p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 25. (6/23/1904)

Earlier text: The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

Testimonies for the Church, Volume VIII

Have you read “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VIII? The instruction contained in this book is of special importance to this people at this time, and every Seventh-day Adventist ought to study it carefully. If you have not already secured a copy, you can obtain it of your tract society, or of either of the publishing houses.

New Editor of Australasian Signs

Brother A. W. Anderson, of Melbourne, has been appointed editor of the Australasian Signs of the Times in the place of Brother E. W. Farnsworth, who has recently been called from the Australian field. Brother Anderson has been connected with the office as a director and general helper for quite a number of years, and has been a frequent contributor to the paper.

W. A. Spicer Returns to Washington

On Friday of last week Brother W. A. Spicer returned to Washington after a visit of several weeks to the Pacific Coast. He reports excellent meetings in the different conferences where he has labored. Brother Spicer will sail this week for England, and will attend several camp-meetings in the European General Conference. He will probably be away two months or more.

Gordonhurst Farm Sanitarium

We have received the announcement of “Gordonhurst Farm Sanitarium,” a new institution “located in a valley in Saratoga County [New York], eight miles from Saratoga Springs, twelve miles from Schenectady, and two and one-half miles from Ballston Spa,” the nearest railroad station. The resident physician is Dr. Ruth Bryant Leake, who will be remembered by many of our readers as having been for several years connected with the work at Battle Creek.

Pacific Union Recorder Changes

In harmony with the action taken at the recent session of the Pacific Union Conference the Pacific Union Recorder has been reduced in size from sixteen to eight pages, and is now published weekly. The subscription price remains the same as before, fifty cents per year. The Recorder is well edited, and is filled with matter of special interest relating to the work and the workers in its territory.

Leaflet for the Washington Work

By Editor

A LEAFLET of twenty-four pages and cover has just been issued in the interest of the work in Washington. It contains two articles by Elder A. G. Daniells, and one by Mrs. E. G. White, dealing with the present situation and the outlook for the establishment of the institutions here. It also suggests a feasible plan for raising the whole amount of money recommended by the council to be expended in this work. Four views from photographs taken on the sanitarium grounds will help the readers to appreciate the beauty of the surroundings. We hope that the reading of this leaflet will arouse in the minds of many the desire to contribute of their means to help forward the work here.

The Young People’s Work

THE Sabbath-school Department of the General Conference has issued a leaflet of thirty-two pages with the title, “The Young People’s Work.” It urges the great opportunity for organized work on the part of our young people, and gives practical suggestions concerning the proper organization of this work, with instruction as to the mutual relations which should exist between the church and the young people’s societies. It recommends a simple plan of organization, and outlines plans for ways of working, with suggestions for the conduct of the young people’s meetings. The leaflet is full of practical help, and its wide circulation will aid in stimulating and intelligently directing the young people’s work.

Pacific Press Annual Report

FROM a recent personal letter from Brother C. H. Jones, the general manager of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, we take the following items of general interest: "Our fiscal year closed April 30. Our balance sheet shows a net gain for the year of $14,636.08. This we consider a very satisfactory showing, considering the liberal allowances we have made on bad debts, depreciation, wear and tear of machinery, etc. Our factory at Mountain View is being pushed forward very satisfactorily. It will be a brick building, and the first story is already up. We expect to begin moving early in July." We congratulate our fellow workers of the Pacific Press, and wish them continued and abundant prosperity.

Send It to Your Friends

By Editor

HAVE you friends and relatives whom you wish to interest in the truth, who from prejudice or for other reasons will not read our religious publications?

Why not send the new health magazine, Life and Health, to them for a year? It will interest and help them, and will, perhaps, open the way for the introduction of all the truths of the gospel later on.

The July number of Life and Health, thirty-two or more pages and cover, will be ready soon. The edition is 25,000 copies. You will want it, and your friends should have it. The price is within the reach of all, five cents a copy, fifty cents a year.

Send us five yearly subscriptions, with $2.50, and we will send Life and Health to you for one year free.

Address Life and Health, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

As will be seen by the list of donations on page 20, one eighth of the needed amount has now been received. We are receiving a large number of donations, but as the actual work of building is now to begin, we are in great need of at least $20,000 within the next two weeks. Thus far we have kept entirely out of debt, more having been received than has been paid out. We are certain that those who are supporting the work desire to see it pushed on at once during the present season. If this is done without borrowing, we shall need immediately a large number of donations from $500 to $1,000. We know that you are all interested in this work. The work is yours. We are praying that the needed means will come, and believe that God will answer our prayers for the good of his work. If all our brethren and sisters would act as agents for the work in securing funds from their friends, we believe they would accomplish a double purpose, that of raising the needed means, and of interesting many outside of our denomination in the great work of the third angel's message.

On Thursday, June 16, I attended the trial of Brother J. H. Parritt, of Portsmouth, Va., who had been arrested for “Sabbath-breaking.” The special work done on Sunday was photography. No complaint was made of disturbance, but the ministers had started an agitation against the true Sabbath, and had Brother Parritt arrested directly for “Sabbath-breaking.” He was fined two dollars and costs by the mayor. The case was appealed, and on June 16 Judge Crocker dismissed the case after five minutes' hearing. We felt that God had wrought wonders in the turning of the hearts of men who we had feared would be carried away by the tide of public sentiment in that place, which sweeps strongly against freedom of conscience.

J. S. WASHBURN.