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The Courage of Caleb and Joshua S. E. WIGHT

President Central Union Conference

THESE days in which we live are most interesting, because of the unfolding of events relative to the coming of the Lord. As the falling leaves and the changing colors of vegetation point forward to winter, so the unsettled condition of nations and society tells us that this world is in its last struggles.

The thoughtful mind will weigh current history in the light of Bible prophecy. It is a common saying, " To be forewarned is to be fore-armed." Jesus was very anxious to have the disciples understand the temptations of the last days, so He gave them the warning that in-iquity would abound. Matt. 24:12.

We are liable to be affected by, conditions. The believer will not be a victim of circumstances, but the prophecy is plain that many will allow their love to grow cold. What a tragedy that one should per-mit what he terms " hard times to lead him to conclude he is de-feated in the heralding of the last warning message to the world! The general breaking up of civilization will not take place until the gospel has been given to all the world.

The true disciple of Christ will not look for a more favorable time to do his appointed work. The increase of iniquity does not picture a flowery future of ease for the worker, ‘but of greater earnestness and dependence on God. To meet the increasing mountains of difficulty, we must have the courage of Caleb and Joshua. These men saw be-yond the giants and walled cities; and forty years later, when condi-tions were much worse, they went forward saying, " We are prepared to go in and take possession of our inheritance."

We are not standing at Kadesh-Barnea today, but our experiences are about the same as those of ancient Israel. We must not think of defeat, for the goal is just before us. God by His power will make His work a success, and there will be no stopping because of condi-tions. The Lord will finish His work and cut it short in righteousness.

Coworkers with Christ MRS. E. G. WHITE

THE mission of the followers of Christ is to save perishing sinners. It is to make known the love of God to men, and to win them to Christ by the efficacy of that love. And in proportion as the love of Christ fills the heart and controls the life, it will be our pleasure to do the will of Christ, whose servants we claim to be. Divine wisdom has appointed, in the plan of salvation, the law of action and reaction, making the work of benevolence, in all its branches, twice ble'ssed. God could have accomplished His ob-ject in saving sinners without the help of man, but He knew that man could not be happy without acting a part in the great work of redemption. That man might not lose the blessed results of benevolence, our Redeemer formed the plan of enlisting him as His coworker.

In sending out the twelve, Christ sent none alone. They were to go forth, two and two, invested with a power from Himself to heal the sick and rebuke satanic agencies' as a proof of their mission. Galilee was to be their principal field of labor. In Jerusalem and Judea, where Christ Himself had labored, and where they would be sure to meet the bigoted Phari-sees, their efforts would avail but little, and bring discouragement to themselves. The population of bigoted religionists made this a hard, forbidding field. The disciples were to avoid, as far as possible, stirring up the prejudices of the religious leaders. Therefore they were to confine their labors to their own nation. Christ's injunction to them was, " Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samar-itans enter ye not ; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

The education of the disciples and their Jewish prejudices unfitted them for work among the Samari-tans or the heathen. They made this manifest on Christ's last journey to Jerusalem. On that journey, He " sent messengers before His face : and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for Him. And :they did not receive Him, be-cause His face was as though He would go to Jerusa-lem." They did not open their doors to the heavenly Guest, and did not urge Him to abide with them, although they beheld Him weary with His journey, and the night was drawing on. The disciples knew that He designed to tarry there that night, and they felt keenly the slight thus put upon their Lord. In their anger they prayed Jesus to call down fire from heaven to consume those who had thus abused Him. But Christ rebuked their indignation and zeal for His honor, and told them that He came not to visit with judgment, but to show mercy. These disciples were not yet fitted to work outside their own nation.

In the parables of Christ to the scribes and Phari-sees and the priests and rulers, He explained their position of unbelief and opposition in its varied forms. Some of them were thoroughly self-centered. They had no room in their hearts for Jesus. Self was constantly appearing, leading them to manifest a harsh, domineering spirit. Another phase of their unbelief was expressed in their proud, perverted fanaticism. In all these lessons Christ was teaching His disciples, line upon line, precept upon precept. Those traits of character which Christ condemned, they were not to bring into their lives, but they were to weed from their hearts every wrong thought and practice.

When the twelve were sent out, they were under-taking their first mission without the personal pres-ence of Christ. Their preparation for the journey was' to be of the simplest kind. Nothing must be allowed to divert their minds from their great work, or in any way occasion opposition and close the door for future work. They were not to adopt the dress of the religious teachers, nor use any guise in apparel to distinguish them from the humble peasants. They were not to enter into the synagogues, and call to-gether the people for public service; their efforts were to be put forth in house-to-house labor. They were to accept the hospitality of those who were worthy, those who would welcome them heartily, as if enter-taining Christ Himself ; and such would be blessed by their prayers, their songs of praise, and the open-ing of the Scriptures in the family circle. These disciples were to be heralds of the truth, to prepare the way for the coming of the Master. The burden of their message was a repetition of that of John the Baptist and of Christ Himself, " The kingdom of God is at hand."

In thus sending the workers out two and two, it was God's design that by their prayers, their counsel, and their conversation, they should be a help to each other,— that when one should be perplexed and con-fused by difficult questions, the other might be pre-pared to aid his brother worker.

The instruction of the divine Teacher is for His followers in all time. The teaching given to His dis-ciples was given also to all who receive the truth through their word. The word of God is to be their constant instructor. They are to feed upon it, to see and understand and appropriate the reproofs, the correction, and the instruction given to them through it. Every phase of Christ's teaching is as essential for those who are carrying forward God's work in the earth today as it was for the chosen twelve, from John the beloved disciple, to Judas who would not be benefited thereby. And all who, seeing their defects of character, their great need of the transforming grace of Christ, who desire to overcome their faint-heartedness and irresolution, their desire to be first,

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Are You " Digging in "?

SOME months ago, when we visited the battlefields of Northern France, our guide pointed out the various places along the battle front where the contending armies had " dug in." They had advanced their lines as far as they could, in their estimation, and then had dug trenches and thrown up fortifications against the enemy. In some places, they had made for them-selves caves in the earth and fitted up winter quar-ters, some very comfortably furnished with springs, mattresses, and other household furniture. After dig-ging in, they rested very securely, and perhaps in many instances lost the spirit of their real objective. They became contented, and passed the time in idle-ness or revelry.

Some of these soldier experiences afford excellent examples of the church militant. We are engaged in a great warfare. We face a mighty enemy. Our progress in this Christian warfare will be marked by a battle and a march, a battle and a march, till final victory is achieved. At no stage in the Christian war-fare can we halt our endeavors. It will never do for us to " dig in," to rest upon our achievement, even for a day. And yet it is to be regretted that there are those in the church who have done this. Some in the remnant church at the present time are digging in. They feel that they have gone as' far as they can go for the present. They have sacrificed and toiled through the years, and Satan suggests to them that it is time they take a vacation; that it is proper to,rest awhile.

But while they are resting, he suggests other ave-nues for the enlistment of their energies and for the expenditure of their means. He presents the induce-ment of a well-appointed home ; the advantages of securing a fine farm; the benefits which would accrue to the cause later by investment in real estate or min-ing stock or oil lands. He urges the purchase of a fine, high-powered automobile as in keeping with one's social position. All this he does with the suggested idea that these investments will later accrue to the advantage of the cause of truth, and hundreds are being deceived by these plausible arguments.

Are you among the number who are thus " digging in "? It is right for the child of God to have a hum-ble home. It is right for our brethren to own their farms. It is right, if one's business requires 'it, for him to possess an automobile, the same as he would possess a horse. And it may be right for some of our brethren to invest in real estate. Each individual must settle these matters with his God. But we de-plore the spirit of commercialism which is entering into the lives of many of God's children today. They are not content with the simple things of life. In their estimation the luxuries of yesterday have become the necessities of today. They must build homes and

provide for their furnishing and adornment in har-mony with the spirit of the age. They are carried away with the desire to amass a fortune in a short time,— the same spirit that possesses get-rich-quick concerns in the world.

This leads them to doubtful speculation, and in their effort to keep the pace of the world around them, to amass a fortune, whatever their final objective in its disposition may be, they become engrossed with the spirit of the world, and lose their grand objective, — the exalted mission to which God has called them as the heralds of His message.

William Carey, that great missionary to India, justly called the " father of modern missions," was a cobbler in his early life. It was while earning a bare subsistence for his family that his soul became pos-sessed with an ardent desire to carry the gospel to the heathen, a work in which the church in those days had but little interest. He sought by every means in his power to prepare himself for this call of God which he heard sounding in his ears. As the call became more distinct, every energy of his being was enlisted in answering the voice. When asked once as to his business, he replied that it was to serve God, and he cobbled shoes to pay expenses.

It is this spirit that should possess every Seventh-day Adventist at the present time. Is a Seventh-day Adventist about to build a house? He should do it to the glory of God. Is he to spend money for an automobile ? He should consider whether Christ would have him make this purchase. Is he operating a farm? He should still keep in mind his great ob-jective, the service of God, and he should carry on his work as God's servant, realizing that he is intrusted with means and facilities as God's steward, and that sometime he must give an account of his stewardship. Again we ask those who read these words, Are you " digging in "? Are you saying by your life, by your course of conduct, by your manner of living, that you believe this message ? or are you betraying the fact that you have lost its spirit out of your heart and life?

Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists today, we believe, are giving this message a distinct sound. They are showing by their lives of toil and sacrifice, by their gifts of money, by their sons and daughters whom they have placed upon the altar of service, that they believe the coming of the Lord is near. It is well for us individually to consider whether we are among the number who are doing this. Do we in our words and the circulation of our literature, preach one thing to the people, and then belie this teaching in our lives and practical experience ? Our neighbors judge more from the way we live and the spirit which actuates' us in our homes and in our business, whether we believe the Lord is soon to come, than they do from the Bible readings we hold with them.

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May God help every one of us to give the trumpet a certain sound. How great will be our accountability at last if we fail in our own experience to live up to the light of truth which God has given us ! We can-not afford to " dig in." Until the church militant shall have become the church triumphant we can never rest in security. Toil and sacrifice will be the lot of God's children to the end; but 0, it will prove well worth while. For eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of God's children the glorious things which He hath prepared for them that love Him. In a little while, if we are faithful, we shall stand upon Mount Zion. Then let us not become " weary in well-doing : for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." F. M. W.

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Why Sin Was Permitted IF one question is met more frequently than any

other by the gospel worker, it is this : " Why did God permit sin? Could He not have created beings in-capable of transgression? "

The answer is, Yes, God could have created beings without moral responsibility, mere animal machines, acting from instinct instead of reason, having no free moral agency, and incapable of moral choice.

But the Creator in His infinite wisdom saw fit to create not only beasts, but angels .and men ; and what man is there who to escape moral responsibility would wish to exchange places with a beast of the field or the forest, a fish of the sea, or even a bird of the air ?

Being nonmoral creatures, that is, without moral sense, the beasts, fishes, and birds, are not subject to moral law. But men and angels, being endowed with moral sense, having power to choose between good and evil, are subject to such law; not to arbitrary statutes imposed upon them simply by the will of the Supreme Being, but laws rooted in the very nature of things; that is, first, in the natural duties due from a moral, finite creature to a holy, infinite Creator; and second, the mutual obligations which we as moral beings owe one to another.

When asked by a lawyer, " Master, which is the great commandment in the law ? " Jesus said to him, " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy-self. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Matt. 22 : 36-40.

And it was this law of love, this law which came into existence automatically, so to speak, with the creation of moral beings, that made sin possible. But neither the law nor its Author is responsible for sin. We can see that free moral agency made sin a possi-bility, but no reason can be assigned for it. Sin was not necessary, and today it stands without excuse. To excuse sin would be to justify it, and thus show trans-gression to be righteousness.

But there can be no such showing. Even without the spoken or written law, moral beings should be able to recognize the perfection of the divine character, and should desire to emulate it. " The heavens declare the glory of God : and the firmament showeth His handi-work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge." And all this is without spoken words. Nature has no speech nor language as men have. The heavens have no audible voice, yet " their line is gone out through all the earth, and

their words to the end of the world," testifying to the being and benignity of an intelligent Creator.

In addition to the witness of nature, God has re-vealed Himself to us in human speech, telling us much that as fallen beings we could never learn from the study of the things that are made.

Then to crown it all, in due time God sent forth His Son that He might be to us a more perfect reve-lation than was possible even in divinely inspired hu-man speech,

" For in His life the law appears, Drawn out in living characters.",

And today that Son, Jesus our Saviour, says, " Be-hold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." Rev. 3 : 20.

He sups with us by taking upon Him our human nature, and we sup with Him by being made partakers of His divine nature. And every human being who is willing to accept it is the recipient of this grace in virtue of being not a beast, nor an automaton, but a responsible moral being, capable of choosing the service of God and of entering through Christ into the glory of the redeemed state. " Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift." C. P. B.

Deliverance at Ningpo RECALLING a providence of the early days of missions

in China, Mr. J. Hudson Taylor, in his book, " A Retrospect," tells of a plot at Ningpo to massacre all the English residents. It was in the year 1857, when the bombardment of Canton by the English gunboats during the Opium War troubles had stirred up the Cantonese in Ningpo to form this plot. They ex-pected to accomplish their purpose on Sunday eve-ning, when it was known that most of the English res-idents would be meeting together. Mr. Taylor says :

" The sanction of the Tao-t'ai, or chief civil magistrate of the city, was easily obtained; and nothing remained to hinder the execution of the plot, of which the foreigners were of course entirely in ignorance. (A similar plot' against the Portuguese a few months later was carried out, and between fifty and sixty were massacred in open daylight.)

"It so happened, however, that one of those acquainted with the conspiracy had a friend engaged in the service of the mis-sionaries; and, anxious for his safety, he was led to warn him of the coming danger, and urge his leaving foreign employ. The servant made the matter known to his master, and thus the little community became aware of their peril. Realizing the gravity of the situation, they determined to meet together at the house of one of their number to seek the protection of the Most High, and to hide under the shadow of His wings. Nor did they thus meet in vain.

" At the very time we were praying, the Lord was working. He led an inferior mandarin, the superintendent of customs, to call upon the Tao-t'ai, and remonstrate with him upon the folly of permitting such an attempt, which he assured him would rouse the foreigners in other places to come with armed forces to avenge the death of their countrymen and raze the city to the ground. The Tao-t'ai replied that, when the for-eigners came for that purpose, he should deny all knowledge of or complicity in the plot, and so direct their vengeance against the Cantonese, who would in their turn be destroyed; and thus,' said he, we shall get rid of both Cantonese and

foreigners by one stroke of policy.' " The superintendent of customs assured him that all such

attempts at evasion would be useless; and finally, the Tao-t'ai sent to the Cantonese, withdrawing his permission, and pro-hibiting the attack.

" This took place at the very time when we were asking pro-tection of the Lord, though we did not become acquainted with the facts until seine weeks later. Thus again we were led to prove that —

Sufficient is His arm alone, And our defense is sure.' "

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Amid many a recorded and unrecorded providence the missionaries held to the task through perils and opposition in the pioneer days, and still they are con-scious that often the good hand of God has frustrated the counsels of those who plotted to silence the witness to the truth. W. A. S.

