Earlier text: ASTONISHING!AMONG THE CHURCHES.—Since my last report I have visited the following churches: Bull’s City, Portis, and Lebanon, in Dist. No. 1; and Spring Side, Camahan Creek, and Arispie, in Dist. No. 2; also Topeka, Ft. Scott, Moline, and Emporia. Most of the members of the Lebanon church have moved away, and one we were obliged to disfellowship; thus leaving the company so small that it is doubtful whether they will be able to keep up their meetings. The Lord has greatly blessed the recent labors of Bro. C. Flaiz at Portis, and the church there appear full of courage to go forward. Two went out canvassing before we left that district. The church at Bull’s City has now the largest membership of any church in the State. At present there appears to be an interest in the truth throughout the vicinity. The house of worship has become too small for the congregations. Steps were taken for the building of a larger one the present season. Their Sabbath-school would be a credit to any of our churches in the State. Bro. Scott and Bowers have given a good amount of time to canvassing here for “Thoughts” and “Sunshine,” with fair success. The new companies of Sabbath-keepers at Spring Side, Camahan Creek, and Arispie, I had never before visited. They are the result of the labors of Eld. Will D. Curtis. They have not had the privileges of our older churches; but the readiness they manifested to accept the truth on all points as soon as they had heard, was truly commendable. At Arispie the work had not been completed, for want of time. But as Eld. Curtis and myself presented the truth on the subjects of health and the spirit of prophecy, the use of tea, coffee, tobacco, and pork, was abandoned. I shall remember with pleasure my first visit among those dear brethren. I called at Topeka, and found the brethren preparing for a vigorous campaign in the capital of our State. The workers there are meeting with good success in canvassing for “Sunshine” and Signs. I remained at Ft. Scott about fifteen days, and held thirteen meetings. One embraced the Sabbath, and several others seemed interested. The brethren were revived and strengthened in listening anew to the evidences of our faith. I was at Moline at the time of the quarterly meeting. Church officers were elected, the ordinances observed, and the pamphlet on tithing was read. We afterward held a conference meeting, in which the testimonies of many were to the effect that since reading “Honor Due to God” or hearing the reading of Eld. Butler’s tract, they saw the matter in a clearer light than ever before. Nearly every one signed the pledge to pay in future an honest tithe. May the Lord help all to remember their solemn pledge. The work at Emporia is still going forward. Eld. Geo. Smith is now laboring there in connection with two colporters. There have, at this writing, thirty-seven embraced the Sabbath, and the interest appears to be extending, new ones being added each week. The workers have now been there about six months, and there is no indication yet as to when they can leave for another field. We now have nearly sixty Sabbath-keepers there. May the Lord abundantly bless the work in Emporia. DIST. No. 9.—After our last report we continued to hold meetings near El Dorado till March 10. There was but little interest manifested in regard to the truth. One promised to try to obey. March 12 we began meetings with the Harvey county church at Alta, and continued over Sabbath and first day. The good Spirit of the Lord came into our meetings. Several came forward for prayers, and one signed the covenant. March 19 we commenced meetings with the brethren at Lakin Center; continued over Sabbath and first day, and visited some during the week. One signed the covenant there. March 27 we met with the Clarion church for quarterly meeting. As we all tried to draw near to the Lord, his blessing rested upon us, and our hearts were made to rejoice. After this good meeting we returned home to labor in Dist. No. 10 until camp-meeting. ARISPIE, SPRING SIDE, ETC.