n d% govlailmlayRiv (') '1,0110011AL. "Here is the.Patience of the Saints —riere are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the Faith of Jesus." Rev. 14 :12. VOL. 78, To. 49. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1901. WilOLE No., X457..

Or ever they came to the floor of the den. have not kept them." Souls are perishing in sin vardvsi xvasitirms xrf rrrqxirav E'en thus the Lord saveth His people; He saveth because church-members-are, robbing God, lav- The souls who delight in His counsel, to-day; ishing indulgences upon themselves, while .the artital 33totg. The workers of evil not always shall triumph, For soon shall He come and no longer delay. treasury of God is poorly supplied with funds. NEMEC EACH TUESDAY BY THE Thus God is dishonored, and His cause is im- Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association. poverished. There is not means enough in' the, Ternis, in. Advance. ROBBING GOD.—No. z. treasury to supply God's laborers in the field of service. Christ looks upon a vineyard unworked, One,17#ar• • • • •,1.• •-•.•,•• • • .$1.50 Pour Months $ .50 Palg•Noighs:$ 1 00 Three Neighs .40 MRS. E. G. WHITE. a world unwarned, with wickedness increasing on Six Neighs. .75 Two North's .25 every hand. Men and women are spending the Address all communications and make all Drafts and Money TIIE Lord desires His people to realize that Lord's goods in selfish gratification, preparing ofders 'payable to — selfishness is the great sin of the world, and that for the fearful punishment that must come upon REViDW AND lliERALD, Kittle Creek, Mich. [ENT'BOD AT THE POST OFFICCAT BA'T'TLE CHEEK ] it has also become the prevailing sin of the them unless they repent. Church. The Lord has been greatly dishonored The treasury must be, supplied with funds, that by the failure of the Church to impart of their Christian missions may be set in operation and tneral rfides. means for the advancement of the work which supported. Schools must be established, that the Whatsoever are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever He desires to see going forward with power. I youth may be prepared to stand at the last day. things'are just, Whatsoever things are pure, whatstever things are lovely. whatsoever things are of good report h there be any virtue, and if there entreat my brethren and sisters throughout the The multitudes going to ruin must be labored be any praise, think on these things.', Phil. 4 t. S. world to awaken to the responsibility that rests for. For the accomplishment of this,good work upon them to pay a faithful tithe. Do not allow the tithes and offerings of the people of God are THE FAITH OF DANIEL. lax principles to lead you to rob God. Keep a needed. Let church-members do their very best faithful account with your Creator. Realize fully in this matter. Withhold not your offering be- MRS. L. D. AVERY4TUTTLE. the importance of being just with Him who has cause it is small. If it is given with a willing Tn swift, clays passed-,by, the winged years divine foreknowledge. Let every one search his mind and an understanding heart, the Lord-will passed by, heart diligently. Let him look up his accounts, accept it, and in His hands it will, be. many The centitries passed by like birds their flight, and find out how he stands as related to God. increased. - .Since dwelt in a city, a vast, mighty city, He who gave His only begotten Son to die for Can we not reason frond fiat gOdlyntah aaniel, ;who dared to do right. The great King Dar us,. the mighty5Dartus, you, has made "aa-covenant with 'you. He gives we not- see that. beCause -; of ottr -Aothiulriss The Median •monarch; sat high on ,the throne, you His blessings, and in return He requires you trading on the Lord's goods, because 'Of our , While over the princes, the great men and princes, to bring Him your tithes and offerings. No one selfishness in refusing to return to Hini His own The king has placed Daniel, the Hebrew, alone. will ever dare to say that there was no way in • portion, His work is retarded? which He could understand in regard to this mat- Then quick in their bosoms, the great princes' bosoms, When Christ made His triumphal entry into The fires of envy and jealousy burned, ter. God's plan regarding tithes and offerings is Jerusalem, the applause of the multitude was at Indeed they could rest not and eat not and drink not definitely stated in the third chapter of Malachi. its height. Hosannas- were on the lips of the Till 'gainst the good Daniel the monarch was God calls upon His human agents to be true to people; but the Saviour felt no joy. He beheld turned. the contract He has made with them. " Bring ye the city. and wept over it, saying, " If thou hadst At last they have conquered, the princes have con- all the tithes into the storehouse," He says, " that known, even thou, at least in this thy 'day, the quered, The writing is written arid' signed by the king, there may be meat in mine house." things which belong unto thy peace! but now And soon to his presence exultingly hasten Duty is duty, and should be performed for its they are hid from thine eyes." He saw the thou: These treacherous princes, the tidings to bring. own sake. But the Lord has compassion upon sands and thousands soon to be involved in the us in our fallen condition, and accompanies His terrible destruction of the doomed city. How " Pray, hast thou not spoken that none ask petition, commands with promises. He calls upon His deep must His emotion have been as He thought Save but to thee only, whatever their lot? Remember the law of the Modes and the Persians — people to prove Him, declaring that He will of the nation that had forged its own fetters, The Medes and the PersiatiS — that altereth not. reward obedience with the richest blessings. sealed its own doom, gathered about it the cloud And now, King Darius, that captive of Judah " Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of of Jehovah's wrath. " You have defiantly resisted Doth make his petition three times every day; hosts, if I will not open you the windows of all my pleadings," He said. "Again and again He heeds riot thy mandate, he scorneth thy mandate, heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there With face toward Jerusalem kneeleth to pray." I have averted the bolts of justice. In love I shall not be room enough to receive it. And I have waited for your penitence and repentance. Then quick to the lions, the fierce, hungry lions, will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he I have borne with you as a man beareth with his They hurried the prophet,— these envious men,— shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; own son that serveth him. But ye would not And into the dark, gloomy cavern they threw him, neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the come unto me that ye might have life." And plaCed a great stone at the mouth of the den. But good King Darius, the Median monarch, time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts." He But Christ's agonizing tears were not shed only Arose in the morning as soon asAwas day, encourages us to give to Him, declaring that the for Jerusalem. He wept as He thought of the And ran to the cavern and cried in his anguish: returns He makes to us will be proportionate to terrible retribution to fall upon an unrepentant " Hath thy God delivered thee, Daniel, I pray ?" our gifts to Him. " He which soweth bounti- world. He is still working in patience and love • fully shall reap also bountifully." God is not " 0 king, live forever; my God in His mercy for the salvation of sinners. Is not the divine Hath sent a bright angel to stand by my side; unrighteous to forget your work and your labor Messenger knocking at the door of the heart for The mouths of the lions are closed by His power; of love. entrance? Is not the Spirit striving with sinners? Lo, they have not hurt me; " the captive replied. How tender, how true God is with us ! He Has not Christ invited sin-sick souls to sit at. Then quick from the cavern, the dark, gloomy has given us in Christ the richest blessings. His feet and learn of Him, to wear His yoke cavern, From den of the lions, the prophet they drew, Through Him He has put His signature upon the of submission and obedience? Has He not trav- And brought they those princes, those lords and high contract He has made with us. Are we trifling ersed the length and breadth of the land, scat- princes, with God, selfishly robbing Him of the returns tering blessings in His path ? There is no And quick to the lions those victims they threw. He has declared we should make to Him? wearying of His patience, no repressing of His The Lord speaks, saying, " Ye are cursed with Then loud roared the lions, the fierce, hungry lions, love. Hear His voice speaking to the weak, And brake all the bones of those envious men, a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole the weary, the helpless, " Come unto me, all ye The mastery had o'er them,' they quick fell before nation." " Even from the days of your fathers that labor and are heavy laden, and T will give then, ye have gone away from mine ordinances, and you rest. Take my yoke upon you; and learn of [VoL. 78, No. 40 778 (2) ADVENT REVIEW AND- SABBATH HERALD -

me; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye some were ashamed, while others justified them- ment. " It is required in stewards, that a man shall find rest unto your souls." • Will you not selves by pleading " loyalty." be found faithful." let grace soften the heart. of stone? There seems to be no anchor to-day which This is the need to-day, faithful men and faith- God says to His people to-day, "It is my holds the fierce passions of the human heart. ful women. Stand among these, and you can desire that you shall exemplify before a world Brethren, when once these passions are stirred never fail. -sunken in sin and selfishness the sinlessness of against the " remnant " people of God, when the the Redeemer's character. By the testimony you " dragon " makes war with- the remnant of the DO GOOD. bear, men and women are to understand that this seed of the woman, who " keep the command., is the day of healing, the day of opportunity." ments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus ALLEN C. BROWN. How many who claim to believe on Christ have Christ," the time for peaceably pointing sinners (Lacon, Ill.) to the Lamb of God will be forever past. - learned His lessons of kindness, of tender pity, THE admonition, " Trust in the Lord, and do of unselfish love for the thousands perishing in Let me ask, in all candor, Was not the spirit good " (Ps. 37 : 3), is well worthy of our con- their sins, scattered in all lands like wrecks on a that trampled all law under foot, and strove to sideration in this age of selfishness and pleasure- • take the life of the poor imbecile, the same that desert shore? Those who share in Christ's glory seeking. Many would have it read, Trust in the must share also in His ministry. Help the weak, rules in the breast of the lawless anarchist? Lord, and feel good. The worldly Church is the wretched, the desponding. Over and over But one may ask, Do you believe it possible seeking this good feeling by every device possi- again repeat the gracious invitation, " Come unto that in our loved country of liberty these waves ble; and many have come to think that because of blind passion and unrestrained excitement me, . . . and I will give you rest." they are feeling good, they must be doing good. could be turned to engulf one who accepts the They heed not the two small words, Do good. teachings of Jesus Christ, of whatever name? I Many times when one is doing good, he will OUR TIMES. must answer, It will be done. be far from feeling good. Our Saviour went As far back as Oct. 23, 185o, a writer, speak- about doing good, but He suffered everything at ELDER CLARENCE SANTEE. ing of this matter, stated that the time would the hands of lcruel men. He even endured the come when the different religious powers would shame of the cross for the sake of doing good, " THE Lord is not slack concerning His prorn- unite, " and issue a decree that all who would for the sake of saving a lost world. In order to ise, as some men count slackness; but is long- not observe the first day of the week instead of do good we have to trust in the Lord, then sac- suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should the seventh, shall be slain." Another writer, rifice self completely. In other words, if need be, perish, but that all should come to repentance. much farther back,— the beloved disciple,— when we have to give up that good feeling of ease and But the day of the Lord will come," etc. 2 Peter speaking of this time, says that they shall " cause comfort, and perhaps even forego a pleasant serv- 3:9, 1o. that as many as would not worship the Image of ice in the house of God, in order to do good by The Lord is speaking of the coming of the the Beast should he killed." Rev. i3: 15, last ministering to another's needs ; or we may have day of the Lord, but says that some will scoff part. God's people are delivered at that time. to lay aside a soul-inspiring book, which we are at the idea, while others will be saying, " My The years have swiftly passed, and now these enjoying on a gloomy day, cozily seated by an His coming.'; " He does not say Lord delayeth. predictions, remote as they seemed of fulfillment open grate, which of course makes us feel good, that Christ will not come; . . . He is removing a few years ago, are actually pondered in the to help some one in distress, thus heeding the from the minds of others the conviction that the minds of thinking men, as the only feasible way command, Do good. It will not make us feel Lord is coming quickly." — Special Testimony, speedily to bring all classes to their standard of good at the time to leave our comfortable place. No: 4, page 9. Christianity. In the leaflet that was sent broad- But James sums it up in these words : " Pure " Time has continued a few years longer than cast, entitled "An Arraignment of Saturdarians," religion and undefiled before God and the Father they expected, therefore they think that it may it was more than hinted that the Seventh-day is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their continue a few years more, and in this way their Adventists are sowing the seeds of anarchy affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from minds are being led from present truth, out after and lawlessness, and undermining the base of all the world." the world." Christian principles, by teaching that there is Not one word does be say about that, good This is the condition at the present time, yet no sacredness in, and that no blessing will be feeling: we are to do good whether we feel good there' have never been so many signs of the ap- received by keeping, the Sunday, termed " the or not. Leave the feelings with the Lord. " Let proach of the end itself as we see now. Christian sabbath." Another, in speaking of this, us not be weary in well doing': for in due In the sad events of the recent past in our asked the question, Why should we go on prun- season we shall reap, if we faint not." If one government, issues have been brought to the sur- ing and cutting back while we allow these men has a good , feeling all the time, watch out; face that will of necessity call in question the freely to sow the seed? for the Word says, "All that will live godly in right of free speech, and the extent to which one The unrest of the masses will continue and Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution," which ex- may go in individual liberty, when that liberty deepen, men's lives will become more insecure, presses the thought that all who do good shall is, exercised in oppositiOn to the masses. In the plotting and intrigue will become more bold, and suffer persecution. We may have peace of measures that have seemed to the majority neces- crime will increase. The cause will be sought mind,— that certainly is our privilege,— but we sary to restrain anarchy and lawlessness, there in every direction but the right one, and the must not expect always to feel good. Not that are elements which, if placed in unsafe hands, result will be the centering of all eyes upon the we shall have no good feelings when we are doing would work untold hardship to those who " keep small company who remain true to the principles well, but let us not be disappointed if we do not the commandments of God, and the faith of of the Ten Commandments. experience them all or any of the time. We Jesus." To-day the Lord is holding the " winds," A parallel to this time is recorded in i Kings, should ask ourselves, Can I do good by doing but the evidences are many that they are about to chapters i8 and 19. The people had turned from such an act? Will it be for the glory of God or break forth. the commandments of God to serve Baal. Elijah my own selfish pleasure? Let us even ask our- To illustrate the unthinking haste and excite- warned them, but he was unheeded. In conse- selves what 'our motive is in going to divine ment that may to-day sway vast multitudes to quence of their evil course, blighting curses came worship on the Sabbath clay. We should go to deeds of violence, I will cite the case of a poor upon the land. The people had heard the warn- do good, and with the Lord's blessing get good, mental wreck of a man who had been but a few ings of God's messenger, and now as they groaned otherwise it is from a selfish motive, and the Lord weeks from an asylum for the insane. He was under the curse, they were led to believe that if cannot bless us while in that condition. allowed to attend a large gathering in a park in this stickler for the commandments of God were The time is coming, and we trust very soon, my home city, where resolutions against anarchy out of the way, their trouble would cease. Upon when all those who do good in this present evil were discussed and passed with a hearty Ameri- again seeing the prophet of God, Ahab charges world will both do good and feel good all the can enthusiasm. I am told that this unfortunate him, "Art thou he that troubleth Israel ? " The time; for we read in 2 Cor. 4: 17: "For our man, realizing that something that caused excite- answer was, " I have not troubled Israel; but -light affliction, which is but for a moment, work- ment was being discussed, would repeat any word thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have for- eth for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight that others used. When the hearers were called saken the commandments of the Lord, and thou of glory ; while we look not at the things which upon to respond in favor of the resolutions, there hast followed Baalim." i Kings i8: 17, i8. are seen, but at the thing-s which are not seen : was a hearty " yes," he also saying " yes." And The test is near. There is still a great work for the things which are seen are temporal ; but. when it was asked if there were any to say " no," to do. " The Lord is not slack . . . as some men -the things which are not seen are eternal." he repeated the word " no." Then, before the count slackness." He is not careless nor indif- So those who are not seeking for comfort and mental condition of this unfortunate man could ferent, but He has commissioned the angels to pleasure and good feelings in this present ex- be made known, there was a rush for him with stay the tide, that the servants of God may be perience have for their consolation the assurance cries of " Kill him," " hang him ; " and before sought out and sealed. Are the laborers awake ? that they will be numbered among those spoken officers could reach him, the man was nearly How many are numbered among the laborers ? of in Rev. 3 : 21 : " To him that overcometh will killed. Men, women, and children joined in the Those who are not laborers are what? God has I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I cry and rush. One woman drew a hat pin, and certainly commissioned every soul to whom He also overcame, and am set down with my Father strove to kill him with it. When the condition has given light, to carry it to others. Your talent in His throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear of the bruised and bleeding man was known, may not be great, but you can fulfill the require- what the Spirit saith unto the churches:" DEC. 3, 9011 ADVENT PEVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD (3) 779

