THE
MINNESOTA WORKER
“Whatsoever thy Hand fmdeth to do, do it with thy Might.’*
Volume 9.	MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., MAY 18, 1898.	Number 27.
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Camp Meeting.
WE have the promise of good help from abroad for our coming Camp-meeting.
Elder G. A. Irwin, president of the General Conference will be with us a portion of the time. Elder Moon, so well known in Minnesota, will be present to represent the Foreign Mission work. Elder Kauble, District Superintendent, Elder Warren, who for some time was connected with the Working Men’s Home in Chicago, and Sister Henry, with whom we have become acquainted through her writings in the Review, will be with us to labor in the English.
Our Scandinavian brethren will be glad to meet Brother O. A. Johnson who will leave his work at the.College long enough to attend this meeting.
Brother Westphal of Kan. will be present to assist in the German work.
When you purchase tickets be sure to take a certificate of the agent for each ticket purchased or it will not be possible for you to obtain the reduced rate.
Upon your arrival at the depot in Minneapolis you will be met by the Camp-meeting Agent to whom you may deliver your baggage checks. He will see that your baggage is delivered on the grounds. If you should miss the agent, then take your checks directly to the grocery on the Camp-ground, and it will be attended to from there.	C. W. Flaiz.
Camp Meeting Repots.
The value of printer’s ink in tA secular press, -for the extension of our work is not Aroperly appreciated by our people. I suppose onl reason for this is in the fact that results cannot be seen at once. But we must remember that we must sow by the side of all waters. The public press is a great educational medium. The public mind is easily moulded by the press. As an illustration notice how the war spirit
has spread like wild fire all over the land. “A spirit of intensity is springing up from beneath, and taking hold of every earthly element.”
But all over this fair land,—all over the world, as for that, honest souls are to be found who are asking : “What do these things mean?” And He who knows the inmost recesses of the human heart, leads them to read an article written for the public papers; or, it may be a report of one of our Camp-meetings. An impression is made. The Spirit of God waters the seed sown. And in the final gathering, fruit will appear. Who, with such a prospect, would not encourage this line of work? Who, at this time, will fail to act in the matter of securing subscribers for The (Minneapolis Times?
I hope that every reader of the Minnesota Worker will be active in this matter. Only 10 cents for one week; or 40 cents for a month by mail. Twin City subscribers 8 cents per week, 32 cents per month; pay the carrier and ordered stopped when desired.	H. F. Phelps.
Should Christians Go to War?
A good many have asked the writer what position Seventh-day Adventists should take in reference to the war and should they go to war if compelled to. It seems to the writer that this is a question that should not concern a Christian. The best place on earth for any one is where the Lord wants him to be. If Paul had been unwilling to go where the Lord called him even though it led him to prison or to death, the Lord could not have used him in such a wonderful manner to preach the Gospel not only to the Gentiles, the poor of the earth, but to chief captains, governors, kings and emperors—whaf the world called great men of earth. Paul lived so near his Mas-ter that in nearly every instance he knew just what course to pursue when* brought into close circumstances; and the power of God was with him to deliver him and prove to his enemies that he did not make the arm offlesh his support.
“Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof”, and if we always remember this, our minds will not be exercised with fear for the future. The humble, confiding child, when asked, jumps into its father’s arms knowing his life is safe in the
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lands of his father; so if we, as children of the King and All-father, will trust him with the same child-like faith, the thought of war will not disturb our peace.
“They that take the sword shall perish by the sword”, is just as true today as when written, nearly two thousand years ago; and yet the wise Christian will not go boasting what he would or would not do if pressed into service. In testimony vol. 1, under the subject of “The Rebellion” is given some valuable instruction as to Christians’ conduct in time of war. Read it, study it for yourselves.
If the three thousand volunteers who left the Twin Cities last Monday, and who were eulogized by all the daily papers for their bravery to go at freedom’s call and leave their peaceful homes for the uncertain fortunes of war, had been as willing to engage in the greater warfare against sin and wickedness iii their own hearts and lives, how many happier wifes and mothers and fathers there would be today. The writer is acquainted with some of those brave(?) volunteers who have gone to protect our interests in the Philippine Island, and yet they lacked that true bravery that would prompt them to protect wife and little ones from hunger and cold during the past winter, leaving them to starve or procure food and fuel as best they could. 0, the sham, the show the hypocracy of this life. Men can be found wdio would wade through fire or peril of any kind if they knew the world was looking on and shouting bravery and patriotism: But who would not saw a stick of wood to keep a poor woman or child from freezing, because no one would know about it. The world is at fault for such erroneous ideas of true manhood. Cant and show and bluster are called bravery, honesty and true nobility. The world changes things about and looks upon them just the opposite of the way God does; because man looks upon the outward appearance wrhile God looks upon the heart. The world says climb high up where all can see you if you wish to be honored. God says get down low if you wish to be high,—before honor is humility-
May we study God’s word to know his ways, which are wisdom’s ways, and are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are paths of peace. It is not necessary to go to war to be brave or to have honor; the bravest of earth are those who dare to do right and fear to do wrong.. The
most honorable man in the sight of God may be the one who occupies the lowest station in life. Paul was called a ring leader of that despised sect of Nazarenes, yet he was more noble than King Agrippa who was almost persuaded to be a Christian by the noble words of Paul.
