Earlier text: Cuba an Open FieldAnnual Conferences in Montana and Upper Columbia
By W. B. White
The evening of February 4 I left Oakland, Cal., to attend the annual conferences in Montana and Upper Columbia, and also a council at College Place, Wash., February 27, to consider the needs of Walla Walla College. Arriving at Ogden, I was pleased to meet Elder W. A. Alway, who is at present working in house-to-house work in that city. Through this method of labor, some good souls have already accepted the truth, and others are interested. I also spent a few hours in Salt Lake City, holding one meeting with the church. This is an important point, and demands the earnest labor of a good minister. It certainly is a great missionary field, and will yield many precious souls to the truth if carefully worked. The medical work being carried forward by Dr. W. L. Gardner and his wife, Dr. Eva Gardner, is increasing in influence in the city, and at times they have more than they can do. The health food store and cafe is also exercising a strong influence for good, and is greatly appreciated by many. At Bozeman, Mont., I had the pleasure of again meeting with old friends, among whom I had labored in past years. About forty have accepted the truth in this field the past year, and one new church was added to the conference. This was raised up at Elliston. that under the labors of Brethren W. A. Gosmer and Paul Iverson, who held a tent-meeting there last summer. Substantial additions have also been made to the churches at other places. The conference will hold a local camp-meeting early in June in the Bitter Root Valley, in western Montana, and one in July in the northern part of the State; possibly others will be held later in the season. The conference also decided to erect a State conference office in Bozeman, on the church lot, which is well located for the purpose. Brother A. E. Everett, the former tract society secretary, has been chosen as State missionary secretary and conference treasurer. From this office will go out a continuous correspondence to all parts of the field. Last summer steps were taken to purchase twenty acres of fine irrigated land about five miles from the city, on which to place the intermediate school. One thousand dollars was paid for this, and the coming summer a school home will be erected. Just across the road from this school property is a brick church, which is used very little, and it is hoped that this can be rented for school purposes. It has two rooms, and if it can be secured, will make an admirable place for the school. Good courage is in the hearts of the Montana brethren, and we trust that they may be blessed in all their plans to advance the work of God. A few indications point in the wrong direction, but the brethren see them clearly, and are determined that they shall be corrected the coming year. Elder John A. Holbrook was elected conference president by the unanimous vote of the conference, Brother Paul Iverson, who for a number of years has labored faithfully in this field, and has proved himself a soul winner, was recommended for ordination. God's Spirit witnessed to the scene, and set its seal to this act. The conference was marked by great unity, harmony, and brotherly love, and it was very evident that the power of God's Spirit was present. From Bozeman I went to Spokane, Wash., to attend the annual sessions of the Upper Columbia Conference. This gathering was held in the new church building in the city, which was finished about a year ago, at a cost of about six thousand dollars. It is centrally located, and afforded an excellent place in which to hold such a gathering. The representation from without the city was somewhat small, but as nearly all the conference laborers were present, the gathering was quite representative. Some success has been seen the past year in bringing the truth to the people, and some new church buildings have been erected. Three churches were admitted to the conference, and other companies are nearly ready for organization. It was voted that hereafter a large central camp-meeting be held at a favorable time in the spring, and that the State conference be held in connection with it. Reports from the several departments of the conference were quite encouraging, and showed faithful labor. This conference is now practically free from debt in all departments of its work, and during the past year has turned into the Foreign Mission Fund about five thousand dollars. It is taking five hundred and sixty copies of the REVIEW, or one to every two and one half of its membership. We doubt if many conferences can show a better REVIEW record than this. The conference passed strong resolutions urging the conference officers and ministers to put forth special efforts the coming year to secure the adoption of the ten-cent-a-week plan in every family. It also requested the Mission Board to look over its list of workers, and if one could be found suitable for foreign fields, the conference would sustain him there. About eight thousand dollars' worth of books were sold by its agents the past year, and prospects seem bright for the year to come. During the meeting Brethren J. L. Kay, president of Walla Walla College, and W. R. Smith, who for a number of years has faithfully labored in this field, were ordained to the gospel ministry. The conference was graced by the presence and power of God, and harmony and unison prevailed. Elder A. J. Breed was again elected conference president, with about the same committee as last year. Both of these conferences were excellent occasions, and should prove an inspiration and stimulus to the work in Montana, eastern Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. W. B. White. Experiences in the Work
