VOLUME 21. :-: KEENE, TEXAS, (JOHNSON COUNTY), TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1922. 
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A FOREIGN MISSIONARY EXPER-
.1ENC.E IN SOUTH TEXAS 
:Having heard of an interest among 
some Mexican people at place called 
La Reforma in the'; Rio Grande valley, 
the writer hastened to answer the 
call. These people are agriculturists 
who live about forty miles in from the 
pailroad„ Most of them own 
their Own rr fiches and are situated 
very favorably if they had more rain 
in these -parts, but when we visited 
then i they had not had any rain yet 
this season and so. they were • disoc-
cupied Mr they clitnnot do anything in 
the line of putting in their crops un'-
til they get their first rains. Every-
thing mias very dry and the poor cattle 
were dying off on every hand for the 
lack of food, for even the cactus, their 
food, was drying up.: 
Notwithstanding these •perverse 
conditilons, these neople were very 
optimistic and ' told me that they 
thought it 'was Providential that I 
otime When I did for they had nothing 
stecial to do except to listen to the 
message that I brought them. • 
- *I 'found' that these .people had never 
seen one of our • ministers, and had 
become interested in the truth in this 
way':--"If•hannen.ed that about a yer r 
or so ago pl. onittertenr passed thropeh 
that nart �
+be 'stake selline. apiq, 
Practica (Practical -Guide) and he left 
sotne .trPcts iii one home which were 
read and becoming interested, an ott 
der was sent to the tract society for 
nor -reading matter and by the time 
we arrived AlieSe dear. people -had .been 
keeping the Sabbath for over a year. 
Each evening we gathered in the 
country school house for a service 
and there were always between 75 
and 85 present, and most of them 
would arrive a half hour early and 
would be waiting for us when we 
arrived, so eager were they to catch 
every word of instruction that we had 
for them. One dear man said, "Why 
Brother, we are so thirsty to hear the 
whole truth." 
A request was made for baptism and 
so early in our stay with them, we 
organized a special class for giving 
specific instruction to the candidates. 
Every morning for the five days that 
we were with them we met and studied 
darefully as to what the Christian's 
duty is, and how they drank in the 
truth! We had no sleepy members 
In our meetings even though some of 
these studies were held for over two 
hours at a time. It would have done 
you all good to see how these dear 
people accepted every ray of light as 
It was presented to them from. God's 
Word. Every one found that it meant 
a cross to bear but they cheerfully 
took up their cross and bore it for the 
Master. All were accustomed to the 
free use of swine's flesh and lard, 
but whoa they were shown that these 
things are an abomination to the Lord 
they s'aid, "We �
il1 use them no 
more." We found that some of the 
young people as well as the old were 
given to the wearing of jewelry, but 
when we read to them what the Lord 
has told us about the outward adorn- 
ing of our persons, these things all 
disappeared. The tithing system, ap-
pealed to them and they immediately 
began returning to the Lord His own. 
After studying with them and seeing 
their willingness to accept the whole 
Bible as their guide book, the writer 
felt justified in glmting their request 
for baptism, and Sabbath morning it 
was our happy lot to see 18 of these 
Oar people follow their Lord in this 
sacred rite, and how happy they were! 
It was the swekest experience of 
their lives and their faces beamed 
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with satisfaction as they took this 
final step thus declaring to their 
friends and neighbors their desire to 
to surrender their whole lives in 
cbedience to the will of their Saviour. 
There were 70 who witnessed this 
solemn ceremony and we are sure that 
r-riny others were im,'press•ed with 
their duty, for afterward some spoke 
to us saying, "Next time when you 
come out to see us we will be ready 
too." We organized a Sitibbath school 
for these people and they are the 
happiest Seventh-day Adventists we 
hlave ever seen. We plan on visiting 
them frequently and keeping in close 
touch with them. 
We thank the Lord for this exper-
ience and we hope that we may have 
nviny more just like it. Dear colport-
eurs, be faithful and your reward is 
sure. It pays to drop tracts while 
we are selling books. 
W. B. MIRAMONTEZ. 
Union Sec. Mexican Department 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
About the Nazarites? Do you know 
where the law of the Nazarite is found? 
