p. 22 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 32. (8/11/1904)

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

By W. T. Bland

FURTHER partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:

The amount credited to H. B. McConnell July 14, should be credited as follows: Brother and Sister Margeson, $5; Sister McKay, $1.

Amount previously reported ............ $24,247 61 Joseph Irwin .......................... 100 00 Mrs. M. I. Irwin ..................... 100 00 G. A. Irwin (Australia) ............... 97 40 Sheridan (Wyo.) church ................ 33 61 Armstrong & Salmon Arm churches ....... 33 50 Carrie H. De Wolf ..................... 30 00 J. S. Sherwin ........................ 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. N. G. B. Zollinger ....... 25 00 Sarah A. Stem ......................... 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hanhardt ........... 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Slade .............. 25 00 C. W. Hair and family ................. 22 50 Mrs. Carrie Tufte ..................... 20 00 J. J. Hill ............................ 20 00 James B. Martin ....................... 17 50 Marcellus and Olive Andre ............. 15 00 Don A. Knowlton ....................... 15 00 Mr. and Mrs. Z. Thorp ................. 15 00 Mr. and Mrs. Chester W. Stump ........ 15 00 J. A. Randall ......................... 15 00 John A. Peterson ...................... 12 75 Syracuse (N. Y.) church ............... 12 00 L. N. Whitby .......................... 10 00 A. W. Heald ........................... 10 00 W. H. Sponsler ........................ 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. George Snyder ............ 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. Chester W. Stump ........ 10 00 A. G. Hoover .......................... 10 00 Mrs. Mary Kendall ..................... 10 00 Mrs. M. J. Douglas .................... 10 00 J. P. Hanson .......................... 10 00 Mr. F. H. Hicks ....................... 10 00 Adams Center (N. Y.) church ........... 10 00 Salamanca (N. Y.) church .............. 10 00 G. F. Evans ........................... 10 00 Bucks Bridge (N. Y.) church ........... 10 00 Miss A. Briggs ........................ 10 00 C. H. Sisson .......................... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burt .............. 10 00 Mrs. Henry Johnson .................... 10 00 Harriet Collier ....................... 10 00 Sister Richards ....................... 10 00 J. M. and Cora Hanley ................. 9 00 Emma Pardon ........................... 8 00 Mrs. L. M. Eager ...................... 8 00 Tekamah (Neb.) church ................. 7 92 Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Dowsett ............ 7 50 Mrs. Mary Snow ........................ 7 50 T. B. Snow ............................ 7 50 Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Otis ............... 7 00 Grangeville (Idaho) church ............ 6 01 Mrs. P. C. Sexton ..................... 6 00 L. G. King ............................ 6 00 Mrs. D. D. Smith ...................... 6 00 Reno (Nev.) church .................... 5 65 Hesperia church ....................... 5 51 S. E. Turner .......................... 5 05 W. E. Dinwiddie ....................... 5 00 F. E. Hinkley ......................... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Patton ............. 5 00 T. M. Dealy ........................... 5 00 T. J. Cummins ......................... 5 00 Mrs. S. Bryan ......................... 5 00 E. D. Calkin .......................... 5 00 Mrs. Minnie Erickson .................. 5 00 F. W. Proctor ........................ 5 00 M. Enoch .............................. 5 00 Dr. B. A. Capehart .................... 5 00 Mrs. Dr. Capehart ..................... 5 00 Mrs. Mary Lewis ....................... 5 00 N. S. West ............................ 5 00 James Sinclair ........................ 5 00 Mrs. James Sinclair ................... 5 00 Marilla Sutherland .................... 5 00 Mrs. R. A. Shane ...................... 5 00 H. D. Banks ........................... 5 00 C. U. C. Summer Normal ................ 5 00 Mrs. Margaret Ellwanger ............... 5 00 Lizzie M. Keat ........................ 5 00 Mrs. S. C. Clark ...................... 5 00 E. K. Cassell ........................ 5 00 Mrs. E. Pirtle ......................... 5 00 Jacob Ghering ......................... 5 00

