p. 14 | Review and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 50. (12/11/1900)

Earlier text: PREREQUISITES OF PREVAILING PRAYER

ONTARIO

By F. D. Starr

As in apostolic times, and as in the days of the reformers, Ezra and Nehemiah, there are many adversaries to the work here, yet there is also much to encourage us. The canvassing work is improving; and almost every week persons are accepting the truth.

The annual meeting of the Lord’s Day Alliance was held in Toronto, November 9. I was present at the meeting, and never before have I attended a convention of those working for Sunday legislation where we, as a people, were brought into such prominent notice. A resolution was passed, the substance of which was that, Whereas, There is a sect of people known as Seventh-day Adventists, who are working systematically to bring about a disregard of the Lord’s day (Sunday, of course, they meant), therefore we urge that more earnest efforts be put forth to warn the people against the teachings and literature of this people; also that we advise the ministers to become better informed in regard to the historical and Scriptural basis for Sunday observance. A lively discussion of this resolution then followed, lasting about twenty minutes. Several ministers spoke of having come in contact with our books, and of the very pernicious influence of the same. One minister said that he was astonished that some ministers would even allow their members to read our literature. What greater power than this does the Catholic Church profess to exercise over its members? Of course our work and belief were misrepresented.

That Seventh-day Adventists should be the only people mentioned as a body against whom their efforts should be directed is indeed significant. It shows that the remnant mentioned in Rev. 12:17 is being discerned and brought to notice. If the resolutions there passed are carried out, which they no doubt will be, the minds of many will probably be prejudiced against the message, and it will be harder to get people to take and to read our books and papers. It is therefore all the more urgent that we circulate our literature, to the utmost of our ability, before the circumstances become still more unfavorable. We must work while the day lasts. To this end let canvassers and other workers be more diligent than ever before.

But while some will be prejudiced against the truth, others will have a desire to investigate it. The resolution means that in many parts of the province where Seventh-day Adventists have scarcely been known or mentioned as yet, the people are going to hear about them in this ministerial warning. May not Phil. 1:15-18 in some degree meet a fulfillment in this? Some will no doubt be stirred to investigate, and, as a result, receive the present truth; and may not some of those who warn the people against this doctrine be led to examine more closely and accept of God’s Sabbath? No doubt there are earnest, sincere Christians among them.

To disprove the mistaken idea that our literature is so “pernicious,” such books as “Christ’s Object Lessons” should be put into the hands of the people as speedily as possible. It seems very providential that this book is published just at this time; for nothing could be better adapted to dislodge prejudice and show to the people the converting, sanctifying influence of the truth for this time than this book. We hope our Conference may furnish places for thousands of these books.

Another resolution (no doubt growing out of the experience the Lord’s Day Alliance has had with the cases of our people and others that have been carried up to the Court of Appeals) was passed to bring about such a change in the legislation that convictions for Sunday labor or desecration, secured in the lower courts, can not be quashed by appealing to the supreme or higher courts. This would cut off the right of appeal to those who might feel that they had not received justice in the lower courts. This resolution was so manifestly unfair that some leading minds in the alliance were afraid of it, and it did not pass without opposition by voice and vote. But it passed by a large majority. This move would be nothing less than despotic. Even in pagan Rome, Paul had the right to appeal to Cæsar, and he was heard by that dignitary. The right to appeal is a sacred one; to provide for it, these very courts are established. But we must expect the denial of our rights. The agitation of this question will furnish opportunity for enlightening the people on the subject of religious liberty. A further report of this Lord’s Day Alliance meeting will be found in the Sentinel of Liberty, which all should take and read.

F. D. Starr.

WALLA WALLA COLLEGE

By E. L. Stewart

The first three months of the school year are now in the past. An excellent spirit has been manifested thus far in Walla Walla College. All the pupils are orderly and studious. We have now rather a young class of students. Many of them do not know the Lord, but we see manifestations of His work among them.

Our winter term opened December 5. Thus far the enrollment has reached two hundred. We expect to open a canvasser's school about January 1, when we hope to see a goodly number avail themselves of the benefits of the instruction that will be given. Every provision possible has been made by the board for the students to engage in this work.

We are preparing to conduct a vigorous campaign for “Christ's Object Lessons.” From twenty-six to thirty of our teachers and students expect to engage in selling this book, and two days have been set apart as holidays, in which to introduce it in the college vicinity. Many more of our brethren in the village are also preparing to sell the book, and a class of about sixty are in training, and have been for two weeks past. We are conducting a regular and thorough study of the book, and also of the method of presenting it. We expect to canvass every family within five miles of the college.

