E THAT 
REAPETH 
RECEWETH 
V/AOES 
GATHER^ FRUITTO UFE ETERWAL-Johnk3l> 
VOL. II. 
BATTLE 
CREEK, 
MICH., 
DECEMBER, 
1890. 
No. 12. 
1 8 9 0. 
THIS number closes Vol. 11. of tbe 
HOME MISSION-
ARY. A brief review of the work of the year may 
be 
interesting 
to our readers. 
By vote 
of the 
Interna-
tional Tract Society at its last session, it was 
decided 
to 
make 
the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY for 
1890 a sixteen-
page monthly ; but in preparing 
the 
matter 
for 
the 
January 
number, we 
found 
it necessary to 
increase 
the size to twenty pages. 
Even this did not provide 
sufficient space 
for the various departments, and 
the 
Executive 
Board 
held a special 
meeting 
before 
the 
February 
number 
was 
issued, 
and 
voted to make 
another addition of four pages. 
Thus 
the paper has 
been 
continued 
during 
the 
year 
as a twenty-four-
page 
monthly. 
There 
have 
been 
four 
departments 
in 
each 
issue, prepared 
especially to 
turnish 
lessons 
for 
the 
local 
missionary 
societies at their 
weekly 
meetings, 
and 
for study in 
the 
home where 
weekly 
meetings had not been 
organized. 
The 
first 
of 
these 
departments 
has 
treated 
upon 
foreign 
missions, providing 
one 
lesson 
each 
month, 
upon 
the following subjects : " A general 
Survey 
of 
the 
World," 
"Missionary 
Ships,'' 
"Protestant 
Mis-
sions in Eoman Catholic Countries," " The 
Beligious 
Condition 
in 
Bussia," " The 
Work 
in 
Australasia," 
"South 
America," 
"Central 
Europe," 
"Papal 
Eu-
rope," 
"Africa," 
"Scandinavia," 
"South 
America 
and the West Indies," and " The Foreign Work in 
the 
United 
States." 
We 
have 
reason 
to 
believe 
those 
i 
who have studied this department of the HOME MIS-
SIONARY from month to month, have 
had their inter-
est in foreign missionary work increased 
and 
desires 
awakened for farther investigation of the 
subject. 
The Beligious Liberty Department had in the 
Jan-
uary 
number, " Questions on National 
Beform 
;" 
February, " Tbe 
Blair 
Educational 
Amendment;" 
March, 
the " Civil 
Sabbath;" 
April, "The 
Bible 
in 
the 
Public 
Schools;" 
May, 
"The 
Exemption of 
Church 
Property 
from Taxation ;" 
June, " Prohibi-
tion ; " July, "Beligious Liberty in Tennessee ; " Au-
gust, "The 
Work 
of the National Beligious 
Liberty 
Association;" 
September, 
"Religious 
Liberty 
and 
Polygamy ;" 
October, " Sunday 
and 
the 
World's 
Fair ; " November, " Plans for the Winter's Work 
;" 
December, 
"Report of Labor 
for 
1890." 
This 
phase 
of 
our 
work 
as a people, 
will 
become 
more 
and 
more 
important 
as 
we 
draw 
nearer 
the 
end, 
and we cannot 
be 
too thorough 
in our 
study of 
the 
principles of religious liberty which 
underly 
the 
po-
sitions 
we 
have 
taken with 
reference 
to 
the 
move-
ments which are already being so vigorously agitated 
in our 
nation. 
In 
the 
Home 
Missions Department we have 
tried 
to 
present 
some 
practical lessons, 
as follows: " Im-
portance 
of 
Beligious Liberty Work," 
"Personal 
In-
fluence 
and 
Individual 
Effort," " Qualifications 
for 
Missionary 
Labor," "The 
Parable 
of the 
Talents," 
" Study," " The 
Object 
of our 
Work," " The 
Power 
of 
Influence," " The 
Use 
of Periodicals," " Working 
for 
God," 
"Missionary 
Correspondence," 
"Weekly 
Missionaiy 
Meetings," and " Practical Faith in 
Mis-
sionary Work." 
These lessons have only dwelt 
upon 
a 
few 
of the many 
practical 
lines of thought 
which 
we 
need 
to 
consider in our 
home missionary 
work; 
but 
we 
have 
received 
encouraging 
letters from 
sev-
eral 
State 
and local tract society officers, 
expressing 
their 
appreciation of the 
instruction 
given 
in 
this 
department. 
The 
principal 
articles 
in the Health and 
Temper-
ance 
Department 
have 
been 
upon 
"Ventilation," 
" Water Contamination," "Food," "Plans for Health 
and Temperance Work," " Hygienic Cooking," 
"Phys-
ical 
Opportunities," " Effects of Stimulants 
on 
the 
Body," " Importance of 
Healthful Dress," " Disease-
producing 
Germs," 
"Social 
Beform," 
"Belation of 
262 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
Food 
and 
Temperance," 
and 
" Bible 
Hygiene." 
Much care and thought have been given to the 
prep-
aration of these 
articles, and 
we 
trust 
they 
have 
been 
studied 
with 
as much 
care as their 
importance 
demands. 
The 
principles 
of 
health and 
temperance 
are intimately connected with the third angel's 
mes-
sage, 
and 
their 
importance 
is coming 
to 
be 
recog-
nized by tho better class of people in all the 
religious 
denominations 
of the age. 
The lessons contained 
in 
these four departments alone, have been worth 
many 
times the price of the 
paper. 
Another important feature of the 
paper 
has 
been 
the 
Canvassers' 
Department. 
Commencing 
with 
four pages 
in 
the 
January number, this 
department 
was 
enlarged 
to 
six 
for 
the 
rest 
of 
the 
year. 
A 
series of articles 
by 
E. 
E. 
Miles, 
entitled 
"Hints 
About 
Canvassing," 
has 
formed a very 
instructive 
part 
of 
this 
department of the 
paper. 
Numerous 
editorials by the General Canvassing Agent, 
together 
with interesting 
reports 
from 
the 
workers in 
differ-
ent 
parts 
of 
the world, 
and 
contributed 
articles 
by 
different persons 
upon 
various 
phases 
of 
the 
work, 
have 
all tended 
to 
make 
this 
department 
indispen-
sable 
to 
the canvassers, and interesting to all. 
The 
tabulated 
monthly 
reports 
giving 
the 
amount of 
orders 
taken 
each 
month 
in 
different 
States, 
prov-
inces, and foreign 
fields, 
have been read with 
interest 
by thousands. 
In 
addition 
to the 
regular 
Canvass-
ers' Department, a 20-page Extra was issued in 
Feb-
ruary, 
containing a full 
report 
of 
the 
District 
and 
State Agents' convention, held at Battle Creek, 
Mich., 
Jan. 30 to Feb. 
7,1890. 
The 
first 
two or three 
pages 
of 
each issue 
of 
the 
paper 
except 
the 
present 
number, 
have 
contained 
the 
fourth 
Sabbath 
readings for the month. 
These 
readings 
have 
all been upon important subjects, 
and 
have been furnished by Elders U. Smith, D. T. 
Jones, 
0. 
A. 
Olsen, J. 0. Corliss, 
W. 
W. 
Prescott, 
E. 
E! 
Miles, 
S. 
N. 
Haskell, 
Dr. J. H. 
Kellogg, 
and 
the 
writer. 
We 
are not able to say how universally 
the 
plan 
has 
been 
carried 
out 
of 
having 
these 
articles 
read 
in 
the 
churches 
the 
fourth 
Sabbath of each 
month ; but 
we 
trust 
this 
plan 
has 
been 
generally 
followed, 
and 
that 
the 
important 
matter 
contained 
in 
these articles has 
been carefully considered by 
all 
our 
readers. 
Interesting extracts from some of the 
correspond-
ence 
which 
has 
been 
received 
by 
our 
secretaries 
from 
different parts 
of the world, short 
articles 
for 
the 
children, 
reports 
of the 
first-day 
offerings, 
etc., 
have all helped to make the paper 
interesting. 
Our 
present 
plan is to continue 
the 
paper 
for 
another 
year at its 
present 
size, form, 
and 
price. 
We 
have 
every 
reason to be well 
satisfied 
with 
the support 
that 
has 
been 
given 
this 
paper 
during 
the year 
1890, and we trust our present 
subscription 
list of over 6,000, will 
soon 
be 
increased 
by 
placing 
the 
paper in the 
home 
of 
every family of 
Seventh-
day Adventists in 
the world. 
When 
the 
low 
price 
of the paper and the large amount 
of 
matter it 
con-
tains are taken 
into 
consideration, we 
do 
not 
think 
it is asking any too much 
to 
request 
local 
tract 
so-
ciety officers 
to 
make 
an 
effort 
to 
secure 
the 
sub-
scription of some 
one in every 
family. 
Several 
sample copies have been sent to each 
librarian, 
with 
the request that 
he 
canvass 
the 
entire 
membership 
of the church 
both for new subscriptions and for 
re-
newals. 
We 
earnestly 
solicit 
contributions 
for 
the 
paper, both of 
articles of 
instruction 
and 
reports 
of 
labor, and shall be glad in the future as we have 
been 
in the 
past, to receive 
kindly criticisms and 
sugges-
tions to assist us in making the 
paper 
useful. 
L. c. c. 
THE FOURTH SABBATH IN DECEMBER. 
OUR readers will 
notice 
that we have 
omitted 
the 
usual fourth Sabbath reading from this number of 
the 
HOME MISSIONARY. 
We 
did 
this 
because the 
fourth 
Sabbath of December comes the last day of the 
week 
of prayer, and an address 
has 
already been sent 
out 
for 
that 
day, in the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY 
Extra. We 
see no reason why the fourth Sabbath of this 
month, 
however, should 
not be treated as a missionary 
Sab-
bath, and the usual 
fourth Sabbath contributions 
for 
home missionary work be 
taken. 
Some 
may say that 
inasmuch 
as 
offerings for for-
eign 
missions 
have 
been 
made 
during 
the 
week, it 
would be inconsistent to expect anything to be 
given 
so soon 
afterward for 
home 
work; 
but 
our 
experi-
ence has been 
that the 
more 
we 
become 
interested 
in foreign work by assisting 
to 
carry it forward, 
the 
more we will 
be 
interested 
in 
home 
work 
also, 
and 
anxious 
to 
see 
it prosper. 
May 
the 
Lord 
help 
us 
not 
only 
to 
remember 
those 
who 
are 
beyond 
the 
seas, but the work at home as 
well. 
BY vote of 
the Executive Board 
just 
before 
going 
to press, it is decided 
to discontinue 
the 
publication 
of the children's page 
next 
year, and 
some 
changes 
were made 
in 
the arrangement 
and 
make-up of 
the 
paper. 
W. A 
Colcord 
was 
chosen 
to edit 
the 
Religious 
Liberty Department, 
Miss 
Jennie 
Thayer 
the 
Home 
Missions 
Department, 
and 
L. 
C. 
Chad-
wick 
the Canvassers' 
Department. 
The 
other 
edit-
ors will remain the same as 
heretofore. 
263 
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW. 
It is not an uncommon thing to hear the aged 
man 
say, if he 
had 
his life to 
live over 
again, 
he 
would 
make 
it very 
different in many respects, from 
what 
it 
had 
been. 
He 
who 
is 
wise 
will not 
wait 
until 
his life is all in the past, before he carefully 
reviews 
it to see where 
he 
is making mistakes, where 
he is 
neglectful of 
duties, and where 
he is failing 
to 
im-
prove 
the 
opportunities 
for doing good, 
that 
exist 
all around 
him. 
In 
business, 
the 
difference 
between a successful 
man 
and 
one who 
makes a failure of everything 
he 
undertakes, is 
not 
due so 
much to the 
difference in 
natural 
endowments, or 
of the 
ability to do a pros-
perous 
business, as to the fact 
that the one often 
re-
views 
his 
business 
and 
notes 
every point where 
he 
has 
made a mistake, and 
every place 
where 
he 
can 
improve 
in 
the 
method 
of conducting 
his business. 
With 
him 
every month 
and 
every 
year 
brings 
im-
provement 
and 
advancement; 
but 
with 
the 
man 
who 
is careless and 
inattentive to his business, 
and 
makes no effort to improve, these evil habits 
become 
fixed 
; and instead of advancing, he loses ground, 
or, 
at best, only becomes 
stereotyped. 
The same 
is true with the Christian. 
It has 
been 
truthfully said, that there 
is no 
stand-still point 
in 
Christian experience. 
The Christian 
must 
advance, 
or he will retrograde ; and to advance, it is 
necessary 
often to review his life, and compare it with the 
per-
fect 
Model. 
In doing 
this, 
the 
individual 
marks 
every 
defect, 
observes every mistake, 
weighs 
every 
motive, 
and 
compares 
bis 
own 
character at each 
point with 
the 
ideal character which 
he 
has 
before 
him ; and then, like the artist, strives 
to imitate 
the 
model. 
The 
apostle 
says, "Not 
as 
though I 
had 
already 
attained, 
either 
were 
already 
perfect: 
but 
I follow 
after." 
With the missionary, who ha6 consecrated himself, 
with all his talents, to God, the desire is and 
should 
be, to do the most good that 
it is possible for him 
to 
accomplish. 
When 
we 
say 
this, 
we 
do 
not 
mean 
that 
the 
missionary 
worker 
should 
neglect 
those 
dependent 
upon 
him, or 
that 
he should 
fail to 
pro-
vide for his own and their wants, but rather, that 
he 
should 
improve 
every 
opportunity 
that 
presents 
itself for doing good. 
If 
careful account 
is made 
of 
such 
opportunities, the 
busiest 
persons 
will be 
sur-
prised 
to know how much 
time they have 
for 
such 
work. 
Those 
who 
have 
work 
to 
do* 
and 
want 
it 
done faithfully and well, do not employ persons 
who 
have a great deal 
of leisure time, because 
such 
per-
sons are 
usually unreliable. 
Those who 
are 
always 
busy always 
have 
plenty of time to 
attend 
to 
busi-
ness ; and if a matter is of sufficient importance 
to 
be done at all, they regard it of sufficient importance 
to be done well. 
Consequently, their services 
are 
in 
demand, when 
good, prompt, and 
reliable service 
is 
wanted. 
We 
are 
now 
drawing 
near the 
close of another 
year. 
Perhaps all the readers of the HOME MISSION-
ARY began 
the year 
with 
the 
resolution to make 
it 
one 
of 
usefulness, and 
we 
have 
abundant 
evidence 
before 
us, to 
show 
that 
much 
good has been 
done. 
Put 
suppose 
we 
individually 
take a retrospective 
view 
of the 
past 
year. 
Can 
we 
truly 
say 
of 
our-
selves 
that 
we 
have 
been 
good 
and 
faithful 
serv-
ants ? 
If not, wherein 
is the failure ? 
Perhaps 
by 
asking ourselves questions like the following, we 
can 
see more clearly where the failure has 
been. 
First, have 
we 
improved 
all our 
time to the 
best 
advantage? 
Have 
the 
moments 
all been 
used 
for 
some 
good 
purpose? 
or 
have we neglected to 
begin 
some useful 
work 
because 
we 
did not have a whole 
hour, a whole day, or a whole week, to devote to 
it? 
Second, have opportunities for doing good to others 
been improved to the best advantage? 
Have we 
al-
ways 
been 
ready to 
speak a kind 
and 
encouraging 
word 
to those 
about us ? 
Have we been faithful 
as 
servants of Christ 
in 
pointing 
those 
with whom 
we 
have 
associated, to the source of life and peace ? 
Third, have we done our duty in the family and 
in 
the church ? 
Have we visited 
the sick, and 
contrib-
uted to the 
poor? 
Fourth, have our meditations been pure and 
elevat-
ing? 
and have we improved the opportunities which 
we 
have 
had 
for reading 
useful 
books 
and 
papers, 
that we 
may be 
prepared for greater 
usefulness? 
Fifth, 
have 
we 
devoted 
some 
time 
each 
day 
to 
meditation 
and 
prayer 
and the study 
of the 
Script-
ures? 
Sixth, how many of our faults have we overcome ? 
and 
how 
many of the 
Christian 
graces 
have 
we 
added 
to 
our 
characters ? 
Seventh, how much closer do our lives 
conform 
to 
the model which 
we 
have in the 
life of Christ 
than 
when tho year 
began? 
Eighth, 
how 
do 
our 
motives 
compare 
with 
the 
motives 
which 
actuated 
us at 
the beginning of 
the 
year? 
Are they purer and more unselfish ? 
These 
and 
other 
similar questions may be 
consid-
ered 
with 
profit, 
and 
plans 
for 
the 
coming 
year 
should be laid with the idea of making continual 
im-
provement in every trait of character which goes 
to 
make 
an 
honest, honorable, and 
upright 
man, a sin-
cere, earnest, and 
devoted 
Christian, and a zealous, 
sacrificing, and faithful missionary. 
D. T. j. 
OCTOBER DONATIONS. 
THE donations that were made the fourth 
Sabbath 
in 
October 
all over 
the 
field 
were 
for the 
Interna-
tional Tract Society. 
Thus far we have received 
but 
a small amount 
at our office, and 
some 
of the 
State 
secretaries 
inform 
us 
that 
the 
local 
societies 
have 
not sent them in. 
Will 
not each librarian attend 
to 
this matter immediately, and send the amount of 
the 
October donations to your State Secretary, as we 
are 
in need of the money to assist us in sending out 
pub-
lications to 
fill 
the 
urgent calls that 
are coming 
in 
from different parts of the world ? 
264 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
VALUABLE BOOKS. 
FOR some time some of the officers of the 
Interna-
tional Tract Society have been looking for and 
exam-
ining a line 
of 
books 
treating 
upon 
the 
different 
phases of foreign 
missionary work, both 
in 
the 
line 
of the 
history 
of the 
mission work 
of 
different 
de-
nominations, and the lives of some of the most 
promi-
nent, 
devoted 
missionaries, 
who 
have 
given 
their 
lives to this work. 
Several State societies have 
voted 
during the last few months to authorize their officers 
to invest from $25.00 to $50.00 
in a library of 
books 
treating on home and foreign missionary work, to 
be 
controlled by the secretaries and loaned to State offi-
cers 
and 
ministers. 
This 
is a move in 
the right 
di-
rection, and we wish that every State society, 
which 
did 
not 
act on this question 
at 
its annual 
meetings, 
would 
bring 
the 
matter 
before its 
Board of Direc-
tors at once, and take 
steps 
to 
secure these 
libraries 
soon, so 
that 
the 
winter months which are 
so 
much 
more favorable 
for 
study 
than 
the 
summer, 
maybe 
improved. 
The 
International 
Tract 
Society 
has a 
list of good books which it is prepared to 
recommend 
and furnish to any State society for this 
purpose. 
The object 
of this 
article is to call 
attention 
defi-
nitely to 
some 
books which we 
wish 
to 
recommend 
to 
all 
our 
readers 
for 
personal 
study according 
to 
the 
classification 
given 
below. 
The 
International 
Tract Society has a supply of these 
books 
in 
stock, 
and will send them 
by mail on receipt of 
price. 
THE NONESUCH 
PROFESSOR. 
This is a book 
that 
every minister, 
Bible-worker, 
canvasser, 
and 
missionary 
worker 
ought 
to 
have ; 
and every Christian will be profited 
by a careful 
ex-
amination 
of its 
pages. 
It is a book 
of 367 
pages, 
bound 
in 
cloth, after 
the 
English 
style, 
and 
has a 
fitting 
sub-title 
on 
its cover, " Golden 
nuggets 
from 
an 
old 
mine." 
