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Earlier text: The Work in Northeastern Jamaica

Tobacco and Newsboys

By H. F. Phelps

Not long ago some friends donated a little money for the “more liberal distribution” of the anti-tobacco literature, Save the Boys. For some time the writer had felt a strong desire to place some of this literature in the hands of these boys. So, preparing as for mailing, a copy each of the journal and booklet, I visited the alley where some of these boys get the daily papers of this city. I handed them out with a request that they put them in their pockets to be read later. They were received with a “Thank you.” The question, “What are these?” was soon answered by some who had discovered their nature: “Thou

shalt not smoke!” “Thou shalt not smoke the cigarette!”

“Say, mister,” asked a boy who was evidently looking at the business part of the matter, “Who publishes these?”

“Well, I do. But some kind friends donated a little means, and so I thought I would visit the boys.”

“And so you are here giving them away! Well, this is very kind of you, truly. We appreciate it, and we’ll read them, too.” And suiting the action to the word, he folded his paper into his breast pocket.

Numerous questions were asked by the boys as to the effects of tobacco. Altogether, I was glad of the visit, and the desire to help them was greatly strengthened. All over this land—yes, all over the world—the cities are filled with these boys, bright, shrewd, and full of business. But with many of them, all this talent is being sacrificed to the idol, tobacco, and the cigarette at that,—tobacco in its worst form.

We may save some of them. Shall we make the effort? The price of the booklet is $1 for 100, 60 cents for 50, postpaid. The journal is 30 cents a year. You can have back numbers while they last, for these boys, at $1 for 100. Donations are acceptable. Every order helps, as every penny is devoted to this work. Address Save the Boys, 118 W. Minnehaha Boul., Minneapolis, Minn.

H. F. PHELPS.

How I Was Healed

By Emily J. Schafer

I FEEL under obligation to make known my brethren, sisters, and readers of the REVIEW how wonderfully the dear Lord healed me, and to ask them to praise the Lord with me.

My health had been failing for a year and six months, when, last June, I again had to take to my bed. I was getting weaker every day, and the doctors were of no avail to me. About two weeks before my healing, James 5:14-16 became very dear to my heart, and these verses stayed with me. I read them again and again, and they became dearer every time I read them. July 17 we sent for an elder. I was then so weak that I could speak but a few words at a time, and could not lift my hands from my sides. Monday night, the eighteenth, I bade all my loved ones good-by. It seemed as if my heart would break when I saw my dear husband and children, sister, and friends stand by my bedside weeping. O, the trial no one knows but those who have gone through the same experience!

Tuesday, July 19, Elder W. J. Boynton came to see me. He read James 5:14-16, and then prayer was offered, and I was anointed with oil in the name of the Lord; and after prayer, praise God, I sat up in bed and sang two stanzas of the hymn, “Nearer, my God, to thee.”

At six o’clock I stood up on my feet, something I had not been able to do for six weeks, and was assured of his blessed promise, and that the heavy burden of disease under which I had struggled so long was all gone. I ate supper with my family, the first nourishment I had taken for over six weeks. I slept all night, something I had not been able to do for months.

The Lord is wonderfully blessing me daily, and strengthening my faith in him, for which I praise him; and I hope that this may be the means in the Lord’s hands of increasing our faith in his precious promises of healing. Why should we doubt his promises?

May each one who reads this have his faith increased, and may we all be enabled to take hold of his strength, is the prayer of your sister in the blessed hope.

EMILY J. SCHAFER.

Field Notes

EIGHT members were added to the Buffalo Gap church, Tex., December 17.

A CHURCH of thirty members was organized at Long Beach, Cal., November 26.

A CANVASSERS’ institute for western Oregon is to be held in Portland, Ore., February 1-15.

THREE persons were received into the church at Harlan, Iowa, subject to baptism, during the week of prayer.

NEW Sabbath-schools have recently been organized at Tower Hill, Pontoosuc, and Carmi, in southern Illinois.

