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Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 18.

Is It Worth While?
Earlier text: Rome and the Cabinet

Progress of the Work Among the Jews—No. 2

By Frederick C. Gilbert

In a former article the attention of the reader was called to a sentiment now manifest among the Jews favorable to Christianity. Attention was also called to what the spirit of prophecy has said with reference to the Jews’ acceptance of the message. In this article I wish to show that the Lord is really at work upon the hearts of the Jews, leading some to the truth, and causing others to see their need of something that they do not have.
During the past few weeks, while taking a trip West as far as Lincoln and College View, Nebr., in the interest of the Jewish work, I found much of interest. Some time ago I received a request to go to the former city as there were a number of Jews who were interested in the truth. I have been corresponding with Jews at that place who have sent for literature, and who have written, asking questions which showed that they were interested. I also learned of one young man in College View who has taken his stand for the truth.
When I spoke in our church at Lincoln on Sunday night there were several Jews present to hear the gospel message of the plan of salvation from Adam to the present time. The blessing of the Lord attended the word spoken, and the Jews present seemed very much impressed. They gave the best of attention, and seemed astonished to think that such teaching was the Christian religion. They were surprised to learn that so much of Christ is revealed in the Old Testament, and they could hardly believe that Moses’ had written so much concerning him. The Holy Spirit burned the truth into their hearts, and some of them said they had not heard such Bible teaching before. I feel sure that the seed sown will find lodgment in the hearts of some of those who were present.
On my way to Lincoln and College View I stopped at Omaha, and I was surprised to meet about ten or fifteen Jews at the service. They were much interested in what they heard, and wanted to hear more. They could hardly believe that the Bible had so much to say about Christ, and several stopped to ask questions at the close of the service. So it was decided that I should stop on my way back and give a talk on the Passover supper. The meeting had been well advertised, and the Omaha church was packed with both Jews and Gentiles. Some of the prominent business men among the Jews were present, and they seemed to get new light on the Scriptures. One man especially was deeply moved by the truth he heard, and we feel certain that with a little effort he can be brought into the truth.
The thing which seems so strange to the Jews is to hear a Jew preach Christ from the Old Testament, from the very oracles which they have for hundreds of years been taught oppose the teachings of the Nazarene, and then show from both the Old and the New Testament that the Sabbath and the law of God are binding upon all people, Gentile as well as Jew. These truths seem almost to stun them, and it takes time for them to recover. But this message has the power to convince them. It is the original gospel of God, the power of the Lord Jesus to save the Jew and the Gentile also. The wrong impression the Jew has had of the Christian religion for so long has led him to believe that there is nothing in common between the Jew and the Gentile. But we must remember that the Gentiles listened to the same gospel as the Lord preached to the Jews. The same preachers preached the same gospel of the same Christ to the Gentiles after the Jews rejected it in the first century.
The spirit of prophecy says when the gospel will be presented in its fulness to the Jews, many will accept Christ as their Messiah. For nearly two thousand years the gospel has not been presented to the Jew in its fulness. What he has heard of it has been a perverted religion. The rabbis have taught the Jews erroneous views of the gospel from their standpoint, and the Gentile Christian has taught the gospel from his standpoint. The standpoint of the latter has been but a half-gospel at the best, and a weak half. The Jew says he does not believe in the New Testament; the Gentile says he does not accept the Old. Where can there be anything common between the Gentile and the Jew? But thank God, the Lord has given us the whole gospel, the gospel in its fulness. This gospel we can give to the Jew, and the Lord will help him to listen to it.
While I was in Chicago a number of Jews came to hear the message. One night there must have been at least twenty-five or thirty Jews present; and they seemed deeply interested in the message given. One learned Jew, like Saul of old, wanted to discuss the matter. We gave him opportunity to ask questions, but it was evident that what he heard had pricked him. A number of Jews seemed very much pleased with what they heard, and we were glad to see in that congregation some Jews who had taken their stand for the truth. Of these we shall speak in another article.
But the Jews themselves are doing much in agitating the question of the Christian religion. A short time ago a prominent rabbi, in a public address, advocated the idea of mixed marriages, that Jews should marry with the Gentiles, and that they should become assimilated with their Gentile neighbors. Now comes another, a prominent rabbi in New York, who says that the “Jews should reclaim Jesus.” There is hardly a Jewish paper that one picks up to-day that does not contain something with reference to Christianity. There seems to be considerable agitation among the Jewish leaders and laity with reference to this matter; and there certainly must be an overruling Providence in all this.
The Jews are divided among themselves. Every rabbi is a law unto himself. There is nothing which binds the rabbis to anybody or to anything. Although New York City has a Kehillah (a parent organization to look after all the other Jewish organizations in this city), every rabbi and every teacher is at liberty to teach what he will, when he will, and how he will.
One rabbi, a short time ago, in discussing the attitude of the leaders of the Jews among themselves, told his people and incidentally all his Jewish brethren, that if there were not more unity among the Jewish leaders and teachers, one of two things would happen: either the rising generation of Jews would become infidel and atheistic, or else there would be a door thrown open among the Jews which would invite the Christian missionary to give to the Jew the Christian religion.
There are many straws in Jewry to-day which indicate the way things are going, and the people of God should see in these things a fulfilment of prophecy. While the Jew may be stubborn, while he may still feel there is nothing in Christianity that he wants or cares for, the Holy Spirit is at work among the Jewish people. The Lord has opened a door, and it is the part of the people of God to enter that door. May the Lord help us to do so.
F. C. GILBERT.

