ATLANTIC UNI 
6LEANE 
" Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest." 
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SOUTH LANCASTER, MASS., FEBRUARY 26, 1902 �
No. 8 
THE POWER OF PRAYER. 
HAST thou climbed ambition's height, 
Man of genius, man of might, 
Seeing, from thy lofty seat, 
All life's storms beneath thy feet, 
Empires spread before thine eye, 
Homage, fear, and flattery ? 
Amid the sounds that meet thee there, 
Kneel, and seek the power of prayer I 
Hast thou in life's loneliest vale, 
Seen thy patient labors fail, 
Felt ill-fortune's daily thrill 
Waste thine energy of will ? 
Yet, without revenge or hate, 
Wouldst thou stand the stroke of fate ? 
Wouldst thou bear as man should bear ? 
Kneel, and seek the power of prayer I 
Hast thou, man of intellect, 
Seen thy soaring spirit checked, 
Struggling in the righteous cause, 
Champion of God's slighted laws,— 
Seen the slave or the supine 
Win the prize that should be thine ? 
Wouldst thou scorn, and wouldst thou spare? 
Kneel, and seek the power of prayer I 
—Dr. Croly, in Literary Microcosm. 
CAN IT BE DONE ? 
CAN work with the Signs of the 
Times be made a success ? To us in 
the Chesapeake Conference this mat-
ter is no longer a doubtful question, 
It has been demonstrated that good 
work can be done with the Signs. 
In 
Washington Brother C. T. Shaffer has 
been working over two years, and has 
been distributing most of the time 
between four and five hundred Signs 
per week. The work has been done 
mostly by taking short-term subscrip-
tions, and delivering the papers in 
person. This brings the worker often 
in contact with the reader, so that 
questions may be answered, and sub-
jects of special interest may be sug-
gested. In addition to the regular 
delivery and canvassing, he finds so 
many interested ones, that he holds 
from twenty to fifty Bible readings per 
month. 
In Baltimore Brother C. B. Tracy 
is following in the same line of work. 
At present he has a list of about two 
hundred and seventy-five subscribers, 
with the expectation of increasing the 
number. Besides his work on the 
paper, he is also selling a good many 
small books. The work as it is open-
ing up brings him much joy and cour-
age. 
For quite a while Brother C. I). 
Zirkle in addition to his work as sec-
retary and treasurer of the conference 
has used about one hundred copies of 
the Signs, and sold a good number 
of books. 
One elderly brother who is unable 
to do much, goes out on Sunday and 
sells the paper. God gives him suc-
cess in this, and he rarely goes home 
without selling seventy or more copies. 
These are some of the evidences 
that prove that the Signs can be used 
in spreading the message for to-day. 
And why are there not many among 
the friends of truth in this Union Con-
ference who can take hold of this 
branch of the work and push it to a 
success ? I write these words with 
the hope of encouraging others espe-
cially in large cities to use this paper 
in reaching the people with the truth. 
0. 0. FARNSWORTH. 
" LORD, IS IT I ? IS IT I? " 
THE reader is very familiar with the 
circumstances through which the ques-
tion heading this article was called 
out. While the writer does not expect 
that any one who will read this is 
likely to be guilty of betraying his 
Lord, still it must be evident that the 
question is to the point on the subject 
of " Christ's Object Lessons." Some 
one is guilty of neglect ; some one has 
not done his duty ; some one has failed 
to obey the word of God ; some one 
has missed the opportunity that the 
Lord has been holding out for nearly 
eighteen months. And now, dear 
reader, just point the question to your-
self, " Lord, is it I ? " Am I guilty 
in failing to do as you have told me ? 
You know the Lord said then, and 
has been saying many times since, 
that every member, in every family, in 
every church, was to have a part in 
this thing. Have you had a part ? 
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Or have you had a good many words 
in telling somebody else his part 
what he ought to do ? 
My soul has been stirred as I have 
read the articles in the last two Re-
views by Elder A. G. Dariiells as to 
how the true and tried servant of God 
feels about this matter. It is one thing 
to gather at a great conference and 
promise what we are " going to do," 
what we " hope to do," what we " ex-
pect to do," what we " intend," what 
we " plan, to do," and another thing 
to actually go ahead and do it. The 
word of God tells us that if we be-
lieve in the Lord our God we shall be 
established ; if we believe in his proph-
ets we shall prosper. See '2 Chron. 
20 : 20. 
Should we not then feel as did the 
disciples when they asked the Saviour 
the question, at the head of this article ; 
and then show we are sorry for our 
neglect by making amends, and going 
right forward and selling some of these 
precious books ? 
They can be sold, sold anywhere, and 
especially since God has told us that 
the angels of God would move upon 
hearts as we handle this precious book 
in faith. The writer knows this from 
personal experience with many classes 
of people ; and many are the testi-
monies he has received as to what a 
beautiful book it is. The one thought 
of how much people enjoy the book, 
is in itself sufficient compensation for 
the effort put forth, to say nothing of 
the blessing it will bring to the schools. 
We ought to remember the experi-
ence of Ahab. God gave him great 
opportunity ; but while he was busy 
here and there, the opportunity was 
gone. Let us then, dear brethren and 
sisters, feel really sorry if we are the 
guilty ones, by having neglected to 
do what God has told us ; and go right 
to work to redeem the time, because 
of the passing by of the days. God 
has a blessing for each soul ; not by 
proxy either. We shall not get it by 
having some one else do the work. 
Let us each one do something, and do 
it now, ,—To-day if you will hear His 
voice. Let us then go right to work, 
and make a determined effort, with 
God's help, to push this thing to vic-
tory, that we may get a taste of the 
song of victory which we all hope to 
sing, in its blessed fullness upon the 
sea of glass. 
F. C. GILBERT. 
DANIEL, THE HEALTH REFORMER. 
( Concluded. ) 
Bible Study by Elder S. N. Haskell,* 
December 2, 1901. 
THE sanctuary question brings to 
view the same truth. In the typical 
day of atonement they were to afflict 
their souls, and do no manner of work. 
If they did not afflict their souls, or 
if they did any manner of work, they 
were cut off from among the people. 
Lev. 23 : 27-32. Now what is afflict- 
ing of souls ? �
It is fasting and prayer. 
Are we not in the antitypical clay of 
atonement ? If it was important for 
them to afflict their souls, is it not 
equally important for us ? Their's 
was only typical, pointing to the real, 
but we are in the real day of atone-
ment. Is not then our salvation at 
stake to carry out the very lesson set 
forth in the type ? Can I possibly be 
saved if I neglect this lesson ? All 
can render but one answer, and that 
is, We can never be saved in the 
kingdom of God unless we live as 
shadowed forth in the type. They 
were also to have a holy convocation. 
These three things must be prominent 
among the people who live in the an-
titypical day of atonement, which time 
we are in. What then does it mean 
to do no work in the type ? What is 
the lesson we draw from this to apply 
to us to-day ? What is there in the 
closing scenes of time that will have 
its fulfilment in a holy convocation? 
General meetings will increase more 
and more, and we will obey the in-
struction given in Hebrews 10 : 25, 
*Given at the Eastern Union Conference, 
South Lancaster, Mass. 
" Not forsaking the assembling of our-
selves together," " and so much the 
more as ye see the day approaching." 
If I find a person losing his interest 
in this, I know he does not sense the 
time in which we live. Do we realize 
that we are in the day of atonement ? 
