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Our Sanitariums

By D. H. KRESS, M. D.

Their Relation to the Church and Her Sick Poor

“Ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good.”

“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land, . . . thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him. . . . Because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou putest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land.”

For a wise purpose God permits the poor always to remain in our midst. Their poverty may be due to sickness and affliction, or it may be due to poor management. Whatever the cause, the members of the church of Christ owe a duty to their own sick poor, a duty which can not be delegated to an organization or an institution, without doing injury to the individual members of the church and to the church as a body. The poor and the sick God permits to remain in the church, in order that the sympathies of its members may be aroused, and that a spirit of Christlike benevolence may be constantly cherished and developed.

They are designed to be a blessing to the church of Christ, an aid in the development of the character of its members. Not to the church as a body, but to the members of the church who do unto the poor as they would be done by, will it be said, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.”

The poor unfortunate who fell among thieves was left by the wayside bruised and wounded and in need of help. God brought a certain priest that way, that through the practical ministry which this called for he might obtain a spiritual fitness for his position. But his heart was untouched, and he passed by on the other side. Likewise did the Levite.

The Samaritan’s heart was touched as he beheld the sufferer. He did what the others should have done,—he had compassion upon him. He bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. He placed him on his ass, and in the absence of a sanitarium or a better place took him to an inn. He did not feel that his duty was even then discharged,—that others could stand the necessary expense while the sick man received care and treatment at the inn,—but he put his hand into his pocket, and made a deposit on the sick man’s future expenses, and then said, “Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.”

Jesus says to every member of his church, “Go, and do thou likewise.”

Here we have pointed out to us clearly our duty to the afflicted poor in our midst. There are sick ones among us who feel the need of going, and who should be encouraged to go, to a sanitarium. Many of these could be greatly helped by the suitable treatments; and the knowledge they would obtain while there would prove a blessing not only to them but to their families and the communities in which they live after they returned.

They should not only be encouraged to go to one of these institutions that God has established to be a help and blessing to his people, but provision should be made to meet their expenses while there. This is a duty that rests upon the members of the church in whose midst the sick ones are, if the relatives are not in a position to do it. While our sanitariums would gladly do all they can to help all such, they are not able to assume such a responsibility, neither would it be best for the members of our churches to place this burden upon these institutions. Most of our sanitariums are struggling for an existence, and have about all they can do to meet their running expenses, which are heavy. They have no fund upon which to draw to assist the worthy poor. While they should make the expense as low as possible for charity cases, they feel compelled to plan to come out even at the end of each year if possible. The duty of the church toward her afflicted poor is clearly stated in “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IV, page 510: “None whose names are on the church books should be left to suffer year after year from sickness when a few months at the sanitarium would give them relief and a valuable experience to take care of themselves and others when sick. Every church should feel it a Bible duty devolving upon them to care for their own worthy poor and sick. When a worthy child of God needs the benefit of the sanitarium, and can pay but a small amount toward his expenses, let the church act a noble part, and make up the sum. Some may not be able to pay anything themselves, but do not let them continue to suffer. . . . Send them to the sanitarium, and send your pledges and your money with them to pay their expenses. In doing this you gain a precious blessing. It costs something to run such an institution, and it should not be required to treat the sick for nothing.”

Some have thought that our sanitariums are wholly for the treatment of those not of our faith. The truth is our sanitariums have been erected for the benefit of our own people who are sick as well as for others. They are to find there a refuge, a place where they can have the benefits of the rational remedies to which God has called our attention, and where they can at the same time gain a knowledge that will show them where their own habits have been wrong.

The Lord desires that men shall be led to understand the cause of their suffering, and the only way to find relief. He desires them to see that their physical, mental, and moral well-being depends upon their obedience to his law. It is God’s “purpose that our institutions shall be as object-lessons showing the results of obedience to right principles. In the preparation of a people for the Lord’s second coming a great work is to be accomplished through the promulgation of health principles.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, page 224.