Cumberland Industrial School

By Clifford G. Howell

THERE is one thing which more than most others cheers the hearts of the Lord's people, that is seeing his work go forward. In this time of calamity, destruction, and death what should interest us as much as the cause of God?
Our school enrolment for the year is thirty-seven. Of these two have already gone into the canvassing field. Another is to go at the close of school. One young man who attended the school ten years ago began last winter to keep the Sabbath, and is now making a success of the canvassing work. His father thought that persons who work on Sunday should be arrested, but he, too, is now a Sabbath-keeper.
Seven of our students have been baptized during the year. Our Young People's Missionary Volunteer Society has scattered many pages of literature. Several families have moved into other parts of the county, thus spreading a knowledge of the truth, and we count one three branch Sabbath-schools, with one new family of Sabbath-keepers.
The home school launched a miniature “Pitcairn” at the beginning of the quarter just closed. It was to thread its way fifteen thousand miles across the blackboard, following Elder Wood's trip to India, each dollar contributed to further it one thousand miles. Ordinarily our contributions had been about eight dollars a quarter, but the fifteen-dollar mark was passed the twelfth Sabbath. We then decided to make our ship a life-boat, with the hope that each dollar might help to rescue a soul. The thirteenth Sabbath's offerings lifted the total for the quarter to twenty-five dollars. We expect to keep the ship afloat.
Through the aid of loyal helpers, we have a sawmill, planer, grist-mill, and steam sorghum-mill installed. Upon the wall of our mill is a reading-rack containing our precious printed pages. Our cannery did a good business the past season, and our canned goods have given splendid satisfaction. We are watching the signals that betoken the near approach of the Master, and rejoice to see his work advancing.
CLIFFORD G. HOWELL.
Earleyville, Tenn.

C. A. HANSEN

By C. A. Hansen

NASHVILLE.—Our work here, while very encouraging in some respects, has been a battle with the powers of darkness. We began with a full corps of workers last fall and for a time made good progress, when suddenly one worker was taken to the hospital and only recently has been able to work again. Then another faithful worker was taken with typhoid fever, and will not be able to enter the work again this year. Thus we were left with but one young worker to handle nearly one hundred interested persons, which in this place can not be done successfully, but God has worked for us.
We have baptized ten adults and there are twenty-three new Sabbath-keepers, some of whom will require a great deal of labor. Some very successful work has been done here by lay members under the direction of the pastor. We shall encourage this line of work all we possibly can. The people of Nashville have one besetting sin—that of staying away from church. I have visited whole blocks at church time and found that only one person was absent from home on account of attending church; yet in spite of this tendency we are glad to report that we have had a good attendance all through the year, both on Sabbaths and at the Sunday evening service.
We are of good cheer, believing that we are called to gather many bright gems to shine in the Master's kingdom.