By Walter Harper
THE latter part of last July I finished a long and successful canvass in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties in northern California. The Lord sustained me in many trials and buffetings of the enemy of all truth, and blessed my labors with signal victory. Early in August I began work in Pepperwood, Humboldt County. The Lord blessed from the first, and in four weeks I was favored with about one thousand dollars' worth of orders for books, helps, etc. After filling these orders I was called East on account of the sickness of my father, with whom I remained one month. November 24 I began work at Prescott, Ariz., and in six weeks and a half the Lord gave me between four hundred and five hundred orders. Early in January I began a wonderfully successful delivery. In about five weeks I was enabled to fill from ten hundred to twelve hundred dollars' worth of orders, though we had much rainy, stormy weather. Our dear Heavenly Father gave me health, strength, and courage to prosecute the work to a finish. All honors are ever the Lord's, he only can crown our labors with success. O, I see so many tokens of God's love and care! His mercies are new every morning. We are not consumed because his compassions fail not. Last week I began a new canvass in southern Arizona, at Casa Grande. From the first, it was apparent that the blessed Master was going before and opening the way; but I felt that I must have more help from above, more power in my work, more grace to triumph. So I kept last Sabbath as a special day of fasting and prayer and laying hold more firmly on the arm of omnipotence. God did hear and answer. The very next day — Sunday, too,— February 19, I was granted success to the extent of twenty-eight orders for books, helps, etc., or over ninety dollars' worth, besides several dollars' worth of orders for17 “Steps to Christ” in foreign tongues. During this time I was also enabled to sell a number of that heaven-sent book “Patriarchs and Prophets.” Praise God for this grand privilege. Eternity alone will reveal the results. In it all I can only say, “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” “What hath God wrought!” “It is the Lord's doings; it is marvelous in our eyes.” WALTER HARPER. The Legal Transfer of the Publishing Work From Battle Creek to Washington
By William W. Prescott
AFTER the destruction by fire of the printing plant of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association in Battle Creek, Mich., on the night of Dec. 30, 1902, the trustees of the association, taking into consideration the general condition and interests of our denominational work, decided not to take any active steps toward rebuilding the plant until after the session of the General Conference to be held in Oakland, Cal., during the following April, in order that they might obtain the counsel of that body concerning the matter. The following resolutions, representing the sentiment of the conference, were adopted April 12, 1903:— “1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this conference that the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association ought not to rebuild its factory in Battle Creek. “2. Resolved, That favorable consideration should be given to proposals which may look to the transfer of the REVIEW AND HERALD and the Youth’s Instructor to some publishing concern organized in the Eastern States, according to the counsel of the General Conference Committee. “3. Resolved, That if the stockholders should deem it advisable to wind up the business of the corporation, such action would meet with the approval of this conference.” At the forty-third annual meeting of the stockholders of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, which was held in Battle Creek, April 21-29, 1903, the situation was very thoroughly discussed, and action taken in a series of resolutions covering the whole question of the removal of the business and its re-establishment in another place. Among these resolutions were the following:— “1. That the trustees of this association, advising with the General Conference Committee of Seventh-day Adventists, be instructed to provide for the establishment of a printing plant in some State in the East, and to create or designate a corporation that shall hold and operate said printing plant in harmony with the recommendations of the late General Conference concerning the control and ownership of all denominational institutions. “2. That our trustees are hereby instructed to transfer as rapidly as possible all the interests of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to the said corporation, including all its assets and liabilities of every nature whatsoever. “3. That we ask the General Conference to make an