PERHAPS very many of our people do not know that the present truth is being preached in Macedonia. This is to give a brief sketch of the gospel work done here. May the Lord stir the hearts of our people to work somewhere in the great field of this world,—the Lord’s vineyard.
For several years I have served for the government as city physician in different parts of Macedonia. At first the government sent me to a town in the interior. Although small, it was called the “Bethlehem of Macedonia.” Not in any other town or city of Macedonia can you find so many Protestants (Congregationalists)17as in Radowishe. I preached there, and gave Bible readings, and my wife and I translated many lessons into Bulgarian. And the Lord blessed our effort. A few souls came to the truth. Nearly all the Protestants and many of the orthodox were much interested in the message we were giving. From this place the truth sounded to a few parts of Macedonia.
Unfortunately, there the day of bazar is the seventh day. The people are poor. It is on that day mostly that they sell or buy. This hindered our work. But we hope a few will have strong faith to resist the devil and all his obstacles.
A Bulgarian young man, son of a priest, and formerly a teacher, has been converted. Now he wishes to work for the Lord. Thanks be to Him who helps us on every hand and always. We are glad for this young man who is so promising.
There was also a Greek young man, a teacher, who from another town came to us to learn more about Jesus. After a few weeks’ study he was converted. But after two years he has backslidden, yet he does not openly reject the Bible. Now he is in Athens, Greece. A few weeks ago in his letter to me he stated that the Spirit of God is striving with him. He and all those who are backslidden for different reasons need the fervent prayers of our people. Pray that their feeble feet stand firm on the eternal Rock, that they also may establish others in the truth for this time.
There are different nationalities in Macedonia, and as many different languages. We need to have translated some of our religious and health literature.
Now I am a city physician near Thessalonica, where in the first century of Christianity Paul preached the second coming of Christ. Then they were waiting for it. 2 Thess. 2:1, 2. Again it shall be preached to the uttermost parts of the globe, and even with much more power. In the apostles’ time this church was renowned. 1 Thess. 1:8. There the word of God sounded to other countries, and their faith to Godward was spread abroad. Can it not be so now? May the Lord help us to begin our work in this large city for both soul and body. What has been done here is a small beginning compared with what should be done. Pray for the work. Don’t forget the Macedonia field before the throne of God. J. YERAM.
The Tent-Meeting in Nashville
By Geo. I. Butler
THE meetings continue with no very marked changes. We have been here now over two weeks, holding seven or eight meetings each week. Our congregations have ranged from forty to fifty on rainy nights, up to perhaps two hundred two or three times; usually there are about eighty or eighty-five at an ordinary service. Quite a large number of our own people attend, perhaps from thirty to sixty at a time, many of whom have never heard a course of lectures. There are quite a number of interested persons in attendance, who are there every night. Several have spoken favorably concerning the Sabbath already, and they think we are right on that question, and yet we have not nearly brought out the pointed arguments that lead to decisions being made.
We have been ranging over the great prophetic statements of Scripture concerning the nearness of Christ's coming, and other interesting points in the theory of the truth. We shall soon be in the heart of the great principles underlying our faith,—the law, the messages, the sanctuary, the Sabbath, and life and death questions.
We have been disappointed in not having a more full and complete attendance. We are still hoping that the interest will increase, and are making great efforts to advertise largely in the city, and we think we can truly say that the truth is being made plain. We shall hope that God's blessing will rest upon our work.
Elder Haskell and the writer have been giving the discourses from the stand. We have good music, and the tent is fixed up in a neat and attractive manner. We are well situated, but it is difficult to reach the great masses of people in our Southern cities.
The Southern Missionary Society has a tent running in a different part of the city for the colored people. We feel very thankful for this. They speak of having some interest. Their meetings did not begin, however, until very recently.—Geo. I. Butler, in The Watchman.
Help for the Eighty Million Unenlightened in India
By S. N. HASKELL
We have reached a most wonderful period in the history of the third angel’s message. From a small beginning in the eastern part of the United States, this Sabbath truth, as proclaimed in the sealing message, has nearly if not quite encircled the earth. Not only from the United States, but from Australia, England, Germany, and other strong centers, missionaries are now being sent forth to the ends of the earth. Germany has established missions in darkened Africa, Australia in the islands of the sea, England in her colonies, while in the United States, which God has honored with the beginning of this most glorious work, a burden still rests of sending missionaries to open up new fields and plant the truth in the regions beyond. While this great and glorious work is going on, God highly honors every believer in this message who takes a part in extending the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Onward is our watchword, until everywhere voices will be heard saying, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
There is one class of people in a country where the truth has had a small beginning that have not one single missionary. That people number more than all the inhabitants of the United States, while the number of square miles of their territory is about the same as the State of Texas. These are the Hindustani-speaking people of India. There are eighty millions of them, and not one worker among them to tell them the Lord is soon coming.
