Earlier text: One Generation From CannibalismNotes Afield
By W. E. Howell
HERE are assembled the largest number of choice young men and women it has been my privilege to look upon in one of our schools since the best days of Battle Creek College. It is truly inspiring to see enough students and teachers to have made up Gideon's selected army, march into the spacious chapel every morning in mid session and lift their hearts and voices in adoration of Him to whom they have consecrated their lives and pledged their service. These are prospective recruits for our ranks in the forefront — for reviving the work at home and for extending the triumphs of the cross abroad. Union College gave us twenty graduates from the college course last year, nineteen of whom are in the work. She will give us twenty-two more of the same class this year. I find her graduates in responsible positions in nearly all the nine schools I have visited so far. They are fast taking their place beside graduates of Battle Creek College of fifteen to twenty-five years ago; in fact, are taking their place as the latter thin out in our school work. Of our six college presidents the past year, three are Battle Creek and three Union men. The same proportion will be retained next year. Four of our normal directors and the three secretaries of our general departments of education are from Battle Creek College, while three secretaries in the Missionary Volunteer departments are from Union. There is a similar mingling on the faculties of our colleges and larger academies, all lifting together to forward the cause they have espoused in common. While Union College has kept her enrollment a little above three hundred the last two years, yet with three union conferences from which to draw she ought to have one hundred more next year. While she has a large constituency, yet with seven of the academies in her territory offering twelve grades of work, she is having as hard a struggle to increase her enrollment as has Emmanuel Missionary College with her five affiliated academies doing ten grades — if not harder. These two colleges are making steady improvement in facilities and efficiency, and it is our privilege to pray and work to the end that their college departments may be built up to the place where these schools will not be so dependent on their academic patronage for maintaining themselves, and where they can fulfill in a larger sense the word of Testimony that "it is for the honor of Christ that well-educated workers should be multiplied among us." Strode Industrial Academy
About three hundred miles south of Union College, but still in the Central Union Conference, is Strode Academy, near Oswego, Kans., within ten miles of the Oklahoma line. It was named after the gentleman who gave the land on which the school building stands. It was originally a two-room church school, then the townsmen gave dollar for dollar with our people for constructing two dormitories and establishing a twelve-grade school. One element of decided strength in this academy is the little change that has been made in its faculty. The principal, John B. White, a graduate of the Kansas State Normal and a teacher in the public schools for eighteen years, has been head of the academy for five years; the business manager, also a teacher, has been there three years; the preceptress, also a teacher, for two years; another teacher for one year. These are all engaged to continue next year. Another element of strength is the balance of industrial education maintained along with the work of the school-room. The teachers work with their students. Principal White teaches blacksmithing, and leads the boys in doing such electrical work, plumbing, painting, and papering as are needed about the institution. The business manager, F. I. Mohr, teaches gardening, and their garden is a model of neatness. Mrs. Mohr is matron, and directs the glove making and laundry work. R. H. Bruns teaches broom making, and leads a choir and orchestra. Mrs. Leech, the preceptress, teaches sewing. Miss Miller, their efficient cook, teaches cooking. The glove making and broom making are carried on especially to aid students in their expenses, the girls earning an average of fifteen cents an hour making gloves, and the boys an average of twenty cents making brooms — after a period of apprenticeship. Carpentry is taught by an experienced contractor, who is a member of the board, and church elder. Students are required to have an industrial credit before graduation. Another element of strength is the strong spiritual tone pervading the school work throughout. Almost to a man, the students reckon on nothing else than having a part in the denominational work. Five were graduated in the twelfth grade this year, with sixteen enrolled in the eleventh grade. More than five hundred miles west of Union College, but still within the Central Union Conference, is located Campion Academy, near Loveland, Colo., about sixty miles north of Denver. It is about three miles from town, on a campus of thirteen acres, of which four are under cultivation. The climate is invigorating, and the quiet country environment favorable for the work of an academy. Clifton L. Taylor, one of our experienced educators, is principal, with Elder and Mrs. Gosmer, Mr. and Mrs. Ledford, Miss Olive Taylor, and Mrs. Taylor as assistants. Only Principal Taylor and Mrs. Taylor remain next year. Elder Gosmer will take the principalship of Wyoming Intermediate School, and Mr. and Mrs. Ledford will accompany him. Campion Academy has had four principals in the seven years of its existence, with frequent changes of faculty. Despite these disadvantages, the school is planning strong work next year. Elder E. E. Farnsworth, a former principal of this academy, returns next year as Bible teacher. A thorough canvass for students will be made this summer, with the assistance of the old students. The constituency of the Colorado and West Colorado Conferences ought to supply at least one hundred and twenty-five students above the sixth grade. Just prior to my visit, the cantata "Queen Esther" had been given by the students and faculty under Mrs. Gosmer's leadership. So favorable an impression was made on the visiting citizens that at their request the cantata was repeated in the town. As a result of earnest spiritual effort during the year, every student in the school but one has now been baptized