Critics say that the Scriptures are not 
consistent, that they mention Nazarites 
long before the Israelites set-
tled in Palestine where Nazareth is 
is located. Some time you might he 
glad to know the difference between a 
Nazarene and a Nazarite. Those books 
of Moses are wonderfully interesting 
and throw a flood of light on many of 
the New Testament passages. Recent-
ly an old friend said to me, "I'm a 
mechanic. If a machine is to work it 
must line up. I've put up a good many 
shafts in buildings, and if the shaft 
wheels are out of line or out of balance 
they will shake the building down." 
The reason why Christianity has made 
such tremendous progress during the 
past nineteen hundred years in spite of 
opposition is because its Bible "tra ks." 
The church is not going to be shaken 
down, and Bible readers are not going 
to be shaken out. Read your Bible 
through and become a member of At-
tainment. 
ALFRED W. PETERSON. 
ESTABLISHING OUR 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
Since the first orders for the new 
reading course book "Pioneer Stories 
of the Second Advent Message" were 
filled the publishers have received 
scores of testimonials and expressions 
of appreciation. Among these are the 
following: 
"Last week I took a copy of 'Pio-
neer Stories of the Second Advent 
Message' home with me and found it 
so interesting that I devoted all my 
spare time to it for the next two days 
until I had read it through from cover 
to cover. 
"It seem$ to me that the exper-
iences of our early pioneers ias told by 
the author with all their interesting 
facts and side lights into the every 
day life of those who were used by 
the Lord in a special way to begin the 
work of bringing to the world the 
message of the soon coming of the 
Master, never have been so interest-
ingly told before. 
"I wish I could do something to 
place a copy of this. book in the hands 
of each one of our young 'people in 
this conference. I can conceive of 
nothing which would establish our 
youth in the Message and give such 
a comprehensive idea, in an interest-
ing way, of what our pioneers endured 
in order to forward the gospel, as 
the reading of 'Pioneer Stories.' "—
A tract society secretary. 
"Enclos•ed is another order for 
'Pioneer Stories.' You certainly have 
produced a splendid book. I have 
been reading it quite a bit of late, 
and certainly like the way this history 
is written up by Brother Spalding. 
You can feel proud of this volume. 
We shall do all we can to push it 
for it is just as interesting for the 
older folks." S. J. Abegg, Manager 
of St. Piaui branch 
"I was so impressed with the make-
up, contents and usefulness, that I 
read it aloud to my wife from cover 
to cover. In mty estimation it is a 
book that cannot receive too wide' a 
circulation. It seema to fill a place 
which no other book could fill. I 
personally hope that not only the 
young, but every Seventh-day Adven-
tist person will read it. 
"You can rest assured that the 
Northern Union Reaper will give it 
good publicity. Our space is always. 
limited, but such books as this de-
serve to be placed before our people 
and I consider it a duty and privilege 
to help to do so through our union 
paper.7—StanietT Ledingtom Editor. 
'The book contains 384 pages. Price 
only $1.50, order through your tract 
society. 
'A SOUTH ' TEXAS COLPORTEUR'S 
EXPERIENCE 
After spending three days securing 
permission to sell "Our Lords Return" 
in one of our training camps I was 
allowed to begin work. At four o'clock 
in the afternoon of my first day's 
work I Iliad made forty-five sales and 
was just then calling at the quarters 
of one of the chaplains who said he 
cared nothing for the book I was offer-
ing for dale and he was very sorry it 
was in the camp. I told him I believed 
he had not given the subject proper 
consideration. He then stated that 
he was going to again take the matter 
up with the commanding general. I 
told him I had permission from the 
commanding general; he answered 
that he knew that but for me to con-
sider myself under arrest. I again 
started to tell him that I thought it 
was the pleasure of all the chaplains 
that the book be sold when he inter-
rupted by saying I was under arrest 
and hfid no right to talk. In a few 
Minutes an autordobile was at the 
front in which I was invited to take 
a ride to the headqitarters. On this 
journey I was accompanied by two 
officers carrying Springfield rifles, 
automatic pistols and a long sword at 
their side. At headquarters the Gen-
eral in*nediately came into the room 
where we were awaiting him. He ask-
ed what the charge was, and the chap-
lain answered Mat I was selling a 
book which he wanted stopped at 
once. 
The General asked if I had permis-
sion and I gave him the pass with his 
signature at the bottom. He then ask-
ed who advised him, to issue such a 
pass. He was told the had chaplain. 