R. E. Tatum .......................... 5 00 Mrs. Susan Bugh ....................... 5 00 Mrs. A. Bosworth ...................... 5 00 Jessie V. Bosworth ................... 5 00 A friend .............................. 5 00 Mrs. S. E. Shafer .................... 5 00 John Garbe ............................ 5 00 T. H. Davis ........................... 5 00 Mrs. William Hafer .................... 5 00 Mrs. William Chinnock ................ 5 00 A friend .............................. 5 00 Sarah Janney .......................... 5 00 Mrs. E. W. Trease ..................... 5 00 Julia L. Zener ........................ 5 00 Katie Weibrecht ....................... 5 00 Fred H. Bulpitt and family ............ 5 00 J. M. Lewis and family ............... 5 00 Vancouver church ...................... 5 00 Bessie Shonsbye ....................... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. A. Palmquist ............. 5 00 North Creek (N. Y.) church ........... 5 00 Mrs. S. B. Whitney .................... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Thompson ........... 5 00 A. R. Evans ........................... 5 00 Linnie Shirley ........................ 5 00 G. H. Warren .......................... 5 00 S. M. Winkley ......................... 5 00 G. S. R. .............................. 5 00 Ellis Margerson ....................... 5 00 Erland Nelson ........................ 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Booth .............. 5 00 P. and M. H. Magoon ................... 5 00 S. W. Jones ........................... 5 00 W. C. Norris .......................... 5 00 Mrs. H. A. Chapman .................... 5 00 Mrs. Martha Conrad .................... 5 00 William Congdon ....................... 5 00 Mrs. Margaret Smith ................... 5 00 Mrs. M. S. Crawford ................... 5 00 Henry C. Nye .......................... 5 00 Warren B. Knowles ..................... 5 00 Dr. S. Parritt ........................ 5 00 Mrs. E. G. and Alda E. Holt ........... 5 00 Mrs. A. D. Parker ..................... 5 00 Mrs. A. L. Davis ...................... 5 00 Luther Warren ......................... 5 00 Sister Mathiesen ...................... 5 00 J. R. Branson ......................... 5 00 A. A. Guthrie ........................ 5 00 N. M. Guthrie ........................ 5 00 H. C. Carmichael ...................... 5 00 Haskell Home .......................... 5 00 H. E. Weishar ......................... 5 00 Pierpont (N. Y.) church ............... 5 00 M. H. Johnson ......................... 5 00 A friend .............................. 5 00 Joseph and Minerva Miller ............. 5 00 J. E. Hart ............................ 5 00 J. T. Robinson ........................ 5 00 Margaret Olson and friend ............. 5 00 Jacob Arnold .......................... 5 00 Mrs. G. C. Watterson .................. 5 00 Olean (N. Y.) church .................. 5 00 Mrs. Edith B. Goodrich ................ 5 00 Mabel McCart .......................... 5 00 Mrs. M. W. Meyers ..................... 5 00 Mary Ruseberry ........................ 5 00 Sister Osborne ........................ 5 00 D. T. Shireman ........................ 5 00 J. T. Anderson and family ............. 5 00 W. W. Wattern ......................... 5 00 Mrs. S. M. Hatch ...................... 5 00 T. Holmden ............................ 5 00 A. Holmden ............................ 5 00 Mrs. W. D. Harden ..................... 5 00 J. W. Gray ............................ 5 00 H. L. Gilbert ......................... 5 00 F. F. West ............................ 5 00 Mrs. Spicer ........................... 5 00 Omer Missionary Society ............... 5 00 R. T. Foster .......................... 5 00 A. L. Carey ........................... 5 00 Mrs. Eva Werle ......................... 5 00 Maggie Sponsler ....................... 5 00 Mrs. Carrie Comp ...................... 5 00 J. L. De Graw ......................... 5 00 A. Barnes ............................. 5 00 Barbara Reese ......................... 5 00 Harold H. Otis ........................ 5 00 A. C. Christenson ..................... 5 00 J. P. Larson .......................... 5 00 James Abegg ........................... 5 00 B. A. Taylor .......................... 5 00 J. R. Smith ........................... 5 00 A friend .............................. 5 00