God, in the day of atonement, calls 
for a holy convocation, and for an 
affliction of soul—fasting and prayer 
—according to the example of the 
representative man, Daniel. This is 
not so much a total abstinence from 
food, but it is not eating of flesh or 
drinking of wine. Now suppose I live 
back there in the typical day of atone-
ment, and I want to find a Jew. I 
call at a house and find a man eating 
and drinking, like his Gentile neigh-
bors. Do I not know that he is not a 
Jew ? But if I find him totally ab-
staining from labor, and from food, 
and having a holy convocation, I know 
him to be a Jew. In Isaiah 22 : 12-
14, we have something positive, direct-
ly upon this point : " And in that day 
did the Lord God of hosts call to weep-
ing, and to mourning, and to baldness, 
and to girding with sackcloth : and 
behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, 
and killing sheep, eating flesh, and 
drinking wine ; let us eat and drink ; 
for to-morrow we shall die. And it 
was revealed in mine ears by the Lord ' 
of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not 
be purged from you till ye die, saith 
the Lord of hosts." Now was it not 
right for the Jews to eat oxen and 
sheep ? You will notice that the Lord 
whispers a thing in the prophet's ear. 
It is to the effect that when God calls 
for the afflicting of the soul, and for 
fasting and prayer, the man who is 
eating and drinking, having a knowl-
edge of what God requires, commits 
a sin that will not be forgiven. Is 
not the first plague sores upon men 
who have the mark of the beast ? 
This is a disease that comes upon those 
who neglect the light upon health re-
form ; and those who are eating flesh 
and drinking wine, and living regard-
less of studying their Bibles, will re- 
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ceive the first plague that will be 
poured out from the vials of God's 
wrath. They have rejected the light 
of present truth. When you knowingly 
neglect a thing, you reject it. 
For a counterpart of this truth taught 
on the day of atonement, turn to Luke 
21 : 34. " And take heed to your-
selves, lest at any time your hearts be 
overcharged with surfeiting, a n d 
drunkenness, and so that day come 
upon you unawares." 
What is surfeiting ?—Is it not over-
eating ? What is drunkenness ?—Is 
it not intoxication, or taking that into 
the system which disturbs the circu-
lation ? And what about the cares of 
this life ? Shall we let our business 
so absorb our minds that we have no 
time to study the Bible ? If you say 
you have no time, and can not take 
time to study the Bible, upon whom 
do you throw the charge ? Is it not 
an insult to the very God of heaven ? 
Have you not read in the Testimo-
nies, how God can bless twenty acres 
and make it as productive as one hun-
dred ? 
Let us go back again to the book of 
Daniel. He is introduced to us by 
that which lies at the very foundation 
of Christian character. He had been 
taken, with his brethren, to enter the 
king's university for a three years' 
course. He knew the effect of a flesh 
diet on the mind. There were just 
four who stood the test upon the diet 
question, and came out from the uni-
versity ten times wiser than those who 
ate at the king's table. There are lots 
of people down here who do not stand 
the test along the line of diet, and 
when the plagues come, you will see 
the difference. Now this is the way 
that Daniel is introduced to us. These 
four names are given, and have come 
down to us, because they were uncom-
promising in their principles of right-
eousness. The wisdom of these four 
men was brought into direct contact 
with the wisdom of the world, and God 
honored his name through them, be-
cause they would not compromise 
principle, and let it trail in the dust. 
Sometimes it is a very little thing that 
tests people. It is a test of principle 
rather than some big undertaking. 
Many would be shocked at a great 
crime, but when principle is tested on 
so simple a matter as a little piece of 
meat, or drinking a little wine, we will 
yield without compunctions of con-
science. 
In Ezekiel 28 : 3, Daniel is again 
referred to, and the prince of Tyrus. 
The prince of Tyrus represents Satan, 
and Daniel, the people of God. Said 
the prophet to the prince of Tyrus, 
" Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel." 
When was Satan wiser than Daniel ? 
—When he was a covering cherub. 
But now Daniel possesses the wisdom 
of God, because he was true to prin-
ciple under the circumstances in which 
he was placed, and was therefore wiser 
than the devil. He ate no pleasant 
bread nor flesh, neither did he drink 
any wine. 
Let us turn back again to the last 
recorded prayer of Daniel, as found in 
Daniel tenth chapter. The burden of 
his soul was so great for an under-
standing of what God had revealed to 
him, and that his people might be de-
livered from their captivity, that he 
had made up his mind to fast and pray 
as long as he lived if necessary. But 
the moment he had set his heart to 
pray, and before he had uttered one 
word, God heard that prayer. Why 
was he detained for three full weeks, 
if God heard his prayer when he be-
gan to pray ? Simply from the fact 
that in answering his prayer, the 
prince of Persia was to issue a decree 
for his people to go up from Babylon. 
The angel Gabriel was sent to answer 
his prayer, and went to the prince of 
Persia, to persuade him to do this 
very thing. Being unable to do this, 
Michael, or Christ, came down to help 
Gabriel. Now if that same burden 
rests upon the people of God, our 
prayers will do the same. There will 
be angels at our side, and if angels 
can not do the work which our prayer 
requires, it brings the creative power 
of God from his throne to the earth, 
that his name may be glorified in an-
swer to that prayer. This will be expe-
rienced by those who carry the burden 
in the last days, such as was borne by 
Moses and Daniel. When God speaks, 
all heaven is watching to see how 
much interest his professed followers 
take in it. 
In the twelfth chapter we read that 
the wicked shall do wickedly, and 
none of the wicked shall understand, 
but the wise shall understand. So 
those who disobey God will not have 
a saving knowledge of the truth. 
In Gabriel's message to Daniel, he 
said that he would return and fight 
with the king of Persia until the prince 
of Grecia should come. The prince 
of Grecia was Alexander, and the 
angel Gabriel pledges himself, in an-
swering Daniel's prayer, to stand by 
the king of Persia until he had accom-
plished what Daniel had prayed for, 
and then the prince of Grecia would 
come and make a short work of the 
kingdom. You all know how this was 
done by Alexander in a few years 
afterward. If Daniel's prayers saved 
the people of Babylon, will not our 
prayers and efforts be to save the peo-
ple of this world ? Will not the 
prayers of the righteous have a saving 
influence ? Does not God say that if 
we see our brother sin a sin that is 
not unto death we should ask God, and 
he will give life to them that sin not 
unto death ? The Lord could not 
burn up Sodom until Lot was led out. 
Why can not God do more with us ? 
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It is because he can not trust us 
anywhere and everywhere. We com-
promise principles, and conform to 
the world. We lower the standard of 
the cause of Christ, because of our 
lukewarmness. We are watched more 
closely than we are aware. Infidels 
are watching us to see what we will do, 
and to discover if our religion makes 
us any different from the other de-
nominations. They have no confi-
dence in them, and they will have do 
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confidence in us if we yield to their 
demands. 
The agent of the man of whom we 
have the hall sent individuals to us in 
the time of the New York election to 
rent our hall. They offered us twenty-
five dollars per night. He was angered 
because we would not let them have it. 
We went to the owner of the hall, fear-
ing that the agent might incite the 
owner against us. We told him why 
we could not let them have the hall, 
because we had no interest in politics 
whatever. After laying the whole 
matter before the principal owner, he 
said, " I have been watching to see 
what you would do." He thought 
that we would probably give up the 
hall certain nights in the week, when 
we were not using it, and thus secure 
twenty-five dollars a night. If we 
were of the same religion that the 
churches around us were, it is true 
that we would have done so. But 
the religion of Jesus Christ for-
bids us to dabble in politics. We are 
watched all the while. Angels and 
unfallen beings are watching the de-
velopment of principles in us ; and in 
the investigative judgment which we 
have now entered, it is being deter-
mined who possess true principles, 
and who are compromising them when 
brought into trial and temptation. 
lit;-r He whose human feet have trod 
MI paths of trial, He who knew 
No sympathy but that of God, 
Though linked with flesh that craved it too, 
Yearns with us in our needs, our dreads; 
And mindful of our feeble frame, 
Holds to his heart our throbbing heads, 
With love that bath no mortal name. 