C. A. HANSEN

Experiences of a Pioneer

By Emma L. Lawrence

THINKING the readers of the REVIEW would be interested in the early experience of my father, H. W. Lawrence, who was one of our pioneer workers, I send the following items, written at his dictation about a year before his death, which occurred last January:—
“In the winter of 1843 there was a revival in West Bangor, N. Y., and I was one of the first converts. Up to this time I had never had a real interest in religious things. I was fifteen years of age. One night at prayer-meeting I felt myself one of the greatest of sinners, and cried for mercy, remaining on my knees for hours. The meeting was protracted on my account until a late hour, and then I became fully conscious that I had received the new birth. I had no way of expressing the fulness of joy, and rejoiced for weeks over the experience. In February I was baptized through the ice.
“The next year advent meetings were held in different towns in the country, some of which I attended. The time was preached, many persons were converted, and I, witnessing the power of the Lord manifested, became satisfied that the movement came from the Lord.
“My ambition to be popular and highly esteemed left me in the belief of the Lord’s soon coming. My father, not being a professor of religion, was displeased with my experience, as I was his only son. I was sent to the academy in another town to divert me from my new faith. I finally had to buy my time so as to have the opportunity to attend meetings.
“The fall of 1844, in the midnight cry movement, I associated with people who expected to be translated on the tenth day of the seventh month. I never before saw such solemn, consecrated people who were ready and happy in their expectancy. ‘Behold, the Bridegroom cometh,’ reached me only a few days before the time passed. I then had no use for this world.
“When the opposition became severe against those who held to their faith after the time passed, I felt called upon to dissolve my connection with the church of my choice, the Christian, and associate with those who loved Christ’s one appearing. About this time I was encouraged to do some public work as an exhorter, and spent some time in self-supporting work. At one time I worked six months in public meetings and house-to-house work, receiving fifty cents in donations and earning one dollar, often working in the field for those who boarded me.
“Before I was twenty-one I visited two camp-meetings and heard William Miller preach. He was very much opposed to noisy demonstrations, and pleaded with the believers not to attach so much importance to their enthusiasm. He preached with power. Up to this time I had a chance to hear such men as J. V. Himes, Josiah Litch, Shipman, and R. V. Lyon, and other prominent workers in the first message.
“Soon after I was twenty-one I was married to a consecrated Adventist sister. She traveled with me more or less, singing and exhorting publicly. Our attention was called to the Sabbath about four years after our marriage. Having been brought up antinomians, we were more than a year prayerfully investigating the third message before we embraced it. Soon after this I was rebaptized by Joseph Bates. At the request of church friends, to whom we had brought the truth, I was ordained to the gospel ministry by Elders James White, J. N. Andrews, John Byington, and H. G. Birck. More was then expected of me than formerly, and I became embarrassed and had less freedom than before. I laid this before the leaders and was advised to do the best I could for the cause, regardless of my preferences. Soon personal testimony from Sister White was received, saying that my gift was local, that I should administer ordinances and should receive pay according to my work.
“I spent more time winters than summers, supporting my family mostly by manual labor, yet some donations were received.
“My agency in scattering publications from house to house seemed to benefit more or less Elders John Byington, S. B. Whitney, B. L. Whitney, Wilbur Whitney, and Will D. Curtis. Elder W. B. White was in the cradle when I carried the truth to his father and mother. Through my labors also in house-to-house work a church of forty members was raised up at Bucksbridge, N. Y., where the first Seventh-day Adventist chapel was built.
“I once feared human organization, but was glad later on, to guard against the confusion which existed, to encourage the first organization of a Seventh-day Adventist church (as far as I have known), which was organized at West Bangor by Elders D. T. Bourdeau and S. B. Whitney. Shortly afterward organizations were made at Bucksbridge and Battle Creek.
“I used to be puzzled why there were not more results when I had satisfactory evidence that the Lord was helping me to interest the people. In some of those cases, a year afterward, young persons came to me and said they dated their conversion to the time of those meetings. I have sometimes had evidence in secret prayer that special results would develop in public meetings already appointed, and the same came true. My experience and observation have convinced me that travail of soul, such as it used to be, is again a miracle far exceeding ordinary sympathetic anxiety.”
EMMA L. LAWRENCE.