To those who have thought that our sanitariums are only for those not of our faith, the words are spoken: “Let no one listen to the suggestion that we can exercise faith and have all our infirmities removed and that there is therefore no need of institutions for the recovery of health. Faith and works are not dissevered. Since the Lord is soon to come, act decidedly to increase facilities that a great work may be done in a short time.” “Why, asks one and another, is not prayer offered for the miraculous healing of the sick, instead of so many sanitariums, being established? . . . The Lord has opened this matter before me. . . . Our sanitariums are established to educate in regard to right habits of living.” This education every member of the remnant church needs. “The light given me was that sanitariums should be established, and that in them drug medication should be discarded, and simple, rational methods of treatment should be employed for the healing of disease. In these institutions people were to be taught how to dress, breathe, and eat properly,—how to prevent sickness by proper habits of living.” From these institutions those who have regained their health, and learned how to live, could go to their homes fully prepared to act the part of medical missionaries.

When we appreciate fully God’s instrumentalities, and their purpose in the message, and cheerfully correct our own wrong habits of life, we shall exert a much wider influence as a church, and the way will then be opened for the prayer of faith to be more fully answered among us as a people. But with the ignorance which exists in regard to the laws of health, and often the wilful indulgence in that which is known to be wrong, the prayer of faith for the healing of our physical infirmities is useless. Should the sick be raised, it would not be to walk in newness of life, but in the same old paths of transgression; and the same causes unremoved, which were responsible for their first sickness, would soon again bring about a similar condition. The individual would not be benefited greatly, and a church composed of such members would not carry much light to the world. The chief aim of the gospel is to bring men and women to obedience to the law of God, which includes the laws of health. In this work our sanitariums occupy an important place.

D. H. KRESS, M. D.

Findings

Dr. C. A. Hansen, of 1653 High St., Denver, Colo., has just published a neat forty-two-page booklet, entitled “Life and Peace.” In this he treats in a beautiful way the ten precepts of the decalogue, under the headings, “First Precept of Peace,” “Second Precept of Peace.”

Elder I. J. Hankins writes from South Africa: “At a recent meeting of the committee a request was sent to the General Conference Committee for Dr. — to come to Kimberley. All I have to say is that I think it important that he come, and as soon as consistent with other duties. I only wish that we had two or three more for South Africa.”

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference

W. A. GEORGE, M. D., . . . Chairman

W. A. RUBLE, M. D., . . . Secretary

Current Mention

— The governor of the Austrian-Polish province of Galicia was assassinated by a Ruthenian student, April 12, while giving audience to a delegation of students.

— An unexpected freshet in Hankow, China, is reported to have destroyed 700 junks in the river, and caused the death of 2,000 persons by drowning. The waters caught the people unexpectedly at night.

— A government franchise bill has passed both houses of the Danish Rigsdag. By its provisions all taxpayers, both male and female, more than twenty-five years old, and all married women whose husbands are taxpayers, are entitled to vote.

— Berbers and nomad Arabs, who have been concentrating on the western frontier of Algeria, on April 16 attacked the French forces posted in the vicinity. The French lost 28 killed, and 100 men, including ten officers, were wounded. The Berber losses were 125.

— A successful demonstration of a steel net that will protect war-ships from torpedo assaults has been made in Narragansett Bay. Battle-ships of the United States navy are to be equipped with the nets at once, and the cruisers and other vessels as rapidly as possible.

— After repeated failures to obtain any satisfactory reply to its demands for arbitration of charges of oppression and confiscation of property of American citizens doing business in Venezuela, the State Department has laid the papers in the controversy before the Senate, with the expectation that Congress will take some action.

— The employers of the Paris building trades have formed a strong organization to resist the demands of labor, and have declared a lockout against the masons which affects 50,000 workmen; 200,000 men of other trades will be thrown out of employment if they refuse to accede to the terms of the employers, who are willing to grant a twenty-per-cent increase over the wages prevailing in 1906. The labor unions demand five per cent more wages, a nine-hour day instead of ten, and the exclusion of non-union men. Many of the labor unions have seceded from the Labor Exchange in order to come to terms with the employers.

— The conference of Secretary Root and the Russian Ambassador, Baron Rosen, April 13, over the situation in Manchuria, is reported to have been entirely satisfactory to both parties. From the standpoint of the Russian government it is explained that they are endeavoring to restore that city as a trade center and carry out plans that were formed before the war. Consul Fisher's objection to recognition of Russian authority at Harbin seems to have been to the manner in which the local officials proposed to obtain their objects rather than to the objects themselves. There will probably be no further friction between the American consul and the Russian government at Harbin over this incident.

— A New York inventor, Mr. A. M. Herring, has contracted to deliver to the United States government before August 15 an aeroplane that will carry 350 pounds, travel at the rate of forty miles an hour, and go 125 miles without touching the ground. He recently sent a model of his machine twenty miles without accident.

