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Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 35.

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Earlier text: North Carolina Conference Proceedings

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

In the Review of August 18, Ella A. Carman was credited with $100, and the Potterville (Mich.) church with $26.45, donations to the $100,000 fund. The whole amount, $126.45, should have been credited to the Potterville church.
Further partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—
Amount previously reported ..... $29,871 71 International Tract Society, Ltd. (London) ............... 1,000 00 T. H. Robinson ........................ 300 00 Brooklyn German church .................. 122 00 Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Hastings ............. 100 00 Mrs. O. W. Gargett ....................... 50 00 G. D. Ballou ............................. 50 00 Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Nelson ............... 50 00 Margaret Elliott ........................ 50 00 T. T. Stevenson .......................... 50 00 South Dakota Conference .................. 36 50 A friend ................................ 30 00 Frank Robbins ........................... 25 00 Escondido (Cal.) church .................. 21 65 John Schroder ........................... 20 00 A friend ................................ 20 00 Mr. and Mrs. Toyne ....................... 20 00 Mrs. M. C. Genung ......................... 20 00 Hannah Neilsen .......................... 15 00 Alberta Mission Field .................... 11 25 Mrs. M. Krepps .......................... 10 00 Mrs. Olina Hanson ........................ 10 00 Mrs. J. Booth ............................ 10 00 Mrs. A. W. Woodworth ..................... 10 00 Mrs. Carl Christiansen ................... 10 00 Jerome Sumner ........................... 10 00 G. W. Henderson .......................... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. H. B. French ............... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. E. Robinson ................ 10 00 Mrs. M. J. Husk .......................... 10 00 E. M. Caviness .......................... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. N. Rutherford ........ 10 00 Friends of the cause ...................... 9 20 Enid (O. T.) church ....................... 8 50 Bangor (Mich.) society .................... 8 00 Mrs. S. E. McNeill ......................... 7 50 Stephen Tracy ............................. 7 00 West Wilton Sabbath-school ................. 6 35 F. Seymour Hartwell ....................... 5 00 Julia J. Bey .............................. 5 00 W. J. Hanna ............................... 5 00 J. W. Long ................................. 5 00 J. M. Osborn .............................. 5 00 Mrs. J. M. Osborn ........................ 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson ............... 5 00 A. C. Tupper .............................. 5 00 Chester DeCamp ............................ 5 00 Mrs. A. E. DeCamp ........................ 5 00 I. F. and M. A. Fenner ................... 5 00 Mrs. A. Mathews .......................... 5 00 Lambert Evrard ............................ 5 00 Francois DePas ............................ 5 00 Mrs. L. M. Russell ........................ 5 00 Joseph S. Fritts .......................... 5 00 Cyrus and Lizzie Whisler .................. 5 00 Daniel Holcomb ............................ 5 00 Wm. Perkins ............................... 5 00 A friend* ................................. 5 00 Ada A. Nelson ............................. 5 00 D. U. Hale ................................ 5 00 J. A. Coleman ............................. 5 00 A. J. Williams ............................ 5 00 J. C. Hand ................................ 5 00 A friend .................................. 5 00 Oscar Gabriel Haylock ..................... 5 00 John R. Foster ............................ 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Hallock ............... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheppler ............... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Evans .................. 5 00 Mrs. Nettie Talks ........................ 5 00 A friend .................................. 5 00 S. N. Curtiss ............................. 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. George McLafferty ........... 5 00 Mrs. Gertrude Cochran ..................... 5 00 H. W. Babcock ............................. 5 00 E. B. Bray ................................ 5 00 Prescott Wheeler .......................... 5 00 J. M. Stansbury .......................... 5 00 George Hunt ............................... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Campbell .............. 5 00 Mrs. Susannah Myers ....................... 5 00 Mrs. C. C. ................................ 5 00 I. H. N. .................................. 4 00 I. R. Brooks .............................. 3 75 Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Hallock ............... 3 50 A. M. Thomas .............................. 3 50 Lydia Larson .............................. 3 00 M. J. Sheffield ........................... 3 00 Mrs. John Dickson ........................ 3 00 Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Williams .............. 3 00 C. Flord .................................. 3 00 James K. Rice ............................. 2 50 M. Ratliff ................................ 2 50 I. N. Williams ............................ 2 50 Alfred Williams ........................... 2 50 Young People's Society, Escondido, Cal. .. 2 50 W. W. Eastman ............................. 2 50 Pearl Hallock ............................. 2 50 Joseph Jewell ............................. 2 50 Marcus Bean ................................ 2 50 O. D. Nichols .............................. 2 08 A friend .................................. 2 00 Mrs. Caroline Peterson .................... 2 00 Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hodge .................. 2 00 C. F. Dail ................................ 2 00 Severana Christensen ...................... 2 00 Mrs. R. Thornton .......................... 2 00 Beulah Hutchison .......................... 