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VOL. 
IV. 
BATTLE 
CREEK, 
MICH., 
U. 
S. A., 
AUGUST, 
1892. 
No. 8 
'CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM." 
1 Peter 5:7. 
I "CASTING all your care upon 
Him,"—try him, ye who 
doubt and fear, 
Ps. 34:8. 
With the cares of life so burdened, in the progress of 
the year. 
2 COR. 1:20. 
Strive no more that load to carry, leave it with him, he 
is true, 
J": And he says that he will bear it—why ? because he 
K 
cares for you. 
f"Casting all your cares upon Him," light will be the feet 
that tread 
ISA. 11:31. 
Through the gate that now is opening as the eastern 
sky grows red. 
Once a load of sin we brought him, and he bore it all 
away, 
JOHN 1:29. 
t Can you think that Arm will fail us for the cares of 
time's short day ? 
"Casting all your care upon Him,"—Ah ! we fail him 
hour by hour : 
MATT. 14:31. 
Weep and pray, and bring our burden, asking great 
things from his power ; 
Then we rise and clasp it closely, to the heart the sharp 
thorns press, 
PHIL. 4:6, 7. 
Burdened, leave the presence chamber, though the king 
was there to bless. 
"Casting all your care upon Him,"—is it thus that we 
obey, 
• Fretting sore, and sore discouraged for the troubles of 
the way ? 
NUM. 21:4. 
Just to trust him with the tangle ! just to trust him with 
the fear, 
NAHUM 1:7. 
A.s the crew can trust the pilot 'mid the rocks and shoals 
to steer. 
'Casting all your care upon Him,"—does the hand take 
back again • 
ROM. 11:20. 
What it casts into the ocean, what has sunk beneath 
the main I 
Ah ! it cannot. 
In the ocean of the Father's love, cast 
in 
MICAH7:19. 
Every weight tfiat thou art bearing, every sorrow, ev-
ery sin. 
"Casting all your care upon Him,"—is it that you can; 
not trust ? 
Stretch the withered hand to Jesus—he remembers we 
are dust; 
Ps. 103:14. 
Say not when the word, is spoken, "Ah, the power is 
not there," 
Life flows out:to him who ventures all upon his word 
to dare. 
MARK 14:5. 
"Casting all your care upon Him,"—step by step, and 
day by clay ; 
DEUT. 33: 25. 
Does the soldier plan the battle; or his Captain's plan 
obey ? 
Raise the banner as as ye ask it, soldier of the Lord, 
march on, 
Ps. 4:8. 
Weighted only with the armour, every other weapon 
gone. 
"Casting all your care upon Him,"—Ah, the child for-
gets to weep, 
Who, altho' the ship is tossing, in the father's arms can 
sleep. 
Ps. 4: 8. 
This the shelter of each spirit, who believes the mes-
sage true— 
"Casting all your care upon Him"—Wherefore? 
"For 
he cares for you." 
1 JOHN 4:10. 
—Mary 
Gortjat. 
BLESSINGS FOR THE ISOLATED ONES 
A WORD that will be an encouragement to the iso-
lated ones comes to us in a recent letter from Elder 
J. R. Palmer, of Colorado. 
We take the liberty to 
quote the following : — 
"We see that the Spirit of G-od is falling upon his 
people in every place. 
There are Sabbath-keepers 
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here, scattered through the mountains, from twenty-
five to one hundred miles apart, and so far from towns 
and post-offices that they seldom get a newspaper, 
and so poor they do not take our papers. 
Yet they 
seem to understand the importance of this time as 
well and even better than some who hear preaching 
every week. 
God is at work." 
Is not this just what one of the latest 
"Testi-
monies" has said? 
"While a new life is being 
diffused and is springing up from beneath, and tak-
ing fast hold of all Satan's agencies, preparatory to 
the last great conflict and struggle, a new light and 
life and power is descending from on high, and taking 
possession of God's people who are not dead, as many 
now are, in trespasses and sins." 
The light comes from above, and the Lord is just 
as near to the seeker who is widely separated from 
others of like faith as to any. 
The light and power 
are in the word. 
This has been a pleasing thought to 
many, we believe, as they have received the blessing 
from the Lord in the Bible study at the workers' insti-
tutes or the camp-meetings, and have thought of' 
others who are necessarily widely separated from such 
privileges. 
By his word and Spirit we may expect to 
see the Lord leading the ranks of the faithful workers 
forward together throughout the wide world, keeping 
step with one another, and yet perhaps so far apart 
as to-be independent of each other. 
The Lord has always worked in this way for his 
people, notably in the days of the Reformation, and 
in the first angel's message. 
So also, in 1715, when 
the Lord was preparing the Moravians to enter upon 
their missionary enterprises, '' a revival breath from 
heaven passed simultaneously over towns wholly dis-
connected and remote from one another, in Moravia 
and Bohemia." 
We may trust the Lord thus to con-
tinue to bless the isolated workers, and to move for-
ward the believers at an even pace. 
The great thing 
upon which stress is laid in the Lord's messages to us 
at the present time is the necessity of a growing and 
deepening experience in Christ as a personal Saviour, 
and we are counseled to seek for the blessing of the 
Holy Spirit, which is to "bring all other blessings in 
its train." 
This experience is just as attainable by 
the isolated ones as by those who have greater privi-
leges. 
This fact gives license to no. one to neglect 
the privileges for united study and seeking the Lord ; 
but it does give assurance that those who are neces-
sarily denied such associations need not feel that they 
are cut oil' from sharing in the blessings which the 
Lord is sending down for those who will believe and 
receive. 
w. A. s. 
SHIP AND IMMIGRANT MISSIONARY WORK. 
WE present herewith a'recent communication from 
Brother Daniel Thompson, our ship missionary in 
New York, together with a cut Of the United States 
Bureau of Immigration building located 
on Ellis 
Island, where the immigrants are landed, and Brother 
Thompson has his headquarters, and does most of his-
work distributing literature. 
Following is the communication written under date 
of July 18 : — 
I want to t§ll you what a privilege I enjoyed to-
day. 
I left my room a little after seven this morn-
ing, and entered upon my work on the island about 
eight o'clock, and worked very busily till 
five. 
Five 
ships landed their passengers on the island to-day. 
There were ten different nationalities among the 3000 
immigrants landed, and you can imagine how busy 1 
was while doing the best I could to reach nil as they 
passed through the registering aisles, where ten meu 
are placed to register their names, and ask them a 
few questions before they land. 
I stood and walked 
back and forth close to where other officers met and 
escorted the people to the railroad agents, where 
they get their money exchanged and receive tickets 
to their destinations. 
I could hear them (as they re-
plied to the question, Where are you going?) say, 
New Orleans, San Francisco, Montana, New York, 
Chicago, etc. 
So you see by distributing our papers 
to these people, our publications are going all over 
the United States. 
Some of these will no doubt b<* 
sent to their friends and acquaintances in the old 
country. 
I also make it a special business to enter the de-
tention departments, and supply the poor immigrants 
that are to be sent back to the old country. 
So you 
see I can send our papers to several points in the Old 
World as well. 
Our publications arc gladly received 
by the immigrants. 
I feel that 1 am well paid for all 
1 have to go through while endeavoring to get access 
to them. 
I esteem it a wonderful privilege to labor 
for perishing souls. 
If we only had publications 
printed in as many languages as there are different 
nationalities of people that land here, the message 
might sooner be sent to " every nation, and kindred 
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and tongue." 
I have publications in ten differ-
ent languages now, but I really need three or four 
more to meet all the demands. 
I enjoy the work very 
much, but regret to see so many go through for whom 
I have no papers or tracts which they can read. 
I 
hope and pray that I shall soon have the other needed 
publications to hand out, and if necessary, an assist-
ant in this good work, concerning which 1 will ex-
plain further in my next letter. 
Yours in the work, 
DANIEL THOMSON. 
THE BIBLE WORK. 
THE following letter received from a far-away Bible 
worker will be of special interest to those engaged in 
this line of work. 
It seems to us that the line of 
contributions suggested is the only one which might 
demand a special department for the Bible work. 
We will gladly devote a page now and then to contribu-
tions, short, to the point, and suggestive, from those 
engaged in the Bible work, if the workers will make 
this possible by supplying the material: — 
To the Editors 
of the Home 
Missionary 
: — 
It is with feelings of regret, that I notice that the 
'' Bible Workers' Page " has disappeared from the 
HOME MISSIONARY. 
Last year when it was decided to 
devote some space each month to tbe interests of the 
Bible work, I was greatly rejoiced ; for I thought it 
would give us who were laboring in foreign lands, 
an opportunity of keeping in better " touch " with 
the spirit of the home work. 
I fancied to myself how 
much benefit we would derive from reading of the 
experiences of our fellow-laborers. 
While I valued the instruction given from month 
to month, I was somewhat disappointed to see so 
little contributed by those who were actively engaged 
in giving Bible readings from house to house. 
If the Bible workers in different parts of the world 
would give the "page" a hearty support by contrib-
uting short articles, giving plans of work, methods 
of presenting various subjects, with perhaps occasion-
ally a brief outline of a Bible reading, it would be 
a blessing to us in our work. 
There is no branch of the work where it is easier 
to fall into the habit of running in '' old ruts " (which 
is death to the spiritual growth of both worker and 
reader) than in the Bible work. 
We need constantly to vary our methods of pre-
senting the different subjects, and often a mere hint 
or suggestion from a fellow-worker will open up a 
whole line of new thought. 
HETTY HURD. 
Cape 
Town, 
So. 
Africa. 
If the way be drear, 
If the foe be near> 
Let not faithless fear o'ertake us! 
Let not faith and hope forsake us! 
For through many a foe 
To our home we go. 
• 
—Zimmdorf. 
HOME PREPARATION FOR THE CAMP-
MEETING. 
THE Lord speaks ; enter into your closet, and in 
silence commune with your own heart; listen to the 
voice of truth and conscience. 
Nothing will give 
such clear views of self as secret prayer. 
He who 
seeth in secret and knoweth all things, will enlighten 
your understanding 
and 
answer your 
petitions. 
Plain, simple duties that must not be neglected will 
open before you. 
Make a covenant with God to 
yield yourselves and all your powers to his service. 
Do not carry this undone work to the camp-meeting. 
If it is not done at home, your own SOHI will suffer, 
and others will be greatly injured by your coldness, 
your stupor, your spiritual lethargy. 
... 
Here is a work for families to engage in be-
fore coming up to our holy convocations. 
Let the 
preparation for eating and dressing be.a secondary 
matter, but let deep heart-searching commence at 
home. 
Pray three times a day, and like Jacob, be 
importunate. 
At home is the place to find Jesus; 
then take him with you to the meeting, and how 
precious will be the hours you spend there. 
But 
how can you expect to feel the presence of the Lord 
and see his power displayed, when the individual 
work of preparation for that time is neglected? 
— From 
" Testimony 
" No. 
9-1, pp. 
159, 
160. 
REPORT OF LABOR, JUNE, 1892. 
Main Office. 
RELIGIOUS WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
110,810 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" United States 
38,411 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
4,577 
" 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
5,933 
" 
letters written to foreign countries 
105 
" 
" 
" 
" United States 
44 
MRS. S. L. STRONS. 
HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
34,282 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" United States 
112 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
469 
" 
" 
" 
" United States 
46 
GERMAN WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
3,820 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" United States 
864 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
460 
" 
" 
" 
" 
United States 
401 
" 
letters written to foreign countries 
3 
" 
" 
" 
" United States 
38 
LENA STEINEL. 
Chicago Office. 
Pages denominational publications sent out 
10,116 
" 
N. R. L. publications sent out 
3,214 
" 
Health 
and Temperabce publications sent out... 
17,664 
Number Signt, Prmerit Truth, and Instructor 
" 
... 
782 
" 
Good Health and Pacific Health Journal " 
... 
26 
4< 
Sentinel sent out 
436 
" 
letters written 
278 
JENNIB THAYBS. 
SCANDINAVIAN WORK. 
Pages books, pamphlets, and tracts sent out 
2,696 
Mo. copies Ziont Vaktare and EvangilieU Stndibud sent out. 
959 
" letters writtan 
150 
THH A JBHSHN. 
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FOURTH 
SABBATH 
READING. 
To be Read in the Churches, Sabbath, August 27. 
THE RELATION OF OUR EDUCATIONAL IN- 
glory/' but to restore in the soul the image of 
STITUTIONS TO THE MISSIONARY WORK. 
Gr°d ; to bring him back to a godlikeness within ; to 
restore to him that power which he threw away. The 
THE work of the Seventh-day Adventists is a mis- 
whole purpose of education, is to co-operate in this 
sionary work. 
To them is committed the duty, as 
plan. 
The whole purpose is that we should be re-
well as the privilege, of carrying a special message to 
stored ; that God himself should dwell witbin—be 
every kindred, nation, tongue, and people. 
The de- 
our God. 
nomination has been raised up for this purpose, and 
Now, we have been accustomed too much to think 
all the institutions connected with it have been es- 
that there is a certain line of work for the church, 
tablished to aid directly or indirectly in accomplishing 
distinctively religious work, and that there is another 
this specific result. 
In the progress of this work 
line fqr the school, perhaps not wholly and purely 
there have arisen educational institutions. 
Why ? 
secular, and yet in a large degree divorced from the 
What view of education has rendered it necessary to other. 
We have been wont to regard life as made up 
establish distinct denominational institutions ? 
There of two distinct lines, a religious life for religious 
must be a difference of opinion to lead to a different 
days, a secular life for secular days; 
but in the 
line of action, and looking toward different results, 
beginning it was not so, in the end it will not be so, 
Going back a little, notice for a moment the change 
and now it need not be so. 
The only life which any 
that has come over the human family. 
The record 
man needs to know about, the only life which he 
says in the simplest language, that He created them 
needs to live, for fullness of every kind, is the very 
in his image, in the image of God created he them, 
life which God intended for him in the beginning. 