and added to the church. W. E. H. THE Lord has been very near to our school during the past year. It has been one of the best school years through which I have ever passed. There has been a cordial, earnest spirit of work on the part of all the students, and this spirit has led to a consecration of purpose for service in the cause of God. There have been held two weeks of prayer,—one at the regular week of prayer before the holidays, and the other during the month of April. In both these seasons the Lord sent a spirit of conviction into the hearts of large numbers of our students. Wrongs were confessed, and an earnest effort made to thoroughly prepare for more efficient Christian service. Twenty-two of the fifty receiving diplomas complete the college course. Of the entire graduating class twelve or more plan to enter the ministry. About seventy-five students will sell denominational publications during the vacation. About one hundred and twenty-five will engage in the various branches of our denominational work. The future of Union College looks very encouraging. Prof. H. A. Morrison, the new president, is a man of long experience in school work, and is well able to carry forward the work of the school and to lift all its standards of effort on to high planes. There is prospect of a large attendance the coming year.
F. G. Is Medical Missionary Work Declining?
By L. A. Hopkins
Our question seems almost inappropriate because of its possible inference. It is probably needless to say that nowhere in the much instruction given us concerning the establishment and conduct of our medical missionary work is there any suggestion that it will grow less important with the advancement of our cause. Instead of the demand for medical labor growing less, we are given to understand that sickness and suffering will be on the increase, and that there will be greater need for real medical missionary service. This may be borne in mind in considering merely the material or physical side of this part of our work. Since our health work is a distinct gospel means, a true missionary force, an important factor in the spread of the message of salvation, it would be difficult to think that it would drop off as the place for all our truths becomes more pronounced. How can we imagine the body of truth growing to its fullest proportions with the right arm gone? Rather let us believe that what God has placed with us for a definite purpose will in due time accomplish its work, and will maintain its proper setting and relation to other parts of the message. It may be that some features of our medical work will materially change before the message closes. This may also be the case with other departments of our denominational work. Whether we are yet seeing these changes, or even marked indications of them, is not in the purpose of this article to say. We can know that wherein we have had misconceptions as to the place or character of our medical work, we need new views. In so far as we have allowed this work to develop away from its God-given design, we need to change our plan of working. Our views and our plans should be for advancement, however, and not toward failure. With increasing knowledge, experience, strength, and efficiency, we should see increased usefulness in all departments of the work, the medical as well as the others. An unfavorable development in our work or an unfortunate experience is an indication of a weak point that needs strengthening. It calls for a study of the situation to determine what is the trouble and how to remedy it. It requires constructive effort, and not destructive. With the strengthening of weak places, there will be growth instead of decline. Enlargement of our medical missionary work does not necessarily mean the increase of institutions. The successful operation of a number of sanitariums will indicate growth, but the dimensions of the work extend outside of these. An institution may serve as a center of influence and light, and can be a mighty force in carrying forward in a practical way our health work; but it is a mistaken idea that a sanitarium has to be19 erected in order to do anything in this direction. Again: because there are not immediate openings in our sanitariums for all our physicians is not a good reason for considering that medical missionary work is on the wane. The capacity for utilizing workers of any class in sanitariums is limited, as it is in other institutions. The consecrated worker may be called of God to work outside of an institution. The "field is the world," not a comparatively few buildings here or there in the world. No; our health work is not closing. Its pace is one with the rest of the cause. If it has run ahead anywhere, we may expect a little tarrying; if it is lagging, then haste will be necessary; if it has gone out of the way, then we must seek the right path. If we have in any degree lost sight of the true mark, we must get a right vision. When we say that the health work is to keep pace with other lines, that does not necessarily mean that it must hold equal ground in the number of workers or extent of facilities. No arbitrary standard can hold as to the comparative importance of the various phases of our work and the call they should make on persons to connect with them. If one part of the cause is for a time calling unusually strong for laborers, it does not mean that other lines of work are closing. One branch of the work may present a greater demand for workers than others, while another branch may for a time be in danger of overcrowding the ranks for want of well-defined fields of labor. Just now considerable emphasis is being given to enlisting suitable young men in evangelical work, perhaps because they are inclined so much in other directions that urging becomes necessary. Our canvassing work is at the present time going forward most rapidly; and, as "nothing succeeds like success," its progress may seem to eclipse other lines of work. We should rejoice at the prosperity attending any branch of work, and that without thought of other lines being any less important than ever or in prospect of closing. True medical missionary work has its field, and a wide one, too. Many encouraging reports come of its progress and its ever-widening usefulness in its relation to the closing gospel work. We can truly say that it is making advancement in full measure of its real gospel endeavor.
