p. 159 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 20. (5/15/1879)

Paulding and Uniopolis, Ohio.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

I CAME to Paulding, April 25. Spoke twice in the court-house to a few. A goodly number of Sabbath-keepers came in on Sabbath and Sunday. I explained to them the nature of our work and the duties of our people. Nineteen gave in their names to form a church. Four were baptized.

The brethren obtained a full outfit for the Sabbath-school, including a club of sixteen Instructors; they also procured all our blank-books for the various branches of the work, and a set of Sister White's works. There are over thirty Sabbath-keepers in this place, mostly raised up within the last year by Bro. Rupert's labors.

I came to Uniopolis, Monday, April 28. This is a most lovely country, very rich and finely improved. A company of over a dozen Sabbath-keepers have settled here. Some have embraced the truth here. They have a Sabbath-school and regular meetings, and have promptly adopted the tithing system, as every Christian should do. Hence I found their money ready, and no complaining. All business was laid aside and we spent all of Tuesday in meetings of various kinds. I baptized four, and organized a church of eight.

We had the pleasure here of meeting Eld. Hamilton Hull, of the S. D. Baptists, who remained all through the meetings.

D. M. CANRIGHT.

Good Health.

Maine.

Now comes the State of Maine, after an experience of twenty-eight years in the prohibition of intoxicating drinks, and what have we for results? Entire failure, says one. More liquor drank than before, says another. Can't make men moral by law, says a third. I told you so, says a fourth.

Let us see. Let us weigh carefully and justly all the evidence we can find, and see if the verdict corresponds with that of those interested in the liquor traffic. Neal Dow, the man who introduced the prohibitory license law into the legislature of Maine twenty-eight years ago, is still living, and still fighting the rum traffic, cheered and encouraged by the wonderful success that has crowned his labors for the good of mankind. In a newspaper article on temperance, the following paragraph occurs:—

‘‘All experience shows the folly of attempting to make men moral by statute. The Maine liquor law, which has been in force for years, has utterly failed to secure the ends aimed at.’’

In replying to this, Mr. Dow says that from the enactment of the law in 1851 to the present hour there has not transpired one single fact to justify the assertions that the law had been a failure; but on the contrary, it had been a wonderful success from the beginning. Before the law, liquors were sold freely in every little town in the State, wholesale and retail, now there is not an open bar or grog shop in the State. The distilleries and breweries are all suppressed by the strong arm of the law, and there is none in the State. No liquors are brought into the State publicly, and if brought have to be smuggled in in concealed packages, and if discovered, confiscated and destroyed. He says that not more than one-twentieth part as much is consumed as was before the law, and none estimate it at more than one-tenth. Where the people formerly spent $10,000,000, they now only spend $500,000. Before the law, every little corner grocery was a grog shop, and now the liquor traffic is entirely unknown in all the small towns, villages, and rural districts.

In the large towns and cities there is some sold on the sly, the profits tempting them to take the risk. They have now a man in the penitentiary for seven years and two months for defying the law. Those who engage in this illicit vocation are the lowest characters and mostly foreigners. Mr. Dow says the improvement of the condition of the people is wonderful, as none could fail to perceive who knew their condition formerly and now. Both political parties endorse it, and public opinion backs them up.

Now if the law was of no force, the first to find it would be the politicians. The last Democratic State Convention made an effort to modify the law, but were defeated by an overwhelming vote. At the last session of the legislature a motion to strike out of the law beer and cider could get only seventeen votes to favor it out of 250. Now, with these facts before us, is it not true that prohibition does prohibit? Of course it does; it cannot do otherwise; and when we see it asserted that the Maine law does no good, we know that those who so state either are not well informed, or intend to deceive.

No, my friends and co-laborers in the great cause of temperance and humanity, be of good cheer. The Maine law has come to stay, and stay it will, till the last nail is driven into the coffin of King Alcohol. Push on the column.

Corsica, Ohio.