The head chaplain was then called 
and immediately arrangements were 
made for us to remove to the assembly 
hall. The building used for church in 
the camp where we would be more 
private. On arrival there the Gen-
ei•,al asked that the chaplain who had 
me arrested-show what the book con-
tained that was Wrong and should not 
be tolerated by the camps. He an-
swered tl4at it was all wrong. The 
General then asked him to ask me 
questions and I answered. I arose 
and' asked what particular objection 
he had to offer. Hie again stated that 
it was All wrong. The General then 
asked that I go through the book and 
to the best of My /ability I 'explained 
its contents. Soon I reached the sub- 
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ject as found on page nine, "Jesus will 
comp again" I remarked that we look-
ed forward to that time las we believed 
the saints both living and dead would 
then receive their reward. The chap-
lain who had me (arrested rose ap-
pareantly in angor and said he de-
manded that I prove that from the 
Bible. I was handed a Bible and read 
from 1 Thess. 4:16, "The dead in 
Christ shall rise first." I remarked 
that we believed this text to mean 
what it said and the righteous would 
at this time receive their reward. All 
the righteous are looking to this as a 
very important event as their reward 
camp at that time. The General then 
arose and said that I had showed 
Bible evidence for my belief and that 
they were going to take a vote and 
All who stood in the minority would 
be expected to give reasonable evi-
dence or they would be asked to make 
the vote unanimous as all must stand 
together. 
When the vote was riast all voted 
that I be allowed to continue the sale 
of my book. The chaplain who had 
me arrested then stated that he would 
not give twenty-five cents for one of 
the books but if I could talk his wife 
in the notion of buying one he would 
furnish the quarter. I again started 
to work and sold eleven more making 
fifty-six for the entire day. 
C. M. NORMAN. 
A PROVIDENTIAL OPENING 
Up to the beginning of 1921 there 
were already in this country nearly 
thirty-five million foreigners, or a 
little more than one-third of the total 
population of the country. Of this 
vast population, according to the 
Detroit Free Press of October 12, 
1920, ten million are unable to speak 
the English language. 
The problem of caring for this 
deluge of immigration became so 
great that Congress was compelled to 
give the matter special attention. The 
Dillingham Act was passed, which re• 
stricted the admission of aliens in 
any one year to three per cent of the 
number here, reckoned nationality by 
nationality, as shown by the census of 
1910. This act automatically becomes 
inoperative on the 30th day of next 
June. In the meantime it will be the 
duty of Congress to pass a new slet 
of permanent restrictive measures. 
During the last twenty-seven years 
over ten million Roman Catholics and 
tour million Greek Catholics have 
arrived in the United States. From 
a missionary point of view it seems 
to us decidedly providential that there 
is a great turning away from the 
Catholic church on the part of some 
of these foreign speaking people. It 
is reported that more than two million 
people and about three hundred priests 
havt separated themselves from the 
Roman Catholic church in Czechoslo-
vakia. Surely this news ought to in-
spire us with new courage to put forth 
our best efforts in behalf of these 
people. If at any time the objection 
is made that they are turning to in-
fidelity it might be well to remember 
a statement by one of their leading 
clergymen. Speaking for his people 
he said, "They are Roman Catholics 
by birth, infidels by necessity (refer-
ring of course to the hypocrisy of the 
Roman church), and Protestants by 
history and inclination." 
Among the Polish people we find 
the same awakening. Not more than 
two months ago, while working in the 
city of Rochester in the Harvest In-
gathering campaign, one of our breth-
ren was told by a member of their 
large Polish church that three hun-
dred and fifty Polish families had 
separated from the Roman church in 
that one city alone. These facts re-
mind us of the significant words of 
the servant of the Lord in relating 
what was shown in vision: "I have 
been shown that our publications 
should be printed in different langu-
ages . . . I was shown men and 
women studying with intense interest 
papers and a few pages of tracts upon 
present truth. They would read the 
evidences so wonderful and new to 
them, and would open their Bibles 
with a deep and new interest, as sub-
jects of truth that had been dark to 
them were made plain, especially the 
light in regard to the Sabbath of the 
fourth commandment. As they search-
ed the Scriptures to see if these things 
were so, a new light shone upon their 
understanding, for angels were hover-
ing over them, and impressing their 
finds with the truths contained in the 
publications they had been reading. 
