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Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 36.

MRS. E. G. WHITE
Earlier text: THE SOURCE OF STRENGTH

EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONIALS CONCERNING THE SKODSBORG SANATORIUM AND ITS WORK.

By J. C. Ottosen

We have printed a pamphlet of many pages containing testimonials from persons of influence. And in order that you may see how much they appreciate our work, I wish to quote a few extracts from some of these.
Prof. ——, known all over Scandinavia as a man of art, says, among other things:—
“It is not necessary to go to other countries to find that which we have just as good, if not better, here at home. In many things the Skodsborg Sanatorium stands fully abreast with the sanatoriums that I have seen in foreign countries, and in many respects it stands far above those. It is beautifully situated on the island of Sjælland, and is under the direction of Dr. Ottosen and wife, who have been educated at the world-famous sanatorium at Battle Creek. This place ought to be recommended before all others to those who are suffering.”
A superintendent of an old college and classical school in Copenhagen, a man well known as an author of works on history and grammar, writes:—
“I have had opportunity closely to examine the sanatorium and its work, and it is my opinion that the director, in a most able manner, is bringing the institution and its work up to a degree of perfection that certainly is exceptional.”
A widely known singer and teacher in singing, who several times has been called to sing before King Christian and King Oscar, and who for many years has had a leading position at the royal opera in Copenhagen, says:—
“That which did me so much good during my stay at the sanatorium was not only the natural and rational methods of treatment, void as they both are of old custom and modern humbug, but especially that love, sympathy, and interest revealed toward the patients by the leading ones as well as by all the helpers. I heartily wish that the institution may continue to thrive, for the blessing of suffering humanity.”
An old captain in the army, who has traveled all over Europe and visited many health institutions and health resorts, says, in his testimonial, that he has been cured of a disease of sixty-seven years’ standing, having been born with it. After a most hearty recommendation and expressions of thanks, he says:—
“I consider it a great fortune and a blessing for my country, and a great prize for the sick, to have such an institution. May success attend this work, and may it be a continual blessing to the suffering.”
An ex-college professor and later author and newspaper man in Copenhagen, was cured at our institution of several obstinate diseases. He says:—
“In the two summers that I was at the Skodsborg Sanatorium, I saw the most remarkable cures from nearly every kind of disease, and I am fully persuaded that almost every ailment, taken in time, can be cured by a stay at the sanatorium. The location of the institution, the apparatus, the efficiency and courtesy of the leaders, and the kindness of all the helpers,—all go to make the Skodsborg Sanatorium the best place in the country where the sick may be sure to find the greatest blessing of life—health.”
Colonel ——, a man known by nearly all here on account of his service and his eminence in politics, says:—
“I consider it fortunate for our country that we have, in the Skodsborg Sanatorium and the Frydenstrands Kuranstalt, institutions that have brought the blessings of the natural methods of treatment to us, and where energetic efforts are being made to spread the knowledge of the same among our people. Having made quite a lengthy stay at the Skodsborg Sanatorium, I can only speak very highly of the location, the treatment, the board, and the friendliness and cordiality of the workers, manifested in the interest and care shown to every patient.”
A pastor of the Methodist Church says:—
“Here are the very best conditions for good results of treatment given. And I most heartily wish that the Skodsborg Sanatorium may have great prosperity, and become a source of encouragement to those who have sacrificed work and money for the sick that may resort to this place.”
A counselor of justice, owner and editor-in-chief of a paper that goes into many homes in our country, says:—
“I must say that the method of treatment used at the Skodsborg Sanatorium far exceeds that of all the many institutions that I have visited in foreign countries.”
Two members of the legislative body, one a member of the House of Commons, and the other a member of the House of Lords, writes:—
“The Skodsborg Sanatorium, and the Frydenstrands Kuranstalt at Frederikshavn, have lately introduced a method of treating disease that works very successfully. This hygienic-dietetic method has, in the course of a very short time, wrought many great and remarkable results, and we know quite a number of instances where chronic invalids have been fully restored to health after all other methods failed.”
A lady from Finland who has the superintendency of a home for teachers, maidservants, etc., the home receiving support from the State, and who is known in her own and in other countries as an eminent woman and author of different works for the home and on temperance subjects, also editor of a small home journal, says:—
“I visited many health resorts in different countries. Each of these had seen one or more points of truth. But it was not until 1898 and ’99, when I visited the Skodsborg Sanatorium, that I at last found an institution that, according to my idea, has found and brought into practice the whole truth, as far as we now are able to see and understand it. . . . It would never occur to me to send sick people to any other institution. And it is my highest wish at present that my own country, Finland, might have an institution like this. . . . One thing surprises me, and that is that any sick person in Denmark who can visit the Skodsborg Sanatorium should fail to do so. The only reason is that they do not know the institution.”
A wholesale dealer from one of our provincial cities, writes:—
“At last I succeeded in obtaining a place at the Skodsborg Sanatorium, and I owe the truth to say that although since 1889 I have traveled all over Europe to visit health institutions, I have nowhere found anything so perfect, in the line of treatment and apparatus, as at the Skodsborg Sanatorium, and nowhere have I found so well-trained helpers as there; neither have I, although I have consulted a great number of physicians in these many years, received such a thorough and painstaking examination as the one Dr. Ottosen gave me when I came to that institution. The result was better, and the stay more pleasant, than at any other health institution.”
Many other testimonials might be added, but these few quotations will suffice to show how much the people appreciate our work. The work of this institution has become extensively known. This makes it so much the more important that we keep the work going. J. C. OTTOSEN, M. D.

