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VOLUME 20. :-: KEENE, TEXAS, (JOHNSON COUNTY), TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921. NO. 47.

SIXTY-CENT-A-WEEK STATEMENT OCTOBER REPORT Ten Months Ending October 31, 1921 Member- Amount $26.00 Amount Amount Dear workers, Brethren and Sisters, Conference ship per member Received Short 1 am indeed sorry our report for Octo- Arkansas 394 $10244.00 $4792.42 $5451.58 ber was so small, but we expect to *Arkansas 1191.85 55 868.12 323.73 have a larger report for both Novem- North Texas 9408 25948.00 15663.50 10 84.50 er, and December. Watch and see if `North Texas 50 1083.50 535.12 54 .38 we do not. Oklahoma 1897 49322.00 28972.23 20349.77 I have been spending several weeks "Oklahoma 121 2622.07 1490,83 1131.24 in North Texas in company with Broth- South Texas 432 11232.00 7365.71 3866.29 er D. Van Campen, the new Field Sec- 'South Texas 48 1040.16 829.10 211.06 retary. We have visited the churches' Texico 345 8970.00 8535.61 434.39 of Dallas, Corsicana, Waco, Dalworth, *Texico 45 975.15 329.34 645.81 and Fort Worth. The Lord has blessed our work and we are expecting sever- 4385 112628.73 69381.98 43249.75 al new colporteurs to attend the- insti- Per cent of amount raised sixty-one and eight-tenths. tute that will be held' at Keene, Dec. *Figured at 50 cents per week, or $21.87 per member. 26, to Jan. 4, 1922. Now' my dear brethren and sisters, We have just completed the state- Ili our shortage? We sincerely hope surely we are living in the very last ment of the Sixty-cent-a-week Fund that the goal will be reached when days of this old world. We should be- for ten months ending October 31, the final .figures are made up. We gin to lay our plans to help to finish 1921, and in this issue of the RECORD know, that our loyal people are work- this grand work that the Lord gave us you will find a copy of the same. ing and giving that this reuslt may be to do, and 'why not stop raising cotton You will be pleased to note that attained. All pledges to missions and help to scatter the printed page? most of the conferences have made should be paid before the close of the There is not much in farming these slight gains. We have sent to the Gen- year. Let's work a little' harder and days-why continue until we are eral Conference Treasurer at Wash- give a little more and send in the full forced to make a change? Why not ington, D. C., 61.6 per cent of the sixty cents per week member for the Flo it now? There is• plenty of money amount required on this date, and our entire year, and this will enable our in the country and all we need is good union shortage is $46,246.75. We will live men and women to go after it and receive only two more remittances lc(yal missionaries to remain at the post of duty in' the regious beyond. God will give the results. this year November and• December. Don't forget the institute date Dec. Will they be large enough to make C. E. SMITH, Treas. (Continued on page 6)

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REPORT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE FOR OCTOBER, 1921

State Agts. Hrs. Orders Value Helps, Bibles Total Bib. Del. Bke. Del. Value • Oklahoma 14 780 210 782.7' 147.25 198.10 1128.13 147.10 310 1801.33 Texico 9 804 136 666.50 223.60 56.95 947.05 201 697.85 i South Texas 8 582 150 578.00 125.55 13.00 716.55 21.50 221 1150.64 Arkansas (2 weeks) 9 . 450 91 481.50 I4.75 1.75 498.00 824.00 North Texas 4 362 18 63.00 82.85 145.85 6.50 68 264.75

44 2977 605 2771.78 594.00. 269.80 3435.58 175.10 800 4738.57 -

PAGE TWO souTHWESTERN UNION puscoat) MAN'S STEWARDSHIP CI Since man himself and everything Personal Letter to You in the world belongs to God, what is man's relation to the property and i money entrusted to him? "As every man hath received the DEAR FRIEND:- through the vastness of central Asia, gift, even so minister the same one WISH it were possible for each on to China, Mongolia, Manchuria-- to another, as good stewards of the one receiving this paper to feel and even then we have only seen a few manifold grace of God.' 1 Peter 4:10. of the great, dark Northern lands, in it the personal touch for you How should man therefore be ac that I feel in writing it. The which wait and wait for us. And this is only Asia—PART of counted? RECORD this week goes to every Sab- "Let a man so account of us as of Asia. God looks down on all the world. bath-keeping family in the Union, and the ministers of Christ, and stewards We sing: by it we wish to say to you what we of the mysteries of God." 1 Cor. 4:1. would be glad to say to you personally "Waft, waft ye winds the story, What is required on the part of a and by word of mouth if this were pos- Ye waters onward roll, sible. So I beg of you to not lay this Till like a sea of glory steward? "Moreover it is required in stewards aside as "just a newspaper article", It spreads from pole to pole, but let it come to your heart through TilL o'er the ransomed nations that a man be found faithful." 