op/ E. RCGERS STATISTICAL SEC 'A K OM A PARK STATION fASHINGTON D C orthern Union Oution.h Abf Official Organ of the Northern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Volume I � Nevada, Iowa, April 26, 1938 � Number 44 .11frommok The Sixtieth Anniversary As our readers doubtless know, a strong effort is now being made io interest all our church members in attending Sabbath school. March 5 to June 18 has been set apart for a division-wide movement to make this effective. A large proportion of our member- F'hip consists of accessions from out- side churches that operate Sunday :IA-toots chiefly for the benefit of children and a few adults who attend to cheer the pastor in his effort to maintain a Bible class. It therefore takes considerable effort to change the viewpoint of these new converts so they will appreciate the value of the Sabbath school as a factor in their growth in the message. There is about us great a difference between Seventh-day Adventist Sab- bath schools and the general run of Sunday schools as there is between the Sabbath and Sunday. In the lat- ter the quarterlies supply the answers to the questions, and it is unneces- sary, therefore, for those who attend Sunday school to study their Bibles in order to learn the lessons. But in our Sabbath schools it is absolute- ly essential that the Bible should be studied in order that the lessons may be learned. The lessons are adapted to the various ages of those in atten- dance: the cradle roll, kindergarten, primary, junior, youth, and senior. The senior lessons are of a character to enlighten the pupil on various phases of Bible truth. Seven years of Bible in our Sabbath schools is equivalent to a strong course in Bi- ble in one of our schools, which stu- dents gladly pay a considetable sum to secure. But in the Sabbath school this work is given entirely free, the cost being limited to the price of the Quarterly, which amounts to twenty cents a year. These are times when every be- liever should be increasing his know' ledge of the Word of God. No better way can be developed than the care- ful study of the Sabbath school les- sons. At the present time the les- sons deal with Bible doctrines, audit is especially important that all our people should secure the benefit of these studies. Our various doctrines are being subjected to the closest scru- tiny by our enemies, and all kinds of objections are being raised to our views. Because of this, every be- liever needs to be fortified in the truth so that he is able to give an answer to him that asketh for the hope that is withing him. The thorough-go- ing work expended on the prep- aration of the Sabbath school les- sons makes them exceedingly valuable to all our people. Our children and youth who are attending Sabbath school and studying their lessons faithfully, are much better versed in the teaching of the Bible than the average minister of other denomina- tions. Time and again I have seen these opponents completely over- thrown by our young people who secured their Bible information through the Sabbath school. It is to be hoped that in the campaign that is now on in a strong way through- out the field, the entire Adventist membership will be led into the Sab- bath school. M. N. Campbell. Union College News Items Elder Frank H. Yost, who con- ducted the spring Week of Prayer at Oak Park Academy, Nevada, Iowa reports a deep interest there in Union College. Apparently Oak Park Acad - emy will be well represented in the freshman class at Union College in the autumn of 1938. At this writing Union College is in the midst of preparations for en- tertaining the senior classes of all the academies in the Northern and Cen- tral Union Conferences. Plans have been completed to make the visits of these prospective students of Union College both instructional and inspi- rational. Dr. J. Russell Mitchell, professor of dental practice at Atlanta Southern Dental College, Atlanta, Georgia, and prominent active official in the Geor- gia Dental Association, visited Union College recently to interest young men and women in the dental profession. Adventist youth are urged . to get their training for dentistry in the Georgia. University, where special ar- rangements have been made under the auspices of the General Confer- ence. A baptismal service was held in the College View church Sabbath, April 16, with Elders E. L. Pingenot and Frank H. Yost officiating. The fol- lowing students of Union College were baptized: Martin Knutson, North Da- kota; Leonard Sather, Minnesota; Roy Skutvik, Colorado; James Kiernan, Michigan; Letha Davis, Wyoming; Lucille Pogue and' Mildred Goulet, Minnesota; Dorothy Jorgenson, Ne- braska; and Eunice Ekstrom, New York. Among the seniors to receive posi- tions through the Bureau of Voca- tional Guidance and Placement, are the followinig; Jane Wensel will teach music and French, Merton Babcock will teach English, and Irene Peder- sen will have charge of the academy business office and also teach commer- cial subjects, at Campion Academy, Loveland, Colorado. � Lucile Sherri;; will teach English and commercial subjects at Maplewood Academy, Hutchinson, Minnesota, and LaVerne Roth will be German instructor there. Avery Dick will go to the Wyoming mission as ministerial interne; Thomas Jenkins will be placed in the Nebras- ka Conference in like capacity, as will Kurt Kurz in the Kansas Con- ference PINOWIsINP.