p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 17. (4/26/1906)

Hearing on the Canadian Lord’s Day Act

The first hearing on the proposed Lord's day act for the Dominion of Canada was held at Ottawa last Thursday, when the protest of the Seventh-day Adventists was presented. Adjournment was taken until the 24th inst. for hearing further arguments. We expect to print a report of both hearings in our next issue.

Collections for San Francisco Sufferers

IN harmony with the general plan to take up collections in all the churches of the District of Columbia for the benefit of the San Francisco sufferers, a collection for this purpose was taken at each one of the Seventh-day Adventist churches last Sabbath. We have not learned the amount received, but we hope the offering was a liberal one.

Episcopal Clergyman Charged With Heresy

THE standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York has made formal charges of heresy against one of the clergymen in that diocese. They declare and submit the proof, that he denies “the doctrine that our Lord Jesus Christ is God, the Saviour of the world;” “the doctrine that our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost;” “the doctrine of the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ;” “the doctrine of the resurrection of our blessed Lord and Saviour;” “the doctrine of the blessed trinity.” It is announced that the clergyman “will defend his alleged heretical utterances with the assertion, reinforced by documentary proofs, that they are upheld by the Scriptures.”

The Holy Spirit and Sanctification

BOTH the Daily News and the Evening Telegram of April 9, published at St. John's, Newfoundland, contained quite a full report of a sermon preached the previous evening in the Seventh-day Adventist church by Elder C. H. Keslake. The subject was "The Holy Spirit and Sanctification," and the teaching of the Scriptures concerning the true Sabbath as the sign of sanctification was presented in the proper setting. Brother Keslake writes: "These papers go out all over the island, and thus the truth will be conveyed to many towns and homes."

Concerning California

By Editor

OUR readers have already learned through other channels the general facts concerning the appalling disaster in California, a brief report of which will be found in this issue, but we have especially desired to be able to give information concerning our people and our institutions in that State. With this in view, we sent the following telegram last Thursday:—

“Pacific Press, “Mountain View, Cal. “Telegraph at press rates particulars concerning our people and institutions. “EDITOR REVIEW AND HERALD.”

We had, of course, hoped that we should receive a reply in season to print it in this paper, but although four days have elapsed since this message was sent from this city, we have had no answer. It is altogether likely that our message was greatly delayed in transmission, as we saw a published statement on Friday that one telegraph company in Chicago had on hand five thousand messages waiting their turn to be sent to California.

Under these circumstances we can only present such facts to our readers as we have been able to gather from published reports. In the early dispatches Healdsburg, where one of our schools is located, was mentioned as among the towns destroyed, but later dispatches say that the reports concerning this place are conflicting. Santa Rosa, a little to the south of Healdsburg, suffered severely, and quite a number of lives were lost. No mention has been made in the reports of St. Helena, where the sanitarium is located, but Napa, a town in the same valley, felt the effects of the shock, although not seriously. All dispatches agree that no great damage was done in Oakland, and we believe our people and property there are safe. Of course our churches and branch sanitarium and restaurant in San Francisco have gone in the general destruction. We can only hope for the best concerning our brethren and sisters in that now desolate city.

The earthquake practically destroyed the buildings of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University at Palo Alto, ten miles north of Mountain View, the new home of the Pacific Press, and did great damage to property and caused considerable loss of life at San Jose, fifteen miles south of Mountain View. We are left to conjecture whether the effect of the shock was serious at Mountain View. We hope the place was spared, and that our sister institution is uninjured. So far as we have learned, no damage was done in southern California where our sanitariums are located, although some slight shocks were experienced.

We regret that we have been unable to hear directly from our brethren, but when the usual means of communication fails, we are helpless.