GERMAN CAMP-MEETING.

By Ole Andres Olsen; Ludwig Richard Conradi

Leaving Mouden, Switzerland, Sunday morning, July 14, we reached Friedensau the following forenoon. We found our new sanatorium completed and in working order, and the Friedensau school full of students. The grounds were partially prepared for the eleventh annual session of the German Conference, July 18–28. As many were encamped, we held a meeting on the evening of the 17th. From Monday morning until Thursday afternoon we were occupied by auditing and other Conference business. We are glad to state that we had sufficient funds to settle with all our laborers.
This was the largest gathering of Seventh-day Adventists ever held in Europe. More than ninety tents were pitched on the grounds, and over six hundred of our people were in attendance. They came together to seek God in spirit. Earnestness characterized their religious experience. When they were given opportunity to speak of God’s goodness, frequently there were two hundred on their feet at once, and it was necessary to divide the congregation into sections that all might have the opportunity they sought. The first Sabbath twenty-five were baptized; the second Sabbath, thirteen more were buried with their Lord, to rise again in newness of life. Our brethren from other lands rendered valuable help. Bible studies were conducted by Elders Waggoner, Prescott, Wilkinson, Boettcher, Johnson, and others; while important health talks were given by Drs. Ottosen, Hoenes, Olsen, and Holden; and the laborers of the Conference took an active part in looking after the spiritual interests of the people.
The business transacted at this time was considerable, and the most of it was out of the way by the time appointed for the European General Conference, July 23. That the work in the various fields might be localized, and more thoroughly unified at the same time, it was decided to form a German Union Conference, embracing the German-Swiss Conference, a report of which has already been given our readers. In Germany proper there will be the East German Conference, having a membership of about nine hundred, with Elder J. Pieper as president; the West German Conference, having approximately the same number of members, with Elder H. F. Schuberth president; and the South German Mission, which is under the superintendency of Elder E. Frauchiger. Holland and Flemish Belgium constitute a mission field, in charge of Elder R. G. Klingbeil. Austria-Hungary, including the Balkan States, under the superintendency of Elder John F. Huenengardt, will be the third mission field—each of these has about two hundred Sabbath-keepers. Russia, on account of its size and the manner in which our people are distributed, will be divided into the South Russian Mission, in charge of Elder H. J. Löbsack, and the North Russian Mission, with Elder D. P. Gaede as superintendent; the southern division contains 960 Sabbath-keepers; the northern, 180. The total membership of the German field, exclusive of German Switzerland and Russia, is 2,339, showing a net gain of 353 for the year. The tithe also increased over $2,000. The tithe and offerings amounted to about $22,100, and the book sales were over $26,000. At this meeting $600 was given to help pay for the material needed for the German edition of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The Hamburg house had a prosperous year.
The Sabbath before the camp-meeting closed, Brother Otto Lüpke, the teacher in charge of the Friedensau school, was ordained to the gospel ministry. The occasion was a precious one for him and for us.
The coming year Elder J. P. Lorenz will permanently locate in Austria. We now have a company of six Sabbath-keepers in Prague, that city of historic note in connection with the Reformation.
In all, about fifteen new workers will enter the territory of the German Union Conference. Those who had the privilege of attending this camp-meeting went away happy in the Lord, and full of courage, looking forward to a successful year’s work, and a good German Union meeting next year.
O. A. Olsen, L. R. Conradi.

