Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 43.
Vegetarian, Hygiene, Colds, and Consumption NumberPage 2
Earlier text: Danish West IndiesNorthern Illinois Conference and Camp-Meeting
By G. E. Langdon
Although our conference was held last February, only six months previous, yet it was thought best by some to hold a conference again at this meeting, August 28 to September 8. The camp was pitched in a delightful grove called Allen Park, in Ottawa. The Business Men's Association secured the grounds, electric lighting, and city water for us, bearing all expense. We greatly appreciate their liberality. There were about four hundred in attendance, and about one hundred tents were pitched. There was a fair attendance from the city during the meetings. The last Sunday night the large tent was more than filled. Twenty persons were baptized, most of whom were young people. One church of seventy-five members was admitted into the conference. The service of the laborers from abroad was well received, although no one laborer was with us all through the meetings, some only one day. Elders I. H. Evans, O. A. Olsen, Allen Moon, C. S. Longacre, W. H. Thurston, G. W. Casebeer, S. M. Konigmacher, W. W. Eastman, and K. C. Russell, Profs. M. E. Kern and O. J. Graf, Brethren I. A. Ford and J. W. Mace, and Sister Matilda Erickson were the laborers. One afternoon was given to colporteur work and instruction, under the direction of I. A. Ford, J. B. Blosser, and J. A. Applegate; one to educational and young people's work, arranged by M. E. Kern, O. J. Graf, J. B. Clymer, Matilda Erickson, and Edith Shepard. Thursday afternoon was devoted to a temperance rally. An interesting program was conducted by Dr. Mabel Otis, in which the leaders of the W. C. T. U. and others participated. The sales from books, tracts, and periodicals amounted to $600. Over $750 was raised for missions, and 7,600 copies of the Harvest Ingathering REVIEW were ordered. Encouraging reports were given by the laborers in the home field, in evangelical work. Dr. F. J. Otis and Brother W. C. Foreman reported progress in the sanitarium at Moline. Prof. J. B. Clymer gave a good report of the Fox River Academy, showing that although the number of students was small last year, yet the operating department ran behind only two hundred dollars. The outlook for this year is very encouraging, in all lines. The tithes and offerings are in advance of last year at this time. A good spirit prevailed throughout the conference. "I have enjoyed these beautiful grounds and this good camp-meeting," was heard from many lips. The following officers were unanimously elected: G. E. Langdon, president; H. E. Moon, secretary and treasurer; J. A. Applegate, field secretary of tract society; other members of the executive committee, Allen Moon, P. E. Broderson, J. B. Clymer, and W. C. Foreman. Several resolutions were discussed and passed relative to the advancement of the Lord's work. The object of one of these resolutions is to give financial help to the academy and to raise a tent and camp-meeting fund, the plan being that the members of our conference pay to the conference two per cent of their earnings (outside of the tithes). This will save raising money at camp and general meetings for home work. It is hoped that every church-member will adopt this plan. The closing testimonies were filled with courage, and with confidence in the ultimate triumph of this great message and a strong determination to stand in the last day in the strength of the Lord. Western Colorado Conference
By J. L. Humbert
THE fifth annual session of the Western Colorado Conference was held at Grand Junction, September 9-16. The Spirit of God was manifestly present, and the meeting was pronounced a most enjoyable and profitable occasion. The attendance of our people as well as of the townspeople was larger than at any of our previous meetings. The characteristic Seventh-day Adventist tone was not lacking, and thus believers were encouraged to press forward with renewed energy and zeal, and those not of our faith were led to think more seriously of where we are in the stream of time, and what relation they should sustain to the Judge of all the earth. The17weather was excellent. On September 22, however, Grand Junction was visited by the worst storm known here for years. If our meeting had continued a few days longer, the camp would doubtless have been razed to the ground, hence we see additional evidence of divine guidance and protection. Elders E. T. Russell, C. G. Bellah, and M. B. Van Kirk were with us from the Central Union Conference, contributing in every way possible to the success of the meeting. Elder G. F. Watson and son, O. B. Watson, from the Southwestern Union Conference, were present part of the time, and rendered valuable assistance. The membership of the camp Sabbath-school was 231, and the donations amounted to $153.58. Elder Bellah conducted a very solemn and impressive revival service Sabbath forenoon. Many renewed their consecration, and a number made their first surrender to God. Elder Watson preached in the afternoon on the importance of having the power as well as the form of godliness. The next hour Brother O. B. Watson spoke to the young