By A. O. Burrill

Our meeting at Bellville closed very encouragingly last Wednesday evening. Thursday we returned to Corsica, after an absence of five weeks. Harmony and love prevail. The Sabbath-school is proving a grand success, as well as the Sabbath and evening prayer-meetings. They enjoy these meetings and can hardly wait for the Sabbath to come. On the Sabbath we celebrated the ordinances for the first time in this new church, and the Lord came very near. Sunday six were baptized, and joined the church.

The Methodist minister preached three sermons against our views. Sunday afternoon and evening we reviewed him. The Methodist minister's efforts amounted to almost nothing. On the whole, his effort will greatly help our cause in this place. At the close of our review we repaired to the water, where six more were buried with their Lord in baptism, making twenty-six that have come into the church organization. There are still others who will be baptized and come into the church at our next quarterly meeting.

A. O. Burrill.

April 28.

Sandyville, Iowa.

By George I. Butler

The T. and M. State Quarterly Meeting at this place was a very precious meeting, one of the very best of its kind that I ever attended.

Our society business meetings were of great interest. There is an encouraging interest kindling up. The good effect of Bro Haskell's T. and M. Institute held last winter at Sigourney is already seen in the greater efficiency of the officers, in improvement in keeping the accounts, and in the increased interest manifested to have everything done right. We never had as strong hopes for the success of our society as now. Arrangements were made for tent labor. Five tents will probably be run this season.

May 1. Geo. I. Butler.

Oak Creek, Kansas.

By Smith Sharp

April 15-20, I was at Oak Creek, Kansas, in Smith county, where a number of our people from Iowa have recently settled. They have been holding Sabbath-meetings, and have created some interest in the minds of some to hear our views. I held eight interesting meetings with them. Several made a start for the first time to serve the Lord. On Sunday six were baptized, and a church of fourteen members was organized.

Smith Sharp.

Dassel and Fairhaven, Minn.

By W. B. Hill

May 20, I baptized eight persons at Dassel.

At Fairhaven, May 21, I organized a church of ten members. Some were unavoidably detained at home. There will be about twenty members when all join that will. Nearly all pledged one-tenth of their income to the cause of God. The Sabbath-school at Dassel is flourishing. It has forty-seven members. The Sabbath-school at Fairhaven numbers twenty-one.

W. B. Hill.

Dry Creek, Kansas.

By M. and H. Enoch

OUR labors at Dry Creek closed April 28. Twelve began, for the first time, to keep the Sabbath. Six others were already keeping the Sabbath, making eighteen in all. The Lord has been blessing greatly. Souls have given their hearts to God, and accepted Jesus as their Saviour.

M. AND H. ENOCH.

Wakeman, Ohio.

By H. A. St. John

SABBATH, April 26th, I baptized five persons, and organized a church of twelve members. Others are keeping the Sabbath, and will join soon. May they so live that the Lord can bless them, and add to their numbers.

H. A. St. John.

Nicotine in Her Smack.

By Mrs. Garrison

I WONDER how any woman who has ever kissed a clean man can go through the pretense even of kissing a tobacco-chewer. Did you ever see one suffer the penalty? This is how she does it. There is a preliminary shudder, and then she sets her teeth hard, holds her breath, makes a little pigeon dip at the foul lips of the grinding beast, and then, pale with horror, flies to the kitchen, where, if you follow her, you will find her disinfecting with soap and water. Many of the blessed little hypocrites pretend that they like the smell of a cigar, but even hypocrisy is powerless to force from a woman the confession of a fondness for hanging like a bee on the flower to a tobacco worm's lips.—Mrs. Garrison.

The Art of Good Table Manners

By Cincinnati Commercial

No matter how deliciously cooked one's food may be, there may be surroundings which take away his appetite. If he raise his eyes in a public dining-room and behold a countless host of his fellow-men eating with their knives, plunging those dangerous implements well down their throats at every mouthful; if they sit curled up like the letter S, with their elbows propped upon the table; if they "schlurf" their soup and coffee like a quadruped; if they talk so loud that he knows every bottle of ale and vanilla custard that he ordered in the circuit of ten feet about him, the epicurean will hardly care much for his dinner. Refined and dainty table manners are an indispensable element of the fine art of eating—eating being an operation which is not superlatively pretty to look at, at its best. —Cincinnati Commercial.

