elcome isitor. "then thep that feared the JLorb spittle often one to another." VOL. IV. MT. VERNON, OHIO, NOVEMBER 46, 4899. NO. 2. gate pActrontic pioitor DISTRICT MEETING AT MT. VERNON. It has been decided to invite all of our ministers and Bible workers to attend the district meeting at Mt. Vernon, Nov. 16 to 26. Elders Irwin, Breed and Haskell will be with us as instructors from the General Conference. These breth- ren are in close touch with the work all over the wide harvest field. We shall feel it a privilege to meet these faithful servants of the Lord. We have reached a period in our work when we should expect the outpouring of the spirit of God which shall char- acterize our work at the close of the message. We know that we need it in the Ohio conference in each and every department of our work. Shall we not so relate ourselves to God so that he can trust us with the power that will stir the world and thus hasten the coming of the Lord? Shall we not arouse to our condi- tion and our great need of the power of the spirit of God in pre- senting the "harvest message" to the world? Let there be a deep consecration of all that we have and are to God, and learn well Christ's greatest message to the world as recorded in Math : 28-30, and receive that fitness for heaven which is required: sancti- fication and that justification by faith which is our title to the King- dom of God. R. R. KENNEDY. NOTICE FOR DISTRICT NO. 5. This district embraces Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Wil- liams and Wood counties. There will be a district meeting held at Hamler, beginning Sabbath even- ing, December 1, to continue until ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE OHIO S. D. A. CONFERENCE, MT. VERNON, OHIO. PRICE: 25 CENTS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Mt. Vernon Postoffice. SWEETNESS AND STRENGTH. A lonely rock by the wayside All jagged and seamed and rent ! Yet, over its brow the daisies Their pure bright faces bent; Gay columbines danced on slender stems And fair trumpets blew, From every crevice tufts of fern And feathery grasses grew. Till gone were the outlines sharp and bare That might offend the eve, And the wayside rock was a charming sight To every passer-by. Dear heart, alone and lonely, Though shattered life's hopes may be, The Lord who cares for the wayside rock Much more will care for thee. Thy deeds of tenderness, words of love, Like flowers may spring and twine, Till joy shall come into others' lives From the very rents in thine. E. SLOCUM. THE WELCOME VISITOR. Realizing that that there are many families in the state of Ohio who should be taking the VISITOR but who are not now subscribers, we have decided to make the fol- lowing liberal offer: To all send- ing in their subscriptions any time during the remainder of this year, will recieve the paper from the time they subscribe, until Jan. 1901, for only 25 cents. Subscribe at once so you will receive the special double number of Nov. 30, con- taining a full account of the Dis- trict Conference meeting. There will be many who cannot attend this meeting, but all can read the reports in the VISITOR, provid- ing you send in your subscriptions before that time. Thursday the 7th. I will he pleas- ed to see representatives from all the churches in the district attend. We will plan for a Sabbath School Convention for Sabbath and Sun- day, the 2nd and 3rd. An invita- tion is extended to any of the State conference or Sabbath School officers. Bring some bedding with you. D. E. LINDSAY. THE MISSIONARY READING CIRCLE. "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a fam- ine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it." Brethren,the time is coming when we will not have the blessed priv- ilege of studying the word of God as we do now; and as "we hear the footsteps of an approaching God," should it not arouse us to a more systematic study of his word that we may receive the life-giving power which they contain. The Review and Herald office is publishing the Berean Library at a very low rate for the express pur- pose of placing our denominational books in every home. If we take up the study as outlined, seeking God for daily instruction, we shall not be disappointed. Our Chris- tian experience will brighten day by day, and though storm clouds gather, from them will descend copious showers of blessings. In a letter from one of our Bible workers she says, "I presented the matter to our people very soon, in fact the Sunday after camp-meet- ing and it was received with ap- proval by all the church members. 2 THE WELCOME VISITOR. 34 62 spirit of the Lord. Dear brethren 89 841 and sisters we cannot' afford to miss 31 oo these quarterly occasions, and thus 10 25 miss the blessing. Read Hell. 10:25. 74 87 Sabbath and Sunday, Oct. 21st 36 27 I and 22d, I met with the church in 36 62 Springfield. There seems to be a tot 56 growing interest here. The at- 36 oo tendance was good. On Sabbath z3 5o several came from Yellow Springs. 