—Mei:caret 1. Preston. 
WE can never know a sorrow into 
which the Son of man can not enter ; 
and we can never understand the depth 
and preciousness of his sympathy till 
we come to need it. . . I have had a 
very deep wound, the trial has been 
very severe ; but how should I have 
known Christ as a brother born for 
adversity without it ? �
Lady Powers- 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
The FIELD 
BOSTON YOUNG PEOPLES' SOCIETY. 
FEBRUARY 1Ii our Boston Young 
Peoples' Society was six weeks old, 
but although young and small, it has 
already entered upon active service 
for the Master. The spirit of willing-
ness on the part of each one to do 
anything asked of him, is truly in-
spiring. 
We found ourselves particularly in 
need of new song books, and to get 
these, has been one of our first duties. 
Each week two of the young peo-
ple will visit the different institutions 
for the sick, in the city beginning with 
the children's hospitals. The Youth's 
Instructor and the Little Friend are to 
be saved for these poor little " shut 
ins." This may open the way for other 
work. 
Our meetings are well attended, and 
they are so full of interest that each 
week finds our numbers multiplying: 
I,ast Sunday we were favored with a 
reading by Miss Maxon, a student 
from Emerson College, who was so 
delighted with the glimpse received of 
the truth, that she afterward told the 
writer she would like to come again, 
as she wanted to hear more about this 
wonderful third angel's message. 
May the Lord bless our young peo-
ple all through our ranks, and make 
them a strength and power in this 
work. 
MAUI) B. CUMMINS, Piesident. 
ROCK HALL, MD. 
THE work in this place is still on-
ward, notwithstanding the cold winter 
weather, which has been very severe 
for this part of the country, snow 
enough for fine sleighing, and all have 
enjoyed the sport. 
For three months the bay has been 
closed to oyster gathering, and this 
gives the people the privilege of at-
tending our meetings. Consequently 
we have had a good hearing, our house 
of worship being full every night, and 
many going away for want of seats. 
The Methodists are holding a pro-
tracted meeting two blocks from us, 
which has not effected our meeting in 
the least. 
The truth has moved the people, 
and many are in the valley of decision. 
A goodly number have decided to 
obey, and it does one good to see their 
happy faces ready to receive any light 
that may come to them. In some 
cases they are farther advanced than 
those who have been connected with 
the church for many years. 
The time has come for those who 
have been connected with the message 
for a season to wake up. God is call-
ing as never before. Let there be a 
coming up all along the line. Every 
one find something to do, for the work 
will soon be cut short in righteousness. 
Let the prayers of the people follow 
the workers. 
F. W. MACE. 
STILL ONWARD. 
THE Sunday night meetings which 
were started in the Second Seventh-
day Adventist church in Baltimore are 
still growing in interest, and a larger 
outside attendance is being seen. I 
have had the privilege of speaking 
there two or three times of late, and 
have been encouraged by seeing new 
faces each time. 
This church had been holding its 
midweek prayer-meetings at the hall 
but they felt that they were not doing 
what they ought to do for those unac-
quainted with the truth. So they de_ 
cided to hold their regular prayer and 
missionary service early on Sunday 
evening, anti after this to hold a public 
service, so as to bring the truth before 
others. The work is now under way, 
and they are meeting with encourage-
ment. Different members of the 
church are out through the week hold-
ing Bible readings and canvassing. 
This gives them a chance to come in 
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people through the �
 
EDUCATIONAL 
contact with the 
week. 
This it seems to me is the spirit 
that should pervade all our churches. 
When we are satisfied to simply live 
as a church, and meet and labor only 
one for another, we are sure to grow 
cold and faultfinding. The Spirit of 
Christ is of such a nature that it can not 
be satisfied to abide alone and not be 
helpful to others. A living church 
must be a working church, for life will 
manifest itself. 
Brethren and sisters, what plans are 
you laying for work in the vicinity of 
your home or church ? Are you going 
to let the winter and spring pass with-
out doing anything definite toward 
carrying the message to its final close ? 
Ask yourself the question, " How soon 
could the Lord come if others did no 
more than I do toward the spread of 
the truth and the salvation of souls ? 
The Master has given to every man 
his work. How many of you have 
found your place in the Master's serv-
ice and are faithfully filling it ? Do 
not lay a double load upon some one 
else by failing to take your share in 
the work ? There is coming a time 
soon when it will be a most blessed 
sound to hear the words, " Well done." 
0. 0. FARNSWORTH. 
A GOOD TESTIMONY. 
I AM very much interested in look-
ing over the reports every week. I 
have been canvassing for about two 
weeks. It is my first beginning, and 
I can truly say that I am very much 
interested in working for the Lord. 
It is the best work I ever did. I take 
the Lord right with me to every place 
I go, and pray that I may have suc-
cess. . . I ask your prayers that I 
may ever be faithful in delivering the 
message. 
MRS. J. E. WILBUR. 
" STUDY to show thyself approved 
unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed." 
OUR ACADEMY AND 
CHURCI-I-SCHOOLS 
OUR SCHOOL WORK IN RHODESIA. 
[IT will be interesting to our people 
to learn of some of our educational 
work in distant lands. Therefore we 
quote the following from a letter re-
cently received from Brother W. H. 
Anderson, who has been laboring 
with our late Brother Mead. �
FRED- 
ERICK GRIGGS.] 
Last April I was asked by the 
superintendent to take charge of the 
school work in this field. I was given 
absolute freedom in planning the work. 
Now I have not been in close touch 
with our educators in the home land 
for the past six years. This is a work, 
that, so far as I know, has no prece-
dent in the denomination. 
I will tell you as plainly as I can 
what our plan is. In our school we 
have two terms a year to suit the sea-
sons. The first term began April 1 
and continued till July 1 of this year. 
This is harvest time with the natives, 
and all are too busy watching their 
gardens to attend school regularly. 
The other term is November and 
December, planting time. By this 
arrangement, we have the use of our 
students here in planting and harvest 
time. 
We have a school for Christian 
workers, those who have a Christian 
experience and give evidence of ability 
as teachers and preachers. No others 
are admitted. During vacation the stu-
dents go out to native towns and con-
duct schools there. The past vacation 
we had three schools with an aggre-
gate attendance of one hundred pupils. 
We send the teachers out two in a 
place. They teach school and con-
duct Sabbath services, besides visiting 
among the people. I consider that 
they did very successful work, and 
some have already professed Christ as 
a result of this work. 
Our instruction is all given in the 
native tongue, and the studies are as 
follows : 
BIBLE.—First year, Life of Christ. 
We study the life of Christ in the gos-
pels using " Desire of Ages" as a 
guide. Second year, Acts and Epis-
tles. Christ's life in the Apostles, 
especially in the preaching and teach-
ing of Paul. Third year, Ancient 
Israel, using " Patriarchs and Proph-
ets " as a guide. Fourth year, Pres-
ent Truth in ''Desire of Ages," " Patri-
archs and Prophets," and " Great 
Cont:oversy ; " a review and putting 
together of the lessons already learned. 
PIIYSIOLOGY. �
First year, Health 
Laws of Israel. Second year, Human 
Body, care of the body that it may be 
a fit place for the indwelling of the 
Holy Spirit. Third year, Food and 
Its Preparation, what food is for, hence 
its quantity, quality, and variety. 