It is a description 
of a very 
uncom-
mon character, a consistent 
Christian. 
It is 
drawn 
more from the 
holy Scriptures 
than from 
living 
ex-
amples. 
It is a book of practical 
godliness. 
It 
was 
first 
printed 
in 
the 
year 
1815, and for 
some 
unac-
countable reason was almost entirely lost sight of for 
more than 
fifty 
years, until a few 
copies 
of 
it 
were 
recently 
found 
by 
Mr. F. H. 
Revel 1, 
who 
bought 
them and the plates of the book, and has now 
issued 
a new edition. 
It is a book that 
may 
be opened 
at 
any page, and in reading a half-dozen 
lines, 
thei-e 
will be found food for thought and 
reflection. 
Price 
by mail, post-paid, 
$1.00. 
THE CHRISTIAN'S SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE. 
This 
book 
is 
already well 
known 
to 
many of 
our 
readers, as it has been mentioned 
in 
other 
papers 
of 
our denomination. 
It is written by 
Hannah 
Whitall 
Smith; 
has 250 pages, and 
can be secured in 
several 
styles of binding 
from 
seventy-five 
cents in cloth 
to 
$2.50 in best German calf, padded. 
We 
have a good 
supply of the cloth binding at seventy-five cents, 
and 
in 
case 
other 
styles 
are 
desired, 
can 
have 
them 
mailed from the publisher or from our Chicago 
office. 
Young 
people 
and 
young 
Christians 
especially, 
should have this book to read and 
study. 
MORAL MUSCLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. 
This 
little book 
of ninety 
pages 
is a 
"Brotherly 
Chat 
With 
Young 
Men," 
by 
Frederick 
A. 
Atkins. 
The 
Rev. J. T. Davidson, in 
his 
introduction 
of 
the 
book, very truly says, " He who reads the 
first 
page 
will 
go on 
till he 
reads 
the 
last." 
The 
title 
of 
the 
book is a significant index of its 
contents, which 
are 
divided 
as 
follows: A Fierce 
Fight; 
Perseverance 
Wins; 
Purity 
is 
Power ; The 
Redemption 
of 
the 
Evening ; Helpers 
in 
the 
Fight; 
Things 
that 
Hin-
der ; and Victory. 
A fow copies only can be 
secured 
in paper covers at twenty-five cents, but an 
unlimited 
supply in 
fine 
cloth at 
fifty 
cents. 
It is worth 
many 
times its cost to any young 
man. 
THE 
PERFECTED 
LIFE. 
" The 
Perfected Life, or the Greatest Need of 
the 
World," is a small 
book 
in vellum 
paper 
covers 
at 
twenty cents 
per 
copy, which 
in a few pages 
has a 
rich 
mine 
of thought 
on 
the 
development of 
Chris-
tian 
character. 
LOVE—THE 
SUPREME 
GIFT. 
This 
is a companion 
book 
to 
the 
one 
mentioned 
last, 
uniform in size, 
style, 
and 
price. 
The 
sub-
title is " The Greatest Thing in the World." 
Of 
this 
little 
book 
the Religious Telescope says, " It 
is 
worth 
its weight in 
gold." 
MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE 
SOUTH-SEA 
ISLANDS. 
This 
work 
is a complete 
history 
of the 
work 
of 
that celebrated missionary, John 
Williams. 
It 
gives 
in 
his 
own 
words 
the 
account 
of his 
work, 
with 
many 
interesting 
and 
very 
profitable 
experiences, 
which as a people we 
need 
to 
become familiar 
with 
before we 
can 
properly appreciate 
the magnitude 
of 
the work 
we 
have 
before 
us. 
Bound 
in 
fine 
cloth, 
with gold side-stamp. 
416 pages ; price, 
$1.25. 
THE SECRET OF 
SUCCESS. 
"The 
Secret 
of Success, 
or 
Finger 
Posts 
on 
the 
Highway of Life," by John 
T. 
Dale, is a book 
with 
400 large pages, nicely bound in cloth, with 
gilt 
side 
stamp. 
Price 
$1.50. 
The following 
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from 
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Have 
265 THE HOME MISSIONAR Y. 
a Purpose ; What Minutes 
are Worth ; Make 
Home 
Attractive; A Sunny 
Temper ; Be 
Patient; 
What 
Reading 
Will 
Do; 
What 
to 
Bead ; How 
to 
Read; 
Study 
of the 
Bible; A Talk to Boys; A 
Talk to 
Girls ; Be Kind ; The Secret of a Happy Life ; 
How 
Great Men 
Have Bisen ; True Cultui'e and Progress ; 
What Pluck Can Do ; Hard Work Bettor than 
Genius, 
etc. 
Out of 
many testimonials that 
might 
be 
given 
of the book, we simply quote 
from Bev. 
E. 
P. 
Good-
win. 
He 
says: " I 
took it up 
doubtful 
as 
to 
its 
value. 
I lay it down 
with 
the 
feeling 
that it de-
serves my 
hearty 
recommendation." 
CHRISTIAN 
TEMPERANCE AND BIBLE 
HYGIENE. 
"Christian 
Temperance 
and 
Bible 
Hygiene" 
is 
the 
name 
of a new 
book 
just 
issued 
by 
the Good 
Health Publishing Co. 
This work 
is a compilation, 
and 
in Bome sense 
an 
abstract, of the various 
writ-
ings 
of 
Mrs. 
E. 
G. 
White 
on 
the 
subject 
of 
health 
and 
temperance 
reform, to 
which 
have 
been 
added 
several 
articles, 
by Elder 
James 
White, 
elucidating 
the same 
principles, and 
the 
personal 
experience 
of 
Elders J. N. Andrews and Joseph Bates, two 
of 
the 
pioneers in the 
health 
movement 
among 
Seventh-
day 
Adventists. 
The purpose in the preparation of this volume 
has 
been to gather 
together, in a condensed 
form, 
writ-
ings which were scattered 
through various 
volumes, 
and some that have never 
before 
appeared 
in 
print, 
so 
that the 
teachings 
of 
Mrs. 
White upon 
this 
sub-
ject 
might 
reach 
as 
large a number as 
possible 
of 
those 
for whom 
they were 
specially intended. 
The 
work of compilation has been done under the supervis-
ion of 
Mrs. 
White, by a committee appointed by 
her 
for the 
purpose, and the manuscript 
has 
been 
care-
fully 
examined 
by 
her. 
" Christian Temperance 
and 
Bible Hygiene " con-
tains 
268 
pages, and 
is 
bound 
in 
two 
styles. 
Fine 
English cloth, marbled 
edge, price .$1.26. 
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same 
binding, with gilt edge, 
$1.75. 
We 
will 
not 
extend 
this 
list of books in this 
number, but 
hope 
to 
receive 
many orders for 
them, 
not because of any 
financial 
profit to us, but that 
the 
good 
reading 
which 
they contain 
may be placed 
in 
the homes of our 
readers. 
Some State societies have 
already ordered 
supplies 
of 
some of 
these books, so that they are prepared 
to 
fill 
orders 
for 
them, and others 
will 
doubtless do 
so 
if those 
ordering should 
prefer 
to 
order 
from 
their 
State 
secretary. 
Our 
only object is to get the 
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reading circulated. 
L. C. C. 
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and 
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religious liberty literature. 
They were sung 
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Associa-
tion in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Sunday, 
Dec. 
7, 1890, and 
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vote 
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Association 
the authors were requested to publish them 
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sheet-
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Belig-
ious Liberty Association. 
They are entitled " What 
Has 
Papa 
Done? or The 
Prisoner's 
Daughter," 
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Prisoner, or A 
Mansion 
For 
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Cell." 
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and it is hoped 
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have a wide circulation 
by 
our readers among their music-loving 
acquaintances, 
as 
well 
as a place in their 
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homes. 
The 
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THE International Tract Society has recently 
com-
menced the publication of two new missionary 
papers 
for the Scandinavians, one in the 
Danish-Norwegian 
language, and 
one 
in the Swedish. 
The papers 
are 
published at our Chicago office. 
Evangeliets Sendebud 
(The Gospel Messengor) is the 
name 
of the 
Danish, 
and Sions Vugtare (Zion's Watchman), the 
Swedish. 
They are 
both 
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monthlies, and the 
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tion price is seventy-five ceuts per year. 
The 
papers 
were both commenced 
with 
the 
November 
number, 
and 
an 
encouraging 
list 
of subscribers 
has 
already 
been received. 
We feel as though our 
English-speak-
ing readers ought to take an interest in these 
papers 
as 
well 
as 
the 
Scandinavians. 
They 
will 
be 
made 
pioneer 
papers, containing 
articles 
on 
practical 
and 
doctrinal 
topics, also something for 
fireside 
reading, 
including something in each number for the 
children. 
There 
will 
be a department 
for 
the 
discussion of 
the 
principles 
of 
religious 
liberty, 
and 
another 
for 
instruction on health and temperance 
topics. 
The papers are each in charge of a competent 
edi-
torial 
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everything 
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done 
that 
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our 
power 
to 
make 
them a valuable 
means 
of 
instruction in the languages in which they are issued.. 
All orders should be 
addressed 
to 
the 
International 
Tract Society, 28 College Place, Chicago, 
111. 
266 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
Extract? fftiD Correspoi)dei)ce. 
THE following extract 
is from a lady 
in 
Jamaica, 
who 
devotes 
her 
time 
almost 
wholly 
to 
works of 
charity and love, among the poor 
and 
distressed: — 
"You do not know how grateful I feel for your generosity and 
kindness in allowing me the privilege of distributing these very 
precious tracts and books, and I earnestly pray that the good work 
may be steadily carried on, aud may bring forth abundant fruit. 
I have had much pleasure in reading ' Spirit of Prophecy' so ably 
written by Mrs. E. G. White, and would be very grateful to read 
other of her works; also 'Our Faith and Hope,' and ' Sermons on 
the Coming and Kingdom of Christ,' by Elder James White. 
" I am very desirous of making the coming Christmas tide one of 
pleasure to the poor sufferers at the public hospital, and therefore 
plead with your Society to send a number of your choicest books, 
such as 1 Sabbath Readings,' of which you kindly sent me one copy 
in your last gift. 
I have been very much interested in its con-
tents, and should like to have at least two dozen copies to use as 
I have stated. 
Please let me know their cost, and I will remit the 
money. 
The copy you sent me forms one of the daily lessons 
which my four little grandchildren delight in readiDg. 
" I thank you again and again for your generous gift to me, and 
desire to be of use to the Society in any way that lies in my 
power." 
Just 
recently we received a letter from the Isle 
de 
Los, 
off the 
coast 
of Sierra 
Leone, 
West 
Africa, 
in 
reply to a letter 
and 
publications 
sent 
the 
people 
at their own 
request some time ago: — 
"Apart of your literature was sent to us by a gentleman of 
Sierra Leone, and as we find that we are in need of these valuable 
papers, I, on behalf of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement 
Society, was directed to write you that we shall be very thankful 
if you will forward us some weekly issues of your useful and profit-
able literature for our social gatherings." 
From a gentleman 
in 
Sierra 
Leone, 
West 
Africa, 
who 
also -sends 
the 
name 
of a friend 
who 
wishes 
reading-matter: — 
"Your valued favor accompanied by fifty copies of the 
Youth's 
Instructor 
and several nice tracts sent me by your Society, have 
been received. 
May God grant you success in all your labors, and 
give you mauv souls in the day of account. 
I need not mention 
that I highly appreciate your kindness in placing my name upon 
your list for the Signs of the Times and Good Health, for which I 
am under the greatest obligations to you. 
The Youths 
Instructors 
have been distributed, and the children desire to have more, if you 
can conveniently spare them. 
They are very much appreciated. 
'I will be thankful also for some more of the Social Purity pam-
phlets." 
From a teacher in Barbadoes, West Indies : — 
" Allow me to express my thanks for both the quantity and quality 
of reading-matter sent me a short time ago. 
I am a great lover of 
such, and as a consequence, the greater part of my time is spent 
in this wholesome recreation. 
You may be sure that the reception 
of the books has been a source of great pleasure to me. 
" With respect to 'Marvel of Nations,' from what I have read, 
I find that it is not a book just to be read and then shelved, but 
one to be studied. 
I have enrolled it among my routine Of studies, 
and by the time this reaches you, I hope I will have profitably 
scanned many of its precious pages. 
In reference to the tracts, I 
have already read a goodly number of them, yet I should like to 
read others, of which I give you a list. 
The one upon Spiritual-
ism only confirms my opinion about that subject, which I have long 
considered a diabolical fraud forged in hell to pervert the nations." 
From St. Vincent, West 
Indies : — 
" The Signs of the Times and the Good Health I very much prize. 
The tracts are finding their way into places and hands that will be 
greatly benefited by them. 
Mothers are much helped by the profit-
able hints given in these tracts and papers for the training of 
youthful minds toward good habits. 
Should you continue to favor 
us with your literature, I unhesitatingly say much good will be the 
result. 
You having encouraged in us a thirst for reading them, it 
is hoped that nothing will intervene to prevent their wide circula-
tion in this neighborhood, and thus prove a blessing to many 
homes." 
From a lady in Belize, Central America : — 
" I am indeed very thankful to you for sending me such a nice 
selection of reading, especially the fine address delivered by our 
brother on ' Social Purity,' which I was delighted to find in the 
package. 
I took it for my first reading to my Sabbath-school class, 
and around to the homes which I thought most needed it, and I 
can assure you that it has been a great help to myself, by reading 
it to others. 
There are many homes that it would pain your hearts 
to enter ; many have no regard for the marriage relations, and the 
children brought up under such surroundings, hear nothing that 
is very elevating or helpful from those whom they call father and 
mother. 
I have made it my business to labor among the young on 
this very account, their hearts being tender, and I hope to see good 
results." 
From a teacher in St. Croix, Danish West Indies: — 
"I regret that our present circumstances do not allow us to sub-
scribe for the papers you have so kindly sent us, but hope at some 
future day, if possible, to send, or do something on behalf of the 
children especially, who are delighted with their papers, 
Good 
Health, 
tracts, etc. 
From myself, accept the inclosed bill as a 
small donation, which I will supplement at some future time. 
I 
wish you continued success in your noble efforts to advance our 
moral and spiritual positions." 
From 
an 
old 
correspondent, 
the 
secretary 
of a 
college faculty in Arkansas, we 
received an 
excellent 
letter, 
with a 
fine 
list of addresses, 
to 
whom 
she 
wished 
literature 
sent. 
The following is an 
extract 
from her letter : — 
"Please excuse my long delay in writing to thank you for read-
ing-matter which was most welcome to me. 
The students in our 
college are much pleased with your publications, and always read 
them eagerly. 
We should be very glad of them at any time. 
Whatever you send to me I will circulate among the students. 
It 
seems to me the mission of your Society is a blessed one. 
Any-
thing in tract or other form on temperance or against the use of 
tobacco is especially useful here. 
Our college rules forbid its use, 
but we sometimes find it very difficult to get the boys to abandon 
it entirely." 
267 THE HOME MISSIONAR Y. 
Tbe Quito's Pa^e. 
ARE YOU HAPPY? 
ANOTHER beautiful new year 
has come. 
Brothers 
and 
sisters, 
school-mates 
and 
friends 
have 
wished 
you a " Happy New 
Year." 
But I want you just 
to 
stop a minute and think, while I ask you a question : 
" Are you happy — fully happy 7 " 
Perhaps you 
will 
know better what I mean 
if I tell you 
about 
eight 
gentlemen who once were asked that same 
question. 
They 
were 
old friends traveling 
together. 
Sud-
denly 
they 
asked 
one 
another, 
"Are 
you 
happy — 
fully happy ? " 
The 
banker was 
the 
first 
to 
reply. 
He said: "
I 
have earned a large fortune. 
I have 
all 
the 
money 
that I possibly can 
need 
during 
my 
whole 
lifetime. 
I 
have a charming 
family. 
My 
wife 
and 
children 
do all that they possibly can to 
make 
home 
pleasant 
for me. 
Yet 1 am 
not 
happy. 
There 
is one 
thing 
which 
troubles 
me 
so 
much 
that 
it poisons 
all 
my 
joy; 
that 
one 
thing is the 
thought 
that 
all 
these 
goods, these riches, this dear family, are 
not 
lasting, 
and that very soon I shall lose them 
forever." 
Then the colonel, who had been the commander 
of 
many 
soldiers, said : " I have 
known 
the joys 
of a 
soldier, 
and 
the 
triumphs of war. 
How 
proud I 
have felt, when, 
at 
the 
head 
of my 
soldiers, I 
have 
overcome 
the 
enemy; 
or when, 
after the victory, I 
saw 
my 
name 
honorably 
mentioned 
by 
the 
com-
mander-in-chief. 
But 
one 
day, 
seeing 
an 
officer 
lying on the battle 
field 
dying, I tried to 
lift him 
up. 
4 Thank you,' said 
the dying one,' but it is too late ! 
We 
must 
all 
die : think 
about 
it, think 
about 
it!' 
And with his last breath, he said again, ' We 
must 
all 
die !' 
1 never, never can 
forget it. 
These 
terrible 
words follow me day and 
night. 
I have 
some 
mo-
ments of joy ; but, alas ! my friends, I am 
not 
fully 
happy." 
The 
next 
gentleman 
who 
answered 
the 
question 
was a very learned 
man who 
had 
done 
business 
for 
his country among 
other nations. 
He 
said : " Hon-
ors 
have 
been 
heaped 
upon 
me. 
Public 
gratitude 
has met 
me 
at 
every step. 
Yet I want 
something, 
I 
know 
not 
what; 
my 
heart 
is empty. 
All 
my 
honors do not cure the secret longings of my 
heart." 
The 
poet said : " Even 
in 
my youth I had a won-
derful 
gift for writing poetry. 
It was received 
with 
world-wide 
praise. 
Yeiy 
many 
told 
me 
that 
my 
glory 
was 
immortal. 
But 
what 
is such an 
immor-
tality ? 
The 
flattery 
of 
men does not satisfy me. 
I 
desire a better 
immortality. 
And as I 
have no 
surety of ever receiving that, I am not fully 
happy." 
The man 
of the 
world said : " I have no such 
bit-
ter 
complaints 
to 
make. 
It is true I 
feel 
rather 
weary sometimes, but 
what 
of that ? 1 try still 
to 
be 
gay. 
I go 
to 
the 
theater, to 
balls, to 
concerts, 
and to all sorts of amusements." 
" But," said one 
of 
his 
friends, 
"when 
old 
age, 
sickness, 
and 
poverty 
come 
upon 
you, 
what 
will 
become 
of 
your 
amuse-
ments?'' 
"Then," 
replied 
the 
worldling, "I sup-
pose I 
shall 
have 
to give 
them up." 
" But," 
con-
tinued 
his friend, " when 
you 
think 
that 
you 
may 
sometime lose your pleasures, are you fully 
happy?" 
" No," 
replied 
the 
man 
of the 
world, in a low 
tone, 
" I am 
not truly 
happy." 
The old lawyer said: " I now am seventy years old. 
I 
have 
health, fortune, a good name, and a pleasant 
home. 
I used to fret and look anxiously forward 
to 
this 
time 
of leisure and rest. 
But 
now that I have 
it, the hours seem too long. 
I get tired of my 
news-
papers and books, and do not 
know 
what to do 
with 
myself. 
I am not fully 
happy." 
Then the gentleman who professed to be a Christian, 
but really was not, said : " I believe in God. 
Every 
day I read my 
Bible, and pray. 
