Earlier text: The Visigoths in the Western EmpireCleansing of the Sanctuary.
By Editor
QUESTION.—"Was the cleansing of the sanctuary finished at the end of the twenty-three hundred days? or is the work of cleansing still going on? If it is still going on, when will it be finished?" "W. L. K." ANSWER.—It is very evident from the reading of Dan. 8:13, 14 that at the end of the twenty-three hundred days (years), the cleansing of the sanctuary was begun, and not then finished. The angel's words, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed," were in reply to the following questions: "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" The reply showed that the sanctuary and the host were to be trodden under foot "unto two thousand and three hundred days;" consequently the cleansing began at the close of the days. The cleansing of the sanctuary is the blotting out of the sins of God's people. When that work is finished, the names of those who have not overcome will have been blotted out of the Lamb's book of life, and that shows that probation ends when the work of cleansing the sanctuary is completed. But the gospel still reaches the hearts of sinners; therefore probation is not ended, and the work of cleansing the sanctuary is still going on. When this work will be finished, no man can tell. We can only know that it will be soon. To the close of this work the following words apply: "Be ye therefore ready also; for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not." Some One-Thousand-Dollar Reasons for Keeping Sunday.
By Editor
HAVING shown that the Sabbath was given “at the beginning of human history,” “for the whole human race, and should be observed by every human being;” having shown that the law of the Sabbath not only has never been abrogated, but that it “can never be abrogated,” Mr. Waffle proceeds thus:— “Accepting the conclusion that the Fourth Commandment is still in force, it may very properly be asked, ‘Why, then, do not Christians obey it by keeping holy the seventh day of the week, as it directs? By what right is this plain precept disregarded and the first day of the week observed?’ This question is a natural one, and unless a satisfactory answer can be given, the Christian world must stand convicted of error.”—P. 184. Here are some important acknowledgments. It is acknowledged (1) that the Fourth Commandment “directs” that “the seventh day of the week” shall be kept holy. This is important in this connection in view of the claim so often made nowadays by Sunday-keepers that the Fourth Commandment does not refer to any particular day. And (2) it is acknowledged that this “plain precept” is “disregarded” by Christians. We think he does well to state that “unless a satisfactory answer can be given” to the question as to why this is, the Christian world must stand convicted of error. We are perfectly satisfied that the Christian world must stand convicted of error on this question. And to prove that this is so, we need nothing better than Mr. Waffle’s one-thousand-dollar-prize essay; and that is the use that we propose to make of it on this occasion. The Fourth Commandment, which Mr. Waffle here admits “directs” that “the seventh day of the week” shall be kept holy, is the law of the Sabbath. Says Mr. Waffle, “The law of the Sabbath can never be abrogated.”—P. 157. Now as the law of the Sabbath directs that the seventh day of the week shall be kept holy, and as that law can never be abrogated, it is plainly proven that the “Christian world,” in disregarding “this plain precept,” must stand convicted of error. “Unless it can be shown that the law of the Sabbath, given at creation, has been repealed by a new legislative act of God, it is still binding upon all men who learn of it.”—P. 186. “Up to the time of Christ’s death no change had been made in the day.” “The authority must be sought in the words or in the example of the inspired apostles.”—P. 186. “It is generally understood that these words gave to the apostles supreme authority in legislating for the church. . . . So far as the record shows, they did not, however, give any explicit command enjoining the abandonment of the seventh-day Sabbath, and its observance on the first day of the week.”—P. 187. Now as “the law of the Sabbath” “is still binding upon all men who learn of it” “unless it has been repealed by a new legislative act of God;” as that law “directs” the observance of “the seventh day of the week;” as “up to the time of Christ’s death, no change had been made in the day;” as “the authority [for the change] must be sought in the280 words or in the example of the inspired apostles” to whom, admitting Mr. Waffle's claim, was given “supreme authority in legislating for the church;” and as in the exercise of that legislative authority, “they did not give any explicit command enjoining the abandonment of the seventh-day Sabbath, and its observance on the first day of the week;” as, therefore, there has been no new legislative act of God, by Mr. Waffle's own words it stands proven to a demonstration that the law of the Sabbath which enjoins the observance of “the seventh day of the week” is still binding upon all men, and that in disregarding “this plain precept” “the Christian world must stand convicted of error.” “If the law of the Sabbath, as it appeared in the ten commandments, has been abolished, it must have been done by some decree of Jehovah. Where have we the record of any such decree? Through what prophet or apostle was it spoken? . . . We can find no words of Christ derogatory to this institution as it was originally established, or as it was intended to be observed. . . . There is nothing in the writings of the apostles which, when fairly interpreted, implies the abrogation of the Sabbath.”