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A Work for the Children

By A. C. Ames

DOUBTLESS some of the readers of the REVIEW would like to hear something more about the Emmanuel Children's Home, which, when last mentioned, was just building its new home.

It has now been a little over a year since it first began its work, and during that time we have cared for thirty-one children, a number of whom have been placed in good, permanent homes.

The Lord has blessed us with means to carry forward the work, and we are now very comfortably settled in our new home, which consists of twelve good rooms, besides bath, halls, closets, cellar, etc. The home, while substantial and neat, is very plain, no expense having been put into useless ornamentation.

We try to make the home homelike to our children in every possible way, and in this have seemed to be very successful, for which I feel to praise the Lord. Two weeks ago one of my little girls who is eleven years old, said to me, “Mama [they all call me mama], can't we have a prayer-meeting to-night?” I replied, “Certainly we can;” so we went to the schoolroom and sang several songs, then had a nice little Bible study, after which I said to them, “Now let each one of us pray.” Robert, who sat by me, leaning his dear little brown head on my shoulder, slipped his arm around my neck and whispered, “Mama, I can't pray; I don't know what to say.” I said, “Do you know how to ask me for what you want, and how to thank me for the things I give you?” “Why, yes, of course; but I couldn't talk to God as I could to you,” he replied. Then I explained to them that God is our Father; and that we can come to him just as

they come to me, and ask him for the things we want, and thank him for all he does for us; then we all knelt in prayer, and it would have done you good to hear the earnest prayers that went up from those trusting little hearts. Since then we have had our little prayer-meeting every night, and an hour is all too short to satisfy them.

Robert is a very bright, lovable ten-year-old boy, and a great student, but has been raised a Sunday observer. The first Sabbath he was with us, he wanted to know all about it, and the following ten days he was with me constantly, asking questions and studying the Bible on all the different points of our faith, and he is still as deeply interested as ever to learn all he can, not even taking time to play. When I explained to him about the time of trouble, and how we would be tested and tried, he was lost in deep thought for a while, then said, firmly, “Mama, I am going to keep the Sabbath if I have to die for doing it, for God will make me alive again when he comes, won't he?”

I have never seen any one take a firmer stand for the truth than he has. Dear brethren and sisters, pray that we may have many such blessed experiences in our work for the children, and that from among them God will raise up many to proclaim the truth when it shall be impossible for us who are older to do so. Pray, too, that we may be kept by the power of God, faithful to the work entrusted to our care.

MRS. A. C. AMES.

Emmanuel Children's Home, Mountain Grove, Mo.

“He Is a Catholic”

By K. C. Russell

“He is a Catholic. Ecclesiastical problems constitute so large a part of the difficulties of American administration that there is a strong feeling that an American Catholic would be better qualified than anybody else to handle these matters. At the very best, the government must frequently find its interests running counter to the concerns of the Catholic orders. It is thought that a Catholic would be able more effectively to enlist the co-operation of the church in meeting these difficulties.”

A Washington paper gives the foregoing as an “especial qualification” of General James F. Smith, a Roman Catholic, formerly of San Francisco, Cal., for the position of governor-general of the Philippines.

It is indeed significant that because a person is a Roman Catholic, it especially qualifies him for a position of public trust under the United States government. It certainly indicates a very great departure from the principle that is familiar to every true American: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” But most of all, it shows again the tremendous influence that the Roman Catholic Church is having in the governmental affairs of the nation.

K. C. RUSSELL.

Northwestern Training-School

By O. A. Hall

The second year's work of the Northwestern Training-school, at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, began late in the fall, with a larger enrolment than at the opening of the previous year.

The majority of the first year's students have manifested their interest in the school by returning for the second year's work. The enrolment up to the present time is as large as the entire enrolment last year, and a number of others are expecting to enter at the beginning of the second term, January 24.

During the past few months an addition to our school building has been erected, which gives room for about forty. The school farm consists of one hundred and thirty acres adapted to the growing of grain, vegetables, and a limited variety of small fruit.

Although in its infancy, the educational work is being considered with interest throughout the conference.

Those connected with the school are endeavoring to make it true to its name, that our young people may go forth prepared to work for the Master in this part of the vineyard.

