—The smoking of green tea in the form of cigarettes is said to be a growing form of dissipation in Russia.
—Santos-Dumont, of air-ship fame, has left France, and will conduct future experiments in England or in America.
—A number of the strikers who participated in the rioting in Barcelona, Spain, recently, were executed by the military authorities.
—The Iowa Senate has agreed to submit to the people of that State a proposition for a constitutional amendment allowing woman suffrage.
—The present session of Congress has broken all previous records as regards the number of bills introduced, which, up to March 6, was 12,198.
—A Detroit, Mich., city ordinance reducing street-car fares in that city to three cents, has been declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court.
—Colonel Francis W. Parker, widely known in his country as an educator, died in Pass Christian, Miss., March 2. The body was brought North, and buried in New Hampshire.
—An unprecedented amount of money was given for philanthropic purposes last year, the total sum, according to the Chicago Tribune, being $123,888,032. Of this vast amount, education received $68,450,961; charities, $22,217,470; museums and art galleries, $11,133,112; libraries, $15,388,700. The churches received $6,298,489.
—A tariff will be imposed upon imports from the Philippines, equal to seventy-five per cent of the Dingley tariff rates.
—The establishment of an order of Paulist fathers among the Episcopalian clergy is urged by many prominent men in that denomination.
—The United States has notified Turkey that the captors of Miss Stone must be punished. The Sultan has replied, repudiating all responsibility, and denying all liability in the matter.
—A bartender of Duluth, Minn., was instantly killed by an electric shock received over a telephone through which he was talking, March 5. The telephone wire had become crossed with an electric light wire.
—Members of the W. C. T. U. in Newark, N. J., held an all-day prayer-meeting, March 5, praying for the conversion of Bishop Potter and Dr. Rainsford, of New York City, who do not believe in the efficacy of prohibition.
—From Musgrove, Australia, a theatrical manager has sent word to Mrs. Patrick Campbell, an actress now in New York City, that the bubonic plague is raging there to such an extent that the theaters have been closed.
—The Russian governor of Finland is apparently determined to deprive that unhappy country of its native press. Many Finnish papers are being suspended, and some have been permanently suppressed. Thus the rapid absorption of Finland by the Russian empire continues.
—A serious street railway strike, attended with considerable rioting, prevailed for several days last week in Norfolk, Va. For some weeks a street railway strike has been in force in Terre Haute, Ind., the purpose being to compel the railway company to recognize union labor.
—A lawyer of New York City has received a letter from a relative in Russia, affirming that Count Tolstoi died February 15, and that the Russian press is suppressing the news. “Great tumults,” says the letter, “are expected in Russia, and there are rumors of a revolution.”
—A passenger train on the Southern Pacific Railway was thrown from the track while running at high speed, near Maxon Station, Tex., at three o’clock, Friday morning, and was totally wrecked, with the exception of two cars. Fifteen persons were killed and twenty-eight were injured.
—More trouble is brewing in China. A rebellion has broken out near the city of Nan Ning, seventy miles north of the Gulf of Tonquin, and the situation there is admitted to be grave. An edict has been issued commanding the authorities to give protection to missionaries and other foreigners.
—The Washington government has at last given an audience to some Boer envoys, Messrs. Wolmarans and Wessels, who held a conference with Secretary Hay, and later with President Roosevelt. While nothing was promised the envoys, the latter feel much encouraged in their hope for American intervention in South Africa.
—Some feeling of jealousy seems to have been aroused in British minds by the enthusiastic reception accorded Prince Henry in this country, and it is feared in England that the United States may be led to view with too much complacency German aggressions in the far East, where it is declared Germany is acting in harmony with Russia.
—An American general in the Philippines has established reconcentrado camps in the island of Samar, as the most effective way of bringing the natives into subjection to American authority. General Weyler’s example in Cuba, so much talked against a few years ago, has now been followed by England in South Africa, and by the United States in the Philippines.
—The leading transatlantic steamship lines, with the exception of the White Star and Cunard lines, which are expected to join with the others soon, have come to an agreement respecting passenger rates for the coming season. On the fast boats the minimum summer rate will be, for first-class passage, $110, and for second-class, $57.50. The lowest rate announced is $75 for first-class passage, and $47.50 for second-class passage, on the ships of the Holland-American line.
