Total cash received on the Missionary Acre Fund previously reported, $1,473.27.
NAME
AMOUNT
N. G. Brown
$ 5 00
Charles Taylor
5 00
Elvira Phillips
10 00
A. M. Tatton
1 00
Sanford E. Nelson
3 00
Louis & Annie Anderson
11 00
A. Jones
3 45
D. E. Sweet
6 60
E. G. Owens
8 50
R. Nelson & wife
25 00
W. A. Marsh, Jr.
20 00
Esther A. McCollum
1 00
Gene Thew
50
Mrs. A. Q. Goodrich
1 00
Mrs. C. W. Goodrich
1 00
Catherine Baldwin
25
C. M. Kinney
50
Mrs. M. J. Lamb
1 00
Mrs. Jane Irwin
1 00
J. N. Steele
1 00
F. De Pas
10 00
Mrs. F. C. Montgomery
2 00
Lydia Brown
2 50
S. R. Cockrell
25
E. E. Farnsworth
5 00
C. J. Robinson
17 00
W. F. Warnick
5 00
C. A. Carey
1 00
J. B. Craw & Bowling Green church
20 00
A. H. Mathews
20 00
Campaign for Christ’s Object Lessons
ELDER G. G. RUPERT is preparing for a strong campaign in behalf of “Christ’s Object Lessons” in the Southwestern Union Conference. He has planned a long tour in Texas during the month of November, and states that he will visit in every church in the union conference, results if necessary, in order to see the work with “Christ’s Object Lessons” to a successful finish. We are praying that in the near future, the Keene Academy may be entirely relieved from its load of debt, and that earnest and faithful efforts will be put forth to bring about this most desirable result.
It is not simply the good which the school derives from having its debt paid that is involved in the effort with “Christ’s Object Lessons:” it is the spiritual blessings which those who do this work in the faith of Jesus Christ receive in the doing of it.
Call to Remembrance the Former Days
By J. W. Posey
It is Satan’s studied plan to distract the minds of God’s people from the things of the greatest importance pertaining to their good and to God’s cause. This is true, especially in regard to the method, or system, which Christ established to advance his work in the earth.
Christ, in establishing his work, advocated by example as well as by precept the house-to-house plan. In fact, the first institute for house-to-house workers was held in the hills of Judea, and Christ himself was chairman, or chief spokesman. He first sent out the twelve. Definite instruction was given as to the particular message they should carry, how they should travel and be equipped, and certain territory was assigned each two of the workers. Matt. 10: 5-13. He afterward sent out the seventy “into every city and place, whither he himself would come.” Luke 10: 1. By this reference it is plain that house-to-house work is a preceding work—it even goes before the ministerial.
After the ascension and the day of Pentecost, after the outpouring of the Spirit, the house-to-house plan was still carried on. Later comes the miraculous experience and conversion of Paul, who was not only an eloquent preacher, but an accomplished house-to-house worker as well. Acts 20: 18-21. We have no record that Christ and the disciples carried literature, or did the particular work we commonly call canvassing, so we will not speculate as to that; but we do have definite Scriptural record that Paul carried books (2 Tim. 4: 13), and definite testimony that he was a canvasser. See “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, page 321, last paragraph. Putting these records together, we have reason to believe22that Paul was a bookseller. First is a testimony that he carried books; second, the Testimony says: “Let none think that it belittles a minister of the gospel to engage in canvassing as a means of carrying truth to the people. In doing this work he is laboring in the same manner as did the apostle Paul.” In speaking of our ministers canvassing, not only is visiting implied, but we all know that one, if not the principal, thought, is that they should sell books.
Again: can we conceive of a man like Paul, with a special call, an unrivaled Christian experience, going to people’s houses, laboring and reading with them, and yet not offering them a chance to purchase a book? or in the pulpit, giving one of his eloquent and soul-stirring sermons, with quotations from his books, and at the close of his discourse not inviting those who wished a book to come forward?—J. W. Posey, in The Reporter.
“Good Success”
By P. T. Magan
JESUS said, “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.”
God wants men and women to have great success in every work which they are undertaking for him. “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
God wants the minister to win large numbers of souls to Christ and the church. He is pleased to have the Bible worker persuade many of her readers to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. God wants the canvasser to sell scores and hundreds of books, for every book left in a home is a blessing left there to yield precious fruit in later years.