1 Cor. this form as a burning, personal ap- The Lamb for sinners slain, 4:2. ' peal for help in a cause that you and Redeemer, King, Creator, Of our time God has made us stew- I are held personally responsible for, In bliss returns to reign." ards of six-sevenths, which he requires and that is suffering because it has Yes, that is the cheapest way to do shall be faithfully spent in service for it, no doubt, but singing hymns. will him. To misuse any portion of the been shamefully neglected. • Foreign Missions--we hear the name six working days would therefore be often spoken, we read of the magnif- to prove unfaithful stewards. icent work being done in these lands, Our . Malady, Its Cure, / Upon one-seventh of the time God we read of the large gifts of our peo- has placed his hand saying it is holy ple, and yet,—and yet, even our liber- and the Results to unto the Lord. This time he claims al people have only averaged about Follow as his, and requires that we render thirty cents a week this year, for this. to the Lord his own. work, and this is the ONE WORK--this "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have Of nine-tenths of all that comes taking of the gospel to the world--that sobbed me in tithes and offerings. under our control he has made us Bring ye all the tithes into the store- Christ has left us to do. Are we house, that there may be meat in mine stewards, and he requires that it be making this our first business? No, house, and prove me now herewith.... used for his glory in the affairs of we are not: Not by a long ways.. if I mill not...pour you out a blessing, this life. The Mission Board faces the usual that there shall not be room enough to Upon the one-tenth he has placed receive it." ,7iCal. 3:8, 10. conditions-an empty treasury, mis- ) his hand, saying it "is the Lord's; it sionaries ready to leave for the field, is holy unto the Lord." He requires but nothing to send them with, in- that this be rendered to the Lord, creasingly urgent calls for help from not save souls, but by God's grace, go- as his own. every part of the wcrld, prosperity in ing, and giving, and praying will, and Anciently God reserved this one- sight everywhere, but faith so small the good old hymns will inspire our tenth for the Levites. on the part of God's people that not courage at least. Are we going, and "And behold, I have given to the enough offerings are given to even giving, and praying, or had we rather children of Levi all the tenth in Israel pay the meager salaries of workers just sing? Are we going, and giving; for an inheritance, for their service already in the field. When are these and praying TILL IT HURTS? which they serve, even the service things going to move us? Must fam- For every one in the millions who of the tabernacle of the congregation." ine and persecution and drought and have never crowned Christ King, he The same plan for the support' of death be brought to us and our loved wore a crown of thorns. What do we the ministry is enjoined in the New ones to make us realize that God count these millions worth? Do we Testament. means what he says when he tells us count them worth the rearrangement "Do ye not know that they which that "we lament the scanty resources of our day, that we may have more minister about holy things live of at present availale, while various and time to pray? Do we count them the things of the temple? And they urgent demands are pressing us for worth the laying down of a single which wait at the altar are partakers men and means. WERE WE THOR- worldly ambition, the loosening of our with the altar? Even so hath the OUGHLY IN EARNEST even NOW hold on a single child or friend? Do Lord ordained that they which preach we could multiply the resources a we count them worth the yielding up the gospel should live of the gospel." hundred fold." of anything that we care for very much 1 Cor. 9:13, 14. India ends at the southernmost so that we may make a covenant with In addition to the tithe which was point in a' pointed rock. On this .rock the Lord by sacrifice? 0 brethren and consecrated to the support of 'the is a temple as if it -'aimed the whole sisters, will you THINK about it? Are priest, what did the Lord require of land for itself. Stand in imagination you ready and anxious and eager to his people anciently? at this point and look away to the help the work forward? Christ count- "To promote the assembling of the north, over the border country and ed souls worth Calvary. WHAT DO people for religious service, as well the mountains of Tibet, and away WE COUNT THEM WORTH? as to provide for the. poor, a second 8OurrliVVEsTE1IN UNION RECORts PAdit tithe of all increase, was required." "The work of the gospel, as it of Christian stewardship will reveal —P. and P., p. 530. widens, requires greater provision to these principles to us. sustain it than was called for ancient Is less required of the people who Times of Prosperity are giving the Third Angel's Message? ly; and this makes the law of tithes "Now God requires, not less., but and offerings of even more urgent This call to study the principles of greater gifts that at any other period necesssity now, than under the Christian stewardship is emphasized of the world."—Vol. 3, p. 392. Hebi w economy." —P. and P., p. 5?9 by the fact that no country in the world has been so highly favored D. with continuous and abounding prosperity as the United States. It is almost impossible to realize haw Return to the Lord His Own rapidly, and to what an enormous amount, wealth has increased in this country in recent years. While the population incitased from 1880. to E HAVE come to a time in gospel to all parts of the world." 1900, fifty-two per cent, the wealth our work when there must be —Test., Vol'. 