— Russian troops have invaded Persian territory in the vicinity of Lenkoran, on the Caspian Sea. The trouble began April 12, between Russian soldiers of the garrison at Belesuvar near the border and a band of Khurdish brigands. Later the brigands returned in force of about 4,000, but were repulsed by the garrison, which after destroying several villages is still in pursuit. Cossacks have been sent to preserve order.

— About one third of the city of Chelsea, Mass., just out of Boston, was swept by a fire which raged for twelve hours on April 12. It is reported that all the banks, more than three fourths of the churches, half of the business blocks, nearly all the schoolhouses, and about five hundred buildings, mostly homes of the poor, were swept away. Eleven persons were killed, seventy-five severely injured, and fully 10,000 are homeless, with their employment gone with the burning of the factories. The monetary loss is estimated at $6,000,000.

— The strike of the employees of the street railway at Chester, Pa., which was inaugurated April 13 for recognition of the union and higher wages, has resulted in serious disorders. Thousands of sympathizers were angered by the placing of twenty men of the State's constabulary near the car barns, and rioting ensued the first day. Deeds of violence marked nearly every day for about a week, and included attempts to burn the car barns, stoning of cars that attempted to run, and firing upon the soldiers and strike-breakers. More State troops have been brought to the scene, and seem to have the situation better in hand. Similar trouble has recently been experienced in Pensacola, Fla., where on April 14 cars were operated for the first time in nine days, and then only as the State militia was lined up on both sides of the streets.

— Destruction of tobacco beds by the “night riders” is reported from Ohio and Indiana, as well as the continued domination of these outlaws over the planters of Kentucky and parts of Tennessee in the matter of raising a crop this season. They are also reported to have extended their operations to the peanut section along the Tennessee River, warning steamboats that carry large quantities of peanuts to St. Louis to cease traffic. For three hours after midnight the morning of April 13, one hundred masked men controlled affairs in Dalton, Ga. They compelled the superintendent of the electric light plant to turn off all the lights, marched the police on duty to the public square where they were kept under guard, while other members of the gang searched many homes, professedly looking for wrong-doers. No violence to persons is reported. Eight young farmers have been arrested by soldiers near Murray, Ky., and placed in jail on the charge of being “night riders.”

A Million-Dollar Business

By R. C. PORTER

I AM now in attendance at the third State canvassers' institute in the Southwestern Union since the close of our union conference. There has been an excellent spirit manifested in all of them. The instruction given has been practical, and an invaluable help to all who are contemplating entering this important branch of the work.

When we recall the fact that the attendance at all our schools has greatly increased under the scholarship plan, we are made to realize that our canvassing work has become a great factor in the education of our young people, as well as a mighty lever for the advancement of the message.

Over a million dollars worth of books sold last year! That is very easily said, but what an enormous amount of labor it represents on the part of our faithful canvassers. Again, what an amount of light and truth it places in the homes of the people, preparing the world for the coming of the Lord. The thought that

the canvassers have engaged in a missionary operation that has become a million-dollar business is to me one of the most encouraging signs of the times. At that rate the message will soon have reached out into all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

The canvassers may not see much of the fruit of their labor immediately, but it will all bear fruit, and some day the faithful laborers who have sown in tears shall reap in joy. There is no longer need that any should stand idly by in the market-place because no man hath hired him. The Master has now extended the eleventh-hour call. The way is open for all who desire to labor. The promise is, “Whatsoever is right I will give you.” This unfailing promise of God is soon to be realized by the faithful laborers. Let us plan to increase our sales this year, that more may be accomplished in the spread of the truth than during any former year. The world is freely open now for our coming. The times are more favorable to work in spreading the message than we shall ever see them again. Now is the day of our opportunity. Let us do our best.

R. C. PORTER.

The Publishing Work

Conducted under the auspices of the General Conference Publishing Department.

C. H. JONES - - - - Chairman

E. R. PALMER - - - - Secretary

H. H. HALL - - - - Assistant Secretary

Prospects

By W. W. Eastman

WHAT are the prospects for the canvassing work for 1908? We answer, “Fine as you ever saw.” The Texas and Arkansas institutes are in the past, from which we expect about thirty workers will soon be in the field. We are now in the Oklahoma institute, where more than twenty are engaged in earnest study, preparatory to entering the work in about two weeks. There are other canvassers who did not attend these institutes, who will also be in the work. Arkansas will have another institute in a few days to accommodate some in another part of the State who could not attend the first one. The prospects are that a much larger number of students than last year from Keene Academy will enter the work this summer, and thereby earn scholarships.