22 50 Each Sunday at 3 p. m. they have 9 8o a "Berean Reading Circle." It is 34 6o very interesting and conducted by 12 00 our Bible workers. Sunday night 41 88 the outside attendance was good. 9 7o The Lord was with us. Here in 120 52 Dayton we also have a reading cir- 29 oo cle and feel that our people should 73 00 all take a deep interest in this good 44 oo work. J. G. WOOD. 27 85 I I o8 37 01 5 90 40 00 147 23 7 64 15 78 6 io 30 20 41 90 11543 8 6o 4 56 23 45 Some of them already had the books, but I sent away twenty-four orders for the Library. I felt, and stated my convictions to the people, that before we could get a knowl- edge of the Word, such as He desired u.s to have, that we must first know Christ as our personal Saviour from sin, as we had never known him, and suggested that we begin the study of "Steps to Christ." All were agreed, and for five weeks we studied that book. As a result, there is a better spiritual state of things in our church than ever be- fore. The interest instead of de- creasing in the least, has increased every week. We are now studying "Daniel." Our last meeting is al- ways the best. The testimony of the members is 'That the Saviour has come into their daily experience in the last quarter, as never before, and they attribute it to the Reading Circle.' " Beginning with Dec. 5 the les- sons will be outlined in the Review, Missionary Magazine, and Youths' Instructor. If you are not yet a subscriber to the "Missionary Mag- azine" or "Berean Library" we would insist that you forward your subscription to E. A. Merriam, Mt. Vernon, 0., at the very earliest date possible. C. V. R. OCT. $ 20 99 TITHES RECEIVED IN III 50 Alliance church Akron Appleton 5 00 Beaver 9 89 Bedford CC 7 00 Bellville 50 00 Broughton " 15 30 Bowling Green church 72 50 Camden 44 9 50 Chagrin Falls 30 85 Cincinnati 44 60 Cleveland 44 153 84 Columbus 64 113 77 Corsica 37 07 Conneaut 3 96 Coshocton 5 95 Dayton 54 66 Delaware 31 o6 Dunkirk 44 8 30 Elgin 55 50 East Liverpool LC 29 73 Findlay 33 99 Fairfield CC 10 00 GC CC Scattered Sabbath Keepers. 42 67 Total $2,351 89 I have on hand tithe envelopes that will be sent to any of the churches that wish them. A. A. LAUDER, Treas. Cidings from the field. NEWANTIOCH and SPRINGFIELD —By invitation of the elder of the church at New Antioch I met with them in quarterly meeting Oct. 7th and 8th. Some came from Bloom- ington each day, about 15 miles. This seemed some like in the early days of this message when brethren and sisters often went 15 or 20 miles, or even more than that and were glad of the opportunity. We had a good meeting. The Lord met with us. We were sorry that some who lived much nearer missed this good meeting and reviving TOLEDO—The last quarter had its trials and its victories for,: thos e "in the faith" in this active and busy city. Three adults, a young man and wife and a maiden lady, were buried in baptism and joined the little band formally, and a brother and wife were re-baptized because a better and larger view of the place and purpose of that beautiful ordinance had come into their hearts and understanding. Deep devotion and earnestness marked the day in all the quarterly services. The first day following, business matters were carefully considered and a desire plainly seen faithfully to account for the use of the talents given to each one for the portion of the Lord's possessions intrusted to the control of each. A healthy in- crease in the tithe was noticed and a good missionary spirit was shown through the quarter as a whole, with little exception; for all which we take courage and "go forward." The mission prospers and many proofs of good results of the work in the blessing of the Master come to hand again and again, to encour- age and comfort the workers. Some needed supplies, &c., have been received from outside friends; these always bring joy and lively gladness. If the brethren could once really know what sacrifice the laborers make even of common comforts, to minister to others in Grand River church Geneva Gilboa Greensburg Hamler Hicksville Kirkland LaGrange Laura Leesburg Lewistown Lima Liberty Center Locus Point Marion Mendon Mt. Vernon Newark Norwalk Pemberville Portage River Reedsville Springfield Sinking Springs Sherwood Toledo Troy Van Wert Wadsworth Walnut Grove Waterford Wheelersburg West Mansfield Youngstown Review and Herald 64 44 CC CC 64 64 t4 CC C4 GC 64 THE WELCOME VISITO-R. _ 3 At the convention at Cleveland it was still further demonstrated that it is a great blessing to con- vene together for the study of the Sabbath School work. It was here developed that the Sabbath School was the church engaged in the holy function of partaking of the Word of life as typified in the ancient service of . the shewbread, which was to be "set in order before the Lord continually" "every Sabbath " See Lev. 24: 5-9. This shewbread represented the "true bread from heaven," even Jesus, who says, "Except ye eat of the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you." He then explains Himself by saying, "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." And of Jesus it says again, "And His name is called the Word of God." Thus the Sabbath School is the place where we par- take of Christ in His word "every Sabbath," even as typified. From this foundation truth, the work of S. S. officers and teachers, seasons of refreshing to both the privilege of being pupils. and teachers and students. the relation of all to the church, was made a most impressive lesson, and all, the representatives of sur- rounding Schools, as well as the brethren at Cleveland, felt that the often help would come in voluntar- ily from many to aid the good work and hold up the hands of the self- denying ones facing the hot shot pouring onto them at the front. Always clothing, food and bed- ding are welcome, especially during the fall and winter months. Our Bible readers are also busy and the way has opened for them to use all the time given them and more work we are assured. testing times but His ficient for all. Let all Israel press together. M. S. THE DISTRICT NO. 3. S. S. CONVENTION. need as they find it in varying but Convention was a great visitation urgent ways in a "mission," more of blessing from the Lord. ALBERT CAREY. grace is suf- the house of BABCOCK, We are beginning to look with keen interest and expectancy to the assemblying of the District Conference, which convenes on The work of the school con- tinues to prosper, both in attend- ance and in the character of the work done by the student body. A degree of earnestness and zeal on the part of most of the young people is very marked and indi- cates a purpose on their part to obtain as much good as possible from the school. And while the intellectual activities are encour- aging there is no less of earnest ness in the religious work,and the testimony of the students is quite generally one of courage and of advancement in the service of the Master. The religious ser- vices are well attended and are Int. Vernon Academy. a —It was matter of inspiration and enjoyment to meet with the youth at their regular meeting in connection with the Cleveland convention. Here they are taking up the work with a zeal and energy that is highly commendable if they had it. That their Studies and consecration meetings has been and will be blessed are carried on each Sabbath after- These are indeed noon, and during the week lessons, Bible topics, field studies, etc., are being studied, and at the same time the distribution of literature and practical Christian work is being taken up. The zeal and earnestness of youth fully consecrated to the cause of God is what the Lord would have developed by these organizations. Let us all pray that as the youth take up the work as faithful soldiers of Christ they may be greatly blessed, and kept from all wrong. ALBERT CARF.Y., Thursday, and many expressions of pleasure are heard because of the fact that Elder Irwin is to be with us during this time, as many of the students were ac- quainted with him while he was in the Conference and thorough- ly enjoy the prospect of having him with us for the ten days of the meeting. And while Elder Haskell is a stranger to the school, and to the students almost without exception, yet his coming is looked forward to with pleasure and he will be welcomed by all, for he is rec- ognized as one of the servants of the Lord, and one, too, from whom we expect many and rich blessings. It is also a pleasure to know that so many of our Ohio work- ers will be here, and many pleas- ant anticipations are indulged respecting the meeting with those whom we have known and whom we esteem so highly. And we trust that the Conference throughout all of its sessions may be characterized by the presence and the direction of the Spirit of the Lord, so that all the work done will bear the impress of His Spirit and will be a means of encouragement and strength to the hearts of both the workers and the people. The industrial work of the school stands practically where it did one month ago, but with a better prospect for starting than it had at that time, owing to the fact that some of the pledges have been paid during the month. If those who have not paid, but who are able to do so, find it convenient to send in the amount pledged in the near future this work can be started very shortly'. We indeed hope that this may be the case, as it would be a bitter disappointment to our students should this work fail to materialize during the THE CLEVELAND BAND. 4 THE WELCOME VISITOR. .14.1 11111 111.11=NIMIIINEMMI• present school year, for on the strength of the pledges made at camp-meeting, together with the hearty approval of the work given by the Conference, prom- ises were made to some of these young people which can be real- ized only through the opening up