R AN 4,4„egw, ,Azn(A.orAeN.we.veneAe,~Nen!en'en-eneWeke,?&A,A e01=VAZO:=7,M=F:%zatf.4-A;KgRROMP..5,,eA NION " Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest." SOUTH LANCASTER, MASS., JANUARY 7, 1903 ,‘• No. FAITHFUL PROMISES. IsA. 41:10. STANDING at the portal Of the opening year, Words of comfort meet us, Hushing every fear. Spoken through the silence By our Father's voice, Tender, strong, and faithful, Making us rejoice. I, the Lord, am with thee, Be thou not afraid I I will help and strengthen, Be thou not dismayed I Yea, I will uphold thee With my own right hand ; Thou art called and chosen In my sight to stand. For the year before us, Oh what rich supplies ! For the poor and needy Living streams shall rise; For the sad and sinful Shall his grace abound; For the faint and feeble Perfect strength be found. He will never fail us, H e will not forsake; His eternal covenant He will never break ! Resting on his promise, What have we to fear? Gad is all-sufficient Fppr the coming year. —Frances Ridley Havergal. " �I come quickly : hold at faeipilich thou hast, that no man take thy,. GOD LOVETH A .CHEERFUL GIVER. LIBERALITY is one of the directions of the Holy Spirit, and when the pro- fessed people of God withhold from the Lord his own in gific and offerings, they meet with spiritual loss. The Lord can not reward a stinted offering. Says the apostle, " He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which s o wet h bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheer- ful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." God has made men his almoners, copartners with himself in the great work of advancing his kingdom ctri the earth; but they may pursue the course pursued by the unfaithful servant, and by so doing lose the most precious privileges ever granted to men. For thousands of years God has worked through human agencies, but at his will he can drop out the selfish, the money-loving, and the covetous. He is not dependent on our means, and he will not be restricted by the human agent. He can carry on his own work though we act no part in it. 43ut who 1 among us would be pleased to have the Lord do this ? It were better not to give at all than to give grudgingly; for if we impart of our means when we have not the spirit to give freely, we mock God. Let us bear in mind that we are deal- ing with One upon whoin we depend for every blessing, One who reads every thought of the heart, every pur- pose of the mind. The apostle Paul had a special work to present before his Corinthian breth= ren. There was a famine in Jeru- salem, and the disciples, "every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea. " They,presented the need to the churches, expecting to re- ceive a small sum for the relief of the needy saints ; and in prayer they pre- sented before the Lord the necessity. But the Macedonian brethren, moved by the Spirit of God, first made an en- tire consecration of themselves to God, and then gave all that they had. They felt it a privilege thus to give expres- sion to their trust in God. The Mac- edonian brethren were pOor, but they did not have to be urged to give. They rejoiced that they had opportu- nity to contribute of their means. Of themselves they came forward and made the offering, in their Christlike simplicity, their integrity and love for. 2 (2) � ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER their brethren, denying themselves of food and clothing in cases where they had no money. And when the apos- tles would have restrained them, they importuned them to receive the con- tribution, and carry it to the afflicted saints. This self-denial and self-sacrifice far exceeded Paul's expectations, and he was filled with thanksgiving; and tak- ing courage by this example, by epis- tle he exhorted Titus to stir up the church in Corinth to the same good works. " Moreover, brethren," he wrote to the Corinthians, " we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abun- dance of their joy and their deep pov- erty abounded unto the °riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; pray- ing us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. Insomuch that we de- sired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. Therefore, as ye abound in everything in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also." This movement on the part of the Macedonians was inspired of God to arouse in the Corinthian church the spirit of liberality. Paul sought to up- root the plant of selfishness from the hearts of his brethren ; for the charac- ter can not be complete in Christ when self-love and covetousness are retained. The love of Christ in their hearts would lead them to help their breth- ren in their necessities. By pointing them to the sacrifice Christ had made in their behalf, he sought to arouse their love. " I speak not by com- mandment," he said, " but by oc- casion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." Here is the apostle's mighty argu- ment. It is not the commandment of Paul, but of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Son of God had left his riches and honor and glory, and clothed his divinity with humanity, that humanity might take hold of divinity, and be- come a partaker of the divine nature. He came not to live in the palaces of kings, to live without care or labor and be supplied with all the conveniences which human nature naturally craves. The world never saw its Lord wealthy. In the council of heaven he had chosen to stand in the ranks of the poor and oppressed, to take his place with the humble worker, and learn the trade of his earthly parent. He came to the world to be a reconstructor of charac- ter, and he brought into all his work the perfection which he desired to bring into the character he was trans- forming by his divine power. Nor did he shun the social life of his country- men. That all might become ac- quainted with God manifest in the flesh, he mingled with every class of society, and was called the friend of sinners. In himself Christ possessed an absolute right to all things, but he gave himself to a life of poverty that man might be rich in heavenly treas- ure. Commander in the heavenly courts, he took the lowest place on earth. Rich, yet for our sake he be- came poor. Though he was in the form of God, he "thought it not rob- bery to be equal with God ; but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." How great was the gift of God to man, and how like our God to make it! With a liberality that can never be exceeded he gave, that he might save the rebellious sons of men and bring them to see his purpose and dis- cern his love. Will you, by your gifts and offerings, show that you think nothing too good for Him who " gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life " ? The man who truly loves God will not offer to him lip service merely. He will bring to the treasury his gifts and offerings, that laborers may be sent forth to sow the precious seed. For a little time the Lord allows man to be his steward, that he may test his character. In that time man decides his eternal destiny. If he works in opposition