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The Fourth Appropriately Celebrated

By George C. Tenney

In order to divert the attention of their children from the usual worldly attractions of the national holiday, the idea was conceived of arranging for a union meeting, on July 4, of the churches centering around Potterville, Mich. The place appointed was the beautiful grove of Brother J. F. Carman, where similar meetings have been held in the past. I was glad to respond to an invitation to be present. At an early hour friends began to come in from different directions, mostly by teams. By eleven o'clock over two hundred had assembled. There were members of the Lansing, Jackson, Battle Creek, Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Dimondale, Grand Ledge, Ithaca, and perhaps other churches, present.

The Sabbath-school was followed by a short address on the double significance of the day,—first, as a memorial of the blessings and privileges our Heavenly Father has conferred upon us who live in these days and in this greatly favored country; and also the deeper significance of the Sabbath and its glorious rest in Jesus Christ. A children's service followed the bountiful noon repast. This was very interesting and profitable. Good judgment and careful preparation were evident. After a short

intermission, Sister VanDeusen, from Barbadoes and St. Vincent, related a chapter of the experiences through which she and her husband have been passing in that distant field. She dwelt at some length on the description of the terrible eruptions of Mt. Soufrière on St. Vincent, of which she was a witness. Brother E. K. Slade followed with remarks appropriate to the occasion. Several others then spoke words of encouragement and edification.

A collection of about thirty dollars was taken for the Australasian work, and some money was donated to building a church in the islands. As we shook hands at the close of the day, all expressed the sentiment that it was the best Fourth of July they had ever spent.

G. C. TENNEY.

The Sunny Southland

By I. A. Ford

A CONSIDERABLE number of letters have been received since my last article in the REVIEW regarding the South and its needs. These letters show that our people feel a real interest in this field. A few have already signified their intention of entering this field, some as canvassers, others as medical missionaries, farmers, etc. This is very encouraging to us. It shows that the Lord is placing upon some a burden for the Southland, and we are sure that their coming here will be a great blessing, both to the work and to themselves.

We are especially anxious for a large corps of evangelistic canvassers to connect with the work here this season. There never was a more favorable time for selling our publications than now. We have not been troubled with either flood or drought. Crops of all kinds are doing well, and everything brings the best of prices. The drought of the East, the frosts of the North, and the floods of the West have all contributed in helping the South by making an enlarged market and high prices. Just now is the time to step in and take advantage of the existing conditions.

The canvassers never did better than they are doing this year. One brother working in a rather poor section, writes that in eighteen days he sold nearly two hundred dollars’ worth of books. He delivered seven books in one house. People seem hungry for the truth, and many times canvassers have opportunity to pray with and for them. We have a great work to do in a short time, and the Lord is giving his messengers the power of the Spirit for the work, and they are having good success.

We believe that there are hundreds of others who would be glad to come to this “most needy field” to help in the good work, and receive a share of the blessings. We have not space here to write particulars, but if those who are interested will write to the undersigned at 1025 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn., we shall be glad to give all the information and help that we can. I. A. FORD.

Current Mention

— A new cure for opium poisoning by serum treatment is announced by a prominent surgeon of Rio de Janeiro.

— Reports from California state that the citrus crop this year in that State bids fair to be larger than any on record.

— An American war-ship has been ordered to Venezuela to release five American steamers held by the revolutionary forces there.

— Twenty persons were killed in a railway collision on the Virginia Midland division of the Southern Railway at Rockfish, Va., July 7.

— Fire destroyed the main building of the mammoth plant of the Hammond Packing Company at St. Joseph, Mo., July 5, causing a loss of $1,500,000.

— The United States is assembling a formidable fleet in Chinese waters, acting on the advice of Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans, who believes serious trouble is imminent in that quarter.

— Bubonic plague is believed to exist at Valparaiso, Chile, although the sanitary board of that city declares there are no cases at present, and that all precautions against it are being taken.

— Two men, Messrs. Hammond and Whitman, of Pasadena, Cal., have started to cross the continent in an automobile, carrying a message from the mayor of San Francisco to the mayor of New York City.