Fourth year, General Review. 
NATURE STUDY.—First year, Para-
bles of Christ, using " Christ's Object 
Lessons " as a guide. Second year, 
Astronomy, the gospel in the stars. 
Third year, Botany. Fourth year, 
Zoology, God's care for his creatures. 
GEOGRAPHY. �
First year, Africa 
from the Map ; the countries, peoples, 
and modes of living; where the gospel 
has gone, and where it has not been 
preached ; our work in Africa. We 
study geography to cultivate a mis-
sionary spirit. Second year, The 
same plan extended to the world. 
Third year, The Past of the World ; 
its original state, and the results of 
sin. Fourth year, The New Earth. 
VOCAL Music.—First to fourth year, 
Singing of Gospel Hymns and Read-
ing Notes. 
ARITHMETIC.—First year, Counting, 
Addition, and Subtraction. Second 
year, Multiplication and Division. 
Third and fourth years, Keeping Sim-
ple Accounts. 
That is our curriculum—a short 
course in Bible study ; a searching to 
find out God ; a desire to see God in 
every circumstance of life. 
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We connect manual work with our 
schools. I will give our daily pro-
gram : 
5 : 15, A.M., �Rising bell. 
7:00 to 8:00, A.M., Morning wor- 
ship and breakfast. 
8:00 to 10:00, A.M., Work in field. 
10:00, A.M. to 2:00, P.M., School. 
2:00 to 3:00, P.M., �
Dinner. 
3:00 to 6:15, P.M., �Work. 
6:15 to 7:00, P.M., Evening 
Worship. 
7:00 to.9:00, P.M., Evening 
Study. 
9:00, P.M., �
Retire. 
In return for the work, we furnish 
two suits of clothes (two pairs of over-
alls and two working shirts), two 
blankets, food, room, and a Bible to 
each student. When they have taught 
successfully for one year to demon-
strate their ability in that line,we begin 
to pay them ten shillings or two and 
one-half dollars per month wages, and 
they clothe themselves. 
Our work here is in a prosperous 
condition. We have suffered a severe 
loss in the death of Elder Mead. We 
expect soon a strong man will be sent 
to take his place. We need also two 
young men with their wives to assist 
in teaching. Now have you in mind 
two young fellows that will answer the 
requirements ? 
Since writing the first part of this 
letter, we have received word from the 
Mission Board that they are not pre-
pared to send any more workers to 
this field. I hope that in time they 
may change their mind. 
Our work is growing very rapidly. 
There are many more openings than 
we can fill. I could use one hundred 
native teachers at once in schools with 
an attendance of from twenty to fifty 
in each school if we only had the 
teachers. 
We could employ ten native canvass-
ers and colporteurs if we had the books 
in the native tongue for them to sell. 
We are urging our brethren in South 
Africa to have parts of " Steps to 
Christ " and " Christ's Object Les- 
sons " translated so that we can have 
them for sale. 
Our plan is to train workers from 
among the natives themselves to carry 
the gospel to their own people. 
What we need most just now is a 
young man and his wife (single people 
are not contented here), not more than 
twenty-five years old, with a good ed-
ucation, some ability as a linguist and 
thoroughly consecrated to God, to 
assist in teaching. 
Keep your eye out for young people 
of this stamp, who have been brought 
up in poverty, and have had to work 
for what they have, and send me their 
addresses. I would be glad to cor-
respond with them. 
During the past three weeks nearly 
sixty have expressed a desire for a 
better life. Most of them are from 
our various schools. 
Our Sabbath-school has an attend-
ance of one hundred and eighty, and 
over two hundred attend the Sabbath 
service. 
The natives are expressing their 
love in a practical way. This year 
they have donated their work to dig 
the mission garden. They have about 
six acres finished now, and they will 
dig all of next week. It is slow work 
to plow with a hoe. This is all they 
have with which to plow or cultivate. 
We are enjoying much of the bless-
ing of God at present. At the same 
time, we see Satan contesting every 
inch of the ground as souls are enter-
ing the service of Christ. 
ACADEMY NOTES. 
—On account of illness Elder Matt-
son was not able to be with us three 
days last week. We are trusting and 
praying that God will give him 
strength for his work. 
A movement was set on foot last 
week by students to raise a sum of 
money to be used in the building of a 
new boat for use among the shipping 
along the Atlantic coast. A good in-
terest seems to be awakened and we 
believe a good work can b.e done in 
this direction. 
—Our beautiful weather of the past 
few weeks was brought to an abrupt 
close one morning last week, when 
we, in common with all our neighbors 
in this section of the country, were 
visited by a very heavy snow-storm 
and blizzard. However, we can not 
say that we are sorry to see the earth 
covered once more with snow for it is 
an object lesson, teaching us how thor-
oughly God wishes to cleanse us from 
our sins and cover us with his right-
eousness. 
—Quite a number of the young men 
and women are engaged at different 
times in distributing literature among 
the people of the village as well as 
Lancaster and Clinton and the sur-
rounding country. Our papers and 
tracts seem to be thankfully received 
by those to whom they are offered. 
The managers of one of the large mills 
of Clinton have offered to see that 
any papers left there are placed in the 
hands of their employees. 
--The students have again taken 
up their Christian help work in Clin-
ton. The superintendent of the poor 
department of the town has very kindly 
given them the names and addresses 
of several families who are needy and 
worthy of help. Already a number of 
the families have been visited and 
supplied with clothing, groceries, 
shoes, and such other things as were 
needed and could be supplied by the 
young people. This work is not only 
a great help to the poor people, but it 
is a source of much blessing and rich 
experience to the young people who 
are carrying it on. 
- • 
" If thou canst for awhile cease 
from thine own speaking and willing, 
thou shalt hear unspeakable words 
from God." 
" WOULDST thou taste to the full 
the sweetness of life ? Then keep 
thyself low at humility's feet. The 
sweetest of the cane is the part that 
grows nearest the earth." 
TWO WEEKS ENDING FEB. 7, 1902. 
Name �
I Place I Ords I Val I Hips 
HERALDS OF THE MORNING. 
1 E.A.Boothm'n,Lanc'st'rN.H.21 
$26.25 $13.50 
2A. E. Taylor, St. Johnsbury, 42 
54 25 
3.00 
3 Mrs. A. E. Taylor, St.J'nsb'y, 8 
10.50 
1.75 
4 Mrs. E.M. George, St.Albans,12 
15.25 
3.00 
Totals, �
4 Agents, �
83 
106.25 21.25 
The PRINTED PAGE 
" Publicly' 
HOUSE to HOUSE" 
and from 
THE BOOK WORK. 
VERMONT CONFERENCE. 
Time.—No. 1, 54 hrs; 2, 65 hrs; 3, 18 hrs; 4, 40 
hrs. Total, 177 hrs. 
NEW YORK CONFERENCE. 
TWO WEEKS ENDING FEB. 14, 1902. 
Name �
Place �
I Ords I Val I Hips 
COMING KING. 
1 Clara M. Coe, Gloversville, 5 
$6.00 $ .25 
2 *C. H. Markham, Jamest'n, 14 
14.00 
MARVEL OF NATIONS. 
2*C. H. Markham, Jamest'n, 1 
1.50 
3 Anna Woernley, Perry, 
3 
4.00 
2.25 
BIBLE READINGS. 
4 Mrs. Ada B. Noftsger, 
4 
10.00 
.50 
GREAT CONTROVERSY. 