THE North Michigan Conference reports fourteen church-schools in progress, with a membership of one hundred and fifty.

ELDER CLARENCE SANTEE reports the baptism of four students during the week-of-prayer services at Fernando, Cal., December 10.

IN the North Michigan Conference paper Elder S. E. Wight says: “By recent reports from the field we learn of seven people who have lately taken their stand for the truth without the aid of a minister.”

SISTER J. WILSON, reporting work done by her in Nashville, Tenn., says: “Nine or ten of my readers are keeping the Sabbath, and some of them have asked for baptism. Several who are rejoicing in the new-found light of truth are interesting their neighbors and holding Bible readings with them.”

REPORTING from Marion, Ill., Brother C. L. Taggart states that after a four weeks’ course of meetings in a hall at that place, ten persons began the observance of the Sabbath, and the surrounding country was deeply stirred by the truth.

A CONVENTION in the interests of the book work in the Pacific Union Conference has been called to meet at Mountain View, Cal., January 15, to continue until January 23. At the same time and place there will be a session of the union conference executive board, at which plans will be considered for advancing the work in the Hawaiian Islands, in Alaska, and at the Lewis and Clark Exposition to be held in Portland, Ore., this year; for developing the medical missionary work on the Pacific Coast, and for the establishment of intermediate schools and training-schools.

THE graduating exercises of the Iowa Sanitarium Training School for Missionary Nurses were held Thursday evening, December 29, 1904, in the Des Moines Seventh-day Adventist church, which was decorated for the occasion with the class colors, blue and white. The principal feature of the exercises was an address by Elder A. G. Daniells, although short addresses were also made by Elder L. F. Starr and Dr. J. Edgar Colloran. The program was interspersed with several musical selections. There was a good attendance, many friends of the seven graduates coming to Des Moines especially for the occasion.—Iowa Workers’ Bulletin.

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

AMOUNT previously reported. $51,775 65 S. L. Strickler ............ 50 00 I. T. Reynolds ............ 40 15 Mrs. W. J. Wilson ............ 13 00 S. D. A. company, Mahoon Valley, Miss. ............ 12 00 E. D. Calkin ............ 10 00 Hannah Binning ............ 10 00 Valentine Leer ............ 10 00 J. F. Christy ............ 10 00 Henry and Jennie Workhoffen ............ 8 00 Lizzie W. Grainger ............ 6 25

FIVE DOLLARS EACH Mrs. O. H. Kistler, F. H. Hicks, Mrs. D. E. Walker, B. V. Finn, E. G. Nelson, Charles J. Anderson, Mary Booth, Mrs. M. Suilflow, Wasioja (Minn.) Sabbath-school, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rhodes, Mrs. Anna Hess; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Andriss, C. J. Smith, Lottie Smith, Charles S. Smith, a friend, H. Paeschke, Ida Wangerin, Mrs. C. D. Spencer, Mrs. Edith Rusher, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lane, Elder and Mrs. G. B. Thompson, E. D. VanRensselaer, John Sedorf. Mrs. M. Lenker, Mrs. Eva Cash, Mrs. Martha C. Whitney, Mrs. E. H. Pierce, Ora M. Peoples, Mrs. F. A. Porgensen, Mrs. S. H. Pettis, Charley Grubbs. A. H. Snyder, Naomi Wells.

Mrs. M. Krepps, $4; Mrs. S. F. Coffin, $4; Mrs. C. R. King, $3.50; Mrs. Rose June, $2.65; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wheeler, $2.25; C. K. Drury (collector), $1.81; a friend, $1.30; Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Kelsey, $1.25.

THREE DOLLARS EACH William Frantz, Mrs. Jennie Anderson, Mrs. Aloa Long, E. G. Malone and family.

$2.50 EACH Charles Harrison, Addie Harrison, D. S. Ranz.

TWO DOLLARS EACH William D. Kimble, James Abegg, B. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Keniston, Mrs. Fannie J. Gue and children, Mrs. Ellen Bolser, Mrs. Ida Boist, J. M. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Robertson, Matilda Reno, W. A. Blanchard, Mrs. E. Chapin, Mrs. A. M. Keinhoff, Mrs. L. J. Chase, David and Laura Pickering, Mrs. M. T. Gilson, a friend.

