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Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 32.

A New Book
Earlier text: World-Wide Missions—The Opportunity

The Moore Park Dedication

By Hubert Fletcher

Jamaica

The Moore Park Dedication

Immediately after the dedication at Johns Hall I removed to Moore Park, to complete the church that was partly done. June 21 was beforehand appointed as the day for dedication, giving us only two weeks in which to complete the building. However, with persistent effort, and timely aid from brethren from other churches, and from friends, we had everything ready on time. The day appointed was bright and sunny. Brethren came from far distance, and with the many friends of the district we had a crowded house, and almost as many had to stand outside. The dedicatory address was given by Elder Beckner, and Elder Richardson offered the prayer, the writer also assisting in the exercises. It was indeed a day of praise and rejoicing for the little company who had been struggling for nearly three years to build a church. Now that the church is completed, the cause of present truth has more friends than it had heretofore.
Thus the work is onward in Jamaica. We respond to the call of the hour to give the gospel message to the world in this generation, and hasten the time when the ransomed of the Lord shall return to Zion with songs and everlasting joy.
HUBERT FLETCHER.

California Young People's Conventions

By Alonzo T. Jones

At the session of the California Conference immediately following the General Conference last April, it was unanimously voted that there should be held a Young People's convention this year. When the time came to make arrangements for the convention, it was found that in order to reach and accommodate the most young people, it would be best to hold two conventions instead of one. Accordingly one was appointed to be held at Healdsburg, July 9-14; the other at Hanford, July 16-21, the first to accommodate those in the northern, the second to accommodate those in the central and the southern, part of the conference.
For two years correspondence had been conducted, first in finding the young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two, and next in corresponding with them direct. In this way about five hundred and fifty names had been secured; and we knew that it would be a great advantage to have as many of them as possible together for closer acquaintance and more personal work. At Healdsburg more than two hundred of them met, and at Hanford about one hundred and fifty. Thus in the two conventions we were enabled to meet between three hundred and fifty and four hundred bright, earnest young people.
And they were in earnest too. They did not come together merely for an outing, nor to have a hilarious time; they came with minds and hearts enlisted to find their true place in the cause of God, and to know what they could do to be most useful in the world. Hence from beginning to end, both conventions were really devotional meetings. Not a minute of time, not a particle of effort, had to be spent in keeping order, either in or out of the meetings. All the time was needed, and was busily spent in helping them to find the good things of the word and work of God, which their minds and hearts were longing to know. The result was, of course, that the meetings were only a series of rich blessings to all, that increased from meeting to meeting and from day to day, making these two conventions to be what was declared without exception the best meetings that any of us ever attended.
At Healdsburg A. T. Jones, A. S. Kellogg, M. E. Cady, W. S. Sadler, B. F. Richards, E. D. Sharpe, and Dr. Evans were present; and at Hanford the same, except Elder Richards and Dr. Evans. Meetings were held at 8:30 and 10:30 A. M., and 3 and 7:45 P. M. The first part of each convention was spent in helping the young people to become, as far as possible, acquainted with the promises of God; and the latter part in helping them to become acquainted as far as possible with the different branches of the work of God. No time was spent in organizing societies; but all the time was spent in getting the young people organized for work, and in helping them actually to enter into the work, or at least take up active preparation to enter into the work. The results were excellent. The meetings were filled with testimonies of praise, confidence, and courage; more than forty decided to enter the canvassing and periodical work—a goodly number without even going home first; and for other branches of the work, and for college, I have not the exact numbers, but many. And even better than this, they all definitely and intelligently decided that wherever they may be, they will be workers with God; and that whatever work shall fall to them to do wherever they may be, whether washing dishes or sewing, picking fruit or plowing, it shall be to them the work of God, and they will “do it heartily, as to the Lord.”
It was a great encouragement to the young people to know that they are needed, and that they are wanted in the work of the church, and that a systematic and permanent effort is being made to help them to find each his place in that work. And with glad hearts they asked that another young people's convention may be held next year. And surely their request must be granted; for there is before the church of God to-day no greater work nor grander opportunity than this of helping our own young people to find their true place in the work of God. God has given to us, has given to this church, the brightest, the cleanest, and the best young people in the world. Simple recognition with a few words of counsel is all that is needed to see them by the scores and the hundreds springing to the noblest and the greatest work that ever fell to the lot of humankind—the work of the third angel's message. And what should or could be easier for the church to do than to make the simple investment of bestowing this recognition and these few words of counsel? Such investment will readily be repaid a thousand fold. And O that the investment may be promptly and universally made!
ALONZO T. JONES.