— Restrictions imposed by the United States on Chinese who may wish to visit the St. Louis fair are greatly resented at Peking, and intended Chinese exhibits will not be sent unless the restrictions are modified.

— The wealth of Pope Leo is reported to amount to $20,000,000 in ready cash, besides jewels which exceed in value those of any European sovereign. A large part of this wealth is deposited in the Bank of England.

— Near Cincinnati, Ohio, July 9, four persons were killed and three others fatally injured by a railway train while attempting to cross the track in a carriage. The carriage was drawn by mules, and the mules balked on the track.

— A Manchester, England, dispatch reports that King Oscar of Sweden is suffering from an incurable internal complaint, and that a surgical operation of a critical nature will probably occur in the near future.

— War between Russia and Japan is again believed to be imminent. Russia has been buying heavy guns from the Krupp factory in Germany, for the forts at Port Arthur, and has erected a military building in the public square at New Chwang.

— The report of the secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society, given at the recent convention in Denver, shows the society’s present membership to be 3,822,300. An effort is to be made to increase the membership in each State ten per cent each year for the next ten years.

— Four companies of United States artillery troops were recently ordered withdrawn from Cuba, and on their departure four companies will be left on the island, which will constitute a permanent garrison for the two coaling stations in the possession of the United States government.

— Fourth-of-July accidents in the United States, as given by reports, reached the total of 52 deaths and 3,665 persons injured; fireworks maimed or burned 1,170; the financial loss from fires amounted to $400,625.

— The last census of British India, says the Pittsburg Christian Advocate, shows that heathen religions in that country, notwithstanding what is said about their decadence, are still virile enough to more than counterbalance the increase of Christianity among the native people. “In the ten years ending with 1901, the number of Mohammedans increased from 57,330,000 to 62,500,000, and of Buddhists from 7,131,000 to 9,476,000. During the same period the Christian population showed an increase of 638,861.”

— The Italian cardinals are reported to be hopelessly divided over the question of a successor to Pope Leo, and the strife which always marks the election of a new pope is already in progress, and seems likely to be more than usually acute. Added to the opposition any candidate may have in the college of cardinals, is the veto power possessed by several of the European monarchies, on account of which Cardinal Rampolla, it is stated, has no chance of election, he being objectionable to Austria and Germany. For a like reason Cardinal Gotti is ineligible, being opposed by France, which regards him as Emperor William’s candidate. The political influence of the triple alliance and other counterbalancing political influences must be considered, and the successful candidate must be one to whose election the contending factions will consent. The whole procedure reveals a system ruled by politics within and without, and in sharp contrast with the religious system established by Him who said, “My kingdom is not of this world.”

— Stories of negro peonage in Alabama and other Southern States continue to be published in leading papers of the North. What the New York Times calls a “shocking peonage story” was told by a negro named Helms, in a Montgomery, Ala., court, July 8. He said that he with two other negroes had been arrested on a charge of vagrancy, and brought before the mayor of Goodwater, Ala., who fined them each five dollars and costs, equivalent to four and a half months’ imprisonment. They were taken next day into another county, and sold to a farmer, who put them to work on his farm. Helms was whipped every other day on an average, sometimes lying on the ground with a man sitting on his head. He was worked every day under guard, and locked up at night. Once he escaped from the guard, but was caught and returned to his farmer owner, who offered a reward for his apprehension. Finally his father learned of his whereabouts, and secured his release on payment of forty-eight dollars. It will be seen that “peonage” in such a case is only another name for slavery. A point in this matter which should not be overlooked is that all efforts to suppress this peonage system are made by the United States courts, the State authorities doing nothing.

— Some trouble between Indiana mine owners and miners, which began with the discharge of three workmen by one of the mining companies

for refusing to work, has been settled by an offer to reemploy the discharged man with the understanding that hereafter men may be discharged for refusing to do necessary repair work on Sundays.

— The first fruits of the Assuan dam, says a dispatch from Cairo, Egypt, justify the expense involved in its construction. The reservoir has been emptied of its winter store of water for the first time, and report states that “the results are most satisfactory. The area of cotton is largely increased, and the success of the summer crops is assured in the entire area tributary to the dam.”