earnest appeal to all stockholders in the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to donate their stock to the corporation provided for in Resolution 1.” “6. That the conditions of this transfer of the assets and interests of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to the proposed new corporation be such that the corporation shall be a non-dividend-paying and non-stock company, and that all the net earnings of the above corporation derived from the publishing work shall belong to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for the promulgation of the gospel in all parts of the world.” “8. That our trustees are hereby instructed to execute, or to assist in executing, the above plans with all due dispatch.” The trustees of the association promptly appointed some of its members to act, with other brethren appointed by the General Conference Committee, as a committee for the purpose of selecting a new location and creating a corporation at some place in the East, which should be the successor of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association of Battle Creek, Mich. As a result of their action, the city of Washington, D. C., was selected as the location, and a corporation was formed under the laws of the District of Columbia, called the Review and Herald Publishing Association; and when the headquarters of the General Conference were removed from Battle Creek to Washington in August, 1903, this new association assumed the publication of the REVIEW AND HERALD and the Youth’s Instructor. An appeal was also made to the stockholders of the association to donate their stock to I. H. EVANS, trustee in behalf of the General Conference, for the benefit of the new corporation. In response to the efforts made to bring about this result, a very large proportion of the shares of stock was transferred to the trustee. On a careful study of the matter it was found that, in order to transfer the interests of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association of Battle Creek, Mich., to a corporation established in another part of the country, it would be necessary to wind up in a legal manner the old association, and to convey its property by legal sale to the new corporation. To accomplish this result the following steps were taken:— Application was made in due form to the court for an order closing up the old corporation, and appointing a receiver to wind up its affairs. This application was granted in due time, and I. H. EVANS was appointed receiver. A request was then presented to the court for an order of sale under which the receiver would be permitted to sell to the highest bidder all the property of the old association, of every name and kind, together with all its accounts. This request having been granted by the court, a receiver’s sale was advertised, full notice of which was given in the REVIEW of Dec. 22, 1904. At the time of the sale, the Review and Herald Publishing Association of Washington, D. C., offered for the whole property, including all assets and valuable interests of every kind, a sum sufficient to meet all the outstanding obligations of the old association. This offer was afterward accepted by the court, and the sale was duly confirmed, and the receiver has since conveyed the whole property to the new corporation. The practical result of these various legal steps is that the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association of Battle Creek, Mich., has ceased to exist, and the business formerly carried on by it has been transferred to the Review and Herald Publishing Association of Washington, D. C., a non-dividend-paying and non-stock company, which will hereafter conduct the publishing business formerly owned and controlled at Battle Creek. Thus the counsel given by the General Conference in the resolutions adopted April 12, 1903, and the instruction given by the stockholders to the trustees of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, embodied in the resolutions adopted April 28, 1903, have been fully carried out, and the transfer of the business has been legally accomplished. There were so many possible difficulties and hindrances to be encountered in the effort to accomplish this result that there were grave doubts in the minds of many persons as to the possibility of accomplishing it; and we recognize, and desire to acknowledge, that it is only because the good hand of the Lord has been with us that the efforts to carry out the instruction given have been so successful. To those who have understood the situation, and have known the possibilities of delay, and even failure, it has been nothing less than remarkable that in so short a time this matter could be carried through the court, and the desired result attained. Pending the construction of a suitable factory at Takoma Park, D. C., the printing business will be continued by the Review and Herald Publishing Association at Battle Creek as before, and after the removal of the plant to Washington, a depository and retail department will be maintained in Battle Creek. An effort will be made to dispose of the real estate at Battle Creek, with the possible exception of what is known as the West Building, in order to relieve the new corporation of the burden of taxes and interest upon non-producing property, and also to provide funds for the further development of the work in Washington. The transfer of the business to the new corporation will not make any practical change in the conduct of the business with tract societies and others, and all orders from the Lake Union Conference should be addressed to the Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich., as heretofore, and all accounts due to the old corporation are now payable to the new corporation. W. W. P. Missionary Farming
