EASGerr ne„lcF ouie„„ � CANADIAN Library MESSENGER Vol. 15 � Oshawa, Ontario, February 9, 1915 � No. 6 Lend a Hand Are you in the market waiting While the world's great fields are white, Effortless your strength abating Since you use it not aright? Lend a hand! The work is growing, And the Master's service calls. On his fields your toil bestowing Ere the night inactive falls. Hasten! join the reapers willing With full purposes of heart. Since it is his will fulfilling, Cheerfully do well your part. Lend a hand! The work is growing, And the Master's service calls, On his fields your toil bestowing Ere the night inactive falls. Faint not, though the days are, weary; Murmur not, though the days are long, Love will make his service cheery, Love will fill its hours with song. Lend a hand! The work is growing, And the Master's service calls, On his fields your toil bestowing Ere the night inactive falls.--Sel. Ontario President, M. C. Kirkendall, Oshawa Sec-Treas., T. D. Gibson, Oshawa Field Missionary Agent, Joseph Capman, Oshawa . � Meetings in St. Thomas Elder :Kirkendall and the writer began a short series of meetings at this place January 34, by securing the use of the Princess theatre for the opening service 'in Sunday night. The subject anniiuncA was "Will This War End in Arnaarddon?" Hand bills had been-distiibuted and cards plaeed in store windows .announcing the theeeting and the theatre was filled to its capacity with a representative audience which gave the closest- attention to the subject as the -writer opened up the sure word of prophesy in con- nection with the present great conflict. As we could only have the theatre on Sunday nights, we transferred the ni3etings during week nights to our church building. • The first week the weather was extremely cold, going down to 32 degrees below zero one night. The people came to our meetings nevertheless, and we have some interested people who are already following the points of truth as they are developed in the meetings from night to night. The second Sunday evening we had the theatre again and the writer spoke on the "Millennium: Will the Wicked Have a Second Chance?" It had rained all day but at meeting time it was pouring hard. We did not look for any attendance at all under the circumstances but the theatre was half filled with people in spite of the had night. Many had left their own church services to attend ours. The past week we have had a hard battle with the weather. Monday and Tuesday we were in the grip of a blizzard that tied up railway and street car traffic the whole week. While our attendance was cut down some- what by these conditions yet our interested ones came right along through storm and wind to hear the truth. Next Sunday evening we have the theatre again and we will present the Sabbath. We are hoping for -fav- orable weather conditions so that we may have a good attendance to hear the message. Our collections have been good—running almost $30.00 at the present. It is evident that this will make a good field to be followed up with Bible work. We trust that God will grant goodly returns for the efforts put forth. M. N. CAMPBELL. Northern Ontario It is evident that the Lord is going before, us in awakening a spirit of inquiry among the people living in the newer parts of Northern Ontario. During the last few months letters have come to the Union office from people living along the line of the Canadian Pacific rail- way between Sault Ste. Marie and the Ottawa river who have lately embraced the message as a result of reading stray tracts and copies of the Signs of the Times. Reports of interests that have sprung up in several .communities in the Georgian Bay region are coming to us from time to time and it seems like the Macedonian call to "come over and help us." It is to be hoped that one or more ministers can be found who will be willing to go up into those parts this summer and start the work of evangeliz- ing that part of the field with the message. 