Appetite, Food, and Bad Luck

It sounds funny, but we conceive the old "grace" spoken by John Ryland to have been uttered most reverentially: "Whereas, some have appetite and no food, and others food and no appetite, we thank thee, O Lord, that we have both."

BAD luck is simply a man with his hands in his pockets and a pipe in his mouth, looking on to see how it will turn out.

Religious News and Notes.

By Editor

—The Regent Square Presbyterian church, London, has a class of blind, numbering 140.

—The Japanese government has granted the right of Christian burial, a point hitherto jealously guarded.

—A Reformed Episcopal church in Louisville, Ky., of 90 members, disbanded because of financial stress.

—Rev. J. K. Karcher, who recently left the Episcopal church for the Catholic, has returned to the former.

—A "requiem celebration" (mass for the dead) was held in a St. Louis Episcopal church for the late Dr. De Koven.

—It is reported that the Rothschilds have taken a mortgage upon the whole of Palestine for the loan to Turkey of 2,000,000,000 francs.

—A Virginia writer says, that owing to the fact that white Protestants shun the negroes, the latter in large numbers are coming under Catholic influences.

—The Congregationalists of the United States, if we may judge by recent actions and utterances, are fast going over to a faith in "conditional immortality."

—Judge Emerson is meting out justice to the Polygamists of Salt Lake in a manner pleasing to the "Gentiles"—which means, to all who love decency and law.

—The fund which is appointed to be raised for the Bishops of the Methodist church has run so far behind that the "Bishop's Fund" is in debt to the Book Concern to the amount of $104,000.

—The English Church Times says that in Bethnal Green, where there is a population of 119,489, there are fifteen churches, with accommodations for 14,478, and the actual attendance is 905!

—The Presbyterian General Assembly meets this spring in Saratoga, and arrangements were made to accommodate all guests—whether commissioners, members, or visitors—at one dollar per day; a wise plan.

—Bishop Nestor is appointed to the Greek church in Alaska, and is now on his way to his see. His permanent residence will be in San Francisco. There are about 7000 communicants in Alaska—Russians, Servians, Montenegrans, &c.

—The somewhat notorious Bishop Colenso, who has so zealously fought the Pentateuch, has satisfied himself that the ten commandments are a modern interpolation! Many would be glad to have the proof of their authority removed.

—Rev. A. J. Faust of Washington City has withdrawn from the Episcopal church, and joined the Roman Catholic. We see no need of the withdrawal—if the former church keeps on its present course its members will soon find themselves in the latter.

—The Presbyterian Mission in New Mexico among the Pueblo Indians meets with a difficulty in their language, which has no prepositions, articles, conjunctions, nor relative pronouns, and to a great extent wants moods and tenses of verbs. The Pueblos are pantheists.

—An aged Baptist minister, Mr. Atwell, recently died in Pleasant Valley, Conn., once uttered the following "grace" at a large public dinner;—"Adam sinned by eating, and Noah by drinking. Save us, Lord, from the sin of the one, and the folly of the other, Amen."

—Wm. Hague, D. D., a distinguished Baptist minister, says, "Church history shows that notwithstanding the incidental evils of freedom, the public mind of a nation can never be more badly depressed, weakened and demoralized than when occupying the dead level of religious uniformity."

—The Religious Telescope says, in a revival meeting in Clark Co., Iowa, John Carlton, "M. W. G. M.," publicly professed the Christian faith and renounced Masonry. One of his chief objections to the order was that professed Christian ministers in the lodge recognized him as their Worshipful Master, while he was not a Christian, but "a child of the devil."

—The Christian Secretary thinks baptism is not given sufficient prominence, even amongst Baptist ministers, to which the Christian at Work says, "But the doctrine of all others which the apostles preached with efficacy was not baptism but the resurrection. That is slighted more than it should be, and is a doctrine least preached in some quarters." True—very true.

—The Christian Standard says: "It is strange to read in the nineteenth century that our English Wesleyans are subject to persecution of a mean character. English landlords and titled property-holders vie with each other in carrying off the palm in this respect—the former refusing to let farms to Methodist tenants, and even refusing to sell sites for Methodist chapels. Even professed liberal landlords are reported as refusing to sell sites."