GROWTH. THANKS UNTO GOD. The service of Christ is self-losing; but in that paradoxical way, lose so as to gain, ," He J. C. BROWER. Now thanks unto our Lord above that lOseth his life . . . shall find it." " There (Americus, Ga.) For all His mercies ever new; For morning sun and evening cloud, is that scattereth, and yet increaseth." " That For blessings of the rain and dew. which thou sowest is not quickened [made alive], THE seed-planter is the Son of man. The seed except it die." is the word of God. In the parable the seed His hand bath dowered our lives with joy, Is it not so in the nature of things? Is not which the man had sown germinated and grew. His wisdom o'er our way has been; a man's income the return of his outcome in- Thus its brief story is told : " First the blade, In Him we've found the strength to wage creased ? Is not rest the fruit, of weariness? then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear." The never-ceasing strife with sin. Crown is but the metamorphosis of cross,—.dou- It passed from one stage to the other, chang- We praise our Lord for gift and store, ble s changing to wn. He that sows time for ing imperceptibly though surely. The transition We praise Him, too, for gifts withheld, God, shall reap eternity to himself. from the blade to the ear, and the eat to the For every onward step to heaven, " To burn as incense." The sweet savor of full corn, demonstrated life. It changed con- For every strife of evil quelled, the incense is smelled only as it burns; and then stantly. This is life. Only dead, inanimate For blessings of the hearth and home, it is not lost, but becoming volatile, it ascends. things do not change — do not live. Thus the For wifehood's charm, serenely sweet, The fragrance of the stacte, and onycha, arid growth went on until in its plant life it reached For children's voices blithe with song, galbanum, with pure frankincense, was best got the " full corn in the ear." This was attained FcCr groups that round the altar meet. only as these substances were beaten very small before the harvester came. It was now complete. And ever as we count the good, and submitted to holy fire. And those who would Immediately it was harvested. The embryonic And sum it in our measures small, plant, inclosed in its hard, impenetrable shell, make an offering and a sacrifice to God for a Beyond our human powers it seems sweet smelling savor must fall on the Rock and had, under proper conditions, broken 'its shell, To tell our Lord's great love at all. be broken to pieces. and finally, in the fruit, had realized the ideal for which it had been striving. Jehovah, who art high above " We must through much tribulation enter into Our mortal ken, thou hast revealed This side of eternity our ideals will never be the kingdom." Acts i4: 22. The tribulum was Thyself unto our simple love, the thrashing-machine , wherewith the ancients realized, for all right ideals reach over into eter- In Christ our Saviour, Sun, and Shield. nity, and are an anchor of the soul, both sure beat out their corn. By like process God is beat- and steadfast, entering into that within the veil. And so all days and all our ways ing out His. Therefore " we glory in tribulations The man in the parable knew not how the Must with devout thanksgiving brim; also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience." As lift our souls their earnest praise, seed grew. Jesus stated the same thing to Nic- Rom. 5 : 3. Without patience we shall growl in- Each syllable a thought of Him. stead of glory; and growls would blemish the odemus when He said, " The wind bloweth where — Margaret E. Sangster. it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, offering. Therefore in patience let us possess our souls. Luke 21 : 19.. We cannot change the but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither BE PATIENT. it goeth." path to the kingdom. It used to be via the Cross Life is mysterious and beyond man's ken. He PHILIP GIDDINGS. Road, cutting adverse angles with the Broadway sees old earth teeming with life, yet cannot tell of Self, and still is. There is only one way, as how. Life is one of the secret things that belong " BE patient therefore, brethren, unto the com- there is only one Christ, and that way through to God. , Dent. 29: 29. Yet no man disbelieves ing of the Lord. . . . Be ye also patient; stablish the street called Strait. physical life, nor does he doubt it. Then why your hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth The most trying thing for most of us is to be doubt about the life of which Jesus said, " I am nigh." James 5: 7, 8. patient, to suffer and not complain. But this is come that they might have life, and that they The Christian life is a race, and the " where- the means God has chosen — patience, suffering, might have it more abundantly "? This was said withal " we run it is patience. Paul says, " Let more or less severe, according to the purpose He of eternal life. us run with patience the race that is set before has in view,— to us many a time incomprehen- Now in the parable the blade could never get us." Heb. I2: I. sible, and, perhaps, must be until we know as back into its former tiny, hard shell; the ear In James 5 there are two different root-words we are known. never back into the blade, nor could the full corn from which " patience " is translated. The root- But this much seems apparent — that God is in the ear ever go back into the ear. When it idea of the first ( Wos )is " sacrifice," " offering," working on the plan of the reversal. " Since by passed from one stage to a larger and greater, " to burn as incense; " and so to consume, to man came death, by man came also the resurrec- that passing was final. Never would it pass suffer ( p,axpOs, long), to suffer long. The root- tion of the dead." i Cor. 15: 21. As the devil that way again. It could not go back into its idea of the other ( ) is " to endure," " to brought death into life, God will bring life out former self again — never! hold out," " to wait ; " and so to be patient. of death. As he brought tears into laughter, God But how with you, dear brother? Do you " Sacrifice," — this is what the Christian will bring laughter out of tears. As he brought grow ? or do you, contrary to the great lesson ought to be — on God's altar of service, not re- curse into God's blessing, God will bring bless- in the parable, go back into your old self again, fusing to be dealt with as seems best to Him, ing out of his curse. And so it is written, Cursed sinning as before you were forgiven? Do you, but with full, submissive confidence in a Father's be the earth for man's sake,— not the curse of as Dr. Holmes said of the chambered nautilus, unchanging love and unerring wisdom, like Isaac, vengeance or but of an antidote made " stretch 'in its [your] last-found home, and knew not to wrestle, but to rest. " I beseech you there- necessary, a " counterirritant over the seat of [know] the old no more "? Or are you knowing- fore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye disorder to obtain a revulsive action." • the old again, thinking that in the future you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accept- Not more so the wrath of men than of demons will arouse yourself and`positively quit thinking able unto God, which is your reasonable service." shall praise Him. The very serpent whose bite your same old illicit thoughts,— thoughts that Rom. 12: I. would cause death, God can use so " that every you wouldn't have your brother in the pew or " Offering " — whole burnt offering. The one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall pulpit know for the world? Impure thoughts Christian is to offer not a Tart only, but the live." Num. 21 : 8. Yea, God can take that ser- beget impure actions and words; for as a man whole self. Nor is he to offer the whole fOr any pent, at once the symbol of death and of life, thinketh, so is he: Do you have the same old other purpose than to be burned, to be consumed, and illustrate the Saviour, through whose death envy in your heart, the same irritable disposition? to be spent,— wholly to the Lord. The burnt is life: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in Do you use the same sharp words as before? 0 offering was voluntary. Thus also the Chris- the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be brother, as you leave the past, leave it forever. tian's service should be, " not grudgingly, or of lifted up : that whosoever believeth in Him Never return to its sad experiences. A better, necessity," but• cheerfully and willingly; " for should not perish, but have eternal life." John brighter now awaits you. Do not hanker after God loveth a cheerful giver." i Cor. 9: 7. The 3 : 14, 15. the old shell. If you have really grown, you'll question is still, " Who then is willing to conse- So., then, the riddle is still : " Out of the eater have hard work to get back into it again. It crate his service this day unto God?" i Chron. came forth meat, and out of the strong came will take squeezing, and that squeezing may cost 29: 5. " Whosoever is of a willing heart, let him forth sweetness." Judges 14: 14. It is the plan you your life. bring it, an offering of the Lord." Ex. 35: 5. now that bread must be got out of the sweat of " Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, Sonic give themselves to God, but would dic- affliction. Bethel's ladder whereon angels de- As the swift seasons roll. tate how God should use them. They do not scend and ascend is based on stony griefs, which, Let each new temple, nobler than the last, object to being placed on the altar, so long as however, are but the gate of heaven. Meteors Shut thee from heaven With a dome more vast, the knife and the fire are not used. They would must be seen through smoked glasses, and even Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine out-grown shell by life's unresting serve God only as it serves their convenience. our teardrops might serve to refract and reflect sea." They would go God's errand provided they have God's sunlight of love into prismatic bow of a business of their own in the same direction. promise. " WE are learners that we may be teachers. They would be " showbread; " but even the Be patient, suffer, permit to be done with or This idea must be imprinted in the mind of showbread was not simply for show, but to be unto. It is the process of perfection. " My every church-member." consumed. brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers 780 (4) ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD [Vol,. 78, No. 49

temptations ; knowing this, that the trying of TRY THE SPIRITS. HOW TO KEEP FROM FALLING. your 'faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect MRS. E. M. PEEBLES. MRS. LEN NA ISELIN. and 'entire, wanting nothing." James I : 2-4. (Spring Bluff, Wis.) The value of a thing is in proportion to the OUR Saviour, in Matthew 24, speaks of a time DISCOURAGEMENT often arises from the fact labor bestowed upon it. When I was a child, when there shall " arise false Christs, and false that, after beginning a new life, we often fall. there were some children whose lot seemed to prophets," who shall " show great signs and Roots of pride, jealousy, hatred, strife, and im- wonders ; insomuch that, if it were possible, they my ignorance more to be coveted than others. I patience have been placed by Satan all along the noticed they did not go to school,— no lessons shall deceive the very elect." way, and he rejoices when we fall. to learn, no correction to receive. They did just It is comparatively easy to decide upon the The world also is watching our progress, and questions of Spiritualism, Christian Science, so- whatever they wanted to do. Their parents sim- every deviation from the right path is noticed ply ,leet them alone. The others had to go to called divine healing, and the modern phase of and commented upon. Our failures are used as school. They had hard tasks to perform, cor- sanctification ; and many other of the delusions stumbling-blocks for others, who seem to forget rections to receive, parents frowning to submit whose name is Legion. The simple test given that we are only mortal, and that naturally we in Isa. 8 : 20 is sufficient: " To the law and to,— a rein and bridle, sometimes stiffly drawn, have the same evil tendencies as they. Besides,' to the testimony : if they speak not according to insist the way they should and must go. as soon as we accept Christ, Satan uses every Standing to-day on the height of riper years to this word, it is because there is no light in artifice conceivable to cause our downfall. Forces and clearer vision, I see the difference : One class, them." are brought to bear on us that they know noth- But there is a kind to which this does not at fine, cultured men, like the transparent, bril- ing of ; so they stand at one side, and look at once seem to be a sufficient test. These fre- liant diamond of value; the other, coarse, dark, our faults through Satan's magnifying glass. quently appear among the true people of God; shapeless, and comparatively valueless charcoal They seek to cover their sins with our failures ; — same in substance, but 'different in arrange- and many honest souls have been entrapped by but every sin will be uncovered in the day of Satan because some one with more zeal than ment. All the difference there is between man judgment, and " the soul that sinneth, it shall knowledge has appeared and claimed to have a and` man is in their training. Train, strain, re- die." gift, either of prophecy or divine healing, and they strain,— these three. All this leads to discouragement. We know dared not say anything against it for fear it might Taste this loaf of bread. See how fine its tex- that we fall, often; and we are hurt by it. We be of God. The words of our Saviour are a suffi- ture compared to that other loaf. Both from the feel sad because of it. Nevertheless, we need not cient test for these. See• John 16 : 13,14 : " How- same brand. But one dough has been kneaded despair ; for there is One watching us with ten- beit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He more than the other. der pity. " Like as a father pitieth his children, will guide you into all truth : for He shall not Look at that beautiful statue of Athene by so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Why? speak of himself ; but whatsoever He shall hear Phidias. Whence comes the difference between — " For He knoweth our frame; He remember- that shall He speak : and He will show you eth that we are dust." it and that shapeless block yonder ? things to come. He shall glorify me: for He This assurance that we have one pitiful, loving Spiritually are not some of us, like ignorant shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto Friend, though all others fail, is indeed comfort- children, thinking that, because God chastens us, you." ing. We may always find a balm for every wound, we are badly treated, and worse off than others Notice, " He shall not speak of himself." The if we turn to the word of God. We may also find whom He lets alone, forgetting that " whom the person who really has a miraculous gift will be Lord loveth He chasteneth " ? And because the the last to parade it before the people, saying, a preventive. Job says, " Thy words have up- holden him that was falling, and thou hast wicked for a time are not plagued like other men, " Follow me; I have a gift. God is with me;" strengthened the feeble knees." Peter says, we, like David, almost wish we were they? but on the contrary, he is humbled and abashed, Be patient, brethren. We now see through a like Daniel of old when he said, " My comeliness " Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence glass 'darkly, but after a while it will be face to was turned in me into corruption," and " there to make your calling and election sure : for if face, remained no strength in me," and " I stood trem- ye do these things, ye shall never fall." The Lord ",How long, Lord? " Ps. 79: 5. To us, God's bling." Self is lost sight of in the presence of says through His prophet Isaiah, " Fear thou dealings seem sometimes interminable. We do our Maker, as in the case of Isaiah, who said, not ; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for not understand why the cloud hangs over us so " Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I long, why the pressure of trouble lasts year after man of unclean, lips, and I dwell in the midst will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the year. We cry out, in gusts of impatience, " How of a people of unclean lips : for mine eyes have right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the long, Lord? " seen the King, the Lord of hosts." Isa. 6: 5. Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying This parable helped me; may it help you to The' I is left out, except as it is mentioned with unto thee, Fear not ; I will help thee." be silent, still, and long-suffering: A bar of iron humility and tears because of the sense of utter The great trouble is we think of the Lord as worth Li, when wrought into horseshoes, is worth unworthiness to be used in such a sacred, respon- one far away, about whom we have read and £2; if made into needles, it is worth £70; if into sible work. There is no dividing the flock, heard a great deal., but have never had a close, penknife blades, it is worth £650; into watch calling off a little band of followers, with me as personal acquaintance with Him. Let us ac- springs, it is worth £50,000. What a drilling the the center, but there will be always a drawing custom ourselves to the thought that He is close poor bar must undergo to be worth this; but the to the body of whom Christ is the Head. He by our side; that we are never .one moment more it is manipulated, the more it is hammered, may and will weep over the failings and sins alone. When we feel the need of help, He is and passed through the fire, and beaten and that are in the Church; but, like Daniel, he will ready to protect us. Let us place our hand con- pounded and polished, the greater its value. say, " We have sinned; and have committed fidingly in His, and walk with Him. No matter So with us. Those that suffer most are ca- iniquity and have done wickedly," etc. Dan. 9: 5. how rough the way may be, we can safely follow pable of yielding most; and it is through pain He shares mutually (even though in reality he Jesus. He has trod the way before. He knows that God is getting the most out of us for His is not guilty) the humbling of soul and the where all the protruding roots, thorns, and briers glory and the blessing of others. It will be all confession that are due because of the backslid- may be found; and He will help us through all the difficult places if we let Him. right some day. We shall see it all and be sat- den condition in which the Church finds her- " Enoch walked with God: and he was not; isfied. Yes, great Father, we would like to be self. for God took him." He was translated. We watch springs. Go on, stay not the discipline. Notice again in the text referred to, " He shall who are hoping for translation when Jesus comes Take 'no heed of our cry if sometimes we forget glorify me : for He shall receive of mine, and must, before that time, have learned to walk with ourselves and question, " How long? " shall show it unto you; " that is, being taught of the Spirit, he can communicate precious lessons God. of obedience, of humility, of faith and confidence We ourselves can do nothing. Often Satan in One who is mighty to save from the sins and allows us to gain a few victories to establish con- BE CONTENT errors which every true follower of Jesus grieves fidence in self ; but no sooner do we begin to over and deplores, and seeks with all the power feel confident ,of success, than -our confidence is UNWRAP thy life, of any wants refine: of his being to turn from. He knows only terribly shaken by a fall. Let us surrender self He who with Christ would dine Christ, and Him crucified. A broken and con- " unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, Shall see no table curiously spread, trite heart, and a crucified and risen Saviour, and to present you faultless before the presence ;But fish and barley bread. Where readest thou that Jesus bade us pray, in whose merits alone he is, like all others, to of His glory with exceeding joy." ",Give us our sumptuous fare from day to day "? trust,— these are his only offerings, and to Saviour, let me walk with thee; Why wilt thou take a castle on thy back these will he always point others. Like John Strengthen thou the feeble knee, When God gave but a pack? the Baptist, he will say, " Behold the Lamb of That I fall not by the way-, Hold my trembling hand, I pray. WititgoWn of honest wear, why wilt thou tease God, which taketh away the sin of the world." For braid and fripperies? Learn thou with flowers to dress — with birds to He " is preferred before me," " the latchet of feed— whose shoes I am unworthy to stoop down and THE daily life of a good man is a fountain And pinch,„ thy large want to thy little need. unloose." " He must increase, but I must de- which enriches and refreshes all that come near. — F. Landbridge, in Nashville (Tenn.) American. crease." — Daniel March, D. D.

