p. 18 | Review and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 27. (6/3/1915)

Earlier text: Mental Food for the Young Child

Temperance Work of the Emmanuel Missionary College Young People’s Society

By Dudley C. Newbold

BERRIEN COUNTY has gone “dry”! To the students of Emmanuel Missionary College the local option forces concede a large measure of the credit.

Six years ago the question of local option was before the people of the county, and the “wets” won by a majority of 1,375 votes. This year the temperance forces prepared for a desperate fight. Speakers of renown from various parts of the country were brought into the county to assist.

The Young People’s Missionary Volunteer Society of the college thought the coming campaign for a dry county would give them a splendid chance to do some active missionary work. Even though there were no openings for public work in the campaign, the society decided to get ready to give temperance programs in country schoolhouses, and thus if possible contribute a little help in driving out the saloons. Three companies were organized, each consisting of a member of the faculty to act as chairman, three speakers, a quartet, and a person to recite.

After the companies were organized and thoroughly prepared, the next difficulty was to find places in which to give the programs. Considerable effort was required to secure a few small schoolhouses in which to give live, straight local option programs, thus demonstrating to the people that we were seeking to benefit humanity by fighting the saloons. Those who attended our meetings showed by expressions of gratitude and praise that they were pleased with our programs.

The leader of the local option forces, on receiving glowing reports of the meetings we held, decided we were able to handle larger places, and so secured for us a number of churches and halls.

The teams from the college and our homeland neighbors were soon unable to supply the demand for transportation. Urgent invitations came from many parts of the county requesting that speakers or singers be sent, but many times, because of previous engagements, we had to refuse.

The manager of the Anti-Saloon League said, toward the close of the campaign, that “outside of Hall and Summers (well-known lecturers from Colorado), the college was the most potent factor in the campaign.” The part the college took in the campaign served to remove prejudice from the minds of the people in the county. One minister told us that any time the college wanted the use of his church for anything good, it was welcome to it. The newspapers gave the work of the society very complimentary write-ups.

The society collected for expenses $119.26, and distributed about 1,200 Temperance Instructors. The three companies gave twenty-one programs, reaching 3,370 people, and supplied music for twelve large meetings held under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon League.

DUDLEY C. NEWBOLD.

Medical Missionary Department

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

L. A. HANSEN - Assistant Secretary

H. W. MILLER, M. D. - N. Am. Div. Secretary

Berrien Springs Colporteurs' Institute

By W. W. Eastman

ONE of the best student colporteurs' institutes I can remember of attending was held at Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich., April 16-22. About seventy of the students attended the institute with a view to engaging in the evangelistic colporteur work during the coming vacation.

An eager and responsive interest was manifested in the study of the fundamental principles of this blessed work, which was truly inspiring.

The most hearty cooperation was shown on the part of the president and his faculty in helping to make the institute a success from the first.

Brother J. B. Blosser and all his field agents in the union were diligent in their efforts to help the students by way of interesting and instructing them.

A good work had previously been done by the students in their band work, which enabled the brethren to conduct the institute in less time than is usually taken for institutes.

A real missionary spirit seemed to pervade the entire school, which was truly gratifying, and gave promise of a successful summer's work, and an experience which will prove a great blessing to these earnest young people.

W. W. EASTMAN.

More New Foreign Literature

By N. Z. TOWN

THE General Conference Publishing Department has just received from our publishing house in Hamburg the following new literature in foreign languages:—

Books

“Ministration of Angels,” an illustrated book of 146 pages, in Bohemian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, and Polish;

“Steps to Christ,” in Slovakian; “The Mount of Blessing,” in Polish and Russian; “Bible Readings,” a pamphlet of 216 pages, in Polish.

Tracts

Hungarian: “Are You Baptized?” “Which Day and Why?” “The Sinner’s Fate;” “Sleep of the Dead;” “The Righteousness of God;” “Second Coming of Christ.”

German: “The European War in the Light of the Bible;” “What Will the Future Bring?” “The Voice of the Church Fathers and Other Catholic Writers on the Reading of the Scriptures.”

Dutch: “Children of Light;” “The State of the Dead in the Light of Prophecy.”

Bulgarian: “Children of Light;” “Faith or Meaning;” “Righteousness of God;” “Secret of Health;” “Are You Baptized?” “The Millennium;” “Sufferings of Christ;” “God’s Infallible Prophetic World Clock.”

Ruthenian: “The Children of Light;” “Full Assurance of Faith;” “The Sinner’s Fate;” “Immortality Only in Christ.”

