p. 112 | Review and Herald, Vol. 41, No. 14. (3/18/1873)

Report of the Quarterly Meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society.

By P. Z. Kinne; B. L. Whitney

A QUARTERLY meeting of the Tract and Missionary Society was held at Buck’s Bridge, St. Lawrence Co., Feb. 23, 1872. This was the second State quarterly meeting held this quarter. It being quite difficult to obtain a general attendance of the directors from all parts of the State each quarter, it was thought advisable to hold two general meetings. The meeting for the southern and western districts was held according to appointment at Lancaster, N. Y., Feb. 15 and 16. A report of the business transacted at that meeting was presented and accepted. The labor reported at that meeting, therefore, is included in this report.

Meeting was called to order by the president. The minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted.

The report of labor for the quarter was then read as follows:—

Number of families visited, 1343. New members received during the quarter, 22. Whole number of members, 522. Number of new subscribers obtained for REVIEW, 202; Instructor, 228; Reformer, 81. Number pages of pamphlets and tracts distributed, 182,603. REVIEWS distributed, 545; Instructors, 182; Reformers, 333.

Money received on membership, $18.00 “ “ donations, 53.26 “ “ book sales, 16.62 “ “ Widow and Orphan Fund, 11.11 ———————— Total, $98.99

The subject of the Delinquent Fund was then introduced, and pledges to the amount of $66.80 made to it, as well as additional pledges to the Virginia Book Fund. The whole amount pledged to this fund during the quarter is 940.20. To the Delinquent Fund, 103.10.

The meeting throughout was characterized by a good degree of interest, indicating a better understanding and appreciation of the work.

P. Z. KINNE, Pres. B. L. WHITNEY, Sec.

Gather the Crumbs.

By H. F. Phelps

How many men there are in this world who have evidently made a mistake in their calling. They are not where they should be, and every thing goes wrong with them. A writer in the Scientific American has a few thoughts on choosing an occupation very much to the point. Of the one who has made a mistake, he says: “He is out of his element; he disturbs the machinery of the world; he is as bad as a broken wheel on a train. Every thing with which he is connected goes halting because of him.”

How many such unfortunates this world presents to us. But the most unfortunate of all is, there are so many that never seem to have any aim or object in life: and though every thing might be made as favorable as possible, they lack life and ambition, and are so very slow that ere they get their eyes open their opportunities are gone, and gone forever.

But the idea of any one's trying to be what he has no taste for, is well illustrated by the same writer: “How can I know about that I know nothing about?” “How can I have the inspiration of preaching, when I am always thinking about machinery? or how can I paint, when I am always wishing to preach? when the divine truths fire my heart to go forth to turn men from the error of their ways?”

A man out of his place says this, if not by word, yet by every action; and his whole life is imbittered by the circumstances that surround him; or, what is worse, may be by the decisions of his superiors who have the power to help him, but will not. And thus he drags his weary way through the world, never satisfied; while only a few words of encouragement, or an act in his favor, might help him to rise, and be of some use in the world. As just such relations are found among God's people, how important that we give our decisions in the fear of God, and as for eternity.

SCOLDING.

We are told that in the early part of the present century a certain class in England thought that scolding was an art that should be improved by a systematic course of instruction. Whether this be true or not, we have often thought that there was far too much of that business done at the present time; and we have seen some who could scold with such proficiency that we think they must have completed their course. But the question is, Can commandment-keepers indulge in this without grieving the Spirit of God. “In your patience possess ye your souls.”—CHRIST. “Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.”—JAMES. “Ye have need of patience.”—PAUL.

TYRANNY OF APPETITE.

In an extract from the writings of Mrs. Stowe, we have the following illustration of appetite. “One sip, and then all fear, all care, all conscience, is gone.” It is likened to “a man condemned by a cruel fiend to go through the agonies of drowning, over and over again, and experiencing a momentary relief as he climbs up the bank, only to be plunged again in deep despair, to struggle and strangle and sink again.”

How grateful should those be who have been delivered from this terrible tyrant, and how thankful should those be who have never fallen a victim to this terrible monster. And may we learn to deal gently, and not condemn unrelentingly, lest we discourage; but let us try to bear each other's woes, and help others to ground their feet upon the Rock of Ages.