O. A. Hall.

Elk Point (S. D.) Industrial School

By Bert Rhoads

The climate of this location is milder than other parts of the State. Frost comes late, owing perhaps to the modifying influences of the Missouri River and the timber. At one time this was a thickly wooded country, and there remain many groves of natural timber. The school is situated on the Missouri River bottom between the Iowa hills and the Nebraska bluffs.

All kinds of garden vegetables do well here, especially tomatoes. We put up and sold about ten thousand cans of tomatoes last fall. Our broom-corn is of a fine quality, and we have raised enough to make six hundred dozen brooms. We also raised several hundred bushels of potatoes.

Our school opened Sept. 27, 1905, with an enrolment of twenty-four. Our present enrolment is fifty, with a daily attendance of forty. Our class of students is excellent. A spirit of earnestness, unity, and zeal is manifested. Undoubtedly some are here who will bear burdens of responsibility in carrying the message.

In addition to the school work, there is a goodly amount of hard work in fields or shop. This work, carefully and cheerfully done, is a most necessary element in character building. There is “no excellence without labor.”

BERT RHOADS.

Christian Education

By Frederick Griggs; C. C. Lewis

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman, C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.

All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.

In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.

WANTED.—A waitress, dishwasher, and assistant cook. Address Vegetarian Restaurant, 11 W. Eighteenth St., New York City, N. Y.

WANTED.—A man to work on sheep ranch; wages, $35 a month. Work to begin not later than April 1. Address S. C. Johnson, Livingston, Mont.

WANTED.—A good vegetarian cook, at once; good wages; steady employment. Must be Seventh-day Adventist. Address Vegetarian Cafe, 814 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.

WANTED.—To correspond with a man with bright family, who thoroughly understands running a bakery; a splendid opening; everything new and modern. Can rent or lease. Address Rapid Steam Cooker Co., Laura, Ohio.

WANTED.—A first-class solicitor; one who has had experience in health food work; gentleman preferred. Must be Sabbath-keeper; conscientious, and one whose heart is in this work; no other need apply. Address K. J., Box 12, Mt. Tabor, Ore.

EVERY reader should try our absolutely pure and rancid-proof peanut butter, only 10 cents a pound. We pay freight on 100 pounds or more east of Rocky Mountains, at 12 cents a pound. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, 309 Bond Building, Washington, D. C.

FOR RENT.—Would like to rent, to some good, consecrated Adventist family, a farm of 70 acres; good 6-room frame house, good water, barn with large granary. Good facilities for church and school. For full particulars, address Chief G. W. Hill, Box 44, Brantford, Ontario.

STEAM BOILERS FOR SALE.—We have two 85 H. P. Lansing steam boilers which have just been thoroughly overhauled, tubes re-welded, and all put into first-class condition for our own use, but which we shall not need because we have decided to purchase a gas engine. We offer these for sale at a very reasonable price. We also have a 110 H. P. Chicago boiler for sale. For full information and prices, address Review and Herald Publishing Association, Battle Creek, Mich.

Current Mention

—Reports from St. Petersburg state that a mutiny has broken out among the troops at Vladivostock, and the situation is serious. The revolutionists at Moscow are active in plotting the assassination of government officials.

—At Ormond, Fla., in an automobile tournament held January 24, a record was made of five miles in two minutes and forty-seven seconds. Probably no railway train has ever equaled this record.

—Portions of New Mexico and Arizona experienced a sharp earthquake shock on the afternoon of January 25. Buildings rocked, chimneys fell over, goods were thrown from shelves, and plastering fell from ceilings. Many people rushed from their homes in fright, but no loss of life was reported.

—A bill is to be introduced in the Ohio Legislature making it legal to end by death the extreme suffering of persons in the last throes of disease, and the victims of terrible accidents for whom there is no hope of recovery. The discussion of the subject which has resulted, has evoked a storm of objections to such a measure, but one Chicago physician has declared that it has long been a practise among the medical fraternity to administer to such cases opiates in what are known to be fatal doses.

—Considerable sentiment exists in British Columbia in favor of secession from the Canadian federation, the leading cause being alleged discrimination against Columbia in financial affairs. Recently in the provincial parliament, a member from Vancouver made a speech, which was vigorously applauded, demanding better financial terms for Columbia from the Dominion government, and threatening, in case of refusal, to present a monster petition to King Edward for the severance of the political tie binding Columbia to the Canadian union.