—We left the company at Arispie March 31, having been with them about two weeks. Our efforts there in those two weeks had been crowned with success. The Lord came very near to us in our meetings. Two more signed the covenant. Three were baptized Sunday, the 29th, after we had spoken on baptism. My health is failing me so rapidly that I had to speak sitting down. The Sabbath-school and Sabbath meetings are becoming more interesting all the time. May the prospering hand of God ever rest upon this company! Tuesday morning, March 31, I felt so much better that we drove to Spring Side, a distance of 20 miles, and in the evening I spoke about thirty-five minutes. Our brethren here decided to hold their quarterly meeting Wednesday evening, April 1. The Lord came especially near to us on this occasion. All consecrated themselves anew to the Lord. Thursday morning, April 2, we set out on our journey to Greenleaf, a distance of thirty miles. We were pleased to find the brethren and sisters here, with very few exceptions, seeking a closer union with the Master. Here we attended the celebration of the ordinances of the Lord’s house. We had laid our plans to continue some time longer in the work of visiting churches and companies, as there are several of them that need help and encouragement; but my health is failing so rapidly of late, that it seems impossible for us to carry out our plans. After consulting our brethren, and calling upon the Lord for guidance, it seems duty to leave the work for a time and go to Kansas City for treatment. It is with great sadness that we leave the work. Now, when about to be separated from it, it seems doubly dear to us. May God grant that we may soon be able to return to the post of duty with more fervor than ever before! Portland, April 12.—We still have an interest in the work of God. We believe the cause in which we are engaged is the Lord’s, and that he is in it. The work is steadily progressing in this city. Some new ones are taking hold of the truth. Within the past two weeks four have decided to keep the Sabbath. Twenty-one have commenced to keep the Sabbath here since last camp-meeting, but some have proved to be “way-side” hearers. One united with the church yesterday, and to-day three were baptized. There are others who are interested in the truth. New places are opened up to hold Bible readings every week. This is an effectual way of spreading the truth. When we commence to hold them at a new place, we continue one a week until our hearers decide either for the truth or against it; and if they decide to obey, we continue the readings still, so as to confirm them in the truth. We don’t think it wise to get discouraged and cease our efforts too soon, for if we do, we lose all we have gained. Brethren, pray for the work here in Portland. Loving God and Loving Our Fellow Man
—As a king is honored in his image, so God is loved and hated in man. He cannot hate man who loves God; nor can he who hates God love man.—Chrysostom. Chrysostom on the Loss of the Soul
—God has given a man two eyes; if he lose one, he hath another. But man hath only one soul; if he lose that, the loss can never be made up again.— Chrysostom. MINNESOTA
By Wm. Schram; W. B. White
WEST UNION, TODD CO.—March 16 we came to this place and commenced meetings in the church. We have been favored with excellent weather, and have had a good hearing from those not of our faith. The Lord has drawn very near to us in these meetings, and we feel like pressing on with renewed courage. The meetings have been a source of encouragement to the church here, some having united with us who have never heard a course of lectures; we also believe the young people were benefited, as they were very young when the church was organized, and most of them never had heard the evidences of our faith presented. Sixteen, mostly adults, signed the covenant to obey all the commandments of God. Sold about $5 worth of books, and took some new subscriptions for the REVIEW. SILVER CREEK AND OTIS.—Left Blair Monday, March 9, for Silver Creek. Held meeting at Fremont on Monday evening. On the following evening I spoke at Schuyler. Wednesday evening I met with the brethren at Silver Creek. Thursday I went to a neighborhood about eight miles south-west of Silver Creek; but when I arrived there I found the people very busy, roads bad, and not sufficient interest to commence a series of meetings, hence I returned to Silver Creek, where I spent Sabbath and Sunday with the brethren. On the following Tuesday I started for Otis, Hamilton Co., where I remained over two Sabbaths. The brethren there seem to be doing well, although they have some difficulties to surmount. I baptized two young men, Scandinavians, who expect to prepare to work in the cause. Others there seem much interested. Held a few meetings at Silver Creek on my way home. One family expressed a desire to serve God. WEST VIRGINIA.