But are we all free from this monster? Rather, do we not find from day to day that we are wont to render obedience to this vile enemy? and do we not find that we have many things to overcome? I pity that man who can not see but that he is all right in this matter, as much as I do the one who stands represented at the head of this paragraph; for of him there may be hope.

H. F. PHELPS.

A. SMITH

By A. SMITH

Almsgiving.

“WHEN the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.” Job 29: 11-13.

Job was a man who did not wait for great opportunities to do good, but seized upon the everyday, and, what some would regard trivial, incidents, to dispense his bounty. Comparatively few can be found among the wealthy who are truly benevolent. And this is the result, not so much of an unwillingness to minister to the wants of the truly destitute, as of a long-practiced custom of aiming too high;—looking over the ordinary objects of charity, and seeking for some extraordinary object of want and suffering. But the ideal opportunity is never found, nor the terrible mistake discerned, until the final asseveration, “Inasmuch as ye did it not to the least of these ye did it not to me,” shall proclaim their folly.

A—— B—— is a widow, with several children dependent upon her for their support. Although in ill health, she works early and late with her needle, for low wages, and is obliged to pay rent for an uncomfortable tenement. Go, almoner, and buy her a sewing-machine, and provide her any other needed assistance,—find places for the children, if necessary, or supply them with the necessaries of life at their home. But they are not worthy. They are extravagant, unthankful, unchristian. So are many upon whom God sends his sunshine and rain. Transform them. In the command to visit the widow and the fatherless there are no moral qualifications. “Make the widow's heart sing for joy,” and then you will have influence to work a moral transformation.

C—— L—— is a poor man, in debt for his home, has a family to support, and times are hard. Lend him some money without interest, or pay some considerable debt for him. He will be your fast friend. “Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness.”

Does your poor brother in Christ need a coat, or hat, or a pair of shoes, lend him such of yours as you would willingly give to Jesus if he were incarnate in the place of your poor brother. While many are poor because of their own improvidence, some are so from necessity—surrounding circumstances are against them, and though they may have sometime let slip a golden opportunity to make property, they may have done so through the exercise of that charity, and love for the truth, that led them, instead of investing their means in speculation, to divide their substance with those more needy than themselves, or to sacrifice worldly advantage for the glory of God.

A. SMITH

The Value of Sympathy

Till we have reflected on it, we are scarcely aware how much the sum of human happiness in the world is indebted to this one feeling—sympathy. We get cheerfulness and vigor, we scarcely know how or when, from mere association with our fellow-men, and from the looks reflected on us of gladness and keen enjoyment.

The Lord Means What He Says.

By D. F. QUINBY

My mind has been exercised for some time on the subject of the Sabbath. I have been deeply impressed with the importance of understanding what the will of God is in the matter. I have finally come to the conclusion, that God means what he says in Gen. 2: 2, 3; Ex. 20: 11; 31: 17; Deut. 5: 14; Neh. 9: 14; Isa. 58: 13; 66: 23; Heb. 4: 4; and in many other places in the Holy Book. And, if he is unchangeable, as the Scriptures assert, his moral law is the same as it ever was. Being a transcript of himself, the law can no more change than God himself. Then, as I find no change in God or his law, I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic church may, without let or hindrance, as far as I am concerned, enjoy the privilege of declaring that the church has done this work of changing the Sabbath, so far as she could do it, from the seventh to the first day of the week. And she is welcome to the reward of having taken away from the book of God. I do not wish to share with her that reward, and I therefore, in view of the persecution which I can but expect, turn my feet into the testimonies of the Lord, and shall try henceforth, to do his commandments—not one, or nine, but all. And may his grace be sufficient for me from this time onward, that I may keep his Sabbath evermore.

I have tried to keep the Sabbath for the past few weeks, and can say that I have enjoyed more of the divine favor and blessing than for a long time before. I desire to walk in the truth, and expect to be made free from all unrighteousness, and, “having done all, to stand.” I am fully resolved “to stand with my loins girt about and my light burning.” And I want to observe all the requirements of my Lord, so that, at his coming, I may be received of him with exceeding joy. It is a great thing to be a Christian in deed and in truth. How few fully realize this, and act accordingly.

