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A “Civic Revival”

By K. C. R.

THE Convention of the International Reform Bureau was held at the Winona Assembly grounds, Winona Lake, Ind., July 19-22, under the direction of W. F. Crafts, its superintendent. The convention was given the unique name of “Mid-Summer Civic Revival,” inasmuch as its object was to secure so-called “civic righteousness.”

It must be admitted that some of the reforms for which the bureau stands are in themselves good and legitimate. Among these might be mentioned prohibition of the liquor traffic, prohibiting the sale of obscene literature and the vice of gambling, etc. Certainly all Christians should unite in opposing these evils, which are exerting such a tremendous influence upon society in these times. It is to be regretted, however, that this movement, while championing these reforms, is devoting so much energy to advocating religious legislation,—one of the principal objects of the bureau.

One of the favorite and striking arguments of the Reform Bureau is that the Sabbath institution is the foundation upon which our whole national superstructure is sustained. Thus all the reforms which have been indicated in the foregoing are but incidental, from their view-point, to Sunday observance. From this it will be seen that while this movement is ostensibly standing in defense of these noble reforms, so long as it champions the cause of religious legislation, it is really more dangerous by having connected with it these things that are for the good of humanity. It is the sugar-coating that makes the evil for which they are working more palatable.

The observance and enforcement of every law upon the statute-books, regardless of its character, was an idea made prominent by these reformers. The first speaker who emphasized this idea was Governor Hoch, of Kansas, who has gained a national reputation by his strenuous efforts in securing a rigid enforcement of the law providing for the Sunday-closing of the saloons in that State. He declared that a failure properly to observe or enforce the existing laws was nothing short of anarchy. Indeed, this was the great remedy suggested, which, if applied, would produce “civic righteousness.”

One could but contrast this idea with the spirit and example of other reformers, who have done a noble work in the interests of humanity. Had the three Hebrews, who were cast into the fiery furnace, carried out the principle of some of these modern reformers by obeying every law in the land, regardless of its character, they would never have been cast into the fiery furnace. No doubt many of the prominent citizens of Babylon regarded them as anarchists. The same was true of Daniel, of the apostles, even of Christ himself; for they all disregarded those laws which conflicted with their allegiance to the God of heaven. The same thing was also true in the experience of the millions of martyrs, who suffered death because they would not obey a law that was contrary to the law of Jehovah.

The Reformation of the sixteenth century, out of which Protestantism was born, would never have appeared, had the principles of these modern reformers been carried out.

The contrast between those who pose as modern reformers, and the Reformers of the Sixteenth Century is very pronounced.

The Reformers of the sixteenth century accepted the Bible as their rule of faith and practise.

The modern reformers abandon this principle of taking the Bible, and the Bible alone, as their rule of faith and practise, substituting tradition in its place.

The Reformers of the sixteenth century originally rejected the civil power in divine things, and accepted the power of the Holy Spirit.

The modern reformers are abandoning the Holy Spirit’s power, and are seeking to obtain civil power in things divine.

The Reformers of the sixteenth century believed in righteousness by faith through Jesus Christ alone.

The modern reformers believe in righteousness by civil law.

The principle contained in the following scriptures should be considered by those who are adopting tradition instead of the power of the Holy Spirit: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17. “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29.

K. C. R.

“Acquittal of Saloon Men”

By W. A. C.

Under this heading, the following communication, addressed to the editor of the Chicago American, appeared in a recent issue of that paper:—

“There was a feeling of disappointment when the saloon-keepers arrested for selling liquor on Sunday failed of being convicted. And yet the jurors were men of intelligence, and unless they had some reason for their verdicts the findings would have been different. Here were the facts that confronted them. The defendant is on trial, charged with a misdemeanor. Had he done the same on any other day of the week, there would have been no cause of action. Then it is the day, and not the act to be considered. This changes the nature of the case. The defense is on trial, not as a saloon-keeper, but as a Sabbath-breaker. And here is where the jurors disappointed the prosecution. They could pass on the moral quality of an act, but that the same action should be justifiable one day and criminal another day is neither law, equity, nor logic. It was not the action, but the day, that was on trial. They refuse to consider a distinction of days as a matter within the jurisdiction of the courts.”

Will It Survive?

