Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— Bryan Lathrop, a Chicago real estate broker, has bequeathed $700,000 to the establishment of an elaborate school of music in Chicago. The school is to be conducted in connection with the Chicago Orchestral Association.
— The one hundred and twenty-seventh anniversary of the fall of the Bastille was celebrated throughout France on July 14. In Paris English troops made their first parade appearance in the city since the Battle of Waterloo.
— Professor Metchnikoff, celebrated Russian bacteriologist, died recently in his apartments at the Pasteur Institute in Paris at the age of 71 years. Professor Metchnikoff became famous through his advocacy of the sour-milk cure for old age.
— Thomas M. Osborne has been acquitted of the charges of misconduct preferred against him by the State of New York and reappointed warden of the Sing Sing State prison. Mr. Osborne resigned the position some time ago, following his indictment on seven different counts.
— An ocean steamer recently left the United States, carrying more than 800 automobiles of various makes, bound for an Australian port. Australia has heretofore bought few cars, owing to bad roads there. This consignment, however, is said to be the largest that was ever transferred by one ship to a single market.
— Maj.-Gen. George W. Goethals will give up his post of governor of the Panama Canal Zone on December 1. He has urged that his resignation be accepted in order that he might retire to private life. At a conference between President Wilson and Secretary Baker on July 12 it was decided that his wish should be granted.
— The citizens of Bucyrus, Ohio, convinced by the arguments of the women of the town that the profane language which they were in the habit of using was not only lowering to themselves, but also set a bad example to the younger generation, have formed an anti-profanity club, whose membership is said to be steadily increasing.
— Owing to the killing of several bathers on the New Jersey coast by man-eating sharks, the government and local authorities have begun a campaign to kill the dangerous fish. Several already have been caught. The sharks are believed to have strayed from the Gulf Stream, some of them even entering fresh water creeks and rivers along the coast.
— Inasmuch as postage stamps are not always available to soldiers, sailors, and marines when in active service, the United States Post Office Department has arranged to transport unstamped letters sent out by them, provided they are marked “Soldiers’ Letters” and bear the signature of some officer in command. The department requires, however, that persons receiving letters of this kind shall pay an amount equivalent to the postage upon their delivery.
— The International Reconstruction League is the name of a new organization which has grown out of the experiences of the great war. Its three paramount objects are thus defined: “(1) Immediate relief work for the suffering war victims of Europe, this work to be continued so long as the war may last; (2) American aid for the stricken peoples of Europe when they turn from war to the task of rehabilitation of their devastated homelands; (3) A plan to educate public opinion as to the practicability of a world-wide arrangement that will insure a lasting peace, with a view to pledging America to its support.” It has, as this indicates, an ambitious program. It is to be wide reaching in its ramifications. The American committee of the league has for its honorary president Charles W. Eliot, and includes in its membership five State governors, four United States Senators, the consul-general of Serbia, ten heads of American universities and colleges, and editors, bankers, and members of relief organizations.
One Hundred Typical Periodicals
At the beginning of the present year there were 24,500 newspapers published regularly in the United States, representing thirty-three languages. . . .
A recent pamphlet issued by the National Periodical Association gives the following summary of the money value represented by one hundred typical weekly, semimonthly, and monthly magazines:—
Aggregate circulation, 30,803,000 copies per issue.
Total subscriptions, $47,614,000 per annum.
These publications contain 17,673,302 agate lines of advertising, for which the advertisers pay the gross sum of $37,207,483.
This shows that the total gross revenue of one hundred typical publications received from subscriptions and advertisers amounts to $84,821,483 per annum. . . .
It may not be without interest to consider for a moment what enormous quantities of paper are required for the physical production of a modern magazine. For this purpose let us take the case of a typical weekly paper, the Saturday Evening Post.
Assuming that the average weight of this publication is twelve ounces per copy, and that the weekly edition is 2,000,000 copies, we find that no less than 750 tons of paper are required for this publication every week, or more than 120 tons every working day in the year.—Paragrafs.
