DENVER, COLO., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1909. � NUMBER 17. VOLUM E XIX. 9 � the morning so* thy seed and in the evening withhold not thine hand. Eccf:ii:6: -1- � ' ------",. Echoes from the 'f t 1 d. Published every two weeks for the Colorado S. D. A. Conference and Tract Society, At 111,2 Kalamath St., Denver, Colo. SUBSCRIPTION, 25 CTS. PER YEAR. entered at Denver Post Office as Second-class Mail Matter. GENERAL ARTICLES. The Camp Meeting. We all want to be there. All who can ought to be there and make it a thor- oughly representative meeting. This year the camp meeting is to he held in the most central place for our member- ship to attend. All know that the greater part of our members are in Northern Colorado. This will perhaps always be the fact, for the population of the state centers there on account of the nature of the country itself'and its cities. So there is every reason for a very large attend- ance this year at Boulder. Dear Breth- ren and Sisters, shall we not see you all at this meeting? Let all the people come and let this be the meeting that shall eclipse all others that we have ever had. There is a spiritual blessing to be ob- tained. The people must be there to re- ceive it-. There is business for the Lord to be done. The people should be there to do it. Come, and come EARLY. This is IMPORTANT Be on hand at the very FIRST. The writer will he with you if he can. But if we cannot come, you will know it is because of the interest here in the tent work that we cannot leave. Let us come to the meeting with the blessing of the Lord upon us, and then we will get the greater ,biessipg that we all so long for. H. M. J. RICHARDS. Come! Come! When this issue of the ECHOES reach- es its readers, it will only be a few days until we will be assembled in-conference at Boulder.. This will be the mostimport- ant meeting ever held in Colorado. It will be a time when Jesus will meet with His people. Remember He said that if He went away He would send the Com- forter. I am sure showers- of -the latter rain await us. So 'let us not only sing "Showers of blessing," but let us experi- ence the blessing. Dear reader, are you going to camp meeting? If not, why not? Can you af- ford to remain away? If you are unde- cided, decide at once,—"I am going." If for any cause you have decided .to stay away, we beg you to reconsider, and de- cide to go. The work of God at this time needs your presence, and help, and you need-the blessing of the meeting. We are expecting the largest attendance and the best meeting ever held in Colorado. We invite you to come and enjoy the feast with us. First meeting August 26, at 9 a. m. We will have excellent help from abroad. Sister E. G. White will be with us. � No doubt this will be the last time Colorado will ever have the privilege of 'having the help of this tried servant of the Lord. I am sure she will have a mes- sage from the Lord for us in Colorado.' We would be pleased to see every Seventh-day Adventist in Colorado pres- ent at this.meeting. Come! J. W. LAIR. Quarantine Regulations in Relation to Communicable Disorders. All civilized states and nations have laws regulating the prevention of conta- gious diseases. There are disorders which are spread by being taken directly from one person to Another. The laws of Colorado fOrbid all persons � or re- cently recovered from scarlet fever, smallpox, measles, and likescalingL dis- orders, attending any gathering or min- gling with others, until the soling pericid is over, and the patient, hii ,atteridantb, clothing and room have been- thortitighly cleansed and disinfected. Two months for scarlet fever, &VI!: to six 'weeks, for Quail- pox., at -least tiar...e., or- faux.lArdiusli4_ for measles. WhOoping cotigh 'is -alSo contagious' for at least two' months, in some cases longer. Diphtheria- at least four to six weeks. ' Nurses and otheis at- tending a case of diphtheria, aS well' as the patient, should have their throats eic- amined and secretions from saute tested for diphtheria germ, as this infection may be carried in the throat for weeks after recovery, and thus infect others. Chickenpox„ German measles, 'mumps and the less severe contagious disorders require a quarantine of at least three or four weeks. In the indirectly contagious disorders, such as tuberculosis, typhoid fever, mal- aria and all forms of dysenteries and oth- er bowel diorders, the danger is through some intermediate contagion carriers. In tuberculosis, spitting and coughing in the air. All such patients should avoid spitting on the ground or coughing in the air without catching the spray in pa- per or cloth. In typhoid fever