A Troubled World THE last half of the year 1922 presents to our vision

the outlook of a troubled world, and no part of the habitable earth seems exempt. Warfare among the nations, internal dissension, strikes, earthquakes, fam-ine, pestilence — the category of disaster is well-nigh complete.

At the present writing the leading statesmen of Europe are in a conference, seeking to find some way out in the terrible economic situation which confronts the Old World at this time. They recognize that if the way cannot be found, utter chaos will be the lot of poor, distraught Europe in the near future. This conference is considered second in importance only to the Paris Peace Conference, and upon its outcome de-pends in a large measure the peace of Europe.

At the same time that arrangements were made for this gathering, the warships of Great Britain and France were hastening to Constantinople to repel, if need be, the threatened attack of the Grecian army upon Turkey.

The situation in Europe is one that fills the minds of leading European statesmen with great apprehen-sion. Mr. Lloyd George, premier of Great Britain, than whom there is no one in Europe, perhaps, better able to estimate present conditions, compared Europe recently to a seething racial lava which, like the earth's crust, was seeking the proper level. This adjustment, he declares, is full of imminent peril. He expresses the belief that unless definite arrangements for the stabilization of peace are soon made, possibly in his own lifetime, and certainly in the lifetime of younger men, Europe will again welter in blood.

Similarly, Col. E. M. House, writing from London under date of August 28, expresses this view of the situation :

" No one knows what may happen in Europe, such is the gravity of the ,situation there at present. The process of gradual disintegration is going on. Only an ignition spark such as the whole world witnessed in Austria in 1914, is needed now to precipitate a general crash, the consequences of which would be impossible to estimate."

Conditions in Russia, if we may believe the news-paper reports, are going from bad to worse. Another serious famine is threatened in interior China. The United States during the last few weeks has been in the throes of a great industrial crisis, marked by the coal and railroad strikes. Scores of lives have already been sacrificed, the militia in numerous instances have been called out to protect life and property, and mil-lions of dollars have been wasted.

The Sea Has Spoken

One of the latest and most terrible disasters of re-cent years has been the Swatow typhoon and tidal wave, which, according to reports, has snuffed out the lives of 50,000 persons, with 100,000 left homeless. The track of the typhoon and tidal wave presented a spectacle which beggars description. Thousands of bodies were intermingled with the wreckage on every side, and the bodies in the river, it is reported, im-peded the progress of navigation.

These conditions which we see around us are signifi-cant signs of the times. They indicate the eleMents of disintegration which are affecting not alone the phys-ical earth, but are even honeycombing our civilization. Orderly, stable government and the ordinary processes of civil procedure are giving place more and more to the elements of radicalism and the rule of the mil-itary. Vast combinations of evil are forming for the last great conflict.

We are in the closing days of this earth's history. The great controversy which has been raging between light and darkness, between sin and righteousness, which has affected this world for the last six thousand years, has about reached its grand climax. We are not likely to see better conditions until they are ushered in by the reign of the Prince of Peace, who will destroy sin and sinners out of the world, and es-tablish His own kingdom of peace and righteousness.

We need not expect to see better times in this world this side of the coming of the Lord. But this outlook may be brightened when we realize that the con-ditions we see are harbingers of that glad day. In the midst of the world's turmoil we may find peace in the Lord, and comfort and assurance in following the sure word of prophecy. F. M. W.

Replacement from Within WE wear our habits as we do our clothes, but we get

into them in a different way. Clothes are just slipped on from the outside, • but habits grow from within as fruit does, or the leaves of a tree. The way to make a complete and convincing change of habit, is to undergo a change of heart. With that accomplished, the ques-tion of habit very largely takes care of itself.

At one of our tent efforts a number of years ago, an elderly man became deeply interested in the truth. He had even decided that it was his duty to accept, it fully and declare himself a Seventh-day Adventist. But he was addicted to the use of tobacco, tea, coffee, and pork, and occasionally drank a little, and these practices had such a hold on him that he was afraid he would not be able to discontinue them after taking his stand with this people. He was too sincere to make a profession he did not live, so held back.

While he was going through this struggle, one of our workers said to him, " My friend, when the third an-gel's message gets thoroughly implanted in the heart of a man, these wrong habits drop off like autumn leaves." This encouraged the man to take the contem-plated step, and today he is a living witness to the power of the gospel of Christ to work just such out-ward transformations through its inward influence.

There are certain species of trees that do not shed their dead leaves in the fall of the year. All winter long these rusty, shriveled symbols of death and decay adhere to the dormant old tree, in spite of all that tugging winds and buffeting rains may do to tear them away. They flap and rustle in the chill air as if to call attention to the humiliating way in which the old tree is cumbered with the unsightly outgrowths of its past life. But when the warm winds blow in the springtime, and the sleeping tree begins to awaken, when from the deepest root to the topmost bough the sap begins to stir and a new growth to form wherever the live, healthy cambium extends along trunk or limb or twig, clear out to the tiniest tip where a leaf ad-heres, these old reminders of former experience loosen their hold and drop away. They are cast off by re-placement from within. Just tearing them off one by


one and leaving the branches bare and stark as they reach heavenward in varying attitudes of petition, would not bring life. But when life comes, surging up and welling out from within, the old garment of dead leaves falls away, and the branches are made ready for the new covering to appear.

In just the same way new habits may be made to re-place the old. It is a disappointing, unfruitful task to try to tear away the unlovely traits of character that may beset us. But when the new life comes in its fulness, it cannot help pushing off these disagree-able encumbrances to make room for its own flourish-ing growth. Replacement from within is the way of the positive life. C. A. H.

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A Message from Maine

ADJUSTING the work to the close times of the recent past, the conferences from Maine to California have been seeking to work out programs of greater efficiency in service so that yet more souls may be won, even though income has been lessened.

Here, for instance, is a cheering message from Maine. Elder W. C. Moffett, the conference presi-dent, wrote a little time ago in a personal letter :

" After a very careful study of the operation of our con-ferences, and particularly of the one for which we are respon-sible, we are convinced that by eliminating every needless expenditure, and getting down to an efficiency basis, our con-

ferences can operate within their income without weakening the work.

" We are baptizing more people in Maine this year than for several years previous. We expect at camp-meeting time to reduce our operating force on a strict budget plan to fit our income, without in any wise weakening any department of the work.

"Personally, I have greatly enjoyed the privilege of tackling this proposition in this year of financial depression. It has increased my faith in the God who caused another handful of meal to come into the widow's barrel when the next mealtime came. I have stronger confidence than ever before that hard times, while creating serious problems, will in no wise retard the increasing momentum of God's work as it speeds on to a finish."

We do appeal to the, brethren in all the conferences to stand by these efforts of the conference workers to plan so that the flock may be shepherded and yet more souls won, while at the same time sharing the tithe as largely as possible with the great mission fields beyond.

It is important that we bring up the gifts for mis-sions to the mark set, week by week and month by month. But it is equally important for the whole world-wide movement that the tithe should be kept coming in to the conference treasury as God has prospered. In times of general stringency the Lord's call rings yet more earnestly :

" Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." W. A. S.

Why a Christian Education? FREDERICK GRIGGS

President Emmanuel Missionary College

" ALL roads lead to Rome," was a .saying in the time of the Cmars, but never could it be said that all roads lead to heaven. There is only one way to the realm of life eternal, and that is through Christ Jesus. He alone is the medium of communication between God and man. He lived for us a life of such a character as to make the way to heaven very plain to him who continually looks to Christ and is guided by Him in all he does.

These principles are of the most vital importance to Seventh-day Adventist young men and women. The world is calling in stentorian tones, and yet in a most seductive way. Never have such mighty enter-prises been carried forward in the earth as are in operation today. The ambitious young person has honor and preferment offered him by the world, and as a consequence many hundreds of young men and women who know Christ is soon coming, are being influenced and drawn into the excitement and pleas-ure that the world is offering.

This is a time for most serious reflection and delib-erate calculation by every person who believes in Christ's soon coming. One who thus believes will be about his Father's business. His prayerful thought-fulness will lead him to recognize not only his duty toward God, but the great danger he will meet in going any other way than the way of Christ. He will see that his duty is either to be prepared for God's service or to be in His service after having become prepared. He will recognize that God will open ways and means by which he may be educated and thor-oughly trained to do His work. He will know that God never calls upon young men and women to give

themselves to Him and to prepare for His work with-out helping them to walk in the way into which He has called them.

Our academies and colleges do not exist for the purpose of training men and women for the service of the world. They have been established as " cities of refuge," where our young people may be protected from the influences and allurements of the world, and where they may become qualified to take a vigorous part in the greatest work that has ever gone forward in the earth. No movement nor work has ever meas.: ured in importance and magnitude with the Second Advent Movement. No work has ever been offered the consecrated, ambitious young person, that is so interesting and profitable as this work. I say profit-able in the true sense of the word. " The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment," and an abundance of riches does not bring real profit and enjoyment. These are found only in the worth-while affairs of Christ's eternal kingdom.

Young men and women who know from the Scrip-tures that the end of the world is at hand, should recognize that their salvation lies in being fully en-gaged in God's work. We grant that there are cir-cumstances which make it impossible for a young person to be in the ministry or in some direct line of gospel work. His duties may hold him at home, but even then he may employ every means 'that he can, such as distributing literature, holding cottage meet-ings, and giving Bible readings, to advance God's work.

Our young people must look at these matters very deliberately. If they give them prayerful, careful


consideration, they can but see the importance of con-necting with the work of God; and they should be in our schools, if they have not had the training which they can there receive. It is a significant fact that approximately 85 per cent of the young people who attend our schools and form their friendships and associations in them, remain true to this message ; while approximately 85 per cent of those who do not place themselves in this Christian environment and

who form associations and acquaintances in the world, do not remain with the church. The value and im-portance of our schools are thus shown. From 90 to 95 per cent of those who have attended Emmanuel Missionary College have engaged in the work of the third angel's message.

Young man, young woman, parents, think of these things. God will open the way to a Christian edu-cation, if you believe, pray, and work.

The Need of Christian Education HARVEY A. MORRISON

President Washington Missionary College

FOR years we have preached and taught the need of Christian education. Conditions in the world are such that many members of other churches, and some who are not very closely affiliated with any church, recognize the benefits that Christian education brings to an individual and to the community influenced thereby ; and also the need of such training in order to have a foundation upon which to work in finding a solution of many of the great problems concerning our national life.

We have for many years quoted the Testimonies in regard to Christian education, and I suppose all are more or less familiar with the statements found there. I should, however, like to quote two or three para-graphs from " Counsels to Teachers," in order that some of these facts may be recalled to our minds :

" Our brethren and sisters should be thankful that in the providence of God our colleges have been established, and should stand ready to sustain them by their means."— Page 46.

" God requires that the church arouse from her lethargy, and see what is the manner of service demanded of her at this time of peril. The lambs of the flock must be fed. The Lord of heaven is looking on to see who is doing the work He would have done for the children and youth."— Page 4,1.

Speaking of the family, on page 44 we read : " There should be general education of all its members, and

'all our youth should be permitted to have the blessings and privileges of an education at our schools, that they may be inspired to become laborers together with God:"

" To dwell forever in this home of the blest, to bear in soul, body, and spirit, not the dark traces of sin and the curse, but the perfect likeness of our Creator, and through ceaseless ages to advance in wisdom, in knowledge, and in holiness, ever ex-ploring new fields of thought, ever finding new wonders and new glories, ever increasing in capacity to know and to enjoy and to love, and knowing that there is still beyond us joy and love and wisdom infinite,— such is the object to which the Christian's hope is pointing, for which Christian education is preparing. To secure this education, anti to aid others to secure it, should be the object of the Christian's life."— Page 55.

These quotations, together with much other instruc-tion, were given to us years ago.

To show how the world is beginning to recognize the value and need of Christian education, I refer to two or three experiences I have had in the last few years. In a Western city at a meeting of ministers representing three or four of the large popular de-nominations, in discussing what they considered the greatest needs of the church, they brought out the fact that the most crying need is religious education, and in no uncertain terms emphasized the following fact : " The church must make religious education its main business."

The dean of one of our great universities said to me confidentially, that the great need of society, and as he viewed it, the one possible solution of the ills which exist in our country today, is the development of Christian education ; and that unless our Christian

colleges can stem the tide of the tendencies of the present day, our civilization is lost.

About that same time a friend of mine in the edu-cational world was talking with the dean of another large university, who gave expression to the same thought in somewhat different words. And in the graduation address at one of our large universities this year, the speaker emphasized the fact that the-predominating element in Americanization should be the spiritual.

Roger W. Babson, the head of the Babson Statistical Organization, and perhaps the best-informed man on valuations and financial tendencies, places Christian education as a necessary foundation upon which to build for stability and progress.

A few months ago I was in a meeting with other denominational college presidents, at which a repre-sentative of the Young Men's Christian Association spoke on the question of the world's need. The burden of his message was the calling upon the Christian col-leges to instruct their students concerning the social problems of the day, in order that the men and women who had been trained in Christian schools and had at least had some vision of the Christ, could make their influence felt in the solution of these great problems. In fact, he said he and his association felt that' unless the men and women who have this vision could in some way make themselves felt in the commercial world so that Christian ideals would be recognized, our whole system of industry and commerce and govern-ment is in danger of going to pieces.

When experienced men who are careful students of conditions that are in the world, reach such conclu-sions, and that entirely from the viewpoint of our commercial and civil relationships, it seems to me that any Seventh-day Adventist is away in the background who does not believe that all the children and youth of this people should have the right to the very best education in our own Christian schools. Such a vis-ion as this means, not only the salvation of our young people, but their preparation for carrying the gospel of Christ into. all the world.

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IF you have not finished your education and are wondering whether you should, ask yourself these questions : How many persons have I heard wish they had more training ? Have I ever heard any one say he thought he had too much training ? If you reflect a moment, it will be clear to you why the man who hasn't much education is the man who does not value it. Naturally you could not expect him to be a good judge of something he knows little about. Why not listen to some one whose experience entitles him to be heard?

Where Do You Choose to Live? E. E. ANDROSS

How widely different was the course chosen by Lot from that of Abraham ! So far as we know, the early training of these two men of God was quite similar.

"Haran [the father of Lot] died before his father Torah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. . . And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they wet* forth with them from the Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan." Gen. 11: 28-31.

After reaching Canaan they resided in the hill country, where their flocks and herds multiplied till it seemed necessary for them to separate in order to find sufficient pasturage. Abraham cheerfully gave Lot his choice, saying :

"Is not the whole land before thee' separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Gen. 13: 9.

Lot chose the well-watered, fruitful plain of Jordan, selecting undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful lo-cations in the prosperous city of Sodom. There he erected a luxurious home with all up-to-date im-provements. It was not long till his presence in the city was felt, and he and his family became a factor in its social and political life.