people in their tent. Elder Van Kirk took an active part in the young people's work, which, together with the work for the children, was under the supervision of Sister Spriggs. The results were highly satisfactory. The business meetings were pleasant and harmonious. E. A. Curtis, J. A. Neilsen, Blanche Spriggs, J. L. Humbert, and W. F. Surber were reelected president, secretary and treasurer, Sabbath-school secretary, religious liberty secretary, and field missionary agent, respectively. Nora Hough was chosen educational and Missionary Volunteer secretary. The conference committee is composed of E. A. Curtis, R. L. Benton, J. A. Neilsen, J. L. Humbert, and M. C. Corbit. After the meeting closed, Brother Surber resigned, and the conference committee asked the writer to take oversight of the church and field missionary work. Our conference was enlarged by the addition of San Juan County, New Mexico, and that portion of New Mexico lying along the railroad west of the Cumbres Mountains, which territory could not be worked advantageously by the New Mexico Conference. With this field we also gained a laborer, Elder R. L. Benton. He and his family were at our camp-meeting, where Brother Benton assisted in the preaching. Near the close of the session Elder Spriggs baptized eight persons. The book and periodical sales were quite satisfactory. Plans were laid for Elder and Sister Spriggs to labor in Routt and Rio Blanco Counties, for Elder Benton to occupy the San Juan district, and for Elder Adkins to go to the San Miguel and Paradox Valley country. The daily papers kindly devoted desirable space and gave good headings to synopses of sermons and business meetings furnished by our reporting committee. Incident to the appearance of a report of Elder Russell's discourse on the signs of the times, a local minister published a counter-article stating that the end is not near, that times will grow better rather than worse, that Adventists are alarmists and pessimists, etc., and inviting "thinking people" to hear him Sunday night on the "Coming of the Lord." The significance of this was briefly shown by Elder Curtis the night after Sabbath, and made a small part of the report for the Sunday morning News. That day 9,320 pages of tracts on the signs of the times were distributed in the city. Monday evening the Sentinel stated editorially that our meeting was one of the "biggest religious gatherings this city has witnessed for a long time;" that the people attending this conference were "earnest, sincere church people, and citizens of the most desirable class;" and that "we hope the Adventists will continue to hold their annual conferences in this city." The North Michigan Conference
By J. J. Irwin
The annual camp-meeting and conference were held at Gaylord, August 28 to September 7. About one hundred and seventy-five of our people were present, and the attendance from the city was good most of the time. The business men of the place seemed to be anxious to make our stay as pleasant and profitable to us as possible. All the conference laborers were present, and we were favored with the presence and help of Elders R. A. Underwood and C. F. McVagh and Profs. W. H. Wakeham and C. A. Russell. Quite an interest was manifested on the part of the young people, and an earnest spirit of consecration was seen. At the close of the meeting thirty-five were baptized. In the election of officers the writer was again asked to take the office of president, with nearly the same committee as before. The other officers are S. E. Kellman, secretary and treasurer; B. F. Williams, field agent; and Miss Florence Crouch, Sabbath-school and educational secretary. Among the resolutions passed was one indorsing the twenty-cent-a-week plan. During the meeting about eight hundred dollars in cash and pledges was given for the foreign mission work. In the Sabbath-school on the last Sabbath of the meeting a little over one hundred dollars was given for missions. Plans are being made for a vigorous campaign along all lines of the church work this winter, and we confidently look for good results. J. J. IRWIN. The North Carolina Camp-Meeting
By O. Montgomery
This meeting was held at Greensboro, N. C., August 21-31. The camp was beautifully located in a pleasant grove just in the edge of the city, on a good street-car line, in one of the best residence sections. With the new large tent and the well-arranged grounds, the camp had a very attractive appearance. The attendance at this meeting was the best that we have seen at any of our camp-meetings this year in this union. From two hundred to more than one thousand persons attended the service each evening and on Sunday afternoons. There were more of our own people in attendance at this meeting than ever before in the history of the work in North Carolina. I was informed that nearly fifty new Sabbath-keepers, who had accepted the truth in different parts of the State during the conference year, were present. Three new churches were admitted into the conference. The increase of membership for the year was reported as two hundred and twenty-one. From the beginning, the meeting was a spiritual feast. There were several revival and consecration services held. Many