On 
the Sabbath 
my 
place 
is 
never empty in the house 
of God. 
But 
my 
conscience 
is not 
easy ; I do not get any peace 
and 
happiness 
out 
of 
it. 
Death, 
which 
is stealing 
on, 
fills 
me 
with 
fright. 
I always 
see 
in 
God a severe 
and angry Judge ; and the thought of appearing 
be-
fore 
him 
with 
my 
many 
sins, 
fills 
me 
with 
dread. 
No, I am 
not happy at 
all." 
The eighth gentleman was a true Christian 
physi-
cian. 
He 
said : " My 
dear 
friends, I am 
not 
sur-
prised 
to 
hear 
you 
say 
what 
you 
do. 
The 
Bible 
teaches, 
and 
we 
have 
proved it true, 
that 
neither 
money, glory, 
honors, 
knowledge, 
or anything 
else 
in 
this 
world, 
can 
make 
us fully 
happy. 
God 
has 
created, 
us 
for 
himself; 
and, 
so 
long 
as 
we 
do 
not 
give ourselves 
to 
him, we 
are 
filled 
with 
uneasiness 
and 
longing. 
In 
my 
youth I 
did 
not 
know 
how 
to 
be a Christian, 
and 
although 1 did 
well in my 
business, I tasted 
no happiness. 
But, 
by the 
good-
ness of God, I have been shown a better way. 
The 
reading of the Bible showed me that I was a sinner, 
and that unless I received help, I certainly would 
be 
lost. 
Then I read about how Christ 
came 
and 
suf-
fered and died to be my 
Saviour. 
Since then I have 
turned my 
eyes 
to 
him, in sorrow 
for the 
sins 
that 
caused him 
to suffer. 
I believed 
that 
he would 
for-
give, 
because 
he 
said 
so. 
And 
he 
has 
washed 
my 
sins 
all 
away, 
and 
has 
given 
me 
peace 
and 
joy 
more 
than 
words 
can 
tell. 
I trust 
Jesus, take 
him 
for my 
best 
Friend, and with 
the 
strength 
he 
gives 
me, try 
daily to 
live 
as 
he would 
if he were 
in 
my 
place." 
" You, then, 
are fully happy ? " said 
one 
of 
the company. 
" Yes, my friend, I trust in Him 
who 
gave 
his own 
Son 
that I 
might 
be 
happy 
in 
this 
world and 
in 
the world to 
come." 
Now, 
my 
dear 
child, are you fully 
happy ? 
The 
Bible 
alone 
points 
out 
the 
way 
to 
true 
happiness. 
Do you read your Bible ? 
Have 
you 
given 
yourself 
to Jesus? 
Are you every day trying to be like him ? 
Do you earnestly ask him to help you ? and do you be-
lieve that he does? 
If 
so, you then have the 
happi-
ness 
which 
man 
cannot 
give, and 
man 
cannot 
take 
away. 
It 
begins on 
this earth, and 
is perfected 
on 
the 
new 
earth, where 
there is fullness 
of joy 
and 
pleasures 
for 
evermore. 
Please 
learn 
this 
little verse, and 
repeat 
it 
every 
day during 
the 
new 
year: " Happy is he 
that 
hath 
the God 
of 
Jacob 
for 
his help, whose 
hope is in 
the 
Lord his God." 
Ps. 146 : 5. 
JESSIE F. WAGGONER. 
268 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
FOREIGN 
MISSIONS. 
CONDUCTED BY 
W
. C. WHITE. 
RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE MESSAGE AMONG 
THE SCANDINAVIANS IN AMERICA. 
IT was 
in 
the 
year 1850 that 
four 
persons, 
who 
had 
moved to America from Norway, began to 
keep 
the 
Sabbath 
of the 
Lord. 
They 
lived 
in 
Oakland, 
Wis. _ Two 
of them were the parents of Elder 0. 
A. 
Olsen. 
In the course of two years, eight 
Norwegian 
families 
became 
Sabbath-keepers. 
Of 
the 
Sabbath 
truth 
they 
had 
already 
been 
informed 
in 
Norway, 
and 
they learned 
of other 
truths 
pertaining 
to 
the 
message from American Sabbath-keepers with 
whom 
they became 
connected. 
After 
ten 
years, I became 
acquainted 
with 
the 
Bible truths pertaining to the third angel's 
message, 
through 
the 
reading 
of 
English 
papers 
and 
books, 
and in 1863 began to keep the Sabbath 
of the 
Lord. 
I was 
then 
living in the vicinity of Poy Sippi, 
Wis. 
In 
the 
course 
of six 
months, about 
forty 
Scandina-
vians embraced the present truth, and began to 
keep 
the 
Sabbath. 
After 
this 
the 
light 
was 
presented 
among the Danes and Norwegians in other places 
in 
Wisconsin, 
Minnesota, 
Illinois, Michigan, and 
Iowa. 
After a few 
years, 
other 
laborers 
joined in the 
work in the Scandinavian 
field. 
Among 
these 
were 
Brethren 
O. 
A. 
Olsen 
and 
J. 
F. 
Hanson, 
and 
at a 
later 
date 
Lewis 
Johnson 
and 0. A. 
Johnson. In 
less 
than 
ten 
years 
several 
hundred 
Scandinavians 
had 
embraced 
the 
precious 
truths 
of 
the 
last 
mes-
sage of 
mercy. 
Among the Swedes, Charles Lee was the 
first 
who 
preached the message. 
Through 
his 
efforts quite a 
number of souls were gained, principally in 
Northern 
Minnesota. I had 
the 
privilege 
of 
joining 
him 
in 
the 
work, 
and 
several 
churches 
were 
organized. 
These brethren were afterwards exposed 
to 
adverse 
and 
trying 
circumstances. 
For a number 
of 
years 
there was no laborer among them, and some of 
them 
left the 
truth ; but 
lately 
they 
have 
received 
help, 
as the Lord 
has 
raised 
up 
faithful laborers 
to 
work 
among 
them. 
In 
1872, the 
publication 
of 
the Advent 
Tidende 
at 
the 
office of 
the Review and Herald was 
commenced. 
The 
first 
year it was a 24-page monthly ; the 
next, 
it 
was 
enlarged 
to 
thirty-two 
pages, 
but 
issued 
at 
the same intervals. 
Previous.to this, few tracts 
had 
been 
printed, but after awhile other tracts and 
pam-
phlets 
were 
published. 
These 
tracts 
and 
papers 
were not 
only scattered 
in 
America, 
but 
many of 
them were sent to the old country. 
Thus 
the 
truth 
was 
agitated 
in 
Denmark 
and 
Norway, 
and a 
few 
persons in those kingdoms embraced our 
views. 
Through 
the 
blessing of 
God the 
work of 
the 
si-
lent messengers in connection with that of the 
living 
preachers went on 
with great 
success. 
In 
1877, 
five 
years after the Tidende began to be 
published, 
there 
were 
about 
eight 
hundred 
Scandinavian 
Sabbath-
keepers in 
America. 
The 
Swedish 
paper, Sanningens Harold 
(Messen-
ger of 
Truth) was 
started 
in 
1874, two-years 
after 
the 
Advent 
Tidende. 
In 1879, 
the 
name 
of 
the 
Tidende 
was 
changed 
to Sandhedens 
Tidende 
(Mes-
senger of Truth), a 16-page 
semi-monthly 
paper. 
Sanningens Harold 
was 
of 
the 
same 
size, 
and 
was 
also 
published 
semi-monthly. 
These 
two 
papers 
have been continued ever 
since. 
Brother A. Swedberg 
has 
edited the 
Swedish 
pa-
per for many years, 
and 
has translated 
most of 
our 
Swedish 
tracts 
and 
books. 
Brother 
Emil 
Johnson 
has 
assisted 
in 
this 
work, 
and 
has 
also labored 
in 
preaching. 
Brethren 
Norlin 
and 
Hoffman 
are 
la-
boring 
among 
the 
Swedes 
with 
good 
success. A 
fow other Swedish 
brethren have also 
labored 
some, 
and this last 
year 
Brother J. M. Eriksson 
has 
come 
from Sweden to labor in 
Minnesota. 
For 
eleven 
years, from 1877 to 1888, while I wa6 
laboring in 
Europe, the 
work 
among 
the 
Scandina-
vians in 
America 
progressed 
steadily, and the 
num-
ber of Sabbath-keepers 
increased. 
But 
as the 
work 
in 
Northern 
Europe 
was 
enlarged, 
and 
excellent 
openings were found in 
every direction, one 
efficient 
laborer after another 
was 
sent over 
there, and 
thus 
the number of 
laborers in America 
has 
become 
very 
small. 
America presents an excellent 
field 
for labor 
among 
the 
Scandinavians. 
In 
Minnesota 
about 
one-third 
of the inhabitants are Scandinavians, and 
they 
have 
a great deal of influence in that 
State. 
Dakota, 
Ne-
braska, 
Kansas, 
Iowa, 
and 
"Wisconsin 
are 
largely 
settled 
by 
that 
nationality. 
Beside 
this 
we 
find 
many thousands 
of them in Illinois, 
Michigan, 
New 
York, 
Pennsylvania, 
and 
other 
States. I 
suppose 
the 
whole 
number 
of 
Scandinavians 
in 
the 
United 
States is more than 
five 
million. 
We 
have 
numerous calls 
and 
openings 
for 
labor. 
No 
people are 
more 
willing 
to 
purchase 
our 
books 
than 
the 
Scandinavians. 
Here 
is a great field for 
canvassers, Bible 
workers, 
teachers, 
and 
preachers. 
There 
is plenty 
of 
work 
for 
ten 
times 
the 
number 
that are working at 
present. 
It is true that a few of those who 
have started 
in 
the 
work 
meet 
with 
poor 
success, 
but 
they 
have 
never learned 
their 
business well, and 
have 
no 
dis-
position to work steadily and 
bard. 
Patient, 
kindly 
labor will win souls much 
more quickly than a spirit 
of antagonism. 
All who 
have 
labored 
diligently in 
the 
fear of God 
have 
been 
successful. 
They 
are 
winning souls for Christ, and 
laying up a rich 
treas-
ure in 
heaven. 
Some of our brethren and sisters 
are 
preparing 
to 
enter 
the 
field, 
yet 
there is still 
plenty 
of 
room 
for 
others. 
The 
fields 
are white 
for the 
harvest. 
The 
THE HOME MISSIONARY, 
269 
last 
gentle 
rays of the 
sun of righteousness arc 
ripening 
the 
grain. 
Who 
will 
thrust 
in 
the 
sickle, 
and gather sheaves for the heavenly garner ? 
Do you, dear reader, stand idle in the market place ? 
(See 
Matt. 
20 :3.) 
Do 
you 
shrink 
from 
the 
work 
because of the difficulties— hard work and 
struggles, 
prayers and 
tears? 
Then 
read 
and 
remember 
the 
blessed 
words 
of 
inspiration: 
" They 
that 
sow 
in 
tears shall reap in joy." 
Ps. 126: 
5. 
Boulder, 
Colo. 
J. 
G
. MATTESON. 
AMONG THE GERMANS IN AMERICA. 
THE German-speaking 
people 
are 
largely 
repre-
sented in the 
United 
States, but 
especially 
in 
the 
Northern 
and 
Western 
States. 
Many 
are the causes which 
have 
induced 
them 
to 
leave their much-loved 
father-land and immigrate 
to 
other countries. 
While 
thousands 
have 
gone to 
Af-
rica, Australia, and the isles of the sea, the 
majority 
have sought 
and 
found a home in the United 
States. 
According to present 
estimates, 
there 
are 
about 
twelve 
millions 
of 
German-speaking 
people 
in 
this 
country. 
Their settlements are largely in Wisconsin, 
Minne-
sota, Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, 
New 
York, 
Indi-
ana, 
Pennsylvania, 
Illinois, 
Nebraska, 
Oregon, 
and 
Michigan. 
In 
former 
years, those 
who 
came 
over 
belonged 
chiefly to the farming 
and 
laboring 
class ; but 
since 
the revolution of 
1848-9, many of the 
upper 
classes 
of society, and 
those having a university 
education, 
have 
flocked 
to this country. 
It is an 
acknowledged 
fact 
that 
the 
German 
business 
world in the 
United 
States 
occupies 
an 
honored 
position 
which it well 
deserves, 
on 
account 
of 
its 
integrity 
and 
sobriety. 
Arts, 
sciences, 
and 
mechanics 
are 
also 
well 
repre-
sented. 
Many of the large cities have a population of 
more 
than one 
hundred 
thousand 
Germans, and the 
State 
of Wisconsin is said to have a larger number 
of 
Ger-
mans than any other 
nationality. 
The faiths professed by these people are, as a rule, 
the 
Evangelical 
Lutheran, 
Methodist, 
Baptist, 
and 
Eoman 
Catholic. 
The third angel's message found its way among iso-
lated German families some 
fifteen 
years ago ; and 
it 
is 
worthy to note that this work began by the 
scat-
tering of the few publications we then had, by 
some 
Danish 
and American brethren 
in Dakota. 
By 
this 
and 
other 
efforts, a number 
commenced 
to 
observe 
the Sabbath. 
But 
no 
special 
effort was 
made 
until 
1881, when the General Conference sent Elder L. 
E. 
Conradi 
to 
Dakota 
to 
labor 
especially 
for the 
Ger-
mans. 
Through the blessing of Heaven 
he was 
suc-
cessful 
in 
raising 
up a company 
to 
keep 
the 
com-
mandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 
In 
1882, 
this company was 
organized 
into what is known 
as 
the 
Milltown 
church. 
Companies 
were 
also 
organ-
ized at Childstown and Immanuel's 
Creek. 
In 
the 
same 
year 
work 
was 
also 
commenced 
in 
Nebraska, 
and a company 
raised 
up at Stearns-
Prairie. 
This 
effort was 
conducted 
by Elders 
Con-
radi 
and 
Shultz. 
Their work 
was carried on 
partly 
in a tent, 
and 
these 
were 
the 
first 
tent 
meetings 
among Germans ever held 
by-believers 
in 
the 
third 
angel's 
message. 
Since 
that 
time, the work 
has 
gone forward 
with 
vigor 
in 
Pennsylvania, 
Wisconsin, and 
Oregon, 
and 
to a greater 
or 
less 
extent 
in 
some of the 
other 
States. 
The 
message 
has 
spread most rapidly among 
the 
Germans 
during 
the 
past 
year, especially 
in 
South 
Dakota, where 
150 
have 
joined 
our 
ranks, and 
sev-
eral churches have been 
organized. 
At 
present 
there 
are 
six 
ordained ministers, 
and 
eleven licentiates at work ; but with this small force, 
we are not able to 
fill a tithe of the calls for help 
and 
openings among the German Americans. 
Doors 
are 
being opened all around, and pleas 
for 
help come 
in 
from 
every direction. 
0, 
that 
we 
had 
hundreds 
of 
men 
and 
women to enter the Master's 
vineyard, 
for 
the " harvest is ripe for the sickle ;" 
but — 
" Where are the reapers to garner in 
The golden sheaves from the fields of sin ? " 
We 
have sent laborers and reading-matter to 
Eus-
sia 
and 
Germany, and we 
are 
seeing 
results 
of 
the 
work. 
For some years, we 
have corresponded 
with 
Germans in Brazil, and sent them publications. 
This 
made 
much 
stir in 
one 
colony where 
300 
German 
families 
lived, 
and 
even 
the 
natives 
have 
inquired 
concerning 
our faith, and we, by the 
request 
of 
the 
Germans, 
have 
sent 
them 
Spanish 
tracts. 
A 
few 
weeks 
ago a letter 
was 
received 
from 
Brother 
Al-
berto 
Holstein, 
who 
lives in Brazil, 
and 
with it 
$43.00 
for 
books, 
which 
he 
intends 
to 
distribute. 
He 
was 
happy 
that 
he 
had 
been 
able to do 
that 
much for the Lord 
by saving 
this 
amount 
to 
invest 
in 
God's 
cause. 
Brother 
Holstein 
anticipates 
com-
ing to this country or 
going to Hamburg, 
Germany, 
next year, to fit himself for the work in 
Brazil. 
We 
need 
laborers with hearts 
filled 
with 
the 
love 
of God to carry the sound of the message 
to 
all 
the 
world. 
" 
H. 
SHULTZ. 
THE FRENCH WORE IN AMERICA. 
POPULATION. 
ACCORDING to 
official 
statistics, the 
French 
popu-
lation 
in 
Canada 
and 
the 
British 
possessions 
num-
bers, 
at 
the 
present 
time, 1,528,500, and 
it is 
stated 
that 
there 
are one 
million 
Canadian 
French in 
the 
United 
States, 
most 
of 
whom 
are in New 
England. 
If 
we 
add to these, 
from 
five 
hundred 
thousand 
to 
one million 
of 
French-speaking 
people who 
have 
immigrated 
from France, Belgium, and 
Switzerland, 
and are scattered all over the States, we arrive 
at a 
total 
of 
from 
three, 
to 
three 
and a half 
million, 
speaking 
the 
French 
language, 
and 
belonging 
al-
most 
exclusively to 
the 
Eoman 
Catholic 
faith. 
Of 
this 
number, 
about 
thirty 
thousand 
only 
are 
Protestants. 
These 
have, 
according to a 
direc-
tory, a minimum 
of thirty-five 
regularly 
organized 
churches, 
divided 
between 
the 
Baptist, 
Methodist, 
Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Congregational 
denomi-
270 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
nations. 
The larger number 
of 
these churches 
is 
in 
Canada 
and 
Massachusetts. 
HISTORY OP OCR 
WORK. 
Elders 
A. 
C. 
and 
D. 
T. 
Bourdeau 
embraced 
the 
present 
truth in 1856. 
A few French 
families 
were 
brought 
into 
the 
faith 
in 
Vermont, 
in 
about 
1859, 
and in Canada, in 1869. 
But the work proper 
began 
in the fall of 
1872, when 
Elder J). T. Bourdeau 
was 
called to 
Robinsonville, Brown 
county, Wis., 
where 
a family had commenced 
keeping the Sabbath, 
after 
reading a tract 
on 
the 
subject, prepared 
by 
Elders 
James White and D. T. Bourdeau. 
The 
first 
French 
Seventh-day Adventist 
church 
was 
organized 
there 
(not 
at 
St. Anne, as I stated 
in 
a recent number 
of 
the 
Review). 
The next year, Elder D. T. 
Bourdeau held a series 
of 
meetings at Serena, St. Anne, 
and Kankakee, 
111. 
Churches were raised in Kankakee 
and St. 
Anne. 
Between this and 1888, Elder Bourdeau labored 
in 
Europe during two successive tours. 
In the 
summer 
of 1888, Brethren D. T. 
Bourdeau and 
Paul E. 
Gros 
made four efforts with a tent in the vicinity of 
Robin-
sonville, Saint-Sauveur and L'Erable, Wis., which 
re-
sulted in increasing the number of believers at 
Bobin-
sonville. 
They closed 
the effort by erecting a meet-
ing 
house. 
In 
the winter 
of 
1889-90, Brother 
P. 
E. Gros 
la-
bored 
among 
the 
French 
settlement at Midway, 
Washington 
county, 
Penn., 
where a church, 
half 
French and half 
English, was 
organized. 
Since 
the 
spring of 1890, Brother Gros 
has labored 
in 
Wiscon-
sin, 
but 
mostly 
among 
the 
English. 
The 
whole 
number 
of 
French Sabbath-keepers 
in North 
Amer-
ica ia about 
150. 