Current Mention

— A plague of grasshoppers prevails in the vicinity of Haigler, Nebraska.
— Earthquake shocks were reported at Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, July 23.
— A railway collision between freight trains near Cumberland Falls, Ky., August 1, killed six men and injured others, one fatally.
— The Catholic federation received a letter from President Roosevelt during its session in Atlantic City, endorsing the work of that organization.
— The country between Lindsborg and Ellsworth, Kan., was inundated by a cloudburst, August 2, twelve miles of railway track being washed away, and several towns flooded. Great damage was done to crops.
— Labor unions in Texas refuse to allow their members who belong to the State militia to take the oath of allegiance to the government and swear to support the national Constitution, as the militia are now required to do by a State law which went into effect July 1. Such members have the alternative of resigning from the militia or being discharged from the union.
— Cardinal Sarto, “patriarch of Venice,” was elected pope on the seventh ballot of the conclave of cardinals at the Vatican, August 4, by a nearly unanimous choice. He takes the title, “Pius X.” His election is well received by the European powers, and no immediate change in the policy of the Vatican is anticipated, but it is believed by some that the relations between the Vatican and the Italian government will be more friendly. One or two new American cardinals are also anticipated, as the new pontiff is not bound as Leo was said to be, by a promise to Cardinal Gibbons that he would create no other American cardinal.

Silent Messengers

By Editor

Our Books, Tracts, and Periodicals

E. R. PALMER · · · Editor

The Influence of Silent Messengers

OUR silent messengers have an influence not fully appreciated. Few have a full conception of what our books and papers are capable of accomplishing. Many people who would not attend our public gatherings, nor listen to the preaching of the message by the living minister, would receive a paper, a tract, or a book, read it, and obtain the instruction it contains. This is a reading age, — one without a parallel in the history of nations,— and could every believer in the message grasp the importance of the times, and means at hand, the gospel could easily be given to the world in this generation.
THE following incident illustrates what can be done with a little consecrated effort, and a small amount of literature: A poor sister wrote to one of our local tract societies for some Sabbath tracts to loan to her neighbors. These tracts were sent to her, and she placed them in the homes of her friends. Soon she was called upon for a more complete work on the Sabbath question, and the tract society sent her a copy of the “History of the Sabbath.” The book has now been loaned to several families, and though only six months have passed since the first delivery of the tracts, four adults are observing the Sabbath as the direct result of this effort. Besides these four, there are several others who are deeply interested, and the “History of the Sabbath” is still in good condition, and is being loaned.
DOORS are open everywhere for the reception of our publications. Every mail brings letters of inquiry from every section of the country.
The promise of the Lord that his word shall not return unto him void, is fulfilled in many of these letters of inquiry. A man in England found a page of “Daniel and the Revelation” in some packing paper which contained the address of the Review and Herald. The matter on this page interested him, and he wrote a letter in which he quoted all the page, and asked if he could secure the book.
Many letters are daily received, inquiring for various kinds of publications, and expressing much interest in the subjects treated in these books.