~#~0004,1POWNO••••••••••••••• North Dakota Conference D. N. WALL, PRESIDENT B. L. SCHLOTTRAITER, SECRETARY Box 1491 � Jamestown Make wills and legacies to North Dakota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists. S. R. A. News Items Sheyenne River Academy is tempo- rarily without most of its seniors as this is written. They have gone to Union College. Just a few seniors re- mained here. Professor and Mrs. Fowler and Mr. Lang have gone with them. This year the seniors went in four oars. Mr. Fred Kapp drove one 2 � NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK car, and Emmanuel Heinrich drove his father's car. Mr. Lang and Mr. Fowler drove the other ears. Wedding bells have rung for sonic of our former graduates. On Easter Sunday Edward Timothy and Emma Horob were married at the Williston church, Elder Michalenko officiating. After the marriage ceremony a wed- ding dinner was served at the home of Brother and Sister Horob. Sixty guests consisting mostly of relatives, and a. few friends, were present. On the same day the young 'couple left for Max, North Dakota, where Edward teaches. The teachers and students of Sheyenne River Academy wish them God's abundant blessing as they jour- ney through life together. Russell Poppe, who has been con- fined to his bed for the past nine weeks, is beginning to show signs of improvement. We hope to see him well again in the near future. The Voice of Youth series of meet- ings, held at our Harvey church, is still in progress. The attendance is still very good even after the testing truths have been presented. Minnesota Conference V. E. PEUGH, PRESIDENT B. C. MARSHALL, SECRETARY 1814 Roblyn Ave � St. Paul Make wills and legacies to Minnesota Con- ferf-nce Association of Seventh-day Adventists. New Mission Projects We are'very happy to be able to say that some very good reports are com- ing in from the Missions Extension plans and results in our churches. We are glad because we feel that this early indication of success will mean that the new mission projects will actually be made possible. Most of our church- es are taking up this offering on April 30, which gave an extra week to pre- pare. A new consignment of books has arrived, so those who wish to either make their personal goal, or to increase what they have done, may send in orders and turn over to the church treasurer the money from the sale of these fine books. The treasurer will turn in the money with his May remittance. Won't you do this to help us make the Missions Extension offer- ing the greatest in many years? I want to especially appeal to the members of the conference church to do their part. They sent in nearly $80 last year. Let us put forth a special effort to make this $100 this year. Send your money labeled,` Missions Extension," directly to Brother Marshall. Let every one help to make this an offering that will be a real pleasure to send on to missionaries to assist in expanding the Lord's work very definitely in 1938. J. C. Christenson _ • The St. Paul Church The St. Paul church is putting it- self to the task of raising the sum of $2,500 by June 4, 1938. This is the mortgage still due on our church building. The church membership is divided into twenty-twp bands and each is to raise $100. In addition to this, the Dorcas society has pledged it- self to raise $300. The church is alive and enthusiastic, working hard to reach our purpose. It will be a real effort but I feel. we shall accomplish the task. It has occurred to me that there are those away from St. Paul who still have a warm sympathy for this church. Perhaps you would like to have a small part in our victory by June 4. If so, you may send your remittance to Mrs. L. J. Umberger, treasurer, 286 Clarence Street, St. Paul, or to the writer at 420 Marshall Ave. It will mean a strong united ef- fort to accomplish this endeavor, but we must not fail. C. S. Wiest. _e_ Staples Youth Rally The youth's rally, which was held at Staples April 8, 9, 10, was a great inspiration to every one who had the privilege of being among the approxi- mately four hundred persons who were in attendance. The first meeting was held in the church on Friday evening with Brother Lauda as speaker. Sabbath school began at 9:45 Sabbath morn- ing with the Staples superintendent, Mrs. D. K. Olson, in charge. Brethren Sundean and Marshall led in the dis- cussion of the review and the regular lesson. The 11 :00 o'clock service was presented by Elder V. E. Peugh. Juniors from fourteen years and un- der held their Sabbath school in the church, while the youth and adults met in the city hall. On Sabbath afternoon the juniors progressive work received much at- tention. Brother Lauda led out in the service. The Brainerd young people who had just recently been invested as "friends", demonstrated the dif- ferent requirements of that class. The Brainerd representatives also were the. regulation J. M. V. uniforms which proved to be quite an inspiration to all. Young people's problems were discussed at a late afternoon round table discussion. We were very grateful to Brother Lauda for his leadership in the social gathering which was also held in the city hall. The evening was spent in games, relays and marching. The churches that were represented besides Staples, were: Brainerd, Wa- dena, Long Prairie, Hewitt, Eagle Bend, New York Mills, Wing River, Ironton, Crosby, Palisade, Pillager, Daggett Brook, Richville, and Aitkin. Esther Olson. __• Planning 'for School Have you been looking ahead to next September when our schools will reopen their doors for another school term? Have you planned your