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"BE STILL"
By CARLYLE B. HAYNES

THE Refuge Psalm (the 46th) is from first to last, filled with comfort, strength,
and admonition for the saints of God today.
It discloses tribulation, trial, warfare, but it points the believer to his sure Refuge,
his safe and blessed Retreat, amid all the storms gathering on earth's horizons.
God is not only our refuge. He is also with us. "He maketh wars to cease to
the ends of the earth ; He breaketh the &ow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth
the chariot in the fire."
As God is thus the source of victory, as the battle is not to the strong nor the race
to the swift, then-''Be still."
Do not be alarmed, distressed, agitated. Be satisfied of this-God will be exalted
in the earth. Be not fearful for His kingdom. Be not uneasy for His cause. Not a
hair of the head of His saints shall perish.
"Be still." "He is not a man, that He should repent.'' He is not a creature to fail.
He is the mighty God, yesterday, today, and forever the same.
Certainly this admonition is suitable for these times. Scenes are opening before our
vision that indicate the world is about to take its last sickening plunge to destruction.
All about us are grounds for disquiet.
But "be still." Bring to the consideration of faith the fact that we see but a fragment of God's 'procedure. We do not see that out of evil He brings good.
The overshadowing error which now is growing deeper and darker until it threatens
to overcast the entire sky will erelong be dissipated and the truth shine forth with all the
splendor of the sun.
The momentary cloud will only accentuate the intensity of the glory that succeeds it.
The distresses in the church which make us fear the cause of God is going to pieces,
are only preparatory to final triumph and lasting peace.
Let us remember that while we see, it is through a glass darkly. Forgetting this,
and thinking we see more clearly than we do, we are troubled and disquieted. If we
saw more clearly, the whole and not merely a part, we would know that God has not
left us to ourselves.
No, dear fellow believer, "the Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice." "The Lord
reigneth; let the people tremble."
"Be still, and know that I am God."
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The Work of the Holy Spirit
ONLY a few hours before the Lord
Jesus laid down His life a ransom
for many, He gave to His disciples,
and to us through them, the promise
of the coming of the Comforter, the
Holy Spirit, called in "The Desire of
Ages," page 671, "the third person
of the Godhead." And in giving His
disciples that promise Jesus gave
them in these words the reason for
the separation that was so soon to take
place :
"Now I go My way to Him that
sent Me ; and none of you asketh me,
Whither goest Thou? But because I
have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth : It is expedient for you that I go away; for
if I go not away, the Comforter will
not come unto you; but if I depart,
I will send Him unto you." John
16 :5-7.
Cumbered by human flesh, Jesus
could be in only one place at a time.
But the Holy Spirit, though a person, is a spiritual being like the
Father, and is always everywhere
present, as declare verses 1 to 12 of
the 139th psalm :
"0 Jehovah, Thou hast searched
me, and known me. Thou knowest
my downsitting and mine uprising ;
Thou understandest my thought afar
off. Thou searchest out my path and
my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways. For there is not
a word in my tongue, but, lo, 0 Jehovah, Thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before,
and laid Thy hand upon me.
"Such knowledge is too wonderful
for me ; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it. Whither shall I go from Thy
Spirit? or whither shall I flee from
Thy presence? If I ascend up into
heaven, Thou art there : if I make my
bed in Sheol, behold, Thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea; even there shall Thy hand
lead me, and Thy right hand shall
hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light
about me shall be night ; even the
darkness hideth not from Thee, but
the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to
Thee." A. R. V.
Cannot Comprehend the Infinite

God is infinite ; we are finite. It is
impossible that the finite should ever
comprehend the Infinite. He is the
Creator, not alone of this world, nor
even of the solar system, but of the
universe in the broadest sense of that
term. How utterly impossible is it
that we should ever be able to comprehend the Infinite One ! Job's friends

had some conception of this truth ;
Zophar the Naamathite challenged
Job in these words :
"Canst thou by searching find out
God ? canst thou find out the Almighty
unto perfection ?" In like manner the
psalmist, writing of divine things,
says : "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it."
And yet, while we can never know
all that God knows, nor ever know as
He knows even the simplest things
of nature, we may, by the Divine
Spirit, be "filled with all the fullness
of God," knowing "the love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge." Eph. 3:
19. Indeed, as stated in 2 Peter 1 :4,
by the Lord Jesus we are made "partakers of the divine nature," thus escaping "the corruption that is in the
world through lust."
We learn from John 3 :1-3 that a
new birth is essential to a new, a
spiritual life, for said the Saviour
to Nieodemus, "Verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God."
Nieodemus, thinking that Jesus
meant a natural, fleshly birth, said,
"How can a man be born when he is
old ? can he enter the second time into
his mother's womb, and be born ?"
Spirit Necessary to Sonship

To this question Jesus answered,
"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. That which is born
of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel
not that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again."
This same thought is strongly emphasized by the apostle Paul in Romans 8 :9 in these words: "If any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of His."
And again in verse 14 we read :
"As many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God."
It is not only the privilege of every
one to have the Spirit of God as an
indwelling presence, molding the life
and giving victory over sin, but such
possession of the Spirit is absolutely
essential to a new, a spiritual life.
This being true, the question arises,
How shall I obtain the Divine Spirit?
The answer to this question is, The
Holy Spirit is received by asking :
"I say unto you, Ask, and it shall
be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ;
knock, and it shall be opened unto
you. For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ;
and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened. If a son shall ask bread of
any of you that is a father, will he

give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish,
will he for a fish give him a serpent?
or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer
him a scorpion ? If ye then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts unto I
your children ; how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask Him ?" Luke
I
11 :9-13.
Parable Illustrates

Observe, however, that this asking
must spring from a realization of a
real conscious, present need, as shown
in Luke 11 :5-8.
In the parable a friend comes to a
householder in the night, tired and
hungry. But the householder has
nothing to set before him. However,
the demands of hospitality are upon
him, and he says to himself, True, I
have nothing, but I know my near
neighbor has bread, and I will borrow of him. So he goes to that neighbor with his request, telling the reason. At first, he meets rebuff, but under the customs of the East, his friend
must not go to bed hungry ; food must
be procured, and so he presses his
plea, and secures the needed bread
"because of his importunity," as
stated in verse 8, and then follows the
assurance, "Ask, and it shall be given
you." And, above all, ask not for
selfish gratification, but that, like the
man in the parable, you may have
somewhat to impart to others.
"Christ has promised the gift of the
Holy Spirit to His church, and the
promise belongs to us as much as to
the first disciples. But like every
other promise, it is given on conditions. There are many who believe
and profess to claim the Lord's promise; they talk about Christ and about
the Holy Spirit, yet receive no benefit.
They do not surrender the soul to be
guided and controlled by the divine
agencies. We cannot use the Holy
Spirit. The Spirit is to use us.
Through the Spirit God works in His
people 'to will and to do of His good
pleasure.' But many will not submit
to this. They want to manage themselves. This is why they do not receive the heavenly gift. Only to those
who wait humbly upon God, who
watch for His guidance and grace, is
the Spirit given."—"The Desire of
Ages," p. 672.
This has always been true. But we
are living in a time of even greater
need than in former ages and so of
greater promise and greater urgency.
Says the Spirit of prophecy :
"The power of God awaits their demand and reception. This promised
blessing, claimed by faith, brings all
other blessings in its train. It is given
according to the riches of the grace
of Christ, and He is ready to supply
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The Second Advent---Hope of the Ages
THE second coming of Christ is
spoken of in the Bible as the "blessed
hope." Paul wrote to Titus: "Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ." Titus
2 :13. Not the improvement of our
world by the efforts of finite man, but
the coming of the Saviour to destroy
evil and establish the kingdom of
righteousness, has been the hope of
God's children from the earliest days.
The Bible contains a great number
of passages dealing directly with the
second advent of our Lord. To the
true followers of God this advent doctrine has been no mere theory, no dry
tenet of faith, but a living conviction
that has moved hearts to holy living
and to continued patience and perseverance in the ways of righteousness, even in the face of the greatest
hardships and persecutions. Godly
men of Bible times maintained their
courage in adversity, not by adopting
the bleak fatalism of their pagan
neighbors, but by maintaining their
faith in the promise of God to bring
an end to sin and to create a new
earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Take the promise of a Deliverer
which is found in the earliest chapters of the Bible, the promise that
runs through the whole history of the
human race from the day of our first
parents. In pronouncing judgment
upon the serpent, the Lord declared :
"I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and
her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise His heel." Gen. 3:
15. Many are wont to think of this
promise as dealing quite exclusively
with the first advent of Christ, for
Jesus of Nazareth is declared to be
the Seed that should come. (See Gal.
3 :16.) But we should not restrict
the Lord's words given in the garden
of Eden; they contain the promise
not simply of the first advent, but
of the second. Paul, writing to the
church at Rome, declared, "The God

of peace shall bruise Satan under
your feet shortly." Rom. 16 :20. The
apostle looked to the future, to the
great day when God will bring Satan
and all his followers to destruction,
as the time of the complete fulfillment
of the original promise to our first
parents.
Enoch's Prophecy

It is when this passage in Genesis
is viewed in relation to the words of
Paul that we appreciate more fully
the statement concerning Enoch, the
seventh from Adam. We read:
"Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten
thousands of His saints, to execute
judgment upon all, and to convince
all that are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they
have ungodly committed, and of all
their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken against Him."
Jude 14, 15.
Enoch, who walked and talked with
God, must have been pained at his
heart over the iniquity and corruption that was already beginning to
show itself in the world. He longed
to see this earth freed from all these
contaminating influences. He longed
for the day when Satan's power
should be crushed under heel. Accordingly, the record tells us that he
looked forward to the advent of
Christ as the day of reckoning, and
of relief from these distressing conditions.
The patriarch Job is a Bible illustration of how godly men found hope
of deliverance, not only from evil
men, but also from the pangs of
bodily afflictions which have so widely
troubled mankind since the fall. In
the deepest of bodily affliction, bereft
of his children and all earthly possessions, languishing on an ash heap,
and surrounded by tantalizing comforters, he exultantly exclaimed : "I
know that my Redeemer liveth, and
that He shall stand at the latter day

upon the earth : and though after my
skin worms destroy this body, yet in
my flesh shall I see God : whom I shall
see for myself, and mine eyes shall
behold, and not another; though my
reins be consumed within me." Job
19 :25-27.
The sweet singer of Israel placed
on record for all generations to come
his inspired belief regarding the second advent of our Lord :
"Our God shall come, and shall not
keep silence : •a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. He shall
call to the heavens from above, and
to the earth, that He may judge His
people. Gather My saints together
unto Me ; those that have made a
covenant with Me by sacrifice." Ps.
50 :3-5.
Isaiah's Forecast

Isaiah, who has_ often been described as the prophet of salvation
because of his prophecies concerning
the first advent of our Lord, directs
the attention of believers to the second advent as the ultimate fulfillment
of their hopes. Thus he writes concerning Christ :
"He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and
the rebuke of His people shall He
take away from off all the earth : for
the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall
be said in that day, Lo, this is our
God; we have waited for Him, and
He will save us: this is the Lord; we
have waited for Him, we will be glad
and rejoice in His salvation." Isa.
25 :8, 9.
Two statements in this prophecy
clearly reveal that Isaiah is speaking,
not of the first advent, but of the
second. The time when Christ will
"swallow up death in victory" is at
the second advent. Paul declares that
at the time of the last trump, when
the "dead shall be raised incorruptible" and "this mortal shall have put
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to pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory."
(See 1 Cor. 15:52, 54.)
The promise that Christ "will wipe
away tears from off all faces," also
reveals that Isaiah is speaking of the
second advent, for of a certainty tears
have not yet been wiped from off all
faces. We must still go forth to sow,
weeping. We are still called upon
to sorrow for loved ones laid away,
albeit not as do others who have no
hope. The time of the wiping of tears
from off all faces belongs to the future. This is made very plain in the
book of Revelation. Writing of those
saved in the kingdom of God, the
revelator declares : "The Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall
feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters : and God
shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes." Rev. 7:17. (See also Rev.
21:4. )
Christ's Assurance

The troubled hearts of Christ's disciples were made calm by His assurance that there would be a second
advent : "Let not your heart be troubled : ye believe in God, believe also
in Me. In My Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare
a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto Myself ;
that where I am, there ye may be
also." John 14:1-3.
When the disciples, filled with the
Holy Ghost, no longer troubled in
spirit but full of confidence, went
forth to preach the gospel, they
stressed this fact of the second advent
of Christ. Said Peter, in one of his
notable sermons to the Jews : "Repent
ye therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when
the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord ; and
He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you : whom
the heaven must receive until the
times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth
of all His holy prophets since the
world began." Acts 3 :19-21.
Paul's Clear Testimony

Said Paul to the church at Philippi :
"Our conversation is in heaven ; from
whence also we look far the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ : who shall
change our vile body, that it may be
fashioned like unto His glorious body,
according to the working whereby He
is able even to subdue all things unto
Himself." Phil. 3 :20, 21.
The same apostle reminded the
Thessalonians of the effect that his
preaching had had upon them, declaring : "Ye turned to God from idols to

serve the living and true God; and to
wait for His Son from heaven, whom
He raised from the dead, even Jesus,
which delivered us from the wrath
to come." 1 Thess. 1:9, 10. It was
to these same believers in Thessalonica that he gave the words of hope
concerning the coming of the Lord in
the clouds of heaven, to bring the
sleeping saints from their graves.
(See 1 Thess. 4 :14-18.)
Repeatedly did the New Testament
writers set forth the second advent,
not simply as the hope of godly men
for relief from the wickedness about
them, or of easement from afflictions
that had come upon them, but also
for victory over the grave, which had
devoured their loved ones, and which
stood waiting to devour them.
When the executioner's sword was
almost ready to descend upon him,
Paul could declare : "I know whom I
have believed, and am persuaded that
He is able to keep that which I have
committed unto Him against that
day." "I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course, I have kept
the faith : henceforth there is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day : and not
to me only, but unto all them also
that love His appearing." 2 Tim. 1:
12 ; 4 :7, 8.
Agreement of Bible Writers

The beloved disciple John wrote
much on the second advent of our
Lord, and the book of the Revelation
is filled with declarations concerning
Christ's coming. In the very first
chapter and the seventh verse, we
read : "Behold, He cometh with
clouds; and every eye shall see Him,
and they also which pierced Him :
and all kindreds of the earth shall
wail because of Him." And in the
last chapter the thought is repeated :
"Behold, I come quickly ; and My reward is with Me, to give every man
according as his work shall be." Rev.
22:12. When our eyes turn to the
very closing lines of the Good Book,
they fall upon these words : "He
which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly." Verse 20.
Enoch, the seventh from Adam,
who looked to the coming of the Lord
in judgment, is in complete agreement in his hopes with John, the last
of the Bible writers, who likewise
points to the day of Christ's coming
to give every man according as his
work shall be, and who adds as the
expression of his deepest feeling,
"Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
The real harmony of Scripture is
to be found through a study of the
truth of the second advent. If we
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the real objective toward which all
inspiration moves. To fail to realize that the second advent of Christ
is the real goal of all prophecy and
the hope of all the ages, is to fail to
understand the Bible.
The fact of Christ's second coming
is one of the most easily established
of all doctrines for those who accept
the Bible as authority on religious
matters. We are not following fanciful teachings nor focusing our hopes
on a vain objective when we shape all
our plans and govern all our acts by
this solemn truth, that Christ will
come the second time to reward every
man according as his work shall be.
As a denomination we have made no
mistake in placing tremendous emphasis on this fact of the second advent. For our hope in it and our
vigorous preaching of it we have the
precedent of patriarchal, prophetic,
and apostolic teaching behind us.
To the degree that the hope of
Christ's advent is made secondary in
the preaching of those who profess to
be the expounders of God's message
—to that degree some other solution
of the world's problem is being made
primary. Men demand some way out
of their troubles. They insist on some
hope for the future. The Bible offers
Christ's second coming as the way
out. The popular ministry of the
world have quite largely brushed
aside any belief in this primary truth
of the advent, and accordingly we find
them setting before the world every
other kind of hope. We hear evolution presented as the way by which
the world will finally improve. We
hear sermons on social betterment of
the race through legislative programs,
through eugenic measures, through a
bewildering category of schemes. But
the increasing dilemma of our world
reveals the bankruptcy of all these
alternative, empty hopes that popular
preachers present. The one hope of
the ages still stands, the coming of
Christ in glory to bring an end to a
world of sin and to establish His
everlasting kingdom of righteousness.
F. D. N.
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Ir there is a place for you, then
assuredly if you wait on the Lord,
you will find it; and having found it,
you will know what the Lord hath
need of. The porters in the temple
were as numerous as the singers, and
the watching of the gates was as needful as the service of song. Those
who stand by night in the house of
the Lord are as much in service as
the players on musical instruments
in the morning. To know the Lord's
will and to do it is service.—Anna
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THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS
"The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy." Rev. 12:17 and 19:10.

