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Obituaries

By M. C. Wilcox; C. E. Ford; Walter S. Mead; J. R. Siker; T. H. Starbuck; A. O. Tait; E. A. Bristol; G. E. Langdon

Garrison.—Died Sept. 4, 1915, Lacy Ann Garrison, wife of Benjamin Garrison, at their home, in Sunnyvale, Cal., at the age of 78 years, 2 months, and 27 days. Sister Garrison was a member of the Lemoore (Cal.) church. She was born in Keyser, W. Va. She had been married fifty-eight years. Five sons and two daughters were born to her, of whom three sons and one daughter are living. All, with the aged husband, were present at the funeral. The body was buried at Santa Clara. M. C. Wilcox.

Whisby.—Caroline Whisby died at her home, in Mount Eden, Cal., Aug. 14, 1915, aged 81 years, 6 months, and 15 days. She was baptized by Elder Loughborough nearly forty years ago, and united with the San Francisco church. Five years ago her membership, together with that of her husband, was transferred to the Hayward Seventh-day Adventist Church, near their home. Hers was a consistent Christian life, and she was held in high esteem. She is survived by her aged companion. C. E. Ford.

Mead.—Lena Viola Mead was born March 25, 1884, in Battle Creek, Mich., and died Oct. 30, 1914, in Banwell, Somerset, England, being thirty years of age. She was the second child and only daughter of Fred L. Mead, who was widely known in the canvassing work previous to 1898, when he went with his wife (Rosie Cochran) and son and daughter to South Africa to help in placing the native mission work on a practical basis. Lena spent about four years on the Solusi Mission (Rhodesia) with her parents. She helped in the teaching, and by her cheerfulness made life easier at that outpost for all around her. Following her parents' death she engaged in stenographic work in Cape Town, where in 1906 she contracted consumption. After this she spent some time in Rhodesia, in Michigan, in California, and latterly in England, seeking restoration. At the age of twelve she was baptized and united with the Battle Creek church. Walter S. Mead.

Welch.—J. G. Welch, of Nancy, Clarke Co., Miss., died Sept. 1, 1915, aged 91 years and 3 months. He accepted present truth in 1880, and with his wife was baptized by Elder C. O. Taylor. He faithfully kept the commandments of God, and until the close of his life contended for the faith once delivered to the saints. J. R. Siker.

Mathews.—Aurelia Mathews died at her home, in Astoria, Oregon, Aug. 15, 1915, in her sixty-seventh year. For many years she was a firm believer in present truth, and her life was in harmony with its transforming power. She died confident in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. Her aged husband, with other relatives and friends, is left to mourn. T. H. Starbuck.

Rentfrow.—Eleanor Victoria Rentfrow was born May 9, 1851, in Galesburg, Ill. Her maiden name was Rogers, and over thirty years ago she was married to Jefferson Rentfrow, a pioneer settler in California. A year ago she accepted the truths believed by Seventh-day Adventists. She fell asleep in the “blessed hope,” at the home of her sister, Aug. 3, 1915. Funeral services were conducted by Elders A. O. Tait and M. C. Wilcox.

Woodward.—James B. Woodward was born in Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 30, 1843, and died in Bendavis, Ind., aged 71 years and 8 months. He was a soldier of the Civil War, and was married to Helen L. Craig in 1873. His wife died in 1891, leaving four children, who survive their parents. Brother Woodward accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith in 1906, and departed this life looking forward to the soon coming of the Redeemer. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. E. A. Bristol.

Dodge.—Caroline Smith was born in Niagara County, New York, March 28, 1830, and died at the home of her only brother, in Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 1, 1915. She was the eldest daughter of Cyrenius Smith, often mentioned among the pioneers of the message. Feb. 12, 1851, she was married to Abram A. Dodge, who died in 1892. Their two children died early in life. Four sisters and one brother are left to mourn. Sister Dodge was an earnest Christian, and we can say, An Israelite indeed has fallen. G. E. Langdon.

Maycomber.—Bessie Maycomber, née Giddings, was born in Pittsburg, Kan., April 23, 1870. She was united in marriage to Mr. Calvin Maycomber in 1889. There were born to them nine children, eight of whom are still living—five girls and three boys. Her death occurred very suddenly, Sept. 7, 1915. She joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in her girlhood days, and remained a faithful member of the same until death. W. H. Smith.

