"" EASTERN CANA E S IAN � No. 1 0 ER Life and Elealth OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MARCH 5, 1918 !TAR I0 Owen Sound Tiro work at Owen Sound is growing. We have organized a Sabbath school with en adult and a j union class. Last Sabbath we had twenty to help us st tidy the good lesson on the "Judgment." and listen to the review on the "Cleansing of the Sanctuary." • We are planning on having a good offering for the Malaysian Mission, � lel' includes Singapore, the Straits Settlement, and the East Indies. We want to have a part in raising the -;.27,000 Sabbath school goal, on the thirteenth Sabbath of this quar- ter, March 30. A nice little. bank was secured and. given.• to each member and we are going to try and see how much we can put in it during the quarter. Each Sabbath a five-minute talk is given by one of the members, on some interesting phase of mission- ary work. Sister Neal has three dollars already. She had a few harvest ingathering papers left and went out and found that the people were just as ready and willing to give now as when we were right in the harvest ingathering campaign. We have ordered fifty March Signs monthly and twenty-five "Steps to Christ" to sell and will give the profit to missions. The March Signs monthly is fine. It contains some of the most interesting articles such as: "Do Soldiers Killed in Battle get Passports to Heaven," "Driving Toward Armageddon," "The Mystic 666 Identified.— And say, the cover is just fine; in fact it is worth framing. These magazines will sell on sight by sim- ply mentioning the above subjects and saying that you are selling them in the interest j f missionary work. Every Sabbath school should order a number of these and do a good work by selling them to neighbors and roll up a good offering for the Malaysian mission. We are enjoying our public effort. The attend- ance last- Sunday night was good. One thing we like about it is that the same people are coming out night after night and are showing a real interest. We are visiting the people in their homes and mak- ing a list of new friends. We have every hope to be- lieve that some of these people will take their stand on the Lord's side and obey the truth. MR. AND MRS. J. CAPMAN. Elder Daniells at Ottawa Sunday afternoon, February 24, witness( i large and interested audience at the Regent Theatre. More than twelve hundred people were at the meet- ing. They had come to hear an Oriental travelogue given by Elder A. G. Daniells, president of the Gen- eral Conference, recently from the Orient. The day was mild and the walks were crowded. "Faith of Our Fathers" was thrown on the screen for the opening hymn, and all seemed to sing it with the fullest meaning. Elder Richards offered prayer and the audience V%, as seated. He was glad to be•able to introduce to the throng of people Pro- fessor Merlin Davies of Montreal, who sang "Com- fort Ye My People" from the Messiah. The song went home to every heart, evidenced by the sincere applause at its close. Both Professor Davies and his w i ce had come from Montreal to help us in our ineetiin4. They, ton,• were anxious to hear Elder Dan jells tell of the wonderful progress of the third angel's message in the world, for they have accepted and rejoiced in the same niessa:;e: Elder Daniells was introduced, and without pre- liminaries, he told us of the great. progress of the gospel mall lands; howit uplifts,brightens life,changescoun- tenances, and gives new ambitions to the poor benigh t- ed heathen . lie talked as a father would of h i s children as lie had spent so ninny yearsof his life with the mis- sionaries and people that, he showed us. 1Vloie than a hundred views of the people, mission stations, schools, dispensaries, landscapes, and native scenes were shown on the screen. He-seemed „so familiar wit h his children that we could not help loving them even while lie eulogized them. His speech was tender, syinpathetie and fatherly toward the dark, be- nighted, fallen heathen. Ile seemed to travel a road that was bright in his memory, as familiar perhaps as any lane we walked when children. He took us "out there" and showed us the noble work of our missionaries who have sacrificed home, friends, society, comforts, all because they love this message and want to see it triumph. He told the people this was the work of Seventh-day Adventists, and they were pleased. Many did not know that we carried on such a large missionary work. A lasting impres- sion stayed with the audience. One statement he 2 � EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER made lingers in my mind: Christianity is the great- est moralizing force in the world." In the middle of his discourse, while making a short pause, Professor Davies sang "The Prodigal Son." Sunday evening, Elder