—Pp. 160, 165, 183. The law of the Sabbath “as it appeared in the ten commandments,” is the fourth commandment. And that commandment, by Mr. Waffle's own interpretation, “directs” that “the seventh day of the week” shall be kept holy. Now as the abolition of that commandment would require some decree of Jehovah; and as no such decree has ever been recorded, nor spoken, neither by prophet nor by apostle, the obligation of the fourth commandment still remains upon all men to keep holy “the seventh day of the week.” Therefore, in disregarding this “plain precept,” “the Christian world must stand convicted of error.” We must recur to a sentence before quoted. It is this:— “The authority [for the change from the seventh to the first day of the week] must be sought in the words or in the example of the inspired apostles.” Now with that please read this:— “A law can be repealed only by the same authority that enacted it. It certainly cannot be done away by those who are subject to it.”—P. 160. Was the law of the Sabbath enacted by the authority of the words or the example of the inspired apostles? Was it enacted by the authority of inspired men at all, be they who they might? No. The very idea is preposterous. Then it can never be repealed by the authority of inspired men, be they apostles or what not. That law was enacted by the living God in person. And it can never be repealed except by the personal act of the Lord himself. Any attempt of an inspired man to nullify any portion of the moral law would vitiate his inspiration. “To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isa. 8:20. This is also conveyed in Mr. Waffle's argument: “It certainly cannot be done away by those who are subject to it.” The inspired apostles were subject to the law of the Sabbath, as well as to all the rest of the law of God. And to charge to their words or to their examples, the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the week, is to deny their inspiration, to declare that there is no light in them, and to place them beyond the pale of being men of God. This, too, is even admitted in Mr. Waffle's argument. He says:— “There is nothing in the example of the apostles to oblige the most tender conscience to abstain from secular employment on the first day of the week, if there is no other authority for observing a weekly Sabbath.”—P. 160. Please bear in mind (1) that the aim of this one-thousand-dollar prize essay is to prove that the first day of the week is the true, genuine, and only weekly Sabbath; (2) that the author of the essay admits that the fourth commandment “directs” that “the seventh day of the week” is to be kept holy; (3) and that he likewise declares that the apostles, as supreme legislators for the church, “did not give any explicit command enjoining the abandonment of the seventh-day Sabbath, and its observance on the first day of the week.” Then it is plain that all that remains to which he can appeal, and in fact the only thing to which he does appeal as authority for keeping the first day of the week, is the example of the apostles. Then when even this he sweeps away with the declaration that “there is nothing in the example of the apostles to oblige the most tender conscience to abstain from secular employment on the first day of the week,” his argument leaves not a vestige of authority upon which to rest the observance of the first day of the week. Thus again, he proves to a demonstration that in disregarding the “plain precept” of the fourth commandment, which “directs” the “keeping holy the seventh day of the week,” and which is “still in force,” “the Christian world must stand convicted of error.” That is exactly what we have believed for years. It is just what we are constantly endeavoring to set before the “Christian world,” as well as before the world in general. And we are thankful that the American Sunday-School Union, by its one-thousand-dollar prize, has enabled us to lay before our readers such a masterly demonstration of it. We are not prepared to say but what the Union has done a good work in awarding the one-thousand-dollar prize to the essay of Mr. A. E. Waffle, M. A., Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, etc., etc.; for we cannot see how it would be possible to put together an argument for the first day of the week which could more positively convict the Christian world of error in disregarding the plain precept to keep the seventh day. J. "A Part of God."