—In this manner small, earnest beginnings bring great fruit. In 1848 thirteen men gathered together, thirteen prayers were said, and thirteen dollars subscribed for the commencement of a place of learning for those of the Baptist faith, and then the thirteen men all went home. To-day Madison University, N. Y., owns all its buildings and 160 acres of land in a beautiful part of the country. It has a fine library, no debts, and between $400,000 and $500,000 drawing interest.

Secular News.

—Strikes are reported on the Canada Pacific Railway.

—A defaulting bank cashier in Russia was sent to Siberia.

—Grasshoppers are reported on the Truckee meadows in Nevada.

—There is a strong movement on foot in England in favor of silver.

—Fires in Berks County, Pa., are destroying hundreds of acres of timber.

—A serious riot lately took place in Cork, Ireland, between rival factions.

—Ex-Judge Barnard of New York city died April 27. He was impeached in 1872.

—Francis Murphy has arrived in San Francisco and commenced temperance lectures.

—The greatest freshet ever known in New Brunswick occurred in the present month.

—Assistant Postmaster General Tyner is on his way to the Pacific coast on a tour of inspection.

—A heavy fire occurred in Chicago, May 10, of a lumber-yard and dry-house, with about a dozen cottages.

—Discussions in Congress continue to be characterized by bitterness of feelings—much as it was before the war.

—There is uneasiness in the Western States over the movements of the Railroad monopolies, Gould and Vanderbilt.

—Calcutta advices say that 80,000 pilgrims attended the Hurdwair Fair, and have carried the cholera in various directions.

—An affray took place at a double execution in Columbia County Ga., May 9. Twenty-five shots were fired, and several were wounded.

—The report of the cessation of the plague in the east seems to be premature. An outbreak of spotted typhus fever has occurred in Astrachan.

—The Parliament of British Columbia, sitting in Victoria, is moving for separation. Complaints have long been made of the neglect of the "mother country."

—The real estate sales in San Francisco in April were less in amount than in any other month since September 1872, when the "Goat Island excitement" was raging.

—The recent election in Indiana was a great victory for the Republicans. This is supposed to indicate the feeling in the North over the action of the present Congress.

—The friends of Cornell University are alarmed over its prospects. These were not flattering, and the absence of President White on a foreign mission is working against it.

—The N. Y. Herald, speaking of Alaska, says, "It is the judgment of all who have disinterestedly studied the subject, that law for white settlers is quite as needful as force to control the Indians."

—A Frenchman, M. Perroy, has invented an apparatus for distilling water at sea, for which he has received a prize of 3000 francs, by which sea water is turned out fresh, well aerated, inodorous water.

—Mrs. Sarah B. Hale who was editress of Godey's Lady's Book for fifty years past, died recently in Philadelphia. She had an editorial experience, in its length, shared by no other person in the country.

—A car load of dynamite exploded in Stratford, Canada, on the Grand Trunk railroad, May 5. Buildings were leveled to the ground; 150 cars were destroyed, the whole town was moved as if by a heavy earthquake.

—The St. Petersburg Golos says,—The first party of 300, out of 2000 prisoners arrested in Moscow during the winter, have started for Siberia. 9000 persons arrested in other towns will pass through Moscow during the summer.

—Twelve hundred socialists paraded the streets of Chicago on a recent Sunday, many of them armed. They announce their intention to inaugurate a strike on the fifth of July which will be general, throughout the whole country.

—The N. Y. Sun says the new Constitution of California is contrary to the United States Constitution and treaties, and says it "is a remarkable instrument, but it cannot knock the bottom out of the Constitution of the United States."

—The ten men who were shut in a mine near Wilkesbarre, Pa., have been rescued after five days imprisonment. When reached they were cooking their breakfast, having killed a mule on which they had subsisted four days.

—Efforts are still being made in the South to retain the negroes. But in the convention of May 9 in Nashville, Ex-Congressman Rainey said "the negroes would no longer trust to the promises of Southern whites, which had always been broken."