— The first of a series of experiments begun last December by the secretary of agriculture at Washington to determine the effects of common food adulterants on the human system, was concluded June 30, the experiments thus far having been confined to borax and boracic acid. It is reported that the experiments show that the use of these substances as food preservatives, is practically harmless.

— The Johnstown, Pa., flood was duplicated on a small scale at Oakford Park, Pa., July 5. A forty-foot dam which backed up the water forming an artificial lake went out, and in the rush of water that followed, many lives were lost. Thirty-six bodies of the victims have been recovered. The property loss amounts to $1,500,000. Some thousands of dollars are needed for the relief of the destitute.

— A Cincinnati telegram announces a coming convention of the American Federation of Catholic societies, to be held in Atlantic City, August 1. This will be the third national convention held since the organization of the society. The call for the convention says that the federation is carrying out the mission laid down in the encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII, whose blessing has been bestowed upon this Catholic movement. Over fifty dioceses will be represented, and the presidents of the leading Catholic colleges will be in attendance.

— Farmers in some sections of Kansas, principally those living near Larned, Kinsley, Stafford, Kingman, Sterling, Great Bend, Russell, Hays City, Ellsworth, Lacrosse, Lincoln, and Osborne, are in great straits to secure help to harvest their wheat, which is already overripe. A Topeka dispatch says that over 5,000 men are needed in the harvest fields, and farmers are in some instances holding up trains in the endeavor to secure help. No tramps are reported in that vicinity, and few are seen throughout the West, but large numbers are reported to be sojourning in New England.

— What was perhaps the worst of all the lynching tragedies that have happened in this country took place at Evansville, Ind., July 6. An officer had been killed by a negro, and a mob went to the jail to lynch the murderer, who had been secretly taken out of town. Failing to find the object of their search, the mob caught and hung another negro who was innocent of any crime. Meanwhile the militia had been called out, and failing to stop the mob by other means, at last fired upon it, killing seven, and wounding twenty others. Among the killed was the young daughter of a man named Allman.

Wanted: Two Tents for Egypt

By W. H. Wakeham

EGYPT offers unusually good opportunities for carrying on gospel work by the means of tent meetings. In most of the towns and villages no suitable building for public religious services can be obtained. A medium-sized tent, such as is used by our people in the United States, would meet this need. We shall be prepared to man two tents as soon as we can get them. There are two special points of advantage: (1) the climate here is such that tent meetings could be conducted almost the year round; (2) as it seldom rains in a large part of Egypt, rain-proof tents are not necessary. They should, however, have a double roof—a fly—as a protection against the fierce heat of the sun. Some of our conferences in the United States may have a tent, good looking, and nearly new, but not of a quality to shed rain; and therefore almost useless in a country where rain is frequent in summer. Can not such be donated to the Egyptian Mission? Or, at least, sold at a low rate? Who will respond to this call for help for this needy field? Address any information to Secretary General Conference, 267 W. Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.

W. H. WAKEHAM.

Cairo, Egypt.

We shall be glad to hear from any conferences in response to this call. Who would not rejoice to hear of two tent companies at work in the valley of the Nile? It would not pay to send over an old tent, leaky by reason of wear, but here is a place where the misfortune of being in possession of a leaky tent may be turned to good account. When the tent is forthcoming, it may be some individuals will want to contribute to pay for its transportation.

W. A. S.

The Caribbean Watchman

We have received a copy of Vol. I, No. 1, of the Caribbean Watchman, the paper of the Caribbean Conference. It is a neat, twelve-page paper, very much in the style of the REVIEW, only smaller in size. Brother Geo. F. Enoch writes that the whole edition of three thousand was taken so quickly that they were all surprised. In Trinidad alone they expect to sell two thousand of the next issue. This little paper will mean much for the advancement of the message in the West Indian field. The people appreciate far more a paper published in their own field than one from the United States. We wish it Godspeed.

