p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 52. (12/30/1902)

Earlier text: January Study of the Field

Obituaries

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.

KUNKEL.—Died at Hinckley, Minn., Nov. 28, 1902, Fern Merrel Kunkel, aged 2 years, 7 months, and 23 days. Her father, mother, two sisters, and one brother mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. A. W. Kuehl.

FRITZ.—Died at Sara, Wash., Nov. 18, 1902, of heart failure, James Fritz. He was born in Niagara Co., N. Y. He accepted the truth in 1897, and united with the Sara church. He rests in hope of a soon-coming Saviour. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Z. Cook. A. J. Stover.

BURNIE.—Died at the home of Brother John Wight, in Gouverneur, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1902, of apoplexy, Sister Ella Burnie, of Verner, Ontario, aged 64 years. She had been a Sabbath keeper over eight years, and was ever true to the cause she loved. We believe we shall meet her when Jesus comes. Mrs. Andrew Cobb.

MOORE.—Died of pneumonia, near Goodlettsville, Tenn., Nov. 20, 1902, Miss Martha Catharine Moore, aged 49 years and 18 days. In 1878 Sister Moore accepted present truth under the labors of Elder G. K. Owen. Her life was consistent, and her death peaceful. We believe she sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort and instruction were spoken by the writer. C. P. Boleman.

GOODRIDGE.—Died at Owassa, I. T., Dec. 7, 1902, W. M. Goodridge, aged 79 years. He was born in Vermont in 1823. He first belonged to the Christian Church, but united with the Seventh-day Adventists about ten years ago. He lived a devoted Christian life until death. He leaves a wife and nine children. Words of comfort were spoken by Rev. Haynes. D. M. Clouse.

YALE.—Died at her home near Waco, Neb., Dec. 4, 1902, from abscess on the brain, Sister Cynthia Yale, aged 62 years. She was tenderly cared for by her daughter, a trained nurse from the Battle Creek Sanitarium. She died in the blessed hope of a soon-coming Saviour. She leaves a husband, five sons, and one daughter. Words of comfort were spoken from Job 14:14. H. Shultz.

COMBS.—Brother Eugene Combs, son of A. S. Combs, was born in Missouri, May 18, 1878, and died in Boulder, Colo., Nov. 29, 1902. The most of his life was spent in Kansas and Oklahoma. Having been an invalid from childhood, his life was one of great suffering at times, yet in it all the Christlike spirit was manifested, and he died with a bright hope in Christ. Remarks by the writer, from Ps. 116:15; Rev. 14:13. E. F. Farnsworth.

HERALD.—Died near Binford, Ill., Nov. 20, 1902, after a brief illness, William Ralph Herald, son of William and Lulu Herald, aged 2 years, 6 months, and 20 days. Little Ralph was a loving child, and is greatly missed in the home circle, but we are comforted with the hope of soon meeting him when the Life-giver comes. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles Wood (Christian), using 2 Sam. 12:22, 23, as a basis for his remarks. S. E. Eaton.

LEIGHTON.—Fell asleep in Jesus at Otsego, Mich., Nov. 17, 1902, Brother George Leighton, aged 90 years, 4 months, and 9 days. He was born in Maine in 1812; moved to New York in 1819, and to Michigan in 1851, ever since living in or near Otsego. At an early age he was converted, and united with the Christian Church. In 1858 he fully accepted the views of Seventh-day Adventists. From the time he became connected with the church, he was an incessant worker. He was very liberal with the means intrusted to him, ever ready to aid the cause with anything at his command. He was a stone and brick mason, and worked on the Review and Herald, the College, and the Sanitarium when they were being erected in Battle Creek, Mich. Brother Leighton was a devoted Christian, a real pillar of strength in the church as well as in the general cause. He will be greatly missed on account of his genial, sociable ways. He leaves an aged, devoted companion and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was largely attended. Words of consolation were offered by the writer. S. H. Lane.

Notice!

By S. E. Wright

A MEETING of the elders of the churches in the North Michigan Conference will be held at Mesick, Jan. 9-14, 1903. The first meeting will be at half-past seven, Friday evening.

S. E. WRIGHT, President.

Notice !

By Smith Sharp

THE first meeting of the third annual session of the Cumberland Conference will be held at Graysville, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1903, at 7:30 P. M. Elders G. I. Butler, A. G. Daniells, and W. C. White will be in attendance from the beginning. Let every church be fully represented at the opening meeting.

SMITH SHARP, President.

Addresses

The address of Elder E. W. Webster is now Yuma, Ariz.

Until further notice, the address of Elder George H. Smith will be College View, Neb.

