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Earlier text: Report of the Foreign Mission Seminary

State and Church

By W. W. Prescott

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of Religious Freedom, and the Campaign “to Make America Catholic.” Conducted by the Religious Liberty Association. W. W. Prescott - - - - - Secretary

The Proposed Sunday Law in California

AFTER several fruitless attempts to secure the enactment of a Sunday law by the legislature of California, the effort will be made to accomplish the same result by means of the initiative, which was adopted at the last election. A petition is now being circulated for signatures by means of which it is sought to compel the submission of a Sunday law to a vote of the people at the State election next November. We print this petition entire:—

“Initiative Measure to be Submitted Directly to the Electors, County of —.

“We, the undersigned qualified electors of the State of California, County of —, respectfully petition for the submission directly to the electors, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1, Article IV, of the constitution of the State of California, of the amendment to the Penal Code attached hereto for a weekly rest-day law:—

“An Act

“To amend the Penal Code by adding a new chapter to Title 14 of Part 1 thereof: To preserve one day in the week as a day of rest, and to promote health, morals, and the public welfare.

“The people of the State of California do enact as follows:—

“SECTION 1. A new chapter is hereby added to Title 14 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, to read as follows:—

“Chapter VI

“Of offenses against health, morals, and the public welfare. 299 Short Title. This act may be cited as the Weekly Rest-Day Act.

“(2) Construction. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) Sunday means the period of time which begins at twelve o’clock on Saturday afternoon and ends at twelve o’clock on the following afternoon; (b) the following words and terms, to wit: ‘person,’ ‘property,’ ‘vessel,’ ‘peace officer,’ ‘magistrate,’ and others used in this act have the same meaning as defined and explained in Section 17 of the Political Code; (c) a contract rendered void by unlawful action on Sunday can not be made valid by subsequent action; (d) a contract to perform a lawful act, though made on a Sunday, is valid; but a contract made on any day to perform an unlawful act on Sunday is void.

(3) Every person, firm, association, or corporation that on Sunday keeps open any shop, store, office, building, or any place of business, whether for the purpose of carrying on or transacting any business or common labor; or that buys or sells or offers for sale, or advertises any goods, wares, merchandise, property, or other thing prohibited by this act; or that for gain hires or employs, or causes any employee, apprentice, servant, or other person to work at, or to engage in, any trade, business, occupation or ordinary calling on Sunday,

