p. 19 | Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 12. (3/24/1903)

Does She Think?

I KNOW a lady in this land, Who carries a Chinese fan in her hand; But in her heart does she carry a thought Of her Chinese sister, who carefully wrought The dainty, delicate, silken toy, For her to treasure, admire, and enjoy?

This lady has on her parlor floor A lovely rug from the Syrian shore; Its figures are woven with curious art. I wish that my lady had in her heart One thought of love for those foreign homes, Where the light of the gospel never comes.

To shield my lady from chilling draught Is a Japanese screen of curious craft. She takes the comfort its presence gives, But in her heart not one thought lives— Not one little thought—ah, me! ah, me!— For the comfortless homes that lie over the sea.

My lady in gown of silk is arrayed; The fabric soft was in India made. Will she think of the country whence it came? Will she make an offering in His name, To send the perfect, heavenly dress, The mantle of Christ’s own righteousness, To those who are poor and sad and forlorn, To those who know not that Christ is born? —Woman’s Work for Woman.

Paris

By B. L. Morse

THE work which was begun in Paris last October, with the opening of the mission school, has progressed slowly but steadily. Three branches of work are at present carried on,—the school for the students; the canvassing work, engaged in by the students, by means of which they meet part of their school expense, and at the same time learn to deal with the people; and the evening lectures for the public.

The students, sixteen in number, are as hard-working, warm-hearted, earnest seekers of the truths of this message as are to be found in any school. This plan of combined study and practical work affords the student the splendid advantage of gaining a practical experience while securing the necessary literary and scientific qualifications. This method develops efficient workers in a short time.

Paris is a modern, progressive city of nearly three million people. Naturally to the average Parisian does not manifest an interest in religious worship, nor care for religious reading, preferring the light, fascinating novel to religious journals. Before beginning our work, the idea prevailed that papers could not be sold in Paris. However, this has now been proved to be a false theory. The sales are not large. The students spend about two hours each day with the papers, and generally average from five to ten copies for that time. Occasionally some sell from fifteen to twenty. They often have invitations to explain the Scriptures.

A short time ago notice was given in the Paris papers that forty thousand Breton fishermen of Northwest France were in a starving condition. Aid was asked. The subject was discussed in the school; it was decided to lay aside the studies to solicit aid from the people, and at the same time sell the papers, the entire price of which was to be given to that suffering people. That two days’ effort was closed by a public missionary service. A representative of a leading journal, which was receiving and forwarding the funds thus collected, was present by invitation to receive the result of the effort. A brief paragraph appeared in the journal the next morning, giving our name and address as promoters of a good work. This it is hoped will carry weight with the police. Several times some of the boys have had rather embarrassing experiences in their efforts to convince the police of the honesty of their reports as to address and work. Since then no one has been disturbed.

The evening meetings and services have also given tangible results. A few have accepted the truth. One of them is a young man from South America. His former life of dissipation forced him to leave home for medical attendance. Hearing of the sanitarium at Basel, he went there for treatment, and received much benefit. Before returning home he came to Paris. Instead of attending theaters, etc., as it was thought he would do, he took lodging with a quiet family, and became quite a regular attendant at our evening meetings. Time passed; his day to leave Paris was fixed, but for some reason he did not leave. The next Sabbath he came to the service following the Sabbath-school, and gave himself into the Master’s keeping. He is now at the school, seeking further instruction in the truths of the Bible. Thus the Spirit works upon the hearts of men.

The outlook for results from aggressive work in the French field is good. It is true that this country has rested long under the shadow of sin. However, notwithstanding that fact, the time has now come for light to shine forth. It must; for "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." B. L. MORSE.

Texas

By E. B. Hopkins

I HAVE just closed a meeting six miles south of Marietta, where a Sabbath-school with twenty-six members was organized. This is the best place I know of for our isolated brethren who wish to buy a home cheap, where they can send their children to a church school. Land can be bought with cash or on time, and is worth from three dollars to eight dollars an acre, owing to improvements and quality. It is adapted to corn and cotton and to all kinds of vegetables, as well as to fruit, especially berries, plums, peaches, and pears. Apples do fairly well if properly cared for. This is a timbered country, and some places have very fine range for stock. The railroad is from six to fifteen miles distant, but a new one is expected to be put through soon.