Lettonian: “Faith or Meaning;” “Children of Light;” “The Sinner’s Fate.”

Slovakian: “The Millennium;” “The Law and the Gospel.”

Bohemian: “Is the Struggle Against Alcohol Justifiable?”

Esthonian: “The Sabbath of the Bible and the Sunday of Tradition,” a pamphlet of 88 pages.

Polish: “Shadow and Substance of the Plan of Redemption;” “The Righteousness of God.”

We suggest to our churches that have any of these foreign-speaking peoples in their vicinity that they order supplies of this new literature and circulate it among them. The orders should be placed with the tract societies. N. Z. TOWN.

Field Notes

A SABBATH school of ten members has been organized at Burlington, Wyo.

ELDER A. S. BRINGLE writes us of the organization of a Sabbath school of twelve members at Concordia, Kans.

DURING the last four and a half months ninety-seven persons have been baptized in the New South Wales Conference, Australia. This does not include those who went forward in this ordinance at the close of the camp meeting in September.

Publishing Department

By N. Z. Town; W. W. Eastman

N. Z. TOWN W. W. EASTMAN General Secretary N. Am. Div. Secretary

Colporteurs’ Summary for April, 1915

UNIONS	AGTS.	HRS.	BOOKS—VALUE 1915	BOOKS—VALUE 1914	NO. COP.	PERIODICALS—VALUE 1915	PERIODICALS—VALUE 1914
ATLANTIC
Maine	6	734	$555.65	$22.40	1011	$101.10	$226.50
N. New England	5	435	262.90	251.95	737	73.70	71.40
Massachusetts	5	546	619.95	451.10	6895	689.50	281.00
S. New England	2	113	82.55	173.00	1872	187.20	76.00
E. New York	16	1848	2471.75	475.50	1068	106.80	140.70
W. New York	9	644	289.25	215.00	3205	320.50	51.30
Gr. New York	11	1105	955.32	349.48	4691	469.10	535.50
Totals	54	5421	5237.37	1938.43	19479	1947.90	1382.40
COLUMBIA
Ohio	22	1969	2257.85	2804.35	3010	301.00	585.50
Chesapeake	7	737	773.99	2203.30	529	52.90	298.50
Virginia	18	846	1059.10	566.20	3410	341.00	101.00
West Virginia	7	424	471.00	398.25	1019	101.90	22.50
E. Pennsylvania	6	382	237.95	895.20	1844	184.40	204.30
W. Pennsylvania	13	1096	1165.80	819.18	1892	189.20	89.00
New Jersey	14	933	974.80	611.25	1741	174.10	194.60
Dist. of Columbia	8	355	452.12	429.80	2690	269.00	208.90
Totals	95	6742	7392.61	8727.53	16135	1613.50	1704.30
LAKE
E. Michigan	18	1730	1094.15	697.70	1380	138.00	174.30
W. Michigan	6	340	232.75	393.60	941	94.10	70.00
N. Michigan	9	642	511.50	218.95	678	67.80	60.00
Wisconsin	10	907	724.90	328.05	3527	352.70	149.80
S. Illinois	19	2793	2513.15	1898.90	2359	235.90	41.60
N. Illinois	13	1316	1314.50	165.18	4725	472.50	459.50
Indiana	16	1842	1738.30	1288.25	1108	110.80	192.40
Totals	91	9570	8129.25	4990.63	14718	1471.80	1147.60
EASTERN CANADIAN
Ontario	3	....	704.70	512.82	3490	349.00	209.10
Quebec	..	....	85.85	......	112	11.20	108.00
Maritime	..	....	57.75	......	938	93.80	235.50
Newfoundland	..	....	15.00	......	......	......	......
Totals	3	....	863.30	512.82	4540	454.00	552.60
SOUTHERN
Louisiana	10	718	871.20	429.50	1524	152.40	50.50
Alabama	21	1552	1282.90	2082.00	1389	138.90	80.50
Kentucky	15	2301	1749.60	2048.30	949	94.90	81.00
Mississippi	17	2041	3172.60	6149.10	687	68.70	95.00
Tennessee River	9	1248	787.15	725.95	1674	167.40	182.30
Totals	72	7860	7863.45	11434.85	6223	622.30	489.30
SOUTHEASTERN
Cumberland	14	1649	1697.76	925.40	1075	107.50	101.10
Georgia	15	805	1794.65	834.60	1140	114.00	126.30
North Carolina	12	1595	1300.05	1449.75	1325	132.50	91.20
South Carolina	5	544	690.05	2651.19	628	62.80	60.00
Florida	9	976	1011.50	1567.65	1899	189.90	98.50
Totals	55	5569	6494.01	7428.59	6067	606.70	477.10
SOUTHWESTERN
Arkansas	12	854	663.70	1457.85	697	69.70	35.80
Oklahoma	23	1585	1740.70	1707.85	1367	136.70	139.80
N. Texas	16	719	1042.60	4074.25	410	41.00	31.90
S. Texas	14	1407	1085.15	2087.50	1554	155.40	50.50
W. Texas	8	538	925.00	265.70	150	15.00	......
New Mexico	2	286	954.25	845.40	390	39.00	16.90
Totals	75	5389	6411.40	10438.55	4568	456.80	274.90
CENTRAL
Missouri	8	1121	1084.85	2387.40	1175	117.50	276.40
E. Colorado	5	799	807.15	158.20	2055	205.50	196.00
W. Colorado	..	....	......	470.50	85	8.50	42.60
Nebraska	3	246	175.25	219.95	971	97.10	75.20
Wyoming	2	35	55.10	138.50	213	21.30	23.30
Kansas	7	715	824.95	507.85	3525	352.50	82.20
Totals	25	2916	2947.30	3882.40	8024	802.40	695.70
NORTHERN
Iowa	4	123	75.35	......	8705	870.50	549.00
Minnesota	3	533	522.84	784.00	1682	568.20	463.20
North Dakota	4	246	429.50	249.85	2584	258.40	18.70
S. Dakota	1	33	51.50	......	918	91.80	212.00
Totals	12	935	1079.19	1033.85	17889	1788.90	1242.90
PACIFIC
California	..	....	......	122.75	4962	496.20	334.00
N. California	..	....	......	658.45	195	19.50	92.00
Cen. California	2	125	299.50	216.50	1095	109.50	41.90
S. California	6	150	260.65	371.70	4045	404.50	532.30
Arizona	1	40	61.00	326.20	75	7.50	17.00
Utah	4	252	276.25	......	50	5.00	2.50
Totals	13	567	807.40	1695.60	10422	1042.20	1019.70

