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Current Mention

— Severe earthquake shocks are alarming residents of the island of Dominica, in the British West Indies.

— March 18 was one of unusual heat for that date in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Kentucky, while in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, the day was marked by a blizzard of unusual severity.

— A very heavy snow-storm prevailing over parts of England, with rain and hail elsewhere in the United Kingdom, causing floods and great damage to property, was reported March 18.

— A war on ritualism has been begun in the British Parliament, by the introduction of a bill which will enable the civil courts to punish Church of England priests on complaints by laymen.

— A mob of two hundred whitecaps has undertaken to regenerate society in northwestern Ohio, their attention being directed chiefly to wife beaters, who are disciplined by flogging, or by the use of tar and feathers.

— The pope’s benediction pronounced in St. Peter’s church, March 3, was taken upon a phonograph, and cylinders for reproducing the pope’s voice are to be made and furnished to those willing to pay for them.

— Prof. Hans Molisch, of Prague, Bohemia, claims to have invented a lamp which derives its light from bacteria, these being placed in a lining of saltpeter and gelatine on the inside of a glass jar. The light fades after some days of exposure, and the bacteria must be renewed

The light is cold, and such a lamp would be an improvement on any safety lamp now in use.

— Several explosions in the Cardiff mines near Pontiac, Ill., March 12, 15, 16, caused the death of nine workmen, and the suspension of work in the mine, which will be flooded. The cause of the explosions is a mystery.

— News has been received of a hurricane and tidal wave which devastated Tuamotu island and some others in the Pearl group, January 14-16. About 600 persons are said to have been drowned, and the property loss amounts to $500,000.

— The wealth of the trusts in the United States, says the Chicago Tribune, is shown by the issue of $9,000,000,000 in securities since 1896; the total of their wealth, including railway issues, being $25,400,000,000. The country’s entire wealth is estimated at $94,300,000,000.

— An anti-trust bill which is now before the Texas Legislature is strongly opposed by the union labor element of that State, because the bill contains sections which will prohibit labor unions from interfering with non-union men who are seeking to obtain employment on terms suitable to themselves.

— A culture tube containing 18,000,000 virulent diphtheria germs, inclosed in a small box, was lost in the streets of Medford, Mass., recently, and citizens of that place are now fearful of an epidemic through the finding and opening of the box by some child or person unacquainted with the nature of its contents.

— The Indiana State anti-saloon league, assisted by the National W. C. T. U., has begun a systematic and comprehensive warfare on the saloons in that State. At Kokomo thirteen of the principal saloons have been closed, and in the whole State about two hundred, under legal measures instituted by the league.

— The Panama canal treaty with Colombia was ratified by the United States Senate, March 17, and the construction of the interoceanic waterway across the isthmus now seems assured. A payment of $40,000,000 on the canal to the Colombian government and the French company who began the great enterprise, is due in sixty days.

— A crisis is predicted to occur in the capitals of Bulgaria and Servia at the end of the present month, as it is believed the impatience of the Bulgarians over the delay of the promised reforms can not be much longer restrained. Were the restraining pressure exerted by Russia and Austria removed for a single week, an outbreak of war would be the result.

— The coal strike commission has at last completed its report, and has submitted the same to President Roosevelt, by whom it will be made public, March 21. It is a voluminous report, covering all phases of the controversy to which it relates, and is indorsed by all members of the commission. Both miners and mine owners have agreed to abide by the decisions of the commission.

— Russian commercial and political activity in northern Persia is causing grave concern in England, and the government is considering the problem of increasing the fighting strength of the army. Lord Kitchener has telegraphed

the English war secretary that no reduction in the heavy army estimates must be permitted in view of the gravity of the situation on the Indian frontier.

— Protestants and Catholics at Freehold, N. J., were opposed to each other at the polls, March 17, over the question of the appropriation of money for the benefit of the high school in that place. The Catholics have a parochial school, and opposed the giving of money to the public school. The Protestants were at first taken by surprise, but rallied their forces and won the election.