Seed Sowing

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

THE importance of distributing literature containing present truth can not be overestimated. Our preachers are few. Our number is small in comparison with other denominations. The Lord says, “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.” There is far more grain sown than ever grows. Some produces thirtyfold, some sixty, and some one hundredfold. No one can tell which will grow, or the quantity of the yield. It is God that causes the earth to give forth its fruits.
In the Scripture, seed sowing is taken to illustrate the proclamations of the gospel. Through the human agent, who is to sow the gospel seed, the literature containing the messages of the “good seed” is to be scattered “like the falling of the autumn leaves.” Among those divinely appointed agents is the canvasser. He occupies a place in the work of God which no other agency can ever fill. He makes impressions upon the minds of those with whom he comes in contact that are as lasting as eternity. The angels of the Lord stand by his side, and aid him by working on the hearts of those for whom he labors. He is co-operating with the Lord, and becomes a divine agent in communicating light to others. He is the golden pipe by which is conveyed the oil into the lives of others. No position in God’s sight can be more honorable. The same is true also with those who act as colporteurs, and who send out leaflets and tracts through the mails. None need be deprived of the privilege of sowing the seed. All may have a part. Even children should be so educated that their hearts will be drawn out to engage in this work. Their little minds can be trained to love to work for the Master. A ten-year-old girl came to me once and said, “Josie wants to join the tract society.” Josie was her little brother, two years of age. At that time the price of membership to the society was one dollar. I asked her what she would say if, when Josie had grown up, he should decide not to spend his money in that way. After thinking a moment, she said, “Well, he ought to join.” A few years later, Josie came to me with one dollar and said, “I want you to take this and put it into the tract society so I can see some souls saved when Jesus comes.” That spirit and disposition was worth more than thousands of dollars in gold and silver. With those thoughts in his heart, should he die, he would awake in the resurrection, and look for the souls saved through the work of the tract society.
Educate the children to take an active interest in missionary work. This can not be done unless the parents are aroused to its importance. To this end we appeal to our brethren and sisters to take part in this effort. Let none be satisfied until the missionary spirit is in every Seventh-day Adventist home. It is time for the Lord to work; people have made void the law of God. The reaping is sure to come, and let none be fruitless stalks at this time. Now is the sowing time, soon the harvest will come. None will reap who do not sow. It is God who co-operates with us, and makes the human effort a success.
S. N. HASKELL.

Vermont Camp-Meeting

By T. H. Purdon

ROUND-TRIP tickets for the camp-meeting at Randolph, at the usual convention rates, have been secured over the Boston & Maine and Central Vermont Railroads, from the following stations: Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Claremont Junction, Windsor, Taftsville, White River Junction, Wells River, St. Johnsbury, Lyndonville, W. Burke, Sutton, Barton Landing, Newport, Walden, Hardwick, Wolcott, Morrisville, Johnson, Hyde Park, Cambridge Junction, E. Fairfield, Sheldon Junction, Swanton, Richford, Enosburg Falls, St. Albans, Burlington, Essex Junction, Underhill, Jericho, and intermediate stations between Essex Junction and White River Junction, including Montpelier and Barre. Tickets will be for sale Monday, August 17, and will be good Tuesday, September 1. Call for round-trip tickets for the Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting at Randolph. Those going over the Rutland road should provide themselves with mileages to Burlington or Bellows Falls; also those going over the narrowgauge to Brattleboro. T. H. PURDON.

One Soweth, Another Reapeth: God Giveth the Increase

By D. C. Babcock

I WISH to speak a word of encouragement for our faithful canvassers. In my experience in this message I have noticed that it is a fact that where there is a good interest awakened by our ministers, there are to be seen decided traces of the work of our canvassers, performed months or even years previously.
Visit from house to house, and you find our books and tracts. These are opened, and examined leaf by leaf, and as Mary hid Christ's words in her heart, so the words of these silent messengers are hid in the heart. The seeds do not seem to sprout or grow, but they are ready to burst when the first gentle dew-drop falls upon them.
O that our ministers may go forth with words of kindness, following the labors of the weary canvasser! God will give an abundant increase.
When I came to this colony three and one-half years ago, I encouraged canvassers to enter the field. Some have done faithful work through rain and sunshine, many times not having sufficient food to meet their actual necessities; but they worked on, and thousands of pages of our literature have been distributed.
Now we see the results of their earnest work. This has been demonstrated in our work now in progress in the village of Kitty, Demerara, South America. In almost every house we enter these words may be heard, “I know one of your canvassers. I got a book from her, and it is such a good book!”
Thus the seed is sown. Water it gently, and God will give the increase.
D. C. BABCOCK.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1903

