Earlier text: A. N. ALLENWestern New York
By H. W. Carr
ELMIRA.—In 1908 there were only eight Adventists in Elmira, meeting in a third-story lodge room under discouraging circumstances. That summer Elder R. B. Clapp conducted a tent effort, which awakened some interest. Later, Elder L. H. Proctor came from New York City and spent two summers here. A better place of worship was secured, and the number increased. When Elder Proctor left on account of failing health, Brother M. W. De L’horbe, of Ontario, was invited to Elmira. The Lord blessed his efforts. The writer and Mrs. Carr joined him in the work last summer. The number of believers now reaches nearly one hundred. An encouraging church school has been established. The place of worship became too small. Last fall Brother De L’horbe entered upon the task of providing a more commodious place of worship, with school accommodations. As a result of his energies and the faithful help of members, he presented to the Western New York Conference on May 17, 1914, a beautiful little brick-veneered chapel, with a splendid schoolroom in the basement, everything completed, free from mortgage. Elder K. C. Russell delivered the dedicatory address to a full house. Miss Celia Richmond, the church-school teacher, has moved her school into the new apartments. We thank God for his tender mercies, and pray that he may continue to bless the work in Elmira. In a file of old Adventist papers, we find one issued in 1888 that contains an interesting letter from Elder J. V. Himes. He was then located with an Episcopal Church at Elk Point, S. Dak. His reversion to the experiences of our early history has a touch of pathos, and the lines, though written more than twenty-five years ago, will be read with interest. Elder John M. Orrock, then editor of the Herald, is addressed in the letter:— “MY DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST: I am glad to have a weekly reminder that you are at your post of duty daily, seeking to feed and cheer the saints, and to lead the wanderer home to God. The intimations of a change in the Herald fill me with sadness. The times and things about us are changing all the while; but the changeless comes soon. The Herald is a clean-cut and finished weekly monitor on the doctrinal and practical truths of the great Messiah. I am glad to have lived so long and watched its course through forty-eight years, from the hour I began its publication, February, 1840. I expected to publish it only three years, which—agreeably to the calculation of Wm. Miller—would bring us to the epoch of the glorious appearing of Christ, in the ‘restitution of all things,’—and in the glorification of our lost inheritance, the restoration of the saints of all ages to immortal life. “The generation of 1840-44 believed, worked, and waited those three years in hope, really expecting to finish their work and suffering, and enter into rest at the time appointed, it being clear to them that it would come in 1844. Beyond this, they did not look for the life of faith and hope, but for the consummation, the new heavens and new earth, the kingdom of God under the whole heavens. Their hope was founded on the prophetic periods, with the signs in the heavens and the earth confirming their views of speedy redemption. Being consecrated in person, their earthly goods were freely given in wisdom to spread the doctrine of the approaching consummation. They toiled day and night to bring others into the faith and preparation to meet God. They were shut up to the faith, and saw nothing beyond the fixed date except the new earth, in its glorious robes of the final restitution. “They believed and watched until the last hour of the time of deliverance; but, like Israel, who traveled through the wilderness to Kadesh-barnea (Numbers 13), expecting then to enter the promised possession, they were turned back into the wilderness for forty years. It was a sad time for Israel, but not a hopeless disaster; for they should yet—after the forty years—enter into the rest and inheritance. And so we, though misled as to the exact period of the advent, continued to live in hope that ‘he who shall come will come’ in due time, ‘and will not tarry.’ “This loyal and waiting people therefore returned to their work, and commenced anew their pilgrimage for the Promised Land. Out of the great multitude who believed, a goodly number have gone over the river. Nearly all of the generation who looked for the kingdom in 1844 are at rest; a small remnant remain who are faithful. As only a few who left Egypt entered into the rest of Canaan, so in our case it is to be feared that many who started with us for the promised rest have by apostasy fallen by the way. “In the last forty-four years, since the disappointment of the waiting ones, great light has sprung up. Great knowledge has been diffused through the whole earth on the coming kingdom. Never was there so great power in the prophetic word in relation to the soon coming of Christ, and never so great a multitude of believers, as now. In every department of Christendom is heard the cry, ‘Behold, he cometh.’ The camp of Israel is tenting down by the ‘fords of Jordan,’ and here many with faith and hope stand viewing the promised rest, and saying with Moses: ‘I pray thee let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.’ “The fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? Most of them are gone. I write today at eighty-four, having been in the wilderness twice forty years. My eye is not dim, nor my natural force abated. I still proclaim the faith and hope to all; and whether I die or am translated, I shall hope to find a home in that beautiful world, the world of promise. See 2 Peter 3:13. Love to all the saints.” — World’s Crisis, June 3, 1914. Young People’s Work in Newark, N. J.