activi- ties this summer so that you will be in school next fall? Perhaps you want to attend either the college or the academy but you don't know how you can manage it. Four young men and women in our state have determined to get to school this next school term. They have join- ed hands with a large number of regu- lar, full-time colporteurs. The follow- ing weekly reports were sent in by one of these student workers: $89.40; $40. $75; $63.90; $68.75. Don't you think these are reasonably good reports? Several students from Union College are planning to canvass this summer. Forty-five students at Maplewood Academy have joined the colporteur band. Many of this group will be out soon, giving of their'est to the Master and relying upon His promises. Why don't you set a Christian education as your present goal and work in Christ- ian service to obtain it? The canvassing work in Minnesota •04.004.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Northern Union Outlook Official Organ of the Northern Union Con. ference of Seventh-day Adventists A R. SMOUSE � EDITOR VOL. 1 � APRIL 26, 1938 � NO. 44 Published by Oak Park Press, Nevada, Iowa for Northern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 2718 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Published weekly [50 issues a year]. "Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1937, at the post office at Nevada, Iowa, under the Act of March 3, 1879." In changing addrf-ss, give both old and new address. All copy for publication should reach the Outlook office in Minneapolis by Thursday morning [earlier if possible], preceding date of issue. Make all checks and money orders pay- ablo- to the Northern Union Outlook. Subscription price - - - - 50 Cents a year NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK � 3 offers you an excellent plan for going to college or the academy. I am ar- ranging for territory and headquarters for several now in school who will begin canvassing the latter part of May. You will do well to consider this plan and request territory soon. I stand ready to help you plan for a Christian education via the colporteur route, winning souls on the way. Write to me at your earliest convenience. C. G. Cross, 1854 Rablyn Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. South Dakota Conference J. H. ROTH, PRESIDENT S. E. ORTNER, SECRETARY Drawer 86 ...........Watertown Make wills and legacies to South Dakota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists. INI#M4INIPW#4,00000•041#4,,~414141.00014 Day of Fasting and Prayer "And it shall come to pass that be- fore they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." Isaiah 65:24. The people of South Dakota en- tered heartily into the plan. for a day of fasting and prayer an Sabbath, April 16. Some of our people, even their little children, did not partake of food from sunset Friday until sun- set Sabbath. God again heard his people. Rain came late Friday after- noon to nearly all parts of the state. The forecast for Friday was: "Clear and colder; probably showers in the extreme southeastern -part of the State." At 3 P. M. a gentle rain be- gan to fall and continued until 7 P. M. _ The rainfall ranged from .28 to 1.80 inches. In most places it rained .50 inches. We thank God for this rain and we believe He will give us a crop this year. J. H. Roth. • An Urgent Call and An Open Door Brookings is a strategic point in the best part of the State of South Dii- kota. For years the leaders and the people of South Dakota had their eyes centered on this city, hoping that the work might gain a good foothold there. Thus far, however, this seemed impossible. Now some of our ealporteurs have been there and have awakened an in- terest. There is a call coming to us now for a public effort. The con- ference committee has studied this call, but since our tithe has dropped below our 1937 receipts, and since such an effort calls for the expenditure of some money, due to the fact that Brookings is a college town, the com- mittee voted not to hold this effort this summer. Is it not a pity to have to deny this strategic center the message of this hour? Some brethren have written me, asking if we can really do noth- ing now for Brookings. One brother suggested that we call for free-will offerings through our church paper. So this is my appeal today. Are there not brethren who would be willing to give $50, $25, $10, and $5, or even smaller donations toward the Brook- ings effort ? Send your donation of whatever amount it may be and we will keep the money until we have $300 cash, and then we will start the effort. If we cannot raise the $300, we will return your donation if you so de- sire, if the effort is not held. May we hear from many soon. J. H. Roth. —•-- Faithfulness in Tithe Paying Such texts as Lev. 27:3-32, Mal. 3: 7-11, and Matt. 23:23 are familiar texts to Seventh-day Adventists, and yet we find that here and there a per- son is slipping up on the question of tithing. The Lord promises to bless all in basket and in store if they are faith- ful to Him. I am sure none of us has ever intentionally lost any of these blessings, and yet we find that here and there a brother or a sister has lost blessings due to a pressing need that came upon them. They have withheld the tithe, and God's bles- sings have been withdrawn. Brethren, let us make first things first. Let us square up with God, and His promises to bless us will surely be fulfilled. J. H. Roth. � • Worker Retires Due to prolonged nervous