“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.
CROSKREY.—Died at West Union, Minn., Sept. 10, 1879, Prudy, daughter of Bro. and Sr. Robert Croskrey, aged 8 years, 1 month, and 22 days. Nov. 7, we followed to his last resting place their dear little son, Ulysses G., aged 7 years. Remarks by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:13. GEO. M. DIMMICK.
MITCHELL.—Died of consumption, at Corsica, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1879, Sr. Hettie L. Mitchell, aged 21 years, 7 months, and 20 days. She dwelt with pleasure upon the precious words of Rev. 14:13. A kind husband, a mother, and many friends, mourn their loss; but what a blessed hope they have,—she sleeps in Jesus. Sermon by the writer, from Ps. 116:15. A. M. MANN.
GIFFORD.—Died of quick consumption in Palmyra, Maine, Nov. 21, 1879, Mary Ann, wife of Charles J. Gifford, aged 43 years, 8 months, and 8 days. She embraced the truth about fifteen years ago, under the labors of Eld. M. E. Cornell. A husband and five children mourn their loss. She exhorted them to overcome, and have a home in the kingdom of God. May the afflicted family meet where parting will be unknown. Remarks by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:13. J. B. GOODRICH.
CORNWELL.—Died of inflammation of the lungs, at West Liberty, Jackson Co., Mich., Nov. 24, 1879, Sister Mary A. Cornwell, aged 66 years, 8 months, and 24 days. She leaves a son and seven daughters, all married, 27 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren, to mourn her loss. Her children were all present at the funeral. Herself and four of her daughters kept the Sabbath and belonged with us. The Baptist meeting-house was filled to overflowing, while we spoke from the text: “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.” J. B. FRISBIE.
WEAVER.—Died of whooping-cough, in Weston, Clark Co., Wis., Oct. 31, 1879, Sister Elizabeth Weaver, aged 73 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Sr. W. had been for several years a member of the first-day Adventist church, but she embraced the third angel’s message last July, under the labors of Brn. Snow and Holmes. Shortly before her death she said, “In the morn of the resurrection, when this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’” We sorrow not as others who have no hope, for we expect to meet our mother when the Lifegiver shall come. JOHN AND ANNIE SUFFICOOL.
CARPENTER.—Died of consumption, in Bowersville, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1879, Sister Eleanor J. Carpenter, aged 29 years, 3 months, and 19 days. Sister Carpenter was the second daughter of Eld. Wm. Cottrell of Springfield, Ohio. She leaves a husband and three small children to mourn their loss, besides father, brothers, and sisters, and many friends and acquaintances. She made a profession of religion over seven years ago, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church; and she continued a firm believer in the truth until her death. By her devoted and exemplary life she recommended the religion of Christ to all with whom she was associated. She had great peace of mind in her last hours, and died in hope of a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services were held in the Christian church, Bowersville, which was well filled with mourners and sympathizing friends. Discourse by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. J. T. CROCKETT.
MOREHOUSE.—Died of typhoid fever, in Woodhull, Steuben Co., N. Y., Nov. 21, 1879, Bro. J. C. Morehouse, in the fiftieth year of his age. Bro. Morehouse had been a believer in the third angel’s message about eight years. During that time he gave evidence that he had the cause of God at heart, being ever willing to do all he could for its promotion. And in his death not only do his dear wife and children sustain a great loss, but also the church and cause. He suffered intensely, but bore it with great patience. His last utterances were exclamations of thanks and praise to God, and it was in bright hope that we laid him away to rest till the Lifegiver comes.
“Mother, the loved from thy bosom is borne;
Children, our father has left us to mourn;
Lonely the hearth-stone,—for one is not there,
Broken the circle, and vacant the chair.
‘Peaceful thy slumber! Oh, sweet thy repose!
Safe from life’s turmoil, its cares and its woes;
Short is the silent embrace of the tomb;
Hope, pointing upward, disperses its gloom.”
Discourse by the writer, from 2 Sam. 14:14. J. W. RAYMOND.
STEWART.—Died of inflammation of the bowels, Nov. 19, 1879, near St. Joseph, Mo., Anna C. Stewart, wife of James I. Stewart, aged 34 years, 5 months, and 24 days. She embraced present truth in the year 1869, and was baptized by Bro. Matteson. Her life was worthy of imitation. We miss her greatly, but we mourn not as those who have no hope. She leaves a son twelve years of age. Heaven is dearer to us now, and we expect to meet her again in the morning of the resurrection.