The Lord himself has spoken concerning this work: He has told us that there is a blessing for everyone who will engage in it. We hope for the blessing of God upon the school, and ask for the prayers of our brethren in this district.

Very few of our students are planning to canvass the coming summer, but we desire, and shall do all in our power, to interest them in this branch of the work. Especially do we hope that a goodly number may decide to give themselves to the work of selling books during the coming vacation.

We are looking forward to great blessings, and we hope to see many of our students converted during their stay here. We long to see the day when the missionary spirit shall prevail among our young people. We hope that the parents who have children in Walla Walla College will give themselves to prayer for these young persons, that they may be converted unto God.

Could we all realize the intense activity among the heavenly host in this great closing work on earth, how differently we should view matters. But it seems as if the people of God had been seized with paralysis, and that, too, just at the very time when the greatest energy is needed. But we shall labor in faith. We believe this message will triumph gloriously, and that, too, right early. What a privilege we have in co-operating with God in this great work! He might employ only heavenly agencies, but He has chosen to link humanity with himself in this work; and as we approach the great crises, when the commandments of God are to be utterly made void by the nations of the earth, what a wonderful privilege it is that we may stand on God's side, holding forth the principles of righteousness. What loyalty this should call forth from every child of God! what zeal and energy! Let us not disappoint our Redeemer by remaining indifferent to His directions.

E. L. STEWART.

FLORIDA TRACT SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS

By Irving Keck; Josephine Grannis Yergin

THE seventh annual session of the Florida Tract Society was held during the Conference at Terra Ceia, Sept. 28 to Oct. 8, 1900. Four meetings were held in which plans and methods of work, and reports of the various societies and companies, were discussed. A very interesting report of the school work among the Cubans of Key West was given by Sister Burgos, a former Baptist missionary.

The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Irving Keck; Secretary and Treasurer, Josephine Grannis Yergin. Executive Committee: Irving Keck, L. H. Crisler, J. D. Heacock, J. W. Clement, C. H. Rogers.

Resolutions were passed, adopting the plan of giving ten cents a week for the missionary work; encouraging the general periodical work, especially the circulation of the Signs and the REVIEW; and recommending to each and all the benefits derived by improving the smallest as well as the greatest opportunities of daily service and ministry.

IRVING KECK, Pres.

JOSEPHINE GRANNIS YERGIN, Sec.

COLPORTAGE

By A. M. COLEMAN

WHEN I went to the Michigan camp-meeting, I took with me about ten thousand pages of tracts. About four o'clock each evening I went out and distributed these tracts until dark, and some whom I visited were anxious to read and understand.

Now I go to Bedford, Rockford, and Homer. I was lately at Homer, and distributed five or six thousand pages of tracts. In November I distributed between three and four hundred papers in the eastern part of Battle Creek. I never before found people so anxious to get our reading-matter; and I have been distributing more or less for the last twelve or fourteen years.

I go to four districts in the east end of this city every two months. I always find some who are thankful to get our reading-matter, and not one refuses it now, although a dozen or more used to refuse.

A. M. COLEMAN.

ADDRESSES

The address of Elder E. W. Webster is Box 982, Phoenix, Ariz.

The address of Elder J. G. Wood is 1175 Huffman Ave., Dayton, Ohio.

The address of Elder E. W. Snyder is Casilla del Correo 38, Asuncion, Paraguay.

BUSINESS NOTICES

BRIEF business notices and “wants” will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over four, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

WANTED.—A home among Sabbath-keepers for a boy of 13 years, by a widow having seven small children, who lives in the woods many miles from any of our people, and is in feeble health. Address Mrs. Carrie Davidson, Seguin, Challam Co., Wash.

WANTED, AT ONCE.—An experienced and competent broom maker who understands the making and grading of brooms for the Eastern markets, to take charge of the academy broom shop. Only those who are qualified to take charge of boys in the making and disposing of brooms, and who can furnish satisfactory references, need apply. Address Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass.

PUBLICATIONS WANTED

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

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

Mrs. J. C. Foster, Miles City, Mont.

Eunice E. Thompson, Burwell, Neb.

T. H. Painter, Staunton, Va., REVIEW, Signs.

C. Castberg, 19 Tehama St., San Francisco, Cal.

Will L. Killen, Meadows, N. C., tracts on Sabbath and origin of Sunday.

H. W. Reed, Neenah, Wis., papers and tracts in English, Danish, and German.

Mrs. L. Wightman, 9 Beeman St., Canandaigua, N. Y., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, tracts.

