PRINCETON.—A few weeks ago the undersigned received an invitation to assist in carrying on a revival meeting that was being conducted by ministers of several denominations at the Washington schoolhouse, about seven miles from Princeton. In response to this call, I spoke four times between the twenty-first and the twenty-fourth of February. As I presented the precious truths of God's word, the ministers in charge of the meeting were loud in shouting, “Amen,” “Glory to God,” etc. The last evening I was with them, I spoke on the law and its claims upon Christians. After I had finished speaking, one of the Methodist ministers gave a short exhortation, in which he stated that what I had said was true, for it was all Bible doctrine.
One family of nine, who invited me to share their hospitality, has decided to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. The whole family discarded pork, coffee, and tobacco as soon as the Lord helped me to show them how He looked upon the use of these things.
Pray for the work here, that many more precious souls may be brought into the fold.
A. E. KING
W. G. KNEELAND
By W. G. Kneeland
Trinidad
SAN FERNANDO.— We have decided to pitch our tent at Princes Town—a place of about three thousand inhabitants. Already five or six have begun to keep the Sabbath there, without any special effort on our part. Arima, the third city in size, is calling for a tent meeting. As that is a central place, and will require more time, we hope to go there later.
We have a canvasser at Arima, and he is doing well. He has been given a room, free, in which to conduct Bible readings. Some of the prominent people of the city are interested in his work. One family of means has adopted the tithing system as a result of a conversation with this brother.
As the result of the influence of our canvassers, twelve persons are reported as having begun the observance of the Sabbath since the institute. The work, of course, is by no means done when individuals began to keep the Sabbath.
W. G. KNEELAND
British West Indies
By D. E. Wellman
ANTIGUA.—I am slowly recovering from the fearful inroads the fever made on my health. I am not able, however, to do much more now than to keep up our several weekly meetings. The interest remains good, and I talk to a full house at each service. I long for the strength that will permit me to do the necessary amount of visiting. Fevers are still raging throughout the island. People say that they have not had such a time for years. Nearly half the adults of our number are kept at home by sickness or by the care of those who are sick. Our hearts rejoice at the good reports that come from all parts of the world. May we all be where God can use us to His glory. D. E. WELLMAN.
Oklahoma Sells Its Quota
By G. G. Rupert
Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA has now sold her full quota of “Christ’s Object Lessons” to the churches, with a clear understanding that they are to be paid for by the first of April, whether the books are sold or not. We are glad to say that the churches are all alive, and report a rapid sale of the books; and there is every reason to believe that the work will be done at the time set. The burden is now on the people, and they are lifting nobly. We can report also that this work has created a real revival in the Conference, and as a result scores are beginning to canvass for other books. G. G. RUPERT.
Barbados
By W. A. Sweany
BRIDGETOWN.—God is abundantly blessing every phase of the work here. The entire church was greatly blessed during the week of prayer. And the work that began then is growing deeper all the time. We are seeing some practical results from our school work. The enrollment is now thirty, the average attendance twenty-five. We need more books, but cannot afford to pay for them now. Is there no way that a school that is promising and accomplishing such good results, can be supplied with absolute necessities? We have now gone even beyond the limit of our means, and so must do the best we can, and wait for God to send us help. Five of the students were baptized at the last quarterly meeting, and under the influence of the Holy Spirit, all are growing in the knowledge of the truth.
Fifty copies of the Signs of the Times were not enough to supply the church, as nearly every one, including the children, is engaged in the work of selling them. So we have increased our club to one hundred. Our companies in the country are also using twenty, besides these. Our canvassers are prospering. They are selling a large number of books, although Barbados has been canvassed over and over again, and the young men who have entered the work are among those who have recently been baptized. We are of good courage, and hard at work. W. A. SWEANY.
The Work in Tennessee
By B. HAGLE
Tennessee
MURFREESBORO.—The work is onward in this part of the State. I believe that the time has fully come when assistance should be given in many ways. If a few brethren who have means would come here and start an enterprise, they might themselves be benefited, and at the same time help others, and thus advance the cause of God. We have a plan whereby this could be done. It has been demonstrated. Let me hear at once from those who are willing to come here and help build up this work. If such will write to me, I will give them all the information necessary. This work needs to be started at once. The people here now look to our people as never before for light. There are many opportunities to secure homes where good may be done.
B. HAGLE.
To Sabbath - School Workers
By Estella Houser
The Sabbath-school Department Committee has arranged for three series of lessons for the Youth's and Children's Departments, beginning with April, 1902.