to the will of God, he can not belong to the royal family. The silver and the gold, which were not his, but the Lord's, he has mis- applied. The day of probation granted him he has abused, and he receives the reward of the unfaithful servant. Evidence of the work of grace in the heart is given when we do good to all men as we have opportunity. The proof of our love is given in a Christlike spirit, a willingness to im- part the good things God has given us, a readiness to practice self-denial and self-sacrifice in order to advance the cause of God and suffering hu- manity. Never should we pass by the object that calls for our liberality. We reveal that we have passed from death unto life when we act as faith- ful stewards of God's grace. God has given us his goods; he has given us his pledged word that if we are faith- ful in our stewardship, we shall lay up in heaven treasures that are im- perishable. Men and women need to understand that the means they are handling are not their own. "Ye are not your own," the apostle says, "for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." To withhold our offer- ings will not be for our own interest or for the glory of God. The Lord will use all who will give themselves to be used. But he requires heart service. "My son," he says, "give me thine heart." When the heart is given to God, our talents, our energy: our possessions, all we have and are, will be devoted to his service. MRS. E. G. WHITE. MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT OUR DISTANT WORKER. WE of the Vermont Conference must not forget that we have a field worker now in Edinburg, Scotland, a city of 425,000. Elder Westworth writes of the needs of the field, and feels that a wide field is before him. Let us remember him and his family when we pray, neither let us forget how God witnessed to this step by the power of his Spirit when at our recent camp-meeting it was decided that we send a worker to a distant field. The Lord desires the message to go to all the world speedily, I am thankful that our conference can have a part in sending the light to other parts of the world. Our home field needs more labor- ers, let us be faithful in tithes and offerings, 'that other workers may soon be added to our numbers, J. W. WATT. SPECIAL NOTICE. IT has been decided by the officers of the General Conference to recom- mend that these tracts be scattered one at a time in their natural order. First, " We Would See Jesus ;" second, " The Signs of the Times ;" third, " The Gospel Remedy for Present-day Isms: Spiritualism, Hypnotism, Chris- tian Scientism, and Higher Criti- cism ; " fourth, "What do These Things Mean ? " This suggestion need not interfere with any other arrangements or methods which may be already organized, or which may ATLANTIC UNION GLEANED be better suited to local conditions; but we think that the tracts are likely t o accomplish more good if our brethren Will order a good quantity of the first and carry it to the people, and then order the second, and so on until the four are distributed. In next week's Review the first tract will appear in full. Do not fail to read it. It will surely revive your own soul, and stir up within you a great desire to carry it to others. All these are sixteen-page tracts. Price one cent each. May God bless you all in this ef- fort ; and we pray that the " old-time " spirit in tract distribution may be re- vived and multiplied. E. R. PALMER. WHAT A TRACT DID. IN 1785 Dr. Coke gave a tract to a family in Virginia. The family num- bered fourteen, and that tract was the instrumentality used in the conversion of the whole family. A tract distributer, passing through a sparsely settled country district in Canada, gave away many tracts. One of them, entitled " Repent or Perish," was found floating in the Frazer River. A man saw it, took it out, dried it, read it, 'and by it was con- verted to God. A preacher invited a man to attend meeting. The man refused, but he consented to take a tract. A few weeks afterward that same man stood up in meeting and confessed that that tract had led him to Jesus. During the secession war of America a chaplain was passing through a hospital, and he left in an empty bed a tract which was a copy of the hymn, " Will You Go ?" The soldier came to his bed, picked it up and read the title, and dropped it. A second time he picked it up and read, " We are traveling home to the heaven above ; Will you go ?" and then threw it down again. Soon afterward he picked it up again and read it through. Then, after deliber- ating over the matter in his quiet hours, he finally wrote on it, " By the grace of God I will go," and signed his name. Some months later he was killed in battle in Virginia, but he was saved by the tract. It is often the case that a man who will not enter a church or listen to the preaching of the gospel, will read, when alone, a tract or a paper which may be more effectual for his salvation than a sermon. There are many cases where a tract has been the instrumentality which has restored from despair a precious soul. Passing through Switz- erland, a tract distributer presented a tract to a man in a town notorious for gambling. On his return, some days later, he met the man, who exclaimed, " I thank you for saving my soul and body." He then explained that on that day when he received the tract, he had lost heavily in gambling, and was contemplating suicide, but the tract arrested his attention, and led him to Christ. Instances of this sort could be mul- tiplied, for these little printed missives have been known to prevent crimes, to save lives, to heal the broken- hearted, and to bring discouraged, disheartened, and despairing ones to Jesus. We never know, nor can we realize, the good we are doing in dis- tributing tracts. A FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT Concerning the Tract Campaign. UNDOUBTEDLY, all our brethren have read from week to week the an- nouncements and notices in the Re- view and Herald concerning a special tract campaign during the coming winter. The tracts are now ready. God has blessed the efforts of his servants to place the vital truths for this time vividly before the people in these simple, inexpensive tracts; and now 4 (4) � ATLANTIC ONION OLEANE0 only one thing is needed We need sixty thousand people in the United States to circulate at least one hundred of these tracts each. Some will be able to circulate more. One brother has expressed his determination to put in motion agencies which will scatter one hundred thousand. A few can do a great work like this, many can circulate a large number, and every one can circulate a few. E. R. PALMER. ARGENTINA, S. A. OUR readers probably noticed a re- port in the Review of December 30 from N. Z. Town of a cyclone that partially destroyed the school build- ing at Entre Rios, which the brethren there had labored so long and faith- fully to complete. Brother and Sister Town are both from the Atlantic Union Conference, and were formerly students at the South Lancaster Academy. Later they were connected with the work in the New York Conference. Hoping to awaken an interest in