L. A. H. Closing Days at Emmanuel Missionary College
By O. J. Graf
THE Lord came unusually near during the closing days of our school year. For several years a number of our older students have been giving anxious thought to the question of raising the college debt. Their determination to do something about it has been growing for some time; and about two weeks before the school closed, the spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice had grown to such an extent among the student body that a committee of students asked for the chapel period, in which to present the question to the school, the teachers meanwhile meeting in another room to seek the Lord for wisdom and guidance. The students' request was readily granted, and as a result of that and other meetings held, every student and teacher heartily engaged in the effort to raise the college debt. Over one hundred pledged a week's work this summer, some their best week's work in the canvassing field. One teacher pledged one fourth of his income for the summer. Every teacher gave his salary for the last week of the school year. Two teachers gave one hundred dollars. A young woman, a former student who was present at the time, pledged the first fifty dollars she can earn painting pictures; and a number of the teachers will give a second tithe on their salaries the coming year. A number of both students and teachers have set as their task for the summer the raising of $500 to help reduce the debt; but we are, before launching out on a definite campaign, waiting for counsel from the Lake Union Committee. Seven o'clock every Monday morning has been set aside by the school as a time of special prayer for the lifting of the college debt, and in behalf of those who have gone out into the canvassing work. It is really remarkable the way the Spirit of the Lord has moved both students and teachers with a spirit of self-sacrifice. We believe this is the beginning of a movement that will deliver us from the tremendous burden that is resting upon our school. One encouraging feature is that our debt, $45,000, has not been increased during the past three years; hence every dollar that is received can be applied on the debt. The last Friday evening of the school year brought our farewell vesper service. Nearly one hundred were standing at one time waiting to praise the Lord for the blessings of the year. That evening we heard praises from some who had not previously taken part in our meetings during the school year. On Sabbath, Professor Longacre preached a most inspiring baccalaureate sermon, "Building for Eternity." Sunday afternoon fourteen persons, mostly students, were buried with their Lord in baptism. On Monday evening the commencement address was given by Elder W. A. Westworth, who took as his subject the class motto, "Into the Furrow of the World's Need." Thirty students were graduated from our various courses. Nine of these received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Every member of the class of thirty is an active Christian, and is planning to give his life to the service of God and humanity. About seventy of our students are engaging in missionary work this summer; this includes about forty who enter the canvassing work. Others go out as ministers, Bible workers, teachers, office helpers, etc. The Lord has greatly blessed us, and we thank him for it. Baptisms and Church Growth in China and Montreal
Elder R. C. Porter reports that at a general meeting held at Shang-sha, Hunan, China, baptism was administered to sixteen, making a total of two hundred and thirty-two that were baptized during 1913 in the Central China field. Pastor Jean Vuilleumier, who is working among the French people of Montreal, Quebec, recently baptized two young men who had formerly been Catholics. A French church has been organized in that city. Walla Walla College
By E. C. Kellogg