E. W. Dunbar ........................ 5 00 Mrs. Martha R. Wakeham ............... 5 00 Harrison McCormick ................... 5 00 Corning (N. Y.) church ................ 5 00 J. A. Hardy ........................... 5 00 Mrs. Keeley ........................... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Courser ........... 5 00 Mrs. P. A. McCart ..................... 5 00 Mrs. Lucy B. Morrison ................. 5 00 Elmer E. Adams ........................ 5 00 Willie McCabe ........................ 5 00 Pearl West ........................... 5 00 A friend .............................. 5 00 C. F. Leaumutt and friend ............. 5 00 Mrs. S. M. J. Olmstead ................. 5 00 G. R. Close ........................... 5 00 Mrs. Isabelle A. Bliven ............... 5 00 Mrs. Mary S. Pike ..................... 5 00 W. J. Ganoung ........................ 5 00 L. Kuester ............................ 5 00 W. C. Pruett .......................... 5 00 L. E. Pruett .......................... 5 00 J. N. Newlon .......................... 5 00 Ellen E. Matlack ...................... 5 00 Mrs. H. E. Eddy ........................ 5 00 Nellie A. Barnes ...................... 5 00 W. D. Harden .......................... 5 00 Mrs. Etta Denny ....................... 5 00 Mrs. R. H. Norton ..................... 5 00 Plainfield Company .................... 5 00 Nannie L. Graham ...................... 5 00 Mrs. Clara Wright ..................... 5 00 C. H. Drown ........................... 5 00 Mary D. Witt .......................... 5 00 Omers Young People's Society ......... 5 00 Nancy Lloyd ........................... 5 00 Mrs. P. A. Gammon ..................... 5 00 Emma Konigmacher ...................... 5 00 Mrs. G. W. Baugher .................... 5 00 Redding company ....................... 5 00 Paul M. Wilcox ........................ 5 00 A. C. Cobb ............................ 5 00 H. R. Wilcox .......................... 5 00 James Fleming ........................ 5 00 Albert Carey .......................... 5 00 Mrs. Albert Carey ..................... 5 00 M. Harlan ............................. 5 00 J. F. Gallion ........................ 4 00 J. W. Pine ............................ 4 00 M. G. Dealy ........................... 4 00 Emmet Cummins ......................... 3 99 H. T. Dealy ........................... 3 98 Nancy Cummins ........................ 3 51 S. E. Dealy ........................... 3 25 Frank Cummins ........................ 3 00 Leah Campbell ........................ 3 00 Emma Westorir ........................ 3 00 Mrs. Silas Paddock .................... 3 00 J. Q. Allison ........................ 3 00 Mrs. M. F. Allison .................... 3 00 James Sinclair ........................ 3 00 W. D. Scampton ........................ 3 00 Mrs. Maria Brown ...................... 3 00 Mrs. Celia Carson ..................... 3 00 Mrs. Marie Peterson ................... 3 00 Mrs. Isabella Richmond ............... 3 00 Alfred Cloake ......................... 3 00 Mrs. W. J. Ganoung .................... 3 00 James Thompson ........................ 2 50 Henry Parsons ......................... 2 50 Andrew Daubenspeck .................... 2 50 Albert Lamb ........................... 2 50 Yens Neilsen .......................... 2 50 Mrs. M. B. McCorkle ................... 2 50 Mrs. W. R. Herring .................... 2 50 Michael J. Smith ...................... 2 50 Orpha H. Smith ........................ 2 35 J. H. Tunor ........................... 2 25 D. R. Martz ........................... 2 24 E. R. Pruett .......................... 2 11 L. A. Pruett .......................... 2 00 E. W. Pruett .......................... 2 00 Mrs. Ellis Clark ...................... 2 00 Mrs. Mary Engel ....................... 2 00 A. S. Swingle ........................ 2 00 Emma Gregory .......................... 2 00 Mrs. J. D. Mitten ..................... 2 00 Mr. Burget ............................ 2 00 Mrs. Weaver ........................... 2 00 Thos. H. Davis ......................... 2 00 Mrs. Susannah Davis ................... 2 00 Jane Branson .......................... 2 00 Mary J. Greer ........................ 2 00 J. F. Brown ........................... 2 00 Evan Greer ............................ 2 00