Knight.—George Knight was born in Mitcheldever, near Southampton, England, March 17, 1838. He died of paralysis of the brain, Aug. 3, 1915, aged 77 years, 4 months, and 17 days. He was next to the youngest of thirteen children, who have all now passed away. He was married to Matilda Pring in 1859, who died in 1863. He was married to Elizabeth Lucy Booker, July 10, 1865, and two years later they came to America, settling in Fairbury, Ill. In the fall of 1879 they moved to Kansas, and in 1892 to Oakland, Cal. There he lived until 1905, when he moved to the present family home on San Francisco Road, two miles east of Mountain View, Cal. In 1874 he accepted the faith of the Seventh-day Adventists, of which church he remained a devout member to the time of his death. A man of deep convictions and unswerving integrity, he commanded the respect of all who knew him. A kind and loving husband and father, he leaves to mourn their loss his beloved wife, Mrs. E. L. Knight; two sons, George S. Knight, who lives on an adjoining ranch, and Charles E. Knight, superintendent of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission Field of Ecuador, South America; one daughter, Mrs. E. F. Rue; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. M. C. Wilcox.

The Florida Conference

By W. H. Heckman; Mrs. R. G. Stringer

THE twenty-second annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, 1915, in connection with the camp meeting at St. Petersburg, Fla. The election of the conference officers, and various other matters of interest to every loyal Seventh-day Adventist, will come before the meeting. Each church is entitled to one delegate without regard to numbers, and to one additional delegate for every ten members. The first session will be held at 11 A. M., October 1.

W. H. HECKMAN, President; MRS. R. G. STRINGER, Secretary.

The Florida Conference Association

By W. H. Heckman; Mrs. R. G. Stringer

THE ninth annual session of the Florida Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp ground at St. Petersburg, Fla., at 11 A. M., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1915, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association.

W. H. Heckman, President; Mrs. R. G. Stringer, Secretary.

Western New York Conference

By H. C. Hartwell; J. H. Weare

THE ninth annual session of the Western New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Rochester, N. Y., at the new Memorial Church, 60 Grand Avenue, October 5-10, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the delegates. Each organized church is entitled to one delegate for the organization and one additional delegate for each ten members. The first meeting of the session will be called promptly at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 5, 1915.

H. C. HARTWELL, President; J. H. WEARE, Secretary.

Western New York Conference Association

By H. C. HARTWELL; F. H. HICKS

The annual session of the Western New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the ninth annual session of the Western New York Conference at Rochester, N. Y., in the new Memorial Church, 60 Grand Avenue. The first legal meeting will be called at 5 P. M. Thursday, Oct. 7, 1915. All regularly accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of the association.

H. C. HARTWELL, President; F. H. HICKS, Clerk.

Important!

WE can accept a few more young people into the fall nurses’ class of the Glendale Sanitarium, which began Sept. 1, 1915.

We shall be glad to hear from earnest, consecrated young people who feel a call to service. Opportunities are offered for thorough theoretical and practical training.

Address, Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, Cal.

Request for Prayer

An Indiana sister desires prayer for the healing of her afflicted son; and for herself, that she may be an overcomer.

Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work:—

R. M. Hall, 819 Hull St., Denison, Tex.

M. W. Moss, Gravette, Ark. Continuous supply.

Jessie E. Warner, Box 406, Clarkston, Wash. Copies of all our magazines, also tracts and leaflets.

Mrs. Mattie Hamilton Welch, General Delivery, University P. O., Charlottesville, Va. Signs weekly, all our magazines, Instructor, and Little Friend.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp Meetings

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Arizona ........................ Oct. 7-17

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, St. Petersburg... Sept. 30 to Oct. 10

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

South Texas, Corpus Christi (local)...... ........................ Sept. 16-26

A LIVE ISSUE

CATHOLICISM IN MEXICO

The Protestant Magazine

for October

In the leading article of this issue, a Mexican who has been prominent in state affairs and is well qualified to deal with the subject, sets forth the reason for the uprising in Mexico against the Roman Catholic Church, the lawless acts of the Roman hierarchy, their interference in political matters, and their determination to maintain their power over the state.

A more convincing article could hardly be written to prove to Americans the natural outcome of Rome’s ascendancy to power in this country, and it is sure to do good.