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Maine........................Sept. 3-13 New England................Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 New York...................Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Vermont....................Aug. 20-30

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec........................August Newfoundland..................September

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Wisconsin, Oshkosh...........Aug. 12-24 North Michigan, Mancelona, Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 Northern Illinois, Streator....Aug. 20-30 East Michigan, Flint..........Aug. 18-28 Ohio, Mt. Vernon..............Aug. 6-17 Southern Illinois, Newton....Aug. 27 to Sept. 6

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Nebraska, Grand Island.......Sept. 3-13 Kansas, Newton...............Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 Missouri, Windsor............Aug. 13-23 Colorado, Salida.............Aug. 20-31

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Oklahoma, El Reno............Aug. 13-23 West Texas, Buffalo Gap.......Aug. 20-31

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central Montana, Bozeman....Aug. 25 to Sept. 2 Oregon, Grants Pass..........Aug. 20-30 Southern California, Los Angeles.......Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 British Columbia, New Westminster....Sept. 17-27 Western Montana, Hamilton....Sept. 11-21
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.

North Michigan Conference

By S. E. Wight

THE first meeting of the North Michigan Conference will be held in the pavilion on the camp-ground at Mancelona, August 28, at 9 A. M.                             S. E. WIGHT.

North Michigan Conference Association

By S. E. Wight

The first meeting of the North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Mancelona in the pavilion on the camp-ground, at 10 A. M., Aug. 28, 1903. S. E. WIGHT, President.

The August Advocate

By Editor

“Get out of the cities, this is my message,” is the word which has recently been sent to the church. This is a vital part of the third angel’s message. In obedience to it, Christians are preparing for the second coming of Christ. It is a message which bears directly on the education of our children.
The August number of the Advocate deals with this problem in a very practical way, especially as it applies to the cause of Christian education. Perhaps you are living in a city, and you say you can not move into the country. Provided this is true, the time has come for you to study the question, and, like the children of Israel when in Egyptian bondage, to pray for your release. Read this issue of the Advocate, and place a copy of it in the hands of your friends.
Single copy, 5 cents. In clubs to one address, 4 cents. Address, The Advocate, Berrien Springs, Mich.

To Those Who Have Money to Loan

SOME time ago an article was published in the REVIEW AND HERALD setting forth the fact that if the corporation now owning and controlling the old Battle Creek College property could pay the entire amount due the Review and Herald Publishing Company before Jan. 1, 1904, a discount of $6,000 would be granted by the Review and Herald. At that time we asked those who had money to loan to let us have it for this purpose, so that the large discount offered by the Review and Herald might be secured. In making this discount the Review and Herald felt that they were making a substantial donation; they also felt that they should not make it unqualifiedly, but only on condition that the entire amount due them is liquidated.
The original amount owing the Review and Herald Publishing Company by the Battle Creek College corporation was about $50,000. That amount has now been reduced to approximately $14,000. The Missionary Acre money, which is used to apply on the debts of the Battle Creek College, will not be sufficient to take care of the obligations to the Review and Herald, and at the same time do justice to other creditors.
The interest-bearing debt on the Battle Creek College is being steadily reduced, and the Sanitarium pays an annual rental sufficient to cover all the fixed charges upon the estate.
The undersigned will be glad to correspond with any of our brethren and sisters who may have money which they would care to loan in this matter, and to give further information relative to the same. Address P. T. Magan, Berrien Springs, Mich.