"I saw them holding papers and 
tracts in one hand and the Bible in 
the other, while their cheeks were 
wet with tears;—and bowing before 
God in earnest humble prayer, to be 
guided into all truth, the very thing 
He was doing for them before they 
called upon Him. And when the truth 
was received in their hearts, and they 
saw the harmonious chain of truth, 
the Bible was to them a new book; 
they hugged it to their hearts with 
grateful joy, while their countenances 
were all aglow with the happiness of 
holy joy." �
"Life Sketches," pages 
214 and 215. 
E. R. NUMBERS, 
Assistant Secretary, Home Mission-
ary Department, General Conference. 
VOLUNTEERS VERSUS SLACKERS 
The first word has the right ring, 
the last a sickening sound. Everybody 
respects a volunteer, everybody de-
tests a slacker. 
Real Missionary Volunteers are 
minute men. No matter what the call 
they stand ready to spring to the 
front. 
'Every call to organize our young 
people, which has come through the 
Spirit of Prophecy, has been a de-
finite call to service. 
"Young men and young women, can-
not you form companies, and as sol-
diers of Christ, enlist in the work, put-
ting all your tact and skill and talent 
into the Master's service, that you may 
save souls from ruin? Let there be 
companies organized in every church 
to do this work. . . . 
"Will the young men and the young 
women who really love Jesus organ-
ize themselves as workers, not only 
for those who profess 'o be Sabbath 
keepers, but for those who are not of 
our faith?" 
What more effective way to bring 
the complete message before those 
who are interested than a systematic 
circulation of Present Truth? Num-
bers 1 to 48, complete, present in the 
most concise and convincing way all 
the principle features of the message. 
Every Missionary Volunteer Society 
should keep a supply of these con-
stantly on hand for systematic mis-
sionary work. 
It would be an excellent addition to 
the Missionary Volunteer library to 
place upon its shelves a bound volume 
containing the complete set of 48 num-
bers. The price is but $ .75. 
When one number is so much ap-
preciated that it is literally read to 
pieces, what a privilege to be the mes-
senger to pass the good word along! 
You will be interested in the following 
letter lately received at the office of 
publication: 
Dear Sir: 
"Would you like to hear a story of 
one of your copies of Present Truth, 
of which I suppose thousands were 
printed? This is the story of just one 
copy, Volume III, No 43, 'Angels Their 
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Orgin and Work.' I do not know what 
the date of it is, but it is the best I 
ever read, I believe. 
"Someone, I do not know who, threw 
this paper on my mother's porch in 
North Chattanooga. She, thinking it• 
was an advertisement of the sale of 
something, picked it up to throw it 
away, but began to read it. She liked 
it so well she got my father to read 
it. He liked it so much he brought it 
to me. We are building contractors. 
He made me sit down on the job and 
read it. being afraid I would not do 
it if I brought it home. The paper by 
this time was beginning to get worn 
out and torn. One of the truck drivers 
brought some lumber on the job, and 
I began to read to him. He at once 
fell in love with it, and begged me for 
it to take home to study and to read 
to his wife. But I wanted my wife 
to read it, and I had to promise him 
faithfully I would bring it back to-
morrow. My wife reaa it last night, 
and it is now in about four pieces, 
but it can be read several times yet, 
and I will deliver it to the truekman 
tomorrow. 
If all your copies could 
do as much as this one, you would 
soon turn the world into Christian 
people. 
"I like it fine, and would like to get 
it •regularly. Is it a weekly or a 
monthly? Send me your terms. 
I 
would like to have another copy of 
this same issue to read extracts from 
and make a talk in prayer meeting 
on Wlednesday night. I belong to the 
Christian church. My address is—." 
The regular subscription, twelve 
numbers, is now but $ .25 domestic, 
$ .50 foreign. In quantities as follows: 
Single copy �
$ .02 
25 copies �
 .30 
50 copies �
 .50 
100 copies �
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1000 copies �
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Bulk orders may be made up of any 
or all issues. 