Other Live Subjects in This Issue

“Roman Catholics and the Public Offices”

“Magna Charta”—a lecture by Dr. R. H. McKim

“The Extent of the Pope’s Authority”

“The Censorship of the Press”

“Roman Catholic Criticism of the Administration”

“The Japanese View of the Anti-Papal Panic”

“President Wilson, the Pope, and Peace”

The last-named article, covering the very recent attempt of the Vatican to join President Wilson in a peace proposal, was added since copy was prepared for the October number. You will be interested in this latest move for papal supremacy.

New and Timely Publications

The following new publications will be found especially timely and important in meeting the issues before us, and should be scattered like the leaves of autumn:—

Tracts on Romanism

IN view of the claims being put forth at the present time by the Papacy, and the rapid strides being made by that power in the effort to make America Catholic, the following tracts are very timely, and should have a wide circulation:—

“The Land of Promise,” Protestant Series, No. 1. This tract reveals the plan to make America Catholic, and shows the long-cherished hope of the church in this respect.

16 pages; 1 cent each. $1.00 per hundred.

“A Proposed Censorship of the Press,” Protestant Series, No. 2. Rome’s efforts to prevent the circulation of anti-Catholic literature, or recent demands made upon Congress to secure the passage of a law restricting the freedom of the press, are presented in this tract. It is an eye opener, and should be the means of arousing many sleepy Protestants to their danger.

Price, 75 cents per 100.

“The Attitude of Roman Catholics Toward Freedom of Speech,” Protestant Series, No. 3. This tract reveals the attitude of Roman Catholics toward all who dare to speak against that system of religion, and shows the means which they take to curtail freedom of speech. The duty of the hour is splendidly stated in this little tract.

1 cent each; $1.00 per hundred.

“The Roman Mass,” Protestant Series, No. 4. This is a conversation with a Roman Catholic priest with reference to the sacrifice of the mass.

Price, per hundred, 50 cents.

“The Curse of Intemperance”

This is a tract dealing with the subject of intemperance under the following headings: Temperance in the Home; The Influence of the Social Glass; Intemperance and Prohibition; A Grave Responsibility; Our Duty; Shall We License to Kill? Does It Pay Financially? Where to Stand; What Will You Answer? It closes with a two-page Bible reading on temperance.

The price of this tract, only 50 cents per hundred.

“The Shadow of the Bottle”

A most effective weapon to use against intemperance, the great enemy of mankind. Important statistics, impressive stories and poems, and “pictures that talk” and tell the truth about liquor. This book should be used by every temperance worker, and be placed in every home in the land.

128 pages; paper cover, 25 cents; cloth bound, 50 cents. Special discounts in quantities.

“The Pot of Manna and Aaron’s Rod”

This little tract shows how God cares for those who put their trust in him, even to the performing of daily miracles in their behalf, as he did in the case of ancient Israel. There are many people today who believe the truth, but who fail to obey it for fear that they may lose their positions and their means of support. The reading of this tract will give confidence to such fearful ones.

8 pages; 50 copies for 25 cents, or 50 cents per hundred.

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Life Sketches of Ellen G. White

The following description of this book has been furnished us by Elder W. C. White:—

The story of the early Christian experience and public labors of Mrs. Ellen G. White was first printed in the year 1860, in a little volume of three hundred pages, entitled “My Christian Experience, Views, and Labors in Connection With the Rise and Progress of the Third Angel’s Message.”

This narrative of her life and labors to 1860, was amplified by her, and in 1880 was republished as a part of a larger work entitled “Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White.” This, as well as the earlier autobiography, has long been out of print.

“Life Sketches of Ellen G. White” gives in her own language a brief story of her childhood days, her conversion, and her early Christian life and thrilling experiences in connection with the great second advent movement of 1840-44. Mrs. White tells in a vivid way the sorrows and joys of her youthful ministry in the years that followed the disappointment which came to those in the 1844 movement. She pictures the trials, the struggles, and the successes that attended the labors of a few earnest souls who began at once to raise up the churches that afterwards united to form the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

The story of her more extended travels and labors in connection with her husband, Elder James White, she briefly relates from the time of their marriage, in 1846, to his death, in 1881.

With chapter 42, on page 255, the relation of her life story is taken up by C. C. Crisler, who, with the assistance of W. C. White and D. E. Robinson, has completed the sketch.