In order that the peculiarities of their former life in the hills might not be offensive to their new-found friends in this fashionable center, they probably de-cided to make themselves less conspicuous by conform-ing as far as possible to the ways and fashions of Sodom. They perhaps reasoned that no harm could come from such a course, and by so doing they would be more likely to win their neighbors to the worship of the true God. They mingled freely in society, and soon Lot's daughters became popular, marrying pros-perous professional or business men. It may be that the parents were sad at the thought of their daugh-ters' uniting their interests for life with the ungodly ; or they may have been proud of the prospect of their children's living in the possession of wealth and power, reasoning that in time their husbands would become converted.

Undoubtedly in that beautiful Eastern home in Sodom the conversation must often have drifted to that former estate in the hill country with Abraham. Lot and his family must have contrasted their present prosperity, and life of luxury and pleasure with their former simple and primitive life, devoid as it was of the pleasures of the world. Perhaps they rejoiced over the superior wisdom of a choice that had brought such added prosperity to them, and thought of Abra-ham, still a pilgrim and a stranger, dwelling in tents, deprived of much that the world covets and esteems of value.

When Lot chose the fertile Jordan valley and the proud city of Sodom as his home, he had no thought of giving up his faith in the true God, or of allowing his surroundings to draw him or his family away from their integrity and devotion. Perhaps he thought of the superior educational advantages the city offered his children, in contrast with the isola-tion of the country. All through the period of his residence in the city his righteous soul was " vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked," and most likely he often warned his children of the danger of too intimate association with the pleasure lovers of Sodom.

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However, in daily contact with evil year after year, the keenness of his perception of their danger gradually wore away. That which at first would not be permitted, was finally tolerated, and at last chosen. Oh, the deceitfulness of sin ! How sad that he had dared to subject his family to the influences of a wicked city, that he might gain earth's riches and par-take of its pleasures ! Daily his family were uncon-sciously weaving into their characters the moral cor-ruption of Sodom, till finally they were unable to distinguish between good and evil.

When the command came from the messengers sent from heaven to save Lot and his family, " Es-cape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed," how slow they were to obey. Not until the angels laid hold upon their hands and led them out of the city did Lot and his wife and two unmarried daughters yield to their entreaties. It seemed they could not leave their treasures. Even then, while the storm of divine judgment that was so soon to destroy the city was waiting that these fu-gitives might escape, the wife and mother, contrary to the command, looked back toward Sodom, and she became a monument of God's judgment.

A Disappointed Home Builder

The fires of God's wrath descended upon the doomed city, and all the hoarded treasure of years, with the children who had united in marriage with the un-godly, perished in the flames. Stripped of his coveted possessions, bereaved of his wife and children, dwell-ing in the caves like the wild beasts of the forest, Lot with his two daughters looked upon the ruined plain of his choice, his heart breaking with sorrow. The sad story of the Ammonites and the Moabites (Lot's descendants), who because of their sins were finally appointed to destruction, bears additional witness to the utter folly of Lot's choice of a home.

Many today are making the same mistake that Lot made when he chose the pleasure and profit of the city. In so doing they exchange the altar of their fathers for the fading glory of earth's riches and honor. Soon the judgments of God will fall upon this sinful world; its riches will perish; its glory will fade, its joys will be turned into the bitterness of death. Why then risk the eternal world of blessedness by exposing ourselves and our families to the fearful temptations of city life, when it is possible to choose a home in a more retired and secluded spot in the country

" In choosing a home, God would have us consider, first of all, the moral and religious influences that will surround us and our families. We may be placed in trying positions, for many cannot have their surroundings what they would; and wherever duty calls us, God will enable us to stand uncor-rupted, if we watch and pray, trusting in the grace of Christ. But we should not needlessly expose ourselves to influences that are unfavoriable to the formation of Christian character. When we voluntarily place ourselves in an atmosphere of worldliness and unbelief, we displease God, and drive holy angels from our homes.

" Those who secure for their • children worldly wealth and honor at the expense of their eternal interests, will find in the end that these advantages are a terrible loss. Like Lot, many see their children ruined, and barely save their own souls. Their life-work is lost; their life is a sad failure. Had they exercised true wisdom, their childen might have had less of worldly prosperity, but they would have made sure of a title to the immortal inheritance."—" Patriarchs and Prophets," p. 169.


One of the signs of the last days is seen in the increase of wickedness, prevailing chiefly in the cities. The very atmosphere of the cities is polluted. Chil- dren reared in these centers of vice are continually exposed to severe temptation; they become familiar with the exciting stories of crime.

" It is time for our people to take their families from the cities into more retired localities, else many of the youth, and many also of those older in years, will be ensnared and taken by the enemy."—" Testimonies," Vol. VIII, p. 101.

It may not be possible without great loss to make the change in location here called for, immediately; but for the safety of the families of those living in the cities, plans should be laid for removal to more retired localities in the suburbs, or better still, into the coun-try, where the children may come in direct contact with nature. Considering the very brief period left for preparation for the coming of the great day of God, and the superlative value of- the treasures com-mitted to their charge, parents should permit no un-necessary delay in heeding the counsel of God.

To the children who may have learned to love the

excitement and pleasure of city life, such a move may seem not only unnecessary, but foolish. It may also mean some financial loss. Be the price ever so great, if it is necessary to make the sacrifice in order to place our families under the most favorable environment for the development of Christian character, it should be done. However, before any such move is made, divine guidance should be sought through earnest prayer, and wherever possible the counsel of wise and experienced brethren should also be obtained.

Instead of choosing a home in a city, Abraham re-mained in the country, amid the quiet, peaceful sur-roundings of nature. Abraham was called " the friend of God," and he became the father of the faith-ful. These blessings did not come to him solely be-cause of his quiet, retired life ; but because, having become intimately acquainted with God, he chose for himself and his family the most favorable surround-ings for the development of spiritual life, and for the preservation of unbroken communion with God. " They which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham."

Peter and John on Finance H. W. COTTRELL

THE twin brothers, Peter and John, fell heir to a cash inheritance of $12,000 each, and concerning this we record the following conversation :

PETER : John, what disposition did you make of your $12,000 inheritance ?

JOHN : I first tithed unto the Lord His own, and then lent the remaining $10,800 at 6 per cent per annum. And now, if I may inquire, how are you handling yours ?

PETER : I at once turned over to the Lord His share, of course, for I am scrupulously careful to, pay a just tithe; then I invested the remaining $10,800 in city property, consisting of a lot and a beautiful house for my family and myself to occupy. I think we deserve such a property, and we desire to live alone ; so you see we shall have no income on our investment. Par-don me, Brother John, but what is the amount of your weekly wage ? and do you tithe it ?

JOHN : My weekly salary is $20, and I tithe it as soon as I draw my wages, for not to do so would be to borrow the tithe, and the Lord says in His word that " if a man will at all redeem aught of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof," and you know that is equivalent to paying 20 per cent interest. I do not care, Peter, to learn the amount of your weekly salary, but will inquire if you share your weekly earnings with the Lord as a partner in busi-ness, as we both did with our inheritance?

PETER : 0 yes, of course I tithe it to the treasury of the Lord's cause, for I am very conscientious and careful to tithe my entire income. Now, Brother John, inasmuch as this study of the tithing system is educational, I will venture to propound another query : Do you tithe as income your annual interest from the loan of your $10,800 ?

JOHN : Yes. PETER : I am just now becoming technically inquis-

itive, so will inquire if you own any real estate ? JOHN : No, Brother Peter, I do not. PETER: Do you pay rent for your dwelling-house? JOHN : Yes. PETER : Do you pay your rent with money that has

been tithed ?

JOHN : Most certainly. You see, Peter, you and I tithed alike our inherited money and our weekly earn-ings, and I go one step farther and tithe the annual interest on my remaining $10,800, so of course, I have no money with which to pay house rent, except money that has been tithed. Do you think I should tithe the annual interest on my $10,800 ?

PETER : 0 yes, John, it is clear enough to me that you should do that.

JOHN : Do you continue partnership with the Lord, in a business way, with your $10,800, or have you dis-solved your former relation ?

PETER : I have continued the partnership relation. JOHN : Well now, Peter, do you pay tithe on a sum

of money equal to the annual interest on $10,800, the amount of your city property investment ?

PETER : No, John, I have not done so. JOHN: Wherein, then, do you turn over to the tithe

treasury the Lord's share for the annual use of your $10,800 investment, in harmony with your decision that I should tithe the annual income from my $10,800?

PETER : (No reply.) JOHN : Brother Peter, is not your house rent an

annual income to you and your family ? PETER : (Silence.) JOHN Should you not tithe the equivalent of your

house rent as surely as I should tithe the money with which I pay my house rent?

PETER : I think I should, John. JOHN : It is said, " The tithe is required of the

minister." PETER : I concede that point. JOHN : " If all would pay a faithful tithe, and devote

to the Lord the first fruits of their increase, there would be a full supply of funds for His work. But the law of God is not respected or obeyed, and this has brought a pressure of want."—" Testimonies," Vol. VI, p. 385.

PETER : The way is made plain. I will, the Lord helping me, return to the Lord a just and faithful tithe, and thus pay up back tithe on the income of my $10,800 investment in my dwelling-house property.

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JOHN : Yes, Peter, I am sure equity demands that, after you have paid the tax and the cost of insurance on your $10,800 property, you should tithe the interest on your monetary investment, less this expense ; or else fix a fair valuation for annual rent for such property, and share that with the Lord. Would not such a course be fair, just, and equitable, Peter ?

PETER : It would be. And I wonder why I have been so blinded to this feature all these years. I will certainly return to the Lord His own with usury. Surely the Lord had a perfect right to refrain from giving to men the amount He willed to retain for His own work on earth.

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JOHN : Peter, view the same truth from another angle :

" The light which the Lord has given me on this subject, is that the means in the treasury for the support 'of the ministers in the different fields is not to be used for any other purpose. If an honest tithe were paid, and the money coming into the treasury were carefully guarded, the ministers would receive a just wage." — "Special Testimonies," No. 10, p. 18.

PETER : There must be a vast amount of money due the treasury.

JOHN : Yes, Peter, one would naturally so conclude from viewing facts.

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IN MISSION LANDS " Before every church there are two paths: One leads to a mission field; one leads

When a denomination ceases to build, it has begun to die." to a cemetery.

Progress in the Philippines S. E. JACKSON

IT is a pleasure to be connected with a growing enterprise, to be giving one's money to something that is succeeding. The third angel's message is spread-ing, taking root in the hearts of honest men and women in foreign lands. The membership of the West Visayan Mission, Philippine Islands, was 160 at the beginning of 1920. These members were divided into four churches. The membership June 30, 1922, just two and a half years later, was 561, or a gain of 104 per cent a year. The names of these 561 persons are recorded in eighteen church books.

The tithes and offerings have shown corresponding increase. The money raised in the field during 1921 paid just a little more than half of all the running expenses for that year. This is very encouraging.

A few words from Sister Murrin's Sabbath school report will tell of the work done in that department :

" Our present membership is 676. " Nine of our Sabbath school members received the book-

mark, which is the premium given for one year's faithfulness in daily study and perfect attendance, and eight received the picture which is given for perfect attendance only.

" We commend these brethren and sisters for their perse-verance and faithfulness. We who have tried and failed know that it requires an immense amount of determination and tenacity of purpose to be present and on time at Sabbath school every Sabbath for a whole year, and not to miss studying the Sabbath school lesson even one day in the year.

" The total Sabbath school offerings for 1920 were $1,262.27; for 1921, $1,738.88, a gain of $476.61.

" Our Sabbath school goal as set by the union for 1921, was 12 centavos per member, based on the church membership Jan. 1, 1920. Our church membership on that date was 160, so figuring on that basis our records show that we gave 23 cen-tavos a week per member for 1921, lacking one centavo per member of doubling our goal."

The annual meeting convened May 24-28, and was held in the same hall used two years ago. It hardly seems possible that so many new members could have been won to the faith in so short a time by so small a corps of laborers as Brother and Sister Murrin have associated with them.

Fully 125 were present at many meetings. These brethren love the truth. They are making real sacri-fices for it, and appear to be soundly converted. An excellent spirit prevailed from the first. All left the meeting with renewed courage, and with a goal set by

themselves for each member to win one soul for Christ during the next year. Brother Murrin says, " I be-lieve we can do it." Let us pray that they may be given wisdom and strength to accomplish this desired result.

It was my privilege to organize a Seventh-day Ad-ventist church of twenty members in Baybay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, on Sabbath, June 24. Brother Manuel Kintanar has been laboring in this field about five months. Three months of this time he has been assisted by Brother Simeon Ganaganag. This little church is the fruit of their labor, and that of the colporteurs who had already entered the field, and sown seeds of truth. Very few of these twenty believ-ers had ever been members of a Protestant church.

Orphans' Home and Training School at Constantinople

W. K. 'SING

THE numerous wars that have swept Turkey for the last ten years have wrought much harm to our work in that field, plunging our people into inexpres-sible hardship such as has rarely been the fate of God's children in any part of the world or at any other time since the days of the persecution in the early Christian era. All the hopes for a quicker and more promising development of the field we had been cherishing just before the World War, were blasted in consequence of the ravages of continued strife and bloodshed. Hence we are today facing a situation that demands our careful attention and prompt action, if all the toil of the past thirty years is not to be in vain.

It is impossible, in the compass of this brief article, to give any comprehensive view of the lamentable condition that has been created, and some of the out-standing facts can only be touched upon.

It will be remembered that the Armenian people were the object of bitter persecution in Turkey during the war, so that thousands were subjected to the most cruel treatment imaginable, and many finally suffered death at the hands of brutal murderers. About two hundred of our own people — nearly half the mem-bership we had at that time — shared this gruesome fate. Those who survived the horrors of deportation


and cold-blooded massacre are now dispersed in various directions, stripped of their belongings and left abso-lutely destitute.

We are not called upon to decide as to the justice or injustice of the charges that have been advanced against these people, nor are we in a position to assert who is chiefly responsible for these inhuman acts of violence. This we must commit to Him who judgeth righteously. 1 Peter 2: 3. But in the face of these conditions it is our duty, as Christians, to lend a help-ing hand and to take such steps as the situation de-mands to alleviate the suffering.

A considerable number of the children of our own people have been left orphans, others have been for-tunate in having one of their parents restored to them ; but as a result of all this misery, they are left without any means whatever, so they must struggle for a mere subsistence.

All these poor orphaned children are committed to our care, and we must not shirk the duty of shel-tering them, bringing them up in the fear of God, and giving them such training as will in time make them useful and efficient workers in the cause of the Lord. We cannot forsake them in their time of need, lest they drift into the world and become lost, per-haps for eternity.

As a result of ,these brutal massacres and the rav-ages of disease, our working staff also has suffered severe losses, so that nine out of twelve, or just three fourths, have been laid to rest. Only one worker of pre-war days who has had experience and training in the cause, survives. Among those lost we mourn Elder Z. G. Baharian, who was one of the first believers won by Brother Anthony. Brother Baharian had been connected with this field in faithful service since 1889. Many a time did he suffer in the Turkish dungeons for the sake of the gospel message he proclaimed, and finally he was assassinated.