UNIONS	AGTS.	HRS.	BOOKS—VALUE 1915	BOOKS—VALUE 1914	NO. COP.	PERIODICALS—VALUE 1915	PERIODICALS—VALUE 1914
^* NORTH PACIFIC
W. Washington	5	254	$289.20	$666.35	4522	$452.20	$523.40
Upper Columbia	7	1288	1600.00	962.60	1106	110.60	217.50
W. Oregon	3	213	405.15	143.75	1753	175.30	210.80
S. Oregon	6	423	386.00	......	303	30.30	15.70
E. Oregon	..	....	......	......	15	1.50	......
S. Idaho	2	280	110.00	343.75	550	55.00	116.30
Montana	1	164	257.00	......	790	79.00	72.00
Totals	24	2622	3047.35	2116.45	9039	903.90	1155.70
WESTERN CANADIAN
Alberta	..	....	......	179.50	2305	230.50	87.80
Manitoba	..	....	......	......	595	59.50	126.00
British Columbia	..	....	......	......	1740	174.00	215.20
Saskatchewan	..	....	......	......	1800	180.00	105.50
Totals	..	....	......	179.50	6440	644.00	534.50
Foreign and miscellaneous					5188	518.80	1161.30
Subscription list					54548	5454.80	4364.70
FOREIGN UNION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS
British	31	3089	1495.09	1903.48	128551	903.97	3284.57
Australasian	71	3975	6593.35	5242.37	45450	1683.19	1830.50
South African	..	....	......	530.58	......	......	......
Indian	23	2653	464.39	705.00	......	......	......
Scandinavian	81	9541	5547.05	5707.80	7025	446.82	333.20
E. German	61	6647	2344.89	2817.77	96047	2637.74	1680.28
W. German	59	6681	2230.64	3299.36	94842	2612.83	2480.14
Danube	22	1450	544.26	1096.81	......	......	......
Cen. European	63	6590	2326.52	3610.62	23451	598.99	834.79
Latin	13	1844	2169.89	1002.69	7243	232.58	285.04
Porto Rico	..	....	......	460.70	......	......	186.10
Cuba	17	775	2127.15	1284.75	......	......	67.60
W. Caribbean	..	....	......	1061.37	......	......	221.52
Levant	3	504	57.63	37.96	......	......	......
Korean	..	....	21.35	24.82	6300	157.50	132.75
South American	16	1083	1060.94	2297.97	......	227.88	341.22
Brazil	21	1304	803.86	......	......	......	......
Japan	3	1687	......	......	5743	148.73	8.60
Philippine Islands	5	....	643.51	222.10	......	121.25	......
Canary Islands	1	127	180.76	......	132	2.48	......
Jamaica	5	....	91.05	......	3800	228.00	......
Totals, foreign	495	47950	28702.33	31306.15	418584	10001.96	11686.31
Totals, N. Am.	519	47591	50272.63	54379.20	183280	18328.00	16202.70
Grand totals	1014	95541	$78974.96	$85685.35	601864	$28329.96	$27889.01