of this work. We would not be understood as asking any one to distress or discommode himself in the slightest measure, but if the pay- ment of the pledges is just sim- ply a question of remitting we earnestly hope that it will receive early attention. J. W. LAUGHHEAD. OBITUARY. Many of the readers of the VISI- TOR will be sorry to learn of the death of Dr. John E. Scalan, which occurred at his home in Pasadena, Cal., Oct. 22, 1899. Bro. Scalan was born in Cork, Ireland, June 1o, 1847. He came to this country in 187o and settled in Ohio. He em- braced the truth in 1883, and when the church was organized at Mt. Vernon, was chosen as its first elder. When he bade adieu to the Ohio people at the last Mt. Vernon camp meeting six years ago, and left for Califorina where he had been advised to go for his health, it was thought by all who knew him that he could not live a year on account of tuberculosis. He was laid away to rest until the voice of Jesus shall pierce the silence calling him forth to life evermore. A. H. DAYTON CHURCH SCHOOL. Last July members of the Day- ton church began to plan for a church school. Those interested most in this work pledged each from fifty cents to three dollars per month for three months, as they felt able, to create a fund to begin with. It was quite a struggle to get means to start with but the Lord blessed the effort. A fee of one dollar per month is charged for each pupil. Most of our members are poor or in moderate • circum- stances. Some have several chil- dren they wish to send but are not able to pay for all. That no one should be deprived of the benefit of this school, those who have no children are continu- ing their monthly pledge to make up the lack of funds. We believe this is as it should be and the Lord will bless them in this good work. The school opened the first Mon- day in September with about 20 pupils and Brother Roy F. Cottrell in charge. They now have 27 en- rolled. Sister Ella Talmage assists a part of each day. In this we trust a good work for the children and youth will be accomplished. J. G. WOOD, CANVASSERS' REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING NOV. 11, 1899. No. No. Or- V al- Days. Hr's. ders. ue. Mrs. Carrie English Columbus 2% 9 15 $9.10 Mrs. L. R. Campbell Columbus 3 20 19 31 95 Mrs. Laura Burr Hicksville 3 . 7.5o Mrs. C. L. Painter West Mansfield 2% . 7.50 *Mr. F. M. Fairchild Zanesville 812 25 24.30 Miss Florence Hall Chagrin Falls .. 36 16.00 Miss Cora Cudda- back, Conneaut 17 *Mr. W. E. Bidwell Zanesville.... . . 25 19.03 Mr. F. H. Henderson Zanesville 3 21 12.00 Mr. Jay Raymond North Baltimore 5 38 5o 47.75 Total $182.88 .coiporters. DELIVERIES. Mr. W. E. Bidwell $ 4.23 Miss Mayme Wells 8.00 Mrs. A. Berry 4.50 Mr. W. E. Bidwell 12.50 ... Mr. Jay Raymond.... 36.25 Mr. C. L. Wilson 60.50 Mr. W. E. Bid well Total $135.11 Dear Canvassers — As I look over the good reports of the past week, I am glad to•be able to re- port some good advancements in the canvassing work. Truly the Lord is blessing the faithful can- vassers. I am sure there are many of our brethren in the state who would be in the canvassing work today if they only knew the many blessings the canvassers are receiv- ing daily. It is true we encounter a few difficulties. But these are only to test us. If we can't stand the little troubles we have at this time how can we ever expect to go through the troubles that will come in the very near future? I just re- turned from a short trip through the state and am glad to report all the canvassers that I had the pleas- ure of meeting in good courage, and doing well. Dear co-workers, I trust you will all improve this good weather, and the g-ood times, for they will not always last. Yours in the work, R. I. FRANCIS. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Elder 0. F. Guilford is convales- cing rapidly, and is expected to at- tend the meeting of Nov. 16-26. The President, Elder Kennedy, was at the Academy a few days last week, making arrangements for the District meeting. Bertha Gibson, who has been at- tending school at the Academy for some time, returned to her home last week on account of the illness of her sister Cora. By the time the VISITOR reaches its readers this week the meeting will be in progress at the Academy. Let all remember the work at this time at the Throne of Grace. We have just received a good letter from Brother Bid 7e11, but owing to a lack of space can not publish it this week. It will ap- pear in the next number, however. Bro. C. C. Webster writes from Ironton that they have a good church in which to hold their meet- ings. He says they have a Sabbath Have you lifted the lamp for others, That has guided your own glad feet; Have you echoed the loving message That seemed to you so sweet ? F. R. HAVERGAL. "Who will remember that skies are gray, If he carries a happy heart all day." 3 7.75 9.13 School of 35, and also that the Lord is blessing in their meetings.