L. B. L.
* THE SABBATH SCHOOL. *
Report of Sabbath Schools for Quarter Ending March 31, 1898.
Membership............................. 2831
Attendance................................. 2040
Classes .................................... 365
Number of Schools .......................... 127
Number Reported............................. 120
Contributions........................... $625.56
Tithe sent State Association ............. 64.07
Donation for H. Home .................... 185.77
Donation to Missions..................... 252.06
The schools were very prompt in reporting at the close of the past quarter. Only seven schools have not reported, and as these are small schools I fear that they have discontinued or else the officers on record have moved away, so that I #cannot correspond with them in regard to their work. For this reason I give the names of these schools that I may in some way find out about them.
Last quarter I gave the name of the Hancock Sabbath-school as not having reported but found out later that the school had reported under the name of Lake Emily so I make this correction.
Schools bearing the following names have not reported this year :— Evergreen, Arlington, Kingston, Nelson Lake, Sebeka, Stony Brook, and Parker’s Prairie.	Fannie P. Johnson.
® NOTES FROM THE FIELD. ©
Fulda.
Since leaving Sabin I have been at St. Cloud, preparing for Camp-meeting and the summer’s work. From there I went to this place where I remained till the 15th and am now on my way to Minneapolis.
The Lord came very near t<5 his people. Three dear souls were baptized and a church of fourteen members was organized. Five others will be taken in to fellowship as soon as they receive letters from their home churches, and others are interested who, we hope, will be added later on. Church officers were elected and elder and deacon were set apart to their respective offices by the laying on of hands. A lot was purchased and deeded to the Minnesota Conference Association and by fall it is hoped-there will be a little church, ready to be dedicated to the service of God. Tithes were collected to the amount of $14.75. First-day offerings $20.62; General Relief Fund $10.00; other donations $6.00. It was indeed a
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joy to be where hearts have but one desire and that to serve the Lord. May God keep these dear souls by his power from the ways of the world.
J. H. Behrens.
Mankato.
The result of the effort in Mankato was most gratifying’. Eleven individuals indentified themselves with God’s commandment keeping people. Of this number six are new Sabbath-keepers; three were reclaimed; and two, although professing to keep the Lord’s Sabbath, made, for the first time a public acknowledgement of their faith. I should have been pleased to continue the services in Mankato but in accordance with previous arrangements I was obliged, before Camp-meeting, to spend a few days with the Lake Benton company. Elder Parker being present last Sabbath, we perfected the church organization. —an elder was duly ordained. We left the Lake Benton company strong in the faith and full of courage.	O. O. Bernstein.
EXTRACTS FROM “HEALTHFUL LIVING”.
Moral Maladies.
Immoraity abounds everywhere. Licentiousness is the special sin of the age. Never did vice lift its deformed head with such boldness as now.
INDUCING CAUSES OF IMMORALITY.
If ever there was a time that the diet should be of the most simple kind, it is now. Meat should not be placed before our children. Its influence is to excite and strengthen the lower passions, and has a tendency to deaden the moral powers.... The less feverish the diet, the more easily can the passions be controlled.
You place upon your tables butter, eggs, and meat, and your children partake of them. They are fed with the very things that will excite their animal passions, and then you come to meeting and ask God to bless and save your children.
The very food they place before their children is such as to irritate the tender coats of the stomach. This excitement is communicated, through the nerves, to the brain, and the result is that the animal passions are aroused, and control the moral powers.
By indulging in a wrong course of eating and drinking, thousands upon thousauds are ruining their health, and not only is their health ruined, but their morals are corrupted, because diseased blood flows through their veins.
To relieve the young from healthful labor is the worst possible course a parent can pursue.
Their life is then aimless, the inind and hands unoccupied, the imagination active, and left free to indulge in thoughts that are not pure and healthful. In this condition they are inclined to indulge still more freely in that vice which is the foundation of all their compaints.... Some mothers with their own hands open the door and virtually invite the devil in, by permitting their children to remain in idleness. pp. 216, 217, 218.
Anxiety.