except works of necessity, mercy, or charity, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, and upon each subsequent conviction, both said fine and imprisonment shall be imposed; except, however, in case of corporations the imprisonment, where imposed, shall be imposed upon all officers or agents thereof in this State committing such offense, or causing such offense to be committed; provided always, for greater certainty, as to the intent of this act, but not so as to restrict the ordinary meaning of the expression 'works of necessity, mercy, or charity,' it is hereby declared that this section does not apply (a) to persons, firms, associations, or corporations in receiving, transmitting, or delivering telegraph or telephone messages; (b) to any work without the doing of which on Sunday, electric current, light, heat, air, water, or gas can not be continuously supplied for lawful purposes; (c) to unavoidable work in any manufacturing plant or industry or industrial process or such a continuous nature that it can not be stopped without serious injury to said plant, industry, or its product, or property used in such process; (d) to unavoidable work in any manufacturing plant or industry, or industrial process, in making repairs to furnaces and repairs in cases of emergency when such repairs could not be made on another day of the week without depriving many operatives of employment; (e) to unavoidable work, essential to the protection of mines, property, or perishable products in imminent danger of destruction or serious injury; (f) to hotels, boarding-houses, restaurants, in furnishing lodging or meals; (g) to the caring for milk, cheese, and live animals, or to the delivery of milk or cream, or to the making of cheese or butter, or to the work of domestic servants or watchmen; (h) to the sale, after one o'clock in the afternoon, of ice-cream, confectionery, non-alcoholic drinks, or the products of tobacco, by retail; (i) to the quiet sale and delivery of daily newspapers and work incidental thereto, or to any necessary work in the preparation of the regular Sunday or Monday morning edition of a daily newspaper; (j) to work essential to the relief of sickness and suffering, including the sale of drugs, medicine, and surgical appliances by retail, between the hours of three o'clock in the afternoon and six o'clock in the afternoon, and said sale at any time on Sunday in case of an actual and urgent emergency; (k) to the burial or cremation of the dead, when and only when the death was caused by a contagious disease, or the body is so decomposed that immediate burial or cremation is necessary; (l) to any necessary or customary work in connection with divine worship or the solemnizing of marriages; (m) to any person who is a member of a religious society which observes some other day than Sunday as its day of worship, and who actually keeps his place of business or of his ordinary calling closed and does not work for gain at his ordinary calling or at common labor on said day of worship; (n) to unavoidable work in the public service of the federal government while acting therein under any regulation or direction of any department of said government and work incidental thereto; (o) to unavoidable work in connection with livery-stables, garages, stage lines, boats, vessels, vehicles, cars, or regular trains for the conveyance of passengers or perishable freight, and work incidental thereto, or to the continuation to their destination of trains or vessels in transit when Sunday begins, and work incidental thereto, or to the unloading of and caring for perishable products or live animals arriving at any point on Sunday; provided nothing herein legalizes special Sunday excursions by any mode of conveyance for hire; (p) to loading and unloading merchandise at intermediate points, on or from passenger-boats or passenger-trains; (q) to unavoidable work in cases of emergency essential to the keeping of the lines and tracks of railways open on Sunday; (r) to unavoidable work for any ocean-going vessel which otherwise would be unduly delayed after her scheduled time of sailing; (s) to any work which the railroad commission of this State, having due regard to the object of this act, and with the object of preventing undue delay, deems necessary to permit in connection with the freight traffic of any railway or other line of transportation within its jurisdiction; (t) to parks, bath-houses, libraries, museums, or art galleries; (u) to sports and amusements; (v) to magistrates and peace officers in the performance of their duties as prescribed by law.

"But provided, however, that the above exemptions, letters 'a' to 'v,' or any of them, shall not preclude the enactment of any more restrictive law or ordinance by the legislature, or by any county, city and county, city or town, nor shall they nullify any more restrictive law or ordinance now or hereafter in force; and provided, further, that except in cases of emergency, said employee, apprentice, servant, or other person shall not be hired, employed, or caused to labor on Sunday, unless allowed twenty-four consecutive hours without labor, does not apply to any person whose total hours of labor during said week do not exceed forty-eight.

"301. Every person, firm, association, or corporation that on Sunday keeps open any bar, saloon, or dram-shop, or any place of any kind or description where spirituous, malt, or fermented liquors or wines, or any admixture thereof, are sold, given away, or served, or kept for sale, or that sells, gives away, or serves any spirituous, malt, or fermented liquors or wines, or any mixture thereof, on Sunday, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than thirty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not less than five nor more than ninety days, and upon a conviction, in addition to said fine and imprisonment, any license which may have been granted for opening and maintaining said place of business is void, and shall not be renewed within two years thereafter, to said persons, firm, association, or corporation, provided however that this section does not apply (a) to the keeping open of hotels, restaurants, or other places for lawful purposes; (b) to the use of liquors or wines in one's own home for family purposes, or as an act of hospitality when no money or thing of value is received in return therefor, or to their use for sacramental purposes; (c) to the filling by registered pharmacists of written prescriptions for bona fide medicinal purposes only, upon a prescription issued, signed, and dated by a duly licensed physician, having the name of the person applying for the prescription, and the name of the person for whose use the prescription is made, inserted therein by the physician issuing the same, and said prescription shall be filled but once, and shall then be marked 'canceled' and be kept on file at the place of business of said pharmacist, open to public inspection, and no liquors so sold or served shall be drunk upon the premises; provided that no pharmacist, either directly or indirectly, whether personally or through a clerk or agent, shall sell, serve, give away, or allow, permit, or suffer to be drunk in or taken from his store or premises any liquor or wines prohibited by this act, except as herein provided for.

