p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 4. (1/28/1904)

Praying, Giving, and Going

A SISTER enclosing her quarterly instalment of twenty-five dollars for the China fund, and two dollars, her monthly payment toward the Nyassaland educational fund, writes:—

I was grieved to hear of the death of Brother Watson. It seems so strange, something that we can not understand, why God permits those who have given up home, friends, and paying positions, to enter his service in heathen lands, and who are so entirely consecrated to him, to be obliged to lay down their lives so soon. But he knows best, and we must bow in submission to his will. I sometimes think that we in the homeland do not pray as much as we ought that the lives of the missionaries might be spared, and that the life-giving power of Christ might so fill them and abide with them that disease would have no power over them.

I am rejoiced to hear that there are prospects of a large missionary offering. I can not see how any one can read the REVIEW AND HERALD from week to week, with the news from all over the world of the progress of the message, without being thrilled through and through with a desire to do all that is possible to help the work along, by praying, by giving, and by going.

Central Union Conference to Convene at Omaha

The Central Union Conference will be held at Omaha, Neb., beginning Friday, March 4.

Elders Daniells and Washburn at Southern Union Conference

BRETHREN A. G. DANIELLS and J. S. Washburn have been attending the Southern Union Conference at Nashville, Tenn., during the past week. They will return to Washington the latter part of this week.

Removal of Headquarters to Washington Encourages Believers

At a general meeting held recently in one of the Western States, a brother, referring to the establishment of our headquarters at this place, was heard to say, “There has not anything occurred in the history of our work for twenty years that has encouraged me like the removal to Washington.” The counsel of the Lord in regard to this matter has been abundantly justified.

Dr. Tatsuguchi Joins Japan Medical Work

A LETTER from Japan reports an addition to the medical force of Dr. Tatsuguchi, formerly of California. He goes to engage in self-supporting work among his own people. The sanitarium workers have been encouraged by the arrival of Brother and Sister Earl Rees, nurses from Portland, Ore., Sanitarium who went out in company with the party for China.

World's Crisis Marks Fiftieth Anniversary With Special Number

With its issue of January 20 the World's Crisis rounds out a half century of its history, and it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a special illustrated number, in which brief sketches are given of men who have been prominently connected with its editorial and business management. As a supplement it issues an exact reproduction of the first number, dated Jan. 18, 1854. The half century has brought many changes.

Sabbath School Worker February Number Review

THE February number of the Sabbath School Worker has appeared promptly, and it contains a variety of helpful matter bearing upon the Sabbath-school work. The quarterly summary of Sabbath-school reports for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1903, is worthy of study. From the totals in the summary we learn that there were 2,783 schools with an enrolment of 58,731, and that the contributions were $13,893.74, of which $3,429.74 was used for expenses. The Worker is heartily welcomed in the field, and it ought to have a large circulation.

International Publishing Association of College View

By Editor

SPECIAL attention is called in different articles in this issue to the International Publishing Association of College View, Neb. In the reorganization of our denominational work this association has been established to develop the interests of the publishing work among the foreign nationalities in this country. It is proper that all the people should have a part in sustaining this work, and with this in view a general collection will be taken on Sabbath, February 6. We hope the response will be liberal.

Death of Elder Joseph W. Collie

By Editor

We announce with sincere regret the death of Elder Joseph W. Collie, which occurred at Boulder, Colo., on Sabbath, January 16. Brother Collie was compelled to leave his work in Ontario, where he had been chosen president of the conference, and to seek the milder and more favorable climate of Colorado about a year ago. The outlook for his recovery seemed quite favorable at times, and the sad news of his death came as a surprise to us. His letters have indicated an unwavering faith, and he rests in hope. By earnest prayer and labor we who remain may hasten the glad day of reunion when the Life-giver shall appear.

Elder C. W. Flaiz Recovering at Madison Sanitarium

WE learn from the Minnesota Worker that Elder C. W. Flaiz, the president of the Northern Union Conference, is at the Madison (Wis.) Sanitarium, where he was taken about three weeks ago, and that his condition was so serious at one time before his removal to that institution that his life was almost despaired of. The physicians who have examined him say that the present acute difficulty is due to a rheumatic condition of the diaphragm and pleura, also affecting the lungs. They think that good treatment and rest will restore him to health again. We earnestly hope that Brother Flaiz may be speedily restored to his place in the work.

German East Africa Fund

LAST week Elder Conradi reported the opening of the new German mission in East Africa, the workers having found a good location. On the $5,000 fund asked for from this country to assist the German Union Conference in this undertaking, the following amounts have been received by the treasurer of the General Conference, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C., to whom gifts should be sent:—

Miss M. Tasto .................. $ 50 00 Wilhelmine Brunjes ............ 50 00 S. B. Leighton ..................... 1 00 Wm. H. Mills ....................... 5 00 W. A. Spicer ......................... 5 00 Miss Kittie Turney ............... 5 00

The Death of Brother Druillard

IN our issue of January 7 we made a brief announcement of the death of Brother A. Druillard. Since that time we have received further particulars of the sad event. The cause of his death was peritonitis. The funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the new Study Hall building of Emmanuel Missionary College, Friday, January 1, and were attended by the entire school and faculty. The burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Berrien Springs. Brother Druillard accepted the truths of this message in 1879, and was actively engaged in the work nearly all the time for about twenty-five years, eight of which were spent in South Africa. For about a year and a half he was connected with the work at Berrien Springs. We quote the closing paragraphs of the brief tribute read at the funeral:—

“He dearly loved this place, and the principles for which this school stands, and he is the first of its pioneer workers to fall at his post. One of the last desires he expressed was that he might live to see the present unhewn and unfinished condition of things incident to the establishment of any missionary enterprise of this character transformed into symmetry and beauty in every department. ‘The summer assembly grounds,’ he said, ‘must look better next year when the teachers come here in June. I must get all these old trees out, and some flowers planted.’

“In a broader, kindlier, Christian sense, we must not, we can not, mourn his loss, for to him to live was Christ, to die was gain. Our voices must mingle with that of the Master when he spoke of Lazarus to the messengers sent by Mary and Martha, saying, ‘Our friend sleepeth.’ Brother Druillard was indeed ‘our friend.’ He sleeps, but his spirit has returned to God who gave it, and his life for a little while is hid with Christ, to be returned again, when many of those who sleep in the dust shall awake to everlasting life.”