The subject of education is receiving much attention from us as a people at the present time, and justly so, since it is education that makes us what we are, physically, mentally, morally, and socially.
Educated men and women are generally the ones who occupy the most responsible positions, who rule the world in literature, sciences, and the arts, set the standard for the social world, and do the most for the uplifting of fallen humanity.
Without an education the human being is crippled and handicapped in any walk of life. He is unable to become as useful a member of society as he might become if properly educated. The child who is so unfortunate as to be deprived of the opportunity for obtaining an education, at least in the common branches, finds it a continual drawback, a burden grievous to be borne.
But I do not consider lack of opportunity the most serious thing that we have to deal with. In these days when good books are so plentiful and so cheap, there is but little excuse for ignorance if one really has a thirst for knowledge. There are very few who may not have an education if they are willing to work for it. But the sad thing about it is that so many seem content to leave the mind uncultivated and uncontrolled, to wander where it will. They have not educated the mind to think, and seem to have no mental power. They depend on some one else to do their thinking for them, and to solve all their difficulties. Just as long as they continue this practise, they will be as unstable as water, blown about by every wind of doctrine.
A sound mind is the best natural gift that has been given to man, and those who neglect to cultivate it in such a way as to make the very best possible use of the talents that God has given them, are lacking in their duty to their Creator and to their fellow men. Every individual is under solemn obligations to develop his latent faculties, and to train the mind to deep and concentrated thought. Not one of the Master's talents is to be hid away in the earth as if it were of no value.
It is generally conceded that one must have proper education and training in order to be successful in worldly enterprises; but there are those who convey the impression, by acts if not by words, that they do not consider education an essential part of the Christian's equipment. All who regard the matter in this light are greatly mistaken, and do not comprehend the high calling of the child of God. The Christian's education should be as much higher and more perfect than that of the worldling as heavenly things are of more value than the fleeting things of earth. I refer not merely to the subjects that are taught in the common schools, and in colleges and universities, but to all that is worth striving for in the development of character for eternity.
I have been deeply impressed with the thought that the only thing we can take with us from this world to the next is character. The apostle Paul in his letter to Timothy says: “We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” 1 Tim. 6: 7.
By reading the context it will be seen that the apostle was speaking of worldly gain. No man can carry his money or property over into the next world; but there is one thing that we can take with us, and that is character.
“It is a solemn thing to die, but a far more solemn thing to live. Every thought and word and deed of our lives will meet us again. What we make of ourselves in probationary time, that we must remain to all eternity. Death brings dissolution to the body, but makes no change in the character. The coming of Christ does not change our characters; it only fixes them forever beyond all change.”
At birth we come into the world with plastic, undeveloped characters, which are like clay in the hands of the potter, and our work on earth is, in co-operation with God, so to mold and fashion them that the Creator may see in us his own glorious image, a character upon which he will be pleased to place the seal of immortality. This world is the workshop of God, in which we are to be fitted up21for association with the sinless inhabitants of heaven.
Education, to be of the highest value, should serve three purposes. The first and most important of these is to give a knowledge of God and his works. Second, to develop a symmetrical character, of which every attribute shall be in harmony with God. Third, to prepare the individual for the successful accomplishment of the duties of this present life.
I have purposely placed the knowledge of God and his works first, because I believe this to be the most important. Without it the second and third objects can not be attained in all their richness and grandeur.
I would not have it understood, however, that education during any period of life should be directed to the accomplishment of any one of these three purposes to the exclusion of the others. All should be united in one perfect whole, and carried forward together from the cradle to the grave. An education that shall accomplish these objects means a great deal. Every faculty of mind and body must be developed, every talent must be improved.
The children of God are to be the light of the world. They are to carry the knowledge of the Saviour and the triumphs of the cross to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. Workers must be prepared to answer the calls for help that are coming from every land. Our denominational schools have been established for the purpose of doing this very work. “One great object of our schools is the training of youth to engage in service in our institutions and in different lines of gospel work. The people everywhere are to have the Bible opened to them.”
“There is an urgent demand for laborers in the gospel field. Young men are needed for this work; God calls for them. Their education is of primary importance in our colleges, and in no case should it be ignored or regarded as a secondary matter.”