received help, and several gave themselves to the Lord for the first time. The doctrinal subjects were presented in a very practical way and seemed to reach the hearts of the people. When the needs of the mission fields were presented, there were about one hundred and twenty persons in the tent, and we asked for $1,500. When that amount was raised and we were about to announce the closing hymn, others said they desired to have a part, and the amount was swelled to $2,030. The Spirit of God was in the meeting in a special way, and it was certainly a very blessed experience. There were no large gifts, but all seemed to possess the same spirit of self-sacrifice and consecration. It was a meeting long to be remembered. With little change in the conference committee, the same officers were re-elected for the ensuing year. The work is onward in North Carolina, and the Lord certainly is blessing his people in this State. Many seem hungering for the truth, and there is a ready response when the message is presented. A Call for Self-Supporting Work in Virginia
By T. E. Bowen
AT the time of the General Conference Sister Mattie Hamilton-Welch wrote of her deep interest for the people in a certain section of Virginia where she had been laboring, but she was not able to carry on the work further, being called to another State. Concerning this opening in a mountain district, and her plea that some one respond, we quote from her letter:— "Will you not ask for two volunteers, self-supporting, to devote their time to the mountain people of Virginia? A husband and wife who would give themselves and their means to this work would certainly enjoy the rich blessings of the Lord as never before. "It requires two persons to do the work well. The wife could be very helpful to the women and children in giving health talks or visiting the women in their homes, teaching them hygienic cooking, sanitation, etc.; while the husband could go with the men into their fields, giving advice as to the best methods of raising crops and orchards. They would thus gain the confidence and esteem of all. Then, evenings, the husband and wife could hold song services or evangelistic meetings, perhaps using illustrated songs, and the whole settlement would turn out, and many would accept the last warning message. The people are hungry not only for the gospel, but for some kind of gatherings to break the monotony of their lives. "My heart aches for these dear people in their isolation. Even the Mormons have had missionaries in the mountains of the Old Dominion State, and why cannot the Adventists, who live so near them? The mountaineers are very orthodox, and were not attracted by the Mormons, but present truth charms them. They used to come to my boarding-place night after night and stay until18eleven o'clock. They would lay their children, asleep, on the bed, the lounge, and even the floor; and not until my voice would give out and I would be overcome with weariness after teaching all day in the schoolroom, would the parents say, 'Well, we hate to go, but we will come back tomorrow night.' And they came, unless I had an illustrated lecture at the old log schoolhouse; and they always filled it, rain or shine. One night two hundred were there. I feared the old log house floor would go through. It is a blessed work. 'It requires two persons to do the work, in the homes and in the gospel meetings. I believe that if you will make a call for two workers for the mountain people of Virginia, God will answer by calling responsive hearts.' Should God impress some brother and sister prepared with means and training to enter upon this work, we suggest that before going to Virginia, or definitely arranging to do so, correspondence be had with Elder W. J. Stone, 290 Park Ave., Richmond, Va., who will be glad to furnish such information as will be helpful and necessary before entering upon work of this kind. North Carolina
By Page Shepard
NEWBERN.—Our Bible band has become a most helpful factor in the missionary work of the church. Organized after a glorious quarterly meeting with a few earnest young people desiring to reconsecrate themselves to the Lord, it has steadily grown in numbers, enthusiasm, and efficiency. Our service on Sunday afternoon is attended by earnest seekers after truth, who say they cannot afford to miss the meetings. After the Bible studies are given, short, pointed testimonies follow, which are very edifying and encouraging. As a result, some are debating the question which must decide the destiny of their souls. Since the announcement by the General Conference that they purpose to send one hundred and fifty missionaries to the foreign fields, and that a collection for that purpose would be taken up on the thirteenth Sabbath of the third quarter, our Bible band has rallied to the call for means, and has devoted all its collections to swell the mission offering. Sunday, September 28, $7 was taken up in the collection, $6.05 had been saved by the Bible band, and $5 was given by the young people's society, making $18.05 in all. This means much where labor is cheap and many are seeking work. The Bible band is a joy to the writer, who thanks God for the precious souls his Spirit has gathered into the fold