strain, Brother Ortner has had to lay down his work as treasurer of the South Dakota Conference. All mail intend- ed for the treasurer and for the secre- tary of the Book and Bible House should be addressed "Treasurer, South Dakota Conference" or "Sec- retary, South Dakota Book and Bible House", Box 36, Watertown, South Dakota. We are very sorry to lose the efficient and most appreciated help of Brother Ortner. He and his fam- ily will continue to reside in Water- town for an indefinite period of time. and it is quite certain that they will stay here until school closes. J. H. Roth. — • — News Items Elder J. H. Roth visited the Bowdle church Sabbath, April 16, and he re- ports a deep interest in the day set aside for fasting and prayer. Elder J. H. Rhoads and Elder A. V. Rhoads who visited the Leola church the same Sabbath, also report that our breth- ren there entered heartily into the plan for prayer in behalf of rain and crops. The meetings at Chamberlain in the Methodist church opened the night of April 16. The workers are of good courage. The committee met last week and 'discussed plans for our camp meeting this year. The date for the camp meeting is June 10-18. Elder A. V. Rhoads has again been requested to serve as camp superintendent. Plans were laid for all departments, and for good help from the General and Union Conferences. — • — Good News from the M. V. Front South Dakota Missionary Volun- teers are making substantial gains all along the line of advance. We have now enrolled 425 young people in sev- enteen societies. Since the first of the year, twenty- three have been invested in four pro- gressive classes and an investiture service was held March 19 at the Swan Lake church. Six awards were given. On April 29 a class will be invested at Aberdeen and soon a similar ser- vice will be held at Plainview Acad- emy. Many of the societies have the 1938 reading course books. Mrs. Adella Kelley at Huron was the first to com- plete the 1938 senior course and Fran- ces Loewen of Sioux Falls received the first junior certificate for 1938. Thus far, ninety-six +certificates have been issued since January 1. The juniors are far in, the lead over sen- iors. Mrs. Will Weaver of Batesland read her Bible through during January and February, thus holding the record for the 1938 Bible year. Since the first of the year, sixty-six Bible year awards have been distributed. The booklet award for the 1938 Bible year will be the first part of the "Thoughts From the Mount of Blessings." (continued on page 6) 4 � NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK S EVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS should be engaged in a great health crusade. To us has been committed the gospel of health for this last generation. Health principles are just as vital a part of our message as the Sabbath. Our sani- tariums are as essential to Adventism as are schools and publishing houses. Our excellent health literature leads the health crusade. The periodicals and books, going into hundreds of thousands of homes each year, every- where preach the health gospel. Foremost in this literature is the magazine Health, published by the Pacific Press, with Dr. Percy Magan and Elder Alonzo Baker as editors. When this splendid magazine was launched four years ago, the health literature of the denomination was rather at a low ebb. But Health provided a great impetus, and our health literature the world around was soon revitalized to keep pace. The denomination is now on the march in the crusade for healthful living. WHAT the MAGAZINE "HEALTH" OFFERS: Five-Day Question Service Any subscriber to Health may ask one question or a dozen questions every month of the medical experts on the staff, and a personal reply by mail will be sent you within five days of the receipt of your letter. For Mothers The magazine has a special department, "Chats With Mothers," in which are discussed a hundred and one topics that will help you rear your chil- dren on a healthful, intelligent program. For Cooks A large staff of graduate dietitians con- tribute to the "Food, Diet, and Cookery" department. Every month a dozen or more healthful recipes are included. For Fathers Each issue has one or more articles that are writ- ten especially for menfolk. They consider the diseases that take so many men away in the prime of life, etc. For Youth Regularly appearing in the list of contents are articles written by specialists in the study of tobacco, liquor, narcotic drugs, etc. This infor- mation will appeal to youth. Rated First The educational officials of a Midwestern state recently rated all the health magazines in the nation on the basis of their worth to the teachers and students in the schools of that state. The magazine Health was rated No. I. Who Writes It Those who write the exceptionally fine articles for Health are doctors, dentists, dietitians, nurses, etc. They are all graduates of Class A schools,— 7 Our Sanitarium and Hospital at Nevada, Iowa, is located out in the country, in a beautiful, peaceful setting, an ideal place in this nervous, high-strung age. 4.4 BOOK AND BIBLE HO1 Dear Brethren: Enclosed you will fine Please send that splendid 77 following address(es). Name � Street � City and State � Signed � 0 .4 NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK � 5 men and women who are busy in the practice of their professions. When you read anything in Health, you can depend upon it. Some of the most eminent men in the medical circles of this nation