2 00 J. H. Deeley .............................. 2 00 Warren Hartwell ........................... 2 00 A sister .................................. 2 00 A. H. Deike ............................... 2 00 E. E. Merickel ............................ 2 00 Moses Marsden ............................. 2 00 Mrs. G. E. Leslie ........................ 2 00 Mrs. George J. Powell .................... 2 00 Rosalia Hannon ............................ 2 00 J. Henry Adams ............................ 2 00 Mrs. Lillian Stevens ...................... 2 00 A friend .................................. 2 00 G. and A. L. Glass ........................ 2 00 A friend .................................. 2 00 A friend .................................. 2 00 Ethel Edwards ............................. 2 00 G. B. Jenkins .............................. 2 00 Mrs. M. A. Spofford ........................ 2 00 Emma Flova ................................ 2 00 Mrs. N. C. Jones .......................... 1 80 Clear Lake church .......................... 1 61 Mrs. Maria Bellinger ........................ 1 50 May Long .................................. 1 50 Mrs. J. H. Deeley ........................ 1 50 Willie Osborn ............................. 1 25 E. C. Halsey .............................. 1 25 Joseph Clark .............................. 1 20 John Mitchelltree ........................ 1 00 Mary Smith ................................ 1 00 M. A. Dillon .............................. 1 00 L. Foster .................................. 1 00 C. B. Secord .............................. 1 00 Mrs. J. W. Baumrucker ..................... 1 00 Fanny Brown ............................... 1 00 Mrs. O. A. Olson .......................... 1 00 Mrs. A. Q. Goodrich ........................ 1 00 Mrs. C. W. Goodrich ........................ 1 00 Mrs. R. D. Wyatt .......................... 1 00 E. B. Towne ................................ 1 00 J. Hearn ................................... 1 00 Miss B. Hearn ............................. 1 00 Mrs. E. Towne ............................. 1 00 W. E. Tatro ................................ 1 00 Mrs. Sabrina Burleson ..................... 1 00 Fleeta Johnson ............................. 1 00 Martha Williams ............................ 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 Mrs. Mila Ford ............................ 1 00 Libbie Dean ............................... 1 00 George Luce ............................... 1 00 Ethel Luce ................................. 1 00 Isaac Deeley .............................. 1 00 Everett Rice .............................. 1 00 Helen F. Hartwell ......................... 1 00 Fannie C. Rice ............................ 1 00 Lucy A. Robinson .......................... 1 00 Mrs. N. M. Greene ........................ 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Greene ............. 1 00 R. S. Long ................................ 1 00 Jennie Vorse .............................. 1 00 E. F. Long ................................ 1 00 C. E. Hanna ................................ 1 00 S. E. Hanna ................................ 1 00 Mrs. Harriet Jones ........................ 1 00 Ira D. Blanchard .......................... 1 00 H. C. Kirkvold ............................ 1 00 Maria Lake ................................ 1 00 Electa Miller ............................. 1 00 William Walters ........................... 1 00 Roy Briggs ................................ 1 00 D. A. Corkham ............................. 1 00 Mrs. D. A. Corkham ........................ 1 00 H. F. Baldwin ............................. 1 00 Walter Blackburn .......................... 1 00 Caroline Schultz .......................... 1 00 L. M. Ratliff .............................. 1 00 Mrs. F. Trevillian ........................ 1 00 L. W. Scovill ............................. 1 00 T. E. Scovill ............................. 1 00 Ella N. Adams ............................. 1 00 A. V. Williams ............................ 1 00 Mrs. A. V. Williams ........................ 1 00 J. H. Humphrey ............................ 1 00 Mrs. J. H. Humphrey ........................ 1 00 L. M. Johnson ............................. 1 00 O. S. Russell ............................. 1 00 Wm. G. Jones .............................. 1 00 A. A. Wood ................................ 1 00 Laura Wood ................................. 1 00 C. E. Wood ................................ 1 00 Augusta C. Bainbridge ..................... 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 Susie Hall ................................ 1 00 F. M. Berry ................................ 1 00 J. J. Spikes ............................... 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 N. E. O'Herrow ............................ 1 00 W. A. Chatfield ........................... 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 Mrs. Carlisle .............................. 1 00 N. W. Atkinson ............................ 1 00 C. L. Harvey .............................. 1 00 Mrs. C. L. Harvey ........................ 1 00 David Lynd ................................ 1 00 Mrs. Lynd .................................. 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 J. R. Carnahan ............................ 1 00 Master Wade Talks ........................ 1 00 Irene Stewart ............................. 1 00 Mrs. George Gale .......................... 1 00 Lillie L. Lineback ........................ 1 00 Francis M. Harrison ....................... 1 00 Joseph A. Tyln ............................ 1 00 A. J. Brumbelm ............................ 1 00 Mrs. M. Della Utt ........................ 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis .................. 1 00 Mrs. Kewley ............................... 1 00 H. C. Miller .............................. 1 00 Mrs. E. Edmonds ........................... 1 00 I. F. Diffenbacher ........................ 1 00 Mrs. Emily Bartoo ........................ 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 Mary Rolfe ................................ 1 00 A sister .................................. 1 00 G. A. Wright ................................ 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McCaffin ............... 1 00 Mrs. Lola L. Strom ........................ 