Recognizing the Divine Call
WHEN God, by His Holy Spirit,
calls men to the work of apostles or
prophets, will they themselves recognize the, source of their call ? We believe they will. This has been demonstrated many times in the history
of the church. Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and other prophets
of the Old Testament era well understood the work they were given to
do and the authority by which they
were to utter their messages of warning and reproof.
The apostle Paul declared that he
was called, not of men, but of God,
and he tells repeatedly how God laid
upon him the apostleship to the Gentile world. When messengers from
the Jewish authorities interrogated
John as to his mission, they were met
with no cringing or apologetic excuse.
He knew the work that God had called
him to do. He declares in unmistakable terms : "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight
the way of the Lord, as said the
prophet Esaias."
Did Mrs. E. G. White recognize
her call to holy office ? She came with
no high-sounding titles, with no vainglorious pretensions, with no ostentatious show. She was instructed that
she was the Lord's messenger. She
recognized this call and proved true
to her divine commission. In the REVIEW AND HERALD of July 26, 1906,
she discusses in considerable detail
the work to which she had been called.
We believe it will be profitable, in this
connection, to read, this statement.
We therefore reproduce it entire:
The Lord's Messenger
"Last night, in vision, I was standing
before an assembly of our people, bearing a decided testimony regarding present
truth and present duty. After the discourse, many gathered about me, asking
questions. They desired so many explanations about this point, and that point,
and another point, that I said, 'One at a
time, if you please, lest you confuse me.'
"And then I appealed to them, saying:
'For years you have had many evidences
that the Lord has given me a work to do.
These evidences could scarcely have been
greater than they are. Will you brush
away all these evidences as a cobweb, at
the suggestion of a man's unbelief f That
which makes my heart ache is the fact
that many who are now perplexed and
tempted are those who have had abundance of evidence and opportunity to consider and pray and understand; and yet
they do not discern the nature of the
sophistries that are presented to influence
them to reject the warnings God has given

to save them from the delusions of these
last days.'
"Some have stumbled over the fact that
I said I did not claim to be a prophet;
and they have asked, Why is this?
"I have had no claims to make, 'only
that I am instructed that I am the Lord's
messenger; that He called me in my youth
to be His messenger, to receive His word,
and to give a clear and decided message
in the name of the Lord Jesus.
"Early in my youth I was asked several
times, Are you a prophet? I have ever
responded, I am the Lord's messenger. I
know that many have called me a prophet,
but I have made no claim to this title.
My Saviour declared me to be His messenger. 'Your work,' He instructed me,
'is to bear My word. Strange things will
arise, and in your youth I set you apart
to bear the message to the erring ones,
to carry the word before unbelievers, and
with pen and voice to reprove from the
word, actions that are not right. Exhort
from the word. I will make My word
open to you. It shall not be as a strange
language. In the true eloquence of simplicity, with voice and pen, the messages
that I give shall be heard from one who
has never learned in the schools. My
Spirit and My power shall be with you.
"'Be not afraid of man, for My shield
shall protect you. It is not you that
speaketh : it is the Lord that giveth the
messages of warning and reproof. Never
deviate from the truth under any circumstances. Give the light I shall give you.
The messages for these last days shall be
written in books, and shall stand immortalized, to testify against those who have
once rejoiced in the light, but who have
been led to give up because of the seductive influences of evil.'
No Pretentious Claims
"Why have I not claimed to be a
prophet? Because in these days many
who boldly claim that they are prophets
are a reproach to the cause of Christ;
and because my work includes much more
than the word 'prophet' signifies.
"When this work was first given me, I
begged the Lord to lay the burden on some
one else. The work was so large and
broad and deep that I feared I could not
do it. But by His Holy Spirit the Lord
has enabled me to perform the work which
He gave me to do.
"God has made plain to me the various
ways in which He would use me to carry
forward a special work. Visions have
been given me, with the promise, 'If you
deliver the messages faithfully and endure
to the end, you shall eat of the fruit of
the tree of life, and drink of the water
of the river of life.'
"The Lord gave me great light on
health reform. In connection with my
husband, I was to be a medical missionary worker. I was to set an example to
the church by taking the sick to my home
and caring for them. This I have done,
giving the, women and children vigorous
treatment. I was also to speak on the
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heartily in this work, and spoke to large
assemblies on temperance in its broadest
and truest sense.
"I was instructed that I must ever urge
upon those who profess to believe the
truth, the necessity of practicing the
truth. This means sanctification, and
sanctification means the culture and training of every capability for the Lord's
service.
"I was charged not to neglect or pass
by those who were being wronged. I was
specially charged to protest against any
arbitrary or overbearing action toward
the ministers of the gospel by those having official authority. Disagreeable though
the duty may be, I am to reprove the oppressor, and plead for justice. I am to
present the necessity of maintaining justice and equity in all our institutions.
"If I see those in positions of trust
neglecting aged ministers, I am to present the matter to those whose duty is to
care for them. Ministers who have faithfully done their work are not to be forgotten or neglected when they have become feeble in health. Our conferences
are not to disregard the needs of those
who have borne the burdens of the work.
It was after John had grown old in the
service of the Lord that he was exiled to
Patmos. And on that lonely isle he received more communications from heaven
than he had received during the rest of
his lifetime.
An Example to Others
"After my marriage I was instructed
that I must show a special interest in
motherless and fatherless children, taking
some under my own charge for a time,
and then finding homes for them. Thus
I would be giving others an example of
what they could do.
"Although called to travel often, and
having much writing to do, I have taken
children of three and five years of age,
and have cared for them, educated them,
and trained them for responsible positions. I have taken into my home from
time to time, boys from ten to sixteen
years of age, giving them motherly care,
and a training for service. I have felt it
my duty to bring before our people that
work for which those in every church
should feel a responsibility.
"While in Australia L-carried on this
same line of work, taking into my home
orphan children who were in danger of
being exposed to temptations that might
cause the loss of their souls.
"In Australia we also worked as Christian medical missionaries. At times I
made my home in Cooranbong an asylum
for the sick and afflicted. My secretary,
who had received a training in the Battle
Creek Sanitarium, stood by my side, and
did the work of a missionary nurse. No
charge was made for her services, and we
won the confidence of the people by the
interest that we manifested in the sick
and suffering. After a time the Health
Retreat at Cooranbong was built, and then
we were relieved of this burden.
"To claim to be a prophetess is something that I have never done. If others
call me by that name, I have no controversy with them. But my work has covered so many lines that I cannot call myself other than a messenger, sent to bear
a message from the Lord to His people,
and to take up work in any line that He
points out.
"When I was last in Battle Creek, I
said before a large congregation that I
did not claim to be a prophetess. Twice
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time to make the statement, 'I do not
claim to be a prophetess.' If I spoke
otherwise than this, let all now understand
what I had in mind to say was that I do
not claim the title of prophet or prophetess.
Giving the Same Message

"I understand that some were anxious
to know if Mrs. White still held the same
views that she did years ago when they
heard her speak in the sanitarium grove,
in the Tabernacle, and at the camp meetings held in the suburbs of Battle Creek.
I assured them that the message she bears
today is the same that she has borne during the sixty years of her public ministry.
She has the same service to do for the
Master that was laid upon her in her girlhood. She receives lessons from the same
Instructor. The directions given her are,
`Make known to others what I have revealed to you. Write out the messages
that I give you, that the people may have
them.' This is what she has endeavored
to do.
"I have written many books, and they
have been given a wide circulation. Of
myself I could not have brought out the
truth in these books, but the Lord has
given me the help of His Holy Spirit.
These books, giving the instruction that
the Lord has given me during the past
sixty years, contain light from heaven,
and will bear the test of investigation.
"At the age of seventy-eight I am still
toiling. We are all in the hands of the
Lord. I trust in Him; for I know that
He will never leave nor forsake those who
put their trust in Him. I have committed
myself to His keeping.
" 'And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord,
who hath enabled me, for that He counted
me faithful, putting me into the ministry.'
"Sanitarium, Calif., June 29, 1906."

But while acting in various capacities,—as judges, kings, prime ministers, counselors, teachers, and preachers,—these men of God all belonged
to the order of prophets, and were
used by Him as His chosen instruments. We cannot determine the position occupied by each one in the prophetic scale. If we were to attempt
to do this, naturally we should place
Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel ahead
of John the Baptist. We should consider their long years of service, the
far-reaehing import of their prophecies. But of John, the Lord's voice
or messenger,—who, so far as we have
any record, uttered no far-reaching
prophecies, and who disclaimed the
prophetic title, the Master declared :
"Among those that are born of women
there is not a greater prophet than
John the Baptist." Luke 7:28.
In the foregoing statement Mrs.
White does not claim the title of
prophet, nor does she disclaim it.
She• has "no controvesy" with those
who call her by that name. She declares that God called her to be His
messenger ; that her work included
"more than the word 'prophet' signifies." When we come to consider
the multiplicity of her labors in the
church, the various capacities in
which she ministered as teacher and
leader, we can understand the distinction she makes.

The Order of Prophets

Relation to Prophets of Old

The term "prophet" as used in the
Bible is a broad and comprehensive
one. It is employed to designate a
man or woman engaged in a wide
range of service in connection with
the work of God. Some of the "prophets" never uttered a prophecy in the
customary use of that term, so far as
appears in the Sacred Record. Some
were used only for a special occasion,
others for a long series of years. Some
wrote out the messages God gave
them, others spoke only orally. To
some, as in the case of Daniel and
others, were given prophecies reaching into the distant future, portions
of which are still unfulfilled. To
others were given messages of local
application only, suited to a particular time or occasion. Some were God's
messengers, raised up in periods of
great crisis, to warn the church and
the world of threatened judgments,
and to call men back to allegiance to
God. Such were Samuel, Elijah,
John the Baptist, and others.

What relation, then, may we conclude, does the work of Mrs. White
bear to the work of the prophets of
old '? The Lord did not give to her
long lines of symbolic prophecy, as He
did to Daniel and to John the revelator; in these days, just before the
coming of the Lord, these would not
be indicated. He did not make her
a judge and lawgiver as He did Moses,
nor a ruler of state as He did David.
Rather, she filled the position of a
great teacher in Israel, as did Samuel;
of a great reformer, as did Elijah; of
a special messenger of God, as did
John the Baptist.
She lived in an age of fulfilling
prophecy, in a time of marked spiritual declension, when multitudes are
turning from the word and commandments of God to the traditions of men.
She was commissioned as Heaven's
special messenger of warning and reproof to turn men back to God and
to His word. In visions and dreams
she was instructed in the mysteries of
the word, and given the messages she
was to bear.
Like God's messengers of old, her
work belongs to the prophetic order.
The same as this movement answers
to the fulfillment of prophecy, so her
work meets the divine prediction that

"In the highest sense the prophet was
one who spoke by direct inspiration, communicating to the people the messages he
had received from God. But the name
was given also to those who, though not
so directly inspired, were divinely called
to instruct the people in the works and
ways of God."—"Ildueation," p. 46.

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the Spirit of prophecy would be connected with this movement. Rev. 12:
17; 19 :10. By the same Spirit by
which the prophets and messengers of
old were guided in their work, she was
directed and guided in her work as
God's messenger to the church in this
generation.
"In ancient times God spoke to men by
the mouth of prophets and apostles. In
these days He speaks to them by the
Testimonies of His Spirit."—"Testimonies
for the Church," Vol. V, p. 661.
Her work should not be judged by
some detail, by the turn of a phrase
or sentence, or by some seeming contradiction in her writings, but by the
spirit which characterized her work
through the years, by the fruit it has
borne in connection with the great religious movement with which it was
associated, and in the development of
which it bore a prominent part and
exerted a molding influence.
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(Concluded from page 2)
every soul according to the capacity to
receive."—Ibid.
The Source of Wisdom

We are not as earnest and diligent
in seeking the things of God as in
seeking the things of this world. In
his epistle to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, James writes :
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him. But let him ask
in faith, nothing wavering. For he
that wavereth is like a wave of the
sea driven with the wind and tossed.
For let not that man think that he
shall receive anything of the Lord.
A double-minded man is unstable in
all his ways."
Industry and diligence in temporal
things are essential in this workaday
world; but why should we regularly
give hours, day after day, and week
after week, to the temporalities and
devote only a few moments rather irregularly to spiritual things, and then
wonder why our lives are so barren,
our victories so few, and our defeats
so many ? Is it not because we forget
the words of our Saviour, "Seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and His
righteousness; and all these [necessary temporal] things shall be added
unto you" ? Matt. 6 :33.
Fellow believers, are we really making first things first, or are we unconsciously, it may be, giving the world
first place ?
Why not believe just now and claim
by faith the promise of Revelation 3:
20, 21 ?
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The Blessings of God's Forgiveness
By G. A. ROBERTS
"IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1 :9.
Our way out of sin is the way of
forgiveness, and this is true of every
sin of our lives. True, there are sins
that require restoration and restitution, but these also must be dealt with
by forgiveness as verily as those sins
which the sinner can never undo or
correct.
If a man commits the sin of stealing
or defrauding God or man, he is under obligation to make the matter
right, so far as he is able, and only
upon doing so may he expect God to
forgive. If a sin is committed which
cannot be made right or undone or
modified by human endeavor, such as
sin of morals, or murder, then dependence upon God's forgiveness alone is
the sinner's only hope. Nor is his
hope a vain hope, for God does forgive fully and freely, according to the
sincerity and faith of the repentant
sinner.

We are nearing home. We should
allow no unconfessed sin to remain on
the books above. We should search
our lives and our past record to see if
we have carelessly dealt with any sin
of our experience. If we find one sin,
no matter how old or small, that has
not definitely been confessed and forgiven, we should immediately make
sure work for eternity in the matter
by full and complete confession.
"To cover the sin which lies on the
conscience with a layer of earnest endeavor to do right, will not take the
sin away ; the underlying sin will assimilate all the dead works that may
be heaped upon it, and the result will
be a greater mass of sin."
We simply cannot afford to deal
lightly with sin in our own lives. We
must search out, make confession, and
forever put it away. And when we
approach God in this manner we may
be sure that "He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness."
Glendale, Calif.

The Triumph of Faith
By C. H.

