of the time to personal testimony of experience and thanksgiving In connection with the talk on The Deeps of Service which can appropriately be given by the church missionary secretary a report should be rendered of the summary of missionary work done by the church for the previous month and a special report on the Harvest Inga
including delegates visitors and friends The president with his workers was present giving help and transacting the business of the conference also the Union president and his assistants I next attended the Carolina meeting which was held at Charlotte North Carolina August to September reaching there for the closing days The meetings were held in a large tent pitched near the
of yielding substantial increases An analysis of some of the figures given in the report reveal the following Membership Gains The baptized membership of organized churches in the Far Eastern Division has been doubling every four years The gains thus far for the year give promise of being slightly in excess of the general average On June our membership was which is more than
of Latin ands could not read them On the following day however he had in his hands a copy of the Bible in Spanish the version authorized years before by the Church of Rome These books have always been rare in Mexico and cost from to according to binding From that day the man became a Bible reader He had to suffer real persecution and imprisonment as the price of h
strengthened for the hard way before us Friday evening a good meeting was enjoyed and the testimony meeting proved encouraging Early Sabbath morning we all took part in the prayer meeting which also proved to be very uplifting The Sabbath services were also strengthening Sunday morning as Brother Venter held our last service based on Revelation we longed for that beautiful home beyond We felt
The Church a Miniature Conference No D u t ie s o f B a n d L e a d e r s In a limited sense the same duties and responsibilities that devolve upon the missionary leader o f the church will apply to the work o f each band leader It will be well however to mention especially some o f the duties and responsibilities which devolve up on the leaders of district bands in the
or November c quot Battleship or Airplane Which quot see Page C Sermons We See I apos d rather see a sermon than hear one any day I apos d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way The eye apos s a better pupil and more willing than the ear Fine counsel is confusing but example apos s always clear And the best
great returns from these churches Sam Riley Fred Riley Brother Seibel conducted the dedi J H Siebel cation service of the Robinson Church E J Lorntz Sabbath October Brot ier Sam Riley who has been instrumental in T M Langberg
The Signs of the Times Magazine | November 1, 1921
November Xead Harvest Time Page Cents OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO Thanksgiv MOST despicable creature is an ingrate An ingrate is one who bites the hand that feeds him and spits in the face of his benefactors Men will apos brook a pinchpenny a spendthrift a prude an upstart a snob b apos efOre they will an ingrate But
a such answers as these without looking at thousand of our own schools in North the map America will be studying the geography It was the third day out at sea before of Europe I wish I might have these the big ship quot Adriatic quot of tons apos hundreds of students together in one displacement passed the Banks of Newplace and have an indulgence from their foundland en route from New York
YOURS Edythe Detwiler THE DISCOVERY OF JEAN CASTLE Mildred Warner COLLEGEDALE Helen Jeanne Sawers WHAT IS EDUCATION Selected EDITORIAL FROST BITES AS OUR TEACHERS SEE US Albert L Chaney CHEERFULNESS I Entered as second class mail matter December at the Post Office at Washington D C under the Act of Congress March Acceptance for mailing at special rate
Thanksgiving In the autumn The Educational Messenger The Mistake VERA HOWARD LAIRE Jordan putting on her coat and gloves in the cloak room of the conservatory stopped shortly with a little surprise She heard a voice just out side in the hall mention her name quot You apos ve been rehearsing with Claire I suppose she is going to sing at the church service Thursday morning quot There was a low
in which I learned that I had been a help in bringing men back to God I traveled from Washington to Kansas City some years ago to speak at a missionary conference A few weeks afterwards I received a letter from a lawyer who said that he went to the conference an atheist had been converted and had since his conversion brought seventy into the church In Florida a man and his wife were in a meeting
Toronto Do You Observe Family Worship A sweet little girl was visiting her grand parents Her mother who was a nominal church member came to take the child home The little girl was delighted to see her mama but protested against going home The mother chagrined said quot Why Bessie don apos t you love mama quot quot Yes mama quot said Bessie quot I love you but I don apos t want to go
privately quot There is an important truth in this connection Jesus spoke directly to His disciples the nucleus of the first church the world apos s earliest representatives of Christianity and more than once throughout the two chapters in Matthew which contain the record of the Master apos s precious words of revelation and admonition we read the solemn warning quot Watch therefore quot It seems strangely signi
priceless possessions one of the greatest safeers per cent moderate drinkers guards he or she can have is that of total per cent intemperate per cent quot This abstinence from all alcoholic liquor fact quot says Osier quot has long been known to One of the saddest things that can be said life insurance companies as holding good for about alcohol is that many a life that had
Life and Health for December forms ANOTHER STRONG LINK in the chain of helpful health hints LIFE AND HEALTH OFFERS TO ITS READERS much valuable information concerning healthful living not only to develop a strong vigorous body but to acquire clean wholesome methods of living The best things to eat and how to prepare them the care of the children and how to make the home happy endears LIFE AND HEALTH to the home and makes it an invaluable friend LIFE AND HEALT
cried thanks At one conference we happened to be pres quot apos Gainst heaven and thee I apos ve sinned quot ent when the members of the church opened a box of The father called his friehds around clothing sent them from America It was a touching And killed the fatted calf scene The children laughed and the parents wept quot My son has come from distant lands They all spent a long