to assist in the labor of love. PERHAPS it will be of interest to hear a little of what is going on in this revolutionary part of the world. We are glad to say that our work is onward in spite of difficulties. Since our return from Washington, we have had baptism twice here in Mexico City, six being baptized on the first occasion, and two on the last. Others will doubtless be baptized a little later. Our meeting-room is more than full on the Sabbath, every seat being taken, and it becomes necessary at times to borrow chairs and put them in the aisles and about the doors. We very much need a church building in this place. We could gather in a much larger audience I am sure, and it would have a good influence in many ways. The people are so accustomed to churches that a denomination that has no building does not appear to them of much consequence. Now would be a good time to purchase property, while things are so uncertain and business is at a standstill. Our Sabbath-school has been trying to make some improvement, and we have made an effort to bring up the offerings, and are glad to say that last quarter the regular donations were fifty-four pesos. The thirteenth Sabbath offering will amount to over fifty pesos. One hundred pesos for our little company here in Mexico City is quite a good deal, considering the circumstances. We had a little shake-up the nineteenth of August, about 7:20 A. M. We were just finishing breakfast when a terrible explosion occurred. It seemed to us as if a bomb had fallen in the yard. Doors were blown open and windows broken, and the noise was terrific. On going out of the house to see what was the matter, off to the southwest we saw a great column of smoke that had already risen quite high, and was still ascending and spreading. It was in the direction of a small village, five or six miles from Tacubaya, where the Mexican government has a powder factory. We naturally thought that the rebels had succeeded in blowing it up. It turned out that a car of powder had broken loose because of a defective brake, and had come down the hill, gaining velocity until it reached the edge of Tacubaya, where it was derailed on a curve and exploded. Four blocks of the rather small and inferior houses in that part of the city were almost entirely destroyed, about one hundred persons killed, and one hundred and fifty wounded. The shock was so terrific that there were but few houses in all Tacubaya that did not have some windows broken. We are about a mile from the scene of the explosion, and we had to buy some thirty pesos' worth of glass to replace that shattered. From this can be judged something of the force of the shock. It also gives some idea of what would happen in case of a bombardment with modern guns such as the great nations of the earth are now using. There were some rumors that difficulties would arise at the time of the celebration of independence, the fifteenth and sixteenth of September; but all passed off quietly, no antiforeign spirit being displayed; and so far as we can see, we are just as safe here as in any other part of the world. Sometimes there are strikes and dynamiting of buildings in the United States, according to the papers, but the people do not leave the cities where such things occur because of these events. According to prophecy, we may expect perilous times in the last days, and the all-powerful Creator, who made the heavens and the earth in six days, is able to care for his children, no matter where they are. The probabilities are that the message will have to be given under dangerous conditions that will try the faith of the workers. But God's work must be done, and will be done, and the promise is, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," and with him one is always safe. Publishing Department
By E. M. GRAHAM
N. Z. TOWN - - - General Secretary
W. W. EASTMAN - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary Experiences in Home Missionary Work
IN Maryland recently a company numbering five persons was found, some of whom had been keeping the Sabbath about four years through reading our books. They are three miles from the Blythedale church, which has taken them under its care, organizing them into a branch Sabbath-school, and visiting them to further instruct them. Though these persons live only three miles from one of our churches, they did not know about it. Perhaps within a few miles of some of our other churches there are Sabbath-keepers, or people who would be Sabbath-keepers could they hear this truth. Search for them, brethren and sisters. A brother writes: "I became acquainted with a man last summer who was working on the highway near my place. He seemed to know a good deal about our ideas of Bible truth. In a short time I called on the family and had a pleasant visit. I carried them some reading-matter, sang some gospel hymns with them, had a season of prayer, and left quite pleased with their response to my call. After a time I called again, taking the book 'Great Controversy,' which he bought. At his request I went twice again to see them. Their reception seemed rather cold, so I thought seriously of troubling them no more, but after praying for the family, concluded to go once again, and