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MT. VERNON, OHIO. 
PRICE: 25 CENTS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 
Entered at the Mt. Vernon Postoftice. 
PEACE. 
The peace of God shall be with you. 
To keep both your heart and your mind. 
And, tho' it passeth our knowledge, 
What a comfort it is to find 
That our hearts need no 
troubled; 
We need never be afraid, 
We have only to rest in Jesus, 
When all at his feet is laid. 
more be 
When the work for the day is over, 
How comforting it is to know; 
That the work was done for Jesus, 
'Tis this peace that tells us so. 
Then in the twilight shadows, 
Be still, and know 'tis He 
Who whispers to you so softly, 
"Ye have done it unto me." 
NEVA M. MARTIN, 
Williamsport, Pa, 
OFFERINGS. 
Calls are coming from almost 
every mission station in the 
broad harvest-field, for more 
laborers and means. And at 
this time do we not need espec-
ially to seek the Lord for His 
blessing and favor that our hearts 
may be more susceptible to the 
needs of others, and that we 
may esteem it a grand privilege 
of rendering unto the Lord His 
own in tithes and offerings? 
Have you read Elder Irwin's 
article in the Review of Dec. 12 ? 
If you have, read it again and 
let us carry out in our lives the 
valuable instruction given ; es-
pecially, "That Jesus be made 
the recipient of our gifts and of-
ferings." 
Those in Foreign lands are 
etcome laitor. 
"Zinn then that feared the %orb spahe often one to another." 
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VOL. IV. 
MT. VERNON, OHIO, DECEMBER 21, 1899. NO. 4. 
dependent upon our Annual, and foreign missionary work. 
$5 75 was subscribed in aid of the 
Volunteer work, and a liberal 
Sabbath School donation given to 
foreign missions. 
The preaching was practical 
and spiritual, and the Spirit of God 
carried conviction to hearts, bring-
ing in a spirit of consecration, lib-
erality and of work, and nearly all 
volunteered to labor personally in 
velopes are kept in the office and the vineyard, and to support the 
orders can be filled at any time. cause in the field with their means. 
A large number pledged themselves 
to support the work in any city or 
cities in the District where it may 
be opened, and several' of the 
young people volunteered to labor 
as canvassers or colporters it work 
was begun. Some pledged them-
selves to assist financially, who 
have never before been willing to 
aid in mission work. Two 
young girls, sisters, gave themselves 
to the Lord for the first time, and 
desired baptism, but arrangements 
could not be made. 
Altogether the meeting was a 
success spiritually and financially, 
and many said it was the best 
District meeting they ever attended. 
The members of the Elgin church 
labored faithfully to make all 
pleasant for their guests, and the 
visiting brethren, before leaving, 
expressed their appreciation of 
the liberal and hospitable man-
ner in which they had been treated. 
W. S. CHAPMAN. 
NOTICE. 
If any isolated Sabbath-keeper 
has failed to receive a copy of the 
"Week of Prayer" readings, write 
to the Tract Society, Mt. Vernon, 
0., Box 174, and a copy will be 
sent you. Do not neglect to send, 
for no one can afford to miss the 
valuable articles which it con-
tains. 
First-day and Sabbath-school of-
ferings for their support. The 
time appointed for the annual 
offerings is near. Shall we not 
give liberally for the forwarding 
of the Master's work? May the 
spirit of self-sacrifice continue 
throughout the coming year. A 
supply of First-day-offering en- 
Send all offerings to E. A. 
Merriam, Mt. Vernon, 0. 
CLARA V. RADABAUGH. 
NOTICE. 
Report blanks for the quarter 
ending Dec. 31, 1899, have been 
sent to all the Sabbath-School sec-
retaries. If any have failed to re-
ceive them, let me know at once 
that there may be no delay in the 
returning of your report. 
Also if there are family schools 
that have not reported in the past 
let us hear from you for we are ex-
ceedingly anxious to hear from 
such. 
C. V. R. 
ELGIN DISTRICT MEETING. 
