a complication of pneumonia and heart trouble. Particulars will doubtless be given later.

Dr. Shively to Lead Boulder Sanitarium

DR. J. D. SHIVELY, who since resigning his position as superintendent of the Iowa Sanitarium has been engaged in private practise at Sheldahl, has been invited to take the superintendency of Boulder Sanitarium, and will, we understand, accept the invitation.—Workers’ Bulletin.

Northern Union Reaper

By Editor

At the recent session of the Northern Union Conference it was decided to issue a union conference paper which would take the place of the local conference papers heretofore published in that territory. The first number of this new publication, called the Northern Union Reaper, has been received. It consists of eight pages, and is edited by Brother C. L. Emmerson. The appearance of this paper is entirely creditable, and we are confident that it will be well received throughout its field.

Protests Against Professor Foster

SOME very plain protests have been made in the Baptist papers against the course of Prof. Geo. B. Foster, who retains his position in a Baptist university while advocating views which are out of harmony with the accepted doctrines of that denomination. One correspondent of the Baptist Standard says:—

A man has no more right to seek to destroy the foundations of the denomination to which he professes adherence than the soldier has to turn his arms against the government which protects him, and which he professes to love.

It is a curious commentary on human nature that this principle is so easily recognized by all except those who commit the offense.

We Are Voyagers

By Editor

To our request for a copy of the advent hymn entitled “We Are Voyagers,” we have received a large number of replies, and several have requested us to republish this hymn, which was sung so much in the early days of this advent movement. We find that there is some variation in the words of the several stanzas as copied for us by different persons, although the difference is not very marked. We print on our first page the words and music of this hymn as it is found in one of the hymn-books printed about forty years ago. We believe that the older believers will be glad to see it again, and we think the younger believers might learn it with profit.

Jewish Opposition to Sunday Legislation

By Editor

THREE long columns of space in a recent issue of the Chicago Israelite, a Jewish paper, are occupied with a protest against the passage of one of the Sunday bills now before Congress. Reference is made to the work of the Religious Liberty Bureau, and the following comment is made upon it:—

They are right in their protest, and every lover of his country should come to the help of the officers and members of the Religious Liberty Bureau, and fight against the passing of this bill.

Let the country once lend itself to any such legislation, and we shall soon see how these fanatics will get to work and ask for legislation that will result in privileged laws of much more wide-reaching import touching their distinctive religion.

The article further declares that “the Central Conference of American Rabbis should take up this matter,” and that the committee of that body on church and state “should put itself in correspondence with the officers of the Religious Liberty Bureau. It should work conjointly with the Seventh-day Adventists.”

It is encouraging to know that the work of the Religious Liberty Bureau is thus recognized, and we are sure that its officers will be ready to co-operate with those who believe that this religious legislation is “a menace to the future good of the country.”

Farewell Gathering for the Washburn Family

A LARGE number of the friends of Brother and Sister J. S. Washburn and family gathered at Takoma Hall last Thursday evening to give expression to their kindly feelings, and, in view of their early departure to the Southern field, to bid them Godspeed. One feature of the evening was a brief program of suitable remarks by different brethren, interspersed with music. Brother Washburn has been identified with the work in Washington for about five years, and has taken a very deep interest in the removal of the headquarters of the denomination to this city and the building up of the institutions planted here. His faithful efforts in securing funds for the purchase of the Memorial church, and in behalf of the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund, will not soon be forgotten, and he leaves here enduring witnesses to the success of his labors. In response to an invitation from the Southern Union Conference Brother Washburn will now enter upon work in the Southern field, locating first at Nashville, Tenn. He and his family expect to leave Washington the latter part of this month. They carry with them the hearty good wishes of the brethren and sisters here.