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There are multitudes of solid, substantial busi- will prepare them to lead out in planting some of ness men who are both earnest and upright, and these new enterprises ? Many of them are train- Missionary 001 who have secured the position which they now ing themselves to engage in purely worldly enter- maintain because they possess clear brains and prises, instead ,of putting all on the, altar of sound business sense. Many of these men, when service. Readhig Circle they discover that the love of humanity really pul- There are some who imagine that because the sates in our being, and that we are helping others end is near, we ought not to have established and in a practical and sensible manner, will take hold properly equipped our medical missionary college ; to assist us in a substantial way. It will, how- that we ought not to establish any more medical DECEMBER STUDY OF THE FIELD. ever, take something besides talk to impress them institutions, or to plant any new missionary enter- favorably, for the world is full of that, and they prises. But if such would simply take one broad Articles on Palestine, India, Jamaica, Northern Russia, have no reason to believe that our talk is any view of the field, and see how little has yet been Matabeleland, and Letters and Reports in the De- better than that of others. They must see the cember issue of the Missionary Magazine. accomplished, they would readily recognize that life of Christ acted out. the fact that the end is near is the best possible I. RELATE some of the experiences in begin- How beautifully our duty is expresed in the reason why we should do these things, and do ning the work in Palestine. How did our labor- following quotation : " Those who bear heavy re- them speedily. Upon this point nothing is so ers gain access to the homes of the people? sponsibilities in public life, physicians and teach- helpful as these words : "A great work must be 2. Why was it necessary to open treatment ers, lawyers and judges, public officers and busi- done all through the world, and let no one con- rooms ? Tell how the people live in Palestine. ness men, should be given a clear, distinct mes- clude that because the end is near, there is no 3. How had the Lord gone before the laborers sage. . . . Thousands of wealthy men have gone need of special effort to build up the various in- in preparing a place for this work? What suc- to their graves unwarned, because they have been stitutions as the cause shall demand. . . . When cess has attended the efforts in Jaffa? judged by appearance, and passed by as hopeless the Lord shall bid us make no further effort to 4. Describe the opening of the same kind subjects. But, indifferent as they may appear, I build meeting-houses and establish schools, sani- of work in Jerusalem, and its success. What have been shown that most of this class are soul- tariums, and publishing institutions, it will be religious conditions in Palestine make the work burdened. There are thousands of rich men who time for us to fold our hands, and let the Lord difficult ? are starving for spiritual food. Many in official close up the work; but now is our opportunity life feel their need of something which they have to show our zeal for God and our love for hu- 5. How many women are there in India? not. Few among them go to church; for they Tell something of their condition. manity. . . . Institutions for the treatment of the • feel that they receive no benefit. The teaching sick must be established in foreign lands, and 6. How many workers have we had devoting they hear does not touch the soul. Shall we make medical missionaries must be raised up who will their entire time to them ? Through whom must no personal effort in their behalf ? Some will self-denying, who will lift the cross, who will these women hear the last message of mercy? ask, Can we not reach them with publications? be prepared to fill positions of trust, and be able to, 7. Describe the progress of the work in north- _ There are many who cannot be reached in this educate others." — Id., page 440. eastern Jamaica. What circumstance has spread way. It is personal effort that they need."—Id. There are many who fail to 'recognize the ex- a knowledge of the message? Thi; shows plainly that if we depend exclusively tensive educational work that is required to coun- 8. How many Sabbath-keepers are reported? upon our literature to do all our missionary work teract the great tide of evil habits that is bearing What can you say of the condition of this field? for us, some of the choicest element in society will humanity down, and they think that this whole 9. When was the message first carried into never be reached. With lives overflowing with work can be accomplished without connecting northern Russia? What step was recently taken the love of Christ, we must come in touch with with it definite and positive instruction and defi- to organize this work ? How many nationalities them through some of the other channels ; and nite and positive work. Those who are actually are represented? when we are apparently accomplishing the least, at the front of the battle will appreciate the force To. What is the membership of the north Rus- we shall often be- doing the most. of the following quotation : " Use your means to sian mission field? Tell something of its finan- Why not make a special note of the names of create, rather than your influence to diniinish, cial condition. certain ones, and then present them daily at the agencies for good. Let no one listen id fife' Sug- t. Locate on the map some of the important throne of grace, and seek every way that we can gestion that we can exercise faith, and have all cities. What appeal is made for this field? to be a real help to them? God would bless us in our infirmities removed, and that there is there: 12. Describe the plan of the school at the Mis- this work. A certain amount of effort at the fore no need of institutions for the recovery of sion Farm in Matabeleland. What success has right time and in the right place will be a hun- health. Faith and works are not dissevered. attended it? dredfold more effective than if performed in the Since the Lord is soon to come, act decidedly and 13. Locate the new- out-station. What other wrong manner, at the wrong time, and in the determinedly to increase the facilities, that a great openings could be, occupied? wrong place. work may be done in a short time." —Id., page 14. How many new Sabbath-keepers are re- The following quotation shows us plainly that 441. ported in the Missionary Magazine this month? we are not continually to remind people that Another great opportunity that we have; and How many churches and Sabbath-schools have they are wrong, even if it is so : " The Lord one which has been strangely neglected, is the been organized? Mention some of the appeals wants His people to follow' other methods than State, county, and city prisons all over our land. that are emphasized in this number. that of condemning wrong, even though the con- There are many excellent men in these prisons, demnation be just. He wants us to do something and the Lord will open up the way for us to come GOD - GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES. more than to hurl at our adversaries charges that in contact with them if there has already been cre- only drive them farther from the truth. The work ated in our hearts a genuine desire to do for them DAVID PAULSON, M. D. which Christ came to do in our world was not what society is not willing to do, that is, to ex- to erect barriers, and constantly thrust upon the tend to them a helping hand as they leave the (Concluded,) people the fact that they were wrong."—Id., prison doors. The number of wicked men out- THIS can be done without taking the least page 121. May the Lord help us to heed this side of prison walls is far larger than is the num- advantage of the efforts that others have made suggestion. We have so great a work to perform ber confined within the prisons. to gather in the people. Here is the place to let that we cannot afford to erect barriers that God Our experience in dealing with prisoners has the truth shine out in the life rather than by has not bidden us to rear between us and the impressed us again and again with the fact that words, unless we can consistently speak words people. there are many whom the Lord was unable to that will cheer some of the earnest souls in the There is an extensive work to do in medical impress with the gospel before they got into good work they are trying to do. missionary lines. In view of the following words prison, but their experience while there was such There are thousands of ministers in other de- it is incomprehensible how any one can be tempted as to bring them into a state of mind in which they nominations whom God loves for their work's to believe that this branch of the work has been could be reached by the gospel. sake. They are sincere, praying men, and have overdone : " In every city where we have a The Lord has signally blessed the Life Boat in love for humanity in their hearts. Instead of church, there is need of a place where treatment prison work. It has received the unqualified in- avoiding these men, let us seek to become per- can be given." And why should we not have a dorsement of prison officials all over this broad sonally acquainted with them, inviting them to church in every city? "A place should be pro- land. Why should not our churches everywhere our firesides. The following words ought to vided where treatment may be given for common see that the smaller prisons are supplied, first with bring this home to our hearts with special force: ailments. . . . It is the Lord's purpose that in this paper, and then with other publications as " Our ministers should seek to come near to the every part of our world health institutions shall the way may open, and then follow that with per- ministers of other denominations. Pray for and be established as a branch of the gospel work. sonal work and gospel meetings as providence with these men, for whom Christ is interceding. These institutions are to be His agencies for may indicate? A solemn responsibility is theirs. As Christ's reaching a class whom nothing else will reach." May the Lord help us speedily to become a messengers, we should manifest a deep, earnest —Id., page 113. people who have a realizing sense of our. God- interest in these shepherds of the flocks."—" Tes- What are you personally doing to encourage given commission, and a sanctified eyesight to timonies for the Church," page 78. our young people to secure such a training as recognize our God-given opportunities: 782 (i) ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD [VoL. 78, No. 49

SOME HOMEMADE NUT FOODS.

WINNIE L. KELSEA.

74;\ THE call from " W. C.," of Virginia, which was • printed in - the REVIEW of November 12, brought ' 11, zi "r A down from our kitchen shelf a number of recipes

1.11/A1 collected when on a similar search for substi- 0.4MVA totes for the more expensive health foods. Much has been said concerning the use and abuse of the roasted peanut,— some claiming that peanuts prepared in that manner were practically indigestible, producing in the system large quan- WHEN THE CHILDREN COME HOME. In all the great, wide world there is nothing tities of uric acid, followed by all its attendant good, nothing worth while, nothing to be looked evils. It was therefore with much relief that I S. FRANCES GILBREATH-INGERSOLL. upon with favor, that cannot be bent to the ad- (Middlefield, Ohio.) read in the November Good Health, under " an- vantage of the narrow sphere of such a home. swers to correspondents," the following : " Do Guests are not to be invited nor entertained ac- SHE sits in the twilight, dreaming,— peanuts baked in a slow oven until they are a Wrinkled, and old, and gray,— cording to their needs, but according to the sup- dark-yellow color make healthful nut butter? — And the shadows upon the hearthstone posed interests of the place. Can Christians be Ans. Peanuts may be baked in an oven, if care Are those of a by-gone day. happy in this kind of home-making? — Not while is taken to avoid a temperature sufficiently high the word of Christ in Luke i4: 26-33 stands as a The years, are dropped as a garment; to burn the nuts or to pro-duce a dark-brown color. part of the Holy Scriptures, or Matt. To : 37, 38, And down through memory's hall It is a good precaution to put a large pan of She hears the patter of footsteps, sets forth the test of discipleship and the exalted water in the oven with the nuts." And voices of children call. plane of true Christian living. Granting that nuts prepared in this manner To make home the chief aim of life is idolatry, Brave Martin, the brown-haired laddie; are healthful, it remains to get them into the and the struggling, disappointed home-maker Sweet May, like a springtime bloom; more usable form of nut butter. I have tried Wee Daisy, with heart full of sunshine, may expect to perish with his idol when the earth different ways; but have found none so satisfac- Are all in the little room. melts with fervent heat, and the works that are tory as that of browning the nuts, and grinding A tiny white stone in the churchyard therein are burned up. them through a nut butter mill, advertisements of Reads, " Benny — a year and a day." The truly happy home is the mission home — which have appeared from time to time in our- But he nestles to-night in her bosom, the home that has a mission. This home exists periodicals. Before grinding the nuts, the skins And watches the children play. for a purpose. It is a means rather than the shotild be removed by rubbing the nuts between end of life. It is a means of imparting light and The pathway of life has Leen rugged; the hands, or better, by rubbing them briskly over Oft bruised were the patient feet; life and joy, not to its inmates only, but to all a'coarse sieve. And now, near the end of her journey, who come within the range of its- influence, and The recipes here given are not original, but She comes where the two ways meet. that will be many. Kept by faithful stewards of have been culled from various sources, tried, and the grace and goodness and good things of God, Though hers trends down to the " valley," found good. The following makes a pleasing And theirs to the mountain height, this home will not be a cross and a burden to its substitute for nuttose: Take three cups of strong She heeds neither chill nor " shadow " keepers, but a delight, 'a rest, a factor 'of-impor- caramel-cereal, strained, two cups of nut butter, As she dreams they are here to-night. tance in Christian growth, and a means of dis- one cup of cornstarch, and one teaspoonful of pensing Heaven's blessings, which is union with salt. Combine the ingredients by mixing the There's a smile on the lips-so silent; Christ. See " Healthful Living," par. 1154. cornstarch, butter, and salt first; then put in flip, The hands are folded in rest; These home-keepers will not l e slaves to home The heart, with its unfilled longing, coffee, adding a little at,a time, and mixing until Lies silent within her breast. cares, but as Christ's free men and women, will smooth. Put in a can or dish with a tight-fitting be ever ready for whatever work the Master has cover, and cook in a closed steamer for from three In the sleep that knows/no waking for them to do. The whole sec;-ot is told in Luke to five hours. The. contents of the can will be Till the Lord in His glory shall come, r8: 29, 3o. I wish you would turn and read it. She waits the glad dawn of the morning, firm when cooked, and may be cut in slices, or When the children shall all come home. Read it carefully, and underStand its meaning; it used in many of the ways in which meat is served. is worth your while. -Another : Two cups nut butter, one and one- HOME - KEEPING. There are to be no selfish homes among those half cups of water, three tablespoonfuls of corn- who are preparing for the fulfillment of the prom- starch, three-fourths teaspoonful of finely pow- 0. M. HAYWARD, M. D. ise made to Abraham, and who look " for a city dered sage, and one teaspoonful of salt. Prepare which hath foundations," in which Jesus is now in the same manner as the foregoing recipe. THERE are many who have educated abilities, preparing mansions for those who are faithful These substitutes for nuttose mold quickly 'in whose sole excuse for not doing aggressive work in the use of the homes He gives them here. As warm weather, but will keep for a week or more for God and the advancement of His truth is a lighthouse on a rocky, wave-lashed coast, as a during winter, if kept ill a cool place. that they " have a home to keep." Enslaved by beacon on ,shoals of sand, every Christian home As these recipes are written for the benefit of " home duties " and " domestic cares," they spend is to be kept, not for personal pleasure or gratifi- those to whom all articles from the food facto- their precious energieS without stint, not even cation of selfish wish, but to point a way of ries are unavailable, it may be suggested that allowing themselves a little quiet time to pray. safety to passing mariners, in storm and in calm; any coffee made from parched or roasted grains Feverish and fretful, they struggle on, unsatisfied and to offer shelter and refuge to those who are may take the place of caramel-cereal. A good and unhappy because of a constant failure to " ready to perish." Christian homes are the coffee is made from equal parts of wheat, oats, reach their ideal; and as one that beats the air, lights along the shore of the dark, wild ocean of and barley, browned in the oven like ordinary they have frequently to acknowledge that it is this sinful age. coffee, and ground. all in vain. Christians, " let the loWer lights be burning " Another way would be to take three quarts of They may take courage, and try again by in- as long as " He gives to us the keeping of these the best bran, one quart of cornmeal, and three troducing new regulations, or bringing some lights along the shore." " Whoso . . . seeth his tablespoonfuls of molasses ; mix and brown in untried plan or system into the home life. This brother have need," — need of food, shelter, sym- the oven like ordinary coffee. strengthens hope, and they feel better for a time ; pathy, home cheer, comfort, good books, prayers, In preparing nut butter for the table, place the but their renewed energies are soon spent, and education, — " and shutteth up his bowels of com-., .quantity desired for a meal in a bowl, add a little they are drinking again of the bitter cup of dis- passion from him, how dwelleth the love of God water, stir until smooth, then add a little more appointment. The more completely these people in him?" And because that love does not dwell water, mitil the butter is of a consistency to become engrossed in their efforts at home-making, in them, many of our dear Adventist home- spread smoothly. No more should be prepared the greater investments they find to be necessary, keepers are withering and drying up, to be swept than will be needed for the meal, as nut butter of time and strength and money. To them home away as thrashing-floor chaff when the great quickly ferments when water is added, but will becomes the end and object of existence: Every- Winnower garners His harvest. As lighthouse keep indefinitely when placed in a covered dish thing centers there. It is the lutb of their world watchmen we are not only to keep the lights just as it comes from the mill. of: activity. All else must bend to its advantage. burning, but ever to scan the raging seas around, To those who are just beginning the use of nut Some one outside may be shelterless, may freeze and whenever we see a soul in danger, or one butter, it may be well to add a word of caution: or starve, and souls around may perish, but the cast upon our strip of coast, go out and bring Avoid the too free use of it,- bearing in mind that sacred precincts of that home must not be entered, him in. . . the peanut is highly nutritious, and should be its rhythm disturbed, or its machinery interfered To be happy 77onte-keepers we initst be .gener- eaten accordingly. Properly_ used, it forms a with. ous home givers valuable addition to a vegetarian's bill of fare. DEC. 3, 19o1] ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD (7) 783

