ELDER BUTLER and others have written none too strongly in regard to the pressing demands of the Southern Training-school at Graysville, Tenn. Its condition is most needy indeed, and must be changed, if possible, before the opening of the school year.
Perhaps no one now living is better acquainted with the history of this school, its conception and birth, its struggles and conflicts during its growth, than the writer, having been with it from its incipiency.
It was the first, and therefore is the oldest, institution planted in the South by Seventh-day Adventists. Elder G. W. Colcord started it as a private enterprise, with the indorsement of the General Conference, which then directed the work in these nine Southern States as only a mission field. There were but few believers, and none were wealthy.
It was by a great sacrifice and a united effort that the present school building was erected, at a cost of about three thousand dollars. Our first dormitory was burned to the ground, and without financial aid from others, we again built another, costing between three and four thousand dollars. We incurred no debt, but our people could do no more.
Both of these buildings are still in use without additional rooms, except as made by partitioning. But they are both sadly in need of repairs. The first must have a new roof, for the present one is too worn to shelter its inmates or the building. The second must be supplied with another heating plant, as the present one has insufficient power, is badly worn, and is unsafe. We have no suitable laundry, and one should be provided at once. Our destitute financial condition has compelled us to accept the most meager facilities, and the health of those doing the work has been endangered. Other improvements are greatly needed, and better furnishings must be provided.
The general educational secretary, Prof. F. Griggs, on a recent visit to the school, after taking a careful survey of the buildings and surroundings, stated that ten thousand dollars was actually needed to place the institution in a proper condition.
It will be noticed that we are not asking for assistance to pay debts, but to place the institution upon a proper, reasonable footing, so that it can do the work that the spirit of prophecy has definitely pointed out it should do. In speaking about the institutions in the South, the servant of the Lord says: “I saw where there are institutions for the advancement of the Lord’s work. One of these places was Graysville, and another, Huntsville, where we have industrial schools. These schools are to receive encouragement and help; for the Lord led in their establishment.”—Testimonies for the Church, Vol. VII, page 231.
In view of this full indorsement of the Southern Training-school by the spirit of prophecy, we feel that it is our duty to present our plea for that “encouragement and help” we so much need just now. Will it not please those who can help to send us the relief called for? Thousands of dollars have been contributed to the upbuilding and support of our other institutions, while there has been no general call made for this one, and but little received from outside of Graysville. Our policy has been to shun debt. In the management of the school we have succeeded in keeping the running expenses within our income, and have incurred no debts, but have made no great gain. We have waited till other institutions might receive assistance. Our people at Graysville have again and again donated to help in that direction, so that the school has received no material assistance for years.
But it is now reaching a crisis, and must have help, or a sad loss will surely be realized. Will not our good people in the North and in the South come to its rescue? No appeal in its behalf has been published till the present, pressing conditions were reached. We have endured the poor facilities and furnishings; suffered with the cold on account of incomplete heating apparatus, and waited till we knew that our turn had come. Our young people in the South are entitled to better and more appropriate accommodations than we have hitherto been able to give them. I must believe that our people will not consent to this any longer, and that they will now contribute willingly and liberally to place the Southern Training-school upon the plane the Lord has so plainly declared it should occupy.
R. M. KILGORE,
Chairman of the Board.
North Carolina Conference
By Jessie V. Bosworth
The fifth annual session of the North Carolina Conference was held in connection with the camp-meeting at Newton, N. C., July 7-16, 1905. Eight meetings were held, the first July 10 at 9 A. M., with the president, Elder T. H. Jeys, in the chair. In his address the president gave a brief retrospective view of the work of the past year. While there have been perplexities, the Lord has blessed the efforts of the faithful, self-sacrificing workers, a number of whom have been largely self-supporting. One church has been organized during the year, and about thirty baptisms were reported. A motion to place the appointment of the usual committees in the hands of the conference committee prevailed.
During the session the following resolutions were passed:—
“1. Resolved, That we express our gratitude to God for the manifest tokens of his tender care for his work and workers, and that we consecrate our lives anew to the one great work of carrying the message to all the world in this generation.
