THIS service was held according to appointment on Sunday afternoon, May 31. The mayor of the city delivered a short address, in which he extended a warm welcome to our people and the institution to the vicinity of La Fayette. He was followed with a very able address by Mr. Thompson, one of the leading attorneys of La Fayette, who has been acquainted with our people. He spoke highly of the work which we are doing throughout the world. Elder W. J. Stone made a few remarks in regard to the founding of the institution.
Elder A. G. Daniells, president of the General Conference, delivered the main address, a synopsis of which follows this article. He was followed by Dr. Kress, superintendent of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium. Everything passed off pleasantly, the only hindrance being that the weather was a little cool. Quite a number from the city, and a goodly number of our brethren and sisters from different points throughout the State, were present. All seemed delighted with the buildings and grounds, and spoke in the highest terms of the place.
The building is a model of neatness, but there is no extravagance displayed, either in outward adornment or the furnishings. The walks and the drives surrounding the building are now practically completed, and the attention of the management will be given to advertising the institution, and filling it with patients. We believe it will be only a short time before the institution will be filled with a good class of patients.
I think I can truthfully say that not a person has entered the new sanitarium who has not received great benefit, and all are well pleased. We trust that our brethren and sisters throughout the conference will do all they can to send patients to the institution, and pray that God's healing power may be manifested in a special manner in restoring to health all who come. W. J. STONE.
Current Mention
— A new tuberculosis hospital was opened by the commissioners of the District of Columbia in the city of Washington on June 16.
— Reports from Japan state that on June 15, 50 fishing-boats were wrecked off the coast of Kagoshima, and 350 men of the crews of the fishing fleet have been drowned.
— On June 16 Postmaster-General Meyer concluded a postal convention, or agreement, with Italy, to take effect August 1, by which parcels of merchandise may be sent from one country to the other at the rate of twelve cents a pound in packages up to eleven pounds in weight.
— A disease believed to be bubonic plague is reported to have broken out recently on the Isthmus of Panama among the Indians, one tribe having moved its camping place three times in succession to get rid of the disease. This report is made by Dr. J. M. Thomas, traveling inspector of the Marine Hospital Service.
— On June 17 the Federal Grand Jury at New York City found a third indictment against the president and vice-president of the National Bank of North America, charging them with making false entries in reports to the Comptroller of the Currency and a misapplication of funds for speculative purposes amounting to $1,250,000.
— Judge William Howard Taft, present Secretary of War, was nominated at Chicago, on June 18, as the candidate of the Republican party for president of the United States. Four hundred ninety-one votes were necessary for a choice, but Mr. Taft received 702 on the first ballot. The nomination was then made unanimous. On the following day Hon. J. S. Sherman, a member of the House of Representatives from New York, was nominated for the office of vice-president.
— Much interest has been manifested recently in the expected action of the Louisiana Legislature on the question of State prohibition, but a report from the capital of Louisiana on June 15 states that action upon the matter has been indefinitely postponed. The temperance element desired that a bill should be passed at this session of the legislature providing for a referendum on State prohibition. The legislature has taken action, making the minimum local license $500, and the minimum State license $200.
— The teachers and principals of the city of New York have formed an organization known as the “Children’s Relief Society,” whose purpose is to see that children who come to the schools hungry are provided with substantial meals. It has been ascertained that hundreds of pupils, especially in the East Side schools, come to school without breakfast, and some who have been examined have had nothing to eat for two days. One of the school superintendents states that frequently such children faint in their classes. The school authorities of London have a similar condition to deal with, the destitution of the families making it impossible for the children to be properly nourished.22
— The press of the world has had much to say during the past few weeks in reference to the recent invention of H. P. Maxim. This is a rifle whose discharge creates no sound. A trial of the invention has demonstrated the inventor’s claims of noiselessness in discharge. Such a weapon as this in the hands of desperate or irresponsible individuals will doubtless add greatly to the mortality statistics of this generation. It is also believed that the introduction of these, or similar, weapons into the armies of the various nations will greatly add to the terrors of war and the loss of human life.
— Demonstrations in behalf of woman suffrage in England continue with increasing enthusiasm. On June 13 there was an extraordinary demonstration of what are termed the “Suffragettes,” when 10,000 women, including titled ladies, novelists, artists, teachers, and representatives of all the feminine professions, marched through the streets to Albert Hall, where a large meeting was held, demanding the abolition of legal disqualification preventing women from voting for the election of members of Parliament. There were eighteen bands in the procession and a thousand banners.