The fact is that the very air is full of enthusiasm over the canvassing work, until only a dead man would fail to catch the spirit of it. The canvassing work is God's great means of hastening the third angel's message to its close. His Spirit has gone out in search of “workers.” He must have them, and will have them. Men and women, old and young, will respond to the call of the hour, and “come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.” They are coming, and will continue to come. The last battle is on. The bugle is sounding loud and clear for recruits. Some are fainting, some are falling under the fierce fire of the enemy, but others are quickly filling the broken ranks. O, what a wonderful, intensely interesting time this is! Stand and fight if need be until death, and thou shalt receive a crown of life.

W. W. EASTMAN, Gen. Missionary Agent, S. W. U. C.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.

Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Display advertising, and advertisements which call for agents, will not be accepted, nor do the publishers solicit advertising of any kind for this paper.

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing and send it.

We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.

A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.

No discount for several insertions.

FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound; Olive-oil, $2.50 a gallon; 50 pounds Cocoanut Oil, $7; Vegetable Cooking Oil, 10 pounds, $1.10; 60 pounds, $6. Cash with order. All absolutely pure. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Washington, D. C.

FOR SALE.—Strawberry plants by the hundred. Warfields, 30 cents; Senator Dunlap, 35 cents; Bederwood, 35 cents; Pride of Michigan, 60 cents; Sample, 40 cents; Parson’s Beauty, 45 cents. One dollar for 500 Warfields. Send for free catalogue. Geo. Jorgensen & Son, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.

FOR SALE.—Well-established treatment rooms in prosperous, growing city. Splendid opening for man and wife. Address F. Burton Jewell, Mitchell, S. Dak.

WANTED.—A woman forty-three years old would like to sew for and have the care of a family of children, or the place of a housekeeper, or the care of an invalid. Address Mrs. M. T. Houston, Ludowici, Ga.

FOR SALE.—Cooking oil, best grade. Freight prepaid between Colorado and Ohio. 5 gal., $4; 10 gal., $7.75; 15 gal., $11. Other States, please ask for prices. Address R. H. Brock, 404 North Second St., Arkansas City, Kan.

FOR SALE.—Farm of 160 acres; 7-room house, barn, hen-houses, well, windmill, stock, and implements; good pear orchard. Or would like a good man to work it on shares. Address, Mrs. Olive Durfee, Jamul, San Diego Co., Cal.

JUST PUBLISHED.—Two new songs, “An Hour With Thee” (solo), and, “Will It Be Too Late?” (duet and chorus). You will like them. Each, 15 cents; the two for 25 cents, coin. Address the Beddoe Music Co., St. Helena, Cal.

ROYAL PEANUT BUTTER is all that we claim for it. Made only from No. 1 Spanish peanuts, carefully selected, and everything objectionable removed. Southern California Extracted Honey in convenient packages. Write for prices. Address Cleveland Health Food Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

FOR SALE.—Watches, Elgin or Waltham. Ladies’ silver open-face, $9; gold-filled, hunting, warranted twenty years, $14. Gents’ open-face, nickel, $6; twenty-year gold-filled, $10. Seventeen jewels, $2.50 extra. Any watch at right price, also repairing. Address W. H. Merrill, Washington, N. J.

FOR SALE.—Beautiful Imported Bible Cardboard Mottoes; all have flowers with silver letters. Cord furnished to hang mottoes with. Special for 60 days; 5 for 50 cents; 12, $1; 15, $1.75; 20, $3; 100, $5. More you buy, the cheaper they are. All sent by mail. Address Hampton Art Company, Hampton, Iowa.

WANTED.—Family with three thousand dollars to come on Southern Pacific excursion during April to see my farm. Prosperous farmers and central California intermediate school. Raisins, peaches, alfalfa, cows, and chickens pay. Reason, returning to Mexico. Address J. Clark, Armona, Kings Co., Cal.

FOR SALE.—Agate-Enamel, (name changed) will mend leaks in any vessel from an agate basin to a motor boat. Will stop leaks in steam and gas pipes. Its uses are many, its value unquestionable. Send 30 cents for a sample box. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address H. F. Phelps, Station F, Minneapolis, Minn.