“Oh, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land,
So free from all sorrow and pain,
With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands,
To meet one another again.” JAMES I. STEWART
Notes of News.
—Severe fighting in Afghanistan is reported.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes has just celebrated his 70th birthday.
—In the vicinity of Waupaca, Wis., wolves are becoming very troublesome.
—The famine among the Polish miners in Upper Silesia is beginning to produce typhus fever.
—There are 29 parochial Roman Catholic schools in Massachusetts, with a total of 15,439 pupils.
—The produce exports from New York to foreign ports amounted to $8,080,000 for the week ending Dec. 9.
—Nearly 200 arrests have been made at Moscow for supposed complicity in the attempt on the life of the Czar.
—The people of Memphis are taking sanitary precautions to guard against the return of yellow fever next year.
—During a recent cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, a storm-wave swept over Monkishkal Island, drowning several hundred persons.
—The Belgian Minister of Justice has forbidden churches, parsonages, or hospitals to be used for the new Catholic primary schools.
—At Orissa, in India, 400 Hindoos, many of whom are wealthy and of the highest caste, have renounced caste and become Christians.
—It is said that Cardinal McCloskey has asked and received permission of the pope to establish three new bishoprics in America, under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of New York.
—Bismarck has written a letter favoring a general disarmament of the powers, as the only remedy for the prevailing depression in finances and the miseries of the people in the various countries.
—A terrific storm in Randolph Co., Mo., on the evening of Dec. 9, caused considerable loss of property. Several persons were injured, and one man fatally.
—The petition of the Presbyterian General Assembly of the United States, representing about 5,000 churches, for the appointment of a national commission to make inquiry into the liquor traffic, has been presented in the Senate.
—The town of Red Rock, Pa., was entirely destroyed on the evening of Dec. 11, by fire from a petroleum well. Fire broke out in the well, and rivers of burning petroleum flowed through the streets.
—Six villages have been entirely ruined by the flood in Hungary; 10,000 people are destitute, hundreds are missing, and many seek safety in the woods only to be frozen to death. The waters have not subsided.
—The managers of the principal anthracite coal mines in Pennsylvania advanced the pay of the miners 10 per cent on the 1st of the month. This action was unexpected by the miners, and wholly voluntary on the part of the managers.
—The old Venetian art of painting upon mirrors has lately been revived in Rome by an English artist. Flowers, birds, and butterflies are thus painted; and the effect of the glass beneath, especially when thick and bevelled, is to make them appear as if suspended in the air.
—Ouray, the kindly disposed chief of the Ute Indians, has informed the Commission sent to investigate the causes of the recent massacre, that it was owing to Mormon influence; and that the Mormons have been trying to prolong hostilities by promising the savages arms and ammunition.
—On the 6th of December, a battle occurred between Montenegrin forces stationed at Velika and the Albanians, resulting in victory to the Montenegrins. The Inter-Ocean thinks this indicates that a renewal of war on the Eastern question may now be reckoned among the probabilities.
—The object of the Czar’s visit to Moscow at the time the recent attempt was made on his life, was to give notice of his determination to modify the government of his empire, so that the people, for the first time in its history, might be represented. It is feared that the attempt to assassinate him is a part of an organized plot to destroy all the sovereigns of Europe.
—The government has been perplexed to know what disposition to make of the Ute Indians engaged in the White River massacre, as they are not citizens, and hence cannot be tried in the civil courts. It has finally been decided to grant them a fair trial by a military commission outside of New Mexico and Colorado.
—Semi-occasionally it is announced over the telegraph wires that amicable relations have been established between Germany and the Vatican; but the ink that prints this announcement has hardly had time to dry before the rumor is contradicted, and we again read of attempts at reconciliation. The latest news indicates a hopeless estrangement.
—The winter in Switzerland has set in with almost unexampled fury. Within a few days there have been an earthquake, hurricanes, and snowstorms, unprecedented in violence. The railroads are blockaded with snow-drifts and fallen trees, and in Geneva, Berne, Neufchatel, Freibourg, and at other points, immense damage has been done to property and considerable loss of life is reported.
—The polygamous Mormons of Utah are greatly excited by the earnest words of President Hayes in his Message, in reference to their defiance of the law. John Taylor, Brigham Young’s successor as the head of the church, at a Mormon conference, publicly declared that they will not yield; and his appeal to the people was unanimously responded to by the congregation. We trust that our government will stand fast to the law and right.—Christian Weekly.