By I. H. Evans
We should raise this year not less than ten thousand dollars for the Missionary Acre Fund. This will be used in the liquidation of the International Medical Missionary Training-school Association's obligations assumed by the General Conference in the transfer of the Battle Creek College property. If this amount were raised for five consecutive years, the debts would all be paid. Now, we believe our people will be pleased with the idea of missionary farming, and will set aside a parcel of land for the Lord. We can give the Lord's work a place in our home industries. Christ can be a double partner in our labors; he receives a tithe, which is his by divine heredity and precept, and no one18 would dare to rob him of his portion. But besides the tithe, he can have a plot of ground worked for himself by one of his disciples, from which he receives the whole of the receipts. There are a variety of ways this can be planned. Some have no land; they work for wages. These can give a certain portion of their time with all their earnings. Thus each of us can contribute something to this fund, and not exhaust all our energies. Other funds must be kept in mind. We must not lose sight of our weekly offering, the ten-cent-a-week plan, for this must be kept up, and greatly extended, else our missionaries will suffer; but we can each do this while helping on the Missionary Acre Fund. We trust that each family will do something for this fund this season. I. H. EVANS. Religious Liberty Notes
By K. C. Russell
WORD has just been received from our church in Boston, Mass., that the Religious Liberty day was a most profitable occasion. The church people of Arkansas are making a strong protest against a bill that has been introduced into the legislature of that State, allowing games of baseball to be played in the cities of first class on Sunday. A movement in the direction of the “American sabbath,” has been started in France. The Superior Council of the Ministry of Public Works has recommended to the Chamber of Deputies to enact a rigid law, providing for one day of compulsory rest each week. Brother Geo. W. Spies, in the Atlantic Union Gleaner of the 22d ult., reports a lively hearing February 15, in the Pennsylvania State Legislature, at Harrisburg, to amend the 1794 Sunday law, and adds that the contest will be renewed two years hence. Elder Morris Lukens, of Philadelphia, Pa., reports a good day for the religious liberty work, Sabbath, February 25, and says: “It reminds me of the good old days when we heard a great deal about religious liberty, and realized that it was a part of the message. I am sure our people will have more interest in the subject from now on.” The following is the title of a bill introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature: “A Bill to Require One Day’s Rest per Week for Employees.” A hearing of this bill was announced for February 28. A vigorous protest was being made against it by our people in that State, by the circulation of petitions, and writing of letters remonstrating against its passage. The final amendment to the United States Senate bill on Indian appropriations was adopted, Feb. 28, 1905, which reads as follows: “That no portion of the funds appropriated by this act, nor the principal nor interest of any Indian trust or tribal fund held by the United States, for the benefit of any Indian tribe, shall be available nor expended for the support of any sectarian or denominational school; provided, however, that the individual owner or beneficiary of any interest in such fund, who may desire to educate his ward, child, or children in any school other than a government school may, by written order, signed by him, direct that any portion of the interest accruing to him, or which would be allotted to him, on such funds, be paid to the school in which such child or children may be educated.” Several Senators declare that the permitting of the beneficiary to draw the interest accruing to him by a written order signed by himself to be paid to the school in which he might choose to educate his children, destroys the effect of the legislation. K. C. RUSSELL. Home Improvement Courses
By M. E. Kern