Brother and Sister Burgess have both of them mastered the Hindustani language, but are now in this country on account of his impaired health. Sister Burgess has been in India nine years. Her health was good there. They are now in the South, and his health is much improved through the blessing of God. They wish to return early this coming winter to the field of their choice and desire. As the foreign mission funds are so low, they wish to earn money by canvassing to pay their return passage, and open a mission among the Hindustani-speaking people. We have arranged to furnish them twenty thousand copies of the next special number of the Bible Training School, issued the last of this month. The sale of these papers will furnish the necessary funds to open up the work in this new field.
As their time is short in which to sell these papers, we ask our brethren to co-operate with them in this work, by paying the retail price (10 cents per copy) for the papers, and selling them to their neighbors and friends. In this way our people in America will work for India as really as if they were active missionaries in India.
We have gotten up several special editions of the Bible Training School, which sell for ten cents a copy. Already this year one special edition of fifty-five thousand has been issued, nearly all of which have been sold. We give Brother and Sister Burgess the profit on twenty thousand copies of this next special edition, and our printers give their labor. So those of our friends who wish to co-operate can take any number they please, from ten copies to a thousand. Then by selling these papers they will receive their money back again. In this way those who can not sell a large book but can sell a ten-cent paper, will have the privilege of working to establish the truth of the message in an entirely new field.
What is done in this direction must be done quickly, for Brother and Sister Burgess hope to start for India in October. We expect to have the special Bible Training School ready by August 25. Orders are already coming in, and many encouraging words. Send in your orders at once. Write the address very plainly, so there will be no delay in filling orders.
We wish to co-operate with Brother and Sister Burgess and help them return to open up this work among the eighty million people, as they have already learned their language, and are acquainted with their ways and habits.
Orders can be sent to the Bible Training School, South Lancaster, Mass., or to Brother and Sister Burgess direct, 914 Belmont Ave., Nashville, Tenn.
S. N. HASKELL.
Item of Experience
By GEORGIA A. BURGESS
SOME time ago I was distributing tracts on the coming of the Lord in the large railway station in Calcutta, where thousands from all parts of India are coming and going every day. As I stood there, a man came up and said to me in the Hindustani language, “Memsahib, what are those papers you are giving away?” When I told him of the good news in the tracts of the soon-coming Saviour, he said, “Give me one, too.” But I was compelled to say to him, “I am sorry, brother, but I have nothing in your language.” I have never forgotten the disappointed look on his face as he said to me, “Memsahib, don’t you know that there are millions and millions of people in this country who know only my language? What are you going to do for them?”18
These words have rung in my ears, again and again. What are we going to do for the eighty million Hindustani-speaking people of India who have as yet heard nothing of the message that must go to every tongue and people? “How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent?”
As the Lord has opened a way by which a work may be started among these waiting millions, we trust that a desire may be awakened in the hearts of many of our people to co-operate in it, and thus share in the blessing of which Job speaks: “The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.” GEORGIA A. BURGESS.
District of Columbia Midsummer Convention
By K. C. RUSSELL
According to appointment the District of Columbia gospel workers held their first convention the first and second days of August. The first day it was held in the Memorial church, at M and Twelfth Streets, N. W., and the second day in the People's church, at Tenth and V Streets, N. W.
The reason for this convention will appear clearly to all when it is understood that our evangelistic work here in the District is not under the direction of any local conference. We therefore do not have the benefit of camp-meeting and conference sessions where methods of work can be discussed, and thus obtain the benefit of an exchange of experience with other workers.
The attendance, both of our workers and of our brethren and sisters in general, was excellent at every session of the convention. Such topics were chosen as it was thought would produce the greatest practical and immediate benefit to both laborers and church-members.