1 00 Stella Baumrucker .......................... 1 00 Lena Bresher ............................... 1 00 L. Bresher .................................. 1 00 M. A. Fox .................................. 1 00 A sister .................................. 1 00 Manda Huester .............................. 1 00 Mrs. M. Martin ............................. 1 00 Aug. Glatt ................................. 1 00 Stocumville (R. I.) church ................. 1 00 Ethel Dean ................................. 1 00 Iva Dean ................................... 1 00 Miriam Deeley .............................. 1 00 Robert Rice ................................ 1 00 Hartwell Rice .............................. 1 00 Helen M. Rice .............................. 1 00 E. A. Livermore ............................ 1 00 Bess Strom .................................. 1 00 Violet Strom ................................ 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 A friend .................................. 1 00 Rebecca Swanson ............................ 1 00 Elizabeth Swanson .......................... 1 00 Mrs. M. E. Raymond ........................ 1 00 Hattie E. Adams ........................... 1 00 Alva R. Adams .............................. 1 00 Jane Gould ................................ 1 00 Mrs. H. Johnson ........................... 1 00 Lottie Decker .............................. 1 00 Lima Tobey ................................ 1 00 Clara Taylor ............................... 1 00 Mrs. Mary Kirkwood ........................ 1 00 Mrs. C. Flaker ............................... 50 M. L. Criner .................................. 50 Harold Harvey ................................ 50 Evelyn Harvey ................................. 50 Lislie Sauls .................................. 50 Bert Heacock .................................. 50 Mrs. Bert Heacock ............................. 50 Loureta Heacock ................................ 50 P. C. Miller .................................. 50 W. J. Hall .................................... 50 Elsie Perry ................................... 50 Mrs. M. E. Tompkins ........................... 50 Lulu Hallock .................................. 50 Mrs. J. R. Carnahan ........................... 50 Mrs. H. J. Schnore ............................ 50 Ben Butler .................................... 50 Mrs. B. Butler ................................ 50 Jewell, Dewitt, Anna, and Gertrude Penry ..... 50 Mrs. S. L. Dodge .............................. 50 Edgar Nelton .................................. 50 Mrs. M. Z. Hurlburt ........................... 50 Mrs. S. G. Trimm .............................. 50 Mrs. M. S. Bittler ............................ 50 Mrs. Cartha C. Gillespie ........................ 50 Erville Greene ................................. 50 A friend ....................................... 40 Floy Humphrey .................................. 30 Alfaretta Sherman .............................. 25 W. J. Parks .................................... 25 Bertha Newgard ................................. 25 Irene Cook ..................................... 25 Hester Hill .................................... 25 Mary Greg ...................................... 25 Helen Cook ..................................... 25 A sister ....................................... 25 A sister ....................................... 25 Albert Glatt ................................... 25 L. Glatt ....................................... 25 Alta Hearn ..................................... 25 Mrs. Millie Sharlow ............................ 25 J. E. Harrison ................................ 25 Lewis Walters .................................. 25 Mattis Walters .................................. 25 B. Uqusoit ..................................... 25 Emma Lloyd ...................................... 25 Mrs. H. G. Brown ............................... 25 Katie Flaker ................................... 25 George Wright .................................. 25 Annis G. Hall .................................. 25 T. P. Stewart .................................. 25 Mrs. Mary Davis ................................ 25 Rufus Hallock ................................... 25 W. A. Penry .................................... 25 L. H. Penry .................................... 25 W. R. Edwards .................................. 25 A friend ....................................... 25 Mrs. M. A. Norton .............................. 25 Mrs. Flora Hillegas ............................ 25 Mrs. Algrene ................................... 25 Mildred Banng .................................. 25 Cora Colcord ................................... 25 Lester Colcord ................................. 25 J. W. Neefe .................................... 25 Frona Corsan ................................... 25 E. A. Livermore ................................ 25 W. J. Kittell .................................. 25 Ella D. Ostrander .............................. 25 W. F. Dingman .................................. 25 A sister ....................................... 20 C. Purday ...................................... 20 S. D. Prentis .................................. 15 Carl Hall ...................................... 10 Olive Miller ................................... 10 A friend ....................................... 10 Mrs. H. A. Avey ................................. 10 Mrs. N. W. Criss ................................ 10 Mrs. E. W. Folcrod ............................. 10 Mrs. Edna Slade ................................ 10 Mrs. Zimmerman .................................. 10 F. C. Jacobs ................................... 10 Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wade ........................ 1 00 M. H. Campbell ................................ 3 00 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Welch ........................ 5 00 Hampton (Iowa) company ........................ 10 00 W. E. A. Aul .................................. 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Walen .................. 50 00
Total reported .................... $32,600 80
A further list will follow.
Make all remittances to the General Conference Treasurer, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Church Organized at Avon