The address of Elder J. O. Corliss and family is, for the present, No. 10 Princess Terrace, Hall's Road, Birkenhead, England. Let those who address any member of his family please remember that the postage from America to that point is five cents for each half ounce.

Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—

Emery Cotton, Mt. Hope, Kan., REVIEW, Signs, tracts.

C. A. Hansen, Temple, Mich., REVIEW, Instructor, Little Friend.

W. A. Chatfield, 1920 Grand Ave., Beaumont, Tex., periodicals and tracts.

Miss Tilda Halberg. R. R. No. 3. Mondovi, Wis., Instructor, Little Friend, also Norwegian publications.

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EAST

Station	8	6	2	10	76
Chicago	AM 11.05	PM 3.02	PM 8.15		AM 9.00
Valparaiso	PM 12.45	4.41	10.05		11.25
South Bend	1.57	5.30	11.31	PM 1.04	AM 7.30
Battle Creek	4.00	8.00	AM 2.03	AM 7.00	3.40 / PM 8.30
Lansing	5.20	9.21	3.31	8.30	5.29
Durand	6.00	10.00	4.21	9.30	6.30
Saginaw	8.10		6.00	11.05	8.10
Bay City	8.45		7.01	11.40	8.45
Detroit	8.00		7.15	11.50	9.20
Flint	9.40	10.30	4.55	10.21	7.28
Port Huron	10.40	AM 12.30	7.00	PM 12.20	9.30
London
Hamilton
Suspension Bridge		7.03	PM 1.55	PM 8.55	AM 3.40
Buffalo		8.20	3.05	9.50	3.47
Philadelphia	PM 3.47	PM 7.24	AM 7.28	AM 8.56	PM 3.47
New York	4.45	8.40	8.30	9.45	4.45
Toronto		AM 7.00		PM 7.40
Montreal		PM 4.00	7.30	AM 7.30
Boston		AM 8.10	PM 7.05	PM 7.05
Portland		AM 7.30	PM 6.15	PM 6.15

WEST

Station	3	7	9	11	75
Portland	AM 8.15	AM 7.00	AM 7.00
Jersey	1.15	7.00	7.30
Montreal	PM 10.30	AM 9.00	AM 9.00
Long Beach	PM 7.35	4.50	PM 11.20
New York	PM 5.40	8.45	AM 9.25
Philadelphia	6.30	8.45
Buffalo	AM 5.55	1.00	PM 10.05
Suspension Bridge	7.05	2.00	11.15
Hamilton
London
Port Huron	PM 12.00	9.00	AM 4.05	AM 6.50	PM 3.50
Elliot	PM 1.25	11.07	6.31	8.56	5.54
Bay City		9.00
Saginaw
Detroit	PM 12.15	10.30		7.00	4.00
Durand	PM 1.52	AM 12.05	6.00	9.30	6.30
Lansing	2.33	12.54	6.14	10.50	7.53
Battle Creek	3.55	2.48	8.14	PM 12.30	9.30 / AM 7.15
South Bend	5.40	4.12	10.03	3.01	PM 4.45
Valparaiso	7.00	5.29	11.14	4.41
Chicago	8.45	7.20	PM 12.50	7.00

Nos. 4-6-8—Daily        Nos. 3-5-7—Daily Nos. 10-76—Daily ex't Sunday        Nos. 9-11-75—Daily ex't Sunday

W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent, Battle Creek.

The Tract Campaign

By Arthur G. Daniells

Who Is “Willing” for Service?

“Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power,” Ps. 110: 3. The present is the day of God’s power, the day in which he will reveal his power through his people to the world.

This is the “time of the end,” the “day of his preparation,” the “hour of God’s judgment,” the “days of the voice of the seventh angel,” when the “mystery [the gospel] of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.” This is the “time of the latter rain,” which is to ripen the harvest for the coming of Christ.

Who, then, is willing to consecrate his service in this day of God’s power unto the Lord for the salvation of the world? Brethren and sisters, we have accepted the great threefold message of Rev. 14: 6-12. That message has saved us from ruin, brought hope to our hearts, and led us to direct our lives to the right end. What it has done for us it is able to do for our neighbors, for all the world. Really, this message is the only hope of the world. Is not this a heart-stirring appeal to us to go to our neighbors with this truth?

The little tracts prepared for the winter’s missionary campaign are now ready. These should be circulated one at a time in their natural order. The first to be used is entitled, “We Would See Jesus.” This is a grand little tract, and at least a million copies should be circulated. Large orders are now coming in. Order at once, dear brethren, from your State tract society, and enter with all your hearts upon the good work. All the tracts of this series are sixteen-page, and are sold for one cent each. A. G. DANIELLS.

