VOL. IV. 
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., U. S. A., 
MAY, 1892. 
No. 
5. 
HAVE YOUnNOT A WORD FOR JESUS? 
HATE you not a word for Jesus ? not a word to say for him ? 
He is listening through the chorus of the burning seraphim ! 
He is listening ; does he hear you speaking of the things of 
earth, 
Only of its passing pleasure, selfish sorrow, empty mirth ? 
He has spoken words of blessing, pardon, peace, and love 
to you, 
Glorious hopes. and gracious comfort, strong and tender, 
sweet and true; 
Does he hear you telling others something of his love untold? 
Overflowings of thanksgiving for his mercies manifold ? 
What shall be our word for Jesus? 
Master, give it day 
by day ; 
Ever, as the need arises, teach thy children what to say. 
Give us holy love and patience ; grant us deep humility, 
That of self we may be emptied, and our hearts be full of 
thee; 
Give us zeal and faith and fervor, make us winning, make 
us wise, 
Single-hearted, strong, and fearless,— thou hast called us, 
we will rise ! 
Let the might of thy good Spirit go with every loving word ; 
And by hearts prepared and opened be our message always 
heard ! 
— Frances Ridley 
Havergal. 
VISITED IN PRISON. 
THE following incident is reported to us in a recent 
letter from Alabama. 
It shows^ the result of 
a 
timely 
manifestation of 
sympathy, and will be of 
interest to all who are endeavoring to " sow beside 
all waters." 
The writer, Brother Milan Steadwell, 
says: — 
"There is an interesting^case here, that of a man 
who was unjustly imprisoned by enemies who swore 
falsely against him. 
When news came to me by a 
man who was acquainted with him and all the cir-
cumstances, stating that the prisoner was a Christian 
gentleman, I 
visited 
him 
and loaned him 
'Bible 
Headings.' 
" Now his term is out, and he comes to me and 
takes a ' Headings,' home with him, and tells me that 
he has read it through 
twice, and indorses it all. 
He wants to unite with our people, and help carry 
to others the truth that has been so much comfort to 
him. in his confinement, 
and has made 
him free 
indeed. 
" His wife, who visited him while sick here, is also 
deeply interested, and he thinks she will heartily 
unite with him in the truth. 
There is another hope-
ful case here, of which I will speak when it has de-
veloped more fully." 
TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK. 
NOT all are called to be foreign missionaries, but 
every follower of Christ has a mission and a field in 
whioh to work. 
The story of the cross, with all the 
cognate truths this implies, should be on the lips of 
every one who has felt the power and known the joy 
of redeeming love. 
Wherever such a one is, or in 
whatever occupation 
engaged, he will 
find 
those 
around him who are in need of salvation, in need of 
the love and light which God has ordained should 
appear through his representatives on earth. 
The 
gospel 
is the good news of salvation, the 
power of God unto salvation, the means of bringing 
men back as loyal subjects to the kingdom of God. 
Many have not understood why the preaching 
of 
this has been 
committed 
to men rather than 
to 
angels. 
But the reason for this is simple. 
An indi-
vidual redeemed from the pow«r of sin can tell a 
story which no angel of heaven can tell. 
He can 
tell what the Lord has done for him ; how, by his 
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power to save, the Lord has redeemed him from the 
power of sin and death. 
With the psalmist he can 
say to the sin-sick soul, " Come and hear, all ye that 
fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for 
my soul." 
There is no other kind of testimony that has the 
weight and influence of that which comes from one 
who has had an experimental knowledge of that 
whereof he testifies. 
David knew from 
personal 
experience what the power of God unto salvation 
was. 
Of a truth he could say, " He restoreth my 
soul;" " In his favor is life ;" " Thou hast redeemed 
me, 0 Lord God of truth." 
No angel could truth-
fully say this of himself, and hence could not be the 
witness to the power of the gospel, that a saved 
sinner can be. 
While Jesus was in the country of the Gadarenes, 
he cast out the legion of devils which had for a long 
time possessed a certain man. 
This man appears to 
have been converted, for soon after this occurrence 
he was found "sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, 
and in his right mind." 
As Christ was about to take 
his leave of the country, this man besought him that 
he might go with him; but the gospel writer says, 
u Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith 
unto 
him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them 
how 
great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath 
had compassion on thee." 
Two lessons we may learn from this: First, that 
the message the Lord would have us bear to others, 
is that of an individual blessing we ourselves have 
received from the Lord. 
We are to tell them of that 
which has been a blessing to us personally. 
No one 
can lead others to greater hights than those to 
which he himself has attained. 
He only who has 
tasted and seen that the Lord is good, is competent 
to tell how good the Lord is. 
" When thou art con-
verted, strengthen thy brethren," said Christ to 
Peter. 
Saved sinners are the messengers God sends 
with tidings of salvation to lost sinners. 
Such oan 
"show 
forth the praises of him who hath called" 
them " out of darkness into his marvelous light." 
The second lesson we may learn from this occur-
rence is that all are not called upon to go to foreign 
fields to preach the gospel. 
The most successful field 
for work for some is right at home among their neigh-
bors and friends. 
Their commission, as was that of 
this man of Gadara, is, " Go home to thy friends, 
and tell them how great things the Lord hath done 
for thee." 
And we may remark right here that this 
is a good place for all to begin work for Jesus. 
It 
has been well remarked that the best way for one to 
fit himself for foreign missionary work, is first to 
become a good home missionary. 
This 
field 
is 
always open. 
The Lord intends that every one who professes 
his name shall be a worker in the great harvest field, 
either at home or abroad. 
The command to each 
and all is, " Go." 
" Go 
labor in my 
vineyard." 
There can be but one thing which can reasonably 
stand in the way of any one's obeying this order, 
and that is, if he is not saved ; if he has no message 
to bear to others of what great things the Lord has 
done for him ; if he cannot tell of a Saviour's love, 
and declare what God has done for his soul ; if in 
his blindness and self-sufficiency he has failed to see 
his need and utter helplessness, and refused to yield 
himself to God. 
Such a one is not commissioned to 
preach the gospel. 
In the light of the foregoing, we can better under-
stand what Paul means when he says, " How shall 
they hear without a preacher? and how shall they 
preach, except they be sent 1" 
To him whom God 
commissions to go, he gives a message, and that 
message is one with which the messenger is person-
ally acquainted. 
When this is the case, " how beau-
tiful are the 
feet of" 
such, how welcome 
their 
coming, how warm their testimony, how good their 
tidings to those who, groping in darkness, are seek-
ing for the light of life ! 
Such a messenger it is the 
privilege of every one of us to be. 
w. A. c. 
IS THE OPPORTUNITY BEING 
IMPROVED? 
BROTHER W. N. GLENN sends us the 
following 
communication in reference to the use of our Sab-
bath-school lessons this year, which contains a sug-
gestion that may be new to some, and we trust will 
be improved upon by many : — 
The fact that our Sabbath-school lessons cover 
the same ground as the lessons studied by the Sun-
day-schools of the various denominations, gives our 
workers a good opportunity to us® our papers and 
question pamphlets to advantage. 
I know 
several 
Sunday-school teachers who use the Signs regularly 
in studying their lessons, and deem it the best help 
they have. 
One of the objects in view in adopting the Sunday-
school series of lessons, was the opportunity it would 
afford of getting our arrangement of the lessons 
before 
Sunday-school 
workers. 
The 
logical 
ar-
rangement of questions and the 
notes and 
com-
ments are calculated to bring out many points of 
present truth. 
The Sabbath-school lesson is a feat-
ure of the Signs to which the attention of many 
people could readily be^called, and the paper once 
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in their hands, other matter 
would be incidentally 
noticed. 
If our missionary workers would make a specialty 
of putting the Signs into the hands of Sunday-school 
teachers during the present year, the combined effort 
would be productive of much good. 
A GOOD MOTTO. 
A VERY interesting story came to my notice a few 
weeks ago, in which the following words were used 
to describe the way to find Christ. 
"Admit, 
Com-
mit) Submit, 
Transmit." 
First, admit the 
I^ord 
Jesus into your 
heart. 
Make him your Companion, and he will purge your 
heart from all sin. 
Secondly, commit your ways unto the Lord. 
Take 
all your troubles to him in prayer, and with a heart 
of faith lay hold on God's promises. 
Thirdly, submit to the divine will in all things ; 
and 0 how difficult this is at times, but it is the only 
course for advancement in the heavenly way, or for 
the attainment of true happiness and peace. 
Fourthly, transmit the knowledge of a Saviour's 
love to others, that they may have the same blessed 
•experience. 
These points are all important, but if we worked 
earnestly on the last (transmit), and should impart 
the knowledge of the present truth in all its beauty 
and harmony 
to those 
about us, would 
not 
the 
Christ whom we admitted to our hearts, to whom 
we had committed all our ways, to whose will we 
had submitted 
ourselves, crown with success 
our 
smallest efforts? 
Let us work "as we have oppor-
tunity " for Jesus, for no other labor under heaven 
is half so noble, or so satisfying. — Emma L. 
Pardon, 
in iV. Y. 
Indicator. 
HOW TO HELP THE MEETING, j x/ 
COME. 
Come early. 
Take a front seat. 
Bring somebody else. 
Don't start a discussion. 
Make the stranger welcome. 
Talk the meeting up, and not down. 
If the meeting drags, don't you drag; 
make it 
snap somehow. 
Don't think of that engagement to-morrow. 
Too 
much 
world in your heart will act like water on 
a fire. 
Look just 
as pleasant as you can ; it is conta-
gious. 
Remember that it is God's service, and not 
the human being leading. 
Sing. 
Suppose you do not know one note from 
another, you will feel better for having tried, and it 
will encourage others. 
Finally, take home that part of the meeting that 
hit you the hardest, and think it over. 
Do n't pass it 
over your shoulder to the one back of you.— Geo. 
E. 
Strong, 
in Ram's 
Horn. 
CHRIST spake as never man spake, but even his di-
vine words might have been forgotten had he failed 
to back them with 
divine 
deeds. 
The 
sermon on 
the Mount has a new meaning when we read it in 
the light of Gethsemane and Calvary.— 
Selected. 
REPORT OF LABOR, APRIL, 1892. 
Main Office. 
RELIGIOUS WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
31,396 
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United States 
960 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
1,327 
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United States 
310 
" 
letters written to foreign countries 
377 
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MRS. S. L. STRONG. 
HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
6,668 
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15,432 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
349 
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S06 
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GERMAN WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
2,440 
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2,360 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
212 
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172 
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12 
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LENA STEINEL. 
Chicago Office. 
Pages denominational publications sent out 
41,612 
" 
N. R. L. publications sent out 
4,878 
" 
Health 
and Temperance publications sent out... 
39,664 
Number Signs, Present Truth, and Instructor 
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868 
" 
Good Health and Pacific Health Journal " 
... 
62 
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Sentinel sent out.. ..! 
697 
" 
letters written 
389 
JENNIE THAYER. 
SCANDINAVIAN WORK. 
Pages books, pamphlets, and tracts sent out 
2,896 
No. copies Ziont Vaktarc and Evangeliets Sendebud sent out. 
1,438 
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FOURTH 
SABBATH 
READING. 
To be Read in the Churches, Sabbath, May 28. 
THE CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 
1892. 
THE time of another camp-meeling season is close 
at hand. 
Every year 
these meetings become of 
greater importance and of deeper interest. The 
evidences are increasing everywhere, showing that 
the Lord's coming is near at hand. 
There never 
was a people who lived in a more important time 
than this, nor who were intrusted with a more sol-
emn and responsible work than that with which we 
are intrusted. 
We have long believed that we were 
in the time of the end ; and that the last warnirg 
is now being given to the world. 
The earnestmss 
and perseverance which is being manifested in urg-
ing forward religious legislation in our own ccurliy. 
is very significant. 
The image to the beast is fast 
being formed. 
Everything goes to prove that the 
great crisis is just before us, and that the time is 
come when the truth is to go with great power, and 
the earth to be lighted with the glory of God. The 
remarkable 
manner in which the 
providence of 
God has opened the way for the truth to be pro-
claimed everywhere, is also very interesting. The 
success of our efforts that we have already put forth 
in foreign fields is very encouraging. 
Our time is 
indeed a very interesting and solemn one. 
Surely a 
people living under such circumstances, and intrusted 
with 
such a message, should be fully aroused and 
thoroughly conseciated to the work of Gcd which 
they are called to perform. . 
Under such 
circumstances, the 
coming 
camp-
meeting season will be a most important one. In 
looking over our past experience, we become aware 
of 
tbe fact 
that our growth in grace 
has not 
kept pace with the growth of the work. 
While 
many among us have a knowledge of the truth, 
and are obeying its form, they are not sanctified 
by its power; instead of growing in grace and the 
knowledge of God, with many there has been a 
backsliding, a conformity to the world; instead of 
feeling the burden and the'responsibility of the mes-
sage, and contributing liberally to its advancement, 
there hasgbeen a withholding of the means which 
belong to God, thus crippling and retarding the 
work in many ways. 
Is it not time that we return 
to the Lord by confession and repentance of sin, and 
by seeking God with all the heart? 
In speaking to the church, the True Witness says, 
" 1 have somewhat against thee, because thou hast 
left thy first love;" and then follows the 
solemn 
warning that unless they repent, he would 
come 
unto them and remove the candlestick from them. 
We feel solemnly impressed with the thought that 
unless we as a people and as individuals fully awake 
to the importance of our time, and consecrate our-
selves wholly to God, repenting of sin, putting away 
wrong, and laying hold by faith of the arm of God, 
the Lord will leave us to ourselves to perish in dark-
ness, while others will be called to take our place, 
who will be faithful, and do the work that he de-
signed we should do. 
The Lord's hand is not short-
ened that he cannot save ; his ear is not heavy that 
he cannot hear. 
All those that seek him with all 
their hearts will find him. Those that consecrate 
themselves wholly to God will experience tbe power 
of the truth in their hearts. 
Those that feel the bur-
den and responsibility of the message will also be 
willing to contribute of their means according as 
God has prospered them ; then there will be funds 
in the treasury of God to accomplish that which the 
Lord designs the message to accomplish. 
It ap-. 
pears to us that we have come to a time when it is 
dangerous to delay. 
The cause of God is greatly in need of earnest, 
faithful, consecrated laborers. 