By William F. Schmidt
RECENTLY our young people’s society entered upon an active campaign of missionary effort. Deciding to devote to the Lord our time, thoughts, talent, and treasure, we can report the following results for the first quarter of this year:— The members of our society, feeling that the Protestant ministers should be given an opportunity to read the lecture delivered by Dr. McKim in Washington, D. C., on the subject “Why We Are Protestants,” sent them 108 Protestant Magazines, with letters soliciting subscriptions to the same. Each member sent from five to ten magazines and letters. We also sent Liberty for one year to the city council, three newspaper editors, the chief of police, and the mayor. We sent literature on Christ’s second coming and the Sabbath to all the foreign Protestant ministers in this city, and also sent tracts prepared by Brother Gilbert to all the Jewish rabbis in the city. We distributed four hundred copies of the Liberty and Signs of the Times magazines to the church members, to be sold to aid our society financially. Our society has distributed hundreds of tracts, and a large number of the Signs of the Times and the REVIEW. Some of our members went out with about three thousand Signs of the Times leaflets, and distributed them from house to house for the purpose of searching out those who are interested in the gospel. Most of those who went out did not distribute these leaflets by throwing them in the yard, but by ringing the doorbells, meeting the families personally, and having a gospel conversation with each. We intend to continue this kind of work by distributing the Family Bible Teacher each week to those who are interested. The Missionary Volunteer Societies in our church prepared an excellent temperance rally, which proved an uplift not only to those who came, but to the young people themselves, and created greater zeal for the work. Forty-five, fifteen of whom were strangers, signed the pledge. We also sent out two hundred Jewish tracts to Jewish families, and distributed flowers to the sick, and helped the poor by giving them food, clothing, etc. The best experiences our young people have had since our reorganization in January was when they went out with the Signs of the Times leaflets and had conversations with the people. It was a new experience to most of those who went from door to door, and many intend to continue this kind of work and become active missionaries at home. We have also sold the Protestant Magazine at two great Protestant mass meetings held in this city. The people were glad to buy them, and we hope these magazines will be the means of interesting18 the people in the true principles of Protestantism. While there has been more missionary work done by our members than appears in this report, yet we intend to do a greater work for the Master, and to help proclaim the message that we have for the people at this time. We do hope that this report will be an encouragement to those who read it, and will inspire them to greater activity in the Master’s service. No Apparent Need for District Sunday Law
By S. B. Horton
As an aftermath of the stir created by an injunction issued by Judge Gould to prohibit the District Commissioners from interfering with a certain baseball game which had been advertised and took place on Sunday, May 17, the following article from the Washington Times will indicate that the people may be trusted with their own conduct without the aid of Congressional legislation:— “The open Sunday agitation in Washington has suddenly become unusually sane for that form of agitation. “Into what promised to be a heated discussion with partisans sharply aligned for or against, there has been injected a note of calm deliberation that has taken the excitement from the situation. The majority of the theatrical managers of the city have coolly declined to put on Sunday shows. The fight that was being developed, the heat that was displayed, was not directed against the theatrical people of Washington, in the first place. It was directed largely against the idea of a Sunday such as is pictured in the towns given over to industrial enterprises, where the Sabbath is the only day of recreation of the majority of the citizens. In such places the men work hard, terribly hard, during the week. And when Sunday comes, they take their play hard—just as hard as they worked. “Washington could never have a Sunday like that under the most liberal laws. There is no population to make it possible. The people of the District are mostly of a calm, deliberate type, who take their pleasure quietly and sedately. Under no stretch of the imagination could a Sunday such as would be observed in a mining or manufacturing town with the lid off be possible here. But that is the idea that most Sabbatarians have of an ‘open’ Sunday. And it would have been the idea that would have been fought had the thing not happened that has happened. “It is probable there is no sentiment in the District against the production of grand opera Sunday evenings. If laws were drafted by the people, it is highly probable an entertainment of this sort would be exempted. Therefore, the fact that grand opera will be produced under the protection of the decision of Justice Gould hardly enters into the consideration of the subject. “And in announcing their decision that they would not depart from their regular policy in spite of the new conditions, the theatrical managers were not compelled to give the matter very much consideration. It is a well-known fact in the show business that more than three fourths of the better class of productions—the