01 eicome f &dor. "when thep that feared the fLorb snake often one to another." VOL. V. MT. VERNON, OHIO, DECEMBER 45, 1900. NO. t1-ti Wetrontr glivittor ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE.OHIO S. D. A. CONFERENCE MT. VERNON, OHIO. PRICE: 26 CENTS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Mt. Vernon Postofflce. LOST FOR WANT OF A WORD. Lost for want of a word, Fallen among thieves and dying; Priests and Levites passing The place where he is lying; He is too faint to call, Too far off to be heard. There are those beside life's highway Lost for want of a word. Lost for want of a word. All in the black night straying Among the mazes of thought, False light ever betraying. Ohl that a human voice The murky ..darkness has stirred. Lost and benighted forever, Lost for want of a word. Lost for want of a word. Too high, it may be, and noble, To be ever checked in his sin, Or led to Christ in his trouble. No one boldly and truly To show him where he has erred— Poor handful of dust and ashes— Lost for want of a word. Lost for want of a word. A word that YOU might have spoken. Who knows what eyes may be dim, Or what hearts may be aching and broken. Go scatter beside all waters, Nor sicken at hope deferred; Let never a soul by thy dumbness Be lost for want of a word. —Selected. WEEK OF PRAYER. We are doing all we can to dis- tribute the Conference labor among the churches during the "Week of Prayer." There are only 40 laborers and about 80 churches so it will not be possible to get help to every church. Where it seems practicable we are having Bible workers to visit church- es, but as most of them are in the southern part of the state it will b3 impossible to get them north, where most of our churches are, so we .hope our church elders and leaders will take hold of this work and with the blessing of God make this the best week of the year 1900. The Annual Offering from Ohio ought to be $25,- 000.00. Brethren, you may never have the privilege of another Week of Prayer. "God so loved the world that He gave." Man must so love God that he gives, if eternal life he would have. May all be blessed by giving. - A. G. HAUGHEY. DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR. During the week of prayer the dif- ferent churches of Ohio will receive help as follows: Elder J. G. Wood, Bowling Green. Elder 0. F. Guilford, Columbus. Elder D. E. Lindsey, Clyde. Elder M. S. Babcock, Toledo. Elder Chas. A. Smith, .New An- tioch. Elder E. J. Van Horn, Cleveland. Elder H. H. Burkholder, Belleville. Elder R. R. Kennedy, Wheelers- burg. Elder L. C. Sheafe, Newark. Elder W. H. Wakeham, Mt. Ver- non. Elder A. C. Shannon, East Liver- pool. Elder R. A. Boardman, District No 6. Elder A. G. Haughey, Killbuck. C. C. Webster, District No. 3. W. H. Granger, Alliance. M. C. Kirkendall, Meigs. Edward Riesenweber, Cleveland. Francis Fairchild, District No. 6. Prof. J. W. Loughhead, Prof. F. W. Field and W. W. Miller, Mt. Ver- non Academy. J. 0. Miller, Laura. R. I. Francis, Newark. Jessie B. Sweet and Katharine E. Miller, Cincinnati. E. A. Merriam, Marion. Mary C. Huffaker, Washington C. H. Nellie M. Stevens, Leesburg. Sadie Baker, Springfield. Ella M. Talmage, Corsica. Ida M. Walters, Findlay. Margaret Haughey, Lima. Cora Petithory, Dayton. Bessie E. Russell, Beaver. Anna E. Smith, Wengerlawn. Cora Gibson, Akron. Tensa Howell, Bedford. Eva Marshall, La Grange. May much good result from the la- bor bestowed. A. G. HAUGHEY. "BEST STORIES FROM THE BEST BOOKS." This new book is one of the beat books of its kind for children and young people. It is an illustrated Bible companion for the home, by James Edson White, with an intro- ductory department of Easy Lessons for Children, by Ella King Sanders. The "Bible Story Department" con- tains 150 pages and is profusely illus- trated with beautiful engravings and ornamental chapter headings. It would make a beautiful present for the little ones of any home. It comes in three styles of binding. Cloth, 75 cents; board covers, 50 cents; pa- per, 25 cents. Send all orders to the Tract Society. NOTICE TO CANVASSERS. I shall be pleased to correspond_ with any one who desires to enter this most important line of work. Until further notice all communi- cations designed for the Ohio Can- vassing State Agent should be sent to A. G. Haughey, Box 386, Mt. Ver- non, 0. All the sophistry of Satan is bound' up in the'one word, wait.