It is no part of the plan of God that men should make a failure. It is not God’s will that any man’s work should be such that he should be obliged to leave a field of labor without some laurels of Christian victory crowning his effort. No, God desires the humiliation of no man. “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” He is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” And as God longs to see us victorious in that which is the end and aim of all Christian effort, so also he desires us to be successful in every phase of Christian work which we undertake. “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?” But in the Christian race it is not so. Glory and success will crown the effort of every faithful runner.
We must ever remember that we are laborers together with God. We are God’s partners in the great work of redemption. And our Partner will never “fail nor be discouraged.”
Let there be no failure in our work with “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Above all other things in this work, we must never lose our first love. To begin a work, and then to drop it before it is completed, and before it has accomplished all that God designs it shall accomplish, is, in other words, to make a failure. Unfinished works are failures.
Dear brother, dear sister, have you sold only a part of your quota? Make an effort to sell the remainder, and see what a blessing will be yours.
This work was born in tears and prayers and sacrifices. It will end with triumphant success. Let us all choose to fight in its hard battles, to march on its long marches, to watch unto prayer in its darkest watches, and triumph in its jubilee. P. T. MAGAN.
Donors to the Relief of the Schools
The total cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to Nov. 9, 1902, is $47,860.96
NAME
AMOUNT
Berrien Springs
$ 2 00
Fritz Guy
10 00
Earl Rowell
1 00
Wyoming
50
W. G. Hull
1 00
Mrs. Rose Lorenzon
5 00
Mrs. M. Tyson
1 00
Sarah Page
5 00
William Rouse
50 00
Charles Minnis
30
W. C. Vose
10 00
H. E. Eighme
2 00
M. Harlan
3 00
M. H. Denmead
5 00
A friend (Kansas)
2 75
T. McAlpine
25 00
Mrs. Delia Daly
2 00
Mrs. E. J. & Mary Kinney
65
D. A. Piper
25
J. C. Rivers
1 00
Mrs. E. Fitzgerald
2 00
Mrs. Viola Evans
3 00
John Leland
50
E. H. Curtis
2 00
Mrs. Van Niman
1 00
Edgar Hennigar
5 00
Donation
2 00
Jane H. Hill
5 00
H. C. Balsbaugh
2 50
Lola Roth
1 00
M. R. Limberger
1 00
W. M. Perham
5 00
Serving God With All Our Might
By Amos R. Wells
THOSE who serve God with all their might soon find more might wherewith to serve him.—Amos R. Wells.
Overcoming Obstacles Through Faith
SURMOUNT obstacles in the name of the Lord; remove prejudice by the love of Christ; overcome difficulties by perseverance; press forward by faith; smooth the way by hope and cheer it by song, and you will gladden some heart, you will brighten some home, you will sell some books, you will scatter some seeds of truth, and your work will be crowned with success.—Missionary Worker.
Do It Now
THE TIME IS SHORT—
If thou wouldst work for God, it must
be now;
If thou wouldst win the garlands for
thy brow.
Redeem the time.
I sometimes feel the thread of life is
slender,
And soon with me the labor will be
wrought;
Then grows my heart to others still
more tender:
The time is short!
— Selected.
Silent Messengers
By Editor
Our Books, Tracts, and Periodicals
E R PALMER . . . . . . Editor
Now Is the Time to Work
By E. T. Russell
At this season of the year the evenings are long, and the farmers and others of the laboring classes have more time for reading than during the busy days of summer. This will be a slack period of the year, with many of our people, as their crops are being secured for the winter. Shall not our churches and brethren everywhere improve the time by getting literature before the people? How many excellent books we have that should be placed in their homes! The world needs the light that these books contain; and as they are read, many will be led to praise God for the precious gems of truth they receive. Why not take hold of this work and sell all you can during the present winter months? For the adults, I would recommend such books as “Christ’s Object Lessons,” “Steps to Christ,” “Great Controversy,” “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” “The Desire of Ages,” “Heralds of the Morning,” etc. For the children, I would suggest “Best Stories from the Best Book,” “Easy Steps,” etc.
Satan has his angels flooding the world with books that lead the mind away from God. Why should not God’s people be more in earnest than the servants of Satan? Let us walk as children of the light.