AMONG the signs of Christ's second
coming
is one of unusual prominence,
S
found in Matthew 24:14: "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come."
The preaching of the gospel of the
kingdom to all the world is the greatest undertaking that ever engaged the
efforts of men. At the time this
prophecy was spoken it did not seem
possible that it ever could have a fulfillment. The whole world was opposed to the gospel. It had won but
few supporters, and even these were
neither accomplished nor influential.
That such a work ever could be
wrought by instrumentalities so humble and so meager, was unbelievable.
Yet the prediction is positive : "This
gospel of the kingdom shall be
1 preached in all the world." Absolutely without condition of any sort
the statement was placed in the Sacred Record for a fact that would
establish its verity in the experience
of every people in every place where
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fulness so established would constitute a most important sign of the
second coming of Christ.
Of course the disciples to whom this
prediction was first uttered, had no
conception of how it was to have its
fulfillment. They had not yet learned
how completely God had chosen "the
foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and . . . the weak
things of the world to confound the
things which are mighty; and base
things of the world, and things which
are despised, . . . yea, and things
which are not, to bring to naught
things that are." But they loved their
Lord, believed in His great power,
and gave themselves wholly to His
service.
The Gospel Commission

It was a wonderful hour when
Jesus, alive again from the dead, came
and spoke unto these same men, saying, "All power is given unto Me in
heaven and in earth." "Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel
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all of whom had sadly failed Him in
the recent past, Jesus faced the task
of making known the glad tidings of
His gospel to all peoples.
Never before had a work of such
magnitude been proposed to the efforts of man. Never had greater obstacles confronted an undertaking.
Never had men faced a more forbidding outlook. But they began at the
place and the time that the promised
power came to them, and in the results obtained right at the beginning
of their effort, abundant assurance
was given of the triumph with which
the work they there began will ultimately close.
With unsullied faith and unshakable trust in its divine Lord, the
church of Christ "went forth conquering, and to conquer." Persecution
met it, bent upon its utter destruction, but it overcame persecution.
Heathenism met it and sought to overwhelm it, but it triumphed over heathenism and passed on. Judaism assailed it, determined to resist its growing power and to silence its testimony,
but with boldness it met Judaism, and
declared : "The God of our fathers
raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and
hanged on a tree. Him hath God
exalted with His right hand to be a
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness
of sins. And we are His witnesses
of these things; and so is also the
Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to
them that obey Him."
Terrible Persecutions

The persecutions of the third century were unbelievably severe. Christianity was then a forbidden religion.
During that century Christian places
of worship were either closed or torn
down, and Christians had perforce to
worship in caves and desolate places,
or by the seaside, and often in the
darkness. But all this did not stop
the spread of the Christian faith. In
Egypt, in Palestine, in Syria, and
Arabia, in the great cities of Alexandria and Antioch and Nicomedia and
Cmsarea, the church established itself,
and there, too, horrible martyrdoms
occurred. Sometimes the storms of
persecution would break relentlessly
upon the heads of the devoted believers, and then the story of their sufferings becomes too painful to read. Old
men and feeble women alike were
swept away by the fury of these
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ing put to death. But in the midst
of all this the church triumphed, and
the monsters who directed its sufferings were often dismayed by the heroism of its martyrs. Its leaders in
those days were not of the sort that
waited for opportunity to beckon
them on They made opportunity
where there was none, and flung defiance in the face of death as they
continually pushed the standard of
the church always farther on.
But ; dayker, and more threatening
than those years of persecution have
been the • centuries that followed,
through which the church became
more and more a suitor of the world's
popularity. It was an evil day for the
church when the crafty Constantine
took it under his protection. Well
would it have been had it remained
under the protection of God ,alone.
It was at that point that the church
became hitched to the chariot of the
state, and by that union it began to
be defiled. Somehow the church and
the state have always proved to be
unnatural companions. Amid the
smiles of the world's adulation, and
the corruptions of human power and
grandeur, it lost the spirit of the cross.
Its Founder had declared, "My kingdom, is not of this world," but the
change in the outward fortunes of the
church wrought so destructively upon
its spirit and purpose as to render
that solemn declaration of Christ a
mockery.
The Gradual Apostasy

Under successive emperors it grew
grand, and as they gave encouragement to its swelling pomp, it grew
still more grand. At length, under
the popes, it became at once gorgeous
and cruelly intolerant. Through all
the years of its suffering it had remembered the commission of its divine Lord : "Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature." In the spirit of the cross it
had been obedient to that command,
and though cruelly persecuted, it had
prospered. But in its grandeur, it
had lost the spirit of the cross, and
though still determined to go into all
the world, it was with the purpose to
extend there its own intolerant power.
It soon became evident, too, that the
church became less and less dependent
upon the word of God as it took to
itself more and yet more of the power
of the state.
From that point we shall step
quickly down toward our own time,
stopping only to observe that as faith
in God's word departed from the leadership of the church, the minds of
its adherents became more surely and
completely enslaved by superstition,
until that which God had ordained to
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deemer ; that He had been baptized
of John in Jordan ; that He had
taught and helped and healed men;
that He was crucified, had passed into
the tomb, had risen again, and had
ascended into heaven.
To silence the voice of that witness
every method of force and policy had
been employed. But triumphant over
its persecutors and opposers, the
church of Christ advanced. In spite
of the terrors by which at every step
its very existence had been threatened, not only its own being, but the
glorious truth which God had intrusted to it' has been mercifully preserved. And, more than that, in a
very significant hour, when to all appearance the powers of darkness were
The Reformation
within reach of absolute triumph in
With such faith still preserved in the struggle against the church, the
the earth, it was inevitable that at last torch of eternal truth flamed forth
there should be a reformation, that anew in the Reformation.
light should again break forth, and
The Lesson for Us
that the ages of ignorance and superBut
I
must
refrain from tracing
stition and darkness should be done.
farther
these
most
interesting develWhen the time for such a reformation
opments
and
advancements
of the
was come, God had His man prepared
work
of
the
church.
My
purpose
in
to wield the sledge hammer of His
truth, and with well-directed blows this article has not been to sketch its
to shatter the shackles by which apos- history, but rather by the relation
tasy in the church had so long bound of a few peak facts to bring again to
the consciences of men. For years ourselves the consciousness that the
Martin Luther had been under con- victories of the early and middle cenviction that the church had departed turies were all secured by faith operfar from the teachings of God's word. ating in the hearts of men and women,
His tongue remained silent, however, —earnest, persistent, prayerful, trustuntil the pope, having formed the ing, enduring faith,—and that those
purpose to make St. Peter's at Rome by whom the interests of the church
the grandest Christian temple in all were advanced considered even life
the world, and having exhausted other itself a small thing to offer in the
means for raising money with which cause that they supported.
But now, in finishing the work, how
to carry out such a purpose, fell at
very
different are the conditions to
last upon the idea of selling indulbe
met.
Opportunity abounds. The
gences. Forth into Switzerland and
Germany went his agents with indul- wide world welcomes our effort. The
gences to sell. When the news of this doors are all open. The gates are all
infamous imposture reached the ears unbarred. As men and women everyof Martin Luther, his tongue was where are witnessing present haploosed, and he felt impelled to speak. penings, and are finding themselves
"What !" cried he. "Call that the reli- inextricably within the whirlpool of
gion from heaven ? I say it comes the world's confusion, their hearts are
crying out, "What do these things
from hell !"
People hearing him thought the sky mean !" Undoubtedly this is our hour
would fall as a judgment upon him. of great opportunity. Should not
But the sky did not fall. What did every power of mind, heart, and body
happen, though, was the Reformation. be bent to the giving of the everlastBut now, having traced in this brief ing gospel to the whole world just
way the progress of the work of the now? And as we see the message for
church from Christ to the Reforma- these days going so rapidly to new
tion, let us observe that in the whole places, should not intensity take posof its course thus far, it had never session of our hearts, and urge each
found the doors of opportunity one of us to the utmost in consecraopened to its advance. Everywhere tion of life and effort, that the mysand always it was confronted by tery of God shall be finished ?
locked doors, barred gates, and stern
determination to have its progress ar"My sheep hear My voice and I
rested. But notwithstanding all this know them, and they follow Me : and
it had witnessed to many hundreds of I give unto them eternal life; and
millions of men that Jesus of Naza- they shall never perish, neither shall
reth had been born into our world; any man pluck them out of My hand."
that He had come as the world's Re- John 10 :27, 28.
reality the active cause of the deepest
gloom that ever enshrouded humanity.
But through those long dark ages,
God had not left Himself without witnesses. In the valleys of the Alps
were the persecuted Waldenses, who
would have nothing to do with the superstitions of apostasy. They refused
the doctrines that had been strangely
brought into the teachings of the
church, and in which those superstitions were so strongly grounded.
They clung to the pure word of God.
They witnessed to its power by their
lives. And they rejoiced in their
Lord, when, 'all too often, they were
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The Seychelles Islands
By CLAUDE CONARD
RECENTLY while I was traveling
from Bombay, India, to South Africa,
the boat on which I had passage
stopped for a few hours at the Seychelles Islands, and it was my privilege to visit our missionaries at Mahe.
The Seychelles Islands are situated
six hundred miles northeast of Madagascar, and have a population of 26,185. The pure white population is
less than 1,000. There are large coconut plantations scattered throughout the group, and the principal exports are the products of the coconut
palm,—copra, soap, coconut oil, and
coconuts,—cinnamon oils, and sisal.
At the present time, however, this
little group, with the rest of the
world, is feeling the economic stress,
and many of the people are in a pitiable condition.
Our Seventh-day Adventist missionaries, Brother and Sister L. D.
Ignace, are from the island of Mauritius, nearly a thousand miles directly
south of the Seychelles. Both of them
spent several years in our native
training school near Bangalore, in
South India,. and Brother Ignace has
had several years' experience in the
colporteur work.
Brother and Sister Ignace have
been on the Seychelles Islands about
three years, and are well and favorably known by the people. One has
only to inquire for them at the landing, and he is directed or taken
immediately to their home. This
humble little cottage, neatly kept, welcomes heartily the members and those
who are interested as they come and
go throughout the day.
Since these young people came to
the islands, a Seventh-day Adventist
church of twenty-five or thirty members has been raised up, and nearly
as many more are awaiting baptism
when A. J. Girou, of Mauritius, and
A. V. Olson, president of the Southern European Division, visit them this
summer.
A neat little stone church building
has been erected in a good location
in town, one half of the money for
which was raised in the islands.
Brother Ignace is holding meetings
Wednesday and Friday nights in the
church, which are well attended by

those seeking for truth. He is conducting many private Bible studies,
and some who are just learning are
paying their tithe.
There are also interested companies
and home department Sabbath school
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visits regularly. The government allows him the free use of a launch once
a month to make some of these trips.
The island people are largely
French speaking, and the Roman
Catholic influence is strong. Nevertheless, some of the best people are
favorable to our work, and are studying the truth. "He shall not fail nor
be discouraged, till He have set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall
wait for His law." Isa. 42 :4.

The West Coast of Africa---No. 2
By E. D. DICK

Northern Cameroons

Two days' motoring without trouble brought us to our destination.
Dogba station is in northern Cameroons, 116 miles south and east of
Maidugeri, Nigeria. It is sixteen
miles from Marwa, the French administrative headquarters, a native city
of 25,000 inhabitants. It is 900 miles
from the French rail terminus,
Yaunde, where they purchase their
food, building supplies, etc. This
mission was opened in 1931 by R.
Bergstrom and B. Rost and their families. Brother Rost later returned,
and now Brother and Sister K. Johannessen have arrived to take their
places.
Dogba station is located in the
midst of a very heavily populated
native area. In the hills to one side
of the mission are thousands upon
thousands of pagans. These pagan
people have in years past taken up
their abode in the very rocky hills
to avoid the slave raiders who used
to sweep over the country on their
horses and carry off as slaves hundreds of men, women, and children.
In the wide-spreading river valley to
the other side of the station are
scorces, yes, hundreds of Fulani villages. The Fulani people are great
cattle raisers. They are more or less
nomadic, particularly in some sections. They raise great flocks of cattle, sheep, and goats, and at certain
times of the year trek these toward
the coast to the markets of the large
native cities.
Since his arrival, Brother BergstrOm has worked very hard, first to
erect a temporary house and then a
permanent dwelling. There are few

trees in this country, and these are
gnarled and twisted ; so it is very difficult to get timber. Cement and iron
must be brought from Yaunde, 900
miles away. Building operations are
therefore slow and difficult. Despite
these handicaps he has completed a
substantial, permanent dwelling and
at the same time fostered the spiritual interests of the mission.
When our workers first went there
the natives were very suspicious of
them. They thought the missionaries
were sent by the government to get
into their confidence and secure some
information to trap them. In responding to• an invitation to come to
the Sabbath school they at first sent
their children to see if the white man
would do them harm. When the children returned safely, the men next
came, but brought their spears and
knives. They have since, however,
learned to have confidence in the missionary, and many attend the services
regularly. While at the station we
planned to spend one morning on the
mountain to see where and how the
people lived. When the chief of these
pagans learned that we were coming,he came down the mountain side to
meet us. He took us to his own kraal,
and after meeting with his counselors
and showing us his house, he spent
the remainder of the morning taking
us around the mountain to see his
people. He has become very friendly
to the mission. Once when it was
necessary for Brother Bergstrom to
be away from the station for several
weeks, and Sister Bergstrom was left
alone, this pagan chief, without request, sent down a number of his men
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slept here and there around the house
at some little distance to make sure
that "mamma" (Mrs. Bergstrom) was
all right and that no harm befell her.
Already they are caring for a
goodly number of patients in their
crude, improvised dispensary. The
difficulties 'of endeavoring to teach
these people who have no spiritual
conception, can readily be understood
when I tell you that the language of
the Fulanis is Fulbe, and the language of the pagans is Kiridi, and
neither of these languages has been
reduced to writing. Some of the
Fulanis can read Arabic. Brother
Bergstrom has to use a Mohammedan
as an interpreter. He has only three
songs translated into their language ;
so one can know how difficult the
work is. Nevertheless, the people are
manifesting a desire to learn the
truth.
One of the bright spots in this mission's early experience is the conversion of the secretary to the commandant and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Worongby Massaga. Upon learning
of a mission which kept the seventhday Sabbath, Massaga hunted out
Brother Bergstrom and began to inquire concerning the truth. Among
his many other duties of buying and
building, our brother found time to
conduct Bible studies with these earnest inquirers and lead them to the
truth. They gladly accepted all
points of the message, and it was our
happy privilege, while on this visit,
to bury these two believers in baptism. This is the first fruits of our
work in northern Cameroons. Brother
and Sister Massaga first learned of
Christian teaching in a mission in
southern Cameroons, and are stanch
Seventh-day Adventists. They will
be a great strength to our work, for
while he speaks French fluently and
his own vernacular, he has some
knowledge of Fulbe and Kiridi also.
We believe God has signally blessed
the work of Brother and Sister Bergstrom in giving them these early
fruits for their efforts—promise that
this station, under the blessing of
God, will do a great work in rescuing many souls from this land of mid-

night darkness. After a few short
days at Dogba we returned to Jos,
and I later traveled to southeast
Nigeria, where we have a large and
rapidly growing work.
Northeast Nigeria

On my way to and returning from
Dogba I had occasion to spend a little
time at our Jengre Mission, near Jos.
Jengre Mission is located in a healthy
section of Nigeria, having a medium
rainfall and an altitude of 4,000 feet.
It was established as a medical station as an entering wedge to a larger
work among the pagan and Hausa
peoples of northeast Nigeria. Elder
and Mrs. J. J. Hyde are leading out
in developing the work of this station.
A temporary house has been erected,
which will later be used as a dispensary. A permanent dwelling is now
nearly completed.
The medical work under the direction of Sister Hyde, a trained nurse,
is warming the hearts of the people.
From twenty-five to thirty come for
treatments and medicine each day.
Some of these come from a distance
of fifty miles or more. The spiritual
side of the work is kept foremost, so
that the patients can understand that
it is God who brings relief from their
distresses. The Sabbath services are
attended by from forty to fifty each
week, and a definite interest is manifested. Some who have been cured,
refuse to return to their homes, as
they wish to stay near the mission so
they can attend the morning and
Sabbath meetings.
We are favored in having the Bible
in Hausa as well as a song book containing many suitable hymns, and we
left this station feeling that the Lord
would greatly bless the future of this
mission. There is a great work which
remains to be done in northeast Nigeria, for this is the home of the great
Hausa people, many of whom are
Mohammedans.
Having traveled quite extensively
in the southern parts of Africa during the past ten years, I was more or
less prepared for what I saw on the
west coast generally. I confess, however, that I was almost overwhelmed
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at the vast population in Nigeria. In
this country, small as it is, live more
than twenty million people. (Actual
census returns show 19,928,171.) It
is definitely known that there are
more than this, since in some places
the census was not taken, owing to
possible disturbance and uprisings
among the natives. The government
statistician estimates the population
to be nearer twenty-two million.
Nigeria contains the most densely
populated sections of all Africa.
Some rural districts have as many as
471 people per square mile. The
country is literally teeming with people such as I had never seen before.
Another thing which gave me a
great surprise was the large native
cities. In some way I had come to
believe that apart from Cairo, the
largest native city in Africa had only
about from 30,000 to 35,000 people,
and I have referred to this in speaking on Africa in the homeland.
Imagine my great surprise to find
native cities having a hundred thousand or more inhabitants.
There are four leading tribes in the
country. The tribal figures show that
Hausas, Ibos, and Yorubas number
over 3,000,000 each, while the Fulanis,
total over 2,000,000, and over 4,000,000 are distributed among six other
tribes.
The policy of the British government in Nigeria is what is known as
"indirect rule," e. g., ruling through
the local chiefs. There is therefore
a strong tribal organization, and
many chiefs are very powerful. Some
receive as much as £5,000 a year from
the government for their administrative duties, and also a share of the
taxes collected, and fines which are
assessed by the courts in their respective areas.