C. A. RUSSELL. 
THE NEW YEAR 
What will you do with it? Form 
the habit of using its spare time 
systematically in correspondence study 
and it will be almost as good as go-
ing to school. For catalog of infor-
mation about the matter, write to-day 
to C. C. Lewis, Principal, Fireside 
Corres.pondence School, Takoma Park, 
Washington, D. C. 
FOR SALE: A six room house, lot A gents �
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200 999 10 369 90 1366 00 793 00 
and store near a growing tenth grade 
Sahool. For particulars address C. U. 
Tloyldr; Chairman of the school board, 
Route 4, Jefferson, Teras. �
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FOR SALE- OR TRADE: One hun-
dred acre fruit farth for property at 
Keene, TeiaS. Located in Cherokee 
county 'Texas., mile and half„ from 
Rusk, county seat. 
Address Mrs. 
Stanthe ,Weems, .Keene, Texas. 3 
"The work of the world "is done by a 
few; 
God looks for apart to be done by you." 
imgmTmmwm 
EmmmmmmE 
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SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 
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Arkansas Conf. I 
Office, Little Rock, Ark. 
1215 Marshall 
• • President �
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4 Sec.-Treas. �L. J. Black 
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3 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1922 
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Amount Amount 
Quota Received Short 
Ark. W 
3361.80 
947.10 
2414.70 
Ark. C 
357.60 
126.86 
230.64 
NEWS NOTES 
A picnic was given for the Little 
Rock church last Sunday. Most of the 
members attended and report a very en-
joyable time in spite of the tumbles 
taken over the rocks, which were so 
numerous on the grounds. 
Miss Treve Robinson and Messrs. Le-
onard Robinson, Elba and Marbert 
Black and Roy Griffin are visiting in 
Little Rock at the present. They all ex-
pect to enter the canvassing field soon. 
Mr. Cecil Morton has already gone to 
his field of lador and has sent in a good 
report for the short time he put in last 
week. He attended the Little Rock 
church school last winter. 
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ross are visit-
ing friends and relatives in Little Rock 
for a few weeks. They plan to spend 
the summer in the Oklahoma conference. 
About thirty-five orders have been 
received at the Tract Society for the 
General Confereuce Bulletin. 
Mr. William Wilson was a caller at 
this office today. He is on his way to 
Clarksville, where he will canvass this 
summer. He came by way of Jefferson 
where his sister, Katherine, accompan-
ied him to their home at BonneHale. 
Brother Hooper is helping the col-
porteurs this week. He will visit Mr. 
Kloss at Patmos and Mr. Brinegar at 
Stamps before returning to the offioe. 
A number of young people gathered 
at the home of Mrs. Hooper last Mon-
day evening. The evening was enjoye,i. 
Mr. Wylie B. Jones called at the of-
fice Monday nigh; on his way home: 
Miss Erma E. Hooten was in the city 
Monday night also. Her school at Hot 
Springs closed Friday and she has re-
turned to her home at Chester. The 
work at Hot Springs was completed 
nicely and she will be there another year. 
Brother and Sister Hooper entertained 
the young people in the Little Rock 
church at their home Tuesday night. 
Cecil Morton will leave immediately 
after the closing exercise here and this 
occasioned the farewell party. Every 
one enjoyed the various games and the 
refreshments, ice cream and cake. 
Misses Fremona Black, Mary Mullins, 
Marion Beamer, and Ruth Beamer have 
returned to their homes in Little Rock. 
We are glad to welcome them home. 
Mr. William Wilson, who has been 
attending school at Keene, and his sis-
ter Katherine, who has been teaching 
at Jefferson, Texas, passed through 
Little Rock the first part of last week. 
We are looking forward to the reports 
from the new colporteurs who are just 
coming to us from Keene. 
SCHOOL NOTES 
Wednesday evening, May 12, marked 
the closing of a very sucessful school 
term here under the direction of Mrs. 
L. J. Black. A program was rendered 
in the church that evening at 8:00 
o'clock. 
The program was given in two parts; 
part one was given by grades one to 
six. The drills and musical selections 
made this part very interesting indeed. 
The grade cards were given to those in 
these grades. Eight also received Read-
ing Course Certificates. 
Part two was the commencement ex-
ercises for those finishing the eighth 
grade. The church was tastefully dec-
orated with the class colors—pink and 
green. The motto--"The First Mile-
stone"--was placed on a background of 
white, which was bordered with green 
leaves. The class appreciated very much 
the address written by Elder Taylor 
which was read by Sister Taylor. In 
this he urged each member of the class 
to go past the first milestone and get an 
education, but get it in schools of God's 
appointment. 