are regular contributors to Health. Top-Notch Appearance "Health is the most beautiful magazine the denomination has ever put out." That is the testi- mony received from one of our workers in a recent letter. Beautiful four-color art covers, at- tractive type and layout, fine paper,—all make up an appealing journal. Ties In With Sanitariums The magazine Health is a great booster for our sanitariums. The more widely this journal is circulated in your union conference, the more patients your splendid institution at Nevada, Iowa, will have. No Pussyfooting This journal gives the health principles espoused by Seventh-day Adventists in no pussy- footing way. Thousands of those who read it are led to reform their diet and their whole manner of living. Health interests, convicts, and converts. Do You Need Money? In the selling of single copies of Health in the business districts of your city you can make several dollars a day. Scores of colporteurs are making a good living taking annual subscriptions to Health. Write your conference field missionary secretary for particulars. Are You an Adventist? If so, you need Health in order to keep up to date on all the new phases of healthful living. You should keep up your reading and knowledge of health if you are to be a good Adventist. No Ad- ventist home should be without this magazine. For Missionary Work Health breaks down barriers of prejudice. Per- sons who will not at first read our religious literature are captivated by Health. Their bias soon disappears, and then they can be approached with other types of reading. Special Price to Adventists The regular subscription price of Health is $1.50 a year. This price, however, has been cut in two for our Adventist believers. You can have it at 75c a year, mailed direct to any address in the United States. Take one for yourself, and one or two for your relatives and friends. Use the special offer order blank to the left below, and order through your own Book and Bible House. If you have never seen a copy of Health, drop a postal card to the Pacific Press, Mountain View, California, and a free copy will be sent to you. The patients at the Nevada Sanitarium find well-trained physicians and nurses to care for them. The institution offers efficient service to its patients. ORDER BLANK ;money orderpfor � !EALTH for one year to the ie et and Tess 1.• 6 � NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK Good reports are coming in from the societies. Some are busy distrib- uting "Truth for Youth" and other literature. Our church schools are do- ing excellent work along all lines. At Hee.la we have a junior society of two members. They have just been invested as Friends. We are anxious to enroll other iso- lated and scattered young people who want to have a part in preparing themselves and their neighbor youth for the coming kingdom. Let us en- list now. What great things might five hundred zealous, consecrated young people accomplish for God in South Dakota during 1938! Does the love of Christ constrain you, J. H. Rhoads. • — District Meeting at Huron On the evening of Friday, April 1, we opened our district meeting at Huron. A goodly number were present at the first meeting, respond- ing unitedly to the appeal in behalf of our children and young people. Daily study and offerings showed well for the quarter's Sabbath school record. The school had gone consider- ably beyond its goal for the first quar- ter, and a spirit of enthusiasm indi- cated progress toward greater achieve- ment under the able leadership of Mrs. L. W. Minium and Mrs. Alverta Wall- man, superintendent and secretary, respectively. Elder J. M. Rouse, manager of the book department of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, spoke at the church hour to an attentive and an ap- preciative audience. Convention work was carried on through the afternoon and was continued throughout Sun- day. It was climaxed by the open- ing of the question box at the after- noon meeting Sunday. A few years ago we had practically no men in our Huron congregation. Now we see a group of earnest, young men Who are taking major responsi- bilities of leadership. The church was clean and neat, and a hospitable and cordial spirit pre- vailed among the members. The church. is busy with "Voice of Proph- ecy" distribution, Church Officers' and M. V. Reading Courses, Bible Service training school, and other activities directed specifically toward.the grand objective of the soon finished work. God is blessing our work in Huron and our people are of good courage. J. H. Rhoads. Home Missionary Convention at Sioux Falls It was very gratifying to see the interest of our people in the mission- ary work of the church. Our con- vention began Friday night and there was a good spirit of unity in service for God, felt among our people at every session. Mr. J. R. Ferren, cir- culation manager of the Pacific Press Publishing Ass'n, was with us and he spoke at the 11 o'clock hour Sab- bath morning. Elder Reiner spoke on Friday night and led out in a way at every session of the conven- tion. There was a good response when the SIGNS campaign was presented. So far as we know, there are 86 SIGNS OF THE TIMES subscrip- tions placed by the Sioux Falls church; some are :coming to them in a club and others as singles. A Bible training school class was organized and twenty members were enrolled. Sister Nellie Holtz was ap- pointed by the church board to teach the class. The church is launching out in a strong soul-winning effort during the year. We feel confident the Lord will bless them in finding the sincere and honest in heart. Let us unitedly pray for the interested ones, and we are confident that the Spirit of God will guide and direct in winning them for Christ. W. H. Hanhardt. Iowa Conference DE WITT S. OSGOOD, PRESIDENT EUGENE WOESNER, SECRETARY 734 MAIN STREET - - - • • NEVADA Make wills and legacies to Iowa Seventh- day Adventist Association. ,041.4.4,441.4.0044141.4.004.4.4.