A CHURCH of twenty-one members was organized at Avon, N. Y., August 21.

The Relation of Education to the Work of God

WITH the great work before us of enlightening the world, we who believe present truth should feel the necessity of thorough education in the practical branches of knowledge, and especially our need of an education in the truths of the Scriptures. Error of every kind is now exalted as truth, and it is our duty to earnestly search the sacred Word, that we may know what is truth, and be able intelligently to present it to others. We shall be called upon to make known the reasons of our faith. We shall have to stand before magistrates to answer for our allegiance to the law of God.
The Lord has called us out from the world that we may be witnesses for his truth, and all through our ranks young men and women should be trained for positions of usefulness and influence. They are privileged to become missionaries for God; but they can not be mere novices in education and in their knowledge of the Word of God, and yet do justice to the sacred work to which they are appointed.
In every land the need of education among our workers is painfully apparent. We realize that education is not only necessary to the proper fulfilment of the duties of domestic life, but necessary for success in all branches of usefulness. . . . Whatever business parents might think suitable for their children, whether they desire them to become manufacturers, agriculturists, mechanics, or to follow some professional calling, they would reap great advantages from the discipline of an education. . . . They need to be thoroughly furnished with the reasons of our faith, to understand the Scriptures for themselves. Through understanding the truths of the Bible they will be better fitted to fill positions of trust. They will be fortified against temptations that will beset them on the right hand and on the left. Efforts must be made to fit young men for the work. They must come to the front to lift burdens and responsibilities. Those who are now young must become strong men. . . . The work is now greatly retarded because men are bearing responsibilities for which they are unfitted. Shall this great want continue and increase? Shall these great responsibilities drop from the hands of experienced workers into the hands of those unable to manage them? Are we not neglecting a very important work by failing to educate and train our youth to fill positions of trust? Let the workers be educated, but at the same time let them be meek and lowly of heart. Let us elevate the work to the highest possible standard, ever remembering that if we do our part, God will not fail to do his.
The agency of the Spirit of God does not remove from us the necessity of exercising our faculties and talents, but teaches us how to use every power to the glory of God. The human faculties when under the special direction of the grace of God, are capable of being used to the best purpose on earth, and will be exercised in the future immortal life.
Ignorance will not increase the humility or spirituality of any professed followers of Christ. The truths of the divine Word can be best appreciated by an intellectual Christian. Christ can be best glorified by those who serve him intelligently. The great object of education is to enable us to use the powers which represent the religion of the Bible and promote the glory of God.
We are indebted to him who gave us existence for all the talents which have been intrusted to us; and it is a duty we owe to our Creator to cultivate and improve the talents which he has committed to our trust. Education will discipline the mind, develop its powers, and understandingly direct them, that we may be useful in advancing the glory of God. — Christian Education.