We have a good church school at Marietta, and one at Avinger; and these brethren south of Marietta expect to start one, but they need help to run a school. Any one wishing to come to this place may secure further information by addressing D. H. Day, Cusseta, Tex.; or Ed. Hancock, Marietta, Tex.; or Steve Penly, Avinger, Tex.

E. B. HOPKINS.

In British Guiana

By William Ambrose Spicer

WE have had three mission fields in operation round the east waters of the Caribbean Sea. The Lesser Antilles, that string of little islands bent like a bow between the Atlantic and the Caribbean, formed one field; Trinidad, another; with British Guiana, on the mainland of South America, as the third. At our general meeting, appointed in Trinidad, it was proposed to consider uniting all these fields under one conference organization.

After a Sabbath and Sunday in Trinidad, and before the general meeting, Brother Haysmer and I went across to British Guiana to counsel with the brethren as to their work and its relation to the new organization. Brother and Sister Morrow had been compelled to leave the field on account of Sister Morrow’s health, and were in Bermuda. But we found Brother Babcock well, and of good courage.

The day after arrival we held our first meeting with the church on the island of Leguan, about forty miles from Georgetown, in the vast delta of the Essequibo River. Our people have a little meeting hall on the high road, by the Waterloo sugar estate. The highway is really one continuous village, a large proportion of the dwellings being coolie houses, the East Indian coolies having been imported by the thousand to work the sugar plantations.

We had a good meeting here. The brethren and sisters of Leguan were as appreciative listeners to the story of our work and its soon-coming triumph as will be found anywhere. Simple toilers as they are, it was plainly to be seen that they love this truth. Brother Hyder, a native of India, has been working among his own people on the plantations. Quite a number of East Indians attended the meeting.

On Sabbath and Sunday we held a general meeting in Georgetown, the capital city. Our meetings were held in their new chapel, a neat building, almost completed. It seats about two hundred when crowded, and on Sunday evening, and at a Tuesday evening service also, the public more than filled the available space. This building has been greatly needed in Georgetown. The brethren expect to dedicate it entirely free from debt. During the meetings Brother Phillip Giddings, a native of Guiana, was ordained to the ministry.

The larger population of British Guiana is along the coast line between Georgetown and New Amsterdam, across the Berbice River. It was planned to take up a vigorous campaign, from village to village along the coast, with tent and halls, to let all the people in these districts hear the truth if they will. It will not take long to stir the coast and reach the larger proportion of the people. Our brethren in Guiana

are ready heartily to join us in the effort quickly to carry the warning message to all, and so prepare the way for the finishing of the work.

We spent one day in New Amsterdam, and had a meeting with the church. Here we met members of the church on Canje Creek, about two days’ journey by boat from New Amsterdam. The story of this company is an interesting one. A Brother Danil, from New Amsterdam, went into the Canje Creek region to gather certain medicinal barks, for shipment to London. While working, he taught the truth to the people of the village. A number accepted it; and as those first embracing it have been missionaries, they now have a company of about fifty, and expect still to continue growing.

So, too, the truth has been carried into the interior, in the Essequibo district, where it has borne fruit among the Indians, the Arawaks, descendants of the aborigines who welcomed Columbus and the Spanish discoverers to the new world.

We met also at New Amsterdam a young brother who has been canvassing in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. We have one church in Dutch Guiana, near the Berbice border. Thus a foothold has been gained in the Dutch province, and our brethren are hopeful of good results in the work. Publications may be handled in English and Dutch. The vernacular of the people, however, is a mixture called the “taki-taki,” in which we should soon have leaflets. It is a joy to see the truth pushing into these out-of-the-way corners of the earth; for, while the population is small, and these lands lie outside of the main lines of commerce and political influence, the people must be reached by this message that is to go to every people and tongue.

Everywhere the believers in Guiana were in favor of uniting with the entire East Caribbean field in one conference organization. The nature of the fields is so similar that we all believe it will be a source of strength to join all together as one.

As in all the West Indies, sugar making is the great industry in the Guianas. The low price of sugar has struck the planters a hard blow for years past. On all sides one may see factories fallen into disuse and decay. The tendency has been for the smaller estates to go into the hands of the larger. Now there is a prospect of a revival of the sugar industry, and better times are expected.

W. A. SPICER.

Havana, Cuba.

Jamaica

By J. A. Strickland

MONTEGO BAY.—I praise God that it was my privilege to come to Jamaica. I feel a deep burden for the work here, and have formed such an attachment for the people as I never felt for any people before.