$1.50 EACH Milton Lyon, Matilda Lyon, Mora and Rocinda Park, Margery Work.

ONE DOLLAR EACH L. A. Ferris, W. H. Schenck, Mrs. E. A. Cox, C. F. Dart, W. F. Burdine, August Anderson, Regina Kreuger, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Brace, Mrs. L. A. Roberts, W. C. Rogers, O. L. Means, L. H. Hogan, C. H. Hinchey, Mrs. C. H. Hinchey, Gertrude Grainger, Mrs. Lingle, E. J. Allen, Mrs. M. L. B. Sedore, Marlin Graves (per J. A. W.), G. W. Knapp, Mrs. S. E. Harrold, S. D. Neal, James Potts, Minnie Brewer, M. C. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brock, J. E. Dent, Mrs. E. A. Rose, G. W. Harkin, G. W. Keinhoff, Amanda J. Moore, Mrs. Sarah A. Perkins, Mrs. A. J. Symonds, Ezra Pennington, Mrs. Anna M. Hansen, J. A. Schlotthauer, Oxford (N. Y.) church-school, T. M. Newton, Helen Newton, Mrs. W. J. Pettis, Elder J. G. Saunder, Mrs. S. J. Morris, Mrs. H. M. Benson, Mrs. Gertrude Maxson.

W. C. Miller, $.75; Alice Grace Bute, $.75; Elmer C. Pinchon, $.45; a friend, $.35; Alva Hogan, $.30; Walter Hogan, $.30; J. P. Larsen, $.20; Miss Fisher, $.05.

FIFTY CENTS EACH Mrs. L. Graves, Norman Kimble, W. B. Gruver, Mary Gruver, A. Fortner, A. Wenzel, Alice Smith, Mrs. W. E. Wood, Mrs. E. A. Wheeler, Mrs. Priscilla Schultz, Mrs. Laura Conrad, a friend, Sarah M. Moore, Mrs. L. R. Chapman, Mrs. S. King, Pallas Tye.

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH F. M. Thayer, W. L. Porter, Antuine Jerome, Sedgwich Preston, John James. Mrs. Higgins, Emily Fogarty, A. W. Alice, Mary Graham, G. W. Ensminger, Clarence Plunkett, Hollis Anderson, Willamett Hemstred, J. Trounson, Mrs. W. Walters, Myrtle Lashier, L. Davidson, W. A. Johns, Emma Davidson, Sarah Davidson, Francis Johns, Mrs. Cora Olson, Ida E. Hansen, Laura Willard, Isaiah Hartless, Jennie Brookling, Mrs. Elizabeth Christian.

TEN CENTS EACH Gussy Hogan, Miss Higgins, Miss Leonard.

Christian L. Hornung ..... $10 00 Emma R. Hillborn ........ 10 00 Columbus (Ohio) church ... 24 03 Albert Hedgecock ........ 50 00

Total reported ............$52,356 54

A further list will follow.

Send all donations to W. T. Bland. 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Classification

By M. E. Kern

Bible Teaching—No. 2

Classification

To make some suggestions for our work in Bible I would say:—

1. Students should be properly classified according to their ability to work. How often has it been the case that, in our frantic efforts to adjust the conflicts of students in the daily program, we have advised dropping the Bible class and going into another class. And the student frequently feels that he has dropped and been dropped; for perhaps he finds the Bible class into which he is taken composed of students all the way from the eighth grade to the junior or senior years of the college. A teacher would have to possess wonderful powers of adaptability to adapt himself to such a class. We have often, too, allowed students to take work in a class to which they were not adapted. Baldwin truly says, “We think of a class as a company of fellow workers interested in the same subject, and capable of moving forward together.” Surely this can not be said of a “Daniel and the Revelation” class where some of the pupils are eighth grade students who have not studied the books, and know nothing of the world’s history, and others who have come in from the field to go more deeply into the inexhaustible mine of these prophecies. While we could not be as definite in requirements as in some other studies, I would be in favor of requiring for the regular students certain prerequisites to the different classes in Bible.