In the image of God, endowed with noble qualities, 
Just so far as our life is separate from that, just so 
with capacities that are in themselves divine ; Thou 
far our life is not what God intended it should be. 
madest him a little lower than the angels ; thou 
It will not, then, seem in any way strange that a 
hast crowned him with glory and honor. 
But that in- 
people whose express determination is to prepare to 
explicable thing, which is responsible for all the 
meet him in peace, whose whole burden of labor is to 
misery that has ever cursed this whole earth — sin — 
be the means of fitting others for that same experience, 
marred that image, well-nigh obliterated it, removed 
should desire to carry this same ideal into their 
man from his high position, brought him to the very 
educational work. 
dust, shorn of that power which was his at the begin- 
So let us say first in a general way, that the object 
ning, a slave under the bidding of another, sold under 
of education is to restore that image of God in the 
sin. 
But God who is rich in mercy, with the great love 
soul; to bring man back to use that life which was 
wherewith he loved us, has in his wisdom granted 
lost — thrown away;, to renew us after the image of 
that there should be opportunity for restoration, as 
Him that created us ; and all school work, should 
provided in the plan of redemption. 
have in view this one object. 
But to be more specific, 
We have so many technical terms. 
We use terms 
for generalizations cannot meet the case, how will 
that have to us so little meaning, and convey to oth- 
such a plan as this, when applied practically, affect 
ers so little meaning, that we go through the whole 
the work, and how will it cause it to differ from the 
round of the religious vocabulary hardly conveying 
plans of work in other institutions ? 
to the mind a distinct idea of the greatness of the 
First, how would such a plan as this, practically 
wnule plan of what we term "redemption," the whole 
carried out, affect'a course of study? 
How is the 
purpose of what we call "probation;"—it is all that 
image of God restored ? 
"Grace and peace be mul-
man might be restored, —that that image might be 
tiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and 
brought back, not physically, because that will be Jesus our Lord." . Through the knowledge of God ; 
when he "shall fashion anew the body of our hu- 
and more, too, than a knowledge about God, more 
miliation, that it may be conformed to the body of than an acknowledgement of his existence, of his 
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divinity, of his power ; that knowledge which comes 
from the blending of our lives with his life, that 
knowledge of him which comes from receiving within, 
of his power, of his goodness. 
So, then, through the 
knowledge of God is this work to be accomplished. 
When we prepare a course of study, then, for a 
school which has this purpose in view, every study 
will be tested by this question : To what degree does 
it impart the knowledge of God ? 
To what extent 
does it lead to the knowledge of God ? 
In what way 
does it help one to receive knowledge of God? 
God reveals himself to us first and especially in his 
own word,—in his word which is just as much in-
carnation, divinity veiled in humanity, as was Jesus 
Christ our Lord when he was here in person,—his 
word, which is life and power to those who receive it 
as his .word, as was Jesus Christ the life and power 
of God. 
So then we will of course see that the study 
of his word should have a prominent place. 
But going a little farther, not merely should there be 
classes in which his word shall be studied, but his word 
should be the guide, the touch-stone in every subject. 
Not that it was given to us to take the place of more 
elaborate statements concerning his works, concerning 
the affairs of men and his providence therein ; but 
that in whatever way his word does speak,— and we 
shall be surprised to find in how many ways it does,— 
it shall be authority ; it shall be the test, and every-
thing else must give way before that. 
It follows, then, at once, that when any of the 
claims of science, so-called, shall conflict with plain 
statements of God's word, no matter how high the 
name attached to the opinion, no matter how large a 
majority consent to it, there is one word over all: 
and there is One, agreeing with whom we are yet in 
the majority ; God's word shall stand against the 
word of anything whatever; his word to be partaken 
of, to be received, to be lived upon, and leading to that 
knowledge of him which comes from submission to his 
word — not being satisfied with a mere recitation of his 
word, not being satisfied with a memory exercise, for the 
right way to the very springs of life lies through the 
heart. 
And so it must be the door of the heart that 
shall be open thus to receive that knowledge of 
God. 
Further, in the course of study shall any other 
studies be dropped out? 
For instance, shall we 
study language ? 
By all means. 
No vocabulary is 
too rich, no figure of speech too bold, no range of 
illustrations too wide by which we ma}r receive and 
impart in any degree a fullness of the knowledge of 
God. 
Every language 
is God's language; 
every 
thought is God's thought ; every form of expression 
puts new light upon an old idea. 
Study language ? 
Most certainly ! 
Study mathematics ? 
If we desire to say with that 
eminent scientist, " I think thy thoughts after thee, 
0 God," we must do so ; because when He created 
all things, and the sons of God sang for joy, he lifted 
his thoughts to the very highest plane. 
Study mathe-
matics ? 
If we would follow in the paths of God, if 
we would read him with any definiteness in his works, 
most certainly. 
Study history ? 
Study history as it can be studied 
in no other way. 
Learn from history what cannot 
possibly be learned upon any other basis. 
Trace 
from the very beginning of time and circumstance 
God's dealings with men, with nations, his providence 
in the affairs of men ; seeing that he setteth up whom 
he will, and putteth down whom he will; that he 
giveth the kingdoms of the earth to whom he will; 
seeing that in this present time, in this most wonder-
ful age of all ages, in this very generation, that the 
consummation of all 
history is to come. 
Study 
history ? 
Study it 'to learn from it what we cannot 
learn in any other way; that we may be able to 
follow in the very footprints of Him who has ruled 
in the affairs of men from the very beginning. 
But if nothing is shut out, and everything is taken 
in, wherein will our educational institutions differ 
from others ? 
Do not others take in these same 
thoughts ? 
Most certainly. 
Do not you know that 
all roads lead to London ? and did you ever think 
that it is as exactly true that all roads lead away from 
London ? 
It makes no difference where you strike 
one of these paths, if you follow it in the right direc-
tion, it leads to the center, and there you will find 
God; yea find him on the way there. 
But in the 
other direction the same roads lead farther and far-
ther away from that light which lighteth every man 
that comes into the world. 
This naturally leads us to another division of our 
subject, which is, How will these ideas affect the plans 
of teaching ? 
If substantially the same subjects are 
to be canvassed as in other institutions, and yet there 
are to be marked differences in results, it must appear 
then in the methods of teaching. 
Let us consider it. 
We have touched briefly upon the method to be pur-
sued in teaching the word of God. 
It is not to learn 
about God, not to make a memory exercise of his 
word, but to receive it as the word of God, the 
word of life, the word of power, and to submit 
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our lives to that working ; because the word of G-od 
has this wondrous characteristic, separating it from 
every other word, and that is, that it possesses in itself 
the power to perform the very thing which it states. 
And so it will be in teaching, — not merely to present 
duty, but to present the way to do duty ; not merely 
to present the necessity of prayer as a means of com-
munion with G-od and of receiving from him what he 
desires to give us, but teaching how to pray. 
And so 
in every line, — not merely pointing out an ideal, but 
placing within the reach of any who may be willing 
to receive it, the means of attaining to that ideal ; 
for every philosopher from the beginning, who has 
prepared a system of morals has said manj' good 
things; as Epictetus, when he said, "If a thing be 
right, do it." 
Yes, 0 
Epictetus, but how? 
"To 
will is present with me, but how to perform I find 
not." 
So it is more than pointing a path of duty ; it 
is to throw the light upon that path which possesses 
in itself life and power. 
Such is the word of God. 
How shall we teach all science on this basis ? 
It 
should be that in everything we should see and be 
reminded of God. 
Notice how in all nature such 
lessons have been interwoven as may be presented to 
us in every cloud, in every flower, in every tree, by 
every running brook, by the hills, the mountains, the 
rivers, the lakes—everywhere ; so that in whichever 
way one turns his eye, the book of nature is open, 
teaching lessons of trust, of faith, of courage, and of 
confidence in God. 
He who spake as never man 
spake, who taught with authority not as the scribes, 
in the very simplest way connected his lessons with 
the things of nature. 
"Consider the lilies how they 
grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I 
say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these. 
If then God so clothe the 
grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is 
cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, 
0 ye of little faith ? " 
Observe the little brown sparrow singing in the air; 
and remember that "one of them shall not fall on 
the ground without your 
Father." 
The 
sunlight 
brightens everything, and reminds us that he is the 
" Sun of Righteousness." 
The rain comes down on 
the parched earth ; and we remember that '' He shall 
come down like rain upon the mown grass. 
The 
dew of the morning refreshes everything ; and we re-
member that we shall be like the dew of 
Hermon 
that cometh down upon the mountains of Zion. 
We 
sit by the river side and see the waters gliding by, 
and are reminded of the water of the river of life, 
and that he that drinks of that water shall never thirst 
again. 
We sit in the shade of beautiful trees, and re-
member that they shall be '' trees of righteousness, 
the planting of the Lord." 
We go out by night and 
look up, and see the stars, and think of him who is 
the "Day Star." 
And so on every hand, wherever 
we turn the eye, a lesson is impressed upon the mind. 
But it may be said that this is not scientific. 
What has this to do with technical science ? 
Never 
should science be used to turn the mind away from 
God to man. 
Never should it be used as a channel 
through which skepticism comes in to destroy that 
simplicity of faith in God as the One who created all 
things by the power of his word; for " by faith we 
understand that the worlds were framed by the word 
of God ; so that things which are seen are not made 
of things which do appear." 
Because when one is 
led by any course of study, or by the instruction of 
any man, no matter how noted, to turn his ideas 
away, and his clinging faith away from the power of 
God, and lose the lessons which he has placed on 
every page of the book of nature, it is a great loss to 
him. 
When through receiving the instruction of any 
such one, a student is led to believe it was not the 
power of God by a word that brought the world into 
existence, but that it was by a slow, almost imper-
ceptible process, covering an almost indefinitely long 
period of time, just then he begins to believe that his 
power to recreate must be exerted in the same way; 
and that there must be some long, wearisome, almost 
unending process before the work of creation can be 
done in his soul. 
When our Saviour was here, the lake was stirred 
by the boisterous winds, waves ran high, and the ship 
was tossed to and fro, and his disciples called upon 
him for help. 
He said, "Peace, be still! " and imme-
diately there was a calm. 
So we may learn that 
when the waves run high, and our boat is tempest 
tossed, and we are ready to cry out, '' Lord, save me, 
I perish," he merely says to us, "Peace, be still," 
and it is so.. So on every side we see God's power, 
God's goodness, God's mercy, and with trust in him, 
with reliance upon the power of his word simply, we 
can go on our way through life assured by every les-
son, encouraged by every look; because everything 
speaks of the love, goodness, and mercy of God. 
How 
would institutions, planned and conducted 
upon such a basis as has been here outlined, stand 
related to the missionary work ? 
There would cer-
tainly be developed an earnest Christian experience in 
the life of the students, and this is the basis of all suc-
cessful missionary effort. 
There would naturally 
grow up a desire to extend to others the blessings 
which come through an intimate personal relation-
ship with God. 
So all Seventh-day Adventist schools 
would be missionary training schools. 
It is encour-
aging to note, as a matter of experience, that the 
more fully the ideas here set forth have been practi-
cally carried out, the greater has been the interest in 
genuine missionary work, and the more ready have 
students been to offer themselves for any field of 
labor, at home or abroad, when their services may be 
needed. 
Let all who are interested in the progress of 
the third angel's message pray earnestl}' in behalf of 
the educational work, and those engaged in it, that 
these schools may be the means of preparing many 
efficient laborers who shall carry the truth to all parts 
of the world. 
W. W. PRESCOTT. 
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Extract? f/orp Coffe^popdeiKe. 
FROM a teacher in South Carolina : — 
"You will greatly oblige many readers if you continue the 
Signs of the Times as heretofore. 
Many of the patrons of the 
school, and teaehers with their families, and some students also, 
remain here during vacation. 
Besides we have organized a mis-
sionary Sunday-school on the campus, and shall be glad to have 
the paper for the school. 
Please accept thanks from the entire 
faculty, the students, and myself for past favors." 
From the principal of a school in North Carolina :— 
" I am reading Signs of the Times with great care and with exceed-
ingly great interest. 
Especially do I agree with E. E. Franke in 
his position in regard to the Sabbath. 
I also heartily accept what 
is said in answer to the drunkard's arguments." 
A physician in South Carolina writes : — 
"I have received the American Sentinel, and like it, also your 
motto, 'Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or 
persuasion, religious or political.' 
I am inexorably opposed to the 
union of Church and State. 
It has cost the human family more 
bloodshed than all things else. 
I wish Congress to entertain no 
Sunday petitions of whatever character." 
From the principal of a Normal School in Ala-
bama : — 
"We shall continue a school here during the summer months, 
and we would be very glad to have the Signs of the Times sent us 
if convenient. 
We appreciate it very much, and it jis eagerly 
looked for each week by both students and teachers. 
We are 
very grateful for your many kind favors." 
From a missionary worker in Georgia : — 
"I have received the package of publications, aniwill be very 
glad indeed to have the literature which you so kindly offer to give 
me to aid me in my work. 
I am sure that those among whom I 
work will also be grateful to you. 
May the Lord bless all who are 
80 willing to help me in this work. 
Perhaps you know that I am 
doing missionary work among my people, and especially am I 
working among women and children. 
I will be glad to let you 
know of the good that will arise from the distribution of the 
leaflets." 
From a lady superintendent of prison work in 
North Carolina : — 
"The people are numerous here, but they are very poor. 
I do 
not like to think of their future on account of their ignorance and 
intemperance. 
Tobacco and snuff are in as great demand among 
them as m?at and breal, ani with some they are in greater demand. 
The work of 
reform here is a hard one. 
I sometimes for a 
moment feel like giving it up, but I trust Go 1 for brighter days 
and work on. 
I have beei a temperance worker eight years and 
meet with great opposition. 
Many thanks for the Signs of the 
Timis. 
We appreciate it so much. 