God Has a Work for You to Do
“God expects his church to discipline and fit its members for the work of enlightening the world. But let no one feel that because he is not educated, he cannot be expected to take part in the work. God has a work for you to do. He has given to every man his work. You can search the Scriptures for yourself. ‘The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.’ The prayer of the sinner’s heart, offered in faith, will be heard in heaven.”
Home Missionaries Wanted
“Some who have long professed to be Christians, and yet have felt no responsibility for the souls of those who are perishing right around them, within the shadow of their own homes, may feel a burden to go to foreign lands and take hold of the work afar off; but where is the evidence of their fitness for such work? Let such begin the work at home, in their own household, in their own neighborhood, among their own friends. Here they will find a favorable missionary field. The home missionary work first is a test revealing their ability or inability for service in a wider field.”
Why Are God’s People so Indolent?
“Why are the churches so indolent? Why have they no burden for the souls for whom Christ died, and how does heaven regard their inefficiency? The angels are constantly earnest and active, seeking to bring every child of God to work in the vineyard of the Lord. O, how they rejoiced when they saw that, through the word of Christ, the world was brought back into favor and position with God, and again connected with heaven, to be benefited with all the treasures of light and knowledge emanating therefrom; and they sorrow when they see that those for whom so much has been done have no interest to win souls for Christ.”
The Angels Are Anxious to See You Work
“Angels of God are soliciting you to work in fellowship with them, doing the will of God on earth as verily and unitedly and devotedly as they do the work appointed them in heaven and earth. The angels are surveying the ground occupied by the individual members of the church. They see the advantage gained by Satan when men and women neglect their God-appointed work. They see this work neglected or done in a bungling manner by those who claim to be Christians, and they sorrow over souls lost in consequence of this neglect. They cannot take your place nor discharge your duty.”
Do Not Think of Failure
“The members of the church of Christ are to be faithful workers in the great harvest field. They are to be diligently working and earnestly praying, making progress, and diffusing light amid the moral darkness of the world; for are not the angels of heaven imparting to them divine inspiration? They are never to think of, much less speak of, failure in their work.”
Will you not heed the entreaty of the Spirit of God? The Lord is very anxious that you should rise and shine; he is anxious that you should bear fruit to his glory. Will you not say, as did Isaiah, to the call of the Lord, “Here am I; send me”? I beseech you to take hold of this work without delay.
E. T. RUSSELL,
President Central Union Conference.
A Secretary's Suggestion
A TRACT SOCIETY secretary sends these suggestions:—
“Last night I gave a half-hour's lesson at the missionary meeting, showing the different ways in which the periodicals may be circulated. When I was preparing this, I was surprised at the different methods which might be employed. The people who were present seemed interested, and we shall try hard to induce the individual members to feel a responsibility. I suggested that each one begin with a small club, even if only two, and then try to work it up. If every member in the conference would do this, the circulation would rapidly increase, and a good work would be done. I also spoke about the children's work, and asked for volunteers to go out with two or three children each after school in the afternoon. If subscribers could be obtained in this way, the club could be sent to the church-school teacher, and the children could deliver the papers each week on their way home from school. They seemed interested in the thought of such an effort in behalf of their children. We also talked up the matter of our brethren going out Saturday nights to sell the papers, and hope something can be done in this direction. I have made out a similar lesson, and will send it to the librarians, encouraging each of them to try to work the matter up in his church.”
Help That Helps
By S. W. Nellis
SEATTLE, WASH., Nov. 4, 1902.
E. R. Palmer,Battle Creek, Mich.
DEAR BROTHER: Your letter dated October 29th is received; also one by the same mail from Elder Berg. As he agrees with us in bearing half the expense of transportation, I have instructed our secretary to remit fifty dollars to him; instructing him to add fifty more, and appropriate the one hundred dollars to pay the traveling expenses of Brother Reiber from Keene, Tex., to Glasgow, Scotland. We feel thankful for the privilege of adding our mite in assisting in so worthy an undertaking. Our conference is young, and financially we are a little embarrassed, but in the future we expect to render more substantial aid to the foreign work.
Praying that God may bless this worker, and make him a man after the Lord’s own heart, I am,
Yours in the Beloved,
S. W. NELLIS,
Pres. Western Washington Conf.