—A “railway telephone” has been invented by a man named Tillman, and successfully tried near Fulton, Ky. A railway train was stopped, the telephone wire connected with the regular telegraph wire, and conversation was held with the chief operator of the Illinois Central Railway, who was in the railway station in Chicago, four hundred miles distant. Apparently telephonic and telegraphic messages traveling over the same wire simultaneously do not at all interfere with each other.
—The degree of LL. D. has been conferred on Prince Henry by Harvard University.
—Five men were killed and others injured by an explosion in the Cushburg mine at Monongahela, Pa.
—The steamship “Majestic” encountered an enormous wave on her last voyage, which damaged deck fixtures, and injured a number of passengers.
—Congress is expected to authorize the construction of three new battle-ships, two armored cruisers, six gunboats, and eleven other naval vessels.
—Henry Tillson, of Syracuse, N. Y., has gone insane from trying to read all that the papers have been saying about Prince Henry. He was sent to an asylum at Ogdensburg.
—Colombia, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica are reported to have formed a combine to put up the price of isthmian land which will be wanted for the building of the contemplated interoceanic canal.
—The Belgian steamship “Waesland” was sunk by collision with a British steamer off the English coast, March 6. The “Waesland” was bound from Liverpool to New York. The accident occurred in a dense fog. Two passengers were drowned.
—Several avalanches swept down Smuggler Mountain, near Telluride, Colo., February 28, wrecking the Liberty Bell mine, and killing a number of men—about twenty, report says—and injuring others. It will be four months before work at the mine can be resumed.
—The effort made in Congress to help Cuba by reducing the tariff on Cuban sugar, is at present defeated by the beet-sugar manufacturers. The President, however, favors reciprocity with Cuba, and some move to secure Congressional action is expected on his part.
—The Cunard Steamship Company has chartered the steamship “Elbe” to sail from Southampton to Fayal, in the Azores Islands, and secure the passengers and mail on board the steamship “Etruria,” which broke her propeller shaft at sea, February 26, and was reported as being in tow of another steamship, bound for that port.
—The people of Ontario, who have once voted on the expediency of adopting prohibition in that country, are soon to vote again on the same question. The previous vote was taken in 1898, but the campaign failed to develop great interest, and only twenty-three voters out of each one hundred went to the polls. The great majority of these were for prohibition, but it was decided to be practically no vote.
—A case of poisoning by taking “headache powders,” which recalls the Barnet case about which so much was said in connection with the Molineux murder trial in New York City, is reported from the village of Lowell, Mich. A woman named Klump took a sample powder, and died a few hours later, after much suffering. An investigation showed that strychnine or some similar poison had been mixed with the powder. The powder was mailed to Mrs. Klump in an envelope which appeared to have been addressed by a woman. The public ought to learn that there are better ways of curing headache than by taking powders.
—Dr. Herbert F. Fisk, principal of the academy of Northwestern University, at Chicago, recently addressed the boys of the academy on the subject of tobacco using, condemning the practice in severe terms, and requesting them to abstain entirely from this indulgence. He gives this statement of his reasons for such action: “Whatever may be thought of the use of tobacco by grown men, there can be no division of opinion among educators as to the injurious effects, both physical and mental, when tobacco is used by boys or by young men who have not yet reached maturity. In many cases it produces serious weakness of the heart. On this account it is prohibited to athletes while in training for competition games. Not less distinctly marked are the effects of tobacco using upon the scholarship than upon the physical endurance of students. It is rarely the case that a student who makes any use of tobacco attains to superior scholarship. A complete tabulation of the scholarship and tobacco-using habits of young men in the academy at one time discovered that out of 300 young men twenty-two per cent of the whole number made more or less use of tobacco. Among the seventy-five having the highest standing only two, or three per cent, were tobacco-users. Among the second quarter in scholarship there were eleven, or fourteen per cent. Among the third quarter fifteen, or twenty-one per cent, while among the lowest quarter there were forty-two, or fifty-seven per cent. Of all forms of tobacco using, cigarettes are without question the most harmful.”
The Song of Jubilee
By G. A. Grauer
We are told that as soon as a church has sold its full quota of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” they are to sing the song of jubilee, and for this reason the church-members of Wausau, Wis., have begun to sing the song of jubilee.
It was pretty hard work at the beginning to get all our members to work. Lack of time, timidity, no ability, etc., were considered sufficient reasons to excuse them from this work.