“Whereas, The General Conference has recommended that religious liberty departments be organized and secretaries be appointed in each union and State conference in North America, to work in counsel with the general Religious Liberty Department; therefore,—
“2. We recommend, That such a department be created in this conference.
“Whereas, The Southern Publishing Association has offered to establish a depository in the North Carolina Conference; therefore,—
“3. Resolved, That we favor the establishment of such a depository on the following basis: (1) That the salaries of the secretary and assistant be shared equally by the conference and publishing house; (2) that the conference be allowed tract society rates on all books sold to those who are accredited laborers; (3) that all regular canvassers receive their books and supplies from the depository.
“4. Resolved, That we lend all support and encouragement possible and consistent to school and sanitarium enterprises started in our conference by private individuals who desire to operate in harmony with the conference; and that we authorize the conference committee to act as an advisory board for such as necessity may demand.
“Whereas, The Piedmont Sanitarium is owing some small accounts, and as these are debts of denominational honor; therefore,—
“5. Resolved, That we address ourselves anew to the payment of these obligations.
“6. Resolved, That we indorse the action of the sanitarium board and conference committee in the selling of the sanitarium real estate to apply toward the liquidation of the sanitarium debts.”
By way of immediate action in carrying into effect Resolution 5, one hundred and eighty-one dollars was raised in cash and pledges to apply on the indebtedness. The work among the colored race received considerable attention, and it is expected that a school will be started for the purpose of training workers among these people. The report of the educational and Sabbath-school secretary showed that we have twenty-one Sabbath-schools, with a membership of two hundred and fifty, and eight church and mission schools, in which there have been enrolled during the past year two hundred and sixteen pupils.
Credentials were granted to the following-named persons: J. O. Johnston, T. H. Jeys, D. T. Shireman, Albert Carey, W. H. Armstrong; ministerial licenses to George Crawford, J. W. Beach, W. L. Killen; missionary credentials to H. G. Miller, Mrs. Mollie R. Miller, M. H. Johnston, Earl D. Hahn, Minnie Hahn, R. L. Underwood, E. R. Allen, Burton Church, L. D. Randall, Jessie V. Bosworth. The name of H. R. Shelton (colored) was accepted for ordination and credentials. Of these only seven are on the conference pay-roll, for a portion or all of the time.
The following officers were elected: President, T. H. Jeys; Vice-President, D. T. Shireman; Conference Committee, T. H. Jeys, D. T. Shireman, W. H. Armstrong, M. H. Johnston, B. A. Rogers, J. W. Beach, M. G. Creasey; Secretary and Treasurer, Jessie V. Bosworth; State Agent, H. G. Miller; Secretary Religious Liberty Department, T. H. Jeys; Secretary Sabbath-school and Educational Department, Mrs. Emma B. Rogers; Secretary Medical Missionary Department, M. H. Johnston.
JESSIE V. BOSWORTH, Secretary.
Camp-Meeting Sabbath-School Review on Tithe Paying
By J. E. Froom
At some of our camp-meeting Sabbath-schools this year the experiment was tried of having the general review consist of the voluntary recounting of personal experiences both in the paying and in the non-paying of tithe. This radical departure from the beaten path followed in conducting reviews was not intended as a criticism of the regular method, but was rather taking advantage of the opportunity to impress vividly the lesson subject.
The results were most satisfactory. It so happened that without prearrangement the most thrilling accounts were corroborated by persons present in the school who were eye-witnesses of the facts. One case reported was that of a minister, who, upon coming to a knowledge of this truth, decided to tithe his present property, but his purpose was severely tested by a series of events which greatly reduced the value and hindered the sale of a piece of property, so that it required months of persevering effort and sacrifice to get his tithe paid. Since then he had noticed nothing remarkable in his business affairs, but said that he could report the merciful care and protection of God, and that all his children—though small at the time referred to, and at home with their mother, who at that time was not a Sabbath-keeper—have been led to connect with God’s remnant people. One of them is a devoted minister, and the others are in positions of responsibility.