There were five in this class. Each 
part was rendered in such a way as gave 
credit to the ones rendering as well as 
to the teacher. At the close of part 
two, grade' cards and diplomas were 
given to each of the five. All received 
Standard of Attainment Certificates. 
The following finished the eighth grade:, 
Cecil Morton, Evangeline Green, Gla-
dys Dougon, Minnie Ladd, and Lois 
Mullins. 
One other will receive a Standard of 
Attainment Certificate as soon as she 
has passed an examination in History of 
Missions. The following have passed 
in History of Missions and expect to 
take Denominational History 'test'this 
fall: Ivan Hooper, Anna Stone, Jan-
ette Watson. 
VISITING CHURCHES 
At Marianna we held every good ser-
ies of meetings for about five days, 
which strengthened the members spirit-
ually and deepened their Christian ex-
perience. I am sorry to say that since 
the church was first organized in 1918, 
a peroid of nearly four years, over half 
of the members have moved away. 
However I am glad to say that since 
the first of our day-school here the 
number has increased from eight or 
nine pupils in 1919 to twenty now. We 
have a nice church building, the best 
colored church in the state. If the mem-
bers had remained here, this would have 
been the largest and strongest church, 
financially. 
My next visit was to Earle, Ark., 
where I held a short meeting and or-
ganized a Sabbath school. This Sabbath 
school has now thirteen members. 
These people are very earnest and are 
growing stronger in the Lord and we 
have a good prospect for a church here. 
They are primarily the fruit of one of 
our faithful colporteurs. 
Pine Bluff was the next place we visit-
ed. Here we have a growing work. It 
is under the direction of Brother and 
Sister A. B. B. Storey and I am glad to 
say that they are building up a good, 
strong work, but the greatest need at 
this place is a Church building. If they 
had a building much more could be ac-
complished. 'Please let me appeal to you 
for a little help for the building of a 
church. If you are impressed by the 
Spirit to make a contribution, send it 
through the regular channel--the con-
ference-- stating that it is for, the Pine 
Bluff building fund. 
Recently I held a three weeks' meet-
ing in Little Rock which meant much 
to them spiritually. The enemy has 
been working to cause some of them 
to prove disloyal and to finally make 
shipwreck of their faith. The Lord 
blessed and turned a threathened de-
feat into a victory for some in the 
church. Quite a number surrendered 
fully to God by coufessing their sins to 
God and their faults one to another. A 
closer spirit of love and co-operation 
now prevails. While the meeting was 
primarily for the church, we has four 
new Sabbath-keepers who promised to 
keep all the commandments, and are 
SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECulin �
PAGE SEVEN 
willing to walk in all the light the Lord 
has for them. Two others were baptiz-
ed and united with the church. A splen-
did interest prevails and many anxious 
hearts are ready for the message in this 
city now. 
From Little Rock we return to Ft. 
Smith, our youngest church, and I am 
glad to say the work is progressing 
nicely and the members are of good 
courage in the Lord, and doing their ut-
most to help finish the work. Ft. Smith 
and Little Rock greatly need settled pas-
tors--pastors to stay right by the work 
and build up a strong membership. Bro-
ther Richard. Louden, who has just 
graduated from the Oakwood Junior 
College, has come to this conference 
to make this his field of labor, and at 
present is visiting the members cf the 
Little Rock church number two. 
J. W. ALLISON. 
Oklahoma Conf. 
Oklahoma City, Okla. 
Box 1077 
President - Elder M. B. Van Kirk + 
Sec.-Treas. �
C. L. Stilson 
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Please make all remittances, whether by 
check, money order, draft, or reg- 
istered letter to the Okla- 
homa Conference, and 
NOT to any in- 
dividual 
STATEMENT OF 60-A-WEEK FUND 
3 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1922 
Amount Amount 
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()lint a Received �
Short 
Okla. W 15046.20 9676.86 5369.34 
Okla. C 
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508.31 �
278.19 
IMPORTANT NOTICE 
"The harvest truly is great, but the 
laborers are few. " Luke 10:2. 