AUSTELL (GA.) CAMP-MEETING.

By R. M. Kilgore

From the Mississippi camp-meeting we went to the Juniata (Ala.) camp-meeting, where we found Elders W. L. McNeely and W. L. Bird, and Prof. N. W. Lawrence, engaged in instructing a goodly number of colored people. The camp was located on the mission school grounds. This school is being conducted by Sister Nellie Patchen and C. E. Giles. The tent was filled every night with attentive listeners. We were glad to co-operate with these workers in behalf of this people, and are sure that our efforts were not in vain. Prof. B. E. Nicola came later, and remained till the close of the meeting, while Professors Tenney and Lawrence, Brother Harrison, and myself proceeded to the camp-meeting at Austell, Ga.
The camp was located near the celebrated Lithia Springs, one mile from town. Here again, the attendance was small, both of our own people and of those in the town and surrounding country. There may be occasions when it is not possible to secure desirable grounds near the city or town fixed upon the meeting. Then let the committee seek another place where the people can be reached. We are sure that if the instructions given by the Spirit were heeded, we should find our camps near the mass of the people, and near those cities and towns where our camp-meetings have not been held year after year. One great object of these general gatherings is to reach those who have not had an opportunity to hear the message. Our brethren should not ask for these meetings to be held for their convenience. They should be willing to make a sacrifice of time, and to travel, for the sake of reaching those who have never heard the truth. Unless our brethren generally make a greater effort to attend these annual camp-meetings, which are held at so great an expenditure of time, labor, and money, they will meet with a great loss themselves, and will fail to keep pace with the closing work of the Third Angel’s Message.
The good Spirit was present in power during this meeting, and greatly blessed both ministers and people.
The organization of the Georgia Conference was effected. Elder C. A. Hall was elected president. The departments were provided with secretaries, who we trust will make efficient and faithful workers. Although the membership of the Georgia Conference is small, and their tithe income is insufficient to support the laborers, yet, with the assurance given at the last General Conference that the deficit should be supplied, they enter upon their new life as a Conference, with courage and hope. May God bless these newly organized Conferences. Brethren, pray for our people in these States.
R. M. KILGORE.

THE SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA CAMP-MEETING.

By L. A. Hoopes

THIS camp-meeting was held in a beautiful grove at Cambridge, Neb., August 13-18. The weather was fine. Although the drought has affected this section of the country, there were over one hundred and fifty persons encamped. The outside attendance was also good. The meetings were conducted in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages.
The State agent was present to look after the book business and the circulation of our literature. Dr. N. P. Nelson gave a series of talks on Christian temperance and health principles. Elder F. H. Westphal spoke to the Germans. The other ministers present were N. P. Nelson, Sr., Geo. M. Brown, Fred Anderson, and the writer.
Twenty-five dollars was given for the Scandinavian colporteur wagon, ten dollars for foreign missions, and ten dollars for the Sabbath-school work. The Relief Fund received some cash and several pledges. A goodly number of subscriptions was taken for our various periodicals. Several persons are planning to attend Union College this year. The church-school question was considered, and steps will doubtless be taken to establish church schools in this part of the Conference.
Four persons followed their Lord in baptism. The ministers had liberty in speaking; and all together, it was a profitable occasion. We hope to see fruit of the same in the kingdom of God.
L. A. HOOPES.