—One of the worst disasters of recent years on the Pacific Coast occurred near Cape Beale, British Columbia, January 22, by the wrecking of the steamship “Valencia,” running between San Francisco and Puget Sound. In a thick fog, which had prevailed for some hours, the steamship ran on to a reef about midnight, filled with water and settled upon the rocks, where she was swept by heavy seas raised by a strong wind. The coast was steep and rocky, the weather very cold and stormy, and no ship could venture near the wreck on account of the surrounding reefs; hence rescue was impossible, nor could any one long survive on the wreck; but about forty of the passengers and crew managed to escape on a raft and in the ship’s boats. The rest, numbering about one hundred and twenty, among whom were many women and children, perished.

—The “Black Hand” society, a secret organization which is strong in Pennsylvania, has brought about conditions at Monongahela, in that State, which necessitated a call by the mayor for State troops to protect life and property and restore order. A report states that on January 25, warrants were sworn out by the district attorney for the arrest of eighty-three members of the gang at Belle Vernon, ten at Venetia, twenty-three at Monongahela city, six at Black Diamond, five at Baird, and twelve at Gastonville. The members of the gang are charged with conspiracy, but other charges will be made against them as soon as the information is gathered. It is believed that twenty-one murders committed in Washington County during the past year were the work of the members of the “Black Hand.” From letters which have been found, it appears that this form of organized lawlessness has spread to all parts of the country.

—The political power of the Mormon Church is being felt in Congress in connection with two measures now under discussion in the national legislature,—the Statehood bill and the Philippine tariff bill. According to a statement in the Washington Post, the Mormon interests favor the Statehood bill, but oppose the Philippine bill. “The Mormon Church,” says the Post, “is growing very rapidly in Arizona and New Mexico, which the administration desires to unite and bring into the Union as one State. For this reason Mormonism is supporting the Statehood bill at both ends of the Capitol. Mormon interests are hostile to the Philippine tariff bill because of the rapid growth of the beet-sugar industry in Utah, Idaho, and other sections of the far West where the Mormon Church is strong.” It is learned, says the Post, that polygamy is a common practise among Mormons in New Mexico and Arizona. The Senate will resume the investigation of the case of Senator-elect Smoot on February 6. The latter appears confident that the report of the Senate committee on his case will be favorable.

Pacific Union Conference

By W. B. White; J. J. Ireland

The third biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Portland, Ore., at 9 A. M., Thursday, Feb. 15, 1906, and will continue until the twenty-fifth, for the purpose of electing the officers and executive committee of the Pacific Union Conference for the ensuing biennial term, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Each local conference and mission field is entitled to one delegate in the sessions of the conference, without regard to numbers, and one additional delegate for every three hundred church-members.

W. B. WHITE, President, J. J. IRELAND, Secretary.

“Save the Boys”

By Editor

To save the boys and girls from every form of impurity is the mission of this journal. That inevitable question that is sure to come from every thinking child as to the origin of life, should be answered by every Christian parent from a Bible standpoint. Not far in the future Save the Boys will unveil the mystery according to the gospel of purity as revealed in the first chapter of Genesis. And if our people everywhere send in their own subscription, and secure subscriptions from neighbors and friends, they will be doing a good work. Now is the time to subscribe. Don’t wait. Price, 40 cents a year. Five cents for a single copy. Address Save the Boys, Washburn Park, Minneapolis, Minn.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Wm. Covert

Notice!

The first annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association will be held Friday, Feb. 9, 1906, at 11 A. M., in the Forty-sixth Street Seventh-day Adventist church, Chicago, Ill., for the election of a board of nine trustees, three to serve one year, three two years, and three three years, and to transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.

Wm. Covert, President.

Obituaries

MILLER.—Died at Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 22, 1905, Laurea Miller, aged 16 years. The remains were brought home to Friend, Wasco Co., Ore., for burial. The funeral service was conducted by the writer and by F. M. Smith, assisted by Elder Simpson (Evangelical Church), words of comfort being based upon 1 Thess. 4:13. S. D. WHEELER.

HAWLEY.—Died at Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 31, 1905, Mary E. Hawley, aged 64 years, 4 months, and 16 days. She accepted present truth in 1879. Although afflicted for many years, her hope of the future was bright, and she remained firm until the end. She sleeps in Jesus, awaiting the glorious resurrection. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. A. W. KUEHL.