5 *D. A. Artlip, Hornellsville, 
Miscellaneous Orders 
8 
24.00 
9.50 
6.50 
Totals, �
5 Agents, 
35 
$69.00 $9.50 
Corresp'ng w'k, 1901, 3 Ag'ts 41 
60.20 13.20 
Time.—No. 2, 11 hrs; 3, 8 hr; 5, 21 hrs. To-
tal, 40 hrs. 
Deliveries.—No. 1, $7.25; 2, $11.00; 4, $11.00. 
* One week. 
PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE. 
WEEK ENDING FEB. 7, 1902. 
Name �
I Place �
I Ords I Val I Hips 
GREAT CONTROVERSY. 
1 E. D. Champlin, Smithport, 1 
$2.25 $8.75 
BIBLE READINGS. 
2 0. H. Ward, New Castle, �
17 
42.25 
3 *W. W. Moore, Bakersville, �
3 
4.50 
2.25 
HERALDS OF THE MORNING. 
4 W. J. Heckman, Scranton 
.75 
5 J.W.Bateman, Alverton, �
3 
4.00 
2.75 
COMING KING. 
6 Christian Mahr, Sharon, �
3 
3.00 
1.25 
MARVEL OF NATIONS. 
7 Mrs. E. A. Mitcheltree, 
West Middlesex, 
6.50 
8 Ivor Lawrence, Patton, 
9.00 
Totals, �
8 Ag'ts, �
26 
56.00 31.25 
Time.—No. 1, 1 hr; 2, 41 hrs; 3, 23 hrs; 5, 
14 hrs; 8, 35 hrs. Total, 114 hrs. 
Deliveries.—No. I, $13.95; 3, $95.00; 4, $2.00; 5, 
$12.75; 6, $83.15; 7, $4.50; 8, $94.60. 
ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE. 
WEEK ENDING FEB. 14, 1902. 
Name �
I 
Place 
I Ords I Val Hips 
DESIRE OF AGES. 
1 Cora A. Spencer,Worcester, 9 34.50 
2 J. E. Leighton, Haverhill, �
7 �
22.50 
3 E. W. Stone, Haverhill, �
4 �
13.75 
4 F. W. Johnston, Haverhill, 7 �
22.25 
5 *Sarah A. Street, Boston, �
7 �
29.75 
6 R. C. Andrews, Nashua, N.H.,5 �
20.50 
'7 G.R.Clark, W Concord, N.H., 9 30.00 
8 P. Van Duren, Fitchburg, 
9 W.W.Eastman,Conc'rd,N.H. 8 33.75 
STORY OF REDEMPTION. 
10 Mrs.G.Laycock,Worcester, 7 �
7.50 4.50 
MARVEL OF NATIONS. 
11 A. L. Burdick,Ashaway, R.I.3 �
3.25 �
.50 
12 S. D. Archer, Milton, �
5 �
5.00 �
.50 
OBJECT LESSONS. 
13 H. P. Waldo, Fitchburg, �
1 �
1.25 
14 tP. P. Lane, Worcester, �
12 �
15 00 6.00 
15 G. R. Ruggles, Medford, �
15 �
18.75 1.35 
Totals, �
15 Agents, �
96 $257.75 $78.60 
Total sales, $336.35. 
Time.—No. 1, 15 hrs ; 2, 43 hrs ; 3, 37 hrs ; 4, 
32 hrs; 5, 30 hrs; 6, 26 hrs; 7, 27 hrs; 8, 15 hrs; 9, 
18 hrs; 10, 14 hrs; 11, 6 hrs; 13, 4 hrs; 14, 36 
hrs; 15, 24 hrs. Totals, 327 hrs. 
Deliveries.-1, $4.25; 2, $13.50; 3, $3.75; 8, $.25 ; 
10, $2.00; 15, $3.85. 
* Week ending February 7. 
t Two weeks ending February 14. 
MAINE CONFERENCE. 
REPORTS received from Maine, for the two 
weeks ending February 14, show that one 
agent, working for the " Marvel of Nations " 
twenty-four hours, has taken ten orders, 
value, $15.00; one agent, working for the 
" Ladies' Guide," thirteen hours, has taken 
one order, value, $3.00, and delivered five 
books, value $8.85. 
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE 
SALE OF " CHRIST'S OBJECT 
LESSONS." 
ONE of the main reasons why the 
plan the Lord has given us for remov-
ing the debts of our schools by the 
sale of " Christ's Object Lessons " has 
not been carried out more fully, is be-
cause we as a people have not been 
made to feel the personal responsibility 
that rests upon us. When the Lord 
revealed this plan, and called upon 
his people to take this means for re-
moving our school debts, there was a 
call for a definite, forward movement. 
It meant that all our people in America 
must sell on an average of six books 
per member in order to remove the 
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entire indebtedness of our schools. 
If every member had fully sensed his 
personal responsibility to sell six 
books, and had gone at it earnestly and 
perseveringly, the entire quota would 
have been sold inside of two months, 
and the great burden of debt would 
have been removed from all our 
schools. 
This was not done. Somebody 
failed to appreciate his personal re-
sponsibility. Perhaps you, dear read-
er, did not realize this as keenly as 
you should, nor as you may at the 
present time. Had you sensed this, 
very likely you would have made a 
much more earnest and determined 
effort to carry out this plan than you 
did. Now that you have been thor-
oughly aroused, you feel that you must 
surely do your part in this blessed 
work. Perhaps you have taken your 
quota, with a determination that you 
will sell them. I sincerely pray that 
every believer in the third angel's 
message will, in some way, be aroused 
to a sense of his personal responsi-
bility, and will be unable to rest until 
that responsibility is discharged. 
But there are some whose responsi-
bilities are much greater than the mere 
selling of a certain number of books. 
When they have sold their quota, it 
devolves upon them to help their 
brother to sell his. This is certainly 
true of conference presidents, com-
mitteemen, ministers, Bible workers, 
and church elders, and deacons. In 
a certain sense, the responsibility of 
selling three hundred thousand copies 
of " Object Lessons " rests upon the 
General Conference Committee. Not 
that the members of the committee 
are to go out and sell this number 
personally. This they can not do; 
but they are to so place this divine 
plan before Union and State confer-
ence committees, all the ministers, 
church officers, and the whole people 
that every one will be made to sense 
his personal obligations in this. It is 
God's work. The General Confer-
ence Committee have accepted the 
11.50 
7.75 
11.50 
15.25 
3.00 
5.75 
1.00 
4.25 
5.75 
84 �
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ATLANTIC UNION OLEAN EL0 
highest responsibilities of the denomi-
nation, to see that every feature of the 
Lord's work is carried out by those to 
whom the work pertains. In this 
sense they are responsible for the sale 
of three hundred copies. If the com-
mittee fail through unbelief, indiffer-
ence, or incapacity, to carry this work 
through successfully, they fail to ac-
complish that for which they have 
been selected by the Lord and his 
people, and it would only be reason-
able for them to step aside, and let 
the work fall into the hands of men 
who will see that it is carried throcg,h. 
Passing from the General Confer-
ence, the same principle is applicable 
to Union and State conferences, min-
isters, and church officers. Each 
Union conference committee is re-
sponsible for the sale of a certain 
number of books per member for its 
entire membership. And the same is 
true of each State conference commit-
tee. Each committeeman can sell his 
quota, and perhaps a few more ; but 
they can not stop there : they must see 
that the conference employees, the 
church officers, and the brethren and 
sisters do their part of the work. 
The minister can sell his quota and 
many more ; but his duty is not done 
with this : he must help every church 
officer withMthe sphere of his influ-
ence to realize that he has a work to 
do for the members of his flock. He 
must also help every, church member 
to sense the individual responsibility 
resting upon_ him, and must place this 
matter so clearly and wisely before all 
that they will be led to do what they 
.see 'to be duty. 