The senior lessons will be adapted for the youth from thirteen years old and onward. These lessons will appear in the Youth's Instructor, as heretofore. A department known as the Intermediate Department has been recommended for children ranging from ten to twelve years, inclusive. Lessons for this department, on Creation, begin with the first Sabbath in April. These lessons will also be published in the Youth's Instructor.
The Primary Department, children of seven, eight, and nine years of age, will study a more simple set of lessons on Creation, these to appear in the Little Friend. For such schools as have the Kindergarten Department, a series of notes, adapting the primary lessons, have been prepared, and are published in the Advocate of Christian Education. Notes on the intermediate and primary lessons will also appear in this journal. Those on the April lessons are published in the March number.
No notes are published in the Advocate on the senior lessons, as suggestive notes on each lesson are given with the lesson, in the pamphlet. Beginning with the new series of senior lessons, an article will appear in the REVIEW each week on some phase of the subject. The committee would urge every Seventh-day Adventist to see that his children are in the Sabbath-school every Sabbath, and to attend himself. We cannot afford now, in these closing days of our work, to miss the blessing which may be ours by studying God's word at every opportunity.
ESTELLA HOUSER,
Recording Secretary of the Sabbath-school Department Committee.
General Notes
Near Albia, Iowa, a three weeks' course of meetings has been held in a schoolhouse, conducted by G. A. Larson and A. R. Shrake. As a result two have announced that they will keep the Sabbath.
Elder G. W. Anglebarger reports from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that five persons were baptized by him there March 9, and are now identified with those who are holding up the standard of divine truth in that place.
Two ladies of Waterford, Ohio, have taken a stand for the truth as the result of meetings held with the Waterford church by Elder L. C. Sheafe. An unusually deep spiritual interest is reported to have been developed in that place.
Through the faithful labors of two lady members of the church at Wellington, Kan., assisted by a few meetings conducted by Elder Parmele, sixteen souls have been recently added to the company in that place, nearly all of them being adults. At Newton, three additions to the church were made under the labors of Elder Parmele in the latter part of January.
Brother J. J. Graf, who has been holding Bible readings for about five weeks in the town of Hector, Minn., reports that one family there has accepted the truth as the result of his labors. From the town of Sleepy Eye, a worker reports that “one of our neighbors, a lady of rare intelligence, has accepted the Sabbath this winter by reading ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation.’”
The Haskell and James White Homes
We are reminded by the passing days that the time for the semiannual offering for the Haskell and James White Homes is close at hand. Only twice in the year do these institutions ask the special attention of our people. For the rest, they go quietly on in their noble work of comforting the afflicted, and answering as best they can the calls from the poor and needy, grateful for the kind remembrances of their friends at the semiannual gathering, and especially so for the loving thoughtfulness with which some have carried the homes on their hearts and in their prayers throughout the year.
THE HASKELL HOME
During the year closing March 1 the Haskell Home has cared for one hundred sixty-four children. Fifty-four were admitted, and as many more found homes in private families, or were returned to friends whose circumstances had so changed that they were able again to provide for them.
At the James White Home the applications for admission came, at one time early in the winter, on an average of one a day, and the appeals for both aged people and children are often pitiful enough to touch the hardest heart. Never since the homes were opened has the strain on both the finances of the homes and the sympathies of those connected with them been greater. The James White Home especially is practically full all the time, since as soon as vacancies occur, they are filled by those whose applications have been long waiting; and the Haskell Home, with a more fluctuating family, has at times had its facilities for caring for the children heavily taxed. Had not homes been offered in families for some of the children who desired admission, many more would have had to be refused.
The managers of these homes wish to express their heartfelt gratitude to the many friends who, by their offerings as well as in other ways, have faithfully stood by the work in the past. This year, with the noble institution which has befriended them in so many ways crippled by its own heavy losses, the work is even more dependent upon what God may send through other sources to carry on this work. The date set for the offerings is April 5, the first Sabbath in the month. Remember these homes and their work.
The Relief of the Schools
By P. T. Magan
Smite to the Earth
“Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.”
Joash was filled with fear. During the reign of his father, Jehoahaz, Israel had been oppressed by Hazael, king of Syria. So great was this oppression that of the once magnificent cavalry force of the chosen people there remained but fifty horsemen and ten chariots.