The first subject was introduced in an enthusiastic address by Elder Lewis C. Sheafe, entitled, “How to Keep Our Churches Alive in the District.” The speaker showed that first of all the members should be connected with Christ, the great source of life, and that all should be given something to do. Many other valuable suggestions were made. This address was followed by a lively discussion bringing out many practical points.
“How to Increase Our Tithes and Offerings” was the subject of a well-written paper presented by Elder I. H. Evans. As an evidence of the value placed upon this paper by the convention, it is sufficient to say that there was a unanimous vote to have the paper published in the REVIEW. Among those who discussed this paper was Elder W. S. Hyatt, of South Africa, who happened to be in the city as he was returning to his far-away field of labor.
The afternoon session opened with a paper by D. W. Reavis, entitled, “How to Use Our Literature Effectively in Connection with Tent and Hall Meetings.” This paper was filled with much valuable instruction concerning the influence of our literature, and the importance of making use of it in our public efforts. Many excellent points were made by those who discussed it.
We also consider this paper of sufficient importance to be passed on to other workers through the columns of the REVIEW.
“How to Create and Hold an Interest in Our Public Meetings,” was the title of a paper which was presented by Elder J. S. Washburn. We wish that time and space might permit of a detailed account of the practical things which were presented. One point which was given with great emphasis was that we should present the message in its native purity and power if we would create and hold the interest of the people. This, too, was enlarged upon by those who discussed it.
Brother G. A. Stevens gave a valuable paper at the beginning of the second day's session on the theme, “How to Connect Our Bible Work with Public Efforts.” This was spoken to by several experienced workers, among whom was Elder W. J. Tanner, recently from Jamaica.
“How to Bind off a Public Effort and Establish the Believers in the Faith,” was discussed by Elder L. C. Sheafe.
“Care of Our Tents,” was presented by Elder W. A. Colcord. It was voted that he should prepare this matter in leaflet form for permanent use.
“How to Combine Our Medical and Evangelistic Work in Our Tent and Hall Meetings,” was the subject upon which G. A. Hare, M. D., wrote.
It was a most enthusiastic meeting from the very beginning to its close, and we believe that a new life and inspiration was awakened in the hearts of all who were in attendance.
K. C. RUSSELL,
*Chairman of the District of Columbia
Evangelical Committee.*
The Missionary Campaign
By H. H. Hall
At the last General Conference the following recommendations concerning the missionary campaign were unanimously passed:—
Missionary Campaign
“Realizing that multitudes are ‘in the valley of decision,’ and that the time has fully come when the Master pleads with every child of his to ‘go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city’ and ‘into the highways and hedges,’ to bid the hungry and perishing to the marriage feast,—
“63. We recommend, That the great missionary campaign entered upon last year be strengthened, deepened, and enlarged into a mighty movement for the promulgation of the third angel’s message.
“To avoid confusion, and to economize effort, we recommend the following—
GENERAL PLAN FOR NORTH AMERICA
“(1) That the effort to place the REVIEW AND HERALD in every Sabbath-keeping home be continued, especially through the camp-meeting season and early fall.
“(2) That a general campaign in North America for our missionary periodicals be entered upon about October 1.
“(3) That beginning in early November, special efforts be made by conference workers and church officers to interest our people in the sale of forty-per-cent books.
“(4) That the interest aroused by this work be developed by— “(a) The liberal use of message-filled tracts.
“(b) Securing subscriptions for our periodicals.
“(c) Holding Bible readings and cottage meetings.
“(d) Missionary correspondence.
“(5) That missionary conventions be held October 7 and November 18 in all our churches, to study local needs and to organize for service.
Supplies
“64. We approve of the plan to publish four special numbers of The Signs of the Times and the Watchman, two special issues of Life and Health, and such issues of the foreign papers as their publishers may deem best.
“65. We look with favor upon the plan of setting aside certain small, easy-selling books for the use of those who wish to canvass in their own neighborhoods.
“66. We also approve of the steps being taken in the publication of The Signs of the Times Leaflets, to furnish our ministers and people with inexpensive literature for general circulation.
Organization
“67. We recommend, That the General Conference Committee appoint a missionary campaign committee to co-operate with conference officers in the carrying out of these recommendations.”
General and subcommittees have already been appointed, and are organizing for the work.
As will be noted, the first step in this campaign is the effort to place the REVIEW AND HERALD in every Sabbath-keeping home. This means that at every camp-meeting and in every church the merits of our church paper should be placed before our people. We hope conference and church officers, as well as our conference workers generally, will bear this recommendation in mind, and will do everything in their power to carry it out.