After getting the whole church together, we studied the Lord’s will and promises concerning this work. In Ex. 32:26 Moses called for a separation between the true believers and the idolaters. After the sons of Levi had gathered around their leader, Moses bade them go to work, and commanded every man to slay his brother and his companion. It would have been just as easy at that time for the Lord to cause the earth to open her mouth and swallow up these rebels as it was for Him to do so at the time of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. See Num. 16:28–32. But the Lord did not do so at this time. Why?—He wanted to test the loyalty of His professed people.
Their history is our history. In Rev. 18:4 God calls for the separation. We all have complied with this call in separating ourselves from the fallen churches; and now the Lord calls upon us to roll back the reproach that is resting on His cause; namely, the great debts on our educational institutions. It would be just as easy for the Lord to-day to open up the earth and disclose its treasures to us, or to rain gold from heaven, or to touch the heart of some multi-millionaire to give us the money to pay off these debts. Why does He not do so now?—Because He wants to test His people, to prove their loyalty, and therefore He has given us not the money, but the means to get it. And He tells us now: Son, daughter, go work in my vineyard to-day. Shall we obey the call?
If we are the remnant Church, the true Israel of God, we must prove it by works. Titus 2:14. We are not only to work, but we are to be zealous of good works, of yielding fruit. If we have a living connection with heaven, it is no more we that do these works, but it is Christ working in us. John 15:4, 5. Then we dwelt on such promises as those found in 2 Chron. 16:9 and Ps. 32:8, and the result was that every member went to work, and in less than one week our whole quota was sold. Quite a number of our church-members were absent from the city, but their quota was sold by the members present.
And best of all, not one of our members is satisfied with what is done, but each one purposes in his heart to keep on selling books, and so help other churches that have not such good territory, that they also may join with us in our song of jubilee, and so to labor on until this mighty song of victory resounds from ocean to ocean.
This work has done more for us here than has been done by all the preaching, praying, and Bible studies. It has put life into us. Praise the Lord.
G. A. GRAUER.
Obituaries
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
PEARCE.—Died at Glenwood, Iowa, Jan. 2, 1902, of tubercular meningitis, Fay, infant son of Sidney and Mae Pearce, aged 16 months, 5 days. Mrs. C. J. Pearce.
GRIFFIN.—Died Feb. 9, 1902, Maude, little daughter of Brother B. K. Griffin, of Clay Center, Kan., aged nearly three years. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. Isaac A. Crane.
NIELSEN.—Died in Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12, 1902, Margaret Nielsen, aged 37 years. The deceased (whose maiden name was Pearson) was born in West Hartlepool, England, and removed from that country to Seattle about three years ago. She was converted, and fully accepted the truths of the Third Angel’s Message about one year ago. She leaves a husband and five young children to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rom. 5:12. H. C. J. Wollekar.
OWEN.—Fell asleep in Jesus at his home in Highland Township, Washington Co., Iowa, Dec. 23, 1901, my husband, Thomas A. Owen, aged 80 years, 11 months. From early manhood he was a member of the Baptist Church, until the fall of 1871, when he was excluded for accepting the truth as it is in Jesus. He was untiring in his desire to have others realize the truths of the Third Angel’s Message. Cheering words were spoken on the funeral occasion by Brother Elmer H. Adams. Mrs. Thomas A. Owen.
POULTER.—Died at Pulaski, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1902, of heart failure, Sister F. B. Poulter, in her seventy-second year. Sister Poulter accepted the truth about nine years ago, and united with the Pulaski church, of which she was a faithful member till death. A husband, five sons, two daughters, and other relatives are left to mourn her decease. The funeral was attended by the writer, and words of consolation were spoken, based on 1 Thess. 4:13–18, after which she was laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery, to await the call of her Lord. G. B. Thompson.
LOVE.—Died at her home in Harrisburg, Ore., Jan. 21, 1902, of cancer of the pancreas, Mary J. Love, aged 77 years. Early in life Sister Love gave her heart to Jesus; and about fifteen years ago, when she heard the Third Angel’s Message, she gladly accepted it, and loved it to the end. We have assurance that she sleeps in Jesus, which is a comfort to her mourning children and many friends. She was one of the pioneers of that locality, and the business houses closed during the service, a large congregation listening to the word spoken by the writer. W. W. Sharp.