— The remains of M. Emile Zola, the French novelist who defended Dreyfus during that French captain’s famous trial, were reinterred at Paris on June 4 in the Pantheon. The ceremony was an affair of state, and the representatives of foreign governments were invited. The American ambassador, however, was the only foreign representative who was present. At the close of the ceremony a French militarist fired two shots at Captain Dreyfus, wounding him in the arm. The affair has created a sensation in Paris, as the would-be assassin was a man of considerable influence.
The Fayetteville (Ark.) Sanitarium
Dr. G. B. REPLOGLE, who spent several years as a medical missionary in South Africa, has completed the medical course since returning to America, and has recently opened a sanitarium at Fayetteville, Ark. The work of this new institution is favorably mentioned in the Fayetteville Evening News of June 4, in the following article:—
“Without any blare of the trumpet or crying of the heralds, the sanitarium on West Center Street went to work doing good. It has not made any noise since, but its good deeds are out of all proportion to its cost, or the appreciation of it.
“Some good women, having lovingly prepared themselves to minister to the necessities of human suffering, started it; surgeons, knowing the value of sane nursing, gave it some equipment, and the good work was begun. Many have been healed in it, and much suffering has been relieved. That was its primary object; but more has been done. Its founders and managers believe in Christ. They see the common brotherhood of human suffering, the touch of misery that makes the whole world kin, and they seek to relieve the deeper agony of spirit, that hypnotol—that awe-inspiring product of coal tar—reaches for, but can not touch. For this service there is no charge, and the hopeless outcast has gone from their ministrations, not only healed in body, but with a higher purpose in life, led by a nobler aim. It is an oasis in the great desert of present-day agnosticism. It is applied Christianity.
“We ask to be allowed to suggest that a great many cups of cold water might be given ‘in His name’ by helping the sanitarium, which has not asked us to say a word about it. We have taken the liberty of speaking of it because it is one of the few institutions in this age of gilded graft and gouging greed that even attempts to provide relief for misery on the great principle of the golden rule, which all commend, and no one gets in the habit of practising to such an extent as to interfere with his business.”
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1908
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
New York, Norwich ........ Sept. 10-20
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Missouri, Sedalia ............... Aug. 6-16
Kansas, Ottawa .................. Aug. 13-23
Colorado, Pueblo ................ Aug. 20-30
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Chesapeake, Wilmington, Del., June 25 to July 5
New Jersey, Woodbury ............ Aug. 6-16
Ohio, Mansfield ................. Aug. 13-23
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Indiana (local), La Grange ..... July 14-20
Southern Illinois, Vandalia, July 30 to Aug. 9
Indiana (State), La Fayette ..... Aug. 6-16
West Michigan ................... Aug. 13-23
Northern Illinois ............... Aug. 20-30
East Michigan, Lapeer ........... Aug. 20-30
Indiana (local), North Vernon ... Aug. 25-31
North Michigan (Northern Peninsula), Gladstone ............... June 22-29
North Michigan (conference), Petoskey ........................ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Wisconsin, Madison .............. Aug. 31 to Sept. 13
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
North Dakota, Velva ............. June 22-29
North Dakota (local), Dickinson, July 6-12
Iowa, Nevada ..................... Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern California, Los Angeles, Aug. 6-16
California (local), Eureka ...... Aug. 6-16
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana, Lake Charles ........ Aug. 6-16
Tennessee River, Dixon ......... Sept. 3-13
Alabama, Cullman ............... Sept. 3-13
Alabama, near Mobile ........... Oct. 8-18
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
South Carolina, Greenville, July 24 to Aug. 3
Georgia, Atlanta ................ Aug. 6-16
North Carolina, Lexington ...... Aug. 13-23
Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn., Aug. 26 to Sept. 6
Florida, Palatka ................ Oct. 1-12
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Texas (local), Nacogdoches ..... July 7-13
Oklahoma (local), Muskogee ...... July 15-20
Texas (State), Keene ........... July 30 to Aug. 9
Oklahoma (State), Enid ......... Aug. 20-31
Arkansas (State), Fort Smith .... Sept. 3-13
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Manitoba, Carman ............... June 23-28
British Columbia, Vancouver .... July 1-6
Alberta, Lacombe ............... July 9-19
Saskatchewan, Lumsden .......... July 1-5
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made in either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Shenandoah Valley Academy
By H. W. HERRELL
OUR State conference academy, located at New Market, Va., is nearing completion. We are planning to have this academy dedicated during the special meetings to be held at the academy, September 8-13. We are desirous of having as many as can do so attend this meeting, especially those living in the Shenandoah Valley. We expect to have with us the president of the Columbia Union Conference, Elder E. E. Andross, and other General Conference laborers.