We are always glad and happy 
to hear from you." 
A gentleman in Nirth Carolina writes : — 
"I have for the past several weeks been nceiving and carefully 
reading the Signs of the Timis published in Oakland, California. 
I have also occasionally received numbers of the Bible Student's 
Library. 
I have been greatly interested and highly pleased with 
all of said literature. 
The publications have been read by my 
family, and are now loaned to our neighbors, who are reading them 
with much interest. 
Many of the important subjects presented in 
the Signs of the Times are altogether unthought of by the masses, 
and by many are fearfully neglected. 
Some of the subjects are 
presented in a rather different and somewhat startling light; how-
ever, we find upon examination that the Holy Scriptures agree in 
the main with what the editor or writer says. 
Nevertheless, we all 
have our peculiar views concerning some subjects. 
If convenient, 
I would like to read further upon the second coming of Christ. 
Please accept my hearty thanks for your past kindnesses. 
With 
high regards and best wishes for the society." 
« 
A lawyer in South Carolina : — 
"I have perused with a great deal of pleasure and profit Mr. 
Jones'pamphlet upon the'subject of religious liberty, and pro-
nounce it a work of deeided merit. 
His position is strong and 
tenable, and cannot be controverted by the enemies of religious 
liberty. . . . We live under two governments in this world, the 
moral and civil. 
The civil is intended to check, restrain, and pun-
ish every member of society who offends against the rights of his 
fellow-man. 
The moral is intended to direct, guide, and govern us 
in those things which belong exclusively, unreservedly, and abso-
lutely to the individual. 
Conscience is the seat of the moral 
government, and whenever any earthly power or potentate under-
takes to dictate to mankind in matters of conscience, it becomes a 
usurper; it dethrones and dislodges the rightful sovereign. 
The 
uniting of Church and State is one of the most gigantic frauds and 
impositions that was ever practiced upon mankind, and it is re-
sponsible for some of the darkest and most diabolical crimes that 
have ever stained and stigmatized the history of the Old World. 
It 
was the union of Church and State that sent Cranmer and Latimer 
and Ridley to the stake. 
It was the union of State and religion 
that compelled Socrates to drink the poisonous hemlock. 
" Mr. Edwards is quoted as saying that he would not tolerate an 
atheist. 
Where did Mr. Edwards get his right to be intolerant of 
other people's opinions ? 
I think the reverend gentleman would 
do well to tone and temper his zeal with a little sound and whole-
some reflection. 
Where did he get his right to believe in a God? 
Was it the gift and grant of any earthly power? 
If so, that power 
is the keeper and custodian of conscience. 
If the secular power 
can say that I shall believe in a God, then it follows as a legal and 
logical sequence that it can say that I shall not believe in a God, or 
any of the great and fundamental doctrines of Christianity. 
It is 
time that there should be a better understanding between the 
governed and the government. 
It is time that rulers and lawgivers 
should learn that human systems are but the evidence of human 
rights, and that civil and religious liberty are the greatest and 
most important of human rights, and that government was made to 
protect and not to trample upon them." 
A gentleman writes from the South : — 
" I am pleased with the copy of American Sentinel, and heartily 
indorse the principles it inculcates. 
All moral questions require to 
be directed, governed, and controlled, certainly not by civil juris-
diction, but by the teachings of God's revealed will and divine law. 
Earthly governments, in order to succeed, should recognize divine 
authority, but should not legislate as to morals and religion. 
Keep 
church and State separate." 
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FOREIGN 
MISSIONS. 
CONDUCTED BT W. A. SPICER. 
THE PUBLISHING HOUSE AT CHB.ISTIANIA. 
PRINTING work for the cause in Scandinavia had 
for some years been carried on in an old building 
bought for that purpose, but the building itself and 
the facilities for printing being very inconvenient and 
in every respect unsatisfactory, a new building was 
erected in 1885. 
This is a two-story building with 
basement, the basement and lower floor being used 
for printing, bookbinding, steieotjpe, and galvano 
work; the upper floor is used as a meeting ball for 
the Christiania church. 
When the present building 
was^erected, two large steam presses and a small job 
press were 
put in; but 
as the work 
steadily in-
creased, a 
third large 
press was 
put in, in 
1890. The 
book bind-
e r y has 
OUR CHRISTIANIA PUBLISHING HOUSE. 
likewise 
been supplied with new machinery as the demands 
have arisen. 
This publishing house supplies books to all our 
colporters in the three Scandinavian countries, and 
three papers are issued in the Danish-Norwegian, and 
three in the Swedish language. 
Besides our own work, this office has been blessed 
with outside work, so that the thirty persons employed, 
as well as the machinery, have been kept steadily at 
work, and at times have bad to work thirteen hours a 
day in order to meet the demands. 
During the year ending May 31, this office has done 
outside work to the amount of $5581.79. 
We have 
also printed during the year over 20,000 of our large 
subscription books, several thousand copies of pam-
phlets and tracts, 114,000 copies of health journals, 
and 46,900 copies of religious papers. 
The house has 
gained a good reputation in the city, both for good 
work and promptness in executing the same. 
N. 
CLAUSEN. 
PROGRESS OF THE CAUSE BEYOND THE 
ARCTIC CIRCLE. 
I DO not think there is any countiy in the world 
where the truth is making more progress than in that 
part of Norway which lies near and beyond the Arctic 
circle. I mean the district of Nordland and Fin-
marken. 
THE COUNTRY. 
But before speaking of the work, we will take a 
glance at the country and its inhabitants. 
Three 
fourths of the area of Nordland and Finmarken is 
occupied by the continent, the rest belonging to the 
numerous islands which skirt its shores, and ter-
minate in the North Cape. 
Innumerable fjords and 
bays indent the coast. 
The interior is intersected by 
a snow-covered raDge of mountains, reaching an ele-
vation of 4000 ft., the line of perpetual snow here 
being less than 3000 ft. above the level of the sea, 
The country is covered over a considerable part of its 
surface with forests, consisting chiefly of birch, pine, 
fir, and alder, and having an undergrowth of lichens 
and mosses, which supply abundant food for herds of 
reindeer. 
Many elevated tracts are, however, en-
tirely destitute of vegetation, and consequently unin-
habitable. 
In places where no trees are to be found, 
the turf of the marshes affords a good supply of fuel. 
The thin vegetation which covers the stony soil, yields 
grass for the sheep and cows which graze on the de-
clivities of the rocks skirting the fjords and creeks. 
On the islands the sheep run at large all the year 
round, exposed to all the changes of the climate. 
INDUSTRIES. 
The glens near the coast possess a temperature 
mild enough to allow the cultivation of oats, barley, 
and potatoes. 
Agriculture is impracticable above an 
elevation of 100 ft., a few berries being the only 
fruits that ripen. 
But the population chiefly de-
pends upon the fisheries, which every year attract a 
large number of people from the southern portion of 
Norway and from Russia. 
The climate is extremely cold for nine months of 
the year, while the excessive heat of July and 
August, when in the northernmost parts the sun never 
sets for several weeks, is only separated from the 
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cold seasons by a short spring and autumn of a 
couple of weeks. 
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE. 
Excepting a few merchants in the towns, the peo-
ple are poor, and many hardly make enough to keep 
soul and body together ; but they are industrious, 
and just as happy and contented in their little huts as 
the king iu his palace — at least, they have less to 
worry about. 
Among this honest and hard working 
class, the word of God is reverenced, and when new 
light is presented, many accept it. 
Some of our best 
canvassers have sprung from this hardy people. 
Their huts are often built in places where on one 
side the over-hanging 
rocks are towering up for a 
height of several hundred feet, while on the other 
side the waves from the ocean almost dash against 
their very doorsteps. 
Here, surely, the life is a fight 
for existence. 
Neither do they make a fortune from 
fishing ; for the rich companies that equip vessels for 
the fishing season pay very little for the fish. There 
is also another difficulty which our brethren have to 
meet. 
The law says that no lines or nets shall re-
main on the banks on Sundays, neither is any body 
allowed to fish on that day. 
This deprives them of 
one day every week, but surely the Lord will help 
those that put their trust in him. 
OUR WORK IN THE NORTH. 
Brother 0. J. Olsen, who has been at work there 
for some time, reports good success in the canvass-
ing work. 
About a year ago Brother N. P. Nelson was sent 
to Nordland to start a school for children. 
He lo-
cated at Hadselo, where there is quite a church. 
Al-
though meeting with a good deal of opposition at 
first from the minister and several of the leading men, 
the results of the school were so satisfactory that all 
prejudice was broken down, and many who had op-
posed him came with tears in their eyes, and wanted 
him to promise to come back again next winter. 
The truth is also advancing among the Laplanders. 
Besides the three Brother L. Johnson baptized last 
year at Kolverejd, two were baptized here in Chris-
tiania last winter during the week of prayer. 
As many 
more have accepted the truth, and are pleading for a 
minister to come and instruct them in the right way. 
Everything indicates that the great and terrible day 
of the Lord is near. 
The last message of mercy is 
going to every kindred and tongue and nation, pre-
paring a people for the glorious meeting in the clouds 
of heaven. 
C. CASTBERG. 
SWEDEN. 
SWEDEN comprises over one half of the Scandina-
vian peninsula. 
It has an area of 170,979 square 
miles and a population of 4,748,259. 
Stockholm is 
the capital of Sweden and has a population of nearly 
250,000. 
Since 1814 Norway has been united to 
Sweden under the same king, the present ruler being 
Oscar II. 
Under this present Bernadotte line of 
kings that began in 1818, education has been much 
promoted, a liberal policy followed, industry and 
trade have increased, and efficient transportation facili-
ties have been provided. 
Education is compulsory. 
The country presents a great variety of nature's 
grandeur—beautiful 
landscapes, 
numerous 
silvery 
lakes and fjords, rivers and waterfalls, mountains and 
meadows. 
The climate, on the whole, is mild, and 
the country fertile. 
Only about one sixteenth part of 
the land is cultivated. 
Mining is one of the chief 
industries. 
By this the reader may form some idea 
of the natural aspects of this country. 
BEGINNING OF OUR WORK. 
\ 
Thirteen years ago there was, as far as we know, 
no one in Sweden that kept the true Sabbath. 
Our 
work in this country began in 1880. 
In August the 
same year, the first Seventh-day Adventist church was 
organized at Grythyttehed. 
March 12, 1882, the 
Conference was organized, comprising three churches, 
with a total membership of 88. 
At the close of the 
last Conference year, Sweden had 19 churches, 493 
members, and about 150 scattered Sabbath-keepers. 
There are now in this Conference seven ministers (five 
of whom give their whole time to this field), one 
licentiate, five Bible workers, and twenty-eight can-
vassers. 
THE LORD OPENS THE DOORS. 
When the work first began, there were many difficul-
ties and much prejudice, which now to a great extent 
have been overcome. 
When Elder J. G. Matteson, 
and my brother, O. Johnson, first came to Stockholm 
to work, about ten years ago, it was almost impossi-
ble for them to get a hall, or any kind of room to 
hold meetings in. 
They were even driven out from a 
place where they had begun holding meetings. 
It is 
different now. 
We are not only allowed to rent 
wherever there is opportunity to do so, but we are 
even invited by men of prominence to rent their halls. 
The rector of a prominent school in this city, when 
we visited him about renting a large school-room, said 
to us, "I could get much more in rent for that hall, 
but I will let you have it for less than any one else ; 
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for I have heard that you are a quiet and orderly 
people." 
This hall we rented for our last Conference 
meeting. 
Then, brethren were not allowed to adver-
tize their meetings in a religious paper. 
Now, we are 
not only allowed to advertize all we please in this or 
any other paper, but the papers even make favorable 
mention of our meetings, and sometimes give short 
synopses of the subjects treated on ! 
This was done 
several times last winter. 
For instance, one of the 
largest daily newspapers lately gave a very good and 
pointed synopsis of two lectures we gave on the his-
tory of Sunday-keeping. 
Another paper copied this, 
making the remark that it was strange to hear a min-
ister state so many facts and truths at once. 
During 
our last Conference held here in Stockholm, the Daily 
News favorably reported our meetings, and from a 
lecture on the History and Work of Seventh-day Ad-
ventists, gave, in brief, some good points on the 
history and statistics of our work as a people. 
Thus, 
as in no other way, the attention of the people in 
general, and especially of the better classes, is called 
to the work of God, and some will, because of this, 
no doubt inquire for the truth. 
All this shows that 
much of the prejudice has been removed from the 
minds of the people, and that the way is open for the 
message. 
THE YEAR'S 
PROGRESS. 
During the last year there has been some encourag-
ing advancement in the work. 
Three churches were 
organized during the Conference year. 
The work in 
Stockholm has been onward in spite of difficulties. 
The meetings have been very well attended, and a good 
interest manifested. 
Since last year, twenty-seven 
have been added to the church ; of these, three have 
already begun to canvass, and two others will soon be-
gin. 
There are many others who seem to be deeply 
interested in the truth. 
For next year we have 
rented a new meeting hall which is in every respect 
better than the one we have had. 
THE RECENT CONFERENCE. 
Our last Conference held here in Stockholm, June 
22 - 27, was a season of blessing and encouragement. 
It was a great privilege for us to have Elder and 
Sister Waggoner from America and Brother Morrison 
from England with us. 
The Bible instruction given 
by Elder Waggoner was indeed interesting and profit-
able, and by those lessons of faith and trust in God 
we hope to realize more the elevated nature of God's 
work and our relation to it. 
Sister Waggoner gave 
some good instruction in Sabbath-school work. 
Sunday morning, during the Conference, sixteen 
souls were baptised. 
This was a glorious occasion. 
At the close of thfe Conference Brother Morrison 
began his instruction for canvassers. 
Twenty-eight 
canvassers attended the class. 
A great interest was 
manifested, and we hope that the good instruction 
that we have received in this branch of the work 
will bear abundant fruit. 
The faithful work of 
Brother Lind as general agent for Sweden has shown 
good results. 