Instruction Adapted to Class

When we have been able to classify our students as far as possible with reference to their ability, I would suggest that—

2. “The instruction in both matter and method must be adapted to the capabilities of the learner.” This is a very important axiom in teaching. We should ever keep in mind that the instruction is provided for the student, and not the student for the instruction. The teacher who does not study his pupils, and endeavor to adapt his instruction to their needs, will fall far short of success; as it is not what we eat, but what we digest that produces brain, bone, and muscle, so it is not what the teacher tries to pour in, but what the students comprehend and assimilate that develops the mind, and gives the knowledge necessary to eternal life.

The teacher may enjoy his work very much, and feel that he is presenting to his class just what they need, and the students may feel the same way about it, but if they are not required to think and reproduce for themselves the thoughts which the teacher is presenting, it will be found that they have fallen far short of what they should obtain.

Some ministers seem to have their sermons stereotyped, and give them always in the same way to young, old, educated, and uneducated. But such work is of little value. Unless a preacher has a message adapted to the conditions of his hearers, he is not true to his calling; for God deals with us in a very definite way. And unless a teacher has his subject-matter adapted to the mental capabilities and experiences of the pupils, he will fail to accomplish what he should. One of the greatest beauties of the Bible is that it has matter adapted to all grades of children as well as to men and women. That we have not always been wise in our selection of material for our children to study I think we shall all agree.

M. E. KERN.

Current Mention

— Theodore Thomas, the famous orchestra leader, died of pneumonia, in Chicago, January 4.

— Seven deaths from exposure and accidents were caused in New York City by the blizzard which swept over the northern Atlantic coast, January 3, 4.

— At Huntington, W. Va., January 3, eight men were killed and three seriously injured by a boiler explosion and fire, which destroyed the towboat “Defender.”

— One of the most important measures now before the United States Senate is the “Statehood bill,” which provides for the admission of Indian Territory and Oklahoma as the State of Oklahoma, and for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as the State of Arizona. The capital of the former State, it is provided, shall be located at Guthrie until the year 1910, after which time it is provided that the capital may remain permanently at that city, or at some other city, as determined by the voters at an election to be provided for by the legislature. Until the year 1910 it is provided that the capital of Arizona shall be located at Santa Fe, in the present Territory of New Mexico, the permanent capital to be selected at an election similar to that provided for in Oklahoma. Religious toleration is guaranteed in Oklahoma, polygamy is prohibited, and, according to a Senate amendment, it is provided that in that portion of the new State now known as Indian Territory intoxicating liquors shall not be sold or exchanged for a period of ten years. It is also stipulated in the bill that no law shall be passed restricting the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

— The military situation in the far East has been materially altered by the surrender of Port Arthur, which took place January 2. The decision to surrender was reached by General Stoessel after the resisting power of the garrison had ceased to be effective in stopping the advance of the Japanese, only a few thousand able-bodied men remaining in the forts, these being worn out with incessant hardships. Previous to surrender the Russian general blew up or set on fire all but a few small ships in the harbor and all buildings and property in the city that might be of use to the Japanese. Six torpedo-boats escaped from the harbor, and reached Chefoo. By the terms of the surrender the Russian officers were sent to their homes on parole, while the soldiers, to the number of about 48,000, of whom about 16,000 were sick or wounded, were held as prisoners of war. The Japanese investing army is reported to have numbered about 100,000 men. The Russian garrison is reported to have lost 11,000 men killed during the siege, and it is believed the killed and wounded of the Japanese totaled about 80,000. The surrender of the fortress releases a large part of the investing army for duty with the forces under General Oyama, who is opposing the Russian commander-in-chief, Kouropatkin, near Mukden. Following the news of the surrender come

renewed reports that the Russian Baltic squadron on its way to the Chinese coast has been recalled. A rumor has also been received that the Russian admiral’s flagship has been lost by striking a rock. The effect of the news from Port Arthur in Russia has been to accentuate the demand for a reform in the government, and the latest reports from St. Petersburg state that the czar is facing a crisis, and that actual revolution is now seriously threatened. It is believed by some that the Russian government may be forced to conclude peace with Japan in order to be free to deal with the threatening situation at home.