May the Holy Spirit guide into all truth. My soul waiteth on the Lord, and soon I expect to say with the dear children of God, Lo this is our God we have waited for him. For he will come and will not tarry. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. D. F. QUINBY.

Was It Reason?

By A. Smith

ONCE, while waiting for the express train at the D. and M. depot, in Grand Rapids, Mich., I observed a small hog feeding upon something on the track. A freight train approaching, he kept clear of the track until the engine had passed, when he sprang through between the wheels under the cars, and, although the train was thundering over him with considerable speed, he finished his repast without any apparent notice of it, and sprang out again between the wheels to the side of the track. A. SMITH.

Enjoyment

ENJOYMENT.—Those who are not easy at home, will not find enjoyment anywhere else. The man who yawns at his own fireside, will only lacerate his jugular if he goes to a crowded city. Happiness is an internal arrangement, and if it don't bloom at home it won't flower anywhere.

Obituary Notices.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.

DIED, in Otsego, Feb. 25, 1873, Willie H., son of Wm. T. and Anna A. Holliday, aged three years, two months, and nineteen days, of spinal fever. Little Willie was a great sufferer during his last sickness, which lasted one week. J. G. STERLING.

DIED, in Leslie, Mich., Feb. 18, 1873, of congestion of the brain, Nettie, infant daughter of B. F. and Edna Weed. Services attended at Tompkins. Discourse by Eld. Bridenstine, U. B., from 2 Samuel 14:14. J. E. TITUS.

DIED, in Braintree, Vt., Feb. 23, after an illness of ten days, Bro. Samuel C. Sumner, aged seventy-four years and twenty-seven days. Bro. Sumner embraced the Sabbath and kindred truths about nine years ago by reading books and tracts lent him by Bro. Joseph Edwards. He was respected by all who knew him. He leaves a companion and five children to mourn their loss. He died in hope of a part in the first resurrection. The funeral was attended the 26th. Remarks by the writer from Job. 14:14. D. T. EVANS.

Quarterly Meeting Appointments

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand

QUARTERLY meeting of the church in Locke, April 5 and 6, 1873. Brethren and sisters from other churches are invited to attend. Cannot some one of the preaching brethren meet with us? T. T. BROWN, Clerk.

THE next quarterly meeting for the church of Avon, Wis., will be held March 22 and 23. Brethren from Monroe, Albany, and Rockton, are invited. Bro. Sanborn is expected. H. W. DECKER.

MEETING of T. and M. Society will be held at Mackford, Wis., in connection with our quarterly meeting, April 5 and 6. Members of the Society will remember that their reports are due one week before the meeting. We hope to see a general gathering of the friends of the cause at this meeting, which will commence Friday evening. Bro. Thurston is expected. RUFUS BAKER, Director.

News and Miscellany.

By F. A. Buzzell

“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”

Significant Items.

COMPILED BY F. A. BUZZELL.

Forty per cent of Chinese converts in California relapse.—Boston Globe.

An earthquake is reported to have taken place recently in India, by which the town of Soonghnr was destroyed, with 1500 of its inhabitants.—Harper’s Weekly.

A terrible earthquake has occurred in the island of Lemos, causing great destruction of property and loss of life.

The cholera has again broken out violently at several places in Russia and Hungary.

Luther’s translation of the Bible is said to have had a circulation thus far of 361,000,000 copies.—Morning Star (Dover, N. H.).

Pere Hyacinthe contends that a union is possible between Catholics and Protestants, if each section will but repudiate the extreme parties who compromise them.

“You can’t do it, sir! you are a fool, sir!” said Humphrey Davy in 1813, when a man told him that cities would soon be lighted by gas.—Boston Globe.

A Texas desperado named Joe Hardin, not 21 years old, the son of a Methodist minister, is reported to have killed twenty-eight men since he was fifteen.—Boston Journal.

The Chinese are busily engaged in building a steam navy, and already have about twenty steam-ships adapted to war purposes, though small.