An enjoyable and very successful 
District Meeting, presided over by 
Elder E. J. Van Horn, was held 
at Elgin, 0., beginning Wednes-
day, Nov. 29, and closing Sunday, 
Dec. 3. From the beginning it 
was marked by the deep movings 
of the Spirit of God, and an earnest 
desire on the part of all to draw 
nearer to the Lord. About seventy-
five were present, representing 
seven churches. The topics consid-
ered were principally the distribu-
tion of literature; value of prayer; 
value of song service; Sabbath 
School; health work; Berean 
Library and Reading Circle; 
Christian Volunteers, and home 
THE WELCOME VISITOR. 
SECRE- I heavenward? Will they open the l in every verse of the Bible, wheth-
chambers of 
SABBATH SCHOOL 
TARIES. 
The work of the S. S. secretary 
has been a difficult problem with 
most of us for a long time. What 
need is there of the work? How 
make it of real value to the school? 
The only way we can look upon 
the matter is from God's stand 
point. He keeps records, [Mal. 3-
16,] and the angels who minister 
before Him [Dan. 7-1o] are His 
faithful secretaries. Are their re-
ports interesting and important? 
Faithfully they record every item, 
some of Commendation, some of re-
proof; with joy the former, with 
exceeding sorrow the latter. But 
especiallr is every encouraging 
word put-upon, the ,books of God. 
Dearsecretary, cannot you pattern 
after things in heaven; and with 
your pen ,bathed in love, and your 
heart warm and tender with the 
Spirit, make the secretaries report a 
most interesting feature of the Sab- 
bath.School? 
A. C. 
TESVIVICIME5 OF THE SPIRIT 
FOR VOLUNTEERS. 
"Grave responsibilities rest upon 
the youth. God expects much 
from the young men who live in 
this generation of increased light 
and knowledge." 
"0, that every one of our youth 
-w4Suld realize the evil of foolish 
conversation, and correct the habit 
of speaking idle words!" 
"0, that all our youth would 
form characters after the divine 
similitude! 0, that Christ may be 
in you a well of water springing 
up into everlasting life. Begin at 
once the work of soul purification." 
"Put from. you all nonsense, and 
refrain from trifling words. Every 
word you speak is as a seed that 
will germinate and produce either 
good or bad fruit, according to its 
character." 
"No youth can withstand the 
temptations of Satan if the truth, 
with its purifying, uplifting power, 
is not abiding in the heart. Truth 
has a correcting influence upon the 
life." 
"Will the youth turn their faces 
TO VOLUN TEERS. 
It has been with great pleasure 
that we have seen the degree of 
willingness thus far manifested 
in the financial support of the 
"Volunteer" work. As a result 
of this we hope soon to be able 
to purchase the much needed 
typewriter of which we have 
been talking and writing. 
However, there is still need of 
more funds, both for the machine 
and other supplies which will 
facilitate the work and make it 
possible for much more to be 
accomplished ; and all who want 
to own a little share in this good 
work may still send in as the 
Lord may incline their hearts. 
It would be a great satisfaction 
to the secretary to hear from 
each "volunteer" as to their 
work, etc. Address and send 
all donations to the secretary 
and treasurer, Janet Haskell, 
Geneva, 0. 
A. C. 
THE THREE ANGELS' MES- 
SAGES. 
This was the subject of the dis-
courses given by Eld. Haskell at 
the recent District meeting. The 
first lesson was given Thursday 
evening at 7 o'clock. The speaker 
took for his text the words of 
Peter, "Wherefore gird up the loins 
of your mind" illustrating, from 
his remarks the value of the Bible, 
as a dictionary. Excellent instruc-
tion was given on how to study 
the Bible, by simply taking words 
and ascertaining their meaning 
from their use by the various 
writers of the Scriptures. 
In another lesson it was shown 
that no word of God is unnecessa-
ry, for all His words are tried, 
[Psa. 18:30, margin,] they are pure, 
and refined seven times, [Psa. 
12:6]. Every word is important, 
and the whole plan of salvation is 
God gives us His spirit that we 
may understand the truths contain-
ed in His word, by comparing spir-
itual things with spiritual [1 Cor. 
2:12-15]. God's thoughts are so 
much higher than ours. [Isa. 55:-
8-9], that unless we have the mind 
of God, we cannot understand His 
word. First of all believe every-
thing He says, for we want our 
reason to know that God has told 
the truth. It is true because He 
has said it. 