WE are glad to note the interest manifested on the part of our young people in the Home Improvement Courses. Orders for books, and letters requesting enrolment, are being received every day. We found it impossible to begin the work February 15, as at first contemplated. The first outline of the courses will be in the Educational Messenger of March 1. If you do not have the Messenger and the necessary books, order them at once. These courses are arranged for the benefit of all our young people who are desirous of self-improvement. Many will find in them what they have longed for,—careful direction in a systematic course of reading, the cultivation of a taste for the best books, and an inspiration to devote their lives to the great purpose of uplifting humanity. Perhaps no two books could be found better suited to the development of Christian life than “Steps to Christ” and “Mount of Blessing.” The missionary books offered are of exceptional interest. “The Tiger Jungle” has all the fascination of a story written simply to please, and is of much more value. “Princely Men in a Heavenly Kingdom” is a series of most interesting biographies of men who have given their lives to the spread of the gospel in the Flowery Kingdom, and an account of the terrible Boxer outrages in which many Christians sealed their testimony with their blood. The life of Booker T. Washington is of intense interest, and contains much that ought to be an inspiration to our young people. Few, if any, have had fewer advantages than Mr. Washington, and none have been more determined in overcoming obstacles. “Page’s Theory and Practise of Teaching” is a classic of pedagogy books. Below we give the books necessary:— Four months, beginning March 1. Required: “Steps to Christ.” Two months. (Paper, 25 cents; cloth, plain edges, 50 cents; limp leather, 65 cents; cloth, gilt edges, 85 cents.) “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing.” Two months. (60 cents.) Order of your tract society: the Pacific Press Publishing Co., 18 West 5th St., Kansas City, Mo.; or of the Central Union Conference Young People’s Department, College View, Neb. Elective: “In the Tiger Jungle.” Two months. ($1.) “Princely Men in the Heavenly Kingdom.” Two months. (Paper, 42 cents; cloth, 59 cents.) “Up from Slavery.” Four months. ($1.50.) Order of Central Union Conference Young People’s Department, College View, Neb. Six months, beginning March 1. “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI. (Cloth, $1; leather, $1.50.) “Education.” ($1.25.) Order of your State tract society, or of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, 18 West 5th St., Kansas City, Mo. “Page’s Theory and Practise of Teaching.” Phelps’s edition, 75 cents. Order of B. E. Huffman, College View, Neb. To pursue either of these courses the Educational Messenger is necessary. Subscription price, 50 cents a year. For a short time the Messenger offers one free subscription for four new subscriptions and $2. Address Educational Messenger, College View, Neb. Work in Chicago
By W. S. Sadler
MANY phases of missionary work are being carried forward by our people in Chicago, some under the direction of the Northern Illinois Conference, and some under special efforts for those of other nationalities, while other efforts are being carried forward by the medical missionary branch of the work recently incorporated under the name “The Workingmen’s Home and Life Boat Mission.” My labors being in connection with this work, I will not undertake to report concerning the progress of other branches of the work, but will send a few items of interest concerning this department of the work which have developed since my last report in the REVIEW. The work in our large cities is beset with many difficulties. Success is achieved only as the result of persistent effort, prayer, and hard work. But where the enemy has wrought his greatest ravages on the souls and bodies of our fellow men, there it would seem the Lord especially works his marvelous transformations of human character. Sunday evenings I have quite regularly spent at the Brookline Mission. This is a mission opened by Jay W. Cummings, a real estate dealer, who accepted the truth several years ago, and has since taken an active part in the work of spreading the third angel’s message in Chicago. Brother Cummings rented this place, started meetings several times a week, including Sabbath-school and services Sabbath morning. I have been presenting the special themes of the message here to interested audiences each Sunday evening. The attendance has been quite regular, and I never saw a better interest. Brother Cummings tells me that two sisters have begun to keep the Sabbath, and we hope that many others will soon take their stand, as we are now presenting the Sabbath question. A number of leading people in this section of the city have attended these meetings, some quite regularly. This is but an illustration of what a business man can do if his energies are devoted to the spread of the truth. A number have been baptized in the Life Boat Mission baptistery since my last report, and have united with either the little Life Boat Mission Company or the South Side church. The work at the police station has been especially blessed. It is indeed impressive to see the effect of the reading19 of the Word of God upon the men and women who have been brought to the Harrison Street Police Station. When the Bible is first read to them, they sometimes scoff, but after a few minutes tears may be seen running down their cheeks, and soon they are heard requesting prayer. Our workers have the kind co-operation of all the police authorities; especially does the friendly co-operation of the Christian matron enable them to find homes for many a friendless girl who has