"301. (a) All fines collected from the violation of Sections 300, 301, of this code shall be paid into the common-school fund of the county.

"301. (b) All acts and parts of acts, either general or special, in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act."

This proposed Sunday law is certainly a unique one, and the large number of exemptions is a proof of the difficulties that attend the effort to have the State control affairs outside its legitimate jurisdiction.

Our brethren in California have anticipated that such a move as this would be made, and have been preparing for it. A Religious Liberty series of the Signs of the Times weekly, consisting of six excellent issues, has been widely circulated, and other educational work has been done. The campaign will be carried forward vigorously from this time until November, and we hope that the State of California will still remain as the one State in the Union that has no Sunday law.

Study to Show Thyself Approved

“STUDY to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.”

News and Miscellany

By Editor

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— Congress recently passed the Alaskan Civil Government Bill, establishing a legislature and partial home rule in the Territory.

— American railways carried 997,409,882 passengers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. This is an increase over any previous record, but there was a falling off in the number of tons of freight handled, only 1,781,637,954 tons being recorded.

— The following report comes from Lima, Peru: A destructive earthquake occurred on the morning of July 24 at Piura, capital of the department of Piura, the most northerly of Pacific departments. The shock lasted forty seconds, and the city is said to be almost in ruins.

— On July 27, seven huge gas balloons, manned by the premier pilots of America, ascended from the aviation field at Kansas City, Mo., in a race to determine what three of the number shall compete with foreign sportsmen in the international balloon contest at Stuttgart, Germany, this fall in an effort to regain for America the James Gordon Bennett trophy lost last year.

— In the great German rescue organization for drunkards, the Blue Cross League, there are now 37,876 members, of whom 9,530 were formerly notorious drunkards.

— In the past thirty years more than 3,000 acres of England's coast have slipped away into the sea. The county of Yorkshire has been the chief sufferer, losing about 800 acres.

— A bill restricting the sale of absinth has passed the French senate. If the bill finally becomes a law, France will join Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland in recognizing the demoralizing effects of this beverage. The increase of absinth drinking in France has been paralleled by an increase in crimes of violence. In 1911 it is said that fifty-three per cent of the persons tried for murder were devotees of absinth.

— Eight hundred striking miners, armed with rifles, riddled the mining town of Mucklow, in the Paint Creek valley, in West Virginia, after daybreak on the morning of July 26, killing a Baldwin guard, employed to protect the coal properties, where a strike has been in progress since early in April. Retaliating Baldwin guards combed the mountainsides, where the armed strikers were hidden, with a machine gun. Fleeing residents of Mucklow stated that more than 5,000 shots were fired by the striking miners.

— Great Britain has filed strong protests against the passage of the bill fixing rates for the Panama Canal, now pending in the United States Congress. Two points in the bill seem especially objectionable to the British government. These they claim would, if passed, violate our treaty with that nation. They are the provision for American ships to use the canal free of payment of tolls, and the item forbidding the use of the canal by ships owned by railroads that come within the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

— Mutsuhito, the one hundred twenty-first emperor of Japan, and probably the greatest man the isles of Nippon have produced, died at Tokio, July 30, from acute nephritis. When the end came, he had been unconscious for twenty-four hours. Yoshihito, crown prince of Japan, automatically became emperor immediately on his father's death, and was at once proclaimed as ruling mikado; but he will not be crowned for several months, or not until the period of mourning is passed, the length of which will be decreed by the elder statesmen.