“The Former Days”

By N. W. Allee

Speaking of the experiences of those who pass through many years of waiting for the coming Lord, the apostle Paul says, “But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions,” etc. Heb. 10: 32, 33. These “former days” were full of intense interest when the enlightenment came to us from the “more sure word of prophecy,” indicating so clearly that the “generation” was reached that should witness the advent of the King in his glory.

How our hearts thrilled with the thought that soon we and our little ones should be gathered home! But days, months, and years have passed. The children have grown to manhood; struggles and conflicts have been endured. Many of the old soldiers have fallen. But praise the Lord, the great “advent message” moves on, and our courage is now quickened, and our hearts rejoice, as we see such sure evidences of the reviving of the spirit of “the former days.”

Then how eagerly, gladly, we told the precious story of a soon-coming Saviour. Our satchels and pockets had room for tracts to distribute. We “scattered tracts” wherever we went. We felt the value of the truth they contained. We sold them, we loaned and gave them away. We who held meetings in tents and schoolhouses always had a supply of tracts, and called attention to them from the stand, earnestly inviting the people to come and examine them; and we had a real interest in telling them what each one contained. And now I wish to be one of those who will make “a united effort to scatter tracts like the leaves of autumn.”

Will all our churches awake, gird on the armor for service, and go forth? These good tracts with which the campaign is to be opened are most timely. Please read the articles in the REVIEW AND HERALD of December 9 and 16, regarding the great campaign to be put in operation immediately, to scatter tracts like the leaves of autumn. God, by his Spirit, has said it. Shall we do it?

This is our opportunity. Paul said of his mission, “I am debtor,” “I am ready,” “I am not ashamed.” Rom. 1: 14-16. What say you, my brother, my sister? We have reached a tremendous crisis, a decisive issue, that eternally decides the destiny of every soul,—even mine and yours. God says, in language most intense and solemn, yet to sound above every other voice, “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.”

We are the people, and ours is the work, symbolized by the third angel flying and sounding with a loud voice the last call to mercy and pardon. O that God will help us to sense the privilege of the hour!

Is not Mordecai’s instruction to Esther, at the time of their great crisis, especially applicable just now? “Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise . . . from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4: 13, 14.

N. W. ALLEE.

Psalms 104–107

PSALMS 104–107 are the basis of the Sabbath-school lessons for the first quarter of 1903. The text of the American Standard Revision is used, and is printed in the Quarterly.

A Great Refreshing

MANY hearts are rejoicing in Battle Creek. The week of prayer brought a wonderful blessing to this church. For three weeks a series of Bible studies had been conducted, and the Sabbath services had been specially helpful. During the week of prayer there was a steady and growing interest, and many seeking souls found experiences of much blessing. Last Sabbath was a time of great refreshing. The morning service continued until one o'clock, and nearly two hundred persons of all ages came to the altar, and found forgiveness of sin. Many of these were starting in the Christian life for the first time. It was the most powerful meeting known in Battle Creek for many years. All hearts were quickened. In the afternoon service hundreds testified to a new experience. We regard it as the beginning of the latter rain. We earnestly hope that many other churches and companies had the same experience. Let us hear about it.

The Review For 1903

By Editor

The editors of the Review unite in expressing the hearty wish that all the members of the Review family may enjoy an ever-new and blessed experience in the Christian life during the year upon which we are just entering. This will certainly make it “A Happy New Year” for all.

In all the families where this paper is a weekly visitor, we shall try to make it contribute as much as possible toward the realization of this wish. We earnestly desire that it shall be a bearer of “good tidings of great joy” to all its readers.

We pledge our best endeavor to make the Review an exponent of the vital truths of this message, and an inspiration to a complete consecration of heart and life to the work of hastening the coming of the blessed Master.

We hope to make it so valuable to all those who love his appearing, and who have identified themselves with this great movement to give the advent message to all the world in this generation, that they will regard it as indispensable to the carrying out of their purpose to co-operate intelligently with other believers in this closing work.

The senior editor, Elder Uriah Smith, will contribute a series of articles, beginning at once, which will deal with the early experiences in this message. There are lessons in these experiences which need to be emphasized at this time when an effort is being made to revive the early advent faith. The spirit of unity, of consecration, and of self-sacrifice which filled the hearts of those who led out in the establishment of this work ought to be revived in the hearts of those who now bear the standard of truth. Elder Smith is one of the few men left in the ranks now who was associated with the pioneers in this message, and we believe that such a series of articles from his pen as is proposed will be an encouragement and a blessing to many advent believers of this day.

We enter upon the new year with hope and courage in the Lord. We are thankful for the many indications of the more rapid progress of this work, and we believe in times of refreshing just at hand. May the blessed Lord hasten the day.