E. L. MAXWELL

By E. L. Maxwell

Tennessee

MEMPHIS.—Recently I had the pleasure of two visits with the Memphis Church No. 2, as our church here for colored people is known. For several years this company has been meeting in a very poorly equipped hall in an out-of-the-way place, but the Lord has blessed the efforts of the members, and several new Sabbath-keepers have been added as a result.
Memphis has a large colored population and many of the people are very intelligent. Ever since the beginning of our work for the colored people here it has been hampered on account of the poor facilities for our meetings. At last we have succeeded in securing a high lot in the best section of the colored settlement, and the nature of the ground is such that there can be a good basement under the church to serve as Sabbath-school and church-school rooms.
The lot is paid for and we have raised about three hundred dollars for the building. Fifteen hundred dollars will be required to erect the building, but we have all taken hold of the matter, and are sure that it will be raised soon. We will try to have the church completed this summer.
We ask the prayers of all the brethren for the success of the work in this great city of the South, with its thousands of colored people.

E. L. MAXWELL

A Religious Liberty Campaign

By W. F. Martin

AFTER a few days at the office I went to southern Idaho to spend a short time in that conference. Elder C. S. Longacre returned to California, so I was alone in this last effort. The first meeting was in Boise, the capital of the State. Elder F. D. Wagner has been holding a series of meetings in this city, with a good attendance. It was my privilege to speak here three times. Good audiences were present at each meeting. At the Sunday evening service, the building was crowded to its limit. A good amount of literature was distributed, and there was a deep interest manifested. The Spirit of the Lord was present, and hearts were touched. We could not but feel the audience went away with higher ideas of the rights of their fellow men, and with greater love for liberty. When asked how many present were determined to stand for liberty when the crisis should come, a large number held up their hands.
Besides in Boise, we had meetings in Parma, Caldwell, Nampa, and Eagle in Idaho, and in Ontario, Baker, and Union in Oregon, these places all being situated in the Southern Idaho Conference. In Parma, Nampa, and Baker, good halls were secured for the meetings. In Ontario the speaking was done in the opera-house; we had a large audience, and much interest was manifested. At Parma and Nampa the audiences were not large, but a number of persons were interested. At Eagle and Caldwell we had good audiences, the larger number not Adventists. Excellent attention and interest were manifested. In Baker City the church had secured the Elks' hall, counted the best assembly hall in the city. A good audience greeted us each evening. Much interest was manifested in the thoughts presented, and also in the literature. A number of cards were signed asking for more reading-matter on the subject. It was very gratifying to see the people eagerly drinking in the great truths of the message. It is to be expected that soon some of them will take a firm stand for the truth. Many of them, at the close of the meeting, said that they were in harmony with what was presented.
From Baker City we went to Union. The meetings at Union were held in the church. It was my privilege to speak three times there,—Friday evening, Sabbath to our own people, and again the evening after the Sabbath. A fine congregation was present at every meeting. A goodly number of people from the town came to the evening services. A deep interest was manifested, and we feel that good was done.
Taking a retrospective view of this last campaign, we can not but feel that it was profitable, and that good seed was sown. It is left to God to cause it to spring into life and produce fruit. Now, in this time of peace, the minds of men and women can be called to the message. They can be told of the dangers of religious legislation. When they are brought face to face with its reality, they will remember what they have heard. Some of them will obey the truth.
W. F. MARTIN.