By W. R. Foggin
BEREA.—Have closed my meetings for a few days at Flat Woods. I was there nearly three weeks, and had good interest and attendance all the time. At the eighteenth meeting I took an expression of the congregation to learn how many were convinced that we had presented the truth to them, and twenty-three arose. Several have commenced to keep the Sabbath, and others will commence soon. Took seven subscriptions at the last meeting for REVIEW and Signs. People who were holding meetings at the same time about two and a half miles from where I was, reported that I had set the time for the second advent of Christ, and did all they could to keep people away. One man who would not come to hear me at first, was urged by his wife until he came, and the result is both have accepted the truth. The work moves slowly here, but we hope for better times in the near future. To the brethren in West Virginia I would say, Stand at your post, and victory is ours. GREENSBURG, NORWALK, AND LA GRANGE.—We closed our series of meetings at La Grange March 9, and I started for Greensburg the following day. Stopped on my way at Garrettsville. In company with a friend, I attended a revival meeting conducted by the Presbyterians, and by request of the pastor I spoke to them. A sister there has lately commenced the observance of the seventh day by reading. We believe that to be a good field for labor. March 11–23 I was at Greensburg. The brethren there are of good courage. All remain faithful who took a decided stand for the truth when we held meetings at that place. We held a Bible reading on tithing, which was well received, and I believe the brethren there will do their duty on this point. March 27–30 I was at Norwalk, and attended the church quarterly meeting. This church, as far as I could learn, are all in union and harmony. They have a very interesting and prosperous Sabbath-school. In accordance with the request of the President of the General Conference through the REVIEW, the important matter prepared by Bro. Butler, to be read at our church quarterly meetings, was taken up. After the reading of the pamphlet a very lively social meeting followed, which showed that hearts had been touched by the plain, cutting truths contained therein. Many testified, in tears, their intentions to be more faithful to God, and to bring all the tithes into the storehouse. Almost all present signed the pledge to pay an honest tithe. The effort made with this pamphlet throughout the different Conferences will surely accomplish much good; and if our brethren do their duty on this point, it will be a mighty power to help to swell this message into the loud cry. The effort is a timely one, just what our people need to help to wean them from the world, and just what the cause needs to carry it on to completion. April 3 I returned to La Grange. Found the company prosperous and all of good courage. Four have signed the covenant since we closed our meetings, and still others are interested. Their Sabbath-school now numbers upwards of fifty. Here also we read the pamphlet on tithing; and although these brethren and sisters have nearly all lately embraced the message, they received this testing truth with joy, and all present signed the pledge to pay tithes. If the brethren at La Grange do their duty, as I believe they will, a strong church may be raised up there. FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 18. —Massachusetts, New York, and Dakota will each take a census this year. —The Tennessee Legislature passed a bill making ball playing on Sunday a crime punishable by a fine of $50. —It is said that there are more than 40,000 persons in New York City who depend upon gambling for a living. —The bill providing for a free park around Niagara Falls was sent to the Governor of New York for his signature. —Business failures for the week are reported at 196, against 174 last week and 155 in the corresponding period of 1884. —Apache Indians are reported to be raiding the section about Morenci, Arizona, and two ranchers are said to have been killed. —Early Monday morning last the steamship Main was in collision with a bark, cutting through the latter craft, and drowning one of her crew. —The section near Hamlet, N. C., was swept by a cyclone Thursday afternoon, timber, fences, and houses being leveled, but no lives were lost. —The name “Gazette” has been in use for newspapers since 1570, when it was applied in Italy to a sheet that was sold for a small coin, Gazetta. —The 1,200 policemen in Philadelphia will hereafter be taxed 25 cents each per month to pay for surgeons and lawyers to look after their welfare. —General Grant slept well Thursday night, and arose feeling stronger. He passed Friday in a quiet manner, at times pacing his room, and suffered no pain in swallowing his food. —The Fall River manufacturers of print cloths decided Wednesday to stop their mills for four weeks between now and July 1, which is expected to reduce the stock by 800,000 pieces. —A ten-pound can of gunpowder was exploded Thursday night in the cellar opening of a boarding-house at Baltimore, partially wrecking the lower portion of the structure and causing great alarm. —The national government is taking precautions to prevent the introduction of cholera, and the sanitary inspectors attached to the foreign consulates have all been re-appointed by the Secretary of State. —At Salt Lake City Thursday the Grand Jury returned two indictments under the United States statute, supposed to be for polygamy, and include Bishop H. B. Clawson and Mr. Rossiter, of the theater. —To make shoe pegs enough for American use consumes annually 100,000 cords of timber, and to make lucifer matches 300,000 cubic feet of the best pine are required.