A Call for Teachers

By Editor

We have several times called the attention of our people who are connected with the public schools to the importance of our own school work and of their connecting with it. We are impressed to do this again, from the fact that the Department of Education has a number of calls for teachers for which it is unable to suggest suitable names. A number of industrial schools are to be opened this fall, and they call for principals and instructors. In one or two instances a man and his wife who are properly qualified may begin the work, being assisted by others as the school shall grow.
Surely the Lord does not present these favorable openings for educational work, and then have no one to fill them. But often those whom the Lord calls do not feel themselves in readiness to accept the call, and they ask to be excused. The Lord always excuses those who persist in their desire to be excused, but it is often to their eternal loss.
We shall be pleased to correspond with those who may desire to consider these matters further. The Department of Education has already had some correspondence with our teachers not engaged in our own denominational schools, but there are yet many teachers with whose work we are not only unacquainted, but whose names we do not even have. Will not these teachers place themselves in touch with the educational work of the denomination, even though they may feel unable to directly connect with it at present? We shall be pleased to receive communications from such persons at this time, as well as from those who may consider the matter of these calls for teachers for these industrial schools already spoken of. Address communications to Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass.

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.

Current Mention

— The battle-ship “Louisiana,” the largest in the American navy, was launched at Newport News, Va., August 27.
— The revolution in Paraguay has caused an “indescribable panic” at Asuncion, and foreigners in all parts of the country are leaving, under protection of the diplomatic corps.
— A tornado swept through Chautauqua County, N. Y., August 25, striking a grove in which a picnic crowd of several thousand persons were gathered. Four persons were killed, and many were seriously hurt.
— An Antwerp dispatch reports the burning of immense oil tanks at Hoboken, Belgium, containing 26,500,000 gallons of oil, August 26. A number of lives were lost. The property loss will be several million francs.
— Eighty-four arrests for violation of the Sunday law were made in Alexandria, August 14. The arrests grew out of an effort by the Retail Merchants’ Association to enforce the Sunday law upon grocery and meat stores, but the men arrested were milk dealers, railway employees, druggists, newsboys, bootblacks, liverymen, and news-dealers. Not one was a grocer or a dealer in meats.
— Cæsar Booker, believed to be 125 years old, died in Washington, Ga., on August 24. He came to Georgia ninety years ago as a slave from Virginia. He did not know his exact age, but his memory of events of over a century ago was good and indubitably correct. Not a house of the present Washington was built when he was purchased by a Wilkes County farmer. Cæsar leaves six children, the oldest of whom lives near Thomson, Ga., and is ninety-six years old.
— It is reported from Reno, Nev., that recent cloudbursts and washouts in Tonapah and along the lines of the Tonapah and Carson and Colorado railroads are the most disastrous in the history of these districts. People at Tonapah and Goldfields are on the verge of starvation. They are being temporarily relieved by the rushing in of supplies via Croon Springs, Silver Peak, and Candelaria by wagon trains. But this is only temporary, and as over 5,000 persons must be fed in the different camps, extraordinary measures must be taken for their relief. Food supplies are practically exhausted.
— Striking dock laborers and marine workers have completely tied up marine traffic at Marseilles, France. On August 26 the strikers presented an ultimatum demanding the general adoption of eight hours’ work without a diminution of wages. Unless it is accepted, the marine workers of all the ports of France will be ordered to strike. An appeal is also made to the government, which will consider the question at a cabinet meeting, August 29.
— It was hoped that the christening of the czarevitch, the new heir to the Russian throne, would be made the occasion of the proclamation of constitutional government in Russia, but this hope met with disappointment. Certain concessions of a minor character were proclaimed, however, for the purpose of propitiating the peasantry and the rank and file of the army, who are peasants in uniform. The edict issued to commemorate the christening of the heir to the throne abolishes the use of the knout among the rural classes, and curtails it in the army and navy. It appears, also, that a general reduction of the penalties imposed for common law offenses is proclaimed, together with a general amnesty for all past political offenses, except in cases of murder. Persons arrested for offenses, the punishment for which would not have involved the loss of civil rights, are pardoned, provided they had not been sentenced at the time of the czarevitch’s birth. Absolutely nothing is done for the Jews, except to set aside the fines that have been levied upon Jewish communes whenever individual Jews have avoided military service.
— The Russian cruiser “Novik” was sunk off the island of Sakhalien, August 21, by two ships of Admiral Kamimura’s squadron, after a fight which lasted some hours. The “Novik” had escaped from Port Arthur, and was trying to reach Vladivostok. The Russian ships in the harbor of Shanghai have not been dismantled. Representatives of the powers at Shanghai, under the leadership of the American consul, took joint action to protect the foreign residents there and insure the neutrality of that port, the Chinese taotai having given notice that he was unable to do this. Japan has notified the powers that if the Russian war-ships in that port are not immediately disarmed, she will take whatever steps she may deem necessary to protect her interests, which is taken to mean that Japanese ships will enter Shanghai harbor, and seize the Russian ships. General Kouropatkin’s army and the Japanese forces opposed to him fought a battle, August 25, which seems to have been of an indecisive character. Port Arthur is reported to have about reached the end of its powers of resistance, and its fall is looked for at any time.
— The attorney for the Western Federation of Miners has sent a petition to President Roosevelt asking him to intervene in the labor troubles at Cripple Creek. The president is asked to consider questions of rights of citizens. His attention is called to the provisions of the Constitution guaranteeing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all. Then follows a showing of the maltreatment of men at the hands of a mob, this being supported by affidavits of several of those deported August 20. It is declared in the representations made to the president that none of those whose cases are placed before him had committed any wrongful act or in any way violated the law, being at the time of the assault and deportation pursuing in peace their customary vocations.