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. shipped direct from factory at Louisville, Ky. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Box 442, Louisville, Ky.

FOR SALE CHEAP.—Forty acres: 2¼ black raspberries, 1½ red raspberries, 1/3 strawberries; 150 grape-vines, 50 plum-trees, 20 apple-trees, all bearing, and in excellent condition. Fair improvements. Mail route and telephone. Church and church-school privileges. Good markets. Reason for selling, too much land. Address C. C. Johnson, Mankato, Minn.

OLIVES AND HONEY FOR SALE.—It is now time for new California honey. The bees are already gathering from the miles of orange blossoms, and the mountain sage will come soon. Price for either, seven cents a pound. Our experience is that ripe olives wonderfully strengthen the system to rise above disease. “They are created to be eaten,” you will exclaim. Medium size, seventy cents a gallon in five-gallon cans. See “ad” in REVIEW of Feb. 6, 1908. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.

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:—

Mrs. J. R. Greeley, Long Beach, Wash., Signs and tracts.

A. E. Swanson, 2423 Sixty-first St., Ballard, Wash., Signs, Instructor.

Tobias Hicks, R. F. D. No. 1, Tell City, Ind., Signs and religious liberty tracts.

Mrs. M. A. Neale, Grant’s Pass, Oregon, Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and Health.

J. H. Robinson, Bradentown, Fla., desires, in addition to late copies of our periodicals, a Bible catalogue.

Mrs. Horace Miller, 703 S. Congress St., Jackson, Miss., Watchman, Youth’s Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.

Literature for the Battle-Ships

By CHAS. W. PETER.

PRAY for the blessing of the Lord to be with the literature that is placed upon the battle-ships and many steamers and smaller craft that sail to the port of San Francisco from various nations of the world. The eyes of the world are directed this way in anticipation, as they follow the battle-ships upon their voyage around the Horn to the Pacific and to the Golden Gate.

This is an opportune time to make a master stroke for the cause we love, and bring the printed page before the many thousands of sailors and visitors to our coast at the same time.

I have supplied many of the battle-ships now on this coast with Signs, Instructors, tracts, etc.; and have lately visited the two forerunners of the incoming fleet,—the “Tennessee” and the “Washington,” also two of the large cruisers,—the “Maryland” and the “Colorado,” and left a good supply of our literature on each of these vessels, and held Bible readings with some of the boys.

We expect to hold meetings on some of the vessels while they are here. There will be companies of young people from the churches near who will assist in holding these services. An opportunity is before you to assist in this work. Tracts, Signs, Liberty, and Life and Health are wanted. Cash contributions should be sent to the missionary secretary, A. J. S. Bourdeau, Mountain View, Cal. Mail matter may be sent direct to me at 1454 Pomona Ave., Fruitvale, Cal.; and shipments of freight should be sent to my address with the word “Melrose” added.

If those having sons, brothers, or friends aboard any of these vessels will write to me, I will visit them. CHAS. W. PETER.

Western Washington Camp-Meeting

By W. W. Sharp

THE western Washington camp-meeting will be held May 21-31, 1908, in the city of Seattle, at the corner of East Alder Street and Twenty-fifth Avenue. To go there from the union station, take either the Jackson or the Mount Baker Park cars. When you pay your fare, ask for a transfer to the Jefferson car; change at Jackson Street and Twenty-third Avenue to the Jefferson Street car; get off at East Alder Street, and walk two blocks east. Those coming by boat or the interurban, will take the Yesler Way car, get off at Twenty-fifth Avenue, and go three blocks north. The usual reduction of fare has been granted by the railways to those purchasing their tickets May 18-23, and returning as early as June 2. When you purchase your ticket, ask for a certificate that you have paid full fare; this, when signed by the secretary of the conference, will enable you to purchase return ticket for one-third fare, provided one hundred persons have come over the roads. Where the fare by the boats is but little less than by rail, it would be well to come by rail, lest we come short of the required number, and those from a distance fail to get a reduction of fare.

Those wanting tents may order them from H. A. Green, 309 Second Ave., N., Seattle, Wash. Our tents are 12 x 14 feet; new ones will rent for $3 each, and the old ones for $2.50 each. If you want a good tent, order soon.

We shall have a dining tent, where meals will be served every day except on Sabbath. At our store will be found suitable foods that can be easily prepared for the Sabbath meals.

