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Review and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 47.

Week of Prayer Number
Earlier text: Spiritual Finance

“Even at the Door”

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE
(Reading for Sabbath, December 22)
Jesus is coming again. Before parting with his disciples on the earth, he gave them the promise of his return. “Let not your heart be troubled,” he said; “in my Father’s house are many mansions: . . . I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
The exact day and hour of Christ’s coming have not been revealed. The Saviour told his disciples that he himself could not make known the hour of his second appearing. But he mentioned certain events by which they might know when his coming was near. “There shall be signs,” he said, “in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars.” “The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall.” Upon the earth, he said, there shall be “distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.”
“And they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
The signs in the sun, moon, and stars have been fulfilled. Since that time earthquakes, tempests, tidal waves, pestilence, and famine have multiplied. The most awful destructions, by fire and flood, are following one another in quick succession. The terrible disasters that are taking place from week to week speak to us in earnest tones of warning, declaring that the end is near, that something great and decisive will soon of necessity take place.
Probationary time will not continue much longer. Now God is withdrawing his restraining hand from the earth. Long has he been speaking to men and women through the agency of his Holy Spirit; but they have not heeded the call. Now he is speaking to his people, and to the world, by his judgments. The time of these judgments is a time of mercy for those who have not yet had opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; his hand is still stretched out to save. Large numbers will be admitted to the fold of safety who in these last days will hear the truth for the first time.
The Lord calls upon those who believe in him to be workers together with him. While life shall last, they are not to feel that their work is done. Shall we allow the signs of the end to be fulfilled without telling people of what is coming upon the earth? Shall we allow them to go down in darkness without having urged upon them the need of a preparation to meet their Lord? Unless we ourselves do our duty to those around us, the day of God will come upon us as a thief. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise.
As a people, we must prepare the way of the Lord, under the overruling guidance of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is to be proclaimed in its purity. The stream of living water is to deepen and widen in its course. In fields nigh and afar off, men will be called from the plow, and from the more common commercial business vocations, and will be educated in connection with men of experience. As they learn to labor effectively, they will proclaim the truth with power. Through most wonderful workings of divine providence, mountains of difficulty will be removed. The message that means so much to the dwellers upon earth will be heard and understood. Men will know what is truth. Onward, and still onward, the work will advance, until the whole earth shall have been warned. And then shall the end come.
The day of Christ’s coming will be a day of judgment upon the world. When the multitude of the lost—those whom God has favored with great light, but who rejected the light; those who might have been saved, had they obeyed God’s law, but who refused to obey—when these see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, they will understand the great sacrifice made in their behalf; they will understand the unmeasured love of the Redeemer, his incarnation, the sweat-drops of blood, the marks of the nails in his hands and feet, the pierced side; and they will ask to be hidden from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. They see as in reality the condemnation of Christ, and hear the loud cry, “Release unto us Barabbas.” They hear the question, What shall be done with Jesus? and the answer, “Crucify him, crucify him!”
The reign of appearance and pretense is over. The righteous Judge speaks with awful emphasis as he utters the sentence, “I never knew you: depart from me.”
IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Friedensthal school, one of the three stations conducted by the German Union Conference.
IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Friedensthal school, one of the three stations conducted by the German Union Conference.
“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Thus he welcomes them, to live hereafter in eternal communion with himself. And every voice in the heavenly mansions echoes and echoes the welcome, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Jesus is coming, coming with clouds and great glory. A multitude of shining angels will attend him. He will come to honor those who have loved him and kept his commandments, and to take them to himself. He has not forgotten them or his promise.
There will be a re-linking of the family chain. When we look upon our dead, we may think of the morning when the trump of God shall sound, when “the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
That time is near. A little while, and we shall see the King in his beauty. A little while, and he will present his faithful ones “faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.”
No human language can fully describe the reward of the righteous. It will be known to those only who behold it. There the heavenly Shepherd leads his flock to fountains of living water. The tree of life yields its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. There are ever-flowing streams, clear as crystal, and beside them waving trees cast their shadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the Lord. There the widespread plains swell into hills of beauty, and the mountains of God rear their lofty summits. On those peaceful plains, beside those living streams, God’s people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shall find a home.
“My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.” “Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.”
“They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: . . . mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.”
There will be no more tears, no funeral trains, no badges of mourning. “There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, . . . for the former things are passed away.” “The inhabitants shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.”
In the earth made new, only righteousness shall dwell.
“These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple.”