MASSACHUSETTS

By K. C. Russell

It is over one year since I became connected with the work in this Conference. Last season, in company with Elder S. A. Farnsworth and others, I labored in tent work, and the Lord blessed in bringing to a knowledge of present truth a good company of believers in Medford. Others accepted the gospel in Arlington. Success also attended the work of last winter and spring. About twenty-five persons have been baptized during the past year, some of whom accepted the Sabbath last summer. A number of them, and others, have been added to the Boston church.
There has been an encouraging increase in the amount of tithe, and the response to the various calls for means to advance the message has been liberal. Our people in this field have also made a good beginning in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.”
This season Elder M. D. Mattson and I, in company with other gospel laborers, are conducting a series of tent-meetings in a beautiful suburb of Boston. We were unable to begin these meetings until July 19, owing to a delay in securing our new tent from the manufacturer in this city. The interest has not been what we hoped for; the location has not proved a desirable one to secure a good attendance. There are, however, a number of whom we are hopeful.
Last Sabbath, the 10th inst., Dr. J. H. Kellogg spoke to a good audience of Sabbath-keepers in the interests of the gospel of health. We are encouraged in the belief that the doctor’s visit here will greatly advance the medical missionary work in this important field. K. C. RUSSELL.

MISSISSIPPI CAMP-MEETING.

By R. S. Owen

This meeting was held at Hatley, July 26 to August 4. It was an interesting and profitable occasion. Long distances and lack of means kept many away who would gladly have been with us. Our brethren are thinly scattered over the State, and it is difficult to get them together at any one point; yet those who attended came to stay through the entire meeting. From the first, the attendance of the general public was good. The tent was full at nearly every preaching service, and often large numbers outside were listening with marked attention. Six persons were baptized, and nine were received into the Hatley church.
After careful consideration, it was unanimously voted to organize a State Conference. Nine different meetings were occupied in considering the various phases of the work, and in organizing. Elder Kilgore presided, and Professor Tenney and Brother Harrison assisted in the organization. All passed off harmoniously, and at the close every one felt that it had been good to be there. Resolutions were adopted which call for enlarged work to be carried on in this field. We trust this will result in great good. The subject of Christian education, as presented by Professor Tenney, was meat in due season to our own people, and was greatly appreciated by all.
Brother Pierce is with me, holding meetings in a schoolhouse. God is giving us His Spirit to help in our work. R. S. OWEN.

THE EUREKA (CAL.) CAMP-MEETING.

By C. M. Gardner; A. S. Marchus

ACCORDING to appointment, the Eureka local camp-meeting was held August 1-11. We found a very desirable location in the central part of the city, and not only did we have the largest audience of our own people, of any meeting ever held in this part of the State, but from the very beginning a good outside interest was manifested. We were favored with the efficient labors of Elder J. O. Corliss and H. G. Thurston, Prof. J. A. L. Derby, and Brethren P. R. Albrecht and L. C. Osborne. The brethren spoke the word with much freedom, and the Spirit of God was present in a marked manner. Both Sabbaths were exceptionally good days, and many responded to the invitation to seek the Lord. At the conclusion of the meeting nineteen were buried with their Lord in baptism.
In counsel with the brethren, it was thought best to leave the tents standing, and continue meetings for the general public. Although the camp broke up Monday forenoon, and nearly all our people left, the tent has been well filled with attentive hearers every night this week.
Pray for the special manifestation of God's presence and blessing in the work here.
C. M. GARDNER, A. S. MARCHUS.

NEW YORK.

By D. A. Ball; S. B. Whitney

FAYETTEVILLE.—The interest here does not wane. We held our first Sabbath meeting, August 10. Friends from De Ruyter, Kirkville, and Collamer were present, and bore testimony. Sunday, Brother Whitney spoke to an attentive congregation in a park at Manlius, on the religious-liberty question, and it has been quite fully reported in the Syracuse and other papers. We have sold $15.50 worth of books, and twenty copies of Good Health. Nine have decided to obey the truth, and others are interested. There is a great work to do here.
D. A. BALL, S. B. WHITNEY.