“In our schools missionary nurses should receive lessons from well-qualified physicians, and as a part of their education should learn how to battle with disease, and to show the value of nature's remedies.” “It is also the Lord's design that our schools shall give young people a training which will prepare them to teach in any department of the Sabbath-school, or to discharge the duties in any of its offices.” “Teachers should be educated for missionary work. Everywhere there are openings for the missionary.”
“I saw that there was great inefficiency in the bookkeeping in many departments of the cause. Bookkeeping is, and ever will be, an important part of the work; and those who have become expert in it are greatly needed in our institutions, and in all branches of the missionary work.”
In the preceding quotations a number of different lines of work are mentioned, all of which are important, and must not be neglected. There are many other kinds of work that might be mentioned, but these are sufficient to show that the Lord desires workers fitted for every part of his work.
Now, what kind of education should those receive who are to enter these different departments of work? “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” Prov. 9: 10. The Bible, the everlasting word of God, must be the basis, and Christ the center of attraction. A thorough acquaintance with the Scriptures is of the first importance, and any teachings of men that conflict with the plain statements of the Bible, are to be rejected as error.
B. E. CRAWFORD.
(To be concluded).
Christian Education
By L. A. Hoopes; Frederick Griggs
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. HOOPES, Chairman;
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.
The Teacher Taught
By Samuel T. Coleridge
O’ER wayward children wouldst thou hold firm rule,
And sun thee in the light of happy faces?
Love, Hope, Patience,—these must be the graces,
And in thine own heart let them first keep school!
For, as old Atlas on his broad neck places
Heaven’s starry globe, and there sustains it, so
Do these upbear the little world below
Of education—Patience, Hope, and Love!
Methinks I see them grouped in seemly show,—
The straitened arms upraised,—the palms aslope,—
And robes that touching, as adown they flow,
Distinctly blend, like snow embossed in snow;
O part them never! if Hope prostrate lie.
Love, too, will sink and die.
But Love is subtle; and will proof derive,
From her own life, that Hope is still alive,
And bending o’er, with soul-transfusing eyes,
And the soft murmurs of the mother dove,
Woos back the fleeting spirit, and half supplies.
Thus Love repays to Hope what Hope first gave to Love!
Yet haply there will come a weary day,
When, overtasked, at length,
Both Love and Hope beneath the load give way,
Then, with a statue’s smile, a statue’s strength,
Stands the mute sister, Patience,—nothing loath;
And, both supporting, does the work of both.
—Samuel T. Coleridge.
The Home School
“The mother . . . should find time to cultivate in herself and in her children a love for the beautiful buds and opening flowers. By calling the attention of her children to their different colors and variety of forms, she can make them acquainted with God, who made all things beautiful, things which attract and delight them. She can lead their minds up to their Creator, and awaken in their young hearts a love for their Heavenly Father, who has manifested such great love for them. Parents can associate God with all his created works. The only schoolroom for children from eight to ten years of age should be in the open air, amid the opening flowers and nature’s beautiful scenery. And their only text-books should be the treasures of nature. These lessons, imprinted upon the mind of young children, amid the pleasant, attractive scenes of nature, will not soon be forgotten.”
“The mother should be the teacher, and the home the school where every child receives his first lessons, and these lessons should include habits of industry. Mothers, let the little ones play in the open air; let them listen to the songs of the birds, and learn the love of God as expressed in his beautiful works. Teach them simple lessons from the book of nature and the things about them; and as their minds expand, lessons from books may be added. Train them to think that, as members of the household, they are to act an interested, helpful part in sharing the domestic burdens, and to seek helpful exercise in the performance of necessary home duties.
“It is essential for parents to find useful employment for their children, which will involve the bearing of responsibilities as their age and strength will permit. The children should be given something to do that will not only keep them busy, but interest them. The active hands and brains must be employed from the earliest years. If parents neglect to turn their children’s energies into useful channels, they do them great injury; for Satan is ready to find them something to do. Shall not the doing be chosen for them, the parents being the instructors?”—Mrs. E. G. White.