Let us all pray that the Lord will especially bless in this meeting, and that the school may prove a great blessing to all our people, especially to the young.
This is to be a preparatory school, in which students will be fitted to enter our colleges. We invite our neighboring State conferences to send their youth to this institution, as it will no doubt be more convenient to many than schools farther away.
It has been suggested to us that our sisters in the State would be pleased to help the school in some way which would not involve an expenditure of much money. If different families would, while canning fruit and vegetables for their own use, put up an extra can or two for the school, it would be a real help. Let us seek the Lord, and he will guide us.
For further information address Elder R. D. Hottel, New Market, Va.
H. W. HERRELL, President.
Publications Wanted
[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth.—Ed.]
The following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Sydney Scott, Darlington, S. C., Watchman, Signs, and other denominational literature.
James Harvey, 1055 Brush Street, Oakland, Cal., Signs, Watchman, and Bible Training School for missionary work.
Mrs. D. A. Fitch, Glendale, Cal., clean, well-wrapped health publications, tracts, Instructor, Signs, Watchman, Little Friend, etc.23
H. W. Schmidt, Herrington, Kan., Instructor, Little Friend, Watchman.
Mrs. Charles S. Drury, Carterville, Ill., periodicals for use in reading racks.
Mrs. M. E. Wilbourn, Humble, Tex., periodicals and tracts for general distribution.
Benj. C. Chadwick, 652 Congress St., Portland, Maine, Signs, Liberty, Life and Health.
Mrs. C. J. Monds, R. F. D. 2, care C. L. Simpson, Lewis, Kan., papers and tracts.
Miss Lennie Gatton, Tampa, Fla., desires a continuous supply of reading-matter on present truth.
Pearl L. Rees, 1200 Seventh St., Parkersburg, W. Va., late copies, post-paid, Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, Instructor.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, 15912 Park Ave., Harvey, Ill., Signs, Life and Health, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts for free distribution and rack work.
The Shreveport Young People's Society desires a regular supply of late, clean copies of periodicals and tracts for use in reading racks, libraries, reading-rooms, and for distribution. Please send post-paid, to Miss Mary C. Roach, Box 363, Shreveport, La.
Union College Summer School—Last Notice
By C. C. LEWIS
THIS school began Tuesday, June 23, and will continue six weeks. It is designed for teachers and for those who wish to make up college or academic work. By taking only two studies and one drill, credit can be made for a full college term. Those not wishing college credits may take one or two studies more. This will be the best-equipped summer school ever held in the denomination. Note its facilities: Fifteen teachers, chemical laboratory, new physical science laboratory, library and reading-room, music rooms and instruments, five lines of manual training, special church-school methods, college home, beautifully shaded grounds, healthful location. The tuition is six dollars for the term, remitted to accredited church-school teachers. Board and room, two dollars a week. There is not time to write—just come.
C. C. LEWIS, Principal.
Year-Book Revisions
RECENT changes in addresses of workers from those given in the Year-Book are as follows:—
L. T. Nicola, 549 Dickinson St., Springfield, Mass.
H. J. Farman, R. F. D. 1, Barnet, Vt.
Educational Secretary of Missouri Conference: Miss Nettie Hardiman, 1109 East Twelfth St., Kansas City, Mo.
Secretary of the Sabbath-school Department of the Nebraska Conference, Miss Winnie P. Hunt, 905 North California Ave., Hastings, Neb.
Virbrook Nutter, 1000 Washington St., Wilmington, Del.
Secretary and Treasurer of Eastern Pennsylvania Conference: A. L. Bayley.
Field Missionary Agent New Jersey Conference, Raleigh French.
Educational Secretary Lake Union Conference: W. E. Straw.
Educational and Sabbath-school Department Secretary Northern Illinois Conference, Miss Nellie D. Plugh, 7150 Langley Ave., Chicago, Ill.
