p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 41. (8/17/1916)

Publications Wanted

By Editor

The persons named below desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work. In sending publications care should be exercised to select only such as are free from soil and disfigurement. We have been credibly informed that some who oppose this movement and the truths which it represents answer these requests for literature, and are sending to our brethren and sisters in various parts of the country tracts and papers representing their opposition. Our workers should be careful not to confound this literature with our denominational publications, and thus unwittingly become agents in sending out matter not printed in the interests of the cause of truth.

Nathaniel Krum, Kensett, Ark.

Chas. B. Craig, Protection, Kans.

Mrs. Hugh Will, R. F. D. 5, Ava, Ill.

J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C., England.

Miss Gertie Beermann, Mt. Home Box, Clatskanie, Oregon. Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.

Obituaries

GADDIS.—Milton H. Gaddis was born in Casey County, Kentucky, and died in Mattoon, Ill., July 20, 1916. He served in the Union Army, and in 1866 accepted present truth under the labors of Elders E. A. Curtis and J. W. Scoles. Brother Gaddis was faithful unto death, and we believe sleeps in assurance of a part in the first resurrection. E. F. PETERSON.

GOBEILLE.—Mrs. Adele Gobeille, aged 79 years and 4 months, died at the home of her daughter, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 13, 1916. In 1888 our sister accepted present truth. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom are left to mourn. Funeral services were conducted in French by a Presbyterian pastor, assisted by the writer. F. C. WEBSTER.

A Judge Seeks Aid

WITHIN the past month a judge in one of the large cities in this country wrote to the editor of Liberty, asking for a copy of the charge of the judge in Tennessee who presided at the trial of our brethren. As many will doubtless remember, our brethren in Tennessee were acquitted. This justice was favorable to our views in these matters. Knowing that he would have to pass upon a number of cases where arrests had been made for violation of the Sunday statute, he desired all the information which it was possible for him to secure. When the cases came for trial, he was thoroughly satisfied that the statute was not constitutional, so the cases were dismissed.

This judge was a reader of Liberty. He believed the principles advocated in that magazine. Had his attention never been called to this magazine, perhaps his decision would have been entirely different.

In every State, in every county, in every city and town, there are those who are influential and honest, but who are not informed with respect to correct principles of religious liberty.

There are agencies at work for the passage of laws which, if successful, would do away with all religious liberty. How essential that now, before these laws become effective, men who fill important positions and men of influence be educated with respect to right principles of civil and religious liberty! With this end in view, our churches could do no better work than to send Liberty to all judges, lawyers, and other officials. One church or one organization cannot do the entire work, but if every church would become responsible to see that these men in its community are given an opportunity to read Liberty, a nation-wide campaign of education would be carried on at little expense to any one. For this class of service Liberty is mailed one year to separate addresses, where five or more names are sent at one time, for twenty-five cents a year each. If the number of attorneys in any community is unknown, this information can be furnished. All you need to do is to write your conference tract society, ordering the Liberty magazine sent to a certain number of people; and as soon as the order is received, this will be done. Now is the time to act. Will not each church do its part?

Carelessness

By G. B. T.

THE following excerpt, clipped from the National Cash Register Bulletin, emphasizes in a very forceful manner the awful toll of carelessness:—

“I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.

“I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the world.

“I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of siege guns.

“I steal in the United States alone, over $300,000,000 each year.

“I spare no one, and I find my victims among the rich and poor alike; the young and the old, the strong and the weak, widows and orphans, know me.

“I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadow over every field of labor from the turning of the grindstone to the moving of every train.

“I massacre thousands upon thousands of wage earners in a year.

“I lurk in unseen places, and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me, but you heed not.

“I am relentless. I am everywhere—in the homes, on the street, in the factory, at all railroad crossings, and on the sea.

“I bring sickness, degradation, and death, and yet few seek to avoid me.

“I destroy, crush, or maim; I take all, but give nothing.

“I am your worst enemy.

“I am CARELESSNESS.”

And this fearful wreckage of carelessness is not confined alone to this world, to this life, or to material things. Its ruin and desolation are seen in religious matters, and reach into the eternal ages. Men carelessly play with the pearl of eternal life. They toss it about as if it were a thing of little value, expecting perhaps some day to secure the gift. But the opportunities are carelessly squandered, and at last they sit amid the desolate ruins of a wasted life, where the worm of remorse gnaws incessantly.

The twin of Carelessness is Neglect. “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” Heb. 2:3.

G. B. T.

“Where Shall I Obtain My Medical Education?”