Oklahoma's Canvasser in Great Britain
By E. R. Palmer
MILFORD HAVEN, SOUTH WALES,
GREAT BRITAIN, NOV. 6, 1902.
E. R. Palmer.
DEAR BROTHER AND FELLOW WORKER:
I saw in the REVIEW some time ago a request for the workers to report through its columns; so I will here give you a report of my work for the month of October.
The Lord has been with us, and has given wonderful success. During the month I worked 104 hours, and took 123 orders for “Great Controversy,” making a total value of $263.84. To the Lord be all the praise, for it was he who did all the work.
I have had some wonderful experiences. Three times in one day I gave my prospectus to the servant to take in and show to the lady while I stood on the step and lifted my heart to God that he would impress her mind with the truths contained therein; and each time the servant returned bringing an order for a copy of the book.
I am so thankful that the Lord can use me as his instrument to place the truths for this time in the homes of the people. We are happy and of good courage in the work which God has given us to do.
A short time ago I broke all my former records by taking sixteen orders for “Great Controversy” in one day.
Pray that prosperity may not cause us to stumble, but that we may ever be found ready to do the will of the Lord, that we may be a help and blessing to others.
My address is 451 Holloway Road, London N., England.
Your brother in the blessed work,
WM. H. OLMSTED.
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.—Man or man and wife to live on farm for one year or longer. Good home and good wages to right person. Address Henry Vessey, Jamestown, N. D.
WANTED.—To adopt a S. D. A. orphan girl in good health, eight or ten years old, with blue eyes and good disposition. Can make a good home for her. Address P. O. Box 379, Northfield, Vt.
WANTED.—I have an inquiry for a practical repair man on all the standard typewriting machines. Good, permanent position for the right man. References required. Seventh-day Adventist preferred. Address H. E. Osborne, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.
WANTED.—A baker who can do good work in both bread and pastry, to go to work at once in connection with our bakery at the Hygeia Dining Rooms. Address J. C. Musselman, 5759 Drexel Ave., Chicago, Ill.
WANTED.—As office assistant, a good stenographer with some knowledge of bookkeeping. Permanent situation with opportunity for advancement, to suitable person. Address Jesse Arthur, Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.
WANTED.—A practical, reliable, and conscientious gentleman nurse, also a lady nurse, who are Sabbath keepers, and have been trained in one of our sanitariums. Address, at once, G. W. Mann, 136 Washington Boul., Fort Wayne, Ind.
WANTED.—The name and address of every adult person in your church or company who is not a subscriber to the REVIEW. Also your name and address if you are willing to distribute sample copies of the REVIEW among those who should be readers of our church paper. Address the editor.
SPECIAL SALE.—At less than half price, “Whisky; Parables, Poems, Facts, and Figures.” One of the best tracts against liquor and intemperance that is published. Has a splendid song, “Old Dad Made New.” Indorsed highly by the W. C. T. U. Five cents each. Special price till January 1, $2 per 100, postpaid. Address D. E. Scales, Washburn, Mo.
Obituaries
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
WILLIAMS.—Died at Hughes Springs, Tex., Oct. 15, 1902, of heart disease, T. S. Williams, aged 72 years, 4 months, 16 days. He joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church thirty years ago, and his hope of a soon-coming Saviour was bright. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn their loss. C. C. WHATLEY.
WARREN.—Died at Trufant, Mich., Oct. 10, 1902, of quick consumption, Mrs. Nina Warren. About three weeks before her death, she accepted the third angel’s message as far as she had learned it. Funeral services were conducted by Elder Marcan (United Brethren) and the writer. SAMUEL H. MEDLER.
ALWAY.—Died at Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 27, 1902, Margery Pauline Alway, daughter of Brother and Sister W. A. Alway, aged 2 years and 15 days. Typhoid fever, combined with other diseases, caused the death of this little one. She was buried at Ogden, Utah. Comforting words were spoken at the funeral by the writer. A. G. CHRISTIANSEN.
PRITCHARD.—Died at Minden, Neb., Oct. 18, 1902, of tuberculosis, Mrs. Lilly Pritchard, aged 34 years. Lilly gave her heart to the Lord in the days of her youth. A husband, two young children, and many relatives are left to mourn, but not without hope. The funeral was held at her old home, near Exeter, Neb. Words of comfort were spoken to a large congregation, on the hope of the resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. DANIEL NETTLETON.