LULU WIGHTMAN

By Lulu Wightman

CANANDAIGUA.—After nine weeks of continuous meetings in our tent here, I gave out notices to the press that we would close Sunday evening, August 11, but such an interest was manifested that I concluded to continue the work another week. I must then close in order to make arrangements for attending the camp-meeting. I am glad to be able to report that three others have accepted the truth, making in all twelve new Sabbath-keepers in Canandaigua. This week, during the day, I have visited the brethren at Gorham, Vine Valley, and Bristol, and I find that all is going well with them. Pray that this field may continue to yield an abundant harvest of souls.

LULU WIGHTMAN

WARSAW AND WYOMING.

By J. B. Stow

The interest in Warsaw decreasing, we thought it advisable to look for a place for meetings outside, and secured a schoolhouse at South Warsaw, two miles distant, where Brother Boynton and his wife began meetings, while I continued services in the tent at Warsaw. The interest at the latter place continuing to decline, it was thought advisable to discontinue meetings there, and seek another place near Warsaw. Wyoming, six miles distant, being the nearest place available, where we could continue to look after the interest already gained in Warsaw, and encourage the two who had accepted the Sabbath there, after consideration, it was decided to discontinue the meetings in the schoolhouse for the present, and join in an effort at Wyoming. Up to last evening, fifteen meetings have been held, with a fair attendance. The Sabbath question has been presented, and some are deeply interested. We look for fruit here. J. B. Stow.

MAINE

CALAIS.— The tent company at Calais report as follows: “The interest is still good. People come from all parts of the city and a goodly number from the king’s dominion in St. Stephens. When the novelty of a tent-meeting has worn off, the attendance often decreases, but that is not the case here. We have presented in love yet with boldness the prominent features of our faith, and though the people are slow to accept, they are listening with earnestness. We have been here in tent just seven weeks, and seven have begun to keep the Sabbath. It is a serious question in our minds whether or not it will be right to take the tent down to go to camp-meeting. We shall be governed in this somewhat by the interest two weeks from now. We are expecting to have a baptismal service before camp-meeting.”

U. S. ANDERSON

By U. S. Anderson

Indiana.

ELWOOD.—We are in the midst of a series of good meetings. Some prominent citizens are attending every night. We expect to continue these meetings this week; and if the interest continues, will hold until camp-meeting. If the brethren have clean copies of the Signs, Sentinels, or REVIEW, please send to me, postpaid. I can make good use of them. The Elwood papers are very good to us in announcing our meetings and our subjects each evening, and that awakens an interest among the people. Brethren, pray that the work here may be a success.

U. S. ANDERSON

Wolf Lake Meetings and Baptisms Report

By I. J. Hankins

WOLF LAKE.—Brother Yeager brought me to this place, Sunday morning, August 11. Three meetings were held during the day, besides a baptismal service. Three of Brother Graham’s children were baptized.
Not all are walking in the light; consequently there is not, and cannot be, the harmony that would otherwise exist. Some are robbing God both in tithes and in offerings. The brethren have done well in maintaining their church school, though a few have had to carry the burden. I tried to show the brethren that our prosperity depends on believing God—doing what He says. Personal labor is needed in many of our churches. I. J. HANKINS.

Tent-Meetings at West Indianapolis and Central Avenue

By A. W. Bartlett

INDIANAPOLIS.—During the tent-meetings at West Indianapolis, Sister Booz, a United Brethren evangelist, was convinced of the truth, and publicly took her stand for the Sabbath of the Lord. She stated, in substance, that though her church and her relatives and friends were against her in her acceptance of the truth, yet she would obey God.
The meeting at West Washington Street is increasing in attendance and interest. Brethren Elliott, Vince, and Grant Roberts, and McCuaig are rendering valuable services in public work at this place. We appreciate their hearty co-operation, and their testimony is that their souls are refreshed as they labor for others.
The newspapers here have published our sermons quite freely.
Our congregation at Central Avenue was unusually large last Sunday night. We spoke on the solemn theme of the judgment, and showed that not only the righteous but all the world are interested in that judgment. A. W. BARTLETT.