Lydia Merrill ........................ 1 00 Frank French .......................... 1 00 Mrs. B. E. Bright ..................... 1 00 Mrs. A. Donochy ........................ 1 00 Mrs. W. Garrett ....................... 1 00 F. G. Hunziker ........................ 1 00 Vina McBride .......................... 1 00 Emma Walker ........................... 1 00 Mrs. O. M. Carmony .................... 1 00 Mrs. M. L. Laury ...................... 1 00 Mrs. Elizabeth Seeber ................. 1 00 A. L. Randall ........................ 1 00 Mrs. L. Lowry ........................ 1 00 Mrs. L. B. Godfrey .................... 1 00 Celia Bloss ........................... 1 00 Mrs. A. F. Tenney ..................... 1 00 E. Holcomb ............................ 1 00 Wm. Thompson .......................... 1 00 Maria Cartwright ...................... 1 00 Delilah Wayne ......................... 1 00 A. P. Bump ............................ 1 00 Adolf H. Johnson ...................... 1 00 Martha Jane Stutterfield .............. 1 00 E. Allen .............................. 1 00 Mrs. E. Allen ........................ 1 00 V. G. Bryant .......................... 1 00 Lilda Bryant .......................... 1 00 Myrtle Johnson ........................ 1 00 J. E. Brazean ......................... 1 00 Mrs. Ellen Craig ...................... 1 00 G. I. A. .............................. 1 00 Janett Lowell ........................ 1 00 A. H. Snyder .......................... 1 00 Maggie E. Snyder ...................... 1 00 Mrs. Sally C. Starr ................... 1 00 Mrs. Josephine Hoxie .................. 1 00 Mrs. S. U. Cole ....................... 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Simpson ............ 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Irwin .............. 1 00 C. S. Irwin ........................... 1 00 J. H. Irwin ........................... 1 00 Bella Norwood ........................ 1 00 Edgar Smith ........................... 1 00 Mrs. Maria Meade ...................... 1 00 Mrs. Lena Shupe ....................... 1 00 Mrs. Frank Maddock .................... 1 00 P. A. Reed ............................ 1 00 A. M. Holter .......................... 1 00 Mrs. J. W. Paine ...................... 1 00 G. F. Ernst ........................... 1 00 Mrs. Belle Warren ..................... 1 00 Ida Lindsey ........................... 1 00 Mrs. James Fleming .................... 1 00 Angie Tuner ........................... 1 00 Mrs. George R. Cummins ............... 1 00 F. A. Hill ............................ 1 00 Isabella M. Johnson ................... 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. Dockerty ................ 1 00 R. L. Miller .......................... 1 00 Mae Pines ............................. 1 00 Zelpha Cummins ........................ 1 00 Pheba Sponsler ........................ 1 00 Leota King ............................ 1 00 Richard Earl .......................... 1 00 Mrs. Mary Goff ........................ 1 00 Mrs. E. V. Shunk ...................... 1 00 Kyle Kendall .......................... 1 00 George Runck .......................... 1 00 W. C. Sauerman ........................ 1 00 Dugan Dodden .......................... 1 00 Euna Van Horn ........................ 1 00 Bessie Conlon ......................... 1 00 John Hilbert .......................... 1 00 Henry Reese .......................... 1 00 C. A. Marker .......................... 1 00 Jens Holmis ........................... 1 00 F. M. Thayer .......................... 1 00 Mrs. John Grice ....................... 1 00 John Grice ............................ 1 00 Mary Culver ........................... 1 00 Sue Michael ........................... 1 00 Lucretia Cumens ........................ 1 00 Bessie Donochy ........................ 1 00 Wm. C. Hopkins ......................... 1 00 W. G. Randall ........................ 1 00 Mrs. W. G. Randall .................... 1 00 Ora Randall ........................... 1 00 Effe Lowry ............................ 1 00 Catherine Johnson ...................... 1 00 A friend .............................. 1 00 Otto Seiwert .......................... 1 00 Mrs. H. E. Fitch ...................... 1 00 Steve Footit .......................... 1 00 Mrs. Carrie Rogers .................... 1 00 Etta Dixon ............................ 1 00