COLCORD.—Elder George W. Colcord was born May 12, 1843, and died at Hygiene, Colo., Oct. 4, 1902. Occupying, as he did, important positions of trust, he became widely known throughout the ranks of Seventh-day Adventists, and formed a wide circle of friends. For several years he was president of the Illinois Conference. He was instrumental in starting the academy at Milton, Ore., which later developed into the Walla Walla College. He was likewise the moving spirit in establishing the academy at Graysville, Tenn., now known as the Southern Industrial School. Years of arduous labor and close application undermined his health, and several years ago it became necessary for him to remove to Colorado. But even here he was not content to relax his efforts, but again engaged in school work, teaching one year in the church school in Boulder, and then organizing a school in Hygiene, which constituted his last field of labor. This last school was started with the most favorable auspices, reaching an enrollment of more than one hundred; and had Brother Colcord’s life been spared, no doubt, with the blessing of the Lord, eminent success would have attended the enterprise. Elder Colcord was a man of faith and devotion to the cause of truth. He was pre-eminently a pioneer. Possessed of marked executive ability and organizing power, he was enabled to take new enterprises and bring out of them success where those less fortunate in the possession of these faculties would have failed. He had a large faculty of inspiring his students with enthusiasm and earnestness in their work, and his loss will be keenly felt by the many in whose lives, by the blessing of the Lord, he has been an inspiration to higher purposes and earnest endeavors. His wife, who has so nobly and faithfully stood by his side all these years in the work to which God had called him, is left, above all others, to mourn his loss. 1 Tim. 4:7, 8, was the basis of remarks made upon the occasion of his funeral, which was largely attended by our own people and by citizens and neighbors. FRANCIS M. WILCOX.
Publications Wanted
N. B.— Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped.Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid.
G. B. Cox, Guinness, Cuba, Spanish tracts or periodicals.
L. G. Moore, 1114 East University St., Ann Arbor, Mich., Signs and Life Boat.
Ethan A. Brown, 629 Erie St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn., Signs and Swedish and Norwegian periodicals.
James Johnson, 822 S. Campbell St., Springfield, Mo., Signs, Gospel Herald, Watchman, Good Health.
J. H. Hill, Lexington, Mo., tracts on the coming of the Lord and periodicals in English, also Signs Vaktare.
W. F. Parker, Montezuma, Colo., REVIEW, Signs, Good Health, Instructor, Little Friend, tracts, and pamphlets.
Mrs. M. E. Coffin, Doyle and Overton Bldg., Santa Rosa, Cal., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Sentinel, Life Boat, Little Friend, health journals.
"Home" Articles
Beginning with January, 1903, The Signs of the Times will publish an excellent series of articles by Dr. Mary Wood-Allen. She first speaks of the physical and mental changes in the child as he enters his teens; she then gives some remarkable statistics emphasizing the importance of careful training through this critical period, and an article is devoted to definite rules and suggestions to parents and teachers having to do with children at this time. How Brothers and Sisters May Be Helpful to Each Other is the subject of another talk, while Courtship, Love, Engagement, Founding a Home, and Parentage form the topics of others. Every parent, teacher, and young person should carefully read the earnest, practical words which these articles contain.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Michigan Central
“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected June 26, 1902.
EAST
Station
6 *Night Express
12 Detroit Accom.
8 *Mail & Express
10 *N. Y. & Bos. Spl.