The Influence of Our Publications

By Ellen G. White

But few realize what can be done in reaching the people by personal, interested efforts in a wise distribution of our publications. Many who will not be induced to listen to the truth presented by the living preacher, will take up a tract or a paper and peruse it. Many things they read meet their ideas exactly, and they become interested to read all it contains. Impressions are thus made upon their minds which they can not readily forget. The seed of truth has in some cases been buried for years beneath the rubbish of the world, and the pleasing fables that deceived ones have enjoyed. After a time some earthly sorrow or affliction softens their hearts, and the seed springs up and bears fruit to the glory of God.

Again, many read these papers and tracts, and their combativeness is aroused, and they throw the silent messengers from them in a passion. But ideas all new to them, have, although unwelcome, made their impression. Again the hand takes up the neglected paper or tract, and the eye is tracing the truthful lines, and again in passion it is thrown from them as their path is crossed. But the mind is not at rest; the abused paper is at last perused, and thus point after point of truth begins its convicting work; step by step the reformation is wrought, self dies, and the warfare against the truth is ended. The despised paper or tract is henceforth honored as the means of converting the stubborn heart and subduing the perverse will, bringing it into subjection to Christ. Had the living preacher spoken as pointedly, these persons might have turned from him, and refused to entertain the new and strange ideas brought before them. The papers and tracts can go where the living preacher can not, and where, if he could go, he would have no access to the people, because of their prejudice against the truth.

Few have any adequate idea of what the distribution of tracts and papers is doing. The missionary work, in circulating the publications upon present truth, is opening doors everywhere, and preparing minds to receive the truth, when the living preacher shall come among them. The success which attends the efforts of ministers in the field is not due alone to their efforts, but in a great degree to the influence of the reading-matter which has enlightened the minds of the people, and removed prejudice. Thus many are made susceptible to the influence of the truth when it is presented before them.

MRS. E. G. WHITE.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1903

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Maine..........................Sept. 3-13 New England...............Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 New York...................Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Vermont.....................Aug. 20-30 Virginia, Wellington......July 31 to Aug. 10

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec........................August Newfoundland................September

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Wisconsin, Oshkosh........Aug. 12-24

North Michigan, Mancelona, Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 East Michigan, Flint..............Aug. 18-28 Indiana, Peru....................July 30 to Aug. 9 Ohio, Mt. Vernon................Aug. 6-17 Southern Illinois, Newton...Aug. 27 to Sept. 6

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Nebraska, Grand Island..........Sept. 3-13 Kansas, Newton..................Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 Kansas, Cherokee................July 16-22 Missouri, Windsor...............Aug. 13-23

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Tennessee River Conference, Hazel, Ky., ................................July 16-27 Louisiana, Hope Villa........July 23 to Aug. 3 Mississippi, Amory........July 30 to Aug. 10

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Arkansas, Van Buren...........July 17-27 Texas, Waco....................July 30 to Aug. 9 Oklahoma, El Reno..............Aug. 13-23

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central Montana, Bozeman....Aug. 25 to Sept. 2 Eastern Montana, Billings.....July 17-25 California, Eureka.............July 23 to Aug. 3

EUROPEAN GENERAL CONFERENCE

German Switzerland...........July 15-19 French Switzerland............July 21-26 North England.................July 31 to Aug. 9

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.

Silent Messengers

By Editor

Our Books, Tracts, and Periodicals

E. R. PALMER . : : : Editor

Selling Papers

A SISTER in Omaha, Neb., sold, not long ago, 2,400 copies of one number of The Signs of the Times. She and her husband together sold over 4,000 copies. If they had thought they could not sell any, they would not have done any more than many others who stayed at home and wished that they could sell papers.

A Working Company

By M. J. Fritz

PATCHOGUE, N. Y., June 21, 1903.

DEAR BRETHREN: I will give you a short report of the work in Patchogue, L. I. I came here with my family last December. We subscribed for ten copies of The Signs of the Times; after we had ten readers, we doubled the number. We soon had readers for the twenty, and so doubled the number again.

By that time a sister who is sixty-five years of age, and had partially recovered from a severe illness, came up to the help of the Lord, although it was hard for her to get around. We ordered twenty copies more, making sixty in all, and we shall keep adding as the Lord prospers us. This sister sells twenty or more each week, and keeps increasing her number as the Lord gives her strength and opportunity. My wife, and son, who is twelve years old, sell and distribute the rest.