CHITWOOD.—Died at Chitwood, Ore., Jan. 14, 1902, of strangulated hernia, Brother James Thompson Chitwood, aged 76 years, 2 months, and 5 days. In 1879 he accepted the Third Angel’s Message, and ever since has lived for the advancement of this closing work. He fell asleep fully trusting, sustained by the hope of a glorious resurrection. His companion, who has walked by his side for nearly fifty-five years, survives him, with two sons, the only children left of a family of ten. Memorial services were conducted by the writer in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Chitwood, January 15. F. M. Burg.
STONE.—Died at his home near Fresno, Cal., Jan. 21, 1902, John Stone, aged nearly seventy years. Brother Stone accepted the Third Angel’s Message about forty-two years ago, and had been a constant subscriber to the Review and Herald ever since. He was a devoted follower of Christ, humble, kind-hearted, and affectionate. He was sick less than three days, attending service in Fresno on Sabbath, January 18. He leaves a faithful companion, two sons, and several stepchildren to mourn, but not without hope. By Sister Stone’s request, Rev. 14:13 was used as the basis of the funeral sermon, the service being conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder Bourdeau. H. G. Thurston.
LEONARD.—Died at Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 7, 1901, of heart-disease, my daughter, Mrs. Eva M. Leonard, aged 47 years. She was taken to Greenville for burial. She leaves one daughter. Mrs. M. B. Cyphers.
SUTHERLAND.—Mrs. Melinda Sutherland was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., June 3, 1811; died, Jan. 31, 1902, of paralysis, aged 90 years, 7 months, 28 days. She had been a widow for twenty years, and during this time she made her home with the writer. J. W. Sutherland.
EDGETT.—Mrs. Capt. Solomon Edgett died from pneumonia, at Riverside, New Brunswick, Jan. 7, 1902, aged 68 years. Sister Edgett, with her late husband and one daughter, accepted the Sabbath truth seven years ago in St. John. Sister Edgett was a devoted and consistent Christian. She was laid to rest by the side of her husband in their family plot in the village cemetery, there to await their Master’s call. Funeral sermon was based upon Luke 19:10. Geo. E. Langdon.
PLACE.—Died in Lapeer, Mich., Jan. 23, 1902, of a complication of diseases, Richard Place, aged 65 years, 9 months, 14 days. He was a soldier during the Civil War, and served his country well. Early in life he was converted, and with his wife, joined the Methodist Protestant Church. Twelve years ago they both accepted the Bible Sabbath, and joined the Seventh-day Adventist church at Arbela, Mich. He was a faithful member to the day of his death. His funeral was held January 25, in the Methodist church. I. D. Van Horn.
FRANK.—Miss Caroline E. Sterling was born near Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1822; died at South Monterey, Mich., Jan. 26, 1902, of general debility, aged 79 years, 2 months, 25 days. At the age of nineteen she was married to John Frank. At the age of twenty-five she joined the Baptist Church, and fifteen years later she united with the Seventh-day Adventists, and lived a faithful Christian life. She loved and read her Bible with continued interest to the day of her death. Firm in the truth of God, she rests in hope. Her funeral was held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, and interment was made in the Monterey Cemetery. Sermon, from Isa. 65:17–21. I. D. Van Horn.
HALL.—Died at North Windham, Conn., Jan. 17, 1902, Mrs. Abigail Hall, aged 87 years, 3 months. Sister Hall was born at Fair Haven, Mass., October, 1814. She, with her husband, witnessed the great meteoric shower of Nov. 13, 1833, afterward accepting the advent message from the lips of William Miller. Associated with them were Capt. Joseph Bates, and Brother William Gifford of Michigan. After the disappointment of 1843–44 they still waited with unswerving faith for an explanation of their mistake. During this time, Brother Bates visited a small company of Adventist believers at Washington, N. H., the first organized church of Seventh-day Adventists in America. While there, he accepted the light which had so gladdened their hearts. He also saw the importance of observing the Sabbath of the Lord. With the love of this new-found truth kindling his heart, he returned to his home at Fair Haven, where he faithfully imparted it to his friends and neighbors. The first to accept the Sabbath under his labors was Brother Hall; the following week they were joined by Sister Hall, and shortly afterward by Brother William Gifford, whose biographical sketch and portrait appeared recently in the Review. When the Dartmouth church, the first Seventh-day Adventist church in Massachusetts, was organized, these four were among the charter members; and if the writer is correctly informed, Brother Gifford is now the only surviving original member. Sometime after accepting the Sabbath truth, Brother and Sister Hall removed to West Island, a small island situated in Buzzards Bay. It was to their home that Sister E. G. White was journeying when she had the wonderful experience in a small boat in trying to reach West Island, when she had the sustaining vision, as related in “Early Writings.” One of Sister Hall’s chiefest delights was in relating the early experiences in the message. The glorious hope of soon seeing Jesus was the theme and inspiration of her later years. The immediate cause of her death was a fall which she had received a few days previously. Peacefully and quietly she died under the heavenly benediction, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.” Thus to the very last her hope and faith shone like a beacon light to those about her. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at the home of her grandson, New Bedford, Mass., January 20. C. H. Edwards.