Manual Training

By NORMA COBB

WORK is one of the greatest blessings which the Creator has given to the human family, it being a means of development not only to the body, but also to the mind; for a sound body is necessary in order to have a sound mind. To a certain extent manual labor takes the place of exercise, and helps to accomplish something more for us than can be accomplished by mere exercise; and lessons can be learned from it which will greatly aid in mental and spiritual development.

To Adam and Eve was given as noble a work as any to which man in his present sphere can attain,—the cultivation of the soil and the training of vegetation, all phases of which could be done in the open air. Much of a child’s time should be spent out of doors, learning to look to Him who made all things, and in doing light work, remaining in the home school until eight or nine years of age. In this way a good foundation for future health is laid. Then when he goes to school, he will advance rapidly, and will make up for any time which may appear to have been lost.

It is an old Tuscan proverb: “Work as if thou hadst to live for aye; worship as if thou wert to die to-day.” God himself is not idle. When Christ came to this earth, he did a carpenter’s work. Every young person should follow his example, and learn to do some kind of manual work; it will be a help, even if the person does not intend to follow it. This is proved in the fact that nearly all successful business men have been helped to attain to and hold their present position by doing work with their hands.

By taking charge of some small things, and doing them well, one is enabled to bear greater responsibilities. Elisha was the son of a wealthy farmer who honored God, yet toiled. It was with the plow that Elisha gained the preparation which enabled him to minister to Elijah, and, when called, to take up his unfinished duties. The spirit of prophecy says that if either the physical or the mental have to be neglected, let it be the mental.

NORMA COBB.

Lessons from the School of Christ

“It is not education or intellectual ability that will bring souls into the light of truth. The power to move souls will be found when you practise the lessons you have learned in the School of Christ.”

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

L. A. HOOPES, Chairman; FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

Obituaries

BRIGGS.—Died at his home, at Wilsey, Kan., Nov. 13, 1904, Brother Briggs, aged 80 years. He was an aged soldier of the cross, and loved the blessed truth. His first thought was of his dear Saviour. JENNIE VORSE.

BEHM.—Died Dec. 13, 1904, Alice Marie Behm, daughter of Stephen and Sadie Behm, aged 3 months and 14 days. Funeral service was held at Bunker Hill, December 15. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15: 21. J. O. STOW.

SCHULTZ.—Died near Mark West Spring, Cal., Nov. 21, 1904, little Frieda, daughter of Brother and Sister Schultz, aged 2 years and 5 months. A severe nervous shock from scalding caused her death. Words of comfort were spoken to the sorrowing parents and friends by the writer, from Matt. 18: 3-5, and 1 Thess. 4: 13. We sorrow not as those who have no hope. T. C. COLTRIN.

ROBINSON.—Died at his home, near Hastings, O. T., Dec. 3, 1904, of a complication of diseases, Brother J. H. Robinson, aged 48 years, 6 months, and 29 days. He accepted present truth about sixteen years ago under the labors of Elder W. S. Greer, while living near Savoy, Tex. Shortly after his conversion, he entered the canvassing work. For several years he was a successful canvasser. He was a close student of the Bible. During his last illness, although suffering excruciating pain, he manifested the patience that characterizes the people who “keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Funeral services were conducted by Elder Starr (Christian). The deceased leaves a wife and six children, besides many friends, to mourn their loss. EZRA FILLMAN.