Many of our readers express their appreciation of the paper by telling us that it is the best paper that ever came to their house. With the help of the Lord we expect to place the Signs in every home where it will be read; for we ourselves believe that it gives the trumpet a certain sound, and will accomplish that for which it is sent.

Although we may not reap the harvest, we are glad to have a part in tilling the fallow soil, of sowing a seed here and there, and of watering that which is about to wither.

Pray for the lonely Sabbath-keepers in Patchogue.

M. J. FRITZ.

Successful Evening Work

By Elin Myrberg

Seattle, Wash., June 24, 1903.

Dear Friends: I am one of the helpers here in the restaurant, so it is always late when I get through work; but after helpers' meeting on Sabbath evening I start out with the Signs. The first Sabbath evening I sold sixteen. I sold quite a few during the week, and the next Sabbath evening I sold twenty-one, besides giving some away, and receiving extra money. I sell on the streets and stands, and sometimes in the saloons. One evening I took only nineteen papers with me, and sold them all in a little while, and had to walk home without any papers to sell. I am of good courage, and enjoy the work very much. It is always half-past eight or nearly nine before I go out in the evening, and I never stay out after ten. I take fifty copies of the Life Boat a month also.

Yours in Christ,

Elin Myrberg.

Obituaries

THOMAS.—Died in Battle Creek, Mich., June 9, 1903, Cecil Saxby Thomas, aged 4 years. He was the son of Frank E. and Bertha G. Thomas. His death was the result of tumor on the brain. The parents and mourning friends are comforted with the hope of the soon coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. J. L. PRESCOTT.

GOFF.—Died at Emporium, Pa., May 5, 1903, of cancer of the stomach, Henry Goff, aged 58 years, 3 months, and 1 day. Brother Goff was a firm believer in present truth, and had been a member of the Emporium church for the past nine years. He died in the blessed hope of a soon-coming Saviour. He leaves a wife and a little son to mourn his death. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral from Ps. 17: 15. E. EBERSALL.

DAVIS.—Died at Santa Barbara, Cal., June 25, 1903, Mrs. Margaret Malvina Davis, aged 64 years, 6 months, and 17 days. Sister Davis was a faithful member of the church at Santa Barbara, and our hearts are comforted because we know she sleeps in Jesus. For seventeen years she has been a firm believer in the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14: 13, by the writer. J. L. McELHANY.

WRIGHT.—Died near Richford, Vt., June 29, 1903, of heart failure, Wm. Wright, aged 58 years. Mr. Wright was favorable to the truth, but had not taken a decided stand with us. His wife is one of the faithful ones, and feels deeply the loss of her husband. A son, a daughter-in-law, and many other relatives and friends mourn their loss. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church, where a large audience listened to a discourse from John 11: 25, 26. J. W. WATT.

WILLIAMS.—Died at his home, near Taftsville, Vt., Feb. 4, 1903, of consumption, Brother George Williams. He was converted seventeen years ago, accepted present truth eleven years ago, and was faithful unto death. At the time of his death he was a member of the Vermont Conference Committee, also elder of the Hartland church. He was a valuable man in conference work, and we miss him much. He leaves a mother, a wife, and six children, with other relatives, to mourn their loss, but they sorrow not without hope. Funeral services were held by the writer. J. W. WATT.

Annual Meeting of the Texas Conference

By W. A. McCutchen

THE twenty-sixth annual session of the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of any other business that may come before it, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Waco, Tex., July 30 to August 9. All members of any Seventh-day Adventist church within the State, in good and regular standing, are delegates to, and members of, this conference. Important matters are to come up for consideration, and it is hoped a large representation of our brethren will be present. The first meeting will convene Sunday, August 2, at 9 A. M.

W. A. McCUTCHEN, President.

Walla Walla College Calendar

THE annual calendar of Walla Walla College is now ready, and may be obtained by all who are desirous of learning the plans for the coming year, by addressing Walla Walla College, College Place, Wash.