Truly, the harvest 
is great, and the fields are white; but 0, how sadly 
few are the laborers ! The Macedonian call is com-
ing from every part of the land ; but what can we 
do to answer these earnest calls for help ? Brethren, 
we ask you carefully and candidly to consider these 
matters. 
As we think of these things, our soul cries 
out to God, to spare his people, and not give his her-
itage to reproach. 
We are looking forward to the coming 
camp-
meetings with an intense desire that these gather-
ings may prove a greater blessing this year than ever 
in the past, and that we may see of God's salvation 
in a more marked manner than we have ever wit-
nessed it before. 
Great blessings are hanging over 
our heads, ready to come upon God's people, when 
we get into the position where we are willing to sur-
render all and yield ourselves to God. 
But self is 
in the way ; worldliness, covetousness, pride, are in 
the heart; these are the sins that are so prominent 
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in the last days. 
Many 
have a form of godliness, 
but deny the power thereof. 
Brethren and sisters, shall we realize these things ? 
Shall we sense them as God would have us sense 
them? 
Shall we be thoroughly aroused, and turn to 
the Lord with all our heart? 
If we do this, we 
have the promise that we shall find him, and he will 
reveal to us his gracious salvation. 
It will be of no benefit to us to go out with our 
lamps, like the foolish virgins, if we have no oil in 
them. 
These lamps, which represent our profession 
of the truth, will not save us. 
You may carry your 
lamp, you may go out in the procession ; but if you 
have no oil, you will be left in darkness. 
We 
must 
secure oil in our lamps before it is too late. 
We 
must experience 
the saving 
grace of God in our 
hearts. 
We must know that we are accepted, that 
our 
sins are pardoned, 
that 
Christ is 
enthroned 
within, that he is in us the hope of glory. 
Let no 
soul be satisfied until he knows that he has a living 
connection with the True Yine. 
If we will relate 
ourselves to the work in this way, we shall see the 
salvation of God in our coming camp-meetings in a 
manner that we have never witnessed before. 
In reference to preparations for camp-meetings, I 
can do no better than to give some quotations from 
" Testimony to the Church," No. 31 : — 
" OUR CAMP-MEETINGS. 
" I have been shown that some of our camp-meet-
ings are far from being what the Lord designed they 
should 
be. 
The people come unprepared for the 
visitation 
of 
God's 
Holy 
Spirit. 
Generally 
the 
sisters devote considerable time before the meeting 
to the preparation 
of garments 
for the 
outward 
adorning, while they 
entirely forget 
the 
inward 
adorning, which is in the sight of God of great price. 
There is also much time spent in needless cooking f 
in the preparation of rich pies and cakes and other 
articles of food that do positive injury to those who1 
partake of them. 
Should our sisters provide good 
bread and some other healthful kinds of food, both 
they and their families would be better prepared to 
appreciate the words of life, and far more susceptible 
to the influence of the Holy Spirit, 
" Often the stomach is over-burdened with food 
which is seldom as plain and simple as that eaten at 
home, where the amount of exercise taken is double 
or 
treble. 
This causes the mind to be in such a 
lethargy 
that it is difficult to appreciate; eternal 
things, and the meeting closes, and they are disap-
pointed in not having enjoyed more of the 
Spirit 
of God. 
" While preparing for the meeting, each individual 
should closely and critically examine his own 
heart 
before God. 
If there have been unpleasant feelings, 
discord, or strife in families, it should be one of the 
first acts of preparation to confess these faults one 
to another 
and pray 
with 
and] for^ one 
another. 
Humble yourselves before God, and make an earnest 
effort to empty the soul temple of all rubbish,— all 
envyings, all jealousies, all suspicions, all fault-find-
ings. 
' Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify 
your 
hearts, ye 
double-minded. 
Be afflicted, and 
mourn, and weep ; let your 
laughter be turned to 
mourning, 
and 
your joy 
to 
heaviness. 
Humble 
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift 
you up.' . . . 
"For your soul's sake, for Christ's sake, and for 
the sake of others, work at home. 
Pray as you are 
not accustomed to pray. 
Let 
the heart break 
be-
fore God. 
Set your house in order. 
Prepare your 
children for the occasion. 
Teach them that it is not 
of so much consequence that they appear with 
fine 
clothes as that they appear before God with clean 
hands and pure hearts. 
Remove every obstacle that 
may 
have been in thpir way,— all differences that 
may have existed between themselves, or 
between 
you 
and them. 
By 
so doing, you will invite the 
Lord's presence into your homes, and holy angels 
will attend you as you go up to the meeting, 
and 
their light and presence will press back the darkness 
of evil angels. 
Even unbelievers will feel the holy 
atmosphere as they enter the encampment. 
0, how 
much 
is lost by 
neglecting this important work ! 
You may be pleased with the preaching, you 
may 
become animated and revived, but the 
converting, 
reforming power of God will not be felt in the heart, 
and the work will not be so deep, thorough, and 
lasting as it should be. 
Let pride be crucified, and 
the soul be clad with the priceless robe of Christ's 
righteousness, and what a meeting will you enjoy ! 
It will be to your soul even as the gate of heaven. 
" The same work of humiliation and heart-search-
ing should also go on in the church, so that all differ-
ences and alienations among brethren may be laid 
aside, before appearing before the Lord at these an-
nual githerings. 
Sat about 
this work in earnest, 
and rest not until it is accomplished ; for if you come 
up to the meetings with your doubts, your 
murmur-
ings, your disputing*, you bring evil angels into the 
camp, and carry darkness wherever you go."—Pages 
158-163. 
" My soul is burdened as I see the great want of 
spirituality among us. *The fashions and customs of 
the world, pride, love of amusement, love of display, 
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extravagance in dress, in houses, in lands,— these 
are robbing the treasury 
of God, turning to the 
gratification of self the means which should be used 
to send forth the light of truth to the world. 
Selfish 
purposes 
are 
made 
the 
first 
consideration. 
The 
work 
of qualifying men to labor for the salvation 
of souls is not considered of so great 
consequence 
as worldly 
enterprises. 
Souls 
are 
perishing 
for 
want of knowledge. 
Those who have had the light 
of 
present truth, 
and yet feel no spirit of 
labor 
to warn their fellow-men of the coming Judgment, 
must give an account to God for their neglect of 
duty. 
The blood of 
souls will be upon their gar-
ments."— Page 
6. 
"As a people, we are not advancing in spirituality 
as we near the end. 
We do not realize the magni-
tude and importance of the work before us. 
Hence 
our plans are not becoming wider and more compre-
hensive. 
There is a sad lack of men and women 
prepared to carry forward the increasing work for 
this time."—Page 7. 
" I would at this time sound the note of warning 
to those who shall assemble at our 
camp-meeting. 
The end of all things is at hand. 
My brethren, min-
isters and laymen, 1 have been shown 
you 
must 
work in a different 
manner from what you have 
been in the habit of working. 
Pride, envy, self-im-
portance, and unsanctified independence have marred 
your labors. 
When men permit themselves to be 
flattered 
and exalted by Satan, the Lord can do little 
for them or through them. 
To what unmeasured 
humiliation did the Son of man descend, that he 
might elevate humanity ! Workers for God, not the 
ministers only, but the people, need the meekness 
and lowliness of Christ, if they would benefit their 
fellow-men. 
As God, our Saviour humbled 
himself 
when he took upon him man's nature. 
But he went 
lower still. 
As a man, ' he humbled himself 
unto 
death, even the death of the cross.' 
Would that I 
could 
find 
language wherewith 
to 
present 
these 
thoughts before you. 
Would that the veil could be 
rent away, and you could see the cause of your spir-
itual weakness. 
Would that you could conceive of 
the rich supplies of grace and power awaiting your 
demand. 
Those who hunger and thirst for right-
eousness will be 
filled. 
We must exercise 
greater 
faith in calling upon God for all needed 
blessings. 
We 
must strive, agonize, to 
enter in 
at the strait 
gate."—Page 
12. 
"Let the proud spirit bow in humiliation. 
Let 
the hard heart be broken. 
No longer pet and pity 
and exalt self. 
Look, 0 lool/, upon Him whom our 
sins have pierced. 
See him descending step by step 
the path of humiliation, to lift us up ; abasing him-
self till he could go no lower, and all to save us who 
were fallen by sin 1 Why will we be so indifferent, 
so cold, so formal, so proud, so self-sufficient?" — 
Page 
IS. 
"I have been shown that, as a people, we are de-
parting from the simplicity of tbe faith, and from 
the purity of the gospel. 
Many are in great peril. 
Unless they change their course, they will be severed 
from the True Vine, as useless branches. 
Brethren 
and sisters, I have been shown that we are standing 
upon the threshold of the eternal world. 
We need 
now to gain victories at every step. 
Every 
good 
deed is as a seed sown, to bear fruit unto eternal 
life. 
Every success gained, places 
us on a higher 
round 
of 
the 
ladder 
of 
progress, 
and 
gives 
us 
spiritual 
strength 
for 
fresh 
victories. 
Every 
right 
action 
prepares 
the way' for its repetition.' 
— Page 
U. 
Shall we not, as individuals, and thus as a people, 
heed these admonitions and counsels of the 
Lord, 
and prepare to receive the blessings which the com-
ing camp-meeting season has in store for us? 
And 
while we are 
examining 
ourselves, 
putting 
away 
sins, and seeking a preparation of heart to meet with 
the Lord's special presence, let us early begin 
to 
shape our business affairs so that nothing of this 
nature will prevent us from attending the meeting, 
if it can be avoided by timely planning. 
Will not 
our 
brethren 
and sisters who 
have 
attended 
the 
annual camp-meetings from year to year, and who 
know how little any can afford to miss these seasons 
of blessing, make 
a special effort to encourage 
a 
full attendance from their churches ? 
Talk the mat-
ter over in the meetings, and help one another 
to 
plan for it. 
The General Conference Committee has taken great 
pains in appointing laborers for the different camp-
meetings. 
While we have sought to avoid 
every 
unnecessary expense possible, we have at the 
same 
time made arrangements for efficient help for every 
meeting; and now, if our brethren and sisters will 
co-operate with the servants of God, and take 
hold 
and labor as God would be pleased to have them, 
we know that we shall see the salvation of the Lord, 
and that great benefit will result to our people and 
to the cause. 
0. A. OLSEN. 
SUCH love must dwell in the heart, that you will 
be ready to give the treasures and honors of this 
world if thereby you may influence one soul to en-
gage in the service of Christ. 
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Extract? from Correspondence. 
FROM Barbadoes, W. I.: — 
" Is it not most serious to contemplate the rapidity with which 
time is hurrying into eternity ? It is as but yesterday that I sat 
down to pen you my last, but, behold, some six months have sped 
past, and brought us exactly that period nearer to the brink of 
eternity, and face to face with the great Judge. 
How have those 
days left us » What have they done for us ? 
What have we done 
for them, for our fellow-men, for God S 
0 that we could catch a 
glimpse of that unerring record which each day has made against 
us! 
Surely the many dark spots contained therein would stir us 
up to a closer walk after the perfect Pattern. 
But no, an all-wise 
Providence has veiled that from our view in this life, to be unveiled 
in eternity. 
"I have to thank you most heartily for all the valuables you 
have been sending me, and to assure you that apart from their in-
trinsic value themselves, they are greatly prized because presented 
without expecting earthly recompense, beyond the pleasure and 
satisfaction of doing good, and elevating the degraded. 
" It is sad to note the number who have not yet learned the gos-
pel of truth ; but the saddest thing is to see the depravity of that 
church (Rome) which boasts of having received the truth direct 
from the apostles, but which has so perverted it, and so persist-
ently continues to hold its followers in the most abject enslavement, 
misery, and ignorance. 
1 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the 
Lord 3'" 
From British Honduras, C. A.: — 
" I still take a special delight in perusing your publications, for • 
the doctrines advocated are to my mind very sound, though adverse 
to current ideas. 
I notice frequent reference is made in your peri-
odicals to the last great day. 
I believe with you that the coming 
of the Lord is not distant. 
Believing this, I am compelled to be 
alarmed for those who are living without a thought of the infinite 
claims that the Saviour has upon them, and how awful his appear-
ing will be to them. 
I hope that your publications will be the 
means of solemnizing many with reference to the things that are 
shortly to come to pass." 
From Chinkiang, China: — 
" Thank you very much for the tracts you sent me. 
I have en-
joyed them greatly, and feel that my wife and myself have gotten 
some valuable hints to help us in rearing our little girls. 
I found 
them very good for a reading room for sailors. 
I can make good 
use of such tracts, if you will send some to me from time to time. 
I may be able to translate some of them into the Chinese language 
for our work among the Chinese. 
This people need above all else, 
heath, temperance, social purity, and the religion of our Lord 
Jesus Christ." 
From St. Lucia, W. I.: — 
" Your monthly parcels are at hand. 
The year-book gave me 
interesting and valuable information respecting your connection. 
I derived much personal good from ' Spirit of Prophecy.' 
1 Bible 
Readings' is a valuable book. 
I am giving it a close reading. 
A 
Roman Catholic has expressed a great desire to have the book. 
The various periodicals are looked for eagerly by the few English-
speaking people, and many Roman Catholics are reading and speak-
ing of the temperance and Sabbath questions. 
Good Health is read 
eagerly by the so-called better classes. 
" I missed Elder Ball's visit to this island ; nothing will please me 
more than to see one of your number here, and I hope that some 
speedy and good results will follow such a visit to these beautiful 
islands, whose great need in a religious point, is a working and 
soul-saving church. 
The ministers among us, with few exceptions, 
are at ease, trying to live the life of the man of wealth. 
You may 
not believe it, nevertheless it is true that in a very large class of 
our ministers, Wesleyans, or Anglicans, it is hard to distinguish 
between them and the open man of the world. 
Money is the great 
cry with them— not souls — and they use every bait to obtain it. 
Ease is what they seek, not to be about their Master's business. 
Show is the religion of many. 
Do not think I am hard, I only 
speak the truth. 
I know scores in the island of 
who would 
give anything for a soul-loving class of ministers and religious 
leaders to come in among them. 
May God hasten the time when 
our ministers will open their eyes to the sad state of religion, and 
be up and doing." 
From Maracaybo, Venezuela, S. A.: — 
"I have had the pleasure of receiving your letter, and also a 
package of literature in English. 