the work in the Argentine Republic, we copy from an exchange a report written by Dr. R. H. Habenicht. " The. field here is truly a very needy one. Thousands neither read nor write and are in almost complete heathenism,—the Catholic church has done its work. They are for the most part glad to learn, and will make great sacrifice for the sake of learning. Many are almost slaves to" the more educated, who keep them thus for the sake of gain. The field is ripe for the harvest ; and if we had a hundred young men and women prepared to enter the field, what a harvest we could gather in a little time. The State encourages education and will pay fifty dollars per month to any one who conducts a school of fifty stu- dents. We can draw this amount at our school. " A nice, well-to-do family, some three hundred miles south of our school, the head of which was a strong Catholic, heard of it and sent two daughters. We did what we could for them. The older one was converted and accepted the truth. They wrote home about the school and my medical work, and the one wanted to be a nurse. An enemy wrote about me to one of the papers, and the father saw it and determined to investigate and see if a man who would operate on and kill people was teaching his girls. So he and his wife came to see us at our camp- meeting, as the girls 11,0„d gone with us to the meeting, with the result that the other daughter and the father and mother were baptized last Sabbath. Our school has been much blessed. Ten bright young students are now taking a short course with us here at the meeting, and are doing good work. They will make it possible for us to enter eight new provinces. They ex- pect to start out next Monday. But, if we only had two hundred instead of ten,—we have one hundred and fifty million Spanish speaking people to prepare for service. The work here is not easy. � I have ridden thirty miles in a heavy wagon, changing horses on the way, or in a heavy cart, on dark nights, with no fences to fol- low. Our only guides were the glim- mering stars. " It has been very dry here for sev- eral years, and times are hard ; but good rains have come at last and prospects now seem good. With the rain, however, came a misfortune to the school. A fearful cyclone un- roofed all the buildings except my room, broke doors and windows in general, and' some of the wall. We are now repairing the damages, which amounted to about two thousand dol- lars. Many houses in the neighbor- hood were completely destroyed, and some lives were lost. Our work is moving well and we expect great things this year. The River Plata Conference consists of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, with an area larger than that part of the United States lying east of the Mississippi, and with many millions of people. " The country here makes one think of Iowa, going north from Jefferson on the Milwaukee, only there is much more of it. Here we can go hun- dreds of miles over such country. One railroad has three hundred and seventy-five miles of track without a curve and without a grade or cut of more than three feet. We wish for some of our things which we left in the States, as the same things bought here would cost terribly. For in- stance : A fair organ costs two hun- dred and fifty or three hundred dol- lars. I wish we could get hold of a good, secondhand organ." SHALL THE MESSAGE REACH THE ARMY AND NAVY ? MILITARY life is not conducive to spirituality. Is not this a special rea- son why we should rise up and take them the gospel ? Furthermore in the troublous times that are just ahead of us, we will find it wonderfully to our advantage to have leading army offi- cials understand about our position, our principles, and our work. With this in view, we have written personal letters and sent copies of The Life Boat to every one of the one hundred and twenty-five military posts in the United States, and also to leading military officers, and Y. M. C. A. sec- retaries who are connected with the army-and-navy work. The best evidence that the Lord has gone before us in this move is the host of appreciative responses that we have received from prominent mil- itary men, from the adjutant gen- eral's office, in Washington, D. C., down to the chaplains of the smallest military stations. The commanding officers of some military posts say that they can use to good advantage as many as a hundred copies of The Life Boat, each month. Will you assist us to ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER � (5) 5 raise a fund to defray this expense ? God will surely hold us responsible if we do not follow up immediately these most providential openings. The work will undoubtedly develop in a few months, as large, and as in- teresting a correspondence as our prison work has done, and this will be an additional expense. But in what other way can we give them the whole truth ? We desire the names and addresses of your friends and relatives who are serving in the army and navy, so that we may interest them in this work. Will you pray that God will direct in the opening up of this needy field to the truth ? DAVID PAULSON, M. D. The FIELD A GLAD DAY. SABBATH, December 27, was a blessed occasion for our church in the Bronx, New York City. The ordinances of the Lord's house were celebrated in the forenoon, at which time opportunity was given for those who wished, to join the church. It was an impressive sight as thir- teen persons arranged themselves across the front of our little hall, seven of whom, as a result of the labors of Elder Edwards and our Bible workers, were baptized the previous Sunday, and one united by profession of faith. Five united by transfer of member- ship. Others are ready for baptism and only delay, in hope that other members of their families who are in- terested will unite with them. This was an occasion of rejoicing to our little company, and brought to mind the " glad day," soon to come, when the people of the Lord shall gather around the great white throne. The week of prayer has been espe- cially helpful, and " more consecrated service " seems to be the watchword of all. W. B. WALTERS, Clerk. VERMONT. Lowell, Westfield, and North Wolcott. DECEMBER 5, I started for Lowell and Westfield to try to start a series of meetings in one of these places, as our people living in that vicinity thought there was some interest there among those not of our faith. On Sunday, December 7, by invita- tion of the pastor, I spoke twice in the Congregational church at Lowell, but the way did not open for the meetings to continue. However, I was invited to give Bible readings in the homes of two families of his people, which I did the following week, and found one family fully convinced on the Sabbath question. We hope they will soon obey. Sunday, December 14, Elder Wal- lace the Methodist pastor who preaches at both Lowell and Westfield, invited me to speak in his church in West- field, and was very willing indeed that a series of meetings should be held in his church at that place, but his membership did not feel the same way, hence we could not continue the services. Sunday, December 21, Elder Wallace invited