~4.4.04.00 Our Need and Message A very heartening and cheering letter recently came to our desk. We believe it breathed a spirit of Christ- like love and cooperation, and some- how, sense its timeliness. The writer spoke from his heart, not that others might read what he had said. After speaking of the benefits of the Insti- tutional Relief and the use of the "Christ's Object Lessons" in con- nection with this relief campaign, he. closes his letter with these words: "More about Christ, less controver- sy, is our need and message. I have a feeling that I have had enough con- troversy to last me a lifetime, and someway, this morning, I was awak- ened early with a strong im- pression that the time had fully come for me to prayerfully and carefully seek the blessedness promised those servants who give their household meat in due season, and cease eating and drinking with the drunken and smiting their fellow servants. Amen." Evidently our brother wrote this as a prayer, for it was closed with the word "Amen." If this spirit per- meated the Iowa churches, if all were ready to cooperate to the extent of their ability, if every one received the blessedness spoken of here, how quick- ly would the message spread like fire in the stubble", throughout the State. May the Lord .bless all of us that we will catch the inspiration, that we will bind on the armour, that we will cooperate in every progressive, forward-looking campaign, and that we will especially carry a heart in- terest and heart burden for the lost all about us. DeWitt S. Osgood. —• Tnstitutional Relief The Institutional Relief "Honor Roll" now includes: Cherokee, Ha- warden, Forest City, Humboldt, Lake City, Spirit Lake, Terril, Fort Dodge, Cresco, Hampton, Hawkeye, Riceville, Village Creek, Waukon, Cedar Falls, Dubuque, Clinton, Ottumwa, Keokuk, Atlantic, Glenwood, and District No. 8, in which are the following church- es; Carroll, Grinnell, Newton, Belle Plaine, Guthrie Center, Perry, Boone, Urbana, Marshalltown, and Nevada. Note that each of the divisions of the Nevada church, Ames, Oak Park Academy, the Iowa Sanitarium, and the church cooperated to put the full goal over. Thus the list grows! Quite a num- ber of churches are pressing close to- ward the mark. We are anxiously waiting, almost with bated breath, to get word that they have fully reach- ed the goal. The campaign will be over when the victory is gained—until then we must all press forward. DeWitt S. Osgood. — • --- Itinerating _Centerville: The Centerville new church tabernacle was well filled Sab- bath morning. There were present some twenty or twenty-five not of our faith. The interest is unusual. The large number of new believers has greatly strengthened the church. Elder L. P. Knecht has been. doing a splendid work. Brother Bert Oden, the local elder, is very anxious to see the good work continue. NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK � 7 Ottumwa: It was a real joy to wit- ness six—five by baptism and one by profession of faith—taken into the ehuith here. Ottumwa is growing. A real interest has sprung up since the systematic distribution of the tracts. Sister Benson and Sister Buehler have had their hands full in giving Bible studies. � Brother and Sister Roy Chamberlain, our faithful colporteurs, are supporting the good work. We confidently look forward to seeing a fine harvest of souls. Yes! and Ot- tumwa, too, is "over the top", in Institutional Relief. Waterloo :—It was a pleasure to meet with the believers there. They have been distributing 1000 tracts each week for some time, and now are holding Bible studies with the interested people. They went away over their goal in. the Signs of the Times campaign, and expect to reach the Insitutional Relief goal. Elder C. H. Miller has been doing a splen- did work. He is conducting Sunday evening meetings, and a number of interested people were present for the Sabbath service. Miss Kinney, the home missionary secretary, is very enthusiastic about the work. Cedar Falls: — We can always depend upon the group at Cedar Falls to do their part. The Institutional Re- lief goal has been reached long ago. This group was among the first in the state to order the Mission Extension books. •A number took eight sets, planning to raise the individual goal of $2.00 by the sale of the books. We trust that their example will provoke others to make use of this provision to raise their Mission Extension goal. Atlantic :—Enrotte to a funeral, I had occasion to visit Elder B. Pe- tersen there. He surely has been working hard in the Institutional Re- lief. He has been holding Sunday evening meetings at Atlantic, and is now planning to open a series of meetings at Hamburg, to bind off the interest created by the lay effort Brethren Carter and Marsh have been conducting. Radio :—Sometime ago the OUT- LOOK carried an item which was a quotation from an interested Catholic, who had been brought to the convic- tion that the seventh-day was the Sabbath and that he ought to be- come a Seventh-day Adventist, by