I shall be happy to act as your 
agent, and as there is a large English-speaking colony here, it may 
be that good will result. 
" I would strongly suggest however that if possible, Spanish 
publications be forwarded. 
Maracaybo has a population of nearly 
40,000 souls, all of whom, with the exception of the small foreign 
colony, are Catholic, and sadly superstitious. 
I at one time had 
leanings toward Catholicism, but the many years I have spent in 
South America have had the effect of making me an ardent oppo 
nent of its falsity and fanaticism. 
" Should it be possible to distribute a class of literature quietly, 
exposing Romish errors, much good might be done, but this must 
be done in Spanish, as no other language is spoken by the people 
The English periodicals and tracts, however, are also valuable, as I 
can find plenty of readers for them. 
"WhateverI may be able to do in the furtherance of the ends of 
your organization, will be done most cheerfully." 
From Nacaome, Honduras, C. A.: — 
"Your kind favor came duly to hand, and I thank you very 
much for it and the accompanying literature. 
The literature is 
unfortunately unavailable for distribution here, as there is but one 
person besides myself within two days' ride who can read English ; 
to him — a native gentleman —I 
gave a greater part of 
the 
tracts. 
If you have anything in Spanish, I can use it to advantage-
" The old Spanish Catholic Church of these countries, since the 
.expulsion of the Jesuits in the 70's, is fast breaking up. 
A tract 
written especially for this people (and only one intimately con. 
nected with them could produce it) would be effective. 
These 
people are a bright, good-hearted, but ignorant race. 
The church 
is the most corrupt part of society, so corrupt and such a mummery 
and a mockery that its condition cannot be imagined and described 
only in the use of very broad terms. 
"In any manner in which lean assist your efforts in bettering 
human conditions, I am at your service." 
From Monterey, Mexico: — 
111 wish to express many thanks for the literature sent me. 
I 
should be glad to receive any sent me in English or Spanish. 
I 
have an English and Spanish congregation, and any religious 
matter will be gladly received. 
We need all the help we can get in 
this sinful country. 
Ignorance, filth, vice, and superstition are 
the instruments of death in the hands of Satan, in this country." 
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FOREIGN 
MISSIONS. 
CONDUCTED BY W. A. SPICER. 
POLYNESIA —THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. 
IT is with much pleasure that we have seen the 
great interest taken by Seventh-day Adventists in 
the work in Polynesia. 
Perhaps no missionary en-
terprise started by this people has ever so fully 
enlisted the sympathies of the whole body as this 
one has. 
In answer to the many prayers that have ascended 
in behalf of the Polynesian mission, God has won-
derfully preserved our vessel — the "Pitcairn" — 
from the many dangers that have threatened her, 
and has given us access to the people of many of 
the leading islands of the Pacific. 
The kind wel-
come we have received in most of these islands is 
the more remarkable from the fact that we were 
utter strangers to the people we met. 
Our religious 
and health publications have«iet with a ready sale, 
over $2000 worth having been sold in less than a 
year, besides many thousands of pages that 
have 
been given away. 
In 
several of the principal 
islands we have 
preached to large 
congregations of natives and 
white people, in the churches of other denomina-
tions, in some cases the minister acting as inter-
preter. 
In some of the islands we have seen people 
begin the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord. 
Brother Bead, who remained at Norfolk Island, 
writes under date of January 14, that a number 
there are keeping the Sabbath, and that 
many 
others are deeply interested. 
By letter we have learned of some young men in 
Fiji, who are considering the matter of taking up» 
the cross. 
In none of these islands have we urged the Sab-
bath upon the people, though we have strictly ob-
served it ourselves ; but we have tried to impress 
upon them the importance of receiving 
Christ, 
knowing that without his grace there can be no ac-
ceptable Sabbath observance. 
Those who 
really 
receive Christ, knowing the obligations of the Sab-
bath, will readily take up its observance. 
While there is every reason to praise God for what 
has been done in these islands in the last century, 
there is a great work yet to be done to prepare a 
people for the Saviour's appearing. 
Beginning with the visit of the missionary ship 
" Duff," in 1797, earnest, God-fearing men, imbued 
with the spirit of the Master, have labored in these 
islands to lift up the degraded heathen. 
As a result 
of their labors, idolatry, cannibalism, and the offer-
ing up of human sacrifices have been unknown for 
many years. 
In place of the worship of degrading 
idols, we see churches dedicated to the service of the 
living God, and morning and night hear the voice of 
prayer and song ascending to heaven. 
Where once 
shipwrecked sailors were saved from a watery grave 
only to be eaten by savages, we have been able to 
go about, as safe as in America. 
The natives of these islands are nearly all pro-
fessed Christians, and are generally frank, generous, 
and kind hearted. 
But in later years there has 
been a backsliding from the purity of the gospel. 
The selfishness of the white men who have gone 
to the islands for gain has been contagious, 
and 
many of the natives have learned to be as tricky as 
the Europeans. 
The sins to which the natives were 
specially addicted in their heathen state, such as 
licentiousness and intemperance, are practiced by 
professed Christians, though these sins are perhaps 
no more prevalent than in more civilized 
lands. 
Acts of love and kindness shown to natives are 
greatly appreciated, and are generally reciprocated. 
Though the natives of many of the groups were said 
to be of a thieving disposition, we scarcely lost any-
thing by them, though we gave them every oppor-
tunity to steal from us if they had been so disposed 
They saw that we placed confidence in them, and 
wished to prove themselves worthy of that con-
fidence. 
Now what can be done for these races? 
It is my 
firm 
belief that if we could place some 
reliable, 
broad-minded Christian families in these islands, who 
would unselfishly labor for the spiritual and tem-
poral good of the natives, a great work could be 
done. 
Families are wanted who are willing to 
endure 
hardness as good 
soldiers, who can pa-
tiently wait for the fruits of their labor, and who 
can show the good effects of Christianity in the 
home life. 
Those who go to such 
fields 
should 
be 
persons who 
will labor to bring the people 
to Christ, and not simply to get them to accept a 
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new theory of religion. 
The doctrines that we call 
" present truth " are of no more value without Christ 
in the heart, than the doctrines of Mohammedanism. 
Persons who have had some success in life, and 
who could engage in some business enterprise, are 
preferred to those who are young and inexperienced. 
It would be better that persons going to those 
fields 
should have sufficient capital to enable them to live 
without being compelled to engage in day labor for 
others. 
They could thus give some time to learning 
the native language, and becoming acquainted with 
the people among whom 
they live. 
Many 
of 
the 
islands have a delightful climate, which would be a 
great benefit to those who need to escape the cold 
winters of America. 
Of course the weather in the islands near the 
equator is quite warm, but persons become accus-
tomed to that in time. 
The nights are always cool. 
The cost of the light clothing needed is very small, 
and no fuel is required for heating the houses. 
De-
licious oranges, pineapples, and other tropical fruits 
abound in most of the islands. 
Even in the Fijian 
Islands nearly all kinds of garden vegetables can be 
raised with little effort. 
Of course the 
temperate 
zone fruits do not grow in the tropics. 
It is true, as stated in the hymn, that in these 
islands " every prospect pleases, and only man 
is 
vile." 
But the fact that man is sinful is the strong 
reason why we should carry to them a knowledge 
of a Saviour's love and power. 
" Can we whose souls are lighted 
With wisdom from on high,— 
Can we to men benighted, 
The lamp of life deny ? " 
lam fully persuaded that many of our brethren 
who are now living on a low level of 
spirituality, 
would have their spiritual pulse quickened if they 
could mingle with the natives of the islands, and see 
the great work to be done. 
Many who are drying 
up spiritually in some of our large home churches, 
would here find a large field of usefulness, not only 
among natives, but among Europeans. 
Most of the missionaries 
in 
the islands 
would 
gladly welcome all who would labor for the moral 
elevation of the natives, even though we differ in 
some points of doctrine. 
As the people of many of 
the islands keep the Sabbath already, the difference 
between us and them is doctrinally made much less. 
In most of the islands we can never hope to establish 
independent 
churches, but must labor by 
precept 
and example to prepare a people, just where they 
are, to stand in the day of the Lord. 
Let none feel that they have no incentive to labor 
if the stimulus of proselyting is removed. 
When the 
sublime truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ are re-
ceived into the heart, the doctrines of present truth 
will take their proper place without any urging. 
Persons who go to the 
islands 
should 
qualify 
themselves to treat the sick whenever they 
have 
opportunity. 
In 
most of the islands there are no 
competent medical teachers, and the ignorance of 
the laws of health is deplorable. 
Opportunities pre-
sent themselves on every side to minister to the 
afflicted. 
Christ's commission to his servants was 
not simply to preach repentance, but to heal the 
sick. 
He said, " Freely ye 
have received, freely 
give." 
God has given us a knowledge of the health re-
form, and rational methods of treating disease. 
If we 
heal sick people by the methods God has given us, 
are we not as really fulfilling Christ's commission as 
though 
we had supernatural 
powers? 
Very 
few 
appreciate the 
blessing 
that has been brought to 
us in the health reform and right methods of treat-
ing the sick. 
These were designed not only to bene-
fit us, but to be a blessing to the world. 
Christ healed the sick that they might be inspired 
with confidence in him by the bestowal of 
temporal 
benefits, thus giving them confidence in his power 
to forgive their sins. 
See Mark 2:10,11. 
Why 
should we not minister to the sick, thus showing the 
benevolent nature of the gospel, and by this means 
secure 
access to hearts? 
In several instances we 
have found avenues to the hearts of the natives by 
treating them in sickness. 
Those who are preparing for mission fields, should 
study the fields as far as possible. 
Books have been 
written covering all the mission fields of the world, 
which can be obtained by applying to our publish-
ing houses. 
I will mention a few of those which 1 
believe to be thoroughly reliable : 
" Tonga and the 
Friendly Islands," by Miss Farmer; " Fiji and the 
Fijians," by Calbert and Williams, missionaries who 
spent many years in Fiji; "Missionary 
Enterprises 
in the South Seas," by John Williams ; " Gems from 
the Coral Islands," by W. Gill ; " Life of 
Bishop 
Patteson, the martyr missionary of Melanesia." 
The 
set of Missionary Biographies for sale at the Review 
Office contains several excellent missionary books. 
A 
new work 
on the New 
Hebrides Islands, 
the 
" Autobiography of John G. Paton," is spoken of very 
highly by those who have read it. 
Not only will a person obtain a fairly good idea of 
life in the Pacific islands by the perusal of 
these 
books, but he will have his own heart stirred 
to 
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renewed zeal 
by seeing tbe sell-denying labors of 
God's servants in those cannibal islands. 
Above all, should those who purpose to enter the 
missionary field, study the lives of the two great 
missionaries, 
Jesus 
Christ 
and 
the apostle 
Paul. 
The former, knowing all things, adopted absolutely 
correct methods of teaching the truth to the peo-
ple. 
Instead of convincing the people by argument, 
he won them by kindness and love. 
He did not condemn those who did not believe his 
message (John 3 :17 ; 12:47), but sought by doing 
good to give them additional evidence of his divine 
character. 
He did not engage in public disputations 
to prove the truthfulness of his doctrines, but did 
much 
private work in the home, and taught 
the 
people in the deserts and by the sea side, where 
their minds would be more free to receive spiritual 
impressions. 
Paul caught the spirit of his Master, and labored 
according to his methods. 
He says, "I came not 
to you with excellency of speech or of wisdom, de-
claring unto 
you 
the testimony 
of God. 
For 
I 
determined to know nothing among you, save Jesus 
Christ, and him crucified." 
1 Cor. 2 :1, 2. 
But to preach " Christ, and him crucified," means 
more than many suppose; it means to preach the 
gospel as revealed through patriarchs, prophets, and 
apostles, and 
according to Christ's own 
methods. 
Neither does it withhold a knowledge of the law 
which reveals sin, nor the prophecies that point to 
the Saviour's coming; 
for these have their proper 
place in the preaching of the gospel. 
We trust that our brethren everywhere may feel 
that they are debtors to the millions that are in 
darkness, not only in Polynesia, but in the Asiatic 
countries. 
Fields are opening everywhere, and why 
should not the youth be preparing to answer 
the 
calls that come for help ? 
E. H. GATES. 
Hobart, 
Tasmania, 
Feb. 8, 
1892. 
THE PRESENT OUTLOOK. 
THE present need of the Polynesian Islands is an 
absorbing question to those who are interested in 
the 
advancement 
of 
the 
third 
angel's 
message. 
There is perhaps no mission field in which we are 
operating, where more interesting developments are 
possible. 
There are all classes of white people living on 
these 
islands, whose 
very 
isolation 
makes 
them 
kindly disposed toward any strangers 
who 
come, 
and gives them ample time for reading 
whatever 
literature is placed at their disposal. 
There are all 
grades of natives, from the Christianized and refined 
to the semi-barbarous and uncouth. 
It is a question 
often asked, What 
effect 
will 
"present truth" have on heathen people? 
An op-
portunity is now furnished for a demonstration 
of 
this problem. 
The aggregate population of the isl-
ands already visited by the mission schooner, is over 
two hundred thousand, embracing a greater variety 
of distinct people than could be found distributed 
over 
a similar 
area on 
any part 
of 
the 
earth's 
surface. 
Many of these places are in good 
com-
munication with the outer world, having 
monthly 
mail and transportation j having been so frequently 
visited by white people, there is no longer any dan-
ger of loss of life, any more than there would be in 
one of our towns at home. 
Besides all this, the 
language 
and its 
various 
dialects have been reduced to writing, and in most 
cases a good grammar and dictionaiy 
have 
been 
published; 
so that, with 
the aid of 
those 
who 
already speak the English language as well as the 
native tongue, the latter could be readily acquired, 
and used as a medium 
for conveying 
the 
truth 
through tracts, pamphlets, and books to the native 
population of the islands, who are always eager to 
read 
anything written in their 
language. 
Their 
literature has thus far been very limited, comprising 
only the Bible, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and a 
few simple books on science, used as school books. 
The cruise of our vessel through these groups has 
been with the following general effect : — 
At the Society Group, notwithstanding 
existing 
prejudice manifest in some parts of the Group, and 
th e difficulties of laboring under the French 
Gov-
ernment, a good supply of our literature was sold, 
and a few families took a position for the truth ; 
among these was a native minister and family. 