Watch the Oklahoma reports and you 
will see what is needed. We are doing 
well considering the number of hours put 
in but we should have at least double 
the number of workers in the field. 
"Those who defer obedience until 
every uncertainty disappears and there 
remains no risk of failure or defeat, 
will never obey. " Gospel Workers, page 
262. 
"Perhaps He places before them du-
ties they would not choose." Id., p. 269. 
"Men and women are wanted now 
who are as true to duty as the needle to 
the pole--men and women who will 
work without having their way smoothed 
and every obstacle removed". Colpor-
teur Evangelist, page 58. 
Let us stop hunting for something 
easy. Let us say with God's help I can 
and I will. 
"Let them come, not expecting ease, 
but to be brave and of good courage 
under rebuffs and hardships." Colpor-
teur Evangelist, page 57. 
We have plenty of territory where 
some of our books have never been sold. 
Please write to me and I will be glad 
to help you get started in the colporteur 
work. 
C. N. YOUNG. 
Box 1077 �
Oklahoma City, Okla. 
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES 
More Investment Pledges have come 
in this week. We are glad to receive 
them and hope that these investments 
will bring in large returns for missions. 
One of our church members, J. B. 
Robinson, of Jennings, reports that 
three nights out of each week he holds 
Bible studias at Nelagony with an at-
tendance of about one hundred. The in-
terest is good and he has hopes of sev-
eral accepting the truth. 
The church school graduates gave 
their closing exercises at the church 
Sunday night. There were sixteen 
graduates, eight from the eighth grade-
and eight from the tenth. This speaks 
well for the work done in our school the 
past year and we feel that the teachers 
have earned a long summer's vacation. 
At the eleven o'clock hour Sabbath 
Elder White preached the baccalaureate 
sermon, encouraging these young people 
in their preparation for usefulness in the 
Lord's service. 
We still have on our shevles some of 
last year's Reading Course Books. If 
you have not read them send for them 
now. 
The Oklahoma delegates all reached 
San Francisco in good health and good 
spirits, on Tuesday, May 9. Each one 
is well located and enjoying the Confer-
ence. 
Brother Caleb Martin writes that he 
has another individual who has been 
wavering concerning the Sabbath about 
ready to take her stand in full. We 
thank God for these souls who are tak-
ing hold of the truth. 
Brother McDonald writes that the 
meetings in Shawnee still continue 
though the weather is bad. We trust 
God will find more souls in Shawnee. 
Mrs. Thomas writes that the church 
at Muskogee is putting forth redoubled 
efforts to spread the Message and that 
the sisters who are engaged in this work 
have brought ill splendid reports of the . 
meeting. 
Brother Sturgeon will be with them 
after this to assist. This is as it should 
be' the church itself must do the work 
and not depend upon the ministers. 
Most of the workers are at Confer-
ence hence there is not much news from 
the field to write. 
General Conference opened on sched-
ule time with a sermon by Elder I. H. 
Evans. The first Sabbath morning Elder 
Daniels gave a stirring call for a full 
consecration. The keynote of the meet-
ing is "The reception of the Holy Spirit 
and the putting away of sin and the ac-
cornplishment,of, victorious life." The 
program has 'L-ranged 'for nearly two 
hours of devotional meetings in the 
morning before business session. At 
this writing we have held three Confer-
ence meetings, --Friday morning; aftei-
n'oon and Sunday morning. The next 
session will come this afternoon. The 
great Convention Hall is well-filled with 
delegates and visitors. More than three 
thousand people responded to the call 
Sabbath morning to a fuller consecra-
tion and few eyes were dry in the vast 
assembly as the delegates and visitors 
gave themselves anew to the service of 
God. Reports thus far have been stir-
ring. Elder L. H. Christian related in 
the meeting evening after the Sabbath 
many things which he had seen in fa-
mine-stricken Russia which brought 
the tears to our eyes. Truly it is a sol-
emn time. Elder I. H. Evans' report 
from the Asiatic Division to a splen-
did audience told of the facilities and 
experiences of that field. This was fol-
lowed by the publishing report which 
was so full of encouragment that every-
body become enthusiastic over the dis-
tribution of literature. Southwestern 
delegates has been assigned a good 
place in the center of the hall. There 
are three seats. about' twelve chairs 
pretty well filled. Although the dele-
gates wives are allowed to sit with them 
during the Conference. Everybody is 
happy and enjoying the meetinga and 
endeavoring to secure from this meet-
ing all the spiritual help possible and, 
all the help this experience can gain. 