WHITAKER.—Died at the home of her son, Miner Hulin, in Nunda, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1904, Mrs. Mary Whitaker, aged 86 years, 6 months, and 12 days. She was converted at the age of thirteen, and had lived a Christian life for seventy-three years, her faith growing brighter as the years passed by. She first united with the Baptist Church; and later with the Wesleyan Methodist. About fourteen years ago she became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Although helpless from disease, she never complained, but praised the Lord as long as her tongue could give utterance to her thoughts. Her beautiful Christian character endeared her to all. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. G. W. Hall, pastor of the M. E. church of Nunda and L. C. Roberts, elder of the Nunda Seventh-day Adventist church. Burial took place at Belfast, her home.

BURG.—My father died at Fortuna, Cal., Nov. 2, 1904, of heart-failure. He had passed his sixty-sixth year, had always been a man of unusual strength, until the last year of his life, when he began to fail. For the last few months he suffered a great deal through shortness of breath. He accepted present truth about eighteen years ago. He lived with his family until a year ago when he with his family moved to Fortuna. While he suffered much the past few weeks of his life yet he bore it all without a murmur. His last words were that he was happy in the Lord. He has left a companion and seven children, besides a number of grandchildren, to mourn, but we sorrow not as others who have no hope. The remains were taken to Arcata, where Elder D. T. Fero spoke words of comfort, and we laid father to rest till the Life-giver shall call him forth. C. C. BURG.

FIELD.—Died at his home in Sand Lake, Mich., Nov. 30, 1904, of tuberculosis of the hip, Samuel Howard Field, aged 52 years, 2 months, and 7 days. About twenty-four years ago Brother Field accepted the message of the third angel, and was an earnest Christian the rest of his days. For about twenty years he was a missionary canvasser, and sold a large number of our denominational books in Michigan and the Southern States. Five years ago he caught a severe cold while attending a canvassers’ institute at Cedar Lake, Mich., and never recovered from its effects. For nearly three years he was confined to his bed, suffering intense pain, yet in all his suffering his mind was active, always planning to help others. For seventeen years he acted as elder of the Sand Lake church. He was respected and loved by all who knew him. He leaves a wife, two daughters, one son, and three brothers to mourn their loss; but in their sorrow they are comforted by the assurance that he sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14: 13, by the writer. W. D. PARKHURST.

HUNTER.—Died at the residence of Dr. Joel Blake, of Checotah, I. T., Oct. 4, 1904, after a lingering illness, Col. DeWitt Clinton Hunter, aged 74 years, 2 months, and 1 day. He was a Seventh-day Adventist for more than thirty years, and while still engaged in the practise of law, did much to advance the cause of present truth in Missouri. Later he labored for years in the ministry in California, until the infirmities of age debarred him from active service. He then did all he could in house-to-house tract and Bible reading work, and was very successful in winning souls for Christ. He had cherished the hope of living till the coming of Christ, but of late life became such a struggle that he was glad to rest. His faith, hope, and courage at the last were an inspiration to all who had the privilege of being with him. We took him to our old home at Nevada, Mo., where appropriate services were conducted by Elder Edwards, of the Christian Church, who spoke from Rev. 14: 13, and Elder Virgo, who gave a biographical sketch of Brother Hunter’s life, particularly his connection with the civic and military affairs of that section of the State. He was laid to rest by the ex-Confederate Veterans, many of whom served in his regiment in the army. We mourn not as those who have no hope. MARY P. HUNTER, M. D.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Notice!

Any one having a copy of the third edition of “Facts for the Times” which he is willing to sell to a worker, will confer a favor by addressing Elder F. M. Roberts, Montpelier, Ind.

Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.

[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, postpaid:—

Mrs. Almon Alderman, Youngstown, Ohio, Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Save the Boys, etc., and tracts.

John Riley, Box 177, Campbellsville, Ky., REVIEW, Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend, Life and Health, and Life Boat.

Jennie Spangenberg, 1219 Division St., Scranton, Pa., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, and Instructor. Can use fifty or more a week for prison work.

J. H. Montgomery, 4 Ferris St., Sandyhill, N. Y., papers and tracts for free distribution and for reading racks. Thanks returned for those already received.