In the Austral Group, although the vessel stayed 
but a few days, a warm attachment was formed for 
the missionaries, and a considerable interest mani-
fested in the truth. 
In the Samoan Group, the work was less promis-
ing, although a good work was done with our health 
and temperance publications. 
The Tongan Group witnessed a marked success 
in the sale of our books, enough being sold to fur-
nish every white family on the 
different islands, 
either by borrowing or by actual possession, with 
most of our principal books. 
At Fiji there was also a wonderful demand for 
our literature which required thousands of pages of 
books, papers, and tracts to 
fill. 
Several also ex-
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pressed an increasing interest in the truth before 
the vessel left. 
On Norfolk Island, the home of the Pitcairn rela-
tives, there was little sale of books, owing to the 
scarcity of money ; but by patient, persistent effort, 
an interest 
was 
created 
which 
resulted in over 
twenty accepting 
the 
truth, among whom 
about 
twelve were parents. 
The prospects for future operations on all of these 
groups are promising, but are especially so in the 
Fijian and Society groups. 
The estimated popula-
tion of the former group is about 117,500. 
The peo-
ple in Fiji have expressed their desire to have some 
one come 
and labor among them. 
A 
prominent 
business man from that group visited the vessel in 
Auckland, and told us that the interest 
still 
held 
good. 
He showed a very warm attachment for our 
vessel and cause, and urged us to come to Fiji and 
labor, stating that he himself hoped sometime to be 
more closely affiliated to us. 
But perhaps the present outlook in the 
Society 
Group is even more important, if not equally as in-
teresting. 
From Tahiti, access may be had to three 
groups of islands all speaking tbe Tahitian language. 
Should a school be started at Pitcairn, its students 
would be gathered from these islands. 
If any of the 
youug people of Pitcairn, or those from the other 
islands, should prepare themselves for missionary 
work, they would be better suited for work 
among 
these groups than in any field of different climate 
and customs. 
The people of these groups are, many of them at 
least, in harmony with the views held by us concern-
ing the second 
advent and 
the resurrection. 
In 
former years, under the English missionaries, they 
kept the seventh 
day, the same as the people of 
Raratonga, Samoa, and Tonga do now. 
In recent 
letters 
from Tahiti, in 
the 
Society 
Group, 
we were 
told 
that 
those 
whom 
we 
left 
keeping 
the Sabbath 
are still 
firm, 
and that the 
half-caste minister who accepted the truth has so 
instructed his congregation that nearly all of them 
stand ready to come out with their pastor, and form 
themselves into a Seventh-day 
Adventist 
church. 
We hope this may be even so. 
News was also received concerning another half-
caste minister located on one of the most important 
islands of 
this group, who 
was much 
interested 
when we were there, and with whom we left a quan-
tity of reading matter. 
He and his whole family 
were keeping the Sabbath. 
When we were there, he expressed an earnest de-
sire for us to locate in the Society Group and work 
for the natives, whom he claims are much neglected, 
and he promised to aid us in every way he could, 
both by interpreting and translating for us, and in 
helping us to acquire the Tahitian language. 
Thus it seems that a door is thrown wide open to 
us in this Group. 
Seventeen thousand natives who 
are honest minded but much neglected and degraded 
are crying for help, and the more they know of the 
truth we carry, the louder they cry. 
Can we safely turn a deaf ear to such cries, and 
securely settle down in our homes, surrounding our-
selves with comforts and luxuries, while such 
fields 
lie all untouched ? 
Consecrated laborers and men of ability are needed 
here; 
not Korahs, Dathans, and Abirams, 
whose 
rebellions and selfishness clog the wheels of progress, 
but 
Calebs and Joshuas, 
whose hopeful 
courage, 
nothing daunted by difficulties, takes hold of 
vic-
tories which are certain and joys which are sure. 
Auckland, 
New Zealand. 
A. J. READ. 
POINTS FOR QUESTIONS. 
1. LOCATE the Polynesian field on the map ; date 
of beginning of missionary work in the islands, and 
changes apparent. 
2. Trace on the map the route of the " Pitcairn ; " 
population of groups visited, and facilities for learn-
ing the languages. 
3. State some of the known 
results of the out-
ward journey of the "Pitcairn," locating groups on 
the map. 
4. What groups seem especially promising fields ? 
5. Character of natives and needs. 
6. How can we help to supply these needs ? 
7. Scriptural methods of labor (John 3:17; 12:47 ; 
1 Cor. 2:1, 2). 
8. Opportunities for health work and its influence 
on the people. 
9. Is the supreme need of the natives of Polynesia 
in any way 
different from our own need ? 
Rom. 
3 : 9. 
For what reason, then, has tbe Lord given us 
the light 
first? 
Eph. 3:8; 
John 17:18; 
Phil. 
2:15,16. 
_ 
PROGRAM. 
1. Song. 
3. Scripture reading, Isa. 42 :1-16. 
3. Prayer. 
4. Study of lesson. 
5. Business. 
6. Closing hymn, No. 1055. 
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RELIGIOUS 
LIBERTY. 
CONDUCTED BY W. A. COLCORD. 
THE SUNDAY MOVEMENT, 
more earnestly to close the whole Exposition, and 
work is still being done there with almost frantic 
THE rapidity with which the Sunday movement is 
zeal to get Congress committed to some measure 
coming to the front is truly remarkable ; yet it is 
that will insure the Sunday closing of that great 
just what we should be expecting at this time in the 
exhibit. 
history of the closing message. 
We have long be- 
If the stockholders and 
commissioners of the 
lieved and taught that the prophecies all center in 
World's Fair, who really have the matter in charge 
our generation, pointing out this as the time when 
and practically own it, desire to close it on Sunday, 
we should be looking for the coming of the Son of 
it is certainly their right and privilege so to do, the 
man in the clouds of heaven. 
The signs given us in 
same as any individual or corporation has a right to 
the word of God have been, and are fulfilling around 
close its business on that or any other day. 
But if 
us thick and fast. 
These all with one voice show in 
Congress speaks on this question, and especially if it 
no uncertain language that we are not mistaken in 
is compelled to speak because of the action that will 
our positions with reference to the prophecies. 
be taken by many of the States, it will be a long step 
But in connection with this, the part that this gov- 
toward the formation of the image to the beast, which 
ernment is to act stands out as one of the most re- 
we have been so long looking for in this country, 
markable prophecies to be fulfilled in our day. 
That 
As we see these things coming on, we should not 
this government is to make a national Sunday law, 
be stimulated thereby to make a few spasmodic and 
and persecute those who disobey it, has long been 
possibly misdirected efforts to enlighten the people 
taught by our people. 
And since the third angel's 
upon these questions, but it should cause us to care-
message gives the most solemn warning against this 
fully study the Bible, examine our own selves to see 
movement, it should be studied by us with 
dili- 
whether or not we be in the faith, and then go forth 
gent earnestness. 
To fail to study and comprehend 
to act our part in the cause of God. 
We should go, 
these things is one of our greatest 
dangers, be- earnestly seeking wisdom from above, and studying 
cause if Satan can keep us inactive or asleep with 
when and how it will be well for us to speak to our 
reference to this great work that is being done in 
friends and neighbors upon these 
questions, and 
the earth, he has accomplished his purpose. 
Those 
when it would be better for us to remain in silence, 
who believe such mighty truths as we do, should 
and allow the influence that comes from a consistent 
feel the necessity of spending every moment of time 
Christian life to act upon them. 
The great and final 
they can in diligent study of the word of God, and 
conflict of the church against the fdrces of darkness 
active service in his cause. 
is just before us, and we should know day by day 
We are receiving reports from all parts of the 
field 
that it is not by might nor by power but the Spirit 
with reference to this Sunday agitation. 
There it 
of the living God, and the strength and wisdom that 
scarcely a State in the Union, or a country in tho 
he will give, that we are to conquer. 
If we lose 
whole world, from which we have not received in- 
sight of any thought of physical suffering, and rest 
telligence of the fact that determined efforts are 
assuredly in the confidence that the victory is ours, 
being made to enact Sunday laws, and rigidly en- 
we shall meet the trials and labors that are before 
force the 
same. 
Especially is this seen in this 
us with a resolution and earnestness born of Heaven, 
country with reference to closing the World's Fair 
Thus will our influence be felt by every individual 
on Sunday. 
Every 
Legislature that has met this 
with whom we come in contact, 
winter has been petitioned and harangued for the 
In these 
times of great 
responsibility in the 
purpose of securing a law to compel the closing of 
church, may the one thought and the one purpose 
their State exhibit on Sunday, and also to pass reso- 
of our lives be to have that living connection with 
lutions requesting the United States Congress to 
God, and that thorough understanding of his truth, 
close the 
whole 
Exposition on that day. 
The that will enable us to act well and wisely our part-
United States Congress has been importuned still 
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INTERESTING 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
THE following communications have recently been 
received at the Religious Liberty 
office, the 
first 
from a gentleman in Texas: — 
"I 
am in receipt of your favor of the 29th ult. 
Co be brief, I am highly pleased with the 
Sentinel. 
I 
cannot say when 
I have 
received 
any 
reading 
matter which I have 
read 
with 
more 
avidity. 
I 
have not, as yet, read a single line in the 
Sentinel 
which I cannot heartily indorse — except some quo-
tations. 
I have had several of my neighbors 
read 
the copies which I 
have received. 
You have ex-
pressed my principles more forcibly than anything I 
have read. 
I may be an enthusiast; if so, 1 appre-
hend that the present condition of affairs demands 
enthusiasts. 
" In an institution 
of which lama 
member, I 
have had to combat the very principles which you 
combat, and was severely criticised , for doing so. 
1 
thank you again and again 
for the concise, lucid 
arguments which you 
have sent me, and will use 
them 
in 
furtherance 
of 
the sound 
principles 
of 
religion and of, civil governments in so far as my 
humble ability will permit. 
" The articles on " Is it the Sabbath?" have fur-
nished me with information for which I have been 
thirsting ever since I can remember. 
The principles 
which the Sentinel 
discusses are incontrovertible. 
1 
do not ask you to forward the Sentinel 
gratis; 
will 
subscribe for same at the earliest moment possible. 
If you so desire, you may place my name upon your 
subscription 
list 
at 
once. 
I will appreciate 
any 
literature which you may forward bearing upon the 
discussions of the Sentinel. 
The most casual reader 
of profane history cannot fail to observe the tendency 
of this age to follow in the wake of other ships of 
state which have been 
totally wrecked 
upon 
the 
very dangerous rocks under discussion. 
" If I can be of any use to you in this State, you 
have only to map out your plan, and if possible I will 
comply." 
The 
following 
is from 
a gentleman 
living 
at 
Kedren, Tenn.: — 
"I read with pleasure the leaflets you sent me of 
' Religious Persecution in Tennessee,' and I handed 
them to some of my friends, who, like myself, were 
glad to read them. 
It is no task to read 
litera-
ture so ably devoted to the defense of 
'American 
Liberty.' 
" Who could but foel glad to indorse the principles 
of religious liberty, as taught by Jesus Christ, and 
put into the Constitution 
by our fathers. 
Indeed, 
there are men who will never learn that you cannot 
reach the conscience by legislation. 
You may tie 
one's hands, and force him against his will, but his 
conscience you have never changed. 
How 
foolish 
and abominable to call upon the law-making 
power 
to make Christians. 
Man is too corrupt to be judge 
of religion, except 
for himself. 
God is just, and 
holy, and without blame. 
The Most High made the 
Sabbath for man's rest; and he will surely punish 
him if he fails to obey his law. 
If preachers believed 
what they preach, they would never call upon the 
legislature to pass a Sunday law or abridge the rights 
of conscience. 
Christ, in all his teaching, 
never 
called 
upon 
Greece or Rome to enforco a Sunday 
law, or his religion, but ever appealed to the con-
sciences of men, and if they did not accept his doc-
trine, he went his way in peace and tranquillity, not 
asking the law to come to bis aid and assistance. 
" Religion 
is free, free as the air you breathe 1 
Civil government was instituted for the protection 
of life, liberty, and property. 
If a man intrudes on 
my life or property, there is a law to punish him for 
it, which is just and right. 
If a man intrudes 
on 
my conscience, I must forgive him, as Christ and 
his apostles 
forgave their enemies, and 
God 
will 
deal with him justly. 
Did the so-called good 
peo-
ple of Obion county, Tenn., forgive Mr. R. M. King, 
or hold their peace? 
No ! they must go to the 
law, and persecute him for his religious belief, and 
tho courts sustained them in it, unconstitutionally, 
to the shame and dishonor of the State of Tennessee. 
To let a good man die for his religious belief, when, 
too, he proved that he was a kind, good, generous 
gentleman, and a moral citizen, only differing from 
Christian brethren in regard to the day set apart 
by God for rest, I say is a shame to the courts of 
Tennessee ! 
The Constitution of Tennessee plainly 
says no legislature shall ever abridge the rights of 
conscience. 
The court should have decided the Sun-
day law unconstitutional, and released an honest man 
from prison ; but, instead of justice being done, Mr. 
King had to suffer, being persecuted by men full of 
prejudice and ambition. 
Religion is different from 
worldly institutions, 
and should be kept distinct. 
History is full of the record of bloodshed from 
the 
union of Church and State. 
Right here, in my own 
State, an innocent man was dying 
behind 
prison 
bars, being persecuted. 
Facts of to-day and 
past 
history are sufficient proof to every candid reasoner 
that, if the Sunday law remains upon the statutes, 
the Christian 
people will 
devour one another, 
as 
they have in R. M. King's case, and take up the 
shotgun and the bayonet to force upon others their 
religious views, saying as of old, " God is on 
our 
side," helping them to slay their Christian brethren 
or fellow-men. 
" I feel grateful to know of one institution, ' The 
National 
Religious Liberty Association,' which ad-
vocates love and peaoe in Zion. 
May the good work 
go on, and the principles of freedom live forever, for 
the good of all men arid the prosperity of our great 
Republic. 
God, and not man, is the legislator of con-
science. 
Men possessed of evil spirits, want to take 
this power of God and confine it to their own sinful 
hands, which will result in war. bloodshed, and con-
fusion. 
Sunday laws upon 
our statute books are 
nothing more than a step in the direction of Rome. 
"P. S.— I will distribute all literature and books 
you send me with pleasure, to people I think would 
like to do right, and be instructed in religious liberty 
for I hope her banner will ever 
float." 