In view of the valuable instruction and the interesting reports from the world-wide field which the REVIEW contains, it would seem that this part of our missionary campaign would be a pleasant one. Let us take hold of it with a will, and continue until the goal is reached.
This paper will also contain the readings for the missionary conventions, together with suggestions as to how they may be held to the greatest profit to all. Therefore, our isolated brethren and sisters particularly should have the paper. Let us see that they are not passed by. Further details concerning the campaign will be given next week.
H. H. HALL, Asst. Secretary,
General Conference Publication Committee.
Dedication at Streator, Ill.
By Wm. Covert
ELDER E. A. CURTIS and the writer held a short series of meetings at Streator, Ill., beginning Friday evening, July 21, and closing Sunday evening, July 23. During this time we held four services in the new church which has been erected by our people in that city. Two persons were received into the church; the membership now numbers thirty-one, and others will soon unite. On Sunday at 2:30 P. M., the church house was formally dedicated by appropriate services. We had a fair hearing19and a good interest was manifested. We left our people in excellent spirits. There is certainly a good field for gospel work in Streator. Our people there enjoy the respect of their neighbors, and have a disposition to work for the Lord.
Wm. Covert.
Religious Liberty Notes
By K. C. Russell
Elders H. L. Hoover and H. M. J. Richards are conducting a series of tent-meetings in Raton, N. M., only two blocks from the jail where Brother E. K. Cassell was recently imprisoned for Sunday labor.
The Roman Catholics and Protestants of Rhinelander, Wis., have joined hands and united in asking the civil authorities to enforce the observance of Sunday.20Here is their appeal: “We turn to you as having power and authority in these matters, asking you to enforce all Sunday legislation impartially, allowing no class to profit by restraints placed on others; and assuring you of our support in so doing.”
A complaint has recently been brought by the clergy of Salem, Mass., against those operating places of amusement at Canobie Lake Park, and as the result three persons have been arrested, among whom is the General Manager Woodman of the Southern New Hampshire Traction Company, who will make a test case of the affair.
The editor of the Nashua Daily Press, under date of July 3, 1905, voices the opinion that it is better to permit diversion on Sunday “where it may be seen and controlled by officials than that multitudes seek hiding places with the result that more of immorality may be practised than now,” and further adds on this question of observing a day, “But every man is his own judge of what is right and wrong as between himself and his Maker.”
A new motto for the Christian Endeavor Association which was suggested by Governor Warfield, of Maryland, in his address of welcome at their recent international convention, which was held in Baltimore, is truly suggestive of their union with the State. Here is the proposed motto: “For Christ and the Church, and Our Country,” instead of “For Christ and the Church,” as heretofore.
The Sunday closing crusade in Camden, N. J., by several clergymen of that city, has been carried to such an extreme that a large proportion of the community demand that Sunday be regarded in the same light as any other day in the week. An ordinance for a liberal Sunday law has been proposed as a compromise.
Brother Thomas Hege, of Winston, N. C., will have some forty-five days more to serve in prison when this issue of the REVIEW is received by its readers. Let all remember this brother in their prayers, and also those who were instrumental in causing his imprisonment.
Judge Porter, of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, recently gave an important decision in a test case regarding Sunday observance, from which the following quotation is taken: “The mere doing of worldly employment on Sunday will not amount to a breach of the peace when the work is done without noise and disorder.” A wise decision indeed.
In view of the wide-spread agitation throughout the various States in the Union for Sunday enforcement by the state, it should be a signal for every lover of liberty in these respective States to awake to action, and enlighten many who are deceived.
K. C. RUSSELL.
Nashville Sanitarium Fund
The following donations to the Nashville Sanitarium Fund have been received since the last report offered in these columns.
For several months we have refrained from presenting this fund in our papers, and we are especially thankful to those dear friends who have taken pains to remember us and send in their donations during the period.
We have just moved our city treatment rooms into a better house, with quieter and more pleasant surroundings. This move, though involving some expense of time and means, is a step in advance, and a blessing to our work.
At the country home we are very much cramped. Every room in our old Southern mansion and its cabins is occupied, and eight tents are pitched on the lawn.