and all bowel disor- ders, the danger is chiefly from excre- ment getting into the food and drink, by means of flies and dust. Therefore, as in the camp of Israel of old, keep these foul substances out of the camp ' and covered from flies. Malaria is contagiOus ECHOES FROM THE FIELD. only through musquitoes. Therefore keep patient and musquitoes apart. As no one among law-abiding Sev- enth-day Adventists wishes to violate the sanitary laws of the land, nor yet in- fect others, it is to be hoped that no one having any of the directly contagious disorders in their families, or suffering from them themselves, will come to camp meeting, and that all those who are tubercular, or have any indirectly contagious disorders, will observe all the sanitary regulations of the camp ground. Otherwise, they must not complain if, as it was in the days of Moses, they are re- quired to retire outside the camp. DR. KATE LINDSAY. Camp Meeting Hygiene. For model camp Hygiene, there is no example more striking than that of the divine regulations given to Israel of old for their camp life in the wilderness. In Deut. 23:14 the Lord promised to walk in the midst of the camp if it was kept sanitary. If He saw physical unclean- ness there, He also said He would turn away from the people and leave them to the mercy of their enemies. Deut. 24:8. There is the command to obey strictly the quarantine regulations against infec- tious disorders, as enjoined and enforced by the priests and Levites. Ex. 15:26. The Lord promised the Children of Israel perfect freedom from the contagious dis- orders of the nations around them. In the wilderness He kept them well for over forty years. The Lord also gave the world a sanitary lesson on hygiene and sanitation in two army camps of modern times in the same locality. There was almost complete freedom from di- sease in the camp of the Japanese. The Russian camp was a veritable pest house, reeking with filth and disease in- fections. The Japanese army was clean and sanitary. The Russian army was just the opposite. The first rule for camp hygiene is cleanliness of ground, air, food, water and person. The camp ground should be clean when chosen, and kept clean by proper disposition of waste. The most dangerous wastes are human and animal excrement. Therefore they should be kept as carefully off the camp ground and from contact with air, food and water, as the Lord required in the camp of His ancient people. The next most dangerous filth is the kitchen food garbage allowed to accumu- late and spoil. The first sanitary law given in the Bible was prohibiting the use of spoiled food; Ex. 16:19, 20, when Moses prohibited leaving any of the manna until morning. They must gather it fresh early every day, as spoiled food causes disease. The food at the camp meeting should, therefore, be freshly prepared, never eaten when spoiled. Sour beans have caused much stomach and bowel disor- der in our ranks, and many deaths from cholera morbus. Rules for a sanitary camp-gronnd, in which the Lord can walk about without being offended by the uncleanliness. First select a clean site, covered with grass as much as possible, with walks and facilities for keeping the dust down by sprinkling, II. Keep the ground clean by never pour- ing onto or into it either liquid or fluid waste of any kind, especially animal and human excrement. All foul things should be carried out of the camp and des- troyed. Kitchen garbage and other wastes should also be carried away. Wastes near the camp, fermenting in and on the ground, get into the food and water by dust and flies, and cause all forms of sickness. III. Get a good water supply, and keep it so by never putting any foul thing into it, either sewerage or by children throw- ing refuse into it. If suspicious, always boil water used for drinking. IV. Select food carefully, and avoid the use of meats, cheese, and especially dried or canned meats. Cut down the amount of food at least a third or fourth. Especial- ly is this needful for farmers, and out-of- door workers when less active, as at 'camp meeting. Never eat spoiled food of any kind. V. Be careful never to, sit about in cold, damp clothing. Keep rubbers, rain- coats, umbrellas and extra wraps for evenings and mornings always at hand. VI. Keep free from all biting insects, and especially flies. Get a bolt or two of netting or thin cheese cloth, and cover everything from the baby to the food supplies, and have covers for all food and water receptacles. Never set a pail out with a dipper in it. This is danger- ous. The water soon fills with all forms of filth. Keep flies out of tents. They are the chief disease carriers. Mosqui- toes