SAGER.—Died at Cadillac, Mich., Jan. 5, 1906, little Willow, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sager. The writer presented the assurance of God’s Word that children will be among the saved, and that, if obedient to God’s commandments, we shall meet our loved ones again. M. C. GUILD.

COWLES.—Died at Mesick, Mich., Jan. 4, 1906, Mrs. Mae Elenor Cowles, wife of Arthur Cowles, aged 22 years, 3 months, and 15 days. Six years ago she gave her heart to God under the labors of Elder B. F. Sturdevant, and was soon after baptized. Besides her husband, she leaves a little girl three years of age. Her hope was bright. A large congregation listened to a discourse on the Christian’s hope. M. C. GUILD.

BRENNEMAN.—Died at Coldwater, Mich., Jan. 2, 1906, of apoplexy, Mrs. Hannah Brenneman. The deceased was born near Canton, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1849. She led a faithful and conscientious Christian life, and her loved ones have the assurance that she will rise in the resurrection of the just. She leaves three sons and many friends to mourn their loss. The funeral discourse was given by the writer from Eze. 37:13. W. H. HECKMAN.

BARNHART.—Died at Shelton, Neb., Dec. 9, 1905, of pneumonia, my little grandchild, Edith Estelle, daughter of James and Zella Barnhart, aged 5 months and 3 days. Her death was sudden. We miss our darling, but if faithful we shall see her again when she will be brought from the land of the enemy and placed in the mother’s arms. There being no minister of our faith near, the service was conducted by Elder Mitchel (Presbyterian), assisted by Brother Masser, elder of our church. MRS. L. C. KITHEART.

LADD.—Died at Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 6, 1906, of an abdominal difficulty, Brother W. J. Ladd, aged 45 years, 4 months, and 23 days. He was born in London, England, and for a time resided in California, also in Missouri. In the latter-named State he accepted the faith of Seventh-day Adventists, and held the same till his decease. He leaves a wife and four children, also a sister in England. The funeral was largely attended by friends, and was conducted by the writer. W. H. HECKMAN.

CARTER.—Brother Miles H. Carter was born in Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1849. In 1855 he moved West with his parents, in 1866 he came to Lisbon, Wis., where he has since lived. In the spring of 1876 Brother Carter accepted present truth, to which he has ever remained faithful. He leaves two daughters and one son, two brothers and a sister, to mourn his death. He was laid to rest in Manston Cemetery, beside his wife. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Ps. 116:15. C. W. OLDS.

MORRIS.—Died at Sheridan, Ill., Dec. 17, 1905, of consumption, Mrs. Clara Morris, aged 45 years and 1 month. With her husband she accepted present truth and united with the Seventh-day Adventists about fifteen years ago, and ever after was a devoted member of that denomination. Her faith and hope were undimmed by fear, and we believe she sleeps in Jesus. Besides her aged parents, three brothers, and two sisters, she leaves a husband and four sons to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. E. A. CURTIS.

HODGINS.—Died at Mesick, Mich., Wealthy Hodgins, aged 49 years, 11 months, and 16 days. She was converted to the third angel’s message about twenty-two years ago. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and won the esteem of all her neighbors. She leaves a husband, four sons, and many friends to mourn their loss. The immediate cause of her death was a severe attack of heart failure. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder S. E. Wight; text, Ps. 17:15. W. R. MATTHEWS.

BOOT HBY.—Died at the home of his son, near Bangor, Mich., of pneumonia, Robert Boothby, aged 77 years. The deceased was born in England, and came to America when twenty-five years of age. He accepted the views held by Seventh-day Adventists about two years ago, and has since observed the Lord’s Sabbath. The funeral sermon was preached by the writer, from Num. 23:10. Interment took place at Bobles, Mich. M. N. CAMPBELL.

MATTHEWS.—Died in East Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 22, 1905, of acute peritonitis, Brother A. H. Matthews, aged 79 years, 9 months, and 14 days. Brother Matthews was a member of the Congregational Church for many years. About twenty years ago he embraced present truth, which was preached in tent-meetings near his home. He loved the message of the third angel, and rests in bright hope of the resurrection at the coming of the Lord. His wife, a daughter, and a grandson survive him. The funeral was conducted by the writer; text, Ps. 17:15. T. H. PURDON.