—May 10, seats in the N. Y. mining Exchange sold for $250, and $300, which sold for $60 in January, and the highest price in April was $120. This rise was under the expectation that business would be driven from San Francisco to New York under the new constitution.

—St. Petersburg advices say the reports of the extraordinary measures to keep the peace are entirely false, as all is secure, and there is no abridgment of liberty. But, on the other side, it is asserted that favorable reports cannot be relied upon where imprisonment or death awaits him who tells the whole truth.

Missionary Work at Camp-Meetings.

By S. N. Haskell

THERE is no enterprise connected with the cause of present truth which presents a larger and more important field for missionary effort than our camp-meetings. We have eighteen conferences, which will hold over twenty-five camp-meetings the present season. These meetings will bring together upon the Sunday an average attendance of not less than two thousand people at each meeting. The large gathering in New England comprises from 15,000 to 20,000. This will give a total attendance of not less than 50,000 people, many of whom will hear the truth for the first time. Experience has taught us that it is best to hold these annual gatherings near large places, where as large an attendance as possible can be secured from those not of our faith.

Our camp-meetings have become noted for their order and for being free from wild excitement which has so frequently disgraced meetings of this kind of other bodies of people.

Upon each camp-ground there should be a book-stand where an assortment of our publications can be had at the regular prices. This stand should be located near the public thoroughfare. Also the Secretary of the Tract and Missionary Society should have a tent where all business of the missionary work can be transacted without interference. This should embrace all renewal of subscriptions for our periodicals, new subscribers, furnishing premiums to the canvassers and have also a supply of each of our periodicals as sample copies, to be used by the canvassers in obtaining subscribers.

THE DISTRIBUTING OF TRACTS.

There is no more favorable time to give an individual a tract then when the mind is favorably impressed by the preaching of the truth. It is well to have individuals of both sexes engaged in this. They should quietly take their position in or around the congregation, and at the close of the discourse be ready to hand to the persons as they leave, a tract or two on the subject presented. The tracts should be of the smallest size. Usually an 8-page tract is better than 16 pages or larger, as individuals can read it while their minds are under the influence of what they have heard. The minister at the close of the sermon can call attention to their position, and mention that they will hand to those interested a tract on the subject presented. He should also state that at the book-stand publications can be obtained which treat upon the various subjects of our faith. Persons should be selected to do this who are agreeable in their manner and will give none offense.

CANVASSING FOR OUR PERIODICALS

At the camp-meeting, is a means by which very much can be accomplished if taken hold of systematically and carried forward in a proper manner. The friends of the cause should be called together previously and the whole matter laid before them, so they may work in harmony with each other and in the most effectual manner.

It has been found best to have brethren and sisters canvass for each of our periodicals. It is proper for each canvasser to take a subscription for either of our periodicals; yet he who canvasses will be more successful to make a specialty of but one.

Children and youth will do best for the Instructor. At three of our camp-meetings last year children who could not write their own names obtained a goodly number of subscribers for the Youth's Instructor.

The fact that there are canvassers on the ground should be mentioned from the preachers' stand, and the friends present should be recommended to subscribe. This will give confidence to the people and canvassers.

These canvassers can be appointed by some proper person who is acquainted with the brethren and sisters; also volunteers should be called for. Those who are not appointed to act in a special sense as committees should not think that they have nothing to do in the matter; let all do what they can. It is expected that during the intermission those who are appointed will give their time to it. Be constantly on the alert; kind, courteous, courageous, never getting offended, but if answered roughly go to the next person with as much courage as though every one subscribed.

PRICES OF OUR PERIODICALS.

The Associations make a special offer for our camp-meetings, to those who take hold of the work. The Review, and SIGNS to those wishing to subscribe for four months on trial, without a premium, 50 cts. One year without a premium for the Review or SIGNS, $1.50; with the premium Way of Life $2.00. The Good Health, without the premium, one year, 60 cts.; with the premium, The Household Manual, $1.00. The monthly Instructor, with the premium, 50 cts.; 25 cts. The weekly Instructor with the premium, Child's Poems, or one volume of Sunshine Series, 75 cts.; without the premium, 50 cts. The College Record, published quarterly, 10 cts. a year; no discount or any premium. If there are Scandinavians, then the Tidende and Harold should be used, with the premium, Way of Life. The price of either one would be $1.00, the regular price. Without the premium, 60 cts. for one year. These are especial prices, offered only to new subscribers obtained at the time of the camp-meetings.