Virginia Conference

By R. D. Hottel

THE twentieth annual session of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Wellington, Va., July 31 to Aug. 10, 1903. The first meeting will be held Sunday, August 2, at 9 A. M. Let all delegates be present at the first meeting.

R. D. Hottel, President.

Meeting of the Texas Conference Association

By W. A. McCutchen

THE annual meeting of the Texas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists for the election of officers and a board of trustees, will be held in connection with the meeting of the Texas Conference, at Waco, July 30 to August 9.

W. A. McCUTCHEN, President.

East Michigan, Attention!

By E. I. Beebe

THE East Michigan camp-meeting and conference will be held in Peer's grove, at Flint, Mich., August 18-28. There will be a workers' meeting beginning August 13. This is a beautiful grove, three-quarters surrounded by water. A building, seated with five hundred chairs, in which meetings may be held if desired, a natural auditorium, and a good well one hundred and eighty feet deep, are on these grounds. This grove may be reached from depots by street car (five cents) and three-quarters of a mile on boat (five cents), also by 'buss line. E. I. BEEBE.

Virginia Camp-Meeting

By R. D. Hottel

THIS meeting will be held at Wellington, near Manassas, on the Valley Branch of the Southern Railroad, July 31 to Aug. 10, 1903. Rates to the meeting have been granted over the Southern, Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western Railroads to the meeting. Round-trip tickets will be sold on the Southern from Washington, D. C., Danville, Harrisonburg, Warrenton, Port Royal, and intermediate points. Round-trip tickets will be sold over the Chesapeake and Ohio on the card-order plan from all stations in the State to Manassas. These tickets will be good going July 30 to August 9 inclusive, good to return August 11. All coming over the Chesapeake and Ohio will have to have cards to get tickets. These will be furnished free on application to Dr. A. M. Neff, New Market, Va. The Norfolk and Western will sell round-trip tickets from Buena Vista, Basic, Port Republic, Elkton, Stanleyton, Luray, and Rileyville, to Riverton, good July 30 to August 4 inclusive, limited to return to August 12. Connection with the Southern is made at Manassas and Riverton, where those coming over the Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western will have to change.

Tents will rent for $2.50 and $3 for the time of the meeting. Lumber and other furnishings will be extra. All should bring plenty of bedding, and arrange to care for themselves, unless otherwise provided. We hope for a good meeting and a large attendance of our people. We expect Elders Daniels and Cottrell and others will be present at the meeting. Application for tents or for information should be made to Dr. A. M. Neff, New Market, Va. Let all arrange to come, and order tents at once, so that no confusion will result on arrival.

R. D. HOTTEL.

Addresses of Workers in Japan

Following are the permanent addresses of the workers in Japan: F. W. Field, 30 Oiwake cho, Hongo, Tokyo; W. D. Burden, 845 Sendagaya mura, Tokyo; F. H. Okohira, 856 Sendagaya mura, Tokyo; S. A. Lockwood, M. D., and wife, 42 Yamamotodori, 2-chome, Kobe. The old address at Shiba Koyen, Tokyo, is abandoned.

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:—

Mrs. M. E. Coffin, Doyle & Overton Bldg., Santa Rosa, Cal.

Ada Hunt, 725 Jarvis St., Fort Worth, Tex., Signs, Instructor, Life Boat, Little Friend, tracts.

Boston

Boston, the Metropolis of New England, is commodiously situated on the Sea Shoar. ’Tis a large and well ordered Town, and hath been chosen as the meeting place of the National Educational Association in July. The Excursion Rate over the Michigan Central, The Niagara Falls Route, is open to the Publick. Delightful Side Trips. Send 2c for Boston Booklet.