Every thought of God expressed 
is the seed of God, and if taken and 
lived out in' our lives it will devel-
op the character of God, [verses 
1o:I r]. 
Isa. 55:12-13. From these words 
was developed the thought that we 
should associate the gospel of Christ 
with nature, teaching the children 
the gospel from the flowers, the 
stones, the hills, and every object 
in nature, as the whole plan of 
salvation is taught there, whether 
we see it or not; but our work 
should be to become so acquainted 
with the Author of nature that we 
can see Him in every green leaf 
and fragrant flower. 
From a careful study of the writ-
ings of the Spirit of Prophecy, it is 
found that early writings is a 
synopsis of all that has been writ-
ten since. And the order in which 
the subjects are arranged, is the 
order in which they will come. 
Reference was made to the chap- 
the mind to the Sun- er we are able to see it or not. We 
of Righteousness? Will they are told that in days of "old they 
throw open the door of the heart, read in the book of the law of God 
and welcome Jesus in?" distinctly, and gave the sense, and 
caused them to understand the 
reading," [Neh. 8:8]. It is through 
faith we understand [Heb. 11:3]; 
but if we think we know, then we 
do not know [1 Cor. 8:2]; yet 
God. has said we do know, for 
"hereby know we." [John 4:6]. It 
is God who gives the knowledge, 
and if we take what He says that 
is His knowledge. We must first 
be in a condition where we do not 
know anything, but if we believe, 
we shall understand the reading. 
[t Tim. 2:7]. 
THE WELCOME VISITOR. 
3 
ter on "Sealing" which says "when 
our High Priest has finished His 
work in the sanctuary, He will stand 
up, put onthe garments of veng-
eance, and then the seven last 
plagues will be poured out." From 
this it is clearly shown that proba-
tion closes before the seven last 
plagues are, poured out instead of 
after as has been thought by some. 
But we see distinctly the import-
ance of being so thoroughly famil-
iar with the Bible that anything 
contrary to, or in harmony with 
it, may be recognized immediately. 
We must not entertain the idea 
that the Third Angel's message has 
no power of conversion; for all 
the truths of the gospel and the 
whole plan of salvation ar•e in the 
three-fold message. "Such sub-
jects as the sanctuary, in connection 
with the 2300 days, the command-
ments of God, and the faith of Jesus, 
are perfectly calculated to explain 
the past Advent movement and 
show what our present position is, 
establish the faith of the doubting 
and give certainty to the glorious 
future. These, I have frequently 
seen, were the principal subjects on 
which the messengers should 
dwell." E. W. p. 534 
Reference was also made to page 
119, Spiritual Gifts, and the • state-
ment made that every truth in the 
gospel centers in the law and in the 
sanctuary. 
Rev. 4:6,-7. The four - beasts 
were shown to represent four differ-
ent phrases of Christ's life. The 
lion, the kingly side as given by 
Matt. t:t ; the calf, a servant, Mark 
I :I-2; the face of a man, humanity, 
Luke 1:1-2; and the flying eagle, 
divinity, John 1:1. These were in-
dividuals whO had been redeemed 
by the blood of Christ; for when 
Christ ascended on high he led a 
"multitude of captives" Eph. 4:8 
[margin] which were from all na-
tions which had lived on the earth 
from the time of Adam. 
Rev. 8:3-5. The angel spoken 
of is Christ who offers the prayers 
of Hi's people with incense which 
represents His righteousness. 
Christ hears and answers prayer 
now for He has said "Behold, I 
have graven thee upon the palms of 
my hands." But there comes a 
time in the experience of this peo-
ple, when whose prayers for friends 
and loved ones, which have appar-
ently been unanswered, but were 
laid upon the golden altar are taken 
up by Christ and presented to the 
Father with the prayers of "all 
saints." He pleads His blood in 
their behalf and the Father accepts 
them, and the work is cut short in 
righteousness. 
THE DEATH PENALTY FOR 
SABBATH ( SUNDAY) DESE-
CRATION. 
" We sometimes think the Pil-
grim Fathers too severe in their 
legislation against immorality. 