By James White
Is God divisible? May he be separated into parts, and these parts become subject to the frailties, the vices, and the sufferings of fallen creatures? These queries were suggested to my mind by the following incident. Speaking of the destiny of the wicked, I had quoted Rev. 20:9; 2 Thess. 1:9, and 2 Peter 3:7-10, to show that the lake of fire into which they will be cast is this earth in its melted state, and the fire coming down from God out of Heaven is the element or means of their everlasting destruction. A gentleman approached me at the close of my remarks, and inquired:— "What part of man do you think will be destroyed?" "I think the man will be destroyed," was the reply. "But what will become of the soul?" he inquired. "If the soul is any part of man it will be destroyed also." "What, do you think God will destroy a part of himself?" was the next question. "By no means. But what has that to do with this subject?" "It is generally conceded," said he, "that the soul is a part of God, and cannot be destroyed, for God cannot destroy a part of himself." Then followed the queries in turn, Is the soul a281 part of God? Is God divisible? Can a part of God sin? And will God punish a part of himself for evil doing? Such monstrous conclusions ought to suppress the utterance of such an idea. Yet this was an educated man; he could draw a conclusion. And this shows how thoughtlessly men will take an absurd position to sustain a popular error. A view more generally advocated than that here advanced is this: The soul is an independent creation; or, each soul of mankind emanates directly from God. This doctrine is supposed to be free from the defect which is so apparent in the other. Though this does not lead to the same conclusion as the other, it leads to one which is very erroneous, and, like the other, makes God directly responsible for all the sin which exists in the world. This defect has been discovered, and the doctrine itself combatted on that account, by some who are considered orthodox in regard to the nature and destiny of the soul. The Ladies' Repository, a well-known Methodist journal, of February, 1859, said:— "The general opinion held seems to be that the soul is created, and does not come by transmission from parents, as the body does. The Roman church has steadily received and taught it." "If the body only is derived by transmission from Adam, while each separate soul is a direct work of creation, then original or hereditary depravity, so far as the soul is concerned, is a thing impossible. If each soul is created by God as it comes into existence, then it must be holy, or God must be charged with making it unholy, and thus being the author of evil." This is sound reasoning, to which no exception can be taken. But the product cannot rise above the producer. If the whole being or person (the soul and the body) is transmitted from the parents, then the whole being, soul and body, is subject to the conditions of the parents. That which is begotten, or produced by natural generation, is mortal, subject to death. God is dishonored by this doctrine of the inherent immortality of the soul, whether the soul be impiously called "a part of God," or whether it be considered a direct creation of God. In either case God is made the direct producer of a sinful being; the sin of the soul is traced to God as its originator. And if the soul is transmitted from its parents, or begotten, then it can be immortal or held in existence by the direct power of God. "In him we live, and move, and have our being." If he withdraw his power we cease to exist. And hence, if a sinful being lives forever it is because God perpetuates the sin. But "every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up." Let every soul respond, Amen, "true and righteous are thy judgments." J. H. W. One of the Devil's Devices.
By John Harvey Kellogg
PAUL, in referring to Satan, on a certain occasion, said, "We are not ignorant of his devices." A good many people are ignorant of his devices. In many cases, however, this is no fault of his, for he makes no effort at all to conceal them; but rather makes exertions to openly advertise them to all. One of his latest and most mischievous devices is now freely advertised by his agents in flaring posters in the most public places. This poster reads as follows:— "Lorillard's Cognac Cocktails: A Chew That Beats a Drink." Which, being interpreted, means that Mr. Lorillard, the tobacco king, now furnishes a brand of tobacco so saturated with French brandy, and so doctored up with the stuff of which "cocktails" are made, that to take a chew of it is better than to take a drink of liquor. And thus the appetite for strong drink is directly created and fastened upon those who use the tobacco. It has been hitherto denied that the use of tobacco does tend to create the desire for strong drink. But that can be denied no longer, when the fact is publicly and widely advertised that now a chew of "Lorillard's Cognac Cocktail Tobacco" really beats a "Cognac Cocktail" drink. Nor is it to be supposed for a moment that this particular brand of tobacco is the only one that is so prepared. In the case of this brand the fact is boldly avowed, and that is all the difference; unless perhaps this is somewhat more heavily dosed than other brands. Nor yet is this confined to chewing tobacco. Smoking tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes, are all laden with nervines, such as vanilla, valerian, cascarilla bark, New England rum, and even opium; and cigarette tobacco is the most highly "flavored" of all, with chewing tobacco next. This is as stated by a manufacturer of the stuff itself. In April, 1882, it was stated by a large tobacco manufacturer in New York City, that he personally knew fifteen chemists who were "employed exclusively in factories in that city" whose duties consisted in "flavoring of fillings and in developing and heightening the narcotic powers of the weed, and thus making it marketable at higher prices." He declared that by the use of vanilla and valerian "the dullest and weakest stems may be flavored up into a fair article of tobacco." Vanilla, valerian, and cascarilla bark, all three, enter into the composition of cigarette tobacco. The vanilla "flavor" is used "in the form of an alcoholic tincture;" while another formula is composed of a combination of vanilla, valerian, and New England rum. It can be very readily seen that the direct and inevitable tendency of the use of manufactured tobacco in any form is to create an appetite for the strongest kind of intoxicating drinks. A great point is made against the Chinese in that they spread the opium curse in this country. Whereas the Chinese would be comparatively powerless in this, were it not for the opium and its kindred drugs in the cigars and other forms of tobacco, by which are sown the seeds of the curse. It is opium in the "best" Havana cigars, that makes them the "best." It is the opium in the fine Havana, that has such a soothing effect upon the smoker, and enslaves him more than does the tobacco. The use of tobacco alone, or of strong drink alone, is destructive enough to satisfy anything or anybody, unless it should be the devil; but the two combined, as the manufacturers of tobacco now combine them, certainly can leave nothing more destructive to body and soul, to be desired even by the devil himself. And this introduces a grave question as to how much longer Prohibitionists, and temperance reformers generally, can leave out of their work the unqualified condemnation of the use of tobacco in any form? To leave it out is to do but half their work, if they do even as much as half. With tobacco in its various forms constantly creating and fastening upon its victims by the thousands the appetite for strong drink, prohibition seems a long way off, while it confines its efforts to the effect, instead of striking at the cause as well. We are happy to say that Seventh-day Adventists are, and have ever been, uncompromisingly opposed to the use of either tobacco or strong drink; for in a measure at least, we are not ignorant of Satan's devices. J. Switzerland.
By D. T. Bourdeau
WE have at Geneva several warm friends who meet with us at our house since the meetings closed at the hall. God is blessing the work for French and Germans at Lausanne. It was a good thing to call in Brother Conradi and other laborers, and I am enjoying this precious season with these workers. Last Sabbath five of those who have attended our French meetings from the first kept God's holy day with us. We look for fully as many of the Germans, who are even more interested than the French. This is largely due to their having left their native land, thus being less bound by the influence of relatives, friends, and home customs. Our dear Brother Ertzenberger has been sick for a number of weeks, but we expect he will soon be in a condition to join us in the work. Last week while returning to Geneva to hold an evening meeting, I fell in company with a Swiss missionary who was returning to Algiers, Africa, from a visit to his relatives. He said he was having some success in that country, with Jews who seemed to be better disposed toward the gospel than the Jews on the continent. I then asked him if he did not believe he would have still more success among that people if he kept the seventh-day Sabbath. He replied: "Yes, I do. We find that a great obstacle in the way." He then told me that he had read our French paper, and that his first helper in his mission had decided to keep the Sabbath. I then gave him some printed sermons which we had used at Lausanne. He promised to read them on the ship, and to hand them to his friend and to Jews in Africa. As we parted we covenanted to pray for each other. This man and his friend had been led to desire to see me by a malicious article written against me which had appeared in a Swiss religious paper. Said the missionary to me: "My friend urged me to call and see you. He will be so glad that we have met. I will tell him all about it." There are 200,000 French and 100,000 Spaniards where he is going. I regard this as a good field. This missionary also encouraged me to go to his birthplace in French Switzerland, where he has many relatives and friends. WILL Christ come again? Hear what he says: "I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:2, 3. Well, will his coming be in any private manner? "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him." Rev. 1:7. "For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds; to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 1 Thess. 4:16, 17. When he comes everybody will know it; "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matt. 24:27. The Missionary.