— A revolution is reported to have broken out in Portugal. The city of Coimbra is the seat of the disturbance. The Portuguese government has forbidden the sending out of news regarding the rioting, but it is known that the tax collectors have fled, and that the authority of the government is not recognized. The trouble began with an order to stall holders in the market at Coimbra to renew their licenses, which they refused to do.

— A recent dispatch from Stockholm, the Swedish capital, speaks of the probability of war between the Scandinavian countries and Russia. “With their fingers on the trigger of war, Sweden and Norway stand to-day,” it says, “ready at any moment to give combat to Russia—their joint foe.” It is stated that if war is to come, it will probably be this spring, but it remains for Russia to make the first move. Russia fears that Sweden may come to the aid of Finland, which was at one time under Swedish control.

— The kaiser, according to an impression which prevails in some European countries, has a covetous eye on Holland, and is only waiting a favorable opportunity to annex that country to Germany. France, it is said, would in that event be placated by the privilege of annexing Belgium, and it is not believed that England would interfere. A London dispatch says: “Confidence in the treaty obligations which guarantee the independence of Holland and Belgium has fallen to a low ebb, a fact which in itself is highly significant of the condition of international honor in Europe at the present moment.”

— Much discussion has been caused throughout this country and Europe by a decree issued by the czar, March 12, providing that there shall be religious freedom throughout the Russian dominions, establishing a degree of local self-government, and making concessions to village communities. The general opinion expressed is that the decree promises more on its face than will be realized in practice, owing to the opposition which the measure will undoubtedly have from the Russian orthodox church. It is pointed out that the czar has personal reasons for being interested in securing such reforms, since he “is in the position of a man strapped upon the safety valve of popular discontent.” It is not believed, however, that the resources of a single will, even that of the czar, can suffice to carry into effect such reforms against the opposition of the Russian official class, which by inertia alone might block the whole plan. Without political emancipation, attempted reforms are declared to be in vain. No one, however, seems to question the sincerity of the czar.

— The old Pennsylvania “blue laws,” enacted in 1794, prohibiting worldly employment on Sundays, have been recently invoked in Philadelphia against several newspapers and ice-cream companies, the object being, it is said, to secure the repeal of the law by making a test case involving the question of its constitutionality. Pennsylvania has several times tried to shake off this blue-law incubus, but the advocates of Sunday laws have each time succeeded in blocking the way and forcing the State to retain this trade-mark of church and state union.

— A very serious situation in and around Memphis, Tenn., has been caused by the Mississippi floods of this month, which at that place have exceeded all previous records. The town of Marion, Ark., was entirely cut off and surrounded by water for several days, and several hundred persons were left without means of communication with the country around them. The St. Francis valley was turned into a sea of water, and the loss of live stock was very great. A break in the Bougere levee, in Concordia parish, Mississippi, subjected the country behind it to the flood. Several bodies of drowned persons were picked up near Memphis.

— Meat-eating residents of North Hudson, N. Y., have no doubt read with interest a press item going the rounds in that vicinity, stating how the meat dealers there have of late been enabled to make their business more profitable. It seems that the Erie Railway employees have been in the habit of throwing from their cars at Weehawken the carcasses of sheep which had died in transit, and these have been picked up by the butchers, and hung up for sale in their markets. The Hudson County board of health has now begun an action against the railway company for violation of the health laws in throwing the sheep from their trains.

— The Chicago Methodist Social Union, representing the Methodist churches in Cook County, Ill., gave a banquet at the Auditorium hotel, March 12. Five “Methodist governors” were invited to the banquet, says the Chicago Tribune, and in connection with this it is stated that President Gilbert, of the union, boasts that “the Methodists can claim more governors of States than can any other denomination.” He believes that “we have a majority of the governors of the Middle West.” Governor Yates, of Illinois, spoke at the banquet on “Illinois Methodism;” and Bishop Fitzgerald discussed the topic, “Methodism and the St. Louis Fair.” All this plainly ignores the fact that American principles of government recognize no connection whatever between the church and the state, thus wholly separating the title “governor” from any religious creed or church connection. The tendency to set aside these priceless principles of government shows itself in many places and in many ways.