9, pp. 51, 52, 53. increased in the same period over a revival' of common honesty one hundred and two per cent. The Revival of Stewardship Needed in our dealings with God. It per capita wealth increased in that is a cause for gratitude that so many A revival of stewardship is the need time from eight hundred and fifty dol- of our people faithfully account for of the hour. That revival can come lars to one thousand one hundred and "'all their increase" and pay their only as then principles of Christian sixty-four dollars and seventy-nine rental, God's tenth, on it to him. But stewardship are thoroughly understood cents, and now amounts to one thou- paying tithe is not being liberal, with and God's people know how to put sand six hundred dollars. The wealth our means any more than is paying the them in practice in their everyday of the country has more than doubled grocer for our flour—both are obliga- lives. The call comes therefore to in twenty years. It has quadrupled tions which should be paid, and which Christian men and women, old and in thirty years. While the popula- will be paid if we are honest. young, rich and poor, Conference tion of the United States increased Are we true stewards of God? A workers, church officers and laymen, three and one-half times from 1850 steward is "a person intrusted with to devote themselves to an.,earnest to 1900, the wealth increased four- the management of estates or affairs and faithful consideration of this sub- teen times. not his own." A steward is a trustee. ject. There are many facts and con- Into the hands of Seventh-day Ad- Stewardship is trusteeship. "It is re- ditions which emphasize this call. ventists has come a fair share of this quired in stewards that a man be The people of God have to quite vast increase *a wealth.. This great found faithful. " 1 Cor. 4:2. an extent Post the consciousness that increase is attended by many perils. "The Lord has made us his stewards. they are stewards.; Many live as The more money men get, the more He has placed his means in our hands though 'they were owners instead of they want, and the natural impulse for faithful distribution. He asks us trustees. They fail to do their duty is for the love of money to take full to render to him his own. He has as stewards, not because they are possession of the heart. reserved the tithe as his sacred por- unwilling to do what they know the tion to be used in sending the gospel Lord wants them to do, but rather be- Danger in Riches to all parts of the world. My brethren cause they have never been clearly Of many of our friends, and acquaint- and sisters, confess and forsake your taught what their duty is. The deve- ances who once were walking with us selfishness, and bring to the Lord your lopment of a greater sense of the re- in the blessedness of the third angel's gifts and offerings. Bring him also sponsibility of stewardship throughout message, Paul's words to Timothy (I the tithe that you have withheld. Come th church is essential to the success Tim. 6:9, 10 R. V.) are sadly true: confessing your neglect. Prove the of the larger work which we have in "They that are minded to be rich fall Lord as he has invited you to do. 'I the giving of the gospel to the whole into temptation and a snare and many will rebuke the devourer for your world. foolish and hurtful lusts, such as sakes, and he shall not destroy the This subject goes to the very bottom drown men in perdition and destruc• fruits of your ground; neither shall of the problem of atilt evangelistic tion. For the love of money is the your vine cast her fruit before the work, both as to men and means.t We root of all' kinds of evil, which some time in the field, saith the Lord of are not simply stewards of money, reaching after have been led astray hosts.' Mal. 3:11. we ar\e stewards of the gospel. A from the faith, and pierced themselves "Never was there a more important proper recognition of that steward- through with many sorrows." time in the history of our work than ship involves the consecration of our These are words of warning the present. The message pf the personality to the cause as well as which we do well to heed. A wide- third chapter of Malachi comes to us, our means, and thus meets the need spread recognition of the obligations holding up before us the need of for men and also for money to sup- of stewardship and the faithful dis- honesty in our relations to the Lord port them. Mere appeals for either charge of those obligations is. the only and his work. My brethren, the men or Money, strong though they safegard against the evils that have money that you use to buy and sell may be, are totally inadequate. We come creeping in with increased pros- and get gain will' be a curse to you if must as individuals dig beneath the perity. It is time for our churches you withhold from the Lord that which surface of the needs and conditions of everywhere to be awakened to a most is his. The means intrusted to you humanity and understand that there intense consciousness of their increas- for the advancement of the Lord's are great and vital' principles by which ed responsibility through increasing work should be used in sending the we should be actuated. And a studyprosperity. A thousand evils will PAGE FOUR UNION ilitoottb come in if in connection with this pros- and the amount paid by them was GOD'S OWNERSHIP perity there is not a clear understand- just about the same as that paid by ing by God's people of their steward- all the rest of the church. In other Man by double ownership, uy crea- ship for him. Surely therefore, it is a words the honest tithe of 16 members, tion and by redemption, belongs to time when Christian men and women, earning very ordinary wages was as God. especially the young people who are much as that of the other 57 actual "Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: just entering upon the responsibilities wage-earners for the same length of it is he that hath made us, and we of life, should give themselves up to ',time. And this church is one of the are his." Ps. 100:3. diligent and prayerful study of this most active in that Conference. "Ye are not your own; for ye are great subject. Other instances could be multiplied, bought with a 'price." 