A Man Can Stand More Hard Times Than Good Times
“A MAN can stand more hard times than good times.”
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp Meetings
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern New England, White River Junction........Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine, Dover and Foxcroft......................Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Missouri, Clinton........................Aug. 3 to 13
Nebraska, Hastings......................Aug. 17 to 27
Kansas, Emporia........................Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Wyoming................................Sept. 21 to Oct. 1
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Ohio, Newark............................Aug. 17 to 2721West Pennsylvania, Homestead................Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Virginia, Weston....................Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Southern Illinois, Martinsville........Aug. 10 to 20
West Michigan, Allegan..................Aug. 17 to 27
Indiana, Indianapolis...................Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan, Cadillac................Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Western Washington, South Tacoma........Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Southern Oregon, Roseburg................Aug. 17 to 27
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Inter-Mountain, Salt Lake City, Utah....Aug. 17 to 27
Arizona................................Oct. 12 to 22
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Tennessee River, Nashville...............Aug. 3 to 13
Alabama, Montgomery......................Aug. 10 to 20
Kentucky, Bowling Green..................Aug. 17 to 27
Mississippi, Hattiesburg (colored)......Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
West Texas, Clyde........................Aug. 3 to 13
New Mexico, Clovis.......................Aug. 10 to 20
Oklahoma, Enid...........................Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Arkansas, Springdale.....................Sept. 7 to 17
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
British Columbia (Okanagan District), Kelowna.....Aug. 14 to 20
Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association
The next annual session of the Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held in Emporia, Kans. Officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1916, on the Emporia camp ground.
W. D. MacLay, President.
Burton Castle, Secretary.
Seventh-day Adventist Association of East Kansas
The next annual session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of East Kansas will be held in Emporia, Kans. Officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1916, on the Emporia camp ground.
W. D. MacLay, President.
Burton Castle, Secretary.
West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association
The next annual session of the West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held in Emporia, Kans. Officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1916, on the Emporia camp ground.
W. D. MacLay, President.
Burton Castle, Secretary.
The Madison Training School for Nurses
The Madison (Wis.) Training School for Nurses opens Sept. 8, 1916. A three-year nurses’ course is offered, furnishing opportunity for Bible instruction and nurses’ training to earnest, mature young people who wish to prepare themselves for medical missionary work. Address Superintendent of Training School, Madison Sanitarium, Madison, Wis.22
West Michigan Conference Association
The annual meeting of the West Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the meeting of the West Michigan Conference on the fairgrounds in Allegan, Mich., Aug. 17-27, 1916. The first meeting will be called at 10:30 A. M., August 22. The regular delegates to the West Michigan Conference (unincorporated) form the constituency of the West Michigan Conference Association. This meeting will elect a board of trustees for the association, and transact such business as may properly come before the meeting.
Wm. Guthrie, President.
F. R. Eastman, Secretary.
Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association of Kentucky
Notice is hereby given that the ninth session of the Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association of Kentucky (a legal corporation) will be held on the camp ground in Bowling Green, Ky., at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1916, for electing officers, and transacting such other business as pertains to the association.
E. W. Brown, President.
E. A. Williams, Secretary.
New Mexico Conference Association
The next annual session of the New Mexico Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference and camp meeting, at Clovis, N. Mex., Aug. 10-20, 1916. At this meeting officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The accredited delegates to the conference compose the constituency of this association. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., August 16.
R. B. Coberly, President.
L. J. Black, Secretary.
Oklahoma Conference Corporation
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference and camp meeting, Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916, at Enid, Okla. At this meeting officers and a board of trustees will be elected for the ensuing term of office, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The conference delegate body comprises the constituency of this association. The first meeting will be called at 10 A. M., August 30.
John Isaac, President.
W. A. Woodruff, Secretary.
West Pennsylvania Conference Association
The next session of the constituency of the West Pennsylvania Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Homestead Park, Homestead, Pa., Aug. 30, 1916, at 1:30 P. M., for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The constituency will meet in connection with the camp meeting to be held in Homestead Park, August 24 to September 3.