— The following words from a Buffalo clergyman, Rev. George Whitman, referring to the Burdick murder case in that city, which resulted from conditions prevalent in high society, show how the minds of men are being impressed with these signs of the end: “Recent events in our city have revealed the gay, irreligious life which many of our more prosperous people live. There is a growing

godlessness among many well-to-do persons. The type of depravity among persons in the higher circles is often worse than in the slums of the city. This gay, godless way of living often manifests itself in what is spoken of as club life. I admit that clubs differ in their aims, but I believe that that which is mechanically called club life is opposed to the interests of the individual, the church, and the nation. A murder is committed in our city, and two divorce cases are revealed. These have some relation to the club life. America is fast following in the steps of the old Roman empire. The home is despised, children are an encumbrance, a poodle dog is of more value than a baby. Wealth and pride consume the life blood of the nation, and aristocratic weaknesses sap our democratic vigor.”

Money Received on the Missionary Acre Fund

Total cash received on the Missionary Acre Fund previously reported, $2,076.89.

NAME	AMOUNT
College View S. S., per Mrs. J. S. Hart	$ 9 10
Lisbon Myers	1 25
Mt. Pleasant church	1 00
Henry Wall	6 75
Anna Isaac	9 15
C. Voth	2 00
J. Reichert	2 00
South Dakota Tract Society	8 75
H. C. Otter	5 00
Roberta L. Andrews	2 00
Gordon Andrews	4 00
D. B. & Mrs. Welch	1 00
B. R. Nordyke	7 00
Edith Cornforth	1 00
E. I. Beebe	20 25
Mrs. E. A. Mitcheltree	2 50
H. P. Barrows	25 00
Mrs. J. Bignel	59
A. Alborg	50
Mary Hopper	25
A. Christiansen	1 00
Ella Nesmith	5 00
A friend	1 00
A friend	1 00
A friend	1 00
A friend	1 00
A friend	1 00
E. L. Burman	2 00
Mrs. J. Gunderson	1 00
J. M. Erickson	1 00
Albert Stratton	10 00
Mrs. N. D. Jones	1 30
Archie Smith	1 00
E. W. Stratton	1 00
N. W. Allee	5 00
B. A. Hansen	1 00
Christena Huget	2 00
Mae Johnson	1 00
J. T. Roderick	1 00
Mrs. K. Hoffman	50
A friend	1 00
Mrs. S. Belyea	1 00
A. Heibert	25
J. Wentland	5 00
John Wentland	50
Clare Rider	10 00
A. Karlson	1 00
I. Henricksen	1 00
C. J. Rider	10 00
A friend	1 00
Mrs. F. L. White	2 00
Carrington (N. D.) camp-meeting	147 96
J. L. Kay	9 25
Mrs. H. H. Haskell	2 44
Sarah Mott	2 00
Irwin Bros.	2 50
Vergennes (Vt.) church	18 00
Walter Hyatt	10 00
Mrs. F. W. Erickson	1 50
S. E. Ransopher	1 00
Mrs. A. Carlson	5 00
Robt. Niles	5 00
Mrs. Minnie Manchester	1 00
Mary Northrup	5 00
Marius & Mrs. Christiansen	5 13
Martha Nelson	1 00
Grace Marvin	2 00
Allie Brown	1 00
E. A. Goss	2 50
Clara Sorensen	50
Levi Beebe	10 00
Susan Nolan	1 00
C. C. Johnson	4 11
John Halberg's children	1 25
M. Laughman	25
A. C. Allen	4 20
S. J. Nathie	60
J. M. Palmer	1 00
Mrs. Rose C. Mead (Africa)	25 00
A. P. & Mrs. Ruiter	10 00
J. D. & Mrs. Grines	1 05
Wis. Tract Society	18 61
Jas. & Gusic Mathews	3 50
H. C. Balsbaugh	5 00
Mrs. Alice Lawson	5 00
Mrs. L. G. Metcalf	2 15
Mrs. A. S. Wakefield	2 00
John Wahrman	27 51
Mrs. Daniel Burdick	1 50
“V. L. H.” (Vermont)	1 00
Mrs. A. C. Nichols	10 00
W. M. Adams	1 00
W. & Mary A. Brain	1 00
A. V. Pate	25
Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Boswick and Mabel	4 60
Lydia Austin	2 00
E. L. Chapman	2 50
V. G. Bryant	5 00
Anna Dan	1 00
L. B. Cossentine	4 10
Lena Rosenthal	2 00
Ray Cossentine	60
Minn. Tract Society	7 17
Alice M. Cook	12 50
Mrs. Mary M. Davis	5 00
Charles G. Bellah	65
Laura A. Bellah	20
Nancy Bellah	2 65