Daniell:: spoke in the lec- ture hall at 224 Sparks Street.. The hall was full, and an attentive audience listened to the subject of the World 'War. Elder Daniel Is is t he ant hear of the book "World War." If you cannot. hear him give the discourse got his book. Ottawa members testify it is worth maim times its cost. The evening closed leaving many happy memories of.a day worth livlu .HOWAIM J. CAFMAN. Coiporteur Work in the Eastern Canadian Union Conference for January, 1918 :.... -..t- ,-..... **7 :-. .." Ont. � 4 192 62 $205.85 $37.95 $243.8) $227.70 $107.45 Mari. 1 30 34 159.00 5.00 1(14.00 164.00 5 222 96 364.85 42.95 407.80 227.70 271.45 From the report. for the first month of this year we have a gain over January, 1917 of a few dollars which we are. very gliad to see. From a number of the Unions the first month is a loss but ours is some gain and we are going to get a great deal better re- port for the month of February unless something comes that Nye do not now see. The end is not far distant. The war Wages still with ali the fury possible. .fhe slogan for the na- tions is, "Let every one do his bit." It seems to me .that we ought to change this a little and make it read, "Let every one do his. best.- The times cer- tainly demand all there is of us. The need of the people appeals to us as it never did before. Shall we reconsecrate our lives-to the Lord for better ser- vice during the year? � J. W. DAVIS. QUEBEC Quebec City The little company of Sabbath keepers in Quebec City had been eagerly looking forward for some time to a promised visit from the president of the confer- ence, and a series of special meetings preparatory to the organization of the church. During the first days of February our hopes were realized. Sabbath evening, Feb. 1, found an expectant con- gregation as Elder Young-entered the pulpit to de- liver to us what. God had given him, and we were not disappointed, but felt the Lord was with us. The text for the evening was 1 Tim. 3:14-16. C:illing especial attention to verse 15. Iie sized the fact that God's people were his church and they were the pillar and staa (marginal! rendering) of the truth. Our hearts were warmed as he spoke to us, and we felt more determined than e‘er to belong to the 'true chor4.11 of God, and to be faithful members in that churi.li, holding up the standard of truth before the world not- only by words but by our daily lives, and to love not by word or tongue !nit in deed and in truth. The senile!' SabhatIi afternoon was ii continua- tion of the one commenced Sabbath evening, pointing • out more fully the ditties of church members to each other and taking up the duties of the officers of the church, 011(1 the hlamth.•,:s character' they mto4 Fos- that the triiv,ht.h,1‘,. the oversiori (a, itage and be ensamples to his flock. Bowl ty night Eldor Young spike on "The Return of the Jews La Jernsii tem,- as some people from the outside were Present. Ile Onnh• it vt-Ly plain that the promises of God were to spiritual Isracl„ — t hose who are Jews inwardly and the trite children of Abraham. Monday and Tuesday we met in t he afternoon as it was more convenient for the majority of lls. lie emphasized the ditties of a priest, how- lie is set apart to teach God's law. and to show the difTer- (ince bet \ ecu t lie holy and profane, the Cl(-:ti! iwd the unclean. Si) � arc' iii the world to teach the sanie things. As Elder Young left, us Wednesday to conduct: services in Riviere aux Pins where there is a good in- terest, we held no services in Quebec Wednesday and T h u rsday Friday night and Sabhat he continued his in- structions to the cornyany in Qui bee, showing them that we have no creed but the Bible: but that the Bible teaches certain doctrines, and as these are plainly taught in God's v,-ord we ask the church mem- bers to band together, taking these plain teachings as the foundation of their faith. He then asked those to stand who isited to band themselves to- gether in church fellowship for the service of Cod. As they .stood Elder Passebois wrote their names, al- so the names of those w ho wished to join by letter. All were then requested to occupy the front seats and Elder Young asked the usual questions concern- ing their belief in the phun teachings of the Bible. Officers were then chosen, and the church organized with seventeen members, eight by letter and nine by profession of faith. Elder L. F. Passebois was appointed elder of the new church. Brothe. E. Ruthman was chosen as deacon, and we felt that the Lord was very near, and blessed in his ordination to that office. i• -.......• • ....... • • ••••••••••••••••••••.•••••.•• • ••••••••-••••,..._........