Obituaries

FITCH.—Died at Birnamwood, Wis., June 24, 1903, of lymphatic tuberculosis, Mable E. Fitch, daughter of Brother Oliver J. Fitch. Little Mable was only 4 years, 9 months, and 16 days of age when called from this life, but we sorrow not as others who have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Jer 31: 15-17. N. P. NEILSEN.
STRINGER.—Died at Hazelton, Mich., July 16, 1903, of pneumonia, the only child of Evert and Vina Stringer, aged 9 months and 8 days. She leaves her father and mother and other relatives to mourn their loss, but not as others who have no hope, as they expect to meet her at the coming of Christ. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Jer. 31: 15, 16. B. F. STUREMAN.
FLETCHER.—Died at his home near Royalton, Wis., July 11, 1903, of neuritis, William Fletcher, aged 66 years, 6 months, and 11 days. He was a loving husband and an affectionate father, and fell asleep in Jesus with a bright hope of having a part in the first resurrection. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a large concourse of relatives and friends, from Rev. 14: 13, assisted by Brother Lathrop, of New London. N. P. NEILSEN.
STRATTON.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stillson, of Leslie, Mich., July 15, 1903, Sister Bessie L. Stratton, aged 20 years, 8 months, and 26 days. She was loved by all, and died in hope of a resurrection when Jesus comes. She leaves a husband, and a little daughter about four weeks old. A large circle of mourning friends were present at her funeral. The discourse was given by the writer, from Rev. 21: 4, assisted by the pastor of the Baptist church. L. G. MOORE.
WORDEN.—Passed peacefully away, at St. Clair, Mich., July 21, 1903, from the effects of apoplexy, Francis G. Worden, aged 77 years, 9 months, and 29 days. His religious life began in his youth, and he united with the Methodist Church. He showed faithfulness in the duties of a Christian. In 1862 he and his wife accepted the doctrines taught by the Seventh-day Adventists, and united with this church, of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was laid away to rest by a large attendance of friends and neighbors. The funeral was conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Mr. Tripp, Methodist. I. D. VAN HORN.
WHITE.—Fell asleep in Jesus, July 22, 1903, of tuberculosis, Lola Grace, youngest daughter of H. J. and Mary White, of Columbia, O. T., aged 18 years, 1 month, and 6 days. Lola gave her heart to the Lord and was baptized three years ago. During the last few months of her life, she kept the Bible almost constantly by her chair; and enjoyed close fellowship with the Saviour. After giving words of comfort from Jer. 31: 15-17, we laid her away to await the coming of the Life-giver. C. SORENSON.
PUTNAM.—Died in Bethel, Wis., July 19, 1903, of paralysis and heart failure, Earl, son of Frederick and Cynthia Putnam, aged 14 years, 11 months, and 12 days. Earl had been in delicate health for a number of years, therefore his death was not altogether unexpected. He was always kind, and of a pleasant disposition. He had not united with the church, yet seemed willing to die. The funeral services were held in the Bethel church in the afternoon of July 21. A large congregation was present, including the faculty and students of the Bethel school. Words of comfort and gospel instruction were spoken from Job 14: 1, 2, and Eccl. 12: 1. WM. COVERT.

Rates to the Kansas Camp-Meeting

By C. McREYNOLDS

A RATE of one fare for the round trip, plus fifty cents, on all roads in Kansas, from all points within the State, and from Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., to Newton, Kan., is granted on account of the camp-meeting to be held at Newton, August 27 to September 7. Tickets on sale from August 26 to 30, inclusive, good to return until and including September 8.
Please do not mistake the following: you can buy a ticket any time between midnight of August 25 and midnight of August 30, at the rate stated above. Again, notice this especially: if the distance is less than fifty miles, call for your ticket at one and one-third fare; if it is fifty miles or more, it will be one fare, plus fifty cents.
As soon as you get this notice, go to the station from which you expect to start, and show the agent the notice, and ask him to arrange for your tickets. If you will do this, you will have no trouble. Do not pay full fare one way and take receipt, with the hope of getting a part of the money refunded; this makes trouble and delay, and the money is seldom received.
The preceding is my understanding of the following letter, just received from the general passenger agent, W. J. Black:—
“C. McREYNOLDS,
“Topeka, Kan.
“DEAR SIR: We take pleasure in advising that we have arranged for rate of one fare, plus fifty cents, except where open rate of fare and one third is less, from all points in Kansas, and from Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., to Newton and return, for the annual camp-meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists to be held at Newton, Kan., August 27 to September 7. Excursion tickets to be sold August 26-30, inclusive, limited for return until Sept. 8, 1903.
“W. J. BLACK, G. P. & T. A.”
C. McREYNOLDS,
President Kan. Conf.