Donors to the Relief of the Schools

The total cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to Feb. 23, 1903, is $52,067.

NAME	AMOUNT
Emma Stiles	$ 3 00
D. A. Hoenes	2 00
A friend	2 57
Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Shafer	2 00
George Chilton	1 00
Mary Staley	5 00
Mrs. Frances Eli	1 00
Mrs. Fannie Heilier	1 00
Cora Jackson	25
P. Peterson	6 00
Mrs. L. M. Shiner	3 50
Mary Barber	1 00
L. H. Wetherill	2 00
A. L. Whittamore	2 00
John Bratley	10 00
Mrs. Jahanna Dunke	1 00
I. C. Sultz	50
Mrs. Emmie Mead	2 00
Mrs. C. C. Philips	2 00
Potterville (Mich.) church	10 00
Florence V. Shaw	1 00
Mary Williams	1 50
J. & M. Hinderderger	2 00
G. C. Bessette & Theo. Stringer	10 00
A friend (Cal.)	10 00
Annie Tucker	50
W. Leininger	10 00
Mrs. Marie Robertson	5 00
Florence Welty	5 00
L. O. & Viola Johnson	3 00
E. M. Pearce	24 00
Mrs. A. Lawson	1 00
J. McMillan & Mrs. Barnes	6 00
Otto Johnson	10 00
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith	1 00
Mrs. Luther Langdon	2 00
Mrs. Clara Hutchinson	5 00
Nellie E. Hill	25
F. W. Proctor	1 00
Mrs. May Hangley	1 00
A friend (Mass.)	25 00
H. A. Washburn	1 00
G. W. Stillson	50
W. H. Bennett	6 00
Mrs. E. Farquhar	1 00
O. Trueman	5 00
W. J. Swain	25
J. C. Borden	2 00
Will Veon	2 50
Mrs. W. P. Allen	1 00
Milton Ouerman	5 00
O. T. Tract Society	7 00
H. E. Miller	5 00
Mrs. A. N. Druillard	1 00
Donation	1 00
Mrs. Ellen Powelson	5 00
Lydia Kellogg	1 00
Elizabeth McConnell	2 00
C. S. Rice	5 00

Obituaries

WAY.—Died at the home of his parents at Woodbury, Vt., March 7, 1903, Brother Arthur Way, aged 21 years. He was resigned to God's will. He leaves a father, a mother, and a sister. The funeral discourse was delivered by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15:23, 24. J. W. WATT.

DAVENPORT.—Mrs. E. D. Davenport, of Fairfield, Wash., formerly of Colorado, died of heart disease, March 7, 1903, aged 56 years, 3 months, and 5 days. She was laid to rest in bright hope of coming forth in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken from John 14:1-5. W. H. SAXBY.