1 Cor. 6:19, 20,' Do you think we are too emphatic where the showing is not as. good as God claims ownership not only of in our avowals that there is a great this, and a few churches, we are most man but of everything in this world. lack of faithful stewardship among thankful to say, report every mem- "The earth is, Jehovah's and the God's people? We recognize that we ber paying at least some tithe. But ft.lness thereof: the world and they cannot base absolutely final conclu- the general conclusion forced upon us that dwell therein." Ps. 24:1. sions in this matter on the number by a study of the actual' conditions is "Every beast of the forest is mine, of dollars and cents given, but we can that the strong statements of the and the cattle on a thousand hills. 1 draw some pretty safe conclusions Spirit of Prophecy refer, not to some know all the birds of the mountains; on general principles after all, and other conferences, not to some other and the wild beast of the field are with this in mind permit us to give country, but to US and to our children. mine: If I were hungry, I would not you just a few figures: In view of this fact we will do well' tell thee; for the world is mine, and to briefly consider a few questions the fulness thereof." Ps. 50:10-12. Examples of Stewardship that naturally come to mind -in look- "The silver is mine, and the gold One of the largest churches in a ing at this situation. These will be is mine, saith Jehovah of , hosts." Conference paid in, during the first considered in the next article. Hag. 2:8. half of a year, the largest tithe that Our faithfulness in stewardship How does man acknowledge God's they have ever paid for the same hinges at the money point. The man ownership? length of time-but notice, just exact- who is true to God as his steward in "Tithes and offerings for God are ly twenty-five per cent of the members the acquisition and use of wealth, an acknowledgement of his claim by paid all of this tithe. Now your who goes into business or wage-earn- redemption." Test.. Vol. 6, p. 479. Minds 'immediately fall back on the ing as God's steward, there definite- What two things did God ordain old excuse; "Well, the head of the ly to adjust his daily work to the to be a constant reminder to man of house was paying for the whole fam- great business. of the kingdom of God, his ownership? ily, so that practically includes the will be faithful in his stewardship all "This tree (tree of knowledge of whole church." That is partially along the line. He will be a faith- good and evil) God reserved as a right, for some still cling to the per- ful steward of personality, tithe, op- constant reminder of his ownership nicious practice of one member dis- portunity and all else, for a man can- of all So it is with God's claims charging the duty of the whole fam- not be true to this resolve to be faith- upon us. He requires that one-tenth ily, but that 25 per cent also includes ful in his stewardship, of money in the of all shall be faithfully laid aside many, many children and young peo- interest of the gospel without being for his • work. By faithfully obeying ple, for the payment of the tithe has true in all other respects, this requirement we acknowledge that always been a live issue in this church. all belongs to God, thus acknowledg- But the record shows something else, A Final Word ing his sole ownership of soul, body, when you come to look into the details Shall we resolve that, God help- spirit and property."—Test., Vol. 6, of it. There are a few sisters in that ing us, we will begin this very hour page 386. church who earn their living over to be absolutely faithful to God in How should God's claims upon us the wash tub, and by doing a day's the payment of ALL of our tithe? The be regarded? work wherever possible, but they are largest plans ever outlined for pro- "God's claims upon us underlie every honest with the Lord, and if all the gressive moves' are lying before us other claim."—Id., p. 384. wage earning members of that church with proniise of rich blessing in carry- By whom was the arrangement for would only pay as much tithe per ing them out. The harvest whitens the payment of the tithe made? capita as each of these sisters pay, on every hand. The hall' of the hour "This distinct arrangement was the tithe of that one church for this is for heart-searching, for crucifixion made by Jesus Christ himself."—Id. year would have amounted to more of‘ self, for . a renewal of right rela- What is said of those who claim than was received the previous year tions betw.een the owner and his that they cannot see this arrangement? from the whole Conference. stewards, a righting of past wrongs "Those who claim that they cannot - Another instance: In another and faithful continuance in honest see this to be their duty, reveal to church three-fourths of the members living. the heavenly universe, to the church are actual wage-earners. During the With still stronger force to-day than and to the world, that they do not first half of one year two-thirds of in the days of King David, as our want to see this ,plainly stated require- the wage-earners paid some tithe, the King and Counselor is stronger and ment."