THE
M1NNCS0TA WORKER
	“Whatsoever thy Hand	findeth to	do, do it with thy Might.”	
Volume 8.	MINNEAPOLIS,	MINN.,	JULY 28, 1897.	Number 36.
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Chicago Workingmens’ Home.
Thinking that the readers of the Worker would be interested in the success of the .Workingmens’ Home in Chicago, and wishing to see its practical workings, the writer stopped over there one day and night, July 17, on the return trip from Jackson and Battle Creek, Mich.
The Home is located at 42 aiid 44 Custom House Place in one of the wickedest portions of the city. Arriving there in the afternoon of the 16th, I asked to be shown over the building, and was accommodated by a graduate nurse from the BattleCreek Sanitarium, who is assisting in the work at the Home which occupies three stories and a basement. On the first floor is located the reading room, dining room, chapel, business office, kitchen, and bath rooms. The laundry is in the basement and the sleeping rooms are on the second and third floors.
During the winter beds are provided to accommodate 400 men, and during the summer when there is not so much call for beds, part of the space on the second floor is used for a chapel in which Sabbath-school and Gospel meetings are held. Each person is charged ten cents for a bed with the privilege of the bath room and laundry, and no individual is allowed to occupy a bed until he has first taken a bath. A good, wholesome meal can be had for three cents; by purchasing three meal tickets the holder is entitled to a dish of milk, oatmeal and one-third of a loaf of bread. The writer bought two tickets for two pennies, and took his place alongside of the rest of the workingmen, and had more than he could eat of good bread and milk.
Gospel meetings are held each evening, and, by invitation, the writer had the privilege of talking to those hungry, * half-clothed men who had no home, and who like sheep had gone astray and were lost.
As the love of Jesus was presented, their hearts were touched, and at the close of the meeting some signified their desire to live better lives for God. Many a poor sinner has been reclaimed from a life of sin and shame to one of usefulness and manhood at this institution since it started, and those of its friends in Minnesota who have contributed to its support can rest assured that a grand and noble work is being done by the friends of humanity for the friendless and homeless.
The thought that such an institution ought to be located in Minneapolis has been in our minds for some time, but after seeing the practical workings of the one in Chicago, we are more convinced than ever that the Lord would bless such a work among us if done in the name of the Lord. The rent of the Chicago Home is $150 per month and other expenses in proportion, and yet the plan upon which it is now conducted makes it nearly self-supporting. It would cost no small an amount to establish such a home in Minneapolis, but if well managed, I see iio reason why it could not be made nearly self-supporting if contributions of clothing and • other supplies were sent in by the friends of the cause. What do you think about it, brethren and sisters of Minnesota? I should be glad to hear personally from any one and every one who is interested in such an enterprise for the Lord, and who is willing to contribute to its establishment.
There are thousands of honest hearted men and women all around us whose early education and environment inculcated wrong habits and principles in their lives, and these stringent times and reverses have driven them almost to despair; yet never a kind hand has been out-stretched to save them, or a kind word spoken to cheer them. They would not read our literature if given them, but if something was done to relieve their physical want and suffering, the door would be opened to enter their heart with the truth of God.	L. B. Losey.
What asks our Father of his children, save Justice and mercy and humility,
A reasonable service of good deeds,
Pure living, tenderness to human needs, Reverence and trust, and prayer for light to see The Master’s footsteps in our daily ways?
No knotted scourge or sacrifice kttife,
But the calm beauty of an ordeced life, Whose very breath is unworded praise,—
A life that stands, as all true lives have stood, Fast rooted in the faith that God is good.
—Whittier.
THE MINNESOTA WORKER.
® NOTES FROM THE FIELD. «
Batavia.
Meetings continue to be well attended; people come ten miles. One traveling machinery expert drove thirty-four miles last Sunday, he said, to reach our meeting. The light is going in all directions and what a blessed satisfaction that God is with it. It is his light and power, not ours.
C. E. Emmerson, J. W. Ingison.
Albert Lea.
Since our last report was written, our attendance has decreased somewhat, as the testing truths have been presented. The attendance now averages about fifty. The collection last Sunday night, July 18, amounted to $2.13. There are yet several very hopeful cases of interest. We are of good courage.. God is good, and the truth is true, and precious to ps whether people believe it or not.. We expect to triumph with the message, and bring some sheaves into the garner of the Eord from Albert Eea.
D. E. SCOLES, W. A. SWEANY.
Fulda.
Our attendance continues to be fair, and the interest is deepening. The Sabbath Question has stirred the people, and their shepherds are doing all they can to quiet their fears. Just how many have, or how many will decide to obey we do not know, but pray the dear Lord to lead them unto full obedience. Some say wicked things about us; others say, not so, and they” believe there is as much religion in the Adventist church as in the others, anyway. Pray for this dear people, brethren and sisters, that God may save them by the “Power of the Gospel”, and for us that we may do the Master’s work in the best possible way.
J. H. Behrens, A. W. Kuehl.
Renville.