Eyes and No Eyes
By J. M. Wilson
MOREOVER, taking education in its broad sense as the training of all the powers that go to make up the man, I would point out how much science contributes toward increasing the powers of the senses. All science is based, some one said, on the fact that we have great curiosity and very weak eyes; and science gives men a marvelous extension of the power and range of the acuteness of those eyes. “Eyes and No Eyes” is the title of an old story; and it scarcely seems too strong a way of marking the difference between the powers of perception of a cultivated naturalist and those of the ordinary gentleman ignorant of everything in nature. To the one the stars of heaven and the stones on earth, the forms of the hills and the flowers in the hedges, are a constant source of that great and peculiar pleasure derived from intelligence. And day by day do I see how boys increase their range of sight, and that not only of the things we teach them to see, but they outrun us, and discover for themselves. And the power once gained can never be lost. I know many instances of boys whose eyes were opened at school by the ordinary natural-science lectures, who have since found great pleasure and constant occupation in some branch of scientific study.—J. M. Wilson.
Tree Planting
By GEO. GRAHAM
WITH reference to the subject of tree planting, on which an article appeared in the REVIEW of May 5, I am impelled to give a simpler and what horticulturists consider a better method than that previously described. It is known as the Stringfellow method, the gentleman who introduced it being H. M. Stringfellow, of Galveston, now of Lampasas, Tex.
He cuts off all roots close up to the body of the tree to be planted, cutting off the top likewise, so that the piece for planting is literally a bald, naked stick about eighteen inches long. Then he makes a hole in the earth with a crow-bar, inserting the piece and ramming it tight with soil. He does this on grass land, unplowed, simply cutting the grass away with a hoe in a circle of eighteen inches in diameter around each tree. He also applies commercial fertilizer. This method has proved entirely successful, and leading horticulturists in several States have adopted the plan.
I myself planted a small mixed orchard of peaches and plums eight years ago, and did not lose one tree. My land had been in cotton. I simply ran a shallow furrow to make a line, running a furrow across to mark places for the trees. I made a hole as deep as I could force a digging spade, say ten to twelve inches, a helper cutting off all roots and sufficient of the top, and thrusting the naked stump into the aperture. The spade, having been withdrawn, was then used to press the soil to the tree, this being followed by firmly stamping with the foot.
Care must be taken to fill up the space made by the spade, so that there is no air cavity where the roots will start. Two seasons ago, on March 30, I planted three hundred fruit-trees, and there are now no finer trees to be seen. I apply this method in planting all fruit-trees and dewberries and blackberries.
GEO. GRAHAM.
True Education
It is a fallacy to suppose that the more time a boy spends in study the more he knows and the more he grows. Educators know the contrary. There is a time to leave off as well as a time to begin. A boy can develop intellectual apathy in college as well as knowledge, weakness of will as well as strength of character.—Nicholas Murray Butler.
True Education
TRUE education is not putting one's stamp upon another, or making one person think another's thoughts.
Current Mention
— France has sent a warning to Turkey that the atrocities in Armenia must cease. An investigation made by the French ambassador at Constantinople into existing conditions in the Sassoun district shows evidences of recent bloody combats and the destruction of from fifteen to twenty villages.
— The New York Sun states that the board of education of that city has decided to add military drill to the public school curriculum “with a view to giving the boys a chance to see how they would like to be soldiers.” This would be much like giving a boy a taste of wine to let him see how he would like to be a toper.
— A battle of some importance was fought at Siuyen, a point about midway between Newchwang and the mouth of the Yalu River, June 7, between Japanese belonging to General Kuroki’s army and a force of Cossacks, the latter being driven back. The siege of Port Arthur is being pressed, and its early surrender is expected.
— An ant which is an enemy of the Mexican boll weevil, the insect that so seriously menaces the cotton industry in this country, is reported to have been found in Guatemala, and it is hoped the ants can be made to thrive in Texas, and to exterminate the weevil pest, as they are said to have done in their native haunts. A large quantity are being imported to Texas for experiment.
— Recently some Americans who were granted an audience with the pope refused to perform the customary acts by which the pontiff is acknowledged as a being entitled to worship; as a result, says a Rome dispatch dated June 1, “The Vatican authorities have given the strictest notice to those who recommend people for audiences of the pope that they must guarantee that such persons will conform to Vatican etiquette in kneeling and kissing the hand of the pope. This notification was issued as a result of the conduct a few weeks ago of some Americans who refused to kneel when the pope appeared.”
— The State food and dairy commissioner of Pennsylvania, Dr. Warren, has begun a war in that State on butchers and meat dealers who “embalm” meat with various poisonous preservatives. The commissioner, says a Philadelphia dispatch, has a list of one hundred dealers who have been preserving meat with sulphate of soda. Dr. Warren is quoted as saying: “I have been waiting to get hold of the big fellows. There are some large Western packing houses that are flagrant violators of the law in regard to preserving and embalming their product, and I intend to compel them either to stop embalming or to cease doing business in Pennsylvania.”