—Id., p. 387. other one-third none at all. Of the mighter than he was, .comes to us in Whose plan is this declared to be? number who paid tithe about one- the very same words, the call of the "God's plan in the tithing system is third were Conference employees. I present hour "Who then is willing to beautiful in its simplicity and equali- think it is safe to say that they all' fill his hands with service this day ty, All may take hold of it in faith paid a full tithe of their earnings, unto the Lord?" (1 Chron. 29:5.) and courage, for it is divine in its SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD PAGE origin If one and all would ac- the last message of warning to the ced by the fact that we are operating cept it, each would be made a vigi- world. The treasury will be full if permanent mission stations is 108 of rant and faithful treasurer for God; all will adopt this system, and the the 156 countries into whidh the- MiSt and there would be NO WANT OF •contributors will not be left the poor- Edon map has been divided' This re- MEANS with which to carry forward er."—White. port gives our field of operations as follows: Africa, fifteen, including oril I erations an tne gold coast and Congo region. In Asia we are -ope...ating in Li J fifteen principal countries and in China Christian Stewardship alone there are permanent missions in fifteen provinces. We have an Asiatic Conference with splendid headquarterA' at Shanghai. There are strong confer- 1. To whom do the heavens and world and our wealth must be con- ences in bcth Australia and New Zeal- the earth belong? Gen. 1:1. verted into a letter of credit on the and. In Europe we have established 2. What have we that is ours? next. We are to transfer our wealth ourselves in twenty-four political divi- Money? Hag. 2:8. to heaven by giving it to the needy sions. In North America we have be. 3. Lands? Lev. 25:23. on earth.) come established in Canada, Alaska, . 5. But did we not earn the wealth? 12. What parable teaches the terri- Newfoundland, as well as in the United , Deut. 8:18. ble consequence of a selfish steward- States. We are operating in Pacific Is- 6 6. But my life? Eze. 18:4. ship? Ans.—The rich man and Laz- ands in nineteen distinct groups and 7. How much, then, is the Lord's? anus. Luke 16:19-31. large island centers. Among these are Ps. 50:2. "While the parable of the foolish included such cannibal groups as Figi, 8. What are we then? rich man showed the steward's re- Solomon, Society and Friendly Islands. t (Are we in sentiment or in fact, lation to God, this parable shows his In South America we have a complete God's stewards? If you had a clerk, relation to his fellowmen. The rich Division Conference organization with or manager, or steward to whom you man had "fared sumptuously" with- local conferences in the principal coun- had entrusted your estate during out regard to the poor brother at his tries and mission organizations in the your absence? with plain and repeat- gate. This neglected stewardship rest, also the West Indies and Central ed directions that, though he was sealed his destiny. America, making a total of 106 as- Stat- to get a living out of it, he was not "Information , and communication ed above. We are printing 'and distrib- to lay up money for himself, but was have today placed all the world at uting our chureh literaiure in 9'9' 'lan- to uSe it for your children and for our very gate, and the majority of guages and are carrying on evangelistic advancing your work; if you found them are starving for the crumbs of work in 127 languages whereby it 'is upon your return that -he had neg- the bread of life that fall from our ta- possible to reach fifteen-sixteenths 'of lected your interests and your chil- bles. We may disclaim that we are our the people of the world. dren and had transferred to his own brother's keeper, but to deny his bro- An-interesting feature of ' the report bank account what he had not spent therhood, denies God's Fatherhood. s the fact that we are operating 27 upon himself and his family,—what To disown our stewardship is to disin- major printing houses with a 'number' 'Would you call this?) herit ourselves of the eternal riches. of branches totaling in all, 45.. -:The lit- 9. What does God call it? "WHAT IS NEEDED IS NOT MERE- erature sales of these institutions last 10. In what words does Christ for- LY AN INCREASED GIVING, BUT year reached the sum of $5,682,927.35. bid selfish accumulation? Matt. 6:19. A RADICALLY DIFFERENT CON- In addition to these publishing houses (From this on to the end of the CEPTION OF OUR RELATION TO we are conducting 33 large sanitariums chapter Jesus teaches that the ac- OUR POSSESSIONS. located in strategic points in the differ- cumulation of wealth for ourselves is "Testing our stewardship on the ent countries of the world, and are also both dangerous and unnecessary; dan- principle of doing all to God's glory operating 97 colleges and secondary, gerous, because it tends to become let us make a trial balance while we schools likewise located in important our master and divorce us from God; are still in possession here on earth. centers of the world, which . in 1920 en- unnecessary, because our own need When we have finished, let us honest- rolled 14,614 students. does not require it. Let us thoroughly ask ourselves if we could hand ly ponder each priceless word, for over the account to our Father with- The total amount Of tithes and offer- the teaching of Christ reveals the out shame, confident Of his 'Well ings from all sources in 1920 was $11,- very mind of God regarding our stew- done, good and faithful servant'."— 834,404.23; of this sum $7,514,243.70 was ardship.) From "The Missionary Idea." contributed by the • 95,877 members of 11. In what parable does Christ North America. This would average teach the folly of selfish accumula- INTERESTING FACTS $78.35 per member in North America. tion? Ans.