New Home for London Training School

A new home has been secured for the training-school in London, England, in the immediate vicinity of the offices of the International Tract Society. In a private letter Brother H. R. Salisbury, the principal, writes of it as follows: “It is a most desirable place, quiet, and with very large gardens at the back. The owner had a partition between two large drawing-rooms taken out, making us a beautiful chapel, accommodating about seventy-five without crowding. So we shall be taking boarders for the first time; and we are making a beginning for a preparatory school for those whose ages are from fourteen to seventeen. This will also increase our attendance.” For three years this school has carried forward its work in rented buildings rather than incur debt, and in the meantime funds are being raised to provide a permanent location when a providential opportunity presents itself. The school has proved itself to be of much value to the cause in Great Britain in training workers who are now in the field, and it has the hearty support of the people.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1904

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern New England, Middletown, Conn. ................. Sept. 1-10 New York, Lacona (State) ..... Sept. 8-18 West Virginia, Clarksburg ..... Sept. 8-18
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Quebec, Knowlton ............ Sept. 1-12
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Florida, Plant City .......... Oct. 13-23
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE East Michigan, Flint ........ Sept. 15-25 Northern Illinois, Streator ......... Sept. 1-11 North Michigan, Mancelona ...... Sept. 1-12 Wisconsin, Oshkosh ...... Aug. 30 to Sept. 12
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Burt (local) ............ Sept. 13-18 Nebraska, Omaha (State) ....... Sept. 1-11
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE British Columbia, Vancouver ..... Sept. 15-25 Western Oregon, Ashland ........ Sept. 8-18 Southern California, Los Angeles .. Sept. 1-11
UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE British Columbia, Vancouver .... Sept. 15-25 Southern Idaho ............... Sept. 12-18 Western Washington, Sedro Woolley (local) ....................... Sept. 9-18 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.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Annual Conference for Wisconsin

By Wm. Covert

THE next annual conference for Wisconsin is appointed to be held at Oshkosh in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 30 to Sept. 12, 1904. Conference officers are to be elected to serve for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may be necessary for the progress of the Lord’s cause in the conference. All church-members in good standing, who may be present, will constitute the delegates of the session.
Wm. Covert,
Conference President.