Address

THE address of the Ontario Tract Society, until further notice, is 140 S. Wentworth St., Hamilton, Ontario.

Publications Wanted

THE following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Bert Cool, Murdocksville, Pa., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Life Boat.
Blanche H. Gwynne, Marshall, Tex., REVIEW, Signs, Southern Watchman, Life Boat.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
For SALE.—A 60-acre farm in the Michigan fruit belt. Good buildings, drive well, windmill, sugar-bush. Good land for fruit growing or general farming. Situated 1½ mi. from Lawrence, Van Buren Co., on the Pere Marquette Ry., within easy reach of Battle Creek, Berrien Springs, Chicago. Price, $3,-500. Address J. O. Stow, Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.

Michigan Central

“The Niagara Falls Route.”

SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE

In both directions, in connection with Boston & Albany and New York Central, between Chicago and Detroit, and Niagara Falls, Buffalo, New York, Boston, and Eastern points, with finest equipment of Through Sleeping, Dining and Buffet-Library Cars.
All day trains stop five minutes at Falls View, directly overlooking Niagara Falls. Send 4 cents postage for NIAGARA FALLS ILLUSTRATED.
O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’l Pass’r and Ticket Agent, CHICAGO

Twelve Days Outing in the Picturesque Highlands of Ontario

Reached only via

The Grand Trunk Railway System

EXTREMELY low fares to Muskoka Wharf and return on all trains, Sept. 1, 1903; valid returning Sept. 12, 1903. Excursion tickets will also be on sale at Muskoka Wharf covering all around tour of the Lakes. For further information, call on local agent, or write to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A. Adv. Department, Chicago, Ill.

To Isolated Sabbath-keepers in Vermont

In the developing of plans to help in the circulation of the REVIEW AND HERALD, we have made up a list, as best we could from the different sources of information, of the isolated Sabbath-keepers in this State. What is the purpose of this list? Let us talk it over. Our good paper is published to “herald” to the world the message of Jesus’ coming, and we wish to keep abreast with the signs of the times, the light that shines upon our pathway, and so we are asking you if you are a subscriber for this paper now. If so, do you know of a brother or a sister who is not? What can you do to help them to have the paper? Send their names to us, that we may write to them, or put their case into the hands of the publishers, or both. We desire that every family in Vermont shall have this paper.
Again: we have requested the Mission Board to send you a copy of the Readings that are sent to the churches from time to time, and as there are many who can not attend church because they live so far away, and some who are too old to travel, we wish you would co-operate in this work; and if there are others in your neighborhood who have not the Readings, pass them along to them.
Do you know of a sister or a brother who is not able to attend the services of your church, and who can read? Please send us the name.
We shall be pleased to hear from any of you at any time, and hope that many, yes, all, will renew their subscription to that old message bearer, the REVIEW. Address F. M. Dana, Burlington, Vt.

Troublous Times Threaten China

TROUBLOUS times are threatened again in China, as shown by the massacre of Chinese “reformers,” which is proceeding at the instigation of the empress dowager. The reformers are those Chinese who favor the introduction of Western ideas and institutions. Apparently the empress dowager and her advisers have recovered from the shock of the chastisement administered by the civilized powers, and consider the present an opportune time to begin another anti-foreign crusade throughout the empire. Such occurrences remind us that the work of giving the third angel’s message to these great heathen lands should have been begun during the times of comparative peace and quiet, which it is to be feared are now in the past, and that much of what is yet to be done will have to be accomplished under the most forbidding circumstances.

Words of Counsel

By Ellen G. White

HEALDSBURG, CAL., July 6, 1903.
MY DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?”
“But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?”
Will not the brethren and sisters of the Battle Creek church, and of the churches in every other place, remember that they are working as for eternity? Will not they obey the injunctions of God’s Word, the teachings of which are to be brought into the life-practice as spiritual food?
“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”
ELLEN G. WHITE.