An experience in pioneer life was related by a successful canvasser. While burning the heavy growth of grass about the farm buildings, a change in the wind carried the flames rapidly toward the barn and haystacks. When the mad flames were within eight feet of the barn, the father gave up in despair, but the son, a believer and tithe payer, raised his eyes toward heaven, and cried to God to rebuke the devourer. Instantly the wind changed to an opposite direction, carrying the flames toward a place where the grass was already consumed, and the remaining blaze was stamped out by a brother who was present.
Other members of the school were in Nebraska at the time of the great grasshopper scourge which is vividly remembered by many who experienced its blasting ravages. One told how the grasshoppers came in flocks like clouds, which upon lighting left nothing but desolation where beautiful fields had but a few hours before waved before the wind. They were everywhere, relentlessly progressing like a consuming plague. When they reached the wheat-field of a tithe payer, he prayed earnestly to the God who made the grain and the insects, the God who at the word of Moses sent locusts over the land of Egypt. The grasshoppers came up to the fence of his wheat-field, and piled up like a windrow, but they did not touch that wheat, which stood alone in that neighborhood as a monument to the keeping power of God.
Another farmer said that in his field the insects had progressed about one rod, and he had brought his team, intending to plow a furrow in front of them, but instead of that he knelt down and pleaded the promise of the Lord to “rebuke the devourer” for our sakes. In a very short time a flock of blackbirds had cleared the wheat-field of every grasshopper in it.
The result of neglecting to pay tithe and to fulfil vows might have been witnessed by some who remained silent, while others drew detailed comparisons between working in partnership with God and the very unsatisfactory plan of undertaking to live by one’s own exertions.
A brother in business gave a ringing report of the Lord’s blessing upon him and his tithe paying. Recently he had lost everything he possessed by fire, but friends volunteered assistance, and he immediately engaged in business, which has prospered until now his tithe amounts to his former wages.
The choice seems very clear between a life of faith and obedience, proving the Lord and receiving his blessing from the open windows of heaven, and the life of personal exertion without faith, which is obliged to learn lessons of faith by having blessings removed. The Lord says through his prophet Haggai, that by such efforts we sow much and bring in little; we earn wages to put it into a bag with holes. “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little.”
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life.”
J. E. FROOM.
Nashville Sanitarium
By O. M. Hayward
We are glad to report another list of donations. These have been received since our last report. We feel grateful for every penny, as it is that much toward the answering of our prayers and toward providing a home for our growing work.
We are very busy, but there are many interesting experiences which show clearly that He who has promised that divine power should be coupled with human effort, has not forgotten his promise. We see, daily, things accomplished which nothing but the power of God could accomplish, and we give him the glory.
Some of our friends have visited us of late, and nearly every one has made some such remark as the following: “If you can carry such a sanitarium work as this under these conditions and with these facilities, what could you not do if you had a good building, well equipped?” We replied that this work here only shows how the Lord can do something with nothing.
A prominent gentleman from the city, when here for his treatment the other night, said, “Well, this place must be on a boom.” And another, a prominent merchant, said last night, “You are growing right along; I am glad of it. I hear nothing but good words for you. My son will be around in a day or so.” A well-known lady said yesterday, “You folks are going to take the whole place here.” We replied, “No; we are only going to take as much of it as we can benefit.”
It is pretty hard to see how the work grows, but it grows. We attribute it to the Lord’s blessing. But, dear friends, what do you think of one of the Lord’s sanitariums, and one which he is blessing daily, without a home? Do not you think it would be a good plan to send in the donations a little faster, and put this work under suitable shelter before cold weather comes? The Testimony says of the workers in the Nashville Sanitarium, “Now they must have help.”
Send donations or pledges to the treasurer of the Southern Union Conference, 1025 Jefferson St., or to the Nashville Sanitarium, 140 N. Seventh Ave., Nashville, Tenn.