— The English royal commission appointed in 1901 to investigate the question whether bovine tuberculosis can be transmitted to human beings, has made a report, the main conclusion of which is stated thus: “We have most carefully compared the tuberculosis set up in bovine animals by material of human origin with that set up in bovine animals by material of bovine origin, and so far have found the one, both in its broad general features and in its finer histological details, identical with the other. Our records contain accounts of post-mortem examinations of bovine animals infected with the tuberculosis material of human beings which might be used as typical descriptions of ordinary bovine tuberculosis.” The opinion is further expressed that this investigation “seems to show quite clearly that it would be very unwise to frame or modify legislative measures in accordance with the view that human and bovine tubercle bacilli are specifically different, and that the disease caused by one is wholly different from the disease caused by the other.” The commissioners experimented with more than two hundred bovine animals.
— According to Dean George F. James, of the Department of Pedagogy in Minnesota State University, the profession of teacher is not a paying one in that section of the country. He told the St. Paul Federation of Grade Teachers that more than 100,000 teachers would retire this year because their salaries did not afford a living. Many school boards, he said, expected high school teachers to instruct in Latin and Greek and in several sciences, to conduct glee clubs and other musical organizations, and take general charge of physical culture and athletics for fifty dollars a month, and only nine months in the year. A laborer could earn more wages, and work every month in the year.
— The British and Foreign Bible Society, following a precedent established in previous wars, has obtained permission from the Russian and Japanese authorities to distribute Bibles among the soldiers of both nationalities. The work of Bible distribution in time of war is organized on a large scale. During the Crimean War (as we learn from the London Christian), 204,569 copies of the Scriptures were circulated among the English allies and the enemy. During the recent war in South Africa over 133,000 Bibles, Testaments, and Gospels were distributed in 1900 and 1901 to the belligerents on both sides and families in the concentration camps, in addition to the supplies provided for contingents from the antipodes and Canada. Scriptures in fourteen different languages were supplied to Miss Edith Rhodes (sister of the late Cecil Rhodes) for distribution among the Boers in the hospital at De Aar. In 1894, when China and Japan were at war, the Bible committee in Japan distributed 113,939 copies of the Scriptures. During the Boxer outbreak in 1900, 4,000 copies were given to the Japanese troops with the allies.
— It is believed the reign of lawlessness in Colorado, which is now of several months’ standing, has finally been terminated by the expulsion of the striking union miners from the State. A large number of them were put on trains, and deported across the Kansas border, where they were dropped in a sparsely settled country, and left to shift for themselves. At Independence, near Cripple Creek, June 6, a large quantity of dynamite was exploded underneath a platform at the railway station, upon which at the time a large number of non-union miners were standing, awaiting an incoming train. Fifteen men were killed by the explosion, and many others were seriously hurt. When the news reached Victor, a mass-meeting was called to consider the situation, and at this meeting some one precipitated a riot at which guns were fired, two men being killed, and others wounded. A squad of soldiers sent by the mayor to quell the riot were fired on by union miners gathered in a hall. The soldiers returned the fire, and charged into the hall, the miners surrendering after a score of their number had been struck by bullets. At Cripple Creek and Victor, State troops were put in possession, and a censorship was placed on the Victor Record. The citizens generally sympathized with the mine owners against the union miners, and some of the officials of the latter were threatened with hanging. A union mine in the Cripple Creek district was closed by the commander of the State troops, who in a proclamation justified his action on the ground that the employees of the mine were “dangerous, lawless men,” and that “said mine has become, and now is, a menace to the welfare and safety of the good people of the county, and a hindrance to the restoration of peace and good order.” A pitched battle between the militia and union miners was fought at Dunnville, a mining camp thirteen miles from Victor, June 8. One man was killed, and fourteen of the miners were captured. The same day the Victor Record office was entered by eight masked men who demolished the printing outfit, and ordered the employees to leave the town. The Record has been regarded as the organ of the Western Federation of Miners. The supreme court of Colorado has upheld the action of Governor Peabody in suspending the writ of habeas corpus in the case of C. H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, who is held as a military prisoner at Telluride.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
Camp-Meetings for 1904
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Eastern Pennsylvania ....................