2 � EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER In a recent talk to the students at Buena Vista about the needs of that northern field, a real interest was awakened and a number of the young men are planning to canvass in the north the coming summer. Miss Mabel Hillyard went up that way this fall to recruit her health and improved her time by soliciting for missions, obtaining nearly $200.00. In the course of her work in Espanola she found a chance to talk about her faith in the family of a prominent man in the town and as a result an interest has been created which she does not feel that she can leave. She is now holding Bible studies there which are attended by the best people in the town and she feels very hopeful that a number will obey the truth. Brother Lennond Chamberlain secured a school to teach just outside the same town and neither knew of the proximity of the other for some time. The time has come to enter these frontier towns with the mes- sage and it might be well if some of our people from the older parts of the province would move up into the more northerly parts and help plant the message there. The, fields are white unto the harvest and the master is calling for reapers. Who will answer "Here am I send me?" M. N. CAMPBELL. Toronto Sunday, January 31, 1914, was our closing meeting on Yonge street. "The Gospel to All the World iu This Generation" drew a large audience. On July 12, 1914, we began our meetings on Yonge street in a tent. At the close of -the tent effort meetings on Sunday nights were held in the old building of the Y. M. C. A. where we held twenty-two meetings with an average attendance of about three hundred, who were made up largely of the Epicureans and Stoics such as Paul had to meet on Mars Hill, who were ready to listen to any new thing that came along. When we began the work here in the business part of the city it was not with- out some realization of the opposition we would encounter. We,fully realized that the mighty dollar is the god of the great majority of the business people. Then the styles and wickedness alwayS attract a large number, who care little for the gospel, to the down-town districts. How- ever, the success that has, followed the meetings signifies that we have been rewarded for the efforts put forth. It has called the attention of a number of people to our message who might not otherwise have heard it. It has also served to break clown the barriers of prejudice in the minds of a good class of people, ami will be a wonder- ful help in advertising our work which we expect to carry on for the next two or three years. Furthermore, it has resulted in the organization of a company of Sabbath- keepers that has turned over to the conference not far from three hundred dollars in tithes and offerings. As we sang "God be with you till we meet again" to close our meeting, over fifty persons raised their hands in response to a call for those who were interested to make it known. Among those who are already keeping the Sabbath are some prospective workers. One young man is already in our school. A young lady is selling six or seven hundred magazines each mouth, and two of the brethren are carrying the message in selling health foods. One man who has preached the gospel for other denom- inations has decided to accept our message and is shaping his business affairs so that he can take up the work. The expense for the effort has been $362.70. Of this amount we have $15.75 on hand. The collections amounted to $348.63. Adding the $15.75 to the col- lections leaves us a balance of $1.68. This shows that the effort was a success financially. We give praise to God for all this. We expect to open our meetings next Sabbath in our new location, 7 Brunswick Avenue. Will have Sunday night meetings also. We are laying our plans for an aggressive work this coming summer. We expect to encounter opposition, but are determined to meet it in the fear of the Lord. We were never of better courage. Opposition has no terror for us. � MATT. J. ALLEN. Buena Vista Current Mr. Asa Dye was obliged to return to his home, ill health being the cause. � • We are grateful for the gift of 4 or 5 books from Mrs. J. T. Smith of the London church. In all school classes the work is going on in earnest. Only four months remain to finish the year's classes. Miss Delma Nisbett was called to her home on account of the illness of her sister; but has returned although her sister has not yet recovered. Snow-shoveling will be one of the pastimes for the stu- dents for a few days. The recent blizzards have piled drifts high on the Academy roadways and skating pond. We are thankful to have been free from serious illness in the school home so far this winter. La grippe and colds have been making the rounds, but nothing more serious. The task of numbering and listing the books in the school library is about completed. There are about 525 volumes in the library to date. Our aim for the library this year is 1,000 volumes. Who will help IA reach it? Sowing and Reaping "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withold