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News and Miscellany
Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America reports that there are in the churches of the United States at present 38,708,149 members. There was a membership gain of 763,087 last year. The Methodists led all other denominations in this respect.
— A summer home in the heart of the Rocky Mountains for the Presidents of the United States, built and presented to the nation by the citizens of the twenty-two States west of the Mississippi, is projected by citizens of Denver. Six hundred and forty acres of land on Mt. Falcon, fifteen miles west of Denver, has been given as a site, and a considerable part of the $1,000,000 which it is purposed to spend in the construction of the building and the development of its surrounding park, has been subscribed. The formal laying of the corner stone is to take place as soon as President Wilson can find an opportunity to attend the ceremony in person.21
— The Panama Canal has been open for public use six months. The total of the tolls collected since the opening has been a trifle more than $2,000,000. In January 98 vessels passed through the canal, 44 going west and 54 going east. Altogether they carried cargoes aggregating 500,000 tons.
— The Pope prepared a prayer to be used in all the French churches on a recent Sunday. The prayer was printed in many of the periodicals of the country. But the journals containing the prayer were all seized and taken out of circulation by the police. The motives for the seizure seem to have been born of a fear that the prayer for peace might have a disquieting and depressing effect on the people of the French Republic.
— Of a total of 2,973,890 square miles in the United States, 2,236,062 are prohibition territory. The population of the United States is 91,972,266. Of this population 48,118,394 persons now reside in territory in which the liquor traffic is outlawed. In other words, about eighty per cent of the area of the United States is under prohibition, and approximately fifty-four per cent of the total population of the country resides in this territory.
— The historic Liberty Bell, on which rang out the news of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, is to be heard across the continent—this time by telephone. Efforts to have the relic shipped to the exposition have failed, the fear being expressed that the crack which developed while the bell was ringing out the tidings of the birth of the United States as a nation, might be extended by the shaking it would receive in the long trip.
— The United States Revenue-Cutter Service, organized when Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, passed out of existence January 24, and was replaced by the United States Coast Guard. This change carries into effect the provisions of the law recently passed by Congress and signed January 28 by President Wilson, whereby the Revenue-Cutter Service and the Life-Saving Service are merged into one organization. By this law the new service becomes a part of the regular military establishment of the United States, and in time of war it passes under the direct control of the Navy Department.
— All agencies engaged in Belgian relief must occupy themselves for the present with the immediate tasks of providing bread for the total population of Belgium, and of supplying all food for one fifth of that population, which is wholly dependent upon charitable aid, according to the second report of the relief commission sent abroad by the Rockefeller Foundation to investigate the effects of the war upon noncombatants. These relief measures, the commission estimates, will necessitate an expenditure of about $6,600,000 a month. Of the total Belgian population of 7,000,000, the report states, eighty per cent are able to pay for their bread, but the grain from which to make the bread must be purchased in foreign countries, transported into Belgium, and distributed under the protection of the American government, to the communes. About 60,000 tons of grain monthly are required for the feeding of the population.
Comparative Summary of Foreign Periodicals
JANUARY, 1914, 485,968 copies, value $19,795.36; January, 1915, 448,128 copies, value $13,166.23.
Publishing Department
N. Z. TOWN General Secretary,
W. W. EASTMAN N. Am. Div. Secretary
The Summary
By N. Z. Town
In view of the unsettled conditions and the financial strain which the European war has brought upon so many countries, we are glad to be able to send out such a good summary for the first month of the new year. The total value of book sales shows a falling off of nearly $13,000 from the corresponding month last year. The foreign periodicals likewise show quite a loss. There is also a falling off in the sale of our magazines. But under the circumstances, we believe that the readers of the REVIEW will rejoice with us that our colporteurs have done so well in the face of the present difficulties.
In the homeland seven of the twelve unions show a gain over January of last year. The reports from North America would doubtless have been greater had it not been for the convention that was held in Nashville during the first part of January. The leaders in the field are sounding a note of courage all along the line, and are expecting that 1915 will be a year of good progress in this branch of our work. N. Z. Town.
Publications Wanted
THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent post-paid, for missionary purposes:—
C. C. H. Cowen, Harristown, Ill. Continuous supply.
Mattie Clark, 1908 West Chestnut St., Louisville, Ky. Continuous supply.
Mrs. M. C. McCreery, Arden, Manitoba, Canada. Life and Health and Signs
Calvin O. Bolton, Station D, Grand Rapids, Mich.
T. Wade Young, Care of Priscilla Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio. Tracts on the Sabbath and the second coming of Christ.