—Mrs. E. G. W. 2 THE WELCOME VISITOR e- Sidings From the Field. TOLEDO-Good cheer and cour- age to all! Rejoice always in all things. Our corps of workers here on the human side is small, but in this great controversy, "they that' be with us are more than they that be with them." The different branches of the work are in better shape so far as we can see than at any time in the past. The call for "health foods" increas- es with a desire to know of the prin- ciples involved, and that "opening wedge" is now handled with better results. The "treatment rooms" also do a growing business by the aid of bi-weekly visits of Dr. Rand of B. C. Sanitarium. We trust light, that shall increase day by day, reaches some that would see it in no other way than through this means divine- ly appointed to aid the message in these last days, and at the same time help magnify the value of the "in- heritance" promised Abraham and his seed. The "mission" for two years now has held open doors, is not in debt, and supplied for winter better than ever before. The list of city con- tributors steadily increases as they witness the character of the place. Our own people in near churches have sent to us supplies of food, potatoes, apples, canned fruit, etc., and also bedding, greatly needed. More of these are necessary and will be thank- fully received at all times. Brother Lane and wife have join- ed us in that work as self-support- ing helpers, and Brother Stevens ex- pects to take a desired change for -the present. There is more stir and inquiry in general and in particular in and about the city now than heretofore along lines of "Present Truth." Some experiences in cottage meetings are particularly interesting and precious. The little company of believers ev- idently are gaining as a whole in strength thro' the influence of the "spirit of His Son" on individual hearts, and we are sure where sin abounds "graCe doth much more abound." W. S. BABCOCK. CANTON.-It will be two years this coming January since I came to Akron to begin work, and I am glad to report that from that time the work has steadily grown. Many precious souls are today rejoicing in the truth as a result of the work done. Several of these are now ac- tively engaged in the work of spread- ing the message. A grand work has been done at Barberton. Often more than a score would be in attendance at the readings, and still the interest spreads. Those who have accepted 'the truth there are very active and are doing a good work. We hope to see the work begun in these places continue to flourish until the harvest. We moved to Canton about two months ago, and are glad to report a splendid interest, which we hope to see bear fruit for the Master. Brother Zeigler (a new convert from Akron), is with us and is doing faith- ful work as a canvasser. We have already an organized Sab- bath-school of about ten members. We ask the prayers of the brethren throughout the state for the work in this- place. W. H. GRANGER. LOOK FOR GOOD. Christ would have us look for the good qualities of our brethren in- stead of trying to find all of the evil we can. Rom. 3:23 says : "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." So if we desire we can find evil in the nature of every one, but there is no surer way of hadening and dry- ing up the spirituality of our hearts, than to be searching for the faults of our neighbors ; and further it will have an equal evil effect on the one who is thus criticized in many cases. Now brethren let us look for the good, the reflection of Christ's charac- ter in our fellow pilgrims, and then we will gain moral strength to our- selves and strengthen the weak among us, for criticism is one of Satan's plans to dry up the fountains of love in the heart. Without love we cannot work for fallen humanity nor worship God in an acceptable manner. If there ever was a time that God's people needed to be closely bound to- gether by bands of love it is now, when the fury of the evil one is about to burst upon them in a final effort to compel them to give up their faith. W. E. BIDWELL. TITHE REPORT FOR NOVEM- BER. Ashland .. . ........... $ Bellefontaine Bowling Green..... Camden Chagrin Falls..... Cincinnati Cleveland Clyde Columbus Corsica Dayton Delaware ... . .. East Liverpool Fairfield Findlay Grape Grove Green Spring Gilboa Killbuck Lewistown . Locust Point Marion Mt. Vernon Newark Norwalk New Antioch North Bloomfiel Nashville Pemberville .. ... . Springfield ........ St. Clairsville . . ..... Toledo Wadsworth Washington C Wheelersburg Isolated Sabbath Keepers Total ... . $1,330.85' A. A. LADDER, Trea,; "EASY STEPS IN THE BIBLE STORY." This is a book which is now to be had by addressing the Tract Society. It is intended, as its title indicates, for the children, and will, we feel sure, prove of great interest to them. Cloth, 50 cents; paper, 25 cents. Whatever you may be sure of, be sure at least of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than originality. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. • . • • . • ........ ........ • • - d... 7.25 95.00 29.00 3.25 5.86 322.23 104.22 12.59 62.53 14.47 42.44 .25 25.00 7.60 20.40 6.85 6.75 16.28 14.40 8.68 18.70 27.46 121.29 21.66 37.00 23.06 3.00 2.30 15.00 33.76 15.2'4 38.83 3.00 151.04 4.00 10.45 the work which God would have done Tlt. Uernon Acaoemp. ) will be left undone." If you have not had the privilege lig of reading the Magazine for some time,. read the "Letters From Our _,_1 -Ivy THE WELCOME VISITOR 3 Foreign Missionaries, For the Week of Prayer." Gen'l Conf. Bulletin p. 187-191. These letters are intensely interesting and should cause the reader to give serious and sober thought to the needs of foreign fields; and yet these are just a drop in the bucket compared with what ap- pears in the Magazine from time to time. When we understand the situation of the work, how can we refrain from giving? How can we be indifferent- to the calls for laborers and means? If our lives are wholly consecrated to the service of our Master we will be diligent students, both in the study of the Message and the Field. The two go hand in hand; they cannot be sep- arated. Shall we not now make a complete surrender of ourselves and means and thus hasten His coming ? The subscription price is 50 cents a year. Sample copies of the Decem- ber number can be obtained on re- quest. We should be glad to furnish the librarians with as many copies as they could use in their respective churches. Cor. Sec'y. The Ohio Conference should ap • preciate its situation. Every church member in Ohio should praise God iii helping to lift the debt off the Mt. Vernon Academy. The Lord said we should have this school to give charac- ter to the work in Ohio. It is now .in its eighth year of successful oper- ation. It has met its operating ex- penses and carried a debt of nearly $1,700.00. There is hardly a church in Ohio that has not been benefitted by hav- ing one or more of its members re- ceive training at the Academy. We all know of its benefit to us and none would think of doing without it. Nov that we have a school of our own and a state with over 4,000,000 people living in it, nearly 800,000 families, who would dare say we can not sell 15,000 copies of "C. 0. L." as this would only mean one family out of 53. We can sell them. We will sell them. Yes, we are selling them. One canvasser sold 15 copies in two hours. Others can do better. A. G. HAUGHEY. NiSf THE MISSIONARY MAGAZINE. How can we as a denomination do without the Missionary Magazine ? It is certainly one of the most inter- esting papers of our denomination. There are a great many periodicals published by our people, and we would not infer that any one individual has the time to read them all. Some are published especially for missionary work among those that are not ac- quainted with the Third Angel's Mes- sage. But the Missionary Magazine is intended especially for our own people, although a splendid publica- tion to interest outsiders in foreign missionary work. And while our time may be very limited, yet it does seem that we should take time to read the reports of the work of the Lord's servants in other lands, and also to become acquainted with the fields where the Message must go ere the Lord's coming. "Unless your hearts are touched as you see the situation in foreign fields, the last message of mercy to be given to the world will be restricted, and Our Sabbath Schools. Q_----- ---_,____ ----- _____ __, ,—__ ----.....