kinds that come to the theaters in this city—do not give shows on Sunday even when they are booked in cities where Sunday shows are permitted. The managers of companies that are made up of actors and actresses of the first rank, understand that their employees are only human, and demand at least one day of rest during the week. And they get that day of rest. Exactly the same theory works out in the matter of stock companies. A stock company cannot give an adequate interpretation of a play if it is kept at it seven nights a week. No manager would ask a company to do such a thing—no self-respecting manager.” “Therefore, the facts are that in all probability there would not be an average of one theatrical performance a month on Sunday at a regular theater in Washington, even if there wasn’t a word of law on the statute books relating to the subject of Sunday observances.” “There is no business so sensitive to public sentiment as the theatrical business. There is no business so quickly and vitally affected by popular whim and fancy. It is a very dangerous thing, therefore, for a manager to do anything that will in any degree alienate the good will of any part of the public. And it is very much to the manager’s credit to have the support of the entire population, especially of that portion of it which is usually rated as supporting conservative regulation of all forms of amusement.” “Therefore, the announcement of the managers that they do not intend to take advantage of the permission Justice Gould has given them to open their houses if they desire, is a perfectly natural thing for them to do. And it is the kind of thing that was to be expected of them—after the situation here is carefully analyzed. “To have a so-called ‘Continental’ Sunday, it is necessary to have a ‘Continental’ population. And the population of Washington consists of—Washingtonians.” We commend this to the attention of our national lawmaking body as evidence that there is no real need, even if there were no principle involved, of Sunday laws for the District of Columbia. Information on Medical Frauds
By L. A. H.
A GREAT deal of money is being spent annually for things advertised to cure various diseases, the real merits of which may be justly questioned. For some time careful inquiry has been made as to the value of many devices, schemes, and preparations, widely advertised as cures for specific diseases. The results of these investigations make interesting reading. We believe there are among our own people those who may be interested to know the facts concerning some of the things so widely exploited, and in the claims of which they may have confidence enough to invest much-needed money. We call attention to literature that gives information besides that which appears in the advertisement. The American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., issues a number of pamphlets. The following is a partial list, with prices, post-paid. All are illustrated:— “Alcola,” a “cure” for alcoholism, sold by the Physicians’ Cooperative Association; 4 cents. “American College of Mechano-Therapy,” a Chicago concern which professes to teach various curative manipulations; 8 pages; 4 cents. “Cancer Fakes,” a 48-page pamphlet containing exposés of several so-called cancer cures; 6 cents. “Carnegie University,” which grants degrees in drugless healing for a cash consideration; 11 pages; 4 cents. “Consumption Cure Fakes,” dealing with the principal so-called remedies; 138 pages; 10 cents. “Deafness Cure Fakes,” 50 pages; 10 cents. “Duffy’s Malt Whisky,” an advertised “consumption cure,” “heart tonic,” and nerve builder; 18 pages; 4 cents.19 “Medical Institutes,” dealing with the Wisconsin Medical Institute, the Epileptic Institute, and the Boston and Bellevue Institute, describing methods of enticing and defrauding the unwary; 52 pages; 6 cents. “Men’s Specialist Frauds,” a reprint of the Chicago Tribune’s exposé of a large number of concerns that carry forward a very wicked form of quackery; 142 pages; 10 cents. “Mineral Waters,” giving facts about some of the so-called mineral waters for which fraudulent and misleading claims have been made; 12 pages; 4 cents. “Obesity Cure Frauds,” exposing a number of “cures;” 26 pages; 10 cents. “The Oxydonor and Similar Fakes,” a description of various pieces of nickel-plated brass pipe that are sold under the claim that they possess curative value, dealing with the Electropoise, the Oxydonor, the Oxygenor, the Oxypathor, the Oxytonor, and the Oxybon; 15 pages; 4 cents. “Quacks—Itinerant and Otherwise,” and inquiry into the personnel of the “United Doctors,” the “Known Doctors,” and similar frauds, and a description of the methods of these widely advertised “specialists;” an interesting exposé of organized quackery; 27 pages; 4 cents. “Sanatogen,” giving much information concerning a preparation widely advertised in popular magazines as possessing wonderful properties; 31 pages; 4 cents. “Viavi” and other cures, a pamphlet of 53 pages, dealing with fifteen mail-order concerns and seven nostrums appealing to women; 6 cents. We give this notice, believing that it will prove a valuable service to some of our people who might otherwise be led to spend money for that which would give no benefit, bringing disappointment, and perhaps increased suffering. Religious Liberty Department
By C. S. Longacre
C. S. LONGACRE N. Am. Div. Secretary Disestablishment of the Church in Wales