—Philadelphia Press. —Unknown persons blew up a Chinese wash-house at Anaconda, M. T., Wednesday, four Chinamen being killed and one fatally injured. The explosion shook the town and caused great excitement. —Belle Kinney, a twelve-year-old girl of Marysville, Ohio, holds her book upside down when she reads, inverts her copy-book and writes with the left hand, and in both is as skillful as other children with their books in the usual position. —At Oscoda, Mich., Monday, while seven men were cleaning the brick out of John Graw’s mill smoke-stack the bottom tier gave way, and the workmen were buried under 50,000 brick. Four were killed outright and the others seriously injured. —It is said that the latest surgical luxury—unless we except cocaine, of which such wonderful things are told—is an instrument by which incisions may be made with scarcely any pain. This consists of a knife that is so regulated by a clock-work attachment as to move at the regular rate of one inch in six hours. Patients are not prevented from sleeping while the knife is at work. —Monday afternoon, in New York, while workmen were engaged in bracing up the yielding foundation of eight five-story tenements on the south side of West Sixty-second street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, the whole structure fell, not a stick remaining standing in the entire row. Up to midnight fifteen or twenty workmen, carpenters, lathers, plumbers, and others had been extricated from the ruins, many seriously injured, and taken to the hospital or their homes. Threats of lynching were uttered against the contractor who immediately after the collapse fled. —Tawhiao, the Maori King, has recommended his people to embrace Christianity. —General Wolseley says he has no idea of abandoning his intention to recapture Khartoum in the autumn. —Three days’ quarantine has been ordered at Marseilles, France, on account of the suspected prevalence of cholera at the Spanish port. —Rumors were flying around Winnipeg Sunday night that the Nineteenth Battalion had a skirmish with Riel, in which eighty men were killed. —A treaty of peace has been signed between the governments of San Salvador and Honduras, and the latter republic has joined the alliance against Guatemala. —Reports from Battleford are that the beleaguered people are starving. The Indians in the district are burning and pillaging. Prince Albert is believed to be in a bad condition, and it is feared that Riel’s forces have captured Fort Pitt and massacred the people. Middleton is pressing forward, but his ammunition is said to be almost worthless, and the commissary department is in a wretched state. —The International Sunday-school Lesson Committee has been in session in Cincinnati this week to make arrangements for Sunday-school lessons for the coming seven years. —The British and American Anti-Mormon Association is an organization of recent birth. It proposes to send emissaries abroad to stop proselytizing and frustrate Mormon agents from enlisting new converts, and cut off the foreign immigration into Utah. The headquarters of the association are at No. 204 West Madison street, Chicago. —The Interior says: “The Exposition at New Orleans is open on the Sabbath (Sunday). The friends of the Sabbath made an earnest protest against this, but were not successful. The only effectual protest would be one from the exhibitors, who should quietly cover their exhibits, and insist upon their right to retain the Lord’s day as a day of rest and worship.” —The Moravian Theological Seminary at Bethlehem, Pa., has received $5,000 by a bequest of the late Samuel Riegel, of Bethlehem. Some friends of other denominations at Boston, Mass., interested in the work of saving the heathen Esquimaux of Alaska, have quietly sent the sum of $717 to the Mission Board of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa., to help establish that church’s proposed mission in Northern Alaska. The church in America has itself thus far raised over $5,000 for this cause, and will send two missionaries with their wives to the Esquimaux early in April. —It was recently announced in the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Montreal that a number of relics brought from Rome by the bishop of the diocese were spurious, yet they have been working miracles quite as well as if genuine. There is nothing strange about this, for 99 per cent. of all the Romish relics are spurious; and their healing virtue does not at all depend upon their genuineness, but upon the faith of those who use them. Of all the humbuggery which has appeared in any age or land, none surpasses this relic business.