We do not complain about the tents now, but what will our sick folk and our hard-working helpers do when the cold winds and storms of winter bring their changes to our pleasant retreat? Surely some of our friends must care about that.
We have purchased a good site for the sanitarium four miles from the city, near street-car line. The lot purchased contains thirty-two acres, and has on it a fine spring of the very best water that can be obtained in this locality or anywhere. This water has been prized for its purity and its cleansing virtues for many years.
The Lord sent us $8,750 with which to buy the land; now we are asking him for a house. Will you join us in this prayer?
Write us for information, or write to the president of the Southern Union Conference, Elder G. I. Butler, or to Elder S. N. Haskell, both of Nashville, or to the president of the Tennessee River Conference, Elder N. W. Allee, Raleigh, Tenn.
Previously reported .......... $1,072 65
D. L. Dortch ................ 5 50
By Northern Michigan Tract Society ............ 5 24
By N. Y. Food Co. ........... 3 00
J. L. Foy .................... 39 00
Dr. W. H. Kynett ............ 100 00
A. R. Witt ................... 1 00
A friend ..................... 1 00
A. W. Johnson ............... 10 00
Faye Matthews ............... 1 40
Mrs. E. E. Cage .............. 1 00
Mrs. L. E. Allen ............. 1 00
Northern Michigan Tract Soc. 2 00
J. J. Ambrecht ............... 65
W. T. Bland, Treas. .......... 1 00
S. J. Wentworth ............. 2 18
M. R. Ivan ................... 2 00
W. T. Bland, Treas. .......... 33 33
Northern Michigan Conference 3 00
A. C. and E. Raymond ........ 6 50
Oklahoma Tract Society ..... 15
J. N. Loughborough ........... 3 00
Allie Byers .................. 1 00
Paul E. Gros ................. 3 00
Sarah E. Stein ............... 10 00 Oklahoma Tract Society .... 1 00
A friend ..................... 2 00
E. R. Richmond .............. 1 50
A friend ..................... 1 50
Warren Knowles .............. 5 00
and Mrs. Hannah Benning .... 5 00
Mrs. Anna Johnston .......... 5 00
Mrs. R. L. Smith ............ 5 00
Mrs. W. J. Turner ........... 1 00
Wm. H. Mills ................. 1 00
Lenora Bowles ............... 2 00
C. C. Ward ................... 1 45
A. J. King ................... 1 00
C. J. Stone .................. 5 00
M. Cookendorfer .............. 2 00
Paul Mining .................. 25
Wm. Young .................... 2 00
P. J. Wolfsen ............... 50 00
J. H. Acker .................. 5 00
Mrs. J. C. Slaughter ........ 5 00
C. F. Simmons ............... 5 00
A. B. & L. M. Comp .......... 4 00
Hattie House ................. 5 00
Henry Raddle ................ 2 50
C. A. Morsel ................ 20 00
Mrs. S. D. Stone ............ 3 00
Mrs. M. J. Aukerey .......... 15 00
Fortune Morten ............... 2 00
Mrs. J. E. Miller ........... 3 00
Paul Jensen .................. 5 00
Mrs. Fannie Martin .......... 25 00
A friend ..................... 25
Mrs. John Elmer ............. 50
Anna C. C. Carlson .......... 10 00
Mrs. B. C. Kuder ............. 1 00
Mrs. J. D. Walters ........... 50
South Lancaster, Mass., church 37 19
Maude Gibbs .................. 1 00
T. J. Tver ................... 2 00
Samuel Sedore ................ 5 00
F. D. Starr .................. 5 00
Mrs. Della Woodruff .......... 5 00
Annie Carter ................. 5 00
Mrs. E. Warner ............... 09
Pacific Press ............... 10 00
Annie Lewis ................. 10 00
Mrs. E. Wescott .............. 5 00
Rosa Litzman ................. 1 00
Elizabeth McCoustion ......... 1 00
Ferdinand Reautaual .......... 5 00
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Waters ... 2 00
I. P. Hansen .................. 5 00
Mrs. M. E. Eartle ............ 2 00
Dr. J. E. Caldwell .......... 15 00
G. L. Stone ................. 10 00
Mrs. McDearman .............. 11 00
I. R. Tyler ................... 2 00
Lucy Addlebury ............... 3 00
Homer Howe ................... 1 00
M. W. Wells ................... 5 00
Mrs. L. Shear ............... 2 50
Miss Myldred Kelly ........... 5 00
Mrs. J. L. Henson ............ 57
John Decker .................. 5 00
N. A. Centerville, Kan. ...... 1 00
A friend ...................... 30
Mrs. Van Renselaer ........... 5 00
Mrs. M. V. Whitshell ......... 3 45
Emma Anderson ................ 50
Nellie E. Knapp ............... 15
Mary L. Pence ............... 25 00
H. H. Snebely ................. 5 00
R. L. Pierce ................ 10 00
Elsie Winne ................... 2 00
Mattie A. Price ............... 3 00
Battle Creek Sanitarium ...... 50 00
J. J. Hulett ................. 10 00
W. H. Hall .................. 100 00
A. Covert .................... 10 00
BEDDING AND PROVISIONS
Bernice L. Horner ............ 15 00
Wolf Lake church ............ 13 50
Mrs. W. B. Skervin ........... 4 50
Fort Ripley church ........... 7 85
Mrs. Bettie Wilcox ........... 3 25
A friend ...................... 2 75
J. L. Rumery .................. 8 90
A friend ...................... 5 00
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$1,958 05
Again we thank our friends for the help already given.