The college has closed a very pleasant and successful year. Members of the faculty have worked together harmoniously, and essentially the same ones continue for the coming year. The young people of this denomination are among the best in the world, and they make excellent students. It is the continual aim to make the scholarship of high grade. Earnest, careful, thorough work is expected on the part of each student, and comparatively few fall below grade. The commencement was very plain and simple, yet highly instructive and entertaining. A strong spiritual atmosphere has pervaded the work throughout the year. Teachers and students have worked together for the accomplishment of the most good. Many prayers have been offered by patrons, teachers, and students. Definite things have been asked for, and definite answers have been given. Elder Meade MacGuire was with us at two different times, and his labors were very fruitful. During the year over forty have been baptized and joined the church. Good work has been carried on this year in baking, broom making, carpentry, printing, typewriting, sewing, and dressmaking. A few more could have been accommodated in carpentry, but not well in any other industry. There were forty in typewriting and eighty in sewing and dressmaking. An interesting exhibit was made near the close of the year, and a suitable program rendered. In all the work of the school, the needs of the great world are kept in mind. Four will make the East Indies their field of labor. Over thirty enter the canvassing work for the summer. As opportunity affords, others will work in various lines—teaching, business, ministerial, etc. The prospect for the future is particularly bright. There is a growing interest in the educational work throughout the field. This is especially true in regard to the college work. Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— The American girls' candy bill is said to be $134,000,000. — The Secretary of State has received the formal note of acceptance on the part of the Italian government to officially participate in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1915. — Judge Pickney of Chicago, in his testimony before the Curran legislative committee, said that eighty per cent of the delinquent children of Cook County, Illinois, are being saved by the juvenile court. The jurist said that 50,614 cases of delinquent children have been taken care of by his court since its organization in July, 1899. — The top of Mont Blanc is certainly a fine spot on which to erect a new astronomical observatory. The French Academy of Science has before it plans for such a building, which will be erected on a solid group of rocks, in the center of one of the great glaciers, at an altitude of 14,700 feet. The spot is noted for the purity of its surrounding atmosphere. — Under the able hands of Mrs. Amelia Fowler, whose work in the preservation of government flags has earned her the title of the most expert needlewoman in the country today, the famous Ft. McHenry flag, the original Star-Spangled Banner, which has been disintegrating at an alarming rate in the old National Museum building, will soon be delicately sewed all over its 1,044 square feet of area, the largest of any battle banner in the world, and put in condition where it will defy the ravages of time indefinitely. — One of the most interesting, the most compelling personalities in public life continues to be Theodore Roosevelt. He has been on a tour among Latin American states which was more than a traveler's visitation. It was accompanied with enthusiastic demonstrations of public interest wherever he appeared. He rendered, in no unbecoming way or unimportant degree, the services of an "ambassador extraordinary" to peoples who are represented as largely infected with unwarranted and injurious suspicion and prejudice against the United States. In addition to addresses before commercial, political, legislative, and educational bodies, Mr. Roosevelt has won for himself new and added honors as an explorer. For some weeks he was buried in the wilds of Brazil, and with his fellow travelers made discoveries and gathered specimens of multitudinous kinds, which will be of great scientific value. It is reported that the party came to Para, Brazil, with 21,000 specimens of birds and animals. A river discovered was over one thousand miles long, and in point of volume equals our Hudson. It is not navigable. The explorations were accompanied with perils, privations, and hard work. Mr. Roosevelt met with an accident, but he has well-nigh recovered from it. He is now in Europe to attend the wedding of his