You will hear from us frequently dur-
ing the Conference. We trust that 
everyone is receiving the Bulletin. 
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SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 
I North Texas Conf. 
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Office, Keene, Texas 
Box 51 
President - Elder T. F. Wright 
- R. L. Atcheson 
Sec.-Treas. 
South Texas Conf. I 
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Office, San Antonio, Texas 
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STATEMENT OF 60-A-WEEK FUND 
STATEMENT OF 60-A-WEEK FUND STPITEMENT OF 60-A-WEEK FUND 
3 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1922 
3 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1922 3 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1922.. 
Amount Amount 
Quota Received Short 
N. Tex. W 7815.60 
3660.43 4166.17 
N. Tex. C 325.00 �
132.58 �
192.42 
COLPORTEUR'S EXPERIENCE 
While working with Miss Mamie East-
man we met a Jewish family who were 
very friendly. We sold them a copy of 
"Satan" and after reading Isa. 53: and 
Dan. 9:25 we received an order for "Our 
Day." This is the first time that we 
have been able to reach any of the Jews. 
Later we secured a subscription for the 
Yiddish magazine. Surely the Yiddish 
are awakening. 
We also met a lady who was sick. She 
said that she had always wanted to be 
Christian, but someone had told her 
that the prayers of a sinner would not 
be heard so she had lost all hope. It is 
a blessed privilege to go out with our 
good literature. If we do not sell to 
everyone we may speak words of com-
fort to those who are in darkness. 
. Many who read this should be in the 
field at this time. "From the light giv-
en me I know that where there is one in 
the field, there should be one hundred." 
C. E., p. 7, par. 2. 
D. VAN CAMPEN. 
NEWS NOTES 
A letter from Brother Atcheson tells 
us that they are having a delightful 
time attending the General Conference. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Condon were plea-
sant callers st the office Sunday. They 
were here to spend the week-end with 
their son, Charles. 
Brother Van Campen is still in the field 
assisting the new recruits. We now have 
several little companies of workers in 
different parts of our conference and 
are looking for some record-breaking 
reports. 
We have received several inquiries as 
to why the General Conference Bulletin 
has not been received. It requires some 
four or five days for mail to reach us 
(See bottom of last column) 
Amount Amount 
Quota Received Short 
S. Tex. W 3876.60 1489.29 2387.31 
S. Tex. C&M 312.00 �
255.18 �
56.82 
AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 
The company of workers from the 
South Texas Conference with other 
delegations from the other conferences 
in our Union and from other Unions 
very much enjoyed our journey to San 
Franciso to attend the General Confer-
ence. The beautiful and sublime scen-
ery along the way broke the 'monotony 
of the corn and cotton fields which are 
so common to us in the southwest. We 
all boarded the observation car in pass-
ing through the Royal Gorge and for 
hours we beheld scenery the grandeur 
of which cannot possibly be described 
by pen or voice. We spent Sabbath in 
Denver. Some of us went up to Boul-
der and went through our Sanitarium 
there. This is an ideal spot for such an 
institution. We regretted to leave the 
place. 
We were in Salt Lake City several 
hours. While there we were shown 
around the city and had the privilege 
of going through the Tabernacle in 
Mormon Square. We also saw the 
temple but were not permitted to go 
inside of it. 
But we did not make this long and 
expensive trip in order to see the coun-
try. We came here to attend the most 
important conference ever held during 
our history. 
We are attending important meet-
ings all day long, listening to encour-
aging report' from secretaries of de-
partments and leaders in divisional and 
mission fields. Thus far in the meet-
ings no business has been transacted 
but committees have been formed. 
The importance of receiving spiritual 
help and an outpouring of the Spirit of 
God is emphasized by the various speak-
ers. The Loa d is coming divinely near 
us and we sense His prsence. We long 
for more of His fullness and power. 
Remember the conference in prayer. 
R. P. MONTGOMERY. 
Amount Amount 
Quota Received Short 
Texico W 2925.00 1080.34 1844.66 
Texico C&M 292.50 • 110.83 �
181.67' 
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