• •••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••• MARITIME EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER 3 As the church united in celebrating the Lord's supper and partook of the emblems of Christ's great sacrifice for us, our hearts were lifted in prayer that God might bless these emblems to us, and make us worthy to partake of them. We had a precious season together and believe that the Lord met with us, and we feel that no sac- rifice he may call upon us to make is too great to make for him who has given so much for us. We pray that the little au] ch in Quebec will grow greatly in numbers, and will always be a bright shining light in this dark city; that it will faithfully fulfil its mission on earth, and at last be gathered home an unbroken church to enjoy the life eternal. MRS. L. F. PASSEBOIS. The Colporteur Work—Past and Future Realizing that a person is interested in the suc- cess of a work in which he takes part, I am taking this opportunity to report to my fellow colporteu►s the success of the work in which we took part last summer. For the first five months of 1917 no books were sold in this Conference. When school closed, how- ever, quite a number took hold of the work and were faithful. Besides the students who took part until school re-opened there were several others whh con- tinued canvassing until the end of the year. For a while there were twenty-eight colporteurs in the field at one time. The Lord certainly blessed the ef- forts put forth by these faithful Workers. During the seven months from June 1 to December 31 five dollars' worth of books was sold where only one dol- lar's worth was sold in the corresponding months of 1916. This is much to be thankful for. It proves that the Loid's work cannot be hindered by the ravages of war, and that he is not depending on a peaceful world to finish the work. This year, no doubt, we will set our goal higher than we ever did before. We are living in the days when God expects us to act according to the instruc- tions given in Isa. 54:2 w=hich is followed by an en- couraging promise in the fourth verse. Dear fellow colporteurs, is it too much to increase our last year's goal by fifty per cent? The Lord can reach it for us if we work with him. It is his work, not ours. No doubt you will be pleased to know that the present prospects show that a larger corps of colpor- teurs is in sight for this year. Brother Stubbert, who made such good sales last year, heads the list. Having returned from the States where he laid to rest his faithful wife, who labored so faithfully with him in the Sydneys last summer, he began selling "Bible Readings" again, Monday, February 4. He worked six hours for• each of the five days of the week, reciving 34 orders, amounting to $159.00, besides $5.00 worth of helps, making a total of $164.00. These he sold at the advanced prices. Would you not like to begin right away? Seeing the importance of this great work, and the necessity to push it, an institute at the Academy has been arranged for to instruct us in the work, enabling us to present the contents of the book in- telligently to the people. To this institute we ex- tend a hearty welcome to all who desire to take up the book work. According to present plans the in- stitute will meet May 10-20. In closing T wish to thank all the colporteurs for their hearty co-operation last year; also the members of the conference for their earnest prayers for our success. 1 believe that the same spirit will be mani- fested this year also. May the Lord help us all to reconsecrate our lives to him and to his work, thiis hastening the time when he will come to destroy sin and set up his ever•- lastirig king loin where peace will reign eternally. GEO. BUTLER. • --•••••••--- • North Sydney At the Ontario en inpmeeting held at Toronto last July, we received an invitation from the presi- dent of the Maritime conference to come to this field to labor. We consented to come, and after a short effort at liagersville, Out., we left for Maritime ar- riving at Sydney Mines December 5. We received' a hearty welcome from the brothers and sisters to our new field of labor and thus far the Lord has blessed us in our work here. After spending two weeks looking for a house, we located in North Sydney. Here we began a series of Sunday night meetings in the neat little church building, just finished by the brethren here. These meetings are being well attended and a good interest is manifested. Some have just begun to keep the Sabbath and others are in .the valley of decision and will soon, we feel sure, be numbered with the little flock. The memberg here have always shown a. deep interest in the meetings and 'have been faithful in distributing literature and bringing the people out to hear the message. The brothers and sisters at Syd- ney Mines have attended these meetings faithfully and have given good help in the singing. In a few weeks we are planning to close our meetings here and begin an effort at Sydney Mines. As we have no church building there, we hope to be able to secure the theatre for those meetings. The brethren there are preparing the way for these meet- ings by using Present Truth and are expectiug large attendance at that place. 