Harry Truman, Lima Center, Wis. Life and Health, Liberty, Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, and German papers.
“Signs of the Times Magazine” for April
TEN selling features for the worker, noted below,—ten reasons (a message in every one) why the magazine should have a wide circulation this month:—
1. “The United States in Prophecy:” Divine Prediction Concerning This Nation; What It Will Do in Future Days, and the Terrible Results to the World That Will Follow.
2. “Dream of a New World Empire:” The President Asked to Begin a World Federation and Proclaim the United States of the World; Is it Wise? The Bible Answer.
3. “The Coming Church-Established Empire.”
4. “The Eastern War Storm:” Is it the Time of Trouble Foretold in Bible Prophecy? A Clear Explanation of the Turkish Question.
5. “The Downfall of Civilization:” Demoralization in Sports, in Dress, in Conduct; Does It Mean Moral Degeneracy? A Sign of the Times.
6. “The Final End of Sin:” Prophecies, Revelation of How Sin Is to Be Removed From the Universe; Sin and Sinners to Be No More; No Eternal Burning Hell; No Eternally Tempting Satan.
7. “Healing the Deadly Wound:” A Prophecy of Revelation Clearly Interpreted; Something Worse Than the European War Threatening Every Nation of the Earth.
8. “Enmity Between Man and Satan:” Satan’s Efforts to Deprave Human Nature Interrupted by an Antagonism Especially Interposed by God; This Explains Why the Human Family Does Not Become United in Opposition to God.
9. The cover. If striking in the one-color miniature, imagine what a beauty it is in the three colors.
10. Current Topics. Always good; seems even better this month.
As you see multiplying evidences that the Lord is soon coming, do you not have a longing to tell others of the truth? The Signs Magazine does this satisfactorily. Sell it to your townspeople, or give it to your neighbors. Prices: 5 to 40, 5 cents a copy; 50 or more, but 4 cents a copy. Order of your tract society.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp Meetings
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
West Pennsylvania ............... June 17-27
Eastern Pennsylvania ............ June 17-27
Chesapeake ...................... June 24 to July 4
New Jersey ...................... July 1-10
Ohio ............................ Aug. 19-29
Virginia ........................ Aug. 5-15
West Virginia ................... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
Constituency Meeting of South Lancaster Academy Corporation
By Rollin D. Quinn; Henry W. Barrows
Notice is hereby given that the thirty-first annual meeting of the constituency of the South Lancaster Academy Corporation will be held in the South Lancaster church, South Lancaster, Mass., on Tuesday, March 23, 1915, at 10:30 A. M., for the purpose of filling vacancies in the constituency, electing the board of trustees for the coming year, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
ROLLIN D. QUINN, President;
HENRY W. BARROWS, Clerk.
California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
By E. E. ANDROSS; L. V. ROBERSON
NOTICE is hereby given that the eighteenth annual constituency meeting of the above association will be held at Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal., on Wednesday, March 10, 1915, at 12 M., for electing directors, amending by-laws, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
E. E. ANDROSS, President;
L. V. ROBERSON, Secretary.
Annual Constituency Meeting of the College of Medical Evangelists
By E. E. Andross; S. S. Merrill
THE annual session of the constituency of the College of Medical Evangelists is called to convene at Loma Linda, Cal., at 10 A. M., March 24, 1915, for the purpose of electing seven members of the board of trustees for the ensuing term, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
E. E. ANDROSS, President;
S. S. MERRILL, Secretary.
Business Notices
By Editor
IN the past the REVIEW AND HERALD has published in this department business notices of various sorts for the benefit of our brethren and sisters. Their publication has brought considerable embarrassment, and the demands of this character have now become so numerous that it has been decided to discontinue the publication of notices of this kind.
Addresses
The permanent address of J. C. Harris is 303 Prairie Ave., Joliet, Ill.
Mrs. Leola Stone, Paradise, Cal., desires the present address of Mrs. Lue Brown, or Mrs. J. M. Brown, and of Mr. J. P. Pitsenburger, or Jasper Pitsenburger.
Requests for Prayer
FROM New York City comes this request: “Please pray for a brother who earnestly desires to be freed from debt.”
A friend in Alberta, Canada, desires prayer for mental and physical healing. He has been afflicted for thirteen years.
A brother writes from Missouri, requesting that we pray for the healing of a broken limb, about which the doctors give him no encouragement.
A sister writes from California: “Will you please ask the brethren and sisters to unite in prayer for my only surviving brother? He is afflicted with insanity.”
A Texas sister writes in behalf of a friend who is going through a terrible sorrow in her home life. She requests our prayers that she may make no mistake at this critical time.