G. W. Baldwin, Independence, Kan., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, Little Friend, Instructor, Family Bible Teacher, tracts on Sabbath and law of God.

Notice!

By John F. Morse

The annual meeting of the members of the International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., in the chapel of the college building on North Washington Avenue, Feb. 2, 1905, at 10 A. M., the time designated by the board of trustees for such meetings, for the transaction of such business as may be brought before said meeting.

By order of the board of trustees.

JOHN F. MORSE, Secretary.

Change of Addresses

By N. W. ALLEE; MRS. E. C. SPIRE

THE address of the Greater New York Conference and Tract Society is changed from 39 Union Square to 535 West 110th St., in the Beacon Light Gospel Tabernacle, between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave., New York City, N. Y.

The headquarters of the Tennessee River Conference are now removed to Hazel, Ky. Will all who are concerned please note this, as it is the permanent address of the conference president and the secretary and treasurer?

N. W. ALLEE, Pres., MRS. E. C. SPIRE, Sec. and Treas.

Business Notices!

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

WANTED.—Six young ladies, strong and with good Christian experience, to wait table in the Los Angeles Vegetarian Cafe. Address Vegetarian Restaurant, 315 W. 3d St., Los Angeles, Cal.

WANTED.—Seventh-day Adventist to work at general farm work, by the month. One desired who can milk cows. Address at once, stating wages, E. I. Beebe, Ovid, Mich.

FOR SALE.—At Cedar Lake, Mich., 26 acres (10 improved, 10 in woodland, 6 in stump land), fine new modern house with large porch, bath room, toilet, furnace heat, and fine basement; house, frame, ten rooms; basement barn; chicken house and park; over two hundred fruit trees, mostly peaches; fine water and windmill; house adjoins academy property, and acreage joins two sides of academy farm; one block from station; two blocks from post-office. Price, $3,000, $1,000 down. Address Captain P. Thomson, Cedar Lake, Mich.

European Field Gains Seventeen Hundred

THE quarterly reports of the European field show seventeen hundred additions to our ranks in Europe during the first nine months of 1904. The net increase was, of course, somewhat less.

Literature Announcements and Life and Health

By Editor

THE announcements concerning our literature which are made from week to week on the second page of the REVIEW ought not to be overlooked. We invite special attention this week to what is said about our health magazine, Life and Health.

New England Sanitarium Destroyed by Fire

By Editor

The news of the burning of the New England Sanitarium, which is reported on page 19, came as a shock to us here in Washington, and we extend hearty sympathy to those who are most directly affected by this disaster. We have not learned yet what plans the management have made for the future.

Ida Thomason Called to Cape Town

The South African Union Conference has called Miss Ida Thomason, a nurse, to Cape Town, to join Dr. Thomason and others in the medical work. She sailed from New York, January 7. Our South African brethren are planning to make Cape Town and the colonial fields strong training centers for the vast regions beyond them.

Elder Irwin’s Journey to General Conference

ELDER G. A. IRWIN wrote from Australia, under date of Nov. 27, 1904, that he was planning to sail December 1 for America, to attend the General Conference, coming via Batavia, Singapore, the Philippines, Hongkong, Yokohama, and Honolulu to San Francisco. He says that Elder E. H. Gates will come via Fiji and Samoa, and adds: “We hope to bring a full report from our mission fields.”

January Missionary Review of the World

THE Missionary Review of the World for January opens the new year with strong and readable articles. The statistical tables for the year show at a glance the comparative forces and results of work by the leading societies in all lands. It also shows the comparative totals between this year and 1903. “The Old Watchword for the New Year” strikes a powerful keynote, and is followed by a review of the past year. Published monthly by Funk & Wagnalls Company, 44-60 East 23d St., New York. $2.50 a year.