Comparative Book Summary

	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915
Jan.	$42,532.23	$44,495.65	$53,931.97	$64,262.88	$59,697.52	$46,778.58
Feb.	50,990.34	53,923.57	53,525.18	62,813.12	67,149.45	47,943.61
March	55,711.55	73,015.56	73,374.99	66,640.42	75,962.31	73,414.23
April	64,042.39	73,548.31	73,027.32	73,520.45	85,685.35	78,974.96
May	86,333.58	81,923.78	94,166.15	101,640.01	87,024.10
June	112,606.05	135,888.76	137,838.38	137,373.06	153,480.96
July	103,910.12	127,256.86	156,166.90	140,576.24	199,116.62
Aug.	91,145.11	91,810.46	103,165.69	111,660.64	105,391.65
Sept.	66,523.65	86,001.72	67,551.70	73,732.14	74,359.96
Oct.	62,461.13	81,367.89	70,219.07	84,015.90	60,357.25
Nov.	58,211.68	67,600.00	77,424.87	73,949.68	57,388.95
Dec.	54,663.93	58,386.24	57,291.91	59,749.92	57,496.17
Totals	$849,140.76	$976,218.80	$1,017,684.13	$1,049,943.46	$1,083,110.29

Comparative Summary of American Periodicals

	1912	1913	1914	1915		1912	1913	1914
Jan.^†	121666	177080	152971	170760	July	191937	176772	211040
Feb.	144257	201659	242627	134619	Aug.	183119	153849	171451
Mar.	207529	166499	224757	341059	Sept.	173077	127017	164860
April	189498	152088	162027	183280	Oct.	587830	126557	174182
May	162220	166465	168934		Nov.	108755	100351	142040
June	163120	156550	189897		Dec.	111199	99504	143190
Totals						2344207	1804391	2147976

For two months, March and April.

† Multiply number of magazines in any month by ten cents to get value.

Our Summary

By W. W. Eastman

OUR April report represents only four weeks' work this year, while for April of last year it represented five weeks'. So while our sales appear smaller, they are in reality larger, for had the report included five weeks at the same ratio we would show a gain of about $6,000.

The gain in sales made in the Lake and Atlantic Unions is very marked, the gain in the latter being 179 per cent. The increase in sales in the Latin Union and in Cuba is also worthy of note.

The colporteur work in each local conference and mission field as represented in the summary is worthy of careful and thoughtful study. W. W. EASTMAN.

Comparative Summary of Foreign Periodicals

JANUARY, 1914, 485,968 copies, value $19,795.36; January, 1915, 448,128 copies, value $13,166.23.

February, 1914, 372,235 copies, value $10,739.70; February, 1915, 403,134 copies, value $11,357.55.

March, 1914, 381,017 copies, value $11,168.35; March, 1915, 467,626 copies, value $18,243.92.

April, 1914, 375,140 copies, value $11,686.31; April, 1915, 418,584 copies, value $10,001.96.

Camp Meetings

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Northern New England, Woodsville, N. H. ........ Aug. 19-29

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Wyoming, Crawford, Nebr. ........ June 3-13

Colorado, Boulder ........ June 17-27

West Colorado, Grand Junction ........ June 28 to July 5

Missouri, Columbia ........ Aug. 5-15

Nebraska, Hastings ........ Aug. 19-29

Kansas ........ Sept. 2-12

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

West Pennsylvania, Homestead Park, Pittsburgh ........ June 10-20

Eastern Pennsylvania, Emmanuel Grove, Allentown ........ June 17-27

Chesapeake, Hamilton Avenue Grove, Baltimore, Md. ........ June 24 to July 4

New Jersey, Burlington ........ June 24 to July 4

Virginia, Charlottesville ........ Aug. 5-15

Ohio, Mount Vernon ........ Aug. 12-22

West Virginia ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

Virginia, Newport News (colored) Sept. 9-19

EASTERN CANADIAN UNION

Maritime, Halifax, Nova Scotia ........ June 7-13

Quebec ........ June 17-24

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Wisconsin, Stevens Point ........ June 10-20