By Editor

This is a question which is in the minds of many young men and women connected with this movement at the present time. With the establishment of a denominational medical school, which is now doing acceptable work, and whose graduates are able to obtain legal recognition, it would seem that there could be little occasion for questioning as to where Seventh-day Adventists should obtain a medical education.

The servant of the Lord has spoken definitely and specifically regarding the need of a medical school, and of the dangers which threaten our young men and women attending medical schools of the world. In harmony with that instruction, there has been established at Loma Linda an institution to provide this medical training. We believe that the providence of God has led in this enterprise, and also that the blessing of the Lord will attend our young people as they endeavor to secure their education and shape their experiences in harmony with the instruction which has come to us. Larger institutions with more liberal facilities may make their appeal to human judgment, but we believe it is safer to follow in the path of instruction than it is to follow the course of our own natural reasoning.

Much has already been given through the columns of the REVIEW regarding this enterprise. Elder I. H. Evans, president of the North American Division Conference, writes concerning it in the Editorial department of this number. The REVIEW of August 31 will be devoted to the interests of our college work in the United States. In this number Dr. Newton Evans, the president of the medical school, will set forth the needs and value of medical education, and the reason why Seventh-day Adventists should obtain such an education at Loma Linda.

We ask our young men and women to consider their relationship to this question, not in the light of caprice or personal desires or careless advice from friends, but in the light of the instruction which has come to us through the servant of the Lord.

In Memory of Eliza H. Morton

By Editor

WE were deeply pained to learn last week, just after the closing of our forms, of the death of Sister Eliza H. Morton, which occurred at her home in Portland, Maine, Monday morning, July 31. Sister Morton is well known to the majority of our readers by her contributions to our columns of both prose and poetry; also as the author of a school geography which at one time was in use by many of our schools; and later as the author of a unique little booklet of 136 pages, entitled “Rays of Light on the Sabbath Question.” Sister Morton wielded a facile pen, and the beautiful truths she has expressed in poetry and prose, as well as her godly life, have brought cheer to many hearts. We hope to receive a sketch of her life for publication in the REVIEW.

Ministers and Marriage with Unbelievers

By Editor

SHOULD Seventh-day Adventist ministers officiate at the marriage of believers with unbelievers? This, we believe, is a vital question in view of the instruction contained in the Bible and the Testimonies regarding such unions. Read the experience recited by Elder L. H. Christian in his article in this number. We are in hearty accord with the position taken by Brother Christian, and believe it is worthy of serious consideration by every minister among Seventh-day Adventists.

Farm for Sale for Foreign Missions

A STOCK farm of 220 acres (100 acres under fence), six miles from Graysville, Tenn., with a good large house and a small barn, also some lumber for additional buildings, is for sale at $10 an acre, the entire proceeds to be given to the foreign mission work of the General Conference. If any reader of the REVIEW is interested in this proposition, he is requested to correspond with W. T. Knox, treasurer of the General Conference, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Death of Mrs. Cassie Dennis

A CABLEGRAM received Sunday of last week announced the sudden death of Mrs. Cassie Dennis, at the River Plate Sanitarium, Argentina, South America. Mrs. Dennis was formerly Miss Cassie Wilson, going out from Michigan to unite in marriage with A. R. Dennis, then laboring in Uruguay. To sorrowing friends we extend our sympathy.

Another Company of Missionaries

ANOTHER small company of missionaries left Seattle last week on the steamship “Sado Maru” for the East. Dallas S. and Mrs. Kime, of College Place, Wash., to connect with the Malaysian Mission; Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Hilliard, of California, for medical missionary work in Honan, China; C. F. and Mrs. Lowry, of Tennessee, to Burma; Miss Lena Mead, of California, to connect with school work in Singapore. These will reach the Orient but a few days after the arrival of the large party leaving on the “China,” if all are prospered in their journey, and are really a supplement of that company, as the booking facilities would not accommodate all on that boat.

Twenty-Cent-a-Week Fund

PARTICULAR attention is directed to the report of the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund by Elder W. T. Knox, the treasurer of the General and North American Division Conferences. The comparisons which Brother Knox makes are worthy of careful study, not alone by our conference and church officers, but by every reader of this paper. Let each ask himself, Have I done my duty in the support I have rendered to the cause of foreign missions?

Dr. Dunscombe’s Illness

IN a letter received at the Mission Board office last week from Brother W. B. White, of South Africa, he wrote of the illness (thought to be typhoid fever) of Dr. W. C. Dunscombe. When taken ill, Dr. Dunscombe was favorably considering a call of the General Conference to return to the United States. No cable having been received is thought to be a favorable indication that he is recovering.

Elder S. E. Wight Recovering

We are gratified to learn that Elder S. E. Wight, president of the Southern Union Conference, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, is slowly recovering.