F. H. Robbins, President.
H. K. Hackman, Secretary.
Kansas Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
The Kansas Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the conference, at Emporia, Kan., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916, to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may be deemed necessary. The first meeting will be held at 3 P. M., Monday, August 28. All accredited delegates to the conference are delegates to the association.
W. D. MacLay, President.
R. L. Carson, Secretary.
Arkansas Conference Association
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Arkansas Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference and camp meeting, at Springdale, Ark., Sept. 7-17, 1916, for the purpose of electing officers, changing the by-laws to provide for the election of officers for a term of two years instead of one, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the constituency. All properly accredited delegates to the Arkansas conference are voters in the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, September 11.
W. E. Baxter, President.
C. J. Dart, Secretary.
Southern Oregon Conference Association
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Southern Oregon Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the annual camp meeting and conference, at Roseburg, Oregon, Aug. 17-27, 1916. The first meeting will be held at 9:30 A. M., Tuesday, August 22.
T. G. Bunch, Chairman.
J. P. Wheeler, Secretary.
Southern Oregon Conference
The sixth annual session of the Southern Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting at Roseburg, Oregon, Aug. 17-27, 1916, for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference at that time. Each church is entitled to one delegate regardless of its membership, and one additional delegate for every ten members.
C. J. Cole, Chairman.
J. P. Wheeler, Secretary.
Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Incorporated
The regular session of the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated, is called to convene at 10 A. M., Aug. 29, 1916, on the camp ground at White River Junction, Vt. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the corporation session.
R. J. Bryant, President.
C. F. Ball, Clerk.
Northern New England Conference Association
The third annual session of the Northern New England Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 10 A. M., Aug. 30, 1916, on the camp ground at White River Junction, Vt. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the session. Accredited delegates to the conference are also delegates to the association.
R. J. Bryant, President.
D. K. Royer, Clerk.
Northern New England Conference
The Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its annual session in connection with its camp meeting, at White River Junction, Vt., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The first meeting will be held at 7:30 P. M., August 24. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for every ten members.
R. J. Bryant, President.
H. B. Tucker, Secretary.
Indiana Conference Association
The annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916. The first meeting will be called at 9 A. M., Aug. 28, 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 Indiana Conference are delegates to the association.
W. A. Westworth, President.
W. A. Young, Secretary.
Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
The Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the conference, at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916, to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as is deemed necessary. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., August 29. All accredited delegates to the conference are delegates to this association.
W. A. Westworth, President.
F. A. Loop, Secretary.
Seventh-day Adventist Book Society of West Virginia
The fifth annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Book Society is called to convene at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1916, on the camp ground at Weston, W. Va. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the society.
J. W. Hirlinger, President.
C. T. Redfield, Secretary.
Nebraska Conference
The thirty-ninth session of the Nebraska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in connection with the camp meeting to be held in Hastings, Nebr., Aug. 17-27, 1916. All delegates should be present for the purpose of electing officers, and of transacting such other business as may come before this conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen members. The first meeting of the conference will be called at 9 A. M., Friday, August 18.
D. U. Hale, President.
Anna M. Peterson, Secretary.
Nebraska Conference Association
The annual session of the Nebraska Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists (a legal incorporation) will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Hastings, Nebr., Aug. 17-27, 1916. The first meeting will convene at 9 A. M., Monday, August 21. The delegates to the conference will form the constituency of this meeting, which will be held for the purpose of electing officers for this association, and of transacting such other business as may come before the constituency.
D. U. Hale, President.
Anna M. Peterson, Secretary.
Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
The Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association (a legal incorporation) will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp meeting, at Hastings, Nebr., Aug. 17-27, 1916. The first meeting will convene at 9 A. M., Monday, August 21. This meeting is for the purpose of filling such vacancies on the board as need to be filled at this time, and of transacting such business as should properly come before this body.