A. K. Atteberry, 251 Springhill Ave., Mobile, Ala., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Lifeboat, Little Friend, tracts.

Emma Morrill, Clarkson, O. T., Signs, Sentinel, Instructor, a few tracts in the German and Syrian languages.

AN..OPPORTUNITY

A BROTHER who is of a missionary spirit, and owns a small printing press, can be of much benefit to the cause in the Southern field, at the same time supporting himself. For particulars, address N. W. Allee, 243 S. Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga.

Fireside Accounting and Business Training,

By E. E. Gardner

For the ordinary business of everyday life, each person should know how to keep a set of books; should know what the different commercial papers are, and their use. It is not necessary to spend several months, and a large amount of money, in obtaining this knowledge.

“Fireside Accounting and Business Training,”

BY PROF. E. E. GARDNER,

Principal of the Battle Creek College Commercial Department, gives a working knowledge of bookkeeping, in so clear and simple a manner that it can readily be learned at home.

Concerning “Fireside Accounting and Business Training,” and the subject of bookkeeping, Elder G. A. Irwin, president of the General Conference, says:—

“It is a Scriptural injunction to ‘owe no man anything,’ and the same principle applies to our relations to the Lord; but in order to know our exact standing, both with God and man, it is necessary to keep an accurate account of all our business transactions.

“Very many otherwise good people become involved, and dishonor both themselves and the cause of God, because they go in debt here and there without keeping any account as to whether their outlay exceeds their income. System and order is a law of heaven, and should be with those whose citizenship is there.”

“‘Fireside Accounting and Business Training’ should be in every home. As the name implies, it is a treatise on bookkeeping, and is adapted to the needs of all classes. The book is so arranged that anyone of ordinary intelligence can master the subject without a teacher. It begins with the simple transactions of everyday life, and carries the learner along so naturally and easily, and withal so interestedly, that before he is aware of it, he finds himself master of a good business education, with a very small outlay upon his part other than a few moments’ application each day, that might otherwise have been wasted. I trust the book may have an extensive circulation.”

“Fireside Accounting and Business Training” consists of a text-book of 130 pages, and a complete set of blank books and commercial forms necessary for the business transactions. The regular price is $2.00. Special price to readers of the Review, $1.50.

Order at once of your tract society, or of the—

REVIEW AND HERALD PUB. CO.,

BATTLE CREEK, MICH.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING.

BOOKS ARE THE MOST APPROPRIATE HOLIDAY GIFTS

For old and young. A child of five enjoys a book as much as the philosopher or the sage.

Some of our appropriate holiday books:

“STEPS TO CHRIST,”

by Mrs. E. G. White, is a seasonable book to present to a friend at any time. This book has done, and is doing, a grand work. It speaks volumes of cheer to the discouraged; reclaims the backslidden; is a guide to the young convert, and a counselor and comforter to the aged. It is an excellent work to put into the hands of an unconverted friend.

Bound in fine cloth, with cover design embossed in aluminum......$ .50 Presentation edition, fancy covers and gilt edges.................... .85 Paper covers........................................................ .25 Can be had also in Danish, Swedish, German, Holland, Spanish, and Portuguese languages, at........................................ .60 Also French, Bohemian, Polish, Italian, Roumanian, Welsh, and Hungarian, at........................................................ .75

“THOUGHTS FROM THE MOUNT OF BLESSING,”

by the same author, is a companion volume to “Steps to Christ,” and makes a most appropriate little holiday gift. It treats the sermon on the mount in such a way that the reader could easily imagine that he was transported to the mountain side, and listening to the wonderful lessons from the lips of Him who spake as never man spake.

“Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing” contains 209 pages, 15 original half-tone illustrations, printed on enamel paper.

Bound in cloth, embossed in gold..................................$ .75 Bound in half-cloth, marbled edges.................................. 1.00

“GOOD FORM AND CHRISTIAN ETIQUETTE,”

by the late Mrs. S. M. I. Henry, twenty-five years National Evangelist of the W. C. T. U., is a practical book for old and young. A Christian who conducts himself in an impolite manner, breaking the rules of accepted propriety and courtesy, weakens his influence, and with great difficulty can he lead a soul to Christ. “Good Form and Christian Etiquette” will help one to overcome these difficulties. It is a book which should be in every home in the land.

Bound in cloth......................................................$ .50 Bound in paper....................................................... .25

“BEST STORIES FROM THE BEST BOOK,”

by J. E. White, contains 50 pages of “Easy Lessons” for the very little ones. The old, old stories are ever new. They grow more precious with each repetition. Instill into the minds of your children, when they are young, a love for the Bible, by getting them a book which tells the Bible stories in so simple language that they can easily understand them.