Alice Morris .......................... 1 00 Mrs. Maria S. Benjamin ................. 1 00 Mrs. T. Acker .......................... 1 00 B. K. Simpson .......................... 1 00 Lizzie Simpson ........................ 1 00 Fred Simpson .......................... 1 00 Frank Maddock ........................ 1 00 Mrs. Mamie Kozel ...................... 1 00 Pearl Maddock ........................ 1 00 Harry Rand ............................ 1 00 Jasper N. Webb ........................ 1 00 Effie B. Webb ........................ 1 00 A friend .............................. 1 00 Larbin Townsend ....................... 1 00 Thomas Lord ........................... 1 00 Lillian Nelson ........................ 1 00 Blanche Sponsler ...................... 1 00 Myrtle Smith .......................... 1 00 Grandma Gray .......................... 1 00 E. H. Harris .......................... 1 00 Florence J. Webb ...................... 1 00 Mrs. Ruth Coon ........................ 1 00 Archie and Helen Fleming .............. 1 00 Almira Dana ........................... 1 00 C. Squires ............................ 1 00 A. T. Squires ........................ 1 00 Sada Strickler ........................ 1 00 A friend .............................. 1 00 Delia Kendall ........................ 1 00 K. Rasmussen .......................... 1 00 Lista Holliday ........................ 1 00 Arley Coulsten ........................ 1 00 Benjamin Chadwick ..................... 1 00 Mrs. Flora Nivison .................... 1 00 Mabel Nivison ........................ 1 00 Orson Tuner ........................... 1 00 Mrs. T. H. Weaver ..................... 1 00 Mrs. T. H. Davis ...................... 1 00 Verah Davis ........................... 1 00 Mrs. E. A. Emmert ..................... 1 00 Cora A. Geisinger ..................... 1 00 Allan Johnson ......................... 1 00 Esther Johnson ....................... 1 00 Mrs. J. Hath .......................... 1 00 Mrs. Ann Footit ....................... 1 00 Mrs. D. Buchanan ...................... 1 00 A. R. Cowie ........................... 1 00 Merel Snyder .......................... 1 00 Burnice Snyder ........................ 1 00 Lillie Snyder ......................... 1 00 Joe A. Snyder ........................ 1 00 Gus Ward .............................. 1 00 Lyman Hoxie ........................... 75 Mrs. Lillian Witherel ................ 75 Jessie Courser ........................ 66 Cecil Cummins ........................ 60 Urban Cooper .......................... 60 Mrs. Nicholson ......................... 50 Willie Allen .......................... 50 Esther Allen .......................... 50 Mrs. Kate Mogg ......................... 50 Hazel Norris .......................... 50 Ethel Norris .......................... 50 Fred N. Webb .......................... 50 Nora E. Webb .......................... 50 Ina M. Webb ........................... 50 Archie E. Webb ........................ 50 Loren E. Webb ......................... 50 Rachel Norris .......................... 50 Carrie Norris ......................... 50 Siella Heath .......................... 50 Vesta Davis ........................... 50 Clarence Davis ......................... 50 A friend .............................. 50 Lona Markel ........................... 50 Rose Hoxie ............................ 50 Willie Kendall ........................ 50 Dell C. Rogers ......................... 50 Mrs. M. V. Nowlin ..................... 50 J. H. Goodman ........................ 50 J. B. Maynard ........................ 50 Ontario Conference .................... 50 Mrs. Sarah Herring .................... 50 R. Jones .............................. 50 D. T. Bourdeau ........................ 50 Total reported ....................... $26,166 03 A further list will follow. W. T. BLAND, Assistant Treasurer.

FIVE persons were baptized at the close of the camp-meeting at Townsend, Mont., June 26.

Kansas

By C. McREYNOLDS

The Wichita church and a number of workers that the conference has called in, are working the city very thoroughly with Family Bible Teacher and other literature as a preparation for the coming annual camp-meeting. The State agent is there also, directing the canvassing work in that city.

Another tent-meeting outfit was sent out yesterday, to the town of Hepler. A real interest worked up by Brother W. F. Surber demands this move.