[MAY, 
[STUPY FOR THIRD WEEK IN JUNE.] 
HOME 
MISSIONS. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS JENNIE THAYER 
OUR DUTY TO THE MISSIONARY WORK. 
THE members of the church .are not all called to 
labor in foreign lands, but all have a part to act in 
the great work of giving light to tbe world. The 
gospel of Christ is aggressive and diffusive. 
In the 
day of God, not one will bo excused for having been 
shut up to his own selfish interests. 
There is work 
for every mind and for every hand. 
There is a va-
riety of work, adapted to different minds and varied 
capabilities. 
Every one who is connected with 
God 
will impart light to others. 
If there are any who 
have no light to give, it is because they have no con-
nection with the Source of light. . . . 
There is work for all to do in their own borders, 
to build up the church, to make her social meetings 
interesting, and to train the youth of ability to be-
come missionaries. 
All should cultivate spirituality 
and self-sacrifice, and by their means and their ear-
nest prayers assist those who enter new and difficult 
fields. 
They 
should 
co operate 
actively 
with the 
minister in his labors, making the section of country 
around them their field of missionary effort; 
and 
the larger churches 
should labor to build up and 
encourage those that are weak or few in num-
bers. . . . 
A 
close sympathy with Christ in his mission of 
love and mercy, would bring the workers into sym-
pathy with one 
another, and there 
would be no 
disposition to cherish the evils, which, if indulged, 
are the curse of the churches. 
The jealousy 
and 
fault-finding, the heart-burnings, the envy and dis-
sension, the strife for the supremacy, would cease. 
The attention 
given to the work of saving souls 
would stimulate the workers themselves to greater 
piety and purity. 
There 
would be with 
them a 
unity of purpose, and the salvation of the soul would 
be felt to be of so great importance that all little 
differences would be lost sight of. 
Brethren and sisters in the faith, does the question 
arise in your hearts, "Am I my brother's 
keeper?" 
If you claim to be children of God, you are your 
brother's 
keeper. 
The Lord holds the church re-
sponsible for the souls of those whom they might be 
the means of saving. 
He has intrusted you 
with 
sacred truth ; Christ abiding in the individual mem-
bers of the church, is a well of water springing up 
into everlasting life. 
You are guilty before God if 
you do not make every effort possible to dispense 
this living water to others. 
Men are perishing close 
by your own doors, while they hew out to them-
selves broken cisterns that hold no water. 
Heaven 
is indignant at the ease of men and women in Zion, 
while souls are going down to ruin in their ignorance 
and their sins. If the members of the church were 
to see themselves as God sees them, they would be 
overwhelmed with 
self reproach. 
They 
could not 
endure to look their responsibilities and delinquencies 
in the face. 
If we indeed have the truth for these last days, it 
must be carried to every nation, kindred, tongue, 
and people. 
Ere long the living and the dead are to 
be judged according to the deeds done in the body, 
and the law of God is to be the standard by which 
they 
are to be tested. 
Then 
they must now be 
warned ; God's holy law must be vindicated, and 
held up before them as a mirror. 
To accomplish 
this work, means is needed. 
I know that times are 
hard, money is not plenty ; but the truth must be 
spread, and the money to spread it must be placed 
in the treasury. . . . 
If God has intrusted you with money, show your-
selves faithful to your trust; unwrap your napkin, and 
send your talents to the exchangers, that 
when 
Christ shall come, he may receive his own with in-
terest. 
In the last extremity, before this work shall 
close, thousands will be cheerfully 
laid upon the 
altar. 
Men and women will feel it a blessed privilege 
to share in the work of preparing souls to stand in 
the great day of God, and they will give hundreds 
as readily as dollars are given 
now. 
If the 
love of Christ were burning in the hearts of his pro-
fessed 
people, we would see the same spirit mani-
fested to day. 
Did they but realize 
how 
near is 
the ond of all work for the salvation of souls, they 
would sacrifice their possessions as freely as did the 
members of the early church. 
They would work for 
the advancement of God's cause as earnestly as 
worldly men labor to acquire riches. 
Tact and skill 
would be exercised, and earnest and unselfish labor 
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put forth to acquire means, not to hoard, but to pour 
into the treasury of the Lord. . . . 
The Lord has made provision 
that all may be 
reached by the message of truth, but the 
means 
placed in the hands of his stewards for this very 
purpose 
has been 
selfishly 
devoted to their 
own 
gratification. 
How 
much 
has been 
thoughtlessly 
wasted by our youth, spent for self-indulgence and 
display, for that which they would have been just as 
happy without. 
Every dollar which we possess is 
the Lord's. 
Instead of spending means for needless 
things, we should invest it in answering the calls of 
missionary work. ... 
If all the means which has 
been wasted by our own people in self-gratification 
had been devoted to the cause of God, there would 
be no empty treasuries, and missions could be estab-
lished in all parts of the world. 
Let the members of the church now 
put 
away 
their pride and lay 
off 
their 
ornaments. 
Each 
should keep a missionary box at hand, and drop into 
it every penny he is tempted to waste in self-indul-
gence. 
But something 
more must 
be 
done 
than 
merely to 
dispense with 
superfluities. 
Self-denial 
must be practiced. 
Some of our comfortable 
and 
desirable things must be sacrificed. 
The preachers 
must sharpen up their message, not merely assailing 
self-indulgence and pride in dress, but 
presenting 
Jesus, his life of self-denial and sacrifice. 
Let love, 
piety, and faith be cherished in the heart, and the 
precious fruits will appear in the life. . . . 
We 
shall 
be brought into strait places in 
our 
work. 
Trials will come. 
God will test the strength 
of our faith ; he will prove us to see if we will trust 
him under difficulties. 
The silver and gold are the 
Lord's, and when his stewards have done their duty 
fully, and can 
do no more, they 
are not to 
sit 
down at their ease, let things take their course, and 
let the missionary work come to a standstill. 
It is 
then that they should cry to God for help. 
Let 
those who have faith, seek the Lord earnestly, re-
membering that " the kingdom of heaven suffereth 
violence, and the violent take it by force." 
There are those in the church who have with open 
hand and heart come forward to the work hitherto, 
and they will not be behind now. 
We have confi-
dence in their integrity. 
But the offerings of the 
church have been in many instances more numerous 
than her prayers. 
The missionary movement 
is far in 
advance of the missionary spirit. 
Earnest prayers 
have not, like sharp sickles, followed the workers into 
the harvest 
field. 
It is true there is an interest to 
see success attend the efforts to unfurl the banner of 
truth in foreign lands, but there has been a lack of 
heartfelt sympathy with the laborers, and real burden 
of soul that the means invested may do its work. 
This is the ground of our difficulties ; this is the 
reason for the 
pressure for means. 
The 
people 
must be 
called 
to 
reflection. 
There must be a 
spiritual 
awakening. 
They must have a personal 
interest, a burden of soul, to watch and pray for the 
success of the work. 
Let every one who gives of 
his means, also send up his prayers daily that it may 
bring souls to the foot of the cross. 
In every church 
there should be stated seasons for united prayer for 
the advancement of this work. 
Let all be united, 
having a specific object for their faith and entreaties. 
Brethren, move high Heaven with your prayers for 
God to work with the efforts of his servants. 
We need to cry to God as did Jacob, for a fuller 
baptism of the Holy Spirit. 
The time for labor is 
short. 
Let there be much praying. 
Let the soul 
yearn after God. 
Let the secret places of 
prayer 
be often visited. 
Let there be a taking hold of the 
strength of the Mighty One of Israel. 
Let the min-
isters walk 
humbly before the Lord, weeping 
be-
tween the porch and the altar, and crying, " Spare 
thy people, 0 
Lord." 
Let none indulge the thought that we have at-
tempted too much. 
No, no ; we have attempted too 
little. 
The work which we are now doing ought to 
have been done years ago. 
Our plans must enlarge, 
our operations must be extended. 
What is needed 
now is a church whose individual members shall be 
awake and active to do all that it is possible for them 
to accomplish. 
We are not left alone in this work. 
We are la-
borers together with God, in partnership with divine 
resources. 
The Lord has agencies that he will put 
in operation in answer to the importunate prayer of 
faith. 
He will fulfill his word, " Lo, I am with you 
alway, even unto the end of the world." 
The Cap-
tain of our salvation is on every field of battle where 
truth is waging war against error. 
The truth which 
we profess offers the highest encouragement to the 
most devoted self denial and persevering effort that 
mortal energies can bestow. 
We should have the 
courage of heroes and the faith of martyrs.— 
Mrs. 
E. G. White, in " Historical 
Sketches." 
PROGRAM. 
1. Opening Song. 
2. Scripture reading, Bom. 12. 
3. Prayer. 
4. Business. 
5. Beading of the article. 
6. Season of prayer. 
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HEALTH 
AND 
TEMPERANCE 
CONDUCTED BY MISS LAURA C. BEE. 
ANCIENT HYGIENE OF THE ISRAELITES. 
HYGIENE is a science when it seeks out and deter-
mines the causes of disease, and formulates rules for 
their prevention and removal. 
It is called an art 
when it makes a practical application of these rules. 
Among the most ancient writings in the world, is 
the Pentateuch, and there we find sanitary rules for 
the preservation of public and personal health, which 
combined all the principles upon which modern sci-
entists to day have preventive medicine. 
" The whole history of the Jewish nation is that of 
one regularly free from epidemic diseases," says the 
Encyclopedia 
Britannica, and it further adds that 
the periodical cleansing of each dwelling, involving 
the 
search for the leaven, which 
preceded the 
yearly passover, was a powerful factor in preventing 
epidemic 
diseases, by the removal of all organic, 
fermenting matter. 
Modern health science can tell 
the householder of to-day of no more successful 
method of preventing an epidemic of typhoid fever, 
cholera, and other infectious diseases, than to search 
his premises and dwelling for leaven, or, in other 
words, to search for fermenting and decaying or-
ganic matter and put it away, with the disease germs 
it is fostering, and thus ward off disease and death 
in his family. 
Again, the directions given to Israel previous to 
the proclamation of the law, were such as showed 
that the Lord would not tolerate any impure thing 
among them. 
Even the mind had to be kept pure. 
By reading Ex. 19 throughout, we learn that clean 
dwellings, clean 
persons, and 
clean 
minds 
were 
necessary in order to fit the people for an interview 
with Deity, and prepare their minds to comprehend 
his law. 
Notice 
the directions for keeping the 
camp surroundings in the wilderness clean, lest the 
Lord passing through among them should discover 
some filthy thing and destroy them. 
Again : note 
the regulation of diet, forbidding the use of all flesh 
of unclean animals, chiefly of the scavenger class, 
who live largely on offal, filling their bodies with 
disease and making their flesh poisonous. 
The same 
was true of animals dying of disease. 
The persons 
who even touched or handled them were to cleanse 
themselves before mingling with others. 
Notice again the rule for temporary quarantine in 
disease, to determine whe therit was curable or in-
curable ; the inspe3tion of dwellings, when 
from 
dampness or other cause they became infected with 
mold, or the seeds of infection were found in the 
walls. 
All over our land to-day are houses so infected 
with typhoid fever, diphtheria, malarial, and other 
disease germs, that no amount of ordinary cleansing 
and disinfecting seems to be able to free them from 
these germs. 
In Lev. 14 : 43-45 the law of ancient Israel waB to 
raze the house that had frequent 
visitations of 
plagues, and carry the material used in its construc-
tion outside the city into a desert place. 
The plague-
infected garment was also to be destroyed, if it 
could not be cleansed. 
There is not a sanitary measure recommended by 
the most advanced and learned modern 
sanitary 
scientist, but that was given to the children of 
Israel in connection with the ten 
commandments, 
over three thousand years ago. 
In the case of the Israelites, the Lord promised to 
bless their bread and water and to take sickness 
away from among them, if they kept his covenant 
and obeyed his laws. 
Lev. 25 :18,19. 
The Encyclopedia Britannica still further states 
that the Jews, because of strict adherence to the 
Mosaic laiys for the preservation of.health, enjoyed 
throughout the whole of their history, remarkable 
immunity from epidemic disease, even down through 
mediaeval and 
modern history to our own 
time. 
They were often spared the ravages of epidemics, 
when Christian neighbors were perishing. 
The ig-
norance and superstitions of these Christians some-
times gave rise to the idea that their wells were 
poisoned, and many fell victims to the 
ignorance 
and fanaticism of the Dark Ages. The filthy habits 
of these same Christians offered a premium to plagues 
of all sorts to such an extent that there is no paral-
lel in ancient history to the terrible invasions of 
disease which 
ravaged Europe, from time to time, 
even down to quite recent times. 
The Christian hermit who dwelt among the filth, 
darkness, and dampness of the tombs, wearing his 
hairy shirt which he never changed, until his body 
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•was covered with sores and swarmed with vermin, 
was admired and 
adored for his sanctity and holi-
ness ; and when he died, a victim of his own disre-
gard of the laws of health and common decency, was 
canonized as a saint. 
Like 
the modern Eastern Pilgrim at the sacred 
well of Mecca, who fills his bottle with a solution of 
cholera bacilli, and if he lives to return home, carries 
with him the seed of cholera epidemic, the Middle 
Age saint sowed, wherever he went, the seeds of 
disease and death. 
No wonder we live in an age when skeptics deride 
a religion whose followers were so very inconsistent. 
No wonder that the modern health scientist should 
remain ignorant of the fact that all his sanitary reg-
ulations and laws were 
enacted 
and enforced by 
Moses thousands of years ago. 
Modern sanitary reform is but a revival of one of 
the lost arts. 
There are those to-day among 
the 
modern Christian scientists, — mind-cure advocates, 
— who are as inconsistent as any Middle Age Chris-
tian. 
They neglect quarantine regulations, and go 
about spreading 
disease among the people. 
Thus 
we hear of epidemics of diphtheria, scarlet fever,etc., 
started by these people, and involving 
numbers of 
innocent persons. 
It would be well for such people 
to read the 
sanitary 
regulations of 
God's 
people 
when he took them by the hand to lead them out of 
the land of Egypt. 
It would also be well to see how 
they prospered, and were in health when they heeded 
all these laws, and obeyed them. 
Ancient hygiene is a broad subject, and many na-
tions besides the Jewish people gave attention 
to 
the laws of health, and practiced hygiene. 