Arrangements will be made to transfer the baggage, so bring your checks to the camp-ground.

Come early, praying that we may receive copious showers of the latter rain.

W. W. SHARP, President.

Returning Canvassers

By R. L. PIERCE

AMONG the many encouraging features that mark the revival of the canvassing work, is the number of old canvassers who, after years spent in other ways, are now returning to this work. The spirit of prophecy has stated that God is calling the canvassers back to their work; and every old canvasser who responds to this call can have the double assurance that he is doing the Lord's will, and may expect special help and strength in once more entering the field with his prospectus. R. L. PIERCE.

Notice !

By W. W. SHARP

THE seventh annual session of the Western Washington Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is hereby appointed to be held May 22–31, 1908, in connection with the camp-meeting to be held at the corner of East Alder Street and Twenty-seventh Ave., Seattle, Wash., for the purpose of electing conference officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting will be held at 9:30 A. M., May 22, 1908.

W. W. SHARP, President.

Glendale Sanitarium Training-School for Missionary Nurses

The next training-class begins June 1. There are vacancies for a limited number of applicants. This institution offers special facilities to persons of promise who are anxious to fit themselves as missionary nurses. Liberal monthly allowances are made for the first, second, and third years, to cover incidentals, so as to enable worthy individuals to get such training. Write for new calendar. Address Dr. Etta Gray, or Miss Nora Lacey, Head Nurse, Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, Cal.

Notice!

By F. M. Burg; W. W. Sharp

NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the sixth annual meeting of the members of the Western Washington Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation organized and existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the State of Washington, will be held in the large pavilion on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground, at the corner of East Alder Street and Twenty-seventh Avenue, Seattle, Wash., on May 27, 1908, at nine A. M. The election of a board of five trustees for the ensuing year, and such other business as may be necessary or proper to be transacted, will come before the meeting. F. M. BURG, President; W. W. SHARP, Secretary.

The May Number of Life and Health

By Editor

The attention of the readers of the REVIEW is called to the May number of Life and Health, now ready to mail. It is not only attractive in appearance, but highly important in contents. It touches many phases of the diet question, revealing some of the fundamental principles of health through a proper diet.

Dr. D. H. Kress presents a cure for national intemperance through diet,—one of the most reasonable and convincing arguments on the cause and cure of intemperance we have ever read.

Mrs. E. G. White writes in her usual strength on “Diet and Health,” showing that the disease and suffering everywhere prevailing are due largely to the popular errors in diet, and presenting the claims of God’s original plan for man’s diet.

Dr. J. R. Leadsworth has in this issue an illustrated article on “Digestive Disturbances and Their Remedy.”

Mrs. D. A. Fitch shows the evil results of the “slip-go-down” mushes when poorly cooked and improperly eaten.

Nearly every phase of the important question of diet and the preparation of foods is taken up in this number. It is, therefore, very important, and much needed everywhere. Those who circulate it will be doing the best possible service to humanity, and paving the way for the reception of greater truths, after the mind is cleared, and the conscience quickened through the preparatory results of health reform.

Selling Life and Health is a dignified and lucrative business. Over one thousand agents are now working for it, as they have opportunity, and are making good wages. Send for sample copy, suggestive canvass, and special rates to agents. Address, Life and Health, Takoma Park, D. C.

Obituaries

CRANDELL.— Died at Kline, Colo., March 7, 1908, Albert Crandell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Crandell, aged nine years. He was early taught to love the Saviour, and we believe he will come forth in the first resurrection. Words of comfort based upon the twenty-third psalm were spoken by the writer. C. H. BATES.

WILLIAMS.— Died Feb. 25, 1908, Charles Clayton, infant son of Brother and Sister M. C. Williams, of Charleston, W. Va., aged 2 years and 4 days. Thus another little one is laid away to rest until Jesus, the Life-giver, shall claim his own. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 1:18, after which the remains were laid to rest in the beautiful Spring Hill Cemetery of Charleston. L. E. SUFFICOOl.

FLOYD.— Died at his home near Eldorado Springs, Mo., Feb. 26, 1908, John Nichol Floyd, aged 79 years, 3 months, and 22 days. He was born on Long Island, Nov. 4, 1829, and was married Jan. 9, 1869, to Martha Wilson. Eleven children were born, five of whom survive. Father and mother accepted the truth of the third angel’s message over twenty-five years ago, since which time they were active Christian workers. They both died with full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. NAOMI F. WIRTH.

