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Review and Herald, Vol. 48, No. 16.

CONFERENCE ADDRESS
Earlier text: CAMP-MEETING AT BLAIR, NEB

WISCONSIN T. & M. SOCIETY.

By H. W. Decker; Mattie A. Babcock

The general meeting of the Wisconsin T. & M. Society convened at Hundred Mile Grove, Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. The meeting opened September 29, at 2 P. M. The report of the last meeting was read and accepted.
Voted, That Mattie A. Babcock act as secretary of the T. & M. Society for the remainder of the year.
Voted, That Mattie A. Babcock, of Brodhead, Green Co., Wis., act as librarian of the T. & M. Society.
Remarks were made by Eld. Sanborn on changing directors in Dist. No. 15.
Voted, That O. Hawley be released from acting as director in said district.
Voted, That John W. Young act as director in said district.
Resolved, That, in the judgment of this meeting, it is best to have but one camp-meeting the coming year.
Voted, To recommend the holding of our next camp-meeting at Portage City, provided suitable accommodations can be procured.
Interesting remarks were made by the several ministers in reference to the proper times and places of holding tent-meetings.
Adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

The second session was called Oct. 1. The report of the present quarter was read, showing the following results:—
District report Total
No. of Members 395
No. of Reports 100
Families Visited 216
Letters Written 120
New Members 6
Donations $86.53
Book Sales $11.15
Periodicals $2.00
New Subscribers for Periodicals 18
Periodicals Sent to Friends on Trial 15
Periodicals Distributed 1,076
Almanacs 290
Tracts & Pamphlets Distributed,—pp. 81,246
In Dist. No. 4, 95 charts have been sold, and 50 given away.
The financial standing of the districts, according to the treasurer’s report, is as follows:—
On hand at beginning of quarter, $233.49. Received during quarter, 92.63. Total, $326.12. Paid out, $204.50. Cash on hand, 121.62. Total, $326.12.
Adjourned to call of Chair.

THIRD SESSION.

The third session convened Oct. 1, at 2 P. M.
Voted, That the top of tent No. 3 be sold and the avails put into the tent fund.
Voted, That the sixty-foot tent be enlarged by a strip fifty feet long.
Voted, That $125.00 be raised for a camp-meeting fund.
Voted, That the fund to be raised for tents and camp-meetings be called the Tent and Camp-meeting Fund.
Voted, That the ministers of this Conference be furnished by the Society with tracts for judicious distribution, and that they report to the State secretary.
Adjourned to call of Chair.
H. W. Decker, Pres.
Mattie A. Babcock, Sec.

WHAT CURIOSITY DID.

By Anton Moe

I am a native of Norway, and am twenty-five years of age. I came to Peru, Ind., a short time ago, and commenced work in the Howe machine factory of this place. I heard that a tent had been erected down town, and that the preachers were soul-sleepers. My curiosity was aroused, and I determined to attend the meetings. The first sermon I heard, touched my heart, and I felt that surely the Bible was explained here with greater clearness than I had ever heard it explained before. The Lord opened my heart to the reception of the truth, and I was so intensely interested in the truths I was hearing that I attended all the meetings, except a few held when I was sick. I felt also that my former evil habits, such as chewing tobacco and smoking, must be abandoned. Therefore, by the grace of God, I ceased chewing and smoking, but not without a serious struggle; for my appetite was a powerful master, and I suffered many a severe headache in consequence.
My testimony is, that what I have heard, is the truth of God, because it has been the means of arousing me to a sense of my danger in following the flesh, and has taken such full and complete possession of me as, I hope, to make me a true child of God. May God help me to live out this precious truth, and be the means in his hands of showing this light to my countrymen.
ANTON MOE.

SECOND SESSION.