Hygeia, 
goddess of health, was worshiped 
by 
the Greeks. 
The Romans also were interested in sanitary matters. 
But in the obscurity and 
mysticism of the 
Dark 
Ages, much useful knowledge was lost. 
In another paper, we may speak of the hygiene of 
the ancient heathen world. 
KATE LINDSAY, M. 
D. 
RUBBISH is a great power in the world, and 
has 
ever been a malignant actor against man and beast. 
We pitch it aside, and think we have done with it, 
but it has by no means done with us; it has a life of 
its own, and runs a career of its own, and that career 
leaves a long trail of disease and death behind it. 
Treat it with all the caution you 
would 
exercise 
against an enemy, and with more than the malig-
nity you are told not to feel toward 
an 
enemy; 
destroy it, burn 
it wherever you 
can, but 
never 
throw it aside ; be well assured that rubbish ispever 
so dangerous as when it has been put out of sight 
and left to its own devices. — James 
Russel, 
M. 
D. 
IGNORANCE is no excuse 
now for the 
transgres-
sion of law. 
The light shines clearly, and none need 
be ignorant; for the great God himself is man's in-
structor. 
All are bound by the most sacred obliga-
tions to heed the sound 
philosophy 
and 
genuine 
experience which God is now giving them in refer-
ence to health reform.— Christian 
Temperance 
and 
Bible 
Hygiene. 
QUESTIONS ON ANCIENT HYGIENE OF 
THE ISRAELITES. 
1. DEFINE hygiene as a science and an art. 
2. In 
what 
ancient 
work 
do we 
find 
all 
the 
sanitary rules known to modern scientists ? 
3. What does the Encyclopedia Britannica say in 
regard to the Jewish nation in reference to epidemic 
diseases, etc. ? 
4. Is there any better method in vogue to-day? 
5. Would 
the Lord 
tolerate any impure 
thing 
among tho Israelites, either physically or mentally ? 
6. Did the Lord give any special instruction in 
regard to their refuse? 
7- Have modern 
nations any improvements in 
the way of quarantine regulations ? 
8. How many sanitary measures were given the 
children of Israel in connection with the ten com-
mandments? 
9. What 
promise 
did 
the Lord 
give in 
Lev. 
25 : 18, 19? 
10. Tracing the history of the Jewish nation down 
to modern times, compare or contrast it with 
the 
history of Christian nations. 
11. What is one cause of 
the skepticism of our 
times ? 
12. Does ancient history give any other nations 
that were interested in sanitary measures ? 
13. What can be said of modern sanitary reform ? 
PROGRAM. 
1. Song. 
2. Prayer. 
3. Short essay or talk on the best modes of disin-
fecting rooms, clothing, utensils, etc., after 
conta 
gious diseases. 
4. Questions on the lesson. 
5. Business. 
6. Song. 
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CANVASSERS' 
DEPARTMENT. 
CONDUCTED BY F. L. MEAD. 
CANVASSERS' INSTITUTES IN DISTRICTS 
NOS. 3, 4, AND 5. 
ILLINOIS. 
BEGINNING with March 2, it was our privilege to 
spend a few days at the Illinois canvassers' institute 
in Chicago. 
Here we met between thirty and forty 
persons who seemed desirous of fitting themselves 
for efficient labor in the canvassing 
work. All 
seemed 
anxious to secure a thorough 
preparation 
before starting 
out, and to this end all entered 
heartily into the work. 
Brother N. B. Smith had an interesting class on 
Good Health, 
while Brethren Craig and Olsen 
had 
their hands full giving help and instruction on the 
canvass for "Patriarchs and Prophets," " Great Con-
troversy," Vol. IV, and "Bible Readings." 
The Conference dealt very liberally with the can-
vassers, in providing for their entertainment 
and 
other expenses, free. 
We trust those who have re-
ceived of temporal benefit will be able to do such a 
grade of work, both in quality and quantity, that 
the Conference will feel as though this means was 
well spent. 
The outlook for Illinois is good. 
Although many 
of her present canvassers are new in the work, her 
last week's 
report 
shows 
over $1000 
worth of 
orders 
taken. 
WISCONSIN. 
We 
spent six days at the institute in Stevens' 
Point, Wisconsin. 
A canvassers' school of some ten 
weeks had just closed, which had been attended by 
about fifty persons, and all seemed to appreciate the 
benefits received from the school. 
About forty were present in the canvassers' insti-
tute, and all entered into a preparation for the work 
with a zeal that was truly encouraging. 
Wisconsin 
will have about forty 
canvassers at 
work this year, and we look for a good record from 
that State. 
The last weekly report shows 
about 
$600 worth of orders taken. 
MINNESOTA. 
It was a pleasure to once more meet our old co-
laborer in Minnesota, and engage in helping to pre-
pare for the season's work. 
Although Minnesota has some very cold weather 
in the winter, and it is quite difficult to do much 
canvassing during that part of the year, yet we 
find 
that during the past four years, she has through the 
instrumentality of the canvassing work, paid off a 
tract society indebtedness of some $10,000, delivered 
between $90,000 and $100,000 worth of books, and 
furnished over twenty 
experienced 
canvassers to 
other fields, and still had seventy at this institute 
ready for work. 
One thing we cannot forbear to mention is that 
during all these years the society has dealt 
with 
their agents on the C. O. D. plan. 
This plan is not 
liked by some, perhaps because it is not fully under-
stood ; but when we asked these canvassers them-
selves 
how 
many 
desired to have 
this 
system 
done 
away, 
only two out of seventy 
voted to 
have it abolished ; and it must be remembered that 
there were a large number there who have worked 
two, three, and four years, and many were entering 
on their fifth year ; while others had worked even 
longer. 
This, we think, is a great testimony in favor 
of the C. O. D. plan. 
The 
canvassers' 
school 
held in Minneapolis the 
past winter 
has been a great blessing to all 
con-
nected with i'. 
INDIANA. 
March 
21-27 was the first opportunity we ever 
enjoyed of meeting with the canvassers of Indiana. 
When we reached 
Indianapolis, the institute had 
been in progress for several days. 
All were doing 
good 
work, 
and 
making 
commendable 
progress, 
about forty being present. 
The canvassers' school, spoken of elsewhere by 
Brother Starr, was a source of much good to the can-
vassing work in Indiana. 
We note by the last weekly 
report just received, that their orders were $798.75, 
and for this season of the year, this is very good. 
Here as well as in Illinois, Brother Smith fhadj a 
good class for Good 
Health. 
MICHIGAN. 
We are accustomed frequently to meet small com-
I panies of canvassers, ranging from ten to twenty, 
I and even up to seventy ; but when you see from one 
hundred to one hundred twenty-five present, as was 
the case at Lapeer, Mich., one is tempted to call this 
an army. 
Space forbids us to speak of the many 
interesting points at this meeting. 
Everything that could be asked of the Conference 
was done to make tbe meeting a success. 
Enter-
tainment and instruction were furnished free, and 
railway fare paid to place of labor. 
All this proves 
the deep interest the Michigan Tract Society and the 
Review and Herald Publishing Company of Toronto, 
have in the canvassing work. 
If the canvassers in Michigan and Ontario do not 
succeed this year, it will not be because the Tract 
Society and the Review and Herald have not been 
very liberal in helping them to get started. 
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In this institute, the Michigan and Ontario can-
vassers were united, and we believe it will prove a 
great blessing to the work and all who attended. 
The Lord came near with 
his blessing, and many-
hearts were melted by his Spirit. 
The counsels of 
Brethren Evans, Fargo, Corliss, and others, were of 
great help and encouragement in arranging for the 
work. 
Brethren 
Craig, Morse, Hagle, 
Wellman, 
Miller, and Howell had their handB full in giving 
instructions on the different works to their respective 
classes. 
Our stay was necessarily short, as we had 
agreed to be at the Ohio institute when it began. 
OHIO. 
We greatly enjoyed our stay in Ohio. 
The insti-
tute being held in the buildings on the fair ground, 
about one and one half miles from the city of Mt. 
"Vernon, afforded us a quiet place for our work. 
About thirty were present. 
An excellent 
spirit 
prevailed, and we have reason to believe that a large 
number of books will be sold in Ohio the 
coming 
year. 
The canvassing work has been gaining rapidly 
in Ohio the past two years, and we believe it will 
continue to grow. 
The 
Conference 
and Tract Society 
officers all 
seem deeply interested to see this branch prosper, 
and gave very 
substantial 
encouragement 
to 
the 
workers in providing free entertainment to the can-
vassers, 
and paying 
their 
railway fare into 
the 
field. 
One step taken here, as well as in every 
other 
State in District No. 3, this spring, was the adopting 
of the C. 0. D. plan in dealing with the canvassers. 
Many of the old canvassers in this district have ex-
pressed themselves as wishing tbey could have had 
this plan years ago ; for it would have saved them 
many difficulties. 
From Ohio, we went, in company with Elder Un-
derwood, to Kansas City, Mo., to attend the open-
ing of their canvassers' 
school, April 
13. 
About 
twenty five were present at the opening, with addi-
tional ones coming in every day. 
Several from Kan-
sas joined the school, and everything gave promise 
that it would be a very profitable occasion to all. 
The program embraced a systematic, study of such 
books as "Patriarchs and Prophets,"" Great Con-
troversy," Vol. IV, and " Bible Headings ;" instruc-
tion in business transactions, especially such as can-
vassers need to be acquainted with in ordering and 
paying for books by the C. 0. D. plan ; also writ-
ing, spelling, laws of language, etc.' 
The canvassers are quite fully convinced of the 
fact that they, as well 
as teachers, preachers, or 
any other workers, need a better fitting up for their 
work. 
And that means something besides learning 
just the mere wording of the canvass. 
We 
confidently look for the time to come when 
canvassers' institutes will be held two months 
or 
more, instead of two weeks, a" I one very important 
part will be the study of the 1; 
le, and the weaving 
of it into the canvass ; and, add d to this, a thorough 
study of the book one is to h ndle. 
We hope that 
day will soon come. 
F. L. M. 
HAYTI AND SAN DOMINGO. 
SINCE my last report, I have spent some time in 
Hayti, which is the western part of the island that 
formerly bore that name. 
I gave some special con-
sideration to the field as a prospective territory for 
the sale of our books. 
Hayti is almost entirely a 
French-speaking country, and is largely controlled by 
Roman 
Catholics. 
The 
priests 
are paid 
by 
the 
government, and all Protestant work must be done 
under difficulties. 
There is quite a percentage of 
English-speaking 
people in the cities and towns, and good reading 
matter both 
in English and French 
seems to 
be 
eagerly sought for and gladly received. 
There are 
only two Sabbath-keepers 
in all Hayti, and I am 
quite confident that the 
best way of opening 
our 
work in this important field is by the sale of 
our 
books. 
I have submitted suggestions to the Foreign 
Mission Board for sending a laborer lo Hayti, which 
I trust may meet their approval, and hope that in a 
few months at longest, a systematic canvass of the 
country may be begun. 
Brother H. Williams, who with his wife has been 
keeping the Sabbath for more than ten years, lives 
at Cape Haytien, and as he speaks English, French, 
and Spanish, will with instruction, doubtless do well 
as a canvasser, providing his health will permit him 
to endure the necessary travel. 
San Domingo is the eastern and larger portion of 
this large island, although its population is smaller 
than that of Hayti. 
The principal language is Span-
ish, with a good many English speaking people in the 
larger towns, like Puerto Plato and San Domingo. 
As soon as Spanish books are prepared, this 
field 
should be supplied with one or more laborers, who 
can 
also 
canvass 
Porto Rico, a 
smaller 
Spanish 
island still farther east. 
As I visit these various islands where different 
languages are spoken, 1 can see bow our canvassing 
work has been so arranged, in the providence of God, 
that books and canvassers have been and are being 
provided for all the principal languages of the globe. 
I am now spending a few weeks in the Lesser An-
tilles where Brother W. Arnold has sold so 
many 
books, and find that the way is only prepared for a 
much more extensive sale of other books, as soon as 
the right kind of canvassers can be secured. 
^^ 
There are a few among those who have accepted 
the truth in this field, who, with some instruction, 
might do well, and I hope that plans may be made 
for extending the book business here without having 
to call over very many laborers from America 
I will 
report from this field later, after having spent 
more 
time in it. 
I will simply refer, in closing, to the 
group of islands known as the Bahamas, situated off 
the east coast of Florida, and extending in a south-
eastern direction to within a short distance of the 
north coast of Hayti. 
These islands are principally 
English-speaking, and 
promise to be an 
excellent 
field for our canvassers. 
L. C. CHADWICK. 
Antigua, 
April 
1, 
1892. 
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SOME FINANCIAL FEATURES. 
As our canvassers' reports come in from all parts of 
the world, it is interesting to sit down and make a 
comparative study ol, them. 
From a recent study 
of this kind, we give a few items which may be of 
interest to others. 
These items will not do all fields 
justice, as but one month is taken; 
in some 
fields 
this happened to be a good month, while in others, 
one of the poorest. 
We take the month of Feb-
ruary, except for Switzerland, where the 
workers 
were engaged in school; hence we take the month 
following. 
In America, the average hours worked per day are 
5.9, and the average time required for securing one 
order, is 1.94 hours. 
According to the value given 
in the summary, the average sales per hour worked, 
would be $1.30 =$7.67 per day of 5.9 hours. 
Allow-
ing 10 per cent for expense of delivery, and one fourth 
of the orders lost, the net earnings per day would 
be $2.60, or $.44 for every hour's work. 
This, we 
believe, is considerably 
above the average 
wages 
earned in America. 
In Australia, the average number of hours worked 
per day is 3.5, and the time required to take 
one 
order, 1.22 hours. 
According to the same calculation 
as for America, the sales per hour are $3.45, and 3.5 
hours per day = 
$12.07. 
This yields a profit 
of 
$4.10 per day, or $1.17 per hour worked. 
In England, average hours per day, 6.5. 
Time for 
one order, 2.25 hours. 
V alue of sales per hour, $.95 ; 
at 
6.5 hours per day = 
$6.20, the 
net profits of 
which would be $2.05 per 
day, or $.32| per 
hour 
worked. 
For Germany, the average time worked per day 
is 6.1 hours. 
Time for one order, 8.1 hours. 