NASHVILLE SANITARIUM.
140 North Seventh Avenue, Nashville, Tenn.
The San Jose (Cal.) Camp-Meeting
By J. O. Corliss
THIS, the first of five local camp-meetings scheduled for the California-Nevada Conference, was held from June 23 to July 3. Nothing very marked to distinguish this from other meetings of the kind was present. It was, however, a good meeting. Sister White spoke five times, giving most excellent instruction regarding home life and missionary service, which was very much appreciated, not only by our people, but by visitors from the city as well.
Brethren Irwin and Loughborough occupied the early morning meetings with instruction on spiritual gifts, tithing, and early experiences in the message, especially in the way of sacrifice and its attending blessings. The forenoon meetings were devoted to educational, medical, and publishing matters, with their allied interests. The afternoons were mostly taken up in Bible study, the sanctuary question occupying four services. At these, many city people were present, and seemed to be deeply interested. The usual children and youths' meetings were held with good effect.
The night meetings were all directed to one object,—that of enlightening the people on the doctrinal features of our faith. At these gatherings, the large pavilion was generally well filled, for the most part, with very interested listeners. These had the privilege of hearing, in an old-fashioned way, of the signs of the times, the three messages, the judgment, the Sabbath, and the final inheritance of the saints. Several announced themselves as being converted to the faith, and were present at the last Sabbath meeting. One excellent feature of the meeting was services for the consideration of parents' duties. In these were some most excellent thoughts enunciated by Sister Wilcox, Dr. Hattie Maxson, Elder Knox, and others. It is to be hoped that this outline of work will not be omitted from any of the future camp-meetings.
We are glad for the San Jose camp-meeting, and hope that the remaining meetings to be held in the conference will be enjoyed by large numbers of our people.—J. O. Corliss, in Pacific Union Recorder.
The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
William Janney .......... $ 250 00
Iowa Conference .......... 187 00
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hughes ... 100 00
M. T. Allen .............. 100 00
Selby Flat (Cal.) Sabbath-school ............ 56 00
Christen Peterson ........ 50 00
Alfred Bergfeldt .......... 50 00
Rosalia Wickline .......... 50 00
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. King.... 50 00
A friend .................. 40 00
W. H. Crane ............... 33 00
J. Franklin Coon (collector) ... 32 10
H. A. Ziegler ............. 30 00
Ontario Conference ........ 27 15
C. H. Moller (Denmark) ... 26 21
B. W. Van Eman ............ 25 00
E. Van Eman ............... 25 00
James Rowe ............... 25 00
F. T. .................... 25 00
Anna Rasmussen ........... 25 00
J. D. Rockey ............. 25 00
Mrs. W. Taylor (New Zealand) .... 24 35
Hagerman (N. M.) church ... 21 25
Mrs. Lucinda Lunger ...... 20 00
W. W. Boardman ........... 20 00
Robert Blackwood ......... 20 00
St. Joseph (Mo.) church .... 20 00
Walter Durgan ............ 20 00
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Doering ... 20 00
Mrs. Veach ............... 20 00
Wales .................... 18 35
Cortland (Neb.) church .... 18 00
Greater New York Conference ... 13 58
Berlin (Wis.) company ..... 13 25
Quincy (Mich.) church ..... 12 80