The following list includes all donations received to date:—
Previously reported .......... $1,958 05
Mrs. H. E. Warner ............ 1 00
Mary E. Ayres ................ 5 00
Jas. H. Brisbin ............... 1 00
Mrs. Marcia Corston .......... 1 00
Adolph Schenk ................ 5 20
A friend ...................... 25
Louise Burkhardt ............. 15 00
Robt. Raddle ................. 100 00
Jacob Shively ................ 10 00
W. D. Dortch ................. 10 00
P. S. Thweatt ................ 10 00
Mrs. P. W. Baker ............. 10 00
Mrs. Annie Lewis ............. 10 00
Annie L. Nelson .............. 11 00
L. A. Callicott .............. 10 00
Total ......................... $2,157 50
O. M. HAYWARD.
Ministry of Healing
By E. R. Palmer
Since we sent out the sample copies of this new book, which has been donated by Sister White and set apart by the General Conference for the relief of our sanitariums, we have received almost daily letters, not only speaking of the book in words of praise, but with real enthusiasm. Presidents of union conferences and officers of the General Conference have heartily approved of the book, and express themselves as greatly pleased that such a book is to be used for this splendid undertaking. Some have even gone so far as to express the opinion that this promises to be the most popular book ever issued from our publishing houses.
The theme is a living one. All people are more or less interested in it. As we enter upon this campaign, involving the greatest financial effort ever undertaken by the denomination, it is a great blessing that we can have a book so precious in its contents as to enable us to confer a blessing upon the world sufficiently great to reward us many times over for our effort, without even taking into consideration any of the financial assistance which may accrue to our sanitariums.
Publication day is set for September 12. Many orders have already been taken. All of these will be filled as soon as possible after that date, and we hope to be able from that time on to provide as many copies as will be required throughout the whole field.
Soon after receiving a copy of “Ministry of Healing,” Elder Loughborough wrote us his impressions as follows:—
“I have just completed a reading of the book entitled ‘Ministry of Healing,’ by Mrs. E. G. White.
“First I noted the one hundred and nine engravings, and as many more scrolls, shields, cards, and etchings with their appropriate mottoes. These pictures alone are an impressive volume, so lifelike in design and beautiful in execution.
“Next I traced through the different divisions of the book, and found that consideration was given to all the walks of21life and all the various conditions and vocations in which, in the providence of God, mankind may be placed.
“Then I settled down to a careful reading of the book. What a vast amount of instruction, entreaty, and encouragement to faithfulness in every walk of life this book contains! What a portrayal of the tender mercies of our God and the compassion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! Just the help needed in all families is here clearly traced.
“‘Ministry of Healing’ is the title of the book, and wherever its teachings are received and acted upon with the Lord’s blessing, there will indeed be a healing of many maladies, moral as well as physical.
“May the good Lord prosper the effort that shall be made to place this book in the homes of all the people.
“J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.”
The sale of this book will depend very largely upon a personal knowledge of it by all our people. Therefore, first of all, we invite our own people to secure the book and read it. It will be supplied through the regular channels for distributing our literature.
E. R. PALMER,
Sec. Gen. Conf. Relief Bureau.
The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
By I. H. EVANS
THE donation of five dollars in the REVIEW of March 23 credited to Daniel P. and M. E. Hayes should have been credited to David P. and M. E. Hayes.
The donation of $5.75 credited to A. D. Ladeau in the REVIEW of May 4 should have been: A. D. Ladeau and family, $2.75; Sister Martha Chipman, $1; and Sister Lillian Porter, $2.
The duplication of the name of H. P. Daniells in the REVIEW of August 17 was an error. This donation and four others were by mistake added twice in the list, though the other names were noticed and not published the second time. We therefore subtract their sum, $38.32, from the total reported of last week.
Amount previously reported........$108,865 40
East Michigan Tract Society........66 01
Central Union Conference...........41 50
West Cooper (O. T.) church.........27 85
Of Jeannette C. Phillips...........25 00
E. H. Tefft........................10 00
Mrs. L. J. Ruiter..................10 00
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blow............10 00
Mary Owen (New Zealand)............7 31
Mrs. R. E. Jones (New Zealand).....5 11
FIVE DOLLARS EACH
Elsie A. Brown, V. M. Kelley, Dora E. Barker, Oscar Gabriel Haylock (Honduras), A. Ensmingle, Decatur (Ill.) church, W. A. Perry.