Children’s Exercise

Missionary Work

MEMORY VERSE: Matt. 24:14.
1. Call for the verses learned.
2. How far must this message go? Rev. 14:6, 7.
3. What will then come? Matt. 24:14.
4. Who are called to give the message? Matt. 28:19.
5. Why must missionaries be sent? Rom. 10:14, 15.
6. Give incidents showing the needs in other lands and the desire the people have to know the message.
7. How does God regard the people in all lands? Rom. 2:11; 1 Tim. 2:3, 4.
8. How may we help in sending the gospel to them?

The Wisconsin Camp-Meeting

By Allen Moon

It was my privilege to attend the Wisconsin camp-meeting held at Stevens Point, August 22 to September 3. This was a very interesting meeting from more than one standpoint. The attendance was quite large, nearly one thousand persons being encamped upon the ground.
The spiritual interest was excellent from the beginning. The business meetings were conducted in a very pleasant and orderly manner, and every one seemed pleased with the decorum and general interest manifested. An excellent impression seemed to have been made upon the people of Stevens Point. A goodly number attended the evening meetings regularly and manifested a very deep interest. I trust that fruit will appear in the final reckoning, as the result of the meeting held at that place.
Financial matters received due attention, $160 being raised to pay for new canvas seats for tents; $400 for the Bethel Academy; $400 to clear up the $6,000 fund, which fund was for the purpose of paying off Wisconsin’s share of the old General Conference Association debt. In addition to this, Elder F. C. Gilbert secured about $200 for the Jewish work; Brother T. Valentiner, about $100 to aid the German paper; and Elder G. F. Enoch received over $100 for the work in the West Indies. In all, about $1,400 was raised during the camp-meeting.
The Educational Department came in for its share of attention. Two meetings for the young people were held each day; one at 5:45 A. M., and the other at 4:45 P. M. Profs. A. W. Spaulding and A. W. Hallock had immediate charge of these meetings. Other speakers who are interested in the educational work were present and took part in the labors for the young people. Among them were Brethren Gilbert, Shaw, Enoch, and H. A. Washburn.
Two children’s meetings were held each day. In the morning at nine o’clock the general exercises were held, consisting of various Scripture recitations and memory verses. The commandments were studied, psalms were memorized, and missionary studies given. A part of the morning hour was devoted to regular class work, which was in charge of teachers trained for the purpose. The church-school teachers and other workers had charge of this important department. In the afternoon at 4:45 the children assembled for some special work. Among those who gave special talks to the children were Brethren Gilbert, Shaw, Washburn, Enoch, and Miss Mary Cook. These general exercises were of interest to the children, and were an inspiration to them to become familiar with the different phases of the work to which their attention was called.
During the camp-meeting the children raised about thirty dollars for the work among the Hebrew children in Boston. They raised nearly ten dollars for the work in Jamaica, and four dollars for the Chinese school work. The entire donations for the two Sabbaths during the camp-meeting were set apart for the Chinese Girls’ School, at the suggestion of the children. This amounted to about sixty dollars.
Before the camp-meeting closed, twenty church-schools were arranged for, and it was thought that perhaps half as many more would be held in the conference during the winter. All the available teachers in the State have been called upon, or will be before the number of schools is complete. Three hundred and twenty children were enrolled in the church-schools of Wisconsin during the past year.
Elder H. S. Shaw, president of the Minnesota Conference, was present from the beginning of the meeting, and his labors were appreciated. Elder F. C. Gilbert was present from the beginning until Tuesday night of the first week, and his preaching was also much appreciated by our people, and the people from the city as well. Elder Enoch and Professor Washburn came later in the meeting, and took up the work where others, who had to depart for other fields, had laid it down. Meetings were conducted daily in the Scandinavian and German languages, as well as in the English.
Only one change was made in the conference officers: Brother A. J. Olsen, State agent, was placed on the conference committee, to take the place of Elder N. P. Neilsen, who went to Dakota last spring. The records show an increase of over five thousand dollars in the tithe during the past year, and also a very encouraging increase in donations and receipts for the foreign mission fields and other funds of the conference.
ALLEN MOON.

