"L" EASTERN CANADIAN "19 MESSENGER OSHA WA, ONTARIO, MAY 7, 1918 Give Us Men! Men---from every rank, Fresh and free and frank; Men of thought and reading, Men of light and leading, Men of loyal breeding, The Nation's welfare speeding: Men of faith and not of fiction, Men of lofty aim in action; Give us Men---I say again, Give us Men! Give us Men! Give us Men! Men who, when the tempest gathers, Grasp the standard of their fathers In the thickest fight: Men who strike for home and alter (Let the coward cringe and falter), God defend the right! True as truth, though lorn and lonely, Tender, as the brave are only; Men who tread where saints have trod, Men for Country—Home---and God: Give us Men! I say again---again--- Give us such Men! Notice to Ontario While attending the General Conference in San Fransisco Elder Richards, who has served as presi- dent of the Ontario conference during the past year, accepted work in one of the conferences in the States thus leaving a vacancy in the presidency here. At a meeting of the Ontario conference executive com- mittee held in Toronto May 6 action was taken in- viting Elder B. M. Eleald to fill out the unexpired term. All mail intended for the president of the Ontario conference should therefore, after May 15, be ad- dressed to Elder B. M. Heald 1114A Dufferin St., Tor- onto, Ontario. � A. V. OLSON. Be Ready "Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you." I Peter 8:15. How well are you acquainted with your Bibles and with the history of your denomination? Sup- pose you give your mind a test! • Everyone will be pleased to know that the ex- aminations on Bible Doctrines and Denominational History for the Standard of Attainment are rtady to send out to the churches. Every church elder in the 17nion will be provided with copies of the ques- tions. Ask your elder about them and he will ex- plain and arrange for you to take the examinations. Scores of persons signed up for these at the last campmeetings, so we expect a large number to take them. We are glad that several of the church elders and ministers are setting the pace by taking the ex-. aminations themselves. We have often been asked if there is an age limit. There is none. We have given the examinations to people 70 years of age. The Senior examinations are for the senior members and all other adults. A much easier set of questions is provided for the juniors. Look over the study texts on Doctrines in the Morning Watch Calendar and re-read Elder Lough- borough's "Great Second Advent Movement" on De- nominational History. And do your best with the examinations. You may use your Bibles only as a help. It costs nothing to try, but it will do your mind and soul good to try. If you do not succeed this time, you can try it again in December. N. H. SAUNDERS. Earning Their Way to Campmeeting In Hamilton just five weeks ago there was formed a Juvenile Canvassing Band under the supervision of a member of the church. They agreed to canvass after school two afternoons a week. Papers were ordered and work begun. So at 3:30 P. M. Monday six heads were bowed before the throne of Grace asking for power, strength, and guidance and surely the Lotd was with them. They are having many rich experiences daily and are all standing faithful. One, after making $1.17 had to drop out on account of ill health. If one shows any sign of getting that terrible disease, discouragement, the supervisor takes that one especially to the throne of grace and then goes with her until she has sold one or two when • I ...ft...ft...ft.-4 •—..—. • -,......,... • .o.... •-•••••••••..................p.• •-....• •••......••••••..41.%•.•••V"....1, ONTARIO 2 � EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER the symptoms are all gone. If one sells all her pa- pers first then she helps the one most discouraged or else gets more papers. But one can see the growth of their little hearts as they labor together with one object in view—going to campmeeting and giving the message to the people. If papers run out they sell ironholders and match scatchers at the homes that have bought their papers. Saturday evening two little girls go with the elder sister on the main streets and so far have nev- er come home with less than $2.00 cash. They have in one month made $26.52. Three children alone have $18.00 in the bank. "To God be the glory, great things he path done." • FLORENCE HENDERSON, Miss. Sec'y. News Notes The Canvassers' Institute has been in progress now for a week, and excellent instructions are being given. Elder Town, General Secretary of the book work, spent Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday giving valuable help to