p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 29. (7/21/1903)

Earlier text: Comments on the Four Western Camp-Meetings

Obituaries

BERNARD.—Died at Salem, Ore., Jan. 8, 1903, of consumption, Alice Bernard, aged 41 years. Sister had been a sufferer for over twenty years, and an example of Christian fortitude and patience. She leaves father, mother, four brothers, and two sisters. We hope in that glad morning when the sleeping saints arise to immortal life and beauty at the command of Jesus, again to behold our loved one. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder J. M. Cole. E. J. PATERSON.

OWEN.—Fell asleep in Jesus at the home of her parents, in Washington Co., Iowa, Feb. 14, 1903, of tuberculosis, my dear granddaughter, Lottie M. Owen, aged 22 years, 2 months, 14 days. Her lingering sickness was borne with the utmost patience and resignation. In the spring of 1898 she with her grandparents attended the camp-meeting at Des Moines, Iowa, was converted, and baptized, soon after uniting with the Twin Oaks church, of which she remained a consistent and much loved member till her decease. MRS. THOMAS A. OWEN.

WILSON.—Died at the home of her daughter, Miss S. M. Wilson, in Lakota, N. D., June 17, 1903, of heart failure, Sister Mary Wilson, in her seventy-fifth year. Sister Wilson was born in Lanark, Ontario, in 1828. Nine years ago she came to live with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Baird, and soon after accepted the truth, and has led a Christian life. She died with the peace of God in her heart. She leaves four daughters and three sons to mourn their loss, all but two sons ministering at her bedside until the last. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. W. Robinson (Congregationalist), based on 1 Corinthians 15. MRS. MARY BAIRD.

POTTER.—Died at Hazelton, Mich., June 13, 1903, of spinal meningitis, Vera L., only child of Elmer and Mary Potter, aged 7 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Vera was very observing, thoughtful, and a true Christian, seemingly beyond those of her years. At the age of four years she had a severe fall, and ever afterward endured her intense suffering with patience and Christian resignation. She leaves her father and mother and many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer in the M. E. church, to many attentive and sympathizing friends. Text, 2 Kings 4: 26. A. C. BOURDEAU.

BUNN.—Fell asleep in Jesus at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Ranson, in Keene, Tex., June 30, 1903, of asthma and heart trouble, Mrs. M. J. Bunn, aged 66 years, 3 months, and 20 days. She leaves a son and a daughter and nine grandchildren to mourn their loss. Sister Bunn united with the Seventh-day Adventist church in 1891, and has since lived a consistent Christian life. She suffered long, but bore it patiently till the last, then gently fell asleep, with full hope of a resurrection unto eternal life. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14: 13. W. W. EASTMAN.

McKAY.—Died at Ellicottville, N. Y., June 30, 1903, of cholera morbus, H. V. R. McKay. Brother McKay was born at Attica, N. Y., March 5, 1822, and was consequently in his eighty-second year at his death. His first wife died in 1879, soon after which he married the widow of Dr. H. S. Arnold, who survives him. He had two sons, one of whom still lives, Stanly A., a prominent minister in the Baptist denomination. Brother McKay was originally a Baptist, and was a man of more than ordinary intellectual ability. He was a Sabbath-keeper for a brief time with his first wife. His wife from whom he is now separated by death was a Sabbath-keeper at the time of her marriage to Brother McKay, and he remained an observer of the Sabbath till his death. At his death he was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Ellicottville, and he will be greatly missed in both home and church. He remained faithful in Christian life till his death. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. J. W. RAYMOND.

Addresses

The permanent address of J. C. Harris is 62 Smith St., Peru, Ind.

The address of S. G. Haughey is 26 Gainsborough St., Higher Broughton, Manchester, England.

Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—

O. E. Davis, Balmoral Cannery, Port Essington, British Columbia, Signs, Life Boat, tracts.

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Vermont Camp-Meeting

By J. W. Watt

THE annual conference and camp-meeting for the State of Vermont will be held at Randolph, August 20-30. A good location has been secured in the center of the village near the railroad station. The usual accommodations for campers will be provided, such as a dining-tent, run on the European plan, and a grocery stand, etc. Tents and rooms may be rented. Those who desire either a tent or a room should write to the conference secretary, F. M. Dana, 190 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt., stating plainly what they desire.

Sister Naomi Worthen and C. H. Drown will have charge of the youth and children's meetings, which will be held each day. Elders A. G. Daniels, H. W. Cottrell, and A. E. Place will be present to assist in the preaching; we also expect help in the medical and the educational work. To have the president of the General Conference with us will be a privilege we had hardly dared to hope for, when so many large conferences need the labors of such men.

Brethren and sisters, the Lord has been very good to us in Vermont during the present conference year, and now let us show our appreciation of his love and care by once in more assembling in annual conference to seek his name together. Last fall when it was decided to send Elder Westworth to a distant field, and support him there, it was thought by some that we could not expect as much tithe this year by five hundred dollars as in former years, as the corn crop was a failure in Vermont last year. But instead of the tithe falling off, it has increased, and we have been able to meet all demands, and put a larger force into the field this summer than for a number of years. Those who were in attendance at the camp-meeting last year know how God's Spirit worked in a marked manner, and what a great blessing came to all present as we unitedly followed the leadings of the Spirit. Perhaps the Lord has a greater blessing in store for us this year. Let us all be present to enjoy whatever the Lord may be pleased to give us at this coming annual feast. A few more such gatherings, and the Lord will come to claim his own. Shall we be ready to meet him? J. W. WATT.

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Pressing Into Africa’s Interior

OUR missionaries are not alone in urging the importance of pressing back into the interior of the African West Coast. The Methodist bishop of West Africa is urging his society to get into the interior. Reporting from Liberia, the district just west of the Gold Coast, where our work has begun, Bishop Hartzell says:—

I sent one missionary a journey of seven days into the interior, and the stories he brought of healthful valleys and plains, and of fine type of negroes who had never seen a white man, stirred my soul. But what could I do? That missionary was compelled to come home, and I have not sufficient force to man even the station from which he started. Among the natives he found those who were making brass bells and rings and chains, and who were workers in iron, and had wealth in ivory and cattle, but they knew not the value of money, and the only way to trade with them was by exchange in goods. How long must the work in Liberia be practically confined to the most unhealthful coast region, and the vast open doors beyond be neglected?

Let us help our workers to get the needed mission headquarters in the interior, where life may be preserved and workers may be trained.

Russia’s Religious World Policy

The European power which is doing most to alter the map of the world to-day is Russia. The activity of that power in Europe and Asia, to which so much of the news of the day relates, is in pursuance of a world policy, which has as much a religious as a political significance. That policy is one which looks to the world-wide dominion of Russian orthodoxy. The policy of the Russian state is dictated not by the czar, but by the Russian orthodox church. The church is the ruling power in the empire.

According to Mr. Wirt Gerrare, who is the author of a recently issued book on “Greater Russia,” the real inspiration of Russia’s world policy is the idea of setting up the kingdom of Christ on the earth. Other monarchs in past centuries, moved partly by ambition and partly by fanaticism, have attempted the same thing; for example, this was the underlying idea of the “Holy Alliance,” formed in Europe early in the last century, America’s answer to which was the famous Monroe doctrine; and this dream of misguided Christianity still dazzles the minds of those who to-day have a perverted conception of the nature of Christ’s kingdom. Even in the United States, intelligent Christian people have expressed the belief that “the kingdom of Christ is to enter the realm of law through the gateway of politics.” Russia believes this, and is striving, in her way, for its realization.