--,. ------ ---,;-,--_, ' ---;-_—_, ---------,„---- -.9 SPRINGFIELD S. S. CONVEN- TION. All who attended this Convention, held Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, returned home realizing more fully the sacredness of the Sabbath-School work, and that all who are connected with it should have the "Credentials of Heaven." The stately steppings of the Great Teacher were felt in our midst, and His voice was heard speaking through those who took a part in the Conven- tion. Thus was fulfilled the precious promise, "They shall all be taught of God." S. S. Officers and Their Duties— One meeting was devoted to the consideration of the duties of the va- rious officers of the Sabbath School. Superintendents and secretaries who were present lead out in the discuss- ion of these topics and presented many practical thoughts. Teaching— Teachers present quite thoroughly took up the subject of teaching, un- der the following headings : Teach- ers and Their Duties, The Art of Questioning, Gaining and Holding the Attention, The Use of Illustra- tions, Object Teaching, Holding the Attention of the Kindergarten Class- es. The Great Teacher was definite, simple and practical in His teach- ing. Jesus taught from the natural to the spiritual. He called the atten- tion of the people to nature and the common things of life with which they were familiar and then taught them divine truth. Every thing in nature and the incidents passing un- der His notice were to Him texts for impressive sermons. He thus bound up His sacred lessons with the flow- ers, with the recurring seasons, with the rocks, the hills and the moun- tains and with the every day occur- rences of life. Let us teach as did the Great Teacher and every thing about us will lead us to thoughts of God. Miscellaneous— From other subjects, such as De- votional Exercises in the Sabbath School, How to Study the Lesson, ALL UNITED. Ohio laborers are all at work help- ing to "roll back the reproach." At the S. S. Convention held at Springfield, Ohio, Dec. 1-4, over $300 was given toward the $50,000 book fund. Our laborers are giving of their means, and our membership their time and in this way all share in the gift. However, we would not have any think they are not privileged to give. One sister who is not em- ployed by the Conference gave $100. Still much more is needed. Who will respond? The Lord has promised a blessing to all who take hold just now. A. G. HAUGHEY. 4( WANTED. We want eighty-eight regular can- vassers to sell subscription books. We have eighty-eight counties in Ohio, and there ought to be at least one regular canvasser in each of them. Who will be the first to respond? A. G. HAUGHEY. 4 THE WELCOME VISITOR Review of the Lesson, Teacher's Meet- ings and How to Secure Order and Reference were brought out many helpful thoughts for all to carry to their home Sabbath Schools. Many excellent things were also presented at the session devoted to the Salva- tion of our Youth and Children from the Standpoint of Home Training, Church Schools, Christian Volunteer Work. We believe that the influence of this Convention will greatly aid in mak- ing our Sabbath Schools more inter- esting and • in bringing them up to the high spiritual plain that the Lord would have them occupy. IDA M. WALTERS. CANVASSER'S REPORT. For week ending Nov. 10, 1900. Orders. Value. L. A. Holobaugh. ... 25 $ 33.50 Chas. Gearhardt .. 19.00 Mrs. A. E. Berry.... 2 6.'T5 B. H. Welch 5 6.75 Jay Raymond........ 25 30.00 L. R. Williams 23 34.00 Mrs. A. Williams 15 14.00 Jane Lawson • • 9.50 Total $153.50 For week ending Nov. 17, 1900. Jno. M. Calvert . 13 $ 23.25 Jay Raymond. 26 33.00 B. H. Welch 49 L. R. Williams .. 10 Mrs. A. Williams... 7 Jno. M. Calvert 2 I. Francis L. A. Holobaugh. ... 11 Chas. J. Gearhardt.. . Total $155.30 For week ending Nov. 24, 1900. L. Goldsbery ...... 52 20.50 B. 'H. Welch ...... 32 60.90 L. R. Williams 5 32.50 Mrs. A. Williams.... 