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FOR SALE.—In Ogden, Tenn. (five miles from Graysville), 20 acres excellent land, nicely situated; splendid health resort; pure soft water; good house and barn; 10 to 20 apple, 10 to 12 pear, and other fruit, trees; abundance of raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, and grapes. Address Mrs. B. H. Melendy, Graysville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Farm of 108 acres, 3½ miles north of Berrien Springs; 2 miles from Emmanuel Missionary College grounds; all under good cultivation; 25 acres well started in peaches, pears, berries; 25 acres of winter grain; 25 acres in grass; all in good condition. Situated on proposed electric railway line. For further information, address George P. Pullen, Arden, Berrien Co., Mich.
FOR SALE.—Either of two homes in Keene, Tex.: one, a ten-room house, front and back porches, two halls, closets, pantry, cellar, barn, etc.; the other, six rooms, hall, closets, front and back porches. Both new, nicely finished in hard oil and papered throughout, fronting campus, and near to store and post-office. Each has about two thirds of an acre of ground with lawn, garden, and orchard. Terms upon application. Address W. A. McCutchen, Keene, Tex.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Arthur G. Daniells
The Lake Union Conference
The first biennial session of the Lake Union Conference is hereby appointed to convene in Chicago, Ill., March 27 to April 6, 1902. Each local Conference will be entitled to one delegate without regard to numbers, and to one additional delegate for each one hundred church-members.
A. G. DANIELLS, Pres.
The Northwestern Union Conference
By C. W. Flaiz
The first biennial meeting of the Northwestern Union Conference will convene in Des Moines, Iowa, April 3–13, 1902. Each local Conference will be entitled to one delegate without regard to numbers, and to one additional delegate for each three hundred of the Conference membership.
This will be a very important meeting, and will have a bearing upon the future interests of the cause. We therefore desire that the Conferences shall be as fully represented as possible. C. W. Flaiz, Pres.
To Delegates to the N. W. U. Conference
By L. F. Starr
THIS meeting will be held April 3–13, at Des Moines, Iowa. The brethren and sisters of Des Moines are making preparations to furnish rooms to the delegates, free of charge. A hall will be fitted up near the church, where all can get their meals at a reasonable rate, six tickets being furnished for one dollar. Those expecting to attend this meeting, not delegates, will be asked to bring bedding. The rates given them will be the same as arranged for the delegates. All who expect to attend this meeting should address, at once, Mrs. Anna Parsons, Grandview Station, Des Moines, Iowa.
L. F. STARR.
The Southwestern Union Conference
By C. McReynolds
The first biennial session of the Southwestern Union Conference will be held in the city Auditorium, at Topeka, Kan., beginning April 16 and closing the 27th. Each local Conference is entitled to send its president as a delegate, and also to send one delegate for each two hundred and fifty members. Each recognized institution in the Union Conference is entitled to one delegate. Let the Conference secretaries send the names of all delegates at once to R. W. Parmele, 821 West Fifth St., Topeka, Kan. This is important. Ample provision will be made for room for all who come, and board will be very low. Tents will be used by many. By having a stove in the tent, it will be easy to keep comfortable. There is no doubt that the Lord has opened the way for us to have the use of the Auditorium. It is in the heart of the city, and is the most popular meeting-place, and by thorough advertising, we shall secure a large attendance. The railroads will make a low rate on all lines in the States of the Union Conference, and we should make this a large gathering of our people. All the church and Sabbath-school officers should make a special effort to be present, and all our people are invited to attend. More later in regard to the meetings and the character of the instruction.