Just recently Brother Tshrakian has met a similar fate while on an alleged transfer from one prison to another in the interior of Turkey. He was a very promising worker, a gifted and highly respected man, who had filled the position of professor in, a number of institutions of learning before he embraced this message. He was known also as a writer and poet among his people.

The European Division committee have given care-ful study to the situation confronting us in the Turk-ish field. In view of the pressing needs, the brethren there have been authorized to rent suitable quarters for an orphans' home, where the surviving children can be cared for and given training that will fit them for service in some capacity in the work. Information received from the field brings the good news that such a building, with sufficient arable land, has been found in a pleasant, healthful, and secure locality, so the school work can be taken up in the month of Sep-tember. Prof. A. Larsen, who will have charge of the school, has been in the field for some time, studying the language and the situation in general. We learn that Brother Bezirdjian and his wife, who was Miss Ida Schlegel, formerly of Switzerland and connected with the work in Egypt since 1899, have also been secured to associate with this work. Both are nurses trained in our early institution at Basel, Switzerland. The fact that Brother Bezirdjian is an able sculptor and an experienced canvasser will contribute to the usefulness of the training these young people will have under him.

To give more permanency to this enterprise, as we are bound to do if we would make proper provision for the continuance of our work in this hard mission field, it is planned to secure property of our own as soon as the necessary means can be made available. We hope to do this in a year or two. Our young peo-ple in America are being asked to raise a considerable sum of money during next year for this purpose, and they will no doubt set themselves to this task with enthusiasm and make it a success. The General Con-ference is contributing liberally toward the mainte-nance of these orphan children, but we cannot count on this help indefinitely, and must take measures that will safeguard this work.

Coworkers with Christ

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and become molded after the divine Pattern, may be-come coworkers with Christ.

As children of God, none of us are excused from taking a part in the great work of Christ for the salvation of our fellow men. It will be a difficult work to overcome prejudice, and to convince the un-believing that our efforts to help them are disinter-ested. But this should not hinder our labor. There is no precept in the word of God that tells us to do good only to those who appreciate and respond to our efforts, and to benefit only those who will thank us for it. God has sent us to work in His vineyard. It is, our duty to do all we can. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that."

We have too little faith. We limit the Holy One of Israel. We should be grateful that He condescends to use any of us as His instruments. For every ear-nest prayer put up in faith, an answer will be re-turned. It may not come just as we have expected; but it will come at the very time when we most need it. " If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

We should work as did our divine Teacher, sowing the seeds of truth with care, anxiety, and self-denial. We must have the mind of Christ if we would not become weary in well-doing. His was a life of con-tinual sacrifice for others' good. We must follow His example. We must sow the seed of truth, and trust to God to quicken it to life. The precious seed may lie dormant for some time, but the grace of Christ will convict the heart, and the seed sown be awakened to life, and spring up to bear fruit to the glory of God. Missionaries in this great work are wanted to labor unselfishly, earnestly, and perseveringly, as co-workers with Christ and the heavenly angels, for the salvation of their fellow men.— Review and Herald, March 23, 1897.

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" A PART of what we might term the optimist's phi-losophy is : If you can mend a situation, mend it; if you can't mend it, forget it."

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" AMONG the most thoroughly self-deluded people in the world are those who think that in the multiplica-tion of things and possessions, happiness or content-ment lies."

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OUR HOMES Through the columns of this department, hints will be given on all /natters pertaining to the home life. Short articles and letters are solicited from home makers, telling of their everyday experiences,— their joys and sorrows, their failures and successes.

Conducted by Miss Lora E. Clement

SCARRED

FAR nobler the sword that is nicked and worn, Far fairer the flag that is grimy and torn, Than when to the battle fresh they were borne.

He was tried and found true; He stood the test; 'Neath whirlwinds of doubt, when all the rest Crouched down and submitted, He fought best.

There are wounds on His breast that can never be healed, There are gashes that bleed and may not be sealed; But, wounded and gashed, He won the field.

And others may dream in their easy-chairs, And point their white hands to the sears He bears; But the palm and the laurel are His — not theirs!

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Relation of Parent and Child CLARENCE SANTEE

" How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? " Judges 13: 12. Never was a question asked that more truly required a divine answer, and never was one more worthy of it. The Scripture is the means God has used to give an answer to every question that concerns the needs of men in their every phase. 2 Timothy 3: 16, 17, reads, " All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

The Scripture here mentioned is God's word. It is truth. The answer to the question taken as our text is to be found in the Scripture. Many children have become discouraged by par-ents who have shown great zeal in a mistaken course. Some people hold to the delusive doctrine that " only so a man sin-cerely thinks he is right, all will come out right." Thinking you are right does not change a single fact. God says, " My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee." Hosea 4: 6.

God alone is responsible for those things He has not revealed; but that which has been revealed, lays responsibility upon those to whom it has been given. If then we fail to make ourselves acquainted with His will, we are classed with those who have " rejected knowledge."

Perhaps there has never been a more forcible illustration, nor one fraught with consequences more sad and costly, of the utter fallacy of this doctrine that thinking we are right makes it so, than is found in mistaken ideas of the relationship be-tween parents and children.

God has said, " Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." Col. 3: 21. He has also said, " Ap-ply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell." Prov. 23; 12-14.

There must be, then, a way of administering correction, even with the rod, that will draw the child more closely to God and to the one who, without anger, must in the fear of God per-form this duty.

" With your own heart subdued and full of pity and sorrow for your erring children, pray with them before correcting them. Then your correction will not cause your children to hate you. They will love you."---" Testimonies," Vol. I, p. 398.

Again we read, " Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying." Prov. 19: 18.

This verse should remind every father and mother that each day they delay to obey God in this matter, brings them one day nearer the time when -there will be no hope. God counsels, " Chasten thy son while there is hope." When to every soul the

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eternal destinies are revealed face to face, many children will bitterly curse father and mother because they did not fulfil their parental duty, even though it might have brought them pain. They will feel that if true love had been shown them in administering needed correction, they would not now be forever lost. Who can say that their anguish-filled thought is not true?

With these solemn thoughts let us turn again to the question, " How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? " In Deuteronomy 6: 6 the first requirement that will lead to proper instruction, is found: " These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart." If obedience to God is not inwrought into our characters, we shall not be able to teach true obedience by the aid of the most impressive teacher known to man — example. This was Christ's power. His " life was the light of men." John 1: 4. If we have this pow-erful aid, we are prepared to accept the words which follow:

" Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes." Dent. 6: 7, 8.

These verses cannot mean that there should be a constant repetition by word of mouth, neither can they mean that parents are to bind written cards to their hands and faces; but evi-dently the meaning is that parents are to be a continual living example to their children of obedience to the grand principles of the law of God. Binding upon the hand means carrying these principles into every act of life; and "as frOntlets be-tween thine eyes," means having them in the forehead, the seat of the mind. This agrees with the counsel of the Spirit of God in Romans 12: 2: " Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, -will of God."

The presenting of our bodies (verse 1), and the renewing of our minds, will prove " what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

This kind of instruction continued every day, will never become wearisome to the children, and will never lose its per-suasive power. The parent is, in a measure, responsible for the defects of the child. In Malachi 3: 7 we read, " Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from Mine ordinances, and have not kept them."

This statement makes the parent responsible with the child for the wrong act for which the child must be corrected. It says the child went away from (or in) the days of his fathers. This is also shown in Job 14: 4, " Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one."

These texts teach us that as parents we have bound a load upon our child at his birth from which he cannot free himself, but under which he must stagger along, sometimes stumbling out of the path, at times falling under the load, with no hand that can so well help him again to his feet as that of the true parent. The helpful parent, realizing that these staggerings and fallings are due to the weaknesses the child has received as a legacy at birth, will deal with the most gen-tle, loving hand when correction must be given. The child must be made to understand that the punishment is only to save him, and not because of the wrath of the parent.

When all other means have failed, and corporal punishment becomes necessary, a few minutes of tender, loving counsel, then a prayer for the child in which the parent's share in the wrong deed is recognized, will remove all bitterness that might other-wise remain in the heart of the child.

Too often the father leaves the training of the children to the mother, excusing himself on the ground that he is away from home much of the time. But the Lord lays this duty upon both parents. " The mother should ever have the co-operation of the father in her efforts to lay the foundation of a good Christian character in her children. A doting father should not close his eyes to the faults of his children, because it is not pleasant to administer correction. You both need to arouse, and with firmness, not in a harsh manner, but with determined purpose, let your children know they must obey you."—" Testimonies," Vol. I, pp. 546, .547.

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The blessing of proper parental training is shown in the case of Abraham. The Lord says: " All the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him." Gen. 18: 18, 19. The Lord in this text makes the training of the family a requirement so that He may on His part, bring the promised blessing to Abraham.

The sad results of slackness are seen in the case of Eli and his sons, as recorded in 1 Samuel 2: 22-24. Eli remonstrated with them, chided them, reasoned with them; but in his mistaken love he failed to enforce obedience. He " restrained them not." When too late to take up this unfulfilled duty, Eli was told that because of his neglect, the iniquity should not be purged from his house forever. " I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever." 1 Sam. 3: 13, 14.

How careful ought every parent to be, that with love and tenderness yet with steady firmness, leaning heavily upon God for wisdom, discipline shall be maintained. The Lord has said that " parents should not only teach, but command their chil-dren." At times the rod is necessary. But both parents may not at all times see alike the need of punishment. When such times come, let these differences be prayerfully considered in the absence of the child.

We are in an age of the world when parental training is very lax. In many homes, but a semblance of it remains. The parent should be as God to the child, until such time as the latter can be taught of his heavenly Father. The trusting child believes that the parent is all-powerful to grant his desires. His life, nourishment, and teaching come from this source. The bosom of the parent is a sufficient refuge, comfort, and solace. Sad is the day if the child has to learn that the parent is not always truthful and true.

This is a time when the seeds of disobedience in the heart of the child are ready to spring up and bear fruit very quickly. The world's soil is ready for it. " Disobedience to parents " is one of the sins especially marked in " the last days." De-pendence upon and faith in God alone for wisdom successfully to remove these poisonous seeds, is our only reliance for train-ing our children aright. But with this sufficient source of strength, it can be done.

David's Victory " GOOD morning, David." " Good mornin', Miss Janeway." " Oh, but, David dear, I want to see your eyes! " Katherine

Janeway gave a little exclamation of startled dismay as the child, in answer to her laughing command, raised a pathetic, woebegone, small face. " Why, David Rusted, whatever is the matter'? "

" Nuffin,' Miss Janeway." The kindergarten lady stooped and put her arms gently

about the tense little figure. " Tell Miss Janeway, dear. Why are those big, black clouds hiding all the sunshine in your face this morning? "

David wriggled uncomfortably in the close embrace. " Nuffin' a-tall. I — I can't tell nuffin' a-tall about it."

" You mean it's something you'd rather not tell me? " "I can't tell! " David whirled away and walked with slow,

mechanical steps across the room to the sand-table. Katherine Janeway looked, after him in perplexity. She

turned as her young assistant stopped a moment at her desk. " Something strangely upsetting has happened to David Husted."

The assistant nodded. " I noticed. Why, he actually looks — old."

" I know, and I simply must find out. I can't have him look like that! "

A little later, seated in the circle, Miss Janeway made the usual request. " Who has a story to tell this morning? " There was a standing on tiptoes, a frantic waving of chubby, dimpled hands. " 0 no, no, children -- one at a time; all back in your chairs ! "

And so she went around the circle to David Husted. He sat, hands quietly folded, staring straight ahead.

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" David, haven't you a story to tell us? " " No, Miss Janeway." " Ah, well — perhaps tomorrow. Now, I'm going to close my

eyes, and when I open them whoever is sitting up straightest and quietest, I shall choose to lead the march."

The room became very still. Through the open window came the hum of a bumblebee. In a tree close by, a song sparrow trilled a merry greeting to the bright spring day. But Kather-ine Janeway did not hear. Through her closed lids she still saw David's set, white, small face.

Mrs. Rexford Vanner had invited the kindergarten children to play games on her lawn the next Thursday afternoon. It was an annual event much talked of and looked forward to by all the children, for following the playing of the games came a delicious picnic lunch.

On this particular morning Miss Janeway was especially anx-ious for a good rehearsal, as nearly all the children were present.

" We want to march just the very best we can for Mrs. Vanner, don't wet So we will try it over again today, if David will . come and lead us." But David did not move. " Come, David, dear, don't keep us waiting."

" I—I don't want to play." " Oh, but, David, the picnic —" " I'm not goin' to the picnic." Silence! " Why ain't yer goin'? " This, in curious amazement, from

Tommy Shanley. " I — I don't want to." So that was it! "What has the child done?" thought Kath-

erine desperately. " Never mind — never mind, Tommy," she said quietly. " I think David is not feeling quite well. John may be captain today."

The march proceeded. The morning came to a close. One by one Katherine held chubby hands, a bit grimy and sticky. Without raising his eyes, David passed with a muttered, " Good-by, Miss Janeway; " and Katherine let him go.

"What do you suppose can have happened?" The young assistant carefully placed the small chairs back on the circle. " We've had sullenness and sauciness and naughtiness and tears — quarts and quarts of tears; but a heartbroken child of six —O Miss Janeway! "

The older teacher pushed back her hair wearily. " I'll call on Mrs. Rusted this afternoon. I must find out."

Mrs. Rusted herself came to the door. " Why, Miss Jane-way, how glad I am to see you! Come right in."

Seated in the cozy, hospitable living-room, the two women talked a bit of the weather, affairs about town, and Katherine's coming marriage to George Fielding.

Mrs. Rusted beamed complacently. " George has always seemed like one of our own family. We've known him since he was so high. David adores him — and you. Well, it does seem just too wonderful to be true."

Katherine Janeway flushed happily. " That's very dear of you, Mrs. Rusted. David is one darling child! By the way, what was the matter with him this morning? "

The mother's face became gravely troubled. " Why, was he a naughty boy at kindergarten today? "

Katherine was quick to note the evasion. " No, indeed," she said, " but he was a sad, heartbroken little boy."

" Well," Mrs. Rusted fingered a magazine on the table nerv-ously, " I kind of hate to tell you, and I know David would feel terribly if he knew that I did."

" Then don't. I only thought that perhaps I might help." " I never, never would have believed it of David," Mrs.

Husted's voice trembled hysterically. " Yes, I will tell you, Miss Janeway, though I don't see how you can possibly help; but anyhow I'll feel better. Mr. Husted's aunt is visiting us. She is a maiden aunt, and never having lived at all with chil-dren, she doesn't understand them or care much for them. David was in ler room yesterday afternoon. A fifty-cent piece was lying on the corner of the dresser, and, child-fashion, he asked her what she was going to do with it. Aunt Sarah told him if he was a good boy all the time she was here, she had thought of giving it to him when she left. Soon after she came down here for a magazine, leaving him in the room; but when she went back, he was gone. She stayed in her room all the rest of the afternoon. While she was dressing for dinner, she noticed that the fifty-cent piece was not on the dresser."