me to speak in his church at Lowell, which I did, and found his people there more friendly toward the truth than they were at Westfield; but it did not seem consistent just now to continue the meetings. I am now at my home at North Wolcott, assisting the brethren what I can in getting the church school started. I became much interested in Elder Wallace, as he is very favorable to our views. He has taken the Signs of the Times in past years, and at present is taking the Review and Herald. He seems to be seeking for truth, and willing to receive light. He has been a successful minister in the M. E. Church for many years, an able speaker, and an earnest worker, a man fifty years of age, strong and well, and able to do hard work still. Brethren, pray for this man, that the Lord may move upon him to obey the whole truth. During the week of prayer I had the privilege of meeting with the brethren at t h e following places, Westfield, North Hyde Park, Morris- ville, and North Wolcott. At all these places a good spiritual interest was manifested, and we have reason to believe that the same good spirit prevailed throughout the entire State of Vermont. 1. W. WATT. BUFFALO, N. Y. THE general meeting held here Sabbath and Sunday, December 20 and 21, was well attended. The breth- ren and sisters came in from the sur- rounding country. The best of all was the presence of the Holy Spirit. We realized, " Lo, I am with you." On the Sabbath Elder Spicer spoke in the morning, followed by a good social meeting, in which one gentle- man took his stand to keep the Sab- bath. We had been laboring for his conversion for many months. When his wife, who was absent on account of sickness, heard of it, she was so over- joyed that she wept freely. She is a happy woman. In the afternoon Brother Thomp- son spoke, and at the conclusion of his remarks Brother B. E. Connerly was ordained to the gospel ministry. The Spirit witnessed to the work done. Brother Connerly and wife have labored nearly two years in this city. Their faithfulness has brought several to the message, and many more are interested, some of whom are about to begin to observe the Sab- bath. Perhaps some of the readers would like to know more about the manner of their work. When they began la- bor, their experience was very lim- ited in everything but slum work. Soon they discontinued this, and be' 6 (6) � ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER gan with a club of one hundred Signs, selling it and holding cottage meet- ings. A club of Life Boats was added, then a club of Sentinels and a club of Good HeaNs. On Sabbath they had the care of the two churches and Sabbath-schools in the city, and encouraged the members to work with them. The Signs club grew to two or three hundred. Later they took up Christ's Object Lessons work and disposed of about one hundred copies. Besides this they sold other of our publications. Week by week the churches came to think more and more of them ; and when the Mission Board called them to go to Porto Rico, it seemed as though they could not be spared from the work in this city. At the close of the Sabbath, Elder Thompson left for home, being sum- moned by a telegram to the side of his wife who has been feeble for, a long time. A number of the congre- gation went with two candidates to the Baptist chapel where Brother Connerly baptized two. The even- ing after the Sabbath was filled with cottage meetings. Sunday Brother Spicer spoke to the congregation, and after an hour's intermission, read the week-of-prayer selection. This was followed by an experience meeting in which four more promised to keep the Sabbath. It was a remarkable time. The dona- tions for the work in Porto Rico amounted to about thirty dollars. Thus closes another good religious gathering. While we are sorry to have such workers leave us, we are glad to have them to contribute to the regions beyond. Until others are brought in, I will have to do what I can to carry forward the work dropped by them, together with all the other duties which constantly come in. I might say that the church on the East Side meet each Sabbath at 10 A.M. in the Odd-Fellows' Temple, corner of Williams and Jefferson Streets, while the church on the West Side have moved to 476 Rhode Is- land Street, where they meet at '2 : 15 P.M. The Sanitarium at 868 Niagara Street is doing well. We daily thank God for what he is doing in this great city. A. 0. BURRILL. THE BOSTON FIELD. ONE - of the confessions at our week-of-prayer service in Boston was a forcible illustration of the contrast between one of our schools and other denominational schools. The confes- sion revealed the fact that the person was disappointed with our school at � , because things were plain and devoid of display, but, notwith- standing, she was captivated with the truths of the gospel that she learned there. To satisfy her desire for what she considered an ideal boarding- school, where things were run on a more elaborate and grander scale, she sought and found the school of her fancied choice. As the days wore by, and the Sabbath of the Lord recurred, that she had learned to revere and observe at our plain and unpretentious school, she found that instead of the spiritual prayer service on Friday evening it was devoted to amuse- ments. It was then she first began to long for a school with its quiet Christian spirit instead of a boarding- school with its spacious and elegantly furnished rooms devoid of the sweet and heavenly influence for which her heart was yearning. She still hoped that when Sunday came she might re- ceive a spiritual reviving as the result of the sermon ; but, alas! she was doomed to another disappointment, for it did not contain that food which satisfies the hungry soul. There still remained another service, the young people's prayer-meeting, Wednesday evening, at which she hoped to re- ceive the spiritual strength she so much longed for; but again she ob- tained no relief. Suffice it to say, that the plain, modest school with its Christian influence is to her now pref- erable to the other. The fact that we are not satisfied with these things that are only an empty show ought to be a source of comfort to us; for should we find satisfaction in them, it would be an evidence that we were still strangers to the true Founder of Christian education. Since the holidays are now in the past, we are planning to engage in the distribution of tracts on the en- velope plan that was recommended at the last session of the New England Conference. Our hope is that both old and young will take hold of this work willingly. The statement made by Sister White in her first article in the week-of-prayer readings should be remembered by us all. It says, " Wait not for others to urge you to action. In the fear of God go for- ward without delay, bearing in mind your individual responsibility to him who gave his life for you. Act as if you heard Christ calling upon you personally to do your utmost in his service. Look not to see who else is ready." Again, in Psalms 110 : 3, the Lord says, " Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power." By the time this goes into print our election of church officers for 1903 will have taken place, and our first quarterly meeting will have been held. K. C. RUSSELL. "THE Father forgetteth none, Though many his children be: Not one can be overlooked; Be sure that his smile is for thee. The poorest is dear to him, He hears when the little ones call; And at last, when the home is reached, Von will see there is room for all." WHEN we are converted our desire for ease and elegance will be changed. —Mrs. E. G. White. LOVE'S secret is to be always do- ing things for God, and not to mind because they are such very little things." ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER � (7) 7 MEDICAL MISSIONARY WEEK OF PRAYER AT THE NEW ENGLAND SANITARIUM. THE week of prayer for 1902 has been a very refreshing season at the Sanitarium, and one of the best in the history of the institution. Elder K, C. Russell has been holding Bible studies with the nurses' classes and the family for some weeks, which have been a good preparation for the week of prayer. The interest shown in these meetings by the family has been un- usually good. The regular classes for the week were suspended, and the meetings held in the evenings in their stead, so that the greatest possible number could attend, and not only was nearly the entire family represented at each meeting, but the earnest spirit of prayer in which the workers freely joined, as well as the refreshing testi- monies which followed, the meetings, showed that the Spirit of the Lord was at work in the family. The nurses' classes this year are made up of an exceptionally fine class of young people, and they seem, with- out exception, to have consecrated their lives to the service of the Mas- ter. This gives great courage to the leaders in the work, as we know the Lord will use the sanitarium work to the glory of his name, and the ad- vancement of his cause, if the workers are fully consecrated to his service. The meetings were all held in a public room, readily accessible to the guests, and they were all well attended by patients, several of whom seemed to have gained new impressions of our people, and to have had their interests aroused in our work ; and we trust that much good seed has been sown among them as a result of this week of prayer. The Sanitarium has been passing through some severe trials in connec- tion with the coal famine, and other discouraging influences, and the entire family feel their need of a firm trust and confidence in the Lord, who doeth all things well. We trust that the brethren and sis- ters everywhere are praying that the Lord may continue his blessing upon our work, and that it may be a strong arm of the message in the East. The family as a whole is of excellent cour- age, and ready to labor earnestly to do its part in accomplishing this result. C. C. NICOLA, M. D. � —.— PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE restaurant work has been en- tered upon in Philadelphia, and bids fair to become an efficient ally in spreading the message among the so- called " better element " of the city's population. Having been in opera- tion five weeks, it has made friends of almost all its patrons from the start. We have established it on a cooper- ative basis, having formed an associa- tion for the carrying on of the restau- rant and mission work under the same control. The membership consists of all those who are engaged in the work of these two enterprises; together with those who by loan or gift aid in its establishment and conduct. We believe the work is a part of God's message for this time, and do not desire that it shall serve as a means of personal profit to any one (other than is warranted by the phrase, " The laborer is worthy of his hire ") any more than any other phase of gos- pel ministering. We can not (and would not if we could) pay large sal- aries, and if the Master of the vine- yard gives us profits, these are to be devoted to philanthropic and mission- ary work in Philadelphia. As this work grows, we shall need a number of consecrated workers who are quali- fied to help in the kitchen and dining- room of the restaurant, 1017 Walnut Street, or in the gospel help mission, at 210 North Second Street. The arrival from Chicago last week of Miss Nina Case, who is visiting the large cities in the interests of the Life Boat work, has brought a much needed impetus to our church in the matter of practical missionary effort. A rally was held at the mission last Saturday night which was largely at- tend by our own and outside people. Elder Fitzgerald, Elder Robinson, Dr. Read, Miss Case, and others, took active part in the exercises. The first day's effort at selling the Life Boat by members of the church was a marvelous success, eight hun- dred copies, all we had, being dis- posed of. We are glad that the winter is not going by without a determined effort being made to do something for the poor outcasts and the suffering ones of this great city. We need help, though, real earnest helpers who have the burden to go right to these needy ones and bring courage and hope. With this new enterprise established, and in view of the environment and limitations that bind so many of our people here, and prevent them from engaging in this " ministry of service," we feel burdened because some lack the real, hearty, helpful cooperation ; but we are not discouraged. The Lord has greatly blessed us here in Philadelphia. He has added many souls to the church in the recent years. The mission work has been established and prospered, the sanitarium work has been established and is on a creditable basis, and the restaurant work is now on the way to become a permanent thing, with the prospect within the near future of having a church building and schoolroom which, when realized, will present a situation in which all the branches of our work and the principles for which we stand, shall creditably and visibly be set forth. These things, however, without a consistent and consecrated people would be but valueless ; so the prayer and effort of us all should be for that personal exemplification of 8 (8) � ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER the principles, and a life that will re- flect and intensify the influence, of our institutions, which will make them a real power for good and for the rapid advancement of our glorious work. W. L. WINNER. Jan. 1,1903. The MINTED PAGE and from HOUSE to HOUSE" CIRCULATE THE BOOKS. DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: The new year is just before us, and plans should be laid for earnest, persevering effort in the Master's service. There is much to be done to advance the work of God. I have been instructed that the canvassing work is to be re- vived, and that it is to be carried for- ward with increasing success. It is the Lord's work, and a blessing will attend those who engage in it with earnestness and diligence. I thank my heavenly Father for the interest that my brethren and sisters have taken i n the circulation of "Christ's Object Lessons." By the sale of this book great good has been accomplished, and the work should be continued. But the efforts