“Best Stories” is a beautiful book, pleasing to the eye of a child. It is profusely illustrated with fine pictures, and is a book of which the children will never tire.

Heavy paper, cloth back covers.....................................$ .75 Heavy paper, board covers............................................ .50 Thin paper edition, limp paper covers................................. .25

“MAKING HOME HAPPY,”

by Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle, tells the story of how a once unhappy home was made happy. The remedy is warranted to work in any climate, under any condition, and if directions are strictly followed, will endure for life and eternity. The book is written in story form; pleasing and entertaining to old and young.

Cloth, cover design in three colors.................................$ .50 Paper covers, same design............................................. .25

THIS BOOK HAS HAD A SALE OF 50,000 COPIES.

“Easy Steps in the Bible Story,”

by Miss Adelaide Bee Cooper, editor of Youth’s Instructor, is without question one of the finest books for children ever published. The author’s long experience in writing for children enables her to tell the early Bible stories in such a captivating manner as to make lasting impressions upon the young and growing minds.

Illustrated with 15 full-page engravings, and more than 150 pen-drawings. Beautiful cover design. In two styles of binding.

Price, in cloth....................................................$ .50 Price, in paper..................................................... .25

✽ ✽ 2,500 copies shipped in seven days. ✽ ✽

These are but a few of the choice books we have which are appropriate for Christmas presents. Your name and address on a postal card will bring you our complete catalogue.

Address your tract society, or the—

REVIEW AND HERALD PUB. CO., Battle Creek, Mich.

Minneapolis Schools Teach Farming

THE city of Minneapolis has decided to make farming and gardening a part of her public school instruction.

The Spread of Catholicism

ONE of the most telling evidences of the spread and prominence of Catholicism in the United States is the Christmas journals that are appearing.

Congress Abolishes the Army Canteen

The House of Representatives of Congress last Thursday passed, by a vote of three to one, an act abolishing the army canteen. The act has yet to pass the Senate, and especially the administration, before anybody can be sure that it is law.

Power for Witnessing

By Editor

The Fleming H. Revell Company, the evangelical publishers, have arranged to publish an edition of that excellent book on the subject of the Holy Spirit—“Power for Witnessing.” That is good. And we are sure that they will be obliged to print more than an edition. Have you read that best of all books on that subject? Price, 75 cents. Address Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.; or Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.

The Marshaling of the Nations

NEARLY forty thousand of the “Marshaling of the Nations” have been sold in five months. Ten times that number can be sold; for it will never be out of date. Have you read it? Have you sold it? The price is only 10 cents. Not much effort is required either to buy the tract or to sell it. And the effort is still less when a person has seen it. Address the Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.; or Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.

Presbyterian Creed Revision

The Presbyterians of the United States are discussing the proposal that their creed be revised. At its meeting in October, the presbytery of San Francisco, Cal., “agreed to the alteration of the phrasing of the sections relating to predestination, foreordination, and infant damnation. It was further recommended that the section referring to the pope as antichrist be stricken out, and that the ban against the intermarriage between Presbyterians and papists be removed.” That is the great mischief of a human creed: it mixes up indiscriminately truth and error; and then, in this confusion of things, when revision must be made, the truth is equally to be swept away. Calvin’s predestination and infant damnation is a piece of as sheer satanic invention as ever was put into words by man. And that the Presbyterians should seek to close up the gulf that separates them from the papacy, is akin to it.

English Replaces French in German Schools

The German emperor, by a decree, has placed the English language on an equality with Greek in the German schools, and it is to displace French as an obligatory study in the upper classes.

Libraries in Iowa School Districts

IOWA has done the excellent thing of establishing a library in each school district in the State, for the use of the pupils in the district schools. It could well be wished that every State in the Union would do this. One of our earliest and most grateful remembrances is the good library of the district school in Ohio.

Arabic Adventist Tracts from Jerusalem

By Editor

WE have received a package of Seventh-day Adventist tracts, printed in the Arabic language. They are “The Sabbath,” “Is the End Near?” “Can We Know?” “Bible Questions and Answers Concerning Man,” and one on health, the title of which we can not exactly make out, as it is in Arabic. The tracts were sent to us by Brother J. H. Krum, from Jerusalem; from which we take it that the printing has been done in Jerusalem. At any rate, we are exceedingly glad that the Third Angel’s Message can reach the Arabs in their own language.