By Geo. I. Butler; Wm. H. Hankins

At the second session, in the afternoon, the following resolution was adopted:—
Whereas, During a few years in the past a debt amounting to several hundred dollars has accumulated against some of the districts of our Society, partly because of strong appeals to fill out our Conference’s quota of subscribers on our periodicals, and partly because of the visitation of grasshoppers in the western districts, the loss of crops, and the poverty of our members there; and
Whereas, These debts have a discouraging influence upon the T. & M. workers in these districts, and tend to hinder the prosperity of the work in these new fields; therefore,
Resolved, That this Board of Directors hereby appeal to our tract and missionary workers throughout the Society to generously contribute to liquidate this debt; and each director is hereby requested to present this matter before our members in his respective district, and to labor to bring about this important result.
On motion, The resolution (passed by the Society at a previous meeting) to pay traveling expenses of officers incurred in attending quarterly meetings, was rescinded.
On motion, The president was authorized to issue orders for the payment of debts.
Voted, That the president appoint a committee of three (of which he shall be one) to present at the next quarterly meeting, a plan for rearranging the districts of the State.
On motion, The appointment of the next quarterly meeting was left to the president.
Voted, That twenty-five dollars out of the widow and orphan fund be sent to Susan Shaw.
Voted, That the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the REVIEW for publication.
Adjourned sine die.
GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres.
WM. H. HANKINS, Sec. pro tem.

MAINE T. & M. SOCIETY.

By W. R. Clark

The Maine T. & M. Society held its third annual meeting on the camp-ground at Richmond, Aug. 31, 1876. Opened in the usual manner by prayer.
Bro. W. R. Clark was chosen secretary pro tem.
The following names were presented for officers for the following year: For President, J. B. Goodrich; Vice-president, R. S. Webber; Secretary, Amos Holt; Treasurer, J. E. Baker. For directors: Dist. No. 1, T. S. Emery; Dist. No. 2, G. W. Varney; Dist. No. 3, Enos Leavitt.
These persons were duly elected.
Voted, To omit the minutes of the Society for last year.
Remarks were made by Bro. Webber, and also by Bro. Goodrich.
The secretary being absent, it was voted to omit a report of the financial standing of the Society till its next session.
Voted, To adjourn to call of Chair.
W. R. CLARK, Sec. pro tem.

ADDING AND SUBTRACTING.

By Jos. Clarke

It is said in Rev. 22:18, 19, that if any one shall take from, or add to, the prophecy of this book, God will take away his part out of the book of life. Hearing a very incorrect comment on the prophecy of John, lately, it occurred to my mind that teaching wrong views of prophecy was really adding to, or subtracting from, this wonderful book. And as the same principle applies to all the books of the Bible, it follows that the same penalty will come as a consequence of error in interpreting the sacred books of God.
A very devoted minister has discovered, he thinks, that there was no Sabbath from Adam to Moses. Now the Sabbath was given in the beginning; and it is said by our Saviour that it was made for man. If so, it was given for man's sake in the beginning. Now the man who thus wrests from the Bible the idea of a Sabbath, is truly taking from the word of God; and in trying to work in the Sunday, he is adding to that sacred word. Why do they not see it? So with other errors; each one adds to the Bible, or takes from it.
It is really distressing and painful to witness the great boldness and audacity of Error, as she walks about in her saintly robes, declaring against the doctrines of her modest, humble sister, Truth. Such is her brazen face that she will defy the world, and Heaven itself, to contradict her fair-appearing doctrines; and the crowd take her effrontery for inspiration, and swallow the poison, while Truth is neglected and left alone, because she is so still, and coy, and hard to find.
Truth does not come to us as Error does, with noise and force; but gently and sweetly she wins her conquests. She carefully interprets the Scriptures and gives the sense, weighing impartially the evidence and giving the result without adding to or subtracting from. Jos. CLARKE.

Learning the Gospel at the Feet of Jesus

A MAN can only make progress in the gospel as he learns it; and if he learns it at all, he must learn it at the feet of Jesus.