Last winter, and 
this 
year 
also, a French 
school 
for the 
fitting 
up 
of laborers, was 
organized 
in 
Bat-
tle Creek, under the supervision of the General 
Con-
ference. 
Four 
attended 
the 
school 
last 
year. 
Ten 
at 
least, of 
whom 
seven have 
already come, are 
ex-
pected this 
winter. 
Canvassing work 
among 
the 
French 
Catholics 
of 
Illinois was 
undertaken 
in 
1889, 
by 
Brother 
E. 
P. 
Auger, 
and 
this 
year, 
by 
Brethren 
Auger, 
Miiller, 
Roy, 
Berton, 
Curdy, 
and 
Vuilleumier, 
although 
on 
an 
average 
for 
only 
ten 
to 
twelve 
weeks. 
From 
their 
experience it appears 
that 
canvassing 
among 
the 
French 
Roman 
Catholics will 
be 
attended 
with 
serious 
difficulties. 
PROSPECTS. 
Judging from outward 
appearances, the 
prospects 
before the 
little 
band 
of 
French workers ready 
and 
anxious to enter the 
field 
in 
the spring, seem 
rather 
discouraging. 
No 
earthly 
inducements 
are 
before 
them. 
But we 
do 
not 
think 
that at this time, 
any 
more 
than 
in 
the 
days when 
the reformers 
of 
the 
past 
began 
their 
work, 
external 
difficulties 
should 
have 
any bearing 
on 
our 
hopes. 
The sure word 
of 
prophecy tells us that the everlasting gospel of peace 
and salvation will be 
brought 
in 
this 
generation 
to 
every kindred 
and tongue. 
This 
should 
suffice as a 
basis to 
hopeful 
expectations 
for 
the 
future 
of 
the 
work among the 
French. 
NEEDS. 
First, we 
need the prayers of all those who are in-
terested 
in 
this 
branch 
of 
the 
work. 
Second, 
we 
need a dozen 
more 
laborers, 
endowed 
with 
faith, 
courage, 
self-denial, and 
perseverance. 
Third, 
we 
need funds to help to sustain the latter at their 
post. 
RESPONSIBILITIES. 
The 
greatest 
share 
of 
the 
responsibility 
in 
this 
part of the work 
rests on 
our 
brethren 
and 
sisters 
who 
speak 
the 
French 
language. 
They 
alone 
can 
furnish 
the 
laborers 
that 
are 
needed, 
and 
they 
especially should 
feel 
interested 
to 
give 
means 
for 
the maintenance 
of the work. 
Should 
these 
fail 
to 
bear 
this 
responsibility, or 
rather to accept 
this 
privilege, others 
will 
heed 
the call, for 
the word 
of 
God cannot 
be broken. 
JOHN 
VUILLEUMIER. 
OUR WORK AMONG THE DUTCH. 
LABOR 
among 
the 
Hollanders in America 
was 
first 
commenced in Grand Rapids, Mich., in the 
sum-
mer of 
1886. 
A few tracts had 
been translated 
into 
the 
Dutch 
language, and 
these 
found a ready 
sale 
wherever 
they were offered. 
This 
canvass 
was 
fol-
lowed 
up 
by 
Brother 
B. F. Stureman, 
who 
held 
Bible readings 
in a few 
families 
who 
manifested a 
desire to learn 
more 
about 
the 
Sabbath, the 
second 
advent, and kindred truths. 
The result of this 
labor 
is seen in nearly a dozen 
persons 
who 
became 
thor-
oughly convinced, and decided 
to 
walk 
in 
the 
light 
which they had 
received. 
In the fall of the 
same 
year, the 
General 
Confer-
ence decided to publish a Dutch 
paper, in order 
that 
the 
work 
might 
be 
carried 
on 
more 
extensively 
among those 
of that nationality. 
Its first issue 
was 
printed on the 16th day of 
February, 1887. 
In 
con-
nection with the editorial work, books and 
pamphlets 
have been translated. 
The 
fruits 
of this 
undertak-
ing have 
proved 
that 
the 
printed 
page 
makes 
im-
pressions 
in 
the 
hearts 
of many 
readers. 
The next important step 
was 
the establishment 
of 
a 
branch 
of this 
work 
in 
the 
Netherlands, 
which 
grew 
out 
of a correspondence 
with 
Brother 
M. J. 
Van 
der Schuur. 
In 
the summer 
of 
1888, the 
Gen-
eral Conference Committee requested him to come 
to 
this country for the purpose of 
receiving 
more 
thor-
ough 
instruction, and 
helping here. 
After 
his 
arri-
val 
in 
America, a few 
persons, 
who 
had 
formerly 
enjoyed his pastoral 
labors in 
Winschoten, were 
or-
ganized 
into a church 
by 
Elder 
Conradi. 
One 
of 
these brethren 
has 
subsequently received a training 
in the Hamburg Mission, and has met with a fair de-
gree 
of 
success in the 
city of Utrecht, 
Holland, 
where 
he 
is 
selling 
"Thoughts 
on 
Daniel 
and 
the 
Bevelation." 
In the fall of 1887, a few in Baldwin, Wis., 
became 
interested. 
Urgent 
requests 
from 
them 
were 
re-
ceived to send them a minister, but no help could 
be 
sent them until 
the fall of 
1889, when 
Brother 
Van 
der Schuur was sent to labor awhile in that 
place. 
In the spring of 1889 
this 
brother 
began his 
min-
isterial 
labor in 
Kalamazoo, Mich., and 
at 
the 
same 
271 THE HOME MISSIONAR Y. 
time 
Brother 
B. 
F. Stureman 
entered 
the 
field at 
Fremont. 
During the summer of 1890, they 
labored 
together in the city of 
Holland. 
Considering 
the 
strong 
prejudice 
which 
must be 
overcome before the Dutch can 
be reached with 
any 
" new-fangled " 
doctrine, we 
feel 
very 
thankful 
for 
the 
measure 
of 
success 
with 
which 
the 
Lord 
has 
crowned 
our 
efforts. 
We 
know now of 
eighty-nine 
adults in 
this 
country and 
in 
the Netherlands, 
who 
are keeping the Sabbath. 
Besides 
these, there are a 
great many interested 
ones. 
In 
Battle 
Creek 
and 
in 
Kalamazoo, 
missionary 
societies 
have 
been 
organized 
for 
the 
purpose of 
distributing 
reading-matter. 
Experience 
seems to 
demonstrate 
that 
by 
this 
means 
and 
by 
personal 
visits, 
the 
most 
good 
can be accomplished. 
The 
prospects are encouraging. 
J. KOLVOOKD. 
QUESTIONS. 
SCANDINAVIANS. 
1. IN what year did 6ome 
Scandinavians in 
Amer-
ica 
first 
commence 
to 
observe 
the 
Sabbath ? 
Who 
wore they, and where did they live ? 
2. 
Who 
first 
preached 
the 
message 
among 
the 
Danes ? who 
among the Swedes ? 
3. 
In 
what 
States 
are 
the 
Scandinavians 
chiefly 
located, 
and 
how 
many 
millions 
are 
there 
in 
the 
United States ? 
GERMANS. 
1. 
How 
many German-speaking 
people 
are 
there 
in the United States? 
Name 
the State 
whose 
Ger-
mans 
outnumber the Anglo-Americans, 
and give the 
other 
States 
where 
there 
are 
large 
German 
settle-
ments. 
2. 
What faiths do they mostly profess ? 
3. 
How 
and where did they 
first 
learn of the third 
angel's message ? 
4. 
Who 
first 
proclaimed 
the 
message to the 
Ger-
mans of Dakota ? 
5. 
Give 
the 
result of this 
work, and 
relate 
what 
you can concerning subsequent 
efforts. 
6. 
Where 
has 
the 
work 
been 
especially 
blessed 
during the past 
year? 
7. 
What 
has 
occurred of interest 
to 
our 
work 
among the Germans and natives in Brazil ? 
FRENCH. 
1. 
How 
many French-speaking people are there 
in 
the 
United States and Canada ? 
2. 
What 
creed 
do 
the 
majority 
profess? 
How 
many 
are 
Protestants ? 
3. 
Who 
were 
the 
pioneers in the 
French 
work 
in 
America ? 
4. 
What is the total 
number of French 
Sabbath-
keepers in North 
America ? 
HOLLANDERS. 
1. 
In 
what 
way, 
and 
when, 
did 
the 
work 
com-
mence ? 
2. 
Give 
the 
date 
of 
the 
first 
issue 
of 
the 
Dutch 
paper. 
3. 
What 
was 
the 
next 
important 
step ? 
Give 
items of interest in regard to the subsequent 
progress 
of this 
work. 
OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
To the people of the United States 
has 
been 
com-
mitted the blessing 
of 
unparalleled 
freedom. 
With 
freedom 
has 
come a more abundant degree of 
com-
fort, 
happiness, and 
wealth 
than is found in 
other 
lands. 
Strong, 
in 
his 
admirable 
little work, 
"Our 
Country," 
says: " Among 
the 
nations, 
ours 
is 
the 
youngest — the 
Benjamin — and 
Benjamin-like, 
we 
have 
received a 
fivefold 
portion. 
'Surely he 
hath 
not dealt so with any 
people.'" 
To share the blessings of this free land, the 
people 
of 
the Old World 
have 
come 
in 
multitudes, and 
re-
turning, have carried back the spirit 
of freedom 
and 
many religious 
truths, which 
though 
as 
old 
as 
the 
world, have been lost sight of through the oppression 
of kings and the tyranny of the papacy. 
From the progressive 
religious 
bodies in 
America, 
an influence 
has gone out to all parts 
of the 
world, 
and we 
find 
that the evangelical 
truths 
held 
by 
the 
Methodists and Baptists, are enlightening and 
reviv-
ing thousands of those who are weary of the 
formal-
ity and coldness of the established state 
churches. 
It is thus 
that 
the 
special 
message 
committed 
to 
the 
Seventh-day 
Adventists 
has 
been 
carried to 
many 
nations, and will be carried to all parts of 
the 
Old World. 
It 
is an 
interesting 
fact, that with 
the 
exception of Australia 
and 
New 
Zealand, all of 
our 
foreign 
work 
has 
had 
its beginning 
in 
small 
com-
panies of believers who accepted the message, through 
the voluntary labors 
of friends 
or 
kinsmen. 
Some-
times by visiting the father-land, and 
often by 
send-
ing 
periodicals 
and 
tracts, 
the 
Scandinavian, 
the 
German, 
and 
the 
French 
Sabbath-keepers in the 
United States have carried the third angel's message 
to their friends 
in 
Europe, and 
thus 
has 
begun 
the 
work 
which 
now employs so many faithful 
workers. 
It is of the 
utmost importance that we 
appreciate 
the responsibility resting 
upon 
us 
to send 
the 
mes-
sage of warning 
which 
we 
have 
heard, 
to 
every 
nation, 
kindred, 
and 
tongue; 
and it is important 
that we understand 
and 
appreciate the 
agencies 
by 
which this work 
can 
be 
most 
rapidly 
accomplished. 
Is 
there a family of foreigners in your 
neighbor-
hood, whom 
you 
have 
never visited, or 
endeavored 
to benefit 
by the 
loan 
of 
some reading-matter? If 
so, do 
not 
let the 
winter 
pass 
without a prayerful, 
earnest effort in their 
behalf. 
Some years ago, a farmer in 
Western 
Iowa 
hired 
a young German to grub a piece of land by the 
acre, 
and specified 
that 
he 
should 
not work 
on 
the 
Sab-
bath. 
Each 
Sabbath 
day they 
invited 
him 
to 
go 
with them to meeting, and wishing 
to 
respect 
their 
kindness, he 
went. 
In a few 
months 
he was 
keep-
ing 
the 
Sabbath, and 
laboring 
evenings to 
convince 
others of 
its importance. 
One of 
our 
ministers 
be-
came acquainted with him, and seeing that he had a 
disposition to work, loaned him money to attend 
the 
Battle 
Creek College. 
With 
this 
beginning 
he 
has 
pressed 
forward 
in 
the work, till 
he 
stands 
at 
the 
head 
of our work in Germany and 
Bussia. 
Will not our brethren everywhere take an 
interest 
in the foreigners around them ? 
w. c. w. 
272 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
RELIGIOUS 
LIBERTY. 
CONDUCTED BY A. F. BALLENGER. 
REPORT OF LABOR DONE BY THE N. R. L. 
ASSOCIATION, DURING 1890. 
IN reporting the labors of 
the Association 
for 
the 
past 
year, 
we 
shall 
say 
very 
little 
about 
the 
time 
immediately 
following 
the 
last 
annual 
meeting, 
as 
that time was largely consumed 
in laying 
plans 
and 
making preparations for the winter 
campaign. 
On 
the evening of 
December 
25, the 
Secretary 
of 
the Association, Prof. 
McKee, 
and 
the 
present 
Cor-
responding 
Secretary, 
left 
Battle Creek 
for 
Wash-
ington, 
D. 
C. 
On 
the 
6th 
of January, 
Mr. 
Breck-
inridge, of Kentucky, 
presented 
in 
the 
House 
his 
Sunday 
bill for the District of Columbia. 
The 
repre-
sentatives 
of the 
Association 
thereupon 
set 
on 
foot 
plans 
for a mass-meeting, at which, features 
of 
the 
bill could 
be 
discussed 
by 
both 
its 
supporters 
and 
opponents. 
A 
popular lawyer was asked 
to 
preside, which 
he 
consented 
to 
do, 
and a most 
enthusiastic 
meeting 
was held. 
This 
meeting did much 
to introduce 
the 
Association to the people of that city, because of 
the 
favorable reports of the 
gathering, which were 
pub-
lished in the daily 
press. 
Immediately following this meeting, the 
American 
Sabbath Union held a convention for 
the 
purpose 
of 
encouraging sentiment in favor 
of 
the 
Breckinridge 
Sunday bill. 
But the representatives of the 
National 
Beligious Liberty Association were on hand, and 
did 
most 
effective work 
in 
the 
dissemination 
of 
truth, 
which 
resulted 
in 
largely 
neutralizing 
the 
desired 
effect of 
the efforts of the supporters of the 
Sunday 
Immediately after this convention, the 
Association 
workers 
made 
another 
house-to-house canvass, 
car-
rying 
petitions 
against 
Sunday 
legislation, 
and 
se-
cured 
about 
8,000 
signatures, which 
were 
accepted 
February 
18, at a hearing 
before 
the 
committee 
having charge of the 
Breckinridge bill. 
Upon 
this 
occasion a great victory was 
gained in behalf 
of 
the 
principles of the Association. 
The 
Secretary of 
the 
Association prepared a very able paper, setting forth 
the 
unconstitutionality of religious 
legislation, 
and 
the 
evil 
effects which 
have 
always 
followed 
in 
its 
train, which 
paper was also submitted 
to 
the 
com-
mittee upon that 
occasion. 
The efforts thus put forth at 
the 
national 
Capitol, 
were productive of great good. 
Those 
who 
listened 
to the arguments 
against the 
Breckinridge 
Sunday-
rest bill, afterward declared themselves 
against 
such 
measures, and as the result, the bill itself died in 
the 
hands of the committee. 
This 
bill, meeting 
with 
no 
favor in the lower House, had the effect of 
putting a 
quietus upon the 
Blair 
bills at the 
other 
end of 
the 
Capitol, hence nothing more was done 
toward 
push-
ing these measures during the entire 
session of 
Con-
gress, and in a little 
time, all 
talk 
concerning 
them 
had 
ceased. 
The 
representatives 
of 
the 
Association 
attended 
the 
convention of the National 
Reformers 
held 
in 
Washington in the beginning of April, but the 
effect-
ive work previously done in that city had so satisfied 
the people 
upon 
the 
subject 
of religious 
legislation, 
that 
there 
was 
not 
the 
first 
ripple of enthusiasm 
manifested at this 
convention. 
During the year, about 
fifty 
different articles 
have 
been sent out from the Central Office, to be published 
in all the 
States 
of the 
Union. 
Most of 
these 
have 
appeared in about 
five 
hundred of the principal 
papers 
of the Union, and have been the means of 
educating, 
to 
some 
extent, a large 
number 
of 
people, 
in 
the 
principles cherished by the 
Association. 
One 
prominent 
line 
of work 
which 
has 
occupied 
the 
attention 
of 
the 
Association 
during 
the 
entire 
year, has been in the interest of what is now 
widely 
known as the 
King case, in Tennessee. 
During 
the 
annual 
meeting of 1889, 
word 
was 
received 
that 
Brother 
King 
had 
been 
arrested, and 
was 
soon 
to 
have a trial in the circuit court 
of 
his county. 
The 
Association 
thereupon 
appointed 
B. 
S. 
Donnell, 
of 
Missouri, and L. A. Smith, of Battle 
Creek, to go 
to 
Tennessee 
and 
make 
arrangements 
for the 
defense 
of Brother King. 
Col. T. E. 
Bichardson, an 
eminent 
lawyer 
of Obion 
county, 
was 
engaged, 
and 
argued 
the 
case, 
which 
was 
decided 
adversely, 
subjecting 
Brother 
King 
to a fine and costs, amounting to 
$75. 
The case 
was 
then 
appealed to the 
Supreme 
Court, 
by order 
of the Association, and the judges 
affirmed 
the decision of the court 
below. 
At 
this juncture, it was 
decided, if possible, to 
take 
this 
case 
to the 
Supreme Court 
of the 
United 
States, and 
test 
the constitutionality of the 
Sunday 
law 
on 
which 
he 
was 
convicted. 
For 
this 
pur-
pose, 
an 
eminent 
lawyer 
of 
Detroit, 
Mich., 
Hon. 
Don 
M. Dickinson, Postmaster-general 
under 
Presi-
dent Cleveland, was retained 
as associate 
counsel 
in 
the case. 
Upon 
refusing to 
pay his 
fine, 
on 
the 
ad-
vice 
of 
counsel, 
Brother 
King 
was 
placed 
in 
jail. 
His 
case was 
then argued 
before 
the United 
States 
District 
Court, 
and a writ 
of habeas corpus 
was 
granted, which admitted Brother King to bail, 
pend-
ing 
the 
appeal. 
This 
is the 
present 
status 
of 
the 
case, but the Association expects to push 
the 
matter 
to a 
final 
decision 
in 
the court of last 
resort. 
The 
case all along excited much comment in the principal 
papers of the country, and 
its result is awaited 
with 
much interest in every part of 
the 
land. 
During 
the 
discussion 
of 
the 
site 
of 
the 
World's 
Fair in Chicago, the 
question 
of 
opening 
the 
Expo-
sition on Sunday has 
been 
agitating religious 
circles 
throughout 
the 
country, 
but 
especially 
among 
the 
clergy 
of 
Chicago. 
The 
Association 
deeming 
this 
273 THE HOME MISSIONAR Y. 
an 
excellent 
opportunity 
to 
put in good 
work in 
behalf 
of 
true 
principles, 
sent the 
Assistant 
Secre-
tary, about the 
first 
of 
October 
last, to that 
city, 
to 
engage in the work there. 
They also associated 
with 
him, 
Allen 
Moon, 
of 
Minnesota. 
The 
work 
done 
there, through 
these 
representatives of the 
Associa-
tion, 
has 
been 
most 
highly 
gratifying. 
They 
suc-
ceeded in interesting the editors 
of a number of 
the 
dailies on 
the 
subject, until 
one 
of 
the 
papers 
(the 
Evening Post), opened a department in which 
every 
ene who wished, could vote his preference on the 
sub-
ject of the Sunday closing of the 
Fair. 