By G. S. Honeywell
I HAVE given thirty Bible-readings in this place, sixteen of which were given in the Baptist church. These readings awakened an interest all over the city to hear more. Some have made appointments for me at their houses and have invited in their neighbors. I have appointed others by the wish and consent of the heads of families, in different parts of the town. I hold from one to two readings almost every day with companies of from ten to twenty. There has been no debating nor any distracting spirit come in to any of these meetings; but rather, a solemn spirit of inquiry has prevailed. One has already commenced the observance of the Sabbath as the fruit of the work here thus far. The Sabbath-keepers here (five in number) are greatly encouraged. I have laid before the brethren some of the steps to be taken, and the course to pursue toward those without, that the Lord can work here with us to the salvation of many honest souls. The Presbyterian, Congregational, and Methodist ministers have all attended from one to five of my readings. I invited them to occupy the church with me, every other evening to give a reading or sermon on any subject they desired; but there was to be no discussions nor debates. The plan I have adopted and which I proposed to them was to allow any of the congregation to ask any question in writing and hand it in, which would, if answerable, be noticed the next evening. I believe quite a number yet will embrace the truth as the result of the seed sown among the people. I expect to hold on by the help of the Lord, while the interest is good to hear. Malvern, Ark.
By J. L. Shockey
WHEN I moved here a little more than a year ago I brought quite a number of my old SIGNS with me, and I have been scattering them over the country considerably. Last fall there was a Baptist lady here one day and as she started away we gave her a copy of the SIGNS; she read one article and decided before she got home to keep the Sabbath. She is well informed and is quite a worker. Her church feels the loss it has sustained. I have held quite a number of meetings at her house, and two others have decided to obey God in the face of our strict Sunday law, and still others are convinced and say we are right. As a natural result the wrath of the dragon is terribly stirred up. But the Third Angel's Message will accomplish that whereunto it is sent. To the Lord be all the praise. J. L. SHOCKEY. New Orleans Mission.
By T. H. Gibbs
SLOWLY but surely the truth is gaining a foothold in this city. Thus far fourteen have decided to obey the truth. Others are deeply interested and we hope will soon be added to the number. Some that have taken hold are transient persons and have gone to carry the truth to other fields. Our company numbers only five—Brethren Thompson and Stoll, who have charge of the ship and railroad work; my wife and I, who have charge of the Bible-readings; and Brother Peter Clark, of Mississippi, who has just arrived to assist us in our work. Brother D. A. Owen, who has been canvassing during the winter, has returned to his home in Michigan. Canvassing in the city is slow, tedious work, but the numerous vessels here present a good field for selling our publications. Boat crews are seldom canvassed by agents, hence are the more ready to buy. Brother Thompson takes from five to ten orders for "Marvel of Nations," in connection with his other work, nearly every day. It is truly cheering to see our publications so readily taken. Our Bible-reading work is brisk; we are kept quite busy all the time, so much so that we cannot fill all the openings. Our Sabbath meetings are good and well attended. Brother Wright, who did so nobly in starting the work here a few months ago, favored us with a call a short time ago. We were glad to see him and have his counsel. The health of all is good now, but some of our company have been quite sick. We all feel that it is good to work for the Master. T. H. GIBBS. Upper Columbia T. and M. Society.
By Carrie E. Mills
REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1886. No. of members.......................... 167
“ “ dismissed.......................... 4
“ “ added.............................. 13
“ reports returned..................... 98
“ missionary visits.................... 200
“ letters written...................... 101
“ pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed.. 42,484
“ periodicals distributed.............. 1,288
“ Signs taken in clubs................. 53
“ Gospel Sickle taken in clubs......... 10
“ new subscribers obtained (Review, 6; Signs, 6; Instructor, 34; Health Journal, 1; other periodicals, 13)........................... 50
Received on donations and memberships....... $30 39
“ sales.............................. 12 60
“ periodicals........................ 44 50
Total................................ $87 49 Echo Society did not report. CARRIE E. MILLS,
Secretary. Meeting of Healdsburg College Stockholders.
PURSUANT to the call of the trustees, the fourth annual session of the stockholders of Healdsburg College Corporation convened at the South Building of Healdsburg College, Monday, April 19, 1886, at 10 A. M., to elect trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of other College business. The president of the Board, Elder J. H. Waggoner, presided. The minutes of the session of 1885 were then read and approved, after which the financial report was read and accepted. The report of the general workings of the College for the year just past was, by request of the secretary, deferred until the afternoon meeting. The chairman appointed the following committees: On nominations, Wm. Ings, J. F. McCutcheon, and Speer McElhaney; on resolutions, Elders J. N. Loughborough, Geo. I. Butler, and A. T. Jones. After some consultation, the Committee on Nominations recommended the following persons for election to serve as trustees the ensuing year: S. N. Haskell, W. C. White, J. N. Loughborough, S. Brownsberger, John Morrison, Joseph Leininger, and Fred. V. Harmon. These were elected, and meeting adjourned. SECOND MEETING, 2:30 P. M.