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Living Our Religion
A WOMAN missionary was giving
a Bible lesson in a zenana. In the
midst of the most interesting portion
one of the Hindu women deliberately
got up and went out. After a while
she came back and listened more intently than ever. At the close the
missionary asked her why she went
out—wasn't she interested ?
"Oh, yes, I was so interested in
the wonderful things that you were
saying that I went out to ask your
carriage driver whether you lived it
at home. He said you did, so I came
back to listen again."
"Do you experience what you say ?"
interrupted another zenana woman
while another missionary was giving
a lesson. And she had a right to
interrupt.—E. Stanley Jones.

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Conducted by Promise Kloss

How Not to Wear Out the Baby
By BELLE WOOD-COMSTOCK, M. D.
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THERE is a new baby in the house.
He is the sweetest thing that ever
breathed, and we just can't keep our
hands off from him. To be loved,
tended, and cared for seems to be
baby's happy lot. But baby may
have too much of this, and his life be
not such a happy one, after all. Simplicity in baby's care and program is
the important thing, and will make
it so much easier for all concerned,
including the baby. Baby's little
nervous system is often greatly
harmed by too much attention, too
much going on, too little quiet and
rest. His apparent desire for attention is often due to a restlessness
brought on by a lack of the quiet,
regular program that would have
been so much better for him. So we
will take care of the baby the easy
way, controlling our desire to hover
over him and handle him. And the
absence of strain both on baby's nervous system and on that of the mother
will add to the quiet and peace and
joy of the entire family. Baby is like
a delicate piece of bric-a-brac and is
to be let alone, thus giving his physical and nervous organism an opporS tunity to grow and develop naturally
and normally.
There are several things to be considered in baby's care, and the one of
first importance is, of course, his feeding. Let us hope he gets his vital
fluid from nature's fount. If this is
impossible, as it sometimes is, a substitute must be carefully planned for
him by some one who knows. Feeding
every four hours is a great advantage
because of the rest that is made• possible during the interval between feedings. The longer interval of rest between periods of being fussed with,
the better chance baby has for normal
growth. We must remember that
baby has, up to the moment of his
birth, lived a very quiet, secluded life,
and to be suddenly plunged into a
I
whirl of constant caretaking and
handling, might be very hard on him.
And so, if we can feed him every four
hours from the very first, there is a
great advantage from this standpoint.
Some babies undernourished at

birth may seem to need food oftener,
say every three hours. But other
things being equal, the baby who gets
his food five or six times a day instead of the old-time seven or eight,
makes just as good progress nutritionally, has less in the way of digestive disturbances, and is happier and
more contented. If he is fed every
four hours from the very first, then
there need be no change as to this

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HIS is the first article of Dr.
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Wood-Comstock's series
on Child Care, promised to readers of the REVIEW some time
ago. We are sure these articles,
which will appear frequently,
will prove of real value to moth- i
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interval for the first year, except later
the omission of all feedings in the
night, and a habit of regularity has
been formed that will stand him in
good stead for all time. A normal
new baby will usually do well on
five daily feedings, but if it seems
easier to make• it six, he soon should
be encouraged to omit his middle-ofthe-night feeding. A very easy way
to manage is this, and after all, in
child care the easy ways are often
best, strange as it may seem :
His day feedings will probably
come at about the hours of six, ten,
two, and six. According to this
schedule, his next feeding would come

at 10 P. M, But it would mean much
for mother to get to bed early. One
of the important things for baby is
for his mother to get plenty of sleep
and plenty of rest. The proper thing
for mother to do is to let the entire
family co-operate in this plan. She
may go to bed early, say eight o'clock,
go sound to sleep and forget the ten
o'clock feeding, depending upon baby
to do the announcing when he is ready
to eat. Let us hope that some one,
husband maybe, will bring the baby
to mother, so that she won't need to
get out of bed at this hour, Baby is
nursed, changed, put back, and again
mother waits to be awakened rather
than bearing any set time upon her
mind, and some time between two and
three she probably will be aroused
by the sound of his little stir or cry.
At this time she may prefer to tend
to baby herself rather than to depend
upon the uncertainty of the sleepy
members of her family. Again baby
is nursed, made comfortable, and put
back to bed. He asserts himself next
sometime between five and six.
Mother, having gone to bed early, will
feel it little hardship to get up at
this time, look after baby, and get
started with breakfast.
It will be seen from this that baby's
eating program during the night may
be left somewhat to his demands, the
regular feeding hours being more
strictly adhered to during the day.
If he should ask for his breakfast at
five and get it, rather than being allowed to disturb the whole household
with his crying, he waits until ten
just the same as if he had eaten first
at six. He will sleep a great deal of
the time in the first part of the morn-

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Our Baby

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a tiny bundle,
More precious far than
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But oh! the wondrous treasure
A bundle small can hold.
God gave to us this blessing,
Our own sweet ray of light,
To guide our footsteps
homeward
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ing. His bath will occupy his attention for a while before his feeding,
and if he should do some crying, it
will not disrupt the household, as it
would in the night or the early morning hours.
One very satisfactory feature about
this plan is that as the weeks go by,
baby will tend to sleep past his 10 P. M.
feeding. He will not waken mother
quite so early. She will be surprised
sometime to find that he has slept past
midnight, and before the family is
aware of it, he himself will have eliminated one of his night feedings. His
ten o'clock feeding will have been
pushed on to sometime between eleven
and one, taking the place of his oldtime two o'clock feeding. There will
be a few nights, perhaps, when he will
awaken around four for what was his
two o'clock feeding, but this will then
become the early morning feeding,
being simply his six o'clock feeding
ahead of time, and he can go until
ten or nearly so. Just a little careful
management at this period, and the

six feedings become five without a
tax on any one.
This may be accomplished when he
is around six weeks old. By the time
he is five or six months old, he should
gradually have eliminated all feedings between 6 P. M. and 6 A. M. and
have only four feedings a day, which
number he will continue up to the
time of one year, when he will begin,
like the grown-ups, to have three regular meals a day.
Between feedings and necessary
changing, he should be left alone.
He should be in a quiet, airy room,
and be out of doors whenever at all
practical. He is protected, of course,
from undue wind and sunlight in his
eyes, but he needs fresh air and light
in order to develop properly. His
life out of doors is begun gradually
and carefully, but little by little he
becomes accustomed to it. There is
nothing in outdoor air in itself that
is hard on baby, just so there is nothing that interferes with his quiet and
necessary warmth.

A Quiet House for Baby
By HILDA RICHMOND
THE winter baby in a family where
there are older children, particularly
children not old enough to go to
school, has a hard time getting the
peace and quiet so conducive to good
temper and health in small children.
Lively youngsters must play, and
people going in and out will make a
noise, while accidents constantly happen. In the midst of all this racket
baby is supposed to sleep most of his
time during his first months.
One determined young mother set
aside a room for the baby, a room
sorely needed for the rest of the family, and turned the living room into
a living-dining room for the winter.
It was not pleasant, and it was not
convenient, but it accomplished the
purpose until the weather was warm
enough for the lively three and five
year old children to go out on the
porch to play. If the kitchen had
been large enough their meals might
have been served there, but unfortunately it was too small.
"A baby is such a valuable and
such a tender possession," said the
mother, "that it is worth all the effort
made to preserve a quiet place for
him."
But the quiet room for baby did
not mean that the other members of
the family lost the use of that room
entirely. If the children wanted to
play some very quiet game or to look
at pictures for a little while, they were
permitted to enter. If the man of

the house desired a quiet spot to read,
he knew where to find it, and there
the mistress of the house sat to sew
while the older babies had their naps.
It was a haven of quiet to each member of the family circle, and the only
condition of using it was to keep it
quiet.
"If young mothers only knew how
easy it is to manage the quiet spot,
they would all have it," this young
mother declares, "a warm, airy, comfortable place where noise is excluded so that baby can sleep peacefully. My baby never had a sick day,
and he progressed in normal baby
fashion so that by the time the windows were flung wide, and the older
children were spending most of their
time out of doors, he was as sturdy
as heart could wish."—Issued by the
National Kindergarten, Association,.
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Don't Unload at Home
"SOME men choose home to spit
their spleen and uncork the bottle
of their discontent, which all day
long they have been filling. Rather
do this in the world where no one
thinks enough of you to feel bad
about it; but remember, there is one
at home who can be made to suffer
as no one else in this wide world.
If you have one smile, save it for your
wife at home."

Vol. 110, No. 33

(Concluded from July 27)

"MASON wasps build storehouses in
which to keep a supply of food for
the young masons when they hatch,"
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said Uncle Ray, in answer to Alvan's
question. "First let us examine these
clay-cement storehouses. Here's an
old one. Alvan, climb up and pry
it from the beam with your knife."
"Oh ! I've wrecked the mud house,"
Alvan exclaimed, as the mud dauber's
nest crumbled to pieces.
"Never mind. So much the better,
to see how it is made," Uncle Ray said
as he began to examine the nest.
"Look closely, children. See the different-colored mud, some yellow,
some gray and brown ; see, too, how
each little ball of mud, or cement,
makes just one half a new section,
which helps to strengthen the house
as three half sections overlap and
harden together firmly."
"Why did the mud mason use different-colored mud ?" Alice asked.
"That," replied her uncle, "might
be due to one or more things. Probably as one supply of mud dried up,
the wasp had to search for another;
so the different colors."
"But what about the storehouse,
Uncle Ray ?" Alvan asked. "What
is stored in it ?"
"Look at this," he said in answer.
"See the dried, hollow skins of
spiders. You see the young mud
daubers live on a diet of spiders until
they are able to dig out through the a
wall of their home. Then they fly
out into the world to build more nests
and store them with spiders."
"That's bad for the spiders," Alvan
remarked, "but then spiders would
prove a pest if we had all those that
go to make food for young wasps."
"Yes, that's true, and the Creator
has put a check on the insects in the
form of other insects that kill them
and their eggs by the millions. In
recent years man has learned to use
this method in controlling insect
pests that destroy thousands, yes, millions, of dollars' worth of fruit, grain,
and vegetables each year. Instead of
setting traps or spraying the crops
with poison, the growers hatch thousands of other insects to kill the ones
destroying the crops.
"Our wasp friends will build their
nests in gun barrels, keyholes, reeds,
and other tubes, although the mud
mason usually prefers to construct its
own new home, as this one is doing."

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Meetings in the Atlantic Union Conference
By J. K. JONES
THERE were four meetings held in
the Atlantic Union Conference this
summer, two of them regular camp
meetings, the other two week-end regional meetings. The two camp meetings were held in the New York and
Southern New England Conferences,
while the two regional meetings were
held in the Northern New England
Conference.
The New York meeting, Union
Springs, June 30 to July 9, was well
attended, not only on the Sabbaths,
but through the week. The sermons
given by F. M. Wilcox, E. F. Hackman, and later on by I. H. Evans were
most spiritual and practical. The
night meetings, at which doctrinal
topics were given by the local conference ministers,., were much appreciated by all. The,whole program of
the camp was well balanced in all
lines. Including the Sabbath school
offerings, a total of $2,500 was raised
in cash and pledges for missions during this meeting.
The Southern New England camp
meeting, held in South Lancaster,
opened July 7 and closed July 16. In
addition to Elders Evans, Wilcox, and
Hackman, J. W. Westphal was present from the General Conference staff
of workers. The messages of these
leaders in our work brought genuine
revival to many hearts. We are confident that many victories over sin
were gained in these meetings at both
of these camps. Interesting sermons
were likewise given each night by the
local conference preachers to large
audiences. The total camp meeting
offerings for missions in cash and
pledges, including that of the Sabbath school, ran as high as $4,000.
None of this came in large sums, but
in small amounts. After the last call
was made for missions the last Sabbath, a call for evangelism netted the
sum of $1,700. In this field, Southern
New England, up to the time the
meeting began, 293 souls had been
won. This is quite a number more
for the first six months of this year
than for the whole twelve months of
last year.
We were pleased to welcome John
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help us in soul winning. We were
pleased to become better acquainted
with him, as well as to hear him
preach.
The Northern New England regional meetings were held in Barre,
Vermont, and Richmond, Maine. The
Barre meeting, June 30 to July 2, was
well attended. At least 300 adults
were there Sabbath, July 1, when the
whole congregation entered into a new
consecration to the Lord. At this
meeting about $500 came in for missions, including the Sabbath school
offering. Although the time was
short, all lines of work received
proper consideration. A strong promotion was given to the Harvest Ingathering.
The Richmond, Maine, meeting,
July 14-16, was also well attended,
over 300 adults attending over the
Sabbath. At this meeting $500 more
was signed up for missions, making
$1,000 all told for Northern New England. There was an excellent tithe
increase in Northern New England
for June, and we trust this will continue for the months to come.
The General Conference help sup-

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plied for the various meetings, some
for one meeting and some for others,
consisted of the following brethren :
Elders I. H. Evans, F. M. Wilcox,
E. F. Hackman, J. W. Westphal ; M.
E. Olsen, of the Home Study Institute ; 0. J. Nerlund, of the foreign
language work ; and Cleon Green, returned missionary on furlough from
China.
D. A. Bailey, of the Review and
Herald Publishing Association, and
Lyndon L. Skinner, of the Southern Publishing Association, were also
present, together with the union conference, Atlantic Union College, and
New England Sanitarium representatives, and local conference workers.
We greatly appreciate the excellent
help rendered by Elder Hackman in
so strongly setting before us our duty
in missionary work.
A good spirit prevailed in all these
assemblies, and we, believe better days
are ahead in the Atlantic Union Conference.
All hearts were made sad at the
close of the camp meeting season to
learn of the death of E. E. Miles
at his home in South Lancaster,
Massachusetts, about sunset, Sabbath,
July 15. His presence, counsel, and
help will be greatly missed in this
field.