A 
circular 
letter 
was 
then 
sent to the 
leading 
workers 
of the 
Association 
in the various States, 
to 
subscribe for that paper for one month, which 
would 
give 
them 
an 
opportunity, as readers 
of the 
paper, 
to write short articles 
in 
behalf of 
religious 
liberty. 
This 
plan 
was 
very 
successful, and 
in 
looking 
over 
the 
articles 
in 
that 
department, it 
was 
found 
that 
the 
majority 
of them 
were 
written 
by members 
of 
the National Eeligious Liberty 
Association. 
Our workers in Chicago 
also formed 
an 
acquaint-
ance with some of the ministers of the city, and 
were 
granted 
permission to attend 
their 
ministers' 
meet-
ings, where these questions were discussed ; and 
when 
one was assigned 
the duty of preparing a paper 
for 
the next meeting, our brethren took occasion, at 
dif-
ferent 
times, to suggest 
to 
the 
essayist, that 
if 
de-
sired, they would provide him reading-matter on 
the 
subject, 
which 
would 
assist 
him in preparing 
his 
essay. 
These 
offers 
were 
thankfully 
accepted, 
and 
our workers had the privilege 
of 
hearing 
the 
essay-
ists read papers which were 
simply reproductions 
of 
what they had read from the 
pages of National 
Ee-
ligious 
Liberty 
literature. 
Mr. Crafts has been constantly at work in 
his 
line 
during the 
year, but, so far, has failed 
to 
make 
any 
very 
great 
impression 
in 
favor of his 
cause. 
His 
work 
has 
been 
largely in 
the Western 
States ; 
but 
the representatives of the Association 
in those 
parts 
have 
been constantly on the watch, and 
he 
has 
not 
been 
able, 
in a single 
instance, so 
far 
as 
we 
have 
been 
able 
to 
learn, to 
fill 
an 
appointment 
without 
having to meet the influence 
built 
up 
by the 
litera-
ture 
of the 
National 
Religious 
Liberty 
Association. 
In 
Iowa, 
especially, a noble 
work 
was 
done in 
this direction. 
The example of the members 
of 
the 
Association in that 
State 
is worthy 
of 
commenda-
tion and 
imitation. 
In the early part of 
November, the Legislature 
of 
Vermont 
convened, 
and 
was 
only 
fairly 
organized 
when a most 
obnoxious 
Sunday bill was 
presented. 
The 
Vice-President of that State was on hand, 
how-
ever, 
and 
requested 
the 
committee 
having 
the 
bill 
in charge, to grant him the privilege 
of 
appearing 
in 
opposition to the measure. 
At the appointed time, 
he 
went 
before 
the 
committee, and 
candidly 
and 
care-
fully set before 
them 
the 
principles 
of religious 
lib-
erty, showing them the evil that would surely follow 
if such a bill should become a law, and had the 
satis-
faction 
of seeing 
the 
measure 
reported 
adversely 
to 
the Legislature. 
This was also a commendable 
work, 
and one for which the officers of that State have 
the 
hearty 
commendation 
of the 
Executive 
Committee. 
Early in the year, the members 
of the 
Association 
in Battle Creek assumed the responsibility of 
sending 
the Association literature into 
the 
fields 
destitute 
of 
sufficient 
force 
for a vigorous 
prosecution 
of 
the 
work. 
They 
sent 
700 copies 
of the American Senti-
nel to 
the 
single 
State of Arkansas, 
for 
about 
six 
months. 
They have also written hundreds of 
letters 
to those to whom papers had been sent. 
They 
have, 
in addition to this, sent out thousands of pages of leaf-
lets treating upon religious 
liberty. 
In the early part of November, the 
Corresponding 
Secretary, by a vote of the Executive Committee, 
at-
tended the Congress of the American Secular 
Union, 
which was held in Portsmouth, Ohio, and, on 
invita-
tion, spoke to them, presenting the methods of 
opera-
tion 
of 
the 
National Religious 
Liberty 
Association, 
and showing the work which they are doing in 
every 
part 
of 
the 
land. 
A favorable 
impression was 
evi-
dently 
made 
at 
that 
meeting, 
as 
quite a 
number 
expressed 
themselves 
pleased 
with 
the 
methods 
of 
operation 
set 
forth, saying 
that it was far ahead 
of 
anything that their Union had ever conceived. 
About 
the same time, A. 
T. Jones, a member 
of the 
Execu-
tive 
Committee 
of 
the 
Association, 
spoke 
before a 
branch 
of the 
same 
Union, in Portland, 
Or., 
with 
good 
effect. 
During 
the 
year, the Association has 
published a 
series 
of leaflets 
and 
pamphlets, 
fifteen 
in 
number, 
aggregating 
118 
pages. 
Large 
editions of 
some 
of 
these have been printed. 
One 
leaflet, " Sunday 
and 
the 
World' s 
Fair, 
has 
reached 
600,000 
copies. 
Many of the others have had editions of over 
100,000 
copies. 
The 
amount 
of 
religious 
liberty 
literature 
sent 
out during 
the 
year 
ending 
Nov. 
30, 
1890, 
by 
the International Tract Society, is as follows: — 
Pages of tracts and pamphlets 
4,060,646 
American Sentinels 
40,085 
Petition blanks. 
29,159 
Manuals 
10,707 
" Reasons for Signing the Petition " 
143,162 
Paper entitled " Religious Liberty " 
35,000 
NOTE.— The 
above 
is condensed 
from 
the 
report 
of the Corresponding Secretary of the. National 
Re-
ligious Liberty Association, read at the* 
first 
meeting 
of its second annual sesssion, held 
in6the 
Tabernacle 
at Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 3, 1890. 
Two 
meetings 
were held 
at 
this 
session, 
and 
important 
plans 
laid 
for future work. 
The following officers were 
elected 
for the ensuing year :— 
• 
President, 
C. 
Eldridge. 
First 
Vice-President, 
Dan. 
T. 
Jones. 
Recording 
Secretary, 
W. 
A. 
Colcord. 
Corresponding 
Secretary, 
J. 
O. 
Corliss. 
Treasurer, 
W. 
H. 
Edwards. 
Executive Committee, 
C. 
Eldridge, 
Dan. 
T. 
Jones, 
W. 
A. 
Colcord, 
A. F. Ballenger,^L. 
McCoy, 
Allen 
Moon, L. C. 
Chadwick. 
Editorial 
Committee, 
E. J. 
Waggoner, 
W. 
H. Mc-
Kee, A. T. Jones, W. 
A. 
Colcord, R. C. 
Porter. 
274 
THE HOME MISSIONAR Y. 
HOME 
MISSIONS 
CONDUCTED BY L. C. CHADWICK. 
PRACTICAL FAITH 
IN MISSIONARY 
WORK. 
WHEN 
King 
Asa 
was 
about 
to 
enter 
into 
battle 
with Zerah, the Ethiopian, whose host of warriors 
so 
far exceeded his own that there was no human 
proba-
bility of success, he showed his practical faith in 
the 
God 
whom 
he 
served, 
by 
calling 
on 
him 
for 
help. 
We 
find 
him using these words : " Lord, it is 
nothing 
with thee to help, whether with many, or with 
them 
that 
have 
no power: 
help 
us, 0 Lord our God ; for 
we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against 
this 
multitude. 0 Lord, thou art our God ; let not 
man 
prevail 
against 
thee." 2 Chron. 14 :11. 
Here 
was 
a 
demonstration 
of practical 
faith, such 
as we 
need 
when we 
enter 
into 
any part 
of the 
great 
work 
of 
God. 
As 
the 
result 
of 
King 
Asa's 
faith, 
we 
read: 
" So 
the Lord smote 
the Ethiopians before Asa, 
and 
before Judah ; and 
the 
Ethiopians 
fled." 
So we 
as 
individuals 
may 
see the power of God manifested 
in 
behalf of our efforts to labor for him, when 
we 
have 
that 
practical faith 
in 
his willingness 
and power 
to 
help 
us, that will 
lead 
us 
really 
to 
believe 
that 
he 
will answer our prayers for 
help. 
There 
are 
two 
important 
characteristics 
which 
every 
missionary 
worker 
should 
possess 
before 
he 
will see success attend 
his efforts. 
First, there 
must 
be a willingness 
to work. 
When 
the walls 
of 
Jeru-
salem 
were to be 
rebuilt, it was 
not 
because 
the 
leader of the people was strong and mighty ; for 
he 
was 
but a humble 
cup-bearer 
to 
the 
king ; but 
as 
Nehemiah 
himself 
expressed 
it: " So 
built 
we 
the 
wall; 
... 
for 
the people bad a mind 
to work." 
Neh. 
4:6. 
The 
man 
who 
undertakes 
any part of 
the work of God simply because he is urged to do 
so, 
or from a sheer sense of duty without a willing 
cheer-
fulness, and a spirit of gratitude that he is 
permitted 
to have a humble part 
in the work 
of the Lord, 
will 
never 
be a successful 
missionary worker, 
either 
at 
home or abroad. 
Second, he 
must 
have a practical 
faith 
in 
his work, and 
in the power 
of 
God to 
work 
through 
him as an instrument to accomplish 
his 
pur-
poses. 
We 
might give many 
Bible instances 
of the 
appli-
cation of these principles ; but the object of this 
arti-
cle 
is to draw some practical 
lessons 
for 
the 
benefit 
of those who are trying in the various 
methods 
that 
have been suggested in this department of the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY during the year 1890, to assist in 
dissem-
inating the light of the truth of God to some of 
those 
around them, who are unacquainted with 
it. 
Christ 
has 
said, "All 
power 
is given 
unto 
me 
in 
heaven 
and in earth," 
and 
for 
this 
reason 
he 
has 
instructed 
his followers 
to 
teach the gospel, 
adding, 
" Lo, I am 
with you alway, even unto the end of 
the 
world." 
It is the privilege of every Christian 
worker 
to 
grasp 
that precious promise with 
practical 
faith, 
and 
avail 
himself 
of 
the 
power 
that 
created 
the 
world, 
and 
by 
which " all 
things 
consist," 
or 
hold 
together. 
Dear readers, have 
you 
felt the 
truth 
of 
that promise when you have gone out to hold a Bible 
reading, or 
have 
made a missionary visit, 
to 
try 
to 
alleviate the suffering of some poor soul ; or 
in 
your 
homes 
have 
sent 
out 
the 
printed 
pages 
containing 
the precious truth of God ? 
Have you had the 
faith 
of King Asa, when 
you have asked the Lord to 
bless 
your efforts ? 
If 
not, you 
have 
not availed 
yourself 
of the opportunities that God has placed within 
your 
reach. 
God has said through the prophet, " Let 
him 
take 
hold 
of my 
strength, that 
he 
may make 
peace 
with 
me ; and 
he shall make peace with me." 
Isa. 27: 5. 
And 
again, "Surely, 
... 
in 
the 
Lord 
have I right-
eousness 
and 
strength." 
Chapter 
45:24. 
"In 
the 
Lord 
Jehovah is everlasting 
strength." 
Chapter 
26 : 4. 
Paul 
says 
in writing 
to 
Timothy, " My 
son, 
be 
strong in the 
grace 
that is in Christ 
Jesus." 
2 
Tim. 
2:1. 
To 
the 
Ephesians he writes, 
"My 
brethren, be strong in the Lord, and 
in the power 
of 
his might." 
Eph. 6 :10. 
When 
Infinite 
power is at 
the 
command 
of 
the 
Christian, for him 
to'use 
in forwarding 
the work 
of 
God, is there 
any excuse 
for 
us 
if we 
go 
about 
our 
work 
with 
doubting 
and 
fears, expecting 
little 
and 
seeing 
less ? 
God 
wants 
us 
to 
be 
strong 
men 
and 
women 
in Christ Jesus, and to engage in his work 
in 
the strength which has been promised 
us. 
When 
we reach that place where we 
can say 
with 
Paul, "
I can 
do 
all 
things 
through 
Christ 
which 
strengtheneth 
me," 
and 
can 
know 
that 
Christ's 
strength is made 
perfect 
in 
our 
weakness 
(2 
Cor. 
12 : 9), and can feel the 
assurance that Christ 
liveth 
in 
us 
and 
the 
life that we 
now 
live we 
live by 
the 
faith of the Son of God who loved 
us 
and gave 
him-
self for us, then we can have faith to believe that 
God 
will aid us in whatever we undertake that has for its 
object the advancement of his work. 
May 
the 
Lord 
help us as individual workers, to seek 
for and 
secure 
such an experience, and not rest satisfied 
till we 
ob-
tain 
it. 
A 
little girl once said to her father, after Bhe had 
been 
told 
that 
it was 
Satan 
who 
led 
people 
to 
do 
wrong, " Papa, is Satan stronger than 1 am ? " " Yes, 
my 
child," replied her father, " he 
is 
much 
stronger 
than you are." 
" Is he stronger than you are, papa ? " 
continued the child. " Yes," sighed the parent, " he 
is." " Is he stronger than Christ ? " was the next 
in-
quiry. 
" No, my child, Christ is stronger than 
Satan," 
came 
the 
response. 
"Then I don't 
care a rap 
for 
him," 
said 
the 
little one. 
As 
workers 
for 
God, 
we 
want 
to 
learn 
the 
simple 
lesson of faith 
that 
this 
child 
had 
grasped, that 
there 
is strength 
in 
Christ 
for 
us, if 
we are only willing to avail ourselves of it. 
275 
How 
often we 
hear in a social 
meeting, some 
one 
say, "I 
have 
been trying to 
serve 
the 
Lord 
in 
my 
poor weak way ; " or, " I have been trying in 
weak-
ness 
to 
do 
something 
for the 
Lord, but 
do 
not 
see 
how 
the 
Lord 
can 
bless 
such 
weak 
efforts." 
The 
Lord 
does 
not 
want 
us 
to 
serve 
him 
in 
our 
weak 
way, but in his strong way. 
He does not want us to 
enter 
into 
his 
work in our 
weakness, 
but in his 
strength. 
What we want is that practical faith that 
will 
avail itself of the strength that he places 
within 
our 
reach. 
When 
Christ 
lives 
in 
us, and 
God worketh 
in 
us 
tbat 
which 
is well 
pleasing in his 
sight, 
through 
Jesus Christ who liveth 
in us (Heb. 13 : 21), so 
that 
God 
through 
Christ 
controls 
our 
wills, 
then 
the 
words of Christ in John 15:7, may be fulfilled in 
our 
behalf, and we may ask what we will, because 
Christ 
controls the will, and it shall be done unto us. 
Then if we ask God 
to help us 
to reach the 
hearts 
of the unconverted, we can believe 
he will 
do 
it 
be-
cause it is his will. 
If we ask him 
to give 
us access 
to the 
hearts 
of those who 
are 
seeking 
for 
further 
light, we can believe that he will 
do it, for we 
know 
that 
he has the power 
to 
use even 
our weakness 
to 
glorify himself in 
carrying 
forward his 
work. 
God 
wants 
us all to 
work. 
Mark 
13:34. He 
wants us to study to do our work well. 
2 Tim. 
2:15. 
He wants 
us to teach 
othei's with a view of 
having 
them teach also. 
2 Tim. 2:2. 
He wants us to 
help 
to 
bear 
the 
burdens 
of 
those 
whose 
burdens 
are 
heavier than ours (Gal. 6 : 2), and 
in this way 
make 
our own 
burdens 
appear 
lighter. 
He 
wants 
us 
to 
have a spirit 
of gratitude 
to 
him 
in 
all our 
work, 
under 
all circumstances. 
Eph. 5 : 20. 
He wants 
us 
to show the 
same 
spirit that 
Christ 
showed 
in 
his 
life. 
Eph. 
4:31, 
32. 
It is only 
to 
those 
who do 
something, 
and 
do it well, that 
the words, " Well 
done, 
thou 
good 
and 
faithful servant," 
will 
ever 
be 
ad-
dressed. 
The rewards will be given in proportion 
to 
our work. 
How important, then, that we 
have 
that 
practical 
faith that will make 
our work worthy of a 
liberal 
reward. 
QUESTIONS. 
1. How 
large 
was 
the 
Ethiopian 
army 
against 
which King Asa was to 
fight? 
2 Chron. 14 : 9. 
2. How 
much 
of an 
army 
did King 
Asa 
have? 
Yerse 8. 
3. 
In what 
words 
did 
Asa 
express 
his 
faith in 
God ? 
Yerse 
11. 
4. 
What was the result of the contest? 
V. 
12-15. 
5. 
What 
may 
we 
expect 
to 
see if we 
have 
the 
same practical faith as King Asa had ? 
6. 
What 
is the 
first 
impoi'tant characteristic 
that 
every missionary worker should possess ? 
7. 
What did Nehemiah 
say about 
the 
rebuilding 
of the walls of Jerusalem ? 
Neh. 4 :6. 
8. 
If we 
really have a mind 
to 
work, will 
there 
be apt to be any lack of opportunities for work ? 
9. 
What 
is the 
second 
necessary 
characteristic? 
10. 
How 
much power did Christ say was given 
to 
him? 
Matt. 
28:18. 
11. 
What precious promise did 
he make after 
hav-
ing given 
the 
gospel 
commission 
to 
his 
disciples? 
Verse 20, last 
part. 
12. 
Does 
this 
really mean 
that " all power " is 
at 
the command of the Christian 
worker? 
13. What 
promise did the Lord make through 
the 
prophet Isaiah ? 
Isa. 27 : 5. 
14. 
What does he say we have in the Lord ? 
Isa. 
45 : 24 ; 26 : 4. 
15. 
What did Paul enjoin upon Timothy ? 
2. 
Tim. 
2:1. 
16. 
To 
whom 
did 
he 
refer 
the 
Ephesians 
for 
strength? 
Eph. 
6:10. 
17. 
Is there any excuse for our having doubts 
and 
fears about the work of God ? 
18. 
What does God want us to be ? 
19. 
How 
much 
did 
Paul 
say he 
could 
do 
when 
Christ stx*engthened him ? 
20. 
Does 
the 
Lord 
want 
us to 
serve him 
in 
our 
weak way ? 
21. 
When Christ controls our wills, what words 
of 
his 
may 
we 
expect 
to 
see fulfilled in our 
behalf? 
John 
15:7. 
22. 
How 
many 
of 
us 
does 
God 
want 
to 
work? 
Mark 
13:34. 
23. 
How 
should 
we fit oux-selves for this 
work? 
2 Tim. 
2:15. 
24. 
How 
should 
we 
assist those 
who 
are 
heavy-
burdened? 
Gal. 
6:2. 
25. 
With 
what 
kind of spirit should we engage 
in 
the work of God ? 
Eph. 5 :20 ; 4 :31, 
32. 
26. 
To whom 
will the words of Matt. 25 : 21 be 
ut-
tered ? 
27. 
How 
will the rewards be proportioned ? 
Rev. 
22:12. 
28. 
What kind of reward will an idler receive? 
29. 
What 
kind 
of faith do we need, then,, to 
make 
our work a success ? 
ENCOURAGING. 
ONE of our missionary workers in a Western 
State 
writes 
us as follows : — 
" A gentleman in R 
has lately received 
the 
truth by reading. 
He has never heax-d any 
Seventh-
day 
Adventist pi'eaching. 
He 
gives the 
tracts 
and 
papers that are sent to him 
to others 
to read, and is 
trying to do what he can to carry the truth to 
others. 
" He has just given $10.00 to the missionary cause. 
This 
shows 
his 
earnestness in 
the good 
work, 
and 
that 
he 
is willing to sacrifice for 
its 
advancement. 
He 
has 
had 
bad 
luck with his crops in the past, 
but 
this year 
they are 
quite good. 