E. F. Collier, 238 Trumbull Ave., Chicago, Ill.
P. G. Stanley, 829 Clarence St., Kalamazoo, Mich.
President of Southeastern Union Conference, W. A. Westworth, with headquarters of that union transferred to 75 Ashby St., Atlanta, Ga.
The correct address of the Southern Union Conference is 85 and 87 Arcade Building, Nashville, Tenn.
A. P. Heacock, 1203 Wolfe St., Little Rock, Ark.
C. E. Rentfro, Calçada de Laveiras 131, Caxias, Portugal.
J. S. James, Nazareth P. O., Tinnevelli District, South India.
W. D. Burden, 846 Sendagaya-cho, Tokyo, Japan.
Address
ANY one knowing the address of Anson Morris please notify West Virginia Tract Society, 1200 Seventh St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
Alberta Conference and Camp-Meeting
THE third annual meeting of the Alberta Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Lacombe, Alberta, July 9-19. Matters of interest pertaining to the medical and educational work of this field make it necessary that all should attend this meeting, who can possibly do so. All members of churches, in Alberta, in good standing, are delegates to this conference. A reduced rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip has been secured over the Canadian Pacific Railway on the certificate plan. If one hundred certificates are secured, the delegates may return free. Good help is promised by the General Conference. We are in the time of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Come and let us seek for the second Pentecost. For further particulars address C. A. Burman, Lacombe, Alberta.
Obituaries
Harlan.—Millie Harlan, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Harlan, was born March 9, 1908, and died March 22, 1908, at Berrien Springs, Mich., of bronchial pneumonia. Service was held at the house, conducted by Brother James Irving.
Mrs. R. M. Harlan.
Handley.—Died at Huntington, Ohio, May 11, 1908, of lung fever, our darling baby, Mable Esther Handley, aged 1 year, 1 month, and 22 days. Thus one more little one is laid away to rest until the Life-giver shall claim his own. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder Willard (Baptist), based on 1 Cor. 15:11-27.
Mrs. M. L. Handley.
Spead.—Died April 5, 1908, at the home of her mother, at South Portland, Maine, Addie May Spead, aged 34 years, and 3 months. Sister Spead accepted the message and was baptized twelve years ago, under the labors of Elder J. B. Goodrich. She remained faithful, and died in the blessed hope. Her husband and two children mourn the loss of a good wife and mother. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14:13.
John Wilson.
Zuck.—Died at Johnson City, Tenn., May 14, 1908, Frederick Zuck, aged 67 years, 6 months, and 10 days. He was born in Germany in 1840. Brother Zuck accepted the third angel's message in Nebraska about six years ago, and died in the blessed hope of being called forth in the first resurrection. He leaves a wife and other loved ones and a large circle of friends to mourn. At his request the twenty-third psalm was read, and words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Rev. 14:13.
J. F. Pogue.
Winkley.—Died at his home in Le Roy, N. Y., April 28, 1908, of heart failure; Brother S. M. Winkley, aged 72 years, 4 months, and 8 days. Brother Winkley was a native of Wittenburg, Germany, coming to this country in 1858. He served through the Civil War, where he received injuries which resulted in his death. In 1873 he was baptized and enlisted in the cause of God, put on the Christian armor, and from that time he fought untiring on the field to win an everlasting crown. He leaves a faithful wife and daughter to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
H. W. Carr.
Presnall.—Died at his home in Eagle Lake, Minn., April 24, 1908, Jonathan Presnall, aged 73 years, 5 months, and 2 days. Brother Presnall moved to Minnesota in the sixties, and located in Eagle Lake, which has been his home ever since. He became interested in the truths of the third angel's message in the seventies. He became convinced of the truth, and has been keeping the Sabbath ever since. He loved the Lord and tried to do what was pleasing in his sight. He had implicit faith in this message, and hoped to triumph with it some day. The funeral service was conducted by the writer.
A. W. Kuehl.
Bennett.—Died at his home near Carson City, Mich., June 5, 1908, Joseph E. Bennett, aged 62 years, 2 months, and 25 days. He leaves a wife, one daughter, two sons, two sisters, and one brother to mourn. For the past three years Brother Bennett's health has been poor, yet the end came suddenly, at 12:20 A. M., Friday, after a hard day's work planting corn for a neighbor. We believe he was a man with a trust in God, and are content to leave him in the hands of Him who “doeth all things well.” Discourse by the writer, to a large and sympathizing company of relatives and neighbors.