There should be not less than 1,000 subscribers obtained at our camp-meetings during the present season for each of our periodicals. This will be accomplished if, at each meeting, our brethren and sisters do in proportion as well as Iowa, Indiana, and Nebraska did last year.

We have no time to lose. Each president or secretary should begin to plan, send for sample copies of each of our periodicals, Way of Life, Household Manual, and Child's Poems, or any other premium which may be used for the Instructor. We hope to see great results from this kind of labor this present season.

The Saviour took his disciples from place to place and instructed them in the truths pertaining to the kingdom of God. Others listened to these teachings. It was the seed that thus sown which yielded fruit at the pentecost. We should ever keep in mind the object of our camp-meetings, which is two-fold: first, to seek God ourselves so that we may obtain a greater nearness to him, and bring our families and friends where they too can receive the instruction given. Second, to do all in our power to enlighten the masses who may attend. As a Christian people we should seek every opportunity to fasten conviction on the minds of those who may become interested. The true Christian principle is manifested in letting our light shine that others may be benefited thereby.

S. N. HASKELL.

Walla Walla Camp-Meeting.

THE camp-meeting appointed for the eastern part of the N. P. Conference to be held near Walla Walla, beginning the 4th day of June, is an important one. It is the first S. D. Adventist meeting of the kind ever held in this part of the field. All people east of the Cascade mountains should feel an interest in it and use their influence to make it a success. Let every one make an effort to attend the meeting. Come with a heart prepared to help bear its burdens and share its joys.

Circulate the appointment of this meeting as far as possible. Tell your neighbors and friends of it and ask them to come. Bring your children to the meeting that they may be brought under the good influence of the truth and the Spirit of God. Come praying that the blessing of the Lord may be in the camp. Prepare to stay through the meeting; for many times the very last meeting is the best.

Let every one prepare tents to camp on the ground. There will be a few to rent, though probably not enough to supply the demand. There will be a store and provision stand on the ground that all may get a supply of eatables at reasonable rates during the meeting. Good straw will be provided for bedding, and feed, both hay and grain, as far as possible, for teams. We try to make it a place where all can feel at home.

The third annual session of the Conference will be held in connection with this meeting. Let every company and church of Sabbath keepers represent themselves either by delegate or by letter. Each church or company should furnish the Conference, through their delegate or by letter, with the number of members in the church, whether you have adopted the tithing system, the number of T. and M. members, and who is the librarian, whether you have a Sabbath-school, how many teachers, and how many scholars. Express as far as you can the wants of the church and cause in your vicinity.

By giving full reports we shall have the condition of the conference fully set before us. We hope new zeal and energy will be manifested in every branch of the work from this time forward. Show your interest in the work, by helping to bear its burdens. We hope for much encouragement from our camp-meeting. We expect aid will be sent us by the General Conference. We must all be prepared to stand by the man who is sent, heed his counsel, and thus be better prepared to work in the cause.

I. D. VAN HORN.

Garibaldi and Italian Voting Rights

GARIBALDI is endeavoring to have the elective franchise extended in Italy. But few now have the privilege of voting, and his movements excite alarm, so little are the people accustomed to any freedom.

Teachers' Bibles.

By Editor

AFTER a careful examination of many varieties of Bibles, we are satisfied that the Oxford Teachers' Bible presents more advantages than any other we have seen. The print is clear, and the binding substantial. In addition to the authorized text, with references, it contains much that is essential to the study of the Bible, to wit:—

1. Notes on the Old and New Testaments. 2. Index. 3. Concordance. 4. Dictionary of Scriptural Names, with their pronunciation and meaning. 5. Twelve Scripture Maps.

The price has been recently reduced, so that they can be offered even lower than the English Bibles we have previously kept.