lis- tening to the WHO broadcasts. As he lived in Wisconsin, I sent his name to the nearest Seventh-day Ad- ventist minister, Elder Kaiser. Last Thursday, this card came to my desk, which read: "I am now a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Thank you ever so much for sending Elder Kaiser ..." There are others now that he is interesting there in Mondamin, Wisconsin. Thus, under God, the work spreads. DeWitt S. Osgood., •—•— Colporteur Big Week The week of May 8 14 has been designated "Colporteur Big Week." We trust that every colporteur, full- time and part-time, will spend his time during this week, in selling our truth-filled papers and books. The conference workers, at the January workers' meeting, voted to cooperate with the colporteurs in this Big Week drive. We plan to close the office for one day and all the workers expect to spend the day in the field. It seems to us that scores of lay members through- out the field should plan to share our example. Write in to the Book and Bible House now, ordering magazines and small books. Any questions will be gladly answered. Pray for a BIG "Colporteur Big Week." De Witt S. Osgood • ____ Oak Park Academy News Elder K. L. Gant spoke at the chapel service April 12. The school board met April 12 to discuss plans for the coming school year. Pastor M. N. Skadsheim spoke at vesper service Friday evening, April 15. His wife is a patient at the sanitarium. We all appreciated his talk. On the Honor Roll the past six weeks are: Glen Rice, Julius Koigan, Ruth Jeys, Glenn Davenport; Nida Armstrong, Mildred Caviness, and Carl Clark. To be on the Honor Roll, one must have all A's, except pos- sibly one B. Visitors this past week were: Mrs. F. A. Lorenz and daughter of Lincoln, Nebraska ; Pastor A. J. Gordon and family of Des Moines; Miss Hazel Leitner of Sioux City, Iowa; and Mr. Sheffield and son from the Southern Publishing Association. Several Ma- plewood Academy students stopped for a while on their way home from the week end at Union College. The week end of April 15-18, the seniors of Oak Park made a trip to I incoln, Nebraska, to visit Union Col- lege. They were with the other acad- emy seniors, who were guests of the college. They enjoyed a tour of the buildings and campus, also of the city. With the seniors were,—Professor and Mrs. M. S. Culver, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Bieber, Mrs. A. H. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Clem, and Mrs. D. S. Os- good and Gordon. Iowa Sanitarium News Items Those submitting to surgery recent- ly are: Mr. A. P. Hanson, Exira; Mr. Van Barclay, McCallsburg; Mr. Howard Banks, and Mrs. R. J. Peter- son of Nevada. Other registrants the past week are: Mr. C, E. McConnell, Webster City; Miss Bessie Knapp, Perry; Mr. Peter Lindberg, Austinville; Mr. Geo. Smith, Iowa Center; and Mrs. Deyo Russell and Raymond Deyo, Jr. of Nevada. Sanitarium helpers spending the week-end in College View, Nebraska, and enjoying the Union College pro- grams with the academy seniors were: Mrs. Melvin Clem, Miss Irene Ander- son, Miss Betty Rees, Miss Georgiene Robinson, and Miss Ada Terwillegar. Mrs. A. P. Hansen and children are here to be with their husband and father during his illness; Alfred came from Los Angeles, California; James, from Ft. Worth, Texas; Ida and Russell, from Union College; Wil- liam and wife, Dollie and Harrison, from home: and Hazel from the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium is help- ing with his care. Friends of Brother Hanson will he glad to learn that he is getting along very nicely. •� Camp Meeting Dates The Iowa Conference Committee has arranged to hold the Iowa camp meeting at Cedar Falls, August 26 to September 3. The excellent grounds and splendid facilities avail- able there are becoming very popular. This year we anticipate a still larger crowd; as our people become acquaint- ed with the easy accessibility, the unusual accommodations, and the rea- sonableness of the expense, they are quite enthusiastic about the ideal set- up. Plan now to attend. DeWitt S. Osgood. — • — OBITUARY Johnson.—Mrs. Anna Johnson was born January 1, 1864, in Skane, Sweden, and died in Lake Eunice Township, Beck. r County, Minnesota, March 2, 1938, being seventy-four years of age. When about nineteen years old slp- emigrated to the United States, and two years later she was united in marriage to Ols Johnson. They settled on th.ir farm in Lake Eunice Township, where they have made their 8 � NORTHERN UNION OUTLOOK home ever since. To this union were born two children : Albert, at home; and Mrs. Adolph Johnson, of Medford, Oregon. The son-in-law, Elder Adolph Johnson, is.pas- tor of the Medford, Oregon, church; and he, with the other relatives and a host of friends, mourns the passing of Sister John- son. Brother and Sister Johnson's home has for many years held out a welcome to all, and especially for ministers and labor- ers of God's cause. A mother in Israel as a tired pilgrim has gone to rest for a little while, awaiting the last trumpet when the Lord Himself shall come. She was bap- tized September 27, 1886, and united with the Lake Eunice church. Her resting place is close to the church she loved. It was filled to its capacity for the funeral service, which was conducted by the writer. R. R. Reinhold. The Colporteur Work P. D. Gerrard Union Field Secretary Report for Week Ending April 16, '38 Minnesota-C. G. Cross, Sec. Virginia Rust Mag. 51 15.60 15.60 Karl Evenson DR 47 137.95 7.45 