Tent Meetings at St. Joe and Hicksville

By F. M. Roberts; J. E. Collins

St. JOE.—We began meetings in the tent here July 19, with a fair audience, which varied from fifty to two hundred. At present it is smaller. The interest is not as we would like to see it. So far, only one that we know of has decided to obey; but the seed sown is good, and will finally grow. Besides the work at St. Joe, we were invited to Hicksville, just across the Ohio line. We found a number ready for baptism, and after holding two meetings with them, we had the privilege of baptizing ten precious souls, three of whom are from Indiana. It was a most solemn occasion. We are glad that when the Lord works, it is done well. Pray for us.
F. M. ROBERTS, J. E. COLLINS.

WINDFALL.—

By J. J. Fellow

Sabbath, July 20, was a good day for the West Liberty and Windfall churches. We arranged for the two churches to hold a union meeting at a schoolhouse two miles east of Windfall, to make it convenient for both churches. In the forenoon Sabbath-school was held in the grove, near by. The children greatly enjoyed the occasion, their teachers finding many lessons for them in nature. After Sabbath-school we ate lunch, and then an interesting program, consisting of songs and recitations, was carried out by the children.
J. J. FELLOW.

West Liberty Meeting and a New Member

By J. J. F.

WEST LIBERTY.—August 10 we had a good meeting at West Liberty. The Spirit of the Lord came in, and all seemed to enjoy the occasion. One sister was taken into membership on profession of faith. As she is a noble Christian lady, we hope to see her engage in some branch of missionary work.
I hope to visit Oliver Chapel, Tipton, and Kempton in the interest of the truth before camp-meeting. Pray for me and for the work in this part of the Lord's vineyard. J. J. F.