7 24.90 W. E. Bidwell 14 14.55 Mrs. A. E. Berry .. , -1_ Total $214.36 ITEMS OF INTEREST. Elder Burkholder called at the Tract Society office Tuesday. Brother W. W. Miller of Spring- field is here taking the Special course. Prof. Magan was in attendance at the Springfield convention, and spoke Sunday night on the healing of the deadly wound. A building has been repaired and fitted up to be used as a church by the people of Meigs. Sister Cora Petithory again takes up the Bible work, and will be with Margaret Haughey in Dayton. Sister Otilla Clemen, who has been in the Bible work in Dayton, is here now taking the Special course. Elder L. C. Sheaf, who has been laboring in the South, is ho:1,e for a visit with his family of this place. Brother and Sister Hamer frern Columbus are also here taking the Special course, as are several others. An edition of 20,000 "Christ's Ob- ject Lessons" has just been complet- ed, and paper has been ordered for another of 40,000. A collection of over $300 was taken up at the Springfield convention to buy material for the new book, "Christ's Object Lessons." Brother Kirkendall has recently removed his family to Academia. He mself inis gone to after the interest of the work at Meigs. If your paper has a blue pencil mark on it, it is an indication that your subscription has expired, and we would earnestly ;nvite y; illto re- 1. E.W. Please bear in mind that cash should acerapamy all orders for "Christ's Object Lessons," as this book can not be trusted out, since the receipts go to the relief of the schools. Eider A. G. Haughey will take the state agency instead of Brother Mil- ler, as announced in last issue of the Vigitor. All communications should be addressed to him at Box 386, Mt. Vernon, 0. The subscription price of the "Gen- eral Conference Bulletin" has hereto- fore been 50 cents. This included the "Daily Bulletin," published dur- ing the session of the General Con- ference, and the quarterly issue for two years. Hereafter the price will be 50 cents for the "Daily Bulletin," or 75 cents including the quarterly. There is no calm like that when storm is done; There is no pleasure keen as pain's release-; There is no joy that lies so deep as peace; No peace so deep as that by struggle won. NEED OF GENUINE RELIGION IN OUR SABBATH- SCHOOLS. Our Sabbath-schools are not what the Lord would have them to be, for there is altogether too much depend- ence placed upon form and machin- ery, while the life-giving power of God is not manifested for the conver- sion of souls, for whom Christ died. This order of things must be changed if our Sabbath-schools meet the pur- pose for which they exist. We must have consecrated teachers, who love God supremely and their neighbors as themselves. The Lord has made ample provision that teachers may have increased ability from Sabbath to Sabbath, that they may teach to some purpose, working as for time and eternity. We need in our schools young men and women who have vital godliness, not a cheap, superficialex- perience, but a deep inward piety that results _from learning daily in the school of Christ, that they may impart to others the precious lessons • which Christ has taught them. Those who are satisfied with fol- lowing a certain dry order, of going through a round, will miss the mark, and fail of the work that should be done by a Sabbath-school teacher ; but if those who engage in this im- portant branch of God's cause are Christians in the full sense of the word, doing the work given them of God in His fear, working with love for souls, for whom Christ died, they will be laborers together with God. When superintendents and teachers give themselves without reserve to God, they will not only resolve, but put their resolutions into effect. As soon as the workers in Sabbath and day schools enter upon their proper work, with a full realization of their dependence upon God, the grace of Christ will be supplied to unite with their human effort. It is important that every worker should understand that conviction and conversion of souls .follow the co-operation of the human effort with the divine power. Entire consecration of soul must be maintained as much by the teachers and superintendents of our Sabbath- schools as by the ministers in our pulpits, for all alike are engaged in the work of bringing souls to Christ. Each in his place is to work, as did Christ, in the spirit of love, for the erring and impenitent. This is what {To be Continued.] 38.25 15.00 7.00 5.00 12.55 15.50 5.15