Truly the Lord 
will 
bless the money that he has given, to the salvation 
of 
other 
precious 
souls. 
Will 
not 
the readers 
of 
the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY pray 
that 
there 
may 
be 
many 
others who, like 
this 
brother, may receive 
the 
truth 
by reading 
the 
publications which we as 
missionary 
workers 
are 
placing in 
their 
hands; 
and that 
they 
may have 
the same missionary spirit that he has, 
to 
desire to assist in carrying the truth to others by 
do-
nating 
liberally 
of their means, 
and scattering 
the 
printed matter that they receive ? " 
452 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
HEALTH 
AND 
TEMPERANCE. 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. C. E. L. JONES. 
BIBLE HYGIENE. 
GOD has 
been 
pleased to reveal 
himself 
to us 
through 
two 
books — the 
Bible 
and 
nature. Be-
tween these there must be entire 
harmony. 
Nature 
as truly reveals 
one 
almighty, all-wise 
God 
as 
does 
the 
Bible; 
for 
"the 
heavens 
declare 
the 
glory of 
God; 
and 
the 
firmament 
showeth 
his 
handiwork." 
The 
laws of 
nature 
are 
as truly the laws of 
God 
as 
are 
the 
ten commandments, and "a 
continual 
trans-
gression of nature's 
laws is a continual 
transgression 
of 
the 
law of God." 
As 
God's 
word 
and 
God's 
works 
always 
agree, 
so a careful 
examination 
will 
reveal the fact that not only is the Bible in 
harmony 
with those physical laws of our being revealed 
to 
us 
by scientific investigation, but 
that 
it gives us 
much 
useful 
information 
relating 
to 
matters 
of 
personal 
and 
domestic 
hygiene. 
That 
the 
Bible should 
deal 
with 
such 
questions 
will 
not 
appear 
strange 
when 
we consider their importance. 
And their 
importance 
will be more 
and 
more 
apparent as we 
consider 
the 
close 
relation that exists 
between 
the 
mind and 
the 
body — between 
the 
physical, 
and 
the 
mental 
and 
spiritual faculties. 
A failure to appreciate the 
close-
ness of this relation causes many to exalt the 
mental 
and spiritual powers to the detriment of the physical. 
The Bible idea 
of 
human 
development is that 
the 
" whole spirit and soul and body " be brought to 
the 
highest degree of culture 
attainable. 
The Bible is not a text-book of hygiene. 
Many 
of 
its allusions to the subject are merely incidental. It 
does 
not 
enter 
largfely 
into 
details, nor 
give 
many 
specific rules. 
But it gives 
principles, 
suggestions, 
and 
hints, in the 
application 
of 
which, to 
ourselves, 
we should 
be 
guided 
by the 
light 
of 
common-sense 
and 
experience. 
A 
few 
citations from the Scriptures 
will 
illustrate 
this, and also show the importance the word 
of 
God 
attaches to the care of 
the body. 
Isa. 43 : 7 
teaches 
that 
the 
design 
of the 
Creator in making 
man 
was 
for his own 
glory. 
If, then, man, who 
was 
made 
in 
the 
image 
of 
God, by the 
transgression 
of 
nature's 
laws 
defaces that structure, he 
dishonors his 
Maker. 
The 
apostle 
says 
that our bodies are the temples 
of 
God, 
and 
adds: 
"If 
any man 
defile 
the 
temple 
of 
God, him shall God destroy." 
1 Cor. 3 :17. 
In Eccl. 10 :17 the principle laid down that 
should 
govern us in 
eating, 
is 
broad 
and 
comprehensive: 
" Eat 
in 
due 
season ;" i. e., at 
proper 
intervals; 
at 
such times and 
in such a manner 
as will 
be 
condu-
cive 
of the best physical development. 
Eat, Dot for 
the pleasure of eating, not for the 
mere 
gratification 
of 
an 
oftentimes 
perverted 
appetite; 
but 
eat 
"for 
strength 
and 
not 
for 
drunkenness." 
How 
many 
physical evils might be avoided 
if this principle 
was 
applied in our own daily 
lives. 
Hygiene relates to the care of the body. 
Webster 
thus defines it: 
"That department of medical 
science 
which treats of the preservation of health ; a system 
of principles or 
rules designed 
for 
the 
promotion 
of 
health." 
The apostle 
John 
says : " Beloved, I wish 
above all things that 
thou mayest prosper and 
be 
in 
health, 
even as thy 
soul 
prospereth." 3 John 2. 
That 
physical 
prosperity 
or 
bodily 
health is here 
meant, is clear from 
the 
fact that it is contrasted 
with 
spiritual or 
soul 
prosperity. 
And 
physical 
health 
was 
considered 
of 
so 
much 
importance 
that 
he desires "above all things" that we should have it. 
He 
evidently realized what 
so many now fail to 
ap-
preciate, that a sound mind is found only in a sound 
body. 
In Luke 21 :34, Christ, speaking 
directly to 
those 
who 
should 
be 
living 
in 
the 
last 
days, 
gives 
this 
solemn warning : " And take heed to yourselves, 
lest 
at 
any 
time 
your 
hearts 
be 
overcharged 
with 
sur-
feiting 
[overeating], 
and 
drunkenness, and 
cares 
of 
this life, and so that day come upon 
you 
unawares." 
The 
term 
"heart" 
is doubtless 
used 
here 
in 
the 
sense 
of 
"mind." 
"Overcharged" 
means 
literally 
" overburdened " or " weighted down." 
The 
danger 
to those 
in 
this 
mental 
condition 
is that they 
will 
not 
know 
when 
the 
day 
of 
the 
Lord is at 
hand. 
This 
scripture 
shows 
very clearly 
the 
blighting 
ef-
fect 
of 
wrong 
dietetic 
habits. 
The 
mental 
powers 
are weakened, the spiritual vision 
blinded, 
rendering 
the victim incapable of discerning sacred 
truths. 
But 
hygiene 
is not 
restricted to dietetics ; so 
the 
Bible not only gives instruction in the matter of 
eat-
ing 
and 
drinking, 
but 
many 
hints 
and 
suggestions 
concerning 
the 
importance 
of 
exercise, 
ventilation, 
drainage, 
cleanliness, 
etc., 
are 
found 
on 
its 
pages. 
Only a few of these 
references 
can 
be 
given 
in a 
short article like this, but any one will 
be 
amply 
re-
paid for his labor in exploring this 
field. 
The relation 
of physical 
labor 
to 
the 
proper 
de-
velopment of the body is not fully realized by 
many. 
God 
saw 
that 
work 
was 
necessary 
for 
man's 
best 
good, 
so 
he 
gave 
command 
to 
subdue 
the 
earth. 
Gen. 1 : 28. 
(See also chapter 2 :15.) 
" God 
made Adam 
and 
Eve 
in 
paradise, and 
sur-
rounded them with everything 
that 
was 
useful 
and 
277 
lovely. 
He 
planted 
for 
them a beautiful 
garden. 
No 
herb, nor 
flower, 
nor 
tree 
was 
wanting, 
which 
might be for use or ornament. 
The 
Creator of 
man 
knew that the workmanship of his 
hands 
could 
not 
be 
happy 
without 
employment. 
They 
must 
have 
labor to 
call into 
exercise 
the 
wonderful 
organs of 
the 
body. 
The Lord 
made the organs for use. . . . 
Not 
only 
will 
the 
organs 
of the 
body be 
strength-
ened 
by 
exercise, 
but 
the* 
mind 
also 
will 
acquire 
strength 
and 
knowledge through the action of 
those 
organs. . . . Bach 
faculty 
of 
the 
mind 
and 
each 
muscle 
has 
its 
distinctive 
office, and all require 
to 
be exercised 
in order to 
become 
properly 
developed 
and 
retain 
healthful 
vigor." 
"Testimony 
for 
the 
Church," 
Vol. 
3, 
p. 77. 
Read 
also 1 Thess. 
4:11; 
2 
Thess. 3 :10-12. 
Eccl. 
10 : 18 contains a sugges-
tion on this point worthy of consideration. 
Whether 
the 
house 
referred 
to is the 
building of wood 
or 
stone in which 
we 
live, 
or 
that 
more 
wonderful 
structure, 
the 
human 
body, certain it is that " by 
much 
slothfulness 
the 
building 
decayeth." 
Organs 
not used, soon lose their vigor, and 
decay. 
In regard to cleanliness, both 
physical 
and 
moral, 
see 
Ex. 
19:10; 
Deut. 
23 :10-14 ; 2 Cor. 7:1. In 
the 
Jewish Talmud (not in 
the 
Bible, 
as some 
sup-
pose) is found 
this 
excellent 
maxim, " Cleanliness is 
next to godliness." 
Perhaps this might be 
improved 
by changing one word 
thus: 
"Cleanliness 
is a part 
of godliness." 
Certainly, in the sanitary code 
given 
by God through Moses to ancient Israel, much 
stress 
was 
laid on 
this 
matter 
of 
cleanliness. 
If people 
living in modern 
times would 
pay as much 
attention 
to 
drainage 
and 
disinfection, 
the 
burning 
up or 
removal of all refuse and 
excretory matter, 
garbage, 
etc., as was required 
in 
the 
camp of ancient 
Israel, 
millions of lives 
would 
be 
saved 
every 
year, 
which 
are 
now 
sacrificed 
through 
ignorance 
or 
careless-
ness,— quenched 
by 
diseases 
produced 
by 
germs 
generated 
in decaying animal 
and vegetable 
matter. 
W. 
H. 
WAKEIIAM. 
No 
doubt many who read the Health and 
Temper-
ance 
Department 
of 
the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY 
would 
be glad 
to 
do 
something 
to advance this work, 
and 
to help educate the 
people to understand better 
the 
laws 
of 
health. 
But 
while 
busy 
with 
home 
cares 
and other lines of missionary work which claim atten-
tion, but little time 
is found 
that 
can 
be devoted 
to 
this 
work. 
But 
this 
subject, as 
well 
as 
all 
others, 
requires study, and in order to 
lead people 
to 
adopt 
hygienic principles, 
they must 
first 
be led to 
think 
about them. 
* 
There are a great 
many ways through which 
this 
can 
be 
accomplished ; by 
lecturing, 
by 
writing, 
by 
example, and 
by the distribution of 
literature. We 
wish 
to 
call 
special 
attention 
to 
the 
last 
method. 
Those whose duties will not 
permit 
them to 
engage 
in 
active 
work 
in 
the 
field, 
can 
help 
disseminate 
health and temperance principles by the 
distribution 
of 
literature. 
By a little tact 
and 
judicious 
work 
many 
people 
may be induced to 
study the principles of 
hygiene, 
and 
often they get a better 
understanding 
of 
them 
by 
reading 
than 
when 
instructed 
in 
other 
ways. 
For the 
last few months we have 
been 
sending 
out 
health 
and 
temperance 
and 
social purity 
literature 
to some 
successful temperance workers in this 
coun-
try, and 
have 
received 
some 
very favorable 
replies, 
of which the following are extracts : — 
" Your 
letter of October 20 is received, also 
pack-
age of health and temperance and social 
purity leaf- • 
lets and 
journal Good Health. 
Accept 
my 
thanks 
for 
your 
kindness. 
I have carefully examined 
the 
leaf-
lets, and am pleased with 
them." 
"Your 
letter 
and 
package 
of 
tracts 
and 
journal 
have 
been 
received 
and 
carefully perused. 
Please 
accept 
thanks. 
I 
appreciate 
them 
very 
much. 
I 
am interested 
in all reformatory work 
of this 
kind. 
I could do a good work if I could 
have a large 
pack-
age 
of your 
tracts, and 
will assure you 
that 1 will 
circulate them if I can obtain them. 
The harvest 
is 
great, but the workers are 
few." 
" The samples kindly sent me have been 
examined, 
and all found excellent. 
Please send 
me 
your 
price 
list, as I have 
not a doubt 
but 
that 
we 
could 
use 
some 
of your 
tracts to good 
advantage in our 
work." 
" Your package of health and 
temperance 
and 
so-
cial 
purity 
literature is received, for which 
accept 
my thanks. 
You 
ask if we can 
use any quantity 
of 
the leaflets in our work. 
Surely we can, and will 
be 
most 
thankful to receive 
them. 
We 
appreciate 
the 
necessity 
of 
clean 
and 
pure 
literature for our 
girls 
and boys, and mothers as well. 
The 
health 
journal 
at 
hand, and I wish 
every 
mother 
and 
father, 
too, 
would read 
it." 
By these extracts we see how our health and 
tem-
perance 
literature is received, and what 
avenues 
for 
labor it opens up before us. 
If we succeed in 
helping 
others 
better 
to 
understand 
the 
laws 
relating to 
their physical 
being, we 
accomplish 
for them 
some-
thing which will help them to understand the 
claims 
which religion has uppn 
them. 
Each local tract society should keep a good 
supply 
of 
health 
and 
temperance 
literature 
on 
hand, 
and 
should 
urge its members 
to use it. 
The Good Health, 
should also 
be introduced 
into the 
families 
of 
those 
around 
us. 
With a little effort much 
might 
be 
ac-
complished in the interests of health and 
temperance. 
The 
health 
science leaflets, the 
social 
purity 
leaf-
lets, and the pamphlet on Social Purity furnish 
quite 
a variety 
to 
work 
with. 
We 
hope 
that while plans are being laid for 
work 
by 
the 
local societies, 
the 
health 
and 
temperance 
work will receive 
its share of 
attention. 
c. 
E. L. j. 
PROGRAM. 
1. 
Opening song. 
2. 
Prayer. 
3. 
Responsive 
reading. 
4. 
Essay or address, subject, " Bible 
Hygiene," 
15 
minutes. 
5. 
Discussion of subject, 20 
minutes. 
6. 
Business, 20 
minutes. 
7. 
Closing 
song. 
278 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
CANVASSERS' 
D EPARTM ENT. 
CONDUCTED BY C. ELDRIDGE. 
FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS. 
THERE is no more encouraging feature of our 
can-
vassing 
work in America 
than 
the 
manifestly 
in-
creased sales 
of our books in the 
languages of 
those 
who 
are 
continual^ 
flocking 
to our 
shores 
from 
other 
countries. 
We 
are 
not 
only 
increasing 
the 
circulation 
of 
our 
books 
among 
English-speaking 
people, but those of other 
tongues. 
We 
have 
the 
same 
material 
among 
our 
foreign 
brethren from which 
to 
make 
successful 
canvassers, 
as among 
those 
of 
our 
own 
tongue, and it only 
in-
quires the same persistent, systematic, and 
energetic 
work 
to 
develop 
it, as has 
been 
employed 
to 
bring-
out our American canvassers. 
We have not yet 
been 
able to organize 
our 
foreign 
canvassing 
talent as 
thoroughly, owing to the fact that it requires a wide-
awake and experienced man 
in each of the languages 
represented, to take charge 
of 
the work in that 
lan-
guage. 
While 
we 
have plenty who are 
wide-awake 
and 
earnest, they lack the necessary experience. It 
will be readily seen that while one man 
may be 
able 
to 
superintend 
the 
English 
canvassing 
work, it is 
just 
as essential 
that 
as 
competent 
persons 
be 
em-
ployed 
for 
the 
Scandinavian, 
German, 
French, 
and 
other 
languages 
in 
which 
we 
have 
many 
publica-
tions. 
During the past year, we are glad to say, we 
have 
made more progress in the direction of systematizing 
the 
foreign 
canvassing 
work 
than 
ever 
before. In 
this 
connection 
we will 
add 
that 
the 
Scandinavian 
canvassing 
work, 
under 
the 
direction 
of 
Brother 
Zachariah 
Sherrig, is 
beginning 
to 
show the 
effects 
and 
importance 
of organization, and 
the 
increasing 
sale 
of Scandinavian 
books 
indicates 
what 
steps 
to 
take in reference 
to 
other 
nationalities. 
The 
fruits 
of Brother Sherrig's labors, and the earnest co-opera-
tion of the Scandinavian brethren, will become 
more 
and 
more 
apparent 
as 
the 
years 
roll 
by, 
and 
will 
tend to increase 
the 
courage 
and 
confidence 
of 
our 
Scandinavian 
brethren, as 
they 
witness 
the 
spread 
of 
the truth 
among 
their 
people, by the 
circulation 
of their 
literature. 
We have no discouraging report to bring, so far 
as 
the German work is concerned either. 
Brother 
Yal-
entiner has devoted much of his time during the 
past 
summer in perfecting 
and 
organizing the 
canvassing 
work among 
the 
Germans, 
which is already 
result-
ing in increased book sales in that 
language. 
We can also see good 
results 
from 
the 
efforts 
put 
forth 
in 
behalf 
of 
the 
French-speaking 
people, 
but 
as they 
are 
so 
widely scattered 
in various 
parts 
of 
the 
country, 
and 
as 
we 
have 
so 
few 
French 
can-
vassers in 
the 
field, 
we have not been able to 
accom-
plish as much as though the circumstances had 
been 
more favorable. 
Yet, 
judging from our past 
experi-
ence, wo 
believe that 
thje outlook 
is 
good, and 
that 
the 
canvassing 
work 
among 
the 
French 
will 
de-
velop 
and 
grow 
from 
year 
to 
year, until 
it will 
be 
as 
efficient an agent for the promulgation 
of 
present 
truth as any in 
the 
field. 
In 
round 
numbers, 
25,000 
copies of our 
foreign 
books 
have 
been 
placed 
in 
the 
hands of foreign-
speaking 
people in the 
United 
States 
during 
the 
past 
year. 
It 
can 
be readily seen what 
an 
advance 
move 
has 
been 
made 
in 
the 
foreign 
book 
business, 
and we 
can 
safely say that 
our 
foreign 
brethren 
in 
proportion to their 
numbers, 
are 
doing 
well 
their 
part, and we are much 
pleased with 
their work. It 
is to 
be 
hoped 
that all, both 
ministers 
and 
laymen, 
will 
do 
all 
in 
their 
power 
to 
encourage 
the 
can-
vassers already in 
the 
field 
to 
continue 
steadfast, 
as 
well 
as 
to 
encourage 
others 
to enter the great 
har-
vest 
field, 
that 
the 
great truths of 
the 
third 
angel's 
message 
found 
in 
our 
books 
may 
be 
given 
to 
the 
world. 
c. E. 
UPON 
the 
first 
day 
of January, 
1891, 
the 
duties 
devolving 
upon 
the 
writer as General 
Canvassing 
Agent 
will 
be placed 
upon 
the 
broad 
shoulders 
of 
another. 
Consequently all matter for the 
Canvassers' 
Department of the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY 
should be 
directed to Brother 
L. 
C. 
Chadwick, 
President 
of 
the 
International 
Tract 
and 
Missionary 
Society, 
Battle 
Creek, 
Mich., 
upon 
whom 
the 
mantle 
has 
fallen. 
I wish to express my gratitude to all 
who 
have 
so 
ably contributed to the canvassing 
department, 
thus 
making it such 
an 
interesting 
feature 
of 
the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY 
to 
the 
canvassers 
at 
large ; 
for 
it is 
their efforts which have 
made 
this 
paper 
the 
inter-
esting 
medium it is, through 
which 
we 
have 
been 
able to keep 
in 
close 
communication 
with 
all 
our 
workers. 
Trusting that those who have done so much to 
en 
hance the 
interests 
of the 
canvassing 
work 
will 
be 
as loyal to the 
Canvassers' Department in the 
hands 
of my 
successor, I now drop 
the 
editorial 
quill 
and 
scissors. 
c. E. 