To me, it seems as clear as can be 
that when the conference committees, 
the ministers and other conference 
laborers, and the church officers sense 
the direct personal responsibility rest-
ing upon them in this matter, it will 
be very easy for them to induce the 
masses of our people to take hold of 
this work with a will, and when this is 
clone, it will not be long until the three 
hundred thousand copies of the book 
will be sold, and the last debt removed 
from our schools. 
Again I state that the reason why this 
work has not been done before this is 
because very few have sensed the per-
sonal responsibility resting upon them. 
The Lord now calls upon us to arouse. 
If there is a conference president or a 
member of a conference committee, 
or a conference laborer, or church 
officer who can not be made to sense 
his responsibility, he is certainly un-
worthy of the place he holds, and ought 
to step out, and let some one who can 
be aroused to the meaning of this. call 
from the Lord, take his place. And 
still further, any man who holds any 
of these important offices, and who 
sees his responsibility, but shirks it 
from indifference or fear, or because 
the work is unpleasant, is unworthy 
of the position he occupies, and ought 
to let another more worthy, and who 
will do the work, be placed in charge. 
This is the way we reason about 
other things. The man who applies 
for the position of commander of a 
great ship must not only realize the 
greatness of the responsibility, and be 
willing to do all in his power to com-
mand the vessel, but he must command 
it. �
He must not only manage it on a 
calm sea, but in the howling storm 
and the raging billows. Nothing short 
of that will meet the mind of those 
who risk their lives in his care. 
Looked at from this broad stand-
point, the present campaign in behalf 
of the sale of " Object Lessons " in 
some of our States is full of meaning. 
We all acknowledge that the Lord calls 
us to do this work, and I rejoice to 
see so many of the conference officers 
responding to this call so cheerfully. 
They are making earnest efforts to 
carry this work through. I believe 
that success will crown their efforts. 
If the ministers, and church officers 
upon whom they rely for cooperation, 
will do their duty, if every one being 
paid by the tithes will persevere in this 
good work, a great wave of earnest- 
ness and activity will be seen, and the 
task will be speedily accomplished. 
For this glorious result let all be-
lievers in the message earnestly pray. 
A. G. DANIET.LS. 
LOYALTY. 
MARCH.—With the opening of the 
month, " forward march " is the order 
in the great battle for the honor of 
our educational institutions, and the 
honor of our people in New England 
and New York. 
England expects every man to do 
his duty," was once the thrilling words 
of a noted commander in a trying 
hour. 
God expects every man to do 
his duty, and every man will do his 
duty when God gives unmistakable 
command. 
The trumpet has given no uncertain 
sound in the ringing message from our 
president, found in this paper under 
the heading " Personal Responsibility 
in the Sale of Christ's Object Les-
sons.'" Here are principles laid 
clown, which if adhered to and carried 
out in all departments of the Lord's 
work will make this people a mighty 
power in the earth. 
It will be a glorious day, when from 
the president of the General Confer-
ence and the General Conference 
Committee, all down through the 
official circles and the ministry of this 
denomination, every man shall say, 
" I will discharge the responsibilities 
which God has laid upon me without 
any compromise with inclination or 
unbelief, or I will get out of the way 
and make room for some other man 
who is a man, and who will do his 
duty to the full." 
With loyal leaders, who shall say 
that our people will not be loyal, too ? 
But, people, branches of the Vine, 
members of the body of Christ, are 
you thus dependent upon human 
agencies ? Is not our citizenship in 
heaven ? Our King, our capital, the 
New Jerusalem, are there ; the call to 
action has come from there. Officers, 
ministers, people, all, are we not with-
out excuse? Has not the time come 
for us to arouse, and by our heroic 
courage, in the doing of what God 
has said, rally to the standard which 
has been reared again, and follow on 
to certain victory? We have made 
mention of New England and New 
York ; what are the other conferences 
in our Union doing or about to do in 
this same line ? We hope all will act, 
and we wish to hear from all. 
E. E. MILES, Pub. Agt. A. U. C. 
A SECRETARY'S RESPONSE. 
WILLIAMSPORT, PA., FEB. 9, 1902. 
Elder E. E. Miles, 
South Lancaster, Mass. 
MY DEAR BROTHER : We are in re-
ceipt of your letter of the 5th, enclosing 
a copy of a communication that you and 
Brother Palmer have sent to the State 
agents relative to the canvassing work. 
I have read the letter carefully, and 
note the many special points that you 
have brought out in regard to carry-
ing the message to the world, and the 
necessity of a more hearty cooperation 
on the part of the laborers to stir up 
and bring more laborers into the field, 
—those who are consecrated to the 
work. I realize more and more that 
we must bestir ourselves in regard to 
this important department of the Lord's 
work. That scripture you quote (Prov. 
24 : 31) is a very forcible illustration 
of the condition of things at present. 
Certainly if this is the condition of 
the world, we must begin at once to 
weed out the thorns, and cut down the 
nettles, and build again the stone wall. 
In order to do this, we must bring 
able men into the work, those who will 
consecrate themselves fully to this 
work. It means hard labor to carry 
this message to the world amid all the 
trying circumstances and difficulties 
that confront our way. 
The several points that you suggest, 
which should have prominence and 
careful consideration for the future 
welfare of the work, I have carefully 
ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
considered, and will say that I am 
heartily in accord with all the sugges-
tions : 
Suggestion 1. It certainly should 
be our aim to put into the field a corps 
of devoted, consecrated workers who 
will labor with all their might to bring 
salvation to souls. They should not 
think merely of the financial part of 
the question, but must be taught to 
realize that the Lord has called them 
to work in his vineyard, and that he 
will see that they do not suffer want. 
What agents need now is a firm trust 
in the Lord, and a belief that the Lord 
lives and reigns and cares for his-dis-
ciples as they go forth into the world 
to spread the message of salvation. 
Suggestion 2. This should be care-
fully carried out. We should stand 
by our canvassers. The State agent 
should devote more time and care in 
training these workers as they go out, 
going with them into the field and 
helping them in their deliveries, show-
ing them how to approach the people 
and how to take orders. This means 
active State agents who are willing to 
shoulder the burdens that fall upon 
them, trusting in the Lord in all 
things, believing that he will help 
them in every extremity. 
Suggestion 3. I am glad to say 
that we are endeavoring to carry out 
the spirit of this suggestion to train 
workers by holding institutes. We 
have already planned to have an in-
stitute and hope to have it in opera-
tion soon. Certainly the larger books, 
such as " Patriarchs and Prophets," 
" Great Controversy," " Desire of 
Ages," " Daniel and the Revelation," 
" Bible Readings," and the health 
books should be carefully considered, 
arid agents should be trained to sell 
them. I believe that thousands of 
these books could be sold if we had 
agents of strong faith and courage to 
go among the people who are able to 
buy these books. 
Suggestion 4. This is just in ac-
cordance with my views. I think 
sometimes that our agents take too 
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many books with them, and it hinders 
them in their work. Of course, there 
is a certain line of colporteur work 
which should be done, where a large 
number of different books can be car-
ried without detriment to the work. 
But where an agent goes out especially 
to take orders for one large book, it is 
better to have only about one smaller 
book along ; they can be more effective 
and thorough in their work if they 
have only one book to depend upon. 
The large books are those which con-
tain the whole message, and many 
times are the means of the salvation 
of souls. Oh, what valuable truths 
we have in our books for the people. 