Camp Meetings in the Lake Union
By W. H. BRANSON
IT was a real inspiration to attend
the camp meetings in the Lake Union
Conference this year. Most of these
meetings were larger than in recent
years, and they were all deeply spiritual in character.
I first attended the Indiana meeting, which was held in tents on the
campus of the conference academy
at Cicero. The Illinois meeting was
held in the town of Pontiac, in a
high school building, the free use of
which had been granted our people
for this occasion. In Wisconsin we
met in a beautiful lake shore grove
near Portage, which has been purchased by the conference for a permanent camp ground. The services
were all held in tents, and small tents
were used for the accommodation of
the campers.
The largest meeting was held in

Michigan, on the edge of the little
town of Hastings. Some two hundred twenty-five tents were pitched,
and it was estimated that between
three and four thousand were in attendance over the week-ends. This
conference has also purchased a site
for a permanent camp ground, but
it was not ready for use this year.
As I met our workers and people
in these various gatherings I was
deeply impressed with their earnestness and devotion to the work of God.
Often I was reminded of the fact that
we were treading on ground where
many of our pioneers had gone before us, and thought what a mighty
inspiration it would have been to
them in the early days of the message to have seen such throngs of
earnest believers in attendance at our
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greatly prospered our work, and has
raised up a people who truly love
His appearing and who are endeavoring to prepare themselves for that day
soon to come when they shall stand
before Him.
The spiritual leadership of these
meetings was provided by laborers
from the respective local conferences,
the Lake Union staff, the General
Conference, the schools and colleges
in the union, and two of our publishing houses. Much emphasis was laid
upon the great, rugged doctrines of

our message and the need of active
Christian service in all lines of missionary work. The response of our
believers to the old-time message was
gratifying indeed. A large number
received the ordinance of baptism,
and many who had not previously
been identified with us signified their
desire to unite with the church.
After having completed the round of
these meetings and turned homeward,
I discovered a profound conviction in
my heart that I had met with the
people of God.

Meetings in Canada
By G. W. WELLS
The Ontario Camp Meeting

OUR camp meeting seasons are ordained of God to be occasions of rich
blessing for all who attend. The meeting at Brantford was no exception to
this rule. It was evident to those in
attendance, whose hearts were open to
holy influences, that God's Spirit was
present to be the True Teacher of His
people.
The camp was pitched in a quiet
and attractive place, away from town.
There was plenty of shade trees, and
a full supply of cold water. The camp
was well lighted with electricity. A
neat and well-arranged pavilion had
been erected, and several cottages also,
which provided accommodations for a
goodly number, in addition to the
many tents pitched.
A lady of means living in this conference, who recently embraced the
message, owned the property, and she
esteemed it a privilege to make all
the permanent improvements, and invited the conference to hold their
camp meeting on this particular site.
In many respects it was an ideal place
for a camp meeting.
It was encouraging to have so
many camped on the grounds. This
assured a more regular daily attendance, and afforded an opportunity to
carry forward a constructive line of
work.
The conference, under the leadership of M. V. Campbell and his associates, arranged for a well-balanced
work to be done. Instruction on the
points of our faith, the fulfillment of
prophecy, the principles of health,
missionary activity, Christian education, and the spiritual life, was given.
The people were regular in their attendance, gave careful consideration
to the messages presented, and it was
evident that both old and young were
greatly blessed. The youth and children received special attention, and it
was felt by all to be a most helpful,
instructive, and uplifting meeting.
The studies given were pointed, prac-

tical, and spiritual; as a result many
souls were richly blessed and drawn
nearer the Lord and each other.
A strong work is carried forward
in this conference. The laborers are
united in their efforts to win many
souls for God, and are taking an active part in building up the cause in
all the world.
M. N. Campbell, the union president, with his associates, rendered
valuable assistance. The local workers were watchful and faithful in
their service. G. A. Hamilton, from
India, and L. H. Davies, from China,
helped much to make the meeting a
success, and their talks created a
greater interest in the world-wide
work. J. G. Lamson was with us, and
his studies were greatly appreciated.
The writer esteemed it a privilege to
join with these workers in bringing
help and good cheer to all in attendance.
Maritime Camp Meeting

The Maritime camp meeting was
held at Memramcook, June 23-26.
The attendance was larger than in
former years. The people seemed to
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more perfectly, and the time was well
spent in study, prayer, and worship.
W. A. Clemenson, the president,
had the work well organized. Each
day's program was filled with helpful
instruction on the points of our message, Christian service, and holy living. The people responded cheerfully
to the responsibility laid upon them,
and we all sought God together for a
clearer understanding of His word,
the work He would have us do, and a
deeper spiritual life.
This was not a large meeting, a little less than two hundred being present; but it gave opportunity for
heart-to-heart talks to be given and
much personal work to be done. The
good Spirit of God was with us, and
each day special blessings were received by all who were looking for
help and willing to receive it.
The brethren were encouraged, and
plans were laid for a stronger evangelistic work to be done. They want
to increase their membership and
push forward the work in every line.
The people are conservative, and it
is a difficult field ; but the workers are
of good courage and are pressing onward. We should remember this field
and the laborers in our prayers, that
God may greatly bless them in winning souls and advancing the cause of
Christ in every line.
The closing Sabbath, Donald Macintosh was ordained to the gospel ministry. This young man has spent several years in the ministry, and the
fruit of his work in recent months
has been such as to lead the union and
the local conference to recommend his
ordination.
The brethren were united in their
expressions of renewed hope and appreciation for the help received. They
all felt that it was a good meeting,
and they returned to their homes
greatly encouraged.

Colorado Camp Meeting
By H. H. VOTAW
THE camp meeting of the Colorado
Conference was held at Boulder, on
the beautiful Chautauqua grounds.
The preaching was held in the large
auditorium. Good rooms were provided in cottages, and the meals were
served in a very pleasant dining room.
These comfortable accommodations
and the delightful weather provided
for the physical comfort of all; but
the most notable characteristic of the
meeting was not such material things.
It was a marked spirit of devotion on
the part of all present and a seeking
after God that was not to be denied.
Especially noticeable was the earnest-

ness of the young people. Never before have I witnessed such a seriousness on the part of the youth. There
was almost no moving about during
services, and the attention given by
all was an inspiration to the speakers.
It is my conviction that God could
not and did not deny His blessings
to those who were so apparently hungering and thirsting after righteousness. I believe that the effect of this
encampment will be long felt in the
Colorado Conference.
There was a spirit of liberality manifested. On the two Sabbath mornings, approximately $3,300 was raised,

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in cash and pledges, for foreign missionary work. On the second Sabbath
afternoon, Elder J. J. Nethery set
forth clearly the straitened condition
of the local treasury, and as a result
of his earnest appeal, $1,400 in cash
and pledges was raised to be applied
in the paying of workers' salaries,
holding evangelistic efforts, etc.
Four brethren who had given proof
of their ministry were ordained. These
were A. H. Johns, G. M. Mathews,
G. W. Chambers, and J. A. Nordstrom. Brother Mathews has been in
charge of the educational and young
people's work for some years, and has
been very successful. Brother Nordstrom is in charge of the Swedish
work in Denver. Brethren Chambers
and Johns are engaged in evangelistic work.
The brethren in Colorado are
stirred over the temperance question.
It is planned to have our workers engage in an aggressive educational
campaign before the election is held,
to determine Colorado's attitude toward the Eighteenth Amendment. E.
L. Pingenot, home missionary and
Sabbath school secretary, who is on
the executive board of the allied temperance forces of the State, is cooperating with them in their efforts to
keep liquor outlawed.
Of the workers who assisted at the
meeting, I. H. Evans and G. W. Pettit
represented the General Conference.
The latter set forth the needs of mis-

sions in an especially strong way,
having spent many years in India
and Burma, and the former led the
believers in Bible studies that were
intended to aid in holy living. M. L.
Andreasen gave valuable help in connection with the educational work
and bore heavy responsibility in connection with the regular preaching
services. J. H. Schilling, H. W. Sherrig, and the departmental secretaries
of the union conference rendered valuable help.
During the last two-year period
there were baptized and received on
profession of faith a total of 580 members. The brethren have fixed a definite goal for the next five years, and
hope and expect to have a membership of at least 5,000 by the end of
1938 if the Lord does not come before that time. Though there has
been a decline in the receipt of funds
during the last few years, careful
attention has been given to operating
expenses, and the year 1932 showed
an excess of receipts over expenditures. The election resulted in the
same officers and department leaders
being continued in their respective positions. The delegates seemed to feel
that they had merited the confidence
reposed in them, and I am sure that
they accepted continued responsibility with a grave sense of duty and a
determination to give their time and
talents without reserve to the finishing
of the work.

Evangelism in Northern California
By MORRIS LUKENS

A GREAT soul-winning movement
has begun in different parts of the
conference. Not only are our conference laborers busily engaged, but our
laymen have responded in a wonderful manner, and many are holding
meetings, giving Bible readings, distributing literature, etc., and as a result people are accepting the truth,
and our own members are drawing
nearer to God. In the East Bay district Mrs. E. E. Parlin, Miss Clarice
Heydenfeldt, Brethren L. R. Canman,
H. T. Dealy, L. E. Brauer, E. L. Ditmar, and many others are leading out
in holding public meetings, cottage
meetings, and Bible readings. it is
not possible to mention by name all
our members in the conference who
are doing this kind of work, but we
gratefully acknowledge their co-operation.
A. M. Dart reports the baptism of
18, these in addition to the eight children baptized a short time ago as a
result of the good work of the teacher
in the Fortuna church school.
Andrew Nelson reports some excel-

lent results from meetings recently
held while visiting the churches at
Corning, Orland, Arbuckle, and members up that way.
B. W. Brown reports the baptism of
22 at Lodi, and others will be baptized
a little later. Elder Brown has just
finished a series of meetings at Galt.
As a result of meetings held by W.
H. Bradley in the Market Street
church, Oakland, assisted by J. E.
Johnson, Miss Crowe, and lay members of the church, 50 people took
their stand for the truth.
Elder Johnson has his church well
organized for aggressive missionary
service, and we trust that many souls
will be won through their efforts and
the blessing of God.
E. F. Peterson, pastor of the Oakland church, is conducting Sunday
night meetings. He also reports a
recent baptism.
The encouraging word comes from
William Jensen that 31 have been
baptized in Manteca. He was assisted
by Mrs. Bertha Pflugradt and our
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Elder Jensen will soon begin a series
of meetings in connection with the
Woodland church.
F. M. Owen reports an excellent interest in the tent effort he is holding
in Sacramento. He is assisted by F.
A. Lashier, Mrs. Margaret Battee, and
the members of the Sacramento
church. He also held a baptism recently.
R. B. Coberly, of Yuba City, reports a baptism of seven not long ago.
C. L. Lingenfelter has recently
closed an effort in Petaluma, and reports that five have been baptized,
and some have not yet taken their
stand. He has been assisted by
Brother and Sister F. H. Rahm, Warren Wittenberg, and members of the
Petaluma church.
As a result of the meetings held in
the Gridley church last winter by R.
G. Schaffner and W. H. Bradley, such
an interest was created that it has
been necessary for them to continue
the meetings, and they are conducting
a tent effort at that place. Large congregations are attending the services.
Mrs. Mae Van Horne and Brother
Paul Heubach are assisting them.
Adolph Johnson is holding Sunday
night meetings in the Berkeley
church, and with the assistance of our
lay brethren, a very good interest has.
developed.
P. F. Richard is working among the.
German-speaking people both in Lodi
and in Oakland. A number of oui
young people from Lodi have assisted
him in the Oakland meetings. He reports a very good interest. Many
people are accepting the truth, and he
is calling for additional help.
Mrs. Lottie Kuhns is kept busy giving Bible readings, and has been
teaching a class of lay members how
to give studies.
C. B. Stevens is now in charge of
the work in Red Bluff and Redding.
In visiting there recently, I found
many people hungering for this message.
A. R. Sandborn, who has charge of
the district in the vicinity of Roseville, has just baptized six. He is expecting to begin a series of meetings
in a tent at Lincoln in the near future.
He will in all probability be assisted
by G. G. Brown and others who will
do self-supporting work.
W. R. Jefferson, who has had
charge of the Hayward and Alameda
churches, has been organizing the laymen of these churches, and they are
doing excellent work in holding Bible
readings, etc.
I. P. Dillon also sends encouraging
reports concerning the work in his
district, comprising the Willits, Fort
Bragg, Ukiah, and Lakeport churches.
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in Martinez, as well as continuing his
work in Vallejo.
Theron Treat is having an excellent
interest in his Sunday night meetings
in the Fruitvale church. He reports
the baptism of 11.
E. A. Crane, with his company of
self-supporting workers at San Anselmo, reports the baptism of six, with
others to be baptized later.
Marvin Loewen has recently closed
an effort at Yreka, and is now conducting meetings at Hornbrook, with
good results. Brother Loewen is
starting the work in the northeastern
part of our conference. Calls for a
worker have been coming from that
district for some time, and we are
glad Brother Loewen has responded.
We are happy to report the Lord is
blessing his efforts.

A. E. Barnes has just closed a very
successful colporteur institute here in
the city of Oakland. He is expecting
to have at least fifty colporteurs in the
field this summer.
Our departmental secretaries, and
all other workers, are co-operating in
this plan of soul saving, and we feel
very thankful to God for His many
blessings. "So mightily can God work
when men give themselves up to the
control of His Spirit."—"The Acts of
the Apostles," p. 49.
In addition to the public efforts our
workers are conducting, they have, in
harmony with the recommendation
passed at the Autumn Council, endeavored, as far as possible, to hold
revival meetings in every church during the past winter. Excellent results
have been obtained.

Baltimore, Maryland
By F. C. PHIPPS
LEAVING the New Jersey Conference, we came to the city of Baltimore, September 8, 1932, to labor for
the colored people of this great city.
We immediately entered upon a vigorous program of activity. We found
in the church an atmosphere of discouragement brought on by the multiplicity of debt problems. Taking the
Lord for our stronghold, and refusing
to allow ourselves to become discouraged by the unpleasantness of our surroundings, we entered a strong program of activity. The church soon
forgot the unpleasantness of their
problems and pledged themselves to
renewed earnestness in the Master's
service. The church then adopted a
budget system of finance, which
proved to be a great blessing in raising more funds to meet all obligations.
This enabled us in less than two
months to meet financial obligations
of more than $2,000. This brought
courage, added zeal, and more co-operation. We are now finding ourselves in a more progressive and active program in every line of our
church endeavor.
For a time it seemed impossible to
continue our church school for 1932.
But the Lord blessed us, and we enrolled at the opening of school the
largest number of students in the history of the school in recent years.
Our enrollment reached ninety, and
was never less than eighty-seven during the year. Under the capable leadership of Mrs. Wilbert D. Mosley and
Ruth Blackburn as principal and
teacher, we closed one of the banner
years of the school's history in many
ways. During the year a number of
changes were made in the school. New
desks were placed in our classrooms,

and two more rooms were fitted up.
We have had all four rooms filled to
their capacity during the year. Already applications have been made
for entry into the school next fall,
covering an enrollment of over 125
students. This necessitates the
strengthening of our teaching force,
and we have secured five well-trained
and capable teachers for the coming
year. We expect an addition in
grades, and hope for a much bigger
and better school for the future.
Appreciating the instruction given
us in the Spirit of prophecy regarding
the question of health and diet, we
have put on a strong program along
these lines. We have been blessed in
having two well-trained nurses, Beatrice Cole, of Freedman's Hospital,
and Ethel M. Phipps, of Hinsdale
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health cooking classes, which were
largely attended. They are now conducting first aid and home nursing
classes during the summer months.
Recently they gave a fine demonstration of the work they have been doing
in their classes, which was greatly
appreciated by those who witnessed it.
Evangelistic Activities

Nothing comes any closer to the life
and heart of a Seventh-day Adventist
worker than the evangelistic program.
Realizing this, we immediately entered into a series of Sunday night
evangelistic meetings. These were well
attended from the first, and our attendance grew larger during the fall
and winter. This also brought up our
finances and was a source of great
blessing to the members of the church.
As a result, fifty-eight have already
been baptized and added to the
church. Eleven have been added by
baptism through the avenues of the
church and teachers, who also have
done excellent Christian work in the
school. In addition to this, we have
now another class of about thirtyeight preparing for the next baptism.
We also organized during the winter months a Bible training school,
training the members to give Bible
readings. This was well attended by
more than fifty members, who have
done very encouraging work by going out every week, after studying
and reciting their lesson, and giving
that lesson as a Bible reading to some
one, interesting him in the truth.
This has not only proved a blessing
to them, but has resulted in the baptism of new believers. We, the members of the Third Seventh-day Adventist church, have made our slogan,
"Our Home Church a Mission Station
at Home." Will you not pray for the
work among the thousands of colored
people in the city of Baltimore?