drifted into the hands of the police while wandering about in this great city. Each evening between seven and eight, before the regular gospel service at the Life Boat Mission, Bible studies are held for the mission converts, and others who choose to attend, at which a systematic course of doctrinal subjects is presented. The writer and Brother Van Dorn alternate in conducting this class. Sister Odell, our hospital worker, and others, make regular visits to over thirty of the largest hospitals in the city. Their work is well received by patients, physicians, and nurses, and many opportunities have been developed for Bible readings in the homes of these patients. The Suburban Maternity Home in Hinsdale is constantly filled. Almost every girl who has been received into this place has been thoroughly converted before leaving. Good homes have been found for most of them, and where they could possibly care for their little ones, homes have been found for these also among our own people. Most of these in the Home are not of the ordinary, depraved, and abandoned type, but those who have passed through some particularly sad or unfortunate experience. We have recently had brought to our notice cases of a number of men in prison who, through reading The Life Boat, have secured The Signs of the Times, “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” and other denominational books, and some are now keeping the Sabbath even under these trying circumstances. Mr. C. B. Kimbell, a wealthy gentleman of Chicago (at this writing we have just received the news of his death in California), secured a most beautiful tract of land, seventeen miles from Chicago, in the suburb of Hinsdale (this is the tract of land spoken of by Sister White in an article concerning her visit to this place some time ago). The work of building a small institution, or, rather, enlarging one of the buildings on the premises so as to accommodate thirty or forty patients, is well under way, and if the weather is favorable, will be finished in two or three months. Dr. and Mrs. Paulson are already located at Hinsdale, and are much encouraged by the way in which a kind Providence is opening up the work before them. The doctors have many opportunities to present our work in churches and before other audiences in Chicago. We thank the Lord most sincerely for his guiding hand which has been over the work in Chicago, and ask the readers of the REVIEW to pray for his continued blessing to rest upon all the workers engaged in bringing the last warning message before the thousands of all nationalities who sit in darkness in this great city. The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
AMOUNT previously reported. $58,621 04
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Root ..... 100 00
John and Fanny J. Foll ..... 100 00
Mrs. G. A. Rea ............ 100 00
Mrs. M. S. Carle .......... 50 00
Southern Union Conference .. 38 93
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Little ... 25 00
W. F. Hastings ............ 25 00
Enoch Baker ............... 25 00
Mrs. Sarah M. Saunders .... 25 00
Bradwardine Company .... 22 70
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sumner 15 00
F. T. Siple ............... 15 00
Mrs. S. N. Barmore ....... 10 00
W. J. Felt ............... 10 00
A. M. Perez .............. 10 00
H. Pinder ................. 10 00
C. S. Smith .............. 10 00
J. Mills (Australia) ...... 9 74
Annie Brown ............... 8 00 J. W. and E. Rogers, Mrs. T. E. Conrad, W. J. Dunscomb, J. E. Downs, Louisa Smith, Emma Smith, F. H. Schramm, Mrs. C. W. Krisk, Susan Bugh, A. W. Butcher, Charles Rahn, Joseph Redoute, Mrs. M. E. Kinney, Mrs. Ida Lovell, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown, C. Weasner, R. W. Dougherty, H. M. Wallace, H. L. Wallace, W. A. Whitman, J. Pangman, an aged sister, Mrs. Mattie E. Wilson, Paul E. Gros, Mrs. Anna Scott, Ernest Waterbury. W. Gray (Australia), $4.87; friends (per Mrs. S. H. Pound), $4; Fannie E. Bolton, $4; C. E. Edwardson, $3.50; G. W. and Mamie Gibbon, $2.50; T. R. Kent (Australia), $2.44; Hildebran (N. C.) church, $2.10; Alma J. Moore, $1.75; Florence and Esther Van Dorn, $1.50. A. B. Wallace, Mrs. John C. Olson, J. W. Cemer, Victoria Cemer, and Delight Cemer. Mrs. Alice Hatton, Edgar F. Cole, Mrs. A. B. Atwood, Rudolph Balli. H. E. Kent (Australia), A. W. Kent (Australia), Mrs. W. Kent (Australia), John Kent (Australia), Alfred E. Chatman (Australia), Edward A. Chatman (Australia), W. Thompson (Australia). Frank M. Kellogg, Mrs. M. J. Walker, Margaret Scott, Solomon Bagnull, George H. Flouler, Mrs. C. C. Bagnull, B. F. Stuckey, John T. Eden, E. Cook (Jamaica), J. M. Collet, Mary Balli, Fred Balli, Mrs. A. H. Freeman, Mrs. Lizzie Clark, J. F. T., Johnie Maschuyer, J. J. Moss, Mrs. M. E. Holaday, Mrs. S. L. Van Dorn, H. A. Phillips, C. Reihl, Ada Stanley, Mrs. S. P. Ward, Mrs. L. C. Pohlman, Mrs. H. E. Graham, Mrs. W. H. Oakes. S. G. Yeram (Australia), $.84; H. L. Wallace (Jr.), $.75; L. G. Wallace, $.75; A. Gersbach (Australia), $.61; James W. Kent (Australia), $.48; Robert Gray (Australia), $.24; Lizzie Fox, $.05. Cash, Charles Balli, Lottie Balli, Mrs. E. Moss, Luce F. Harrison, V. M. Wallace, Mrs. Mary Sfoor, E. E. Cecil, Mrs. Vina McBride. Mrs. Mary Long, Mrs. Maggie Sutton, Thomas B. Keer, J. W. Malmshery, N. M. Hamilton, Jessie McCallem, A. H. Boles, Sadie Campman, C. Clingsmith, Fred Fox, Chr. Feigherty, J. M. Ellioth, Sophia McLincy, J. E. Davidson, T. J. M., E. E. Triby, D. Farrell, J. A. Hunter, John Hassel, M. C. Thompson, Eva Fuel, Mrs. Desenberg, W. H. Keller, G. W. Noble, L. J. Hale, D. S. Roe, D. L. Brarlena, C. Pears, Mrs. Ohmer, J. F. Sallings, J. Hittle, a friend. W. C. Mutchler, H. S. Rougn, M. C. Chamberlin, H. P. Binns, I. L. H. Dreid, Remm, W. B. Arper. Mary Lotton, Katie Fox, Daniel Brown (blind), Mrs. E. Parkerson, Mrs. Butler. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Booth ... 10 00