—An item has just been going the rounds of the press stating that King Mtesa, of Central Africa, had established Sunday observance in his realm. An exchange grew enthusiastic over this announcement, and suggested that this dusky prince might become the Constantine of Africa. Truly a brilliant destiny; but he may miss it. The latest news of him is: “King Mtesa, it is feared, is becoming hostile; and the position of the three missionaries to his court may be hazardous, as they are accused of treachery in advising an advance of the Egyptians toward his country.”
METEORIC SHOWERS.
AN EYE-WITNESS' ACCOUNT OF THE DISPLAY IN NOVEMBER, 1833.
The following interesting account of an event to which we attach great prophetic significance was originally published in the Columbus (Ga.) Inquirer. We clip it from the Inter-Ocean of Nov. 16, 1879:—
The meteoric display of Nov. 13, 1833, was by very far the most remarkable natural phenomenon I have ever witnessed. I was residing at the time in McDonough, Henry Co. As I was unable to sleep, I rose about one o'clock on the night in question and went out to my kitchen for the purpose of lighting a lamp (lucifer matches had not then been invented, or had not at least come into use in that section). In passing into the kitchen, I did not happen to look up. But as soon as our cook (old Aunt Mary) opened the door, she drew back in alarm, exclaiming, “Lord, master, the world is coming to an end! Just look at the stars; they are all falling!” My faith in the Scriptures (such as Matt. 24: 14, and others of the same import, precluded the idea of its being the end of the world, and I was not alarmed. Returning to my room, I prepared my wife for viewing the phenomenon, which she did without undue excitement. I then sallied forth to arouse some of my neighbors, that they might also enjoy the wonderful display. The two nearest were a lawyer and a preacher, both of whom were terribly alarmed, and, despite my expostulations, greatly alarmed their wives. Without going further, I had my hands full in endeavoring to restore them to some degree of composure.
From one o'clock until daylight I witnessed the grand display. Looking upward, it seemed as if the meteors all started from a common center and fell in curving lines to the very earth; and there were thousands, if not millions, of them in sight at the same moment, and every moment, until daylight put an end to the scene.
It literally rained fire. Sometimes the shower would slacken for a moment or so, and then it would be renewed until the very heavens seemed to be ablaze. Some were brighter, some of paler hue, but they were all fire (or seemed so) and were all pouring down toward the earth. But I am attempting to do what I promised myself I would not undertake,—to describe a scene which no imagination can conceive, nor tongue or pen portray. It was as clear a night as I ever saw. I would fix my eyes on a given star, and in a few moments it would seem to fall, owing, I suppose, to the fact that it was obscured by a passing meteor. The illusion was perfect.
For two or three days after the occurrence, the atmosphere was so smoky as to prevent the stars from being seen at night, and to cause the sun to look like a ball of fire in the day-time, upon which one might gaze with the naked eye without pain.
A few occurrences connected with the event may interest your readers. In Covington, Newton Co., at three o'clock, the church bells were rung and the whole population was aroused, who repaired to the meeting-house and spent the remainder of the night in devotional exercises.
The gold mines in Paulding and adjacent counties had drawn together many adventurers—miners and gamblers. A gentleman direct from that section informed me that soon after midnight guns were fired, horns blown, and the sleepers for miles were aroused. The gamblers threw their cards into the fire, enemies made friends; and there was such praying as was never heard in that section before, and, perhaps, has never been since.
Only a few days after the phenomenon I was passing from McDonough to Zebulon, and stopped to spend the night with a friend. He had two Northern men employed in erecting a mill on a small stream near his residence, the elder one of whom had been a seafaring man. As soon as I arrived, the “falling of the stars” became the subject of conversation. Seeing the Northern men coming over the hill, my friend said, “Engage those men—especially the elder one—in conversation on the subject.” Supper over, I managed to draw them out. The older one said, “I have spent most of my life on the sea, and have passed through many dangers; but I never had to look death and eternity so squarely in the face before. You know, parson, that sailors believe in the North star. Well, I saw that the other stars were falling, but I thought that as long as the North star kept its place, all was safe. So I went out there and sat on the ground, with my back against the chimney (it was a rock chimney), and then I watched that star, trying not even to wink. In a few minutes it cut loose, and here it came. And then, parson, I fell on my knees and did some of the tallest praying you ever heard, and I have not sworn an oath since.” He had been terribly profane. I have seen many people since who have waited for the North star to fall, before they would pray.—J. H. Campbell.