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Delaware, Ohio
By A. A. CONE
ABOUT the last of April we began
an evangelistic effort in the city of
Delaware, Ohio, holding the meetings three nights a week, in the
armory hall. Delaware is the home
of a large Methodist college and the
stronghold of Methodism in the
State.
With no funds for advertising expense, and with no helpers save my
wife, who played for the effort, gave
out the literature, and formed personal contacts with the people, and
what volunteer help we might get, I
had some misgivings about launching an effort in a city that had

resisted every effort made to establish
a center there. But the Lord helped
us to work out plans whereby we
were able to carry on. The editor of
the daily paper favored us with considerable free advertising, and our
handbills and other announcements we
printed on my multigraph. Charley
Baker, of Columbus, volunteered to
operate the stereopticon, help in taking up the offerings, distribute song
books, etc. Members of the Worthington church, about fourteen miles
away, rendered valuable assistance by
furnishing special music, and aiding
financially ; so we were always able

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to pay our hall rent promptly. And
by my acting ;in the capacity of both
singer evangelist and preacher, we
had a complete evangelistic party.
One of our sisters, who was ';distributing Present Truth in the city
just prior to our effort, met s minister of the place, who, on recognizing the paper as a Seventh-day Adventist publication, became enraged,
and said to her, "I should like to do
you bodily injury!" And repeating
this the second time, he added, "And
the time is coming when we can do
it legally." This well illustrates the
spirit of opposition that manifested
itself from the very beginning of our
effort.
But "though we walk in the flesh,

we do not war after the flesh : (for
the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal, but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strongholds;)
casting down imaginations, and every
high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God." 2 Cor. 10:
3-5. In spite of every effort to keep
the people away, from the meetings,
there was a good attendance of deeply
interested people throughout the entire series.
At the last meeting, Sunday night,
July 16, sixteen joined the baptismal
class, and fifteen others signed cards
asking for further studies and literature. We believe several of these
will yet take their stand for the
truth.

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the close of his sermon on Sabbath
morning, called for a dedication of
both life and means to God's cause,
and
this was a great spiritual blesstoing to the entire camp. This call
to deeper spiritual consecration was
from day to day enlarged upon.
The last Sabbath of the camp we
were happy to see nearly five hundred surrender to the Lord in a special way, many for the first time.
More than one hundred of the dear
young people of the encampment were
among those who gained a new experience through complete surrender
that day.
This meeting, like the other meetings in the union, was marked by great
spiritual "blessings gained by young
and old. The writer felt to rejoice
in the shout of victory that went up
from almost the entire camp of
Israel. The Minnesota Conference
has stood loyally by the cause of misBy G.• W. PETTIT
sions through the years. Scores of
her sons and daughters man mission
THE Minnesota conference and seemed to stand strongly behind stations around the world. Now as
camp meeting was held in the beau- plans to help the youth in Christian we come to the closing scenes of
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tiful park owned by the Minnesota growth, and to encourage Christian God's triumphant and victorious proConference, at Anoka, June 22 to education. In addition to the union gram, may we take heart anew, trustJuly 2. The well-arranged camp in and local conference workers, we had ing in God, believing on and obeying
the delightful grove of sturdy oaks, I. H. Evans, vice-president of the His word, and in a little while, may
with shady nooks suitable for devo- General Conference, H. H. Votaw, the glad welcome home be ours, be
tion and Bible study, made a fine M. L. Andreasen, 0. U. Giddings, that of our sons and daughters, our
background for the long-to-be-remem- H. 0. Olson, J. J. Reiswig, and the loved ones, and that of blood-bought
bered 1933 camp meeting.
writer, who joined the local and souls from the needy, dark lands of
The business of the conference, union conference workers in the bur- earth. May God abundantly bless
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the believers and workers of the
which was of a deep spiritual tone, dens and blessings of the camp.
The first Sabbath Elder Evans, at Minnesota Conference.
was handled with dispatch. Plans
for saving more souls seemed to be
the burden of every business session.
• Several new churches were taken into
the sisterhood of churches, and their
By CAROLINE LOUISE CLOUGH
delegates seated. The blessing of
God has been over the work of the
WE rejoice greatly in the evidence
The girl of low mentality and low
conference during the past biennial
period. The depression has not that the Spirit of God daily attends morals is not retained in the home.
daunted the courage and optimism our ministry for girls in the West There are State institutions for the
of this loyal people. More funds for Suburban Home at Hinsdale, Illinois. feeble-minded. Nearly all our girls
missions and more souls through In the last two years, 16 out of the respond to training and give promise
evangelistic effort and personal work 111 girls who have gone through the of improvement.
This is a home and not an instituat home, seemed uppermost in all home are now rejoicing in the third
their plans. A few changes were angel's message. Some of the sixteen tion. A high type of Christian family
made in the administrative workers are bringing others into the truth, life is maintained. Bible games and
of the conference. V. G. Johns, pas- and several are getting a preparation other educational forms of entertaintor of the Minneapolis church, was for a definite part in the work of God. ment are given their place.
This home is licensed each year by
asked
to take the conference presi- The majority of these 111 girls have
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dency, while A. H. Rulkoetter, who had a genuine spiritual awakening. the Illinois State Department of Public Welfare, and places babies for
had served as president for the biPurpose and Object
ennial period, was chosen as home
Perhaps a word would be in order adoption in homes only that are inmissionary secretary of the confer- as to the purpose and object of the dorsed by the department.
ence. J. C. Nixon, of Iowa, was asked West Suburban Home. This is not
The Bible a Part cf the Daily Program
to take up the work of educational a home for degenerate girls and their
Morning worship is maintained, in
and Missionary Volunteer secretary. babies, but rather for those who have which the girls are given a definite
J. F. Piper, the president of the been more sinned against than sin- part, thus familiarizing them with the
S
Central Union Conference, and his ners. It is really a soul-saving sta- Bible and training them in reading
associate departmental workers were tion, where unfortunate girls are God's word aloud. Time is taken each
present for the most of the meeting, cared for physically and medically day for a workers' prayer and counand led out in a strong way in spirit- while their hearts are being reached sel meeting, at which time we are led
ual uplift of the entire camp and of by the ennobling and uplifting truths to pray for special cases in the home.
every department. Every worker of God's word.
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services are made interesting to the
girls by applying the texts of Scripture to their own experience. A regular Sabbath school is conducted each
Sabbath morning at nine o'clock. The
Sunday night meeting is perhaps the
most interesting of all. At this service the girls enter into a study of the
prophecies and doctrinal truths of the
Bible. They frequently spend hours
in their rooms alone with their Bibles,
searching out some point on which
they have become interested. It opens
up an entirely new world to many of
our girls, as some who come to the
home are total strangers to the Bible
and its influence. For instance, one
girl who was in the home last winter
was handed a Bible in morning worship and given a text to read in Matthew. She could not find the book,
and later confessed that she had never
before had a Bible in her hands. She
was in the home about two and onehalf months, and when she left she
expressed her great joy at having
found the word of God, which had
transformed her life.
A three months' course of Bible
studies covering all our truths is
maintained continually, with the result that better than one soul accepts
the truth for each series of meetings
held.
Perhaps I can better express the
appreciation of the girls by using
their own words :
"It is hard for one to realize, when
warned against life's pitfalls, how terrible it really is for us young girls, with
our whole life ahead, to stumble. If
only we could have stopped to think, we
would never have wildly plunged into
the things we did.
"I came from a Christian home, but
I was a spoiled child. I had my own way
too much, which led to my mistake, but
I believe that God intended this as a
lesson to me. We are always punished
for our sins. I. have suffered my punishment. I am a changed person now.
I am leaving this home a more thoughtful, loving person than when I entered
just two weeks ago. I do not leave with
the feeling in my heart that my future
is ruined. No. I have a desire to go
out and do blessed things, such as have
been done for me."
"If only I had stopped to think,"
said Marie, who had sought shelter in
the West Suburban Home. Marie
stepped over the line in her mad rush
for selfish pleasure. She had been
warned, but heeded not. The Lord,
in His love, has established the West
Suburban Home, where girls can come
who did not stop to think, and while
here they are taught the foundation
principles of Christian living.
A Work That Should Be Dane

We have but to think of Christ at
Jacob's well. How plainly the Master
spoke to that sinful woman of Samaria, revealing to her things that He

withheld from the Jews. In "The
Desire of Ages," page 194, we are told
that "the Saviour is still carrying
forward the same work as when He
proffered the water of life to the
woman of Samaria. Those who call
themselves His followers, may despise
and shun the outcast ones; but no circumstance of birth or nationality,
no condition of life, can turn away
His love from the children of men.
To every soul, however sinful, Jesus
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would have given thee living water."
On page 462 of "The Desire of
Ages," Mrs. White, in speaking of the
woman who was taken in sin and
brought to Christ to be stoned, says :
"Men hate the sinner, while they love
the sin. Christ hates the sin, but
loves the sinner. This will be the
spirit of all who follow Him." "In
His act of pardoning this woman and
encouraging her to live a better life,
the character of Jesus shines forth in
the beauty of perfect righteousness."

Suggestions on Laboring for Foreigners
By J. J.
THE basic principle in all missionary work is love. The strangers, especially, appreciate any kindness shown
to them, for they realize that they are
in another man's land, and as a rule
they expect very little kindness, and
so notice any kind act much more
than the home folks do. The best way
to manifest this kindness, however, is
in giving attention to their physical
needs first.
In giving instruction to the children of Israel regarding their treatment of the strangers in their country, the Lord gave the following admonition : "If a stranger sojourn with
thee in your land, ye shall not vex
him. But the stranger that dwelleth
with you shall be unto you as one born
among you, and thou shalt love him
as thyself ; for ye were strangers in
the land of Egypt." Lev. 19: 33, 34.
Thus we see that the Lord recognizes
the importance of showing kindness to
those who come to dwell with us. In
laying a foundation for missionary
work, kindness offers one of the best
avenues to win the confidence of the
strangers.
The welfare work is a wonderful
opportunity. Suppose you are placed
in a community where there are some
foreigners. As you visit them, you
will find perhaps some family that is
in need. No one may be giving special attention to them. Here is your
opportunity. Try to relieve their
needs and help them in every way possible. On the other hand, you will
have to be careful not to press yourself in too much, for the foreigner
immediately questions your motives,
and wonders why you take such an
interest in him. But if your actions
and your life manifest to him that
you are not seeking for any special
benefits in return, you will soon have
his confidence.
The medical work is another great
avenue through which we can open
the doors of these foreign homes. It
is not necessary to be a doctor or even

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a trained nurse. If you will study
the simple treatments prescribed in
our medical books and use the general
knowledge of healthful living, you
can go into the homes of these people
and relieve from 60 to 75 per cent of
their suffering without much equipment. It has been found that such
service rendered to these foreign
guests is one of the most effective
means of winning a lifelong friend.
Avoid Prejudicing

Make your approach along religious
lines on topics that will not create
prejudice. For instance, if you are
working with a Catholic, be careful
how you approach him on the question of the Bible. The word "Bible"
to him signifies a Protestant book, so
use the term "Holy Scriptures." In
speaking of special books of the Bible,
•
you might speak of the writings of
St. Paul and St. Peter, etc. The
Catholic has a special regard for the
writings of Peter. Dwell much on the I
sufferings of Christ and the work of
redemption. Then work from this
angle upon the doctrines to which you
may know he is not opposed. For
instance, if you want to speak about
the commandments, a good text to use
is 2 John 9. You can show from this
verse what the doctrine of Christ is,
and go on to Matthew 5 :17, etc.
Use of Literature

The use of literature in missionary
work is imperative. You may think
you have established your position
ever so well and have explained every
detail, yet you will find that when
the people get away and think it over
by themselves, there will be many
questions in their minds that have not
been answered, so it is well to place
some literature in their hands which
will answer their questions and will
enlighten them on the points they
have failed to understand.
It is well to make them feel you
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ing it away. However, make it clear
to them that you have something that
is of such importance to them that
you want every one to have it, so that
if they cannot buy it, you will leave
it with them to read, and will call
for it later if they do not care to keep
it. By this method you are more apt
to get them to read than if you just
give the literature to them.
In distributing literature we should
put up magazine racks in foreign sections and keep them filled, for while
these people may not receive free literature from a person who is out distributing it, if it can be placed in a
conspicuous place, they will take it
when no one is watching. Here again
it is well to remember to use literature
that deals largely with the life and
sufferings and resurrection of Christ,
and then follow this by some other
doctrines. It is also very important
to help them to understand the new
birth.
Church Bands

One successful method of working
among the foreigners is through the
organization of bands in our churches.
Where there are foreign-speaking
people in the vicinity, the church
should have a band which gives its
attention to these foreigners. Some
members of the band can perhaps give
Bible studies, while others take care of
the literature.
I.
The personnel of the band should be
carefully chosen. In larger churches
especially it is well to ascertain if you
have any members who speak a foreign language. Even though they
may not be able to speak the particular language, if they speak some foreign language it will be a help to
them. If you should not find any
S
such persons, if you have some whose
I
parents were born in some foreign
country it will help. To be able to
tell these strangers that one's parents
or grandparents came from their native country or perhaps a neighboring
p
country, will break down prejudice
and open doors.
Just the other day I had an experience, while out with one of our workers, in visiting the home of a foreigner, a total stranger to both of us.
When the lady came to the door, the
brother informed her that he had recently been to her native country, and
immediately the lady opened the door
and invited him in, asking him to
return some evening when her husband would be at home. She also
I promised to invite others of her
friends to her home. This brother is
planning to make two or three social
calls before he even approaches the
question of Bible studies or cottage
meetings, but he hopes eventually to
be able to study with them in their

homes and to get them to attend his
public effort.
If you should have charge of a
number of churches that are not too
far distant from each other, it would
be well to have a meeting of these
band leaders about once a quarter, at
which time the leaders of these foreign bands could discuss their• problems and the needs, and the methods
they find most successful.
If you start an effort in a new locality and have any helpers with you,
it would be well to have some one give
special attention to the foreigners and
try to reach them with the message.
The methods mentioned above may be
used in these efforts. The worker may
be able to secure an interpreter from
among the people, and if he is successful in this he could have a meeting for those who do not understand
English very well, and give them a
synopsis of the sermon that he is
about to preach in his larger hall.
This will enable them to get a better
understanding of his subject. Then
invite them to stay for the regular
evening meeting, which most of them
will do. It has been found that
efforts can be carried on entirely
through an interpreter. So if the foreigners should not come out to your
regular services, you may arrange to
have a little meeting—perhaps a cottage meeting—with them all by themselves, some evening, when you are
not too busy with your English work.
If it can be arranged, you may give
some studies in English. You will
find many of them eager to study
English, especially those who came to
this country and have not been able
to attend school.