Brother Morrison left us yesterday, 
July 6, and Brother Lind continues the class drill till 
next week. 
The 19th of this month Elder 0. Johnson and two 
sisters are going to leave for Finland to begin the 
work there. 
We all hope and pray that God will be 
with them and open doors and hearts in this country 
for the last message. 
We feel that we have great reason to praise God 
for what he has done for us in the past, and we are 
encouraged to believe that the work of God will go 
with a greater power in the future than we have ever 
seen in the past. 
EMIL J. AHR^N. 
OUR brethren in Scandinavia expect to make an ef-
fort to do something for Iceland this }Tear, and per-
haps also for Greenland. 
POINTS FOB, QUESTIONS. 
1. Map study of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. 
2. Sketch the history and work of our Christiania 
Publishing House. 
3. Describe the country in the district of Nordland 
and Finmarken, its industries, and people. 
4. What progress is the truth making here ? 
5. Has the Lord any claims upon the far North ? 
Isa. 43 : 5, 6. 
6. Area, population, 
and national 
progress in 
Sweden; its climate, and industries. 
7. Beginning of our work, and the changes which 
are apparent in the attitude of the people. 
See Ps. 
107: 15, 16. 
8. The past year's progress and the recent Con-
ference, with prospects for the future work. 
PROGRAM. 
1. Opening Exercises. 
2. Scripture reading, Bev. 7. 
3. Study of Scandinavia. 
4. The month's progress in Foreign Fields, 
• 5. Closing Exercises. 
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LIBERTY. 
CONDUCTED BY W A. COLCORD. 
THE THINGS, BUT NOT JUST AS EXPECTED. 
FOR twenty-five years National Reformers have been 
saying to the people of this nation '' that they should 
make an image to the beast" through a proposed 
religious amendment to the Constitution, and enact 
laws to protect and enforce upon all the false Sab-
bath, the "mark" of the great apostate power. 
Finally these very things were fairly and squarely 
proposed before Congress, in the form of the Blair 
Educational Amendment and the Blair Sunday Rest 
Bill. 
So far, all was in accordance with our expecta-
tions. 
But these measures failed to materialize. 
And now what? 
The devil, taking advantage of 
unforeseen circumstances, accomplishes virtually the 
same things, only in other and unexpected ways. 
Instead of a religious amendment, the Supreme Court 
declares this to be a "Christian Nation." 
Instead 
of enacting a separate and distinct law for Sunday 
observance, the Sunday closing of the World's Fair 
is made the occasion for securing this measure. 
Thus the results are secured, but not as at first pro-
posed, nor just in the way we may have expected; 
but still in just that sly, covert, and deceptive way 
iu which we know the devil is wont to work. 
From this it is evident that it will not do for us 
to get fixed in our minds just how things are to be 
brought about, and think they must come in a certain 
way. If we do, we shall more than likely be de-
ceived. 
We have been warned not to do so. See 
"Testimony" No. 33, p. 254. 
The following from a 
letter recently received from Elder E. J. Waggoner, 
written from Switzerland, is so much to the point 
we take the liberty to quote it: — 
"I remember a conversation I had with Sister 
White, in Oakland, a few years ago. 
I asked if it 
was not true that the image would be made in a 
way that would give people an opportunity to be de-
ceived, and to think that it was still farther off. I 
asked this in relation to the position that some were 
taking in regard to the Sunday trials in California. 
She said that it was so. 
Said she, 'It will not be 
done at a general holding, but when people are not 
looking for it.'" 
By "holding" she was understood to mean elec-
tion. 
All the circumstances in connection with the 
recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, 
as well as the thing itself, fill the bill exactly. 
The New York Independent of July 28, 1892, 
speaks of the action of Congress touching the clos-
ing of the World's Fair, as "the settlement of the 
Sunday question by Congress ;" and the Christian 
Statesman of July 30, 1892, refers to it as "a law of 
the land" and "our great victory." 
We have been forewarned that when our nation 
should so abjure the principles of its government as to 
enact a Sunday law, Protestantism would in this act 
join hands with popery, and that this would be nothing 
less than giving life to the tyranny which has long 
been eagerly watching its opportunity to spring again 
into active despotism. 
(Testimony No. 33, p. 240.) 
How nearly this 
point has 
been reached may be 
judged from the recent action of Congress. 
IN BONDS OF UNION. 
IN the Review and'Herald of April 15, 1890, Sister 
White said: — 
'1 Men are binding themselves together in bonds of 
union to show their disloyalty to the God of heaven. 
The first day of the week is to be exalted and pre-
sented to all for observance." 
The Christian Statesman of July 23, printed a series 
of 
"reasons why the House of Representatives 
should maintain the precedent of no Sunday opening 
at national exhibitions," and stated that "five of the 
organizations that are working to prevent Sunday 
opening of the World's Fair have united in issuing 
through their secretaries now in Washington " the ap-
peal referred to in the reason above mentioned. The 
" reasons" are sixteen in number, the first of which 
reads as follows :— 
<' Not opening is in accordance with the unanimous 
opinion of the United States Supreme Court, that 
'this is a Christian Nation' (Feb. 29, 1892. 
See also 
Unanimous Opinion in Favor of Sunday Laws, March 
16, 1885)." 
From this it will be noticed that the advocates of 
the national Sunday law rest their case upon the re-
cent decision of the Supreme Court, in which it is de-
clared that "this is a Christian nation." 
And well 
they may, for in this the national Constitution is inter-
preted by the national judiciary, or the law interpret-
ing power itself. 
This is final, and all the religious 
legislation that can ever be made in this government 
in the way of enforcing professedly Christian dogmas 
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upon the people, has a sure foundation to rest upon 
in this decision. 
The sixteenth of the "reasons" referred to reads 
thus : — 
"The culminating reason for not opening (on Sun-
day) is the law of God, to whom our country has 
always turned in days of adversity, and whom it 
should not fail to honor in this celebration of our 
prosperity." 
This "culminating reason" is a direct insult thrown 
in the face of high Heaven, for there is nothing in the 
law of God requiring the recognition of the first day 
of the week as a sacred day, or rest day, in any man-
ner whatever. 
When our nation shall have acceded 
to such demands as these, it will have reached the 
limits of God's forbearance. 
"By the decree enforcing the institution of the 
papacy in violation to the law of God, our nation will 
disconnect herself fully from righteousness. 
When 
Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf 
to grasp the hand of the Boman power, when she 
shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spirit-
ualism, when, under the influence of this three-fold 
union, our country shall repudiate every principle of 
its Constitution as a Protestant and Republican gov-
ernment, and shall make provision for the propagation 
of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know 
that the time has come for the marvelous working of 
Satan, and that the end is near. 
'' As the approach of the Roman armies was a 
sign to the disciples of the impending destruction of 
Jerusalem, so may this apostacy be a sign to us that 
the limit of God's forbearance is reached, that the 
measure of our nation's iniquity is full, and that the 
angel of mercy is about to take her flight, never to re-
turn. 
The people of God will then be plunged into 
those scenes of affliction and distress which prophets 
have described as the time of Jacob's trouble." — 
" Testimony " No. 82, page 207. 
By the Sunday-closing amendment just passed by 
Congress, Protestantism has already grasped the hand 
of the Roman power. 
One more step remains yet to 
be taken,—the clasping of hands with Spiritualism, 
and the triple alliance will be complete. 
IN THE CHAIN GANG. 
THE following is from a letter received 
from 
Brother W. S. Lowry, written Sabbath, July 23, 
the last day of his recent confinement of 
fifty-one 
days in the Paris (Tenn.) jail :— 
«' Everything is quiet here this morning. 
I am all 
alone. 
The other brethren have gone home, as their 
time is out. 
I have been working in the chain gang 
all the week until to-day. 
The officer did not say 
anything to me this morning about working. 
But 
there had been threats of this kind made in the town. 
I shall go home to-morrow as my time is out then. 
My courage is good to-day. 
I am thankful for the 
experience that I have had here. 
I think it will be a 
great help to me in my work in the future." 
From this it will be seen that the State of Tennes-
see has had an opportunity to attempt to compel a 
conscientious Sabbath-keeper to work on the Sab-
bath, but for some reason the attempt was not made. 
ITEMS FROM THE N. R. L. A. OFFICE. 
WARNED.— One of our brethren living at Austell, 
Ga. has been warned by some of his neighbors that if 
he does not quit working on Sunday, he will be re-
ported to the Grand Jury at the next sitting. 
The 
man who cannot see in such things as this the same 
old meddlesome spirit of the papal church, is blind. 
The mutterings of the coming persecution are being 
heard on every hand. 
Are we ready for the issue ? 
The Savior is graciously waiting to prepare us for 
what is before us. 
Yield, and let him do it without 
delay. 
SOMETHING NEW. — We have recently received a 
communication from a brother in Noblesville, Ind., 
stating 
that the Sabbath question is being quite 
strongly discussed in that locality, and as a new de-
parture in the discussion, one of the ministers spoke 
a short time since upon the subject of the "United 
States in Prophecy," endeavoring to show from the 
Bible that this government is to stand forever. 
It 
seems that we are to have counterfeits of almost 
every important truth in connection with the closing 
message. 
We trust that the brother will give us an 
outline of the arguments used to show that this gov-
ernment is to be of eternal duration. 
They certainly 
would be novel, if neither interesting nor profitable. 
Events are shaping themselves very rapidly, and the 
thickest part of the battle is just before us. 
0 that 
we may be ready for every issue ! 
THE PREVAILING SENTIMENT.— One of our brethren 
in Georgia has just written us quite a full report in 
regard to the condition of public sentiment in that 
field upon the subject of Sunday legislation. 
He 
says that the press is fully committed to the Sunday 
cause, and that it is almost absolutely impossible to 
secure the publication of any matter bearing upon 
the other side of the question. 
There is scarcely a 
convention called in which the matter of securing 
Sunday legislation, and compelling an observance of 
the day by law, is not earnestly discussed. 
We are 
receiving similar communications from many parts of 
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the field, both North and South, showing that the 
spirit of intolerance is rapidly coming to the front. 
Surely we have reached the time long since foretold 
in prophecy when the spirit of persecution would arise 
in all parts of this land of boasted liberty and free-
dom. 
There is no time for us to lose. 
Every energy 
should be aroused in spreading the light of truth that 
God has so graciously given us. 
ADDITIONAL ITEMS. 
A SPITE AT THE SABBATH. — An interesting case, 
showing the spirit that is being manifested on the 
part of some leading men, has just been reported to 
us from Georgia. 
By a recently made law, all public-school teachers 
in that State are compelled to attend teachers' insti-
tutes held on the Sabbath. 
A sister who is a teacher, 
refused to attend, and was threatened by the county 
school commissioner with a fine. 
This failing to bring her to their terms, one after-
noon, as she was attending to her work in the school-
room as usual, a young man rode up and knocked at 
the door, and when the sister met him, he informed her 
that he was sent there by the county authorities to dis-
miss her and take charge of her school. 
But the 
scholars refused to stay with him, and so they were 
dismissed and went home. 
The sister then went be-
fore the county commissioner and asked for another 
examination, in order that she might show that she 
was qualified to teach, even though her conscience 
would not permit her to attend institutes held on the 
Sabbath. 
The commissioner granted her request, 
but set the time of examination on the Sabbath. 
She 
informed him that she would not go on that day. 
He 
then said, '1 That is to be the test question with you, 
whether you will attend institutes held on Saturday or 
not," and dismissed her. 
But when the sister returned to the neighborhood 
where she had been teaching, the people raised a 
private subscription and told her to go on with her 
school anyway. 
While for the present the people in 
that neighborhood, through a special attachment to 
this particular individual, refuse to ratify such an 
act, yet this case serves to show the spirit of despotism 
and intolerance that is rapidly arising everywhere. 
No fair-minded man would say that a person who was 
in every way a competent teacher, but who could not 
as a matter of conscience attend teachers' institutes 
on the Sabbath, should be dismissed in such a way, 
especially when she was willing to submit to 
a 
thorough examination to show that she was fulty 
qualified to teach. 
SPEAKING of the recent actions and discussions in 
Congress upon the Sunday closing of the World's Fair 
question, the Union Signal of July 21, says, "The 
phases of the great movement change daily." 
The Senate of the United States passed the Sunday 
closing of the World's Fair amendment July 13, by a 
vote of 51 to 14. 
July 19, the House of Representa-
tives passed the same by a vote of 147 to 61. 
In the Senate July 12, Senator Hiscock made a 
speech advising the Chicago people if they wanted 
government 
aid, to defer to the demand of the 
churches. 
And what is this but an admission that 
the churches have got control of the government ? 
Senator Matt Quay, a man whose political career 
had been so checkered as to make it necessary for the 
Republican party to practically repudiate him to save 
its own credit, has the honor of being the gentleman 
who introduced into Congress the amendment to close 
the World's Fair on Sunday. 
Read Isa. 2 : 9. 
Brother A. F. Ballenger informs us that on Sunday 
evening, July 17, ninety churches in the city of 
Chicago voted to indorse the action of the Senate, 
and to ask the House to concur in the action. 
And 
yet some of the church leaders in this country have 
the effrontery to declare that this Sunday-law ques-
tion is not a church affair. 
May 25, the United States House of Representa-
tives expressed its attitude toward the Sabbath of the 
Lord, by voting down a resolution 
introduced 
by 
Hon. Mr. Bowers, of California, "that the Govern-
ment exhibits at the World's Fair shall not be opened 
to the public on the Sabbath day, which is Sutur-
day," by a vote of 11 to 149. 
The St. Louis Post Dispatch of July 22, says: — 
"The Democratic and Republican candidates in 
the Presidential campaign are Protestants, but the 
managers on both sides are Catholics. 
There will be 
no religion in the fight, or rather, the religion is so 
nicely distributed that the cranks are knocked out, 
a consummation worthy of public thanksgiving." 