North Michigan, Gladstone ........ June 17-27

East Michigan, Holly ........ June 24 to July 4

West Michigan, Charlotte ........ Aug. 12-22

Indiana ........ Aug. 19-29

North Michigan, Mount Pleasant ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

Northern Illinois, Joliet ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

Southern Illinois, Springfield ........ Sept. 2-12

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Iowa, Waterloo ........ May 27 to June 6

Minnesota, Anoka ........ June 3-13

South Dakota, Watertown ........ June 10-20

North Dakota, Jamestown ........ June 17-27

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Western Oregon, Portland ........ May 27 to June 8

Southern Idaho, Caldwell ........ May 27 to June 6

Upper Columbia, Spokane, Wash. ........ June 10-20

Western Washington, Tacoma ........ June 17-27

Montana, Great Falls ........ June 17-27

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Northwestern California, Santa Rosa ........ June 17-27

Northern California ........ July 1-11

California, Richmond ........ July 15-25

Southern California ........ Aug. 5-15

Southeastern California, Huntington Beach ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

Arizona ........ Oct. 7-17

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn. ........ July 15-25

South Carolina, Spartanburg, July 29 to Aug. 8

North Carolina, Durham ........ Aug. 12-22

Georgia ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

South Texas, Elgin (local) ........ June 10-20

West Texas (local) ........ June 24 to July 4

North Texas, Sacul (local) ........ July 8-18

North Texas, Grand Prairie, July 22 to Aug. 1

Arkansas, Hot Springs ........ Aug. 5-15

North Texas, Linden (local) ........ Aug. 12-22

Oklahoma ........ Aug. 19-29

New Mexico ........ Sept. 2-12

South Texas, Corpus Christi (local) ........ Sept. 16-26

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Tennessee River, Hazel, Ky., July 22 to Aug. 2

Kentucky ........ Aug. 13-22

Alabama, Birmingham (white) ........ Aug. 20-29

Mississippi, Laurel ........ Aug. 27 to Sept. 5

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

British Columbia, Vernon ........ June 7-13

Manitoba, Brandon ........ June 18-27

Saskatchewan, Saskatoon ........ June 25 to July 4

Alberta, Lacombe ........ July 8-18

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

The Chesapeake Conference

By Roscoe T. Baer; Windom T. Durst

THE sixteenth annual session of the Chesapeake Conference will be held in connection with a camp meeting at Hamilton Avenue Grove, Baltimore, Md., June 24 to July 4, 1915. The purpose of the meeting is the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting of the conference for organization, appointment of committees, etc., will be called at 11 A. M., Friday, June 25. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and one additional delegate for each ten members. A full delegation is desired from all our churches. ROSCOE T. BAER, President; WINDOM T. DURST, Secretary.

Obituaries

CRONINGER.—Hezekiah Croninger died at McClure, Ohio, May 10, 1915, aged 72 years, 11 months, and 10 days. He died in the blessed hope. A wife and two daughters are left of the immediate family. D. E. LINDSEY.

GROVE.—John H. Grove was born April 27, 1892, and died Jan. 14, 1915. His parents, two brothers, and two sisters mourn his sudden death. He will be greatly missed by his many friends, a large number of whom were present at the funeral service. W. A. YOUNG.

MICHAEL.—Jennina J., wife of William Michael, died at the home of her son in Marion, Ind., March 29, 1915, aged sixty-six years. Three of her six children are left to mourn. Eleven years ago she accepted the third angel’s message, and fell asleep with full confidence in her Saviour. W. A. YOUNG.

GETTYS.—Died at the home of his parents in Logansport, Ind., Doyle Lavaughn Gettys, April 20, 1915, aged 4 years, 8 months, and 7 days. W. A. YOUNG.

WEDDLE.—Elizabeth Weddle died in San Diego, Cal., May 5, 1915, aged 85 years and 6 months. She was a native of Kentucky, but settled in San Diego in 1869. She cheerfully accepted the third angel’s message, and fell asleep in the faith. W. M. HEALEY.

BUGGE.—Died in San Diego, Cal., May 6, 1915, Sister Petrea Severin Bugge, a native of Norway, aged 69 years and 8 months. Two sons and one daughter are left of her immediate family. She was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for many years. W. M. HEALEY.