WOMEN LOSING THEIR MODESTY. discharge the functions cheerfully performed by have been hollow, for the children of Israel wor- their grandmothers. shiped God through it. We need to be plain and simple in our language. Max O'Rell, in Chicago American. When a man goes wrong, the French say, Had these children been taught to 'read the Word " Cherchez la femme." When women go wrong, for themselves, they would have understood these IF women are becoming less modest, no doubt I am always inclined to exclaim: "Cherchez lessons much more readily. it is due to their emancipation and to the spread- l'homme." Right here let us plead for a reformation in the study of the Sabbath-school lessons. Let them be ing of education. Outside of the peasantry of studied from the Bible by old and young. Lesson Continental Europe, a modest woman, as our REQUEST FOR PRAYERS. helps are good and useful, but we all need to go grandfathers understood the epithet, is seldom to the fountain head — the Bible. Even the dittle to be met anywhere. The French girl of my I ASK the prayers of the sisters for my husband, ones may be taught to read the lesson right from that if it is God's will, he will be restored to the Bible. Each day of the week let there be an boyhood, who never went further than uttering health and strength again, in mind and body. earnest effort on the part of the parents to prepare Oui, Monsieur, or Non, Monsieur, while in con- the soil by helping the children to read the lesson• versation with a man, is a thing of the past. MRS. J. C. CALL. from the Bible. Let the blessed Book be opened Edgerton, Wis. She is no longer advised by her mother as to with reverence, and with a deep and hallowed con:- sciousness of the presence of God. what she will wear or what she will read. She We often hear it said that the lesson goes in at wears and reads what she likes. You can't isolate yourself, and say that the one ear and out at the other. Well, suppose we I cannot help thinking, however, that the mod- evil in you shall not spread. Men's lives are send the message to the soul, direct from the source, ern craving for dress is the principal cause for as thoroughly blended with each other as the through the eyes. That is, let the child read for the loss of modesty in women. Lir we breathe. Evil spreads as necessarily as himself the pure words. Then use the other senses to impress the lesson. The streets of all the cities of the civilized disease. Every sin brings suffering to others The psalmist says, " Taste and see that the Lord world are paraded by crowds of overdressed besides those who commit it.— Eliot. is good." Think how eager little hands are to women, whose sole preoccupation seems to be touch that they may know. Yes, and even older ones to take notice of one another's frocks, and I are inclined that way. This is evident from the will say this for them, that they also seem to be necessary signs in museums, " Hands Off." Objects, pictures, and blackboards are indispen- far more concerned with the kind of effect they sable in making the lessons impressive and lasting, are having on the members of their own sex but let there be the constant use of the Bible. than as to the figure they are cutting in the eyes Here are some steps for each lesson which may of men. help some: -- I. Preparation; that is, questioning on things I often wonder how such women look and known, arousing old ideas, thus producing a con- carry themselves in their own households, before dition of thoughtfulness. their fathers, husbands, or brothers. Those who 2. Presentation; that is, taking up the new lesson. have penetrated behind the scenes assure me that 3. Summary, the gathering up of the central HOW TO TEACH THE LESSON. truths of the lesson. the difference is marvelous. 4. Application; the bringing out of the lessons to In any case,•it has come to this, that the streets FOR a limited time it is allotted to us to deal be carried into every-day life. of London, Paris, New York, and hundreds of with the art of teaching, which has to do with the The first step might be said to "bethe creating of 'other cities are thronged with women concern- plan, the method, by means of which the science an intellectual appetite. It prepares the child's ing whom it would be impossible for the ordinary of teaching is put into practice. mind for the assimilation of the new knowledge. First, let us ask, What is teaching? — It is help- In each lesson, ask yourself the question, What man to say whether they are or are not " impro- ing one to know that of which he is ignorant, or, is there in nature, pictures, or blackboard exercise prieties." speaking figuratively, it 'is sowing seed. by which I can better impress this lesson upon the Of course, the evils growing out of this rest- If seeds are to be' sown, the first, and one of the minds of my pupils ? less vanity of modern times, the craze for pub- most important steps, is to prepare the soil. So Simply telling the story is not teaching the lesson, licity and the constant desire to be talked about, in teaching, one of the most important steps is that or simply asking the questions on the lesson sheet the mind of the pupil be in a receptive condition. is not teaching it. have been pandered to and encouraged by the If there is whispering and disorder, the mind is Questions are" to stimulate mental action. They " society " papers and by the caterers to frivol- unprepared for the lesson, and the teaching will be should be simple and clear, but seldom so worded ity generally. fruitless. Need we say, then, that discipline is the that the answer may be yes or no. To illustrate: There is scarcely a paper published in any foundation of this preparation? " Did Abraham show faith in God when he offered It is the work of the Sabbath-school teacher to up Isaac? " " Were Joseph's brethren angry When little town of England, America, and the British impart knowledge. Every Sabbath-school pupil they sold him? " Such questions do not stimulate colonies that has not social columns in which it knows something, and the unknown is to be under- mental action. is recorded that " Miss Smith has come to town stood and grasped by the known. To hold the attention of all the class, it is better on a visit to Miss Jones," or " Miss Robinson Paul says, " The invisible things of Him from that no pupil knows to whom the question is tq be put. Hence, ask the question before calling the has left the city to go on a visit to Miss Brown," the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made." This name. or, again, Miss A. gave a tea party, or Mrs. B. was the great Teacher's method, as will be seen If a pupil is listless, do not say, " We would like an evening party, at which Mrs. C. looked beau- by a careful study of His teachings. the attention of John," or " Mary," but put some tiful in black, and Miss D. thrillingly lovely in When He wished to teach His disciples His great interesting question to that pupil, thus arousing his electric blue. work for the children of men, He took the sower interest. in the field as an object lesson,— something with Speak distinctly, and let the pupils understand Add to 'this the scandals that are related in which they were familiar, something right before that questions are not to be repeated. Repeating the columns that are devoted in those papers to their eyes. The stony ground, the birds to catch questions only encourages the habit of inattention. the so-called smart people, and which are read away the seeds, and the weeds to choke out the One of the most important requisites in teaching by women and girls of all ages, and I think you life of the tender plants, were all before their eyes. is that questions be asked with animation, not loud and noisy, but with a pleasing, spirited manner: will agree with me in saying that the harm done With these things, so well known to them all, He sought to teach the great unknown truth of His Dull, slow questioning wearies pupils. to women by this modern literature is incalcu- mission on earth. When a -teacher says he is prepared to teach a lable. Nicodemus thought he understood the things of lesson, to our mind that means he has so mastered The constant increase of amusements also God. How did Jesus teach him that he did not ? — it that his attention will not be divided between his tends to make women more frivolous and less He took-the wind, the effects of which Nicodemus pupils and his -lesson sheet. The pupils are worthy well knew; but just as its source was a mystery, of all his attention. modest. At the root of the whole matter is the so is the working of the Spirit of God. Here is still another very important part of teach- ever-increasing love of pleasure, dress, and pub- Recall how He taught the people that He had ing the Sabbath-school lesson,— the bringing out of licity. power to forgive sins. He said to the palsied man, the practical lessons to be carried into daily life. However, it would be unfair to contend that "Arise and walk." By the known, they were to see Instruction should generate knowledge that incites and understand the unknown. to action. No superficial, careless study will bring map has not contributed his share to this result. Another point in the method of the great Teacher out these lessons so as to make lasting impressions. It is a case of action and reaction. Man has was the simplicity of His language. With teachers The utmost tact and skill are needed in this part of shown a growing tendency to find his pleasures of little ones especially, we plead that they speak the work. The divine Teacher alone can give the outside his home. His facilities for so doing in a known tongue. Look at things and speak needed wisdom. are vastly increased. Man is every year more from the child's standpoint. Recall how vague and This brings us to the question, Can we teach what unsatisfactory were many of your ideas received in we do not know? If we do not know God, can we and more ignoring the fact that a woman who childhood. help others to know Him? The aim of the Sabbath- properly orders and governs a house is doing A friend told me of her experience when a child school is the salvation of its pupils. They must more toward the common good of a household in understanding the Fourth Commandment: " For know God and the power of His salvation. than the breadwinner in managing his business in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the Here is a thought from the pen of another: " Les- sea, and all that in them is." She understood it sons should be taught in the Sabbath-school that will or following his trade. to be " all that in the miz." So everything that shed light into the chambers of the heart and mind; I often ask myself whether men who talk so she did not understand thereafter was in the miz," and that this may be accomplished, the teacher must glibly about the domestic life and duties know that is, a mystery. be under the influence of the Holy Spirit." the demand actually made by such life and duties A teacher once told a class of boys that the chil- If we walk with Jesus, He will teach us as He. dren of Israel worshiped God " th)rough the golden did the disciples on their way to Emmaus. Th-n on those conscientious women who still, under calf." Afterward when the boys were talking about shall we be able to lead others to the fountain of the altered conditions of these days, faithfully the " golden calf," they. concluded that it must life, MRS. ELLA KING SANDERS.

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the times of refreshing may come from the presence position from the religious world, are not 'extinct. of the Lord." This puts the coming of the re- Satan is constantly seeking to cast a shadow about, freshing before the coming of the Lord; and this these messages, so that the people of God shall not must be preceded by the blotting out of sins. But clearly discern their import, their time and place; this blotting out of sins is the closing up 'of the but they live, and are to exert their power upon our cleansing of the sanctuary and the finishing of the religious experience while time shall last." — Id. work of Christ as mediator for mankind; but this Let us not make the mistake of thinking that is the close of probation; and this is the point we some lines of the work have been outgrown; that they have " had their day," and that the issues to BATTLE CREEK, MICH., DECEMBER 3, 1901. wish to make and emphasize; that is, that there can be no probation extended and no offers of for- which they pertained are now dead. This is what URIAll SMITH EDITOR, giveness of sin held out to the world after Christ the enemy of the message would like to have us A. SMITH t comes. This is a very seductive but appalling error believe. He would be pleased to have us look with - ASSISTANTS. largely held out to men at the present time. We disfavor upon some older line of effort, which per- feel hound to do all in our power to disabuse men's haps has lost much of its old-time prominence, and DO YOU KNOW ? minds of that idea. bestow all our thought and attention upon some newer line of work, which, by reason of its novelty CORRESPONDENT has sent us a little seven-page But what about the refreshing? Do we get none -!,ltafiet-- containing fifty-four questions, in brief para- of that before Christ comes and probation ends? — or by force of other circumstances, may be claiming • • the particular attention of our people. Not that pgfaphs, each one of which begins with the question, Undoubtedly we do; for the outpouring of the Spirit, there is any great danger of attaching undue im- ,vin,'.1)Old type; " Do you know?" Some of these ques- the latter rain, which must be included in the " re- portance to any branch of the work of the Third tions are put in such a way that " No " could be the freshing," is necessary to prepare us for the crisis Angel's Message, for we can hardly overestimate only answer, to them according to the Scriptures. and test we are then to meet. But the full extent the importance of any of the special truths this For instance, question number four reads: and glorious reality of the promised refreshing we message bears to the world; but there is danger " Do you know that, according to the Scriptures, shall not probably experience before Christ appears. that we shall fail to realize that every branch of the time of the end' above mentioned, began in There will be much to be fulfilled to us, and enjoyed the work is of vast importance, and must be pushed 1799, and will continue till A. D. 1915 ? " by us, after that event, but all that we receive be- forward with unfailing energy and faith. We answer, No, we do not; but we do know fore will be necessary to prepare us for His coming. It is human nature to be attracted to the thing i4hat, according to the Scriptures, " the time of the But let no one get the idea that there will be proba- which is " at the front." There is a class of people end" began at the end of the 126o years of papal tion and hope of forgiveness of sin and salvation who do not want to be connected with a work unless ...0premaey, in 1798 (Dan. 11:40), and will con- after the coming of Christ. Secure forgiveness by it is " on the boom." But this is not the class of tinue till " all these things shall be finished." Dan. repentance and confession before that time comes. people most needed by the Third Angel's Message. 12: 6, 7. We do not find any prophecy of the one The call is not so much for those who are willing hundred and sixteen years that are thrown in here "Now, as never before, is to be sounded the in- to catch on and ride when something is going on the to extend the period from 1799 to 1915. This we vitation, ' If any man thirst, let him come unto me, top wave of prosperity, as for those who are willing stip#Ose . to extend to the coming of Christ; but and drink.'" to get behind and push, simply because they believe - .thi.S.•,Watild be 'setting- a time for that event. This, the work is of the Lord, though it may be beset with ,:according toRev. Jo: 6, cannot be; for when verse 6 A RIGHT VIEW OF THE MESSAGE. difficulties and discouragements. is fulfilled (and we are past that time now), there We must be careful not to get too narrow a view .'is to: be no, further movement based on prophetic THE Third Angel's Message, as now proclaimed in the earth, is a series of three messages blended of the work of the Third Angel's Message. The :- ,firne, which has entered so largely into our work cause of God is not moving forward in Column in the' past. into one. First came the angel proclaiming the hour of God's judgment; next the angel crying, form, permitting of only one part of it being at '40tir views on the subject of the sanctuary also cut the front, with all other parts necessarily in the -"`off- al}-, future setting of time for the end, or the " Babylon is fallen, is fallen; " and the third angel followed, giving a warning against the worship of rear, so that to be up abreast of the work we must Hrglning ,of Christ; . for .thoUgh a--prophetic period be connected with the one thing at the head; but was giVen tiO mark the beginning of the cleansing the " Beast " and his " Image." But with the be- ginning of the message, " Babylon is fallen," the the cause is advancing as a line of battle, present- :the sanctuary (Dap.. 8 : 14), the time covered by ing an extended front, which includes all the essen- *that'fworit is left altogether indefinite, as " the pa- message of the hour of God's judgment did not . cease; and with the first sounding of the warning tial departments of the work, every " line of truth ctienoe of the saints:" Moreover it is expressly af- against the worship of the Beast and his Image the that has made the Seventh-day Adventist people --, firrned, over -and over again, that the cleansing of two messages preceding it did not terminate; but what they are." No one of these lines of truth is , the sanctuary will be brought to an end when no the second message was joined with the first, and to be weakened, or treated as though it had been man is aware of .it, or, is expecting it; and so with the third was joined with the first and second. And relegated to the rear. • the utmost intensity it is enjoined upon us to be neither the first nor the second message has lost any Nor is one branch of the work to consider itself on our watch continually, lest that day come upon degree of its importance since the day it was first independent of another branch. To a considerable •iiiS and find us " sleeping." Mark 13: 35, 36. proclaimed. extent this feeling has prevailed among the work- 'In question 19 reference is made to the " times of To give these messages to the world has been the ers, and it is most unfortunate. The work is one, „restitution " spoken of in Acts 3: 19, 21; and then work of Seventh-day Adventists. As the work has even as the Church is one body, though having many follows question 20 : — progressed, new features have been added, and new members. " For the body is not one member, but Do you know that St. Peter there declares that lines of work have been opened up; but the ap- many," wrote Paul to the Corinthians; and in the ''ii0eise -times of blessing will not precede, but will pearance of a new feature in this great gospel enter- same connection we are instructed and admonished ,•follow,. the second -coming of our Lord Jesus prise did not mean that any already-existing fea- thus: " If the whole body were an eye, where were Christ? " ture was to disappear; and the opening up of a new the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where We answer, No; we do not know any such thing; line of effort did not mean that work was to cease were the smelling? But now bath God set the mem- but we, know that the text represents the blessings upon any line already begun. All the features which bers-every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased ,re, promised, as introduced by the coming of had given character to the message were to be re- Him. And if they were all one member, where Christ not following that event. Of course that tained, and no line of work was to be lessened in were the body? But now are they many members, part of the: restitution that is dependent on the importance as the message advanced toward the yet but one body. And the eye cannot Say unto the •-,:coming -of Chfist for its accomplishment will follow final issue. hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head ihaf event; but there -is an important event specified " There is to be no change in the general features to the feet, I have no need of you. . . . That there Must precede that coming, which is beginning of our work. It is to stand as clear and distinct as should be no schism in the body; but that the mem- tq be too largely and dangerously overlooked in the prophecy, has made it. . . . If any stand in the way, bers should have the -same care one for another. • -'religious world to-day. to hinder the advancement of the work in the lines And whether one Member suffer, all the members We refer to what is stated in verse 19: " Repent that God has appointed, they will displease God. No suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the ye:therefore, and be converted, that your sins may line of truth that has made the Seventh-day Ad- members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of bee blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall ventist people what they are, is to be weakened. We Christ, and members in particular." I Cor. 12: • ,COipe from the presence of the Lord; and He shall have the Old landmarks of truth, experience, and 17-27. send." Jesus Christ," etc. This reads, " When the duty, and we are to stand firmly in defense of our One member of the body cannot say to another times of refreshing shall come from the presence of principles, in full view of the world." —"Testimo- member, " I have no need of you." The whole body the: Lord." In the ,Greek this passage reads, " so nies for the Church," Vol. VI, page 17. would speedily become impotent if the members ::hat," or " in order that," " the refreshing may come " The three angels of Revelation 14 are repre- should behave themselves thus. And one part of vont 'the preSence of the Lord, and He shall send sented as flying in the midst of heaven, symbolizing the message of present truth cannot say to another lesus Christ:" This latter statement refers beyond the work of those who proclaim the First, Second, part, " I have no need of you." One part of the :-cj.tieStiori to the second coming of Christ, and what and Third Angels' Messages. All are linked to- line of battle cannot speak thus to another part, for is• stated before must precede that event. And what gether. The evidences of the abiding, ever-living it is of the utmost importance that the whole line ,:are,:.thw things? " Repent ye therefore, and be truth of these grand messages, that mean so much be kept intact; since if any Dart is broken, all parts converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that to the Church, that have awakened such intense op- are likely to suffer defeat. DEC. , 1901 ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD- (9) 785,