Maine ...................................
New York .................................
Southern New England ....................
Vermont, Hardwick ............ Aug. 18-28
Virginia, Stanleyton .......... Aug. 5-14
West Virginia ...........................
Western Pennsylvania, Titusville, June 16-26
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Maritime ................................
Ontario, London ................. June 16-26
Quebec ..................................
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Alabama, Mobile .......... July 28 to Aug. 8
Cumberland, Winchester, Ky. ...... July 7-18
Florida, Plant City ............ Oct. 13-23
Georgia ..................................
Louisiana, near Shreveport, July 28 to Aug. 7
Mississippi ..............................
North Carolina, Statesville ........ July 29-
South Carolina ...........................
Tennessee River .............. August 19-28
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
East Michigan ...........................
Indiana ..................................
Northern Illinois .......................
North Michigan ................... Sept. 1-12
Ohio .....................................
Southern Illinois ............... Aug. 17-28
West Michigan ............................
Wisconsin, Oshkosh ......... Aug. 30 to Sept. 12
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Alberta, Ponoka .................. July 12-1723
Manitoba, Portage la Prairie .... June 28 to July 10
Minnesota (local), Thief River Falls ........ June 20-27
North Dakota, Harvey ............. June 20-27
North Dakota (local), Hankinson ........ June 29 to July 4
North Dakota (local), Devils Lake ........ July 6-11
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado, Longmont ............. Aug. 18-28
Kansas ........................ Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Missouri ........................ Aug. 11-21
Nebraska (local), Loup City .... June 21-27
Nebraska (State), Omaha ........ Sept. 2-12
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Arkansas, Russellville, Pope Co. .... Aug. 11-23
Oklahoma, Guthrie ............... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Texas, Keene .................... July 27 to Aug. 7
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
British Columbia ............... Last of September
Montana (State), Townsend ........ June 16-26
Southern California, Los Angeles .... Sept. 1-11
Utah, Provo ........................ Aug. 10-17
UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE
Southern Idaho .................... Sept. 12-18
Oregon, La Grande ............... Aug. 30 to Sept. 4
Washington, Colville ............ June 28 to July 3
Washington, North Yakima ........ July 12-17
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.
Obituaries
WHITE.—Isaac Oscar White, son of Brother and Sister H. I. and Mary White, was drowned May 24, 1904, while seining in the Cimarron River. He was born in Taylor County, Iowa, Oct. 19, 1876, and was converted and baptized in 1893. We hope that he is sleeping in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken to the friends and parents by the writer, based on Ps. 144: 3, 4; Rom. 8: 28. G. F. HAFENER.
BARTLEY.—Died at her home near Ligonier, Ind., May 22, 1904, of consumption, Matilda J. Bartley, aged 60 years, 11 months, and 13 days. Sister Bartley was a charter member of the Wolf Lake (Ind.) church, of which she was a faithful and devoted member till the day of her death. She leaves a husband and one daughter to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 21: 4. JOHN W. COVERT.
ARNOLD.—Died at East Richford, Vt., May 19, 1904, of consumption, Gertrude E. Dow-Arnold, wife of Louis Arnold, aged 27 years, 8 months, and 22 days. The deceased was received into the East Richford church, by baptism, Oct. 2, 1892, and continued a faithful member until her death. Her faith was firm to the end, and she fell asleep with the bright hope of a part in the first resurrection. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder H. J. Farman. H. E. RICKARD.
GENESY.—Died at Sacramento, Cal., May 17, 1904, of heart failure and congestion of the lungs, Sister Ora E. Genesy, aged 23 years and 4 days. For some time she had had an impression that she would not live long, and so stated to her husband, to whom she had been married but one month. She expressed a bright hope in Christ, and her loved ones expect to meet her again. Services were held at Sanitarium, Thursday, May 21, and interment was made upon the grounds of the home at the same place. C. L. TAYLOR.
MITCHELL.—Died at Long Beach, Cal., May 28, 1904, George A. Mitchell, in his fifth year. While holding the halter of a mule for his father, little George was caught in a twist of the rope, and the mule becoming frightened, ran, dragging him over a large iron water-pipe, crushing his head and breaking his neck. A large company was present at the funeral. The text was the words of David, “But now he is dead. . . . I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” CLARENCE SANTEE.