BRYDE.—Died at Crystal, Mich., Feb. 11, 1903, Sister Ann Bryde, aged 73 years, 11 months, 6 days. She accepted the third angel's message nine years ago, and was faithful until the last. She leaves a husband, three daughters, and four sons. Funeral services were conducted by Elder Stone (Dunkard). WM. FROST.

FOUNTAIN.—Died at Boulder Creek, Cal., Feb. 24, 1903, Mrs. A. L. Fountain, aged 71 years. She was born in New York, and had been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Santa Cruz, Cal., for about three years. Sister Fountain died with a blessed hope in the first resurrection. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church, in Boulder Creek, Cal. L. SHARPES.

COOPER.—Died at the home of her son in Guild, O. T., March 9, 1903, Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, aged 69 years and 16 days. Mother leaves ten children to mourn, six of whom were with her at the last, also twelve of her grand and great-grandchildren. She accepted the Adventist faith and was baptized under the labors of Elder Chaffee, of Missouri, about twenty-six years ago, and died with the full assurance of Christ's soon coming. W. S. COOPER.

GOSS.—Fell asleep in Jesus at her home near Sandyville, Iowa, March 6, 1903, Sister Mary A. Goss, widow of John Goss, Sr., aged 80 years, 11 months, 12 days. In 1859 she united with the remnant church, and has ever since been an earnest, faithful member. Her desire has ever been to be prepared to meet God in peace, and to assist others also to make that preparation. Rev. 14:13 seemed very appropriate on the funeral occasion. Remarks were made by the writer. F. L. MOODY.

BEILES.—Died at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 20, 1903, Hermie Beiles, in the twentieth year of his age. He had left his home in Erie a few days before in hopes of entering a medical school. He had sold more of our publications than any other canvasser in Pennsylvania. He was a dutiful son to his widowed mother, and ambitious to be a useful man. His untimely death is a loss to all. We sorrow, but with the blessed hope of soon meeting him when Jesus comes. Funeral service was conducted by the writer, at Erie. R. A. UNDERWOOD.

FARRELL.—William Henry Farrell died at his home in Little Wolf, Wis., Feb. 27, 1903, aged 71 years, 2 months, and 19 days. Brother Farrell was born in Oriskany, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1831. He gave his heart to God at the age of twenty, and joined the Christian church at Enfield Center, N. Y. He moved to Wisconsin in 1866, and not finding any church of that denomination here, he joined the Baptist church at Manawa, and remained with them until 1886, when he accepted the truths of the third angel's message, and joined the Royalton church, of which he remained a faithful member until his death. He was a loving husband and father and a faithful friend and neighbor. A wife and four children are left to mourn their loss. But we believe he sleeps in Jesus, and will come forth again in the resurrection morning. Services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder Reed. Text, Job 19:25. N. P. NEILSEN.

VIAGOFSKI.—Died at Wilmington, Del., Jan. 16, 1903, Sister Anna Viagofski, aged 70 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Sister Viagofski was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, where the early years of her life were spent. Six sons and three daughters, with the father, survive, to mourn their loss. During the last eight years of her life, the deceased rejoiced greatly in the hope of the soon-coming Saviour, and received with delight the truths which cluster around this “glorious hope.” Her last years were spent in much physical suffering and affliction. Funeral services were held at her late home. V. H. LUCAS.

STICKNEY.—Died at Idyllwild, Southern California, of pulmonary tuberculosis, Feb. 12, 1903, Maud Seraphine Gardner, wife of Silas C. Stickney, of the Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal., at the age of 29 years, 7 months, and 19 days. Miss Gardner was born at San Jose, Cal., but moved to Guatemala in 1891, where she met and married Brother Stickney in 1899. Though not connected with any church, she was more or less active in religious work. Shortly after coming to Oakland she accepted present truth, and was an earnest worker in the cause till last November. She was taken very ill in Southern California, and from this sickness she never recovered. She was a devoted, loving wife, a faithful, heart-winning mother to children not her own, and her husband and the two children greatly feel their loss. She met death with resignation, even as she had met duty promptly and willingly. She knew God, and trusted him, and sleeps in hope. She was buried from her home church in Oakland. M. C. W.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

WANTED.—A number of good strong men to work in and around a sawmill. Address W. H. Kynett, Mellen, Wis.