Georgia

By Albert Carey

GAINESVILLE.—The series of meetings held October 18-26 with the Gainesville church was a season of rich experience to all. There was no preaching, but an effort was made to follow the instruction to teach the people things practical in Christian living and doing. “Ministry of Healing” was used considerably, and several copies were ordered for different members of the church.
It is a satisfaction to place this good book with our people, as it is like the pure water of Lebanon for their souls. Especially should it be a precious volume to all parents.
The celebration of the ordinances on the last Sabbath was one of the most precious seasons ever enjoyed by those present. Although only nine could come together, God graciously manifested his presence and blessing, and witnessed that he was glorified.
This little company has to struggle against many difficulties, but God will work for them. The surrounding country is beautiful, and could some good brother who could act as leader, settle there with his family, it would prove a great blessing. Their good church and school building could hold a much larger congregation.
The writer is indeed grateful that God again permits him to be in the field, and asks earnest prayers that his efforts may be blessed of heaven. ALBERT CAREY.

Japan

By H. Kuniya

“LIFT up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”
There are many religions in the world which claim to be true and good; but these, except the one true religion, can not save souls from sin. For this reason many are seeking a religion that can satisfy their souls; and now is the time for us to work with the Lord for such.
On my way from Nagasaki to Tokyo I stopped at Shimonoseki to visit Brother Kaname’s family. It was Friday, and the city officers had ordered everybody to clean house. So I went to the temple on the hill to get a view of the city. In the temple yard I noticed an old man sitting by the fence, meditating. He seemed very sad, so I went near to him and asked, “Have you any hope for the future?” Slowly he raised his head, like the man at the pool of Bethesda who had been diseased for thirty-eight years, and answered, “No.” Then I asked, “Don’t you believe any religion?” He replied that he had been taught to believe the Shinto doctrine, but really understood nothing clearly about religion. He seemed utterly discouraged because for years he had been sick of palsy, and his daughter-in-law is unkind to him, though she is a strong Buddhist. I talked with him for several hours, telling him about man’s fall, and how God in his love for man “gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Tears filled his eyes, and he asked, “What shall I do to be saved?” I explained the gospel the best I could, and taught him how to pray. When I bade him good-by, he said, “This is the happiest day of my life. My son will be glad to hear this good news.” I hope to see him again on my return, and also in heaven.
I stopped also at Hiroshima and Okayama, and had good meetings. Some who have been prejudiced have become interested, and confess the foolishness of worshiping idols. Now God commands all men everywhere to repent. We must work joyfully while his Spirit helps us. With but a handful of workers, how can we finish this work before our King comes? We need more workers to help these poor souls all over Japan. We should soon start a Bible training-school to educate young men and women for this work.
An aged pastor of the Congregational church in Osaka has decided to obey the Lord, and to devote the remainder of his life to the proclamation of this message. I have been corresponding with him for several years. He has been convinced of the truth for some time, but thought to reform his congregation by staying among them and teaching the truth. But they hate him since he began to keep the Sabbath; so he has declined to receive his salary any longer, and will unite with us. He desires to settle in Kumamoto, one of the principal cities of the island of Kiushu, where he has many friends and acquaintances. We are planning for him to connect with our work, and have reason to believe that he will prove a useful laborer, as he has had many years’ experience in Christian work. He is now sixty-six years old, but strong and well. His wife is with him in the faith.
The work in Nagasaki is advancing. The people of this city are mostly Buddhists or Roman Catholics, and are very strong in their religion; but some are taking their stand for the truth here. Our membership is now sixteen; there are three candidates for baptism, and others are interested. Please remember us in your prayers. H. KUNIYA.