Obituary Notices

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
DIED, in Allegan, Mich., Sept. 14, 1876, of inflammation of the stomach, sister Louisa C. Bovee, wife of Bro. Seymour Bovee, and daughter of J. R. and Caroline Lewis of Battle Creek, aged forty years and three months. She made a profession of the truth about fifteen years since, and was for many years, till her removal from the place, a member of the Battle Creek church. Her death inflicts a great loss upon the church in Allegan, and an almost equal one upon the neighborhood at large; for she was highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was brought to this place for burial, and a large assembly gathered at the funeral the 16th, to whom we felt to speak freely of the consolations of the blessed hope; for sister B. left good evidence of a title to those blessings which lie beyond the resurrection.
Her husband and adopted daughter, with the other relatives and the church, are consoled in her case by the prospect so well described in the following lines which may appropriately be quoted in this connection:—
“Though Death now seems triumphant, as he waves His dreadful banner o’er a world of graves, And feasts with ghoulish glee on broken hearts Bleeding and torn by his vindictive darts, He shall not always reign; of power shorn, The victor’s chaplet from his black brow torn, Himself shall die; for he who wields this power Hath not of immortality the dower.
“O Earth, rejoice! Away with grief and tears; Cast off your groundless fears; Lift up your voice, Your Great Deliverer greet! The Son of God shall come, Beneath his conquering feet Death meet his doom, The devil be destroyed, And hell made void! Captivity shall captive be, And Heaven and earth hold jubilee!”
U. S.
DIED, of consumption, July 8, 1876, at the residence of C. W. Comings, in Cornish, N. H., Charles H. Eaton, son of Charles W. and Olive M. Eaton, of Chelsea, Mass., aged twenty-one years and two months. He always kept the Sabbath, and when a little boy he loved God’s holy word and was a praying child. His father died when he was twelve years old, but he has ever been an affectionate and dutiful son. Our home is a lonely place. This dreadful disease has taken husband, daughter, and son. We are sorely stricken; may the dear Lord help us. OLIVE M. EATON.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died, in Allegan, Mich., Sept. 14, 1876, of inflammation of the stomach, sister Louisa C. Bovee, wife of Bro. Seymour Bovee, and daughter of J. R. and Caroline Lewis of Battle Creek, aged forty years and three months. She made a profession of the truth about fifteen years since, and was for many years, till her removal from the place, a member of the Battle Creek church. Her death inflicts a great loss upon the church in Allegan, and an almost equal one upon the neighborhood at large; for she was highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was brought to this place for burial, and a large assembly gathered at the funeral the 16th, to whom we felt to speak freely of the consolations of the blessed hope; for sister B. left good evidence of a title to those blessings which lie beyond the resurrection.
Her husband and adopted daughter, with the other relatives and the church, are consoled in her case by the prospect so well described in the following lines which may appropriately be quoted in this connection:—
“Though Death now seems triumphant, as he waves His dreadful banner o’er a world of graves, And feasts with ghoulish glee on broken hearts Bleeding and torn by his vindictive darts, He shall not always reign; of power shorn, The victor’s chaplet from his black brow torn, Himself shall die; for he who wields this power Hath not of immortality the dower. “O Earth, rejoice! Away with grief and tears; Cast off your groundless fears; Lift up your voice, Your Great Deliverer greet! The Son of God shall come, Beneath his conquering feet Death meet his doom, The devil be destroyed, And hell made void! Captivity shall captive be, And Heaven and earth hold jubilee!” U. S.
Died, of consumption, July 8, 1876, at the residence of C. W. Comings, in Cornish, N. H., Charles H. Eaton, son of Charles W. and Olive M. Eaton, of Chelsea, Mass., aged twenty-one years and two months. He always kept the Sabbath, and when a little boy he loved God’s holy word and was a praying child. His father died when he was twelve years old, but he has ever been an affectionate and dutiful son. Our home is a lonely place. This dreadful disease has taken husband, daughter, and son. We are sorely stricken; may the dear Lord help us. OLIVE M. EATON.