also are dangerous. VII. AS there are at every camp meeting always a score or more of human conta- gion carriers, especially tubercular. pa tients, do not spit on the ground any- where, either inside the tents or out, no matter whether you are tubercular or not. Especially be careful in the meeting tents. Those who cough should carry with them a piece of rag or cheese cloth, and hold before the face when coughing to catch the sputum and keep the. air clean. VIII. Keep the skin clean by a cold sponge or other bath daily. IX. Keep as clean as the children of Israel under the administration of the divinely given sanitary laws by Moses. In our own time, practically illustrated in the Japanese army, God rewarded both Israel and our little yellow brothers with free- dom from disease. Is not the promise good for fulfillment to Seventh-day Ad- ventists today? X. Only have faith enough to work with God and keep His laws, and the camp meeting can be made a witness to the truth of God's words and His purpose to the children of men. Let every one try to keep clean and have the grounds clean. XI. Keep cheerful and hopeful and help- ful, and expect to be well. XII. Do not stop up the drains into the closet hoppers with hair, newspapers, cloth, fruit rinds, or anything but toilet paper. Keep all these solid wastes out of kitchen and tent slops. Everything • that can be burned should be burned. All garbage should he carried off by the garbage man. KATE LINDSAY, M. D. Eastern Colorado Conference—Noticel The first meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will convene on the Chautauqua Grounds at Boulder, Colo., Monday, August 30, 1909, at 9 a. m. This meeting is called for the election of officers. and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the asso- ciation. � J. W. LAIR, Presiden.t $ 30 598 217 4 14 13 1,139 7 30 69 9 257 62 5o 359 161. 17 28 8 128 103 2,309 1,055 52 65 26 62 00 6o 8o 57 45 00 00 40 00 49 94 00 18 83 43 29 40 93 71 64 75 8o 35 ECHOES FROM THE FIELD. Report of the Treasurer DISBURTEM EN T S Tent fund � 1,166 37 of the Cash paid out during the year, $6,930.51 Thanksgiving fund.... � � 1,179 72 Eastern Colorado Conference, S. D. A, Cash on hand June 3o, It:pg.__ � 1,152.39 Scandinavian fund 59 50 For the Year Ending June 30, 1909. Total � $8,082.90 Washington Training school... 497 50 Total � � $9,634 17 RECEIPTS. RESOURCES. Cash on hand Jnly 1, 1908 � $ 4,651.10 " received as tithe � 23,499.08 Loveland loan � 95 98 interest � 55.50 from Boulder Sanitar'm 3,000.00 from Gen. Con. (Mar.). 1,000,00 Annual offerings . � 605,81 Birthday offering � 168.54 Cam. and Pal. schools � 141.13 First Day offering � 1.103.83 India missions.... � 63 40 Midsummer offering � 257.49 $150,000 fund �302.13 Orphan fund � 79.14 Relig. Lib. (Gen) � 131 03 � Cen. U. Con � 122.02 S, S. donation � 2,188.11 Southern work.... � 1,114.15 self denial � ........ � 60.83 Thanksgiving donation 1,193 84 tent fund.... � 1,052.04 Wash'g'n Train, school 446.50 miscellaneous.... -... � 185.35 $41,543 98 DISBURSEMENTS. Conference laborers �$20.025.71 Central Union Conference... 2,550.81 � Mission Board. 2.460.95 Union College � 182.55 Desk and chair (Conf. office) � 30.00 Interest Campion ...... ...... � 110.00 Loan to General Conference. 1,000.00 Gift to West'n Colo Conf..... 2,000.00 Taxes on Denver property... � 64 57 Expense account ............. � 240.07 Annual offerings ...... ....... � 598.26 /3irthday offering. ... � ,... � 217.62 Fiast Day offering � 1,139.44 Midsummer offering......... � 257.49 Missionaiy Volunteer fund.. � 62.94 $150.000 funa .................. � 359.18 Orphan fund � 161.83 Religious Liberty, General... � 128.93 Cen. Union 103.71 Sabbath school donations.... 2,309 64 Southern work �1,055.75 Thanksgiving fund � 1,179.72 Washington Training school 497 50 � Tent fund ...... 1,166.37 Miscellaneous funds � 395.79 Cash on hand June 30, 1909 � 3,245.15 $41,543.98 Financial Statement. Statement of the Eastern Colorado Tract Society for the year ending June 30, 1909: Inventory Mdse. June 3o, 1908, $1,090.72 Purchases for the year � 6,537.53 Gain on Mdse. �665.0o Total_ � $8,293.25 Sales for the year � $6,878.59 Inventory Mdse. June 30, 1909, 1,414.66 Total � $8,293,25 CASH RECEIPTS. Cash on hand June 30, 1908...._ $1,782.57 Cash received from all sources 6,390.33 Total $8,082.90 Cash on hand June 3o, 1909,__ _ $1,152.39 Accounts receivable � 1,591.01 Mdse. inventory and postage � 1,419.66 Office fixtures � 283.25 Total � $4,446.31 LIABILITIES. Object Lesson account____ � $ 298 38 Accounts payable_ � 480.77 Present worth June 3o, 1909_ 3,667.16 Total � $4,446.31 LOSS AND GAIN ACCOUNT. Loss on ECHOES � 213.56 Loss on postage � 152.28 General expense �314.69 Donation to Campion school__ � 500.00 Palisade � " _ _ � roo.00 W'n Colo. T. So._ 1,351.01 Total____..