not thy hand, for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Eccl. 1h6. This command is clear and plain, but how many there are who say, "Well, if I could only see some fruit for my labor." But that is not the ques- tion. We are to sow the seed, and it is God who will in hie own good time and way give the increase. "They that sow in tears shall •reap in joy." Ps. 126: 5. The blessed ministry is to be done in faith, yes, with an increased faith. We are not to become weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. Gal. 6: 9. EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER � 3 We must not expect to see to-morrow the full frui- tion of our service reddered to-day. The man who plants his fields knows that it will take some time before the full development of the grain, and the harvest time. We are told the harvest is the end of the world. Let us ever bear this in mind, and labor while it is day. There will be many and great surprises in that, the day of final reward. Full credit will be given to every worker. Many of the little things of life, the simple ministries will then be seen to have been the most effective. We must sow with a liberal unstinted hand, for if we sow sparingly, we shall also reap sparingly. 2 Cor. 9: 6. When the last great harvest is gathered in, the sheaves that we are enabled to bring to the Master will be the recompense of our unselfish ministry. A full account is kept by the heavenly watchers. Not even a cup of cold water, given ill loving sympathy, will lose its reward. "There are many to whom life is a painful strugglei they feel their deficiencies, and are miserable and unbe, lieving; they think they have nothing for which to be' grateful. Kind words, looks of sympathy, expressions of 'appreciation, would be to many a struggling and lonely one as the cup of cold water to a thirsty soul. A word of sympathy, an act of kindness, would lift burdens that rest heavily upon weary .shoulders. And every word or deed of unselfish kindness is an expression of the love of Christ for lost humanity." The Mount of Blessings, p. 40, The following words should encourage every believer in this great reformatory movement, this great awaken- ing, that is already taking place: "Before the final visi, tation of God's judgments upon the earth, there will be, among the people of the Lord, such a revival of primi- tive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon his children. At that time many will separate them- Ontario Report of Tithes and Offerings for the Month of December, 1914 Churches Tit;:e Miss. Sab. S. H. I.Fd. Misc. Total Album. $ 37 24 $ 34 28 $ � 8 51 $ � 7 09 $ 87 10 Arthur 15 25 10 30 25 55 AtterclitCe 3 50 1 85 5 35 Belleville 70 70 32 71 455 500 112 96 Bouck's Hill 45 55 14 00 2 66 9 40 71 61 Buena Vista 49 32 95 56 27 80 1172 68 Brantford 67 55 23 00 13 90 58 76 1163 .21 Chatham 23 94 4 00 3 80 31 74 Galt 4 40 30 4 70 Hamilton 135 05 22 06 Id 75 74 12 -247 98 Iroquois 9.60 1 00 7 83 5 21 23 64 Individuals 3 00 25 00 2 80 —30 80 Kenyengah 5 20 5 20 Kingston • 23 83 13 42 36 30 '73 55 Lindsay 3 90 3 90 London 209 18 217 90 23 35 450 43 Muskoka 1 00 100 Napanee 1 00 1. '60 Niagara Falls 2 02 1 45 3 47 Oshawa 18 78 30 98 6 90 27 50 84 16 Ottawa 27 72 7 37 29 03 1 10 65 22 Paris 64 00 16 00 *30 00 Petrolia 3 20 10 61 8 70 :22 51 Peterboro 10 37 13 31 :23 68 Selton 9 21 9 21 St. Catharines 7 55 3 40 11 00 50 22 45 Toronto Central 27 55 11 55 10 43 23 00 72 53 St. Thomas 80 00 .62 25 23 25 9 50 175 00 Toronto 63 92 13 18 17 81 5 13 11 50 111 54 E. Toronto 9 50 n 66 _ 21 16 Totals $1,011 02 $587 92 $305 82 $245 76 $52 81 $2,203 33 Colporteurs' Report, Week Ending Jan. 23, 1915 Ontario . Name Book Hours Orders �Value Helps Total Del. John Pengelly C. K. 50 31 � $46 50 $19 05 $65 55 John Heaver C. K. 42 9 � 13 50 13 50 R. Gage G. C. 51 108 50 108 50 Total 143 40 �$168 50 $19 05 . � $187 55 EASTERN CANADIAN MESSENGER Eastern Canadian Messenger OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS President, M. N. Campbell, Oshawa. Sec-Treas., T. D. Gibson, Oshawa. Office Address � - � - � - � - � - � -• �Oshawa, Ont. T. D. Gibson Editor Entered as second-class matter. Price, 50 cents a year in advance. All subscriptions expire December 31. selves from those churches in which the, love of this world .has supplanted love for God and his work. Many, both ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time, to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall - come, he will endeavor to prevent it, by introducing