D. U. Hale, President.
Anna M. Peterson, Secretary.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Colporteurs’ Summary for June, 1916
UNIONS
Books
Periodicals
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
ATLANTIC
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Maine
12
1085
$2257.55
$2456.10
1886
$188.60
$183.00
N. New England
24
2645
3259.80
911.55
2930
293.00
56.80
Massachusetts
14
1091
1414.75
1102.20
10416
1041.60
586.40
S. New England
13
1243
1737.75
284.15
1897
189.70
120.10
E. New York
21
1906
1973.10
2194.40
1046
104.60
87.40
W. New York
17
1870
1650.85
2153.55
576
57.60
172.90
Greater N. York
10
817
899.53
459.00
4428
442.80
353.20
Totals
111
10657
13193.33
9560.95
23179
2317.90
1559.80
COLUMBIA
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Ohio
39
3991
3849.17
3254.90
3004
300.40
288.50
Chesapeake
10
699
1027.15
949.85
330
33.00
162.20
Virginia
15
2075
3615.10
1849.75
2590
259.00
245.50
W. Pennsylvania
27
3361
3721.65
558.45
2955
295.50
103.50
E. Pennsylvania
13
627
491.75
1403.85
2171
217.11
85.70
West Virginia
15
1620
2801.90
1515.75
718
71.80
88.00
New Jersey
3
343
362.15
233.40
859
85.90
277.20
Dist. of Col.
10
878
1674.90
463.10
2638
263.80
163.80
Totals
132
13594
17543.77
10229.05
15265
1526.50
1414.40
LAKE
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
E. Michigan
15
1793
1671.50
1887.08
1056
105.60
180.90
W. Michigan
15
1530
1744.00
2005.40
275
27.50
113.50
N. Michigan
17
1336
1337.40
1928.35
655
65.50
85.50
Wisconsin
54
5374
6578.25
3747.45
882
88.20
163.30
N. Illinois
23
2894
3789.23
4098.70
1955
195.50
147.30
S. Illinois
18
2802
3262.55
3214.45
430
43.00
147.40
Indiana
32
3345
4753.55
6340.00
350
35.00
75.70
Totals
174
19074
23136.48
23221.43
5603
560.30
913.60
EASTERN CANADIAN
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Ontario
15
3472.77
1557.85
2126
212.60
235.50
Quebec
335.85
122.40
125
12.50
18.00
Maritime
1
474.16
186.29
650
65.00
34.00
Newfoundland
127.00
Totals
16
4282.78
1993.54
2901
290.10
287.50
SOUTHERN
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Louisiana
7
691
1458.61
610.80
675
67.50
102.00
Alabama
15
1718
1939.95
1611.75
500
50.00
95.00
Kentucky
16
1331
1458.13
2894.65
835
83.50
99.60
Mississippi
24
1695
3657.30
3497.95
130
13.00
174.50
Tenn. River
16
1319
2246.05
1197.85
580
58.00
160.00
Totals
78
6754
10751.04
9813.00
2720
272.00
631.10
SOUTHEASTERN
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Cumberland
6
604
621.70
1292.70
815
81.50
150.50
Georgia
15
1749
1977.80
1477.99
900
90.00
90.20
North Carolina
15
1969
1853.93
3304.73
961
96.10
142.20
South Carolina
8
1039
2391.35
1589.60
757
75.70
100.50
Florida
9
994
1143.72
275.15
1427
142.70
197.60
Totals
53
6355
7988.50
7940.17
4860
486.00
681.00
SOUTHWESTERN
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Arkansas
19
1985
2619.75
1465.75
584
58.40
23.70
Oklahoma
34
2822
4664.45
5739.55
1333
133.30
79.10
N. Texas
34
2397
3911.35
1358.25
2662
266.20
75.10
S. Texas
15
1107
2714.80
2975.40
1096
109.60
186.50
W. Texas
16
1716
2177.60
1216.70
220
22.00
18.00
New Mexico
6
386
601.00
310.25
101
10.10
14.00
Totals
124
10413
16688.95
13066.90
5996
599.60