Members of Ill. T. & M. Society.

By F. M. T. Simonson

Do you know of any professing to be S. D. Adventists, who do not take the REVIEW? If so, it is your duty to plead with such persons till they do take it, even if they can pay for only three months ahead. How are we going to do tract work together if we have no means of communicating with one another? Please see to your township immediately. Let us be prompt. F. M. T. SIMONSON, Sec.

Meetings in Kansas

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Dedication.

The church in Rochester, Mich., will hold a two-days' meeting, Nov. 11 and 12, in the house of worship they have recently moved and fitted up in the village. This house is to be dedicated on one of the days above named. All Sabbath-keepers within a reasonable distance are invited to be present and participate in the exercises. No providence preventing, we will meet with them on this occasion. U. Smith.

Meetings in Kansas.

Zion school-house, Oct. 28, 29. Cook & Lamont. Centerville, Nov. 2–5. Ayers & Lamont. Mt. Vernon, Nov. 8–12. J. Lamont. Uniontown, Nov. 4, 5; meetings where Bro. Cone may arrange. Monmouth, Nov. 25, 26. J. B. Cook. Labette, Nov. 25, 26. Ayers & Cook.
The sixth annual session of the New England Tract and Missionary Society will be held at South Lancaster, Nov. 4, 5. Circumstances make this as important a meeting as ever has been held of its kind in New England. We shall expect to see all the officers of the Conference and of the Tract Society present, with a general attendance of others. Meetings commence Friday evening. S. N. Haskell, Pres.
Providence permitting, I will hold meetings in Wisconsin as follows:— Neenah, Oct. 21, 22. Avon, “ 28, 29. Meetings will commence with the Sabbath. H. W. Decker.
Meetings at Dimondale, Mich., Oct. 21 and 22, to commence Friday evening. There will be opportunity for baptism. Jno. Sisley.
Quarterly meeting of the church at Patricksburg, Owen Co., Ind., will be held Sabbath and first-day, Nov. 4 and 5. This meeting is for us all; therefore, we hope all will take an interest accordingly. We would be much pleased to see all the brethren and sisters from Owen and Clay Counties present. Come, all, and let us see what blessing the Lord has in store for us. The ordinances will be administered. N. Carahoof, Clerk.
Quarterly meetings in Illinois will be held as follows:— Campbell (where Bro. Doyal may appoint), Nov. 1, 2. Bro. Bitner's neighborhood, “ 3. Oakland, “ 4, 5. Lovington, “ 11, 12. G. W. Colcord.
Will meet, no preventing providence, with the class at Caledonia, Mich., on Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 P. M.; also on Sabbath at 11 A. M. Will not the brethren of Gaines, Thornapple, and Bowne meet with us? R. T. Sisley.
Wayland, Allegan Co., Mich., Oct. 28; also the 29th, at 10:30, A. M., where Bro. Pierce may appoint. Gaines, Kent Co., Oct. 29, at 7 P. M., where Bro. Hardy may appoint. H. M. Kenyon.
The quarterly meeting of the Convis and Partello churches will be held at Convis, Mich., Sabbath and first-day, Oct. 21, 22. Meetings to commence Friday evening. Will Eld. Spicer meet with us? L. E. Bracket, Clerk.
The Lord willing, I will meet with churches in Mo. as follows:— Arvilla, Jasper Co., Oct. 21. Neosho, Newton Co., “ 28. Drywood, Vernon Co., Nov. 4. Clintonville, Cedar Co., “ 11. Union Point, St. Clair Co., “ 14. Rockville, Bates Co., “ 18. Index, Cass Co., “ 25. Meetings will commence with the Sabbath, except the one at Union Point, which will be held Tuesday night. Eld. Chaffee will be with me at these meetings. I hope there will be a general attendance. Wm. Evans.

How a Politician Applies the Prophecy.