Canada

By J. Vuilleumier

MONTREAL.— Two young men who have embraced the message have sent to their parish priest, a canon or adviser to the archbishop, the following letter:—
“MY DEAR CURÉ: We the undersigned, members of your parish, beg leave to inform you that we entertain serious doubts on several articles of our religion. Before leaving it, however, we think it a duty on our part to ask you to give us an interview in which we should like you to prove to us from the Holy Scriptures the following dogmas:— “1. The worship of images. “2. The invocation of the virgin and of saints. “3. Purgatory. “4. Sacrifice of the mass. “5. Auricular confession. “6. The infallibility of the Pope. “7. The change from the Sabbath to Sunday. “Seeing that we are still ignorant on these matters, we shall take the liberty of bringing a few friends with us, leaving you free to do the same. “If you accept this request, please state the date and place of meeting. “Very respectfully yours.”
The priest told a relative of one of these young men that he would be quite pleased to see them and their friends at the parsonage. The young man stepped in and asked the priest when he could receive them.
“Who are these friends whom you intend to bring with you?”
“One of them is the Adventist pastor.”
“Well, I want you to know that I do not lower myself to a discussion with your false pastor.”
“Would you, then, feel like proving to me alone the doctrines mentioned in our letter?”
“Why, most assuredly. I have a pile of volumes out there by which I can prove to you that our teaching goes back hundreds, yea, thousands, of years.”
“Pardon me, M. le curé, but I can admit no proofs except such as come from the Holy Scriptures.”
“Then you reject tradition, do you?”
“I accept no other rule of faith than the Bible.”
“Why, then you are a Protestant!”
“If that is what you call being a Protestant, I am one of them.”
“Exactly! and as I have told you, I do not discuss with Protestants. I do not lower myself to that, no, no, I—
“Bon jour, M. le curé.”
Thus again the Bible alone is shown to be a match for Rome. Like Goliath before David, a powerful priest beats a retreat at the simple sight of the Bible presented by an unlearned young man.
Lent is over, with its so-called fasting, its Lenten sermons, and its retreats. The priests who had charge of the retreat sermons took pains to warn their people against Protestants. Here are some of their expressions heard in two different churches: “Protestants are the furnishers of hell and the grandsons of Lucifer.” “Protestants are immoral and irreligious people; beware of them.” “Blasphemy against God is a bad thing to be sure, but blasphemy against the holy virgin is a frightful thing, a mortal sin, which God will scarcely pardon.” Will you not pray earnestly for this benighted people who must sit under this false preaching unless we give them the light?
J. VUILLEUMIER.

“Another Farcical Regulation”

By Editor

An editorial with the title “Sunday Amusements,” appeared in the Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, April 1, which we reprint herewith:—
“A number of bills are pending before the present special session which seek to reestablish the Puritanical sabbath.
“So long as the world turns around, we suppose, we shall witness fitful attempts to legislate morals and religion into individuals. It has always been so; it probably always will be so.
“But in the name of the thousands of workers, both male and female, who are housed up for long hours during the entire week, and in consequence find little or no time for diversion and recreation, the Oklahoman desires to enter a solemn protest against legislation which taboos all Sunday amusements. We do so because we know that a just God has never condemned his creatures to a life of drudgery and monotony. He created his out-of-doors, including the sunshine and fresh air, for all, not a special class which may happen to be more fortunately circumstanced.
“The law already gives ample protection to religious worship, and very properly so. No one may disturb it with impunity, and so far as we know, no right-minded person desires as much.
“What valid reason exists, therefore, for legislation which seeks to compel all to refrain from wholesome amusements on Sunday? Whence comes the demand, and upon what authority?
“If the legislature must deal with this question, let it provide for local control of the same. In this way each community may have precisely the sort of Sunday it desires. In this way, also, we shall have a law which will be measurably enforced, not another farcical regulation which will make the name of the State a hiss and a byword among the people of other States.”
While this article does not deal with the most vital principles involved in Sunday legislation, it will yet have weight with many persons, and we hope will contribute toward the defeat of these proposed measures.