HUTCHINS.—Died at Salem, Ore., May 23, 1904, of a complication of diseases, Brother John C. Hutchins, aged 58 years and 28 days. He was born in London, England. He accepted present truth about seventeen years ago, and was for several years the elder of the church at Morley, Mich. He leaves a wife, two sons, and one daughter to mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those who have no hope. His faith in the Saviour, and hope in the life beyond the tomb, seemed to brighten with the fading of earthly light. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, in the Haysville Baptist church. G. W. REASER.
HARMON.—Frederick V. Harmon died at St. Helena, Cal., May 8, 1904, of cancer of the stomach and liver, in his sixty-fifth year. Brother Harmon and his wife accepted present truth under the labors of the writer, and were baptized by him at Fairfax, Cal., in the fall of 1876, uniting with the Healdsburg church. Brother Harmon ever delighted to use his means for the advancement of the third angel’s message. Although his bodily sufferings, since last October, were great, he bore it all without a murmur. Realizing that he must pass away, he calmly met the end, and sleeps in Jesus. He leaves a wife, one son, two sisters, and three brothers. His funeral service was conducted by the writer, in Santa Rosa, Cal., May 10. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
HOOVER.—Died at his home near Independence, Mo., May 22, 1904, Brother Henry Hoover, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. At an early age Brother Hoover gave his heart to God, and united with the Christian Church, remaining an active member of that denomination for a number of years. Under the labors of Elder Geo. I. Butler he united with the Seventh-day Adventists more than twenty-five years ago. Much of his time and means were spent in the proclamation of present truth. A faithful, devoted wife and nine children are left to mourn their loss. All the children were present at the time of his death, except Elder H. L. Hoover, who is laboring in New Mexico. Words of comfort and consolation were spoken by the writer, in the Baptist church, to a large congregation of sympathizing friends and neighbors. J. W. NORWOOD.
The Death of Elder J. M. Huguley
HUGULEY.—Died at Keene, Tex., April 8, 1904, of a complication of diseases, Elder J. M. Huguley, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. Brother Huguley was one of the stanch friends of the cause in this State. He accepted present truth under the labors of Elder R. M. Kilgore in the year 1878, in the early history of the message in Texas, when its adherents were few. He gave it hearty support, financially and otherwise, and it soon became evident that his happiness was wrapped up in the success of this work, and he devoted his energies to the upbuilding of the same. Being a farmer at the time, his labors were for some time confined to his home church—of which he was elder—and home community, but later his efforts were extended into other sections in a more public way. He received license to preach in 1884, and was ordained to the ministry in 1892; and the number of persons in the truth in this conference as the result of his labors, attests that his work was “not in vain.” Besides being an efficient laborer in the ministry, his official services were of value to the conference, he being for a number of years a member of the conference committee. As a fellow laborer with him in tent and other meetings, and a long associate in the field, I can certify to his uniform kindness, good cheer, and unwavering faith. Brother Huguley had been in poor health for a long time, which prevented him from engaging actively in the work in the field, though he assisted in a tent-meeting at Waco preceding the camp-meeting last year, and was planning for work again this year. He died suddenly, but in conversations with him a short time before, he gave evidence of his faith and hope in God. Thus has fallen another laborer from our ranks. Let us who remain press the battle the harder. A wife and six children are left to mourn, but not as those who have no hope. In the presence of a large number of relatives and acquaintances he was laid to rest in the cemetery near his old home, not far from Plano, Tex., April 9, with appropriate words by Elder D. U. Hale. W. A. McCUTCHEN.
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New England Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
By Albert E. Place; W. Milton Lee
THE fifth annual meeting of the New England Sanitarium and Benevolent Association, for the purpose of electing five members of the constituent body and eight trustees, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting, will be held on Monday, June 20, 1904, at 10 A. M., in the sanitarium building in the township of Stoneham, Mass.
ALBERT E. PLACE, President,W. MILTON LEE, Secretary.
Notice!
THE Burlington Treatment Parlors have made arrangements to have Dr. Ball (formerly with the New England Sanitarium) make regular visits to its patients each week, thus affording, with our present facilities, all the requisites of a small sanitarium at home.
We are thoroughly equipped with all the necessary apparatus to do effective work, and with our increased help feel free to call the attention of the Vermont people once more to our work here in Burlington.