a counterfeit." Great Controversy, page 464. Now is the time, with courage, with a living faith, with glorious articipations, to give the definite message, the third angel's message, to every nation, kindred, tongue and people. We must put on. the whole armor that we may be able to stand. See Eph. 6: 10-18. "Let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Gal. 6: 9. "Help somebody to-day, somebody along life's way, Let sorrows be ended, the friendless befriended, Oh, help somebody to-day." � F. W. PAAP. A Remarkable Fulfilment of Prophecy The Liberty magazine for the first quarter of 1915 contains a photograph, actual size, of Secretftry Bryan's Plowshares, twenty-eight of which were made out of obso- lete swords and presented to' the ambassadors of the nations who signed the peace compact with the United States government. The significance of this remarkable fulfillment •of prophecy is fully set :forth in an article. Everybody will want to get this photograph in the Liberty as a souvenir, and circulate it among their neighbors. Another reason. why this issue of the Liberty maga- zine is especially valuable and should receive an exten- sive circulation at this time, is because of three other liv- ing issues it deals with in this number. They are as fol- lows: The meaning-.of the European War and The Sick Man of the East Committing Suicide; The Significance of the Sunday Law Decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, and The Submerged -,Issue in New York State Politics. It is highly illustrated with the lat- est war scenes in Europe. This issue is considered the best and most significant number yet issued. If you read the three articles writ- te'n by Brother C. M. Snow, Elder S. B. Horton and the editor upon The Significance of the U. S. Appellate Corirt's—D.60iSiOn on—Sunday Laws for the District of Columbia, and see how completely the Appellate Judge's arguments have been answered from a judicial, legisla- tive, historical and Biblical standpoint, you will want to place this special number in the hands of every judge and lawyer in your community. Order 50 copies at once for $2.00, or get your own subscription free by securing four other yearly subscriptions at 25 cents each. Send for a sample copy. � C. S. LONGACRE, Sec. Rel. Lib. Dept. of N. A. D. Conf. • THE members of the Eastern Canadian Union Con- ference are rejoicing in the fact that they, are members of one of two union conferences in which every confer- ence and mission field have cone out clear on the twenty- cent-a-week fund. The report shows that hone of the unions except the Northern Union and the Eastern Cana- dian Union have made a clean record for 1914. While we rejoice that we have come up to the standard set, there is also a feeling of regret that other conferences have not met their obligations. Important Notice Our brethren who are ia touch with French speak- ing people interested in the truth are requested to send these persons' addresses to Elder G. G. Roth, South Lan- caster, Mass. Brother Roth, who is superintendent of the French work in North America, is very desirous that all such persons be provided with French tracts and papers. As the French population is scattered all over the country, our church'union papers are requested to repro- duce this call. THE Ltmperance Instructor for 1915 is the most at- tractive number of this publication thus far. It has a beautiful cover, and the matter c9ntained in it is as fully up to the standard as is the cover. This Instructor will be one of the best sellers ever issued. The price to agents is four cents each when fifty copies are ordered. Less than fifty cost five cents each. We should have a large corps of agents in the field for this paper this year. The Ten Commandment Number Cards A very ingenious arrangement for teaching children the Ten Commandments by number has been prepared by the Sabbath School Department. The commandment and its number are learned together while the cards are being handled in the ways mentioned in the different is- sues of the Worker. These cards are admirably adapted for use in the junior department of the schools, and will be very helpful in catching and holding the memory and interest of the boys and girls. The price of these cards is the same as for the Memory Verse Cards: One to four sets, six cents a ',set; five or more sets, five cents a set. The cards are printed on bright colored card stock, each one being different in color. The cards should be ordered through the Canadian Publishing Association.