—The foolish rich man, In spite of these enormous totals, the Luke 12:13-22. The fifty-eigth annual statistical re- average amount per member is not re- (The rich man's only recorded sin port of the work of the Seventh-day markably large when we consider the is for making a fortune for himself Adventist denomination is just pub- immensity of our task, the shortness of Instead of using .his wealth for God. lished. It gives some very interesting the time and the solemn declaration of But in living for himself he had lost statistics concerning the progress of our Leader ; "Were we thoroughly IN this soul. He had said he would in- their denominational work. That we EARNEST, even NOW we could multi- crease and keep. Christ bids us de- are actively engaged in Mission work ply the resources a hundred:fold." crease and give. We are not of this in a large part of t'ae world is eviden- DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

PAGE SIX SOUTHWESTEAN UNION RECORD (Continued from page 1) 24. The South Texas Conference has COLPORTEUR'S WEEKLY REPORT kindly consented to let- Brother Wal- ARKANSAS CONFERENCE, Three Weeks Ending Nov. 19, 1921 ter Kirkham come over and help us Name Address Book Hrs. Ords. Val. Helps Total Del. out and Elder Wright has promised T. J. Hooper B. R. & H. H. 120 141 $523 50 $23 75 $461 75 $452 50 to be with us all the way through. So Mary Reedy 0. D. 18 28 00 come and we will show you how to sell Leo Kinder D. R. 119 85 454 50 25 25 478 75 91 75" books with the Lord to guide. Mrs. J. E. Lucas H. H. 7 2 6 00 50 6 50 3 00 Yours for the Master. Mrs. Coleman P. P. F. 126 18 91 00 2 00 93 00 2 00 A. F. HARRISON. C. A. Roose H. H. 25 12 46 00 16 00 Dora Patton Mag. 60 75 00 75 00 75 00 MAGAZINE REPORT FOR OCTOBER Bertha Cade '0. D. 30 27 00 Bibles 36 50 36 50 36 50 Agts. Conf. Val. Mags. Sold Total No. Workers, 8 ' 505 258 1231 50 51 50 1283 00 715 75 2 North Texas $265.00 1 South Texas 122.50 OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE, Three Weeks Ending Nov. 19, 1821 1 Texico 9.75 Hubert McDonald, Davis 0. D. 100 00 3 Oklahoma 500.00 W. M. Sikes, Bartlesville D. R. 33 6 32 00 9 50 4i 50 3 00 7 897.25 J. P. Williams, Shamrock 0. D. 102 27 83 00 54 50 137 50 59 75 Ewell Walker, Ringling C. S. 13 8 00 8 00 8 06 GIFTS BOOKS FOR Eva Michael 0. D. 71 00 THE HOLIDAYS S. D. McDonald 0. D. 60 90 J. T. North, Guthrie D. A. 24 3 50 3 50 19 00 No better gift can be made than Mrs. Elsa McCawn M ag. 21 64 50 64 50 64 509 one of our books. Follbwing is a par- Mrs. J.R.Jennings, Wewoka " 33 50 00 50 00 50 09 tial list of appropriate gift books: Mrs. A. K. Rogers, Enid 0. D. 19 50 Set of Testimonies, cloth $9.00 Magazines and Misc. 1412 50 1412 50 1712 50 Set of Testimonies, limp 13.00 Bibles 126 10 126 10 126 10 Senior Miss. Vol. Read. Course _4.25 Junior Miss. Vol. Read. Course....3.00 Total 'No. Workers, 10 226 33 1768 10 75 50 1843 60 2302 10 Primary Miss. Vol. Read. Course....1 15 • Alone with God 75 SOUTH TEXAS CONFERENCE, Week Ending Oct. 8, 1921 Aitronomy and the Bible 1.50 A. A. Prewitt, Buda 0. D. 41 150 85 Bible Readings, Cl., P1. 1.50; limp 2.50 W. F. Mayers, Eagle Pass G. P. 10 3 18 00 18 00 33 00 Blessed Be Drudgery 50 C. M. Norman, San Antonio B. R. 10 1 25 00 25 00 32 00 Daniel & Revelation, Clo., Pl. 2.00; M. Castillo, San:Antonio P. G. 15 3 21 00 21 00 • limp 3.00 Magazines and Misc. 70 25 70 25 70 25 Good Food 1.00 336 10 Good Form and Social Ethics 1.00 Total No. Workers, 4 76 ' 11 184 25 184 25 Great Second Advent Movement, TEXICO CONFERENCE, Three Weeks Ending Nov. 19, 1921 2.00 Cloth Wiley Puckett D. R. 22 10 125 00 75 Hand of God in History C. Whitfield B. R. 64 8 47 00 11 75 58 75 51 50 1.50 Hand that Intervenes Mrs. M. McNeely B. R. 55 8 42 00 5 00 47 30 78 75 In His Name 1.25 Rena Turner 3 5 6 00 600 1 25 1.25 In Touch with God Clyde Turner B. R. 124 40 110 50 42 00 252 50 32 75 Man of Valor 1.00 Edward Stairs G. C. 74 300 300 30 25 Men of the Mountains, Cloth 1.00 Homer Eakes 0. D. 75 9 28 00 10 75 38 25 122 25 Pen Pictures of the Face of Jesus...50 Velma Smith C.K. &O D. 17 9 35 00 35 00 71 00 50 Shams J. 0. Wilburn B. R. 56 1 5 00 17 25 22 25 1.50 Science of Food and Cookery Bibles 36 60 30 60 30 60 What Think Ye of Christ? 60 Poems Total No. Workers, 9 484 82 444 10 10 91 505 30 533 45 Come Unto Me 65 1.25 Songs of our Pilgrimage 1.00 Fruit from the Jungle 1.00 Stories Worth Rereading 1.25 Songs of The Kingdom 1.00 Gospel Primer 75 Uncle Ben's Cloverfield Any of the books, written by Mrs. New Testament Primer. 75 Uncle Ben's Clobblestones 1.25; 1.00 With our Missionaries in China 1.00 E. G. White.. House we Live In Juvenile Books In the Land of the Incas 1.25 Achu and other Stories 1.50 Little Pilgrim Stories 1.25 DISAPPOINTED?- Because you 1.25 cannot go to school? Cheer Up! Best Stories 1.25 Little Stories for Little People 1.00 There is a way to study which is the Christ Our Saviour 1.25 On the Trail' of Livingstone Selections for our Little Folks 85 next best thing to going to school. Elo the Eagle 1.00 Write for our catalog, and let us tell Friends and Foes •in Field and Sketches• of Bible Child Life 1.25 Story of Pitcairn Island 1.00 you all about it. C. C. Lewis, Prin• Foreht 1.00 SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD PAtill BIOTIN ipal Fireside Correspondence School, west. Will sent- or exchange with • 'akoma Park, Washilie,ton, D. C. family needing school and church. Address W. A. McCutchen, Jefferson, # South Texas Conf.I } F'0 OUR FRIENDS EVERYWHERE Texas. 