By Uriah Smith

ACCORDING to the following item, Adventists are far behind the times. They believe the stone cut out of the mountain without hands which is to smite the image upon the feet, denotes something that is yet future, and are waiting patiently though anxiously for the event. But, if we may believe it, it seems that that stone has already appeared, being no other than the famous Plymouth Rock, where the pilgrims landed. In a speech by Wm. A. Wheeler at Montpelier, Vt., Aug., 1876, as reported in the St. Albans Messenger of Aug. 19, appears this item:—
“I believe in New England; I believe in Plymouth Rock, for they are convertible terms. As one of the most gifted women of New England has said: ‘Plymouth Rock is no piece of quartz or feldspar, but a rock which was cut without hands and which will become a great mountain, filling the whole earth.’”
In this case we cannot help wondering what the image is which the rock smites upon the feet. How is the smiting to be accomplished? Has it begun? or is it yet future? The prophecy says the stone represents the Kingdom of God. Is Plymouth Rock, let it represent what it may, the Kingdom of God? O politician, O gifted woman, how is this? U. S.

Good Words for the Review.

By Uriah Smith

A SUBSCRIBER writes from Rhode Island:— “I had almost come to the conclusion that as my time had about expired for the REVIEW, I would not subscribe again, owing to the hard times. But when I fully consider the real good value of the paper, I am induced to subscribe again.”
The subscription price for another year accompanied this note; and we think it a wise move; for if a man does not need good religious instruction, and to have the consolations of the blessed hope kept fresh before his mind when times are hard, when does he need them?
Another writes from Wisconsin, appropriating the first means secured, to payment on past indebtedness for the REVIEW, with many thanks for its continuance.
Another writes from Iowa, and with his remittance for the paper another year, says:— “The REVIEW has been received regularly each week, and attentively perused, for the past two years; and I can truly say that I have been blessed. My knowledge of the Scriptures has been increased, my faith strengthened and hope brightened. May God bless your efforts, and give you strength and means to carry on the good work.”
The results which this brother mentions, are certainly good fruits, and well worth the trifling cost of the REVIEW. U. S.

What They Expect.

By Uriah Smith

THE editor of the Christian Statesman, in his issue of Sept. 14, 1876, speaking of the relation of the “National Reform” movement to the political parties of the land, says:—
“We shall force on politicians the consideration and discussion of questions which they would fain ignore. We shall point them to the higher ground on which a large and steadily increasing body of American Christians stand, and we shall one day see political parties vieing with each other in their not insincere professions of devotion to the principles which they now so studiously ignore.”
We have italicized a portion of this extract, because it expresses just what we also are looking for. This national reform movement is to be more political than religious, more earthly than divine. And we look for this, because the voice of One more far-seeing and authoritative than the writer of the foregoing has declared substantially the same thing. U. S.

Taxes.

By Uriah Smith

Tax time is drawing near. Every one must feel in these times like cutting off all unjust claims in this direction. Look over the following schedule presented by Dr. Franklin, and see if you are paying any that you ought not to pay, and act accordingly:—
“The taxes are indeed heavy, said Dr. Franklin on one occasion, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing any abatement.” U. S.

OUR ALMANAC.

By James White

The Family Health Almanac for 1877 is ready. It far exceeds those for 1875 and 1876. Price, post-paid, 10 cts. We will send 14 copies by mail, post-paid, for $1.00. Discount of one-half is made on lots of not less than one hundred copies by express. To Tract Societies a further discount of one-half of the one-half will be made, the other one-half of the one-half to be made up by the publishers, who give one-half of the last named sum, and the other one-half of it is appropriated from the book fund. On account of the book fund’s being very low, the publishers donate a sum equal to that taken from that fund, and the Tract Societies for the same reason pay a trifle more for the Almanac than they did last year, and the publishers receive less than they did last year.
No discounts above one-half will be made to any only the Tract Societies, and to them only on quantities of 500 or more copies. We hope our people will have the generosity to supply themselves with our Almanac at 10 cents a copy, or by the dollar’s worth at reduced rates, so as not to break down our liberal plan of furnishing 60,000, for which the publishers receive from all sources only at the rate of 3¾ cents a copy. We hope to be no more disgusted with small orders, to supply our churches at Tract Society rates. J. W.