In a series of meetings held by Elder Sydney Scott (colored minister) in Nicodemus, Kan., twelve persons began the observance of the Sabbath. This is a community of reliable colored people who own their farms. The work will be continued there.

The building of the Kansas sanitarium is progressing nicely. It will be enclosed and covered by the time of the camp-meeting next month. We will build as fast as we have money to pay all bills.

The Central Union Conference teachers' normal in Atchison is progressing well, and the work being done in the city by the teachers and students is reaching some honest people. Attendance at the tent-meeting is increasing.

Three have recently begun the observance of the Sabbath in Great Bend, where Sister Sutton is engaged in Bible work.

Ten have recently accepted the truth in Blue Rapids, where Elder Brown and Brother Bringle have been conducting tent-meetings. C. McREYNOLDS.

Field Notes

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of twenty members has been organized at Worcester, Mass.

BROTHER W. M. CUBLEY reports the recent conversion to present truth of four persons at Clyde, in western Texas.

THIRTEEN persons, nine of whom are new converts, have recently united with the church at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

TEN persons were baptized on a recent Sabbath in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Mich., nine of whom joined the Battle Creek church.

It has been decided to discontinue the Montana Bivouac, using the Pacific Union Recorder in its place. The last issue of the Bivouac was dated July 15.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of over twenty members has been organized at Carbondale, Pa., in connection with the tent-meetings now being conducted there by Brethren S. S. Shrock and Chas. S. Baum.

FOUR persons were baptized at Ute, Iowa, following a five weeks' course of tent-meetings at that place conducted by Brethren N. C. Bergersen and P. E. Brothersen. A Sabbath-school of thirty-two members was organized.

In a report of recent work at Mineola, Tex., Brethren T. W. Field and Andrew Nelson say: “We hope to be able to organize a church at this place in the near future. There are ten or twelve who have said that they are going to keep all of God’s commandments.”

Our Church Schools for This Coming Year

By F. G.

THERE is no phase of our educational work that is of more importance than our church-schools, and upon no particular feature of our whole educational system has the spirit of prophecy spoken more directly in recent years. And we should not wonder at this; for as the child begins his life-work, so he naturally ends it. If seeds of truth are sown during childhood, and are watered during youth, the harvest is generally one of righteousness. And the opposite is equally true; if there is not an abundance of good seed sown during seeding time,—childhood,—a crop of thorns is the almost certain result.

These truths come most closely to parents, and should vitally influence the home life. The trend of a child's character may be largely determined before his school days, as such, begin, and indeed should be. But the good work which has been begun in the home must be carried on in the school. Not only must new truths be taught, but they should be laid upon the foundation begun in the home. Here is emphasized the close relation which must exist between the home and the school; for the building work begun in the home should be of such a nature as to go on through life. No haphazard work is to be done in this important matter; for it is one of eternal consequences. While it is one which may call for much anxiety and great self-denial on the part of parents, yet it is one which holds possibilities, than which there are none greater. “Every child born into the home is a sacred trust. God says to the parents, ‘Take this child and bring it up for me, that it may be an honor to my name, and a channel through which my blessings shall flow to the world.’ . . . Something more is called for than a partial, one-sided education.”

In view of this, what should be the attitude of our people concerning the matter of church-schools for this coming year? The answer is not far to seek. It should be the most earnest and prayerful endeavor to provide a school in every church where there are children who should have the benefit of such a school. And right now is the time to formulate and perfect these plans, so that the schools may be opened as early as the opening of the public schools, in order that those children who should attend the church-schools may not have their attention attracted away from our own schools, and perhaps lose confidence in them.

The first and sure foundation of confidence in our church-schools is in these words of the spirit of prophecy: ‘I say again, Establish schools for the children wherever there are churches; where there are those who assemble to worship God, let there be schools for the children. Work as if you were working for your life to save children from being drowned in the polluting, corrupting influences of this life.’ While these words are the primary ground of faith and action in the church-school work, yet another feature equally necessary for confidence is that of having provisions made for thorough work to be done in these schools. Well-qualified teachers, with a proper support, comfortable schoolrooms, good discipline, and a high standard of scholarship, are absolutely necessary if our people are to give to this work their hearty support. The failure of many of our schools to provide these conditions for success has naturally led to a distrust of the church-school work, especially on the part of those whose hearts were not wholly in it. But the Lord has given us the work and set the standard, and we must take up the work and meet the standard, and do it now. We must not be disheartened by past failures or by present circumstances which are forbidding. When we consider the great work which has been done by this people in the last six or eight years in the matter of developing an elementary school system, we certainly have no cause for discouragement. Let 1904-05 mark great advancement. Plan for it now. F. G.