Maple Plain (Minn.) church ... 12 33
Louisville (Ky.) church ... 12 27
Chattanooga (Tenn.) church ... 11 40
J. A. Comer .............. 10 00
Mrs. J. J. Parker ........ 10 00
San Francisco (Cal.) church-school ... 10 50
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Miller ... 10 00
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jorgensen ... 10 00
W. D. and M. F. Stillman ... 10 00
Mollie Patterson .......... 10 00
Charlotte M. Tew .......... 10 00
William Schildwachter .... 10 00
Mrs. Charles E. Nichols ... 10 00
Platt French .............. 10 00
T. L. Ragsdale ............ 10 00
Fruitland (Wash.) church .. 10 00
J. W. Detamore (Treas.) ... 10 00
A friend .................. 10 00
Friends ................... 10 00
William A. Marsh, Jr. ..... 10 00
Washington (N. H.) church .. 10 00
W. H. Stanley ............. 10 00
Anthony Allen ............. 10 00
H. H. Schnebly ............ 10 00
G. H. Matthews ............ 10 00
F. A. Lashier and family ... 10 00
Henry Korgan .............. 10 00
S. P. Hare ................ 10 00
Miss H. W. (Scotland) ..... 9 74
Friends in India .......... 9 68
Mr. Harvey ................ 9 48
Nashua (N. H.) church ..... 9 00
North Dakota Conference ... 8 79
Gottenberg (Neb.) church .. 8 50
La Grande (Ore.) church ... 8 00
Friends from Nebraska ..... 8 00
Fred Cramer ............... 8 00
Enterprise (Wash.) church .. 7 85
N. F. Burgess ............. 7 50
John Turner ............... 7 00
A. C. Anderson and others ... 6 67
Halfway (Ore.) church ..... 6 50
J. B. Jenkins ............. 6 00
F. H. Davis and mother .... 6 00 Burlington (Mich.) Sabbath-school ... 6 00
C. L. and Estelle Burlingame ... 6 00
Mrs. Edith Flett and daughter ... 6 00
A sister .................. 6 00
Abilene (Kan.) church ..... 6 00
Mrs. G. W. Teasdale ....... 5 11
Terre Haute (Ind.) church .. 5 10
Central Union Conference .. 5 08
FIVE DOLLARS EACH
William and Abbie J. Youngs, Laura S. Ross, Mrs. L. M. Kelley, M. F. and J. I. Allison, E. D. Calkin, Marie Johnson, Augusta Johnson, S. A. Dick, Mrs. Grant Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Marins Christenson, a friend G. D., Mrs. Catherine Eck, Grand Rapids church, D. A. Owen, E. Blanch Markham, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hall, B. F. Chanel, Thomas Lambert, C. J. Rider, F. D. Star, Mrs. B. A. Whitcomb, R. C. Harton, Henry Babcock, Mrs. J. R. Dewey, W. L. Payne, Mrs. Walter J. Crandall, G. W. Baldwin, Sarah Fishback, May Mund, George A. Bickford, Margaret Burnett, A. E. Mourer, Joseph Mourer, Nels Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sturgeon, Sister A. H. B., a friend, Mrs. J. Scriver, Helen Whittier, W. M. Campbell, Mrs. J. A. Hollem, Mrs. Eliza Greer, Mrs. M. J. Douglas, Charles Gronemiar, Robert Douglas, Mrs. Susie Andrews, W. F. Weeks, J. W. Hornet, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Schlotthauer (Germany), Mrs. Louis G. Hiatt, Julia Thuesen, Gorham (N. Y.) church, Mrs. M. V. Mayer, Sister L. Welson, Fred Westphal, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Johnson, Enoch Baker and family, Susie Maxted, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Robinson, Gordan B. Loucks, Adam Roth, Mrs. H. J. Hagen, Mamie Jones, Charles L. and Emmett Davis, Amanda E. Thompson, Peter Jensen, Mrs. Annie S. Detwiler, W. H. and Catherine Kinsey, A. Wintermute, Louisa Montgomery, F. P. Ide, S. J. Myers, J. F. Hahne and family, H. O. Halversen, O. W. Benson, J. O. Johnston, Mrs. A. E. Tate, J. W. Lewelling, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Johnson, Ida Sigrest.