I am still holding meetings in a country school-house at this place and the attendance now is so large that the house cannot hold all that come.
I am now in the midst of the Sabbath question, and old and young are giving good attention during the discourses, but there is, after the meetings are dismissed, quite a stir in the air. Satan in human form is walking around here seeking whom he may devour, and I meet the most bitter opposition here I ever meet, but, “I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.”
As I behold the signs fulfilling and know what is coming upon the transgressor I can hardly keep back the tears for my dear but poor and deluded people.
Dear brethren and readers of the Worker, remember the laborers.	Fred Johnson.
Lake Benton.
The work is still making progress at this point, and the Lord is going out before. The Salvation Army made a stir for two nights, and then withdrew from the conflict. Now arrangements have been made by all the churches here for a union service, and they have called minister Irwin, by name, from Elkton, S. Dak., to spend Wednesday and Thursday nights in an attempt to throw God’s truth to the ground and stamp on it. We are trusting in his faithful word and promise. Two ladies have already taken a firm stand. The attendance remains good.
Especially we ask an interest in your prayers.
A. Mead, C. H. Parker, O. O. Bernstein.
Duluth.
I came back to Duluth the 22d of June, and have been busy at my work since. I found the interest as good as it was when I left. Those who accepted the truth are still holding on, and seem to be of good courage although they meet with great opposition in their own families. There are two who are waiting for baptism.
We lost our former meeting place, but God has opened the way so we now meet in the English Baptist church, so we have a nice little place in which to meet. We have a good attendance on the Sabbath; all bring their Bibles, and we study it together, and the Spirit of God comes in and blesses us.
My courage is good in God and his truth; and I trust some of the seed sown will bear fruit to the glory of God.	Hannah Carlson.
Clayton.
The interest here still continues to increase. We have meeting every night and at 3 p. M. Sabbath and Sunday. The attendance last week was better than the week preceeding. When we remember that this is a farming community and that now is the very busiest time of the year we think the attendance is remarkably good. We are surprised and grateful that these people will come night after night at the close of a hard day’s work, and fight the mosquitoes in order to hear the Truth.
The Image and Mark of the Beast was presented Sunday. Very many came out to hear. The afternoon service lasted nearly three hours, as people remained and asked questions when the sermon was ended. A United Brethren minister frequently interrupted by reading texts on the abrogation of the law; this method of hindering helped as it afforded an opportunity of reading scriptures on the perpetuity of God’s law. See 2 Cor. 13:8. The collection in the evening was $4.15. During the past week the Three Angel’s Messages has been considered. Tonight, Moday, we begin to speak on Eife in Christ and The Sleep of the Dead.
D. Nettleton, A. Moon, E. H. Christian.
“Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.”
THE MINNESOTA WORKER.
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A NEW WORK.
EVERY-DAY DISHES
AND EVERY DAY WORK
By MBS. E. E. KELLOGG, A. H.
Superintendent of Mothers’ Work for the National W. C. T. U., Chairman of Committee for the Chicago orld’s Fair,
Author of “Science in the Kitchen”, etc.
This book is designed to meet the need of a large number of busy housekeepers who have not the time to undertake a thoroughly scientific study of dietetics and scientific cookery, but who want to get in the shortest manner possible such information as will enable them to place before their families wholesome food prepared in accordance with the latest and best experience.
Mrs. Kellogg has made an exhaustive study of the subject of
SCIENTIFIC COOKERY AND RATIONAL DIETETICS, and for the last fourteen years has devoted a large part of her time to original investigations, and has had a large opportunity to test her theories and the results of the researches in catering to the dietetic needs of the great Sanitarium family, which includes in all more than a thousand persons, a large part of whom are invalids and require special attention to their particular dietetic n$eds.
Price in Board Covers, by mail, postage-paid, 80 cents. Usual discounts. Address Minnesota Tract Society, Box 989, Minneapolis, Minn.
“Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee”, are the strange words that Peter
gave to the poor, helpless beggar at the gate of the temple; yet when he felt the power of these words in his helpless body to heal him, he realized they were of more value to him than all the gold in the universe. So every devoted Christian, even though possessing little of what the world calls wealth, can give to those in need something of more value than silver or gold. He can minister to the wants of suffering all around him, and while doing so ask God’s blessing upon the effort and just as wonderful manifestations of God’s power will be seen in our day as was witnessed in the days of the apostles.
Colorado Sanitarium.
This, the youngest of our health institutions in this country, has already been mentioned in the columns of this paper. The last year has been a very successful one in its history. Something like seven hundred patients have availed themselves of its advantages, the larger number of whom have returned to their homes greatly benefitted as the result of their visit to the institution.
All who have visited Boulder feel that the Sanitarium is an ideal place for those who are afflicted or overworked. The bracing atmosphere, the inspiration to be obtained from viewing the lofty mountains, and the home-like air of rest and quiet that pervades the whole Sanitarium and vicinity, act like magic in restoring the wasted energies of those who are sick and afflicted.