Suggestion 5. This should be care-
fully considered. There has been 
some difficulty in the past in regard 
to handling our health books, but I 
hope the way will be opened soon 
that thousands of agents may be out 
circulating these valuable works. The 
people are ready for just such a class 
of literature, and how backward we 
are about giving it to them. Thou-
sands are anxious to know the way to 
health, but here we are, standing back, 
and allowing them to go on in their 
usual way in darkness, refusing to take 
the light to them. This work is surely 
a part of the gospel. This work ap-
peals to the hearts and sympathies of 
men and women who are suffering 
from disease of both body and mind. 
We will not know the value of our 
health literature until we have seen 
the results in the kingdom of God. 
I am glad to say that there is an in-
terest developing in the canvassing 
work in our State. Many seem to 
have been wrought upon to do some-
thing, and feel an anxiety to enter the 
work. I believe we are going to see 
a greater work done in this direction 
in the next few months, than we have 
ever seen in the past. It must be 
done, or the Lord will begin to raise 
up another people to carry his mes-
sage. We have been asleep too long, 
and if we keep on slumbering, the day 
of probation will close upon the world, 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
and we will be left out. Oh how im-
portant it is that we dedicate ourselves 
to this work, and place all we have 
upon the altar of sacrifice, that all the 
dross may be consumed, that we may 
be fitted for work, that the power of 
the Holy Spirit may descend upon us 
and give us power to carry the mes-
sage of salvation. We wish to coop-
erate with you in every good work. 
We feel our inability, but if we trust 
in the Lord, he can use us in some 
part of his work. He knows just what 
part of the work we are fitted for, and 
if we will allow him, he will direct us. 
My prayer is that the Lord will be 
with those who are at the head of the 
work, that they may plan just those 
things the Lord wants done. T know 
the responsibilities are great, but the 
Lord is greater than the responsi-
bilities. 
Yours in the blessed hope, 
W. M. 
A VOICE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 
BROTHER G. Pmu.ins, Union Con-
ference agent, writing from Hutch-
inson, Kansas, under date of Febru-
ary 7, gives expression to the follow-
ing whole-souled utterances, which I 
am permitted to use by the courtesy 
of Brother E. R. Palmer, to whom the 
letter was addressed : 
" God is blessing us down here in 
a wonderful manner. 0, 1 am so glad 
that our loving Father is at the helm. 
I tell you, Brother Palmer, this book 
work is the biggest thing in the world 
(to me), and it is going to triumph 
gloriously, thank the Lord. 0, I am 
so glad 1 am in it. We must press to 
the front, and hoist the banner which 
has been trailing in the dust. 
" Well, it is class time and I must go 
this minute. Fourteen in our class. 
We have three on Home Hand 
Book,' three on Ladies' Guide,' and 
all the others are on Great Contro-
versy ' and Daniel and the Revela-
tion.' We have no small book can-
vassers. We want to catch the bear' 
if the rabbit ' does get away. We 
are organizing for victory ; we are 
expecting it, yes, we already have it, 
thank the Lord. We are shouting it 
at every step. 1 was never of better 
courage. Pray for us." 
Here is commendable enthusiasm, 
love for God, love for the work, and 
evidence that something is going to 
move in the Southwest, and that the 
larger books will not be neglected 
there. Shall we not seek to emulate 
these our brethren in our sister Union 
Conference ? 
E. E. MILES. 
CHARACTER AND EXPERIENCE. 
" MEN and women are wanted now 
who are as true to duty as the needle 
to the pole,—men and women who 
will work without having their way 
smoothed, and every obstacle re-
moved."--Manual _Pr Canvassers, 
page 2!. 
This should be the character 
of every Seventh-day Adventist, in 
whatever position he may be placed, 
particularly the canvasser. 
Difficulties will not appear so great 
when we become as true to our calling 
as the " needle to the pole." When 
this glorious work is once entered 
upon, let us not be turned aside be-
cause there are obstacles to overcome, 
but let us work while it is yet day, 
conquering in the name of the Lord. 
One is not to follow inclination but 
duty. If the canvassing work is per-
severed in—moving out by faith—it 
brings joy to the worker. The can-
vassing work is a good preparatory 
course for all who wish to work with 
and for the people. Many oppor-
tunities present themselves daily when 
we can speak a word for the Saviour, 
or explain health principles to those 
less favored than we. 
I met a lady in Bangor whose hus-
band was once a candidate for gov-
ernor of Maine. On one of their tours, 
she boarded at the Sanitarium, in 
Battle Creek, and was greatly pleased 
with the institution and the way in 
which it was conducted. She has 
ever retained pleasant memories of 
this place, and had thought of sub-
scribing for Good Health. She, of 
course, was glad to give me an order 
for the magazine, after which we had 
a long talk on the Sabbath question 
and the prophecies. 
She said that at the Sanitarium she 
heard the new earth repeatedly re-
ferred to as the future inheritance of 
the redeemed. She thought it was a 
beautiful idea and desired reading 
matter on the subject. I bought 
" The Saints' Inheritance " for her to 
read. She said she had thought that 
she wished she was able to do her 
work in five clays, then she would 
keep both days. Let us continue 
in well doing and faint not, then we 
shall have a home in the new earth 
where there will be no more difficulties 
to overcome, but all will be joy forever 
and ever. 
MARION E. PRE PIE. 
A BLESSED WORK. 
A SISTER in Maine writes : " I real-
ized when delivering my books the 
holy presence of Jesus with me. The 
people were glad to get their books. 
The faces of the children brightened, 
and my soul rejoiced that the Lord 
had given me his truth. I met a 
young man who said he would like 
one of my books, but he had no money. 
I noticed that he was chewing some-
thing, and asked if he used tobacco. 
He acknowledged that he did, and re-
marked that he wished he had never 
formed the habit. I gave him a tract 
on tobacco and also one, There is 
help in God.' He took them gladly 
and I pray that he may seek for de-
liverance, I met so many with bur-
dened hearts that it took me a long 
time to deliver my books, but 1 praise 
God that he gives me power to throw 
out the life-line.' I present all these 
cases to God in prayer, and realize as 
never before the sacredness of the 
work." 
ITEMS OF INTEREST 
MAINE. 
—Elder Goodrich is still very sick. 
He may go to the South Lancaster 
Sanitarium if able to travel. 
—Elders Basney and Bicknell are 
visiting the churches in Aroostook 
County, as well as in other parts of 
the State. 
—The heavy storms in Eastern 
Maine retard the work of our canvass-
ers to an extent, but we hope that as 
the spring comes on they will take up 
the work with renewed courage. 
—The churches in Maine are tak-
ing hold of the envelope plan of tract 
circulation, and we shall look for en-
couraging results. 
Many hearts are longing to see 
the medical missionary work take 
definite form in a full-fledged sanita-
rium. This will depend largely on 
the acts of the believers. 
—We are receiving many encour-
aging letters from the scattered Sab-
bath-keepers. We are glad to have 
them keep in close touch with the 
office. 
E. H. MORTON. 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
CHURCH SERVICES IN THE ATLANTIC 
UNION CONFERENCE. 
IN all instances, unless otherwise stated, 
the first Sabbath service is Sabbath-school. 
BOSTON, MAss.—Deacon Hall, 1651Wash-
ington Street. Public services : Sabbath, Sab-
bath-school 1 :30 P.M., preaching 2 : 30 P.M. 
K. C. Russell, Elder, 
HAVERHILL, MASS.-14 Water Street. 
Public services : Sabbath 1 : 30 and 2 : 30 
P.M., Sunday 7:30 P.M. 
LOWELL, MASS.—Highland Hall, Branch 
Street. Public services : Sabbath 2 and 3 
P.M. 