GRESS.—Morris E. Gress died at his home in La Fayette, Ind., May 4, 1915, aged 27 years, 6 months, and 25 days. He was born at Delphi, Ind. His wife and daughter, one sister, and his aged parents are left to mourn, but they are comforted by the assurance that he had made his peace with God. W. A. YOUNG.

PINE.—Died March 30, 1915, at the age of seventy years, Esther C. Pine, of Marion, Ind. Six daughters and one son are left to mourn. She was married to George M. Pine Jan. 20, 1869, and was left a widow in August, 1911. In 1883 she accepted the advent message, and lived a consistent Christian life until the end. W. A. YOUNG.

McFERRAN.—Georgia Smith was born in Ft. Wayne, Ind., July 7, 1876. She was married to Benjamin McFerran in June, 1897. Three children came to bless their home, two of whom survive. Sister McFerran fell asleep at the home of her sister in Logansport, Ind., Jan. 9, 1915. The funeral service was held at the home of her mother. W. A. YOUNG.

COX.—Died in Thorntown, Ind., April 2, 1915, Elisha Cox, aged 74 years, 6 months, and 27 days. He was married Feb. 8, 1865, to Mary A. Mendenhall. Of their eight children three survive. One brother and one sister also mourn. In 1878 the deceased accepted present truth. High tribute was paid him by his neighbors for loyalty to principle. W. A. YOUNG.

LEWIS.—Susan A. Lewis was born March 25, 1843, and died March 28, 1915, at La Fayette, Ind. She was married to William B. Lewis April 9, 1866. The husband and four of their six children survive. The deceased was a devoted wife and mother, and from 1888 to the end of her life was an earnest member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. W. A. YOUNG.

TAYLOR.—Dorothy Brown Taylor was born in Swanton, Vt., Feb. 4, 1835, and died at her home in South Bolton, Quebec, April 25, 1915. In 1853 she was united in marriage with George D. Taylor, and twelve children were born to them, ten of whom are left to mourn. The deceased was a firm believer in the third angel’s message for more than thirty years, and fell asleep in Jesus. A. V. OLSON.

YOUNTS.—Abraham Younts was born in Miami County, Ohio, May 24, 1847, and fell asleep in Jesus Feb. 22, 1915. He was married to Rebecca C. Furgeson April 6, 1866. She died in 1888, leaving two sons. Later Brother Younts was united in marriage with Samantha Scott, and to them was born one son. The truths of the third angel’s message were dear to his heart, and he bore his suffering patiently. W. A. YOUNG.

CULVER.—Mrs. Mary O. Culver died at Long Beach, Cal., April 26, 1915, aged 76 years, 10 months, and 26 days. She was a patient sufferer during a long illness, and prayed that she might rest if it was her Master’s will. She was born in New York State, but the family moved to Illinois when she was a little girl. She was married to Harlan J. Culver in 1865. Her death is mourned by one sister and one brother, besides other relatives and many friends. F. I. RICHARDSON.

LAUDER.—Our venerable brother, A. A. Lauder, died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, May 11, 1915, aged eighty-nine years. His was a noble, faithful life, and his devoted companion, who is left to mourn, is sustained by the blessed hope. Brother Lauder served as treasurer of the Ohio Conference for three years. He fought in the Civil War, and his comrades assisted in the funeral services. D. E. LINDSEY.

SHARP.—Marian E. Hall Sharp was born near Amity, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1840. She passed away at her home in Academia, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1914. She was united in marriage to Christian R. Sharp Oct. 1, 1871. Some twenty-seven years ago the deceased united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and remained a faithful member until her death. Two sons and two daughters are left to mourn. *

NICKEL.—Josephine B. Nickel was born in Indiana, May 5, 1844, and died May 10, 1915. Her maiden name was Hankins. She was married to W. F. Nickel May 16, 1866. Their first home was in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, but for many years they lived at College View, Nebr. Their last years were spent in the Old Soldiers’ Home at Grand Island, Nebr., and there our sister fell asleep. Brother Nickel and one son are left to mourn. B. L. HOUSE.

Pennsylvania Tract and Missionary Society

By H. M. J. Richards; Lucy Page Emerson

THE annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Tract and Missionary Society will be held in connection with the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, on the Emmanuel Grove camp grounds, Allentown, Pa., June 17-27, 1915. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Friday, June 18. This meeting will be for the election of constituent members for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.

H. M. J. RICHARDS, President; LUCY PAGE EMERSON, Secretary.

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