—Indiana Baptist. —Mr. Guinness reports that when he visited King Leopold he asked him, “What makes you so interested in Africa?” His answer was, “You know God took away from me my son, my only son, and then he laid Africa upon my heart. I am not spending the revenue of Belgium on it, but my own private resources, and I have made arrangements that when I die this civilizing and evangelizing work in Africa shall go on.” At the present time the king is expending $400,000 a year in Africa out of his private purse. Having lost his natural heir he has made Africa his heir. —Mr. A. V. Adrainoff, a Russian, who has been traveling in the Altai and Sayan Mountains, found near the Yenesei River, a colony of Russian dissenters which dates from the time of the Patriarch Nikon, when the “Raskolniki” strove to seclude themselves from heresy and from authority. They were led by one Ivan Afanasief, who gave himself out to be a Moses leading the people to the land of promise. This land was discovered out toward the Chinese frontier, and the people formed themselves into a kind of commune, and placed the whole of their joint property under the uncontrolled administration of Afanasief. Their occupations are agriculture and hunting. —Quite a flutter has been caused in Protestant Episcopal church circles in New York, by a sermon delivered recently by Rev. R. Heber Newton, in which the preacher questioned the sanity of Christ, and made other equally bold and radical assertions of a similar character. In his sermon, Mr. Newton, in alluding to Christ as the prince of idealists, said: “The last, worst doubt that could come to me would be the suspicion that this greatest of idealists was carried off his feet by the tide of heavenly life that flooded his soul with divine enthusiasm; that he lost his head in the greatest mission ever trusted to the child of man.” Mr. Newton is to be investigated again as to his theological soundness. —In Egypt, Syria, and throughout the East generally, Christian missionaries have been directing their energies chiefly to the young. Experience has taught them that very little progress is to be made in dealing with the adult population. Teaching, therefore, has to a large extent taken the place of preaching, and the school that of the church. The schools are well attended, and large numbers of Moslem youth have been and are still being indoctrinated with the principles of Christianity. The Mohammedan leaders have at last taken alarm, and in order to prevent Moslem children from attending the mission schools it has been decreed that no Moslem shall be considered his own master until he is twenty years of age. If it be found possible to enforce such a law it will certainly prove obstructive to mission work. —Bishop Wm. Taylor of the Methodist Episcopal Church has recently organized a singular missionary expedition to the interior of Africa, consisting of some eighty individuals, men, women, and children. Their proposed route is by ship to Loanda, 200 miles south of the Congo, which is the easier part of the journey and will occupy some five weeks. Thence by boat 120 miles up the Cuanza River. And thence, as best they may—probably on foot—1,000 miles into the interior of Africa. He has refused any help from the church, and goes without purse or scrip, taking only some food, clothing, and tents for shelter. He claims, he says, the right to accept the hospitality of the natives, and teach them to sustain the work of Christianity among them. His church predict a failure, and the work will be watched with interest. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”—Rev. 14:13. DARLING.—Died in Morristown, Vt., Feb. 19, 1885, Barak Darling aged 86 years. Bro. Darling made a profession of religion when quite young, uniting with the Baptists. Thirty-four years ago he embraced the faith of the near coming of the Saviour, under the labors of Eld. W. S. Ingraham. About two years later he commenced the observance of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. He leaves five children to mourn his loss. The Morristown paper, published in the town where he died, says of him: “In the death of Mr. Barak Darling, one of the old land-marks of Morristown has disappeared. Mr. D. was blessed with an excellent memory, and possessed what in current phrase is called a level head, and any one who met him in an argument found an opponent not easily vanquished. He had embraced the views held by the Seventh-day Adventists, and his life was consistent with his faith. . . . The funeral services of Mr. Darling were held at the home of his son, on the Sunday following his death, conducted by Eld. Hall.” A. S. Hutchins. LEAVITT.—Died at Littleton, Aroostook Co., Maine, March 16, after an illness of less than two weeks, Enos Leavitt, aged 80 years and 7 months. Bro. Leavitt was the first to embrace the present truth at Smyrna Mills, in 1871, under the labors of Eld. J. B. Goodrich. We shall miss him here, but, if faithful, expect soon to meet him on the immortal shore. P. A. Clough. ADAMS.—Died of scrofula, near Half Rock, Mo., March 15, 1885, Josie Amelia, daughter of Bro. and Sr. Adams, aged 2 months and 15 days. The funeral services were attended by many sympathizing friends. Remarks by the writer from Gen. 2:17. Although sorrowing for their loss, the parents feel that their sinless little one rests in hope, and that if faithful their arms shall clasp her again in the glad resurrection morning. E. A. Whipple. BLODGETT.—Died of diphtheria, near Silver Creek, Neb., Norman A., son of E. A. and Sarah Blodgett, aged 4 years, 10 months, and 17 days. He was sick about a week, but was able to be about most of the time. He was a good little boy and seemed quite patient. Although he has left them, they hope to see him again, clad in immortality, when Jesus comes to gather his jewels. A few days after the burial, words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Jer. 31:15, 16. O. A. Johnson. LARKEE.—Died at Panora, Guthrie Co., Iowa, March 20, 1885, our dear mother, Mrs. M. Larkee, aged 48 years. She had been a sufferer for four years, yielding finally to that fatal disease, rheumatism of the heart. Mother was a native of Denmark, and a sister of Eld. J. G. Matteson. She was a consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination; and our only anxiety is that we may be ready to meet her when she appears on the morning of the resurrection. Matilda Larkee. RAYMOND.