did so a short time ago, receiving a very cordial reception. At the man's request I explained some points of present truth. When I left, he gave me one dollar for the Ingathering fund; I had given him one of the papers. The family parted from me with tears in their eyes. I now consider them good subjects for labor." This brother has found the secret of successful work. It is prayer and perseverance. Prayer, and persistent, kindly attention will unlock many hearts. The chaplain of the Loma Linda Sanitarium writes: "The other evening at Sabbath vespers in the sanitarium parlor the Spirit of the Lord seemed to come near as we read the Word and sang praises. Nearly a dozen of the patients were present, and all seemed interested. After a short song service and prayer, we visited with one another, and finally one of the patients began asking questions as to the difference between us and other evangelistic churches. "Several gathered round and listened as question after question on the different phases of our faith,—the Sabbath, state of the dead, punishment of the wicked, reward of the righteous, the resurrection, etc.,—was propounded and answered from the Bible. Never did I see persons drink in more readily the precious truth than did these dear souls. It opened an entirely new phase of the salvation offered us through Christ, although most of those present were members of some of the orthodox churches. "It seems that the Spirit of God is preparing many souls to receive the truth. Our sanitariums are especially prepared of God to reach many who would not receive the truth in any other way." In many reports that come to hand we find these words, "The Spirit of the Lord is preparing souls to receive the truth." Does not this indicate that the Lord is preparing to cut short his work in righteousness? E. M. GRAHAM. NOTWITHSTANDING the war in the Near East, our literature work is making good progress. We have just received from the Constantinople branch of the Hamburg Publishing House the following new publications: "Glorious Appearing" in the Arabic language, neatly bound in paper and in cloth; "Steps to Christ" in the Armeno-Turkish language, also in paper and cloth bindings. Also the following tracts: "We Would See Jesus," "Who Changed the Sabbath?" and "Daniel Seven" in the Greek language; "Heavenly Meeting" and "Children of Light" in Greco-Turkish; "Secret of Health" and "Can We Know?" in Arabic; "Heart Religion" in Turkish; "Children of Light" in Armenian; "Deciphered Writing" and "Waymarks of the Holy City" in Arabic; "Heavenly Meeting," "Heart Religion," and "Collection of Scriptures" in Armeno-Turkish. The First Korean Colporteurs' Summary
By Editor
We present to the readers of the REVIEW this week the first Korean colporteurs' report published in the Korean paper. Following the report is a notice of the death of one of their student canvassers. Although we cannot read this report, we wish to congratulate our brethren in Korea on the progress that the literature work is making in that field. Colporteur Work in Hungary and Servia
Should not such experiences as the following lead to greater faithfulness on the part of those who are privileged to work in a land where there is freedom to sell our literature unmolested? "We just received the intelligence that a worker, who in spite of the war enjoyed the liberty of distributing undisturbed thousands of our paper Znaci Vrema (Signs of the Times), had been forced into the army. Another brother, a faithful canvasser, has been in military service four weeks. Our prayers are with them, for we know that the Lord will stand by them. "Under these special difficulties, we feel it a great privilege to be able to spread the message by literature. The last half-year we were able to baptize twenty-five in Servia, the majority of whom had been brought to a knowledge of the message by the printed page. "Our people possess an active missionary spirit, which they express by spreading our literature as much as possible through their missionary societies. Our 157 people sold over 10,000 papers during the first quarter, with a value of 1,300 crowns; and when the war-clouds blow over, we hope to be able to convey the silent messengers to the people in a still greater measure, so that the work may be completed, and the people warned before darkness reigns supreme on the earth. The canvassing work made splendid progress, the year 1912 showing a sale of 3,000 crowns; and yet in the first five months of this year the sales far exceeded this sum, and we expect much greater results when most of the canvassers are at work again at the beginning of autumn." Religious Liberty Department
By Charles S. Longacre
C. S. LONGACRE - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary "Education Versus Crushing"