of our people should not be confined to this one book. The work of the Lord includes more than one line of service. " Christ's Object Lessons " is to live and do its appointed work, but not all the thought and effort of God's peo- ple are to be given to its circulation. The larger books, " Patriarchs and Prophets," " Great Controversy," and " Desire of Ages," should be sold everywhere. � These books contain truth for this time,—truth that is to be proclaimed in all parts of the world. Nothing is to hinder their sale. The effort to circulate " Christ's Object Lessons" has demonstrated what can be done in the canvassing field. This effort is a never-to-be-for- gotten lesson on how to canvass in the prayerful, trustful way that brings success. Many more of our larger books might have been sold if church-mem- bers had been awake to the impor- tance of the truths these books con- tain, and had realized their responsi- bility to circulate them. My breth- ren and sisters, will you not make an effort to circulate these books ? and will you not bring into this effort the enthusiasm that you brought into the ef- fort to sell " Christ's Object Lessons "? In selling Object Lessons," many have learned how to handle the larger books. They have obtained an ex- perience that has prepared them to enter the canvassing field. Sister White is not the originator of these books. They contain the in- struction that during her life-work God has been giving her. They con- tain the precious, comforting light that God has graciously given his servant to be given to the world. From their pages this light is to shine into the hearts of men and women, leading them to the Saviour. The Lord has declared that these books are to be scattered throughout the world. There is in them truth which to the receiver is a savor of life unto life. They are silent witnesses for God. In the past they have been the means in his hands of convicting and converting many souls. Many have read them with eager expectation, and, by reading them, have been led to see the efficacy of Christ's atone- ment, and to trust in its power. They have been led to commit the keeping of their souls to their Creator, wait- ing and hoping for the coming of the Saviour to take his loved ones to their eternal home. In the future, these books are to make the gospel plain to many others, revealing to them the way of salvation. The Lord has sent his people much instruction, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little. Little heed is given to the Bible, and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men and women to the greater light. Oh, how much good would be accomplished if the books containing this light were read with a determination to carry out the princi- ples they contain 1 There would be a thousandfold greater vigilance, a thousandfold more self-denial and res- olute effort. And many more would now be rejoicing in the light of pres- ent truth. My brethren and sisters, work ear- nestly to circulate these books. Put your hearts into this work, and the blessing of God will be with you. Go forth in faith, as you go praying that God will prepare hearts to re- ceive the light. � Be pleasant and courteous. Show by a consistent course that you are true Christians. Walk and work in the light of heaven, and your path will be as the path of the just, shining more and more unto the perfect day. Take the books to business men, to teachers of the gospel, whose minds have not been called to the special truths for this time. The message is to be given " in the highways,"—to men who take an active part in the world's work, to the teachers and leaders of the people. Thousands can be reached in the most simple, humble way. The most intellectual, those who are looked upon as the world's most gifted men and women, are often refreshed by the simple words of one who loves God, and who can speak of that love as naturally as the worldling speaks of the things that interest him most deeply. Often the words well prepared and studied have but little influence. � But the true, honest expression of a son or daughter of God, spoken in natural simplicity, has power to open the door to hearts that have long been closed against Christ and his love. ELLEN G. WHITE. (To be continued.) " A FEW books sold in a neighbor- hood help to sell other books." lace Name I Book I Union Conference Total 34 Agents, , � Days I Hrs Ords 328 143 I Value I Helps I Total I Deliver'd spent the past two years in school here, left this week to enter the Sani- $207.30 $113.45 $320.75 $1,044.00 ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER � (9) 9 THE BOOK WORK. Pennsylvania Conference, Week Ending December 19, 1902. ITEMS OF INTEREST Name � I Place I Book I Days I Hrs I Ords I Value I Helps I Total I Del'd Days I IIrs Ords I Value I Helps I Total I Del'd 21 16 15 40 11 10 2 10 32 21 178 15.00 1.00 15.00 1.00 3 8.25 12.50 20.75 3 3.00 3.00 1 2.25 2.25 1 3.75 .75 4.50 1.75 1.75 .50 .50 8 11.00 5.00 16.00 4 4.00 2.00 6.00 11.45 11.45 20 $32.25 $49.95 $82.20 38.50 10.75 10.00 69.00 34.00 21.75 8.00 21.50 6.50 12.50 125.00 3.75 3.75 $365.00 W. J. Heckman, Johnstown, D of A T. D. Gibson, New Salem, � P & P W. J. Hackett, Johnstown, � P & P W. W. Moore, Doneg , � P & P Ivor Lawrence, Johnst wn, � D & R W. T. Ililgert, Philad 1phia, D & R W. C. Fleisher, McKe •sport, � G C Mrs. E. W. Kirker, Gre nsburg, L G Alvin H. Osman, John town, M of N Andrew Ness, Eversoi , �C K Mary E. Diener, Allen own. � B S Totals, � 11 gents, W. J. Heckman, Johns own, D of A T. 1). Gibson, Unionto'n, � P & W. J. Hackett, Johnst4wn, � P & P *W. H. Zeidler, McKe4sport, � G C W. K. Achenbach, Re � D & R Ivor Lawrence, Johnst wn, D & R Mrs. E. W. Kirker, He la, � L Mrs. T. D. Gibson, Un ontown, L G Mrs.Mitche]tree, W. Mi3Ts'x, M of N Alvin H. Osman, Elk Run, M of N L. H. Pothers, Wooddale, II of M Andrew Ness, Moyer, �C K Mrs. B. Dickens, Eldredville, C 0 L Totals, � 14 Agents, B. B. Noftsger, Utica, �Misc A. E. Hoist, Jamestown, � Misc Ada B. Noftsger, Utica �BR A. R. Woodard, StocktOn, � BR BOSTON FIELD. -Brother W. S. Randall has been experiencing a severe attack of rheu- matism. -Miss Olive Jones left last week for her home in Cambridge, Md., to spend her vacation. -Miss Alfreda Webber has re- turned to her home in Trenton, N. J., for a visit. -Brother R. T. Woodward is suf- fering as the result of a severe fall that he had several weeks ago. -Sister Roxanna Miller, who is now engaged in teaching school at Hampton, Conn., spent a few days last week in this city. -Elders Cottrell and Place, and Brother Tucker were at the Melrose Sanitarium January 1, attending a board meeting. -The Boston Sabbath-school has elected the following named persons to their respective offices: Superin- tendent, Vere S. Richards ; assistant superintendent, Genevieve Hastings; secretary, Frances Smith ; assistant secretary, Isabelle Dunscombe. K. C. RUSSELL. � 79 47.75 �47.75 � 18.50 �18.50 60.00 140.00 16 � 4 � 9.00 �9.00 � 15 1 3.50 �3.50 84.50 4 9.50 19.50 29.00 10.25 7.00 7.00 28.75 � 12 � 2.75 2.75 37.75 � 18 � 3 � 4.25 � 3.50 � 7.75 � 3.50 � 4 � 17.75 17.75 � 32 � 3 8.00 18.50 26.50 