396.40
CENTRAL
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Missouri
12
1497
1939.20
2996.75
1761
176.10
336.20
Colorado
9
1696
1628.45
950.80
476
47.60
62.00
Nebraska
20
3274
4593.35
2864.05
156
15.60
8.00
Wyoming
6
1016
1673.25
2226.60
60
6.00
16.20
Kansas
37
5217
5404.75
3354.67
800
80.00
191.80
Totals
84
12700
15293.00
12392.87
3253
325.30
614.20
NORTHERN
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Iowa
23
2529
2839.65
2883.50
2740
274.00
313.10
Minnesota
28
3498
3417.70
5169.30
5895
589.50
803.70
North Dakota
13
2012
3237.00
3831.10
3065
306.50
54.60
South Dakota
15
1842
2850.65
1162.75
1057
105.70
123.00
Totals
79
9881
12345.00
13046.65
12757
1275.70
1294.40
PACIFIC
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Cent. California
5
520
$469.55
$621.15
1055
$105.50
$17.50
California
2
195
123.15
1405.50
3782
378.20
177.60
N. California
4
157
1133.96
882.25
190
19.00
53.00
N. W. California
5
478
1045.10
S. California
2
100
149.50
1244.85
2001
200.10
284.50
S. E. California
5
366
489.50
Inter-Mountain
7
629
724.50
344.30
62
6.20
19.20
Arizona
1
53
462.00
50
5.00
7.00
Totals
31
2498
4597.26
4498.05
7140
714.00
558.80
NORTH PACIFIC
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
W. Washington
6
993
1156.60
452.00
2045
204.50
188.50
Upper Columbia
12
1179
1281.85
4181.15
275
27.50
27.00
W. Oregon
7
451
2302.75
520.10
925
92.50
106.00
S. Oregon
1641.50
5
5.50
12.20
S. Idaho
9
875
1097.90
760.25
399
39.90
21.50
Montana
9
972
2695.00
2944.00
216
21.60
82.00
Totals
43
4470
8534.10
10499.00
3865
386.50
437.20
WESTERN CANADIAN
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Alberta
1
100
195.50
846.30
609
60.90
111.40
Manitoba
2
1187
1289.20
233.45
900
90.00
88.10
British Columbia
3
325
345.50
398.70
795
79.50
79.60
Saskatchewan
5
290
432.30
1327.40
893
89.30
148.50
Totals
11
1902
2262.50
2805.85
3197
319.70
427.60
Foreign and miscellaneous
9750
975.00
545.00
Mailing list
54215
5421.50
6202.50
FOREIGN UNION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS
AGTS.
HRS.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
NO. COP.
VALUE 1916
VALUE 1915
Australasian
79
7776
9452.50
10487.59
7009
905.20
1816.10
British
22
2059
1167.88
153452
3113.80
Scandinavian
99
12685
9795.84
5913.30
9064
544.99
151.62
Latin
11
1088
570.51
852.61
5924
192.33
159.86
W. German
53
6105
2239.51
1961.07
69093
1607.54
2247.26
E. German
55
5439
1983.44
2271.61
71518
1941.62
2269.82
Danube
17
1600
703.79
551.47
179
4.71
Cent. European
57
5786
2562.14
2420.33
2431
809.07
813.41
E. Russia
343.65
India
5
284
406.80
247.74
6886
291.04
Korean
45
15.07
4072
101.80
Japan
48.96
2877
155.30
139.85
Philippine
26
2541
1357.55
10.10
South African
14
576
1484.12
947.57
508
42.82
285.96
Canary Islands
1
68
37.53
58.62
225
4.04
.60
Hawaiian
2
187
480.00
500
45.00
Guatemala
1
136
55.00
11.35
N. Honduras
59.00
6.00
Salvador
1
75
272.98
Jamaica
4
574.80
207.90
15000
900.00
99.18
Cuban
10
539
1186.90
3174.06
426
33.50
16.00
Porto Rican
9
712
572.99
525.52
2.10
South American
9
560
531.50
11.61
Brazilian
36
2919
2240.34
2168.60
Totals, foreign
556
51135
37799.15
32131.64
349164
10731.82
8001.76
Totals, N. Am.