This is but another indication that Protestantism 
and 
popery 
have virtually 
joined hands in this 
government, which 
means a repudiation of 
Pro-
testantism, and presages certain national ruin in the 
near future. 
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HOME 
MISSIONS. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS JENNIE THAYER. 
LIGHTS; — THE FIRST HOME MISSIONARY 
WORK FOR EACH CHRISTIAN. 
PEOPLE are influenced much more by what they see 
in those around them than by any other influence. 
Men and women may make any amount of profession 
of religion, and may have ability and a disposition to 
argue points of theory and doctrine with their neigh-
bors, but those individuals and families who really 
have a moulding influence in the community, are those 
whose lives are reflecting the life.of Jesus, and the 
very atmosphere of whose presence breathes the evi-
dence of their connection with Heaven. 
The Spirit of God teaches that the work of each 
individual is to live over again the life of Christ in 
the world, — to walk as he. walked, to attract people 
toward God by exactly the same graces by which he 
attracted them, to let him live out in them the same 
life he lived personally in the flesh. Jesus said he 
was the light of the world ; he also said that his 
people were the light of the world. 
But their light 
is all received from him, so that he is still the light of 
the world through them. 
"That was the true light 
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." 
"In him was life; and the life was the light of 
men." 
Each Christian has light to give to others 
just in the exact measure that he possesses the life of 
Christ in himself. 
'1 Christ in you, the hope of 
glory." . "As God hath said, I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them." 
2 Cor. 6 :16. 
• " God is light"— light itself — Source of all light, 
the light of the sun and spiritual light. 
"For God, 
who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, 
hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ." In James 1 :17, we learn that he is the 
Father of all the lights in the universe. 
Christ ex-
horts us to let our light so shine that men may see 
our good works, and be led to glorify our Father in 
heaven. 
God would have his people blameless and harmless, 
the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of 
those who are crooked and perverse, in the home or 
neighborhood, shining as lights in the world,— 
evidences of God's power to produce lights, to trans-
late men out of darkness into the kingdom of light. 
The best evidence men can have of this power, is to 
behold what it has accomplished in some one about 
them. 
By beholding we become changed, so by be-
holding we become convinced. 
God's people are to 
be his witnesses to the world,— the witnesses of his 
power and the good and precious results of this 
power,—and to present such attractions in their lives 
that others will be led to seek the same blessings 
from the same Source that those obtained it in whose 
lives they behold it. 
God says his people are "a 
chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, 
a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the 
praises of him who hath called you out of dark-
ness into his marvelous light; . . . having your con-
versation [manner of life] honest among the Gentiles ; 
that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, 
they may by your good works, which they shall behold, 
glorify God." 1 Pet. 2:9,12. 
Christ's life on earth glorified his Father, and so 
should ours. 
And so they will if Christ dwells in us 
and works through us to do his will and his good 
pleasure. As tbe beauty and perfection of God's 
creative work and power appear in fruits and flowers, 
and in the heavens above us, so the beauty and per-
fection of the power of the gospel should and will 
appear in the lives of those who live for it and are 
partakers of all its benefits, and who give God oppor-
tunity to work out all his righteous will in them by 
submitting their will to his and yielding to his 
moulding. 
God says his people shall be called " trees of right-
eousness, the planting of the Lord that he might be 
glorified." 
Isa. 61 :3. 
Trees of righteousness are 
planted for the purpose of bearing the fruits of right-
eousness, that God who planted them may be honored 
and glorified by those who behold the excellent quali-
ties of the fruit. 
Men cannot produce such fruit 
themselves, but God will produce it in them. He 
says, " I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my 
blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring 
up as among the grass, as willows by the water-
courses." 
Isa. 44 : 3, 4. 
"For as the earth bringeth 
forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things 
that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord will 
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cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before 
all nations." 
Isa. 61 :11. 
"He shall come down 
like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water 
the earth." 
Ps. 72 : 6. 
What is more fragrant than 
the smell of new-mown grass after a shower ? 
So the 
fragrance of the Christian is to be in the community 
where he lives. 
And Cod will produce these things 
in us if we will let him. 
Isaiah has exhorted us to 
'1 let the skies pour down righteousness ; let the earth 
open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let right-
eousness spring up together ; I the Lord have created 
it." 
Isa. 45:8. 
From such statements it would appear that God 
wishes men to consent to become channels through 
which he may pour his rich blessings upon those 
around them, and make them channels of blessing. 
Why should it not be proper then to pray God to 
bless us and make us a blessing, as he blessed 
Abraham and made him a blessing, saying, "I will 
bless thee, . . . and thou shalt be a blessing" ? 
Gen. 12:2. 
The first missionary work of each Christian, there-
fore, in every community, is to shine, to bear fruit, 
and to live over again the life of Jesus ; that others 
may, through their lives, be attracted to him who is 
the way, the truth, and the life. 
G. B. STARK. 
Auckland, 
New Zealand, 
June 12, 
1892. 
SPECIAL PRAYERS. 
THE following letter from one of our brethren who, 
though separated from others of the same faith, has 
a deep interest in the work, contains a suggestion 
which it might be well for all of our people to 
consider:— 
"Noticing the statement in Mrs. White's article in 
the May number of the HOME MISSIONARY that all of 
our churches should have stated seasons of special 
prayer for the furtherance and success of the mission-
ary work, the thought occurred to me, Why might 
not isolated Sabbath-keepers have a certain time in 
each week for special prayer, say Sunday eve ? 
How 
would that do? 
If we could get this before all 
isolated Sabbath-keepers, would it not be a power ? 
May the deep movings of his Holy Spirit descend 
upon us and waken us all to the times in which we 
live. 
This is only a suggestion of mine. 
If it meets 
with your approval, let me know, and I and my house 
will remember all missionary 
workers on Sunday 
evening. 
This would correspond with first-day read-
ings and first-day offerings. 
May God bless all of 
our workers in high places, and may we all help to 
hasten that day." 
Perhaps there is no way in which the isolated Sab-
bath-keepers can aid the work more than by their pray-
ers, and it would certainly be a source of encourage-
ment to our workers to know that many prayers are 
ascending at the first of each week for the blessing of 
Heaven to rest upon them in their arduous labors. 
If earnest prayers should ascend each Sunday even-
ing for the laborers in the wide harvest field, might 
we not confidently expect a great revival of the work? 
How many will unite in these special seasons of 
prayer? 
, 
J. T. 
/ 
BIBLE READING. 
X. 
1. WHAT relation does Christ sustain to the 
world ? 
John 8 :12. 
2. What relation does he say his people sustain to 
the world ? 
Matt. 5:14. 
3. From what source do Christians receive their 
light ? 
John 1 : 4, 9, and 12 : 46. 
4. What relation does God the Father sustain to 
all the lights in the world ? 
1 John 1:5; James 1 : 
17 ; 2 Cor. 4:6. 
5. What are we to do with the light God gives us ? 
and how are we to let it shine to others ? 
Matt. 5 : 
16; Phil. 2 :13-16. 
6. Whose life is to be manifested in those who 
have faith in Christ ? 
2 Cor. 4 : 10, 11. 
7. What is the process by which men are changed 
from evil to good ? 
2 Cor. 3:18. 
Beholding and 
reflecting. 
(Compare R. V.) 
8. What relation do Christians sustain between 
God and the world ? 
Isa. 44 : 3, 4, 8. 
9. What is one special design of the life of God's 
people upon the earth ? 
1 Pet. 2 : 9-12, 15. 
10. What is the object in view in creating men 
anew in Christ Jesus ? 
Eph. 2:10. 
11. What did Christ say he had done while he lived 
on the earth ?. John 17:4. 
12. What should be the effect of our lives toward 
the people and toward God? 
2 Cor. 2:14-16; 2 
Thess. 1: 11, 12. 
G. B. STARR. 
PROGRAM. 
1. Song, Hymns and Tunes, No. 1363. 
2. Prayer. 
3. Business. 
4. The lesson. 
5. Bible reading. 
6. Season of prayer. 
7. Song No. 1244. 
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HEALTH 
AND 
TEMPERANCE. 
CONDUCTED BY THE EDITORS. 
DOING LITTLE 
THINGS. 
LET US be content, in work, 
To do the thing we can, and not presume 
To fret because it's little. 
'T will employ 
Seven men, they say, to make a perfect pin. 
Who makes the head, consents to miss the point; 
Who makes the point, agrees to miss the head ; 
And if a man should cry, "I want a pin, 
And I must make it straightway, head and point," 
His wisdom is not worth the pin he wants. 
— Mrs. 
Browning. 
EXERCISE AND TEMPERANCE. 
FEW realize the importance of exercise in regain-
ing health, and fewer still, its worth in maintaining 
health. 
"I'm tired," is often expressed by the in-
direct attitude, the faltering step, the languid ex-
pression, and is an almost universal ill. 
"Born 
tired " does not inadequately express the origin of 
some of it at least. 
The question will naturally come 
up, Why is this ? It matters 
little, practically, 
whether motion produces life, or whether life produces 
motion. 
Certain it is that motion is a concomitant 
of life, and without motion there is no life. If the 
arm were slung inert by the side, it would naturally 
waste away. 
Standing water soon becomes stagnant. 
Motion is the one condition of life throughout all 
nature, and proper exercise is the price of health. 
There is a story told in the tales of the Arabian 
Knights, of a king who had long languished under 
disease of body, and had taken much medicine, but 
with no avail. 
At length a physician cured him by 
the following method : He took a hollow ball and 
filled it with drugs, after which he closed it up, so 
nicely that nothing appeared. 
He also took a mal-
let and filled it, handle and all, in the same manner. 
He then ordered the king to exercise early in the 
morning with these instruments thus prepared until 
he should perspire freely, when, as the story goes, 
the virtue of the medicine within the ball and mallet, 
perspiring through the wood, had so good an influence 
on the king's constitution that he was soon cured 
of the indisposition which all the internal medication 
of years could not remove. 
The story, though not true, is nicely contrived to 
illustrate how beneficial bodily labor is to health. 
One of the greatest hindrances to health is the im-
perfect elimination of the effete products of the body, 
worn out material that has served its time, and added 
its quota of life, after which it clogs, and is often a 
poison to the body. 
This needs to be eliminated in 
order to preserve health, hence the activity of the 
eliminative organs is of vital importance. 
Often one 
or more of these organs is torpid through intemper-
ance or dietary errors, when recourse is had to a 
diuretic, diaphoretic, or cathartic. 
Proper exercise (it may often be passive) is the 
best eliminative, and, with temperance in all things, 
the system may be retrenched, and a reserve force 
accumulated that will place the body beyond the 
probabilities of all chronic ailments, exercise making 
good blood, and temperance keeping it good. Ex-
ercise throws off all superfluities, and temperance 
prevents them. 
Exercise cleans the vessels, and 
temperance never overstrains them. 
Exercise pro-
motes the secretion of the proper digestive ferments, 
and temperance gives nature her full play, and en-
ables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. 
Exercise dissipates a growing distemper, and temper-
ance starves it. 
Drug eliminatives in the main are 
simply substitutes for exercise and temperance, and 
very poor ones indeed. 
Medicines may be absolutely 
necessary in cases of acute disease, but were men to 
live in a habitual course of exercise and temperance, 
there would be but little occasion for thorn. 
Thus 
we find men healthier who subsist by the chase, and 
live longer when their lives are employed in hunting, 
and they have little food besides what they catch. The 
dispenser of drugs is continually employed in counter-
mining the cook, and habits of pleasure, and a very 
extensive business it is. 
But we know of no circum-
stances in which the axiom, "An ounce of preven-
tion is worth a pound of cure," will bring better 
returns than in substituting exercise and temperate 
habits for drug 
medication and 
intemperance.— 
IF. H. Maxson, 
M. D. in Pacific 
Health 
Journal, 
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THE SECRET OF HEALTH. 
DON'T worry. 
Don't hurry. 
'' Too swift arrives as tardy as too 
slow." 
" Simplify ! simplify ! simplify ! " 
Do n't overeat. 
Do n't starve. 
'' Let your modera-
tion be known to all men." 
Court the fresh air day and night. 
" 0 if you 
knew what was in the air ! " 
Sleep and rest abundantly. 
Sleep is nature's 
benediction. 
Spend less nervous energy each day than you 
make. 
Be cheerf ul. 
'' A light heart lives long." 
Think only healthful thoughts. 
" As a man think-
eth in Ms heart, so is he." 
"Seek peace and pursue it." 
" Work like a man, but don't be worked to death." 
Avoid passion and excitement. 
A moment's anger 
may be fatal. 
Associate with healthy people. 
Health is conta-
geous, as well as disease. 
"Don't carry the whole world on your shoulders, 
far less the universe. 
Trust the Eternal." 
Never despair. 
'' Lost hope is a fatal disease." 
"If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do 
them."— Sel. 
UNNATURAL EXCITEMENT. 
IT is not natural and reasonable intellectual work 
that injures the brain, but emotional excitement. 
Most men can stand the severest thought and study 
of which their brains are capable, and be none the 
worse for it, for neither thought nor study interferes 
with the recuperative influence of sleep. 
It is ambi-
tion, anxiety, and disappointment, the hopes and 
fears, the loves and hates of our lives, that wear out 
our nervous system and endanger the balance of the 
brain. 
A man can spend more of his strength in five 
minutes of unnatural mental excitement than in a day 
of calm, steady, brain work. 
A little less brain work, 
less haste and rush and rapid eating in order to get 
back to the office in time; a little more leisure at the 
table with genial friends and kindly feeling, a little 
more outdoor exercise and fresh air, less' tea and 
coffee drinking, and more pure water, hot or cold, as 
circumstances indicate ; a little more sleep and rec-
reation, and most cases would recover without any 
medicine. 
It is true these things require intelligence 
and determination and some study, but not more than 
any one can have if he will. 
The stomach is a very 
tough organ. 