Then let it be believed, and ever kept in mind, that power from on high." And on another occasion we shall obtain help during the coming season of " no .line ,.of truth. that has made the Seventh-day He said that " ye shall receive power after that devotion just in proportion as we put thought and Adventist people what they. are, is to be weakened." the Holy Ghost is come upon you." This power preparation and prayer into it. The Lord now. calls There are no outgrown issues in this work. Let was to qualify them for effective service. Thus our upon every one connected with His work to arise every part of the line of present truth be made great Leader recognizes our need of divine power, and do his duty, and He will greatly bless every strong, and let all parts move forward together. and gives the fullest assurance that if we seek it, one who will respond to this call. God's hand has been in the development of this He will give it to us. A. G. DANIELLS. work, and He has brought forward just the agencies Another object for which earnest prayers should needed to oppose: the world's forces of sin and ascend to heaven is that consecrated and thoroughly IT is necessary to keep moving in the cause of error. Each line of truth presented is a part of the qualified laborers should be sent forth into the har- God; we must "walk in the light," not stand still in everlasting gospel which must go to the world in vest field. Jesus says, " Lift up your eyes, and look it, else it will soon depart from us. this generation, and will hasten the coming of the on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest." world's Redeemer. " Pres ,1 together," is the word; "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: of this there is opportunity, and there is need. pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He L. A. S. would send forth laborers into His harvest." Here we are encouraged to pray for the raising up of Week of .0.1 "The Day-star has risen upon _us, and we are to earnest, consecrated workers to fill the openings of flash its light upon the pathway of those in dark- God's providence. To-day calls are coming from ness." every direction for ministers, Bible workers, Chris- Prayer Notes tian physicians, nurses, teachers, and canvassing THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR 1901. evangelists. A thousand new workers should step to the front at once to meet the urgent calls of the THE Week of Prayer to be held December 21-28, hour. During the coming Week of Prayer most THE MACEDONIAN CRY. toot, ought to be the most serious and blessed earnest and importunate petitions should be made occasion to this denomination Ithat we have ever PAUL was shown the vision in which " there stood for at least this number of laborers to go forth into a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come experienced. Everything about us calls for this: the harvest field. over into Macedonia, and help us." " Immediately," We are living in the closing scenes of this world's As it requires means to support God's workmen, says the writer of the Acts, we endeavored to go history. Every line of prophecy -in the Scriptures every believer should sincerely ask for a great in- into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord is entirely fulfilled, save the last link of each, which crease in the contributions to missions. One hun- had called us for to preach the gospel unto them." connects time with eternity. The signs given by Now we need no revelation to learn the needs. The dred thousand dollars will be none too much to Macedonian cry comes in the Mission Board mails our Saviour to make us know that He is about to meet the growing demands of the mission fields from every continent. Shall we not " immediately " come, have been fulfilled. The working of Satan, already opened. This is not too much for the be- endeavor to send help to every land? which the Lord said would be with all power and lievers in present truth to present to their signs and lying wonders just before His coming, Lord on this occasion. Unparalleled is everywhere manifest. The most subtle delusions financial prosperity is to be seen every- of every kind are abroad in the land, sweeping into where, and God's people are receiving darkness and down to perdition millions of the their share of these blessings. The an- human family. National, political, social, indus- nual offering during the coming Week of trial, and religious conditions are to-day just what Prayer can reach Sioo,000 without over- the unfailing word of God says they would be at burdening a single brother or sister con- the coming of our blessed- Lord. There can be no nected with this cause. Were we to pray doubt in the mind of the 'earnest Bible student as . over this work as it is our privilege, the to our whereabouts in the stream of time. Lord would give us such revelations of To meet the present crisis, which is greater than the needs of the cause, and the blessed- any through which Gods people have ever passed. ness of giving, that we could not withhold a last message of warning is being given to the our means, and there is no doubt but that world. This message has come to us, and has found the coming annual offering to be made in a place in our hearts. We have acknowledged it December would reach this amount. as having came from heaven, and have taken our In order for the Week of Prayer to be • stand before the world as a people loyal to the claims all that the term implies, there must be MACEDONIAN POSTAL CARD TO MISSION BOARD, BRINGING THE of God. - We have accepted the great responsibility earnest praying. Nor should we wait until MESSAGE AGAIN, " COME OVER AND HELP US." of becoming depositaries of this truth, and of pro- the appointed time arrives before begin- p-14 ) claiming it to the ends of the earth. ning to pray. From now until that special season Just now the call comes literally from Macedonia This is a great work. It is altogether too vast itself. In that troubled region the truth has a foot- of devotion begins, every believer should pray and hold. We give herewith a facsimile of a poStal for man alone to accomplish. Nothing short of study and plan to make the occasion all that it ought card just received from Macedonia, on which the divine wisdom and power ,can carry it through to to be. If we give it no thought until it opens, we leader of a little company, who have newly come a glorious consummation, This is why it is appro- shall be unprepared to appreciate the -readings, and into the faith, pens this appeal: — priate that at least once a year we should set apart to enter into the spirit of the occasion. Unless we " I am glad to tell you that the gospel of Jesus a period: of time to be devoted wholly to earnest Christ is being preached here. In vicinities about, plan to observe the Week of Prayer, we shall find there are persons who are interested in this truth prayer and personal consecration. During this occa- many things to draw our attention from the de- and hungry for it. I praise the Lord for all He has sion fervent petitions should ascend to God from votion of the week, and thus cause us to lose the done. Before I came here, they never heard about every believer in present truth for divine wisdom, blessings we might gain. We should all plan our the signs of‘the times or the Sabbath, nor any other to know how to lead men and women from the sub- work so that, just as far as possible, we shall be free point of present truth. But now, let the praise be to the Lord, His true sayings are being heard and tle delusions surrounding them into the glorious light from labor. Certain home duties must of course known here. Pray for the work everywhere, and of the gospel of Christ. It is a delicate work to deal be attended to; but if possible, every one should don't forget us here in Macedonia, where the apostle with human minds. Left to ourselves in this work, be free to spend the most of each day in the Paul worked so much. We need help." we shall surely fail; but God, who knows the study of the Bible and the Testimonies, and in ear- The sight of a postal card saying, in effect, " Come over into Macedonia, and help us," is just as much thoughts of all men, knows how to reach the secret nest prayer for the help we need, 4as indicated a call for immediate response as was Paul's vision depths of the heart, and can teach us how to do above. We should be at liberty to attend all the at Troas. We have longed for a beginning in this this, and for this. teaching we ought earnestly to meetings of the church during the week, and to region. The work must be strengthened in these pray. And to encourage us, the Lord says, If any join heartily in every effort possible for the con- parts " immediately." If you had work to do about man " lack wisdom, let hint ask of God, that giveth version of the children, for the reclaiming of the a powder magazine, and sparks were flying about, would you not do your work as quickly as possible? to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall backslidden, and for a general revival of the Church. The Balkans have been aptly called the powder he given him." Above all, every one should earnestly seek for a magazine of Europe." Humanity seethes here in Furthermore, we must have power for service. personal blessing. We must make a full surrender perpetual disturbance. Statesmen would not be sur- Creative power alone can change men's hearts, and of all to God. Every idol must be banished from prised any moment at outbreaks which might prove thus lead them to allegiance to God. This power the heart, that Christ may have full possession. He the spark that would set all Europe ablaze. Now, just now, is our time to speed the gospel of peace every believer in the Third Angel's Message must must be permitted to be Lord of all, or He cannot through Eastern Europe. When a missionary is have in order to make his efforts effective. In giv- consent to be Lord at all. held captive by brigands in Macedonia, nations ing His commission to the Church, and explaining In view of all these considerations, how gladly are stirred, and thousands are freely offered to effect that His gospel of salvation must be given to every we should look forward to a season of special prayer her ransom. What will we give this coming-Week of Prayer to ransom souls held captive by sin in creature, Jesus emphasized- the, fact that this work and consecration, and how earnestly and thoroughly Macedonia and the regions round about? could- not be done by human power. He said, " Tarry should we prepare to make the most of that occa- W. A. SPICER, ye in the city Of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with sion when we come to it. Let us remember that Sec. Missio'n Board. Mm— 7$, 14'2. 49 786 (o) ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD

AN IMPORTANT OCCASION.