State and Church

By William Warren Prescott

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of Religious Freedom, and the Campaign "to Make America Catholic."
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Association.
W. W. PRESCOTT     -  -  -  -     SECRETARY

A Sunday Liquor Bill

The following letter appeared in the New York Times of April 8:—
“To the Editor of the New York Times.
“In discussing the Duhamel bill, which proposes to close the saloons of New York City ‘during church hours on Sunday,’ it does not seem to have occurred to you and your correspondent, Francis Grey, that this proposed legislation is so plainly religious that it has no place among civil laws. Why should the saloons be closed during ‘the hours of public worship’ and allowed to be open the remaining portion of the day? Is not such legislation directly in the interest of the church, and only indirectly and very remotely in the interests of temperance? and is the church willing to legalize the sale of liquor the remainder of the day, provided saloons shall be closed ‘during the hours of church services’?”
“This bill establishes a dangerous precedent, and opens the way for an indefinite amount of legislation to protect Sunday and the churches. It will be much better for all concerned if the legislature will confine its activities to the civil sphere. W. W. PRESCOTT,
“Secretary Religious Liberty Association.
“Washington, D. C., April 4, 1913.”

Colporteurs’ Summary for March, 1913

Books Periodicals
AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
ATLANTIC UNION
Maine 4 252 $115.90 $..... 240 $24.00 $305.00
N. New England 3 63 44.03 $161.20 392 39.20 77.50
Massachusetts 5 353 396.00 1303.00 3537 353.70 1193.30
S. New England 4 455 322.75 157.35 1230 123.00 259.00
New York 13 768 834.85 748.35 3121 312.10 322.00
W. New York 9 313 267.43 277.60 3515 351.50 339.80
Gr. New York 14 676 522.05 657.45 4357 435.70 467.10
Totals 52 2880 2503.01 3304.95 16392 1639.20 2963.70
COLUMBIA UNION
Ohio 13 988 826.45 651.40 4119 411.90 502.50
West Virginia 4 193 101.25 662.20 100 10.00 50.00
Virginia 4 236 172.25 1207.55 1926 192.60 115.20
Chesapeake 6 517 757.90 852.30 1412 141.20 302.90
E. Pennsylvania 16 721 570.35 1052.75 3015 301.50 305.80
W. Pennsylvania 12 933 971.31 1183.35 2069 206.90 198.00
New Jersey 4 421 269.20 274.70 2876 287.60 223.60
Dist. of Columbia 7 301 468.25 ..... 2205 220.50 116.20
Totals 66 4310 4136.96 5884.25 17722 1772.20 1814.20
LAKE UNION
E. Michigan 16 1279 1294.60 2154.15 3332 333.20 589.40
W. Michigan 7 502 303.70 56.50 950 95.00 420.80
N. Michigan 5 365 205.00 133.65 720 72.00 95.00
Wisconsin 6 494 445.75 562.45 1777 177.70 501.00
N. Illinois 6 543 469.40 383.95 4000 400.00 715.70
S. Illinois 10 1078 1099.15 679.25 845 84.50 137.80
Indiana 3 384 296.25 29.35 3143 314.30 265.50
Totals 53 4645 4113.85 3999.30 14767 1476.70 2725.20
CANADIAN UNION
Ontario 3 213 650.25 478.25 2670 267.00 260.00
Quebec .. .... ...... 35.00 300 30.00 201.00
Maritime .. .... ...... 163.30 6 .60 15.00
Newfoundland .. .... ...... ...... 70 7.00 ......
Totals 3 213 650.25 676.55 3046 304.60 476.00
SOUTHERN UNION
Louisiana 5 546 505.25 ...... 1171 117.10 221.70
Alabama 13 1282 809.10 705.70 1201 120.10 85.00
Kentucky 5 109 107.65 418.95 1540 154.00 109.00
Mississippi 10 589 488.10 804.75 955 95.50 25.50
Tennessee River 9 758 385.55 784.10 1861 186.10 306.00
Totals 42 3284 2295.65 2713.50 6728 672.80 747.20
SOUTHEASTERN UNION
Cumberland 12 1350 1317.00 941.52 1184 118.40 30.00
Georgia 17 2032 2078.88 1101.60 2178 217.80 173.10
North Carolina 9 772 613.60 1580.05 1110 111.00 231.00
South Carolina 8 543 466.45 1981.45 1175 117.50 122.50
Florida 9 890 995.60 1507.50 625 62.50 134.80