There was a law in the colonial 
statutes of New England that for 
a flagrant violation of the Sabbath 
the offender should be hung. We 
may say this was wrong, but let me 
ask, were they nearer or further 
from the moral law as interpreted 
by the Mosaic legislation than we 
are? Under the Mosaic law, a man 
guilty of idolatry and Sabbath 
breaking was to be executed; and 
I apprehend that we ought to re-
turn to that order of things today, 
and execute the penalty for the 
violation of moral law. 
A man 
who openly and violently blas-
phemes the name of God has for-
feited his right to live under the 
God whose law he has broken." 
Thus spoke the Rev, J. N 
Foster, of Boston, Mass., at the 
recent session of the National Re-
form Convention, held in New 
York City, and his utterance was 
received without a word or sign of 
dissent, and the conclusion of his 
address was followed by a burst of 
applause. 
Brethren and sisters, do we not 
need to stir ourselves? Is not the 
need of consecrated work along 
Sentinel lines imperative? Legis• 
latures, national and state, will 
soon be all in session, and delega-
tions of zealous, but misguided, 
men are impatiently waiting to 
press upon our• lawmakers the need 
of legislation to compel men in 
matters pertaining only to the in-
dividual and his God. Will you 
not, dear reader, see to it that tell-
ing work be done for the Sentinel 
in your community? Weigh the 
above statements in the light of 
prophecy; read the whole proceed-
ings as recorded in Dec. 14 issue 
of the Sentinel, and may the Lord 
place upon you a burden for this 
branch of the•work that will tell to 
the glory of God and the salvation 
of men. 
Yours faithfully, 
AMERICAN SENTINEL. 
P. S. — Can you not use 15 or 
25 copies of the above issue? Send 
in at once. Price, one cent per 
copy, a less number, at two cents 
per copy. 
FROM THE STATE AGENT. 
Dear Canvassers desire very 
much to impress upon your minds 
the importance of putting in full 
time. I so often receive reports of 
only two or three days for the week, 
and sometimes only four or five 
hours a day. You know vv,e could 
not work for a business firm in 
that way, and do you not think 
that the Lord's work is of more 
importance than any other, and 
that we should work just as faith-
fully for Him as for ourselves or 
others? I am sure you will say, 
yes. So now, dear canvassers, let 
us each begin the new year with 
strong desires to be faithful in our 
work for the Lord. I am glad to 
be able to report that this branch 
of the work has made a good 
growth, and I think all of 'the can-
vassers are of good courage and 
hope, trusting in the Lord for 
strength. But now as the year 1899 
is about to close, shall we not be-
gin the year full of hope and cour-
age, and put forth greater• effort to 
do better work for the Master? 
May you all prove faithful and 
when our work is ended, may you 
be among the number that will 
look up and say, " Lo, this is our 
God, we have waited for• Him and 
He will save us." I pray that you 
may never become discouraged in 
this noble work. Wishing you all 
a prosperous New Year, I am, 
Your brother in the work, 
R. I. FRANCIS. 
FOR WEEK ENDING DEC. 9, 1899. 
 0 
Mr. F. H. Henderson 
Mr. F. M. Fairchild 
Mrs. Hamer . 
 
Mr. L. H. Holobaugh 
Mrs. E. A. Berry 
Mr. John Frost. 
Miss Cora Cuddaback 
Mrs. C. L. Painter 
Mrs. Catharine Baughman 
Mr. H. C. Oberholtzer 
Mr. L. A. Holobaugh 
Mr. J. Raymond 
Mr. W. E. Bidwell 
Mrs. A. E. Berry 
Mrs. Julia A. Tracy 
No. Days No. Hrs 
5 
24 
0. 
0 
1 . 
5 
4 
18 
0 
0 
2 
5% 
5. 
1 
2 
8 
5 
37% 
4 
8. 
10 
Total 
$ 86 24 
DELIVERIES: 
Mr. James E. Shultz 
Mrs. Hamer 
 
Mr, W. E. Bidwell 
 
Mr. F. M. Fairchild 
 
Mr. Jay Raymond 
 
Mr. W. E. Bidwell. 
 
$ 5 00 
11 00 
19 51. 