— The indications are that the rebellion in Mexico has practically collapsed, so far as centrally directed control is concerned. The rebels have been beaten at all points where fighting has taken place. It is feared, however, that an era of guerrilla warfare is to take place. Orozco, who has been at the head of the rebel movement, announces that his followers will do what they can in scattered bands to harass the government. General Huerta, commander-in-chief of the federal forces, has issued a proclamation of amnesty to all rebels who surrender within thirty days, the consul at Chihuahua reports. Officials of the Madero government believe that this plan will prove effective in disrupting the forces of Orozco. There are hundreds of disgruntled rebels who are tired of the losing struggle, and dissatisfied with the tactics of the rebel leader.

— Discovery of the bubonic bacilli was made in New Orleans on July 27 by federal and city health authorities. The bacteria of the dread plague was found in a rat caught on the water-front.

— The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad has announced that it expects to electrify 560 miles of its lines within eighteen months. At present about 800 miles of American railways are working electrically.

— Sworn statements showing that the annual graft collected by high police officials in New York City from gambling-houses and other illegal resorts has amounted within the last year to $2,400,000 have recently been made public in connection with the investigation of the murder of Rosenthal, a noted gambler.

— James Thorp, an athlete of the Carlisle Indian School, who went to Sweden to participate in the Marathon Olympic games, has proved himself the greatest all-round athlete in the world. He scored 8,412 points out of a possible 10,000, in ten events, including running, hurdling, throwing the weights, vaulting, and jumping.

— Caught like rats in a trap when water rushed into the manway of Superba No. 2 mines, at Evans station, three miles north of Uniontown, Pa., on the afternoon of July 24, following a cloud-burst, thirteen men were drowned, and thirty-seven escaped after a most harrowing experience. The men were drowned about 4,000 feet from the mouth of the mines, their only avenue of escape. The majority of the victims were married, and had large families.

— After three years of most searching and complete investigation of the methods and rates of the various express companies, the Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered a drastic reform. The report covers 600 printed pages, and involves the examination of more than 600,000,000 express rates in effect in this country, millions of way-bills, financial operations, and business methods of thirteen great companies, and calls for reductions averaging fifteen per cent in rates.

— Five quarts of ice-cream per capita are consumed by the American people each year at present. This is more than double the quantity that sufficed in 1906. Coincidentally with this increase have come inventions for avoiding the economic waste of freezing ice-cream by the ordinary mixture of ice and salt, 3,000 pounds of ice and 800 pounds of salt being required to freeze 100 gallons of ice-cream by this method. Artificial refrigeration and electricity are employed in the new devices.

— It is estimated that over 1,000,000 tons of sulphur are deposited every year in the crater of Mt. Popocatepetl. An English syndicate plans to install machinery within the crater of the volcano, so that the immense deposits can be made available. Engineers declare that an electric railway can be built to the summit of the mountain, and it is announced that such a road will shortly be constructed. The summit of Mt. Popocatepetl is about 17,794 feet above sea-level. The sulphur deposits occur within the bowl of the crater, about 500 feet below the summit. They are formed by the condensation of the vapors constantly rising from vents that lead down into the mountain.

The Virginia Camp-Meeting

By William J. Stone

THIS meeting is to be held Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912, at Richmond, Va., in the beautiful Idlewood Park. The camp will be located among the mammoth oak-trees, overlooking the lake. A better location could hardly have been secured. Here is a grand opportunity to worship, and commune with nature's God.

Those coming on the railroads can take the street-car and come direct to the camp-ground, or within two short blocks and in plain view of the camp.

While the business of the Virginia Conference will be transacted at this time, it is hoped that this will occupy but little time, and that the greater portion of the meeting will be given to the spiritual needs of the people, and the giving of the message to those who know it not.

It is our plan to study the instruction that has come to us from time to time regarding our duty to our neighbors, and instruction will

be given that will be intended to keep our people from backsliding when they return to their homes, and help to make them active workers.

Every effort will be put forth to make comfortable all who come. All who desire can tent in the shade, or rooms can be secured by walking four or five blocks. A pavilion on the ground will be used for public services in case of hard rains.