“Please pray for the success of the home missionary work which I am trying to carry on, and also for the conversion of my wife and daughters to this truth,” asks an Illinois brother.
An anxious mother in Ohio begs that we unite in prayer for her only child, a boy of seventeen, who has been led astray by companions who use tobacco. She desires that he may be truly converted.
This request comes from Quebec, Canada: “I am only fourteen years old, but I feel I must write and ask your prayers for the healing of my sister who has tuberculosis; and for the recovery and conversion of a cousin who knows this truth, but has not yet given his heart to God.”
Obituaries
By W. H. Clark; C. F. McVagh
TURNER.— Carl W. Turner was born April 8, 1894, in Kansas City, Mo., and died Dec. 14, 1914, in Atchison, Kans. Since 1901 the family home has been in Atchison. Brother Turner united with the church two years ago, and was a faithful Christian until death released him from a life of suffering. The writer spoke words of comfort to the sorrowing family and friends. W. H. CLARK.
LADD.— Henrietta Ladd, née Bouadner, was born Oct. 6, 1869, in Switzerland, and died at her home, in Otsego, Mich., Jan. 23, 1915. She was the beloved wife of Frank L. Ladd, to whom she was married twenty-three years ago. Five children are also left to mourn. Sister Ladd embraced present truth eighteen years ago, and continued faithful until her death. Funeral services were in charge of the writer. C. F. McVAGH.
A Fallacy Exposed
The accompanying diagram made from the annual reports of 193 large cities, and furnished by the Yale University, exposes the claim that saloons pay the larger part of our city expenses.
Note that the saloons of these 193 cities, with a total population of 28,500,000, paid only one forty-second of the total receipts, whereas the undesirable product of their existence forced an expense of more than double the amount in money they paid the cities in licenses, besides the wreck and ruin they produced in human life.
The Instructor Temperance Annual
Not afraid of prohibition
maintains that saloons would still be debtors to communities were they forced to pay every dollar of the municipal taxes; and, that the only reasonable way to deal with them is to CLOSE THEM FOR EVER.
Religious Liberty in America
By C. M. SNOW
By C. M. SNOW
This book deals with the growth of the principles of religious and civil liberty from the beginning of the Christian era down to our own time. It shows how the two principles—religious liberty and religious oppression—have run side by side through the history of nations, the one building up the true kingdom of Christ and the other making martyrs of Christ’s true followers. The planting of those two principles on the shores of the New World, and the struggle between them for dominance here, is pictured in interesting detail. Considerable space is devoted to the growth and work of such un-American and oppressive organizations as the National Reform Association, the Lord’s Day Alliance, and the Federal Council of the Churches; how these forces propose to unite and are now uniting for the enforcement of oppressive legislation, and have opened the way for union with the Catholic Church for the same purpose. The author shows how this combination of forces is working directly to fulfill the desires and purposes of Rome concerning America. The revelation of what those purposes are and what Rome is doing to bring them about makes one of the most thrilling sections of the book. The closing chapter, “Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Great Problem,” shows how God will work out the problem of this world through the second coming of Christ, and the establishment of his reign in this sin-smitten world. 436 pages, fully illustrated.
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Progress of the Work in India and China
From a letter recently received from Elder A. G. Daniells we take the following interesting paragraph: “I am pleased to report that nearly all the workers in India are now enjoying good health. Two or three are not so strong as I should like to see them, but I am hoping that they will build up so that they can remain and carry on the work for which they have been preparing since coming here. I find that the most of them are trying hard to become acquainted with the language spoken by the people in the various parts of the field to which they are assigned, also that the work is assuming a definite, well-organized shape; and I believe that there is a good future before us in this great field.”
R. F. COTTRELL reports from Central China Mission that during 1914, accompanied by his wife, he traveled 1,300 miles, visiting outstations and doing itinerant work. By steamer, sailboat, rowboat, railway train, sedan chair, wheelbarrow, on horseback, and on foot were these journeys made. He baptized one hundred and three believers into the message, and about one hundred others presented themselves for baptism.
Editors Oppose Press-Muzzling Bills
By Walter L. Burgan
THE campaign that has recently been conducted in this country against bills introduced into Congress which would restrict the freedom of the press has brought our denomination quite prominently to the attention of the world through the protests that our brethren have had published in the newspapers. Not only have the editors in different States gladly published our views on this subject, but a number of them have published editorials supporting our arguments, and have also urged their subscribers to read the articles by our brethren, and to join with them in their protests.