News and Notes

— Colombia is enforcing a strict press censorship.
— Snow fell for an hour in Alpine Pass, Colo., the 29th ult.
— It is thought that the food outlook in Russia is growing steadily worse.
— Much damage was done by the recent gale which swept over the Barbados.
— Vice-president Theodore Roosevelt is being boomed for the 1904 presidency.
— W. H. Hunt, of Montana, has just been appointed governor of Porto Rico.
— On account of bad crops, Korea has forbidden the exportation of any of her rice.
— An international good roads congress will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., the 16th inst.
— Martial law has been proclaimed by Turkey, in the Sassoon district, because of “alleged Albanian plots.”
— One of Colombia’s high officials has telegraphed that “all insurgent guerilla bands have been destroyed.”
— General William Ludlow, former military governor of Havana, died of tuberculosis at Morristown, N. J., the 30th ult.
— Owing to a great rush of business, fruit packers at South Haven, Mich., are unable to secure enough women to work in the factories.
— The Russian vessel “Neptune,” bound from Pensacola, Fla., to Montevideo, was recently wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico. The entire crew perished.
— Lord Kitchener claims to have sworn evidence to the effect that the Boers have killed wounded Englishmen; and he has been instructed to make reprisals.
— Diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Turkey have been severed, because of the refusal of Turkey to withdraw her troops from the Bulgarian frontier.
— The town of Grand Bourg, on Marie-Galante, French West Indies, was practically destroyed by fire during the latter part of August; 3,000 people being made homeless.
— Ten years ago twenty-nine per cent of the people of this country were living in towns of 8,000 or more inhabitants. To-day 32.9 per cent of the total population of the United States are found in the cities.
— Emperor William, of Germany, refuses to see Prince Chun, the Chinese envoy sent to apologize for the murder of Baron von Ketteler, unless the prince prostrates himself—a thing which no Chinese ever does save to his own sovereign.
— A New York dispatch states that Venezuela has “decided to place a report of its differences with Colombia before the State Department at Washington.” The United States will doubtless be willing to arbitrate for the republics of both Americas.
— The Press-Post, of Columbus, Ohio, has been obliged to suspend business because the compositors “refused to set up copy furnished by non-union journalists.” Perhaps these compositors would refuse to eat bread made from wheat raised by non-union farmers, or baked by non-union bakers.
— A Chicago newspaper reports that on the 25th ult., “a negro, Henry Noles, accused of murdering a white woman, was burned at the stake near Winchester, Tenn. He had been taken from the sheriff by a mob, after a sharp fight, and was burned in the presence of 6,000 persons, hundreds of whom helped on the murder by throwing oil and fence rails upon the fire.”
— President Schwab, of the great steel trust, has refused to accept the arbitration plan submitted to him by Simon Burns, President of the Knights of Labor, and leader of the window-glass workers. Mr. Schwab says that there is nothing to arbitrate. The operators state that the old men are “secretly asking to be taken back, regardless of union rules,” and that their mills will soon be operating again, with non-union men.
— Last week Mrs. Carrie Nation wrecked a brewery exhibit at the Elks’ carnival, Danville, Ill.
— The painters and structural iron workers of San Francisco, Cal., have won their strike for shorter hours.
— It is estimated that 400 human lives, 200 ships, and $75,000,000 have been lost in trying to reach the north pole.
— The Colombian gunboat “La Popa” recently ran on a rock near Savanilla, and sank. Fate of crew is unknown.
— The value of Colombian currency has so fallen that one American dollar is now worth forty-one in Colombian paper money.
— The new Harlem River bridge connecting “the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx,” was formally opened the 22d ult.
— Because of opposition on the part of labor unions, Mr. Carnegie’s offer of $75,000 to Wheeling, W. Va., for a library, has been rejected.
— According to an interview secured with Mr. Kruger by a reporter of the Gaulois, of Paris, the Boer leader counts upon only 10,000 men still in the field.
— A dispatch from Copenhagen states that that city is full of Russian detectives, in anticipation of the coming visit of the Czar. Two Russians have already been arrested.
— Government officials claim to have discovered “a wide conspiracy in Nogales, Ariz., to admit Chinese into the United States. A revenue collector and a Chinese inspector have been arrested.”
— A Boer convoy of eighty-six wagons loaded with ammunition and supplies, was recently captured by British troops, near Klerksdorp, South Africa. Much stock and eighteen prisoners were also taken.
— Steyn, De Wet, and Botha have defied the exile proclamation by Lord Kitchener, and have announced their “determination to fight to the last ditch.” As long as these are in the field, the South African war will continue.
— The United States has informed the Chinese legation at Washington that “hereafter the Treasury Department would refuse landing permission to Chinese ostensibly bound for Mexico, unless it could be absolutely satisfied of their good faith.”
— President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association, and leader of the great steel strike, has named Bishop Potter, Archbishop Ireland, and Seth Low, as men whom that association would like to have act as arbitrators in the strike now in progress.
— Canada will sell 500 of her famous “thousand islands” in the St. Lawrence River. These are distributed “between Kingston and Brockville, and range from five acres to one fiftieth of an acre in extent. Only two islands will be sold to the same applicant.”
— The following statement concerning affairs in China has been handed out by a Methodist bishop who was “specially commissioned to visit China to investigate the causes of the Boxer outbreaks:” “Great wrongs the Chinese have committed, but with a tenth part of the provocation, we would have done a thousand times more and greater.” The Powers have treated China as they chose simply because she on her part refuses to be anything but a peaceable nation.
— A Madrid dispatch dated the 29th ult., states that “while the British fleet in Spanish waters was maneuvering to-day, a torpedo which had been launched, stranded on the shore in front of La Linea. A party of man-of-warsmen was sent to recover it, but were prevented from doing so by a detachment of Spanish carbineers. The landing party was strongly reinforced from the fleet, overawed the carbineers, and took the torpedo.”
— A dispatch from Paris, dated the 29th ult., states that Dr. Koch has “announced that he will inoculate Dr. Granault with bovine tuberculosis, to test the theory that human and bovine tuberculosis have nothing to do with each other, and that man cannot catch the disease from cattle.” Several gentlemen in the United States have offered to be thus inoculated, some stipulating that, in case of death, their families be provided with an annual income.
— Evidently J. Pierpont Morgan, the American millionaire, is not satisfied with simply the Leyland Line of steamships; for, according to reports from Glasgow, “Mr. Ellerman, of the Leyland Line, has bought for J. P. Morgan and his associates the old City Line of fourteen steamers, engaged in the East Indian trade, for about $5,000,000. If these be added to the Leyland Line’s property, that line’s fleet will consist of seventy-four vessels, having a tonnage of 301,000.”
— A $100,000 fire recently occurred at Chipley, Fla.
— The new Chicago post-office will be completed in 1903.
— The population of Detroit is estimated to be about 332,000.
— The United States will soon be able to produce all the beet sugar it needs.
— A New York company, with $2,000,000 capital, will develop 18,000 acres of asphalt land in Kentucky.
— The number of Americans permanently located in London has increased thirty per cent the past two years.
— Lord Kitchener will be obliged to return to England soon, on account of the serious state of his health.
— Three men recently made the trip from St. Joseph, Mich., to Chicago in a rowboat, having “a perilous experience with fog and squalls.”
— There has just been incorporated at Albany, N. Y., the College of Heraldry in America, its purpose being “to make genealogical researches.”
— It is reported that 704 Turkish men and women have been exiled to Yemen, Arabia, charged with “supposed complicity in a plot to set fire to the Sultan’s palace.”
— The new German tariff law was “apparently planned to drive out American competition in foodstuff.” A great increase is made thereby in duty on cereals, meats, and live animals.
— According to the leading Chicago newspaper, the rogues’ gallery at the central police station of that city is “made up largely of boys and dead men,” while the pictures of real crooks are “seldom shown to victims, and tucked away on a dusty shelf.”
— An exchange states that “the French Anti-Alcoholic Union, founded five years ago by Dr. Legrain, has to-day 435 local societies, with over 40,000 members,” and that “temperance cafés are now being opened in various towns in France.” May the good work go on!
— There are two sides to every question—even the tipping system so prevalent in Europe. It is stated that “a restaurant keeper in a German city has testified that he gives his waiters only six dollars a month; whereas, if he forbade fees, and undertook to give their equivalent, each waiter would cost him seventy-five dollars a month.”