Totals 55 5587 5471.53 7112.12 6272 627.20 691.40
SOUTHWESTERN UNION
Arkansas 7 365 512.70 499.50 641 64.10 268.00
Oklahoma 19 1333 1449.35 2087.90 1825 182.50 196.80
W. Texas 7 244 290.08 467.95 75 7.50 15.00
S. Texas 9 319 670.45 220.40 950 95.00 40.00
N. Texas 23 1311 2318.25 2966.30 366 36.60 110.00
New Mexico 7 427 1009.65 423.80 155 15.50 100.00
Totals 72 3999 6250.48 6665.85 4012 401.20 729.80
CENTRAL UNION
N. Missouri 2 9 18.00 98.00 810 81.00 219.00
S. Missouri 6 260 190.20 185.30 547 54.70 95.50
E. Colorado 2 160 183.60 249.30 990 99.00 206.50
W. Colorado .. .... ...... ...... 330 33.00 72.50
Nebraska 2 .... 14.25 ...... 2064 206.40 624.00
Wyoming 2 150 81.50 ...... 511 51.10 73.70
E. Kansas 2 89 83.25 80.20 672 67.20 161.00
W. Kansas 5 300 308.75 ...... 1085 108.50 192.50
Totals 21 977 969.55 612.80 7009 700.90 1644.70
NORTHERN UNION
Iowa 4 276 143.55 451.45 1949 194.90 558.50
Minnesota 1 57 37.50 66.50 4089 408.90 425.50
North Dakota 4 70 94.25 184.00 1670 167.00 146.50
South Dakota 6 209 250.35 ...... 2745 274.50 291.60
Totals 15 612 525.65 701.95 10453 1045.30 1422.10
Books Periodicals
AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912 NO. COP. VALUE 1913 VALUE 1912
PACIFIC UNION
N. Cal.-Nev. 4 313 $299.75 $201.45 670 $67.00 $47.50
Arizona 4 143 314.25 531.00 110 11.00 77.50
S. California 7 549 813.00 370.50 8010 801.00 166.40
Utah 3 103 99.00 655.00 145 14.50 2.50
Central California 4 362 758.95 404.60 4845 484.50 127.20
California Coast 2 197 517.59 441.90 3130 313.00 596.50
Totals 24 1667 2802.54 2604.45 16910 1691.00 1017.60
NORTH PACIFIC UNION
W. Washington 6 245 660.20 503.55 6064 606.40 360.70
Upper Columbia 3 133 350.95 982.80 1350 135.00 308.50
W. Oregon 7 265 289.95 372.45 5772 577.20 979.20
S. Idaho 1 51 55.95 39.00 805 80.50 85.70
Montana .. .... ...... ...... 627 62.70 101.50
S. Oregon 2 17 33.25 30.50 450 45.00 185.60
Totals 19 711 1390.30 1928.30 15068 1506.80 2021.20
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION
Alberta 1 296 219.00 ...... 790 79.00 24.70
Manitoba .. .... ...... ...... 695 69.50 103.50
British Columbia .. .... ...... 1202.90 2090 209.00 359.30
Saskatchewan .. .... ...... ...... 225 22.50 55.50
Totals 1 296 219.00 1202.90 3800 380.00 543.00
Subscription lists ...... ...... ...... ...... 31718 3171.80 ......
Foreign and miscellaneous ...... ...... ...... ...... 12602 1260.20 ......
FOREIGN UNION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS
British 34 2926 1246.41 1560.48 147840 2999.92 3148.95
Australasian 66 3625 7251.00 6806.14 ...... 1670.24 ......
South African 6 504 399.24 942.93 ...... ...... 255.62
Indian 19 713 631.74 476.56 ...... ...... ......
Scandinavian 79 10092 5863.26 6413.55 4005 231.30 411.18
German (2) 435 31546 5528.11 12541.00 193426 5398.20 5661.70
Danube 44 3244 585.55 ...... 4320 26.33 ......
Cen. European 135 13942 3506.82 ...... 26054 686.03 ......
Russian 53 376 1284.91 1772.62 ...... 68.00 ......
Siberian 10 336 243.71 151.68 ...... ...... ......
Latin 9 651 621.05 998.70 6160 166.25 129.96
Brazil 31 3031 1755.36 ...... ...... ...... ......
Mexican 3 553 ...... 502.75 8779 411.08 286.51
Cuban 6 667 895.26 289.50 319 21.54 36.31
Porto Rican 1 198 30.55 169.65 ...... 284.30 49.15
West Caribbean .. .... ...... 2019.73 ...... ...... 151.56
Philippine Is. .. .... ...... 432.45 ...... ...... ......
Levant 6 452 56.40 70.80 ...... ...... ......
Korean .. .... 32.18 3.30 4400 110.00 39.06
South American 14 635 5380.10 ...... 630 914.30 ......
Japan .. .... ...... 816.23 ...... ...... ......
Totals, Foreign 951 73491 35311.65 35968.07 395933 12987.49 10170.00
Totals, N. Am. 423 29181 31328.77 37406.92 166499 16649.90 20752.90
Grand totals 1374 102672 $66640.42 $73374.99 562432 $29637.39 $30922.90