Barbados

By W. Durant Forde

BRIDGETOWN.— Since my return home, I have been glad to find the believers in this field of good courage, and determined to press the battle to the gates.
The work in Barbados truly presents a very encouraging feature, and if the enthusiasm manifested continues, others are sure to be added to the church. I am presenting some special subjects on Sunday evenings to a most interested audience, and the church is generally crowded, while on the outside is a no less interested crowd gathered around the windows. They seem stirred and impressed as they listen to the scriptures portraying the facts concerning the recurring volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and storms, and the agitation among the nations, and the rapid increase of lawlessness.
As I go among the people, I am having some blessed experiences, holding Bible readings with different ones who are anxious to have an intelligent understanding of the truths for this time. This gives me a broader idea of the truth, and causes me to appreciate the message more and more.
I prepared a program for a missionary exercise, which was rendered by the children and our church choir on Sunday afternoon, October 14. The church was filled by an appreciative audience, every one of whom declared the meeting to be a success; some were there for the first time.
I have visited the company at the Gardens, where Brother Dasent is presiding, and found the new Sabbath-keepers at this place rejoicing in the new-found truth. I spoke, while there, on the great gift of God to us, and our obligations to him. Their faces were lighted up with joy as the Lord through his Spirit impressed the thoughts on their minds.
A Young People's Society was organized just before I returned, with Brother Charles Enoch as president; this adds greatly to the spiritual life of the church, and its members are doing aggressive work with good success.
I am glad I have a part in carrying this message to a perishing world, and by God's grace mean to do all I can by assisting in finishing the work in this generation. W. DURANT FORDE.

Porto Rico

By B. E. CONNERLY

MAYAGUEZ.—Perhaps no greater encouragement has come to us in our work in this field than the arrival of Brother and Sister Brower, and the meetings which immediately followed. We met these workers in San Juan, when the steamship “Coamo” arrived September 26, and it was near midnight when we joyfully escorted them off the ship.
A BAPTISMAL GROUP AT INSEIN, BURMA Among those baptized on this occasion was a soldier whose regiment is stationed at Insein. This brother, by order of his commander, is excused from military duty on the Sabbath.
A BAPTISMAL GROUP AT INSEIN, BURMA Among those baptized on this occasion was a soldier whose regiment is stationed at Insein. This brother, by order of his commander, is excused from military duty on the Sabbath.
Early the next morning, Sister Brower went with us to our first baptism in the capital, where a mother and her poor daughter took this final step toward uniting with us.
The following Sabbath found us in Arecibo, where Brother and Sister Brower are to be located, and very early in the morning two boat-loads were singing up the river “La nave evangelista boga para Canaan” (The evangelist ship is sailing toward Canaan).
Happiest of all our happy company were Don Pedro and his wife, who have so long waited to be baptized. And when we came to some bamboo trees, we disembarked, sang some hymns, read the Scriptures, and prayed, and then baptized our brother and sister according to the directions of the Word.
On Sunday morning we organized the Arecibo company into a church of fourteen members, electing Brother Brower elder. Following this we celebrated the ordinances for the first time. We had the witness of the presence of the Holy Spirit, and it was a precious season.
We returned home two days later, leaving our new workers established in a comfortable home, expecting at once to begin the study of the language.
B. E. CONNERLY.