S. D. Hartwell.
Damon.—Died June 8, 1908, at his home in Kasoag, N. Y., Andrew J. Damon, aged seventy-seven years. Brother Damon accepted the truth of the Sabbath forty-five years ago, and shortly after came out into the full light of the third angel's message, and joined the Adams Center church, of which he has since been a faithful member. He had been failing in health for two years, but his death was sudden, resulting from heart trouble. His wife and two children survive him. The funeral was held at his home, the writer speaking words of comfort from Matt. 13:43. The remains were then taken to Adams Center, where a short service was held before burial.
F. C. Webster.
Smith.—Mrs. Emily Jane Smith was born in Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., in the year 1828. Sister Smith was converted and united with the Methodist Church when she was nine years old, and later united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and was a member of the Owosso church at the time of her death. Her hope in the triumph of the message was strong.
Rose Smith.
Chesbro.—Died at her home, after an illness of four years, Mrs. Wm. A. Chesbro, in the eightieth year of her age. Mrs. Chesbro was a strong believer in the third angel's message for about forty years, and died in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. She leaves to mourn their loss, one son, a brother and sister, and four grandchildren. Funeral took place, June 17, Rev. Johnson of the M. E. Church officiating.
J. W. Chesbro.
McDermott.—Died at Minneapolis, Minn., May 23, 1908, Minnie McDermott, aged 36 years, 9 months, and 22 days. Sister McDermott accepted the third angel's message several years ago, and died expecting soon to meet her Saviour in peace. She leaves her husband, son, mother, sister, and three brothers to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder R. A. Underwood. The remains were taken to Stillwater, Minn., for interment.
A. W. Kuehl.
Blackburn.—Died at Rockport, Tex., May 21, 1908, Lucy Blackburn, youngest daughter of Brother and Sister Charles Blackburn, aged 28 months. Death came unexpectedly. At six in the morning she showed signs of being ill, and at ten in the evening she was dead. The bereaved parents are in deep sorrow, but by faith in God's promises they look forward to the resurrection, where they hope again to hold their darling in their arms. Words of comfort based on Jer. 31:15-17 were spoken by the writer.
A. W. Jenson.
Ward.—Died at Albany, Iowa, July 14, 1907, Clark Stowe Ward, aged 81 years, 2 months, and 15 days. He was born in Vergennes, Vt., in 1826, and was married in 1851 to Caroline A. Ballard. Eight children, with the aged mother, remain to mourn. He often spoke of the falling of the stars, which he witnessed, and of the preaching of Wm. Miller, under which he accepted present truth. An impressive funeral sermon was delivered by Elder E. G. Olsen, to a large congregation of relatives and friends at the Lima church.
Mrs. C. W. Jones.
Cole.—Jane E. Cole, née Fish, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1823, and died at Santa Rosa, Cal., May 29, 1908, aged 84 years, 8 months, and 4 days. While living in Leroy, Mich., June 1, 1843, she was married to Hiram Cole, who survives her. Of six children born to them, five are still living, and four were present in her last sickness, and at her funeral. Sister Cole was converted at the age of seventeen, and in 1882, with her husband, united with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Santa Rosa, of which she was a most faithful member. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, before a large gathering of friends, on June 1, 1908.
J. N. Loughborough.
Borego.—Died in East Cottage Grove, Ore., April 24, 1908, Elizabeth Borego, in the eighty-first year of her age. Mother was born in Xenia, Ohio, March 13, 1828. In early life she gave her heart to God and for many years was honored as a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Twenty-three years ago she heard the preaching of the soon-coming Saviour and the faith held by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. After a thorough investigation of God's Word she cast her lot with the remnant people of God. Her early life was spent in caring for the sick and dying. During her own illness she was always bright and hopeful. The funeral service was held in the Adventist church at Cottage Grove. Words of comfort were spoken to the sorrowing friends by Elder J. M. Cole, of Salem.
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FOR SALE.—For a short time only, Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound; Olive-Oil, $2.50 a gallon; fifty pounds Coconut-Oil, $7. Cash with order. All guaranteed absolutely pure. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—160 acres, with good water right, near intermediate school at Palisade, Colo. Excellent fruit land, fine climate, sure crops. Must sell quickly. Cash payment, only $10 an acre. Will divide into forty acres. Address A. W. Lane, Boulder, Colo.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $7; crate of 8 one-gal. cans, 80 cents a gal.; 64 cents a gal. in ½ bbl. and bbl. lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
FOR SALE.—Beautiful Imported Bible Mottoes. Special, 100 Bible cards, $3; 100 of our heavy 12 x 16 paper mottoes, $6. 27,000 sold in April and half of May. We have four languages,—English, Danish, Swedish, and German. The more you buy, the less they cost. 15 for $1 by mail. Address, with stamp, Hampton Art Co., Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.