Brethren Beckner and Linton and I began a tent effort here Sunday night. At least two hundred and fifty were present at the first meeting, and the attendance has been about the same each evening since.

One thing we need is a good tent with comfortable seats. The twenty by thirty foot tents in use are not large enough, if they were in good condition, to command the respect of the public in towns and cities.

We are planning, if possible, to visit every family in this vicinity, and by inviting them to the meetings, holding Bible readings, or introducing our literature, leave them no excuse for claiming ignorance of the blessed present truth. We desire an interest in your prayers, that the Lord may use us to his honor and glory in this place.

J. A. STRICKLAND.

To Our Brethren in America

By W. H. Thurston

CALLS for help are continually coming from different places in the great harvest field, and the liberal response on the part of our people shows their interest in the world-wide message.

A few weeks ago England made a call for help to buy a sanitarium, and now Canada comes with a like plea, though on a smaller scale. For some time the question of a sanitarium in Canada has been agitated, and this winter an opening has presented itself in a small city, Knowlton, Quebec, about seventy-five miles east of Montreal. Knowlton is pleasantly located at the end of Broome Lake, a beautiful body of water about six miles long and three miles wide, surrounded by fine mountain scenery. The city is supplied with an abundance of pure water from mountain springs. On the shores of the lake are the summer residences of many of the wealthy people of Montreal and other large cities, a testimony to the railroad facilities and climatic advantages of this place.

There has been found a piece of property there, a three-story hotel building of thirty rooms, comprising large parlors, dining-rooms, bedrooms, etc., such as are usually found in modern buildings for such purposes; a good barn 40 x 40 ft., and a two-story hall 20 x 50 ft., the upper story of which has been finished off into bedrooms, pleasantly located on one acre of ground, well laid out, with shade and fruit trees, making a beautiful place for a sanitarium. This property is said to have cost $8,500 eight years ago, when the buildings were put up. After careful and prayerful consideration, the Quebec Conference purchased the property for $2,800, about one third of its estimated cost, and holds it for sanitarium purposes.

We are now in need of two thousand dollars to fit up, equip, and furnish the building, buy a team, buggy, wagon, etc., to begin work.

The accompanying illustration gives a front view of the building, but does not show the rear, where are located the kitchen, laundry, wood-shed, and a large brick oven.

Two thousand dollars is not a large sum to raise, and if all will give a little, the money will be easily supplied, and much appreciated, and no one will be the worse off. In view of this needy field and the worthy enterprise, we present the matter to our people through the REVIEW AND HERALD, and ask that an offering be made by all the churches for the sanitarium in Canada.

Some of the leading physicians in Montreal have been talked with in reference to the enterprise, and it has been their opinion, as well as that of other prominent business men in Montreal, that it will supply a long-felt need in this part of the field.

We trust that our people will all feel an interest in this enterprise, and give something. Let the church forward the money at once to the State treasurer, who will forward it to S. D. Hartwell, Treasurer of Canadian Union Conference, 4230 St. Catherine St., Montreal, Canada, specifying what it is for. We would like to have the money reach us by May 1 if possible, so the building can be furnished and ready to open by June 1.

Thanking you all in advance for your liberal offerings and your interest in the work in Canada, I am

Yours in the Master's work, W. H. THURSTON, President Canadian Union Conference.

Central America

By H. C. Goodrich

BELIZE.— Outside of Belize there is an increasing interest to hear the truth, but I am unable to spend the time that a series of meetings would require. There is an urgent demand also for a good physician on the islands. I feel anxious that one of our people shall fill the call.

Our work in Belize is growing in importance. Others are becoming interested, and our congregations are increasing so that we hardly have room to accommodate all who come.

Several weeks ago I met a young man who is a teacher and preacher at the station about two days’ journey up the Belize River. He came down for his yearly examination. He is an intelligent young man, but was very prejudiced, saying frankly that he thought that all our people cared for was to argue on the Sabbath question. I invited him home with me, and succeeded in putting a copy of “Christ’s Object Lessons” into his hands. The next day he came again while I was away, and had a long talk with Mrs. Goodrich. A few days ago I received a letter from him, in which he says:—

“I am glad to tell you that I do not regret purchasing the book you showed me. I am studying it carefully. ‘The Wedding Garment’ has enlightened my mind very much. I am now studying ‘The Talents.’ Last Sunday I spoke on that subject. . . . That book is to me a storehouse of truth. For some time to come, I shall be able to draw from it supplies for the services. I am greatly concerned in regard to the world’s position to-day with reference to Christ’s second coming. Have you anything that will fully explain it to me from the Scriptures? Also, I want something that will fit me to talk with my friends in regard to the Sabbath. Possibly they will be more or less against me should I decide to observe the seventh day.”