Publishing Association Officials Attend Receiver’s Sale

Brother W. W. Prescott, and Brother S. N. Curtiss, the president and business manager of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, left Washington last Sunday for Battle Creek, Mich., to attend the receiver’s sale of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, which was advertised for Tuesday, January 10. Brethren A. G. Daniells and I. H. Evans were expected in Battle Creek at the same time. Brother Curtiss expects to spend about two weeks in California before his return.

World-wide Progress of the Advent Message

By Editor

WE still have a supply of the booklet by Elder Daniells, “World-wide Progress of the Advent Message,” which was sent out during the week of prayer. If any desire copies, we will gladly supply them. This is a good document to place in the hands of those who are interested in our work, but who scarcely realize the remarkable growth of this warning message. The booklet will be sent without charge to those who will specify the number they can use effectively. Address Secretary General Conference, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Southern Publishing Association Souvenir

The Southern Publishing Association is getting out a souvenir, giving a short history of the growth of the institution, and many facts that will be of interest to every Seventh-day Adventist. It will contain illustrations of the factory and the different departments, showing work in progress. It also contains a brief description of the work that is being done. The illustrations are half-tones, and the souvenir is printed on an extra quality of supercalendered paper, with neat and attractive binding. The price of it will be only ten cents, postpaid. Order of the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn.

Can Not Get Along Without It

By Editor

A SISTER writes, enclosing her renewal to the REVIEW for one year, and says:—

I have been reading the REVIEW for one year, sent to me by one of the dear sisters, and I think I can not get along without it.

There are surely many others who would appreciate the REVIEW as much as this sister does, and who are not now subscribers.

Perhaps you can not afford to pay for their paper, but if not, can you not at least tell them of the good things which you find in it? Tell them of the wonderful progress of the message in China, in Korea, in Russia, and other so-called difficult fields, and then encourage them to take the REVIEW, and thus secure these good reports themselves.

Those who read the REVIEW know best of its helpfulness, and we ask all our readers, as we are about to begin a new year, to lend a hand in helping to largely extend its sphere of usefulness.

The Open Letter Tract

By Editor

Do you not think that your friends and neighbors would be interested in reading the “Open letter” which appears in this issue of the REVIEW, beginning on page 9? It has seemed to us that they would read the truth in this form when they would not pay any attention to the usual presentation of it. It has seemed this way to some of our brethren in the field. We have accordingly put this letter into an eight-page tract, with a suitable note of explanation concerning the circumstances which called it out. Elder C. McReynolds, the president of the Kansas Conference writes that he thinks “a million of them would be used by our people in a few weeks.” Price, ½ cent each, 40 cents per hundred, $3.75 per thousand, postpaid. The usual discount to tract societies. Order through the usual channels.

Washington, D. C.

Since the last report of the situation in Washington, the interest in the Sabbath question has increased. Sunday, January 1, quite a number of the ministers of this city preached directly on the Sabbath question. In Monday’s issue of the Washington Post were several articles on this question from those favoring Sunday observance. Among these were a letter from W. F. Crafts, and the report of a sermon by Dr. J. G. Butler, at one time chaplain of the United States Senate, who is a radical National Reformer. There were also letters from Elders W. W. Prescott and George B. Thompson. Washington is stirred over the Sabbath truth as never before. We know that this is the time to build up our work in this city.

Up to the present time, we have received $52,356.54. See list on page 21. We are hoping that several donations of one thousand dollars will soon be sent in.

The following letter shows the deep interest manifested by our people in foreign lands in this work:—

ROKEBY PARK, SOUTH AFRICA, Nov. 16, 1904.

Dear Brother: Please find enclosed the sum of two pounds, ten shillings, for the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund, sent by our family and other friends here. It is indeed not only a duty, but a privilege, to donate what we can to such a worthy call. We are glad to see the amount increased by every mail, and no doubt the Lord is testing his people with this appeal. The establishment of our denominational headquarters in Washington is one of the chief sign-boards for the remnant in this generation. If all would come to the help of the Lord, the needed amount would soon be raised. Some will be sorry they have not given anything after the amount is made up. The Lord bless his work at Washington.

Your brother in the blessed hope,

J. S. WASHBURN.

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