936
98298
136616.71
119067.46
154701
15470.10
15963.50
Grand Totals
1492
149433
$174415.86
$151199.10
503865
$26201.92
$23965.26
Comparative Book Summary
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
Jan.
$44,495.65
$53,931.97
$64,262.88
$59,697.52
$46,778.58
$60,418.25
Feb.
53,923.57
53,525.18
62,813.12
67,149.45
47,943.61
74,298.80
March
73,015.56
73,374.99
66,640.42
75,062.31
73,414.23
92,431.51
April
73,548.31
73,027.32
73,520.45
85,685.35
78,974.96
94,066.35
May
81,923.78
94,166.15
101,640.01
87,024.10
107,987.69
106,602.30
June
135,888.76
137,838.38
137,373.06
153,480.96
151,199.10
174,415.86
July
127,256.86
156,166.90
140,576.24
199,116.62
170,546.02
Aug.
91,810.46
103,165.69
111,660.64
105,391.65
118,773.18
Sept.
86,001.72
67,551.70
73,732.14
74,359.96
78,364.70
Oct.
81,367.89
70,219.07
84,015.90
60,357.25
76,102.53
Nov.
67,600.00
77,434.87
73,949.68
57,388.95
69,660.16
Dec.
58,386.24
57,291.91
59,749.92
57,495.17
69,145.88
Totals
$976,218.80
$1017,684.13
$1049,943.46
$1083,110.29
$1088,890.64
Comparative Summary of American Periodicals
1913
1914
1915
1916
1913
1914
1915
Jan.1
177080
152971
170760
177107
July
176772
211040
150880
Feb.
201659
242627
134619
222470
Aug.
153849
171451
152273
Mar.
166499
224757
341059
154019
Sept.
127017
164860
130465
April
152088
162027
183280
98217
Oct.
126557
174182
123027
May
166465
168934
158114
117917
Nov.
100351
142040
98174
June
156550
189897
159635
154701
Dec.
99504
143100
107229
Totals
1804391
2147976
762048
Publishing Department
By N. Z. TOWN
N. Z. TOWN - - - General Secretary
W. W. EASTMAN - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary
Our Summary
We are glad to be able to close the first half of the year with such a splendid summary, which shows a gain of $23,000 over that of June last year. It is also cheering to note that the grand total for the six months of this year shows a gain of more than $100,000 over the same period in 1915. Every month shows an advance over the corresponding month last year, except May, and this falling off is due to the reports from the German Union not being able to reach us.
The periodical sales do not present quite as good a showing, but it is encouraging to see such an increase for the month of June over May. The foreign periodicals show a good gain for June over the same month last year.
The outlook for the colporteur work never was brighter than at the present time. From the leaders not only in the home fields, but in the fields abroad, the department receives only words of courage. Some are battling with drought, others with too much rain, others with revolution, and many with the effects of the terrible war; but none of these apparent hindrances daunt the faithful colporteurs. They are pushing forward and winning new victories every day. We have every reason to believe that 1916 will be our banner year in this branch of the work. N. Z. TOWN.
Comparative Summary of Foreign Periodicals
JANUARY, 1915, 448,128 copies, value $13,166.23; January, 1916, 375,259 copies, value $13,774.74.
February, 1915, 403,134 copies, value $11,357.55; February, 1916, 577,282 copies, value $14,480.57.
March, 1915, 467,626 copies, value $18,243.92; March, 1916, 350,291 copies, value $35,029.10.
April, 1915, 418,884 copies, value $10,001.96; April, 1916, 365,373 copies, value $11,086.68.
May, 1915, 595,740 copies, value $18,200.94; May, 1916, 196,084 copies, value $6,803.98.