Appointments for Quarterly and Church Meetings, 1879–1880
Appointments.
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matt. 10: 7.
Syracuse, Neb., Dec. 20, 21, 1879.
Humboldt, “ “ 27, 28, “
Nebraska City, “ Jan. 2, 3, 1880.
Opportunity for baptism will be offered at these meetings, also the interests of the missionary work will be considered. A general attendance of the scattered brethren in the vicinities is solicited. Chas. L. Boyd.
Serena, Ill., Jan. 2–8.
Princeville, “ “ 9–14.
Aledo, “ “ 16–22.
These will all be important meetings. We wish every member of the above churches to be represented, either in person or by letter. Eld. B. F. Merritt will be with us at the Aledo meeting. May the Lord grace our meetings with his presence. R. F. Andrews.
GENERAL quarterly meeting for Colorado, at Boulder, Jan. 3 and 4. First meeting on Friday evening. Let there be a general attendance. Bro. Crothers, of Georgetown, will be present to assist in the meeting. J. O. Corliss.
The next quarterly meeting in Soliloquy, Shenandoah Co., Va., will be held Jan. 3, 4, 1880. The first meeting will commence Friday evening, at half-past six. Brn. Rife, Stillwell and Fultz will do the preaching, if the Lord will. All the brethren from Page county are invited, and a special invitation is extended to the scattered Sabbath-keepers. If any cannot come, please send a letter reporting your progress in the divine life. Send your tithes in the same letter. Direct to A. C. Neff, Quicksburg, Shenandoah Co., Va., and send it by the 20th of December. Do not fail to write.
The next quarterly meeting at Zion, Page Co., will be held Jan. 10, 11, 1880. Brn. Fultz and Stillwell will probably attend.
The quarterly meeting in Camden, N. J., will be held on the same days. Eld. Orcutt, of Vineland, will attend. Hope for a general rally. I. Sanborn.
PRESERVE IT.
By S. N. Haskell
On the fourth page of the Supplement last week, over the signature of W. C. W., are liberal offers to canvassers for Good Health, also the Youth’s Instructor, including a list of prizes. This should be read and re-read, and, what is more important, acted upon immediately. Our ministers and tract officers should take an especial interest in these enterprises. Wherever you are, inquire who are taking hold of them. A few words of encouragement will secure hundreds of canvassers and active workers who would otherwise accomplish nothing. May God help us each to feel the burden of this work, until, by the influence of a living example and encouraging words, we shall have at least ten thousand active workers in the field, canvassing for our periodicals, remailing the Signs, and distributing our publications by the various methods adopted.
If the business be done through the tract societies, each State secretary will supply prizes and premiums from the State depository, or order direct from the office. Activity is wanted all along the lines, this winter, and henceforward till the war is over.
S. N. Haskell.
TEETOTAL PLEDGE CERTIFICATE.
By John Harvey Kellogg
The certificate promised to members of the American Health and Temperance Association who have signed the Teetotal Pledge is at last ready for those who are entitled to it. To say that it is a beautiful specimen of the engraver's art, is but to reiterate the expressed opinion of every person who has examined it. The universal declaration is that it is magnificent. It is not only beautiful as a work of art, but the design is so apt an illustration of the subject that the picture alone is capable of preaching a most eloquent temperance sermon to all who take the trouble to examine it.
A specimen copy of the certificate will be at once sent to all Presidents of State Health and Temperance Associations, and it is hoped that orders will be sent in immediately, so that they may be filled with other shipments of books to the several States, which will probably be made in the next two or three weeks.
J. H. KELLOGG, Pres. A. H. & T. A.
The Review & Herald.
By James White
Battle Creek, Mich., Fifth-Day, Dec. 18, 1879.
Testimony to the Church No. 29 will contain about two hundred pages of the most important matter for our people at this time, including the recent wonderful description of the Judgment. Price, postage paid, 25 cents.
J. W.
Testimony to the Church No. 28 Circulation
By James White
Testimony to the Church No. 28 has had a limited circulation. Only about one-half as many copies of this have been ordered as of other numbers. In making up the amount of No. 29 wanted for the churches in the several States, it should be ascertained how many of No. 28 are also needed. J. W.