Temperance Rally at New York Camp-Meeting
A GRAND temperance rally was held on Sunday afternoon, June 14, in connection with the Greater New York camp-meeting, at New Rochelle, N. Y. Addresses were delivered by the pastor of a local Methodist church, and the pastor of a Baptist church. Elder K. C. Russell, chairman of the Religious Liberty Bureau, spoke on the subject of "Prohibition and Personal Liberty." The holding of a temperance rally is a departure from the usual program in our camp-meetings, but such a meeting may do much good.
Mrs. Chase at the Temperance Congress
MRS. FANNIE D. CHASE, editor of the Youth's Instructor, has been in attendance upon the World's Temperance Congress, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June 14-23. Mrs. Chase attended this meeting at the request of the Review and Herald management, in order that the temperance movement might be dealt with more understandingly in the publications from this office.
Elder Teasdale Returns to Java
Last Sabbath afternoon Elder George Teasdale, formerly of New Zealand but more recently of Java, spoke to the young people of the Takoma Park church. Brother Teasdale has been spending a short time in America, but was expecting to sail on Tuesday of this week for Singapore en route to Java. May his labors in that field be greatly blessed to the furtherance of the gospel.
Announcement on the Second Page
TIME will not be lost in reading entire the announcement on the second page of this issue.
Fresh From the Press
The Pacific Press Publishing Association, of Mountain View, Cal., has just issued a neat little booklet bearing the title “Fresh From the Press.” This booklet gives a brief description of some of the new books, pamphlets, and tracts which have recently been issued by that house. Copies will be furnished, on application, to any who desire.
Victory at the Seattle Camp-Meeting
ELDER W. A. SPICER reports that the last Sabbath of the Seattle (Wash.) camp-meeting was a day of great victory. Hearts were made tender by the Spirit of God, and many specific surrenders were made. Between forty-five and fifty were baptized. Two persons took their stand to keep the Sabbath, at the close of the last Sunday-night meeting.
Notices for Sabbath Services
ONE of our brethren whose work requires him to travel a great deal suggests that in every town or city where Sabbath services are held a notice be posted in the post-office, giving the time and place of the meeting, so that Sabbath-keepers who are strangers might have the privilege of attending. The suggestion commends itself to us as a good one.
Nurses Bound for India
LAST week Thursday Mrs. Edith E. Bruce, head nurse of the Washington Branch Sanitarium, sailed from New York for Bombay, India. She will touch at England, possibly there to be joined by two other nurses bound for India. This provides three trained nurses in answer to urgent calls for this number to assist our workers in pressing forward the medical missionary work in India.
Transfer of Chinese Printing Property
The Chinese Mission Committee has perfected arrangements for the transfer of the new printing-office property at Sin Yang, Honan, to the American Lutheran Society. The property was sold to good advantage, considering its location, and the proceeds of the sale will be a valuable asset in providing other quarters for the Chinese publishing work. The first payment on the property has already been made by the Lutheran Society.
School Calendars Available
By Editor
WE acknowledge receipt of the calendars of Fernando Academy, San Fernando, Cal.; Keene Industrial Academy, Keene, Tex.; and Forest Home Industrial Academy, Mt. Vernon, Wash. The principals of these schools will be glad to mail these calendars to any who contemplate entering one of our schools, or to give any further information that will help our young people in deciding any question in reference to attendance. Unless there is special reason for doing otherwise, send for the calendar of the school nearest you.
Warning Against Speculative Investments
By Editor
From letters which we have received, it appears that a systematic effort is now being made to induce our people to invest in a business enterprise which, in the view of its promoters, promises most astonishing results. We hope our people will think twice before they invest in a speculative enterprise means so much needed just now for the advancement of the truth in all lands. If all the money which has been sunk by Seventh-day Adventists in mines, oil-wells, and other investments, the descriptions of which were always worded in the most plausible and enticing way, were now available for sending this message to the world, how quickly our work would be enlarged in the needy and waiting fields.