Western Pennsylvania

By J. W. Watt

INDIANA.—The work here still continues. Since we took the tent down, we have held services in a hall. Some of those who attended the meetings at the tent are in attendance at the hall, and some who did not attend at the tent show quite an interest now. At present we are holding only three services each week. Many are convinced of the truth, but seem not to have the courage to obey. The message is a new thing to these people; and as they have been educated to call Sunday the Sabbath and to regard it as a sacred day, they think it hard to make the change. Many of them are Presbyterians. There are three Presbyterian churches in this place, one of which has a membership of eight hundred. We hope the time may come soon when some will step out into the light.
Our church-school work is starting well. We have had quite a hard task to provide a suitable place for the school, and at present writing it is held in one room of our dwelling-house; but we have a small building in process of construction, and if we all have health to work, we shall soon have a basement room, thirteen by twenty-three feet, in which the school will be held this winter. We shall have ten students. Our plan is to try to build a suitable house for the school next year.
Some time ago we gave an invitation to our western Pennsylvania people to assist us financially in this enterprise, and we received one dollar in response to the call, for which we are thankful; we hope others will become interested in this work also. We feel sure that the Lord would be pleased to see many industrial schools started in our various conferences, and all our children taken from the public schools. We hope to make our Indiana school largely self-supporting, by providing employment for the students. The great part of the land we had for sale has been spoken for; however, we have about thirty-five acres yet unsold. There are a few small tracts of land near by that could be bought, and at present one house that could be rented at a very reasonable price.
Brethren, pray for our work in Indiana, which is the center of quite an area of unworked territory. We greatly desire to see the truth established here.
J. W. WATT.

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WANTED.—Several men to work in the woods this fall and winter. Address L. M. Richards, Moorestown, Mich.
WANTED AT ONCE.—A good bath hand, and some one to learn hygienic cooking at the Prospect Sanitarium, 5411 Prospect Ave., S. E., Cleveland, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—The best vegetable cooking oil, preferred to lard even by many who use lard; 10 gals., $6, f. o. b., St. Louis. Address A. C. Ames, R. F. D. 4, Mountain Grove, Mo.
OPPORTUNITY for young couple to take nurses' course under exceptionally favorable circumstances. Also wish to correspond at once with middle-aged woman to do general housework. Address Edw. T. Secor, Thornton Villa, La Grange, Ill.
WANTED.—Work, by man and wife with three years' experience in sanitarium and food company work. Man will assist in cooking or other work. Have no children; can give reference. Address D. O. Babcock, R. F. D. 7, Degraff, Ohio.
WANTED.—To correspond with our people who desire to locate in Colorado or Texas. We have two hundred thousand acres of fine land for $3.50 up. Excellent opportunity for new settlers. Address L. G. Smith and A. W. Lane, Boulder, Colo.
WANTED.—An intelligent, energetic Seventh-day Adventist who is a first-class baker, to manage new plant. Church of three hundred members in city. Address Secretary West Indian Health Food Co. Ltd., 32 Text Lane, Kingston, Jamaica, W. I.
SINGLE-COMB BUFF ORPINGTONS.—We breed nothing else; for we believe them to be the best. Hens, pullets, and cockerels, $2 each. Trio, $5. Eggs, in season, $1.50 per fifteen. Satisfaction guaranteed. Union College Poultry Yards, College View, Neb.
WANTED.—If you are a brother or sister out of employment, I want to help you to an independent business,—honest, honorable, safe, and sure. Sabbath-keepers sometimes find difficulty in working for the world, but you can earn $1 to $4 a day weaving carpets and rugs. I have been manufacturing looms for over a quarter of a century, and will help you to get started. Address, for catalogue and full information, W. H. Kynett, 14 Clyde St., Battle Creek, Mich.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By E. L. Stewart; P. P. Adams

Notice!