THE approaching Week of Prayer will be the most important season ever celebrated by us as a 'people. The , occasion means much to every one. All who participate in it- will be benefited and abun- dantly blessed, while he who neglects it will reap darkness and discouragement, and will be farther from the Lord than before the season came. We are certainly living in the last of the last days; and as the sacred hours of this Week of Prayer approach, we should each be prepared for it, „having, sought the Lord earnestly for His Holy Spirit. The signs of the times were never more JAMAICA, WEST INDIES. Let all who are enjoying the blessings of this last :,ominous than they are this moment. The nations message, and who, during the winter evenings will 'are getting angry, and preparation for war is going PROVIDENCE.— September io we left Grove Town sit by their fires in comfort and warmth, look at the on everywhere. Complications are being formed and came to Providence. An interest seemed to burning coal, and remember the men and boys- who that no statesman can solve, and which can only be have awakened here as a result of work at the risked their lives day after day to get it for them, :fought out in the great battle of Armageddon. The former place. Stormy weather has hindered us and who, during these next three months, will not Eastern question is fast hastening to its consumma- greatly. Nevertheless, six honest souls have been see the light of the sun only on Saturday afternoons tion, and soon he that is to come will come, and will baptized as a result of the effort. and Sundays, and remember that these are souls for ,not tarry. In view of this we should make the Since we came here, the company at Grove Town whom Jesus died. Thank God for the colliers, but ;' don't forget the most of the Week of Prayer. let us begin now has not been idle. When the time for baptism came, offering; thank God for the warm with prayer, devotion, and consecration to God, and they had seven in readiness. Two of these were fire, but don't forget those who mined the coal for seek that nearness that we must have in order to be keeping the Sabbath before we left, but had not you; and you will be rewarded. Some of these prepared for the outpouring of .the latter rain. Let yielded wholly on other points; the others came in brave fellows will rise to bless you. consecration and devotion be the watchword of the largely through the personal efforts of different The hall I have spoken of may be had by Jan. T, occasion, and let us adopt that word now. Those members of the church. It is indeed refreshing to 1902. Shall we get it? Who will help answer this who give no thought to the occasion until the season see how earnestly these people labor to extend a question ? Let it be a New Year's gift to Wales, is upon them, will not be prepared to get out of it knowledge of the message after they have once won't you? Send your gifts to Sister Jacques, 451 what the Lord desires we shall as individuals obtain accepted it. And their labor bears fruit, too. While Holloway Rd., London, N. (marked " Gifts for' Wales "), who will acknowledge their receipt in the from it. we have but six or seven here, I am confident that these work until otherss- are added to their little Worker. Let your prayers accompany your gifts Our aim should be to secure more faith, devotion, for the work in Wales. humility, and earnestness, so that we may prosecute company. W. H. MEREDITH. the work In the future as never before. This can The place of baptism is nine miles down the moun- he done only by consecration and the outpouring of tains from Grove Town, and over twenty miles from SOUTH AFRICAN CONFERENCE. the Spirit of God. The cause at large demands of Providence. Yet the people did not complain about us our time, talents, and means; but the acquisition the walk. Two sisters walked forty-four miles to THE ninth session of the South African Confer- of means for the cause of God should not be our first be baptized. Surely the argument of " inconven- ence was held in the Cape Town and Claremont ience " had no weight with them. aim. Prayer to God, earnestness, and devotion churches, September 27 to October 6. Plans had should be the point at which we should aim, and In our work the past two Months we have had the previously been laid to hold the Conference and a yet means were never more needed than at the pres- faithful assistance of Brother A. G. Peart, one of camp-meeting in the Eastern Province, but upon ent time. our native laborers. asking permission of the authorities, we were in- Our ranks are becoming numerous, the times are The work in this island is onward. We have more formed that this could not be done under the restric- prosperous, and there was never before so much calls than can be answered. We expect to leave this tions of martial law. The large number of delegates money in the country per capita, nor a time when place next week to hold meetings in another parish. that succeeded in reaching Cape Town from every the citizens of the nation were so nearly out of debt. W. JAY TANNER, part of South Africa was an indication that the Lord Work has' been plentiful, wages good, and almost MRS. E. E. TANNER had directed the meeting to be held here. every one has money, and those that have not have Elder G. W. Reaser, who recently came to this an opportunity for earning it, so our donations this A PLEA FOR WALES. field to take charge of the work in Natal, was pres- year should be the largest ever known in a week of ent at the meeting, and rendered valuable help. One prayer since the service was first instituted. FOR nearly three years I have been working in Elder J. M. Freeman, our missionary to Basutoland, hundred thouSand dollars as an annual offering is and about London, and the Lord has been good to and Brother J. A. Chaney were also with us. needed this year to press the work into new fieds, me. The last year has been filled with many bless- Though traveling by rail at present is fraught with into the regions beyond, where the light of the ings, and my stay in Balham, and the connection danger, favor was shown by the authorities in grant- Message has never gone, and where thousands and with the friends and co-laborers there, will be ever ing the necessary passes to our brethren, and the millions are going down the ,broad way for the remembered. The experiences have been such as to protecting hand of the Lord was with. them as they want of that light and knowledge which our mission- bring me nearer to the people, and in touch with journeyed to the meeting. aries can impart. Therefore our donations should the Lord. The difficulties have proved great bless- As far as practicable the business of the Confer- be liberal. Do not wait until the last moment to ings. And although it is with sorrow that I leave ence was conducted on the same lines that were main- decide how much you will give, but make up your the many dear friends there, yet it is with a strong tained at the General Conference. Elder Reaser was „ mind now to be very liberal, and then plan for the desire and earnest wish to help some who are very invited to share with Elder Hyatt the responsibility means if you have not the amount on hand which dear to my heart,— my Welsh friends in and about of presiding at the meetings. A large committee you desire to give. When we were in the world, the colliery districts of South Wales. was appointed from the floor, which recommended and lusting after the things of the world, if we de- There are over one hundred thousand men and the various subcommittees to consider every phase sired anything and were not prepared to secure it, boys working in the pits there; and having myself of the Conference work. we immediately began planning to get it. Shall we spent thirteen years in a coal pit in Wales, I feel The Committee on Plans presented twenty-four not be just as wise in our generation in giving the that something ought to be done to bring this glo- recommendations, which were adopted, some of which last message of mercy to a dying world as we were rious message of salvation to them; and by permis- are summarized as follows:— to obtain the perishing things of this life? Who will sion of the Conference Committee, I am pow on my Praise to God for His blessings and for protection begin now to secure means for the Lord? way to that field, trusting God to use me to bring amid the dangers of plague and the ravages of war; This Week of Prayer means more to us than any light and truth to some poor souls. extension of the medical missionary work in the in the past has meant. More than a decade of years I have often wondered why the Lord brought the cities on a simple basis; establishment of a health- ago, when .the first prayer occasion *as celebrated truth to me when there are so many mighty men who food depot in Cape Town in connection with the by us as a people, all took part in the- services with would have done so much more in spreading the International Tract Society ; ten weeks' training class earnestness. Nearly every one discontinued his work light than I have done, or can do. Yet I know He for workers, to be conducted in connection with the and made a business of attending the meetings, if has a work for me to do; and if I am faithful, He college; the publication of the South African Journal necessary all day long, and much more was given will give all the grace needed to accomplish it. of Health to be under the auspices of the Medical then in proportion to our membership than is given Nearly seven years ago I used to talk the truth Missionary and Benevolent Association Board of to-day. When ,we are fully consecrated to God and to my fellow colliers as we worked three and one- South Africa; indorsement of the six-penny-a-week His service, it will be a pleasure to pay our tithe, half miles from the mine entrance, at a depth of over plan for support of mission work; support of our and to make freewill offerings to the Lord to carry two hundred yards, and I wondered why they could people to be given to Claremont Union College in oh His blessed work. not see and believe as I did. Since then I have been its efforts to carry out the principles of Christian Will not our church elders and leaders and minis- out in the great cities, wondering why a collier education; establishment of church schools wherever ters everywhere plan now to interest every one in should be called from the pit to teach people in large practicable; continuation of the South African Senti- the occasion? Who will respond by saying, " In- towns. Now I come back to the pits, having learned nel, and a more general support to be given to it; deed, we will begin the work right now.' _ some lessons, and I beg you all to pray for me, that co-operation of our people in the circulation of our Reader, do not lay this paper down and put the I may be useful, and be a great blessing here. I papers; colporteurs' licenses to be granted to' our matter off, but let- us begin now to pray to God want to stay here until the Lord comes, if it is His experienced canvassers; use of our Sabbath-school most earnestly for the success of this occasion with will; and though the way seems hedged about, yet donations for the last half of this year for the print- our people everywhere. The writer would suggest I have confidence that all will be well. ing of inexpensive literature in the native languages; that the elders plan meetings. The presidents of There are many difficulties here, as elsewhere, one indorsement of the plan in operation in other fields our Conferences should plan to furnish help for 'all being our inability to get suitable halls in which to for the sale of " Christ's Object Lessons." our churches just as far as possible, and hold before hold meetings; and it is because of this I wish to Much interest was taken in the discussion of these our people everywhere the needs of the various fields make an earnest plea. For sixty pounds I can get various subjects, and light and blessing came in as throughout the entire world, ever realizing that the a good portable hall (without such I cannot see how the true principles of gospel work were emphasized.' commission is, " Go ye into all the world, and preach we are to reach these colliers), which will be in Recommendations submitted by the Committee the gospel to every creature." That this may be every way suitable to the field, and easy to move on Division of Territory and Plans for Mission done more fully in the year to come than ever be- about in the valleys of South Wales. This small Work were adopted, providing for the division of fore let us all pray and donate during the coming amount could easily be raised if every one felt the South Africa into three fields: (I) The South Afri- Week of Prayer. S. H. LANE. need. • can Conference, comprising the Cape Colony, with DEC. 3, T901} ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD ;11) 787 the Orange River Colony and Basutoland as mission strength of God, we press forward, sure of success. ness of its soil, all argue -in behalf of the establish- fields; (2) Natal-Transvaal; Mission Field; (3) We have started a small church and workers' paper ment of some branch of the medical work here. Rhodesian ,Mission Field; also for the formation of in the German language, for the education of our Another opportunity would be in the line of an a South African Union 'Council of five members, to people, hoping to bring more life and activity into agricultural school, as such schools are needed very have the supervision of the work in mission terri- our ranks. We also plan to start a Missionary much, and could probably soon be made self-sup- tory. Reading Circle in this paper, for our people. porting. The government has seen this, and is As the constitution which was adopted at the The work at the mission school at Brusque is planning for several schools of this nature just as organization of the Conference nine years ago no prospering. Five of the first class are now out in soon as teachers can be secured. longer met: the requirements of the work, a new one the field. More than twenty are in attendance at There is no place so advantageous as Porto Rico was framed and adopted. After careful consider- present. Three are on their way on horseback, from for the education and training of workers for the ation the Conference voted to reopen, and operate Rio Grande do Sul, a journey of about two weeks, great South American field and other Spanish-speak- on an economical basis, the Plumstead Orphanage, and others are preparing to attend. But the home ing countries. The natural resources of the country, which had been temporarily closed. is full, so that the brethren think it necessary to the nature of the government, and the language of The treasurer reported the total amount received build a new dormitory for the girls, and let the boys the people render it very convenient for a center in into the tithe treasury during the last Conference occupy the old one. We are thankful that God has this part of the field. year to be $to,44.o.46, and the disbursements $9,980.- recognized this school as His by blessing it so that The way is open for the medical \ missionary, the 98. The report of the International Tract Society workers are being prepared for this field, and we teacher, and the canvasser and'colporteur. shoWed a good financial standing, and that active need no longer write to the States for more German Brethren, do not think this is a small place and work had been done in the distribution of literature. help. But this is not a German, but a Portuguese needs but little help. You that are able, offer your The college bad enjoyed a prosperous year. The field, therefore we need to lay plans for more ad- means, and if you feel that God wants you here, Kimberley Baths has been rebuilt, and has added vanced and broader work along this line. We must offer yourselves. Let us not wait until others occupy greatly to its facilities for medical missionary work, make earnest efforts to give the message to the all' the openings before we do something, but let us but has unfortunately become involved in consider- natives. The best way to do this is by educating act now. A. M. FISCHER. able debt.- The Conference has taken charge of this native talent. This means that we must establish institution, The large Glare,mont Sanitarium has an educational work in the native tongue. Next passed from the control of -the Medical Missionary to a school for the natives, we need a good press, COLOMBIA,1 and Benevolent Association to a private syndicate. and a printer to connect with it. These are needs The Conference has passed through a trying year. we have long felt and prayed for. The Lord grant ROCAS DEL TORO.— The situation in this part of The longcontinued war, with its disastrous influ- that we may soon realize our hopes and prayers. Colombia is now changed considerably. Last Fri- ences, has been a constant -menace to the progress A. B. STAUFFER. day night, September 13, the government soldiers of the work. But notwithstanding the great diffi- made a landing on Old Bank side, by means- of culties, the Lord has abundantly blessed Eris people, canoes and small boats. They divided their forces and a good work has been accomplished. PORTO RIC0.1 into three companies, and about noon on Sabbath The Conference just closed has in many respects attacked the rebels in their stronghold. We could been the most enjoyable, and we trust the most HAVING been here but three months, it is impos- hear the shooting, the volleyS pouring in on both beneficial, one held in South Africa for years. The sible to -fully portray this field and its needs, yet sides almost all the afternoon. At the same time utmost harmciny prevailed at all the Conference and some of its features are visible on the surface, and that the soldiers made their attack on the rear, the committee meetings. It was the Spirit of the Lord many indeed of its needs stand out so plainly to all marines, in their launches, came at then from the that brought -Phis union and confidence; the influence at a glance, that it is only necessary to be here to bay, so that the rebels were surrounded. of man could never have accomplished it. The early see them. They retreated, and at midnight the government morning and evening services held in the Claremont My travels over the island so far, covering about soldiers had the entire situation at their mercy. church- were a great blessing. Many turned to the two hundred and fifty miles, have given me an oppor- Their mercy was very unmerciful. They looted Lord, and all renewed their consecration to Him. tunity to visit some of its most important cities, every house in Old Bank, whether of foreigner or The following officers were chosen for the ensuing some of its richest agricultural districts, and con- native. They turned everything upside down, and year: President, W. S. Hyatt; Secretary and Treas- verse with some of the best minds among the Porto took everything they could make use of. All the urer, 0. O: Fortner. Executive Committee: W. S. Rican people. men had left the place but a few, and these were - The few Hyatt; H, J. Edmed, D. F, Tarr, H. W. Lindsay, This is a rich and fertile spot. Nearly every- taken prisoners and their houses wrecked. E. A. Ingle. Secretary of- the International Tract thing necessary for man's existence can be produced women that were left were made to stand aside, Society and Sabbath-school "-Department, 0. 0. Fort- in large quantities. All the fruits and vegetables while their homes were plundered. ner. Members of the South African Union Council: of the tropics grow here, and a great many of the In the morning the general came over, and de- G. W. Reaser (chairman), W. S. Hyatt, F. L. Mead vegetables commonly raised in the United States,— clared the port open. So we went over to see the (since deceased), J. M. FreemMa, H. J. Edmed. besides some of the fruits which grow there. situation; The soldiers met us on the wharf, and Though the tithe receipts -adinit of but a small A great advantage is realized here in being able we were welcome to go about the place, and see all. working force, the prospects'are-good- for the coming to raise two crops a year of most all the island pro- It was a pitiable sight — houses broken open, and desolation and destruction of household property year. bWe have sometimes been led to think that duces. Sugar, coffee, and tobacco are the articles this field:has had more than its share of difficulties; from which the people realize their greatest returns. everywhere. Twenty-four had been killed on one but we- do not forget that the work is the Lord's, As soon as a good railroad can be built connecting side, and eighteen On the other. They were thrown into the sea for a burial. The rebels seem to be and that His power, and that of legions of angels, the interior with the coast, a paying fruit trade can scattered for the present, and many think that we is pledged to help if we will but work with Him. be established with the island, especially in bananas, will have better times now for a while. We look to God for strength, for wisdom, and for oranges, pineapples, and plantain. Though it is sad to see men killed who are un- grace to carry the triumphs of This message to the The most important thing which concerns us as prepared for the life to come, this was the sure many classes of people of this great continent. a people, is getting the truth before all nations. outcome of the situation, and we are thankful the FORtNER, There are over nine hundred thousand souls here, a a suspense is broken for the preSent. While we do Conference Secretary. and every one of them should have the gospel. How not participate in the spirit of warfare on either can we best supply this need. There are less than side, we are -glad to see things shaping again, seem- a dozen Protestant ministers in the field, about the ingly, for the better, so that We may carry on the BONACCA, BAY ISLANDS.1 same number of teachers in the denominational work Of the Master, in laboring for the salvation schools, and one medical missionary; this is the ex- of perishing souls. TRANGUILLA.— We are about in the middle of our tent of the gospel- forces in Porto Rico. Of the It is hoped that in a few day 5, we will be safe - third year here. The first year we had two students; seventy towns here, only about twenty have . been to go about as usual. We had our first evening the second, five; and now there are twelve. entered by Protestant workers; so it is evident that meeting last night, but the people are so stirred up Brother Richard Wood assisted the boys with there is still plenty of room for workers. over war news, that we hall a very small attendance. material, so they have now erected a building for Since the change from Spanish to American rule, themselves. The girls have one, and we have one I suppose it will take several days for the excite- by reason of the ravages of the war, and the revenge ment to wear off. May the Lord help us to improve for our family, in which the recitations are held. of the poorer classes just at the time of the decla- Good health and good cheer prevail. Things look the minutes; if we have granted to us another time ration of peace, also the destruction of crops and in which we can work "unmolested. Some of the bright ahead. One of otir last year's boys is teach- property by a terrific hurricane passing through the ing at Ruatan this year. We expect him back to leading men here think that the government will country, a great deal of suffering and poverty exists; soon have the revolution put down, and things Will school soon. but much is being done by the United States to re- We have 'finished our first four months' feast of be better. We do not know how to judge, so will lieve these conditions; and in order to lift the poor have to wait and see. I hope that peace will 'be pineapples, from May to September, from our own out of ignorance, good ptiblic schools are being planting. The bananas we are not able to use in restored, and that things may brighten up a little established in every locality, so that in a short time for the sake of all. the family are fed to the cattle, as we have seven every Porto Rican child will have the adVantage head. Our cocoanuts, mangoes, oranges, and many We have been spared from all dangers and losSes of an education. Before this reaches our readers, so far, and we still trust in the power of God for of our native fruits are not bearing yet, nor will they about eight hundred schools will be open for a nine safety. ' F. J. HUTCHINS. -for a few years. About a hundred rubber tree seeds months' term. planted last year are doing finely. Some of them Many are sick among the rich and poor because have reached a height of about eight feet. This year of their ignorance of the laws of health. The idea the thousand seeds planted failed to ,grow, having prevails that it is dangerous to drink water without JAMAICA'S NEED. OF CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.2 become too dry before planting. We do not ask rum in it. Tobacco is universally used, and con- any one to come to our school, but we do ask the sidered a great blessing. The Porto Rican says, " THE , Church is asleep, and does not realize the Lord to send us such as will receive benefit; and we " Take my food and my drink away, but leave me magnitude of. this matter of .educating the children believe He has. WM. EVANS. my tobacco." and youth. . . . The Church should take in the situ- There is not a first-class hospital nor a sanitarium ation,. and by their influence. and means seek to bring about this desired end." BRAZIL.I of any description on the island. Nothing is needed so badly in all the field as a sanitarium where the A few words in.regard to the needs of this branch people from all the West Indies may receive health- of .our work in. Jamaica may he of some .assistaace ,Rio JANEIRO.— We are glad to say the work is in. helping us to realize the " magnitude of this ful treatment. Many are forced, because of the lack onward ,here. More money is coming in than for matter," and so far as Jamaica is concerned, ppen some time. The canvassing work is reviving, and of such a place; to go to the States in order to be treated for simple diseases. the way for us to carry out intelligently the latter we see better days for this branch. In the faith and part of the quotation. The location of Porto Rico, its close proximity to Reported in Missionary Magazine. America, its,good climate, water, and the productive- 2 Reported in Advocate of Christian Education. 788 (i2) ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD [VoL. 78, No. 49

',The island of Jamaica is about the size of the State a little at this time, we could soon have a house of learn sooner or later from lips polluted with vile- of