Mrs. Rusted paused. Katherine Janeway drew a long breath. " 0 no, Mrs. Rusted not David! "


" Well, of course I immediately called him and put the ques-tion. He looked utterly puzzled. Then Aunt Sarah accused him. She said she supposed he thought it was his as long as she had told him she might give it to him, but that he was greatly mistaken. She got real angry; she has no tact with children. David just froze. All he would say was, I didn't take it, mother.'"

" Bless his baby heart! Why, Mrs. Rusted, you didn't for one instant believe that he did, did you'?" cried Katherine impulsively.

" No, I didn't, but — after David had gone to bed and was asleep I went into his room, and under his pile of handker-chiefs I found a fifty-cent piece."

Katherine almost bounded from her ch4,ir. " I don't care if you did! Some one — his father some one gave it to him."

Mrs. Husted slowly shook her head. " This morning I asked him where he got it, and he would not tell. He, seemed terribly distressed that I had found it. So — I told him he could not go to the picnic unless things were explained."

Katherine Janeway walked slowly home. Her eyes were hot with unshed tears. "Poor little David! Poor little David! " Over and over she said it, gazing unseeingly down the broad street. " If I could only, only find out 1 "

" What's the matter, Katherine dear? Had a hard day?" George Fielding slipped his hand under the girl's chin and lifted her face to his.

For an instant her tired eyes met his gaze. " Harder than usual, George. But let's not talk shop. Come out on the piazza. How I love the smell of spring! I just know you have been working in your garden."

" Sure have. My! but how the weeds can grow — all but the lettuce bed. Did I tell you I had a gardener taking care of that? "

" A gardener? " Katherine snuggled her hands deep down in her sweater pockets. " And who is he?"

"Davis Rusted, the handiest little gardener you ever saw. He came in one day while I was weeding. 'Uncle George,' he said, don't you want some help?' and then, if he didn't ask to be hired. Wanted to know how much I'd pay him."

Katherine Janeway took her hands from her pockets and clasped them tensely in front of her.

" Go on! " she exclaimed breathlessly. George smiled. " Well, of course, I hired him; and what

do you suppose he wanted to earn money for"? To buy a birth-day present for his mother. And he made me promise not to tell, because he wants to surprise her."

Katherine's eyes blazed with excitement. "Did you pay him, George? How much did you pay him? "

" Why, I gave him a fifty-cent piece the other night. He had worked like a little Trojan. Say, what on earth is the matter?"

She was pulling him frantically down the steps. " Oh, hurry, hurry; I must see Mrs. Husted." And as they sped down the street, Katherine told George of little David's trouble.

Without pausing to ring they burst into the Rusted living-room, where Mr. and Mrs. Rusted sat quietly reading the eve-ning papers. Both looked up in evident astonishment.

" Why, Miss Janeway — and George." " George gave it to him, Mrs. Rusted. George gave him the

fifty cents." Katherine's words tumbled over each other inco-herently. " He's been helping George, and he wanted the money to buy you a birthday gift. He wanted to surprise you."

Into Mrs. Husted's face came a look that seldom comes into any face in a lifetime — not even that of a mother. " My poor little boy! "

There was a sound on the stairs. "Mother," called a high, shrill voice, "I'm hearin'. I want to see 'em."

" Come down, David." And into the room came a bit of a curly-haired boy in long,

mannish pajamas. Mrs. Rusted caught him in her arms. " 0 David, please

forgive mother." "I didn't want you to know. Uncle George add I was goin'

to buy it and s'prise you." " I'll be surprised, dear — wonderfully surprised! P11 just

forget I know." , The door opened, and a tall, spare, black-gowned woman stood

on the threshold. " Oh, excuse me, I didn't know you had com-pany. I just wanted to tell you, Annie, that I found that money in my bureau drawer. I must have knocked it off while I was dressing."

Silence. Then, "Xother, may I go to the picnic?"— Martha King Davis (adapted), in The Ladies' Home Journal.

SOME DAY

WHEN the shadows of the evening Come creeping up the hill;

When the wheels they cease a-turning, And the hum dies at the mill;

When the toilers, in the hurry, Scatter from the day's work done,

Then there's in my heart a longing, For I want to be at home.

When I sit beside the hearthstone, With strange faces all around;

When amid the friendly chatter Not one voice familiar sounds;

When I hear the young folks singing And the organ's cheery tone,

In my heart there's such a longing, For I want to be at home.

Some day, Lord, I'll end my traveling Up and down, and here and there;

Some day I shall cease my going Out and in, and everywhere;

Some day I shall buy my ticket, And I'll book my passage through

To the great grand Central Station In Jerusalem the New.

Then I'll leave all extra luggage; Yes, I'll throw my rugs away—

Praise the Lord, my traveling ended, I'll be going home to stay.

— Adapted.

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" Tasting " " LITTLE children, those who are learning to walk, are pos-

sessed with the desire to taste things," says Angelo Patri, in a recent article. That is one of the roads to knowledge. " They see, they feel, they hear, and they smell and they taste their way about this world, so new and all.' "

But " tasting is dangerous," Mr. Patri affirms, and then continues:

" There is only one way of avoiding the danger, and that is to keep everything that is harmful out of sight and under lock and key. All poisons should be kept under careful guard. Be more than careful. Be sure.

" Don't hide bottles and boxes' and drugs in strange places. Children who are on exploring tours,— and all little children are,— look into exactly such places. Their curiosity is at full tide. It leads them everywhere.

"' I hid it so carefully, down in the bottom of the furnace. Why, I never dreamed of his looking there! '

" I can't imagine how he ever got up there. I stood on a chair and put the bottle away back out of reach.'

"But he watched you put it there. He knew you were put-ting it out of his reach. His curiosity led him to wonder what it was and why you were anxious to keep it away from him. He can climb like a young monkey, and he did. Tasting is one of his ways of investigating.

" When you want to keep anything away from the children, don't call their attention to it. Don't let them know you are placing it beyond their reach. Put it in the medicine closet and lock the door and carry the key about with you. Don't hide the key.

" Hiding the key of a closet is a direct challenge to little children. Hide and seek is the sport of their young lives. Keep secret the fact that you are keeping a secret. Once the young-ster scents that something is hidden from him, that something is being kept from him, his curiosity takes fire, and his instinct to seek out the hidden thing urges him without respite. He looks and keeps on looking until his efforts are awarded or his attention directed some other way. Rarely does he give up without satisfying his desire for the knowledge that is being withheld.

" Now, if the secret is a bottle of pills that are poisonous or a box of powders, the safest way is the only way. Don't let him see it, if possible. If he does see it, make no comment about it, act as if it is of no moment, do nothing to attract his attention to it or fasten it, upon his memory; and as soon as he is out of sight and hearing, lock the thing away.

" An accident is what everybody said couldn't happen, and it happened. Tasting accidents need not happen if we remem-ber the ways of the children, especially little children."

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How Bible Truth Fares in Some Schools A Personal Experience WINIFRED L. HOLAIDEN

To other young people who are looking forward to spending a year or more in the lecture-rooms of some university in order to become more efficient in the Lord's work, I wish to pass on some of my own experiences.

I have been reading this evening from " The Great Contro-versy: " "Marvelous beyond expression is the blindness of the people of this generation. Thousands reject the word of God as unworthy of belief." " But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the stand-ard of all doctrines, and the basis of all reforms. The opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, . . . the voice of the majority,— not one nor all of these should be regarded as evi-dence for or against any point of religious faith." " All who value their eternal interests should be on their guard against the inroads of skepticism. The very pillars of the truth will be assailed."— Pages 561, 595, 600.

The instructors under whom I have studied are most excellent persons. They teach many religious principles which are true, and which I have greatly appreciated, coming from such a source. But there is another side.

What would you think if you should hear a theologian say it wearied him to hear people sing,

" Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe "?

Said he, " A real red-blooded man or woman wants to meet his own debts."

How would you like to hear Jonah compared with Jack the Giant Killer? The book of Jonah is considered a parable. One professor was quite surprised when I told him that Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14: 25 as one of the prophets.

There happened to be in the class a bright young Baptist who is a fearless defender of the Bible. He quoted the texts in the New Testament where Christ mentioned Jonah, and said if Jesus spoke of Jonah's experience as a symbol of so serious a matter as His own death, he thought it must be true.

" Oh," said the doctor, " He was using a well-known fable to illustrate the truth."

In another class a young Presbyterian minister told the pro-fessor that he was puzzled as to what attitude to take toward the first chapter of Genesis. The instructor believes that the evolutionary theory is the only one worthy of consideration, and stated his views. I read 2 Peter 3: 4-7.

Turning from the point under consideration, the professor asked, " Do you believe this world is going to be destroyed by fire? "

My reply was, " I certainly do; that is what it says." " But," said the professor, " that is symbolic language."

Then he asked what was going to become of the wicked. I replied that Malachi says, " They shall be ashes under the soles of your feet." He thought that was symbolism, too.

I inquired if he thought there was a real flood. He said he did, but it was only local. Then I asked how, in the third chapter of Second Peter, the flood could be real water and the fire not be real fire, but only a symbol. He quoted a verse about being baptized by the Holy Spirit and by fire. This seemed to me like an evasion of the question.

Thinking Peter's instruction sufficiently clear to the stu-dents, I did not carry this discussion further, but asked the professor how it was that probably fifty per cent or more of the young people who enter the universities as Christians, leave them with their faith in the Bible destroyed.

He said they found the faith of their childhood inadequate in the face of more complete knowledge, and failed to make the connection — to get the broader vision; that he himself had lain awake many a night and agonized over the question, but strange to say, he had come out with a stronger faith than ever before. His faith now is in the symbolism of the Bible. Much of it he does not believe to be literal.

I remarked that it seemed to me a pity that so many young people should rest their faith on theories advanced by scientists, — theories which never have been proved, and which are con-trary to the Scriptures,— when a few years later the scientists themselves disprove their own theories and advance some-thing new.

This particular discussion occupied the entire hour. The bell rang, and the class was dismissed. The day's assignment had not been, mentioned, but one of the students said to me after-ward that he thought it had been a very profitable discussion.

This class is composed of young ministers. They have charge of churches, and so are vitally interested in the study of the Scriptures. They are seeking for truth. Many of them per-haps, with right training and instruction, would gladly devote their lives to the proclamation of the third angel's message. But their instructors cause them to err. One member of this class dropped in mid-year a course in religious education, be-cause the professor said the death of Christ was not necessary to salvation, repudiated miracles, and taught other doctrines which the student considered unscriptural.

I think very often of how much the young people in our own schools have to be thankful for. Knowing the conditions that exist in other schools, shall our young people, in the face of this knowledge, attend the universities?

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My Chief Delight H. U. STEVENS

THE Bible is the most wonderful book in the world today. Reaching back into the remote ages of the past, it records the very beginnings of human history in broad, bold outlines, with a definiteness and certainty which is indicative of the most pos-itive knowledge. Through the succeeding ages it faithfully depicts the lives of men, both good and bad, and God's way of dealing with them; and this is done with such masterly skill and perfect insight that the hidden secrets and motives of the heart are laid bare. The inquiring eye and the thoughtful mind of later generations, are now able to contemplate the very secret springs of life, and find the way to peace and happiness.

As never before in history, the storms of doubt and skepti-cism rage, and subtle influences are seeking in every conceivable way to undermine this mighty fortress, to destroy 'confidence in God's word. But far above the storm and confusion the Holy Bible stands like a beacon, giving light to honest souls who may be tossed about by wind and wave on the turbulent sea of life. Thousands are finding today in the Old Book a sure guide to life and happiness. Oblivious of the storm around them, they hear with unmistakable clearness the voice of God speaking in tones of tenderness and love to their anxious hearts, " This is the way, walk ye in it."

But to hear that voice, we must read God's word. It is when we watch daily at His gates, waiting at the posts of His doors, that the voice of wisdom and truth comes to lead us in the safe and sure way. Prov. 8: 34. Some of us, familiar with the Scriptures from our mother's knee, reared in the blazing light of the third angel's message, are prone to .trust in our knowledge, thinking it unnecessary to go over again the stories which are so familiar. Thus thoughtlessly, we cling to the form and neglect the substance of the divine revelation, our minds become absorbed in other subjects, and later we wake up to the fact that even the most familiar portions are fading gradually from our memory. Our knowledge diminishes instead of increasing, unless it is constantly refreshed by study and meditation.

It was Christ who warned His disciples with the words, " Take heed therefore how ye hear " (Luke 8: 18) ; " because," He said, " it is given unto you 'to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given" (Matt. 13: 11). And then in one of His pungent paradoxes He points out a law of our spiritual life: " Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; " " and whosoever hath not,, from

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him shall be taken even that which he thinketh that he bath." Matt. 13: 12; Luke 8: 18, margin.

Nothing can take the place in our lives of a daily contact with the Source of life through prayer and the study of His word. It becomes the very breath of the soul. His words are found, and we rejoice in them; they become the joy and rejoic-ing of our hearts. With every contact our hearts are enlarged, clearer visions of truth and duty come to the soul. We find our-selves drawn into harmony with the purposes of the eternal Father; and our hearts overflow with gratitude as we contem-plate the mercy and goodness of God in revealing Himself to men.

The Morning Watch and the daily study of the Sabbath school lesson offer systematic guidance in Scripture study. I have found great help in faithfully observing these provisions. In South America both young and old are finding help in them. One girl in Argentina found joy and spiritual power for the daily struggle of life by memorizing all the texts of the Morn-ing Watch and retaining them in her memory for three con-secutive years. At the end of that time she was able to repeat them all.

I like to read long sections of the Bible, sitting for hours at a time, thoroughly saturating the mind with the rich imagery and symbolism of the Scriptures. And then I like to take my concordance and follow up some of • the figures in their ramifi-cations through other related portions. A wealth of meaning is thus discovered, and unknown beauties which bring keen de-light, dawn upon the ,mind as one enters more fully into the meaning of the divine word.

Regulating Our Lives THE mariner sets his course; the builder consults a blue

print; the teacher sets himself a standard. There is scarcely any department of life that can be conducted without some definite rule. Self-sufficiency must give way to some established and accepted method of procedure.

There is only one way that is the right way to be a Christian. We must be out-and-out Christians, not in-and-out. Jesus said, " Abide in Me." This is the way. It is not enough that we do our best, unless we strive daily to improve our best. The Bible does not tell us to be content with even our best.

Contentment must rest when we have done right. " Not as though I had already attained, . • . but . . . I press toward the mark." A clock may be doing its best, yet losing ten minutes every hour. The fact that the clock is doing its best does not argue that it is right. The clock must be set and regulated according to standard time, which in turn is regulated accord-ing to the course of the sun. So our lives must be set and regulated, started and kept going, by the Son of God. Stand-ard lives are regulated by the Standard Life.