The bill disestablishing the church in Wales again passed the House of Commons by a majority of seventy-seven votes. It will become a law regardless of the House of Lords. This is the first measure to pass the requisite number of times since the adoption of the Parliament act which took away the Lords’ final veto power, and for this reason, as well as for its own importance, it has attracted special attention. It is provided that the Church of England in Wales and Monmouth shall lose its government subvention; cathedrals and ecclesiastical corporations shall be dissolved; ecclesiastical courts and laws will lose their legal force, and the bishops of the four Welsh dioceses shall cease to be members of the House of Lords. Medical Missionary Department
W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - General Secretary L. A. HANSEN, - Assistant Secretary H. W. MILLER, M. D. - N. Am. Div. Secretary The Better Day
By Lois Ann Calkins
A better day is coming,
For which I've waited long,
Enriched with many blessings,
And filled with gladsome song. That day, though known to Jesus,
Is hidden yet from me,—
A day of gifts most precious,
Through glorious victory. A Friend is surely coming,
To wipe away my tears,
Removing all my sadness,
And banishing my fears. I'll raise my voice in singing
All glory to our King,
While angels join in chorus,
And loud hosannas sing,— A day of joy and gladness,
A day of sweet release,
Devoid of sin and sadness,
And filled with perfect peace. Lake Geneva Sanitarium Notes
By P. A. De Forest
No doubt the readers of the REVIEW will be pleased to receive a word from Switzerland telling how the health message is prospering in the mountain republic. Last year was quite a prosperous one in spite of the fact that the summer was wet and cold. We had only one day which could be called warm, and that would have been considered cool in the Southern States of the home country. We had nearly four hundred patients who took treatment in the institution, of whom three hundred and twenty-five were house patients. We are pleased to know that almost all the patients coming to the institution are sent here by former patients. This is an encouraging sign of appreciation, as is also the fact that the number of doctors sending us patients increases year by year. There is every reason to believe that the institution has found a place in the hearts of the Swiss people, and by faithful service it will hold that place. Our health institutions everywhere are no doubt doing a silent but powerful work in lifting up the fallen and pointing them to “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” This work is silently battering down walls of prejudice and preparing the people of God to meet the events brought to view by the onward march of the third angel’s message. Our patients are very much impressed with the spirit of good cheer and harmony which reigns among the helpers, and often say they feel that they have been helped spiritually as well as physically by their stay. Our hearts are frequently cheered by letters from patients not of our faith, expressing confidence that this work is certainly of God. How true are the Saviour’s words, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” When the workers in an institution are imbued with the missionary spirit, the spirit of sacrifice for the good of others, even their natural imperfections of character are hidden from those to whom they minister. We are also cheered by the prosperous state of the finances of the sanitarium. The health food factory, the book work, the school, and the farm, have been equally blessed in this respect. By careful management, by learning to go without some things that we think we need, and by all pulling together, it is possible to make sanitarium work pay from every standpoint, and that in spite of adverse circumstances. For the past two years the vineyards have been a failure, and the year before that the watchmakers were passing through a financial crisis; yet our different departments have seemed to be crowded with work, especially the sanitarium and the health food factory. In order to have more room for our patients without too great expense, it is thought best to add a small surgical department on the flat roof of the main building, and to add eight to ten other rooms to the next building to it by raising the roof one story. This will give fifteen to seventeen more rooms. The work will doubtless be begun in the fall, so that the rooms will be ready for next season. We are also glad of the prospect of more medical help. Dr. L. E. Conradi is working hard, and hopes soon to pass the final examination for his federal diploma. We hope that the way will soon open for the health work to take firmer root in France and also in other countries of the Latin Union. We need the prayers of our brethren and sisters that a still greater measure of success may attend the work in all its branches. Missionary Volunteer Work on Norfolk Island
By A. H. Ferris