A dining-tent and provision-stand will be provided for the convenience of the people, with a minimum cost. Those having baggage should bring their checks to the camp-ground, and leave them at the book-stand, and the baggage will be delivered where they desire it.

A special invitation is extended to our brethren and sisters of the District of Columbia and Chesapeake Conferences to attend this gathering, and enjoy this feast of tabernacles with us. Good help from the General and Columbia Union Conferences is expected, and we are looking for a great outpouring of the Spirit of God.

W. J. STONE.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1912

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Northern New England, Manchester, N. H. ......................... Aug. 21 to Sept. 1 New York, Utica ................................. Aug. 23 to Sept. 1 Maine, Norridgewock .......................... Aug. 29 to Sept. 8

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Maritime, Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia ................. Sept. 3-10

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE East Kansas, Emporia ............................ Aug. 8-18 Colorado, Denver ................................. Aug. 15-25 Nebraska, College View ....................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 South Missouri, Clinton ....................... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 North Missouri, Hamilton ..................... Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 West Kansas, Salina ............................. Sept. 5-15 West Colorado, Delta .......................... Sept. 26 to Oct. 6

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Ohio, Springfield ................................. Aug. 15-25 West Pennsylvania, Washington ........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Virginia, Richmond .............................. Aug. 22 to Sept. 1

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Indiana, Kokomo ................................. Aug. 5-11 East Michigan, Bay City ....................... Aug. 12-18 Northern Illinois, La Grange ................. Aug. 19-25 North Michigan, Traverse City ........................ Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 West Michigan, Kalamazoo ................... Sept. 3-11

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Boone ......................................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 1

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern California ............................ Aug. 5-18 Arizona, Phœnix .................................. Oct. 17-27

SOUTHEASTERN UNION Georgia, Savannah (colored) ................. Aug. 15-25 South Carolina, Columbia ..................... Aug. 1-11 North Carolina, Gastonia ...................... Aug. 15-25 Cumberland Conference, Sweetwater, Tenn. ............. Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Florida, Ocala ...................................... Oct. 3-14

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Alabama, Fairhope ............................... Aug. 1-11 Kentucky, Elizabethtown ..................... Aug. 8-18 Tennessee River, Camden ..................... Aug. 15-25 Mississippi, Brookhaven (colored) ........................ Aug. 30 to Sept. 8 Alabama (colored) ............................. Sept. 27 to Oct. 5

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE West Texas, Abilene ............................. Aug. 1-11 New Mexico, Fort Sumner ................... Aug. 15-25 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City ............................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 1

New York Conference

By W. H. Holden, President; F. N. Johnson, Secretary

The seventh annual session of the New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Utica, N. Y., Aug. 23 to Sept. 1, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the conference at that time.

The first business meeting of the session will be held at 9 A. M., August 23. Each church is entitled to one delegate for its organization, without regard to membership, and to one additional delegate for every ten members. W. H. HOLDEN, President; F. N. JOHNSON, Secretary.

Nebraska Conference

The thirty-fifth annual session of the Nebraska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at College View, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of other conference business. The first meeting of the session will be held at 10:30 A. M., Friday, August 23. Each church is entitled to one delegate without regard to members, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen members. The churches should elect their delegates at once, and send the names to the secretary.

J. W. CHRISTIAN, President; PEARL E. JONES, Secretary.

The Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

THE Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association, a corporation of the State of Nebraska, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at College View, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting will be called Monday, August 26, at 10 A. M.

Notice is further given that a change be made in the Articles of Incorporation, that Article IV be so amended that a member of the board of trustees may be elected president

of the association without being “in the direct and regular employ of the Nebraska Sanitarium.”

LARS NIELSON, President; H. A. HAHN, Secretary.

South Missouri Conference Association

The regular meeting of the South Missouri Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of the South Missouri Conference, at Clinton, Mo., Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9 A. M., Monday, September 2, for the transaction of such business as should come before the members. All accredited delegates to the South Missouri Conference are delegates to this association.