The murders in New York, for the last three years, according to a careful report in the New York Herald, have been for the year 1870, 46; for the year 1871, 49; and for the year 1872, 56; 151 in all, or almost one a week for the whole period!—(Boston) Pilot.

The United States have in use about 5000 telegraph stations, 75,000 miles of line, and over 7000 employees, who transmit over 11,500,000 messages annually.—By the Way.

The N. Y. World states that over 4000 diseased sheep have been sold in that city within a week, in January.

I place little value on what is called material progress, and I regard the boasted progress of modern civilization, in all other respects, as a deterioration. Modern civilization is substantially that of the Gentile world before its conversion to Christianity.—Brownson’s Review.

ROUND THE WORLD.

A tourist traveling continuously without any stoppages can now go around the world in eighty days, making the entire journey by railway and steam-ship, and going by way of Liverpool, the Suez canal, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, and the Pacific Railway.—By the Way.

OFFICIAL CORRUPTION.

The prevalence of official corruption in high places and low, from the halls of Congress to the village Post-Office, corruption beyond all former precedent, seems too palpable to be questioned. We may disregard rumors of fearful defalcations; enough has been proved and confessed recently, and in many different localities, to startle the most indifferent and put the thoughtful upon the anxious inquiry, Where will this end?—American Messenger.

Does the Republic realize its position before the world, with its Vice-President and about a dozen dozen of its principal Senators clearly convicted of taking bribes, and then basely committing perjury? Last week the N. Y. Herald estimated that fifty out of the seventy-four U. S. Senators obtained their seats by purchase. When we look at the election of Caldwell of Kansas, who bought up at wholesale men and corporations, we are inclined to believe this shocking estimate as true.—(Boston) Pilot.

Possibly there may, in recent evidence upon the above subject, be matter which should somewhat modify part of the above—we would hope so.

WHICH HAS THE BEST CHANCE?

The Watchman and Reflector argues that the enlarged facilities of the present age, which are generally hailed by Christians as sure stepping stones to the conversion of the world, are equally favorable to the spread of heathenism. After referring to the erection of Chinese temples in San Francisco, the secular education of Hindoos in London, and other instances of international deference to heathen religions, it remarks:—

“We have written enough to show that the great movements of the age are not necessarily or exclusively in the interests of Christianity. The mighty inventions and discoveries of science, the wide diffusion of knowledge over the earth, the breaking down of national prejudices and religious bigotries, the growing community of interest and feeling between races and peoples—in these things are found facilities and opportunities for the evil as well as for the good to extend its power. This fact should be more thoughtfully considered than it has been. And it should lead Christian men to renewed effort, consecration and prayer in this great warfare with sin.”

THE OLD YEAR.

The year 1872, when it comes to be surveyed from a distance in time, will doubtless seem a commonplace year enough; but to us who have marked its passage as recorded with photographic accuracy and minuteness in the daily press, it seems to have been one of the most extraordinary and surprising years we ever experienced. This is because the incidents have been turning up in the strangest sort of way, even when they were not of a startling character in themselves. All sorts of accidents have occurred, from colliery to steamboat and kitchen range explosions, from earthquakes to avalanches; strange railway casualties and shipwrecks have occurred; fires have broken out in every direction, beginning with the largest in the granite heart of our own city; every kind of disease known to humanity and animality has raged with peculiar virulence, while the number of sudden deaths, particularly among prominent persons, appears to have been unprecedented; the very climate itself seems to have become unsettled, for the coldest winter on record brought the rainiest summer, and inundations have been the rule from the Mississippi to the Po. In old times, such a commotion of the elements, attended with such disastrous results to mankind, would have been regarded as evidence of the wrath of the higher powers, to be propitiated by every means which honest superstition or priestcraft could suggest.—Boston Journal.

To Brethren in Wisconsin.

By I. Sanborn

I wish to say to all those who have been expecting me to come and hold meetings in their several localities, that on account of my wife's sickness I am obliged to remain at home, where I have been for two months, taking care of her. How much longer it will be before she will recover I cannot tell. But we ask the prayers of God's dear people, that he may send us deliverance as soon as shall be for his glory. I. SANBORN.

Special Notice.