50 Office, San Antonio, Texas 422 Oppenheimer Bldg. • f This issue of the RECORD will be President-EM. R. P. Montgomery $ Sec.-Treas. Etta Hewgley lent to nearly every family in our 4 Arkansas Conf. # • mion—and for a threefold purpose: Office, Little Rock, Ark. • First and foremost, to calf your at- President - Elder J. I. Taylor ention in as strong a way as we know Sec.-Treas. L. J. Black SOUTH TEXAS, NEWS NOTES low to, to our individual duties and I esponsibilities and priviliges as stew- Subscribe for the Record. trds of the gospel as well as stew- NEWS NOTES Mr. C. R.. Callicott, Secretary-treas- trds of worldly possessions, thet even urer for the Mexico Mission, stopped this Pate in the year 1921, we may The conference and tract society over Sabbath and Sunday in San An- ;rasp the promises of God regarding tonio, Nov. 18, 19. Brother Callicottis matter, and rally to the support office is now located at 1215 Marshall Street in the building which the confer- on his way, to the, Bookmens' Conven- tnd extension of His work in the earth tion which will be herd in Panania.'We sven yet before December 31, 1921. ence bought sometime ago. Brother and Sister Black have the two rooms in were glad for his few,hours' visit with Second, to remind all whO receive us in the office. ,his paper, that through if we have a the rear of the office building. minable means of keeping in touch The Little Rock Church No. 1. is re- " Elder W. B. Miramontez, union sec- paring and painting the church building with the progress of the work in this retary far the Mexican Department, which is on the lot adjoining the confer- Dart iq the field, and it will cost you Arrived in San Antonio MondaY, Nov- ence office on the north. ut one cent a week to have it visit ember 7. Brother Mframontiez has Brother and Sister J. F. Leslie and made San Antonio his headquaters: von regularly. "Information is the children met with the Little Rock toy to intelligen,t interest," and sure- church on Sabbath November 19th and A company of San Antonians went ly at the infinitesimal price for which Brother Leslie occupied the eleven out on a Harvest Ingathering trip last vou can get the information, you ca,s- o'clock hour. We enjoyed his talk on week to some of the near-by towns. not afford to go on without knowing the "Condition and Needs of Mexico." Financially their trip was a success. what is being done in this union. And Brother Le ,lie left the night after the Socially, a real delight. vet not one-half of the Sabbathkeep- Sabbath for New Orleans, from which Last week Mr. H. A. Tuttle visited ing families in our union take the place he will sail for. Panama to attend his daughter, Mrs. C. C". RECORD. a Bookmen's Convention. His wife Tuttle contemplates moving his fam- Third. We have in the neighbor- and children will visit at the home of ily somewhere in'the domains of South hood Of 1,000 names on the list who Elder Taylor in Little Rock. Texas in the futtire. awe us from one to three years.' sub- Brother W. E. Flowers spent a few scription. We do not take the names days visiting relatives and friends in Mr. C. C. W,'ilcox went to E:gin Fri- off the list when the subscription ex- Little Rock and left the night after the day morning and was with them over the Sabbath. He expects to visit pires unless we are asked to do so Sabbath for his home at Sherman, Houston, El Campo and Austin be- the conference offlcers in your Texas. field. They consider that the infor- Brother and Sister J. 0. Wilson and fore returning to the • office. mation they furnish you is worth some- baby called at the office on Thanksgiv- Elder Montogoinery and Brother hing to them, and they hope—and are ing day. They have been visiting Broth- Riffel plan a business trip to Austin not often disappointed—that in the- er Wilson's parents at Bonnerdale Tuesday, November 22. snd you will settle for your subscrip- and were on their way to visit an uncle $880.06 'came in on the Harvest In- tion. To all whose subscription have at Mablevale. The trip to Mablevale gathering goal for+ October. What theady expired, or will do so by Jan. was made in Elder Taylor's car. The percent of that was your colrection? 1, 1922, we would say, that you will same night they took the train for The offerings that come in on the Ind in this paper a subscription blank Fayetteville to visit Sister Wilson's third Sabbath last month amounted tnd an envelope—we have made it parents after which they will go to to $85.18. What shall we make it this ust as easy for you as possible—and labor in Burma, and will probably locate month?' This will all apply on , the vill you not please attend to this little at Rangoon. natter right away, and send us your Professor Peterson who with Miss 60 cents a week goal. ubscription before you forget about Lorena Wilcox, has been visiting t? We can use money orders, checks, schools and churches in Arkansas, NOTICE: The rice market has• ad- ash, postage stamps, whatever is most called at the office Tuesday and spoke vanced and I am raising the price onvenient for you to send. in the church that night. of brown or natural rice to $6.50 per M. E. ELLIS, EDITOR. 100 lbs. Last year's rice, first 'grade, WANTED: To employ a broommak- recleaned and in good condition, $4,00 per 100 lbs. AlSo have smile farms A SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY er, must know the entire trade. Write me at once, Max Deutrich, General to rent near S. D. A. 10-grade school. Good farm with good improvements Delivery, Laredo, Texas.. 48 Chas. Putnam, El Campo; Texas, a 47 alf mile from 4-teacher, 10-grade 3hool, one of the best in the South- • Subscribe f to Record. Subscribe for the Record.