Isaac Powell (Wales), $4.87; George Teasdale (N. Z.), $4.87; New Home (N. D.) church, $4.62; Walla Walla (Wash.) church, $4.10; Newcastle on Tyne (England), $4.06; Elgin (Ore.) church, $3.75; Mrs. Mary Lusher, $3.50; Mrs. George Dunning, $3.46; Clara Erickson, $3.25; Catford Sabbath-school (S. E. London, England), $2.99; North Lake (Wis.), $2.93; Glennville (Cal.) church, $2.90; J. S. Glunt, $2.85; Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen, $2.80; B. Brant (England), $2.70; Mrs. Goodman, $2.65.
$4.50 EACH
Edmore (N. D.) company, North London (England) church, Wenatchee (Wash.) Sabbath-school.
FOUR DOLLARS EACH
R. Ross Hilborn, H. E. Irvin, Sarah Chanel, La Rena Carpenter, Mary C. Gronemiar, Mrs. L. E. Scott.
THREE DOLLARS EACH
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Waters, Guy G. Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paul, H. M. Hayes, G. B. Epps, Mary Hornet.
[NOTE.— We are acknowledging as fast as possible the donations which we received during the "surprise party" campaign. All will be printed in due time. The amount of the list furnished to us is now $107,952.07.— Ed.]
A further list will follow.
Send all donations to I. H. Evans, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
Current Mention
— A renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance is expected at an early date.
— A strike of track and water-men on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, affecting about 2,000 employees of that company, was reported from Denver, Colo., August 1.
— A strike of 60,000 cotton mill operatives is threatened in Lancashire, England, the cause being the refusal of a demand by the operatives of a five per cent increase in wages.
— Mayor Belcher, of Paterson, N. J., has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, and simultaneously with his disappearance facts began coming to light indicative that he had for some time past been playing the part of a forger and confidence man, greatly to the financial detriment of some of his friends. Thus the record of betrayal of trust in high public office goes on.
— An investigation by a referee in bankruptcy into the financial standing of the late adventuress Cassie L. Chadwick, shows that about $14,000 are available to pay creditors to whom she owes $2,000,000.
— The Russian and Japanese peace envoys were formally presented to President Roosevelt, on board the government yacht "Mayflower" at Oyster Bay, L. I., August 5. The meeting between the representatives of the two hostile governments was unmarred by any unpleasant features, and among observers the hope was strengthened that the negotiations might result in the cessation of the war. The envoys were due at Portsmouth, N. H., August 7.
— Railway telegraphers connected with the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways who would not accept the terms offered by the railway companies in settlement of a controversy which has for some time been in progress between them, were locked out by the railway companies, August 1, this action being answered by the telegraphers' union with an order for a general strike of telegraphers on those lines. A general tie-up on the lines affected is anticipated.
— Seven saloon-keepers are under indictment at Hyattsville, Md., charged with violating the Sunday law, and are told they may expect severe punishment. The prosecution is being conducted by the Baltimore Anti-Saloon League. An appeal to the supreme court of Virginia is being taken by Mr. J. D. Levine, a Hebrew, of the city of Lynchburg, who was prosecuted under the Virginia Sunday law, the case coming first before the mayor of Lynchburg and then before the corporation court, where the decision of the mayor was affirmed.
— Only slight hopes of peace as the outcome of the coming conference between the Russian and Japanese envoys at Portsmouth, N. H., are now entertained by those supposed to be most conversant with the situation. The czar's most recent utterances have been decidedly warlike in tone, and the sentiment expressed in Russia seems to indicate that Russia will not consent either to an indemnity or to cession of Russian territory. In Japan vigorous preparations for a continuance of the war are everywhere manifest. It is stated that the amount of the indemnity to be demanded of Russia as a condition of immediate peace will be about $700,000,000.
— Yellow fever at New Orleans and surrounding towns, in spite of the vigorous efforts made to conquer it, has continued to spread, but not with the rapidity of former epidemics. A prominent feature of the situation is the clash between the States of Louisiana and Mississippi on account of the presence of armed Mississippi guards in Louisiana waters, which led to an exchange of warlike communications between the governors of the respective States, and a show of mobilizing the navy of Louisiana to repel the Mississippi invaders. A report made August 6 showed up to that date a total of 505 cases, ninety-seven deaths, and ninety-one centers of infection.