L. W. TERRY, President; RALPH RHODES, Secretary.

South Missouri Conference

THE fourth annual session of the South Missouri Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Clinton, Mo., Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting of the conference will be held Friday, 9 A. M., August 30.

L. W. TERRY, President; MRS. F. A. WASHBURN, Secretary.

Virginia Conference Agency

By W. J. Stone; R. D. Hottel

THE eighth annual session of the Virginia Conference Agency of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated, will be held in connection with the Virginia Conference camp-meeting in Richmond, Va., Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting of the session will be held on Monday, August 26, at 4 P. M. The constituency of the agency is composed of the delegates in session of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, an unincorporated body.

W. J. STONE, President; R. D. HOTTEL, Secretary.

Virginia Conference

THE twenty-ninth annual session of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting in Richmond, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first business meeting will be called at 9 A. M. August 23.

Each church in this conference is entitled to one delegate for the organization and one additional delegate for each ten members. A full delegation is desired at the first meeting.

W. J. STONE, President; A. M. NEFF, Secretary.

Nebraska Conference Association

By J. W. Christian; Anna M. Peterson

THE annual meeting of the Nebraska Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp-ground at College View, Nebr., Monday, Aug. 26, 1912, at 9:30 A. M., for the purpose of electing its board of trustees and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

J. W. CHRISTIAN, President; ANNA M. PETERSON, Secretary.

New York Conference Association

THE annual meeting of the constituents of the New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, will convene on the camp-ground at Utica, N. Y., at 9 A. M., Monday, Aug. 26, 1912, for the election of a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the session.

W. H. HOLDEN, President; F. N. JOHNSON, Secretary.

North Michigan Conference Association

THE tenth annual session of the North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Traverse City, Mich., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting will be called August 27, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the North Michigan Conference are delegates to this association.

J. J. IRWIN, President; S. E. KELLMAN, Secretary.

Iowa Conference

By M. N. Campbell, President; Flora V. Dorcas, Secretary

The forty-ninth session of the Iowa Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp-ground at Boone, Iowa, at 7:45 P. M., Aug. 21, 1912, and will continue with daily sessions until the business is completed. Officers are to be elected for the ensuing year, and plans adopted for the carrying forward of the Lord's work in this field. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate, and to an additional delegate for each fifteen of its membership. A general representation of our churches is greatly desired.

M. N. CAMPBELL, President; FLORA V. DORCAS, Secretary.

West Kansas Conference Association

THE next annual meeting of the West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association, a legal corporation of the State of Kansas, will be held at Salina, Kans., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Sept. 5-15, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, September 9, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such business as may properly belong to said association. The delegates of this association are the regularly accredited delegates to the West Kansas Conference.

N. T. SUTTON, President; E. HARRIS, Secretary.

The Seventh-Day Adventist Association of Colorado

THE first meeting of the next session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will convene at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colo., Monday, Aug. 19, 1912, at 9 A. M. This meeting is called for the election of trustees, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.

C. R. KITE, President; G. M. ALWAY, Secretary.

Cumberland Conference Association

By P. G. Stanley; R. L. Williams

THE Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (a corporation of Tennessee) will hold its annual meeting at Sweetwater, Tenn., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, August 27. This meeting is for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

P. G. STANLEY, President; R. L. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

North Missouri Conference Association

The North Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation of the State of Missouri, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the annual camp-meeting and conference at Hamilton, Mo., Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 1912. The first meeting of the association is called for Monday, September 2, at 9 A. M. Association officers will be elected, and such other business attended to as may properly come before the association.

A. R. OGDEN, President; JAS. COCHRAN, Secretary.

Ohio Conference Association

The Ohio Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a corporation of the State of Ohio, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 15-25, 1912. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., Friday, August 16. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may come before the association at that time. All accredited delegates to the Ohio Conference are delegates to this association.

E. K. SLADE, President; J. J. MARIETTA, Secretary.

Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

THE annual meeting of the Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will convene on the camp-ground at Boone, Iowa, at 10 A. M., Aug. 22, 1912, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before this association.