THE SIGNS FOR 1880.
By James White
We have finally decided to take the general oversight of the Signs of the Times. Mrs. W. will furnish a page or more for each number.
We design to give a series of sermons for the entire volume, besides furnishing a leader for each number on some part of the great field of thought we have been exploring with great delight for some time past, Redemption through Jesus Christ.
We shall labor to secure expositions of various subjects applicable to our work, to be given in consecutive order in the volume for 1880.
We would suggest to those who have relatives and friends they are anxious should understand the reasons of our faith and hope, that the volume of the Signs of the Times for 1880 may well meet the case. The regular price of the Signs, postage paid, is $2.00 a year. When sent to friends and actually paid for by the sender, it will be furnished for $1.50 a year.
JAMES WHITE.
Explosion at Fox Island Sparks End-of-World Fears
The terrific explosion of about three tons of nitro-glycerine and mica powder at Fox Island, near the mouth of the Detroit River, Dec. 12, “caused,” says a report, “a general belief in that vicinity that the end of the world had come.” An explosion which demolished windows for miles around, and was felt forty miles away, would naturally cause people to think that something had taken place; but why should the idea of the end of the world come so quickly to their minds? Why is this always the first thought when any startling occurrence takes place? Does it not show that the preaching of this doctrine has made such an impression upon the minds of people everywhere, that it has caused them to place this foremost in every sudden fear, or to cherish, if we may so speak, an unconscious or latent expectation of this great coming event?
GOOD! GOOD!
By S. N. Haskell
In the T. and M. financial summary last week, the three columns gave the sums due REVIEW AND HERALD and Signs of the Times from each State society, and the value of the publications each has on hand. Taking the publications on hand into the account, the figures showed at least $10,000 improvement since an attempt has been made to secure a reserve fund in each State society. This is good. Go on, brethren, and in a few months more we shall have but one column,—publications on hand.
By carrying out the plan of raising a sum equal to one-third of our tithing money with which to purchase tracts, and by adhering strictly to the monthly installment plan in paying for Signs taken in clubs, we can accomplish twenty times as much as we now do, with less embarrassment. New enterprises can be entered upon without incurring a debt to the various societies. Large and liberal donations will come in for the support of this work. To the tract workers we say, Have courage, and God will help if we move forward in the light.
S. N. HASKELL.
SABBATH AND SUNDAY.
THE LUTHERAN VIEW.
A FRIEND has sent us the Baltimore American of Nov. 17, 1879, in which we find an abstract of a sermon on the Sunday question, by H. Hansen, pastor of the German Lutheran church, corner of Fremont and Saratoga sts., in that city.
It appears by this that from the Lutheran point of view, the external part of the fourth commandment, the day, was ceremonial, and has been abolished; that there is no law for Sunday in all the New Testament; that Sunday is not a divine institution; that all that the early disciples or apostles did in regard to it was wholly voluntary, without precept or example from Christ; and that its observance now rests wholly upon the authority of the church. Not much aid or comfort in this for the mourners who are crying, Make out Sunday to be a divine institution, or we die.
TO BRETHREN IN COLORADO.
By J. O. Corliss
At present I am a sufferer on account of severe pain in my left ear. I hope for relief, and improvement in health.
Five hundred copies of the Health and Temperance Annual are in Boulder. These should be circulated at once. Prices were given in last week's REVIEW. The friends in the State of Colorado will please address Alice J. Green, Boulder, without delay.
For the benefit of the cause in the State, that they may receive appointments in better season, I advise all our people to take the REVIEW AND HERALD. At the quarterly meeting, January 3 and 4, the matters of subscribing for the REVIEW, and the payment of tithes, should be faithfully considered. J. O. CORLISS.
Battle Creek, Dec. 15, 1879.
OHIO T. AND M. INSTITUTE.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
WE now expect to hold a two weeks' T. and M. Institute in Ohio, Jan. 15-28. We have never had one in the State, I believe. Certainly we need not now argue in favor of the benefit to be derived from such a school, nor that we greatly need one in our Conference. Everywhere they have been held they have proved to be of great service to the missionary work. We are now prepared to hold such a meeting. Eld. B. L. Whitney, President of the New York Conference, will attend this Institute, as he is well qualified to impart the instruction which is needed.