121.75 7 4 12.50 .50 13.00 58-00 27 6 8.50 7.15 15.65 2 2.00 2.25 4.25 23.25 � 7 � 1 � .75 � .75 � 8.25 12.224 $49.00 $78.30 $127.30 $376.00 Week Ending December 26, 1902. * Two weeks. New York Conference, Week Ending December 26, 1902. Name - � I Pace I Book I Days I IIrs Ords I Value I helps I Total I Del'd Totals, � 4 Agents, 16 83 $75.25 $75.25 $200.00 ACADEMY NOTES. Maine Ctmference, Week Ending December 19, 1902. Vermont 1 onference, Week Ending December 26, 1902. Name � I P1 ce I Book I Days I Hrs I Ords I Value I Helps I Total I Del'd A. W. Boardman, Wald n and Danville, � 71.00 Ruble Roscoe, Jericho d Burlington, � 9.25 Mrs. W. J. Smith, Clare .ont, N. � 22.75 -S chool reopened Wednesday morning, December 31, with quite a full attendance. All have now re- turned and are hard at their work. -Mr. Clifton Rosin, of Wilmington, Del., and Mr. Fred Lee have been en- rolled this week and have taken up the work with us. -Mr. Kenneth Gould, of Virginia, who was in attendance at the Acad- emy several years ago, has spent a "4‘ � Name � I P ce I Book I Days I Hrs Ords I Value I Helps Total I Del'd Mrs. 11. H. Dexter, Dearing, � B R � 2 � 4.00 � 3.00 � 7.00 W. E. Gerald, Portland, � COL �12 � 14 17.50 11.50 29.00 Totals, � 2 A en s. � 12 � 16 $21.50 $14.50 $36.00 Totals, � 3 A rents, � $103.00 few days with us the past week. -Mr. J. M. E. Stranger, who has 10 {so) � ATLANTIC UNION °LEANER tarium nurses' training class at Battle Creek. —Our monthly tests will be delayed two weeks this month on account of our vacation's coming in the middle of the month and the first half of our present year closing January 20. At this time the mid-year examinations will be given and grades granted for the work of the first term. —Mr. Guy L. Leighton, class 1902, who has been engaged in church- school work at Cliff Island, Maine, has been spending the past few clays with his parents and friends here. He reports a successful school with much of the blessing of the Lord in his work. He returned to his work Monday, January 5. OBITUARY NOTICES MANNING.—Died at Townsend, Mass., Dec. 3, 1902, Mrs. Sarah Manning, aged ninety years, nine months, and eleven days. The deceased accepted the truths of the third angel's message under the labors of Elder D. A. Robinson, and loved it to the last. She had a special interest in the col- ored people of the South, and made several donations to the work for them. Our aged sister was a constant reader of the Signs and Review for more than twenty years, and alrmist_ every time I called to see her, she would say, " What should I do if it was not for my good reading ?" She rests in hope of a part in the first resurrection when Jesus comes to raise his own to life and immortal. ity. � MRS. LUCIA A. BLOOD. MESERVE.—Died at the home of her daughter in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 19, 1902, Mrs. Lucretia C. Meserve, aged ninty-five years, six months, and twenty-four days, probably older than any other Sabbath- keeper in the New England Conference. She was baptized at the Nashua camp-meet- ing when over eighty years of age, though she has kept the Sabbath for twenty years. Our aged sister died of no particular disease, but simply faded away, being up and dressed every day till the day of her death, and died sitting in her chair. � She just fell asleep with the glorious hope of meeting her Lord in the first resurrection. The deceased was ever ready and willing to give to the cause of God. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by Elder G. E. Fifield. We trust God will sustain the daughter in her loneliness, as she has never before been sep- arated from her mother. E. MITCHELL. NEW JERSEY, NOTICE. THE first annual session of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Ad- ventists will be held in Abrahamson College, on Seventh Street, between Market and Cooper Streets, in Cam den, N. J., January 14 to 19, 1903. Churches are entitled to represen- tation as follows : One delegate for each church, and one additional dele- gate for every ten members in the church. We hope many will attend the con- ference who are not delegates. � Its work will be of such interest and im- portance to those in this State, that we are confident none who come will be disappointed, but will feel themselves well repaid for the effort and expense required. The conference is so small that no church should fail to send a good rep- resentation. Those who expect to attend should write to Brother A. R. Bell, 419 Pine St., Camden, N. J. He will have charge of securing accommodations, and should know as soon as possible for whom he is to provide. J. E. JAYNE. FIRST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT just opened in New York City at 34 West 18th Street, opposite Siegel and Cooper's dry-goods store, also a full line of Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Foods. CARL RASMUSSEN, Proprietor. SUNSET CALENDAR FRIDAYS. Local Mean Time. CONFERENCE DIRECTORIES. Atlantic Union Conference. (Organized 1901.) (Comprising the following Conferences, viz.: Maine, Vermont, New England, New York, Greater New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake, Virginia, West Virginia.) Office, South Lancaster, Mass. OFFICERS. President, H. W. Cottrell, South Lancaster, Mass.; Secretary, W. A. Wilcox; Treas- urer and Auditor, George W. Palmer, South Lancaster, Mass. Executive Committee, H. W. Cottrell, the presidents of the conferences compris- ing the Union Conference, Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass.; E. E. Miles, South Lancaster, Mass.; S. N. Haskell, 303 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.; C. C. Nicola, Melrose, Mass.; D. B. Patmelee, South Lancaster, Mass.; Geo. W. Palmer. Atlantic Union Conference Association. (Incorporated March 24, 1902.) Office, South Lancaster, Mass. OFFICERS. President, H. W. Cottrell; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. W. Palmer; Auditor, Dwight B. Parmelee. Trustees, Hampton W. Cottrell; William A. Wilcox, South Lancaster, Mass.; Albert E. Place, South Lancaster, Mass.; Dwight B. Parmelee ; Charles C. Nicola; Frederick Griggs ; George W. Palmer. ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER. Official organ of the Atlantic Union Confer- ence; issued weekly; price, 50 cents per annum; Jennie Thayer, editor; Office, South Lancaster, Mass. Maine Directory. OFFICERS. President, P. F. Bicknell, No. Deering, Me.; Secretary and Treasurer, E. H. Morton, No. Deering, Me. Executive Committee, P. F. Bicknell; E. C. Taylor, So. Norridgewock, Me.; R. T. Hobbs, Shawmut, Me.; C. H. Harmon, Cliff Island, Me.; Wm. R. McLaughlin. Boston. N. Y. and Phila. 4 : 43 4 : 50 4 : 57 5 :05 5 :14 Wash- ington. Tract Society Department—Secretary and Treasurer, E. H. Morton. Sabbath-school Department—Secretary and Treasurer, � Mrs. P. F. Bicknell, � North Deering, Maine. Jan. 2 � Jan. 9 � .. � . Jan. 10 � Jan. 23 � Jan. 30 4:38 4:45 4 : 52 5:01 5:10 4 :40 4:55 5:02 5:10 5:18 0.4".."."/".