And now Elisha, the one who for so long had, as it were, stood between earth and heaven,—the one to whom the leaders of Israel were wont to look for counsel in times of dire peril and need,—was about to die. Well might Joash tremble. Where was another man, living near to the throne of grace, to whom God could impart precious light to lead Israel out of her affliction and her woe? Elisha’s voice would soon be hushed in death—what next? As Joash tried to scan the future, it looked like a dark abyss.
From his dying bed the aged prophet spoke once more. And God, through him, gave a lesson good for all time, and valuable to all men, whether Jews or Gentiles, Christians or pagans.
“And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands. And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite to the ground [Young’s translation]. And he smote thrice, and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.”
The lesson is a simple one. God puts an “arrow of deliverance” into the hand of man. It may be an arrow of deliverance from sin, or from the king of Syria, or from the enemies of the truth, or from denominational or individual debts, or from any evil thing in the wide world—God has arrows of deliverance from them all.
What are these arrows? God’s quiver is full of them. They are many and varied. An arrow of deliverance may be prayer; it may be confession; it may be love; it may be faith; it may be selling all that we have, and giving to the Lord’s cause; it may be consecration of our service to the Lord. There are legions of arrows with the Almighty.
But now the lesson. When God puts an arrow of deliverance into our hands, we are to smite “to the earth” the thing which the arrow is given us to destroy. To begin the work, and to stay our hand before the work is actually and absolutely finished, is to incur the displeasure of God. This was what Joash did. And it was because of this that he incurred the displeasure of Elisha and Elisha’s Lord.
Just now God is calling upon His people to come to the relief of our schools. These institutions are struggling under intolerable loads of debt. For the relief of these schools God has put an arrow of deliverance into our hands. That arrow is the book, “Christ’s Object Lessons.”
The relief work began in the autumn and winter of 1900. Every Seventh-day Adventist Conference in America took hold of the work. Every Conference did something, and some did much. I presume that every minister has sold some books, and some have sold many books. Undoubtedly it is also safe to say that the great majority of the rank and file of our brethren and sisters have sold one or more books. Some, of course, have done nothing at all. Poor idlers in the Master’s vineyard! my heart goes out toward them in tender love, sympathy, and pity. They little know what precious experiences of Christian ministry they are missing. Nevertheless the numbers of this last class are small.
The charge which God now makes against Conferences, ministers, and people is not that we have done nothing, but that we have sold nowhere nearly as many of these books as we should. We have188smitten our school debts partially. Here many Conferences, many ministers, and many church members have halted. We have smitten these debts to the amount of less than one hundred thousand dollars. If we stop at this point, God’s frown will be upon us.
The message to the Laodiceans is applicable in this matter: “And unto the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.”
Had our hearts been glowing with the flames of loyalty and love for the institutions of God’s own planting, the whole three hundred thousand copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons” would have been sold long ago, and the song of jubilee would have rung to earth’s remotest bounds.
On the other hand, had our hearts been cold, nothing at all would have been done. “Lukewarm” is the word which describes our attitude toward this work. If we remain in this condition, God will spew us out of His mouth. This is true of Conferences, ministers, and people. A few Conferences have done nobly, and God has smiled upon their efforts. Iowa and Nebraska worked hard the first season. Just now Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas are putting forth heroic efforts. Books are being sold, and debts are being paid.
But many Conferences have done but little, and are now doing nothing, or next to nothing. Brethren, in all humility of heart, I say, Let us remember Joash. Let us not smite thrice, and stay our hand, but let us earnestly, rapidly, and vigorously keep on smiting these debts to the earth until the day is won, and financial freedom is the glad lot of our schools.
“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem. . . . Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for naught; and ye shall be redeemed without money.” “And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of His arm.”
P. T. MAGAN.
North Carolina
By MINNIE M. BEAMAN; MOLLIE R. LONG
HICKORY.—We have been in this place almost a year. We have sold several copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” also two hundred copies of Good Health. A camp-meeting was held here in August. Elder R. T. Nash has been with us part of the time, laboring with heart and hand. A lot has been purchased, and a small chapel and a school building have just been completed, free of debt. Friends in Iowa have remembered us financially. “The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”
MINNIE M. BEAMAN,
MOLLIE R. LONG.