PA EIGHT SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD • - 4 —Our work for the colored folks is —Brother Dart is visiting East Cooper lOonia• Conf. making progress. Elder North is erect- Homestead, Okeene, and Hitchcoci ing a box tabernacle 20x20 in which to Oklahoma City, Okla, churches this week in the interest Box• 1077 hold the Sabbath and other meetings at the Harvest Ingathering work tai: t President - Elder M. B. Van Kirk Tulsa. Sister Jackson is working in week. Sec,TreasJ C. L. Stilson Tulsa also. She is finding interested —Elder C. D. Hein who has been hold e ap ones and is adding to the Sabbath ing meetings for some weeks report' school by her work. Brother White has several new additions to the church NEWS NOTES been working Boley in the interest of He says, "Next Sabbath, the 26th, wi the Harvest Ingathering. In Okla- expect to have baptism. I think si: homa City both the day and the night will be baptized. Last Sabbath fiv4 —Elder Van,,,Kirk and Brother C. N. school are making commendable prog- Young returned Monday evening, Nov- adults stood up to keep the command ress. ments, the Sabbath included." Thesi ember 21; from an eight-day trip throuh —There are several urgent calls on the Middle Oklahoma. This trip was made meetings have been a real help to tb part of our colored people for meetings. brethren and sisters of Hooker church. in the interst of the colporteur work. • Among the places are Enid, Wowoka =a:Eider Leath- informS us that on ac- and Geary. cOunt of lack of 'funds the Muskogee EDITORIAL NOTES —A letter from Brother Alton Hughes chOrch not atternpt to erect their states that he is busy helping erect the Look at the label on this paper, i building for some months. He also says new church building at Tulsa. that he is practically recovered from you are a subscriber, and see how you. Brother Barr writes that the window his accident and has., a- new wheel on subscription stands. If it says sime and door frames for the second story of which, to get around thing like 2-1-21, it means that you the the church have been delivered by HA.number of churches and individuals subscription was out the first of tho Brother Klostermeyer and that now they have responed to our urgent request to second month, 1921, and that you owl can hasten the work of getting the settle iheir. ;tract society account, be- us nearly a year's subscription. I building enclosed. fore January 1. Some are unable tondo it reads like, 3-22-T, it means tha this and al'e'Writing in and making sat- —Miss Taylor is visiting the church your subscription wilt be out March isfactOrY arrangements with the Socie- at Muskogee, and Stigler this week. 1922, and it came from the Texico Con ty To. gettle on the'installment plan. —Miss Guy is again in her place in the ference. We do not take a name of a.A.'ilurnher Of -individuals are. jOining office. She says tonsils are a nuisanoe the list when the paper runs out, b€ our colporteur rank's, there- isTlenty of especially when they have to be re- cause this little publication is the of rooms. for, other& If, God impresses you moved. She is rejoicing that the job. gan of communication between Sat to•Volunteer, write our field secretary, won't have to be done again. bath-keeping families and the differ C.. Young, office. address. He will be —"Today's mail brings a letter from ent conferences of this union, keep glad to•hear from you. Brother P. S. Henry who for a time ing them informed of the progress o —A letter from Elder Sturgeon brings was elder of the Sapulpa church. He the work. You need it to keel word of three baptisms at Perry, two now is teaching church school at Mar- abreast of the message; and we wan ietta, Georgia, and is enjoying his work of whoni became members of the Perry you to have it, and we are quite sun He also requests a letter from the Con- Church and one of the Jennings church. that it is only an oversight that yon ference church to unite with the Geor- He also sayS that both the Jennings havq't cent in your subscription, i gia Conference church. and Gtithrie churches are doing well your time is out with the Harvest Ingathering. —This week of prayer commences December 10 and closes December 17. A. letter from Elder . Lukens informs %Otablueotern Union us that on Sunday, November 20, Elder We hope every church is planning for Error!) L. B. Schick was chosen to be Pre si- special meetings at that time. We will dent of the-Texico.Conference. to take announce the distribution of the labor- A WEEKLY JOURNAL Elder Richards place as he leaves the ers in the next issue of the RECORD. Published by the Southwestern Unto: —Elder Van Kirk occupied the pulpit in Conference of Seventh-day Adventist field. January 1, We, of courSe, are Subscription price, per year S .5 very sorry to lose Elder Schick and wife the Ardmore 'church Sabbath, Novem- M. E. ELLIS Edito from our force of workers. This call ber 19, and spoke at Haddington to a Associate Editors entirelY.•disarranges'our plans for the crowded house Sunday night the 20t . M. LUKENS C. E. SMITI- campaign this winter. We shall hope to —Elder McDonald has been holding a Acceptance for mailing at special rat open at least one campaign after the series of meetings with the Addington of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Ac of October 3, 1917, authorized July 19 holidays. As these lOyal and tried church, for a number .of days. There 151R. workers leave this field our prayers go will be a number of baptisms as a re- Entered October 24, 1902, at Keene Texas, as second-class matter, under ac with-them and we trust( that God will sult of this effort and a real uplift to of. Cona-rees of March 3. 1297. use:the/A forJthe advancement of his the church. We are not informed SUBSCRIPTIONS truth' in b. marked,degree in Texico. whether or not the meetings will con- All subscriptions should be' renewe —Elder: -Fillman began a series of tinue longer than the week ending Nov- about two weeks before date indicate on label. In giving notice of change r nieetings'in the town of Ringwood.Sun- ember 27 or not. address, be sure to give address t which paper has been going. Make a day.night, November 20. There were —Elder Eichman made a short call at rereiitericec direct to office of oliblieatioi 130 'present at the opening meeting the office Monday on his way home and the, prospects are good' Let from the eastern part of the state. He COPY All copy must be in our office on Thur: us each remember these efforts in reports real interest in the Missionary day before the date of publication. Coy arriving later will be held over until our prayers.,- Volunteer work. subsequent issue.