the Institute. His experiences are indeed interesting., Years ago, he and Elder Vuil- leumier were associated in work together in South America. Brother Capman has resigned his work as field sec- retary for Ontario. Brother Wagar will succeed him. The piano recital for graduation to be given by Mrs. Smith on Thursday evening, May 16, will be the first of the commencement week exercises. This will be followed by the Baccalaureate sermon on Sab- bath; the elementary school program Sunday night; the cantata, "David the Shepherd Boy," on Monday night, and the graduation exercises Tuesday night. Those enrolled in the Institute from out of town are: Miss Oickle, Kingston; Miss Levy, Toronto; Miss Dagg, Oshawa; Miss Nesbit, Lindsay; Miss Noble, Toronto; Mrs. Hall, Toronto, Mrs. Jackson, Smith's Falls; Mrs. Terwillegar, Kingston; Mr. Vance, Belk- vine; Mr. Thumwood, Hamilton; Mr. Hosking, Lind- say; Messrs. Walsh and Duclos, Ottawa: Messrs. Green, Legassic, and Haynes, Toronto; Mr. Terwil- legar, Kingston; Mr. Leach, Guelph; Mr. Cook, Oshawa; Mr. Capman, Owen Sound; Jno. Bristol, B. C. Mr. Pearson has accepted a call to teach at Union College the coming year. He will teach in the departments of Language and Expression. He plans on attending summer school at the Chicago University this summer. Elder and Mrs. Campbell are expected home any day. He probably will remain in Oshawa duringthe summer, conducting a tent effort. Miss Leverentz expects to spend the summer at home "just doing nothing and being lazy for once." Miss Wooldridge will remain at the Seminary this summer as matron and general kitchen "boss." She expects to spend six weeks in "vacationing." Miss Alma Hill will spend the first part of the summer canvassing, and the latter part with her parents in St. Thomas. Mrs. Spangler expects to do her bit this summer in the most important work in our denomination, the canvassing work. She expeCts to canvas:- until campmeeting. The general school picnic will be held May 14th. It is almost impossible to have it on Sunday, owing to the fact of a number of outside students and the Sunday laws. Student self-government is a very familiar term in the educational world of today. We are living in a land of democracy, and the students of today will be the men and women of tomorrow. If they do not learn during their school days to decide questions, especially those relating to conduct, will they be pre- pared to take their places and successfully discharge the duties of citizenship in later life? Another car of coal was unloaded at the Sem- inary last week. Elder Town gave a most interesting and in- structive talk in the chapel Tuesday evening on the "Progress of the Work in China." He bad many in- teresting things to show, which he had brought from there, to intensify his remarks. There's just one time in all the year When nothing's sad and all is cheer And everyone's glad because he's here— That time is May. Some folks get sick and try to shirk They'd rather play and just won't work Spring fever or else some new fake They get in May. You like to read "Knee Deep in June" And other things that seem in tune; You wish the end would not come soon Of that month of May. Your feet are light, your steps are fleet, You have a smile for all you meet, Your heart loves Him who doth create Such months as May. Already in the distance we can hear the wed- ding bells ringing. WANTED: An all-round handy man to keep our rooms in order, as we have too many responsibilities during the Spring drive.—The Boys. Chapel Chimes The canvasser mu§t put his trust in God rather than man. EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER � 3 If our bands arelull of the service of the Lord, then the Devil can find no room. God wants the heart of the worker in the work. Workers must have both eyes on their work in- stead of having one on the clock. Feelings are the most contagious things I know of, and it doesn't take nine days to catch them. The canvasser should be a ray of sunshine in the darkened and saddened home. In 1844 the first telegraph message was sounded over the wires; "What bath God wrought!" The Devil goes farther at times in his work than he intends, as shown by the good results effected. There is no crisis with the Lord. It's the water that gets into the ship that sinks it. Keep the crisis on the outside. One must be a lover of souls to be a soul winner. The power of the canvasser is found on his knees. You can't destroy a. soul that's truly linked up with God. What the Lord is Doing Through the Signs Inasmuch as we are, in a certain sense, a limited people, with a limited amount of money at our com- mand, and a limited time in