Christianity Has Not Lost Its Hold

THE Independent, with real concern, observes: “It is a very serious question that is facing the Christian world in China. Has Christianity, or even civilization, lost its hold? It would almost seem so, from the reports that come of the conduct of the allied troops. Bitter and cruel as was the savagery of the Boxers, it was no worse than that of those who have sought to visit upon them the punishment for their crime. The testimony is too uniform and too detailed to admit of any doubt.” The answer to all that is: (1) There is no Christian world in China; (2) there is no Christian world on this terrestrial ball; (3) Christianity has not lost its hold; (4) and from the time of Nimrod until now, “civilization,” especially of those who boast of theirs, is a term that covers very thinly the same old original barbarism, which will quickly be revealed when customary restraints can safely be disregarded.

The Gospel Farmer

By Editor

At Harvey, Ill., there is published a little paper that is worth more than its weight in gold. It is the Gospel Farmer. We have received the first number of it, and it is so brimful of plain, practical gospel-farming sense that we only wish we could reprint it bodily in the REVIEW: we shall reprint the most of it in separate articles from time to time, for we wish as many as possible to see how good and sensible it is, and to be convinced of its excellence. But you had better not wait for anything of that kind: send your subscription to the Gospel Farmer itself, at Harvey, Ill., and get it for a whole year. It will cost you only 25 cents, and this one copy alone is worth many, many times that sum; for it is full of truth that will last forever.

Good Health Midwinter Issue

By Editor

THE special midwinter issue of Good Health is now ready. Get a copy; for it contains important information. The illustrations, which include a number of colored cuts, printed after the most modern color-type process, show the diseases from which animals suffer, and from which human beings suffer because of contact with animals. This number contains special information relative to the treatment of the diseases most prevalent during the winter months. As the edition is limited, we suggest that you order at once from the Good Health Pub. Co.

Drunkenness Among Women in Chicago

THERE is in Chicago an organization known as the Woman’s Keeley Rescue League. At their meeting a short time ago the special subject for discussion was “Drunkenness among Women in Chicago.” It was therein developed that “thousands of Chicago women, including many of high social standing, have been and are resorting to the Keeley cure and other means” to free themselves from the habit of strong drink. It was also stated that proprietors of drug stores mix with the soda-fountain drinks sufficient intoxicants to create a taste for strong drink. It has long been known that manufacturers of candy do the same thing with candies. Before all, there is nothing as good as clear, pure water, or genuine fruit juices and fruits in their season.

TO THE SCANDINAVIANS

By George A. Irwin

THERE have been several inquiries as to whether there will be editions of “Christ’s Object Lessons” printed in the Swedish and Danish languages. We are glad to announce that this good book will be printed in both these languages, and that the translators are now hard at work upon the manuscript. Exactly when these editions will be ready for delivery, we can not say at this time; but we hope to have the Danish translation, at least, within the course of two months, possibly it may be ready earlier. The Swedish edition will be a little later. We trust that our Scandinavian brethren will remember this, and that they will wait to purchase the book in their own language. All the proceeds from the book in the Scandinavian languages will go to help the Scandinavian publishing house.

A SMALL leaflet of sixteen pages, prepared by the General Conference Committee, containing a brief statement of the financial condition of the Christiania Publishing house and the propositions that have been submitted to its creditors, also an appeal by Sister White in behalf of the work in Scandinavia, has just been published. The leaflet will be sent out to ministers, licentiates, Bible workers, church elders, and isolated Sabbath-keepers. It is the plan to place a copy in each Seventh-day Adventist family, so that opportunity may be had for its careful reading at home.

I trust that the appeal written by Sister White may receive special consideration, and that each one may be impressed thereby to do all he can to lift this institution out of its embarrassment. It is not only the publishing house in Christiania, but it is the Lord’s cause that is at stake. Self-denial and earnestness on the part of each one just now, will turn the tide and bring victory; so let us all show our appreciation of the truth, and our devotion to the cause of God at large, by a liberal offering during the Week of Prayer.

GEO. A. IRWIN.

New Songs and Searchlight Tract

WE have received from their publisher, Elder D. E. Scales, Washburn, Mo., two songs—“The Broken Pane” and “The Dream of the Judgment”—and a twenty-page tract, “Genesis 51.” “The Broken Pane” is a temperance song; the other, as its title indicates, is on the judgment. The tract is on freedom of conscience. The two songs are in one sheet: price, 40 cents. The tract is No. 3 of the Searchlight Series. The whole series is 10 cents a year; a single copy, 1¼ cents. Address all orders to D. E. Scales Publishing Company, Washburn, Mo.