— The German Retchstag reassembled at Berlin Venezuela, is clearly defined. It will be demande-cl the 26th ult. that there be no unnecessary occupation of Vene- — A severe gale swept the Long Island and New zuelan territory, and least of all will there be per- Jersey coasts the 24th ult., causing much damage. mitted any pledges of territory to redeem the Ger- man debt. In other words, Germany may knock — President Roosevelt signs the order placing at the doors of Venezuela for its pay, and, failing the rural free delivery system under civil service to get it, may enter, but the United States would regulations. put Germany out if she stayed beyond a reasonable — Great enthusiasm for President Roosevelt was limit for the settlement of the debt." Since this shown at a dinner to Sir Thomas Lipton, given in country claims the right to force an indemnity from London, the 25th ult. Turkey, Bulgaria, or any other European Power, should it be deemed necessary (see dispatch quoted Leading Events of Week Nov. 24 - 30. — An unknown person paid $18,669 into the in News and Notes, REVIEW of November 12, page United States treasury the 25th ult., stating that he 741), it cannot well hinder Germany or any other — Ohio River pilots strike for an increase of fifty owed the government that amount. nation from collecting bills on this side of the water. per cent in wages. — Father Crowley, of Chicago, apologizes to A. J. B. --- An American syndicate is negotiating for the Cardinal Martinelli, and will be reinstated as priest, famous Clyde shipyards. after doing penance at a monastery. — The Democrats are moving their headquarters — Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese ambassador at from Chicago to Washington, D. C. Washington, scores the American newspapers for their stand on the Chinese exclusion law. — In an address at Havana, General Gomez in- dorses Palma as presidential candidate. — The Berrien Springs Oil and Gas Co. struck oil on George Dean's farm, two miles east of Ber- — A $5o,000,000 zinc smelter trust is being formed, rien Springs, Mich., the afternoon of the 3oth ult. to include mines in southwestern Missouri. — Colonel A. D. Anderson, originator of the — Japan decides not to ask for a loan of money, World's Fair idea at Chicago, committed suicide by preferring to economize and get along without it. drowning himself in the Potomac River at Wash- — Indians at Watonga, 0. T., got drunk the 24th ington, the 25th ult. Missouri Confei'ence and Tract Society. ult., and drove out the entire white population. — A Washington dispatch of the 3oth ult. states — The United States battle-ship " Kearsarge " that David B. Henderson, of Iowa, was on that THE twenty-first annual meeting of the- Misbouri Con- leaves New York, to join the North Atlantic squad- day elected Speaker of the House of Representatives ference and Tract Society will be held at Utica, Dec. 26- ron. by the Republican caucus. 31, 1901. J. M. REES, Pres. — The striking miners re-establish their camp — Mr. Patterson, an Englishman, secretary of near Nortonville, Ky., and defy State troops to dis- Sixto Lopez, the well-known Filipino, was deported As the Missouri Conference is to be held during the lodge them, from Manila the 26th ult. by the authority of the holidays, December 26-31, the Week of Prayer for this Conference is set one week earlier, December 14-21. — Thursday, November 26, was celebrated as United States, " for refusing to take the colonial J. Y, REES. Thanksgiving day throughout the United States, oath of allegiance." her colonies, and by Americans abroad. — Lockjaw resulting from vaccination, causes A Personal Letter. — Reports of the 26th ult. state that Captain three more deaths in Camden, N. J., making " ten Lawson's company of the Nineteenth Infantry, in all from the same cause in that city during the DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: If such a thing U. S. A., " has captured an insurgent fort on Bohol past three weeks." It really begins to look as if it would be safer not to be vaccinated. were practicable, I should like to write a personal Island." letter to each reader of the REVIEW, telling of the — The United States government purchases for — Battle Creek, Mich., now boasts of having urgent requests which are made by young people who $15,000 the site of the San Juan battlefield, San- within ifs limits, or near by, eighteen health food desire an education, but who lack the necessary tiago, Cuba, for a reservation. Later on it will be factories. This boom in the manufacture of health means. Case after case could be mentioned. There converted into a beautiful park. foods is due primarily to the original effort of the is talent and ability, but the school is unable to Sanitarium managers to furnish proper foods to carry a 'greater burden than is now laid upon it, — The mine operators of Ohio, West Virginia, and we are obliged to turn a deaf ear to these re- and Pennsylvania, met at the Auditorium, Chicago, their patients and helpers. " Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth I " quests for entrance. the 26th ult., and agreed to increase the price of soft It seems to me that the situation becomes more ca' 25 cents 'a ton. — A San Francisco midnight dispatch of the 3oth trying each year. Once it was hard for students, -- As the result of a boiler explosion in the Pen- tilt. says:. "At least fifty lives were lost here late even after taking a course in one of our colleges, to berthy Injector Company's plant, Detroit, Mich., the to-night by a collision of the ferry steamers ' San find positions in the cause; but the situation is now 26th ult., twenty-six persons were killed, twenty- Rafael ' and ' Sausalito,' in a dense fog. The ' San different. There are constant demands for teachers, six injured, and fifteen missing. The three-story Rafael' was sunk, but the ' Sausalito' is now being canvassers, and business men. The Foreign Mission structure was demolished. towed up the bay. Tugs have gone to the scene of Board is pleading for laborers. The Lord has the collision, which is off Alcatraz Island." spoken, telling us that ministers should not remain — On the 29th ult. the Liberals surrendered the — On-the 29th ult. the German Reichstag defeated with the churches, but should go out into new fields. city of Colon to Captain Perry of the United States This means that younger talent, men of less expe- battle-ship " Iowa,' who held the place until the a proposal to prohibit the transatlantic steamers from beginning voyages on Sunday. The Secretary rience, must work at home, and in this way gain a arrival of General Alban, With a Colombian force. preparation for future labor in foreign fields. The Americans then returned to Panama. of the Interior argued that " in the face of the great efforts now being made by foreign countries The church schools — that movement from above — A Boer " rescue meeting" is appointed for Sun- to secure the world's carrying trade, Germany must for the salvation of our children — should have day, the 8th inst., in the Auditorium, Chicago, " to not go to this extreme for the sake of Sunday rest." strong teachers. I wish with all my soul that we protest against the British reconcentrado camps." could see five hundred new workers prepared to Bourke Cochran, of New York, will speak upon —The newspapers state that the majority of the teach next fall. It would cause a sudden awaken- the subject, " What President Roosevelt Can Do." Republican members of Congress oppose any tariff ing, all along the line if this could be done. For its concessions to the Cubans, hoping thereby to compel accomplishment we must now plan. — A Paris dispatch of the 29th ult. states that the annexation of Cuba to this republic. A Wash- There are in our churches men who have means, Maitre Labori and Colonel Picquart are no more ington dispatch of the 29th ult. states that " one of and who desire that means to be used where it will the friends of Dreyfus, the former being now " on the oldest and wisest members of Congress " states accomplish the most good. The persons who need the high road to become a popular hero with the that the pledge to grant Cuba her independence was assistance. are unknown to those who have this anti-Dreyfusards." It will be remembered that a mistake, and that " Cuba ought to be annexed to means. Is there no way to bring these people to- Labori was the chief lawyer for Dreyfus, and was the United States. It controls the Gulf of Mexico, gether, or at any rate direct the attention of the one shot by the anti-Dreyfusards during the famous trial and it is the key to the Nicaragua Canal. If the to the other? at Rennes. Cubans want trade advantages, if they want to se- One church in Indiana has selected a young man — The Greek Cabinet resigns " as a result of the cure the United States as a permanent market, . . . of ability, and the members pledge monthly pay- demonstrations against the proposed translation of there is just one way to do it, and that is by coming ments on his school expenses. Another church in the Gospels into modern Greek," rioters having into the United States." Ontario arranged to raise fifty dollars toward giving stoned the residences of the Ministers. In her visits a young minister a year's training in the college. among the, wounded Greek soldiers during the Greco- — The night of the 27th ult. emigrant train No. A brother in Michigan has a sum of money de- Turkish war, Queen Olga found that they could not 13, west-bound, on the Wabash Railway, and pas- posited at the college, which he increases by occa- read the Bible in the classical Greek. She there- senger train No. 4, east-bound, collided, near Seneca, sional donations. This money is loaned to students, fore ordered it translated into modern Greek. Mich., seventy miles south of Detroit. Both trains and returned after they become wage-earners. I know of men who have children who should be — i were going at full speed. It is estimated that eighty Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch of the 25th 'ult. persons were killed or burned to death in the wreck. in school, but the children do not care to take a states that Mrs. Mary Clarke De Vore, a returned One of the engineers evidently made a mistake in Christian training. Would it not be pleasing to the missionary from Utah, " startled the Presbyterian reading his orders to sidetrack at Seneca. The Lord if such parents would invest means in helping ministers' weekly meeting in Witherspoon Hall railway officials do not admit the loss of life so other young persons to obtain an education? to-day." She said: " I come to you as a woman great as that reported. Passengers on the two rear I have mentioned a variety of circumstances; per- with a price set on my head by agents of the coaches escaped all injury. The lawlessness and haps you are acquainted with others. For the sake Mormon Church; whose footsteps are dogged by carelessness prevalent in these last days makes any of the young people, for the love of the cause, I am them even in your city, and who dares not go out voyage a truly dangerous undertaking. going to ask men who have means which they would after dark, even in Philadelphia, for fear of being willingly expend in helping worthy young people, attacked by these men." For fifteen years Mrs. — A Washington dispatch of the 3oth ult. states to correspond with me, and I will promise to do' ,toy De Vore has been associated with the Presbyterian that Germany may be compelled to force an indem- part in seeing that this is loaned to worthy persons. Board of Home Missions, going to. Hiram, Utah, in nity from Venezuela, but that the Monroe Doctrine With a prayer that the Spirit of God may move August, Iwo. According to her statements she has will be strictly enforced by the United States. In upon hearts to respond, I am, been assaulted, shot at, and persecuted in numerous the words of the dispatch, the policy of this gov- Most sincerely yours, other ways by the Mormons. ernment, in case of a war between Germany and E. A. SUTHERLAND. K (I4) ADVENT REVIEW AND SAT313ATI-I HERALD r1i9L. 78; No. '49