which to do the great work intrusted to us, it is important that we make use of the time-tried methods and means that have actually produced results. Haphazard, indiscrim- inate methods are costly, discouraging, and tend to destroy the missionary spirit of our people. Adopt a good plan, select the best printed matter you know of, and then engage in your campaign in a systematic and persistent way. It is a well known fact that our pioneer journal, the Signs of the Times, for nearly forty-five years has sounded forth clearly and distinctly the great truths of God's Word. It has given the trumpet a certain sound. Its chief advantages are the weekly future, the application of the prophecies to up-to-date events, and a variety of subjects treated in each issue. Thou- sands can testify to its efficiency as a soul winner. Results and cost considered, the Signs is second'to no other agency in point of economy. The recent ex- periences which follow emphasize the oft-repeated claim that the Signs does bring people into the truth. "A -friend sent me your paper, wliich we are reading each week with great interest. We believe that your teaching and religion is right . . . We want to move and locate in a Seventh-day Adventist set- tlement so that we may join them, and also get church and school privileges for our children, so we may eduz cate them in the truth. . . ." "Please increase my club to 16 copies a month. am now taking 10. This club of papers belongs to our friends. We are seeing the results of our work as three have accepted the truth through reading the Signs." Those Mysterious Bundles Just a moment, Mr. Expressman, you mustn't for- get to stop at the camp ground and leave those bun- dles, for there would be a good many disappointed faces if their contents should fail to appear. Do you ask what is in them? Why, as fine an assortment of treasures as you ever saw. Just step into the book tent with me a moment and I will show you. . We'll open this package first. There, isn't that a pretty sight? Won't the tiny tots be happy when they see "Little Stories for Little People"? It is the new 1918-19 Primary Reading Course book, and every little boy of girl who reads this book, or who listens to these stories, as they are read by some older person, will receive a neat card certificate on which is printed in miniature a beautiful picture of Jesus blessing the children of all nations. I hope parents everywhere will get a copy of "Little Stories for Little People" for their children. The children will love to look at the pictures in the book and listen to the interesting stories and poems. The price is eighty-five cents. Now, let's examine the contents of this bundle Here are the Junior Reading Course books for 1918, four splendid books for boys and girls: "The White Queen of Okoyong," $1.00 "Early Writings," .75 "The Land of the Golden Man," .50 "Outdoors, Indoors, and Up the Chimney," .75 Club Price, $2.65. Camp-meeting Price, $2.45. And what about the Senior Course? Isn't there anything for them this year?" you ask. Most cer- tainly. � See here: "Makers of South America.," $ .60 "Making Good," .60 "The Days of June," .50 "The Story of Prophets and Kings, (cloth) 1.50 Club Price, $.;:043. Camp-meeting Price, $2.75. Our Missionary Volunteers everywhere will enjoy these fine new books. A Reading Course leaflet may be bad by writing to the conference Missionary Vol- unteer secretary. This will give a description of each book, and will make everyone want to buy them at once. "No entertainment is so cheap as good reading, nor any pleasure so lasting." Watchman, What of the Night? There never was a time when the question was more pertinent. It is not alone the tremendous per- sonal questions that the war is bringing to us—the tests of our fitness, our ability to sacrifice, our per- ception of truth, our unmoved faith in the midst of a thousand clamors. There are greater interests at stake than the world knows. The cause of God, the finishing of the gospel message, the settlement of 4 � EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER Eastern Canadian Messenger OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS Office Address � Oshawa, Ont F. A. Spangler � Editor Entered as second-class matter. Price, 50 cents a year in advance. eternal destinies, are matters involved in the present struggle, a struggle that embraces more than the battlefield. Unseen powers, both good and evil, are wrestling mightily with men. The last days of the world are near. The night is far spent. Can we let the precious moments go by without action to warn and inform men? The June Watchman has an answer for the be- wildered and