Mrs. O. M. Pascoe (New Zealand), $4.87; Jennie Landahl, $4; Harrold Kellogg, $3; Hans Frandsen (Denmark), $2.70; Miss F. Harker (New Zealand), $2.44; a friend, $2; R. A. Caldwell (Singapore), $1.83; North Queensland Tract Society, $1.83; West Coast (South American) Mission, $1.65; Mrs. N. Joss (New Zealand), $1.22; Mrs. Ella Cornell (Alaska), $.45; Gracie Knight, $.30; Amalia Frandsen (Denmark), $.27; Julius Beck-Jensen (Denmark), $.27.
$1.35 EACH
A. Madsen (Denmark), Christine Jensen (Denmark), Fru Marie Wegner (Denmark), N. Clausen (Denmark), P. Hansen (Denmark).
ONE DOLLAR EACH
W. H. Hall, Birdie Ruiter, Mrs. R. T. Nash, Mrs. Joseph Ulmer, A. E. McElmurry, L. J. Dawes, Martha J. Sevrens, Bertha H. Barker, Carrie Moranville.
Victor Ulmer, James Davis, Battle Creek Tract Society.
A brother.........................$ 10 00
G. W. Barker.......................10 00
Twining family.....................25 00
Total reported....................$109,196 25
I. H. EVANS, Treas.
Current Mention
— An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging at Nanticoke, Pa., two hundred or more people out of a total of 12,000 residents having the disease.
— The cholera epidemic continues to spread in Germany, but assurances are given that the disease will not be allowed to cross the Atlantic. One hundred and five cases, with thirty-two deaths, had been reported in Berlin up to September 7, also a number of cases at Hamburg.
— The work of the federal courts at Chicago in bringing the beef trust to justice is proceeding slowly. The Cudahy Packing Company has demanded a separate trial, and it is stated that all the packers may demand separate trials, which demand, if granted, would necessitate twenty-one trials before the case is concluded. The trust is evidently seeking to escape by delay.
— The new Anglo-Japanese treaty which has been recently concluded is broader in scope than the former one, information supposed to be authentic stating that it is now so drawn that Japan protects England from a Russian invasion of India, and England protects Japan against the operations of France in Indo-China. In addition, either power is to come to the assistance of the other in case of an attack by any one, instead of two, other powers.
— An earthquake occurred in southern Italy September 8, which is described as one of the worst ever experienced in that region. The shock came between two and three o'clock in the morning, waking the people from sleep and driving them panic-stricken into the streets. Descriptions of the occurrence tell of “scenes of indescribable terror,” marked by frantic invocations to the22madonna and the “saints” for protection. A full estimate of the destruction and loss of life due to the catastrophe has not been obtained, but it is known that many villages have been destroyed, and that the number of killed and injured reaches several thousand.
— The blowing up of the Rand powder mills at Fairchance, near Uniontown, Pa., September 8, caused destruction for miles around, and totally obliterated the structures belonging to the Rand company. Nineteen of the thirty-two employees on duty at the time were blown to pieces. A spark from a workman's tool is thought to have caused the initial explosion, six other explosions following in rapid succession, the third being the most destructive.
— On the expiration of the agreement between coal mine owners and operators, April 1, 1906, the following demands will be presented by the miners’ union, the alternative to which will be another prolonged strike: “First, a recognition of the miners’ union by the coal operators, the recognition to take the form of a signed agreement. Second, the substitution of an eight-hour work-day for the nine-hour work-day awarded by the strike commission, which is now in force throughout the hard coal fields. Third, an increase in pay over the minimum wages now paid to men and boys who are not contract miners, but are generally classed as unskilled labor. Fourth, a uniform scale of wages for workers, not actually miners, at all collieries.”