June, 1915, 215,051 copies, value $7,974.76; June, 1916, 349,164 copies, value $10,731.82.
“A Continual Dropping Weareth a Stone”
THIS is a true saying. While it refers to the action of water upon stone, it applies to a general life principle. There is ever more virtue in steady, continuous application than in a stronger intermittent force. The plodders in life, as a rule, achieve the greatest success. The policy of the Scripture is, “Line upon line” and “precept upon precept,” rewarding those who “endure unto the end.” Constancy is an attribute of God. With him is no “variableness, neither shadow of turning.” It is the constant pressure of the tender rootlets that bursts the granite rock.
In the application of some of the most practical life principles, “the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” They not only know the principles, but rely upon them in times of the greatest emergencies. We cite the following practical application of the principle of continuance in a municipal election:—
Recently the Socialists of the city of Milwaukee organized for a systematic distribution of their literature in that city. Their object was the election of a Socialist mayor. Four months before the time of election, they began to place their literature in every home in the city. Early every Sunday morning during the four months this literature was put under the front door of every home in the city. The Socialists elected their mayor. They knew the power of systematic, continuous effort. They knew the people had time to read on Sundays. They knew the regular appearance of this literature, though not wanted, would in time interest the people sufficiently to cause them to examine it. They knew conviction comes best and quickest when one quietly and leisurely reads or studies in one's own home. They knew the people in thousands of these homes would at first gather and immediately burn this literature without examining further than to learn it was Socialist matter. They also knew that its continued coming every Sunday would win it a hearing. In short, they knew the power of well-directed persistency, and they won.
If worldly men are wise and faithful in applying a natural life principle for the sake of temporal favors, ought not the children of light to be at least their equal in wisdom and effort for eternal interests?
Why not organize in every town, city, or community where we have a church, for regular, systematic, house-to-house delivery of the Present Truth Series on Saturday night or Sunday morning? The plan is sound. It meets all the natural tendencies of human nature, and with the special blessing always accompanying the message in printed form, it cannot fail of most gratifying results.
The regular coming of the Present Truth Series each week is a strong feature in the plan to send the series to relatives and friends, beginning September 1. With the united prayers of the churches for six months, and the weekly visits of these strong, irresistible, heaven-blessed messengers, there can be no failure.
West Pennsylvania Camp Meeting
By F. H. ROBBINS.
THE camp meeting is a place where pastors, elders, deacons, and people meet. The old, the young, the middle-aged, should all attend, because Christ, who never fails us, will be there.
The practical methods of instruction, prayer bands, early morning meetings, Bible studies, young people's meetings, and soul-inspiring sermons will make the camp meeting a blessing to all who attend. The great object of the camp meeting is the salvation of souls. Think of the help your influence will be to others, in addition to the good you will receive yourself.
Besides our own conference workers, the following persons have promised to attend: Elders A. G. Daniells, B. G. Wilkinson, F. M. Wilcox, G. F. Enoch, R. T. Dowsett, N. S. Ashton, and E. K. Slade; Profs. B. F. Machlan and C. S. Longacre; Brethren C. V. Leach and Walter L. Burgan.
The camp meeting, at Homestead Park, Pittsburgh, Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1916, promises to be one of the best we have ever had. Elder Daniells has many inspiring things to tell concerning his last visit to the Old World. He will no doubt give some stereopticon lectures, showing some of the countries he has recently visited, and their inhabitants. He will speak of the customs and habits of the people, also of his interesting experiences while visiting the different places.
The beautiful park at Homestead, with its commodious buildings, electric lights, and pleasant situation, is a feature which will add to the comfort of the campers.
Attendance at the camp meeting is a sacred privilege, and as the end of the world is drawing near, we shall not have the opportunity of attending many more of these yearly gatherings. May each family in the West Pennsylvania Conference say, as did Moses, 'We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, . . . for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.' Ex. 10: 9.
Please send at once all orders for tents and rooms to the conference office, 7155 Mount Vernon St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