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ers, at least when they first arrive
here, have the idea that their ways
and customs and mannerisms are superior to what they find here. It is
therefore very important to learn
something about the people for whom
you are about to labor. Study their
history and their customs. Find out
who their heroes are, and some of the
great deeds done by them, so that you
may have a common ground for conversation and ordinary discussion.
Familiarize yourself with their religion and some of the main points in
their teachings.
Contact by Friendliness

Let us emphasize once more the importance of remembering that the foreigner looks with suspicion on every
move made in his behalf until you
have gained his confidence by your
contact and friendliness. You must
remember that many of these people
have been taught to be suspicious
by hard experiences when they first
landed in our country. Perhaps it
was some land shark who took advantage of them or some person who
cheated them in exchanging their
money. It may have been an immigration officer who was unkind to
them. Before these people leave their
own land for the American shore,
they are warned by pastor and relatives to be very careful of the many
religions afloat in America, which are
liable to lead them astray. They will
probably be informed that the antichrist is in the land here, and the
best way to avoid getting tangled
up is to stay away from any new
religion, and not to study it nor receive any literature on the subject.
That is why it is best to gain their
Value of Bible Studies
confidence in some way other than
It is well to present your main doc- through religion.
trinal subjects in Bible studies, so
Avoid Argument
they can use the Bible and read it for
You will find that most of the forthemselves in their own language.
While they may be able to speak Eng- eigners, especially those coming from
lish fairly well and seemingly under- Southern Europe, are great arguers
stand it, as a rule their religious and enjoy getting into a debate. They
training has all been in their own will perhaps lead you away from the
language, and when it comes to reli- subject you are trying to study with
gion they have to think it over in their them, and argue on some other point.
own tongue and in their own way. The best way to meet that kind of
We should not forget that the for- person is to stick to your subject, and
eigner is slow to accept new ideas, having established his faith in the
and so we must be patient, and re- Holy Scriptures, let that be the demember that it is a very important ciding factor rather than your argustep we are• inviting him to take, ment. Never take anything for
namely, not only to change lifelong granted. Always lay a good foundahabits and faith, but the customs of tion, and study carefully any point on
which you wish him to be informed.
generations.
Never speak in a depreciatory way He may tell you that he knows all
of the country from which your about it, and it may be true that he
"stranger friend" has come. Rather has heard about it, but most likely
give him credit for all the good things he knows very little when it comes
his country has, and remember that to actual Bible proof for it. So it is
other countries were established long well to let him read it in his own
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Bible teaches the same truth that
your Bible does.
Just one little experience the writer
had may be a help in explaining this
point : While I was working in a foreign community with another worker,
we were asked to make a visit to another place, and so had to leave right
after a meeting. We left our Bibles
lying on the table, the meeting having
been held in a private home. As soon
as we were gone, one of the men, who
acted as leader, told the rest to get
their Bibles, and compare them to see
wherein the Bibles differed, and to
prove why it was that we have a different doctrine from what they have.
To their surprise they found every
-point that we had discussed was
-treated the same in both Bibles. So

there never was any more question as
to whether the Adventists have a different Bible. Of course we did not
leave our Bibles for that purpose, but
it proved a blessing in the end. And
it has taught me to be very careful in
letting the foreigner read and study
from his own Bible. I read it first
from mine, to let him hear just what
it sounds like in my Bible, and thus
I gain his confidence and assure him
that I am not teaching him anything
but what he can find in his own book,
if he will only study it.
If you are working among the
Catholics, of course you would want
them to use the Catholic Bible. Then
show them that the Bible you are
using as a Protestant is essentially
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a few remarks at the close of the exercises. He raised the question, "Why
should not many, if not all, of our
churches do what the Christian Street
church is doing'?" It is a good question for others to think about. Why
should not young people who are not
able for the present to take work in
a resident school, enroll for courses in
the Home Study Institute, and under
the friendly guidance of their pastor
go on to higher things? And why
should not those who have the interests of our young people at heart take
a personal interest in these young people, and if necessary lend them a helping hand in getting started ?

Indiana

A New Kind of Church School
By M. E . OLSEN
WHEN there is talk of church
schools one usually means that in
some church provision has been made
for gathering the boys and girls together and giving them instruction in
the common branches, as well as in
the Bible truths suited to their years.
This is a very beautiful work, and the
young men and women who devote
their lives to it, receive a rich reward
in this life and in the life to come,
for they are doing much to form the
characters of the children whom they
.are teaching day by day.
The Christian Street church in
Philadelphia has this kind of church
school, but it has another as well, in
which young people are pursuing
courses of study under the guidance
of the Home Study Institute, and it
was my happy privilege a few days
ago to meet with the pupils of this
school at their closing exercises, and
hand out certificates to some eighteen
who have finished various courses.
The program was unusually interesting because every one who had a part
in it spoke briefly and to the point,
and there was an agreeable variety.
What these young people said on various phases of Christian education
had the right ring. It came direct
from their hearts, and it reached the
hearts of the hearers. Altogether it
was an evening long to be remembered.
J. E. Cox, the pastor of the church,
said a few words. It was easy to see
that a very warm feeling has grown
up between these young people and
their pastor. While they have been
regular pupils of the Home Study Institute and have sent in their test papers the same as other students, they
have not worked alone. Once a week

they have met together as a class, and
their pastor has given them help just
when they needed it. He has opened
up the subject in a larger way, he has
thrown light on some of the more difficult questions, and he has given these
young people the inspiration of his
presence and his cheerful, helpful
words week by week.
On the other hand, he has not taken
upon himself the responsibility of
teaching them these various subjects.
He has left that to the Home Study
Institute with its faculty of highly
trained men and women who have
specialized in this work. Thus the
institute and the pastor have worked
together, and the net result has been
to give to a large group of promising
young people, and a few not so young,
a real training that will fit them to fill
places of usefulness in the church
and elsewhere.
When a pastor himself tries to do
all the training of his people for service, he either breaks down physically
or spends in this educational work the
time that he needs for evangelism. In
the list of special gifts enumerated by
the apostle Paul, teaching and evangelism are both mentioned, and it is
reasonable to suppose that the man
publicly set apart to preach the gospel can best serve the cause of truth
by fulfilling that ministry. But the
busiest pastor or evangelist can cooperate with the teachers in our
schools and in our institute by giving
help and encouragement to the members of his church who are studying,
and thus the educational needs of his
church will be supplied, and the ministry of the word will not be hindered.
W. M. Robbins, president of the
East Pennsylvania Conference, made

BY N. A. HOLLISTER

BEGINNING Sabbath, May 13, a series of baptismal services was conducted in the Indiana Conference as
1
a climax to the work of the winter
and spring efforts. These indicate
that the blessing of the Lord has
richly rested on the brethren.
Elder Wiggins reports a total of
eighteen baptisms, eight at Richmond,
the result of ten days' effort by himself and Elder Joyce and the followup work of Brother Sanders; and ten
at Anderson as a follow-up of his effort there. Elder Allen reports a
total of three in his district. Elder
Joyce reports twenty baptized for
Brother Pitts at Fort Wayne. Elder
Westworth reports nine at South
Bend as the result of his work with
Brother Sanders and Mrs. Cross.
Elder Denslow reports six at Bedford
as a further result of his effort at S
that place. Elder Forde reports seven
baptized at the Berean church in
South Bend for Brother Jarreau.
The writer baptized one at Fort
Wayne for Brother Pitts, four at New
Albany for Brother Barker, the local
elder, sixteen at Indianapolis for
Brother Loveless and Brother Lucas,
our educational secretary and church
school teacher respectively, four for
Brother Carrier, and two for Brother a
Wysong, a layman. This makes a
total of ninety baptisms in about two
months.
We are consecrating ourselves to
a
the task for great results.
SPS

"I WILL -wish you some new love of I
lovely things, and some new forgetfulness of the teasing things, and
some higher pride in the praising
things, and some sweeter peace from
the hurrying things, and some closer
fence from the worrying things."

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Wyoming Camp Meeting
BY G. W. PETTIT
THIS annual spiritual feast was
held in Casper, Wyoming, June 1421. C. A. Purdom, the superintendent
of the field, and his associate workers
had made careful preparations for
the meeting, that it might be a time
of special uplift. Temporal comforts
had been well arranged for, so that
as the people came in from the various sections of the field, they might
enter into the good things the Lord
had for His remnant waiting church.
J. F. Piper, president of the Central Union Conference, and the various union departmental secretaries,
were present to lead out in a strong
way in the meeting. In the early
part of the meeting, Elder Piper presented the keynote of the hour in a
solemn and serious call of God for
the deepening of the spiritual tone
of the church. M. L. Andreasen
presented in a strong way the facts
leading up to a finished work in a
troubled world. His very striking
appeal added a note of courage to the
hearts of the believers. H. H. Votaw
spoke one evening to a large audience
of very interested listeners from the
city and a goodly representation of
our people, in one of the largest auditoriums of the city, his subject being,
"Freedom in Religion and Civil Government." This meeting gave an opportunity to reach a large number
who would not otherwise have had a
taste of the good things of the message. It was a real inspiration to our
churches in Wyoming. It was the
privilege of the writer to represent
our foreign missions and their need.
Two special offerings were taken for
missions during the meeting. Twelve
were baptized at the close of the
meeting, and others planned baptism
at their home churches.
There seemed to be a real searching after God in the camp, and the
One who never turns His children
away empty, was present to give them
the desire of their hearts. The last
Sabbath will long be remembered in
Wyoming as a time when the Holy
Spirit was present in mighty power.
Several took a stand for the first
time, and others who were in a backslidden condition were reclaimed.
God was indeed gracious to His
people.
The believers in Wyoming are not
many. The workers are few. This
staff of workers and those scattered
believers need and deserve our
prayers, not alone that they may be
true to God in these trying times, but
that they may witness in their lives
and ministry, so that there may be
added large numbers to stand ready
when He appears.

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E. H. Blivin, 820 N. Cottage St., Salem,
Oreg., desires Seventh-day Adventist literature
for a reading sack.
Henry L. Hansen, Murphy, Oreg. Review,
Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and Health, and
old books for free distribution.
Orno Follett, 418 North 18th St., Phoenix,
Ariz. Signs, Little Friend, Watchman, Instructor, Present Truth, Life and Health, and
small books for work among the Indians.

Canadian Union
Sept. 7-14

Newfoundland, St. Johns

PRAYER FOR HEALING

Central Union
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Aug. 18-26
Aug. 24-Sept. 3

Kansas, Enterprise
Nebraska, College View
Missouri, Clinton
Iowa, Nevada
Columbia Union

Aug. 18-27
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Ohio, Mount Vernon
West Virginia, Parkersburg
North Pacific Union

Aug. 11-20

Washington, Auburn
Southwestern Union

Aug. 10-20

Oklahoma, Guthrie

Pacific Union Regional Meetings
Central California Conference
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PUBLICATIONS WANTED
The persons named below desire late, clean
copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use
in missionary work. In sending publications,
care should be exercised to select only such as
are free from soil and disfigurement. We have
been credibly informed that some who oppose
this movement and the truths which it represents, answer these requests for literature, and
are sending to our brethren and sisters in various parts of the country tracts and papers representing their opposition. Our workers shouki
be careful not to confound this literature with
our denominational publications, and thus unwittingly become agents in sending out matter not
printed in the interests of the cause of truth.
These publications are not to be used by the
recipients for soliciting money, but wholly for
free missionary work. We shall esteem it a
favor if any of our friends will report to us the
names of any using free literature for personal
gain or advantage.
W. A. Nauman, Orlando, Fla. Signs, Watchman, Present Truth, and tracts for free distribution.
Ruby Sturgeon-Hawkins, 2215 Chandler,
Muskogee, Okla. Denominational literature for
missionary work.
Mrs. Nels Anderson, Route 4, Box 646, Tacoma, Wash. Denominational literature for
missionary work.
E. H. Heppner, 2059 0 St., Lincoln, Nebr.,
desires Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and
Health, Present Truth, and Little Friend for
reading racks.
Mrs. R. F. IVIcConathy, Route 6, Box 27A,
Temple, Tex. Review and Herald, Instructor,
and Little Friend for use in station racks and
personal work.
Bethel Book Bindery, Arpin, Wis. Instructors and Little Friends wanted to complete volumes to be bound for our schools, especially
very old ones. Write before sending.
Dr. John W. Ford, Box 43, Bowling Green,
Ky. Continuous and unlimited supply of all current publications, tracts, and booklets for distribution in dental office and surrounding business section.
Mrs. Jennie Harrington, 422 First St., N. E.,
Mason City, Iowa. Signs, Present Truth,
Watchman, Liberty, tracts, and "Marked Bible"
for missionary distribution. Some Swedish literature would also be appreciated.
Mrs. H. C. Severance, Route 1, Box 126,
Marshfield, Oreg., desires tracts, Present Truth,
Watchman, Life and Health, Instructor, and
books to interest young people; also Signs,
Worker, and Review of this year's dates.
J. G. Mitchell, 2205 Commonwealth Ave.,
Charlotte, N. C. Continuous and unlimited supply of Review, Instructor, Signs, Watchman,
Good News, Present Truth, Life and Health, and
Liberty. These papers are for use in tract
racks.

Though widely separated from one another, the
followers of our Lord and Master can meet in
spirit daily at the throne of grace. In our devotions let us remember our brethren and sisters
who are in affliction. Says the apostle: "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them;
and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body." We ourselves shall
share in the blessings we seek for others. "The
Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed
for his friends." We suggest the noon hour as
an appropriate time for remembering these special requests.
Prayer for the restoration of her eyesight is
requested by a sister in Virginia.
A Michigan sister requests prayer for the
healing of herself and her mother.
A brother who is not yet a member of the
church, but keeps the Sabbath, requests prayer
for the healing of his wife from nervousness.
A sister in Nebraska desires the prayers of
God's people for the conversion and healing of
her husband, and for the healing of her own
heart trouble.

OBITUARIES
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death
of His saints?" "Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors:
and their works do follow them." "1 [Jesus]
am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall
he live."
We regret that the large number of deaths
reported from our rabidly growing church membership throughout the world necessitates a reduction of obituary notices to the simple recital
of date and place of birth and death. Photographs cannot lie used. Exceptions will be made
to this rule only in the cases of older field workers or others whose life and labors have made
them known throughout the denomination.
Fuller notices should find publication in local
Papers.

Skaggs.—Oson Skaggs was born at Roscoe,
Ky., March 28, 1871; and met death in an
automobile accident near Chelan, Wash., July 1,
1933.
Mitchell.—Walter E. Mitchell was born at
O'Neill, Nebr., Sept. 4, 1888; and met death in
an automobile accident near Chelan, Wash.,
July 1, 1933.
Rumsey.—Clifford Lee Carman Rumsey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. 0. V. Rumsey, was born in
West Windsor, Mich., April 18, 1917; and died
June 21, 1933.
Jones.—Mrs. Mary E. Bateman-Jones died at
Denver, Colo., Feb. 21, 1933. She is survived
by her husband, one daughter, two sons, and
other relatives.
Hazelwood.—Joel Thomas Hazelwood was born
at Graham, Mo., Aug. 11, 1887; and died at
Phoenix, Ariz., April 5, 1933. His wife and two
children survive.
Christiansen,—Mrs. Anna Sophia Christiansen was born in Denmark, March 3, 1851; and
died at Phoenix, Ariz., May 15, 1933. Two
daughters survive.
Maddox.—Mrs. Vera Fern McVea Maddox was
born at Omaha, Nebr., May 31, 1890; and died
at Phoenix, Ariz., July 6, 1933. She is survived by her husband.
Detamore.—George W. Detamore was born
in Indiana, Sept. 27, 1850; and died at Bellflower, Calif., May 11, 1933. He is survived by
his wife and two sons.
Muldner.—Mrs. Mary Cordelia Muldner was
born at St. Louis, Mo., July 18, 1872; and died
at Peoria, Ariz., June 23, 1933. Her husband,
one daughter, and one son survive.