There are some unhappy persons who seem fated to go through life with a constitutional tendency to despondency. We all know them and meet them daily, and they can always see a cloud where none exists. With most of these persons, however, it is simply a matter of exercising the will. Anxiety about present trouble or prospective difficulties never brought any good to those who indulged in it. The successful ones in life are those who have been buoyant in spirit, and who resolutely refuse to allow the cares of life to unduly depress them. Instead of allowing the mind to brood over things that can not be helped, it should be set to work upon the duty that lies nearest to it. Worrying about matters does not improve them in the slightest degree; on the contrary it weakens the purpose, robs the physical nature of its vitality, and totally unfits us to cope with the obstacles that lie in our path. The most shocking mistake, and one that is unfortunately only too frequently made, is to meet troubles half way. These will come soon enough, they don’t want any encouragement, and very often when they do come they are not half so formidable, as we imagined they would be, Anticipation, in some cases, is worse than the reality. —The Family Doctor.
Nearly Three Thousand.
At the present time there are nearly three thousand more subscribers to The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, our “church paper” than there were six months ago. ^he editors are doing their utmost to make it the very best paper in the world for our people; and this increase in the subscription list shows that they are succeeding. The Review is increasing in value and interest with each succeeding issue, and no Seventh-day Adventist can afford to be without it. If vou are not now a subscriber, do not delay
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longer, but send in your subscription at once. Send your subscription to the Minnesota Tract Society.
THE BOOK WORK.
Canvassers' Report for Week Ending April 29, 1898.
Book	Val.	Val. H. Hours		Ex.
H. Shelstad P. J.	$12.85	$1.40	49 $ .85	
G. Henrikson “ “	18.25	2.85	52	.54
Fred Kjellman “ “	6.60	1.00	42	1.05
H. Christenson “ “	1.50	1.00	49	.25
Wm. Rahn C.K.&C.O.S. 20.75			33	.65
F. E. Babcock “ “	13.50	1.00	68	.50
I. T. Andrus “ “	5.10	1.75	38	1.35
John Tetz “ “	5.25	1.80	16	2.00
E. A. Peterson “ “	11.75	.80	28	.60
Marion Christensen“ “	3.00	.50	7 '	
Mrs. Minnie McGuire““	10.75	3.00	20	
Martha Lee C.K.& “	5.00	.75	28	.65
Lydia Julin “ “	6.00	.35		
Margaret Goodman “ “	9.00	.20	20	
Belle Samson “ “	3.00	.50	26	1.38
Etta Peterson “ “	8.00		9'A	.36
	$150.30	$16.90	495 $10.18	
Brother David Deedon has		returned	from	his
visit home and is now in his field of labor again,				and
the Lord is blessing his efforts.				
Brother Borden expects to		start out	in a	few
days and put in full time in the work of God.
We expect soon to receive reports from Brethren Little and Hawley, Burge son and Shawham.
J. F. Pogue.
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The “Alarm of War” is now published in the German language and can be had of the Minnesota Tract Society at 2 cents each.
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Elder Flaiz returned from the College View Board meeting Monday and reports some changes in the faculty for the coming year.
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Be sure and bring plenty of good, warm clothing with you to the Camp-meeting. We expect it will be nice warm weather, but the wise man prepares for the worst.
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Of the 3000 soldiers who left Minnesota Monday 2000 went south to participate in the Cuban campaign, and 1000 went west to help Admiral Dewey hold his ground at Manilla.
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Among the arrivals of the laborers to the Workers* meeting we notice, A. Mead, J. H. Behrens, C. L. Emmerson, W. A. Sweany, C. H. Parker, A. W.
Kuehl. Meetings will be held each day on the grounds while preparations are going on.
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In another article you will notice Mrs. S. M. I. Henry, author of “How the Sabbath came to Me, is to be in attendance at our Camp-meeting. You will want to hear her as well as all the other good people whom we expect will be with us to teach the “Way of Life”.
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Have you sent in your order yet for the Minneapolis Times containing Camp-meeting reports? If not, please do so at once. The price is only 10 cents, and you can easily afford the small amount; and please do not wait till you come to the Camp-meeting to hand in your order. You will be disappointed in results if you do. The names and addresses should be sent at once to insure yourself or your friends receiving the paper.
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At this writing the gentle rain is falling upon old mother earth, and this beautiful text comes to mind; “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but water-eth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be.” Wherever the seeds of truth—God’s word—are being sown in human hearts, God has promised it will not return unto him void.
The spring time or sowing time still lingers, but soon it will be over, the season will be too far spent; then comes the harvest, and what shall it be in your case, dear reader? It will depend on the kind of seed you are sowing «cw, for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.
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3621 1st Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
The “Story of Redemption. From Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored”, by Wm. Covert. A Beautiful book which should be seen and read to be appreciated. Price $1.00 Plain 1.25 Gilt.
A man wanted who is willing to work on a dairy farm, Sabbath-keeper. Man and wife preferred without children, on account of room. Gustav Meil-icke, Box 474, Windom, Minnesota.