— The peace treaty between Russia and Japan was formally signed by the envoys at Portsmouth September 5. When the knowledge of the terms of peace arrived at Tokyo, there was a popular uprising which for a time assumed a serious aspect. Ten Christian churches and one mission building were burned, Baron Kamura’s home was threatened, and there was a display of anti-American sentiment at the American legation. It became necessary to declare martial law and establish quiet by military force. Much more unfortunate has been the immediate sequence of the peace compact in the Caucasus, where a terrible uprising has occurred, ascribed to the Russian revolutionary party, resulting in prolonged fighting between Tartars and Armenians and the military forces, with unrestrained rioting and destruction of life and property. The aim of the revolutionary party, it is stated, was to destroy the oil industry at Baku, and thus cripple the government railway service there, oil being the only fuel used by the engines. A report states that one thousand persons have been killed in the Baku district, and the worst conditions are reported also from Shusha by the Armenian bishop, where fighting between Tartars and Armenians continued for five days. Thousands of people are homeless and starving. Another unfortunate result of peace, according to the latest reports, is the restoration to power of the Russian bureaucracy, and the consequent setback of the revolutionary movement. Some are of the opinion that a long and bloody struggle for freedom must now come in the place of the victory that seemed imminent while the autocratic regime was being subjected to the blows of the Japanese.
Field Notes
Six persons received baptism at Providence, R. I., August 19. Nine persons have recently been added to the church there.
During the past year eight churches have been added to the Oklahoma Conference, and the increase in membership in the conference is about 250.
Since our last report we have baptized twelve persons in Sebastopol, Cal., and six in Berkeley, and have organized a church of twenty-one members at Vallejo. The work is onward, and we are all of good courage.
Jesse D. Rice.
In a report from Lord, Md., Brother J. A. Traugh speaks of having encountered great opposition from a Methodist clergyman, but adds: “With it all we have nineteen Sabbath-keepers, and still they come and take their stand for the commandments of the Lord.”
Elder J. W. Watt closed a series of meetings in Erie, Pa., August 20. Of the results of his work there he says: “Three young people were baptized, and four persons united with the church, also one lady decided to keep the Sabbath, but has not united with the church.”
The Portis (Kan.) church is supporting a laborer in Egypt. The requisite sum is paid by the members of the church each month, and sent to the Mission Board for the support of their missionary. How many of our churches might be able to support a laborer in some needy field if the matter were only agitated a little! If all our churches that are able would take hold in this manner, it would not take long to fill the earth with the living messengers to herald the news of the soon-coming King.—Kansas Worker.
The Southern Fund
AMOUNT previously reported...$185 65
Iowa Conference ............ 71 10
Northern Union Conference.... 16 55
Mrs. P. Brooks .............. 6 00
G. N. Rich .................. 5 00
Mr. and Mrs. Galloway ....... 5 00
Ida Cummings ................ 5 00
Mary J. Andre, $4; Mrs. M. A. Gatenby, $2.50; Central Union Conference, $2.23; West Coast South American Mission, $1.65; Mrs. M. D. Sperra, $1.60; Clarissa M. Crane, $1.50; S. Wittum, $.50; Mr. S. Fable, $.50; S. Blair, $.35; Lily May McCallen, $.10; Ernest Brown, $.05.
TWO DOLLARS EACH
Mrs. A. D. Smith, Mrs. Ella Grover, B. Berglund, Nellie Clough, G. A. Cushing.
ONE DOLLAR EACH
Mrs. J. Fishback, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Teeple, J. E. Hoole, W. J. Heckman, L. D. Estes, J. W. Mitcheltree, E. A. Mitcheltree, John Mitcheltree.