11 00 
86 00 
12 65 
THE WELCOME VISITOR. 
blessing of.the Lord in his work. 
With the November issue of 
the missionary paper, The Help-
ing Hand, of Cleveland, Brother 
W. S. Chapman withdrew from 
Killbuck, 0., Sunday, Dec. 17. the management, not being able 
Mrs. J. B. Clymer and sister, longer to give the paper proper 
Miss Giddings, are enjoying a attention, and the December 
visit with their brother, Mr. E. number comes to us with Dr. A. 
PERSONALS. 
Remember the week of prayer 
December 23-3o. 
A church was organized at 
Giddings, of Florida. 
The Atlantic - Chesapeake 
News says that Elder C. H. 
Keslake was elected secretary of 
that conference at its recent ses-
sion. 
Sister Kennedy was able to 
return to her home last week. 
We hope her health will still be 
precious in the sight of the Lord 
and that she will soon be well 
again. 
We see from the Wisconsin 
Reporter that the Woodland 
Academy at Arpin, opened about 
two weeks ago, with fifty or 
more in attendance. 
Prof. Loughhead and wife 
spent last week at Battle Creek, 
Mich., returning on Monday. 
All were glad to see Professor 
in his accustomed place in 
chapel. 
Quite a number of the students 
will enjoy the holidays at their 
homes. About fifteen or more 
left this week, but will return in 
a few days to resume their work 
at the Academy. 
We. have not space for all that 
might be given from Elder Has-
kell's talks. We have given 
these few seed thoughts, with 
the hope that they might be help-
ful to others as they have been 
to us. 
Elder W. H. Saxby has been 
called to Battle Creek, to assist 
in pastoral work in that church. 
His address is 33 Graves avenue. 
He writes, "We are now nicely 
settled in our new home and are 
pleased with the same. I shall 
never forget my good visit at 
the campmeeting last August." 
W. Herr as editor, and Elder J. 
W. Collie associate editor. 
Elder S. G. Haughey reports 
that the work is prospering in 
the Emerald Isle. He conduct-
ed quarterly meeting services at 
Belfast, at which time he bap-
tized six persons, three young 
ladies and three young men. 
He and Elder Hutchinson but 
recently closed a two-months' 
effort at Newtownards, where 
three decided to keep the Sab-
bath. Many others are deeply 
convicted, and it is thought that 
some of these will yet obey. At 
present they are conducting a 
The VISITOR wishes him the 
series of meetings at Keady. 
His address for a month or more 
will be Prospect Terrace, Keady, 
County Armaugh, Ireland. 
Certainly no one can afford to 
miss the week of prayer read-
ings. If you have not received 
a copy of them, read the notice 
concerning them in another col-
umn. In view of the times in 
which we live, should we not 
heed every ray of light that is 
sent us from the throne of God ? 
Let the words of the prophet 
Joel be carried out at this time. 
"Blow the trumpet in Zion, 
sanctify a fast, call a solemn as-
sembly, gather the people, sanc-
tify the congregation, assemble 
the elders, gather the children." 
Let this be a time of true heart-
searching and consecration of 
all we have and are to the Lord ; 
then He can trust us with His 
Spirit and thus each one will 
be a power for good in His 
hands. 
Orders 
Value 
11..... ..$ 39 60 
27 50 
39 
11 00 
5 
3 75 
5 
5 75 
16... 
13 25 
4... 
5 25 
 21 
10 50 
 49 
11 25 
3 
6 00 
8 .. 
5 75 
19 
33 75 
17 
11 25 
5 
5 75 
4 35 
 
 $200 60 
CANVASSER'S REPORT 
Total 
FOR WEEK ENDING DEC. 16, 1899. 
No. Days No. Hrs.Or Value 
Mrs. M. C. Baughman 
 2 
ld4ers $ 11 00 
Mr. C. L. Willson 
 4 16 18 14 00 
Mrs. Carrie English 
 4 l9% 35 
Mrs. L. R. Campbell 
 3 13 13 , 11471 °°
2590 
Mr. James K. White 
 4% 24% 4 
Mr. John Sprinkle 
 4 3 75 
Mr. W. E. Bidwell 
 32 24 60 
Total....,
$155 16