The Honolulu School

By I. C. Colcord

THIS past year has been a busy one in the Anglo-Chinese Academy. This school, when established, was for Chinese, and Chinese only. But owing to the changes here in the islands, financially, politically, and socially, the school for the past two years has been cosmopolitan, also co-educative.

We have matriculated Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Hawaiians, and Americans. This mixing of races has not been devoid of some good results. On the playground the boys are compelled of necessity to choose some language in common, thus the English wins its way. And in the class room it brings in a healthy stimulus. A noticeable improvement has been made in the matter of “talk English” among the students this year.

Nevertheless a watch-care is needed to guard against cross-purposes. The Chinese and Japanese are book-worms; the Hawaiian does not have the same ambition to delve into his books. Of course there are exceptions, for some are very bright and talented. The harm that may come to the American boy is speaking what is called “pigeon English.” This is using abbreviated phrases, as, for instance, “I come see you,” “me like,” “I no see,” and “all same.”

The methods of imparting our language to the foreigner are many. “Necessity is the mother of invention” is exemplified, to the truthfulness of the old adage. For instance, the teacher wishes a Japanese student to learn a certain thing, but the little Jap does not understand, so the teacher calls to her aid a Chinese student, who understands what is wanted, but the two can not talk together; and here comes the interesting feature: the Chinese and Japanese use the same characters in writing, so the Chinese student writes on the blackboard or paper in hieroglyphic penmanship that the Japanese student can read.

Thus the three bring about an understanding. Pictures, real objects, blackboard, freehand sketches, and actions suited to the thought are much employed as helps in teaching.

To discriminate between words that have but small shades of differences in sound is somewhat amusing; as, grace and grass, quick and quack, hair and hear. More could be written along this line of peculiar experiences met in teaching among the Orientals, but the preceding will suffice to give a hint.

All the students were in Bible classes the past term. The advance pupils studied the doctrinal truths as held by our people. Some of the boys made very neat Bible lesson books. The boys also like “Christ’s Object Lessons” and “Heralds of the Morning.”

Boys have now gone from this school to the United States to prepare for service in the Master’s vineyard. Two Chinese boys of our school were baptized on July 3 by Pastor Behrens. One of them left July 8 on the steamship “Mongolia” for Healdsburg College, to enter upon a medical missionary course of study. But, to gather in these boys from their deeply instilled superstitious practises is a slow work, calling forth much patience and perseverance. One of the quickest and surest ways of bringing a Chinese boy under conviction and conversion is to have him live with you in your home, eat at your table, sing and pray with you in the family circle. Take one of these boys into your home and give him a practical Christian training. You will find him apt and susceptible. He will please you, if you get a good one; you will learn to love him, and your heart will be touched with the crying needs of China. This has been our experience and practise.

We long for the time when the Lord says, “For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.” Zeph. 3:9.

I. C. COLCORD.

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

I. A. HOOPES, Chairman; FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1904

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central New England, Melrose, Mass. ........ Aug. 25 to Sept. 5

Southern New England, Middletown, Conn. ........ Sept. 1-10

Maine, Caribou, Aroostook Co. ........ Aug. 25 to Sept. 5

New York, Lacona, (State) ........ Sept. 8-18

New York, Hadley (local) ........ Sept. 18-28

Vermont, Hardwick ........ Aug. 18-28

West Virginia, Clarksburg ........ Sept. 8-18

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec, Knowlton ........ Sept. 1-12

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Cumberland, Rockwood, Tenn. ........ Aug. 11-22