—Died in Alexandria, Minn., April 8, 1885, Wealthy J., wife of W. A. Raymond, aged 53 years and 10 months. She once belonged to the Methodist church, but six years ago she embraced the doctrines held by Seventh-day Adventists. Besides two children, she leaves a devoted husband, who sorrows not as those who have no hope; for he believes and loves the same truth that was her consolation in her last hours. Funeral services conducted by J. B. Ogle (Methodist). H. L. Sage. SHEFFIELD.—Died at Carthage, Dak., March 29, 1885, our dear sister, Helen Sheffield, aged 27 years, 7 months, and 17 days. This is the third time within four years that the dread disease consumption has entered this family circle and left parents and friends to mourn the loss of their dear ones. Sister Helen was sick about one year, and was confined to her bed fifteen weeks. Her sufferings at times were great; but she was sustained by the blessed hope, and her fortitude and cheerfulness were remarkable. She talked of death in a manner that showed that it had no terror for her. She became a Christian in her early life, and was a consistent member of the Oakland, Wis., church till the time of her death. She leaves a husband and two little girls, parents, brothers, and friends, to mourn her loss; but they feel resigned to the divine will, and have the blessed hope to sustain them, while Sister Helen sweetly sleeps through the perils of the last days till the morning of the resurrection. The funeral services were conducted by Eld. A. D. Olsen, the discourse being founded on Ps. 23:4. Vesta J. Olsen. VAUGHN.—Died of stomach and kidney disease, at Newport, Louisa Co., Iowa, J. B. Vaughn. Father was born in the State of Kentucky, March 17, 1810, and died March 16, 1885; therefore was 75 years of age lacking one day. When six years old he moved to Indiana; was married in 1833; was the father of thirteen children, five of whom, and thirty-two grandchildren, survive. He removed with his family to Iowa in 1842, and was one of the pioneers of the State; united with the Disciples in 1834, and was for many years a deacon in that church. He embraced the third angel’s message through reading, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1870. He remained firm in the faith until the end, dying with a full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. Father was a strong believer in the tithing system, and was very careful to return the full amount to the Lord; his insurance money went to the same cause, and almost his last worldly act was to make the Church an heir with his children. The funeral services were conducted by Eld. Lewis (Methodist), taking as his subject “Heaven.” Jesse Vaughn. BALL.—Died of consumption, in Washington, N. H., March 13, 1885, my dear mother, Lydia A. Ball, aged 54 years and 6 months. She was a faithful member of the S. D. A. church of Washington, and greatly beloved by all who knew her. She has been a great sufferer for years, although she was many times relieved and her life prolonged in answer to the prayers of God’s people. Her suffering at the last was intense, yet she bore it all with great patience, trusting peacefully in a loving Father. She has always been a faithful wife and a good mother. We comfort ourselves in this hour of sorrow by looking forward to the morning of the resurrection, when we know, if faithful, we shall surely meet her again. Ella J. Farnsworth. HILL.—Died of pneumonia, at the home of his daughter in Canton, N. Y., after an illness of about one week, Moses Hill, aged 78 years. He, with his companion, embraced the third angel’s message twenty-one years ago, under the labors of Elds. S. B. Whitney and H. W. Lawrence. He leaves a wife and three daughters to mourn their loss; yet they have good reason to believe he sleeps in Jesus, and will be raised when Christ the Lifegiver shall come. H. H. Wilcox. COOK.—Died at Jefferson, Mich., of consumption, April 5, 1885, Esther J. Cook, wife of Bro. Andrew J. Cook, aged 36 years and 8 months. Sr. Cook embraced the truth about ten years ago under the labors of Eld. H. A. St. John, and ever after looked for her soon-coming Lord with faith that she might be among his jewels. She was an exemplary Christian in that most precious virtue, patience, which she had the privilege of manifesting during her lingering illness of nearly nineteen years. Her husband, son, and daughter are in the truth, and mourn not without hope of meeting the sleeping wife and mother on the resurrection morn. Remarks from Rev. 22:14. I. H. Evans. GAMBLE.—Died in Belvidere, Ill., April 1, 1885, Anna Jane, only child of Luther R. and the late Frances Lawrence Gamble, aged 2 years and 3 months. We mourn the loss of this little one so early snatched away by the cruel hand of death. The blow is keenly felt by the sorrowing grandmother and the stricken father, to whom little Anna had been doubly precious since the death of her mother. “Thus saith the Lord: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.” Jer. 31:16. Mrs. A. B. Lawrence. Appointments for Spring Quarterly and Meetings
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” —Mark 16:15. CHARLOTTE, Mich., quarterly meeting, April 25, 26
Hoytville, May 2
Anger (funeral sermon), “ 3
Vermontville, “ 6, 7
Leslie, “ 9, 10
Diamondale, “ 16, 17
I. D. VAN HORN. WILLOW HILL, Ill., April 24, 25
Oblong, “ 26
West Salem, “ May 1–4 The brethren at each place may make such arrangements for meetings as they best can.