son Kermit. — The tomb of Aristomenes, the celebrated Messenian hero of the second Spartan war in the seventh century before Christ, was discovered May 12, at Rhodes, by Italian excavators. Numerous antiquities were found in the sepulcher. — It is said that there are more newspaper men in Washington than in any other city in the world. It requires more than eight hundred correspondents to give the world the news from the various departments of government activity and to watch changes in policy and program. — Elaborate preparations are being made in Baltimore, for the celebration next September of the centennial of the "Star-Spangled Banner." It will be exactly 100 years then since Francis Scott Key went through his experience that gave birth to the stirring patriotic anthem. — It has been officially stated that while the British government may not spend $500,000 for the usual sort of exhibit at the coming Panama-Pacific Exposition, England will dispatch to San Francisco, via the Panama Canal, the greatest fleet of battle ships ever arrayed in a foreign port except in time of war. — The Vatican treasury suffered in the fiscal year recently closed. It is related that the fund known as Peter's peace fell off notably. The "most Catholic countries" are not the chief sustainers of this fund. One of these is Austria, which gave but $12,000. England, where there is said to be great growth of Catholicism, is credited with but $20,000. The United States, however, gave $376,000. — President Wilson, following the joint recommendation of Secretaries Lane and Garrison, has withdrawn four tracts of public land in Alaska for military reservations. The areas withdrawn are prominent points of navigable waters on the Alaskan coast. It is also felt that they have strategic value for the protection of coal fields and railroads. The President has also withdrawn several tracts of land which have natural value for town sites, and will provide suitable localities for settlement along possible railroad routes. These tracts are withdrawn so as to keep them from the control of land speculators, but they will be made available to bona fide citizens of these new towns. — The employment of newspaper advertising in the spread of the gospel is not confined to the nominally Christian lands. A striking and impressive illustration of the benefits of it are found in the account which is given of the work in the province of Oita, Japan, where Rev. Albertus Pieters has used it. Space is bought in the daily papers at advertising rates. In it are published passages of Scripture, reprints of short tracts, and brief, interesting articles on religious subjects, together with discussions on Christian doctrine. An offer to send the Gospels and tracts without charge to any person applying for them is also added. Within a year about 1,000 persons have written for information and literature, the letters coming from every corner of the province, from other provinces, and even from Formosa, Korea, and Manchuria.20 — On account of the widespread deception of the public by certain manufacturers who use the legend “Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act,” pure food guaranties are to be prohibited by the United States. The federal food inspection board passed a recommendation which will become effective May 1, 1915, demanding that guaranties of compliance with the law should be given by manufacturers direct to the dealers and incorporated in the invoice or bill of sale specifying the goods covered. This is done to protect the public. The present use of the legend “Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act,” on packages misleads the public by giving the impression that the product has been examined and approved by the government. A copy of "Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene" is wanted by one of our leading health workers. Any one having a copy to dispose of will please state condition and price, addressing the Medical Department, General Conference, Takoma Park, D. C. Baptisms and New Stations in China and Florida