For Information apply to

L. D. HEUSNER, General Western Passenger Agent, 119 Adams Street, CHICAGO.

Evangelization of the World in This Generation

The third angel's message proclaims “the end of the world in this generation.” A work almost inconceivably vast remains to be done, yet the assurance is given, “He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” Rom. 9:28. The greatest work that remains to be done is to carry the gospel to the benighted millions of Asia and Africa; but while those who proclaim the end of the world in this generation are comparatively few in number, a vast number have taken for their motto a sentiment of similar meaning—“The evangelization of the world in this generation.” The greatest Protestant associations in the world—the Christian Endeavor Society, Epworth League, and Baptist Young People's Society—seem about to make this motto the basis of united action; so says a report from the national convention of Christian Endeavor at Denver, Colo. The Student Volunteer movement, which enrolls many thousands of university students in the United States and Canada, has long borne the same motto upon its banners. A vast work for the evangelization of the world is being organized. A decisive hour in the battle of sin and righteousness for supremacy has been reached. “There shall be delay no longer.”

A Special Mission Enterprise

By William Ambrose Spicer

THE Mission Board desires to call special attention to the call which Brother D. U. Hale makes in his report from the Gold Coast, West Africa, in this number (page 17). It will be seen that he has found in the interior a location affording the most favorable conditions for health, and the chiefs of the district freely offer the land. Now Brother Hale appeals to us to help him with the funds for putting up a house for mission headquarters and school.

There is need for prompt action. In a later letter, our brother reports further favorable circumstances at Mansu, and urges that no time be lost in getting established. It will be remembered that we opened work on the Gold Coast about eight years ago. Brother Hale himself and other workers were driven back by the climate of the Coast, which has given the whole region the name of being the “white man’s grave.” One of our missionaries, Brother Riggs, was buried there. If there had then been a headquarters on higher land in the interior, to which the workers could have resorted in the bad season, the results might have been very different.

Believers and interested ones were left behind; and all through the years since, they have been appealing to us to send them teachers of the truth. Now Brethren Hale and Hyatt and their families are again in the field. The truth must be pushed back into the interior and along the coast, to warn vast regions with millions of souls for whom God has given us a message. Nearly every member of the party has had already to struggle with the fever. They are manfully fighting the missionary battle against great odds; but, warned by his past experience and the whole history of missionary effort on the Gold Coast, Brother Hale has hastened to search out a location where our missionaries can live, and where they can gather in promising persons to be trained for service. So we shall secure hardy native helpers who can go as heralds through all the country round about.

Now the Mission Board is pressed to the utmost to keep the ordinary supplies going to our comrades at the front. In order to respond to this special call, special help is needed. It will require one thousand dollars to provide the simplest possible mission station in the interior, and several hundred dollars more ought really to be supplied. But one thousand dollars should be sent on as quickly as possible. The Board invites those who may feel it a privilege to help in this special object, in addition to the regular offerings for missions, to send in gifts for building this station, which is to preserve the lives of our missionaries and the children. They go in our stead. Let us stand by them. Gifts will be acknowledged in the REVIEW as they come in. They should be sent through the conference office, or direct to Mission Board Treasurer, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich. A friend in the Mission Board office starts the list in this issue by a gift of twenty dollars. Who will follow quickly?

W. A. SPICER, Secretary.

For African Gold Coast Mission Station

A friend........................$20 00

Hand Press Donated for Missionaries in China

By Editor

We are pleased to learn that Messrs. Barnhardt Bros. & Spindler of Chicago, one of the leading firms dealing in printers' supplies, have donated a Washington hand press for the use of our missionaries in China. In the early days of this work the REVIEW was printed on just such a press. May this one be a help in bringing the truths of this message to many in China.

Richardson Returns from Jamaica

BROTHER F. I. RICHARDSON and wife arrived in Battle Creek last week from Jamaica, West Indies. After years of earnest labor in that field, Brother Richardson’s health demanded a change of climate. Just before leaving, it was his privilege to attend the dedication of seven new houses of worship in various parts of the island. The work is making encouraging progress. The presidency of the Jamaica Conference is now taken by Brother J. B. Beckner.

Laborers in the Lord’s Vineyard

THE Bible is full of encouragement for all to go forth to some kind of labor in the Lord's vineyard. If you have received the new birth, you have been commissioned of God to proclaim the gospel. Here are more words of encouragement given through the spirit of prophecy: “Let ministers and lay members go forth into the ripening fields. They will find their harvest wherever they proclaim the forgotten truths of the Bible. They will find those who will accept the truth, and who will devote their lives to winning souls to Christ.” See page 9.

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