Pledges to the Missionary Acre Fund
ARCHER, FLA., March 7, 1902. DEAR BROTHER MAGAN: Your appeal in the REVIEW AND HERALD of March 4, appeals to me, and I want to pay for a brick or two to go in the building of “the holy house,” and thank God for the privilege. I am thankful for the Saviour’s words regarding the widow’s mite. I have had planted on shares half an acre of Irish potatoes, the proceeds of half to go to the Missionary Acre Fund. Later on I expect to have some sweet potatoes planted, which I will dedicate to the same cause. E. E. COULSON.
COALGATE, I. T., March 11, 1902. DEAR BROTHER MAGAN: I, being a farmer, and being blessed of the Lord, desire to pledge to the Missionary Acre Fund four acres,—two of oats already sown, and two of cotton yet to be planted. Sincerely, F. T. WILSON.
Some Interesting Correspondence
ROME, N. Y., March 6, 1902.
DEAR BROTHER MAGAN: I desire to thank you for your letters concerning the good work in the Lake Union Conference. We are making use of them in our State paper. We rejoice in the success of the work. We are with you in this work. We are not sitting on the fence and watching the procession go by; we are in it. We are devoting this entire month, and longer if necessary, to this work of selling “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Every conference laborer is in the field canvassing, and helping others to get started. We have sent out circular letters by the hundred to our churches, and they are taking hold well. Orders are coming in from our workers and from churches for five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, or more copies. This week’s Indicator will give you some idea of the work.
All the churches are waking up. In Rome we have recently organized the church, which meets each evening to study the book and canvass. The city has been divided, and each one has taken territory. Books are being sold. Nobody is exempt; all are expected to work. Some who have been invalids for weeks, and even for months, have left the couch, and gone to their neighbors to sell a book. Every milkman and grocer is canvassed by zealous workers, who are doing all they can to dispose of their quotas. We are seeking to impress all with the solemn responsibilities of their quota. Some workers who formerly sold but few books have heartily engaged in this work, and have received a blessing. We expect to keep on until the work is done.
We have also just laid plans for a canvassers’ institute, and expect that this will give a new impetus to the work in the State. We are in the field with you, my brother, to do all we can, and do not expect to lay off the armor until the victory is won. We long to sing that jubilee song. G. B. THOMPSON.
BETHEL, WIS.
DEAR BROTHER MAGAN: A number of churches have already ordered their full quota. The friends in Milwaukee took orders for one hundred and eighty-seven books last week, if I remember the number correctly. That church has ordered its full quota already, which amounts to nearly six hundred copies. I think Madison has done the same, taking two hundred copies. Sturgeon Bay has ordered one hundred and fifty-two, which makes its full quota. Sand Prairie has ordered one hundred and twenty, thus filling its quota. Marshfield has made its quota, and so has Wausau. Rose Lawn has more than filled its quota. I got word from Stoughton, yesterday, saying that they would see that their number is made up. Birnamwood, lately organized, has also come to the front with a full quota. Hillsdale, where we are just organizing a church, will also fill its quota. In Bethel the work is going slowly. There are many inconveniences in territory, and several of our number have been absent, working in the woods; but we expect to keep this subject in the front, and to go forward until we cross Jordan.
Your brother in Christ, Wm. Covert.
Public Sentiment in Battle Creek Toward the Sanitarium
Very interesting developments have been taking place in Battle Creek the past week with reference to the question of the rebuilding of the Sanitarium. It has been a great question whether the institution should be rebuilt here, or in some other locality. Numerous bids for the removal of the Sanitarium have been coming from other places, accompanied with very flattering inducements in the form of gifts of real estate and cash donations. It has not been a matter of course that the Sanitarium should be rebuilt in Battle Creek. There are other localities having in many respects far superior advantages. The managers have felt that the proper course to pursue in the matter was to seek for some evidence that would indicate the mind of God. The Sanitarium is His institution, and the point to be determined is not, Where would men have this institution? but, Where would He have it? If His providence indicated that it should go somewhere else, then the removal would be made.
In the solution of this problem, an essential thing to be considered was the attitude of the Seventh-day Adventist church and the citizens of Battle Creek. The attitude of this community in the past toward the Sanitarium has been far from right. It has been one which has caused the Sanitarium managers to feel that they would be glad to shake the dust of this city from off their feet, and go to some place where the character and work of the institution would be better appreciated. If the sentiment of the people here remained what it was before, it would be a strong indication that the removal of the Sanitarium was the proper thing. Under all these circumstances, the matter of the sentiment of this community toward the Sanitarium was necessarily brought conspicuously to the front, and a train of events was started which has led to very interesting and important developments.
