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ISSUED
WEEKLY
By
the
Atlantic
Union
Conference
Of
Seventh-day
Adventists
South
Lancaster,
Mass,
(Official
Organ)
Subscription
Price,
Fifty
Cents
a
Year
EpiTOR,
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-
JENNIE
THAYER
Entered
at
South
Lancaster,
Mass.,
as
second-class
matter,
Berore
this
paper
reaches
its
readers,
the
second
biennial
session
of
the
Atlantic
Union
Conference
will
have
convened.
We
trust
that
the
prayers
of
all
will
ascend
in
behalf
of
this
gathering,
that
the
Holy
Spirit
may
lead
in
all
the
deliberations,
and
that
all
steps
taken
may
be
in
harmony
with
the
mind
of
Christ.
WEST
VIRGINIA.
THE
sixteenth
annual
session
of
the
West
Virginia
Conference
of
Seventh-
day
Adventists
will
convene
in
the
city
of
Parkersburg,
November
24
to
30.
The
first
meeting
will
be
held
at
9:30
a.mM.,
November
24,
We
trust
that
every
church
will
be
fully
represented
at
this
important
session.
W.
R.
FoceIn,
rrr
en
et
to
W.
PA.
CONFERENCE
NOTICE.
A
GENERAL
meeting
will
be
held
at
Huntingdon,
November
18
to
22.
Elder
W.
F.
Schwartz
and
myself
will
be
present.
We
trust
there
will
be
a
good
attendance
from
neighboring
churches,
companies,
and
scattered
Sabbath-keepers.
We
are
having
an
excellent
general
meeting
at
Bradford.
The
convict-
ing
Spirit
of
God
has
come
in.
Following
the
meeting
at
Hunting-
don,
a
four
days’
meeting
will
be
held
at
Altoona,
November
25
to
29.
"
Brethren
and
sisters,
begin
to
pray
for
the
success
of
these
meetings.
It
is
time
to
seek
the
Lord
as
never
be-
ATLANTIC
UNION
GLEANER
fore,
that
we
may
resist
the
powers
of
darkness
that
are
pressing
on
every
hand,
that
Christ
may
break
every
yoke,
that
we
all
may
be
a
free
peo-
ple,
to
give
this
closing
message
with
power.
E.
J.
DRYER.
THE
PHILADELPHIA
MEETING.
THE
general
meeting
and
council
of
laborers
of
Eastern
Pennsylvania
will
begin
Sabbath
evening,
Novem-
ber
13,
and
will
continue
till
No-
vember
19,
or
such
time
as
may
be
necessary
to
accomplish
the
work.
We
expect
that
Elders
A.
G.
Daniells
and
W.
W.
Prescott
will
be
with
us,
The
most
of
the
meetings
will
be
held
at
1942
North
Seventeenth
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pa.
We
hope
to
see
our
brethren
and
sisters
from
Norris-
town,
Chester,
and
the
members
of
both
churches
in
Philadelphia
present
at
all
the
meetings,
if
possible.
Elders
Fitzgerald
and
Lukens
will
arrange
for
services
on
both
sides
of
the
city
on
Sunday
night,
also
for
special
Sabbath-school
programs
Sab-
bath
morning.
During
the
week
the
field
secretary
will
be
present
to
give
instruction
in
the
work
of
selling
our
publications.
We
ask
for
a
good
attendance,
and
a
spirit
to
make
the
strongest
cam-
paign
in
Philadelphia,
and
by
all
our
churches
this
fall
and
winter,
ever
made
in
Eastern
Pennsylvania.
November
21
and
22
have
been
recommended
as
days
for
all
our
churches
in
the
State
to
hold
mis-
sionary
conventions,
and
to
mark
the
beginning
of
a
vigorous
effort
by
all
our
people
to
labor
as
never
before
to
win
souls
to
the
truth
by
means
of
scattering
the
truth
through
books,
papers,
tracts,
and
all
commendable
missionary
and
helpful
means
to
up-
lift
Christ
and
the
truth
to
the
world.
God
calls
loudly
for
laborers.
The
meeting
the
week
before
at
Philadelphia
will
be
preparatory
in
its
efforts
to
give
the
laborers
assist-
ance
in
this
line
of
work.
Pray
for
talents
consecrated
and
baptized
with
the
Holy
Ghost.
R.
A.
UNDERWOOD.
AN
INTERESTING
EXPERIENCE.
AN
account
of
an
experience
reached
us
recently
from
one
of
Stir
larger
churches
which
we
consider
worth
passing
on.
When
the
plan
for
collecting
the
missionary
offerings
weekly
by
means
of
the
little
envel-
ope,
was
being
inaugurated,
this
church
did
not
adopt
it.
But
as
the
matter
was
continually
agitated,
they
saw
that
they
must
either
give
the
suggestion
a
trial,
or
place
themselves
upon
record
as
opposed
to
it.
The
church
officers
decided
to
try
it.
The
church
became
interested,
and
took
hold
with
a
will.
The
first
Sabbath
that
the
envelopes
were
used,
eighty-
four
were
returned,
and
the
next
Sab-
bath
one
hundred
and
sixty-nine.
In
the
two
Sabbaths,
more
than
an
aver-
age
of
ten
cents
per
individual
was
donated,
for
the
offering
amounted
to
over
forty-seven
dollars,
and
the
elder
wrote
that
by
far
the
larger
part
of
that
amount
would
never
have
been
given
for
missions,
had
not
the
envel-
opes
been
used.
Others
are
having
similar
experi-
ences.
The
Lord
in
his
loving-kind-
ness
has
committed
to
us
a
great
work—not
that
he
needs
us
to
save
the
world,
but
that
we
need
to
work
that
our
own
salvation
may
be
assured.
A
weekly
remembrance
of
the
needs
of
the
field
seems
a
small
matter
and"
yet
if
every
Seventh-day
Adventist
will
take
hold
with
determination
to
support
this
work
in
the
regions
be-
yond,
the
needs
of
our
present
force
of
laborers
will
be
supplied,
new
re-
cruits
can
be
placed
at
the
front,
and
we
can
quickly
surround
the
old
earth
with
the
last
message
of
mercy.
Shall
we
do
it?
Mission
BoARrbD,
FaiTH
is
but
the
capacity
of
the
human
heart
for
God.
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