HOWARD.— Died Feb. 22, 1908, in Monterey, Mich., Mrs. Aurelia P. Howard, aged 81 years, 6 months, and 5 days. Sister Howard accepted the doctrine of the soon-coming Saviour in 1855, under the labors of Elder M. E. Cornell, and became one of nine charter members of the South Monterey church. Of these charter members two now remain,—her aged sister, and Sister Isabella Russ. It will be remembered that Monterey was the home of Elder Joseph Bates, and was a power point in the early days of the message in Michigan. Among those early believers none were more faithful than Sister Howard. She was a woman of marked integrity and deep Christian experience, and was esteemed by all who knew her. Two sons, a daughter, a brother, and a sister, are left to mourn. E. F. COLLIER.

PARKHURST.— Died Feb. 4, 1908, at his home, twenty-eight miles south of Richardson, N. Dak., after a brief illness, Brother Jonathan A. Parkhurst. He was born in Shelby County, Ill., Aug. 22, 1840, where he lived until the fall of 1906, removing at that time to North Dakota. A wife, three sons, and three daughters, with other relatives and friends, are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by C. Swartz, based upon Rom. 8:29, 30. W. H. PARKHURST.

COOPER.— Died in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 26, 1908, of gallstones, my dear sister, Mrs. Caroline D. Cooper, aged nearly sixty-nine years. One son, two daughters, three sisters, one brother, and twelve grandchildren survive her. Her husband died of heart failure, Dec. 27, 1880. She had been a firm believer in the third angel’s message and kindred truths for more than twenty years. She had a deep interest in the salvation of others; her home was always open to welcome the servants of God. She was ever ready to minister to the needs of others. Words of comfort and instruction, based on Rev. 14:13, were spoken by Elder A. W. Kuehl, of Minneapolis, Minn., after which she was laid to rest beside her husband in Pleasant View Cemetery to await the resurrection. MRS. S. J. MERRELL.

FULLMER.— Died at the home of her daughter in California, March 24, 1908, Mrs. Sarah Jane Fullmer, aged seventy-nine years. Sister Fullmer was born in Winchester, N. H., of colonial stock, her grandfather, Josiah Bartlett, being one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. For nearly forty-five years her home has been at Marshalltown, Iowa, although the last few years she has lived with her son, Dr. B. E. Fullmer. Thirty years ago she embraced the truths of the third angel’s message, and has since been numbered among those who “keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” The deceased is survived by a brother, a sister, and six children. Interment took place at her old home at Marshalltown, Iowa. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. M. N. CAMPBELL.

HEALD.— Amelia Josephine Heald, sister of Dr. G. H. Heald of Takoma Park, D. C., and of Dr. Henrietta Brighouse of Healdsburg, Cal., was born on Russian River, Sonoma Co., Cal., June 11, 1866, and fell asleep March 2, 1908, at her father’s home, of tuberculosis, after a lingering illness of more than three years. Early in the nineties she was converted, and became a member of the church. During the latter part of her sickness she was able to lay hold of the promises of God as she had not previously done; and when the summons came, she fell asleep, assured of a part with the saints in the first resurrection. She leaves to mourn her loss, though not as those who have no hope, her aged father, and her brother and sister, besides many other relatives and friends. The following Scripture texts, used at the funeral were her comfort during her last days: John 6:37; 3:16; Isa. 43:2; 41:10, 13; Ps. 37:7; Deut. 33:27. N. C. McCLURE.

HAGER.— Died near Fresno, Cal., Feb. 18, 1908, of cancer, G. D. Hager, aged 79 years, 3 months, and 9 days. In the early strenuous times of San Francisco, Brother Hager was on the vigilance committee, and afterward for two years on the regular police force. During his early life, and until 1879, he was a member of the Baptist Church. Then through reading, and association with Brother M. G. Kellogg, he accepted the third angel’s message. For a number of years he resided in Santa Rosa, and while there he served as elder of that church. For sixteen years he had charge of the fitting up of our annual camp-grounds, and the police regulations of the camp. His last affliction was severe, but borne with patience. It was my privilege to visit him on February 4. He said that he was at peace with God and man, and was resigned to the Lord’s will. The funeral service was conducted at Fresno, February 20, by Elder D. T. Fero. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

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