HINTS ABOUT CANVASSING. — NO. 9. 
IN this the 
closing 
article 
of 
this 
series, we 
wish 
first 
to 
repeat 
with 
increased 
emphasis, 
what 
we 
have tried to say once or twice 
before, about the 
all-
important matter of a due preparation for the 
work. 
Candidates 
for the 
canvassers' 
work 
are, as a rule, 
in too much haste about getting to work in the 
field. 
But 
few 
have 
patience 
to 
qualify 
themselves 
for a 
happy 
and 
successful career. 
They 
go 
out 
with a 
superficial 
knowledge 
of even 
the 
first 
principles 
of 
the 
business, 
and 
with 
false 
ideas. 
They 
struggle 
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along for a while, and 
if the 
wheel 
of 
fortune 
does 
not 
turn in their 
favor, they conclude 
that 
only a 
special 
few 
can 
ever 
become 
canvassers, 
and 
that 
they are not 
of the number. 
Then the State 
Agent 
comes to their 
aid, and 
tries 
to 
do 
for 
them 
what 
ought to have 
been 
done 
at 
the 
outset, and 
by 
his 
persistent 
efforts, generally succeeds 
in turning 
the 
scale 
in 
their 
favor; 
but in some cases 
nothing 
will 
avail, and 
what 
might 
have 
been 
valuable 
workers, 
become enemies to this branch of the cause. 
Though 
not 
maliciously 
disposed, 
their 
testimony 
is, in 
the 
nature of the case, of a damaging 
character. 
The 
best 
arrangement 
that 
we 
have 
ever 
wit-
nessed for the education and 
training 
of 
canvassers, 
is a sort 
of 
school 
where 
there 
are 
class 
exercises 
conducted by a competent instructor, and 
also 
prac-
tice 
in 
actual 
canvassing, 
in 
company with 
experi-
enced 
workers 
who 
go 
into 
the 
houses 
with 
the 
students, and 
show them 
how to approach 
the 
peo-
ple, and conduct the canvass. 
It is hardly necessary 
that the school should 
be permanently located. In-
stitutes 
may 
be 
held 
where 
most 
convenient, 
and 
instruction and drill given, after which the 
members 
of the class may 
be associated with 
others 
of 
expe-
rience 
in 
the 
field. 
From 
ten 
days 
to 
three 
weeks 
of undivided 
effort is necessary for this 
preliminary 
work. 
Some of our State Agents do not realize 
the 
value or necessity 
of 
thoroughly 
qualifying 
their 
agents, 
and 
they 
do 
not 
hold 
the 
standard 
high 
enough in this respect. 
There is great 
necessity 
for 
improvement along 
this 
line. 
It would 
be a good 
thing in some respects 
both 
for tho 
canvassers 
and 
for the 
cause, if there 
was 
an 
established 
standard 
for all to reach before they are allowed to take 
terri-
tory, and 
an examination in every case to see 
if 
the 
candidate is qualified, 
but 
such 
rigid 
rules 
would 
probably not 
be practicable ; what wo are 
trying 
to 
do is to reach the individual conscience in this 
matter. 
FOLLOWING UP THE WORK. 
Since our book 
business 
has 
increased 
to that 
ex-
tent 
that 
hundreds 
of 
thousands of volumes 
are 
placed in the 
homes of the 
people 
in a year, it 
becomes a question of no 
small 
moment, as 
to 
how 
the interest awakened 
is to be cared for, so 
that 
the 
largest 
possible 
number 
shall 
be 
led 
to 
obey 
the 
truth. 
To 
go from 
place 
to 
place, only stopping 
to 
canvass 
for 
one 
book, 
is to 
do 
as 
no 
farmer 
would 
do ; that 
is, 
to 
go 
on 
continually 
sowing 
without 
stopping 
to 
harrow in the 
seed, or to 
cultivate 
the 
tender 
plants. 
To furnish 
Bible workers enough 
to 
do 
even a tenth 
part of the work 
is impossible, 
and 
the combined efforts of ministers, Bible workers, 
and 
all others will not be at all adequate, 
unless the 
can-
vassers 
themselves 
are included ; but 
how can 
they 
help 
without 
turning 
aside 
from 
their 
legitimate 
work as canvassers ? 
REMAIN 
IN THE SAME 
PLACE, 
And follow with 
one 
book 
after another, 
re-canvass-
ing the people with a new book at suitable 
intervals. 
There are some apparent objections 
to this plan. It 
may 
be thought that 
the 
first 
book will 
have 
awak-
ened prejudice so that the chance for success will 
not 
be 
as 
great 
as with 
the 
first, 
but 
it is equally 
true 
that 
the 
first 
book will 
have 
created a demand 
for 
more in the same line, and 
it is certainly for the 
in-
terest of 
the 
work, 
that 
some 
one 
should 
give 
the 
people further light where an unfavorable 
impression 
does exist; 
and who 
is so liable 
to 
find 
it out, or 
so 
well 
prepared 
to 
remove 
it, as the 
one 
with 
whom 
they 
feel 
acquainted, and 
whom 
they, respect 
as 
an 
honest 
Christian 
man ? 
The 
canvasser 
has 
these 
advantages if he has rightly conducted 
himself 
from 
the 
first. 
Again: it may 
be 
thought a great 
drawback 
to 
change 
from 
one 
book to another, 
and 
be 
com-
pelled 
to 
learn a new 
canvass, 
and 
become 
accus-
tomed to handling a new 
book ; but 
this 
can be 
taken in time, 
and 
the 
description 
of 
the new 
book 
mastered 
before 
the 
first 
book 
is 
dropped, 
so 
that 
there will 
be 
no 
loss of time, and 
this 
preliminary 
preparation may 
be so thorough that but little 
prac-
tice will 
be necessary before the second book will 
be 
just as familiar as the 
first. 
There is one real danger, and that is that the can- • 
vasser 
will be led away into holding 
Bible 
readings, 
and excessive visiting, instead 
of 
holding to his 
can-
vassing, and 
letting 
the 
books do the 
work, as 
they 
are well calculated to do. 
Each additional book 
will 
make the truths taught by those that have 
preceded 
look brighter and clearer, and will deepen the 
convic-
tions 
of 
duty until the reader 
must obey. 
It is evi-
dent 
that 
all 
would 
not be adapted to this 
method, 
and 
in 
no 
case 
should 
canvassers 
become 
so 
fixed 
and settled that they will not be willing to be 
formed 
into new combinations for the sake of giving 
recruits 
the advantage of 
working -with those 
of 
experience. 
There 
will 
also 
be 
other 
modifying 
circumstances, 
and the State Agent and the canvassers should 
coun-
sel 
together. 
There 
are 
some 
decided 
advantages for 
the 
can-
vasser 
in 
this 
plan. 
It does away with 
the 
trouble 
and 
expense 
of 
moving, and 
the 
consequent 
loss 
of 
time ; and it is conducive to habits 
of stability 
and 
a 
quiet 
home 
life 
where 
one 
can 
share 
both 
the 
responsibilities and privileges of home. 
Parents 
can 
canvass while 
their 
children 
are in school, and 
then 
be 
with 
them 
while 
they 
are 
out 
of 
school. 
This 
plan 
will 
doubtless 
be 
an 
inducement 
for 
many to 
canvass 
who 
feel 
that 
they must 
be 
with 
their 
families 
at 
home. 
They 
can 
settle in some 
place and remain for several years ; and 
this 
branch 
of the cause 
is greatly in 
need of 
such 
persons 
who 
have 
seen 
tbe 
practical 
side 
of 
life, and 
who 
have 
had 
long 
years 
of 
experience 
both 
in religion 
and 
business. 
We 
hardly need mention the fact that 
the 
territory 
can 
be worked 
to 
much 
better 
advantage 
after one has gone over it once or twice, and 
learned 
the roads and the 
people. 
The 
question 
may 
arise, "Which 
should 
be 
the 
pioneer book ?" 
Experience 
thus far seems to 
show 
that 
there 
is 
no 
great 
difference; 
for instance, 
we 
have 
seen 
the "Great 
Controversy" 
followed 
with 
" Bible 
Readings," 
and " Bible 
Readings " 
followed 
with 
the 
"Great 
Controversy," 
with 
equally 
good 
results. 
So there need 
be no rule about the order 
in 
which the books shall be put out. 
It may be 
thought 
280 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
permissible for a person 
to 
take orders 
for the 
book 
or 
books 
that 
have 
preceded 
as 
well 
as for the 
one 
that he is making a specialty of. 
We 
are 
sure 
that 
it will 
be a great 
satisfaction to those who possess a 
real 
missionary spirit 
to 
remain 
and watch 
the 
de-
velopments 
and 
pray 
for 
the 
readers; 
and 
their 
hearts will 
be 
made 
glad 
as 
they see 
one 
after 
an-
other accepting the 
truth. 
The 
thoughtful 
reader 
of this 
article will 
discern 
several reasons in what we 
have 
already said why 
it 
is better for 
the 
same 
person to follow with 
the 
dif-
ferent books, and we 
will now add another, and 
that 
is that his patrons will know about what the 
charac-
ter 
of his 
books 
are 
after they have 
read 
the 
first, 
hence 
they 
will 
take 
others 
with so complete 
an 
understanding 
that 
they 
will 
not 
think 
that 
they 
have 
been 
deceived 
in 
the least, and 
they will 
also 
appreciate 
the 
books 
because 
of 
this 
knowledge, 
so 
that 
they will not 
allow them 
to 
lie 
on 
the 
shelves 
without being read.. 
E. E. 
MILES. 
THE EFFECT OF THE CANVASSING WORK 
UPON OUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 
THOSE who can enter 
the canvassing work, but 
do 
not, are 
restrained 
by a fear 
of 
the 
financial 
pros-
pects, or else 
they do 
not 
realize the importance 
of 
the third angel's message. 
A candid examination 
of 
the case would show these very considerations to 
be 
reasons for dropping other professions, and 
engaging 
in this department 
of the message. 
The entire 
his-
tory of our canvassing work shows that 
the 
faithful, 
energetic canvasser can support himself. 
Of the 
im-
portance of this work, enough can 
be 
said 
to 
cause 
every true-hearted 
follower 
of 
Christ 
to 
review 
his 
own case, and see whether he is in the line of 
duty ; 
and 
although 
the 
canvassing 
work is everywhere 
recognized as a grand 
educational 
factor, 1 wish 
to 
speak 
of what I regard 
as the most important 
con-
sideration ; namely, its 
effect upon our Christian 
ex-
perience. 
The more I think of it, the more I regard 
this calling a blessing from the hand of our 
heavenly 
Father. 
The successful Christian canvasser will 
necessarily 
have a genuine 
experience 
that 
will 
develop 
his 
character, and 
better fit him 
to 
represent Christ 
in 
almost 
any 
position 
where 
he 
may 
afterward 
be 
placed. 
Let 
us 
notice 
his experience 
from 
the 
beginning, 
and 
see 
if it is not only intensely practical, but 
one 
that brings him into a close relationship with 
Christ. 
A 
young brother hears 
the 
call 
for 
laborers. He 
has a real 
interest 
in 
the work 
of God ; but 
beini; 
associated with those who are absorbed in their 
prep-
aration 
for 
worldly 
employment, he 
has 
heretofore 
supposed that the Lord's work was mostly to be 
done 
by others, and 
felt unworthy of the name " mission-
ary ;" 
but 
as 
he 
listens to 
the 
appeal 
for 
workers, 
and hears how the Lord works through and for 
those 
who go out in answer 
to duty's call, he 
is 
impressed 
by 
the 
Holy 
Spirit, 
that " Where 
the 
treasure 
is, 
there the-heart will 
be 
also," and 
that 
bending 
all 
his energies to succeed" in secular business, is not 
con-
ducive 
to a growth in Christian 
experience. 
So 
he 
talks with the church 
elder 
and 
the 
Sabbath-school 
superintendent, 
who 
are 
both 
pleased to see 
the 
young people interested in the progress of 
the 
cause, 
but are 
so anxious 
to 
have 
them 
in 
the 
school 
and 
meetings, 
that 
they 
are 
loth to urge 
any of the 
young into the canvassing work. 
At 
home 
the 
par-
ents are counseled with, who have always desired 
to 
see their children zealous 
in 
the Lord's service ; yet 
they dislike to say that it would 
not 
be best 
to 
wait 
a year longer before going out into the world. 
Thus 
our young friends are 
left 
to 
decide 
for 
themselves. 
After 
viewing 
the 
question 
from 
many 
different 
standpoints, thinking 
how much help they can be 
to 
their dear parents, and how they would like to 
work 
more 
directly 
than 
ever 
before, 
for 
some of their 
school-mates, 
they 
go 
to 
the 
closet, 
and 
on 
their 
knees, tell the Saviour that " if he will make the 
path 
of 
duty 
plain 
before 
them, 
they 
will 
walk 
in 
it." 
Then 
as they think of the text in 2 Cor. 10 :12, 
they 
determine not to measure 
themselves 
by others, 
and 
they are able to 
launch 
out 
even 
while 
others 
con-
tinue to wait 
for the 
Lord 
of the 
harvest to 
repeat 
the call for laborers. 
As 
they 
come 
from 
the 
place 
of 
prayer, 
what a 
flood 
of joy and 
peace 
fills 
their 
soul, which is not 
only yielded 
to Christ, but is eagerly saying, 
"Lord, 
what 
wilt 
thou 
have me to do ? " 
This victory 
will 
effect the entire life of the canvasser, and 
he 
knows 
that it was 
gained 
by 
yielding 
his 
own 
will to 
Christ's. 
As the canvasser starts out 
relying 
on 
the 
prom-
ises of God, a measure of success is sure to come; 
and 
as he gains in experience, he learns what part of the 
work belongs to 
him ; 
he 
ascertains 
just where 
his 
power ends, just where 
he must 
have 
divine 
aid 
in 
order to prevail with 
minds. 
Many times a day 
his 
heart 
is 
filled 
with 
gratitude, 
as 
he 
sees 
evidence 
that Christ is assisting 
him 
in 
his work, and 
he 
re-
joices that it is the 
Christian's 
privilege 
not 
merely 
to reign with Jesus in heaven, but 
to 
live with 
him 
on earth. 
0, blessed privilege ! 
He 
loves 
the 
Sav-
iour as a near 
friend. 
His 
love 
increases 
for 
those 
whom 
Christ died to save. 
As the canvasser 
enters 
a house and 
tries to interest 
them 
in 
the 
teachings 
of God's word, he feels that 
it 
is 
God's will 
that 
he 
should succeed in interesting 
them; 
ho 
concentrates 
all his powers on the 
case in hand, and 
how 
earnest 
he 
becomes 
as 
he 
realizes 
that 
the 
words of his 
mouth will either draw souls toward Christ, or 
drive 
them 
from 
him ! 
As 
he 
senses 
his 
responsibility, 
how it humbles 
him 1 
He 
feels that 
he 
must 
have 
wisdom 
from 
above, 
that 
even in his 
intercourse 
with the neighbors, and in his 
business 
transactions, 
his influence may be to gather with 
Christ. 
Under such 
circumstances, success is the sure 
and 
legitimate result; 
but the worker is not to rest satis-
fied 
here. 
"Every 
branch 
that 
beareth 
fruit, 
he 
purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." 
The 
canvasser is so apt to forget 
the 
source of his 
strength, and 
have to be tested 
again by one or 
two 
days 
of 
fruitless work, 
and 
some 
very 
humiliating 
experiences 
in 
being 
regarded 
by some 
people 
as a 
281 
sluggard 
seeking 
to 
live by easy employment; 
and 
by others, as one 
that 
hastens 
to 
be rich, 
engaging 
in this 
work 
only 
from 
mercenary 
motives. 
It is 
altogether probable that Satan 
will 
choose this 
very 
time to suggest 
that 
he 
ought 
to 
be 
at 
home 
with 
his parents, and 
that 
he 
is out of his place, or 
God 
would prosper 
him. 
What a gloom settles over that soldier of the 
cross 
as he stands still in 
the 
street 
to 
ponder 
the 
situa-
tion 1 
What a struggle is going 
on 
in 
his 
mind ! 
Why does n't the Lord give him success ? 
He 
makes 
another 
call ; but it seems 
very 
cold 
and 
formal. 
Again the worker stops to reconsider, this time 
with 
more self-examination. 
He remembers that they are 
praying 
for him 
at home, 
and 
he 
thinks 
of 
those 
promises of God, " The effectual fervent prayer 
of a 
righteous man availeth much ; " " Lo, 1 am with 
you 
alway," 
and 
the 
conviction 
flashes across 
his 
mind 
that all the fault is in himself, that 
he 
has failed 
to 
lean 
on 
the 
great 
arm 
of Strength. 
Already 
light 
is breaking in, and he tells Satan that if his duty is at 
home, 
it will continue 
to 
be 
the 
same, and 
that 
he 
will consider that matter after the tables are 
turned, 
and he is enjoying success, so that he can weigh 
the 
evidence when 
he is sure that his 
mind 
is not 
influ-
enced 
by 
discouragement. 
As 
the 
canvasser 
starts 
cheerfully on his way, he involuntarily 
sings,— 
"Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom, 
Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom, 
By waters still, o'er troubled sea,— 
Still 'tis his hand that leadeth me." 
JN'ow he cares not for the 
hinderances^or 
discour-
agements that may appear. 
He is drawing 
nourish-
ment directly from 
the 
True Vine, and 
how can 
he 
be otherwise than courageous and joyful? 
When 
the week's work is done, and 
he is ready 
to 
consider 
the 
idea 
of 
turning 
back to secular 
work, 
there seems to 
be only one side to the question, i. e., 
to remain where God 
has called 
him 
until 
God, 
not 
Satan, gives him an honorable 
discharge. 
The faithful canvasser is very anxious to see others 
share the blessings and 
trials found 
in the 
mission-
ary 
field, 
and 
as he 
writes 
his friends, he asks 
help 
from above that even the influence of his letters 
may 
be to bring 
more 
laborers 
into 
the 
harvest. 
Thus 
he is rapidly learning the practical lesson that 
every 
happy Christian 
must 
learn ; that is, to seek 
divine 
aid 
in, 
and 
the 
divine 
mold 
upon, all the 
duties 
of 
life, no matter whether small or great. 
" If your hand's on the plow, hold on, hold on ; 
Tho' the soil may be sterile and hard ; 
The plowshare will make the fallow ground break, 
And the plowman will have his reward ; 
Earth's bosom will sparkle with emerald green, 
And its grain will be golden king ; 
The reapers will come, with loud ' Harvest Home,' 
And the gleaners will joyfully sing. 
" If your heart's in the work, hold on, hold on; 
Tho' the way should be gloomy and sad, 
A light will appear, the pathway be clear, 
And the heart of the worker be glad: 
Heaven's portals will open, and music resound, 
And the mansions of bliss will ring 
With praise for the brave, who labor to save, 
And the angels will joyfully sing. 
"Hold on, hold on, my brother, hold on, 
Hold on till the prize is won ; 
Hold on to the plow, and weary not now, 
For the work is almost done." 
Belvidere, 
III. 
J. E. FROOM. 
THE CAUSE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
NEARLY two 
years 
have 
elapsed 
since 
1 
came 
to 
this 
State 
with 
my 
family 
by 
recommendation of 
the 
General 
Conference. 
During 
this time I 
have 
given 
myself 
entirely to 
the 
work 
of 
carrying 
the 
precious seeds of present truth into the homes of 
the 
people, and 
encouraging 
others to engage 
faithfully 
in the same blessed work ; and 1 praise God for 
the 
success which 
has 
attended 
the 
feeble efforts 
that 
have 
been 
made. 
