p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 22. (5/30/1907)

Thirty-Six Baptized in Battle Creek

By Minnie C. Harnden

KNOWING that our people throughout the world are interested in conditions in Battle Creek, we give space on this page to the following encouraging report from the librarian of the Battle Creek church:—

As a result of a two-weeks' series of revival meetings held in Battle Creek, a most interesting and beautiful baptismal scene was witnessed in the Tabernacle, Sabbath afternoon, May 18, at which time thirty-six souls took their stand to go through the kingdom of God with this people. A large congregation was present and listened attentively to the solemn baptismal charge delivered by Elder M. N. Campbell, as follows:—

“By going forward in baptism, you covenant,—

“1. To keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, forsaking the world with its frivolities and amusements, taking Jesus as your divine Lord and Master, the Bible as your guide, the Holy Spirit as your teacher and sanctifier.

“2. To live the life of a Christian through God's enabling grace, to do all in your power to enlighten others with reference to the third angel's message, and to support this cause with your tithes and offerings.

“3. You covenant to loyally adhere to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, attending its services whenever possible, doing all in your power to maintain its integrity and to discountenance every attempt to tarnish its fair name.

“4. To give heed to and reverence the instructions given through the spirit of prophecy in the Testimonies for the church.

“5. You covenant to live to the best of your ability in accordance with the light God has given with reference to healthful dress and healthful living, laying aside alcoholic liquors, tobacco, tea, coffee, and similar hurtful indulgences.

“6. To adhere to simplicity of attire, laying aside artificial flowers, feathers, rings, and jewelry used purely for adornment.”

After the delivery of this charge, the rite of baptism was administered by Elder Campbell.

Ten or twelve others will be baptized a little later. Besides those who have newly taken their stand on the side of right and truth, many in the church have been receiving much spiritual benefit from these meetings, and altogether it is a time of refreshing in the church at Battle Creek.

We feel here that although we are in the midst of a great warfare with the wicked things of this world, and surrounded on every side by great trials and temptations, yet the Lord is remembering his promises to his own people, and although we are “cast in the midst of the seas” and all His billows and waves pass over us, yet we hear him saying to us, “They that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.”

The Battle Creek church as a whole stands solidly upon the foundation principles of truth and righteousness, ever holding up as its insignia the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

MINNIE C. HARNDEN, Librarian.

Monthly Missionary Readings

THOSE desiring the monthly missionary readings should address their requests to the General Conference.

Important Article From Elder Evans

By Editor

JUST as we were closing our forms for the press, an important article was received from Elder I. H. Evans, which we make room for on page 20 of this issue. Do not fail to read the article.

Washington Sanitarium Dedication

The dedication of the Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, D. C., will take place Wednesday, June 12, 1907, at 3 P. M. A medical council will be held in connection with this, from the ninth to the eleventh of June. See page 21.

Publication of Obituaries

By Editor

THE obituaries sent to this Office are being published as rapidly as we are able to publish them. All that reach us will appear in due time; so we trust our friends will not grow anxious if these notices do not appear as soon as they might wish.

Jensen Family Bound for Abyssinia

Elder C. C. Jensen and wife sailed May 10 for Europe, on their way to their field of labor in Abyssinia, Africa. Brother Jensen has been in the States the past six months, during which time he has been laboring in the Iowa Conference. As they go to this difficult field, may they have the prayers of God's people for success to attend their efforts.

Missionary Review of the World

One of the most interesting numbers of the Missionary Review of the World ever published is the May number of the present year. Its survey of the progress of the gospel in the regions beyond is a source of great encouragement to every believer in foreign missions. This number appropriately marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the opening of missions in China, as it contains an interesting article on the experiences and work of Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to that land. Other articles in this number treat of Unevangelized Regions in Central Asia, Islam in Egypt and the Sudan, The Church in the Jungle (Philippines), Missions among Lepers, Practical Christianity among the Zulus, and The Missionary and His Critics. There is much else in the magazine that will richly repay reading. Published by Funk & Wagnalls, New York.

Encouragement from Logan for the Fund

A LETTER from a member of our church at Logan, Kan., contains the following encouraging words: “We are in for raising the $150,000 fund. We have done away beyond our proportion, and are going at it again next Sabbath with a will.” That is the spirit that finds a blessing in a task; that is the spirit that is going to bring victory to this message.

European Council Opens Favorably

By a post-card written May 10, from Gland, Switzerland, Elder W. A. Spicer reports that the council opened the evening before under favorable circumstances. A goodly number of delegates were in attendance, and all were of good courage. More were arriving that day. Brother Spicer promised a report of the first days of the meeting the next Sunday or Monday, which will reach us in time for next week's paper.

Requests to Discontinue Papers

It is necessary that those who are mailing papers to persons asking for them through the REVIEW should watch the requests in that column each week, as requests are frequently made that no more papers be sent. The ones making the requests for discontinuance of the papers have always good reasons for so doing, and their wishes should be complied with at once. Otherwise good papers and much postage will be wasted. Be sure that no papers are sent after the request for discontinuance is published.

Help for Chile

By J. S. WASHBURN

The brethren in Chile have begun a small school in a temporary building. They had about one thousand dollars in gold to build with, two plows, and a yoke of oxen. Their field demands a school in which they can take twenty-five or thirty students. Their resources are small. They will build very cheaply. A portion of the two thousand dollars which has been appropriated for the publishing and school work in Chile will be devoted to this school.

The larger part, however, will go to help the publishing of the Spanish paper, The Signs of the Times. It has had a most remarkable circulation, and has accomplished much for the truth. But they greatly need new machinery, and it is believed that, with a little help, this publishing office may be self-supporting.

As is well known, almost a duplicate of the terrible disaster in San Francisco was experienced last August in Valparaiso. The mission office, dwelling, books, and furniture were destroyed. Two thousand dollars seems a very small contribution, when we consider the great need of the work in Chile, and we feel certain that it is a call that will appeal to the hearts of our brethren and sisters who are responding nobly to the appeals on the $150,000 fund.

J. S. WASHBURN.