NEw Youx, No. 1.—Hawthorne Hall, 
153 West 125th Street. Public services: 
Sabbath 9 :30 and 11 A.M. Doctor E. H. M. 
Sell, Elder. 
NEw Vouk, No. 2.-279 West 11th St., 
between West 4th and Bleecker Streets. 
Public services : Sabbath 2 and 3 P.M. 
NEW YORK, No. 3.—Metropolitan Tem-
ple, 313 West 59th Street (near Grand Cir-
cle). Public services : Sabbath 10 and 11 
A.M. S. N. Haskell, Elder. 
NEw YORK, BRONX.-1802 Stebbins Av-
enue, near 169th Street. Public services: 
Sabbath 10 and 11 A.M. 
NEW YORK, GERMAN.-315 Washington 
Street, Brooklyn. Public services: Sabbath 
10 and 11 A.M. 
PAWTUCKET, R. I.—Kenyon Block, Broad 
Street. Public services : Sabbath 2 and 3 
PROVIDENCE, If. I.—Arcanum Hall, Wey-
bosset Street, two doors above Eddy St. 
Public services: Sabbath 2 and 3 P.M. 
RICHMOND, VA.—Corner of 25th and 
Clay Streets. Public services: Sabbath 11 
A.M. and 12 M., Sunday 8 P.M. and Thurs-
day 7 P.M. S. B. Ginn, Elder, 11th and 
Main Streets. 
WORCESTER, MASS.—Day Building on 
Main Street. �
Public services : Sabbath 
1.30 and 3 P.M. 
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WANTED.—Ten men in the woods. 
Steady work, fifteen cents an hour, 
board, $3.00. �
Sabbath-keepers wel- 
comed. Meet you at depot. Refer 
to elders of Washington church. Ad-
dress W. S. Weld, Marlow, N. H. 
THE IVIAP—VEL OF NATIONS. 
Our Country ; Its Past, Present, 
and Future, and Its Place in 
Prophecy. 
BY ELDER URIAH SMITH. 
THE important element in history is 
the working of divine providence in 
the affairs of men. Nebuchadnezzar 
was taught that the most high God 
ruled in the kingdom of men ; and the 
Jews missed the golden opportunity to 
prolong their national existence be-
cause they knew not the day of their 
visitation. 
THE MARVEL OF NATIONS pictures 
the situation to-day, how, under the 
fostering care of a beneficent provi-
dence, our country has surpassed all 
other nations in material development, 
till it now stands forth the richest in 
the nation in ready money, the richest 
in resources, the richest in facilities for 
defense and conquest, of any nation 
on the globe. 
The book contains 320 pages, and 
is profusely illustrated from new plates. 
Cloth, plain edges, $125 
Cloth, gilt edges, �
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EDITOR, �
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Entered as Second-class Matter at South Lancaster, Mass. 
Is' every subscriber to the GLEANER 
would secure another subscription, 
our list would be doubled. Why not 
do it ? 
THE New York canvassers' report 
failed to reach us last week, and hence 
did not appear in " The Book Work" 
but they have a two weeks' report in 
this number, which we trust will be 
satisfactory. 
IT would seem that some of our 
good friends misunderstood the call 
for papers to be sent to Gray, Maine, 
and have been sending them to Miss 
May E. Haines, Hallowell, Maine, 
instead of corresponding with her be-
fore sending. Miss Haines requests 
that the papers be sent to Mr. W. R. 
Holt, East Gray, Maine, but send 
only the papers named, Sentinel, Re- 
vie �
Sins, Good _Health, or _L-16' 
Boat. No others are wanted. 
THE FIRE IN BATTLE CREEK. 
THE worst conflagration that ever 
visited Battle Creek occurred on the 
morning of February 18, when the 
far-famed Sanitarium, the Hospital, 
the cottage first used for a sanitarium, 
before the brick building was erected, 
the green house, and the home of 
Mrs. Salisbury on Barbour Street, were 
swept away by the great fire king. 
The loss is variously estimated at 
from $300,000. to $500,000. This is 
at least partially covered by insur-
ance. 
The alarm was given at four o'clock 
in the morning when the buildings 
were filled with sleeping patients, and 
it seems truly miraculous that only 
one life was lost, an aged gentleman 
patient who was crippled, and there-
fore was unable to leave his room on 
the fourth floor of the Sanitarium. 
His wife and daughter who were with 
him escaped. 
One lady patient jumped from the 
fourth story window, and considers 
herself fortunate that she escaped with 
only a fractured limb. 
Another patient states that how they 
all escaped is a miracle to him. Since 
the lights were extinguished soon after 
the fire alarm was given, and the un-
lighted halls were filled with smoke, 
it can be regarded as nothing less than 
the wonderful care of providence that 
preserved them. The front of the 
building was scaled by ladders from 
veranda to veranda, and the windows 
were broken to awaken the sleeping 
patients. 
" Too much can not be said in 
favor of the firemen, whose heroic 
efforts did much to save the surround-
ing buildings from destruction." 
'I‘he fire is supposed to have origi-
nated in the basement, and as it soon 
shot up the elevator shaft, there was 
no chance to save the institution. At 
" eight o'clock nothing remained of 
the great building but a sorry mass of 
smoldering ruins." 
The college halls were speedily fitted 
up for dormitories, and the patients 
will largely be cared for in these build-
ings, while some have found refuge in 
the Phelps Sanatorium, and in hotels 
in the city. 
We quote the following from the 
Battle Creek Enquirer: " It is safe to 
say that there is not a person in Battle 
Creek but will deeply regret this ter-
rible loss to Michigan's Queen City.' " 
" Dr. Kellogg and his friends will 
have the heartfelt sympathy of every 
one in the city, and will also have the 
assistance of every one in the great 
work of rebuilding upon improved and 
grander plans." 
WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR LOCAI 
JAILS. 
THE April issue of the _Life Boa. 
will be a special prisoners' number 
and we shall print from fifty to sev 
enty-five thousand copies to send t( 
the more than one hundred State 
prisons and reformatories in this coun 
try. This number will be just as 
helpful to those who are confined it 
the local jails. Would you not like 2 
number of copies for use in your 
county, city, and village jails ? Wt 
will supply the April Life Boat foe 
this purpose at a cent a copy. Seri( 
us your address at once that we ma) 
know how many copies we are war 
ranted in printing, If there is an) 
hesitancy on the part of the jai 
officials in permitting their distribu 
tion, assure them that the Life Boa, 
goes to nearly all the State prison; 
and has the sanction of all the leadin{ 
prison officials of the land. Distribute 
these Life Boats yourself if you car 
obtain permission ; if not, let the jai 
official do it, and the Lord will take 
care of the results. If you are not al 
ready a subscriber send twenty-five 
cents for your own subscription, then 
order at once a liberal supply of the 
April number. Address The Life Boat 
28 33rd Place, Chicago. 
DAVID PAUI,SON. 
WANTED.—At once, a Sabbath 
keeper for general housework, two ii 
family, $10.00 per month, good home 
Mrs. Frank H. Dibble, 176 Wakele( 
Ave., Ansonia, Conn. 
HEALTH FOODS. 
Edward W. Coates, 249 W. 15t1 
St., New York City, is agent for the 
Sanitas Nut Foods, and Battle Creel 
Sanitarium Health Foods, also Nev 
York agent for Ko-nut, a pure vege 
table substitute for animal fats, an( 
all kinds of Nuts, Dried Vegetable: 
and Fruits, also dealer in specia 
Health-food Flour, (wholewheat), etc 
Freight paid a limited distance 01 
orders of $5 and upward.