HERBERT BOASE, of Taylor University, says: “No nation, having been brought squarely before a great moral issue, and shrinking from it, has long survived. No great issue once brought before a people has been settled by compromise.” The great moral issue of choosing between the true Sabbath and the spurious sabbath, and of whether men shall be left free to observe whichever Sabbath they choose to observe, or be compelled, by oppressive laws, to observe the sabbath of human appointment, is now being brought squarely before this nation. Will it settle this question right, and survive? or wrong, and perish? Prophecy has plainly indicated the answer to this question. W. A. C.

Christian Liberty

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience

Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau

K. C. RUSSELL. — — — — — Chairman

W. A. COLCORD. — — — — — Secretary

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp-Meetings for 1908

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Maine, Brownville ............ Aug. 20-30 Vermont, Waterbury .......... Aug. 20-31 Western New York, Buffalo .......... Sept. 3-13 New York, Norwich ............ Sept. 10-20

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Ontario, Toronto ............ Aug. 20-30 Quebec ................ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Maritime, Williamsdale, N. S., Sept. 10-21

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE Missouri, Sedalia ............ Aug. 6-16 Kansas, Ottawa ............ Aug. 13-23 Colorado, Pueblo ............ Aug. 20-30 Nebraska, Hastings ........ Aug. 27 to Sept. 7

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Ohio, Mansfield ............ Aug. 13-23 New Jersey, Woodbury ........ Aug. 20-30 West Virginia, Charleston, Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Virginia (local), Newmarket ..... Sept. 8-13

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Indiana (State), La Fayette ...... Aug. 6-16 West Michigan, Grand Rapids ..... Aug. 13-23 Northern Illinois, Streator ........ Aug. 20-30 East Michigan, Lapeer ............ Aug. 20-30 Indiana (local), North Vernon ... Aug. 25-31 North Michigan (conference) Petoskey ................ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Wisconsin, Madison ..... Aug. 31 to Sept. 13

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Nevada ............ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Montana, Victor ............ Aug. 20-30 Montana, Great Falls ........ Sept. 4-13

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern California, Los Angeles, Aug. 6-16

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Louisiana, Lake Charles ........ Aug. 6-16 Tennessee River, Memphis .......... Mississippi, Amory (white) ..... Aug. 13-23 Mississippi, Jackson (colored) ....... ................ Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Alabama, Cullman ..... Sept. 3-13 Kentucky, Moreland ........ Sept. 24 to Oct. 4 Alabama, near Mobile ............ Oct. 8-18

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE Georgia, Atlanta ............ Aug. 6-16 North Carolina, Lexington ........ Aug. 14-23 Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn., ....... ................ Aug. 26 to Sept. 6 Florida, Palatka ............ Oct. 1-12

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE Arkansas (State), Fort Smith .... Sept. 3-13 Oklahoma (State), Enid ........ Aug. 20-31

The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made in either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.

A Return to the “Puritan Sunday” Advocated

By W. A. C.

A WRITER in Sabbath and Home expresses himself thus:—

“The preservation of Sunday as a day of rest and worship is as necessary to the higher life of the nation as the setting aside of the other days of the week for labor is to our material prosperity. One reason for much of the disorder in our industrial and domestic life is found in the vicious disregard on the part of the people of the underlying principles of the Puritan Sunday. When we are wise enough to adopt and adapt these principles to the real necessities of our present situation, we shall have a happy exit from many troubles that are grievous to endure, and enter upon an epoch of national quiet and contentment.”

Thus enforced Sunday observance is set forth as the panacea for all national ills.

W. A. C.

Religious Liberty Notes

SUNDAY evening, July 5, the secretary of the Religious Liberty Bureau spoke on the subject of religious liberty and the evils of religious legislation before an audience of about seven hundred in the Walker Theater, at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Good reports of the meeting appeared in the daily papers of Winnipeg the following day.

The fight for prohibition is by no means over. It is stated that the combined liquor interests of the country have no less than $3,500,000 with which to fight the prohibition movement. While we oppose bad laws, let none fail to stand for good ones. The temperance cause, like the cause of religious freedom, needs the assistance of every friend and lover of mankind.