R. J. Jones � BR 40 7.75 31.50 Miss Powers Mag. 38 9.50 9.50 Alf Aa s � BR 37 11.50 129.50 G. Ytredal � DND 33 14.55 3.05 Clare Rust � Mag. 32 12.15 12.15 Mrs. Paul � HR 30 14.75 3.00 J. Thompson GC 29 12.25 1.25 Ben Russell Mag. 25 15.50 15.50 Mrs. Wooland Mag. 24 2.05 2.05 H. Santini � Mag. 22 14.40 9.15 C. W. Cates � RJ 19 9.40 4.15 Christopherson Mag. 17 6.60 6.60 Mrs. LeQuier Mag. 10 1.95 1.95 Mrs. Lund � Mag. 7 4.80 4.80 J. Dufstrom Mag. 6 11.65 6.65 Mrs. Wilson Mag. 3 4.50 4.50 470 306.85 268.35 Iowa-G. H. Boehrig, Sec. Ray T. Kroll � H 23 6.00 1.50 Mrs. R. Kroll Mag. 18 7.30 12.30 Mrs. Kromer Misc. 5.10 10.10 Adella Myers Mag. 1.55 1.55 Elsie Peckham Mag. 3.00 3.00 H. Strickland � BR � 39 15.75 199 103.30 74.05 South Dakota-R. H. Brown, Sec. Charles Root BR 40 31.00 3.25 G. Bovee � H 20 1.75 2.00 Thelma Bovee II 16 � .30 - .30 Mrs. Wilson � H 2 2.10 � .15 Edna May � H 20 11.25 6.75 Mary Rittenbach H 12 1.80 � .30 Mrs. Sanford � H �10.50 Peter Nick � BR 6 � 10.75 116 98.20 34.00 Total for Union � 785 458.35376.40 Sunset Calendar April 29, 1938 Des Moines, Iowa � 7:10 St. Paul, Minnesota � 7:14 Bismarck, North Dakota � 7:50 Pierre, South Dakota � 7:37 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." 11.4.4.04.4..~~~~•~4.4~441.0~~004, ADVERTISMENTS Advertisments and business notices are not solicited, but are published only as an accommodation. They must be sent to the local conference office to be approved by the conference officers before being pub- lished in the Northern Union Outl2ok. For each insertion the rate is two cents a word with a minimum charge of fifty cents. cash to accompany the advertisement. Leghorn Chicks: Large type white Leghorn chicks, bloodtested. Foundation stock from Hanson and Roselawn. 40 per cent of our cock-rels are from sires direct from Hanson with. records of from 300 to 346 eggs. These records are of- ficial, and are made by Mr. Hanson, Corvallis, Oregon. We have sold chicks to some of the brethren for several years. Book your orders for delivery up to July 1. No down payment. We ship C. 0. D., $8.00 per 100, post- paid. Reference, Elder D. K. Olson, Staples, Minn. Hovlands Hatchery, Portland, North Dakota. 42-4 � • � Wanted : A dependable man for farm work. Please state experience and wages desired in first letter. M. F. Ingold, Long Lake, Minnesota. - • - For Sale: 80 acre improved farm, on highway, one and a half miles from town. Excellent soil. � Price $2000.00. August Anderson, Blackduck, Minneso- ta, Box, 100. 4.4••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. R. Chamberlain BR 48 21.30 19.95 Chamberlain Misc. 8 1.75 8.65 _ Mrs. Gordon Misc. 63 41.55 17.00 Our Tithe and Mission Offerings Duo to a decline in the tithe receipts for March from the Dakotas, as compared with last year, and a decrease in the gain in that from the other two conferences, the per cent of increase in tile tithe dropped from 13.2 per cent for January and February, to 6.4 per cent for the first three months of 1938, as compared with the first quarter of 1937. All of the conferences except South Dakota still show a small gain, but it is- to he regretted that we have been unable to hold the excellent gain of the first two months. We hope that there may still be improvement in this respect a little later in the year. The mission offerings, as you will observe from the statement published with this article, show an improvement in the per capita figures over those for the first two months, as at the close of February the average for the union conference was 7.7 cents a week per member. The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering helped incease it to 9.1 cents for the quarter, but that is still one- tenth of a cent less than the average for the first quarter last year, and less than one-fourth of our mission goal. For the first two months our average per capita offerings of 7.7 cents were unfortunately the smallest of any union conference in the North American Division, and put us clear at the bottom of the list in that respect. We do not like to see the Northern Union at the foot of the list. Do you'? We realize that many of our people are in straitened circumstances due to the continued years of drouth, but the tithe would seem to indicate that conditions are somewhat better in a large part of our field. Shall WO not endeavor, those of us who can, to make our mission offerings at least a little larger during this quarter? We hope, too, that the response to the Missions Extension Fund will prove to be a very liberal one this year. May the Lord bless us each as we endeavor to do our best. A. R. Smouse, Treasurer. NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Statement of Forty-Cent-A-Week Fund For Three Months (Thirteen Weeks) Ended March 31, 1938 Conference Iowa Minnnesota North Dakota South Dakota Totals Cents a Week Member- Amt. $5.20 Amount Amount Per Member ship � Per Member Received � Short � 1937 1938 2977 15480.41 3986.63 11493.77 .093 .103 4050 21060.00 5582.97 15477.03 .106 .106 2430 12636.00 2018.32 10617.68 .063 .064 1758 9141.60 1740.00 7401.60 .092 .076 11215 58318.00 13327.92 44990.08 .092 .091 Northern Union Conference Directory Office: 2718 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota Telephone Colfax 8004 President � E. H. Oswald Secretary-Treasurer �A. R. Smouse Auditor and Transportation Agent A. R. Smouse Educational and M. V. Sec. � K. L. Gant Field Missionary Sec. � P. D. Gerrard Home Missionary Sec. � D. E. Reiner Medical Sec. �A. E. Gilbert. M. D.