Florida, Plant City ........ Oct. 13-23

Georgia, Lawrenceville ........ Aug. 5-15

Tennessee River, Hazel, Ky. ........ August 19-28

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

East Michigan, Flint ........ Sept. 15-25

Indiana, Martinsville ........ Aug. 18-29

Northern Illinois, Streator ........ Sept. 1-11

Southern Illinois, Decatur ........ Aug. 17-28

North Michigan, Mancelona ........ Sept. 1-12

Ohio, Marysville ........ Aug. 11-22

West Michigan, Allegan ........ Aug. 18-29

Wisconsin, Oshkosh ........ Aug. 30 to Sept. 12

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Colorado, Longmont ........ Aug. 18-28

Iowa, Burt (local) ........ Sept. 1-18

Kansas, Wichita ........ Aug. 25 to Sept. 4

Missouri, Columbia ........ Aug. 11-21

Nebraska, Omaha, (State) ........ Sept. 1-11

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Arkansas, Russellville, Pope Co. ........ Aug. 11-23

Oklahoma, Guthrie ........ Aug. 25 to Sept. 4

Texas, Hughes Springs (local) ........ Aug. 16-26

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

British Columbia, Vancouver ........ Sept. 15-25

Western Oregon, Myrtle Point ........ Aug. 18-28

Western Oregon, Ashland ........ Sept. 8-18

Southern California, Los Angeles ........ Sept. 1-11

Utah, Provo ........ Aug. 10-17

UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE

British Columbia, Vancouver ........ Sept. 15-25

Southern Idaho ........ Sept. 12-18

Oregon, La Grande ........ Aug. 30 to Sept. 4

Western Washington, Ridgefield ........ Aug. 25-31

Washington, North Yakima ........ October

The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.

Current Mention

— The United States is sending a fleet to Turkey to impress upon the mind of the sultan the advisability of yielding to the demand of the United States government that American citizens in Turkey be granted the same rights and privileges accorded citizens of more favored nations. The sultan is inclined to procrastinate over the matter.

— The Japanese forces operating north of Port Arthur have continued their victorious march northward, while the Russian army has contested almost every mile of the ground, but has been forced to a steady retreat. On August 6 it was reported that General Kouropatkin was concentrating the Russian army for a final decisive battle at Liao Yang, which was to take place by the following Monday at the latest. Not much news has been received for some days from Port Arthur, but the Japanese besiegers seem to be making steady progress in their investment of the place.

— Bishop Potter, of New York, who recently gave his blessing to a saloon in that city which was designed to be conducted on “model” principles and serve as a sort of poor man’s club, has been censured for his act by his brother bishops and others prominent in religious and educational circles, at a meeting called at Ocean Grove, N. J., August 7. It was reported that plans were to be laid at this meeting for securing and presenting to Congress a monster petition asking the government to take charge of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquids, and restrict the same to medicinal uses.

P. F. BICKNELL

By P. F. Bicknell

Notice!

THE thirty-eighth session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene at Caribou in connection with the camp-meeting. The first meeting will be held August 28, at 9 A. M. All delegates are requested to be present at the first meeting.

P. F. BICKNELL

West Virginia Annual Conference

By S. G. Huntington

Notice!

THE seventeenth annual conference of the Seventh-day Adventists of West Virginia, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Clarksburg, September 8-18. The first session will be held Sunday, September 11, at 9 A. M.

S. G. HUNTINGTON, President W. Va. Conference.

Tennessee River Conference

By N. W. Allee

THE next annual session of the Tennessee River Conference will convene in connection with the camp-meeting at Hazel, Ky., August 19-28. The first meeting will be held August 19, at 2:30 P. M. We hope for a full attendance.

N. W. ALLEE, President.

Notice!

By W. A. Young

THE Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will meet in annual session at Martinsville Ind., August 18-29, 1904. The Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its meeting at the same time and place.

W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.

Kansas Medical Missionary Association

By C. McREYNOLDS

The annual meeting of the Kansas Medical Missionary Association will convene in connection with the camp-meeting at Wichita, Friday, at 9 A. M., Aug. 26, 1904. All members of the Seventh-day Adventist churches in Kansas who believe in, and live according to, health principles as far as they are instructed, are delegates to this meeting. The election of officers of the association for the coming year, the question of ownership of the property of the association, and many other important matters will come before the meeting for consideration.

C. McREYNOLDS.

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