It will endure a great deal and '' come 
up smiling," but it does like fair treatment, and when 
it gets it, it serves its owner well. 
There is one 
abuse of the stomach that it will be well to men-
tion, that is, constantly thinking of it, and having a 
fear that some article of food has been eaten which it 
cannot digest. 
Nothing can be more unwise than 
this. 
The stomach can be ruined by fear, while 
courage, hope, faith, and cheefulness help it wonder-
fully.— English Paper. 
FROM TWELVE TO TWENTY-ONE. 
THERE is no period of life more important, from a 
hygienic point of view, than the age between twelve 
and twenty-one; for as Dr. Hector George points 
out, it is between these years that the skeleton and 
brain take their definite form. 
It is then that an 
abundance of general exercise will facilitate develop-
ment ; it is during this period that deformities are so 
easily contracted ; stooping, for instance, from lean-
ing over work, or writing at a too low desk, crooked 
shoulders or hips from carrying weights always on one 
side, or from allowing pupils to sit crooked at their 
work. 
But now, happily, there is open to everybody 
that splendid antidote to deformity — gymnastics. 
It 
is the same thing with the brain, everything in a 
man's life depends on the impressions a man receives 
in his youth ; his surroundings must be refined and 
clever if it is wished that his mind may become so. 
In the words of Dr. George, what is wanted is "an 
upright mind and an upright body."—Hospital. 
PROGRAM. 
1. OPENING Song. 
2. Scripture reading. 
3. Prayer. • 
4. Discussion of the question of <' Exercise and 
Temperance." 
5. Beading of "From Twelve to Twenty-One," and 
discussion of the question, " Are we making sure that 
the young children are securing an all-round symmet-
rical development, physically and intellectually ? " 
6. Discussion of the points made in the articles, 
"The Secret of Health," and "Unnatural Excite-
ment," as applied to our every-day work. 
7. Business. 
8. Closing Song. 
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CANVASSERS' 
DEPARTMENT, 
CONDUCTED BY F. L. MEAD. 
THE PRESENT NEED. 
WANTED ! men who will ever yield 
Willing help in the mission field. 
O the field is wide, and the hour is late, 
Arouse from your dreams and no longer wait. 
The field is white in the busy mart; 
Have ye love for the perishing souls at heart ? 
Then wake ; for the seed of truth must be sown 
Where but thistles and tares erewhile have grown. 
Aye, come, for the Master is calling to-day ; 
0 grieve not his tender Spirit away ; 
But rouse from your sleep, to his call give heed, 
And follow wherever his baud may lead. 
And know there is promised a grand reward, 3 
By the hand of our slain but now risen Lord ;] 
They shall sing for joy, both far and near, 
Who faithfully did their duty here. 
To the close of the day the hours drag on, 
We must finish our work ere the set of sun ; 
For He who is faithful will come at last; 
Let us garner our sheaves ere the day is past. 
DELLA A. ROBBINS. 
EIGHT YEARS' PROGRESS. 
THE progress of the canvassing work during the 
last eight years is a subject which is interesting to 
study. 
Beginning in weakness, as every good cause 
has done, it has grown and developed until it has be-
come an important factor in carrying the truth to the 
world. 
In place of being weak, it has now become 
strong, and is doing a great work in spreading the 
light of truth, aud those who are uow engaged in this 
work are numbered by the hundreds. 
When the canvassing work begun, it was very un-
popular, even among Seventh-day Adventists, and 
any man who had the courage and devotion to enter 
the work, met opposition and discouragement not 
only from the outside world, but from brethren in the 
church ; but now it is quite papular among Seventh-
day Adventists to be a canvasser. 
In fact, we often 
hear people say that they always believed in the can-
vassing work. 
Sometimes in the past, the friends of the canvas-
sing work have become quite enthusiastic when advo-
cating before a congregation the good which might be 
accomplished through the canvassing work, and they 
earnestly recommended our brethren to take hold of 
this method of getting truth before the people; and 
many times have these vigorous workers provoked 
good brethren to kindly caution them not to become 
too enthusiastic in the work, but to take it more 
moderately; " For," they said, "if it fails, you will 
be blamed, and if it succeeds, everyone else will claim 
the glory." 
We distinctly remember a meeting we 
attended in a certain State, in company with the presi-
dent of the Conference and other ministers; and 
when it came our time to talk, about all we could say 
was to tell what the canvassers in that State were 
doing, and, although we confined ourselves closely to 
facts without any coloring in them, and were modest 
in our statements, yet we will have to let the reader 
picture our feelings when, at the close of the meeting, 
the elder of the church came forward, and with a 
significant shrug of his shoulders, 
said: 
"Well, 
brother, if that's true, it's pretty good ! " 
That hap-
pened four years ago this present summer. 
Since 
that time, we are glad to say, this brother has 
been engaged in the canvassing work himself, and 
has done better than anything we spoke of at the 
meeting above referred to. 
There was a time, when, if an agent took fifty dol-
lars' worth of orders in a week, he was looked upon 
as a remarkable canvasser, aud all were ready to in-
scribe <' Excelsior " upon his record. 
How is it now ? 
We find, in looking over, the weekly records, that for 
a certain class of agents, the amount of orders for a 
week will reach from $15 to $50 worth of books per 
week, while for another class of agents, they range 
from $50 to $100 worth of orders, aud still another 
class from $100 to $163 per week. 
A few have even 
reached be}7ond $200 ; but they are only a few. But 
of the second class mentioned, there are a great 
many, and their number is increasing every year. 
When the work first started, many took hold of it 
to "go out and try it," and after they had "tried it," 
they went home to stay; or, if they contiuued in the 
work for any length of time, it was with hope that 
they would soon be called into the ministry. Now, 
we often hear such expressions as these, "I am in 
the work to stay until it closes up, or until I get an 
honorable discharge." 
At this writing, we could 
mention the names of many who have -been in the 
work four and five years, and a few have been in it 
longer. 
We believe this is as it should be. Why 
should not the canvasser continue in the work year 
after year, the same as the minister does ? 
We be-
lieve that they should, aud are glad that this senti-
ment is growing among the agents every year. 
When the work first started, the agents received 
but very little instruction before entering a field, and 
the best reason we can give for this is that he felt 
that he did not need much, and the ones who sent 
him did not think it necessary to give much, hence it 
was mutual between the two, that he should start to 
work at once, for no one felt inclined to " waste time 
in a drill." 
The oue who sent him out, said "All 
you need is experience;"' aud so far as experience is 
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concerned, they certainly got lots of it, such as it 
was, and, having gained it, the majority of them 
went home, and have been there ever since. 
Now, 
from two to eight weeks' training are deemed neces-
sary for beginners, and from two to four weeks each 
year for old canvassers. 
F. L. M. 
the leaves of autumn. 
When that time is fully come, 
we have reason to expect that many of the leaves 
will be found in the Windward Islands. 
L. C. CHADWICK. 
FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 
AMONG the more prominent 
of 
the Windward 
Islands, I may mention Barbadoes, Trinidad, Tobago, 
Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Lucia. 
The French 
Islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique are also in 
Close proximity to this part of the field. 
As 1 was spending a few hours with Brother Wm. 
Arnold at Grenada, a few weeks ago, he said to me, 
'1 What do you think of these little specks on the map 
anyway ? " 
I told him I considered them important 
fields. " " Do they not look different to you after vis-
iting them, than when you simply saw them on the 
map ? " he continued. 
I could only reply that they 
did look much more important. 
'' Why," said he with 
his usual enthusiasm, "I have just finished deliver-
ing over 170 copies of 'Great Controversy' in this 
little island of Grenada, which can hardly be seen on 
an ordinary map." 
I speak of this, that the readers 
of the 
HOME MISSIONARY 
may 
see that we 
are 
all 
likely to underestimate the importance of any field 
outside of the one where we happen to live. 
But I 
have been impressed with one thing, — whatever we 
Americans may lack in appreciating the importance 
of the West Indian field, the natives make up in their 
over-estimate of it. 
Barbadoes, for instance, with its 
168 square miles of 
land and its 178,000 people, 
feels that it is one of the mo3t important factors of 
the English government. 
Once, when England was 
about to have war, it is said that the authorities of 
Barbadoes, sent word as follows: 
"England need 
have no fear, for Barbadoes, is loyal; and as long as 
Barbadoes is true, England is safe." 
I cannot vouch 
for the truthfulness of this, but it well illustrates the 
common sentiment in all these fields. 
Already, a good beginning has been made in the 
Windward Islands, with the sale of our subscription 
books. 
I find our books and papers everywhere I go, 
and with but few exceptions they are well received 
and well liked. 
One Wesleyau minister, who had secured several 
of our books in St. Lucia, recently went to a new 
charge in Demerara. 
I visited him there. 
He said 
to me, 
"When I came here and begun visiting 
among my members, I found a copy of ' Great Con-
troversy ' in nearly every home, for which I was glad. 
It is an interesting and instructive book." 
In his 
fine library he showed me six or seven of our books, 
which he said he had read with profit. 
Thus a few 
seeds of truth have been scattered in this field. But 
we are hastening on to the time when we are told 
that our publications will be scattered broadcast, like. 
WE have just finished reading the May HOME MIS-
SIONARY, and what a feast it has been ! 
It seems that 
each number is more and more interesting. 
We rejoice as we read of the good work our agents 
are doing. 
We would write a few words of cheer to 
the little army of faithful canvassers, for we know 
that they have many difficulties to meet which those 
who live in pleasant homes cannot well appreciate. 
Discouragements too numerous to mention, things 
which it seems, to all human appearance, must stop 
their work, are constantly arising. 
Satan often comes 
in like a flood, and there appears to be no way out of 
his darkness; at such times the worker may take 
courage. 
There is One watching who notes even the 
sparrow's fall, who has said, "We can do nothing 
against the truth but for the truth." 
What is opposition of men or demons to Him who 
by his word can turn them to destruction, and say, 
" Return ye children 'of men" ? 
It is when we are 
helpless and see our need that God can give strength, 
and help, and be glorified. 
Difficulties are only 
mediums through which 
God 
reveals himself 
to 
mankind. 
Who then would be without them ? 
Can we not 
say with Paul, '' Therefore I take pleasure in infirmi-
ties, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in 
distresses for Christ's sake " ? 
"In all these things 
we are more than conquerors through him that 
loved us." 
The same God that went before Cyrus and opened 
before him the gates of brass and cut in sunder the 
bars of iron is our leader to-day. 
He is watching to 
show himself strong in behalf of each one whose 
heart is perfect before him. 
What a privilege to be co-workers with Christ! 
Without him we can do nothing, but with him we can 
do all things. 
We can hide in him when we come to 
talk to the people so that they shall see no. one but 
Jesus. 
When he is thus presented, we shall have 
success ; for he says, "I if I be lifted up will draw 
all men unto me." 
The worker cannot always see the result of his la-
bor, but the command is, " Be not weary in well do-
ing. " 
If we faint not, we shall receive our reward. 
Just think of it ! 
If we do not faint we shall receive, 
in due time, our reward. 
Again we are told, " Your 
labor is not in vain," etc. 
Often if we could catch a 
glimpse of our work as viewed from the standpoint of 
Heaven, we would weep for joy that while we have 
pronounced it a complete failure, God has written, 
"Well Done !" 
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We should not be so anxious about the results, as 
we are to know that we are abiding in Christ,— work-
ing with him. 
We must sow the seed in faith, and 
water.it with tears of gratitude that we are permitted 
to have a place in the harvest field, and we shall come 
rejoicing, bringing our sheaves with us. 
Then to 
sit down in the kingdom of God with those very per-
sons for whom we have toiled, prayed and wept! 
This will be joy unspeakable. 
This is the reward 
that awaits the faithful worker. 
The time of sowing 
is almost over. • The husbandman is only waiting for 
the latter rain to ripen the harvest. 
Then the 11 Wel-
come Home," and such a welcome, such a home! 
God grant that not one member of our army of can-
vassers may faint and fall out by the way, but may 
endure to the end. 
N. H. DRUILLARD. 
NEW ZEALAND1. 
OUR last report told something of our anticipations 
regarding our Conference. 
At this writing that event 
is some two months in the past, and now we are again 
planning and looking forward to our next general 
meeting. 
The two weeks occupied at Napier from April 2-17 
will be memorable in our history. 
There were more 
Sabbath-keepers assembled 
in conference than on 
any previous occasion, and the faces of all beamed 
with delight and gladness from commencement to 
close. 
We had seven ministers present, five being 
from abroad ; this of itself was enough to make us 
rejoice, but what they presented to us intensified it. 
The instructive lessons on the book of Romans, by 
Elder Starr, on "Church Organization," by Elder 
Gates, and on " Missionary Work," by Elder White, 
together with the practical truths presented in dis-
courses by Elders Daniells and Read, were much ap-
preciated, and before the close, all testified to the 
benefit received in the meetings. 
The canvassing interest was thought of, and an 
occasional talk from Elder White made a deep impres 
sion on the minds of those present. 
Owing to the 
time being so fully occupied with meetings for wor-
ship or business, and as the agents present were men 
and women of some experience in the work, very 
little was done in the way of drill. 
There was quite a good representation of canvassers 
in attendance, all but two being present. 
We spent 
about four days together, talking up future plans and 
methods. 
Part of the time was devoted to a study of 
the motives and principles which should actuate and 
govern the worker and the work. 
The brethren and sisters expressed themselves as of 
good courage, and when the day came for separation, 
we found the time had been too short for dealing with 
such an important work. 
Since the meetings closed, 
we have received many encouraging reports from the 
field, and in delivery work have experienced much 
blessing. 
During this 
month we have 
delivered 
"Great Controversy" in the town of Timaru quite 
successfully and have found a number of 
people 
who think highly of the book, despite the fact that 
they were " warned " against it through the press. 
The publicity of the warning raised the 1' inborn 
curiosity" of the subscribers, and we hope to see good 
result. 