In commenting on these bills, a daily paper in Montana said, among other things:—
“Legislation that infringes on the liberty of the press is a very dangerous thing for the citizen. He should resent it in his own interest. The truth will triumph, and lies will fail, in every contest between the two if you give them free scope. A press censorship is one of the most fatal things to liberty. We hope the American people will avoid even the appearance of such a thing.”
A paper in New Hampshire, in calling attention to the position taken by one of our brethren through its columns, said:—
“We hope that every one of our readers carefully perused the story in last night’s issue of the Times, giving Elder ——’s interview concerning the measures in Congress, tending toward the destruction of the American press. The bills are arbitrary and entirely tyrannical. They are also astounding in their daringness. It is quite inconceivable to the average fair-minded individual that any one would dare to attack the bulwarks of American independence in so open and flagrant a manner. . . . They cannot be allowed to enter the records of this republic as approved, and every freedom-loving American should join in the giant protest that is going up, the country over, from men and women sincere in their love of America and all the freedom and justice it should typify.”
Thus we see that the newspapers have joined hands with us in the effort to keep out of the laws of this land anything that will curtail the liberties of speech and the press.
WALTER L. BURGAN.
The Sanitarium Exponent
THE Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium has recently begun the publication of an eight-page quarterly called the Sanitarium Exponent. This quarterly is “devoted to the dissemination of knowledge in regard to health, sanitation, and the rational or sanitarium method in treating disease.” Price, twenty-five cents a year. The first number contains an article on “Sanitariums, What They Are and in What Respect They Differ From Hospitals;” “A Sanitarium Parlor Lecture on the Essentials of a Healthful Diet;” “Dangers of Low Blood Pressure;” Note and Comment; Sanitarium Question Box; choice recipes and suggestions regarding food and food preparation; sanitarium news, etc. Address Sanitarium Exponent, Care of Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
An Outline of Mission Fields
INQUIRIES are being received at the Mission Board office regarding the revised booklet entitled “An Outline of Mission Fields.” This revision brings our mission story down to the close of 1914. The work of printing is being done by the Washington College Press. They hope to have copies ready for filling orders by about April 10. The booklet is free to those desiring to study the progress of the message in fields outside of the United States and Canada.
Idaho Prohibits the Liquor Traffic
RECENTLY the Idaho Legislature, after a message from the governor, adopted a resolution submitting to the vote of the people, at the next November election, a constitutional amendment providing for the suppression of the liquor traffic. But inasmuch as several near-by States will soon be in the dry column through legislation already passed, and there was a likelihood that saloon keepers from those States would establish themselves in Idaho, the Idaho Legislature enacted a law making Idaho a prohibition State after Jan. 1, 1916. The Idaho bill is said to be the shortest and most concise measure on record among prohibition enactments. Idaho makes the sixteenth prohibition State, and others are on the way. May the good work go on till the nation is free from the grip of the liquor plague.
Encouraging News of Sister E. G. White
A LETTER from Elder W. C. White, dated February 24, brings the following information in reference to the present condition of Sister E. G. White:—
“A week has passed since I wrote to you about mother’s fall and the fracture of the femur. Day by day the report of the physician has been encouraging. He finds her temperature, respiration, and heart action normal. He also states that her degree of suffering is much less than would naturally be expected. All who have a part in ministering to her, give thanks to God for his manifest mercy and consolation.
“Thursday morning, while speaking of the Lord’s mercies, mother said: ‘I see light in his light. I have joy in his joy, and peace in his peace. I see mercy in his mercy, and love in his love.’
“Sunday morning she said to me: ‘The trouble with us is the tendency to leave things at loose ends. We need to get together and fix our minds upon a definite point, and all work together for victory. We must lift the standard higher and still higher, and all unitedly labor for advance.’
“Tuesday she prayed: ‘O Lord, I commit myself to thee. Thou knowest I have no distrust at all. I commit my soul to thee, my body, and my life. All I ask is that thou wouldst let me fill my allotment of time, that thou hast given me, to thy name’s glory. Amen.’”
Elder Robinson Resumes Missionary Labor
ELDER H. E. ROBINSON last week called on friends in Washington, on his way from Boston to Asheville, N. C., where he goes to labor. On account of ill health, Brother Robinson has not been able for some time to do active work, and it is with much pleasure to himself and friends that he again resumes labor for the Master.
Mrs. Greaves Returns to West Africa
Mrs. R. S. Greaves, who has been spending a few months in the States regaining health, sailed on Wednesday of last week, on the steamship “Baltic,” to join her husband at Waterloo, West Africa. When they were transferred from Greece to West Africa, Mrs. Greaves came to America.