___-$2,631.54 Gain on mdse. and accts. � 673.78 " � " interest � 24.06 " � " donations �19.00 Total � $716.84 Net loss for the year_ �$1,914.70 (The net gain on the business for the year was $17.31.) Present worth June 30,1908____ $5,581.86 Less amount donated last year 1,914.70 Present worth June 3o, 1909___ 3,667.16 Trust Funds Paid by Eastern Colorado Conference For the Year Ending June 30, 1909. Africa � Annual offering � Birthday offerings � Blind fund � Campion school � China famine � Children's Ingathering � First Day offering � German work, College View � Isle of Celebes � India Missions � Jewish work � Midsummer offering � Missionary Volunteers � New Guinea � $r5o,000 fund � Orphans' fund ..... Palisade school........ � Poor fund . Religious Liberty fund (State). " � " (General) " (C. U. C.) Sabbath school donations � Southern work � Self Denial fund � Southern Missionary society � Trust Funds Received by Eastern Colorado Conference For the Year Ending June 30, 1909. Annual offering � $ 605 81 Birthday offering � 168 54 Afrita � 26 98 Jewish work Midsummer offering____ New. Guinea � Campion school____.________..._ Campion school and Palisade__ First Day offerings._ � Investment fund____ � ...... India missions � . � Denver building fund._ Educational work (Col.)_ 1,103 83 257 49 164 00 65 0 50 0 03 41 2 I I 00 I 0 00 0 30 $150,000 fund ___ . � 302 13 Orphan fund____________ ______ � 79 14 7 88 Poor, fund _ Religious Liberty fund (State).. � 7 55 131 03 " (General) 122 02 f1 �" (C. U. C.) Children's Ingathering____ � 13 57 7 00 German work in College View._ Sabbath school donati6ns-_____ 2488 Southern work � 1,114 15 6o 83 Self denial fund � Southern Mission society � 35 Isle of Celebes � 3o 00 Thanksgiving donations � 1,193 84 Tent fund � I,I I I 54 Washington Scholarship fund � 446 50 Total $9,242 32 Camp Meeting Daily Program. FORENOON. Rising bell � 5.30 Devotional exercises.. ...... 6:oo to 6:4o Family worship � 6.4o to 7:00 Breakfast � 790 Departmental meetings � 890 to 8:50 Conference � 9:oo to ro:3o Preaching � 11:00 to 1 2 :00 AFTERNOON. Dinner � 190 Miscellaneous � 2.30 to 3:45 Personal work � 4:oo to 5:15 Children's meeting �490o to 5:00 Young People's meeting � 5:15 to 6:15 Preaching � .7:45 to 9:oo Retiring bell � 9:30 Silence Bell io:oo Take the beam out of your eye and quit pounding me over the head with it. Matt. 7:3. ECHOES FROM THE FIELD. NOTES AND ITEMS. Elder Aufderhar spent last Sabbath with the new company of Sabbath-keep- ers near Brighton. "The officers of a church are servants of that church, and not lords, to rule over it with church force."—Matt. 23:11. The orders for tents and rooms are coming in at a lively rate, and indicate that we will have a very large attend- ance at the camp meeting this year. The Layton Transfer Co. will handle our baggage at Boulder for the camp meeting. Trunks will he delivered to your tent or cottage for 20 cents each, hand grips 5 cents each. Layton's man will wear a camp meeting badge on his cap. Don't fail to get a certificate when you purchase your ticket to Boulder for the camp meeting. This will entitle you to reduced fare for the return trip. These tickets will be sold- Aug. 25, 26, 27, and Sept. 2, and will be good to return up till Sept. 9. When you pack your trunk for camp meeting, remember your Bible, Hymns and Tunes, Christ in Song, and Sabbath School Quarterly. Put them all in, for you will not wish to depend on your neighbor's generosity, neither will you want to be without these books. "Let none of the workers exalt them- selves, and seek to carry through their ideas without the sanction and co.opera- tion of the people of God. They will not succeed, for God will not permit it. * * * * Those who have lifted bur- dens when the work went hard should have a part in important councils, for they acted a part when counciling was considered a far more solemn and sacred matter than it is now. No confederacy should be formed with unbelievers, neither should you call together a cer- tain chosen number who think as you do, and who will say amen to all that you propose, while others are excluded, who you think will not be in harmony. I was shown that there was great danger of doing this. We are not to hear the counsel or follow the plans suggested by unbelievers. Suggestions made by those who know not the work that God is doing for this time will be such as to weaken the power of the instrumentalities of God. By accepting such suggestions, the counsel of Christ is set