Under the above heading the West Side Index, published at Newman, Cal., contained the following editorial in a recent issue: — "A rather striking contrast in the views of two ministers on kindred subjects is furnished by recent remarks of Newman and Turlock divines. "Rev. Mr. Breeze, of Newman, last Sunday discussed Sunday celebrations of feast-days by dancing and other festivities, naturally voicing his view and that of his denomination strongly in opposition to such a custom. He did not, however, urge a drastic remedy, expressing the belief that education would eventually bring about the desired result. "A few weeks ago a Turlock minister — we do not recall his name — in discussing another phase of the same subject, Sabbath observance, bitterly attacked the denominations which kept Saturday, denouncing them as 'trouble makers, who should be crushed as you crush a mosquito when he annoys you.' "Which only shows that the spirit of the seventeenth century still survives in spots. Mr. Breeze's remedy, education, will win if it should win; for a cause that will not succeed through education does not deserve to succeed. The 'crushing' process, on the other hand, practically never succeeds. History is crowded with cases of 'troublesome minorities' who refused to be crushed 'as you would crush a mosquito.'" It will be of interest to know that the term "crushed," which the Turlock minister used when he referred to the way Seventh-day Adventists should be persecuted and utterly destroyed because they keep the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, is the identical word used in Dan. 7:25 in the Douay translation: "He shall crush the saints of the Most High." This is what the Catholic Bible says "the little horn," which waxed "more stout than his fellows," would do to "the saints of the Most High" for more than twelve centuries.20 The "image of the beast," when perfected, is to speak with the voice of the dragon, and "he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight . . . whose death-stroke was healed." Rev. 13:12, R. V. From such expressions of hatred from prejudiced clergymen, it does not take much of a stretch of the imagination to understand where Satan will find his instruments to fulfil the following Scripture text: "And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus." Rev. 12:17, R. V. This minister calls us "trouble makers," and gives this as his only reason why we should be "crushed as you crush a mosquito when he annoys you." A National Reformer recently accused us before the New York State Legislature of being "trouble makers" because our efforts were successful in defeating twenty-eight Sunday bills which were under consideration before that legislature. He was informed that we proposed to make all the trouble that we could from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, to prevent the uniting of church and state in America. There is a great agitation all over this country and in other countries on the subject of religious legislation, and over the encroachments of both the Catholic and Protestant organizations upon the civil polity. Counter-movements are being organized everywhere, whose constituents number millions in many cases. Let us take advantage of this great agitation by giving the people the truth upon these questions which are stirring them, so that they may line up on the right side. We are glad that many of our people are circulating Liberty and the Protestant Magazine as never before. Thousands of new subscriptions are coming in for Liberty. The current issue of that magazine contains very valuable information which every American citizen ought to have. It is a great prejudice killer among our enemies. If you desire to join our band of workers, send for a sample copy of Liberty. A club of ten subscriptions, which can readily be secured by calling upon such people as the Guardians of Liberty and the Patriotic Order Sons of America, will cost you only $2, or 20 cents for each subscription. Each subscriber pays 35 cents for his subscription, and you get 15 cents for your effort. We ought to have a million subscriptions, and we can get them if we only put forth a little effort all along the line. Let us strike while the iron is hot, and keep striking until it gets hotter. A Good Beginning
By Editor
The following note from Brother A. R. Sherman, who went to Argentina last year to act as field agent in that conference, shows how the Lord blesses our workers in the mission fields. Brother Sherman says:— “I started in to canvass two weeks after getting here. Of course, I did not know much about the language, but I learned my canvass, and Brother Trummer went with me two days, and then I went at it. The Lord blessed me from the start, and in 88 days I delivered 2,250 pesos’ (over $950) worth of ‘Coming King’ and ‘Patriarchs and Prophets.’ I have found out this, that when we consecrate our lives to the service of God and are willing to do our part, the Lord is willing to bless wherever we are.” Brother Otto Shulz, who was given a furlough to Germany on account of failing health owing to the high altitude of Bolivia, has recently returned to his field. Speaking of his visit in the fatherland, he says: "While visiting old friends in Germany, I felt a longing for the rough and lonely hills and mountains of Bolivia. I missed the Indians with their llamas." This longing on the part of Brother Shulz to get back to his field is not an unusual one among our missionaries. After having been brought face to face with the great need of the people who are in the darkness of heathenism and superstition, it is difficult for these workers to be content when separated from the work among them. Educational Department