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Swena.—Mrs. A. Sarah Swena, nee Affiock,
was born in Illinois, March 23, 1848; and died
at Golden, Colo., Feb. 1, 1933. She is survived
by one daughter, one son, and other relatives.
Yarnell.=-Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Reynold Yarnell was born at Booneville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1890;
and died at Phoenix, Ariz., March 26, 1933.
Her husband,• three sisters, and four brothers
survive her.
Hardy.--David Alexander Hardy was born at
McMinnville, Oreg., Jan. 14, 1921; and died at
Salem, Oreg., April 3, 1933. His grandparents,
with whom he had made his home from birth,
mourn their loss.
Kyger..—Milton Lewis Kyger was born at
Sterling, Ill., Aug. 23, 1918; and was drowned
at Mount Vernon, Ohio, March 20, 1933. He
is survived by his mother, two sisters, and an
aged grandfather.
Botimer.—Alvin M. Botimer was born at Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 13, 1916; and met death
as the result of an automobile accident in Colorado, June 6, 1933. His mother and grandmother remain to mourn.
Mortan.—Fred Samuel Morton was born at
Ellsworth, Wis., March 25, 1883; and died at
Selah, Wash., June 10, 1983, having been a
Seventh-day Adventist all his life. He is survived by his wife and five children.

Armstrong.—Frank W. Armstrong was born
at Auburn, N. Y., May 28, 1850; and died at
Roseland, South Bend, Ind., Jan. 9, 1933. Mrs.
Addle S. Armstrong was born at Wakeman,
Ohio, July 28, 1857; and died at Roseland, South
Bend, Ind., Dec. 7, 1932. Brother Armstrong
accepted the message nearly fifty years ago
under the preaching of Mrs. E. G. White, and
Sister Armstrong was a faithful believer more
than seventy years. One son and two daughters are left to mourn.
ELDER E. E. MILES
E. Edgar Miles was barn in Summerhill, N. Y.,
Aug. 7, 1859; and died at his home in South
Lancaster, Mass., July 15, 1933.
Under the guidance of godly parents, William
Miles and Electa Miles, who, when he was
eighteen years of age, accepted the Seventh-day
Adventist faith, he developed a keen interest
in spiritual things.
His early education was obtained in the public
schools, after which he attended Battle Creek
(Mich.) College, where he gained an insight into
the principles of Christian education.
At the age of twenty-two he married Ruth
Cutter. To this union were born six children,
all of whom are living; namely, Carrol C. Miles,
Massachusetts; Mrs. Myrtle Cross, Massachusetts; Dr. S. Herbert Miles, a resident physician

Reese.—Mrs. Mary J. Reese was born at
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1842; and died at Phoenix,
Ariz., June 11, 1933. She was a member of the
Lodi, Calif, church. She is survived by three
sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter.
Kendrick.—Fannie Avalona Kendrick was
born at Charlotte, N. C., June 13, 1892; and died
at Baltimore, Md., May 12, 1933. Her father,
Sylvanus Kendrick, preceded her in death five
months, and her widowed mother is now left
alone.
Norman.—Mrs. Julia Ann Norman, née Sylvester, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, Aug.
10, 1848; and died at Davis City, Iowa, May 20,
1933. She is survived by two sons, two daughters, one of whom is Dr. Estella G. Norman, of
Battle Creek, Mich., and other relatives.
De Camp.—Mrs. Vine Bailey De Camp was
born at Bunker Hill, Mich., Aug. 11, 1871; and
died at Takoma Park, D. C., June 4, 1933.
She was a faithful worker in the Seventh-day
Adventist church at Bunker Hill throughout her
life. She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, and three sons.
Lanie Jane Hollister was born
in New York, June 5, 1852; and died at Wilmar,
Calif., July 4, 1933. She was an active Seventhday Adventist for more than forty-five years.
Two sons, one of whom is Elder M. A. Hollister,
president of the Indiana Conference, three
daughters, and an adopted daughter, survive her.
Meyers..—Mrs. Minnie Meyers, née Fish, was
born at Bedford, Mich., April 21, 1877; and
died at Long Beach, Calif., June 7, 1933. She
is survived by her husband, two sons by her
first marriage, one of whom is J. L. Cummins,
educational and Missionary Volunteer secretary
of the Philippine Union Mission; and by three
grandchildren and her sister, Mrs. F. W. Paap.
J. L. McElhany. .
Hollingsworth.—Norton Hubert Hollingsworth
was born at Henry, Iowa, April 14, 1874; and died
suddenly June 6, 1933. In 1901 he was united
in marriage with Mayme Combs. Three daughters were born to this union. Brother Hollingsworth was connected with the sanitarium at
Madison, Wis., and later with Bethel Academy.
In 1922 he came to Emmanuel Missionary College, and was connected with this work until his
death. He greatly endeared himself to all his
fellow workers by his consistent Christian life.
His wife and three daughters survive.
Lynn H. Wood.
Huffstetter.—Reuben K. Huffstetter was born
in Hancock County, Illinois, Jan. 16, 1854; and
died at Dalworth Park, Tex., Feb. 15, 1933. He
was first married to Miss Louisa Harvey, and
to them two children were born. His wife dying, he was later married to Mrs. Grace RustSykes, and to them were born three children.
Brother Huff stetter was one of the earliest converts to the third angel's message in Texas,
under the labors of Elder R. M. Kilgore. For
many years he was a colporteur, and many of
the members of the churches in Texas were
doubtless led to the truth by the literature distributed by him. He is survived by his wife,
five children, and other relatives.
G. W. Spikes.

E. E. Miles
of the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis Sanatorium; Walter E. Miles, of South Lancaster,
who has been associated with his father in the
management of the Student Bindery; Mrs. Inez
Longway, of Shanghai, China, wife of the home
missionary secretary of the China Division of
Seventh-day Adventists; and Gerald E. Miles, a
member of the faculty of Atlantic Union College.
Five years after the death of his first wife,
Elder Miles married Mrs. Martha V. Lord, of
Worcester, Mass.
Brother Miles's keen interest in education led
him to provide his six children and three stepchildren with the advantages of education found
at South Lancaster Academy and Atlantic Union College. He also assisted several of these
with further study in advanced instruction in
the fields of medicine, education, and business.
After leaving Battle Creek College, our
brother settled in Rome, N. Y., where he connected with one of our first intermediate schools.
Later he was ordained to the gospel ministry.
Forty-eight years ago he connected with the
faculty of South Lancaster Academy, as Bible
teacher. Later he conceived the idea of student colporteur work, and became publishing
house agent for the Eastern States, thereby giving assistance to many earnest youth in their
work of education. During these years he
planned and compiled a pocket dictionary, and
later a diary, whose publication he brought to
South Lancaster for the purpose of assisting
students.
His student bindery was started thirty years
ago, with only a few students, and has enjoyed
continual growth year by year until last year
work was given to as many as eighty-seven
students, also many of their parents. During
these years hundreds of students have been
aided in securing their education, and scores of
the youth he assisted have taken up work in the
various lines of denominational endeavor in all
parts of the world.
Because of his keen interest in both evangelical and educational work, also because of his
sound judgment. he was a member of the
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enth-day Adventists; the Southern New England Conference Committee; also the general
and local boards of Atlantic Union College.
His last contribution to our work is the Student Bindery Memorial Science Hall, now in
process of completion. Upon learning of the
need for additional science facilities at the college, he proposed to provide the material and
erect the necessary structure, the college to
install the equipment. This excellent building
will greatly add to the success of the college.
His gifts to foreign missions and evangelistic
work in home fields total many thousands of
dollars.
His interests and sympathies were broad, and
he ever showed a deep interest in the welfare
of the community.
In all his relations with the college he faithfully endeavored to show the spirit of co-operation with its managers.
Thrift, faithfulness, thoroughness, and
promptness marked his life, and never a day
passed without his endeavoring to strengthen
these habits in the young people under his
employ.
He was possessed with one purpose—that of
aiding worthy young men and women in their
efforts for Christian education, by providing
them with work in his bindery.
For thirty years the bindery had never closed
its doors until three weeks ago, when it went
on reduced working time. Without doubt the
disappointment this experience brought to his
life, by his not being able to accept many worthy
student applicants for the coming year, did much
to undermine his resistance and bring on the
illness which terminated in his death.
He died at his home at the sunset hour, Sabbath, July 15, 1933.
Many have been blessed by his life, and his
presence will be sorely missed, not only by his
family, but also- by fellow workers, teachers,
students, and friends.
The funeral service was held in the South
Lancaster church, Tuesday, July 18, the sermon
being given by the writer, assisted by Elders
J. Capman, F. D. Wells, 0. M John, and P. F.
Bicknell. The church was filled. The beautiful floral pieces testified to the love and esteem
in which our brother was held. The cause of
God has lost a most devoted and loyal friend and
supporter. He was laid to rest in the beautiful
Eastwood Cemetery, near South Lancaster,
where a number of prominent workers are resting until the morning of the resurrection. We
are confident our brother will come forth in the
J. K. Jones.
first resurrection.
Lindsey.—Mrs. Edith Alma Van Ator Lindsey was born at Clarksfield, Ohio; and died at
Richwood, Ohio, March 2, 1933. At the age of
eighteen she accepted present truth, and in
1885 was married to the late Elder D. E. Lindsey, who died in 1927. From 1885 to 1890
they labored very successfully in gospel work,
holding tent and hall efforts in various parts of
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
Many new churches were raised up by them in
these States, and today many of these charter
members and their children rejoice in the salvation that was revealed to them during those
early efforts. From 1890 and onward the principal field of her Christian service was found in
Ohio, where her husband was pastor of various
city churches, besides conducting gospel efforts
in the smaller places. One son and one stepson
C. V. Leach.
survive.

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EDITOR W. A. SPICER

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WE regret to learn of the recent death
of Sister J. A. Burden, who for many
years, in connection with her husband,
Elder Burden, bore heavy responsibilities
in our institutional work. She was a
noble woman and a faithful, conscientious
worker for God. We extend to Brother
Burden and other relatives our sincere
sympathy.

Missionary Sailings
THE following missionary wives and
children, returning to China from furlough, sailed on the S. S. "President McKinley," from Los Angeles, July 23: Mrs.
R. M. Cossentine and little Francis, Mrs.
Frederick Lee and Mary Louise, Mrs. H.
W. Miller, and Mrs. D. E. Rebok.
ice Crisler, responding to
Miss Beatr
the call from the China Division to connect with the Far Eastern Academy as
teacher of music, sailed from Los Angeles,
July 23, on the S. S. "President McKinley."
Elder and Mrs. J. D. Replogle, returning to Ecuador, South America, from furlough, sailed from New York on the S. S.
"Santa Maria," July 28.
M. E. KERN.

Famine Relief
IN recent weeks our hearts have been
much distressed by reports of severe famine conditions obtaining in some parts of
Russia. North American and European
relatives of Adventist families who are
among the sufferers, writing to us from
both Europe and North America, describe
the conditions of starvation that prevail
and the sufferings of our own people there
in a most pathetic way. With increasing
urgency the General Conference is being
appealed to to provide help for these suffering ones. Already we have information that some of our workers in Russia
have died from starvation. We have
made available for the purpose of bringing relief to them such moneys as we had
for Russian Relief, and we do not now
have another dollar to send to them.
We therefore are earnestly appealing
to our people of North America for help
for these our Russian believers who are
starving. Shall we not, even from our
own situation of need, reach out to these
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before entering upon the Harvest Ingathering campaign, and by action of the
General Conference Committee, the week
just preceding the opening of the campaign—August 26 to September 2, incluSive—has been- dedicated as Consecration
Week, during which time not only private
devotions, but special services in churches
for prayer and consecration, are in order.
Success or failure in the campaign just
before us depends on our answer to the
question recorded in the Inspired Word:
AN encouragino' word comes from Dr. "Who then is willing to consecrate his
C. E. Nelson, medical
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superintendent of service this day unto the Lord?"
The Stanboroughs, Watford, Herts, EngGENERAL CONFERENCE
land. He writes :
HOME MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT.
"I am glad to report that we have a
good patronage. A very short time ago
the house was full, and we actually had
It Pays to Use Foreign
to turn people away. We are not in our
Literature
busy season, but the patronage is considerably better than it was a year ago.
A LIBERAL use of foreign literature is
We are very thankful for the many bless- certainly a great help in winning souls.
ings which the Lord has bestowed upon One of our foreign workers in the State
this institution.
of Wisconsin was walking the platform
"We have done considerable alteration of a railroad station, waiting for a train,
and purchased new equipment. We have when his shoe sole caught on a nail and
a new X-ray, latest model, new labora- tore loose. He had to go to a shoemaker
tory, and have made structural altera- to have it fixed. It so happened that this
tions to the building which increase the shoemaker was a foreigner and could not
efficiency and comfort of the place."
speak English very well. The worker had
a copy of "The Great Controversy" in his
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grip. This book was in the Norwegian
WRITING under date of June 13, Steen language, the native language of the shoeRasmussen, of the Southern European maker. When the shoe was fixed the
Division, says of his visit to the West worker offered the book as payment, and
African Mission field:
the shoemaker gladly accepted. Through
"It is evident to me that the Spirit of reading this book this man and his family
the Lord is working in a very marked accepted the truth, and a few years later,
manner upon the hearts of these be- when this worker who had sold the book to
nighted people. This is but another ful- the shoemaker audited the books of the
fillment of Scripture, that the Gentiles church of which this man and his family
shall also come to a saving knowledge of had become members, he found that over
the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is to be a short period of years they had paid into
greatly deplored, however, that we are this cause in tithe alone something like
unable, due to the shortage of funds, to $2,700.
send out greatly needed missionary reAt the Minnesota camp meeting this
cruits to assist the few European mission- summer the story was told about a Polish
aries who are so nobly upholding the ban- family of ten who had lately come into
ner of truth.
the truth. A Catholic Polish lady had
"The word of God is indeed a bright picked up a Bible that some one had
light shining in the Dark Continent, and it thrown into the garbage can. It was an
is very cheering to see what has already old Bible and parts were missing, but this
been accomplished, even though there still Polish woman took the Bible home and
remains very much land to be possessed later gave it to her sister. Some time
for the Lord."
later one of our workers held an effort in
this town. He found that it was hard to
draw the people to his meetings, so
Consecration 'Week
thought if he could get the children to
THE church is standing on the eve of come they might interest their parents.
a mighty combat with the forces of dark- He conducted several children's meetings.
ness which the "god of this world" has set On the front seat sat two Polish Catholic
in motion to blind the eyes of men and children. They heard the minister speak
women to the fact that God's plan for the on the second coming of Jesus. This was
salvation of sinners is reaching the last new to them, and they told their parents
hours of fulfillment.
about it. The parents had never heard
During the period allotted to the Har- anything like that before, and they finally
vest Ingathering campaign—September 2 remembered that old torn Bible that had
to October 21—thousands of personal in- been picked out of the garbage can. They
terviews will be held between the servants found it, and started to read to see what
of God and the people of the world, and the Bible said about the second coming of
many more thousands of homes will be Jesus and if the preacher was speaking
entered by the gospel messenger bearing the truth. Later some literature was
the annual report of progress in gospel given to this family, with the result that
advance at home and abroad, and calling all of them, ten in number, accepted the
upon the people to assist by prayerful truth, and they are now faithful members
and financial interest. Every such inter- of our church at that place.
view and visit is freighted with eternal
There are thousands of others like these
consequences, and it is most fitting that, who can read only some foreign literature.
before entering the battle, God's, people The foreign and English churches, as well
should assemble en masse and consecrate as individuals, would see good results if
themselves unreservedly for valiant serv- they would scatter literature among these
ice. This is in harmony with the example thousands in the languages they can read.
set before us by Israel of old, when conPlease do not forget to make a liberal
fronted by the hosts of Moab and Ammon. contribution to the Foreign Translation
The leaders in the cause of God at this Fund Sabbath, August 19.
hour recognize the need of a call to prayer
LOUIS HALSWICK.

less they soon receive help, must perish?
Many of us may not have much to give,
but in the situation of our people in Russia the food that our little will supply will
mean life to those who receive it. May
the Lord be gracious to our Russian
brethren and sisters in this their hour of
great need, and help us so that we can
help them at this time.
C. H. WATSON.
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