After we had given the people time "to find the 
bad place," we called upon some of them to see if 
they had accomplished it, and as a result received 
some testimonials which were anything but condem-
natory. 
One gentleman said, '11 have read the book carefully 
and find it excellent in every respect. 
In my opinion 
it should be read by all classes, but especially pro-
fessing Christians. 
The binding and paper also are 
first class, and quite equal to tbe sample shown by the 
agent."- Another said, " I have read the book from 
the preface to the closing page, and have found it ex-
tremely helpful. 
I like the last chapters better than 
the first part, because it tells me something I didn't 
know before." 
Others said it was the best book they had ever 
bought, and when called upon to subscribe for " Sun-
beams " (inone case on the day the "Controversy" 
was delivered), they did so because they were "so 
pleased with the other book." 
We think that this is as it should be ; it speaks 
volumes for the books and the agent. 
More next 
time. 
JAMES 
HARRIS. 
INDIA AS A CANVASSING FIELD. 
THERE .are reasons why we might think that India 
has already open doors for the canvasser. 
One char-
acteristic of the different Asiatic religionists that 
people 
India is that while 
each 
sect 
represents 
idolatrous religious of its own, there is not that blend-
ing of customs that is found among religionists in 
civilized countries. 
A Parsee is known by his per-
sonal appearance, by his general habits, and by his 
dress; and there are many commendable things about 
this class of people. 
There are 80,000 of them in 
Bombay, and 100,000 in India. 
Christians have very little success with this class of 
people. 
The reason is that they claim to be better 
than the Christians ; for none of them are ever seen 
intoxicated, and none are ever known to be beggars. 
They educate their own children, build their own 
charitable institutions, and in a certain sense are wor-
thy citizens of India. 
They take no part in politics. 
They are generally tradesmen and merchantmen, a 
wealthy 
people, sustaining to 
the 
Asiatics 
and 
Hindus about the same relation as the friends in 
America do to their countrymen. 
They are an in-
telligent, reading people. 
We. see no reason why 
books, especially on the subject of health, might not 
take well with these people. 
Then there are many Brahmins, a strictly vege-
tarian people, or at least that is their faith. 
Their 
system has been much undermined by the influence 
of missionaries. 
There are families that cannot be 
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reached by missionaries, because the Europeans eat 
flesh meats and do many things that would forever 
place them outside their caste. 
Why should not our 
health publications 
reach this class of 
people ? 
There are some Christians that are entirely separate 
from the missionaries, simply upon the grounds men-
tioned. 
Then we come to the 100,000 Europeans 
These 
are mostly English, twenty thousand of whom are in 
Calcutta and about as many in Bombay. 
Madras is 
a European city. 
These individuals are mostly those 
who have served their tftne in the army, or have 
been in some way connected with the English gov-
ernment, and live upon a stipend drawn from the 
government. 
They are not poor ; yet many of them 
are not rich. 
They are not the real aristocracy of 
England, but to a certain extent many of them ob-
serve aristocratic rules. 
Would not these individuals 
purchase our publications ? 
We have reason to be-
lieve.that although it might be a difficult place to get 
started in, yet even there, God has gone before us. 
Have we not seen the marvelous manifestations of 
his power ? 
Then, there are the missionaries. 
We can see no 
reason why such books as the "Life of Christ" or 
"Patriarchs and Prophets" should be objectionable 
to them ; and with proper recommendations from in-
dividuals who were interested in such publications, 
they would find a ready sale. 
It appears that a wide 
door is open in India for our publications to find their 
way into the homes of those whom in the past it has 
been very difficult for the missionaries to reach. 
There are no books that will be more highly appre-
ciated than health publications among missionaries. 
Already some of them have found their way to 
orphan asylums and to boarding houses, and have 
called forth high recommendations from those who 
have these places in charge. 
They felt that they 
were just what they wanted. 
They are in a sickly 
climate, and anything that will give them information 
as to how to care for their health and treat the sick 
would be appreciated by them. 
It may be asked, Is not the climate so hot that 
people cannot live there ? 
It is true that in the south 
of India it is extremely hot in the summer. 
At this 
season the government at Calcutta is removed to the 
city of Dargeeling, at the foot of the Himalaya Moun-
tains. 
There are other mountains in India to which 
the missionaries resort in the hottest weather. 
Those 
going to this country should reach Southern India 
about November. 
They would find the climate agree-
able till about February. 
It then begins to grow ex-
ceedingly warm, at which time tho3e working there 
could go up into the mountains where they would find 
many people spending a few weeks of the hottest 
season. 
Again, the objection is often raised that the veno-
mous reptiles, such as the cobra, would be a dis-
couragement to persons going to India. 
We have 
asked missionaries there respecting this, and a Mr. 
Donaldson, who for years has labored in the jungle, 
said that he had never seen one in his labors, and 
laughed at the idea of the stories that he had seen in 
print. 
It is true that there are cobras and other 
poisonous snakes that appear in southern India 
in the rainy season, but they are a very timid snake, 
and flee at the least approach of man. 
Europeans 
are not usually bitten by them, but the natives going 
barefoot, step on them and get bitten, the snakes be-
ing unable to hear them ; but the snake is as afraid 
of a human being as a human being is of the snake. 
We are thoroughly convinced that the way is open, 
and that books can be sold by the proper person when 
the proper course is pursued. 
India has a perfect 
net-work of railways, telegraph lines, electric lights, 
and all modern improvements. 
In forty-eight hours 
an individual can go from any point in India to al-
most any other point. 
There is no other country 
where so many Asiatics are mixed with the people 
and yet retain their own customs, as in India. 
Another interesting characteristic of the Hindus as 
a whole, is that reforms are not unknown in India. 
From the days of Buddah to the present time, indi-
viduals have started out as reformers. 
Buddah was 
a reformer. 
He looked upon suffering as an evil, 
and sought to alleviate it. 
He was directly opposed 
to caste, he preached against it, and instructed his 
teachers to go forth and do the same. 
Some writers 
wonder how an individual who had no faith in Christ 
could teach such a system of morals, and have so 
many good things. 
It is a marvel, indeed. 
Other 
reformers come upon the stage of action, and there 
are to-day scores of sects among the Hindu worshipers 
that are reformers from the old system. 
Society, 
excepting caste~ is much broken up by different ideas. 
Caste is the worst feature of the Indian people. 
It 
binds them stronger than with bands of iron, but it is 
now being fast undermined. 
The Brahmins who 
were the priests of India are now seeking other em-
ployment. 
They can be found employed as clerks in 
shops, and in various places where the professional 
man is found. 
Has not God prepared the way 
for the triumphs of the gospel in India? 
S. N. 
HASKELL. 
DISTRICT NO. 1. 
WE hail with joy the new book, " Gospel Workers," 
for we are sure that its advent is timely. 
If our can-
vassers geuerally make use of it, the results will be 
good. 
It is evident that we do not read the Bible 
and the "Testimonies," and seek for divine aid as 
we should. 
A general letter of inquiry to our leading brethren 
throughout the district, has elicited several replies 
which mention these facts. 
They say that our hope 
is in the consecrated, God-fearing few already in our 
ranks, and in laboring to the end of bringing others 
up to a high standard of Christian fortitude and 
earnestness. 
There must be care exercised to select 
only good material, and then, as one expresses it, to 
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have the bricks thoroughly baked before they are 
placed in the structure, in order that it may stand. 
Soft bricks add no strength, but rather weaken the 
whole building. 
Our recruiting stations are all open, 
and men who give evidence that they will prove loyal 
and endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, 
will be received. 
Superficial training must give way to more solid 
and thorough work in this direction. 
Some of our 
Conferences are thinking of instituting courses for 
next winter, of several months' duration. 
This will 
be a good move. 
It has been tried with satisfaction 
and success in other parts. 
Recent developments in religious legislation, and in 
prosecutions for Sunday labor show that we are even 
now in the rapids of the great Niagara which will soon 
land this world in the abyss of night and the whirl-
pool of destruction. 
"Homestead" is now on the lips of the world, be-
cause of the universal agitation of the labor question 
emanating from scenes of violence in a Pennsylvania 
town. 
And when we read of this contest, and hear 
of organizations arming and training for future emerg-
encies, we are brought to realize that the homesteads 
of this world, and all things earthly are insecure, and 
that we need to be like Abraham of old, who obeyed 
the call of God, because he looked for a city which 
hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." 
It is high time for us to dispose of our possessions 
here, and to secure the title to a home in the better 
land, while we labor to arouse others and help them 
to do the same. 
Protracted and widespread strikes and lockouts in 
our district are against us in one way, but in another 
they may be counted among the "all things" that 
work together for good. 
They may serve to awaken 
us to diligence, and may be noted among other things 
to convince people that the ast-day prophecies are 
being fulfilled, and that our publications which treat 
upon or allude to these prophecies are publications for 
the times. 
We regret that the sales in our district are not 
larger, but we are confident that there is a better 
grade of work being done than formerly, and we see 
many omens of good. 
We hear of numerous in-
stances where the books are doing sure work, and 
where the truth is being received, and we are still 
pressing forward. 
E. E. MILES, District 
Agent. 
DISTRICT NO. 5. 
WE have never had a more favorable time for sell-
ing our books in this district than we are having this 
summer. 
It is true that wet weather and the back-
wardness of the season have been somewhat of a 
hindrance; but this was more than made up by the 
earnestness and perseverance which the canvassers 
put into their work. 
There has been one very encouraging feature which 
has cheered the canvassers, and that is, they have 
found so many persons who seemed to be ready and 
waiting for the precious truths contained in our 
books. 
Each of our books meets with a ready sale. 
Some of our workers have had fears that " Patriarchs 
and Prophets" and the "Two Republics " would not 
sell as readily as some other of our subscription 
books; but by comparison we can see that these 
fears are groundless. 
From the reports received from the different States 
in this district, we find that for "Bible Readings," 
1' Great Controversy " .Vol. IV, and 
'' Patriarchs 
and Prophets," on an average one order to a little 
less than three exhibitions has been taken. 
We have 
done fully as well with '' Patriarchs and Prophets" 
as with "Bible Readings" or " Vol. IV." 
For 
the "Two Republics" the average has been about 
two orders to five exhibitions. 
We have done some 
better with it than with the other books, but we have 
not yet put forth much effort to sell it, having only 
four agents at work in the district, but so far our 
success has been better than we anticipated. 
We 
see from the above that the very books we have been 
afraid of, are just the ones that are in the greatest de-
mand. 
Is not this evidence that God is moving upon 
the hearts of the people to purchase our books ? 
N. P. DIXON, District 
Agent. 
REPORT OF DELIVERIES. 
THE importance of a thorough record being kept of 
the work done by each canvasser, is being realized 
more and more by the State agents. 
Cases of serious 
disappointment are constantly arising, which come 
from a lack of proper records being made of the 
work which has been done in the past. 
Blanks especially prepared for reporting the terri-
tory work, and what has been done, are now ready, 
and can be obtained of the Review and Herald Office. 
State agents should see to it that all their can-
vassers are supplied with these blanks. 
No canvassers should consider their contract with 
the Society fulfilled, until a full and complete report 
of the amount of work done has been made to the 
State agent. 
This should always be done as soon as 
one closes up his or her work in any county, or 
ceases work for the year. 
F. L. M. 
SAMPLE PAGES. 
FOR several weeks, calls have been made for a few 
pages of " Bible Readings " and " Vol. IV," so that 
canvassers working in mixed territory could show 
a sample of the contents of each book in the different 
languages, without carrying a complete prospectus for 
each. 
A signature is now ready in the English, Danish, 
Swedish, and German languages, for these two books. 
It can be fastened in the back part of the prospectus, 
with a strong rubber band. 
Send all orders to your tract society, stating 
which book you want them for, and what languages. 
F. L. M. 
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REPORT OF THE CANVASSING WORK FOR JULY, 1892. 
STATE. 
No. 
can-
vassers 
Av.No. 
of Re-
ports. 
Days. 
Hours. 
Books 
Value. 
Orders 
Value. 
Miscel. 
Total 
Books 
Value. 
Orders 
Value. 
Sales. 
Value. 
Deliv'd. 
Value. 
Taken. 
Value. 
Sales. 
Value. 
260 
704 
1,889 50 
26 25 
1,915 75 
75 
$ 229 25 
534 
1,267 75 
1,267 75 
263 
735 00 
1,056 
2,727 35 
22 00 
2,749 35 
212 
516 25 
1,194 
2,865 50 
36 95 
2,902 45 
246 
707 
1,691 80 
298 93 
1,990 72 
73 
161 50 
90 
184 25 
184 25 
185 
383 25 
452 
1,049 75 
58 90 
1,491 90 
515 
1,399 00 
26 75 
1,423 75 
93 
211 25 
478 
1,085 00 
58 60 
1,143 60 
201 
322 50 
423 
866 75 
17 45 
884 20 
124 
240 00 
212 
465 25 
11 89 
477 14 
154 
390 50 
274 
658 50 
2 85 
661 35 
167 
319 00 
755 
1,946 25 
17 67 
1,963 92 
92 
206 00 
163 
340 35 
8 05 
348 40 
14 
35 75 
80 
171 00 
135 
270 75 
5 95 
276 70 
111 
273 55 
208 
517 95 
517 95 
315 
613 65 
791 
2,240 45 
26 15 
2,266 50 
681 
1,826 25 
1,316 
3,201 55 
3,201 55 
526 
1,328 05 
1,103 
2,600 00 
9 40 
2,609 40 
1,328 05 
1,894 
4,660 10 
4,660 10 
1,072 
2,631 00 
1,736 
4,056 00 
4,056 00 
1,072 
284 75 
529 
1,327 75 
42 61 
1,370 35 
328 
716 00 
1,047 
2,549 30 
77 25 
2,666 55 
346 
851 00 
851 00 
2,972 
7,318 35 
7,318 35 
64 
175 00 
785 
2,137, 65 
102 85 
2,240 50 
65 
166 75 
665 
1,747 25 
31 30 
1,778 55 
65 
143 00 
216 
550 50 
23 17 
573 67 
1,102 
2,642 00 
60 
395 50 
102 45 
497 95 
109 
255 50 
1,359 
3,385 00 
320 61 
3,705 62 
1,160 
3,593 50 
3,593 50 
286 
745 50 
501 
1,328 10 
69 30 
1,397 40 
154 
456 25 
964 
3,231 60 
68 50 
3,300 10 
548 
1,274 00 
1,274 00 
548 
1,274 00 
1,274 00 
1,450 
3,043 50 
482 
1,618 92 
689 
2,754 42 
1,182 
4,326 74 
1,859 
7,119 33 
117 86 
7,251 90 
1,182 
4,326 74 
269 
7,119 33 
24 35 
1,033 66 
269 
1,033 66 
1,546 44 
1,546 44 
7 
8,481 
22,124 18 30,359 
75,347 05 
1,608 04 
76,099 76 
Atlantic 
25 
Maritime Prov... 