At the Anhuei general meeting, which was held at Ying Shang Hsien, East China, thirty were baptized, one of whom had formerly been a Taoist priest. In South China one new station has been opened. At Hankow, Hupeh, a new chapel has been completed. ELDER R. T. NASH reports twenty-seven new Sabbath keepers at Sarasota, Fla. Twelve adults have recently embraced present truth at New Smyrna. Colporteurs' Summary for April, 1914
| UNIONS | AGTS. | HRS. | VALUE 1914 | VALUE 1913 | NO. COP. | VALUE 1914 | VALUE 1913 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Atlantic | | | | | | | | | Maine | 1 | 40 | $ 22.40 | $ 51.25 | 2265 | $ 226.50 | $ 91.00 | | N. New England | 3 | 183 | 251.95 | 95.81 | 714 | 71.40 | 29.90 | | Massachusetts | 9 | 547 | 451.10 | 222.00 | 2810 | 281.00 | 425.40 | | S. New England | 7 | 378 | 173.00 | 171.75 | 760 | 76.00 | 103.30 | | New York | 6 | 439 | 475.50 | 949.35 | 1407 | 140.70 | 72.20 | | W. New York | 10 | 517 | 215.00 | 286.60 | 513 | 51.30 | 301.00 | | Gr. New York | 10 | 516 | 349.48 | 538.97 | 5355 | 535.50 | 417.50 | | Totals | 46 | 2620 | 1938.43 | 2315.73 | 13824 | 1382.40 | 1440.30 | | Columbia | | | | | | | | | Ohio | 28 | 3381 | 2804.35 | 1040.80 | 5855 | 585.50 | 319.00 | | West Virginia | 5 | 427 | 398.25 | 323.75 | 225 | 22.50 | 5.10 | | Virginia | 7 | 506 | 566.20 | 433.61 | 1010 | 101.00 | 97.70 | | Chesapeake | 11 | 1205 | 2203.30 | 965.95 | 2985 | 298.50 | 44.50 | | E. Pennsylvania | 9 | 905 | 895.20 | 1039.25 | 2043 | 204.30 | 193.50 | | W. Pennsylvania | 8 | 759 | 819.18 | 969.26 | 890 | 89.00 | 211.80 | | New Jersey | 6 | 543 | 611.25 | 332.90 | 1946 | 194.60 | 409.30 | | Dist. of Columbia | 4 | 306 | 429.80 | 1059.15 | 2089 | 208.90 | 165.90 | | Totals | 78 | 8032 | 8727.53 | 6164.67 | 17043 | 1704.30 | 1446.80 | | Lake | | | | | | | | | E. Michigan | 12 | 1115 | 697.70 | 700.25 | 1743 | 174.30 | 260.60 | | W. Michigan | 4 | 560 | 393.60 | 549.90 | 700 | 70.00 | 24.80 | | N. Michigan | 4 | 440 | 218.95 | 226.40 | 600 | 60.00 | 43.90 | | Wisconsin | 6 | 453 | 328.05 | 232.70 | 1498 | 149.80 | 117.40 | | N. Illinois | 4 | 230 | 165.18 | 877.90 | 4595 | 459.50 | 275.50 | | S. Illinois | 13 | 1943 | 1898.90 | 1248.60 | 416 | 41.60 | 71.00 | | Indiana | 14 | 1567 | 1288.25 | 337.95 | 1924 | 192.40 | 85.90 | | Totals | 57 | 6308 | 4990.63 | 4173.70 | 11476 | 1147.60 | 879.10 | | Eastern Canadian | | | | | | | | | Ontario | 5 | 234 | 512.82 | 284.18 | 2091 | 209.10 | 526.00 | | Quebec | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1080 | 108.00 | 20.00 | | Maritime | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2355 | 235.50 | 31.00 | | Newfoundland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.50 | | Totals | 5 | 234 | 512.82 | 284.18 | 5526 | 552.60 | 590.50 | | Southern | | | | | | | | | Louisiana | 7 | 410 | 429.50 | 506.50 | 505 | 50.50 | 80.60 | | Alabama | 17 | 1714 | 2082.00 | 462.45 | 805 | 80.50 | 86.00 | | Kentucky | 12 | 1081 | 2048.30 | 483.35 | 810 | 81.00 | 162.50 | | Mississippi | 20 | 3066 | 6149.10 | 2116.65 | 950 | 95.00 | 79.50 | | Tennessee River | 9 | 986 | 725.95 | 670.40 | 1823 | 182.30 | 179.50 | | Totals | 65 | 7257 | 11434.85 | 4239.38 | 4893 | 489.30 | 588.10 | | Southeastern | | | | | | | | | Cumberland | 14 | 1650 | 925.40 | 1045.40 | 1011 | 101.10 | 93.30 | | Georgia | 11 | 960 | 834.60 | 959.95 | 1263 | 126.30 | 154.50 | | North Carolina | 16 | 1773 | 1449.75 | 1420.80 | 912 | 91.20 | 94.20 | | South Carolina | 16 | 2135 | 2651.19 | 1241.50 | 600 | 60.00 | 213.70 | | Florida | 13 | 1364 | 1567.65 | 375.05 | 985 | 98.50 | 54.60 | | Totals | 70 | 7882 | 7428.59 | 5042.70 | 4771 | 477.10 | 610.30 | | Southwestern | | | | | | | | | Arkansas | 12 | 1192 | 1457.85 | 1401.35 | 358 | 35.80 | 55.70 | | Oklahoma | 15 | 1159 | 1707.85 | 3713.20 | 1398 | 139.80 | 107.30 | | W. Texas | 5 | 257 | 265.70 | 768.20 | ... | ... | 0.50 | | S. Texas | 13 | 1335 | 2087.50 | 735.65 | 505 | 50.50 | 92.00 | | N. Texas | 25 | 2233 | 4074.25 | 4768.18 | 319 | 31.90 | 46.10 | | New Mexico | 7 | 564 | 845.40 | 552.60 | 169 | 16.90 | 14.00 | | Totals | 77 | 6740 | 10438.55 | 11939.18 | 2749 | 274.90 | 317.60 | | Central | | | | | | | | | N. Missouri | 5 | 392 | 650.90 | 48.80 | 1034 | 103.40 | 23.80 | | S. Missouri | 9 | 1033 | 1736.50 | 63.00 | 1730 | 173.00 | 22.60 | | E. Colorado | 2 | 185 | 158.20 | 439.45 | 1960 | 196.00 | 88.10 | | W. Colorado | 7 | 457 | 470.50 | ... | 426 | 42.60 | 69.50 | | Nebraska | 5 | 264 | 219.95 | ... | 752 | 75.20 | 532.00 | | Wyoming | 1 | 109 | 138.50 | 383.50 | 233 | 23.30 | 32.60 | | E. Kansas | ... | ... | ... | 336.70 | 292 | 29.20 | 133.50 | | W. Kansas | 9 | 782 | 507.85 | 265.50 | 530 | 53.00 | 97.00 | | Totals | 38 | 3222 | 3882.40 | 1536.95 | 6957 | 695.70 | 999.10 | | Northern | | | | | | | | | Iowa | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5490 | 549.00 | 207.00 | | Minnesota | 6 | 601 | 784.00 | 110.30 | 4632 | 463.20 | 312.40 | | North Dakota | 3 | 221 | 249.85 | 250.25 | 187 | 18.70 | 21.70 | | South Dakota | ... | ... | ... | 155.65 | 2120 | 212.00 | 60.00 | | Totals | 9 | 822 | 1033.85 | 516.20 | 12429 | 1242.90 | 601.10 |21 | Pacific | | | | | | | | | California | 3 | 219 | $ 122.75 | $ 88.70 | 3340 | $ 334.00 | $ 230.00 | | N. California | 3 | 434 | 658.45 | 329.25 | 920 | 92.00 | 153.20 | | Cen. California | 1 | 74 | 216.50 | 417.45 | 419 | 41.90 | 39.50 | | S. California | 4 | 228 | 371.70 | 430.85 | 5323 | 532.30 | 243.00 | | Arizona | 2 | 228 | 326.20 | 372.55 | 170 | 17.00 | 10.00 | | Utah | ... | ... | ... | 344.30 | 25 | 2.50 | 29.50 | | Nevada Mission | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | Totals | 13 | 1183 | 1695.60 | 1983.10 | 10197 | 1019.70 | 705.20 | | North Pacific | | | | | | | | | W. Washington | 8 | 565 | 666.35 | 410.20 | 5234 | 523.40 | 502.60 | | Upper Columbia | 5 | 367 | 962.60 | 350.95 | 2175 | 217.50 | 258.20 | | W. Oregon | 3 | 139 | 143.75 | 430.95 | 2108 | 210.80 | 544.50 | | S. Oregon | ... | ... | ... | 33.25 | 157 | 15.70 | 68.50 | | E. Oregon | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | S. Idaho | 3 | 255 | 343.75 | 89.95 | 1163 | 116.30 | 26.00 | | Montana | ... | ... | ... | ... | 720 | 72.00 | 143.00 | | Totals | 19 | 1326 | 2116.45 | 1315.30 | 11557 | 1155.70 | 1542.80 | | West Canadian | | | | | | | | | Alberta | 1 | 139 | 179.50 | 170.00 | 878 | 87.80 | 149.50 | | Manitoba | ... | ... | ... | 139.00 | 1260 | 126.00 | 80.00 | | British Columbia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2152 | 215.20 | 140.00 | | Saskatchewan | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1055 | 105.50 | 129.00 | | Totals | 1 | 139 | 179.50 | 309.00 | 5345 | 534.50 | 498.50 | | Subscription lists | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43647 | 4364.70 | 3723.70 | | Foreign and miscellaneous | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11613 | 1161.30 | 1265.10 | | Foreign Union Conferences and Missions | | | | | | | | | British | 47 | 4161 | 1903.48 | 1264.35 | 161868 | 3284.57 | 6580.94 | | Australasian | 56 | 3000 | 5242.37 | 8325.93 | ... | 1830.50 | 1914.42 | | South African | 9 | 522 | 530.58 | 1171.33 | ... | ... | 53.26 | | Indian | 31 | 4249 | 705.00 | 609.84 | ... | ... | ... | | Scandinavian | 84 | 11575 | 5707.80 | 3261.37 | 6406 | 333.20 | 245.59 | | E. German | 95 | 9617 | 2817.77 | 5340.22 | 64958 | 1680.28 | 7409.65 | | W. German | 117 | 10787 | 3299.36 | ... | 97602 | 2480.14 | ... | | Danube | 45 | 3774 | 1096.81 | 844.00 | 3015 | ... | 40.77 | | Cen. European | 103 | 11425 | 3610.62 | 3297.40 | 23579 | 834.79 | 601.24 | | Russian | ... | ... | ... | 1088.12 | ... | ... | 20.13 | | Siberian | ... | ... | ... | 122.25 | ... | ... | ... | | Latin | 12 | 1614 | 1002.69 | 1012.37 | 8995 | 285.04 | 117.41 | | Mexican | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 187.28 | | Porto Rico | 4 | ... | 460.70 | 326.05 | ... | 186.10 | 383.24 | | Cuba | 7 | 516 | 1284.75 | 1163.87 | 745 | 67.60 | 22.65 | | W. Caribbean | 5 | ... | 1061.37 | ... | 2608 | 221.52 | ... | | E. Caribbean | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | Levant | 7 | 201 | 37.96 | 96.14 | ... | ... | ... | | Korean | ... | ... | 24.82 | 30.75 | 5310 | 132.75 | 80.00 | | South American | 18 | 1756 | 2297.97 | 4661.78 | ... | 341.22 | 107.52 | | Japan | 1 | 107 | ... | 7.09 | 54 | 8.60 | 31.82 | | Brazil | ... | ... | ... | 1077.50 | ... | ... | ... | | Philippine Islands | ... | ... | 222.10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | | Totals, foreign | 641 | 63304 | 31306.15 | 33700.36 | 375140 | 11686.31 | 17795.92 | | Totals, N. Am. | 478 | 45765 | 54379.20 | 30820.09 | 162027 | 16202.70 | 15208.20 | | Grand totals | 1119 | 109069 | $85685.35 | $73520.45 | 