HEALTH REFORM INSTITUTE, BATTLE CREEK, MICH.

This admirable sanitarium is beautifully located in the most healthful portion of the flourishing city of Battle Creek, Mich. It is situated upon a site of twenty acres, just within the city limits. The buildings consist of a main building and six cottages. In front of the main building is a fine grove, which affords a delightful place for recreation in the summer.
During the eleven years that the institution has been in operation, it has
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED MORE THAN 2,000 PATIENTS,
with an average of only one death a year among those received for treatment. Patients come from all parts of the United States and Canada, and there are few localities in which the institution has not become known. With a competent corps of physicians and assistants, together with its advantageous location and unexcelled facilities, it presents to invalids inducements such as are afforded in no other similar institution in this country.
This institution is not a “water cure,” neither does it employ, exclusively, any special method of treatment; but the plan upon which it is carried on, is to employ all remedial agents, applying each to the cases to which it is especially adapted. All diseases are treated here in a thoroughly scientific manner, and with a degree of success unattainable under any other plan of treatment. Besides the usual remedies, the physicians employ, together with all Hydropathic appliances, Electricity, Swedish Movements, Lift Cure, and the Modified Russian and Turkish Baths.
Patients will find the Battle Creek Health Institute a very pleasant and profitable place in which to spend the winter. Terms are reasonable and surroundings pleasant. The table is daily loaded with simple, though palatable food, and patients are provided with as many as possible of the comforts of home while receiving conscientious and watchful medical attention. The following are the physicians in charge:—
J. H. Kellogg, M. D. Dr. W. J. Fairfield, Miss Katie Lindsay, M. D., Dr. W. B. Sprague, Miss P. M. Lamson, M. D.
Battle Creek is situated at the junction of the Michigan Central with the Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad.
For terms and other particulars, see circular, which will be sent free on application.
Address, Health Institute, Battle Creek, Mich.

Russia's Likely War Against Turkey Over the Eastern Question

There seems little doubt but that Russia means to solve the Eastern Question by a declaration of war against Turkey. The great powers have so lamentably failed in everything except making great fools of themselves that the civilized world will hardly regret even this solution of the question. No contingency can now arise, and no result take place, more unendurable to the Christians of the East than the present situation of affairs imposes upon them.—Christian at Work.

To the Wis. T. & M. Society.

By Mattie A. Babcock

WILL the directors of Dists. No. 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 17, please let me know how many almanacs they each want for their respective districts, and also their P. O. address?
MATTIE A. BABCOCK, Sec.

To Illinois T. & M. Members.

By F. M. T. Simonson

We are owing a sum of money at Battle Creek, which can be easily paid if each member will lay by a small sum every week. After the Sabbath is past, let us each put by three cents. Some could make it five, and never miss it; and they will please do so. When they send their reports to their directors, they can inclose what they have saved. F. M. T. SIMONSON, Sec.

Notice: Blankets Found on Lansing Camp-Ground

By J. F. Carman

Notice.

FOUND on the Lansing camp-ground two blankets. The owner can have them by sending for, and describing, them. Address,
J. F. CARMAN, Potterville, Eaton Co., Mich.

Lost Account Books from Kankakee Camp-Ground

Lost.

Two account books, pertaining to Conference and T. & M. work, supposed to have been left on the camp-ground at Kankakee. The finder will please express C. O. D. immediately to F. M. T. Simonson, Round Grove, Whiteside Co., Ill.

Farm Wanted by Sabbath-Keeper in Tuscola County

Any Sabbath-keeper wishing to take a farm, address, C. D. Cook, Akron, Tuscola Co., Mich.
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