A. O. TAIT. KIRKWOOD, Brown Co., Neb., April, 23–27 This meeting will be of a general character. Especially do I wish to see all the Sabbath-keepers in Holt and Brown counties. This will be the only meeting held in that vicinity for some time.
A. J. CUDNEY. DECATUR, Texas, April 25, 26.
R. M. KILGORE. PROVIDENCE permitting, I will attend a general meeting at Grinnell, Iowa, May 2–4, 1885. An invitation is extended to surrounding churches and brethren to meet with us.
O. A. OLSEN. The quarterly meeting for the Bristol, Vt., church, will be held April 25, 26. As this will probably be the last time I shall meet with the friends here, I hope all within reach will make an effort to attend.
R. F. BARTON. The tract and missionary quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 1, Mich., will be held at Spring Arbor, April 25, 26. Shall expect a general attendance. A minister will be present. Preaching Friday evening at 7 o’clock.
H. W. MILLER, Director. The eleventh annual session of the Kansas Conference of S. D. Adventists will convene at Bismark Grove, near the city of Lawrence, May 20, at 6 o’clock P. M. Hope all the delegates will be there to attend the first meeting, and that every church will be fully represented.
J. H. COOK, Pres. The quarterly meeting for this district will be held at Edenville, Sabbath and Sunday, May 2, 3. Edenville is nearer one side of the district than the other, yet we hope to see a good turnout. Especially do we desire to see all those who expect to take part in any branch of our work the coming season. Let all expecting to come by rail drop a card beforehand to Wm. Carty, Edenville, Mich., stating what train they will come on; and there will be teams to meet them at Averill Station. Ministerial help is expected, and there will be opportunity for baptism. Let no trivial excuse keep any from attending; but let all come, praying God that his blessing may be there that this may be the best quarterly meeting ever held in our district. The first meeting will be on Friday evening, May 1. Let all who can possibly do so, reach Averill Station on morning trains; otherwise they cannot get to Edenville until after the commencement of the Sabbath.
E. S. GRIGGS, Director. APPOINTMENT FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
The State quarterly meeting of the Pennsylvania tract society will be held at Wellsville, N. Y., May 9, 10. We request all our directors to attend, as there is important business for the board. Plans will be made at this time for summer labor; and any who have special requests with reference to tent labor in any locality, will do well to be present at the meeting, or write me in time so that the matter can be considered.
D. B. OVIATT, Pres. Penn. T. and M. Soc. KENTUCKY T. AND M. QUARTERLY MEETING.
This meeting will be held at the home of D. W. Barr, near Elizabethtown, Ky., May 14–18. Let all reports be completed and sent in. We also wish settlement of all accounts due the society at this meeting. The Lord has blessed our labors in the past, and we look for greater blessings in the near future. Come and help us plan for future labor.
G. G. RUPERT, Pres. KENTUCKY STATE QUARTERLY MEETING.
The State quarterly meeting of the Kentucky Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held at the home of D. W. Barr, near Elizabethtown, to commence Thursday, May 14, and close May 18. We truly desire this to be a time when all who can possibly do so will attend. Let all come and enjoy the blessing of the Lord. Matters pertaining to the wants of the cause will be attended to at this meeting.
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