VIPOND.—Fell asleep in Jesus at her home in Escondido, Cal., Nov. 29, 1905, after several months’ illness, our beloved sister, Tillie E. Vipond, wife of N. Vipond. She was converted at an early age, and united with the Christian Church. Loving her Bible dearly, she was one of the chosen ones to herald the last warning message to the world since 1880. Her mind was clear and her hope bright till the end. She leaves a husband and nine children and many friends to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from John 11:25, the text of her own choosing. A. J. HOWARD.

HAMILTON.—Died at Denver, Colo., Austin Hamilton, aged 71 years, 5 months, and 21 days. Brother Hamilton heard the third angel’s message in the early part of his married life, and afterward gave the greater part of his time to the advancement of God’s work in the earth. He was a strict vegetarian, and was of English and Scotch descent. He tried at all times to hold up the light, which became brighter as the day of death drew nearer. The last two years of his life were spent on his bed. He leaves one daughter and four grandchildren to mourn their loss. MRS. CARRIE HOWLETT.

NILES.—Died at Waupon, Wis., Dec. 26, 1905, Aaron Niles, aged 74 years and 11 months. Brother Niles’s religious experience dated from 1873. The first eleven years he was associated with the Baptists, but when the light of the Sabbath came to him, he, with his family, accepted it, and seven years later he became associated with the Seventh-day Adventists, and the rest of his days were spent in sweet communion with this people. His bodily afflictions were many, but in all these he manifested a patient and Christlike spirit. With a bright hope he fell asleep in Jesus. J. S. SHROCK.

MAPLES.—Fell asleep in Jesus, Dec. 23, 1905, our dear and much beloved brother, Andrew Maples, aged 65 years. He patiently endured his long period of sickness, many times expressing himself as being willing that God should burn out of him all the dross. He was a firm believer in the third angel’s message, and anxiously looked forward to the triumph of the faithful. He will be missed as a counselor by the North Michigan Conference, as an elder by the Petoskey church, and as a neighbor in the vicinity where he lived. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn their loss. Elder W. R. Matthews, Brother E. A. Bristol, and the writer took charge of the service, which was held at the Maples home, six miles north of Harbor Springs. S. E. WIGHT.

Address

THE address of Elder W. R. Matthews is R. F. D. 2, Mancelona, Mich.

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—ED.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—

John K. Lane, Corpus Christi, Tex., periodicals and message-filled tracts.

Mrs. C. Riehl, Route 2, No. 39, Hotchkiss, Colo., Signs, and tracts in German.

H. Langenberg, 2617 North Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa., Signs, Life Boat, and tracts.

Mrs. J. McCreery, Arden, Manitoba, Canada, Signs, Good Health, Life Boat, Life and Health.

Mrs. A. W. Searles, Yorktown, Ind., tracts on present truth, especially those on the Sabbath question.

Mrs. E. Grosjean, 536 Hamilton St., Albany, N. Y., Signs, and 75 copies of the Life Boat each month.

Mrs. J. M. Guilliams, 630 Eleventh St., Bowling Green, Ky., a large supply of the Instructor and Little Friend, for use in a mission Sunday-school.

Book Sales in 1905

By Editor

FROM the summary of book sales furnished from the Book Department of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, we learn that the total retail value of subscription books, trade books, tracts, pamphlets, etc., sold by the Association during the year 1905, was $51,851.78. The periodical business during the same year has shown a very substantial increase. Although the Association has conducted its business under rather unfavorable conditions, it is yet encouraging to know that the amount of business has steadily increased. We hope that with more favorable conditions, the coming year will show a marked development in all lines.

Elder Farnsworth Visiting Battle Creek

ACTING upon the invitation of the General Conference Committee, Elder E. W. Farnsworth is now spending a short time with the church at Battle Creek, Mich. We hope his labors will prove to be a great blessing to that church in the experience through which it is passing.

Health Studies at City Churches

THE physicians, nurses, and others connected with the sanitarium interests in this city are conducting a series of studies and demonstrations upon health topics at the different churches, with the active co-operation of the committee on evangelical work. This is intended to be the beginning of a more extended work in this line.

Good Cheer from the Central Union Conference

IN the early part of the session of the Central Union Conference Elder A. O. Tait wrote the following words of good cheer: “The delegates to the Central Union Conference are nearly all convened in Kansas City. An excellent spirit prevails, and it is evident that all have settled more firmly upon the old foundations of the message, knowing that these great principles of prophecy and Bible truth which we have learned will surely carry this people into the New Jerusalem.”