I wrote him an encouraging letter, and sent him some tracts on the Sabbath and on Matthew 24. I hope soon to see this dear brother preaching the third angel’s message. I thank God for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” I believe that we have no other book so well fitted to reach the hearts of the people. Surely, the Spirit that is able to lead into all truth, is in it. This man has invited me to come and hold meetings in his neighborhood, which I shall do as soon as I can.

What we need most in this field for next year is two men for Spanish Honduras, who can acquire the Spanish language and sell books and papers in the largest cities. We will follow up their work with ministerial labor when it becomes necessary. Then we need as many men to help here in the Bay Islands. I have much more than I can possibly do alone. But if you can not do all that we ask, send the canvassers for the Spanish field. It is high time we were working for these people.

I do pray that at the General Conference you may have a pouring out of God’s Holy Spirit in such measure as we have never yet experienced, that we may have a better fitting up for service that may cut short in righteousness the work we have to do. H. C. GOODRICH.

Indiana

By S. H. Lane

CONNERSVILLE.—A few years ago, through reading-matter and the efforts of the Indiana Conference, some accepted the truth at Connersville, Ind. About two years ago Brother R. H. Sparks began work in that city, which is a wealthy one in southeastern Indiana. About the same time Brother D. McDougal moved into the city, and established treatment rooms. The earnest, faithful labors of these brethren in behalf of the truth won the respect and confidence of the people, and in due time their efforts bore fruit. A lady by the name of Mrs. Anna M. Kessler fully accepted the faith, and has used her means quite liberally in sustaining the work. A few others have identified themselves with the truth, until at the present time there is a church membership in the city of twenty-five.

Feeling the necessity of a meeting place, they put forth efforts to erect a church of their own. Sister Kessler donated two hundred and fifty dollars and the lot on which the church stands. The church has cost nearly two thousand dollars. Citizens possessing means told our brethren that if they would build a church near the center of the city, which would be respectable and convenient to themselves, and an ornament to the town, they would aid; and they have contributed the greater part of the means which has built the church, and furnished the same. It stands nearly free from debt to-day. About two hundred dollars has been raised at and since the dedication, and the brethren feel sure that in a few weeks the last dollar will be paid, as the leading citizens have declared that they will aid in freeing it from debt.

The newspapers have been very friendly, giving our people column after column of space devoted to a history of our work.

On the day of the dedication, March 8, the weather was very unfavorable. We began meetings on Friday evening, March 6, and Brother Godsmark, of Louisville, Ky., and Brother R. H. Sparks and Brother A. L. Miller, of Indianapolis, Ind., were in attendance. The railroad company gave reduced fare from Indianapolis, and about a score of our friends from that city were in attendance, and aided much in the singing. The weather was certainly unfavorable, as it rained most of the time, yet the congregation was a large one. Had it been pleasant, it is probable the house could not have seated the people. The Connersville Courier of March 12, gave two columns to an account of the dedication and the history of our people, with pictures of Elder James White as the founder of the denomination, and of the church building, which appears in connection with this report. As we presented the truths to the people, they listened attentively, and seemingly with much interest. An interest is awakening throughout the city, in reference to the subjects of the soon coming of the Saviour and the health and temperance reform. Brethren Miller and Harris have continued the meetings since the dedication, and they are well attended by an intelligent class of people.

The large memorial window which is noticeable in the illustration, is a fine one, having beneath the large white figure an inscription reading thus: “In memory of Elder James White.” These windows were put in by a window manufacturing company in the city. The stone steps were put in by a Connersville company, and the stones composing the foundation of the church were drawn fifty miles, and one half the freight was rebated as a present to the church, by the company; and all who furnished material for the church seemed to compete with one another to see who could do the most.

We trust that the work which is being carried on there at the present time may be abundantly blessed of the Lord, and that such souls as shall be saved may be added to the church. All over Indiana, as everywhere in all the large cities, honest souls are waiting for truth. And honest souls will accept it, if only those who have already accepted it will become acquainted with the field and press the work forward, cheerfully rendering the assistance needed at this time.