•••^""410.0".P.M.W. Atlantic Union Gleaner, South Laneaster,Mass., Enclosed please find $ � for which send the ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER to the followings Name � Street � P. 0. � State � address : Payment may be made by Express or Post-office Money Order. Stamps, coin, and bills are sent at the sender's risk. New England Directory. OFFICERS. President, A. E. Place, So. Lancaster, Mass. Executive Committee, M. D. Mattson, South Lancaster, Mass.; K. C. Russell, 71 Wyoming Ave., Melrose, Mass.; D. B. Parmelee, South Lancaster, Mass.; H. H. Stacy, Leominster, Mass. Secretary and Treasurer, H. B. Tucker, South Lancaster, Mass. Secretary of Missionary Department, E. E. Miles, South Lancaster, Mass. Auditor, G. W. Palmer, South Lancaster, Mass. Canvassing Agent, H. C. Wilcox, Lancaster, Mass. New Jersey Directory. OFFICERS. President, J. E. Jayne; Secretary and Treas- urer, J. W. Rambo; Vice-President, C. H. Keslake. Conference Committee, J. E. Jayne, C. H. Keslake, H. J. Adams, J. C. Stevens, A. R. Bell. Secretary Educational Department, Mrs. J. W. Rambo. MINISTERIAL CREDENTIALS. J. E. Jayne, 165 Godwin St., Paterson, N. J. C. H. Keslake, 181 Albion Ave., Paterson, N. J. J. C. Stevens, 384 Littleton Ave., Newark, N. J. MINISTERIAL LICENSE. A. R. Bell, 419 Pine St., Camden, N. J. MISSIONARY CREDENTIALS. J. W. Rambo, 472 Union Ave., Paterson, N. J. Mrs. J. W. Rambo, 472 Union Ave., Pater- son, N. J. New York Directory. OFFICERS. President, G. B. Thompson ; Vice-President, A. 0. Burrill; Secretary and Treasurer, T. E. Bowen. Executive Committee, G. B. Thompson, A. 0. Burrill, S. B. Whitney, N. S. Washbond, Irving Whitford. Tract Society Department—Secretary and Treasurer, T. E. Bowen. Sabbath-school Department—Secretary, Mrs. Delia A. Thompson. State Agent, B. B. Noftsger. Officers' Address, 317 West Bloomfield St., Rome, N. Y. Pennsylvania Directory. OFFICERS. President, R. A. Underwood, 246 West Twenty-third St., Erie; L. ice-President, I. N. Williams, Corydon ; Secretary and Treasurer, W. M. Lee, Box 614, Wil- liamsport, Pa. ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER Corresponding Secretary, William T. Hil- gert. Sabbath-school Secretary, Mrs. W. M. Lee. Field Secretary, F. E. Painter. 9 Hazlett St., Allegheny. Executive Committee, R. A. Underwood, I. N. Williams ; C. F. McVagh, 1424 Olive St., Scranton; W. J. Fitzgerald, 27 North Thirty-fourth St., Philadelphia; Dr. A. J. Read, 1809 Wallace St., Phil- adelphia; V. H. Cook, Eldred; C. S. Longacre, Station D, Pittsburg. Vermont Directory. OFFICERS. President, J. W. Watt, North Wolcott, Vt.; Secretary and Treasurer, F. M. Dana, Burlington, Vt. 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EDITOR, � - � - � - JENNIE THAYER Entered March 17, 1902 as Second-class Matter. A TRIAL subscription to the GLEANER will be sent to any address until April 1 for ten cents. ELDER W. A. WESTWORTH, of Scotland, made request of Brother H. W. Cottrell for money to supply seating furniture for a tent in which to hold religious services ; and the New England Conference Committee has kindly supplied the money to meet the demand. FINANCIAL POLICY. THE conference committees of the New England, Greater New York, and Chesapeake Conferences, have, by unanimous vote, approved of the financial policy recently adopted by the General Conference Committee. There is no doubt but what the seven remaining conference committees in the Atlantic Union Conference, will likewise approve of the action of the General Conference Committee, at their earliest convenience. The New England Conference has been practicing the cash policy for several years, which has been of great encouragement to its people. All systems will in the end come to naught, except the cash system. � Je- sus said, " Which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? � Lest haply, after he hath laid the founda- tion, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, say- ing, This man began to build, and was not able to finish." Is not faith that will secure money beforehand, more acceptable to the Lord, than a supposed faith, strolling along away behindhand ? H. W. COTTRELL. THE SIGNS. BEGINNING with the first issue of January, 1903, the club price of the Signs of the Times will be ninety cents per copy per year. This does not apply to papers that have already been ordered. ADDRESS. UNTIL further notice, the address of Elder and Mrs. C. H. Edwards will be Apponaug, R. I. OUR GREAT LOSS. THE Battle Creek Daily Moon of Dec. 31, 1902, contains the following particulars concerning the destruction of the Review and Herald building which has for so many years stood as a witness to the advancement , of the message. The Moon states that three hundred thousand dollars went up in flames, and the insurance amounted to only one hundred thousand. New policies had been written and signed, increasing the amount of insurance fifty thousand dollars after Jan. 1, 1903 ; but the fire came too early for anything to be realized from these papers. It is believed that the fire was caused by defective wiring, as it broke out on the Washington Street side of the building, in or near the dynamo room, and was first discovered by men at work in the book room on the sec- ond floor. They made an effort to drag down one of the reels of fire hose in the building and play it on the flames, but they soon had to abandon their work, and flee down the fire es- capes, as the stairway was a roaring furnace. They all reached the ground in safety. This copy of the Moon did not state at what hour the fire oc- curred ; but we learn from other sources that it was about 7:30 p.m., and only a few persons were in the building, or there might have been serious accidents if not loss of life. Chief Weeks of the fire department sent the men and apparatus from sta- tions one two and three, but the water pressure was insufficient to save the building, which burned fiercely ; and so hot were the flames that no fire lines were needed until the blaze was nearly over. It was hardly possible to come nearer to the fire than the fountain in the middle of the park, and the people were driven back al- most to the steps of the tabernacle across the street. Sparks filled the air, and some of them floated for half a mile. The flames were plainly seen in Marshall. The fact that the wind was in the west made it possible for the fire com- panies to save the building across Washington Street containing the bank, the offices of the General Con- ference and Mission Board, the rooms where the books and tracts are stored, the lists are kept, etc. � Had this building burned, the loss would have been much greater. The small stores on the east of the building were saved by volunteer fire- men with small lines of hose. The book plates being in fire-proof vaults, it is hoped that they may be uninjured. The pressroom contained nine cyl- inder presses, six " Miehles," and one " Century " being recently purchased. There was also considerable other new machinery in the building. It is estimated that from two hun- dred and fifty to three hundred people will be thrown out of employment in the midst of winter. WANTED.—Work of any kind, either together or in different places, where we can keep the Sabbath. DAVID CORKHAM, NELLIE CORKHAM. Mill Village, N. H.