Sarah Braugh ............ 10 00
Dr. H. L. McCubbin and family ........ 25 00
Mrs. Olive P. Foster .... 50 00 Total reported ..........$59,551 38 A further list will follow. Send all donations to W. T. Bland, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. A NEW church building at El Dorado, Kan., was dedicated Sunday, February 26. The dedication of the building for the second Kansas City (Kan.), church is announced for March 5. THE organization of a Sabbath-school of twelve members is reported at Ussery, Ark., where four adults have lately begun keeping the Sabbath. A tent-meeting is desired at that place in the spring. ELDER C. A. BURMAN reports that four persons “have decided to obey God and keep his commandments” at Sioux Falls, S. D., and that sixteen are attending the canvassers’ school at that place. THE Southwestern Union Record of February 14 says: “Oklahoma has sold her quota of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons,’ sent in her last payment, and is now singing the ‘jubilee song of freedom from debt.’ We rejoice with her.” ELDER A. R. SANDBORN reports from St. Charles, Mich., where he has been holding meetings, that ten persons are awaiting baptism at that place, and the church has been greatly helped and encouraged by the meetings. THE Union Conference Record of January 1 says: “Our readers will be pleased to know that the Avondale Press has just completed an edition of three hundred Rarotongan hymn-books. The book contains one hundred and thirty-four hymns.” IN a report from District No. 2, Nebraska, Brother O. E. Jones says: “As a result of a series of tent-meetings held by Brother O. A. Hall and the writer, and some other work done since, at Edgar, a company of eight new Sabbath-keepers has been raised up.” Brother Jones is now holding meetings at Hartwell.20 THE church at Jamestown, N. Y., now has a membership of twenty-three. THREE persons have recently accepted the Sabbath truth at Zanesville, Ohio. BROTHER C. J. KUNKEL reports one family keeping the Sabbath at Rostern, Saskatchewan, Manitoba. THE fund which is being raised for the New England Sanitarium has reached a total of over $8,100. ELDER J. M. REES says in a report of recent labor at Meyersville, Ill.: “We closed the meeting, but not without some results; for a few will obey the Lord, and I trust that later on a number will obey.” ELDER T. W. FIELD reports one family keeping the Sabbath and others interested in the truth at Edgewood, Tex. Four pupils in the church-school at that place, he reports, recently experienced conversion and requested baptism. IN a report from Frisco, Ark., dated January 30, Brother H. Clay Griffin says: “I organized a Sabbath-school last Sabbath with a membership of eighteen, and several others will join soon. The lines are being drawn, and Satan is showing his wrath, but some are obeying. There are about fourteen adults now keeping the Sabbath, besides a number of youth and children. Many others are deeply interested.” ELDER F. C. GILBERT reports in the Atlantic Union Gleaner of March 1: “During the past few weeks we have found a number of openings in Norwich, Conn.; New London, Conn.; New Bedford, Mass.; Corona, L. I.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Haverhill, Mass.; Brockton, Mass.; Whitman, Mass.; and several other places. We find a number of people interested to know more of the truth of the gospel; and some who for years would scarcely recognize our people, and who have been bitterly opposed to them because of the Sabbath and its kindred truths, have acknowledged that they were sorry they had not investigated before, and learned the real blessedness of this glorious truth.” THE superintendent of the Wyoming Mission field, Elder J. H. Wheeler, speaks as follows of the present outlook there: “The Lord is greatly blessing us in many ways. Our workers are all of good courage. Brethren Kirkle and Porter are holding meetings in a schoolhouse near Gordon. They report a splendid interest. Brother Garton is holding meetings near Hill City in a schoolhouse, with a growing interest. Brother Cook has lately begun meetings in Monarch, a mining camp near Sheridan. The writer has been visiting some interested ones near Belmont, where Brethren Kirkle and Hall held meetings last winter. There seems to be a demand for more meetings at this place, as the work was not finished. A church has been offered free of charge, as soon as it is repaired, which will be in a few days. We receive good reports of the work being done by our church-schools. All seem to be well pleased with the teachers employed.”