We are glad to see these churches go up in the various large cities; for every one stands as a memorial to the truth that will save the people.

S. H. LANE.

Montana

THE following stirring report comes from Brethren R. D. Quinn, L. A. Gibson, and Charles Rider, who have been holding meetings at Rockvale. We copy it from the Montana Bivouac:—

“We arrived here January 13, and immediately began meetings in the Hobbs schoolhouse, situated in the center of the Rock Creek valley. At the opening meeting, forty were in attendance; the second night sixty; and the third, one hundred. The attendance rapidly

increased until fully one hundred and sixty crowded into the small room.

“It soon became necessary for people to bring chairs, boxes, and boards from their homes in order to secure seats. So intense has been the interest to hear the message, that people have come an hour and a half before meeting in order to secure seats, some feeling compelled to go home after driving miles because they could not find comfortable standing room. The country has been shaken for miles around, people having come from neighboring towns and as far as ten miles by team. We are now in the days to which we have long looked forward, when thousands would eagerly listen to this advent message, and be gathered out from the world and the fallen churches to take their stand with those who are keeping all the commandments of God. Great power has attended the effort here, and all are now deciding their eternal destiny. At this writing twenty-six have begun to keep the Sabbath, and still others are interested, and seem not far from the kingdom. The dragon has not been asleep by any means, but ‘they that be with us are more than they that be with them.’”

“It means something to wage this aggressive warfare in these days; but when we learn that the efficiency of our labor depends upon the application of the truth to the heart by the Holy Spirit, rather than by might or power, self is taken out of the way, and God is given a chance to work. The Holy Spirit is poured out, men and women are drawn by an unseen power, and they come eagerly to hear the word of God preached, for they report ‘that God is in you of a truth.’”

Field Notes

At Oakdale, Neb., five persons have accepted the message of present truth under the labors of Brethren J. J. Graf and B. M. Garton.

BROTHER C. T. ADAMS reports the conversion to the truth of two ladies at Cresco, Iowa, one of whom had previously made no profession of religion.

THE church at De Queen, Ark., has been reorganized, seven new members having been added, and new officers elected to supply vacancies caused by removals.

A NEW church building is nearly completed at Fredericton, New Brunswick, and will be dedicated about June 1. In connection with the dedication will be held the first annual session of the Maritime Conference.

A CHURCH of nine members was recently organized at Hopewell, Ore. This is a result of the tent meetings held last summer by Brethren C. J. Cole and J. W. Clark, Brother Cole remaining after the tent season to complete the work.

BROTHER AND SISTER J. E. BOND are laboring in Flagstaff, Ariz., and are meeting with omens of success, three or four having thus far been led to take a stand for the truth. A course of tent meetings will be held there when the weather becomes favorable.

AT Faulkner, O. T., ten conversions to the truth have resulted from the labors of Brother J. R. Bagby, and it is expected that a church of about thirty members will be organized immediately after the General Conference. A Sabbath-school of twenty-two members has been in progress for several weeks.

BROTHER J. W. HICKS is at work among the people at Locust Branch, in the mountain region of eastern Kentucky. He finds these mountain people very willing to receive him and to listen to the truths of the third angel’s message, and says that he has more hopes of conversions among them than he has had of any other people among whom he has labored.

Cumberland Conference

By O. C. Godsmark

FOLLOWING the annual meeting of the Cumberland Conference, there was held a meeting of the conference executive committee at Chattanooga, Tenn., Monday, January 19. At this meeting all except one of the seven members were present. The meeting was a precious season. Time was taken to seek the Lord for wisdom to guide in counsel. The Lord has said, “Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord,” and all felt that our first step in starting out on the conference year was to obtain the proper nearness to the One whose servants we are.

The work throughout our conference was fully discussed with the greatest of Christian love and harmony. No one had a discordant note to raise. Just as fully as it was possible the work for the coming year was planned, the needs of the field being looked into, and plans laid to meet these needs.

The first important consideration was to provide a strong corps of field workers for the Tennessee portion of our conference. We feel that the Lord would be pleased to have two strong, devoted laborers enter this section with a tent, and use every possible means within reach to raise up a strong company of Sabbath-keepers.