The Springfield (Mo.) Republican of July 10, says: “If the ordinance now pending in the city council is passed, in which the skating-rinks, dance-halls, theaters, and other places of amusement are prohibited from being open on Sunday, the people who are determined to be amused on Sunday will have to go elsewhere. It is the intention of the framers of the ordinance to stop all Sunday amusements, as they believe the open Sunday, when everything in the public-amusement line is permitted to run, is a detriment to the city, and an evil from which none but bad consequences can come.”

To Union College Students

By C. C. LEWIS.

PLEASE take notice that the fall term begins Wednesday, September 9, nearly a week earlier than last year. Students should be present Tuesday, the day before the opening. There is every indication of a very large attendance. Last year we were surprised and overwhelmed by an overflow of students who had not notified us of their intention to come. This year we have tried to provide for such an emergency by erecting East Hall, now approaching completion, and by finishing eight more rooms in the college building. These new rooms will accommodate over fifty men, thus enabling us to care for all the ladies in South Hall. Our rooms are fast being taken, and we desire to have as many applications as possible by the first day of September, so that we may know if further accommodations are needed. Send for application blanks, or copy the form from pages 12 and 13 of this year's announcement. Address the undersigned at College View, Neb.

C. C. LEWIS.

Notice!

By E. C. TAYLOR

THE tenth annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Benevolent Association of Maine will be held at Brownville, Maine, Aug. 24, 1908, at 5 P. M., for the purpose of electing officers, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

E. C. TAYLOR, Clerk.

Notice !

By M. N. CAMPBELL

THE fifteenth annual session of the Iowa Seventh-day Adventist Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Nevada, Iowa, August 27 to September 6. Officers will be elected, and all business of a legal nature transacted. The first meeting is called for Monday, Aug. 31, 1908, at 9:15 A. M. M. N. CAMPBELL, President.

Notice!

By M. N. Campbell

THE annual session of the Iowa Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Nevada, Iowa, Aug. 27 to Sept. 6, for the election of officers and the transaction of legal business pertaining to this Association. The first meeting will be called on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1908, at 9:15 A. M.

M. N. CAMPBELL, President.

Southern New England Camp-Meeting

By D. B. PARMELEE

THE Southern New England Conference will hold a camp-meeting Aug. 27 to Sept. 6, 1908, in Westerly, R. I. What is known as the Beech Street base-ball grounds has been secured for this meeting. This gives a very desirable location for so important a gathering, being easy of access from all points of our conference, and fully accommodated by steam railway and electric-car service. The annual business meeting of this conference having been held last spring, the full period for this meeting will be devoted to the spiritual interests, and to the further development of the various departments of the conference work. We urge upon all the members of the conference earnestly and prayerfully to plan to be present at the feast that is being prepared. We expect good help at this meeting, and the Lord will be present to bless.

Details concerning the general preparations, accommodations, and expenses will soon be placed in the hands of all our people through the regular channels.

D. B. PARMELEE, Vice-President.

A Remarkable Record

FIFTY thousand copies of the first edition of the August number of the Signs of the Times monthly were sold within two weeks after they came from the press, and another edition had to be printed. One agent ordered three thousand copies; another, two thousand; another, one thousand one hundred; and several five hundred to one thousand copies each. And so the magazine is going.

Every one seems to be pleased with the journal in its new form. The following letter from Elder William Covert, president of the Northern Illinois Conference, voices the sentiments of many others:—

“I have received the first number of the Signs in magazine form. I am greatly pleased with it. It is beautiful. It does seem to me that this magazine will sell readily. It contains much truth in a convenient form for the reader to get hold of. I do not think that I have seen anything better than this, though you know we have a great many good publications. I trust that the Lord will greatly bless this effort on the part of the Pacific Press.”

The second edition will be off from the press in time to fill all orders promptly. Send for sample copy, and special terms to agents.

Address Signs of the Times, Mountain View, Cal.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.

Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following —

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing and send it.

We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.

A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.

No discount for several insertions.

FOR SALE.—Unimproved land, good for farming or grazing, in lots of 160 acres or more, at seven dollars an acre if sold soon. For particulars address Mrs. V. Thorp, Canton, Neb.

FOR SALE.—Four and one-half acres close to a church-school; good buildings; a few young fruit-trees; some strawberries. Good place for a blacksmith. Will sell cheap. Daniel Starrett, Genesee, Idaho.