Value 
of sales per hour, $.22£ ; at 6.1 hours = 
$1.37 per 
day, yielding a net profit of $.077 an hour, or $.47 
per day. 
During this time, the agents worked ex-
clusively on " Great Controversy," Vol. IV. 
When 
working with smaller publications, the average ran 
considerably higher. 
In Switzerland, average hours per day, 7.84 ; time 
required for one order, 3 hours. 
Value of sales per 
hour, $.56 ; at 7.84 hours = 
$4.38 per day, yielding 
a net gain of $.25 per hour, or $1.98 per day. 
With the exception of Germany, the earnings per 
day are above the average wages paid for labor in 
general. 
It will be observed that the average num-
ber of hours worked is considerably below what it 
might 
be. 
We 
doubt not that an average of six 
to seven 
hours could be 
reached. 
From a 
finan-
cial standpoint, the canvassing work has 
certainly 
reached gratifying results ; still, it is evident from 
the above studies that better results may be reached 
from the standpoint of time ; add to this more perfect 
methods, and we can count on additional advantages. 
When we consider the fact that as one embraces 
the truth, one of the most difficult questions con-
fronting him is, How shall I gain a livelihood ? it is 
most cheering to know that he can gain more than 
average wages, while laboring directly for the spread 
of the truth that has become dearer to him 
than 
all else in the world. 
Looking at the work from all 
standpoints, we must exclaim, How wonderfully the 
Lord has ordered his works! Surely, " He doeth all 
things well." 
Let us be glad and rejoice, and study 
daily to use to the best advantage every means he 
has placed in our hands for advancing the truth ! 
H. P. HOLSER. 
Basel, 
Switzerland. 
AUSTRALIA. 
BY analyzing the work done during the past year, 
we find that over 11,000 volumes of our publications 
have 
been placed in the homes of the 
people 
in 
Australia. 
Fully two thirds of these are denomina-
tional works (principally " Great Controversy," and 
" Daniel and Revelation "), and the remainder 
are 
health publications. 
The result of the distribution 
of so much reading matter will not be seen for some 
time, as it is usually several months after the books 
are received before they are thoroughly read ; but 
we hear of many who are inquiring into the truths 
they contain, and of some who are taking their stand 
through reading. 
The Australian Conference* which was in session 
during the Christmas holidays, took into considera-
tion the necessity of extending the circulation of our 
periodicals, and it was decided that a portion of our 
canvassing force should take up this work. 
This has 
temporarily, decreased our book work, but we 
hope 
shortly to be able to report our monthly sales equal 
to, or in excess of, previous records. 
We find that the demand for our good books is 
increasing, even though the competition is daily be-
coming more fierce, and though we have to contend 
with the bad work of other agents who are 
flooding 
the 
country 
with 
almost 
worthless 
publications. 
Notwithstanding these difficulties, our workers are 
meeting with fair success and are of good courage. 
We know that He that is with us is more than they 
who are against us. 
We are working our territory 
methodically, with book after book, using first those 
which are least likely to create opposition. 
In doing 
this, we have had to contend with one difficulty — 
the similarity 
of some of the illustrations in 
the 
books. 
We are glad to notice that a greater variety 
is now being introduced, and hope that in future the 
topics chosen for illustration will differ as much as 
possible. 
Our special 
aim this year wilHbe to 
endeavor, 
when taking the order, to create sufficient interest 
to lead to the book's being carefully read when 
re-
ceived. 
We believe this will be the result if every 
canvass given is a missionary canvass. 
The institute which was held at the close of the 
Conference was attended by nearly sixty canvassers, 
the largest 
number 
ever 
assembled 
in 
Australia. 
Subjects of importance were debated, and 
resolu-
tions 
were 
passed 
which 
we 
hope will 
tend 
to 
further the work. 
All felt greatly encouraged, and 
we trust have returned to their fields benefited by the 
instruction given. 
We are now in the midst of our 
summer season, the hottest time of the year. 
As 
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the weather 
cools, we 
expect 
that our force 
of 
workers will considerably increase, and confidently 
expect 
more of our 
sisters to take up the work. 
During the past few months l.have visited 
several 
parts of the field, and have just planned a visit to the 
neighboring island colony of Tasmania, where the 
work at present is at a standstill. 
CHAS. MICHAELS, General 
Agent. 
INDIANA CANVASSERS' SCHOOL. 
As the holding of canvassers' schools is a rather 
new enterprise among us, it has been suggested that 
a few items in reference to the school just 
closed 
here in this 
Conference 
would 
be interesting 
to 
present to the readers of this journal. 
Our canvassers' school was held at Indianapolis, 
January 22 to March 28. 
During the last two weeks, 
a canvassers' institute was held. 
The 
entire'mem-
bership enrolled at the school was thirty-one, though 
there were some other resident Sabbath-keepers who 
attended quite regularly, whose names were not put 
upon the list. 
The instructors were. Brother I. S. 
Lloyd, State agent, and the writer, Brother Lloyd 
having had experience in teaching in a canvassers' 
school in South Dakota, the previous winter. 
He 
taught grammer, reading, and the study of the sub-
scription books. 
The writer had classes in 
Bible 
study and church history, and during the latter part 
of the school, the class in " Patriarchs and Prophets." 
Of course, in a short term of school of about eight 
weeks, but little comparatively could be taught; but 
still we are confident that the days and weeks that 
flew 
so rapidly past, were profitably spent by all in 
attendance. 
The scholars seemed to take 
hold of 
their studies with delight, and a marked improve-
ment could be seen in tbe ability to learn with readi-
ness after a discipline of two months. 
They seemed 
far more ready to take hold of the work at the insti-
tute than on previous occasions, which had not been 
preceded by a canvassers' school. 
It seemed to be 
quite a question to know how to best utilize the time 
of tho school; whether it should be given to a very 
thorough 
consideration 
of a few subjects, or 
to 
giving a general and comprehensive outline of many 
topics. 
Although it would have been very delightful 
to consider a multitude of themes, all of which are 
essential and interesting, yet, in general, tbe method 
was pursued of being thorough in a little, 
rather 
than to try to superficially cover so much ground. 
It was thought that the method chosen would con-
duce more effectually to the necessary cultivation of 
the intellectual powers, and better teach the students 
how to study. 
In the Bible class, tbe lines of prophecy found in 
the book of Daniel, and to a limited extent those 
found in the book of Bevelation, were taken up ; also 
the subjects of the Millennium, Second Coming of 
Christ, etc. 
One week was devoted to the study of 
1st Thessalonians, taking a chapter each day and 
considering it verse by verse in order to give 
an 
illustration 
of the proper manner of studying the 
Scriptures. 
Several lessons were given on the life 
and work of Christ, and a comparison of the four 
Gospels. 
The Bible study seemed to be the one of 
absorbing interest on the part of all, yet the other 
studies were made interesting and profitable. 
Dur-
ing the institute, Elder Covert gave the lessons to 
the class in Bible study. 
Provisions were sent in quite liberally by some of 
our churches, so that the actual cost to the Confer-
ence for provisions, etc., during eight weeks' school 
was not much above $200. 
This, added to the ex-
pense of the institute, will not exceed $300. 
Board, 
tuition, and all school privileges were made free to 
all who would engage to canvass for at least 
six 
months, in the Conference. 
Although 
the 
season 
has been very sickly, 
we 
have been comparatively free from disease, being in-
terrupted but little on this account. 
We 
attribute 
this largely to the practice of health reform in the 
matter of diet. 
We have lived quite strictly on the 
vegetarian plan. 
During the entire ten weeks, flesh 
was served only once upon the table, and then, in-
stead of seeing it greedily devoured by those who 
had already abstained for weeks from tasting 
flesh, 
what was our surprise to see it rejected by nearly 
every one. 
We call this a triumph for health reform, 
and a plain demonstration of the fact that the car-
nivorous appetite is not so thoroughly rooted in man 
as to refuse to give place to something better under 
proper inducements. 
Excellent social meetings and other religious serv-
ices were held, and many times the blessing of the 
Lord 
was richly experienced. 
Some made a pro-
fession of Christianity for the first time ; and six of 
the class were baptized before the close of the insti-
tute. 
The 
entire enrollment at the institute was 
about forty-five. 
The canvassers go to their fields of labor, feeling 
grateful for the privilege they have enjoyed, and 
filled with courage to labor during the coming season. 
F. D.STARR. 
DISTRICT NO. 1. 
I HAVE nothing special to report from this part 
of 
the 
field. 
We 
are plodding 
along 
as usual, 
though we are trying to quicken our pace somewhat. 
Our field does not become any smaller. 
We still have 
one third of the population of the United States, and 
several millions in the provinces. 
There is need of 
exerting ourselves to the utmost. 
Our Conferences 
are small, hence we have but little material of which 
to make canvassers. 
We have to work on a small 
scale, though ours is a large and populous territory. 
An institute is now in progress in Maine, also one 
in Vermont 
and one in Virginia; 
and beginning 
May 11, an effort of this kind is to be made in the 
Maritime 
Provinces. 
The 
Academy 
institute, at 
South Lancaster, Mass., is to be held May 18 to 30. 
This is after the close of school. 
Quite a number of 
the students will take the course, and some will 
come in from neighboring portions of the district. 
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We want to do our part toward making it lively 
for the publishing houses again this summer. 
Our 
canvassers now in the field are generally 
meeting 
with encouraging success. 
A full consecration and 
constant, energetic, persevering service will always 
bring success in the Lord's work. 
E. E. MILES, District 
Agent. 
DISTRICT NO. 2. 
FOE the past month I have been engaged in the 
work in the State of Louisiana. 
I found the canvass-
ing work here in rather a bad condition. 
Out of the 
nine workers that we had eight months ago, we have 
none left but 
Brother M. B. Edwards 
and 
wife. 
Brother Edwards was one of the few who were sent 
South over three years ago. 
The condition of things 
here is largely due to the fact that for the past six 
months we have been without an active State agent 
to attend to the work. 
Several who are now on their farms at work 
and 
cannot get away until fall, say 
that they 
would 
have been in the work to-day if they could have 
been instructed at the right time. 
Thus the work 
here this summer will not be what it should have 
been. 
But for all this the Lord is blessing us, and I 
expect in a few days to organize a company of four 
at Opelousas, including Brother and Sister Winn, who 
will take charge of the company. 
I will remain here until the last of April, then I 
will be compelled to return to Georgia, where I am 
already 
needed 
to organize 
another company 
of 
canvassers. 
All 
who 
have 
noticed 
the 
reports 
through 
the 
Southern 
Agent 
will 
see 
that 
not-
withstanding 
the 
hard 
times, our 
numbers 
are 
steadily increasing 
every 
month. 
What we 
most 
need at present is two more State agents. 
I 
have 
more work than I can attend to ; therefore some 
parts of this large field must suffer for the want of 
proper attention. 
With the Lord's help, we intend 
to hold two or three canpjsserfilinstitutes in differ-
ent parts of the South this summer and fall, which, 
we think, will prove a great source of strength and 
encouragement to all who are engaged in this branch 
of the work. 
A. F. HARRISON, District 
Agent. 
DISTRICT NO. 3. 
THE time during the past two months has been 
largely occupied in the five institutes which 
have 
been held in the district. 
These meetings were appointed to continue two 
weeks, but in each 
case the time was too short. 
This may be time enough for experienced workers, 
but those who come from the farm, the workshop, 
and the kitchen, to engage in this vocation for the 
first time, find it impossible to make the necessary 
preparation in two weeks, successfully to engage in 
so important a work. 
Some important business principles were fully dis-
cussed and adopted at each institute. 
When 
car-
ried out in the 
field, 
they will certainly prove 
a 
blessing to every canvasser. 
We believe some valu-
able plans have been put in operation to lift the 
standard and unify the work in the district, and we 
appeal to every canvasser, whether he attended the 
institute or not, to aid us by giving them a 
thorough 
trial. 
The deep interest manifested in these meetings by 
the Conference and Tract Society 
officers insured 
their success. 
They 
not only 
encouraged 
us 
by 
their presence, but aided us by their counsel in form-
ing classes and 
companies, 
and 
in 
locating 
the 
workers in the 
field. 
The ministering brethren set 
before us, in the power of the Spirit, the preparation 
of heart and life necessary, " that the man of God 
may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works." 
They also shared with us the responsibility 
of deciding 
important 
questions. 
As we 
enjoyed 
these seasons of counsel together, 
we could 
more 
fully 
appreciate 
the 
wisdom 
contained 
in 
Prov. 
11:14 ; 15:22 
24:6. 
More than 250 persons attended these institutes, 
nearly 
half of whom were preparing to enter the 
work for the first time. 
The institutes in Illinois 
and 
Indiana were 
fa-
vored with 
instruction from Brother N. B. Smith, 
on the principles of health and temperance ; while 
Michigan 
was 
likewise 
favored 
by 
the 
work 
of 
Brother Geo. L. Miller. 
As we go into the field from these precious seasons 
of devotion and instruction, we hope better to rep-
resent the Master and to hasten the coming of his 
kingdom. 
B. B. CRAIG. 
NOTES FROM THE FIELD. 
Of the 290 students that have been enrolled at 
Union 
College, tbe prospect is that fifty or 
more 
will engage in the canvassing work during the sum-
mer vacation. 
A short institute will be held at the close of the 
school 
year, 
in Battle 
Creek, College 
View, and 
South Lancaster, for the 
especial benefit of those 
students who desire to engage in the 
canvassing 
work during the summer vacation. 
Brother E. D. Haskell, of Illinois, has been selected 
to go to the Cumberland mission field to engage in 
the canvassing work there. Brother Haskell has had 
quite an experience in the canvassing work in Illinois, 
and we trust he will be a blessing to the work where 
he now goes. 
Within the last few weeks, three Conferences, viz., 
Texas, Arkansas, and the North Pacific, have each 
selected a new State agent: Brother W. W. East-
man of 
Oak Cliff, Texas ; Brother L. C. Sommer-
ville, Van Buren, Arkansas; 
and 
Brother A. 
D. 
Guthrie, of Seattle, Washington. 
These are all old 
experienced canvassers in their respective 
States, 
and we welcome these brethren to a large share of 
the hard work, perplexities, and pleasures to be en-
joyed by a State agent. 
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MISSIONARY. 
[APRIL, 
REPORT OF THE CANVASSING WORK FOR APRIL, 1892. 