The 
future 
for 
the 
canvassing 
work 
here 
looks 
far brighter to me now than it did 
one year ago. 
We 
have only a few canvassers 
here, 
and a very small 
number 
of 
Sabbath-keepers 
who 
can 
be 
induced 
to 
engage 
in 
the 
work 
at 
all, 
but 
those who are 
now engaging in the 
work 
are 
doing 
so more permanently, we 
trust. 
We have been endeavoring since our good 
conven-
tion held in Battle Creek last winter, to establish 
our. 
work 
on a more 
substantial 
basis. 
We 
succeeded 
about 
the 
first 
of 
last July in starting a new 
com-
pany 
at 
Shelby, 
Cleveland 
county. 
Brother 
Baird 
and 
myself 
went 
to 
that 
point, 
established 
head-
quarters, and began 
the 
work. 
Soon 
after, 
another 
brother 
joined 
us, 
and 
others 
still 
later, 
until 
our 
company numbered 
five ; and 
when 
our work 
there 
closed 
the 
first 
of November, 
we 
had 
worked 
an 
average 
of 
three 
and a half months, and 
had 
taken 
881 
orders 
for " Bible 
Eeadings," a few for " Helps 
to 
Bible 
Study," and delivered 
712 
books, or 
about 
81 per cent of the orders taken. 
We 
also distributed 
2,571 pages of tracts and pamphlets, and fifty Reviews> 
Signs, 
and 
Sentinels. 
I think I speak 
for each 
member 
of the 
company 
when I say we realized the good 
Spirit 
of God, 
and 
the holy influence of the 
angels 
through 
the 
entire 
work 
there. 
In everything 
temporally and 
spiritu-
ally we 
could 
see 
the 
special 
favor 
of 
God. 
How 
precious the work of God 
is when 
our 
whole 
being 
is engaged in it! 
We 
feel sure that 
the 
one 
thing 
needful in the 
prosecution of any 
branch of the 
work, is wholly 
consecrated 
laborers; 
for 
without 
consecration of 
heart, there is liable 
to 
be 
discord 
where 
different 
individuals 
are 
brought 
together. 
We 
already begin 
to 
see 
omens 
of good 
from 
our 
efforts during the past summer. 
One gentleman 
has 
sent an application to handle " Bible 
Eeadings." 
This 
may be 
one 
case 
in 
answer 
to 
our 
prayers 
to 
the 
Lord 
of the 
harvest to raiso up 
laborers to 
go 
into 
the 
whitened 
field 
before 
us. 
We 
very 
much 
regret 
the 
absence of the 
living preacher to 
follow 
up 
the 
good 
work 
begun, but 
we 
rest 
in 
hope 
and 
keep of good courage, believing 
that 
there 
are 
bet-
ter things 
in 
the 
near 
future 
for 
the cause in 
this, 
field. 
282 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
I wish 
to say a few 
words in regard 
to the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
1 consider it one of 
the 
most 
valuable 
helps to the workers in all the 
branches 
of the 
mes-
sage. 
Every 
department is 
filled 
each 
month 
with 
such matter as every worker should 
become 
familiar 
with. 
I am sure the 
Canvasser's 
Department is full 
of interest and help for every loyal 
canvasser. 
Who 
can fail 
to 
appreciate 
or 
be 
benefited 
by a careful 
study of the 
"Hints 
About 
Canvassing," 
given 
in 
each 
number, 
and 
the 
many 
other 
articles 
of 
help 
and interest! 
My 
prayer is that this with our 
other 
good periodicals may live until the message 
triumphs, 
to 
cheer 
and 
encourage 
the 
wayworn 
toilers 
for 
truth. 
Yours in the 
work, 
Statesville, 
N. 
C. 
C
. D
. WOLF. 
ECHOES FROM THE FIELD. 
WE take the following from a long and very 
inter-
esting 
letter 
lately 
received 
from 
Brother W. D. 
Chapman, a member of the canvassing company 
sent 
from America 
this 
year, 
and who is now 
at 
Hull, 
England: — 
" As 1 begin to write, it comes to my 
mind that it 
would 
be 
fine if 1 had a phonograph to take 
down 
some of the street 
cries, and 
for 
that 
matter, 
much 
of the every-day talk heard here. I think I am 
learn-
ing to talk 
and 
act 
more 
like 
the 
people 
here. At 
least they do not 
so 
often speak 
of 
my being a for-
eigner. 
I 
am 
learning to say 
'top 
end 
of the 
street,' ' back 
end 
of the 
week,' and ' beg 
pardon,' 
in the pleasant English way 
that sounded so 
strange 
to us at 
first. 
I do 
not 
often 
forget 
now and 
call a 
biscuit a cracker, a basin a bowl, treacle, syrup, 
etc., 
etc. 
In fact, I am getting so used to the new 
words 
that 
it requires 
an 
effort to 
think of the 
American 
words 
for 
some of the 
more 
common 
ones. 
The 
streets 
are 
noisy with cries, slippery with 
mud, 
and 
' rather dull to-day ' most of the time 
now." 
THE GENERAL CANVASSING AGENCY. 
As 
the readers of the 
Canvassox-'s Department 
of 
the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY have 
already been 
informed, 
the Genei'al Conference Committee decided last 
sum-
mer that the writer 
should 
undertake 
the 
duties 
of 
the 
General 
Canvassing 
Agent, 
Jan. 1, 1891, at 
which 
time 
the 
resignation of Captain 
Eldridge 
is 
to take effect. 
The writer realized only too well 
his 
inefficiency for 
this position, and 
raised 
all the 
ob-
jections 
that 
seemed 
to 
be 
reasonable, and only 
ac-
cepted the position as a temporary substitute till 
the 
annual sessions of the General Conference and 
Inter-
national 
Tract 
and 
Missionary 
Society 
in 
March, 
1891, at which time 
it 
is earnestly hoped some 
man 
will be chosen who can 
give the work 
his 
undivided 
attention. 
It is unnecessary for me to state 
that I am 
deeply 
interested 
in the 
canvassing 
work. 
From the 
very 
commencement 
of the 
present 
well-organized 
plans 
for conducting 
the 
canvassing 
work 
systematically, 
I have 
tried 
to 
work 
side 
by side 
with 
others 
who 
have 
had 
the 
interests 
of 
the 
canvassing 
work at 
heart. 
It is well 
known 
that I have 
had 
but 
little 
prac-
tical experience 
as a canvasser, but 1 have 
tried 
to 
gather all the information 
possible 
from 
the 
experi-
ence 
of 
others; 
and in assuming 
the 
position of 
General 
Canvassing 
Agent, I do 
so 
in 
perfect 
har-
mony 
with 
the 
existing 
plans 
for 
conducting 
the 
canvassing 
work. 
I certainly hope 
the 
request 
of 
Captain 
Eldridge 
in another column of this number of 
the HOME MIS-
SIONARY, will 
be heeded by all our District and 
State 
Agents and others 
who are 
actively engaged 
in 
the 
work 
in 
the 
field, 
and 
that 
each 
one 
will 
feel a 
responsibility 
in 
helping to make 
the 
Canvassers' 
Department 
of this 
paper 
profitable for all its 
read-
ers. 
I have the promise of the counsel and advice 
of 
Captain Eldridge and others, in matters of importance 
pertaining 
to 
plans of 
work, etc. ; and 
our 
District 
and 
State 
Agents' convention 
will 
soon be 
held, 
at 
which time all the different phases of the 
canvassing 
work will be 
considered. 
We 
will soon close up the work of 1890, and 
enter 
upon the duties 
of a new year. 
Let us commence 
it 
with good 
courage 
all 
along 
the 
line, 
organize 
for 
success, go 
forward 
in 
the 
strength 
of 
Him 
whose 
servants 
we 
are, 
and 
God 
will 
surely 
prosper 
our 
labors. 
L. c. c. 
DEATH OF BROTHER E. W. CHAPMAN. 
IT is 
with 
feelings 
of 
sadness 
we 
chronicle 
this 
month 
the 
death 
of one 
of 
our laborers in the 
can-
vassing work. 
Brother Ebbert W. Chapman, who 
for 
the past year has occupied the position of State 
Can-
vassing 
Agent 
for 
the 
State 
of 
Iowa, 
died 
at 
Des 
Moines, 
Iowa, of diphtheria, 
Nov. 8, 1890, 
aged 
32 
years, 
10 
months, and 
13 
days. 
He 
was 
chosen 
to this position 
soon 
after the close 
of 
the last 
Gen-
eral Conference, to take 
the 
place 
of Brother W. 
E. 
Smith, 
who 
had 
been 
appointed 
District 
Canvass-
ing Agent 
for 
Dist. No. 5. 
Iowa 
being 
his 
native 
State, and having labored 
for several years 
previous 
in 
the 
canvassing 
work, 
and 
later in a ministerial 
capacity, he was 
not 
only well 
acquainted 
through-
out 
the 
State, 
but 
well 
qualified 
for 
the 
position 
which 
he 
last 
filled. 
He 
had 
been 
laboring 
hard 
and faithfully at his calling, and 
was 
doing 
efficient 
work 
when 
the 
dread 
disease 
fastened 
itself 
upon 
him 
too 
firmly 
for a not 
overly-strong 
constitution 
to withstand. 
But we are glad we can say he fell 
at 
his 
post. 
And 
while 
we 
realize the 
loss 
the 
State 
has sustained 
in 
his death, and sympathize with 
the 
wife 
and 
child 
who 
are 
left to mourn, we are 
confi-
dent 
that 
he 
sleeps 
in Jesus, and 
that 
the 
reward 
soon 
to 
be 
given 
to 
the 
faithful 
awaits 
him. 
His 
work 
is done. 
Loved by 
all, he 
has 
laid 
down 
the 
cross, soon to wear the crown. 
We 
who remain 
must 
close up the ranks, take 
up 
the 
work where 
he 
left 
it, and 
prosecute 
it with renewed diligence until 
we 
hear the announcement, " It is 
finished." 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
283 
OOR attention 
has 
been 
called 
to a misstatement 
in the last issue of the HOME MISSIONARY to the effect 
that our district 
agents 
were 
appointed at 
the 
can-
vasser's 
convention ; 
though 
no 
vital 
point was 
in-
volved 
in 
the 
assertion, we 
should have said, 
imme-
diately following the General 
Conference. 
Again : on 
page 
233 
of 
the 
October 
number, 
in 
speaking 
of the 
work 
of 
Brother King, 
we see 
that 
our 
comments 
on 
what 
he said 
about 
selling 
books 
to ministers have been understood as an 
indorsement 
of 
his 
course. 
We 
simply 
gave it as a matter 
of 
news 
from 
the 
held, 
calling 
the 
attention 
of 
our 
brethren 
to 
what 
he 
said 
about 
discounts to 
minis-
ters, as well as the solicitation of testimonials, 
being 
the experience of a canvasser in the 
field 
upon 
those 
points. 
In 
this 
connection 
we 
will Bay that we 
in-
dorse no plans for work 
that in any manner 
conflict 
with 
any rules and regulations 
adopted for 
carrying 
that work along. 
c. E. 
PROMPTNESS IN REPORTING. 
A 
GLANCE at the tabular 
report 
below shows 
very 
prominently 
the 
rows of dots 
which 
indicate 
the 
States 
and 
Provinces which 
did 
not 
report 
in 
time 
for 
this 
issue 
of the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
These 
monthly reports 
are a very valuable 
and 
important 
part 
of this 
department, when 
they are 
as 
they 
al-
ways should be, complete. 
When there are so 
many 
blank 
spaces, however, as 
this 
month, the 
report is 
comparatively 
worthless 
as a whole, 
and 
certainly 
cannot 
be 
very 
satisfactory 
to 
the 
workers in the 
State whose report fails to appear. 
We 
cannot 
say 
who 
is to 
blame, 
but 
wish to ask 
each 
individual 
canvasser, company 
leader, 
State 
Agent, 
and 
secre-
tary 
to 
feel that 
you 
are " a 
part 
of 
the 
concern," 
and see to it that you are prompt; 
and then we 
shall 
have full reports 
instead 
of blanks. 
A word to 
the 
wise is sufficient. 
REPORT OF THE CANVASSING WORK FOR NOVEMBER, 1890. 
STATE. 
I 
Days. 
Mor. 
Half 
Mor. 
Libr'y 
Gilt. 
Marb. ! 
lain. 
Value of 
Books. 
Miscel. 
Sales. 
Total 
Value. 
Total 
I for Districts. 
f Atlantic 
| Maine 
j Maritime Prov 
New England 
J New York 
J Pennsylvania 
j Quebec 
• Virginia 
Vermont 
[ West Virginia 
f Alabama 
| Florida 
| Georgia. 
\ Louisiana 
| Mississippi 
j North Carolina.... 
[Tennessee 
f Indiana 
| Illinois 
^ Michigan 
I Ohio 
[Ontario 
f Dakota 
| Iowa 
J Manitoba 
Minnesota 
Nebraska 
Wisconsin 
Arkansas 
Colorado 
Kansas 
Missouri 
[Texas 
f British Columbia.. 
\ California 
[ Oregon 
f England 
J Germany 
| Scandinavia 
[ South Africa 
179 
411 
35 
375 
20 
197?, 
116" 
28 
65 
356 
338 
108 
112 
60 
169 
266 
76 
159 
Totals. 
80 
3,289^ 
25 
15 
17 
65 
13 
175 
2 
70 
650 
18 
14 
24 
30 
164 
455 
81 
20 
103 
134 
38 
48 
38 
16 
31 
55 
150 
49 
326 
6 
10 
1,184 
338 
42 
266 
328 
112 
197 
110 
61 
120 
48 
240 
234 
586 
50 
50 
2,966 
322 
45 
40 
97 
171 
515 
464 
218 
209 
128 
48 
155 
478 
108 
540 
26 
3,748 
122 
3 
55 
195 
50 
1 
7 
122 
48 
792 
$ 773 20 
2,530 15 
253 00 
2,618 55 
155 25 
107 50 
660 25 
719 75 
2,564 85 
2,601 54 
899 75 
1,406 50 
$32,149 63 
$ 59 45 
2 60 
255 56 
135 60 
3 80 
61 88 
17 35 
1,268 50 
1,268 50 
658 75 
24 40 
683 15 
780 75 
19 75 
800 50 
610 60 
6 40 
617 00 
725 30 
74 73 
800 03 
2,383 25 
50 40 
2,433 65 
708 25 
708 25 
4,816 65 
77 50 
4,894 15 
205 50 
205 50 
413 55 
413 55 
4,107 65 
4,107 65 
540 59 
74 21 
614 80 
$863 63 
$ 
773 20 
2,589 60 
255 60 
2,874 11 
155 25 
107 50 
795 85 
719 75 
2,568 65 
2,663 42 
899 75 
1,423 85 
$33,373 26 
284 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
TRACT 
AND 
MISSIONARY 
SOCIETY. 
Price, 
23 
cents 
per 
year. 
EDITORS. 
L. C. CHADWICK, ( 
DAN. T. JONES. 
$ 
BATTLE CREEK, 
MICH., 
DECEMBER, 
1890. 
SPECIAL attention is»called to the list of books 
men-
tioned on pages 264 and 265 of this 
number. 
WE cannot commence any more subscriptions 
with 
back numbers, as our supply is entirely 
exhausted. 
NEW 
subscriptions 
and 
renewals 
are 
coming 
in 
vory 
encouraginly, 
and 
we 
hope 
to 
reach a list 
of 
10,000 early in the year 
1891. 
WE have a quantity of extra copies of this 
number 
of 
the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY, and 
all 
new 
subscriptions 
for 
1891 
will 
be 
supplied 
with 
this 
number free 
as 
long as they 
last. 
THE International 
Tract 
"Society 
has a 
limited 
supply 
of 
the 
new 
Missionary 
Song 
"Come 
Over 
and 
Help 
Us," 
which 
was 
sent 
out 
for 
use 
at 
the 
exercises 
December 
25, 
which 
will 
be 
sent 
free 
on 
application to any who 
failed 
to 
receive a sufficient 
supply. 
THE WORK AT OUR MAIN OFFICE. 
REPORT of work done at the main office of 
the 
In-
ternational Tract Society at Battle 
Creek, Mich., 
for 
the month 
ending Nov. 30, 1890 :— 
RELIGIOUS WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
32,357 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
1,752 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
2,430 
" 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
794 
Number letters written to foreign countries 
62 
<« 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
24 
MRS. S. L. STRONG. 
HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
12,016 
» 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
21,120 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
272 
" 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
59 
Number of letters sent to United States 
262 
MRS. C. E. L. JOSKS. 
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WORK. 
Pages tracts and pamphlets sent out 
1,058,135 
No. Sentinels 
" 
" 
1S9 
" 
Religious Liberty (paper) 
" 
" 
5,000 
« 
English petitions, small 
" 
" 
300 
" 
" American Constitution must be Preserved " 
500 
" 
Manuals 
1,000 
" 
Letters written 
11 
MARY E. SIMKIN. 
CHICAGO OFFICE. 
WE have about 
twenty-five 
complete 
files 
of the 
present volume of the HOME MISSIONARY, which 
will 
be sent to any address 
in 
this country on 
receipt 
of 
twenty-five cents per set. 
" First come, 
first 
served." 
REPORT of labor for the 
month 
ending 
Nov. 
30, 
1890 : — 
Pages denominational and N. R. L. publications sent out, 
12,466 
" 
Health and Temperance publications 
" 
2,316 
No. 
Signs, Present Truth, and Instructors 
" 
424 
« 
Good Health and Pacific Health Journals 
" 
33 
" 
Sentinels 
" 
934 
» 
letters 
" 
593 
JENNIE THAYER. 
SCANDINAVIAN WORK. 
Pages books, pamphlets, and tracts sent out 
2,260 
Number of Health Journals sent out 
32 
" 
" 
letters written 
55 
TENA JENSEN. 
IF any who have received clubs of 
the 
HOME MIS-
SIONARY have 
clean 
copies 
of the 
October 
and 
No-
vember numbers which they are willing to spare, 
we 
will be glad 
to 
have them 
sent 
to 
us at once to 
en-
able us 
to complete 
additional 
files. 
Write 
us 
how 
many you send, and we will send 
pay. 
ATTENTION is called 
to 
the article by Sister 
Wag-
goner 
on 
the 
children's 
page. 
Inasmuch as the 
fourth Sabbath 
in 
December comes on 
the 
last 
day 
of the 
week 
of 
prayer, 
we 
would 
recommend 
that 
this 
article 
for the 
children 
be 
read to them 
the 
first 
Sabbath 
of 
January, 
1891. 
It has 
been 
pre-
pared 
for that 
purpose. 
A 
GLANCE at the above 
report 
shows a marked 
in-
crease in the amount of religious liberty 
publications 
sent out from our office during the month of 
Novem-
ber, 
over 
any 
previous 
month. 
We 
have 
recently 
had prepared an annual 
report of 
the literature 
sent 
from 
the 
offices of 
the 
International 
Tract 
Society 
for the 
year ending 
June 30, 1890, for publication 
in 
the Year Book, and 
find 
by comparison that we 
sent 
out about 
one third 
more 
pages 
of religious 
liberty 
literature 
in 
the 
month 
of 
November, 
1890, 
alone, 
than we did during the entire 
year 
ending 
June 
30. 
This shows 
that 
the 
members 
of 
our 
local 
societies 
throughout 
the country are 
arousing to the work 
in 
earnest. 
Let the good work go 
on.