WANTED.—A first-class baker. One who is capable of handling general health-food line. Applications should be accompanied by references and recommendations. Address Sanitarium Food Co., Sanitarium, Cal.

WANTED.—Girl or middle-aged woman to do housework on farm, also young man to do general farm work. Good wages, and steady employment to agreeable, energetic persons. Address Lyman Middaugh, Ames, Neb.

WANTED.—A permanent position on farm with Seventh-day Adventist. Long experience at general farming. Capable of taking charge. Family consists of wife and two children. Correspondence solicited. J. G. Beall, Silver Hill, Md.

FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $7; 64 cents a gal. in ½ bbl. and bbl. lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.

FOR SALE.—Twenty-six acres of land, nine-room house, barn, cow-shed, good well, cistern, cellar, orchard, and some small fruit. One mile from Seventh-day Adventist church. For particulars write to Mr. Frank Keiser, Osseo, Mich., R. F. D. 27.

FOR SALE.—Eighty acres, fruit and vineyard, land one-half mile from church-school, three-fourths mile from food factory, one mile from sanitarium. Two houses. Barn. Over one thousand cords wood on place; good water. Price, $3,000. Address, J. F. Fenner, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.

WANTED.—A Seventh-day Adventist governess, not under thirty, to take charge of two boys, of five and six respectively, in a prominent Catholic family in southern Peru, at a salary from $400 to $450 a year, including board, residence, and laundry, with a three-year contract. Splendid opening prepared by the Lord for important missionary work. Lady preferred who has had experience in sanitarium treatments and obstetrical nursing. For further information address Ed. F. Forga, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.

COLLEGE VIEW PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Seven-room house, two lots, well, cistern, lawn, shade, fruit. Good location, one block from corner of sanitarium campus, three blocks from street-car. Price very reasonable. M. E. Kern, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

KEIFER PEARS.—In two-bushel, long-distance shipping-crates, $1.15 single crate; five or more, $1 each. Have shipped successfully as far as northern New York, Northern Illinois, and southwestern Tennessee. Send money-order to Occoquan Fruit Farm, Occoquan, Va.

NOTICE.—We shall open our fall nurses’ class, September 15-30, and would like three consecrated Seventh-day Adventist young ladies and two young men to take the course. Excellent chance for surgical and operating experience. Full course. References required. Address Fayette Sanitarium, Connersville, Ind.

FOR SALE.—Beautiful Imported Bible Mottoes. Special, 100 Bible cards, $3; 100 of our heavy 12 x 16 paper mottoes, $6. 27,000 sold in April and half of May. We have four languages,—English, Danish, Swedish, and German. The more you buy, the less they cost. 15 for $1 by mail. Address, with stamp, Hampton Art Co., Lock Book 257, Hampton, Iowa.

FOR SALE.—Thirty acres of land adjoining town. Four thousand peach-trees just beginning to bear fruit. Beautiful elevated location for residence. Also three houses and lots in town and one vacant lot. All of these properties are in sight of the Southern Training-School and one-half mile from the Graysville Sanitarium. All the proceeds from the above property, when sold, will go for the support of the Southern Training-School. For further description of this property address the Southern Training-School, Graysville, Tenn.

The West Virginia Camp-Meeting

By J. M. REES.

The West Virginia camp-meeting and conference will be held at Charleston, West Va., August 27 to September 6. Charleston is the capital and the most important city of our State. We have been very anxious that a good foothold for the truth might be obtained there, so that the work in that part of the State could be carried on, working out in all directions from Charleston. A series of tent-meetings was held there last summer, and another series will continue this season up to the time of the camp-meeting; then we hope to turn them into the camp-meeting, and gather out a strong company there.

We have purchased a new pavilion (35 x 50 feet), and seated it with comfortable canvass seats, and also a new middle strip for the fifty-foot round tent; this will give us a pavilion 50 x 100 feet. We have a good forty-foot round tent, and we expect to repair all old small tents; these, with some new 14 x 14 foot tents which we have purchased, will make us a beautiful camp, with tents that will turn water. We expect the camp to be pitched in a grove within two squares of a street-car line, and that everything will be made comfortable for those who attend.