The annual meeting of the British Columbia Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at 609 Gore Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 1907, at 9 A. M., for the transaction of the legal business of the association.
E. L. STEWART, President, P. P. ADAMS, Secretary.

Special Course in the South Lancaster Academy

By Frederick Griggs

The board of managers of the South Lancaster Academy have voted to conduct a special course for gospel workers in the spring of 1907. It is the purpose to make this course a thoroughly practical one. It will be adapted to those only whose education and age are sufficiently advanced to enable them to do gospel work. It will be adapted particularly to ministers and Bible workers, although the instruction will be of such a nature as to enable those who are not directly engaged in gospel work to receive much benefit from it. It will be particularly helpful for all our brethren and sisters in church work, and church elders will find it a source of great benefit. Such subjects as the following will be considered:—
  1. Systematic Study of the Message.
  2. Examination of Obscure Texts and Difficult Questions.
  3. Sequence and Logic of Subjects.
  4. Reading and Elocution.
  5. Arrangement of the Points of a Discourse with Special Reference to Beginning and Ending.
  6. How to Conduct Services so as to Interest and Bring People to a Decision.
  7. A Brief Survey of Denominational Histories and Creeds.
  8. Literary History of the Bible.
  9. Seventh-day Adventist Organization.
  10. The Ethics of Gospel Work.
  11. Consecration and Spiritual Fitness for Service.
In addition to members of the regular faculty, the instructors will be chosen from our most experienced ministers and Bible workers. We believe that this course of instruction will be a great benefit not only to the workers in our conferences who can arrange to attend, but to our students in the school.
We are anxious to see a great forward movement in the Atlantic Union Conference in the interest of securing a large company of gospel workers, and we believe that this special course will be an important means to this end.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Principal.

British Columbia Conference Annual Meeting

By E. L. Stewart; P. P. Adams

Notice!

THE annual meeting of the British Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at 609 Gore Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Dec. 28, 1906, at 2:30 P. M., for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the delegates at that time.
E. L. STEWART, President, P. P. ADAMS, Secretary.

Nurses’ Training Course

WASHINGTON TRAINING COLLEGE, in connection with the Washington Sanitarium, is planning to begin a class in the nurses’ course at the opening of the winter term, which begins on Wednesday, December 12. There will be room in this class for ten or twelve students, and opportunity will be given whereby a large share of the expense may be met by labor. Applicants must be eighteen years of age, must possess good health and a good common-school education.
For further information about terms, rates, etc., write immediately to Washington Training College, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Publications Wanted

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The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications:—
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Obituaries

WEST.—Died near Mattoax, Va., Oct. 13, 1906, of blood-poison of the stomach, Benjamin Franklin West, aged 74 years, 4 months, and 1 day. He leaves a wife, two sons, and one daughter. Elder Renna conducted the funeral service. HERBERT E. WEST.
MUHN.—Died at the home of her parents, near Moorestown, Mich., Aug. 31, 1906, after an illness of one week, Etta May Muhn, daughter of Adam and Hattie R. Muhn, aged 18 years, 3 months, and 6 days. She was a dutiful girl at home, and was loved by her schoolmates at Cedar Lake, where she had been a student for several years. Some time before her death she gave evidence that she loved her Bible and the Saviour, and we believe she will have part in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to the bereaved family and sympathizing friends. R. J. BELLOWS.
LUND.—Died at the home of his parents in St. Paul, Minn., of diphtheria, Carl Henry Lund, aged 24 years, 9 months, and 28 days. He came to St. Paul one year ago. His parents are not members of any church, but Carl expressed faith in God before his death. He said he had made many mistakes, but had not taken God's name in vain. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. A goodly number of friends and neighbors gathered to show sympathy and give comfort to a loving mother and a kind father, with five remaining sons and daughters, who had recovered from the same dread disease. F. A. DETAMORE.
SORENSON.—Died at Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 29, 1906, of tuberculosis, Soren Christian Sorenson. Brother Sorenson was born in Denmark, July 13, 1843. He embraced the third angel's message thirty-four years ago, and his faith remained firm to the end, the blessed hope being his comfort during his protracted illness. He leaves a son and six daughters to mourn their loss, his wife having fallen asleep fourteen years ago. Words of comfort were spoken by L. L. French, based upon 1 Thess. 4:13. We laid him to rest in the Evergreen Cemetery to await the return of the Life-giver. F. W. PATTERSON.
JACOBSON.—Died near his home in California, of heart-disease, Brother Lars P. Jacobson, aged 57 years and 10 days. Brother Jacobson was born in Denmark. He accepted present truth in 1874, and has since served as local church elder most of the time. For a number of years he was a member of the Iowa State Conference Committee. After he moved to California, he was ordained to the gospel ministry. His life of Christian experience was filled with loving service for the Master. Eight children survive to mourn their father's death. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. C. M. GARDNER. (Danish and Swedish papers, please copy.)