Number.	Description.	By Freight or Express.	By Mail.
500	Pearl, French Morocco.	$1.50	$1.60
502	“ Venetian “ (Circuit)	2.00	2.10
600	Nonpareil, French Morocco.	2.35	2.50
601	“ “ “ (Circuit)	2.75	2.90
605	“ Persian “ (Flexible)	2.75	2.90
611	“ Turkey “ “	3.25	3.40
705	Minion, Persian Morocco (Flexible)	4.25	4.45
715	“ Levant “ (Divinity Circuit)	7.50	7.75
915	“ “ “ “ “	14.00	14.50

Please order by number, and not by price.

We have also a good supply of family Bibles, and Bibles adapted to church use, which were bought low and can be sold below prices offered at any book store. The type is Small Pica, and very easy to read. Prices from $7.50 to $9.00. These Bibles must be sent by freight or express as they are too heavy to go by mail.

We have a few copies of Bibles for the center table, beautifully bound, Minion type. Prices from $4.00 to $7.50.

Appointments.

By Editor

Camp-Meetings For 1879.

Walla Walla, W. T., June 4—10.

Salem, Oregon, June 25—July 1.

There will be preaching in both Oakland and San Francisco next Sunday evening.

OAKLAND—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner of Thirteenth and Clay streets, every Sabbath (Saturday) at 10 : 30 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7 : 30. Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening at 7 : 30. Sabbath-school at 9 : 15 o'clock Sabbath morning.

SAN FRANCISCO—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, on Laguna street, between Tyler and McAllister, every Sabbath (Saturday), at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7 : 30. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening at 7 : 30. The Hayes Valley cars of Market street and the Lone Mountain cars of the Central railroad, cross Laguna street near the church.

Business Department.

By Editor

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MISCELLANEOUS. Millie Stevens 50c 5-35, Miss Anna R Summers 1.00, 6-7, R J Fanno 25c 5-32, E C Bostwick 50c 5-35, Catherine Englefried 75c 5-38, Rachel Daley 1.00, 5-48, D E Crouch 1.00, 5-43, Benj Gardner 1.00, 5-44, Elizabeth Whitelock 4.00, 4-30, E B Potts 1.00, 5-44, D H Bockman 2.10, 6-15, Mrs Juliett Robison 50c 5-35, G W Brake 3.00, 6-19, Luther Smith (4 copies) 4.80, 6-19, W E Chesebro (3 copies) 3.60, 6-19, Truman Loomis (2 copies) 2.40, 6-19, Mrs W D Clark 1.20, 6-19, Mary Affolter 1.20, 6-19, C M Kinny (12 copies) 18.00, 6-19, Lizzey Leedy 75c 5-43, Leroy Burlison (2 copies) 2.40, 6-19, Mrs Alice Robinson (2 copies) 2.40, 6-19, E H Palmer 1.20, 6-19, Mrs Harriet Aitken 1.20, 6-19, N T Hinkley 60c 5-34, Mrs Hand 4.86, 6-1, Mrs Lucy Buck 50c 5-35, Mrs Hannah Elliot 50c 5-35, Mrs F W Mace (14 copies) 16.80, 6-19, Daniel Oviatt 3.60, 6-19, Thomas Miller 1.20, 6-19, S A Johnson 1.20, 6-19, James Budd (12 copies) 14.40, 6-19, Henry Byman 1.20, 6-19, Edwin Askron 50c 5-35.

CAL. PUBLISHING FUND. Geo: Vickery 10.00, Mrs Anna Plum 10.00, D S Plum 10.00, Wm Saunders 50.00, A. D. Benton 40.00.

CAL. CONFERENCE. Placerville Church 5.00, Petaluma Church 9.00, Olive B Oakes 5.00, Eliza A Langley 5.00, A D Benton 4.00.

OAKLAND CHURCH. E B Saunders 1.00, Nebraska Church 4.87.

RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT. New York and Penn T and M Society 225.00, Nebraska T and M Society 30.00, Bloomfield Sabbath School 9.75, Indianna T and M Society 50.00, Maine T and M Society 25.00, California T and M Society 41.35, Rhode Island T and M Society 3.00.

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