11 
7 
New England ... 
37 
35 
New York 
15 
Pennsylvania.... 
46 
24 
Quebec 
4 
Wi 
Virginia 
9 .... 
Vermont 
15 
10 
West Virginia ... 
17 
10 
Alabama 
7 
7 
Cumb. Mis. Field. 
8 
6 
Florida 
10 
7 
Georgia 
21 
16 
Louisiana 
7 
3 
Mississippi 
1 
North Carolina.. 
7 
5 
Tennessee River.. 
8 
8 
'In'diana 
38 
24 
Illinois 
40 
38 
Michigan 
43 
31 
Ohio 
46 
29 
Ontario 
44 
31 
So. Dakota 
12 
5 
Iowa 
32 
23 
Manitoba 
4 
8* 
Minnesota 
50 
43 
Nebraska 
24 
19 
Wisconsin 
32 
[ Arkansas 
13 
2 
Indian Territory. 
Kansas 
37 
.... 
Missouri 
155 
34 
Texas 
22 
17 
Colorado 
18 
14 
f California 
North Pacific 
10 
6 
Upper Columbia. 
Great Britain ... 
38 
33 
Germany 
Central Europe.. 
South Africa.... 
12 
10 
Australia 
41 
31 
New Zealand... 
14 
3 
Denmark 
18 
Totals 
983 
541 * 
200 
1,313 
133 
718 
444 
2,408 
305 
2,056 
271 
1,499 
51 
367 
84 
495 
144 
1,142 
150 
1,145 
116 
931 
107 
855 
97 
772 
236 
1,890 
48 
385 
3 
24 
60 
481 
443 
2,888 
472 
2,820 
454 
2,567 
888 
5,912 
572 
3,727 
1,628 
346 
81 
639 
5,197 
350 
2,303 
297 
2,303 
76 
510 
450 
3,854 
551 
4,399 
232 
1,426 
154 
1,302 
185 
1,079 
540 
3,409 
160 
610 
548 
2,846 
705 
' 222 
1,696 
9,470 
65,99" 
THE amouDtof work done by the Scandinavian can-
vassers in America for four weeks, ending June 30, 
was, $4124.25, with fifty-six canvassers. 
AN order book, and guarantee slip, combined in 
one book, is now ready. 
These are serviceable for any 
book, and are something the canvassers have desired 
for several months. 
Order of your tract society ; call 
for blank form Gr. 
THE HOME MISSIONARY always publishes the report 
of the canvassing work from each State as furnished 
<by the State secretary. 
There was no exception to 
this rule in the case of Texas for last month, although 
we wondered at the time why her report was so small. 
We leara, however, that an error was committed in 
making out the report, and in place of 838 orders, 
value $2678.50, it should have been 1940 orders and 
a value of $6212.70. 
We are glad to know that 
Texas is doing so well. 
We rejoice in her success. 
BROTHER F. W. Morse, who for several years has 
been acting as provincial agent for the Maritime Prov-
inces, has been selected to go to Jamaica to take the 
oversight of the canvassing work in that field. It is 
now expected that Brother Morse will start for his new 
field of labor about the first of October. 
THE report of Ohio is for eight weeks, Dak., six,. 
Wis., five, North Pacific, thirteen, Denmark, three. 
192 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
PUBLISH ED MONTHLY BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
TRACT 
AND 
MISSIONARY 
SOCIETY. 
Price, 23 cents per year. 
W. A. COLCORD, ) 
.
.
.
. 
EDITORS. 
W. A. SPICER, \ 
BATTLE 
CREEK, 
MICH, 
AUGUST, 
1892. 
A BROTHER in Florida writes as follows: "I get 
much encouragement from reading the HOME MIS-
SIONARY. I wish all our people could realize its 
usefulness in stirring up the missionary spirit, espe-
cially in the canvassing work." 
BROTHER F. L. MEAD is attending the canvassers' 
institute in District No. 2, at Atlanta, Ga. 
He writes 
that there are about fifty in the class, and the work 
of the institute is moving along nicely. 
We hope 
this institute may prove a blessing and strength to 
the cause in the South. 
ELDER A. BARRY writes encouragingly from Lex-
ington, Ky., where he is laboring. 
"One thing, 
however," he says, "is plainly to be seen, namely, all 
the preachers are gathered together against the truth." 
Thus we have been told that as the controversy extends 
into new fields, Satan is astir, and 1' the clergy put forth 
almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light, lest 
it should shine upon their flocks." 
A WRITER signing himself "Democrat," thus ex-
presses himself in the Battle Creek Daily Moon, of 
August 1: "I for one would like to see a law en-
acted that we could enforce the observance of Sunday 
in Battle Creek. 
It would hit the Seventh-day Ad-
ventists, and why should they not be hit ? They have 
always hit the Democrats, and why should we longer 
hang to a sentiment for the sake of helping them 
out ? " 
This shows the leaven that is working every-
where, and contains a suggestion upon the propriety 
of Christians having much to do with politics. 
REFERRING to the recent capital and labor troubles 
at Homestead, Pa., the Union Signal of July 21, 
says:— 
<' We are at the parting of ways ; a new order is 
surely coming in • organized labor is but beginning 
its mighty argument against organized capital; the 
subject is new, and the adjustments difficult, while 
powder and dynamite make the outlook lurid." 
The same paper later says the country has been 
watching with painful interest the progress of this 
strike, not because of its magnitude merely, nor be-
cause of features peculiar to itself, but 1' because it is 
one of many ; because such occurrences are becoming 
so frequent as to be characteristic features of our 
civilization." 
And yet the Union Signal, with others, 
thinks the world is growing better, and that the tem-
poral millenium is about to dawn. 
THE psalmist found the blessings of God made new 
to him every morning. 
Ought not this to be the ex-
perience of every one of us who says by his profes-
sion that he is a worker for the Lord ? 
He whose 
testimony is to bring to men a knowledge of the grace 
of God, must daily know his saving power. 
It is the 
duty of every laborer, whether visiting brethren in the 
faith or entering new fields, whether as preacher, can-
vasser, or Bible reader, to have beforehand the assur-
ance which Paul expressed to the Romans : "I am 
sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the 
fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ." 
This 
is what "the people want. 
ffil 
Chicago k Grand 1 runk R. R. 
Time Table, in Effect June 26. 1892. 
GOING WEST. 
STATIONS. 
GOING EAST. 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
3.00 
p m 
6.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
a ml p m 
11.00! ij.oo 
p m, p m 
6.301 
8.00 
a m p m 
6.25] 1.00 
a m! 
p m 
8.00S 2.45 
p m noon 
amvi2.m 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
p m 
5.07 
a m 
4.20 
a m 
3.10 
p m 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
3.00 
p m 
6.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
a ml p m 
11.00! ij.oo 
p m, p m 
6.301 
8.00 
a m p m 
6.25] 1.00 
a m! 
p m 
8.00S 2.45 
p m noon 
amvi2.m 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
p m 
5.07 
a m 
4.20 
a m 
3.10 
p m 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
3.00 
p m 
6.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
a ml p m 
11.00! ij.oo 
p m, p m 
6.301 
8.00 
a m p m 
6.25] 1.00 
a m! 
p m 
8.00S 2.45 
p m noon 
amvi2.m 
Buffalo 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
p m 
5.07 
a m 
4.20 
a m 
3.10 
p m 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
3.00 
p m 
6.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
a ml p m 
11.00! ij.oo 
p m, p m 
6.301 
8.00 
a m p m 
6.25] 1.00 
a m! 
p m 
8.00S 2.45 
p m noon 
amvi2.m 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
p m 
5.07 
a m 
4.20 
a m 
3.10 
p m 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
3.00 
p m 
6.00 
a m 
6.20 
a m 
7.45 
a ml p m 
11.00! ij.oo 
p m, p m 
6.301 
8.00 
a m p m 
6.25] 1.00 
a m! 
p m 
8.00S 2.45 
p m noon 
amvi2.m 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
p m 
5.07 
a m 
4.20 
a m 
3.10 
p m 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
8.40 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
p m 
8.40 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
8.00 
Pacac 
Eip. 
Toronto 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
p m 
7.15 
a m 
9.45 
a m 
12.10 
a m 
I.35 
a m 
8.30 
a m 
9.30 
p m 
II.30 
B. C. Lmtd 
Exp 
p m 
1.00 
p m 
8.00 
Pacac 
Eip. 
Mail 
Exp. 
Detroit 
p m 
9.26 
Mail. 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
9.55 
a m 
8.40 
n m 
7.30 
8.05 
p m 
8.00 
a m 
8.35 
Lmtd 
Exp. 
P m 
8.00 
a m 
7.40 
p m 
5.50 
p m 
4.10 
a m 
9.50 
a m 
7.00 
p m 
5.25 
a m 
7.45 
Atlto 
Exp. 
9.25 
Day 
Exp. 
Prt.H 
Pass. 
am 
6.50 
8.05 
8.35 
"7'.is 
7.60 
9.06 
10.02 
10.29 
11.16 
U.63 
pm 
3.44 
3.49 
5.10 
5.47 
4.05 
4.40 
6.17 
6.60 
7.55 
8.30 
9.25 
pm 
pm 
i2.22 
1.27 
1.56 
2.22 
3.07 
3.34 
4.15 
pm 
8*46 
10.07 
10.47 
8.00 
8.25 
9.00 
11.20 
12.20 
12.52 
1.50 
2.35 
am 
6.19 
6.25 
7.49 
8.35 
6.50 
7.15 
7.50 
9.35 
10.40 
11.15 
12.25 
1.08 
1.19 
2.06 
2.60 
4.30 
7 00 
Dep. 
Arr. 
Port Huron 
.Port Huron Tunnel. 
Lapeer 
Detroit 
Bay City 
Saginaw 
Durand 
Lansing 
Charlotte 
,...BATTLE CUKKK.... 
Vicksburg 
pm 
10.01 
9.56 
8.15 
7.30 
9.25 
8.37 
8.00 
6.60 
5.10 
4.34 
8.40 
2.33 
2.21 
I.29 
12.45 
II.10 
8.40 
am 
am 
i2.85 
11.20 
10.47 
i6'.20 
9.80 
9.01 
8.20 
7.40 
am 
7 ".30 
6.15 
5.40 
7.45 
7.15 
6.40 
5.03 
4.00 
8.25 
2.40 
1.48 
pm 
'8.60 
7.35 
7.05 
9.25 
8.37 
8.00 
6.35 
5.40 
5.11 
4.30 
am 
12.10 
12.05 
10.4S 
10.06 
U.50 
11.30 
10.43 
9.SO 
8.20 
7.47 
7.00 
am 
12.40 
1.20 
2.46 
4.60 
p m 
6.45 
6.20 
7.35 
9.30 
pm 
3.30 
4.10 
5.45 
8.00 
am 
am 
6.19 
6.25 
7.49 
8.35 
6.50 
7.15 
7.50 
9.35 
10.40 
11.15 
12.25 
1.08 
1.19 
2.06 
2.60 
4.30 
7 00 
pm 
10.01 
9.56 
8.15 
7.30 
9.25 
8.37 
8.00 
6.60 
5.10 
4.34 
8.40 
2.33 
2.21 
I.29 
12.45 
II.10 
8.40 
am 
6.68 
6.20 
5.00 
8.00 
pm 
12.45 
12.00 
10.30 
8 15 
3.07 
2.8o 
1.20 
11 
12.40 
1.20 
2.46 
4.60 
p m 
6.45 
6.20 
7.35 
9.30 
pm 
3.30 
4.10 
5.45 
8.00 
am 
am 
6.19 
6.25 
7.49 
8.35 
6.50 
7.15 
7.50 
9.35 
10.40 
11.15 
12.25 
1.08 
1.19 
2.06 
2.60 
4.30 
7 00 
South Bend. 
Valparaiso 
pm 
10.01 
9.56 
8.15 
7.30 
9.25 
8.37 
8.00 
6.60 
5.10 
4.34 
8.40 
2.33 
2.21 
I.29 
12.45 
II.10 
8.40 
am 
6.68 
6.20 
5.00 
8.00 
pm 
12.45 
12.00 
10.30 
8 15 
3.07 
2.8o 
1.20 
11 
12.40 
1.20 
2.46 
4.60 
p m 
6.45 
6.20 
7.35 
9.30 
pm 
3.30 
4.10 
5.45 
8.00 
am 
pm lArr. 
Dep. 
pm 
10.01 
9.56 
8.15 
7.30 
9.25 
8.37 
8.00 
6.60 
5.10 
4.34 
8.40 
2.33 
2.21 
I.29 
12.45 
II.10 
8.40 
am 
6.68 
6.20 
5.00 
8.00 
pm 
pm 1 am 
Where no time is given, train does not stop. 
Trains run 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. & G. T. Dining Cars on all through trains. 
W. E. DAVIS, 
A. S. PARKER, 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Ticket Agt., Battle Creek.