Australasian Union Conference Report

There has just come to hand a seventy-page special number of the Australasian Union Conference Record, giving a full report—in many instances verbatim—of the proceedings of the Australasian Union Conference held in Cooranbong, N. S. W., Sept. 13-23, 1906. The reports from the workers are interesting, and show that all phases of the work are being carried on successfully. From all correspondents in Australia also come reports of especially blessed experiences in this meeting. Delegates from all parts of Australia and from New Zealand and the island fields were present. The mechanical work of the paper is a credit to the Avondale press, by which it is printed. A report of this conference, prepared by Elder O. A. Olsen, will appear in an early number of the REVIEW.

The Year-Book for 1907

By H. E. Rogers

THE 1907 Year-Book is now being set by the Review and Herald. Before it can be made ready for the press, however, a little time will necessarily elapse. Changes are constantly being made in the directories of conferences and institutions. It is desired to secure the very latest of these before printing the Year-Book. Therefore, will the secretaries of conferences and institutions please report to me, within the next two or three weeks, any revisions which should be made in reports they have recently forwarded, that these changes may be incorporated in their directories, and thus the Year-Book go to press containing reports revised to the latest possible date?
H. E. ROGERS, Statistical Secretary. Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Children’s Exercises for Week of Prayer

The children's exercises which accompany the readings for the week of prayer were prepared by Miss Edith Starbuck, of the Western Oregon Conference.

West Indian School Enterprise

After a visit to North Dakota and other places, in the interests of the West Indian school enterprise, Elder George F. Enoch returned to Washington last week. He sailed from New York for Barbados November 14.

Brother S. A. Wellman Visits Washington

BROTHER S. A. WELLMAN, of the West Indies, called in Washington last week. He sailed from New York November 17, for Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. After seven years in the tropics he has had a short working furlough in this country.

Week-of-Prayer Offering Envelopes and Leaflets

The Mission Board will this week send to each church elder a package of envelopes for the week-of-prayer offering; also a packet of mission leaflets, “On the Altar of Africa,” for distribution the first Sabbath of the week of prayer, December 15.

Studies in Gospel History

The Union College Press announces, as ready for circulation, “Studies in Gospel History,” by Prof. M. E. Kern. This book was adopted by the educational convention last summer for use in our schools and colleges; and while arranged for the class room, it will be found of interest for private study of the life of Christ. It contains 364 pages, and sells for seventy-five cents, post-paid, with a discount to schools.

Dr. H. C. Menkel and Wife Going to India

DR. H. C. MENKEL and his wife, who have closed out their Denver institution and practise to respond to a call to India, arrived in Washington last week. They were booked to sail from New York November 21, and expect to arrive in Calcutta in time for the India general meeting.

Recommend Publications Discriminately

By Editor

We suggest to the editors of our various conference papers that they should not indiscriminately recommend publications simply because they are written by those who have been connected with this denomination. We have come to the time when the truth must be defended, even against some of its professed advocates.
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