Church Growth and Calls for Bible Studies at Muncie

By P. G. Stanley

MUNCIE.—Since our last report, two more have united with the church, and three others are keeping the Sabbath, and have promised to unite with us soon. More calls are made for Bible studies than we can answer at the present time. The church is of good courage in the Lord, and is doing valiant service for the Master. This field is truly ripe for the ingathering of souls. P. G. STANLEY.

Church Services and Ordinances at Ligonier

By I. J. H.

LIGONIER.—Have held five services with this church, celebrating the ordinances on the Sabbath. The Spirit of the Lord was with us, and hearts were encouraged. I. J. H.

Hagerstown Interest Grows Despite Small Attendance

By A. L. Miller; J. S.; Viola Shrock

HAGERSTOWN.—Our interest is still good, although the attendance last week was small on account of the Hagerstown fair. So far, only one has accepted the Sabbath, but others are deeply interested, and a number have signified their intention to follow all the light God may have for them. Elder Hankins’s visit over Sabbath and Sunday was greatly appreciated by all. Our literature still sells readily. We look for developments the next two weeks. Remember this interest at the throne of grace.
A. L. MILLER, J. S. AND VIOLA SHROCK.

Tent Meetings at Millersburg Show Steady Interest

By I. J. H.

MILLERSBURG.—I spent one day with Brethren Young and Swartz at the tent in Millersburg; attended one meeting. The interest continues, and the brethren are hoping to see a good result. Attendance is not large, but quite regular. Our brethren are laboring together harmoniously, and the Lord is blessing them. Let us pray for the work in Millersburg. I. J. H.

South Bend Church Visit and Ordination

By I. J. H.

SOUTH BEND.—I conducted one service here, ordained Brother Galloway as church deacon, and made a brief call on many of the members. I find nearly all faithful in tithes and offerings, and a spirit of love and unity prevails. Brother Bigelow was absent, unfortunately, but Brother Winslow kindly took me about the city to see the brethren and sisters, and to announce our meeting, which effort was rewarded with a full attendance. The Lord has blessed the labors of Brother Bigelow, and we hope in time to see still more fruit. I. J. H.
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