By P. S. Thurston; H. W. Decker; I. Sanborn

To ALL Seventh-day Adventists in the Wisconsin State Conference, You remember that about four months ago the State Committee made a call for means to buy a new tent; and that money raised for that purpose should be sent to the State Treasurer, William Kerr, Monroe, Green Co., Wis. Up to this date there have not been $100 sent. We shall need about $400. It is probably all pledged, if not payed to the proper persons in the churches. Now we recommend that it be sent to William Kerr, Monroe, Green Co., Wis., in drafts or Post-Office orders, payable to him. And do so as soon as possible, that the tent may be purchased in due season and put in operation as soon as the weather will permit.

God is fitting up men in this Conference to work in his vineyard, while there are many excellent openings in the Conference for tent labor. Shall we all be co-laborers with God in this good work. See what God has done in this Conference through one tent meeting. There was not a Sabbath-keeper when the tent was pitched at Mount Hope, in Grant Co., last August. There is now an organized church of forty members, with a good meeting-house, and S. B. pledges for the year for over $200. Brethren, let us take courage and put two tents into the field. With the blessing of God, we may raise up four such churches next year. Who will help to do this? Ye men of Israel, help. Will not the elders and leaders of all the churches in the Conference report to me by letter immediately and let me know how much the churches have or will pledge and pay as above directed on or before the first day of June. Direct your letters to Eld. I. Sanborn, Johnstown Center, Rock Co., Wis., but send your money to Wm Kerr, Monroe, Green Co., Wis.

P. S. THURSTON, } Conf. H. W. DECKER, } Com. I. SANBORN. }

March 10, 1873.

Questions on the Proper Observance of the Sabbath.

By D. T. Bourdeau

A BROTHER desires me to answer the following questions through the REVIEW:—

1. Is it right to practice salting cattle, sheep, etc., on the Sabbath, as Sunday-keepers often do on Sunday?

2. Is it lawful to take in boarders who require extra cooking to be done on the Sabbath?

3. Is it proper to engage in business that makes it necessary to spend much of the Sabbath in doing chores, as milking a large number of cows, etc.?

4. Is it lawful to harness a horse and carry a teacher to her school on the Sabbath?

ANSWER. 1. As the acts of salting cattle, etc., can be performed on the six laboring days, and comes under the head of “thy work,” it is forbidden on the Sabbath by the Sabbath law. It is robbing God of holy time to crowd on the Sabbath works that should be done on other days.

2. We do not see how Sabbath-keepers can be justified in boarding those who require extra cooking to be done on the Sabbath. Though it is lawful to cook for the sick on the Sabbath, yet, under common circumstances, we regard the precept to cook food before the Sabbath as binding now as it was anciently. Ex. 16. In warm weather, food cooked before the Sabbath may be partaken of with relish on the Sabbath without being warmed. But, of course, in cold weather, it would be an act of mercy to warm up cold food on the Sabbath.

3. Sabbath-keepers should make it a matter of conscience to do all that in them lies to so shape their worldly affairs that they will not be obliged to spend much of the Sabbath in doing chores. Farmers who have dairies need not milk more than once on the Sabbath. This can be brought about by milking Friday before sunset, and Saturday after sunset.

4. We regard it as being unlawful to take a teacher to her school on the Sabbath. To say that this practice is justifiable is to virtually approve teaching and attending school on the Sabbath.

I believe there are many points in which we can improve in keeping the Sabbath. Let us not be discouraged, but seek for wisdom, grace, and strength, to carry out our profession. D. T. BOURDEAU.

A Warning Against Self-Importance

NEVER lay too great a stress upon your own usefulness, or perhaps God may show you that he can do without you.

Great Telescopes.