The, Work Begun in Earnest. vassing. If you do not belong to 'this class, please do not apply. On the other hand, if you are capable, and thoroughly WE arc "glad to report to the readers of the REVIEW that consecrated to the work of God, there is no limit to the the work .of selling " Christ's Object LeSsons " has begun amount of good that you may accomplish. The fields " are "I am the resurrection and the life."—,Tesus. again in dvrnest. In several GOnferences the ministers are white already to harvest," but the laborers are few. If - giving their time to selling -" Christ's Object Lessons," you 'feel that the Lord has a work for you to do in this and we trust that our brethren and, sisters throughout all long-neglected portion Of His vineyard, we shall be glad The Death of My Afflicted *ife. the churches are again at work. If not, will you not begin to hear from you. Address Southern Publishing Associ- the work now? Between now and the holidays many will ation, 1025 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn. BUTLER.—.Friday, November 15, about 3 e., M., the life buy books for Christmas presents, and those who are work- record of my dear companion, and her long period of over ing to sell " Christ's Object Lessons " will be blessed in twelve years of great suffering, closed by a second stroke of the work. apoplexy. She passed away without a pang of conscious A sister over eighty years of age, in writing of her The Life Boat. pain. It so happened that I was all alone with her at the experience in selling " Christ's Object Lessons," says time of her death. For several months past her health had " You would be surprised to know what good success I (Established 1898.) seemed as good as at any time since her sad stroke, only have had in canvassing. While it is always a cross to enter Published Monthly. 25 cents a year. Illustrated. she had great pain at times in her paralyzed limbs. But a strange house, I have felt I was doing the Lord's work, 5o cents in Chicago and Foreign Countries. she had felt quite poorly for a day or- two before the and have had some rich experiences. I am in excellent Editors: end came, though able to sit up most of the time. Of health. The outdoor exercise keeps me well." W. S. SADLER. DAVID PAULSON, M. D. course during all these long years since her first stroke, I One of our ministers, a president of a Conference, pledged have known that she was liable at any moment to have himself to sell one hundred bObks. ,When he first started The Life Boat was first issued in March, 1898, and from the stroke repeated, with fatal consequences. Yet her out, for a day or two he had but little or no success ; a circulation of less than five hundred, has gone to the death came to me as a great shock. but feeling that he was doidg the Master's service, he fourteen thousand mark. It is a magazine of sixteen pages It had been her request, often repeated, that I should continued' ith renewed zeal, and in two days made a good and cover. It is published monthly, and each number is write nothing in her obituary notice extensive or laudatory, beginning in disposing of his books, and resolved never to illustrated with characteristic scenes of mission work and So I will give but briefly a few facts. Lentha Ames Lock- stop until his one hundred were sold. city life. The editors endeavor to make it a true reflection wood was born in Springfield, Vt., April 29, 1826, hence Reader, have you begun yet? If you are so situated of the work with which it is so intimately connected. The was over seventy-five years of age at her death. Her par- - that you cannot possibly get into the work, would it not constant aim is to put into the Life Boat only such matter ents moved during her early life to Waitsfield, Vt., where be well to give some one moderate wage's to sell the books as will be readily comprehended and appreciated by the her youth and early womanhood were spent. Her parents for you, or allow him forty or fifty cents on each book most ignorant and unlearned in the city's slums, or behind at that time-were devoted members of the Baptist Church. he sells, paying this from your own purse? Some would be prison bars, and the success and wide circulation of the She was converted when about sixteen. There were very glad to do the work, and perhaps you would be glad to Life Boat has clearly demonstrated that this simple gospel few Baptists in that community, and her baptism, which pay them the commission, and thus both would have a part story, the story of how men and women are transformed took place before a large crowd of curiosity-seekers, Was in the good work. by grace, is equally interesting to the well-educated and quite an ordeal for her young faith, she being a timid young Remember that every copy of " Christ's Object Lessons " those of refined tastes. Two special prison editions of fifty girl, and the only candidate. Her parents and several mem- sold places one dollar or more in the hands of the educa- thousand copies have been issued, one in 1899 and one in bers of the family, herself among them, accepted the Ad- tional institution in -your district, to pay the debts of that 1900. A large number of regular correspondents have ventist faith under the labors of William Miller and other institution. If you are in the Eastern Union Conference, resulted from these efforts. Another special Prisoners' preachers as early as 1843. She and they began the ob- every book sold aids South Lancaster Academy in paying Number of the paper will be issued early in 1992, if suffi- servance of the seventh-day Sabbath about 1846, even its debt. If you are in Ohio, you are aiding Mt. Vernon cient funds are raised. before they heard any Seventh-day Adventist preacher. Academy. If you live in the Lake Union Conference, every Elder Joseph Bates came to Waitsfield soon after, and ex- book sold aids in diminishing the debt of the Battle Creek plained to them more fully the truths we all believe. College. Shortly after, she became acquainted with Elder and Mrs. If you are living in the Northwestern Union Conference, December Advocate. White. So she was one of the very earliest believers of the you are aiding Union College; if on the Pacific Coast, you faith in which she ever after was a firm believer till death are aiding Healdsburg and Walla Walla colleges. If you Tx's issue of the Advocate will interest parents and closed the scene: Her parents and mine lived about twelve are in the Southwestern Unioti Conference, you are aiding teachers in a special manner, as it contains live matter con- miles apart in neighboring towns, and were well acquainted Keene Academy ; and if in the South, you are aiding the cerning the education of our children. as early as 1843. We all moved West nearly fifty years schools there. The conference of educational superintendents held at ago. Our marriage occurred March 1o, 1859, so we trav- Shall We not make a mighty effort this fall to put Berrien Springs, November 15-18, brought together men eled the rough road of life together over forty-two ye'ars, thousands of dollars into the various school treasuries to and women who have had actual experience in this work, and during all that time I never for one moment regretted aid in, the good work? I knOw our brethren everywhere and the proceedings of the conference cannot but help our union. will say; "Indeed, we will take hold." We shall be glad every church in its work for children. When your friends When I began to preach this message about thirty7five to hear from those who are canvassing for " Christ's Object ask why you do not send your children to the public schools, years ago, being absent from home most of the time, the Lessons," as we are especially interested in the experiences what do you tell them? Give them an Advocate to read. care of our little family of three young children, and the of the workers, and shall be glad to have them write out A year's subscription for this journal would cost you but burdens of life fell heavily upon her, and' the sorrows of their experiences for the chureh paper, the REVIEW ; and 5o cents, and it would be a good missionary investment. the separation almost broke he heart. But she never :A thus we can hold a social meeting together every week. Work as diligently for Christian education as to spread murmured, nor sought for a moment to hinder me frhat. The writer would Suggest that. those who are canvassing the Sabbath truth, for the former helps men and women whatI regarded as,Fa,solemn duty; was always a 10\04, for " Christ's Object Lessons "'Carry some children's books into the latter. faithful wife and mother, doing her best to make us all with them; as they can be sold - readily, the holidays being Remember the December issue. Price, 5 cents for single happy. But her burdens were heavy, and almost too. much near, in connection with " Christ's Object Lessons," and copy; 4 cents in clubs of ten or more. Address The for her strength. Not only her domestic duties, but the may be placed in some families where the latter cannot Advocate, Berrien Springs, Mich. care of much company and the burdens of large meetings, be sold ; but do not let these helps hinder the sale of consequent upon my official life, pressed heavily upon her. " Christ's Obje'ct Lessons." Hold that before the people Her sad stroke of apoplexy over twelve years ago, after . as the principal book, and dispose of the others only in we had been in Florida a little over a year, made her a case you cannot sell the former ; and it may be that you Addresses. confirmed invalid. Her right limbs could never be moved can sell one of these smaller books 'as well as a copy of by will power after that. Her whole right side was par- " Christ's Object Lessons." We would recommend such THE address of Elder C. A. Beeson is Atchison, Kan. alyzed. So she has had always to be moved in her chair, books as " Easy Steps," " Best Stories," " Gospel Primer," lifted to the bed, carried in my arms to the carriage when " Steps -to Christ," etc. Fifty per cent is allowed on these The address of Elder W. A. Westworth will be 24 Elm she rode, and helped in many ways. I felt I could 'not books, and they may aid the canvasser in keeping in the St., Barre, Vt., until further notice. leave her, and very few women had strength to do all field in the sale of Christ's Object Lessons." these things for her. So I have stayed by my suffering Let us make a long, steady pull in this work; for success companion all these years. Her sufferings have been vry will certainly attend it. It has in the past, and will in Publications Wanted. great, at times almost -unendurable. But she bore them: the future. S. H. LANE. with remarkable fortitude. Because of her request I can: say but little on this point. Let me, however, say this' THE following persons desire late, clean copies of our much : A venerable and intelligent physician, who was publications, postpaid : — Spend Your Winter in the Sunny South. providentially near us and attended upon her when first E. N. Vaughan, Salisbury, N. C. stricken down, and has often visited her since; stated" at the funeral, in a few remarks he made; that he never Was THREE MONTHS' BOARD AND ROOM FREE. Sheriff, Charleston, Ill., Life Boat and other papers. acquainted -in all his long experience with a person who DURING the long cold winters in the North, there are I. G. Bigelow, New Albany, Ind., REVIEW, Signs, In- bore all her sufferings with more cheerfulness and heroism'` many of our canvassers who are able to do but compar- structor, Little Friend. than she did. Much of the time she was cheerful, but atively little work, while none can put in full time. This when her pains were almost unendurable, she could net: fact, together with the great need of workers in the South, J. T. Eaton, Alpharetta, Ga., REVIEW, Signs, Little Friend, restrain her feelings. How thankful I am that the Lord prompts us to make a special call at this time for canvassers Instructor, Gospel Herald, Life Boat, and tracts from mercifully spared her from a single 'pain at her death. of experience to spend the winter in this field. Apples of Gold and Bible Students' Library. Can use a It was a great comfort that we could have with us, after: Those already at work are meeting with remarkable suc- large number. her death, our old especial friends, Elders A. G. Daniells! ce'ss, and there is plenty of room for more. In this con-' and R. M. Kilgore, and Elder and Mrs. Keck, our near, nection, it might be interesting to state that one of our Business Notices. neighbors, who came from the Orlando meeting to be with Young lady canvassers secured sixty orders for " Best us. Our neighbors were all very kind, and did all they; Stories " last week. This was her second week at canvass- BRIEF business notices and " wants " will be published could to assist us. ing. Another worker sold sixty-three copies of " Bible in this department, subject to the discretion of the pub- When the sad stroke came, it almost unmanned me— Readings," amounting to $15o, in one week. Others are lishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lt made everything seem so dark to me. How could doing, equally well. lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over bear the burdens of life further? My heart was greatly The Southern people are kind and hospitable, and seem four, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish depressed. But our merciful Father has caused this cloud ,hungry for the truth. Aside from canvassing, there is employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons un- of 'depression to be lifted, and I can say, from the .heart: abundant opportunity for other missionary work. known to the managers of the publishing house must furnish He doeth all things well. She sleeps in Jesus, resting We have nine States here that have scarcely been en- good references. without a pang of pain. For year's she had longed to, tered,— Tennessee, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, die. Death had no terrors for her, though early in life Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. WANTED.— A gentleman and a lady nurse who can give she was greatly depressed by them. How blessed the Chris- There are grand openings for consecrated workers of ex- all the Battle Creek Sanitarium treatments. Give references. tian .hope I It is inexpressibly precious to me. Soon 'we, perience. • Address Indianapolis Sanitarium, 224 West Ohio St., shall " meet again, meet ne'er to sever." Because of the urgent need of such workers to carry the Indianapolis, Ind. GEO. I. BUTLER. printed page of truth throughout this vast field, we will pay the board and room for three months, of canvassers FOR SALE.— The Beecher farm of 252 acres of fine fruit DAMSGAARD.— Died at the home of her brother, Anton land, five miles west of Battle Creek. Can be bought now of, ability and experience who will come and engage in Helligso, at Webster, S. D., Nov. 12, 1901, Mrs. Christine this work. However, before coming, it will be necessary for $8,000, to settle the estate. Address Samuel Barr, Damsgaard. Sister Damsgaard was born in Denmark, Nov; for you to write us, and make arrangements. Please men- Battle Creek, Mich. zo, 1865. She accepted the Advent Message in 1894, and tion some reliable references -When writing. FOR SALE.— A good farm of forty acres, three miles from was a faithful Christian worker up to the time of her The South has been designated as " a world of its own," Battle Creek post-office ; five acres timber ; good house, sickness and death. She leaves one son, eleven years old, and we must have workers of ability who are consecrated barn, windmill, etc. Address E. H. FIarnden, Bedford to mourn the loss of a dear mother. Words of comfort to the Lord's cause, and who have had experience in can- St., Battle Creek, Mich. were read from Rev. 20 : 6; 14: 13. C. A. BURMAN.

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Next Week. The Bible- by Whole Books., -

THE editors have received an interesting letter USUALLY one text is taken for the, foundation of from T. Enright, the Catholic priest of St. Louis, a discourse, but Elder W. A. Spicer took as the Mo., who has repeatedly offered $1,000 to any per- basis of his discourse in the Tabernacle, Sabbath, son who wilt show him from the Bible alone, that he November 3o, the whole book of Habakkuk. The is obliged to keep Sunday, the first day of the week, lessons drawn from it were numerous and perti- as the Sabbath. Having seen frequent statements, nent. " Though it tarry, wait for it; because it will BATTLE CREEK, MICH., DECEMBER 3, 1901. from S. W. Gamble and others, to the effect that surely come,' it will not tarry " (Hab. 2: 2, 3), R. V. Father Enright had withdrawn his offer, we wrote it " hasteth toward the end; it will not delay." Contents of This Number. him an inquiry. His reply will appear in next The promise is, to the people of God, that their week's issue. B. feet shall be made like hinds' feet. It is not our !Poetry. place to go moping and dawdling in the Chris- The Faith of Daniel,—Thanks unto God — Be Content —When A Bloodless Dinner. the Children Come Home 777, 779, 78o, 782 tian course in its conclusion, but to go With life, metal Articles. THE Sanitarium did the handsome thing for the and springing as the nimble hinds go on in their 'Robbing God, -.No. r — Our Times—Do Good—Growth — Be people in this vicinity on Thanksgiving day. Taking way, flying past all obstacles. Patient—Try the Spirits—How to Keep from Falling . . 777-780 the church list, invitations were sent out which :Missionary Beading Circle. December Study of the Field — God-Given Opportunities . . 781 brought in' about eleven hundred guests, who sat down to tables in the gymnasium, and also occupied tt A World- Wide Paper." Ho' me and Health. Home-Keeping:—Some Homemade Nut Foods— Women Losing the regular dining hall and other vacant spaces. • THE reader will find on page 786 (Progress de- Their Modestyr Request for prayers 782, 783 At the conclusion of the exercises on the even- partment) an interesting report concerning the work Of:Math-School Work. ing of Thanksgiving, word was sent down that if :::new: to Teach the Lesson 783 in South Africa. In his letter idclosing the same, any were too aged or too feeble to attend, carriages itorial. - Brother 0. 0. Fortner, Secretary of the South Afri- would be sent to bring them to the dinner, and re- ,,Do You Know? Ep.—A Right View of the Message, L. A. E. — can Conference, writes the Editor of the REVIEW Th'e Week of Prayer for 0901, ELDER A. G. DANIELLE . • 784, 785 turn them afterward. Many availed themselves of as follows: — Week of Prayet Notes. this offer, and so the occasion was furnished with The IMacedonian Cry —An important Occasion . . 785, 786 guests, in whose countenances thanksgiving and " CAPE TOWN,' 23d October, 1901, Rrogress of the ,„Cause. good cheer might be read. A pleasing feature of " DEAR BROTHER: Please find inclosed a report, Jamaica, West Indies'— A. Plea for Wales— South African Con- lefeace+-liona Bay Islands -=Brazil= Porto Rico —Colom- the occasion was one plump, live turkey secured of the proceedings of our late conference. We shall ' hia—Jainaiba's Need of Christian Schools—Tennessee—Texas NationaPPurity Convention. 786-788 upon the rostrum, to which a label was fastened, be pleased if you will insert this in the Progress 'department. Neivs and Notes. saying that he was thankful that his life was spared. " The REVIEW is appreciated very much by our 14earling Events of Week Nov. 24-3o, A. J. B. 789 Thus the day passed off very pleasantly, and, so far cial Notices: people in this field. We are glad that we have stich- Missouri Conference and Tract Society— A Personal, Letter — as we know, to the satisfaction of all. a world-wide paper. It deals with the work ;of TheWOrk egun in Earnest—Spend Your Winter in the Sunny South —The WO Boat — December Advocate— Addresses— this message in every part of the world, and speaks publications Wanted —Business Notices , . , . 789, 79 Religious Persecution. as directly to those in distant parts as it does:4o: Obituaries. 790 those nearer its home. I hope that it will ever THERE is religious persecution in Manitoba. No- increase in efficiency until it has borne its last cheer- vember 2, at Morden, Brother F. J. Goertzen and a ing message to God's waiting people." • 100-Does your subscription expire this month? neighbor, whose name we do not have, were fined If so, ,did-yo n renew last week? If not, please re- fifteen dollars each for having desecrated Sunday You, dear reader, can, by your active co-operation new now. by doing secular work. Brother Goertzen's offense with the editors, help to make the REVIEW still. more , consisted in drawing wheat from 'the field to his " a world-wide paper." Send to us for free spin* Question chair and Relief of the Schools THE house; his neighbor's Sunday work was done in his copies, and hand them out to those about you. .The , .out= this week, as eparttnents are both crowded stable. The man who served the papers said he was giving of one single, copy of our publications has often been the ineans"of ell as Some).editoriakurattert r - appointed to prosecute ” all breakers of the Sunday, -a-tbliVerSion:- The price •c:if"' or American sabbath." the REVIEW, to subscribers .in distant lands, IS only • $1.5o, the same as to those in this country --the Tini Berea*. Library is discontinued, and we can- At the same time, three children, the youngest trifling sum of three cents per week. When, in 1897,, ot.receive any more subscriptions for it; but the four years of age and the oldest ten, were prosecuted the price of the paper, was reduced from $2.00 Review and lierald will send, copies of any number for a like offense. They were playing in the gar- $1.50, the object was to bring the paper within the ;- of this publication, postpaid, to all who desire them, den, and a neighbor spied them carrying some po- reach of all, and to charge but one-' mice to all. at the regular published piices. No extra postage tatoes. Immediately the machinery of the criminal There being ,no commissions or profits to agente, is, required. law was set in motion to deal with this heinous the work of extending the. influence and circulation- offense, and the mother was told that' unless she of the REVIEW becomes a missionary effort on the paid the fine imposed, her little ones would be put .Et.ona. L. IVIcCov, chaplain of the Sanitarium, de- part of every reader — a true labor of love. We in jail. She paid the fine. All parties were threat- Piexed an: interesting sermon in the Sanitarium are really glad that this is so. Now, who will .be ened with severer punishment if they continued to chapel, Sabbath, the 3oth ult., his subject ,being the the first to send for free sample copies for distriL. disregard Sunday. kcOnd coming of Christ. Many of the patients, as but ion ? A. 3. B. This happened in Manitoba, but the same kind of „Well as the helpers, attend these weekly services, people live there that are to be found in all parts thus gaining a knowledge of present truth. of this country. The carnal heart does not act A Sequel. differently in Manitoba from what it does in Michi- StsTua. ALLISON is in charge of our city mission gan. The " dragon " is as wroth against command- WE have received from Thomas I. Moore, whose' Work in this place, and reports'some interesting ex- ment-keepers in one part of the country as in an- sad experience was noticed in the REVIEW of May periences connected with her faithful efforts to re- other. 28, 1901; a sequel to "Annie Moore Cable," 'whose Vlaim the honest among the so-called lower classes. " Brethren and sisters, would that I might say mind was destroyed in the process of developing as She finds 'as much crime and evil to contend with in something to awaken you to the importance of this a spirit medium. This unfortunate woman has riot this Small city= as in the slum districts of Chicago, time, the significanCe of the events that are now yet recovered her sanity, but is still suffering under whete, she worked for Several years. taking place. I point you to the aggressive move- a a affliction which to her friends is worse than death. ments now being made for the restriction of re- Her father is still exercised as to what can be done ligious liberty."— "Testimonies for the Church," to rid the land of this dangerous delusion. He has IN:1;Tnn. December number of the Missionary Maga- J/ol. VI, page 18. We ought to see these things been trying to secure legislation against it, which *Ike, has just been mailed. This number is unusu- without being pointed to them; let us certainly not is of doubtful utility; a more practical method, lly, interesting. Among the leading articles we it seems to us, is to gather statistics to show the , . fail to see them now, and to act as we are admon- notice, Matabeleland,"- by Elder F. L. Mead, prob- ished by them. L. A. S. evil it has accomplished, so as to create a great :ably - the last article written,:' , betore his death ; moral influence which will put people on their guard $"-Progtess in .Palestine; " " In: Northern Russia; " " MODERN MIRACLES," a book of 192 pages, filled against it, and so keep multitudes out of the fatal " The Women of India; " " Religious Conditions in with miracles of grace wrought in the reformation snare. He sends blank forms for petitions' to the _Porto Rico; ": and " Tidings from Finland; " while of drunkards and criminals, through the presentation United States Congress for the appointment of a alarge-number of fields are mentioned. Every Sev- of the whole gospel of salvation for soul, mind, and commission to investigate insane asylums, to ascer- tain how many have become insane by dabbling in -enth-,day Adventist family should have this journal. body as presented at the Life Boat Mission, 436 The..price is only so cents a year. Now is the time State St., Chicago. One of the most thrillingly in- Spiritualism, hypnotism, and kindred delusions. - This to order so that your subscription will begin with teresting books ever written. Price, 25 cents, paper is a worthy object, and we 'hope it will be heartily cover; 5o cents, cloth. Will be ready for the holi- responded to. Address Thomas I. Moore, Box 27,5, he.:,.-. first number of the new 'year.. Order through yet 'State- office,, or direct fronv the Mission Board, days. Address the Life Boat, 2 & 4 Thirty-third Bradford, Ohio. Send stamps for whatever you order from him. 7'WeSt'-Main 'St, Battle Creek, Mich. „ Place, Chicago, Ill.