The Missionary Acre Fund

By Alonzo T. Jones

By the regular monthly reading in the churches for the month of April last, the call was made for all to take part in contributing to the Missionary Acre Fund by setting apart a portion of ground or orchard or vineyard, the whole proceeds from which should be devoted to that fund. As it is now in the midst of harvest time, we call the attention of all to this matter.
The proceeds of the Missionary Acre Fund have been devoted especially to the paying off of the debts of the old Battle Creek College property. About sixteen thousand dollars of this debt is due to the Review and Herald Association in Washington. About twice this amount is due to individuals of our own people, who loaned their money to the college when it was in need.
That which is due to the Review and Herald is now greatly needed in establishing the work in Washington. Many of the individuals to whom money is due from the college debt now desire to have their money, that they may help establish the work in Washington. Others desire to have their money because they personally need it very much.
The Training School Association was organized as an intermediary corporation, solely for the purpose of raising the money and paying off these debts on the college property, and of transferring the property to the designated corporation for the designated purpose. This association has no enterprise of its own; it has rightly no will of its own; it is confined to the one matter of raising the money and paying off these debts and transferring the property. The Acre Fund was assigned to this association as its principal resource—and indeed its only regular source—of income for the purpose for which the association exists. We want to pay all. But we simply can not possibly pay any, without money; and the Acre Fund is practically our only source of means.
Donations to the Acre Fund can not really interfere with donations to any other enterprise; because practically the Acre Fund is the proceeds of a certain portion of ground or orchard or vineyard that is set apart for that purpose; and after the portion of ground or orchard or vineyard is so set apart, the amount which shall be given is decided solely by what that portion produces, whether it be little or much; and even only a little from each one of our people, devoted for this fund will be all-sufficient to effect in a short time the purpose which the Training School Association was organized to accomplish. Indeed, in the matter of the sixteen thousand dollars due the Review and Herald, and much that is due to individuals, it is the truth that every dollar paid to the Training School Association pays double; each dollar counts the same as two dollars; for it pays those debts, and at the same time helps the work in Washington. And we can fully assure all people that the officers of the Training School Board could take no more pleasure in anything than in putting into the hands of our brethren in Washington that sixteen thousand dollars; and in paying to the individuals what is due to them so that they can put the money into the hands of the brethren in Washington.
Therefore, the officers of the Training School Board earnestly request that all our people will remember the Acre Fund, throughout the harvest time of the abundant crops that the Lord has so graciously given this year. Please send in promptly the proceeds of the portion of field, orchard, vineyard, or garden that you have or will set apart, that it may be passed on to the cause and the persons that so much need it. We believe that it is safe to say that if the debt of the college property were all to be paid now, the greater part of all the money would go directly into the hands of the brethren of Washington to aid in establishing the work there.
All money to the Acre Fund and all other money to help pay the debts on the college property should be sent to the Treasurer of the Training School Association, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.
ALONZO T. JONES, President of Training School Board.

Notice!

By Clarence Santee

THE Los Angeles Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, of Southern California, will hold its second annual session in connection with the conference and camp-meeting to be held in Los Angeles, at Forty-ninth Street and Central Avenue, Sept. 1-10, 1904. All business pertaining to the association will be transacted at that time. First meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 9 A. M. CLARENCE SANTEE, President.

Annual Meeting of Wisconsin Conference Association

By Wm. Covert; R. T. Dowsett

THE Wisconsin Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its next annual session, for the election of officers and the transaction of other necessary business, at Oshkosh, Wis., in connection with the Seventh-day Adventist annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 30 to Sept. 12, 1904.
WM. COVERT, Pres. Association, R. T. DOWSETT, Secretary.

Southern California Conference

By Clarence Santee

THE Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its third annual session in connection with the camp-meeting in Los Angeles, on Forty-ninth Street and Central Avenue, Sept. 1-10, 1904. All business of the conference will be transacted at that time, and conference officers elected for the following year. The first meeting will be held Friday, Sept. 2, at 9 A. M.
CLARENCE SANTEE, President.
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