NORFOLK ISLAND is situated about one thousand miles east of Australia. It has recently been annexed to the Australian commonwealth. The island is very beautiful. Vegetation is green throughout the year. It has a mild tropical climate, no extremes of heat or cold. Hot winds and frosts are unknown. Tropical fruits and vegetables grow in abundance. The people number about one thousand. They are descendants of people from Pitcairn Island. At one time the entire Pitcairn community was transported to this island. Some returned, however, to Pitcairn, and have since received the truth. Now the entire population of Pitcairn Island observe the Sabbath. The people of Norfolk are half-caste English and Tahitian. They speak English. They have a very peculiar grammar, and until one becomes accustomed to them, he can scarcely understand them. The majority of the people belong to the Church of England. We have a church here of about fifty members, including an active Missionary Volunteer Society, and every Sabbath after Sabbath school and church service the young people withdraw to the mission home, where they hold their meeting Sabbath afternoon. Great interest is taken in the doctrinal study, and in carrying on active missionary work. Old and young take the Standard of Attainment examination. All gather on the long veranda of the mission house, where tables are arranged at intervals. All who can write, answer the questions here under the strict supervision of the deacon, Brother Sydney Nobb, a grandson of the old Pastor Nobb of Pitcairn. The children who cannot write, pass into the schoolroom, where the writer examines them. Prior to the examination, you will see little children asking their fathers and mothers the questions, to make sure that their parents know the verses and will not make a single mistake. They always take dinner with us that day; and while the tables are being set, groups are to be seen in the kitchen, dining room, bedroom, on the veranda, and out in the garden, reviewing the texts. They take a keen interest in the doctrinal subjects, and are not satisfied unless they gain one hundred per cent. One who successfully passed the examination, is Lambie, a little girl. Three years ago when we came to the island and visited her mother, this child could scarcely speak, and her mother told us that the child could not go to school because it was impossible for her to learn. However, as we talked with the mother, Lambie would listen attentively. The mother has not yet accepted the truth on baptism, but when we had a baptismal service, to our surprise Lambie came forward to the candidates' seat. When questioned by the elder, she greatly surprised him by her intelligent20 answers, proving that she had studied the subject, and her mind had grasped the meaning of the Christian life and the mission of baptism. She was baptized, and from that day it has seemed her mind has improved miraculously. She has passed five doctrinal examinations without one mistake, getting one hundred per cent in each examination. She takes twelve papers a month to her section of the island, and has interested a number who were very prejudiced. In her weekly reports she always includes twelve talks together with twelve papers given away, also Christian Help work. She tells us she is praying for her mother and two sisters that they may walk in all the light. When asked how she learned her verses so well, she replied, “Mother kneels down with me and asks God to help me to get his Word in my mind, and God hears our prayer.” The mother, who is very poor and works all day, will sit up until twelve o’clock at night teaching Lambie the texts until she gets them clearly in mind. Last quarter twenty-two passed the Standard of Attainment examination, securing one hundred per cent each. The certificates were presented in connection with an outdoor program. Our young people are compelled to endure a great deal of coldness and many taunts from their countrymen. However, they stand very stanchly for the truth. Our aim is to get every one thoroughly grounded in Bible truths. Negro Freedom Anniversary Exposition
The half-century anniversary of the freedom of the Negro in America will fall in August, 1915, and plans are already on foot to celebrate the anniversary in an appropriate manner, the initiative being taken by the Negroes themselves. Congressman Madden, of Chicago, has recently introduced a bill in Congress to appropriate $150,000 to aid the exposition, which is to be held in that city, and friends of the movement have been urged to write to senators and representatives in behalf of the bill. The exposition is intended to illustrate the achievements of the colored race, and at the same time promote harmony and better understanding between black and white people. City and county officials of Chicago are co-operating with an Illinois commission headed by Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Missionary Volunteer Department
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Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press — A whole library on Mormonism and Utah has just been purchased by Harvard University. It consists of 2,600 books and pamphlets, and complete files of papers regarded as the chief sources of Mormon Church history. — A new comet is said to have appeared in the skies, visible from various parts of the world. The wonder is said to be traversing millions of miles of space at terrific speed. It has no tail, possesses no name, and its orbit is unknown to astronomers. It was seen for the first time in Russia, from which point the fact of its appearance was cabled around the globe. — Poverty has advantages such as do not inhere in the possession of great wealth. Nobody will envy John D. Rockefeller the necessity of placing eight armed guards about his home at Pocantico Hills. Here he has installed a system of electric lights, which he can turn on by the touch of a button at the head of his bed. In his wakeful moments the multimillionaire can press this button and ascertain whether his guards are doing their duty. Red, white, and blue lights flash in the rear, front, and on both sides of his house. The moment the guards see these signals it is their duty to push a button nearest the place where they are standing, so that a signal above Mr. Rockefeller’s bed may show that each is at his post. No poor man is ever required to trouble his sleep by seeking to ascertain whether he is being