C. McREYNOLDS, Pres.
The Spring Term of Emmanuel Missionary College
The spring term will open March 19. This term is of special interest to those who wish to fit themselves as teachers for church and intermediate schools. There will be held at Berrien Springs, Mich., during the summer, a teachers’ institute, but the summer term is short, and all who desire instruction or review in any of the common branches should attend during the spring. Hundreds of strong teachers should be prepared to enter the field next September; that preparation begins March 19. If you are called to teach, can you longer afford to postpone the preparation? We must have teachers!
The course for teachers is only one feature of the spring work of the college. Write at once for further particulars.
Address, President, Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich.
Death of Elder J. P. Henderson
By C. H. Bliss
ELDER JAMES P. HENDERSON was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1843, and died at the home of Brother McConnell, in Springfield, Ill., Feb. 21, 1902, aged 58 years, 5 months, and 24 days. Elder Henderson served three years in the Civil War, having many narrow escapes. In 1868 he married Charlotte Dunlap. Three children were born to them, of whom only one is living. Hervey, who is now principal of the Goodland schools. Six years after his marriage, Brother Henderson accepted the truths of the Third Angel's Message, and gave himself to the ministry. In this, as in business, he was successful, and many precious souls in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, are rejoicing in the truth as a result of his earnest labor. He constantly labored beyond his strength, and through exposure contracted a severe cold, which resulted in congestion of the lungs. He was conscious to the last, and his end was indeed peaceful. He died without fear, and apparently without pain. He had often said he wanted to die in the armor, and his prayer was answered. His wife reached his bedside about three hours before his death. We conducted funeral services in the Presbyterian church in Goodland, his home town, assisted by the Presbyterian and Methodist local pastors. In his death the Illinois Conference has lost a faithful laborer.
C. H. BLISS.
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THE Review and Herald Pub. Co. has twenty-five slightly damaged Commandment Charts, on rollers, that will be sold while they last for 60 cts. each, postpaid. The regular price of these charts is $1.50, but on account of a few having been slightly damaged, we offer them for a little more than the postage and the expense of shipping. The face of the charts is nearly as good as the perfect copies, most of the damage being on the back of the chart. For all practical purposes these charts are as good as new.
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The Book for This Time
“TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH,” Vol. VI, No. 34, is a most important book. It contains instructions upon every phase of the work, and sounds the warning against the dangers and complications awaiting each individual connected with the message, also those sure to come upon the denomination. No individual who professes to be connected with the Adventist people at this time should be deprived of the instruction contained in this volume of the Testimonies. When it is understood that this work contains special light and instruction for every particular phase of the message for this special time, the mere mention of the following subjects treated in this volume will reveal its importance: God's Purpose in the Church; The Work for This Time; Extension of the Work in Foreign Fields; The Camp-meeting; After the Camp-Meeting; Less Preaching, More Teaching; Ministerial Institutes; Baptism; The Building of Meeting-Houses; Children's Meetings and Church Schools; The Temperance Work; Women to be Gospel Workers; Teaching Home Religion; Meeting Opposition; Parable of the Straying Sheep; The Need of Educational Reform; Hindrances to Reform; Character and Work of Teachers; Words from a Divine Instructor; School Homes; Industrial Reform; The Avondale School Farm; Church Schools; School Management and Finance; God's Design in Our Sanitariums; The Physician's Work for Souls; Unity in Our Work; Responsibility of Medical Workers; The World's Need; The Church's Need; Our Duty to the World; The Care of Orphans; The Medical Missionary Work and the Third Angel's Message; Neglect by the Church and the Ministry; The Reward of Service; Importance of the Work; Qualifications of the Canvasser; The Canvasser a Gospel Worker; United Effort in Canvassing; Revival of the Canvassing Work; Showing Hospitality; The Observance of the Sabbath; A Revival in Health Reform; The Importance of Voice Culture; Giving to God His Own; Christ in All the Bible; Our Attitude toward the Civil Authorities; God's Word to Be Supreme; Preparation for the Final Crisis; Young Men in the Ministry; The Church and the Ministry; The Home Missionary Work; The Increase of Facilities; Help for Mission Fields; The Publishing House in Norway; Our Danish Sanitarium; The Relief of our Schools; The Claim of Redemption.
Cloth ................................. $1 00
Library ............................... 1 50
Russia ................................. 1 50
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Looking Unto Jesus
CHRIST in Type and Antitype. An exhaustive treatise on the subject of the sanctuary. A well-written and nicely illustrated book of over 300 pages, on the work of Christ as revealed in Prophecy from the beginning, by Uriah Smith.