Dr. W. H. Riley and his co-laborers are giving excellent satisfaction in their work. A training class of about twenty bright young men and women are proving their efficiency from day to day in the care they are rendering to the patients.
While at this season of the year the patronage is a little light, owing to the fact that in nearly all parts of the country a good climate may now be found, this hut emphasizes the necessity of the institution being brought to the attention of the public, so that when the hot summer months come on, those who seek relief in a higher and cooler atmosphere may have their attention turned to this place.
We earnestly urge our brethren and sisters throughout the field everywhere to remember the Colorado Sanitarium and introduce it to their friends and neighbors who may be in need of the benefits which the institution may bestow.
No better place in all the world can he found for those who are suffering from pulmonary or digestive troubles.
THE MINNESOTA WORKER.
Rates may be had upon application to W. IL Riley, M. D,, Colorado Sanitarium, Boulder,
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Fall Camp Meetings.
Camp-meetings have been appointed as follows:
Frazee..............................Sept. 1 - 5
Hewitt.............................. “ 8-12
Crow Wing........................... “15-19
Marshall.......................Sept. 28 - Oct. 3.
THE BOOK WORK.
Canvassers' Report for Week Ending duly 16, 1897.
ORDERS TAKEN.
	Book	Val.	Val. Helps.	Expenses
Wm. Rahn	G. C.	$31.10	$	$ .25
Otto Eisele	“ “	26.00	1.20	.06
P. O. Johnson	u k	19.25		
D. A. Deedon	U li	9.75	1.00	.60
A. Hawley	p. J.	20.75	3.50	
J. M. Little	u U	44.70	1.20	
C. E. Burgeson	li u	10.10	6.27	1.10
L. Skadsem	“ “	27.85	1.75	1.25
J. Skadsem	“ “	47.25	.35	1.00
I. T. Andrus	c. o. s.	3.75	1.90	1.45
Martha Lee	a it a	4.00	1.75	.95
Hattie Richel	a a a	2.25	2.25	.80
Julia Jphnson	a a u	10.50	.50	.57
F. E. Rew	D. & R.	9.25	.50	.46
J. W. Wareham	a a	11.25		
C. Ed ward son	S. S.	5.25	3.15	1.05
John Tetz	L. C.	5.90	.75	
	$268.90		$26.07	$9.54
One of our canvassers is praising the Lord for an experience he had the past week. After going up to a house and making known his business he was given ten minutes to get out of the yard. He told the lady he would pay her for her time if she would allow him to canvass her. She consented, and he gave her a canvass in eight minutes, took her order, and at the end of the ten minutes was out of the yard and on his way rejoicing.
This is perseverence. There are many people, who, if you can get them to take the time, will, after finding out what you have, give you an order.
J. F. Pogue.
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If there are any Sabbath-schools which have purchased the new book, Gospel Song Sheaf, and have on hand the Joyful Greeting with which they wish to do missionary work, they can do so by sending them to Sister H. R. Parry, Garrison, Minn.	*
“Unseen by human eyes the power of God is constantly exercised for the good of all his creatures.
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The Sabbath-school report is omitted from our columns this week as the Secretary has been out visiting schools but the report will appear as usual next week.
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One sister from Alexandria sends in a new subscription to the Minnesota Worker, and says she expects to get more. Are there not others who will lend a helping hand?
We have received several orders already for the Sentinel from those who have accepted the special offer which occured in the Worker last week. Twenty-five cents for a paper as good as the Sentinel from now till Jan. 1st, 1898, is a bargain. Let the subscriptions come in.
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It will be remembered that a call was made in these columns for a home for a young lady in poor health who was then at the Sanitarium. We were pleased to receive a large number of responses. All will be glad to know that an excellent home has been opened to her near the Sanitarium.
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Bro. F. Guy of St. Cloud was a pleasant caller at the office of Minnesota Tract Society the fore part of the week. He is quite an extensive dealer in organs, pianos, and stringed instruments as well as watches and other useful jewelry, and will be pleased to quote special prices to our brethren who are in need of any of the above named instruments.
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It has been learned, incidentally, that Bro. Ellis is improving in health and strength, and hopes soon to be able to resume his labors.
Eld. Flaiz also writes that he has been sick and unable to do the work he had planned to do, but was improving when last heard from. May the Lord strengthen these brethren for the work he has given them to perform.
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The Minnesota Tract Soc. have a few cloth maps on hand which they wish to close out and are willing to make a large sacrifice on them that our laborers, or any one, may make use of them. One is a large map, Al/2 ft. by 6 ft., on the Eastern Question, showing Turkey as the central figure and the other countries surrounding it; also showing how Turkey has lost territory and been gradually shrinking away. Another map we have of equal importance in presenting the truth is one on the Four Kingdoms. It is the same size as the one on the Eastern Question. Our brethren who wish to present the truth in an attractive and intelligent manner can do so in no better way than to have a large map to hang up before an audience.
The retail price of these maps is $2.50; but it has been decided to close them out at $1.00 each. Add 10 cents for postage. Address Minnesota Tract Soc.