Those desiring information as to prices, rooms, R. R. connections, etc., should address the manager, H. F. Litchfield, 308 N. Main St., Burlington, Vt. Telephone 358-11. Medical communications should be sent to Dr. C. F. Ball, 50 Crescent St., Rutland, Vt. Telephone 52-4.
Business Notices
BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.—Men for harvest, at once; work 4 or 5 months; prefer S. D. A. married men without family, $40 per month and board; wife to help do house work; single men, $30; girls, $2.50 a week. Address Henry Korgan, Trumbull, Neb.
Family Bible Teacher Sales
WORD is received from the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., that during the month of May the sales of the Family Bible Teacher amounted to four hundred thousand copies, or over one and one-half million pages. This is certainly an encouraging record for a new publication. At the present time about twenty-five hundred copies a day are being used at the St. Louis Exposition and the workers write that many are becoming interested in the truth from reading these lessons.
Another Reminder
By Editor
WE wish to remind our brethren and our sisters again of the midsummer offering for our mission work, which will be taken on Sabbath, July 2. As the calls for help in other fields increase in number and urgency, it becomes necessary to lay the situation before our people, and to give them the opportunity of responding to these providential calls, and thus to bear a share in the work of preparation for the coming of the Lord.
We are glad that there are so many openings for giving the message, and so many demands for new enterprises to be established, that we are compelled to make frequent and earnest calls for means, and we are thankful for the spirit in which these calls are received, and the hearty response which is made to them. Surely there is a revival of confidence among this people that the message will yet be given in this generation, and that the end will come in our day.
A special reading will be prepared and sent out to be read in the churches on Sabbath, June 25, a week before the offering will be taken. This will give a little time in which to consider the facts presented, and to decide how liberal a response can consistently be made to this particular appeal. In the meantime let all remember that the time of the regular midsummer offering is just at hand, and let all give prayerful consideration to the fact that there will be the greatest difficulty in meeting the pressing demands upon our mission treasury unless this offering provides a substantial sum.
Shall our mission work be extended into new fields? Shall the work be pushed with vigor in the fields already entered? You will vote on these questions on July 2. A liberal offering is a vote in the affirmative.
Sales of the Special Signs Number
From the publishers of The Southern Watchman, we learn that Brother R. L. Routt, of Texas, has already sold two thousand copies of the special Signs number of that paper, and has ordered one thousand more.
Life and Health
By Editor
EVERYBODY prizes life and health as the sum of all blessings, and everybody will prize the new health magazine, Life and Health, as a guide in the preservation of these choicest gifts. Read the announcement on the second page.
A. G. Daniells Returns to Washington
BROTHER A. G. DANIELLS returned to Washington from the Iowa camp-meeting last Thursday, and left last Sunday to spend a day or two at the meeting of the Central New England Conference at South Lancaster, Mass.
Prof. Loughhead Visits Washington
PROF. J. W. LOUGHHEAD, the principal of Mount Vernon Academy, Mount Vernon, Ohio, arrived in Washington on Wednesday of last week, and remained over the Sabbath. It is his first visit to this city since the establishment of our headquarters here.
Seeking Eugene Parrott’s Relatives
WE are requested to state that Brother Eugene Parrott has recently died at Farmington, N. M., and the friends greatly desire to learn the present address of his mother or other relatives. Any one who can furnish such information will please address Ira E. Young, Farmington, San Juan Co., N. M.
Funds for Medical Missionary Training School
ALL tract society officers who have in their possession any funds which have been contributed for the International Medical Missionary Training School Association are requested to forward the same immediately to W. H. Edwards, Battle Creek, Mich. Prompt attention to this notice will be greatly appreciated by the officers of the association.
Songs of Surrender and Victory
For several years F. E. Belden has been writing and selecting songs of surrender and victory, especially adapted for pioneer work; also material for a book of nature and industrial songs for children. He desires suggestions and contributions. All material sent to him, but not used, will, on completion of his work, be returned to the senders. Address him at Battle Creek, Mich.
Review and Herald Membership Applications
APPLICATIONS for membership in the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association of this city are being prepared, and will be supplied to those who have donated their stock in the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association of Battle Creek, Mich., for the benefit of this association. When these applications have been returned, properly signed, certificates of membership will be issued. Any who do not receive these application blanks in due time can of course make application by letter.