Comparative Book Summary

1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Jan. .... $25,929.06 $40,677.06 $42,532.23 $44,495.65 $53,931.97 $64,262.88
Feb. .... 30,466.40 48,748.21 50,990.34 53,923.57 53,525.18 62,813.12
March .... 35,757.15 52,703.85 55,711.55 73,015.56 73,374.99 66,640.42
April .... 43,858.29 55,109.54 64,042.39 73,548.31 73,027.32
May .... 67,455.44 82,971.94 86,333.58 81,923.78 94,166.15
June .... 82,878.67 124,412.34 112,606.05 135,888.76 137,838.38
July .... 120,973.89 95,445.21 103,919.12 127,256.86 156,166.90
Aug. .... 66,946.38 71,652.97 91,145.11 91,810.46 103,165.69
Sept. .... 51,148.56 55,625.41 66,523.65 86,001.72 67,551.70
Oct. .... 62,719.91 52,669.93 62,461.13 81,367.89 70,219.07
Nov. .... 53,787.31 49,964.99 58,211.68 67,600.00 77,424.87
Dec. .... 39,873.18 45,759.73 54,663.93 58,386.24 57,291.01
Totals, $681,794.24 $775,741.18 $849,140.76 $976,218.80 $1,017,684.13

Comparative Summary of American Periodicals

1910 1911 1912 1913 1910 1911 1912 1913
Jan.* 89462 122202 121666 177080 Aug. 152520 215773 183119
Feb. 116198 99234 144257 201659 Sept. 120020 135179 173077
March 132165 244003 207529 166499 Oct. 116157 164537 587830
April 183981 192757 189498 Nov. 102795 110326 108755
May 174886 141204 162220 Dec. 99137 98541 111199
June 193727 145025 163120
July 222146 197582 191937 Totals, 1703194 1866363 2344207

Comparative Summary for Foreign Periodicals

THE following is the comparative summary of the sale of foreign periodicals for the first three months of this year as compared with the corresponding months of last year, with the values of the same:— January, 1912, 457,122 copies, value $11,248.02; 1913, 402,908 copies, value $10,301.63. February, 1912, 384,735 copies, value $9,671.61; 1913, 394,257 copies, value $12,342.06. March, 1912, 378,416 copies, value $10,170; 1913, 395,933 copies, value, $12,987.49.

Fitting Our Spirits to Circumstances

It is not by change of circumstances, but by fitting our spirits to the circumstances in which God has placed us, that we can be reconciled to life and duty.—F. W. Robertson.

The Publishing Work

Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference
N. Z. TOWN - - - - . Secretary

West Indies

By F. W. Morse

PORTO RICO.—A little more than a year ago I came to this country, and although I have been passing through affliction, I thank God for his tender care, and the prosperity that has attended my efforts to bring this truth before the people. I have been at work with Spanish literature, and it is surprising to see the readiness with which the best class of people order the most expensive bindings, and how anxious they are to have the books delivered as soon as possible. One wealthy gentleman, a native, who has traveled a great deal, said, “I would not take fifty dollars for my book if I could not get another like it.” Because of infirmities I have to work moderately, yet each day brings good results, and I rejoice to see the guiding hand of God, even in the midst of affliction. F. W. MORSE.
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