The nature of the existing situation touching this point was made manifest by—
Three Mass Meetings
which have been held in the city the past week. The first of these was held at the Tabernacle the evening of March 16. Elders Daniells and Lane, and Dr. Kellogg, were the principal speakers. The purpose for which the Sanitarium was established; the early days of its history; the principles for which it stands to-day; and the importance to this community, and to Seventh-day Adventists especially, of extending to it full sympathy, support, and co-operation, were the themes dwelt upon. Dr. Kellogg stated, further, that the institution was left by the fire in a condition of practical bankruptcy, having only assets enough left, including the insurance, to cover its indebtedness; that a large sum would have to be raised to enable the managers to rebuild, and that the matter of rebuilding must be settled at once, as the income of the Sanitarium had been almost wholly cut off, while its expenses were nearly as large as ever.
A resolution was presented, and adopted as the sentiment of the meeting, by a unanimous rising vote, expressing sorrow that a situation so unjust to the Sanitarium and its management should have existed among those in whose midst this institution has been placed; acknowledging, as members of the church here, their remissness in duty in this respect, and resolving “that we hereby and now, pledge ourselves to do all in our power for the upbuilding, not only of the structure, but of the principles for which it stands.”
The second mass meeting was called by the Battle Creek Business Men’s Association, and was held in the opera house, the evening of the 17th inst. Its purpose was the raising of funds to assist the Sanitarium in rebuilding. It was a large and enthusiastic meeting, at which the fullest expression was given by leading citizens to their appreciation of the great value to the city of the moral and material advantages conferred by the Sanitarium, and their earnest desire to have it remain with them. At this meeting the fact was made conspicuous that there has been—
A Complete Change of Sentiment
in the minds of the citizens toward the Sanitarium since the destruction of its buildings a month ago. This revolution of opinion was not based on sympathy, but on the knowledge gained by the thorough investigation into the Sanitarium management and finances made by a committee of the Business Men’s Association, as reported in the Review of March 18. With the facts before them which had been thus ascertained, the business men of Battle Creek were not slow to acknowledge that they had been mistaken in their estimate of the institution. Such expressions as, “My opinion is now changed,” and, “If I were not of a different frame of mind now, I would not be here to-night,” were on the lips of the speakers at this meeting. How strongly in favor of the Sanitarium the sentiment of these men has become by this turning of the tide, is indicated by the fact that the members of the Citizen’s Committee, by whom this meeting was called,—men who are among the most prominent and highly respected citizens of the place,—left their business, and gave their entire time for days to the work of clearing up the misunderstandings regarding the Sanitarium that have heretofore existed in the community, and of influencing public opinion, and creating a situation which would insure the rebuilding of the institution in this city. On the day this mass meeting was held, this committee raised among the citizens in a few hours’ time the sum of twenty thousand dollars in cash, which was increased by liberal contributions made at the meeting. A more thorough canvass of the city by this committee has been in progress since.
The third mass meeting was held in the Tabernacle, Tuesday evening, March 18. At this meeting opportunity was given those present to testify189to their appreciation of, and loyalty to, the Sanitarium as an institution devoted to the moral and physical uplifting of the people, and doing a work which is in every way ennobling to all brought within the sphere of its influence. Dr. Kellogg was present; and after a number had spoken, he arose and said that he thought too much was being said about appreciating the Sanitarium itself and the work of those connected with it. This was not what he most desired, or believed to be of the chief importance. The essential thing in his mind, he said, was that the community in whose midst the Sanitarium was placed should be loyal to the principles for which the Sanitarium stands. He then told—
Why the Sanitarium Was Located in Battle Creek
It was not because of any natural advantages in the way of climate or surroundings; for there were many other localities which in these respects were far better. But thirty-six years ago, when the Health Institute was first started, the principles it advocated were far less popular in the world than they are to-day. Almost every doctrine for which the institution stood was at that time ridiculed by medical men and by the world, and it required courage to stand up and advocate them before the people, and those who did so felt the need of the sympathy and support of the few who stood with them in this work. In Battle Creek there were at that time a hundred and fifty or more people who had accepted the principles of healthful living, and this was the largest community of health reformers then to be found. In Battle Creek there was the largest number of those who would rally to the support of the health and temperance work which the institution was to do; and it was for this reason, and only this, that the Health Institute, which has developed into a sanitarium of world-wide fame, had its beginning in this city. And to-day, the essential thing, he said, is still, as it was then, that this community should heartily indorse and further the principles for which the institution stands, and rightly represent it before the world.