TAILOR WANTED.—At once, trousers maker. One wishing an education, or who has children to educate, will have the preference. For particulars, address J. F. Nelson, Mgr. Union College Tailors, College View, Neb.

FOR SALE.—A well-improved and well-situated farm of 12 acres, 3 miles from Wells, Minn. Good buildings; artesian well; apple and plum orchard and small fruit. Several acres well seeded with timothy and clover. Address Mr. O. A. Gilbert, Wells, Minn.

FOR SALE.—Farm of 20 acres; good house with 6 acres cleared; balance timbered; adjoining S. D. A. church and church school; store within 40 rods; post-office ½ mile. Price $1,000; $600 in cash; balance to suit. Must be sold at once. Address John Gebauer, Moon, Wis.

WANTED.—Man who understands cutting cedar and logging, to take job of cutting and landing on R. R. and at sawmill, ten thousand cedar poles and one million feet of mixed timber. Cedar and timber must be landed before March 1, 1904. Address L. D. Harris, Box 35, Blackduck, Minn.

Donations for the Washington (D. C.) Church

CONRAD WALTERS, $1; Mrs. Edith Rush, .50; Mr. & Mrs. A. Smith, $4; Otsego church, $6.50; Hastings church, $1.45; Muskegon, $2.50; Kalamazoo, $3; Mrs. J. A. Smith, .50; Elmwood church, $2; Mrs. H. C. Zoerb, .76; Vivian S. Crandall, $2; Mr. & Mrs. G. S. Crandall, $1.50; Mr. & Mrs. Allen C. Brown, $2; Melissa Cookendorfer, $2; Thomas Foster, $2; Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Burden, $2; Thomas Bickel, $1; L. U. Conference, $7.25; James Abey, .75; Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Crater, $1; Mrs. F. E. Glasscock, $1; Mr. & Mrs. Chas. J. Johnson, $1; M. J. Beaman, $1; Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Bowles, $1; John Bowles, .50; Roy Bowles, .05; Mary Grewer, $1; William Grewer, $1; Sarah J. Harp, $1; Anna Holmquist, $1; Wm. Simpson, $1; Mrs. C. L. Darling, $1; Mrs. Mary J. Johnson, $1; Mrs. N. M. Cross, .50; Mrs. A. H. Price, $6.50; H. E. DeW., .30; Henry Stewart, $1; Mrs. Thomas Owen, $1; Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Loensen, $2; Mrs. H. C. McDearmon, $5; Robt. F. Carroll, $1; Mrs. Robt. F. Carroll, $1; Cree Carroll, $1; Mrs. F. E. Scovell, .50; Geo. H. Moser, $1; Frank & Vina Clark, $1; Mrs. R. Beckwith, .50; Cent. U. Conf., $194.65.

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Foreign Papers and Sydney Sanitarium Finances

It will be remembered that it was decided, after the fire, to remove the foreign papers, Christlicher Hausfreund, Evangeliets Sendebud, and Sions Vaktare, to College View, Neb. It has taken a little time to fit up the office with suitable type and other facilities for the publication of these papers, but they are now being issued regularly from their new location. We congratulate the editors on the creditable appearance of their respective papers.