Now, brethren and sisters, after we have gone to all this expense and trouble, what effect will it have on our conference, and those who attend from the city, if they should see part of the tents unoccupied? It must not be so. West Virginia must arise and shine as she never has before. We must make the effort of our lives to attend this camp-meeting. No trivial thing must be allowed to come in between us and this meeting. The signs of the times demand our every effort. You may say that times are close, and money is scarce; but if we stay away for that, we shall in all probability never attend another camp-meeting. Neither should any say they must stay at home and take care of the farm and its effects. The Lord said, to his ancient people, ‘Neither shall any man desire thy lands when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.’ Ex. 34: 24.

If you have decided not to go to Charleston, change your mind, and remember there is time after reading this article to get ready and be present for the first meeting, Thursday morning, August 27. The cloud is rising in West Virginia. Let us follow its leading.

J. M. REES.

International Publishing Association

By WILLIAM ASP

The next annual meeting of the constituency of the International Publishing Association will be held at the office of the International Publishing Association at College View, Neb., September 8-10, inclusive. The meeting will be held for the purpose of electing a board of trustees and counselors, and for the transaction of all other business which may properly come before the meeting. The constituency of this corporation includes the executive committees of the General Conference, Central Union Conference, Northern Union Conference, and the Southwestern Union Conference.

WILLIAM ASP, Secretary.

Iowa Conference and Camp-Meeting

By M. N. Campbell

The annual conference and camp-meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists in Iowa will be held on the new sanitarium grounds at Nevada, Iowa, August 27 to September 6, at which time officers will be elected, reports submitted, and plans devised for carrying on the work committed to this people. The first session of the conference is called for August 28, at 9:15 A. M. A workers' meeting of four days' duration will precede the camp-meeting at which all our conference laborers are expected to be present.

Among those who have promised to attend our annual gathering this year are Elder A. G. Daniels, president of the General Conference, and Elder R. A. Underwood, president of the Northern Union Conference. Efficient help has also been secured to conduct meetings in the Danish, Swedish, and German languages.

Those who desire tents reserved and floored should send word to the conference office at Nevada, Iowa, without delay. Present prospects indicate an exceptionally large attendance but there will be accommodations provided for all who come.

M. N. CAMPBELL, President.

Address

THE address of Elder B. F. Purdham is now Homestead, Pa.

Obituaries

By F. G. SPECHT; JOHN C. APPLEGATE

BROWNLEE.—Died at her home near Fessenden, N. D., July 9, Sarah Elizabeth Brownlee (née Taylor), aged 62 years and 11 months. She was married to Mr. Brownlee in 1863, and five children, with their father, survive to mourn their loss. About forty years ago she was converted, and joined the Seventh-day Adventist church at Maiden Rock, Wis., remaining faithful until the end. During the last four years she suffered much, having passed through an operation and several strokes of paralysis, the last of which caused her death. The large congregation of friends and acquaintances present testified to the esteem in which she was held in the community in which she lived. The service was conducted in the Congregational church, by the writer, who based his remarks upon Rom. 8: 28 and other scriptures. F. G. SPECHT.

APPLEGATE.—Died at his home in Eagletown, Ind., May 14, 1908, of acute pneumonia, our dear father, Dr. Andrew J. Applegate, aged 80 years and 9 days. Father was converted in early life, and united with the Missionary Baptist Church. About twenty-six years ago he accepted the Sabbath message, and later united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Noblesville, Ind., of which he was a member until death. Father was a firm believer in, and lover of, the truths of the third angel's message. We mourn our loss; but we leave him in the loving care of our dear Lord, in hope of the glorious first resurrection. Father was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville, Ky., and his aim was to do good to all in the fear and love of God. Funeral service was conducted by Elder Luzerne Thompson. JOHN C. APPLEGATE.

Washington Sanitarium and Tent Meeting Songs

By Editor

In the issue of the Washington Times for Sunday, July 26, there appeared an illustrated article occupying a full page, giving a complete description of our sanitarium at Takoma Park. We quote the closing paragraph:—

Of all the sixty-six sanitariums of the Adventists, probably none of them have so fine or so beautiful a site as the Washington one. The situation is ideal for a health resort, and during the long summer months there is a difference of temperature of from ten to twenty degrees between the city and Takoma Park, which is even closer to the city than the Washington Sanitarium.

Such a write-up as this will do much to make known to the people of Washington and vicinity the facilities and attractions of the Washington Sanitarium.