Prayer was offered by Wm. Ings. The report of the workings of the College was given by the secretary. He stated that the past year, all things considered, was a successful one for the College. Notwithstanding the results of much of the effort put forth by teachers and managers are invisible, and slow in their progress, yet those that have been manifest are truly gratifying. There have been in the past year no cases of misdemeanor among the students that have called for severe discipline. In this respect it has surpassed any previous year of our school work. Our student family was uniformly large, and consisted of an excellent class of students. In this family the best of harmony and union prevailed throughout the year. A larger number of these than usual is from Oregon and Washington Territory. One is from the far distant island of the sea, New Zealand, and one is from Honolulu. Quite a number, perhaps larger than in former years, go from the College to enter the service of the Master. The work in the Biblical Department has been highly satisfactory, and has produced excellent results. The historical work introduced in this department by Elder A. T. Jones has supplied a long-felt need. The different departments of industrial labor have progressed admirably. The tent company has filled a large order for the California Conference for 10x12 heavy drilling tents. The printing company has issued a 50-page catalogue for the College, which is a credit to the institution, besides doing several jobs for the business men of Healdsburg. Our students' printing office has established a reputation in this community as a first-class job office. The carpenters, under the leadership of John Donaldson, have accomplished more than in any preceding year. In brief, all our industrial work has proved a success. In finances there has been this year, as in former years, a falling behind, the income not being sufficient to meet the accruing annual interest, which amounts to $1,264. "Hard times" have been upon us and have had the effect to lessen our attendance somewhat. This decrease is mostly in our day students. The Committee on Resolutions then reported the following:— Resolved, That our earnest gratitude is due to God for tokens of good which he has shown to our College the past year, and it is with heart-felt thanks to him that we see fully twenty young people go forth from this institution this term to active labor in the cause which God has committed to our trust. Elders J. N. Loughborough, A. T. Jones, and Geo. I. Butler, and Professor Grainger spoke in favor of the resolution. Elder Butler said that he was particularly enthusiastic in behalf of our educational institutions. He showed, by reference to the great number of workers they have sent forth into the "field," the vast amount of good they have accomplished. We look to them to prepare laborers for the cause. All the other sources combined do not contribute half so much as our Colleges. All over the field we see the results of our educational institutions. Young men who have received their training at the Colleges are raising up churches all over the land. He encouraged the stockholders and other friends of the College to cherish this work in their hearts, and to give it their most hearty support. Elder J. H. Waggoner followed with encouraging remarks on the past success of this College. He believed, as Elder Butler had remarked, that as a people we do not half prize the benefits of our College to the cause here on the Pacific Coast. It is also the safeguard of our youth while pursuing their studies. The influence at the Students' Home is of such a character as to be worthy of the highest appreciation. He stated that one person who had had a son in attendance, remarked to him that if his son had not looked at a book while in attendance at the College, he would, even then, have been well paid for the time he spent here, and for the expense incurred. The habits of industry which he had cultivated at the Home, and the moral stamina and spiritual strength he had acquired, could not be estimated in dollars and cents. This resolution was adopted, and the following presented:— Resolved, That we reaffirm the resolution of last year pertaining to finances, reading as follows:— Resolved, That we earnestly request those who have made pledges which are unpaid, to pay them as soon as possible, and others to take stock in the Educational Association, that the College may be relieved of the burden of paying interest, which unavoidably adds to the cares and perplexities of those who manage it, and cripples their efforts in its behalf. Elder Loughborough and others spoke on this resolution, after which it was adopted. At the suggestion of W. C. Grainger that new pledges for College stock should be solicited, and old pledges paid, twenty-six shares were pledged and two paid. The meeting then adjourned to call of chair.
J. H. WAGGONER, President.
S. BROWNSBERGER, Secretary.