M. N. CAMPBELL, President; C. W. HEALD, Secretary.

Knowledge Shall Be Increased

By Editor

This prophecy is depicted on the cover of the September Signs of the Times Magazine. It is also presented in a well-thought-out article in the same issue.

Other articles of more than ordinary worth are—

“Is It Peace?” by M. C. Wilcox. Can we expect the great dawn of quiet among the nations? A close Scriptural study of this all-absorbing subject.

“The Miracles of Satan,” by Frank S. Weston. Continuing the thought presented in the study on the subject of Spiritualism which appeared in the August number. A startling array of new facts and conditions with reference to the increase of Spiritualism and satanic, miraculous working.

“An American Reformer,” by Mrs. E. G. White. Concludes this series on the great work of William Miller. Presents the providence of God in the life of this man in an interesting way.

“Industrial Unrest and Warfare a Sign of Christ’s Coming,” by Prof. George W. Rine. Continuing the notable series on the general theme of the second advent which has been appearing in the Signs for some time. A close, graphic study of industrial conditions by a most interesting and authoritative writer.

“Glimpses of China,” by F. E. Stafford. China is just now attracting the attention of the whole world, and we are fortunate in being able to present these profusely illustrated contributions, fresh and new, from the pen of Mr. Stafford.

“A Striking Example of Physical Endurance,” by David Paulson, M. D., an authority on hygienic and medical subjects.

A helpful Bible study, and live current topics, as usual.

This number has received a great deal of extra thought in preparation. The needs of those selling the magazine have been in mind from the first. The striking emblematic cover makes it easy to present; the headings of the articles are real selling features; and another record-breaking sale is anticipated.

You remember the good sales thus far this year. The July number has now gone several thousand ahead of any previous record of the magazine, and has set a new mark. The August number is now going steadily ahead, and bids fair to break any previous records for this month. Now we want our brethren and sisters all over the country to grasp the message in the September number of the Signs, and feel a personal responsibility to place ten, twenty, fifty, or even a hundred copies in their community. The message is in the contents. Order through your tract society.

Business Notices

By Editor

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.

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SPECIAL BIBLE MOTTOES; more new beauties just out: 50, $2.50; 100, $4.50; 300, $10. Post-Cards: 40, 20c Also Vegetable Cooking Oil: 5 gal., $4.25; 10 gal., $8.15. Hampton Art Co., Nevada, Iowa.

WANTED.—Position as bookkeeper. Graduate of Bryant and Stratton’s Business College, with ten years’ practical experience. Can furnish good reference from last positions. Walter Simmons, 3251 Berteau Ave., Chicago, Ill.

FARM FOR SALE.—Sixty-eight acres. Fine soft water, choice fruit, good road, well-distributed rainfall of fifty inches annually; soil, sandy loam and clay, with clay subsoil; surface level and rolling. Good missionary field. Good reason for selling. M. H. Brown, R. F. D. 1, Greensboro, N. C.

WANTED.—One woman and two men, thoroughly consecrated, to take nurses’ course in well-established sanitarium treatment-rooms. Special training on how to make treatment-rooms financially successful. Write for further information. Hydropathic Treatment-rooms, Oakland Bldg., Lansing, Mich.

COOKING OIL.—Best quality. Delicate flavor. Purely vegetable. Guaranteed. Extensively used by best cooks. Five gal., $4.15; 10 gal., $7.90; 8 1-gal. cans, $7.36; 6 5-gal. cans, $22.50; 30-gal. bbl., $21.90; 50-gal. bbl., $36. Purity Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

FOR SALE.—Forty acres of land; twenty under cultivation; house, barn, and other buildings; family orchard, berries; church and church-school; four miles from town; telephone. Price, $2,800; $1,500 cash, terms on balance. S. G. Salter, R. F. D. 1, Carrollton, Wash.

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