At the opening of the Sydney Sanitarium the treasurer, Brother J. A. Burden, presented the following financial statement, which we believe will be of interest to our readers:—

REC'D ON BUILDING FUND £ s. d. From friends in Australia......2,440 14 0 From friends in America.......2,043 16 4 On second tithe...............1,474 4 7 Sabbath-schools.................201 7 7 Royalty on medical books.......333 3 9 Loans........................2,150 0 0 £8,643 6 3 EXPENSES £ s. d. Material and labor......7,191 17 5 Furnishing and medical appliances...........1,262 1 0 £8,453 18 5 Cash on hand..............189 7 10 £8,643 6 3

It thus appears that the total investment at the time of the report was a little over forty-one thousand dollars. In presenting this report the treasurer said: “We take this opportunity to thank the friends for their liberal support in the past, and hope that they will not forget that the institution is still but a babe, to be nourished and cared for if it is to grow into a strong institution.”

General Prosperity and Industrial Unrest

“EVERY union man in the city now demanding larger share of ‘general prosperity,’” is a headline in the Chicago Tribune of March 16, under which it is stated that “higher wages, shorter hours, and marked concessions in working conditions are demands that will be made before the close of spring on practically every employer of labor who has not previously yielded to his employees.” And further: “From both old and new unions the cry has gone up that this is to be the banner year of trades unionism—the year when the laborer must have his share of what the unions regard as ‘general prosperity.’”

Five strikes in that city are already threatened, and the information comes from union labor leaders that the past few months, though exceptional for the industrial disturbances they have brought, “are nothing to what will come.”

With such a state of things, “prosperity” ceases to be prosperity, and becomes a thing to be dreaded rather than desired. The beginning of every such period becomes the signal for strikes, lockouts, riots, and industrial disturbances the country over, by which business is paralyzed or thrown into a condition of the greatest uncertainty, and times are made harder for the poor. There is a general grabbing on the part of all industrial classes for a larger share of the “general prosperity,” prompted by that motive which is so characteristic of worldly affairs—selfishness. Selfishness and peace do not go together. Peace is of heavenly origin, and will not prevail on this earth until the kingdom of the Prince of Peace supersedes the kingdoms of this world.

Book Bindery at the Office

THE machinery for a small book bindery, some of which was saved from the fire, is now being set up in this Office, and facilities will thus be provided for binding our denominational books.

Great Controversy in Fijian

THAT valuable book, “Great Controversy,” has been translated into the Fijian language, and an edition has been printed at the Avondale School Press, Cooranbong, New South Wales.

Support for Avondale School

NEARLY £600 (about $3,000) has been sent to the Avondale School from New Zealand as the result of the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” in that conference. The work is still being carried forward.

Semiannual Collection for Two Homes

REMEMBER the next semiannual collection for the Haskell Home and the James White Memorial Home, which is to be taken on Sabbath, April 4. Remember that these institutions depend wholly upon donations for their support.

Keep the Tract Campaign Moving

Do not let the interest flag in the tract campaign. Although nearly a million copies of the first four tracts have been printed, yet this is only a good beginning. We should make up our minds that this is not to be a spasmodic effort, but a steady pull. The fifth tract, “The Perpetuity of the Law,” has now been printed at this Office.

The Church and Labor Arbitration

By Editor

“THE first of its kind to adjust a labor dispute,” says a press telegram with reference to an arbitration board of three clergymen recently appointed in Chicago. See page 7. It is very significant that we have reached the time when the church is being called on to arbitrate in labor disputes. This is the “first of its kind,” but it will not be the last.

TO FRIENDS OF THE ADVOCATE:

By Editor

The March Advocate will be placed in the hands of between forty thousand and fifty thousand public school teachers. This large edition called for an unusual amount of work. The presses in the Advocate printing office have been running day and night. Some may not have received their papers as early in the month as they expected. Do not become worried if this is the case; for every order will be filled, although the size of the edition necessitates some delay in mailing.

The publishers wish to express their hearty appreciation of the kindness of the friends of the Advocate and of Christian education in this effort to spread the truth. We shall be much better prepared to handle the next large edition, as we have just received a gift of a large press.

THE ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CO.

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