The Fijian Chief Noticed the Young People C. H. PARKER

RECENTLY a church of nearly one hundred members was or-ganized in a certain town in Fiji. The chief of the town was not interested. A few months later I was visiting this church. To my surprise I saw the chief in the congregation. He seemed perfectly at home. After the meeting he called me out to see the church, which was a large building, saying, " We are going to pull it down and enlarge it, for we are not able now to find room in it."

I began commenting about the building, when he interrupted by saying, " We only threw the building together when we built it, as only a few of us had any interest in it. Now we intend to build it as it should be built, for we all have but one interest."

I then asked him how it was that this change in interest took place with him.

He replied, " How could I do anything elsel I was brought up a Christian, and I held a prominent place in my church, but the interest and zeal was lacking. These men who now belong to this church hardly ever attended service, and a large number, especially the young men, never attended. Most of those who attended had nothing to say.

" Just as soon as this preaching was heard in our town, it acted like an electric spark, and set everything in motion. I watched what was taking place, with a great deal of inward thought. Just as soon as the bell rang, the people were on the run for church, and there were no late comers. Old men whom I had never seen in a meeting were sitting right up by the speaker, with eyes gleaming with interest. There were young

men who knew nothing about their Bibles, hunting up all the texts that were quoted and reading them from the Bible.

" In a short time these same young men were going out into the surrounding villages and preaching. I listened to some of them, and my soul was filled with wonderment. What a change, and in such a short time! What had brought it about' There was only one answer, and that was, through the teaching of God's word. I felt there was only one course for me to pursue, and that was to go with these old and young men, or I should be left behind in a barren desert."

Blessed Is the Man Who Shares ERNEST LLOYD

A RUSSIAN writer, Wolskonsky, relates a humorous Russian legend which well illustrates the effect of " looking after num-ber one " at the cost of others.

An extremely wicked old woman had died and fallen into grievous torment, so the story goes. One day she saw an angel flying through the blue sky, and she called to the angel and bade him carry a request to God that her torment might be relieved, for she had suffered more than she could endure.

The angel presented this petition, and God said, " Go and ask her if she has ever done any good to a fellow being."

When the angel made this inquiry, the old woman pondered and pondered, for she had been very wicked. Finally she remembered that she had once given a carrot to a beggar.

Then God said to the angel, " Find a carrot, and stretch it out to the poor sinner."

So the angel held the carrot out, and when the old woman grasped it, she began to rise out of the horrible depths. The angel lifted, and the old woman felt herself rise higher and higher, but there was a great weight about her feet. Looking down, she saw that another sinner was clinging to her, and as they rose, another and another followed, each sustained by the grasp upon the one above; and still the carrot held.

In mid-air the old woman was seized with a horrible fear lest the carrot should break. So she began to remonstrate with the sinner directly beneath her. " Let go," she said, " you must not cling to me. I am going up higher."

" But," said the sinner underneath,'" I, too, wish to get out of this torment."

Then the old woman began to twist violently to rid herself of this incubus, and finally screamed, "You must let go; this is my carrot." Then the carrot broke.

A life that spends its energies upon itself, shrinks more and more until it vanishes away, leaving nothing,in heaven or on earth richer because of its having existed.

This Is Still True LEONARD MORRISON

SPARE moments are like gold dust. If we were to gather a very small amount of gold dust every day for a year, we should have quite an amount, and it would be of considerable value to us at the end of that time. So, likewise, if we set apart our spare moments every day in doing some important thing,—for instance, reading a good book,—we shall accumulate quite an amount of knowledge by the end of a year.

Some one in a busy place may say, " All my time is occupied in doing something, and I have no spare moments." But think of the time you spend in idle conversation with your fellows, conversation that will be of no benefit to you or to them. Think of the time you waste standing up idly somewhere looking at one who is trying to do something that is useful. Think of the time you spend in bed when you might have been up study-ing, and then you will see that you have spare moments, but you do not look out for them, and so they pass by unnoticed.

Our great example — Christ Jesus — sought to fill up every Moment of His time in doing useful service, or in holding com-munion with His heavenly Father. When He was not with the multitude teaching, or having a private conversation with some one, we find Him in the mountain or some other secluded place, praying. So may we fill Mir spare moments. Even in this respect we may become more Christlike.

Let us devote our spare moments to reading some good book. If we have but ten minutes to spare each day, we can easily read five pages of an instructive book, and in a year we shall have read more than eighteen hundred pages. What a store of knowledge we might accumulate in this way

Men who have excelled in greatness in this world used their spare moments to the best advantage. So we may also excel, and become efficient workers in this great movement of which we form a part.

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BEYOND THE SEA

MARGARET W. LOCKE

WHEN I look upon the beauty of the lilies, When I scent the wondrous sweetness of the rose,

When I watch the brightening colors of the rainbow, And the glory where the waning sunlight glows,

Then. I think of all the Saviour's loving-kindness, Then I wonder at the things He's done for me,

And my heart pines for the home beyond the shadows, Yes, my heart pines for the home beyond the sea.

When I think about the wondrous home supernal, When I see in beauteous visions of the night

The glories of the heavenly home eternal, The riches of the home of peace and light,

Ah, then I long to leave this world of sorrow, From all my cares and trials to be free,

And my heart pines for my home beyond the shadows, Yes, my heart pines for the home beyond the sea.

Real Happiness Within J. W. MACE

SOME years ago, while making a trip by automobile through a Northern State, we came to a village nestling among the hills, where formerly there had been a good company of our people, with a church building of their own. Now, times have changed and nearly all the people have moved away, leaving only three or four to worship in the little church, amid bitter opposition and persecution.

We called at the home of a sister in this town, and this visit left a profound impression on my mind. She was living all alone in her little home. Her husband had died the year be-fore, and she was far from well herself, yet we found her cheerful and happy. She told us how good the Lord was to her. Was she lonely? Yes, but was rejoicing in the hope of the soon coming of the Saviour. Did she have the privilege of going to church on the Sabbath'? Yes, when the weather was good.

And then we thought of the little church with only three mem-bers; the elder, a harness maker who conducted his business honestly and faithfully; a man who went regularly to the church and sat alone through the hours of the service, if the others could not attend. Then came the next question:

" Do you have good meetings'? " " 0 yes! we have wonderful meetings together." Many seem to need the outward adjuncts of worship in

order to gain an inspiration: a good church building, a large congregation, a fine' organ, choir, etc., in order to bring mo-mentum into their Christian life — and example is truly a pow-erful incentive to go and do likewise. But I think of the little deserted church, of the aged elder worshiping alone, of the feeble sister without relatives living solitary in the little house, of the wonderful church service with its attendance of three, and I know that an unseen Presence inspires their worship.

As we rose from prayer with that humble sister, I received an inspiration that has never left me. " I will not leave you 'comfortless: I will come to you." Where Christ is there is inspiration; comfort, peace,. and last but not least, the hope that He will come again and' receive us unto Himself, that where He is there we may be also.

The Cloudless Sky PERCY BROCKNER

AFFAIRS are so shaping themselves in the world that the clouds of strife and discord are apparently passing.

On February 6 of this year, two notable events occurr'ed, one of religious and the other of political significance. A new pope was elected, who is characterized as a man having liberal tendencies and one who will work for the peace of the world. The late Pope Benedict XV was very active among the nations for the purpose of bringing them into friendly relationship with the Vatican. His efforts in that direction were quite suc-cessful, and the Papacy is once more a factor among the gov-

ernments of the world. There remain but a few powers who have not taken her into their embrace. Italy's attitude of keeping aloof is changing, and the time seems ripe for her to make peace with the Vatican. The Papacy will soon sit as a queen among the governments of men.

In the political world the Limitation of Armaments Confer-ence which was held at Washington, D. C., came to a successful close. The representatives of the five great powers there as-sembled, had grappled with intense earnestness the problem of armaments, which so perplexes the nations of today. If the plans embodied in the treaties which they signed shall be hon-estly put into practice, the heavy tax burden will be materially lightened. As time goes on, the effort will be to make this tax burden less and less.

All this tends to give an added impetus to the constructive forces of peace. Prosperity seems to be about to smile upon the world, and men's thoughts will be centered on the affairs of this life. In the minds of thousands the sky will soon be practically cloudless. But what does all this mean to the chil-dren of God? It means only the little lull before the last great outburst.

At heart the nations are angry, and " when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,

. . and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: . . . therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober," that we may be ready for the coming of the Lord.

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The Value of Prayer F. M. DANA

" IN the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed."

Here we learn the secret of Jesus' life, the source of His power and spiritual vitality. He is using the " key in the hand of faith " to unlock heaven's storehouse. " My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, 0 Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up." Ps. 5: 3. This habit gave Jesus assurance; indeed, it inspired trust and confidence.

Our Saviour needed divine help in His great mission. He said, " My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work." These very works were a witness that He was sent of God. He needed this morning baptism in devo-tion, in study, humbling His heart, yet strengthening His mind and soul, that He might go forth each day facing all the evils of His generation.

So constant was Christ's life, so devoted was He in thought and deed, so confident of His Father's approval, that He could say, " I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love; " " I have overcome the world; " " I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gayest Me to do." " Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

But when we look at our sinful lives, our weakness, our inability to conquer the forces of evil, we are tempted to think there must have' been some special provision for Jesus more than for us. We make good resolutions, we yearn and pray that we may do right; yet failure instead of success seems to be our lot, and in despair we cry, " How to perform that which is good I find not."

" Satan well knows that all whom he can lead to neglect prayer and the searching of the Scriptures, will be overcome by his attacks. Therefore he invents every possible device to engross the mind." — "The Great Controversy," p. 519.

Indeed, he may seek to sift us, as he did Peter, but Jesus has prayed for all who shall believe on Him through the word. He longs that we may have a true conversion, be "partakers of the divine nature," and " escape the corruption that is in the world; " yea, that we may be saved to serve, for He who " came not to be ministered unto, but to minister," has given us an example.

Without Christ we can do nothing, but we can do all things through Him who strengthens us.

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"A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord direeteth his steps." " In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." " Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice." " Cause me to hear Thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee."

" Let the day have a blessed baptism by giving your first waking thoughts into the bosom of God. The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day."— Henry Ward Beecher.

" Let the, first moments of the day, when the heart is fresh, be given to God. Never see the face of man till you have seen the face of the King."

" Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work. Let your prayer be, Take me, 0 Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee' " —"Steps to Christ," p. 74.

" Each morning consecrate yourselves and your children to God for that day. Make no calculation for months or years; these are not yours. One brief day is given you. As if it were, your last on earth, work during its hours for the Master. Lay all your plans before God, to be carried out or given up, as His providence shall indicate. Accept His plans instead of your own, even though their acceptance requires the aban-donment of cherished projects. Thus the life will be molded more and more after the divine example; and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.' " — " Testimonies," Vol. VII, p. 44.

"Now therefore perform the doing of it."

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" Let Him That Is Athirst Come" JESSE H. LOUGHEAD

FRANCE is largely a rolling country, and springs of water are frequently found here and there. During the war one of the duties of the members of the sanitary corps, of which the writer was a member, was to examine these streams and springs of water, following them to their source, to see if the water was suitable for use. In many eases they were found to be polluted. If they were found to be pure and free from contamination, a report was made to headquarters. The army was then permitted to drink freely.

The great army of the Lord's hosts are marching toward the city of the great King. The road leads upward, for the " mountain of the Lord's house " is established on the mountain tops. There is much on the way to cause discour-agement' Some are growing tired and weary. We all need continual refreshing as we journey upward. We need to drink deeply at the fountain of life.

Jesus invites us, " If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." Here is a wellspring of water which for millen-niums has been tested and examined, and has been declared pure and free from contamination. We need have no fear if we drink freely from this source. This water imparts life and strength. It refreshes us for the journey, which. will soon be over.

Living by Faith S. H. CARNAHAN

THE true follower of Christ lives by implicit faith instead of by impulse and feeling.

" The true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth." That is, those who serve God truly will serve Him according to His word rather than after the manner of their own natural inclinations. Fair examples of the two classes are Abel and Cain.

Our physical and spiritual prosperity are closely allied (3 John: 2) ; but the spiritual nature after faith, rather than the physical nature through feeling, should be dominant How comes the faith by which the just now live? And how does such faith work? Such faith comes by hearing the word of God, which is the truth. Horn. 10: 17; John 17: 17. And with-out such faith it is impossible to please God. Heb. 11: 6. This is a life-giving faith which works by the love of Christ Jesus. And every believer in Him will desire in every act, word, or thought,— whether in eating or drinking or whatso-ever he does,— to do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10: 31.

This word by which saving faith comes is given for reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. 2 Tim. 3: 16. Hence we who receive the gift of faith gladly accept this word

and obey its demands, whether it be to confess our faults and sins (James 5: 16; John 1: 9), to pay the tithe and keep the Sabbath as the Lord has designated (Lev. 27: 30; Mal. 3: 10; Ex. 20: 8-11) ; to observe he commands to " seek first the king-dom of God" (Matt. 6: 33), and to "love thy neighbor as thy-self" (Luke 10: 27; Gal. 5: 14; James 2: 8).

If we were to live according to our carnal or fleshly feel-ings and weaknesses, it would be contrary to the life by faith. So the only way we can live by faith is to let the mind that was in Christ Jesus, the Author of our faith, dwell in us and work in us to do His will and pleasure. Phil. 2: 5, 13.

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" Take Heed to Yourselves " A. C. ANDERSON

" TAKE heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." Luke 21: 34.

Immoderate eating and drinking makes one heavy, careless, and sleepy. It may also. develop dyspepsia and various other bodily diseases, besides blunting the mind, stupefying the con-science, and corrupting the heart.

We have a glorious message, and we love to have our minis-ters feed us. We love to hear of the sea of glass, the New Jerusalem, the song of Moses and the Lamb, and the sweet promises of Christ's soon coming; but this food may develop spiritual dyspepsia, unless we take exercise by way of doing something for others, that they, too, may be delivered from sin and prepared for heaven.

The Dead Sea is an emblem of stagnation, corruption, and death. And any church that receives the water of life and fails to let it flow out to others, will become stagnant, and consequently obnoxious in the sight of God. He abhors in-difference in religion no less than He does open • infidelity. The gospel is intended to be a practical working force in the everyday lives of men and women, thus becoming the power of God unto salvation to both giver and receiver.

It is our duty to labor, and to manifest the Master's char-acter to a fallen race; to set before them the motives He has revealed, and to lead them to believe on and obey Him.

" When the reproach of indolence and slothfulness shall have been wiped away from the church, the Spirit of the Lord will be graciously manifested. Divine power will be revealed. The church will see the providential working of the Lord of hosts." —" Testimonies," Vol. IX, p. 46.

The shadows are lengthening, the day is far spent. What-ever we do for our own salvation or that of others, we must do speedily, for Christ says, " Behold, I come quickly." The pleasures of earth are polluted with sin; they are unsatisfying, and last but a short time at best; but the joys of heaven are pure, wholly satisfying, and will last forever.