The United States boasts of the largest refracting telescope in the world, the object-glass of which they have recently purchased in England. It is a twenty-five-inch glass magnifying three thousand times and bringing our vision, to all intents and purposes, to within a distance of eighty miles from the moon. The construction of a lens of this size is a work of the most laborious and difficult nature, it being absolutely necessary that the glass should be of uniform density, perfectly pellucid, and free from even the smallest flaw. The telescope to which this glass belongs is made of steel, with an inner zinc tube, the whole mounted on a pillar twenty-nine feet in height, and weighing not less than nine tons. The next largest telescope is placed in the Observatory in Chicago, and has an object-glass eighteen inches and a half in diameter. The two next largest have object-glasses of fifteen and a half inches in diameter, and they are situated at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at the Observatory of Pulkowa, in Russia. The most gigantic of telescopes, however, is still unfinished, though now rapidly approaching completion. The object-glass for this instrument will have a diameter of twenty-seven inches and will alone cost $50,000. It is being manufactured for the government of the United States, and will probably be placed on an astronomical station to be established by the Coast Survey Bureau on the Sierra Nevada mountains. It will thus be situated at a height of from seven to ten thousand feet above the level of the sea, in an atmosphere of wonderful purity and comparatively free from clouds. That the establishment of this great instrument will add greatly to our knowledge of physical astronomy cannot be doubted, but it may reasonably be doubted whether any telescope will enable us, as has been recently suggested, to settle by direct optical proof whether the moon is inhabited or not.

The Convents of Rome.

The cable informs us that a royal decree was issued Monday whereby the Italian government takes formal possession of 16 convents in Rome. This action is in accordance with the letter of a recently adopted bill on the religious corporations of the Eternal City, the object of which is to extend the law on this subject already in force in the rest of Italy to the Roman convents and monasteries with certain specified exceptions. The number of institutions affected by the action of the government is very large. When the law went into effect, there were in the city of Rome 126 monasteries, with 2,375 inmates and $388,744 in gross revenue, and 92 convents, with 2,188 inmates and $287,265 in revenue. In the suburbs of Rome, there were 51 monasteries, 517 inmates, and 22 convents with 351 inmates, the joint revenues of the suburban institutions of both classes being $64,640. In the Romagna, there were 134 monasteries with 1,434 inmates, and 57 convents with 1,291 inmates, the revenue of all amounting to $217,529. In addition to the above, there were in Rome a number of ecclesiastical corporations, having a revenue of $359,878, and also benefices under secular patronage which amounted to $264,561. All this property is to be converted into government stock, the immovable property being sold by public auction and the proceeds inscribed in the name of the order to which the property belongs, the money so obtained to be appropriated in the first instance, to the payment of pensions to the members of the order, the pay of the priest being fixed at 600 francs a year, and that of a lay brother 300 francs. It is estimated that the sale of the whole will produce more than $1,600,000.

The Printer's Estate.

UNDER this heading some one writes the following paragraphs, who evidently knows how it is:—

The printer’s dollars—where are they? A dollar here, and a dollar there, scattered over numerous small towns all over the country, miles and miles apart—how shall they be gathered together? The paper-maker, the building owner, the journeyman compositor, the grocer, the tailor, and his assistants to him in carrying on his business, have their demands, hardly ever so small as a single dollar. But the mites from here and there must be diligently gathered and patiently hoarded, or the wherewith to discharge the liabilities will never become sufficiently bulky. We imagine the printer will have to get up an address to those widely scattered dollars, something like the following:—

“Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and all manner of fractions into which you are divided, collect yourselves, and come home! Ye are wanted! Combinations of all sorts of men that help the printer to become a proprietor, gather such force and demand with such good reasons your appearance at his counter, that nothing short of a sight of you will appease them. Collect yourselves, for valuable as you are in the aggregate, single, you will never pay the cost of gathering. Come in here, in single file, that the printer may form you into a battalion and send you forth again, to battle for him and vindicate his credit.”

Reader, are you sure you haven't a couple of the printer's dollars about you?

Publishing Association Meeting Minutes

By Editor

No minutes of the meetings of the Publishing Association appear in this issue, because at the time of going to press, the business is not completed, and the Secretary is not prepared to report. They will appear next week.

Beware of Conceit

The saints are sometimes allowed to fall into an affliction to preserve them from falling in with a temptation.

A self-conceited professor is always a mischievous character: he is one of Satan’s edge tools. Beware of conceit.

Business Department.

Not slothful in Business. Rom. 12:11.