In the closing chapters many interesting incidents regarding travels and labors have been told briefly, that place might be found for the quotation of some of her most inspiring and instructive utterances regarding the development of Christian experience, and the duty laid upon every follower of Christ to be a true disciple of him who gave his life for the salvation of the world.

The following chapter titles give the scope of the book, and will impress any one with the importance and value of this publication:—

I. Childhood,

II. Conversion.

III. Strivings Against Doubt.

IV. Beginning of Public Labors.

V. Separation From the Church.

VI. The Disappointment of 1843-44.

VII. My First Vision.

VIII. Call to Travel.

IX. Answers to Prayer.

X. Labors in New Hampshire.

XI. Meeting Fanaticism.

XII. The Sabbath of the Lord.

XIII. Marriage and United Labors.

XIV. Struggles With Poverty.

XV. Labors in Western New York.

XVI. View of the Sealing.

XVII. Encouraging Providences.

XVIII. Beginning to Publish.

XIX. Visiting the Scattered Flock.

XX. Publishing Again.

XXI. In Rochester, N. Y.

XXII. Advancing Under Difficulties.

XXIII. Removal to Michigan.

XXIV. Labors in the Middle West—1856-58.

XXV. Personal Trials.

XXVI. Battling Against Disease.

XXVII. Conflicts and Victory.

XXVIII. Among the Churches in New England.

XXIX. Reclaiming the Lost.

XXX. Traveling the Narrow Way.

XXXI. Burden Bearers.

XXXII. A Solemn Dream.

XXXIII. Missionary Work.

XXXIV. Broader Plans.

XXXV. Into All the World.

XXXVI. Circulating the Printed Page.

XXXVII. Public Labors in 1877.

XXXVIII. Visit to Oregon.

XXXIX. From State to State.

XL. A View of the Judgment.

XLI. The Death of Elder James White.

XLII. Fortitude Under Affliction.

XLIII. Restoration of Health.

XLIV. Writing and Speaking.

XLV. Labors in Central Europe.

XLVI. Labors in Great Britain and Scandinavia.

XLVII. In Confirmation of Confidence.

XLVIII. Danger of Adopting Worldly Policy in the Work of God.

XLIX. Across the Pacific.

L. The First Australian Camp Meeting.

LI. The Avondale School.

LII. Through the South to the Conference of 1901.

LIII. At the Nation’s Capital.

LIV. In Southern California.

LV. The San Francisco Earthquake.

LVI. At the 1909 General Conference.

LVII. Closing Labors.

LVIII. Last Sickness.

LIX. In Memoriam.

The book is being printed on thin paper, and bound as follows:—

Cloth ........................................ $1.00

Limp leather .................................. 1.50

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Our Camp Meetings

By G. B. Thompson

NEARLY all the camp meetings for the North American conferences are now in the past. With a few exceptions each of the seventy-one conferences in the Division has held one camp meeting, and local meetings have also been held in a number of conferences. Aside from the union and local conference workers, these meetings have been attended by general laborers. Elder A. G. Daniells, since his return from a missionary tour covering such mission fields as India, China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippine Islands, has attended meetings in the Pacific and Lake Unions. Elder I. H. Evans attended a number of meetings in several union conferences. Elders J. O. Corliss and M. C. Wilcox rendered excellent and much appreciated service at a number of meetings. A number of other general laborers have attended meetings in different unions.

The reports received from these annual gatherings have been of a most encouraging nature. The conditions in the world have aroused our people, and the attendance at most of the meetings has been larger than usual. The outside attendance has also been excellent, and in some instances remarkable. The response to the appeals for help for the regions beyond has been liberal. Revival services have been held, and sinners have been converted, backsliders reclaimed, and hundreds have renewed their consecration to God. The burden of labor is resting more heavily upon the people as a whole, and those returning home from these meetings have done so with a clearer knowledge than before of the tremendous responsibility which is upon them individually to work for souls. The outlook bids fair for a great soul-winning campaign in the year to come. The message is forging ahead in the home field as well as in fields afar.

We feel much cheered by the reports from these annual convocations, and devoutly pray that the future will be marked by deeper piety, fuller consecration, more fervent zeal, and greater activity in the message than ever before.

G. B. THOMPSON.

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