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God's Goodness M. WILSON

" BLESS the Lord, 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name." God never grows weary in bestowing His mercy and boundless love upon us, His unworthy children; but our ingratitude often causes us to fail in receiving that which He would most freely bestow. If we meditate upon God's goodness, we shall be as Mary, who " kept all these things and pondered them in her heart." The Holy Spirit should have full access to our lives. The love and goodness of God is a wonderful theme. We should love Him because He first loved us, and let our thoughts dwell upon His acceptance of us and forgiveness of our sins. Then when the voice of Jesus pierces the clouds, we shall rejoice to see Him face to face, and shall enter the pearly gates to return no more to this world of sin.

4( 'TN coming up the steeps of time, And this old world is growing brighter;

We may not see the dawn sublime, But high hopes make the heart throb lighter.

We may be sleeping in the ground, When it awakes the people's wonder;

But we have felt it gathering round And heard its voice of living thunder —

Christ's reign! Ah, yes, it's coming."

School Gardens at Oakwood Junior College

Interior Harlem Colored Church, New York City

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NEGRO DEPARTMENT ANNUAL OFFERING

WE are again calling attention to the Annual Offering to be taken October 7 this year for the extension of the mes-sage among the millions of colored peo-ple in the South, and throughout other sections of the United States and Canada.

We have been calling for help through this means for several years, for the pur-pose of building up and strengthening the educational phase of the work, especially the Oakwood Junior College and other work among the colored people, in order that competent and useful laborers may be developed among them to help finish the giving of this message in due time. So we are calling this year for a large donation, because the truth is making rapid progress among the colored people, thus increasing the calls and our responsi-bilities to them. Whatever may be given will be counted on the sixty-cent-a-week quota for missions, and I feel sure it will also be credited to our account in heaven, as having been done as unto the eternal Giver. " Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me." Matt. 25: 40.

Though the task of taking this truth to the colored people at our doors has but just begun, rapid advances have been made in the last four years. The mem-bership is more than seven thousand, which is double what it was four years ago. In that time they paid into the cause more than $1,100,000 in tithes and offerings — nearly a million dollars gained in four years over the previous five years. Besides all this, the number of ministers, Bible workers, churches, and schools has been steadily on the increase, with thousands attending our services throughout the land, asking the way to Zion.

Surely you will esteem it a privilege to help us in this hour of our great need.

Trusting you will not forget the time, October 7, I am now on behalf of my peo-ple thanking you in advance for a liberal offering. W. H. GREEN,

Sec. Negro Department.

EFFORT FOR THE COLORED PEO-

PLE IN COLUMBUS, MISS.

COLUMBUS is situated in the eastern part of the State, with a population of 10,501, more than half of whom are col-ored. More than twenty years ago the message was given in this city. A church was organized and a place of worship

erected, but as there was no worker to continue the interest and some of the members moved away and others gave up the truth, the work went down. The few believers had no leader, and they did not meet in the church. The building became dilapidated. Last year at the camp-meet-ing it was voted that Brother and Sister Washington locate here. Since they have been here, with some aid from the con-ference, they have remodeled the church building.

The conference voted that the writer hold an effort in this city. Plans were laid for a good meeting. The workers who were asked to connect with it were Brother and Sister Hollaway, Brother and

,Sister Washington, Sister Ratsliff, and the writer's wife. The meeting began May 28 and continued to August 13, the writer doing all the preaching. The at-tendance was good from the first night to the last, there being from two hun-dred fifty to eight hundred per night.

Some worked hard to keep the people from the tent, but the Spirit of God

was manifested in these meetings, and the people could not stay away. We thank God for carrying us through the effort without any interruption. More than thirty took their stand for the truth.

As there were a few believers who have been in the truth for some years, and the new ones from the effort, we thought best to organize a church. Sabbath, Au-gust 20, about six o'clock in the morning, those who were ready for baptism were buried in the watery grave. The church was organized with a membership of twenty-nine. After the organization we all partook of the Lord's Supper. This was a glorious meeting to all, and espe-cially to the new members.

There are others to be baptized the first Sabbath in September. The interest is still good. Brother and Sister Washington are left here to look after the work. We ask you to remember them in your prayers, also the new church and the work in the conference.

FRED S. KEITTS.

THE SENECA INDIANS DURING a home missionary tour

of New York State in company with Elder William Butler, we were privileged to pass through the Seneca Indian Reservation. These Indians belong to the once powerful Six Nations.

It so happened that we arrived at the time they were holding an Indian powwow (council or court). Gathered at the courthouse were a large number of automobiles, owned by these Indians.

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We were granted an audience with the treasurer of the nation, a very intelligent and well-informed man, and one of the wealthiest in the community. He is highly respected by the white citizens, many of whom are living on the reser-vation.

During the conversation that followed we learned that it was at this place that the Indians, given their choice between a tract 40 miles square or 40 square miles, chose the latter, thinking in their igno-rance that they were getting the better of the two offers. As a result of this choice, they have but one fortieth as much land as they might have had. However, they selected the most fertile tract, ex-tending for forty miles along the Alle-gheny River one half mile on either side.

We were informed that the majority have intermarried with the white popula-tion, so that the pure Indian stock is becoming more scarce with each gener-ation.

This doubtless explains the aggressive-ness of these Indians as compared with many Western tribes, such as the Nava-jos, Hopis, etc., but the easy-going dis-position of the North American Indian is quite in evidence on many farms even among the Senecas.

The women are adepts at basket mak-ing. At the stores and trading booths can be seen many beautiful and artistic designs.

" What is their religion/ " we asked. We were informed that about 25 or 30 per cent still adhere to the old pagan rites and ceremonies, but the majority are Protestants.

Our informant spoke very highly of the Quaker boarding school a few miles away, which we decided to visit. At this place we found a very prosperous-looking farm of 400 acres, with good buildings. This school was established in 1798 by the Quakers.

The matron explained that the Indians consented to have the school established only on condition that there should be no religious propaganda carried on, and true to their reputation they have carefully guarded against any violation of .this agreement, but they have been a great blessing in educating and civilizing the Indians that come to them for instruction. She said that to her knowledge during all the history of the school, only two had accepted the Quaker religion. She was doubtless correct in her conclusion that the quiet service of the Quakers' waiting for the Spirit to move them, does not ap-peal to the Indians accustomed to war dances and loud and boisterous religious gatherings.

We were glad to learn from the breth-ren at Salamanca that two Seneca In-dians have accepted the truth, but what a pity we have not done more. While we are working for the new Americans, much more aggressive work should be done for these true Americans.

If you know of any Seventh-day Ad-ventists living on or near Indian reserva-tions, we shall appreciate it if you will send the address of such persons to the Home Missionary Department of the Gen- eral Conference. E. It. NUMBERS.

BROTHER J. S. KILGORE, who has been laboring near Salmon, Idaho, during the past year, reports eleven additions to the church at that place, ten by baptism and one by profession of faith.

PROGRESS OF HOME NURSING THE organization of home nursing

classes in local churches is steadily in-creasing. Silently, but surely, this simple method of instructing our own people is enlarging into a widespread movement.

From different parts of the United States come requests from private mem-bers or from conference medical secreta-ries, for certificates for those having completed this course. Local nurses in con-ferences, under the guidance of the med-ical secretary, have finished nineteen such classes in the United States since General Conference.

These have all had the benefit of the outlined course of twenty lessons taught by a competent graduate nurse. From Porto Rico, Central America, and Canada comes the word that this instruction is being given. We expect soon to have a similar course translated into Spanish. The results of this work are encouraging to all.

With one church we rejoice because four have become interested in the third angel's message while attending this class. In another we learn of a large gift to missions because some one with this training saved a family a large doctor bill. In another community the work has broken down prejudice and called forth words of commendation from the Red Cross director of the district.

From a conference medical secretary in the South we learn of home nursing classes being conducted in nine different churches. This busy medical secretary, who is also home missionary, Sabbath school, and Young People's Missionary Volunteer secretary, himself conducted two of these classes. This he did by or-ganizing one of the classes into an in-tensive course where he conducted two two-hour class periods a day, thus cover-ing the twenty lessons in ten days. He left them as an organized study band. While a longer period is the ideal, this suggestion is worthy of trial for our other medical secretaries who cannot se-cure a sufficient number of local nurses, and who cannot remain long enough in one locality to give the instruction them-selves.

In his own words in a recent letter to the department, explaining this plan, this secretary writes: " We demongtrated every procedure. We had boiling water, and we gave fomentations. We had ice for cold compresses; in fact, we had everything that the book called for. After the class was finished, we organized in each case a medical band with a good strong leader and two assistants. These bands are to continue their study, using Practical Guide' and a number of vol-

umes which I have suggested for their library." Sixty-two certificates have been issued in that conference alone during the last few months.

Then away up in the Idaho mountains we learn of a nurse herself convalescing, but realizing in the meantime the needs of the young mothers of the church. She tells of the long rides on horseback to class, and the interest manifested by these busy mothers. Who can measure the results of the effort of that faithful nurse I If missionary work begins at home, we must not forget the needs of our own people in the churches. These are but a few illustrations. Many simi-lar reports and the joy experienced by our graduate nurses in this work, urge us on in renewed endeavor to make this phase

of the third angel's message a real right arm.

Truly the Lord is blessing this effort to train our church members in health principles and simple nursing procedures. From such instruction will radiate home missionary activities which will be felt wherever this message is given.

KATHRYN L. JENSEN, R. N.

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TENT EFFORTS FOR SWEDISH PEOPLE

THE camp-meetings this year being held rather late in the season on account of the General Conference in San Fran-cisco, has made the tent season rather short. Because of this, some of the workers in the Swedish Department did not think it advisable to conduct an effort this summer. Others, because they could not get the help needed, are assisting in English efforts.

Notwithstanding these obstacles, eight efforts are being conducted by our Swed-ish evangelists, assisted by Bible work-ers and tent masters. Seven of these are held in the Swedish language exclusively, and one mostly in English.

Reports from these different tent com-panies indicate a good attendance and an excellent interest. In some instances re-sults are already seen. In other places the meetings have just begun.

In Massachusetts the Swedish workers held a short effort before camp-meeting, and are, as I understand, conducting an-other effort in Worcester. Another tent-meeting is being held in Providence, R. I., where a very successful effort was held last year. Regardless of the limited help, nearly fifty were added, to our mem-bership in about a year's time, and the prospects are good for a bountiful harvest of souls this season. In Jamestown, N. Y., the tent is well filled, and the workers there have faith in God that He will give them fruit. Elder J. M. Erick-son, who is one of our most experienced men, both in training young people for service and in conducting tent efforts, is having a very good interest in Chicago this summer. Elder S. Mortenson has charge of the tent effort in Rockford, Ill., and reports that he has an encouraging interest. A letter from the tent company in Duluth states that the attendance was beyond their expectations there. From Denver I have not heard directly, but from indirect reports I understand they were planning an effort there also.

Letters come to us from our Swedish brethren in many other places, pleading for Swedish workers. We are unable to fill these calls at present, but we trust that as soon as possible the most urgent calls can be answered.

In nearly all the tent efforts we are supplying help, both tent masters and Bible workers, from the Swedish Semi-nary. The most of these are out just for the summer, and will be back at Broad-view when school opens this fall.

It was my privilege to assist in a gen-eral meeting for the Swedish people in Isanti, Minn., July 13-16. Three churches were represented,— Isanti, Grandy, and Rock Creek. Our people have church buildings and organized churches in these places, but have not had much help for several years, and they all seemed to appreciate the meeting very much. They asked when they could have another one of the same kind. With the exception of-a very few, these brethren had not been

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able to attend camp-meeting, and needed the encouragement a meeting of this kind brings. The evening services were well attended by members of other denomina-tions. All enjoyed the blessing of God, and in their testimonies expressed cour-age and hope and thankfulness for the Lord's presence in all the meetings.

May the Lord abundantly bless His dear people who very seldom have the help of a minister, that they may remain faithful unto the end. And when our Saviour shall gather His people from all parts of the world, may they share in the glorious reward.

AUGUST ANDERSON.

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ARKANSAS CAMP-MEETING THE Arkansas camp-meeting was held

in a beautiful oak grove on the street car line in North Little Rock, July 27 to August 7. In view of the fact that the camp-meetings in this and other unions overlapped this meeting, I was the only one that labored in the meeting from its opening to its close, the other visiting brethren spending only a portion of the time with us.

It was a pleasure to meet some whom I knew thirty years ago when Arkansas formed a part of District No. 5, over, which I presided for two years. I was glad to meet others I had known in other States, and to see many new faces. Al-though the conference is small, it is at the front in the book work. Brother A. F. Harrison is the general leading his forces in this union. It is`marvelous that so many books are sold in spite of the depression in prices of cotton and almost everything the farmers have to sell.

The colored people were holding a. meeting in another part of the city dur-ing the time the camp-meeting was in session.

There were in attendance about one hundred twenty-five of our brethren and sisters, and about twenty-five of the col-ored people at the meeting in the other part of the city. The entire membership of the conference is but little more than five hundred.

The white people raised $1,150 in do-nations for missions, and the colored brethren raised $150. In 1920 the offer-ings for foreign missions in the entire conference averaged a little more than 50 cents a week for each church member, while the first six months of the present year the average per member was only 18 cents.

Our evening meetings were usually de-voted to topics calculated to interest the general public. A considerable number attended, and showed much interest.

On the last day of the meeting,-twenty-one were baptized in the Arkansas River.

Elder J. I. Taylor, who had served the conference for five and one-half years as its president, stated his conviction that another should be chosen to take his work. The brethren and sisters expressed much regret at losing Elder Taylor. After due consideration the conference extended an invitation to Elder H. M. J. Richards to take the presidency. Elder Richards re-sponded to the call, and was with us the last two days of the meeting.

Sirrely the Spirit of God was with us in the meeting. The labors of all had been appreciated, the truths had been presented with a new luster, and the advent hope seemed more precious. Faith and courage

gave to many a new vision of labor and of the ultimate reward.

We expect to see the conference make rapid growth as all take hold in faith and consecration to the cause.

R. A. UNDERWOOD.

FELLOW LABORERS WITH GOD TIIE Revised Version renders 1 Corin-

thians 3: 9, " We are God's fellow workers." As we hear the words our ,first im-pulse is to ask, " How dare a man say that? " But deeper thought leads us to say, " How dare a man say anything else? "

As children of God we are in partner-ship with Him to finish His work in the earth. " We are God's fellow workers." What tremendous strength it gives really to believe this truth! The man who wrote these words to his friends in Cor-inth, so believed them that he was irre-sistible. Nothing could stop him.

To the one who fully believes this truth, it is a small matter to stand before gov- ernors and kings. It is impossible to imagine Paul greatly impressed by a Felix, a Festus, or even a Nero. He had looked into the face of One who is infi-nitely greater. He had heard His call; he had seen standing by him the angel of the God whose he was and whom he served. He was in partnership with the Lord of all the world; what could any one do to him?

To us as Seventh-day Adventists has been granted the great privilege of being in partnership with God in the noblest enterprise in the universe, the finishing of His work of grace in the earth.