By J. L. Shaw
J. L. SHAW, General Secretary
W. E. HOWELL, N. Am. Div. Asst. Secretary The Opening of Our Schools
WE are receiving reports from our schools in various parts of the field, telling of encouraging openings. It was our privilege to visit Campion Academy, near Loveland, Colo., one week after its opening. We were pleased to find an attendance of about one hundred in the different grades. Eight years ago, when we visited the place, no buildings had been erected. There is now a substantial school building, with a dormitory for girls and one for boys. In the short time we had to visit the school, we saw evidences of substantial work being done. This year there is an entirely new force of teachers. Prof. C. L. Taylor is principal. Elder W. A. Gosmer teaches Bible and history. Mrs. Gosmer is instructor in music and language. Miss Taylor, a former student of Union College, while acting as preceptress, is also teaching English and one or two other branches. Brother C. E. Ledford is carrying the industrial work. We believe that Campion Academy is fortunate in its staff for the present year. This, with the increase in attendance, gives the board and patrons renewed courage. The institution has not been able to do much in industrial lines thus far, but intends doing more in the future, which we believe will greatly help the school. A week later, several days were spent at Union College. A number of changes have taken place since the writer was connected with the work twenty years ago. The town of College View has grown beyond our expectations; and we believe that the institution has grown with it. The enrolment showed a material increase over that of last year. At the same time the spirit and tone of the school were indeed encouraging and refreshing. At the Friday evening social meeting an opportunity was given those to rise who wished to consecrate themselves to the work. We saw none remaining in their seats. This is indicative of a good spirit at the opening of the college year. On Sabbath morning it was our privilege to meet seventy-five or one hundred young people having definitely in mind evangelical work. We understand it is the purpose of the president of the college and his faculty, the coming year, to especially emphasize the importance of students' preparing for service, either as ministers, teachers, Bible workers, or as workers in other lines. We believe this will do much to give tone and character and definiteness to the college work. Four or five days was too short a time to go very deeply into the educational work of the institution. We met with the faculty and graduating class. Nearly forty anticipate graduating, and fifteen or twenty of these will be in the literary course. We spent a little time in the normal department, and were gratified with what we saw. While going through the halls of the college, we could not but review the efforts of the past twenty years, and the number of young people who have attended this school, received a preparation, and gone out into the harvest-field. In talking to the church we were glad to see many brethren and sisters who have grown gray during the term of years which they have spent in College View. Their sons and daughters have attended the institution, and many of them are now engaged in the work either at home or in the mission fields. It must be a source of encouragement to those who have stood by the college during these years to see the results that have been attained. We believe that the institution is in many respects better fitted for stronger work in educational lines than ever before, and that there are a large number of young people in the Central and Northern Union Conferences who should avail themselves of its advantages. "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few." When we consider the efforts of twenty-two years in building up the college, the funds that have been invested, the facilities that are now afforded, and the pressing calls that come to us from every direction for well-qualified laborers, we feel impressed with the possibilities that lie before the young people in the Central and Northern Unions. God has something for each of them to do, and the doors of Union College are open to earnest young men and women who desire to have a fitting for the Master's service. Reports from other leading educational institutions show that the attendance of these schools is on the increase, and, in some instances, above that of any previous years. This fact makes it evident that the importance of our educational work is growing in the minds of our people. We should be turning from our colleges four or five times as many graduates as at the present time. The gospel ministry is calling loudly for consecrated young men of good training. We need well-trained teachers for church-schools, academies, and colleges. The mission fields are realizing as never before that the standard of efficiency of those undertaking pioneer missionary work should be raised; and the time is upon us when we should appeal strongly to our young people to dedicate themselves to God, to make thorough preparation for, and to give their lives to, the Lord's service.