14 Fast Express
4 N. Y. & Bos. Spl.
36 *Atlantic Express
Chicago
pm 10.00
am 6.45
am 10.50
pm 3.00
pm 5.20
pm 11.50
Michigan City
11.00
6.45
12.08
4.59
6.50
1.25
Niles
1.05
10.05
1.00
5.85
7.45
2.35
Kalamazoo
2.45
am 7.90
12.05
2.08
6.55
8.42
4.30
Battle Creek
3.30
8.16
1.00
2.42
7.17
9.25
5.00
Marshall
4.10
1.30
3.05
Albion
4.32
1.50
3.30
Jackson
6.20
pm 2.35
2.40
4.05
8.40
10.40
6.40
Ann Arbor
6.20
3.20
4.41
4.58
9.30
11.25
7.45
Detroit
7.35
4.15
5.50
6.00
10.30
11.25
8.15
Falls View
am 6.22
6.88
5.10
Susp. Bridge
6.33
6.57
5.91
Niagara Falls
6.36
7.08
5.45
Buffalo
am 1.20
8.10
7.50
8.30
Rochester
3.13
10.00
9.85
9.40
Syracuse
5.15
12.00
11.80
10.45
Albany
9.05
4.35
6.00
2.50
New York
1.30
8.15
6.30
7.00
Springfield
pm 12.13
6.59
3.39
3.06
Boston
8.00
11.30
11.30
8.46
WEST
Station
7 *Night Express
17 N. Y. Bos. & Chi. Exp.
5 *Mail & Express
3 Fast Mail
15 Wheaten? Express
1 Kalamazoo Accom.
37 *Atlantic Express
Boston
pm 2.00
am 4.40
pm 4.15
pm 8.00
New York
4.00
8.45
6.00
Syracuse
4.20
Rochester
am 1.10
2.00
am 1.42
Buffalo
8.10
pm 7.25
6.00
pm 1.15
Niagara Falls
8.07
7.02
1.52
Susp. Bridge
7.15
7.15
5.02
Falls View
7.36
7.36
6.18
Detroit
pm 6.20
am 12.40
pm 12.??
Ann Arbor
9.88
8.40
8.10
1.80
11.10
1.10
Jackson
11.20
10.50
11.05
1.80
11.??
12.20
Battle Creek
12.40
10.54
12.25
2.25
1.25
Marshall
1.80
11.28
1.20
4.10
3.00
Kalamazoo
5.25
12.45
2.50
5.30
3.??
Niles
4.47
12.??
4.??
5.??
5.??
Michigan City
5.??
1.??
5.??
6.??
7.00
Chicago
6.55
3.15
6.40
8.05
8.55
9.01
7.50
*Daily. †Daily except Sunday. ‡ Stop on signal. § Stops to let off passengers.
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.10 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. RUGGLES,
General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
ON Sabbath afternoon, last, nineteen of the twenty workers from California, who are going to other lands, gathered in the Tabernacle, in this city, for a farewell missionary service. After Elders A. G. Daniells and A. T. Jones had spoken of the purpose of the brethren in California to share their blessings and means with the vast fields abroad, the outgoing workers addressed the large audience.
J. O. Corliss reviewed the early history of our mission work, in the days when slowly, one by one, workers went forth to other lands. He expressed his joy at seeing the time when they are going out literally by the score. Brother and Sister Corliss will labor in the north of England.
D. A. Parsons, who goes to Ireland, said it was the love of the message that led him to go, and he expressed his sympathy for those who are called to remain at home. J. W. McCord, who was born in the north of England, returns to his native land. He expressed his love both for the land of his nativity and for California, as in the latter place he had been born again and been led into the third angel's message, which now he desires to tell to his own countrymen.
Charles T. Everson and his wife, accompanied by his sister-in-law, Miss Schell, are off to Rome, to hold up the standard of truth under the very shadow of the Vatican. Brother Everson cited Rom. 1:14, 15, as the language and theme of the workers going to Italy.
A. S. Marchus and his wife, after spending a little time in England, will go on to Africa, glad to leave home for love of needy souls abroad. F. D. Gauterau goes to France, whose cry of need from across the sea had reached his ears. Walter Bond, his wife, and Frank Bond will go to Spain, confident of the Lord's guidance, to tell the news of a soon-coming Saviour in that land where we have never before had a worker.
Ethel Scoggins, a Bible worker, told how the Lord had in a special manner opened the way for her to go to England.
Delmer Baker, and C. H. Castle and his wife go also to England. Clay O'Donnell, of the Review and Herald office staff, joins the party for England.
Thus California is sending forth a large contribution to meet the needs beyond. The call of the hour is to rise up and go to the world with the definite message of the coming of the Lord. Let every heart be glad, and let every one respond by consecration of service and of all that he has to this glorious aim. The large congregation in the Tabernacle gave to the missionary party a hearty Godspeed, with assurances that many prayers will follow the laborers as they enter the harvest fields. W. A. S.