537167 | $27889.01 | $33004.12 | | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Jan. | $40,677.06 | $42,532.23 | $44,495.65 | $53,931.97 | $64,262.88 | $59,697.52 | | Feb. | 48,748.21 | 50,990.34 | 53,923.57 | 53,525.18 | 62,813.12 | 67,149.45 | | March | 52,703.85 | 55,711.55 | 73,015.56 | 73,374.99 | 66,640.42 | 75,962.31 | | April | 55,109.54 | 64,042.39 | 73,548.31 | 73,027.32 | 73,520.45 | 85,685.35 | | May | 82,971.94 | 86,333.58 | 81,923.78 | 94,166.15 | 101,640.01 | ... | | June | 124,412.34 | 112,606.05 | 135,888.76 | 137,838.38 | 139,217.06 | ... | | July | 95,445.21 | 103,919.12 | 127,256.86 | 156,166.90 | 140,576.74 | ... | | Aug. | 71,652.97 | 91,145.11 | 91,810.46 | 103,165.69 | 111,660.64 | ... | | Sept. | 55,625.41 | 66,523.65 | 86,001.72 | 67,551.70 | 73,732.12 | ... | | Oct. | 52,669.93 | 62,461.13 | 81,367.89 | 70,219.07 | 84,013.90 | ... | | Nov. | 49,964.99 | 58,211.68 | 67,600.00 | 77,424.87 | 73,949.68 | ... | | Dec. | 45,759.73 | 54,663.93 | 58,386.24 | 57,291.91 | 59,739.92 | ... | | Totals | $775,741.18 | $849,140.76 | $976,218.80 | $1,017,684.13 | $1,051,766.94 | ... | Comparative Summary of American Periodicals
| 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Jan.* | 122202 | 121666 | 177080 | 152971 | Aug. | 215773 | 183119 | 153849 | | Feb. | 99234 | 144257 | 201659 | 242627 | Sept. | 135179 | 173077 | 127017 | | March | 244003 | 207520 | 166499 | 224757 | Oct. | 164537 | 587830 | 126562 | | April | 192757 | 189498 | 152088 | 162027 | Nov. | 110326 | 108755 | 100351 | | May | 141204 | 162220 | 166465 | ... | Dec. | 98541 | 111199 | 99504 | | June | 145025 | 163120 | 156550 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | July | 197582 | 191937 | 176772 | ... | T'ls | 1866363 | 2344207 | 1804396 | Publishing Department
By W. W. E.
N. Z. Town - - - General Secretary W. W. Eastman - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary WE hope the readers of the REVIEW are carefully studying from month to month our colporteurs' summary. These figures become very interesting with a little study. It will be noted that our gain for April over April of last year for the whole field is $12,164.90, while the North American Division has made a gain of $14,559.11. There has also been a gain in North America of a thousand dollars in the sale of our magazines. For the first four months of 1914 we have made a gain of $21,257.76, while the gain for last year, the same period of time, was only $13,397.41, and the gain in 1912 over 1911 only $8,856.37. Thus we have made the largest gain for the first four months of 1914 of any period of the same length of time since 1911, when our gain for the same period was $31,706.58. It is encouraging to note that every union in the North American Division shows a reasonable gain in April over the same month of last year, with the exception of the Atlantic, Southwestern, Pacific, and Western Canadian, and we have every reason to believe that these unions will soon make a different showing in their reports. While there has been a slight falling off in the foreign field as a whole, yet some fields show excellent gains, as, for instance, the British and Scandinavian Union Conferences. It is interesting to note the gains being made by some of the local conferences, as Northern New England, Ohio, Chesapeake, Southern Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Texas, South Missouri, Minnesota, Northern California, and Upper Columbia. It is evident from the rapid developments being made in the world that our work will soon be restricted as far as is possible for man to restrict it. Times now are very prosperous compared to what they will be in a few years. Let us throw into our effort all the consecration, tact, and earnestness possible for man to draw from divine sources. Let us work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work. Comparative Summary for Foreign Periodicals
JANUARY, 1913, 402,908 copies, value $10,301.63; 1914, 485,968 copies, value $19,795.36. February, 1913, 394,257 copies, value $12,342.06; 1914, 372,235 copies, value $10,739.70. March, 1913, 395,933 copies, value $12,987.49; 1914, 381,017 copies, value $11,168.35. April, 1913, 630,998 copies, value $17,795.92; 1914, 375,140 copies, value $11,686.31.