perplexed. We must not fail to circu- late it widely. The cover page is very striking; a prophetic interruption more arresting than the hand that wrote on Belshazzar's wall. "That Impossible Barrier?" is an editorial which settles the matter of world empire: and that other "The Spirits of Devils," draw aside a curtain from the stage whereupon the world's drama is now being played. "Will Christ Come to This Earth Again?" is a question answered succinctly by Elder Evans. Other forceful contributions are; "Making Void the Law of God," by Sister White; "The Day of the Sab- bath," by M. C. Wilcox; and "Is the Church Meas- uring U,p?" by B: M. Heald. Nor do we forget that appeal to the home by Adelaide B. Evans, "An Old Time Practice for a Present Day Need;" nor that short, crisp articlette, "Playing with Beans," that only Martha Warner could write. Many more helpful features there are. You must read them, arid help others to read them. Every church should take a club. 10 copies at 8 cents each, 50 or more at 7 cents each: retail price, 15 cents. Order through your tract society. A. W. SPALDING. Present Truth Nos. 29 and 30 In the published list of the 1918 Present Truth, Nos. 29 and 30 are to be transposed. No. 29 is now ready to mail, and is entitled, "Christ's Second Coming," and No. 80 being ready to mail June 1, will be "Signs of the Times." It will be better therefore, for all to order these two numbers by title rather than by number. In fact, it is ever better to order all the issues by titles, and thereby avoid the possi- bility of getting the papers not wanted. It does not take much more time to write the title to the order, and it savesImuch time and confuQion in filling the orders, and the risk of getting the wrong issues. Conference Bulletin The greatest conference in the history of our work is now a thing of the past. Those who were so fortunate as to be present will never forget the oc- casion. Many who remained at home for one reason and another, learned or the proceedings through the columns of the Bulletin. They read the inspiring reports of our missionaries from different parts of the world. They know about the changes made in our organization and of the transfer of workers from one field to another. They know about the plans that were laid for the future. The details of those long- to-be-remembered closing Sabbath meetings are all known to them, for these details appeared in the last big thirty-two page issue of the Bulletin. Some complete sets of the Bulletin still on band will be furnished to those who desire them at the postpaid price of 50 cents a set of twelve numbers. Order through the Canadian Publishing Association. Make Friends of Editors As the result of the work of the Press Bureau and of our men and women who are writing so effi- ciently for the newspapers in various places, articles concerning the work and doctrines of Seventh-day Adventists are appearing more and more frequently in the public press. If all our brothers and sisters who see such articles would write to or call on the editor or publisher of the paper and express apprecia- tion of these articles, it would help to open the way for other similar ones. In this way, too, an acquaint- anceship might be formed with the editors and pub- lishers which would prove mutually helpful. It would also be a real help to the Press Bureau if all who see articles concerning our work and doc- trines would send a copy to us for our files. If the article is clipped out and enclosed in an envelope, the name and date of the paper in which it appeared should be written on the clipping. Those connected with the Press Bureau at Ta- koma Park, Washington, D. C., will greatly appreci- ate your cooperation in these matters. B. P. FooTE. OBITUARY PIPPY � Mrs. Anna F. Pippy died March 28, 1918 at Den- ver, Col., and was buried at St. John's, Newfoundland, April 8, the remains of the deceased having been accompanied back to the city of her birth and life for interment by her daughter, Dr. Olive Pippy. Sister Pippy was one of the first to accept the .truths held by Seventh-day Adventists when work by this denomination was first undertaken in this island, in St. John's, being one of the number composing the first church organization to which she remained a member until her death. The funeral service was conducted by the writer at her late home. Among those who gathered to pay their last token of esteem was a delegation of the W. C. T. II. of which Sister Pippy had been a very active member until forced by ill health to resign her duties. The deceased is survived by a husband, two sons and a daughter, Dr. Olive, already men- tioned. � R. A. HUBLEY.