Special Gold Coast Fund

[THE Mission Board invites gifts for the erection of the mission station and training headquarters in the interior of the African Gold Coast, where native chiefs have given a healthful site. At least a thousand dollars should be sent on at once to begin the work, in response to Brother Hale's urgent appeals. Gifts may be sent through State offices or direct to Treasurer of Mission Board, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.]
Previously acknowledged.......$598 98 A friend...................... 80. H. G. Lucas................... 5 00 Nettie Reynolds............... 5 00 Linda Whitford................ 1 00 Frank Hardy................... 2 00 A friend...................... 5 00 Mary E. Ayres................. 5 00 A friend...................... 1 00 H. J. Williams................ 5 00 Mrs. M. E. Doble.............. 6 50 Mrs. S. D. Stone.............. 7 00 Clayton Elliot................ 4 00 Mrs Anna Segnor............... 2 00 Mrs. Eva Elliot............... 3 00 C. H. Ellis................... 5 00 Mr. & Mrs. G. C. W............ 5 00 E. A. B. Smith................ 5 00 H,............................ 2 50 Will Veon..................... 1 00 A friend...................... 2 00 Mrs. H. A. Kipp............... 2 00 George Graham................. 1 00 Mrs. A. M. Lent............... 5 50 A friend...................... 1 00 Dr. & Mrs. M. E. Eastman...... 50 M. C. Mantz................... 3 50 A friend...................... 2 05 Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Brown........ 5 00 Mrs. S. J. Miller............. 10 00 H. C. Carmichael.............. 1 53 A friend...................... 1 00 A. L. Brooks.................. 50 E. L. Richmond................ 2 00 J. W. Whetstone............... 4 25 Mrs. J. McCrea................ 5 00 Mrs. J. W. Summey............. 10 00 Mrs. R. E. Abbott............. 2 00 A friend...................... 1 00 E. Baker...................... 1 00 Mrs. Lucy Jones............... 5 00 J. P. Larsen.................. 2 00 Ella A. Carman................ 5 00 Mrs. Eva Patterson............ 25 E. A. Blodgett & family....... 10 00 A friend...................... 1 00

Pius X and American Affairs

THE new Roman pontiff, Pius X, is reported to be as much interested in American affairs as was his predecessor Leo XIII.

A Stirring Call for Mission Gifts

By Editor

It will interest our readers to know that the $500 gift to the Gold Coast fund, reported recently, was from a lady not a member of our church, but interested in our mission work. Is it not a stirring call to those who are fully identified with this message? Our general mission enterprises greatly need large gifts at the present time.

Dr. Kellogg’s Article on Education

We have received, too late for insertion in this issue, an article by Dr. J. H. Kellogg dealing with the educational work in Battle Creek. It will appear later.

General Conference Offices Removed

The offices of the General Conference and Mission Board have been removed from Battle Creek. All correspondence pertaining to the work of these organizations, or with those connected with their work, should be addressed to 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

International Jealousies and Prophecy

“In regard to the future, I am filled with disquietude when I think how easy it is to fan these international jealousies, and how difficult it seems to allay them.” So said the prime minister of England, Mr. Balfour, in a recent speech at Liverpool. Such feelings on the part of statesmen are characteristic of these times. The predictions of our Lord are being fulfilled.

International Students at Friedensau

The school at Friedensau, Germany, has thirteen students who are from Russia. The Russian language is taught by a lady who was educated in one of the highest schools in St. Petersburg. Students from other countries include some from Hungary, some from Bulgaria, and some from Macedonia and Armenia.

Dr. Thomason Appointed to South Africa

Dr. George Thomason, who for several years has been secretary of the Sanitarium and also of the International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, is under appointment by the Mission Board for work in South Africa. He will spend the coming winter at the University of Dublin in order to secure the necessary qualification for practice in an English colony.
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