On the day of Pentecost when the dis-ciples were filled with the Spirit, we read in Acts 2: 5, " There were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven." These all heard the message in their mother tongue. In some way God had brought people there in Jerusalem from every nation, and when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples those people heard the gospel in their own language.

We are in the days of the latter rain; what do we find that God in His divine providence has brought to our shores but millions of foreign-speaking people?

Why? " God desires His servants to do their full duty toward the unwarned inhabitants of the cities, and especially toward those who have come to these cit-ies from various nations of the earth. Many of these foreigners are here in the providence of God, that they may have opportunity to hear the truth for this time, and receive a preparation that will fit them to return to their own lands as bearers of precious light shining direct from the throne of God."— Mrs. E. G. White, in Pacific Union Recorder, April 21, 1910. " But in order to reach the foreigners in our cities, house-to-house work must be done with the periodicals and books which are printed in their own tongue. ' From door to door His serv-ants are to proclaim the message of salva-tion.' "—" Testimonies," Vol. VIII, p. 16.

" Unless more is done than has been done for the cities of America, ministers and people will have a heavy account to settle with the One who has appointed to every man his work. . .. May God forgive our terrible neglect in not doing the work that as yet we have scarcely touched with the tips of our fingers.... After you have given something for foreign fields, do not

think your duty done. . . . In the cities of America there are people of almost every language. These need the light that God has given to His church."— Id., pp. 35, 36.

" We are God's fellow workers." Have you heard the call? Have you looked into the face of the lovely Jesus'? Have you heard Him saying, " Go ye into all the world ... to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people "I Have you entered into partnership with the Lord of all the world?

Partnership with the Lord is the secret of the strength of all the great men whose lives are given in the Bible. The force that cut to pieces the army of the Mid-ianites was " the sword of the Lord and of Gideon."

" If every soldier of Christ had done his duty, if every watchman on the walls of Zion had given the trumpet a certain sound, the world might ere this have heard the message of warning."—Id., Vol. IX, p. 29.

" The work of God in this earth can never be finished until the men and women comprising our church membership rally to the work, and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church offi-cers."— Id., p. 117.

" From door to door His servants are to proclaim the message of salvation." —Id., Vol. VIII, p. 16.

These words are a definite call to every Seventh-day Adventist to be a foreign missionary at home. Visit your neigh-bors, whether French, German, Italian, Greek, or whatever they may be. God has placed them in your city for you to work for them.

Recently a colporteur selling English books came to the home of a Frenchman who had no use for churches or Chris-tianity. The colporteur persuaded him to take " Bible Readings" in French, and today the man has given his heart to God, and is keeping His commandments as the result.

Let us not despise our partnership with the Lord. L. F. PASSEBOIS.

GLEANINGS FROM THE FIELD ELDER E. A. JONES reports the baptism

of twelve persons, who united with the church at Almonte, Ontario, in the Quebec Conference.

DURING April and May an effort was held in the East Side church at Cleve-land, Ohio, by Elder Miles Coon and his associates. At the close of the meetings, 103 persons had signed the covenant, and on June 14 forty-three were baptized and received into the church. Eleven more have since been baptized at this place, and there is to be another baptism soon.

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CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1922 Eastern Canadian Union

Newfoundland, St. Johns Oct. 13-22

Pacific Union Conference

California Oct. 19-28

Southeastern Union Conference

Florida, Fair Grounds, Orlando Nov. 2-12 Florida (colored), Orlando Nov. 2-12


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." " I [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 rapidly growing church membership throughout the world, necessi-tates a reduction of obituary notices to the simple recital of date and place of birth and death, with information as to relatives. Ex-ceptions will be made to this rule only in the cases of field workers or others whose life and labors have made them known through-out the denomination.

Johnson.- Annie Sophie Johnson was born in Sweden in 1842, and died at her home in Mount Jewett, Pa., June 8, 1922.

R. M. Spencer.

Hansen.- Trine Hansen was born in Jyl-land, Denmark, May 10, 1826, and died near Elk Horn, Iowa, June 6, 1922. She leaves one son and one daughter to mourn their loss. P. E. Brodersen.

Noble.- Harold Phillip Noble was born at Walnut Grove, Wash., July 7, 1910, and died at Portland, Oreg., June 7, 1922. He leaves to mourn their loss, his father and mother, two brothers, and two sisters.

G. E. Johnson.

Ogata.- Mrs. Kura Ogata was born in Fukushimaken, Japan, July 23, 1860. She came to America in 1916, and has since re-sided at Mountain View, Calif., where after a lingering illness she passed away Aug. 12, 1922. For some months she had been a be-liever in Christ and His truth, and had a firm hope in the resurrection at His soon coming. B. P. Hoffman.

Colton.- Sarah Colton was born Dec. 12, 1835, in Chautauqua County, New York, and died July 22, 1922, at Atlanta, Nebr. One son, four daughters, and many other rel-atives and friends are left to mourn.

011ie G. Manfull.

Deitzel.- Martin Deitzel was born in Germany on Oct. 13, 1845, and died near North East, Pa., July 18, 1922. He was married to Christine Detrich, May 20, 1868. Three children were born to them, but all have died, so the wife is left alone.

R. M. Spencer.

Wilson.- Ezubah Zeruah Wilson was born Nov. 26, 1851, at Eagle, Clinton Co., Mich., and died in Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 2, 1922. She united with the Seventh-day Ad-ventist Church in 1885, and sleeps in hope of a part in the first resurrection.

S. T. Shadel.

Mulkey.- Philip S. Mulkey was born at Mulkeytown, Ill., Dec. 30, 1843, and died July 29, 1922, near Battle Ground, Wash. He is survived by his wife, and two sons by a former marriage. He died triumphant in the blessed hope.

Carrie Hendrickson Mulkey.

Dimock.- Rebecca McNutt was born in Spring Hill, Nova Scotia, March 21, 1828, and died Aug. 10, 1922, at the home of her son, D. W. Dimock, in Cornelius, Oreg. She is survived by five sons and two daughters; also by five grandchildren, most of whom are in the Lord's work. D. W. Dimock.

Rockey.- Mary S. McKillip Roekey was born near New Bethlehem, Pa., July 5, 1844, and died at the home of her son, L. D. Rockey, in Topeka, Kans., July 20, 1922. She was married to J. D. Hockey in 1864. They were the parents of five children, two of whom are left to mourn their loss.

W. L. Nott.

Frederick.- C. A. Frederick was born in Geneva, Wis., in 1854. When a young man he moved to Colorado and, with other pio-neers, prospected the mining territory in the vicinity of Cripple Creek. Later, he en-tered the newspaper business, editing and

owning papers in various sections of the State. He located at Cortez in 1906, from Paonia, Colo., where for a number of years he edited the Paonia Gazette. Soon after his arrival in the Montezuma Valley, he ac-quired the Montezuma Journal, and later, the Herald, combining the two weeklies in the Cortez Journal-Herald, which he edited until a short time before his death. He was a devout Christian, a member and elder of the Cortez church.

He passed away July 20, 1922, in National City, Calif. He leaves to mourn a wife, six daughters, and one son, also a sister at Waterloo, Iowa.

ABRAM BENJAMIN CAMPBELL Abram Benjamin Campbell was born near

Cleveland, Ohio, April 12, 1868, and died at Wichita, Kane., Feb. 12, 1922. Our brother's health had been failing for the past three years. About a year ago he had to undergo a very serious operation, from which he did not recover. He suffered greatly, but endured it all patiently until death brought rest.

Elder Campbell came to Kansas with his parents when but a child, and they settled in Butler County. There he grew up to man-hood. The family afterward moved to south-ern Missouri.

He was united in marriage to Cora Alice Cobbs, of Willow Springs, Mo., Aug. 29, 1896; and on the same day, he and his wife were baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Three children were born to this union, two sons and one daughter: Paul Omar, who is music director in connection with our large efforts in Chicago; Aaron and Fonda Fern, who are at home with the mother.

Elder Campbell spent nine years in the colporteur work in Missouri and Kansas. In 1907 he, entered the ministry in the Kansas Conference, and was a most earnest and faithful worker until the last. He was greatly loved by all who knew him, and will be missed as a coworker and soul-winner.

The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder D. E. Huffman and Brother W. F. Siirber, in the Wichita church. The texts used were Revelation 14:13 and 2 Timothy 4:7, 8. A. E. Johnson.

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Vol. 99, No. 42

WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 21, 1922

EDITOR FRANCIS MCLELLAN WILCOX

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

W. A. SPICER G. B. THOMPSON C. P. BOLLMAN

C. A. HOLT

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS

A. 0, DANIELLS J. L. SHAW C. H. WATSON

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Because of the large number of articles con-stantly received for publication, we cannot un-dertake either to acknowledge the receipt of, or to return, manuscript not specially solicited. Duplicates of articles or reports furnished other papers are never acceptable.

All communications relating to the EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT, and all manuscripts submitted for publication, should be addressed to EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT, Review and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

IN the REVIEW for June 29 we pub-lished an item from South Africa, in which it was stated that one of the work-ers in the Natal-Transvaal Conference had set his goal for Big Week at £50 sterling. From a letter just received from Cape Town the following is quoted with reference to this worker:

" The total value of his orders for the Big Week amounted to £106 sterling, or $530. During his delivery he said it was necessary for him to cancel three or four orders, because those who had ordered books were too poor to pay for them. To make up for these, however, he secured seven other orders from persons he had failed to see on his previous visit. He reported that he was mailing a check to the tract society for £11, ls. 3d., or in American currency $55, this being the profit on his biggest day's work during Big Week."

Thus we see how the plan which was started two years ago is taking root in the world-wide field.

NEARLY three months ago we received word from England concerning an acci-dent to Brother E. M. Fishell, our field missionary secretary over there, which seemed to be very serious indeed. In a letter from him under date of August 22 he says:

" I know the Lord has heard the many prayers in my behalf since the time of my accident, else I could not have made the recovery that I have. I am glad to tell you that a few more weeks will put me wholly on my feet again. Even now I feel quite as well as ever. The bones of my face are not healed fully yet, but in a short time I shall hardly be able to detect that I have ever been hurt, with the exception of a very slight scar or two on my face, which are not very notice-able."

We rejoice to hear this good news, and to know that Brother Fishell is taking hold of his work in the British Union with renewed courage. It is certainly true that " the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and de-livereth them." Truly, God cares for His children.

THE OPENING OF OUR SCHOOLS

THIS week marks the opening of our colleges, academies, and church schools for another school year. Thousands of young men and women, boys and girls, will be turning their feet toward these institutions, seeking a preparation for their life-work.

We earnestly hope the enrolment will be larger than ever before. We believe it will be, if our parents and young people sense more fully than ever the worth of a Christian education. The value of such training is set forth in articles in this number from Prof. F. Griggs, president of Emmanuel Missionary College, and Prof. Harvey A. Morrison, president of Washington Missionary College. These brethren are not making an appeal for students for their schools alone, but for all our schools. They write in the in-terests of Christian education as a whole. We believe the principles they set forth are worthy of serious and earnest con-sideration by our brethren and sisters.

The schools connected with this move-ment occupy a unique position among the educational institutions of the world. In-deed, they occupy a unique position among so-called Christian schools of the world. Many of the schools operated by the va-rious denominations place before their students the same aims and objectives as do the schools of the world. While they seek as far as consistent to preserve a Christian atmosphere in the institution and to surround their students with Chris-tian influences, they place before them worldly objectives and worldly ambitions, and with few exceptions teach the same principles and employ the same textbooks as are employed in public schools.

We have naught to say against the American system of free public schools. They have accomplished much in the edu-cation of the people. They constitute the bulwark of American liberty and freedom. But their purpose is to fit men and women for positions in the state,— for worldly callings,— and in consequence they make their appeal to worldly ideals and ambi-tions. They teach in their curriculum theories, such as evolution, entirely op-posed to the teachings of the word of God. Many youth attending these schools have lost the religion of their childhood, and this is true not only of the great State universities, but is true as well of many theological seminaries and other so-called Christian schools.

It was to save their children from these desolating influences that the system of schools carried on by the Seventh-day Adventist Church was established. The design of these schools is to fit men and women not alone to take their place in society and to act nobly their part in the world's great work, but above all to pre-pare for the world to come, and to go forth into the world's work as ambassa-dors of the heavenly King.

Not all from our schools may find a place in our organized work, but every graduate should go forth to represent in whatever profession or calling he may follow, the work of this movement and the principles of the third angel's mes-sage. We believe our schools are meet-ing this grand objective, and trust God may bless them in its full realization in the work of the coming year. By the spirit of prayer and co-operation let us hold up the hands of our school boards and faculties in their responsible positions.

FOREIGN HARVEST INGATHER-ING PAPERS

THE foreign editions of the Harvest Ingathering papers were completed this year in good time, and all orders received were filled early, Papers have been printed in fifteen languages at the Brook-field (Ill.) branch of the Pacific Press. These languages are as follows: Bohe-mian, Danish-Norwegian, Finnish, Ger-man, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portu-guese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slo-vakian, Swedish, Yiddish, and English-Yiddish. The total number of copies printed was 286,000.

A French edition was also printed by the Canadian Watchman Press, Oshawa, Ontario; and a Spanish edition by the Central American Branch of the Pacific Press, Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. The Chinese edition printed in Shanghai, China, is also being supplied through the Pacific Press offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Brookfield, Ill.

It is hoped that this year's campaign will be even more successful in both spir-itual and financial results than was the effort last year. S. N. CURTISS.

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TO THE MISSION FIELDS

TWENTY-TWO more faces turning to the needy mission fields is certainly a good summary for a week's sailing list.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bond and two children leave for Spain, returning after a furlough to the field in which they have labored successfully for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bozarth, of Florida, who have been connected for a number of years with the business side of the medical work, now connect with the African Division.

Prof. and Mrs. T. M. French and two children, of Berrien Springs, Mich., also connect with the African Division, Pro-fessor French as the Division field secre-tary and Missionary Volunteer and edu-cational secretary. Professor French has been head of the Bible department at Emmanuel Missionary College for some years. He also served in one of our mis-sion stations on the West Coast of Africa.

Mr. Harold N. Johnson, of Jamaica, returns to his homeland.

Brother W. H. Williams, secretary-treasurer of the South American Division, returns to his field after attendance at the General Conference.

Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Miramontez are to connect with the publishing house in Ar-gentina, South America. They are the gift of the Pacific Press family to for-eign missions.

Elder and Mrs. J. H. Boehm, and Bro-ther and Sister C. C. Schneider and three children, go to Brazil. Brother and Sister Boehm have already served a term in the field in profitable soul-winning work. Brother and Sister Schneider and family are fresh recruits from the Pa-cific Coast.

These all sailed on September 9 from New York.

A few days earlier, August 31, Elder B. G. Wilkinson left New York for Haiti. The General Conference Committee has asked Brother Wilkinson, who for many years labored in France, to spend a few weeks in French-speaking Haiti, visiting and encouraging the believers there until the permanent superintendent is able to take up his duties. C. K. MEYERS.

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