In accordance with this idea it was decided to ask Elder W. C. Wales to move his family to this part of the conference, and to unite with Elder Geo. W. Wells in vigorous, aggressive work for the Master in the salvation of precious souls. Brother J. W. Franklin was also asked to return to his work of taking subscriptions for our papers, selling books, and doing Bible work, a kind of work in which he has been very successful in days gone by. Some one of these workers will probably locate in Knoxville to help build up the work there when not out in actual field labor.

Brethren Wells and Cole now have their homes at Sanford, where Sister Maud Dortch, besides conducting a successful church school, is doing considerable Bible work. With these three workers at Sanford, Brother M. H. Johnston with his growing health food bakery at Chattanooga, our most excellent schools and sanitarium at Graysville, and a good spirit of hope and courage springing up all over this portion of the field, we look for good results in the near future. It is planned to hold a camp-meeting in the Tennessee portion of our conference the coming summer.

The Kentucky field was by no means neglected at this conference. Brother E. L. Sanford was invited to go with his family to Lexington, where he will make his home, and he and his family will do all they can to build up the cause of truth in this region. We are planning to have him pitch his tent somewhere on the borders of this blue-grass section, and hold up the standard of present truth here in eastern Kentucky. It will seem good to have a tent running in Kentucky once more, and our people in this part of the field are feeling the impulse of the new life that the arrangements that are being made are bringing in.

In order that I may be free to spend the greater portion of my time among the churches and companies, it has been arranged to have Brother E. W. Carey remove with the tract society to Louisville, where he will not only look after the tract work, but also take an interest in the building up of the work in this great city. The change of address of the tract society will be announced as soon as it can be settled upon.

The work in Kentucky is prospering. Our Louisville Sanitarium, 224 West Broadway, is doing most excellent work. Both our Louisville churches are full of hope, and something is being done. Brother Osborne sends in encouraging reports from Covington, and Brother John W. Steine is doing a good work in Moberly, Madison County.

Brother V. O. Cole, in connection with Brother A. F. Harrison, has been spending some time in eastern Kentucky, reviving the interest in the canvassing work. We are glad to see this, for nothing so brings real life into the soul as to get out and do something for the Lord. When we impart to others the precious rays of truth that have done our own souls so much good, then, and not until then, we receive our richest blessings. The sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” has been a real blessing to every one of our people who has taken hold of it in the fear of the Lord. First, let the soul be filled with the precious things the book contains for you, and then you can tell it to others; but if you merely try to sell it as you would some article of merchandise, then you will fail, and find leanness and discouragement awaiting you at every door. Tell the simple story of what the book has actually done for you, and others will want the same precious experience. O. C. GODSMARK, President Cumberland Conference.

Worth Considering

By M. Bessie De Graw

A SISTER writing from the State of Massachusetts says, “I have been deeply interested in an article on church schools, which appeared in a recent number of The Advocate.ˮ She then asks this pertinent question: “Would it not be well to impress upon our ministers and Bible workers the importance of placing The Advocate in every family in our churches?” She then adds, “When they do this, I think we shall see church schools started all over the country. With us The Advocate is taken for the Sabbath-school teachers only. The rest of our church-members feel that it is not a paper for them. I remember that at one time a minister came to our home village, and held a meeting with the Sabbath-school workers. He told them that if they could not afford to pay for The Advocate, he would arrange for them to receive it. I think all subscribed for it. Before that they did not sense the importance of having the journal. All they needed was to have the subject presented to them.”

“I know of mothers who have been praying for years that their children might have Christian training other than that which they get in their home. In many homes the father is not a Christian, and his influence does much to counteract the teaching of the mother. O, how much such children need to be in a Christian school! I have watched the effect of the schools of the world upon children. They soon lose their interest in the Sabbath-school, and drift out of the truth entirely. I have often said that if those children could have the influence of a Christian school, their future lives would be entirely different. There are many of our people who have no children, but who have means, while there are others who have large families to support, and little with which to meet their expenses. If those who have means could only have their attention called to the needs of the children of these other families, I am sure they would help them. This subject must be given prominence. Those mothers’ prayers must be answered, and the children must be saved.”

Such letters appeal strongly to me.

Others have thought these same thoughts although they may not have put them on paper.

When will every child have Christian school privileges? Until all the children are in training for Christ, how can the world be warned? Until the gospel is preached to every kindred, Christ can not come. Then so long as we delay to provide schools for our children, just so long are we postponing the coming of the Saviour.

M. BESSIE DE GRAW.

Loneliness and the Seeking Heart

“NEVER can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still.”

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