Sources of the English Bible

By Editor

WE continue this week the publication of historical matter bearing upon the sources of our present English Bible, and accompany it with a diagram which will be helpful in understanding the relation which the last revised version of the Scriptures bears to the previous translations. It will be seen at a glance that nearly all of the previous translations have been simply revisions of previous editions of the Bible. While the latest revised version is, in a sense, a revision, it is also the result of a careful study of many manuscripts which have been discovered since the King James's translation was made. We hope these articles will be found helpful by many readers.

Sabbath-School Donations for Foreign Missions

By Editor

The donations of our Sabbath-schools for foreign missions for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1905, according to the Summary in the February number of the Worker, amount to $13,849.41. This is an increase of $3,139.39 over the previous quarter, and $5,376.27 over the amount reported for the corresponding quarter one year ago. We trust this same encouraging increase in donations will continue each quarter.

The Bulletin Begins Publication

THE first number of a bi-monthly publication, The Bulletin, representing the Young Men's Literary Society of Takoma Park, D. C., has just made its appearance. It is a modest applicant for recognition in the literary world, but its tidy dress and readable contents give promise of a favorable reception. The price is twenty-five cents a year, and communications may be addressed to the editor, C. E. Holmes, Takoma Park, D. C.

The Angels’ Song

The Christmas issue of the Australasian Signs of the Times is a double number, filled with appropriate and instructive matter. The poem on the first page, “The Angels’ Song,” by Brother R. Hare, is especially good, both in matter and in form. We quote the last stanza:—

“O church of God, He comes again!     Beware, lest slumbers deep Should hide the echoes earthward sent, Till mercy’s closing hour is spent,     When lost ones wake to weep!”

An Alpine Hospice

By Editor

ON our first page this week will be found a picture of “An Alpine Hospice,” one of those houses of entertainment and refuge for strangers, which are eagerly sought for on some of the passes of the Alps during the fierce storms which often rage during the winter season in these mountains. These establishments provide a welcome shelter for travelers. They readily suggest the refuge which has been provided through divine compassion for weary pilgrims overtaken on the dark mountains by the storms of life. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Series B, No. 7 Pamphlet

By Editor

ANOTHER sixty-four page pamphlet, “Series B, No. 7,” has just been issued, containing recent Testimonies concerning our present situation, and instruction as to present duty. The instruction contained in this pamphlet will make clear to our people the issues involved in the difficulties through which we have been passing, and will enable those who have confidence in the messages given through the spirit of prophecy to see clearly the path of duty. We recommend all who desire an understanding of these matters to supply themselves with this pamphlet. The price is five cents a copy, and it can be obtained through the usual channels.

Fix Your Eyes Upon the Goal

“Never forget that the man who looks down while aiming upward will always miss the mark. If you would gain your ideal, don’t be content to simply aim in a sort of general way, but let your eyes be fixed with steady purpose upon the goal.”

For Serious Consideration

By Alonzo O. Tait

THE time has fully arrived in the history of this message when every Seventh-day Adventist should be seriously considering what his part is in connection with the closing work of the Lord. The question of ability is an important factor; but the question of deep consecration to God's work is a still more important one.

A sister in one of our conferences who would not impress any one as having any great amount of ability is selling a large number of The Signs of the Times every week. She makes a considerable portion of her support by selling the papers. She is not particularly well educated; she has only the average amount of intelligence; but she has deep devotion to this work, and believes that it is God's message for this time, and that it should be given to the world promptly. She is striving faithfully to do her part; she has made a study of the work she is doing, and is meeting with marked success.

This is a brief statement of a literal fact, with no coloring matter in it whatever. It is a subject for the consideration of every one of us, every minister and every leading worker in every one of our conferences. These persons should now be studying as never before how to get each individual member of each church to actually doing something for the advancement of this work. We should encourage devotion to the cause; and we shall find among those who are devoted that astonishing results follow the labors of even those who do not seem to be blessed with any great amount of ability.

A. O. TAIT.

Elder White Visits Union Conferences

SINCE the close of the Southern Union Conference, Elder W. C. White has attended a part of the session of the Central Union Conference, and was expecting to spend last Sabbath and Sunday at Keene, Tex., leaving there for southern California.