STATE. 
No. 
can-
vassers 
Av.No. 
of Re-
ports. 
Days. 
Hours. 
i Books 
i Deliv'd. 
Value. 
Orders 
Taken. 
Value. 
Miscel. 
Sales. 
Total 
Value. 
I 
Atlantic 
Maine 
Maritime Prov... 
New England ... 
New York 
Pennsylvania.... 
Quebec 
Virginia 
Vermont 
We6t Virginia ... 
Alabama 
Cumb. Mis. Field. 
Florida 
Georgia 
Louisiana 
Mississippi 
North Carolina.. 
Tennessee River.. 
Indiana 
Illinois 
- Michigan 
| Ohio 
^Ontario 
f So. Dakota 
I Iowa 
1 Manitoba 
] Minnesota 
j Nebraska 
I Wisconsin 
I Arkansas 
Indian Territory. 
Kansas 
Missouri 
Texas 
Colorado 
California 
North Pacific. 
Upper Columbia. 
Great Britain . 
Germany 
Central Europe.. 
South Africa. 
Australia .... 
New Zealand. 
| Norway 
[ So. America.. 
Totals 
44 
14 
2 
11 
3 
31 
7 
13 
1 2 
3f 
9 
31 
37, 
10 
14 
497 
26 
11 
30 
24: 
354I 
90 
422 
316 
524 
16 
119 
31 
24 
76 
128 
14 
25 
64 
303 
509 
162 
237 
119 
4 
42 
85 
195 
96 
159 
625 
99 
397 
28 
4,909 
387 
2035 
1517 
2812 
111 
777 
246 
196 
608 
1027 
110 
202 
519 
150 
1850 
2710 
1071 
1632 
21 
90 
549 
1225 
1405 
600 
843 
4579 
1594 
546 
1388 
30,800 
348 
205 
493 
283 
53 
52 
93 
175 
14 
71 
59 
92 
272 
260 
211 
663 
386 
95 
57 
163 
247 
129 
279 
4,789 
$ 206 00 
955 15 
554 25 
624 90 
132 25 
99 50 
220 00 
404 20 
33 75 
149 00 
117 00 
244 00 
736 25 
717 75 
344 00 
1444 25 
505 33 
229 25 
128 75 
383 50 
676 50 
436 00 
1166 68 
10,508 26 
180 
913 
884 
1567 
30 
356 
156 
60 
395 
391 
118 
69 
226 
339 
794 
1337 
479 
507 
338 6 
111 
287 
821 
349 
308 
346 
690 
1914 
435 
794 
1131 
74 
16,405 
$ 487 75 
2405 10 
2206 85 
4182 67 
59 50 
752 05 
359 00 
120 75 
924 50 
910 65 
260 50 
148 00 
466 25 
838 75 
1705 75 
3480 95 
918 15 
1197 00 
802 35 
17 25 
274 75 
730 &Q 
2039 00 
824 50 
657 25 
912 55 
2180 25 
4110 04 
1019 52 
3003 52 
4821 54 
244 25 
43,060 54 
$ 11 65 
31 72 
50 80 
257 18 
13 19 
96 40 
10 60 
13 25 
15 10 
3 15 
4 75 
12 60 
4 75 
19 00 
31 70 
61 40 
76 45 
87 80 
51 65 
108 85 
103 29 
1,069 93 
$ 499 40 
2436 82 
2257 65 
4439 85 
72 69 
848 45 
369 60 
120 75 
937 75 
925 75 
263 65 
152 75 
478 85 
838 75 
1710 40 
3480 95 
918 15 
1201 75 
821 35 
17 25 
274 ' 
762 30 
2100 40 
900 95 
745 05 
964 20 
2289 10 
4110 04 
1019 52 
3003 52 
4924 83 
244 25 
44,130 47 
FROM private letters 
from 
South 
America, 
we 
select a few points of interest. 
The outlook for the 
work is better at present than at the time of their 
last writing. 
The canvassers are now making their 
delivery, and will not lose over seven per cent of 
their orders. 
They find it necessary to go on horse-
back when canvassing in the country, on account of 
the great distance 
between estates. 
Horses are 
quite cheap however, and they will be able to secure 
good ones for $5 or $6. 
No duty is required on books, only such as are 
bound in ivory, pearl, or other expensive bindings. 
The only expense is for dispatching from the cus-
tom house, which costs about $6 a lot. 
We 
hope soon to see other laborers go to this 
field. 
WE are pleased to be able to give so full a report 
this month. 
THE amount of subscription books sold during the 
year 1891, was §819,749. 
This certainly is encourag-
ing to all interested in the work. 
THE report for Indiana is for three weeks ; that 
for Great Britain, five weeks, und those for 
Iowa 
and Pennsylvania, eight weeks. 
THE report accredited last month to the Atlantic 
Conference should 
have 
been 
for New 
England. 
The report for the former was received too late for 
insertion, and is as follows: 
Canvassers 26 ; Orders, 
585; Value, $1522. 
120 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
TRACT 
AND MISSIONARY 
SOCIETY. 
rice, 
23 
cents 
per 
year. 
W. A. COLCORD, \ 
W. A. SPICER, 
[
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• 
EDITORS. 
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., MAY, 
1892. 
MANY often express their thankfulness that the 
Lord is on the giving hand, who would do well to 
consider the question, How about my being on the 
receiving hand ? 
The Lord is ever rich in blessings, 
and more ready to give than the most affectionate 
earthly parent; but our sins, and feelings of self-
sufficiency often withhold good things from us. 
THE International Tract 
Society 
has 
arranged 
with the Review 
and Herald, 
for the latter to do the 
business connected with the HOME MISSIONARY. 
All 
orders for, and business connected with, this paper, 
should be addressed to the Review 
and Herald, 
in-
stead of 
to 
the 
International 
Tract 
Society, 
as 
formerly. 
Let all concerned make a note of 
this 
change. 
ELDER E. J. WAGGONER and family left 
Battle 
Creek, April 26, for New York, whence, in company 
with Captain 
Castberg and family, they expect to 
leave on the steamer " Teutonic," May 11, for Eu-
rope. 
Brother Castberg has been engaged in Scan-
dinavian 
editorial 
work in the Review 
and 
Herald 
office for the past two years, and now goes to engage 
in like work 
in the printing office at Christiania, 
Norway. 
THE New 
York 
World 
of April 27, Btates that a 
young man by the name of William E. Hubbard, of 
Tolchester, Md., who is a Seventh-day 
Adventist, 
was put in j&il for refusing to be sworn and testify 
in court on the Sabbath. 
The report states that Mr. 
Hubbard gave his reasons for his action, stating that 
while the Scriptures enjoin upon Christians the duty 
to obey magistrates, Beter says we ought to 
obey 
God 
rather than man. 
The Judge, however, con-
strued his refusal as contempt of court, remarking 
that he had been on the bench twenty-four years, but 
had never before had a case of this kind ; and that, 
however true the quotation from Peter might be, the 
law says that we shall observe but one day as the 
Sabbath, and that is the day commonly known as 
Sunday; and that Mr. Hubbard must either testify 
or go to jail. 
WE hope our readers will give special attention to 
the matter in the Home Missions department this 
month. 
The following statements in it are worthy 
of most careful consideration : — 
"The missionary 
movement 
is far in advance of 
the missionary 
spirit." 
"In every church there should be stated seasons 
for united prayer for the advancement of this work." 
" The work we are now doing ought to have been 
done years ago." 
" Each should keep a missionary box at hand, and 
drop into it every penny he is tempted to waste in 
self-indulgence." 
"If all the means which has been wasted by our 
own people in self-gratification, had been devoted to 
the cause of God, there would be no empty treasuries, 
and missions could be established in all parts of the 
world." 
" Bid they but realize how near is the end of all 
work for the salvation of souls, they would sacrifice 
their possessions as freely as did the members of the 
early church." 
wi Chicago & Grand 1 rank R. R. 
it^altt 
Time Table, in Effect Dec. 6, 1891. 
GOING WEST. 
STATIONS. 
GOING EAST. 
p ml a m p m 
3 .011 9 Oil 7 .1)0 
a in! p ml 
6.15 9.50J 9.25 
p m am 
pm 
9.G5 7.40 5.07 
a m 
p m a m 
8.40! 5.80 4.20 
a m 
p m! a m 
7.30 4.10 3.1(1 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
p m 
6.80 8.00 
a m p m 
6.30 1.00 
a m 
p m 
S (in 2.45 
a in! p ml 
6.15 9.50J 9.25 
p m am 
pm 
9.G5 7.40 5.07 
a m 
p m a m 
8.40! 5.80 4.20 
a m 
p m! a m 
7.30 4.10 3.1(1 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
p m 
6.80 8.00 
a m p m 
6.30 1.00 
a m 
p m 
S (in 2.45 
a in! p ml 
6.15 9.50J 9.25 
p m am 
pm 
9.G5 7.40 5.07 
a m 
p m a m 
8.40! 5.80 4.20 
a m 
p m! a m 
7.30 4.10 3.1(1 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
p m 
6.80 8.00 
a m p m 
6.30 1.00 
a m 
p m 
S (in 2.45 
a in! p ml 
6.15 9.50J 9.25 
p m am 
pm 
9.G5 7.40 5.07 
a m 
p m a m 
8.40! 5.80 4.20 
a m 
p m! a m 
7.30 4.10 3.1(1 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
U.55 
p m 
1.00 
8.15 
p m 
8.20 
a m 
7.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
a 
m 
9.50 
a m 
7 40 
p m 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
U.55 
p m 
1.00 
8.15 
p m 
8.20 
a m 
7.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
a 
m 
9.50 
a m 
7 40 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
U.55 
p m 
1.00 
8.15 
p m 
8.20 
a m 
7.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
p m 
5.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
U.55 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
9.25 
Mail. 
8.15 
p m 
8.20 
a m 
7.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
Bay 
Exp. 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
S*' 
Exp. 
B. C. 
Pais. Lmtd 
Exp 
Pacflc 
Exp. 
Pacfic 
Exp. 
Vail 
Exp. 
p m 
9.25 
Mail. 
8.15 
p m 
8.20 
a m 
7.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
Bay 
Exp. 
p m 
7.30 
a m 
10.10 
p m 
9.00 
p in 
7.10 
p m 
7.33 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
7.35 
a m 
U.50 
Prt.H 
P ass. 
am 
"6!50 
8.05 
8.35 
7.10 
7.56 
9.06 
10.02 
10.29 
U.15 
U.53 
pm 
3.44 
3.40 
5.10 
5.47 
4.30 
5.15 
6.50 
7.55 
8.30 
9.26 
pm 
pm 
i2.35 
I.40 
2.08 
II.40 
12.18 
2.35 
3.2d 
3.45 
4.30 
pm 
*8*46 
10.07 
10.45 
8.25 
9.00 
11.20 
12.15 
12.46 
1.35 
2.20 
pm 
T.20 
8.61 
9.35 
8.25 
9.00 
10.30 
U.30 
12.05 
l.CO 
1.48 
tl.68 
1.42 
3.30 
5.10 
7.SO 
am 
am 
5.59 
6.04 
7.29 
8.1o 
7.10 
7.55 
9.30 
10.35 
11.15 
12.25 
1.08 
1.19 
2.06 
2.60 
4.30 
7.00 
pm 
Dep. 
Arr. 
Port Huron 
.Port Huron Tunnel. 
Lapeer. 
Flint 
Bay City 
Saginaw 
Durand 
Lansing 
Charlotte 
....1IATTLK CRKKK.... 
pm 
10.01 
9.56 
8.15 
7.30 
8.45 
8.00 
6.20 
5.10 
4.30 
3.35 
2.33 
am 
i2.25 
U.15 
10.45 
io'26 
9.30 
9.01 
8.20 
7.43 
am 
"7'.30 
6.17 
5.40 
7.22 
6.45 
5.03 
4.00 
3.25 
2.40 
1.48 
pm 
'8.50 
7.35 
7.05 
8.55 
8.00 
6.35 
5.40 
5.11 
4.30 
am 
12.00 
11.55 
10.40 
10.05 
11.30 
10.45 
9.30 
8.20 
7.47 
7.00 
am 
12.40 
1.20 
2.45 
4.50 
p m 
5.4s 
6.20 
7.85 
9.30 
pm 
3.18 
4.00 
5.30 
7.87 
am 
pm 
T.20 
8.61 
9.35 
8.25 
9.00 
10.30 
U.30 
12.05 
l.CO 
1.48 
tl.68 
1.42 
3.30 
5.10 
7.SO 
am 
am 
5.59 
6.04 
7.29 
8.1o 
7.10 
7.55 
9.30 
10.35 
11.15 
12.25 
1.08 
1.19 
2.06 
2.60 
4.30 
7.00 
pm 
South Bend 
Valparaiso 
I.29 
12.45 
II.10 
8.40 
am 
7.00 
6.20 
5.00 
3.00 
pm 
12.45 
12.00 
10.80 
8.15 
pm 
3.07 
2.3o 
1.20 
11.25 
am 
12.40 
1.20 
2.45 
4.50 
p m 
5.4s 
6.20 
7.85 
9.30 
pm 
3.18 
4.00 
5.30 
7.87 
am 
pm 
T.20 
8.61 
9.35 
8.25 
9.00 
10.30 
U.30 
12.05 
l.CO 
1.48 
tl.68 
1.42 
3.30 
5.10 
7.SO 
am 
am 
5.59 
6.04 
7.29 
8.1o 
7.10 
7.55 
9.30 
10.35 
11.15 
12.25 
1.08 
1.19 
2.06 
2.60 
4.30 
7.00 
pm Arr. 
Dep. 
I.29 
12.45 
II.10 
8.40 
am 
7.00 
6.20 
5.00 
3.00 
pm 
12.45 
12.00 
10.80 
8.15 
pm 
3.07 
2.3o 
1.20 
11.25 
am 
Where no time is given, train does not stop. 
Trains ran by Central Standard Time. 
Valparaiso Accommodation, Battle Creek Passenger, Port Huron Passen-
ger, and Mail trains, daily except Sunday. 
Pacific, Limited, Day, and Atlantic Expresses, daily. 
Meals served in C. A G. T. Dining Care on all through trains. 
W. E. DAVIS, 
A. S. PARKER, 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Ticket Agt., Battle Creek.