Mr. Gerrare says:—

The world policy of Russia is a gradual growth. It is the Christian ideal. The expulsion of the Turk, the conversion of the Asiatic heathen, world-wide dominion of Russian orthodoxy, are nothing more than the realization of Christ’s kingdom on earth. . . . The religious view, that of the orthodox Russian church, is that the Russian creed is the only correct form of Christianity; that Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and heretical sectarianism will merge ultimately into “orthodoxy,” and then, in an age of general forbearance and consent, the reign of violence will be at an end. Its work is to repress proselytism by the heterodox; to convert the heathen. The territorial expansion of Russia is a means to attaining its ends. The view of the Russian church and of the Russian people is that Asia is to be absorbed by Russia, not always by actual conquest, but as destined, in order that Russia’s mission may be fulfilled.

The bearing of this upon Protestant missionary activity in Asia is readily seen. Russian orthodoxy, backed up by Russian civil and military authority, will bar out Protestant missionaries wherever it has the opportunity. Over this prospect Protestant missionary leaders are beginning to be aroused. A leading Methodist journal says:—

The religious phase of Russia’s world policy is the most important of all phases of that policy, and to it all others are subordinate. Russia will, if she can, “close the door” of Manchuria and other Chinese provinces, not alone in the interest of Russian trade, but in order that Western missionaries and Western religious ideas may not find entrance to the minds and hearts of the Chinese people, over whom she sometime hopes to rule. She is especially hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, and would exclude from all territory which she controls American and English missionaries. . . . It is of the utmost importance to American and English trade, and of far more importance to China and the world, that the Chinese door be open to American and English missionaries as well as to merchants.

Russia is seeking to close the door to a vast Asiatic territory, to shut out Protestant missionaries; and in this Satan is seeking to bar the way of the third angel’s message in the same territory. These doors must be entered before they are closed. The third angel’s message must go now to all the world. “There shall be delay no longer.”

New Sayings of Jesus Discovered

A NEW set of “logia,” or “sayings of Jesus,” written in Greek, has been discovered in excavations made at Oxyrhynchus. There are six of the sayings, two of which are found in the Bible.

Reprotestantizing the Church of England

A LEADING Church of England paper, The Pilot, says that if the English church is to be reprotestantized, ten thousand of its clergy will have to be turned out. Rome has a very strong hold on the English established church, and through that upon the English nation.

Late Notices for the Review

By Editor

ALMOST every week we are in receipt of notices for the REVIEW accompanied by the request that they be inserted in the next issue. Whenever these requests fail to be complied with, it is because they can not be without delaying the printing of the paper. If the paper is delayed, it fails to reach some of its readers until after the following Sabbath, and this is very unsatisfactory to them, and detrimental to the paper’s circulation. Please remember, then, that the failure of a notice to appear in the issue desired by the sender is, under ordinary circumstances, due to the lateness of its arrival, and not to any arbitrary action on the part of the editor. Notices received later than Thursday morning are too late for insertion in the “next issue.”

Special Fund for Africa

[THE Mission Board invites gifts for the erection of a mission station in the interior of the Gold Coast, where a heathen chief has given our missionaries a healthful site. At least one thousand dollars should be sent on this season. Gifts will be acknowledged here, whether sent through the State offices or direct to Treasurer of Mission Board, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.]

A friend........................$20 00 A friend............................50 A friend.........................2 50 W. S. Wright....................10 00 Mrs. C. Kennedy..................4 00 E. R. Palmer.....................5 00 F. Ditter, Sr.....................2 00 S. S. Gray.......................10 00 E. Houser........................5 00

Jesus, the Tree of Life

The tree of life was situated in Paradise. Jesus is the tree of life to which sinners have access, and around that tree of life there is still a paradise. Amidst the scenes of strife and violence which fill the earth in these days, filling the minds of its inhabitants with perplexity and fear, the Christian can still bring heaven down to earth by “looking unto Jesus.” These times bring no perplexity and fear to those who are looking for him. Are you living up to the Christian’s privilege?

The Third Angel's Message

The young people of Guadalajara, Mexico, are publishing a little paper entitled The Third Angel's Message, in the Spanish language. They are anxious to secure the names of Spanish-speaking people who would be interested in the paper, to whom they may send sample copies. Names may be sent to Mrs. Dr. J. W. Erkenbeck, Guadalajara, Mexico, Care Sanitarium.