at naught." MRS. E. G. WHITE. Novembet 3, 1890. FIELD REPORTS. The Bennett Church. On Sabbath morning, July 31, we met at the home of Elder H. A. Aufderhar for the purpose of organizing a Seventh- day Adventist church. After the Sab- bath school the writer made some re- marks upon the question of the relations of members to the church, and of the church to the conference. In the Bible many figures are used to symbolize the church. First it is likened to a human body. Then to a family. It is also represented by a living temple, each member being a living stone. The figure of an army of soldiers is also used to show the union and harmony of action that should exist, and that without confi- dence in its leaders no success can be hoped for, but only defeat and disaster. A church of thirteen members was then organized and officers were elected. In the receiving of members who were not supplied with letters of recommend- ation from other churches, all were care- fully examined on health reform, tithing, spirit of prophecy, plainness of dress and all other matters. There are still others who will enter the church in the near future. � H. F. KETRING. Monte Vista. The tent meetings here continue with some interest. Thus far two have taken their stand. Others are interested. Our tent company being very small is some- what unfortunate for us, as this is a grow- ing and somewhat aristocratic city, and we ought to have more help in the mu- sical and other departments of the work, especially the vocal music. The people are great lovers of good music, and it draws crowds always. If we could sup- ply this feature better we could keep up the attendance better, and thus have .a greater opportunity to proclaim the truth to the people. However, we are doing the best that we can with the' help at hand. We do much advertising, and in this way have a good attendance about half of the time. We are presenting the immortality question now and have a good hearing on this subject. We ex- pect to, present the United States in Prophecy and other kindred subjects this week. The church here has taken hold of the enterprise to get a better place of wor- ship. They have just bought the Baptist church. The Baptists have decided to build a new church in another part of the town and offered their present church for sale. We offered them $4,oco for the church and parsonage, as it all goes to- gether. They have accepted our offer, and the deed is to be made out at once. We have sold our old chapel for •$800, and the donations are coming in well to pay for the church. Brother Shotwell is having good success with that matter. This church has as fine made pews as we ever saw. It has good electric light fixtures, and neatly ornamented colored glass windows. There is a good furnace and a baptistry; and there is a side room that can be thrown into the auditorium, and thus make the seating capacity for a general meeting about three hundred. Withal this is the neatest S D. A. church edifice in the cimference. We feel that the Lord has blessed in the securing of tills good house of worship in this beau- tiful city. � " H. M. J. RICHARDS, PETER MATHIESEN. Campion Academy: Campion Academy will open Tuesday, September I.I. Our teachers have been secured, and we believe we will have a good year. We desire to call special attention to those interested in the German language to the fact that we have a teacher who is very proficient in that language, and classes will be formed for those desiring to take this study. With additional help this year, we hope to give much more time to Bible work.~ Our Bible Doctrine class will be conducted with a view of preparing the student for Bible work, and we hope several will attend for this purpose. Quite a number are writing that they are coming, but we want to hear from more. Will not you either come or influence some one else to do so? E. E. FARNSWORTH. Obituaries. LUNN—Died, in Colorado Springs, July t, 1909, of typhoid pneumonia, June Areene Lunn, aged one year and seven days. Little June took sick very sud- denly, only living three days after be- coming ill. Brother and Sister Lunn feel the loss very deeply. She was the only child in the home. Funeral ser- vices were conducted by the writer. G. W. ANGLEBARGER. The little son of Brother and Sister J. L. Hunt died at their home in Lamar. Colo., July it, 1909, after an illness of several weeks, at the age of one year and twenty days. Luther will be sadly missed by his parents and friends, yet we remember that the Lord doeth all things well. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Frank Friend to the sorrowing relatives and friends. LEVONA E. ROBERTS.