For some time there has been a demand for a collection of songs, especially adapted for use in tent-meetings. A committee was appointed last year to give this matter study and to arrange for such a collection, the price of which should be low enough to enable each tent company to supply its congregation with the books. Soon after this, arrangements were perfected for bringing out a revised and enlarged edition of “Christ in Song;” and in view of this plan the General Conference Committee has decided to recommend the abridged collection of the new edition of “Christ in Song” for use in tent-meetings, instead of following the original plan for bringing out a new book. Those desiring a supply of these books can secure them through the regular channels as soon as they are ready.

Large Periodical Sales Reported

OUR three leading publishing houses all report a very large sale of periodicals.

Watchman Temperance Number Circulation

By Editor

We are glad to note that the special Temperance number of the Watchman has already attained a circulation of 150,000 copies, and that another edition of 50,000 copies is being printed. Those who are circulating this paper are engaged in a good work.

Elder M. C. Wilcox

Elder M. C. Wilcox, of Mountain View, Cal., editor of the Signs of the Times, is now in Europe, where he will remain two months or more. A leading purpose of this trip across the Atlantic is that Brother Wilcox may have opportunity for special study in the libraries of London. We hope this visit to his former field of labor will be both pleasant and profitable.

Southern Training-School Opening Postponed

By Editor

A NOTICE forwarded by the management of the Southern Training-School, Graysville, Tenn., received too late for insertion in this issue, states that the opening of the fall term has been postponed until September 16. We announce the fact, and the full statement will appear next week.

Nebraska Camp-Meeting Date Corrected

By a mistake for which this office is responsible, an incorrect date for the Nebraska camp-meeting has been given in the list of camp-meeting appointments. The correct date is August 27 to September 7, as it appears on the twenty-second page of this issue. All who are interested in this matter should take note of this correction.

Prepay Foreign Postage

We regret the necessity of again urging those who correspond with the workers in foreign fields to prepay postage on their letters at full rates. The deficiency in postage and a fine of equal amount are usually collected in foreign countries from the unfortunate recipients of underpaid letters. The latest complaint is from the West Indies, and those who write to our workers in that field are urged to remember that the postage is five cents for each three-fourths ounce. Please remember this.

Christian Education Number

By Editor

VERY attractive in its general make-up and filled with good matter is the Christian Education number of the Youth's Instructor just issued. Among the contributors are Elders A. G. Daniells, G. B. Thompson, and E. R. Palmer; Profs. Frederick Griggs, C. C. Lewis, H. R. Salisbury, M. E. Kern, and A. W. Spaulding. This will be an excellent number to place in the hands of young people outside our denomination who are desirous of securing a good education. The price for twenty-five or more copies, one order, one address, is two cents a copy. We hope this issue of the Instructor will have a very large circulation.

Dr. J. H. Neall Goes to Atlanta

AFTER A RESIDENCE of about twenty-five years in Washington, during eighteen of which he has been a believer in present truth, Dr. J. H. Neall has accepted a call to work elsewhere, and is planning to leave the city soon. Dr. Neall accepted the truth through reading, and has been closely identified with the interests of the work here during all these years, with the exception of a short time during which he was under appointment to work in Mexico. Since the removal of the headquarters to Washington, Dr. Neall has taken an active part in the health work, both as a member of the Sanitarium Board and as consulting physician. In leaving here to accept the position of medical superintendent of the sanitarium in Atlanta, Ga., Dr. Neall and his family will carry with them the best wishes of many friends for their success in another field.

A New Record in Literature Distribution

By Editor

A NEW RECORD will doubtless be established this summer in the distribution of our literature. No commercial work of any kind is being done in the Review and Herald Office, yet its facilities are being taxed to the utmost to meet the demand for our denominational literature. During the month of July, the retail value of books, tracts, pamphlets, and periodicals sent out from this office was almost exactly $30,000,—an average of more than $1,000 a day for every working-day. During the week ending July 31, more than five thousand books were bound in our bindery, the average being eight hundred fifty books a day. This was in addition to the handling of the fifty thousand periodicals which are sent out every week. The edition of Life and Health for August is fifty-five thousand copies. More orders of one thousand copies each have been received for this number than for any previous issue of the magazine. The facts given in this paragraph bear strong testimony to the faithful work being done by those who are selling our publications in the field.