properly protected or not. The city and the State attend to that matter for him. — In New York State there are 56,185 chauffeurs and 132,220 automobiles. — Missouri lost last year, according to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, thirty-four men who were over one hundred years of age, and nearly four hundred who were between the ages of ninety and ninety-nine years. — That the spirit of militarism is fast taking hold of the people of the United States is shown by a recent article in a Washington paper from the pen of the Secretary of War, in which it is maintained that our high schools and other public schools and academies should plan to teach the boys how to handle arms and shoot straight. — Two hundred and ninety-nine railways of the United States, operating a mileage equal to the combined railways of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Austria, and Italy, went through the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, without a single fatality to a passenger in a train accident. The railways, which operate together 120,901 miles of line, constitute more than two thirds of the operating companies making their annual reports to the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics. The New Haven was not among them. During the year the railways thus reporting complete immunity, carried a total of 409,808,488 passengers. — Here is an item on forest conservation which is of interest to all who have a right view on the subject. In 1894 the forests of Switzerland covered 2,091,000 acres, or 20.2 per cent of the total area of the country. In 1911 the forest acreage was 2,258,000, or 21.86 per cent of the whole country, an increase of 167,000 acres. The importance of forest conservation in Switzerland is realized when one remembers that the forests serve as the only protection against avalanches and landslides, which often destroy whole villages. The Scientific American says: “Only small tracts of forests are denuded at one time, and are immediately replanted.” TEN adults have accepted present truth at Gordon, Nebr. A NEW Sabbath school has been organized near Mitchell, Wyo. FIVE persons were recently baptized by Elder A. C. Anderson in St. Louis, Mo. ELDER N. T. SUTTON recently baptized four persons at Hutchinson, Kans. A Sabbath school has been organized near Glen Elder. SIX adults have accepted present truth in Watertown, N. Y., and the German church at Buffalo has received five new believers into membership. ON a recent Sabbath thirteen persons were baptized in Boston, Mass. Elder H. C. Hartwell has organized a church of fourteen members at Natick. THE workers at Audubon, Iowa, write of a deep interest in present truth on the part of residents of that city. The few meetings already held have resulted in three new believers. EIGHT Chinese were recently baptized at Singapore, Straits Settlements. THE workers at Portsmouth, Va., report eight added to the church there. IN Nassau, Bahamas, four have recently avowed their purpose to obey the truth. NINETEEN persons accepted present truth between March 1 and May 1, in Austin, Minn. FOUR persons were recently baptized at Rangoon, Burma, and two others will be baptized soon. A REPORT from Brother Russell Hall, Jamaica, tells of the conversion of fourteen persons, who are now preparing for baptism. WRITING from Gippsland, Australia, Brother Driver informs us that there are now eight additional Sabbath keepers in that vicinity. IN the Upper Columbia Conference six persons have recently been baptized at Colville, four at Grangeville, and four at Craig Mountain. DURING the past few months twenty-five new believers have been baptized in Denver, Colo. Four members have been added to our colored church in that city. A SABBATH school of forty-five members has been organized at Bowdon, N. Dak. Thirty-two new believers were baptized at McClusky after a two weeks’ effort. THE first three quarters’ report of the North Hungarian Mission for 1913 shows thirty-one gained by baptism and vote, bringing up the membership to ninety-six. THERE are two new Sabbath keepers at Kerang, in the Victoria-Tasmania Conference, Australia, as the result of the tent mission recently conducted in that place. A NEW conference has been organized in Europe, in the Roumanian field, comprising thirteen churches, with a membership of four hundred and fifteen. At one of the Sabbath services of the conference session, thirty-six persons took their stand for the Lord and the message of his soon coming. AT the last meeting of the Levant Union Mission, held at Ovajik, Turkey, seven received baptism. This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult fields of the world to work, on account of the large Mohammedan population, and because of the lack of unity between the nominally Christian nationalities themselves. AT the last general meeting of the Swatow Mission seventeen were baptized. Brother W. F. Hills writes of a trip that he recently made in inland China. He says that three new stations have been opened during the last year, and there are over one hundred persons now preparing for baptism. The missionaries are unable to answer half the calls for help. THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent post-paid, for missionary purposes:— Grace F. Payne, 1523 Eighth St., Santa Monica, Cal. Continuous supply of Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, Liberty, Protestant, Review, and tracts. Albert E. Althof, Verdi, Kans. S. B. Austin, Ft. Stockton, Tex. Mrs. Henry Malone, R. F. D. 5, Box 87, Sherman, Tex. W. Davis Burt, R. F. D. 3, Nicholson, Pa. Signs, Watchman, and tracts.