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MISCELLANEOUS. W S Salisbury $4 00 43-13, Jas Steen 7.00 44-4, John Bond 25c 41-4, Wm Stillman 2.03 43-1, Wm Strong 1.27 43-1, R Merrick 90c 43-1, C Whitaker 64c 43-1, S D Smith 6.00 44-1, R B Smith 3.00 43-1, H Schram 4.00 43-16, B Chute 4.00 45-1, J Kraushaar 3.00 39-16, David Kinsley 4.00 43-16, C W Cook 1.60 43-22, Reuben Root 45c 42-1, J Atkinson 1.85 43-5, G W Colcord 40c 41-16, A Fenner 3.00 43-1, L McCoy 50c 44-14, John Sweat 50c 45-1, R E Kent 25c 43-14, N S Wilkins 65c 41-7, Frank Gillman 50c 30-14, Jacob Hare 2 50 44-1, Margaret Wonser 50c 42-20, G W Shorridge 4 00 43-17, J B Daniels 1.00 41-11, Abram Kisner 3 75 43-7, Geo Roum 4.00 43-7, Eld McAnulta 1.35 43-1, John W Driver 3.00 42-7, Jane Bell 50c 39-20, John Mason 50c 42-1, C Schaupp 2 50 43-14, B Farnum 4 00 43-1, Polly Conklin 50c 42-1, M H Chalker 5 00 42-1.

75 Cents Each, Paying to Vol. 42, 7. Mr Moses Fellows, George Wick, Chas O Anderson, James S Ross, U H Lake, Wm Burk, Calvin Morgan, Mrs Alice Conrier.

50 Cents Each, Paying to Vol. 42, 7. Mrs G P Fox, Mrs H Loop, Alanson Niles, Preston Boyers, Joseph Mc Vicker, Hiram Delap, Joseph L Mitchell, Wm Wearham, G C Hill, P M Hill, A Moore, Mrs Emma Sowles, John Hiddleson, Wm Tapping, Oscar J Donglass, David Racer, William Corner, Vigil Strout, Peter Ethridge, Sarah T Bashford, P Youngblood, H B Collins, J R Maxson, David Colvin, Ira Russell, Wm Clark, E R Davis, J Stoever, S R Smith, C Rosenthal, O Walmark, Mrs C F Stark, Mrs C Hawkinson, L G Stark, Mrs N A Mitchell.

Books Sent by Mail.

D B Staples 50c, C W Cook 15c, Eliza Burbee 25c, E R Stephens 20c, Samuel A Bunting 20c, Nancey Emans 25c, August Knulhoff 1 00, A Cimiano 50c, Julius Marks 20c, George Kennedy 1.00, Oliver Hoffer 25c, Joseph B Ross 25c, Peter Mott 50c, P Jenson 1.50, N H Cross 50c, I Lamb 25c, I Edgarton 1.00, S A Snyder 25c, Mary Hale 1.50, John S Valleau 15c, W F Stillman 1.50, Mary F Aldrich 1.00, Mrs M Gilbert 30c, Ellen M Morse 5c, Jacob F Flory 2 04, M A Dayton 25c, H H Page 50c, James Glaze 70c, Mary Jenson 50c, Ed H Boynton 50c, Mrs Lyman Baker 45c, Hattie McMonagle 50c, J W Elder 20c, Jesse Rosa 1.50, W M Bell 25c, J A Bishop 30c, Levi Trostle 20c, I V Dibble 45c, G W H Roush 25c, J H Holford 40c, Wm J Jaycox 1.50, Charles Seaward 30c, M Y D Clark 1.30.

Review to the Poor.

A S Hutchins (thank-offering) $5.00, K T Rogers 2.00, Mary Edgar 1.00, Nora Walker 5.00.

Shares in Y. M. A. A. Association.

H S Woolsey $50.00, Stephen Burdick 10.00.

General Conference Fund.

Indiana Conf. $100.00.

Michigan Conference Fund.

Church at Williams $16.00, Cedar Springs 50.00.

Michigan Camp-meeting Fund.

David Lamson $5.00.

Donations for the Family Monthly.

K T Rogers $2.00, R Ferguson 1.00.

Shares in Health Institute.

H S Woolsey $50.00.

HYGIENIC BOOK FUND.

$5.00 EACH. Wm Carpenter and wife.

$2.00 EACH. K T Rogers.