It is expected that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars will be raised in Battle Creek toward the expense of rebuilding, and a further large sum by friends and former patients outside the city, some of whom have already made unsolicited donations of large sums. This, with the amount of the insurance (one hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars) will provide a fund sufficient to erect a new structure adequate to the needs of the work, and one to which the public can be invited with the assurance that there is no danger of another destruction by fire.
The Missionary Acre Fund
By Percy T. Magan
ALREADY responses are beginning to come in in answer to the appeals for help on the Missionary Acre Fund, which is to go toward the securing of the Battle Creek College buildings for our Medical Missionary College.
It has been stated several times in the REVIEW that those who wish to pledge to this good cause should send their pledges to the Financial Secretary, Percy T. Magan, Berrien Springs, Mich.
The first letter received at the office of the Financial Secretary was one from Mrs. Pebworth, and the second was from E. E. Coulson. These letters are both given below. The Lord has certainly moved upon the hearts of this sister and brother. When a sister having all her own housekeeping to do, a cow and a calf to attend to, a garden to work, and a family of five to care for, feels that she can put in a whole acre of peas for this fund, we believe that many of our wealthier brethren could do from five to ten times as much, and do it much easier than this good sister can do what she does.
Brother Coulson’s gift is also an interesting one. He is a dentist, and spends most of his time at his dental work. He wishes to help the Missionary Acre Fund. We believe that hundreds and thousands of pledges will be received in the near future.
P. T. MAGAN.
MRS. G. H. PEBWORTH
By Mrs. G. H. Pebworth
WETUMPKA, ALA., March 8, 1902.
DEAR BROTHER MAGAN: I am one of the believers in the soon coming of Christ, and although the most unworthy of the Lord's children, I want a part in the building of another Sanitarium to the glory of God and the good health of man. I have no money nor property, but I have health, and will plant an acre to peas, the profits of which I will give to the Missionary Acre Fund. I have all my housework to do, and a cow and a calf to attend to, a garden to work, and five in the family; therefore that is all I can possibly do. Yours in His name,
MRS. G. H. PEBWORTH
Current Mention
— The “republic” of Hayti appears to be on the brink of another revolution. Two of the most prominent men on the island, one a supreme court justice, have been thrown into jail.
— The British Parliament is considering a plan providing for a pension for all workers in England over the age of sixty-five years, who are worthy people, and whose weekly income is not over $2.50.
— The beet-sugar men in Congress, who have been persistently opposing a tariff reduction on Cuban sugar, have at last capitulated, and the reduction so much desired by Cuban interests seems now assured.
— William Jennings Bryan, the politician, has removed from his residence in Lincoln, Neb., to a thirty-acre tract several miles out, upon which he is building an imposing residence. The location is not far from Union College.
— Seven life savers on the coast near Chatham, Mass., were drowned through the overturning of their lifeboat in the heavy sea, March 17, after having rescued five men from a stranded vessel. The rescued men shared the fate of their rescuers.
— Communication by wireless telegraphy between ships and their ports of departure or destination is to be established on the Great Lakes. Preliminary experiments have already been made on a ship running between Detroit and Cleveland, with good success.
— The North River pier in Hoboken, N. J., which was the scene of a great fire two years ago, was visited by another conflagration, March 18, which destroyed a number of ships and docks, and cost two lives. About a million dollars’ worth of property was destroyed.
— Late dispatches from St. Petersburg tell of student riots in that city on an extensive scale, the apparent purpose of which is to inaugurate a revolution, as indicated by such shouts from the rioters as, “Free Russia,” and, “Down with the autocracy.” Wholesale arrests were made. The situation is probably worse than is indicated by the reports.
— The attorney of the Interstate Commerce Commission has begun injunction proceedings at Kansas City against a number of prominent Western railway lines, with the object of preventing them from discriminating in freight rates, which railways are now commonly supposed to do, in favor of the trusts. The matter is creating a big stir in railway circles.
— A blizzard, which raged over a vast section in the northwestern part of the United States and adjoining Canadian territory, March 15–17, accompanied with intense cold, caused great loss of live stock and an almost complete paralysis of traffic. Many railway trains were stalled in the snow, in many places even snowplows being powerless to clear the way. Several persons who were unprepared for storm lost their lives.