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH
S. Sherman, Mary Smith, Henry Dart, C. E. McCallen, H. D. Cole, Lee Zedaker.
Libbie Stanton Gregg ........ $ 5 00
Mrs. E. D. Chapman .......... 5 00
W. J. and E. H. Swain ...... 5 00
Total reported ..............$343 78
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1905
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Greater New York (conference), New York City ............ Oct. 4-8
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Florida, Plant City ............ Oct. 5-15
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
East Michigan, Holly ............ Sept. 12-19
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Kansas (local), Independence .................... Sept. 27 to Oct. 2
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Oklahoma, Shattuck ............ Sept. 15-25
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California, Hanford District ..... Oct. 19-29
California, San Diego
Montana, Whitehall ............ Sept. 15-25
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Opening of Union College
By C. C. Lewis
UNION COLLEGE opens Wednesday morning, September 13, at nine o’clock. College View students will meet for classification Tuesday, at nine o’clock. Students living outside of College View should be present on Tuesday, in order to secure rooms and be ready for the opening the following day. The work of classifying and organizing the school and adjusting the program will be completed Thursday, and regular recitations will begin Friday. Those who wait till the following week, thinking there will be “nothing doing” the first three days, will be disappointed. They will be behind two or three lessons. They will have missed the general instruction, the music recital, and the president’s annual address. They will have to choose studies in harmony with the program, without having had a voice in its adjustment. Come early if you can, but do not fail to come late if you must. “Better late than never.” All indications point to a large attendance. Most of the old students are coming back. When you read these words, decide to come with the rest.
C. C. LEWIS,
President.
Publications Wanted
[SPECIAL NOTE.— All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.— Ed.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
I. M. Caldwell, Hinton, O. T., Signs, Watchman, Life Boat, and tracts.23
Harry Hunt, 522 North Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa., periodicals and tracts.
E. N. Vaughan, Hildebran, N. C., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Life and Health.
Mrs. Jacob Boyd, Eldorado, Kan., Good Health, Life and Health, Life Boat.
N. B. Jenkins, Blythewood, S. C., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, Life Boat.
Mary E. Grundy, Pansy, Mo., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, and health literature.
Mrs. E. J. S. Keen, Missoula, Mont., Signs, Life and Health, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts, especially those on prophecy, nature of man, gospel invitation, and law of God.
Tillie Stiller, 3028 Bell Ave., St. Louis, Mo., for weekly distribution in public institutions, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, Good Health, Life Boat, Life and Health, and tracts.
Notice!
By E. R. NUTTER
THE office of the Chesapeake Conference and Chesapeake Tract Society has been moved from 903 Woodley St. to 1909 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Md. All mail for the secretary or treasurer should be sent to me at this place.
E. R. NUTTER,
Secretary.
Notice !
The International Publishing Association, of College View, Neb., is planning to issue special numbers of the German, Swedish, and Danish papers about the tenth of October. The papers will contain some excellent matter, be fully illustrated, with an attractive cover, and it is hoped they will have a wide circulation. More definite announcement will be given later.
Young People, Attention!
WE are authorized to announce the publication, about October 15, of a volume of “Addresses for Young People,” by President Charles C. Lewis, of Union College. It will consist of ten addresses, given on various occasions during the past fifteen years, principally before audiences of young people. Just the book to save young people from skepticism, and inspire them to seek an education and to lead pure and noble lives. The book will contain about three hundred pages, and will be durably and handsomely bound. It will form an appropriate and valuable present for any young person, and may turn the current of his life into broader, deeper, and purer channels. Price, $1 a copy, post-paid. Orders received at once, and filled with first copies from press. Send for descriptive pamphlet, giving sample pages, and telling how to secure a copy free. Address correspondence and make orders payable to Union College Press, College View, Neb.
Reno Camp-Meeting
By T. A. Kilgore
A CAMP-MEETING will be held at Reno, Nev., Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, 1905. Every provision will be made that the meeting may be a success. Good speakers will be present, and good singing may be expected.
Tents may be secured at reasonable rates by applying at once to Elder A. J. Osborne, Reno, Nev. We expect the usual reduction in railroad fares, provided fifty persons come by rail to the meeting.
T. A. KILGORE,
Sec. California Conference.
Nursery Stock
FIRST-CLASS fruit and ornamental stock at reasonable prices. Best early bearing varieties a specialty. Surplus of apple-trees, grapevines, and ornamentals. Catalogue for 1905 sent on application. Agents wanted. Address Emmanuel Missionary College Nurseries, Berrien Springs, Mich.