4 � EASTERN CANADIAN MESSEiVGER Eastern Canadian Messenger OFFICIAI, 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. Both here and at Sydney Mines the members are very t-..urnest and al ways ready to do their part to advance the cause of truth. They are. faithful tithe payers, and give freely of their means to the work. Their income is not large: in f;:ct most or them work for a low wage. But their heat-is are in tile message. They have started the ucW year ith • a fled purpose or lieping abreast with the twenty- five cents a week tot' missions and the Lord is bless- ing them in their efforts. Remember the work her e in your prayers. � Pe E. MANUEL. The Academy Volunteer I hope the MESSENGER readers have not forgot- ten the little detachment of the Lord's al no of Mis- sionary Volunteers at Wil msdale Acadtni:‘ tug they have not, we send these few lines as a des_ patch from our part of the front. We are glad to note advancement in every line. A good interest is being manifested in the Reading. Course, in helping to carry out our various programs, and also in the canvassing work. A goodly number of our volun- teers are planning to buckle on the armor and do ser- vice for King Jesus in the canvassing field. We are trying to bring into our services material that will be educative and uplifting. For instance, an interesting item of our last, meeting was a "Testi- mony quiz," enjoyed and appreciated by all. Out' iso- lated position does not permit our doing much visit- ing in the immediate vicinity, but we are determined to be missionaries right where we are. Therefore, we have ordered a supply of literature, and are going to do some solid missionary work by mail. We have at present a membership of forty-five, all live wires connected with the battery in heaven, and determined on achieving success in the Master's service. Our offerings, also, are coming up encour- agingly, and we expect to do our part in supporting our worker in Manchuria, Feng Chang Gun. A min- isterial band has been organized from the young men of the society, and they have rented a church across the river from the school, and are holding Sunday evening meetings for the outside people. Also, a Bible workers' band has been organized among the young ladies to train them for future usefulness. ELSIE WOOD, M. V. Secy. Seminary Specials Our enrollment has passed the hundred mark! Mr. Shields of Toronto enrolled last week as a student. Mr. MacKenzie, after a week's illness at the Seminary is back to his school again. Miss Mabel Eaton underwent a delicate opera- tion on her ear at the General Hospital in Toronto last week. Arthur and Frank Vansickle enjoyed a visit from their mother last Thursday. If you care to see a life of activity just step into the halls of E. C. M. S. Mrs. Finch is enjoying a visit from her mother and sister. Air. Saunders, Union Educational Secretary, spent several clays with us last week. Professor Kern, Young People's Missionary Leader visited the school over Sabbath and Sunday. We thoroughly enjoyed his several talks given in the interest of the Young People's work. Examinations are a thing of the past once again. Elder Daniells stopped on his return trip from Ottawa, Monday noon and gave a stereopticon lecture on our work in general. Those who had not had the pleasure of hearing him before were greatly pleased and impressed with his forceful, simple manner of speech. Elders Richards and McComas, Mrs. Richards, Misses' Case and Leach, and Mr. Gray accompanied Elder Daniells from Toronto to the Seminary. Ally yourself with the E. C. M. S. students and be a booster and not a knocker! IN1rs. Hill is nursing Miss Eaton at the hospital in Toronto. Mr. Pearson (in worship) "Mr. Huntley if you had your choice of the the four best books in this or- der, what would you choose besides the Bible, Shake- speare, and the Atlas?" Lawrence (very droll and sober) "If you wouldn't laugh, I'd say the Encyclopedia!" There were sixty-five in attendance at the meet- ing in Taunton last Sunday night. The subject was the "Second Corning of Christ. Mr. Cardey spent a few days at the Seminary last week, and occupied the time in the Y. P. Meeting. Much interest is shown by the students in the Y. P. Society. Instructive and interesting programs are given each Tuesday night. A new society song has been adopted. Overheard among the boys, "My I wish those girls didn't have so much snap!" Remember the Offering for the Halifax Church Sabbath, March 9