As far as possible, we wish every minister, licentiate, librarian and other officer, and those who intend to in any way engage in our work, to attend this meeting. No charge will be made for board. Begin now to lay your plans to come. To any officer in the Conference, this meeting will be far more valuable than a camp-meeting, as instruction in all branches of the work will be given, such as the Sabbath-school, the health and temperance work, minister's work, etc., besides the regular missionary work. Place not yet selected. Full particulars in due time. D. M. CANRIGHT.
TRACT INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK.
By Stephen Nelson Haskell
If nothing in the providence of God prevents, I shall attend this Institute a portion, if not all, of the time it is held. God’s Spirit and providence speak to the tract societies in favor of unity of action and greater consecration and zeal than ever before in the work of placing reading matter before others.
We shall expect to see at this meeting a large representation of the friends of the cause in that Conference. All should receive a fitting up from the Spirit of God, and should learn how to work, so as to give the cause in this Conference a new impetus. May God bless every such effort to the strengthening and encouraging of his people in the work of truth.
S. N. Haskell.
SPECIAL REQUEST.
By D. T. Fero
We hereby request each person in the Pennsylvania Conference, who has signed either of the pledges issued by the American H. and T. Association, and paid the membership fee of twenty-five cents, to send their name and address to the Secretary, Mrs. L. A. Fero, Wellsville, Allegany Co., N. Y. Also give the name of the person to whom they paid the money, and the place where it was paid.
We are told the certificates will be ready in a short time, and it will be positively necessary for those who wish their certificates to respond to the above request, as there are some errors which cannot be corrected in any other way.
D. T. Fero, Pres. Pa. A. H. and T. A.
STATE MEETING.
By R. L. Whitney
For several reasons it is decided to hold the State meeting of the Pennsylvania T. and M. Society one week earlier than the usual time. It will therefore be held at Wellsville, Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 10-12, 1880. This is the date at which the district meetings would regularly be held, but we suggest that for the present quarter these meetings be postponed for one week, and so be held the third Sabbath in January. As we have general plans for the winter’s work which we wish to lay before the brethren at the State meeting, the district meetings can quite as profitably be held at a later date, when the directors will better understand the work which it is desired to accomplish at these meetings.
We hope to have a full representation of the brethren from all parts of the Conference at this State meeting, as it will be a very important occasion, and probably the only general meeting we shall hold during the winter. We urgently invite Eld. S. N. Haskell to attend.
We want an earnest, persevering agent in each church, city, town, and neighborhood, to work for Good Health during the winter. We want another to work for the Youth's Instructor and our juvenile books. And wherever there are foreigners, we want to secure agents to obtain subscribers for our papers in foreign tongues.
We make very liberal offers in these various papers to persons who will engage in this work; and we now appeal to our tract society officers to aid us in securing good and faithful agents. This week we shall send out to the T. and M. officers a circular containing terms to agents, prices of periodicals and books, and lists of premiums, with explanations of the use of each, and all instructions necessary to enable them to select agents and set them at work. We look to the T. and M. officers themselves to see that the REVIEW and the Signs are not forgotten.
OUTFITS AND PREMIUMS.
Those wishing to canvass will usually be able to obtain the necessary outfit to use in canvassing, and premiums for new subscribers, of the tract society librarian or district secretary. If you cannot get them from these officers sooner than from the Office, we will furnish them by mail post-paid as follows:—
Good Health outfit, including premiums, receipt book, specimen copies of Good Health, circulars, blank order lists, and a package of envelopes, addressed to this Office, for $1.00.
Instructor outfit, including premium, sample copies, blank subscription book, order lists, and instructions how to canvass, for 40 cents.
Outfit for Tidende or Harolden, including canvasser's roll, with premium picture, Way of Life, sample copies, receipt book, circulars, order lists, and envelopes. Price of either, $1.25.
Outfit for REVIEW or Signs, including canvasser's roll, receipt book, sample copies, etc., $1.25.
REVIEW AND HERALD.
Notice of expiration of subscription will be given by special stamp on the margin of the paper. We should be pleased to receive your renewal at once.
NOTICE.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all cases a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do not in due time appear, and if books ordered by mail are not received, notice should be given. All other business is acknowledged below.
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S. D. A. E. Society.
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Gen. Conf. Fund.
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European Mission.
Mrs E Scribner $3.00.
English Mission.
Joseph Ralston $2.50, E L Armstrong 2.00.
Gen. T. & M. Society.—Donations.
Electa Mix $100.00.
Danish Mission.
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