dence for the prosecution was mutilated in or-
der to prevent, if possible, the defendant from
inferring the identity of the witnesses. Pre-
sumed guilty until proven innocent, the pris-
oner’s interests were safeguarded only by his
judges, and these, however conscientious they
might happen to be, ‘habitually served as par-
ties to the prosecution.’
“Thus the odds were long against acquittal.
The system was such that even if, under the
pangs of ingeniously graded torture, the vic-
tim did not confess crimes he had never com-
mitted, he was liable to go to the stake as a
negativo — one who persistently denied the
charge of heresy preferred by witnesses to
him anonymous. Hence might occur grim
travesties of justice. If the megativo would
but admit his guilt, his merciful executioners
would see to it that he was garrotted before
he was burned; but cases are recorded where
evidently the accused abhorred from the bot-
tom of his orthodox soul the heresy for which
he had been brought to bar, and preferred
slowly roasting alive to going before his Maker
- with the lie upon his lips. In contrast with
this style of procedure, our own cumbersome
jury system, with the thousand loopholes where
the guilty may escape, seems well-nigh ideal;
and even the publicity of the yellowest of
vellow journals would appear to be a boon.”
THE $150,000 FUND
HOW TO GIVE
“Give as you would if an angel
Awaited your gift at the door;
Give as you would if to-morrow
Found you where giving was o'er;
Give as you would to the Master
If you met his loving look;
Give as you would of your substance
If his hand the offering took.”
DONATIONS
Received at the Office of the Southern Union
Conference to March 1, 190}.
Tennessee River Conference,
previously reported $254.22
Memphis church 23.35
Bertha Burrow 5.00
Willie E. Coleman 3.00
Mrs. M. E. Gaines 5.00
Mrs. E. G. Rutherford 1.00 $201.57
Cumberland Conference,
previously reported 112.71
Gail Reynolds 2.00 114.71
North Carolina Conference,
. previously reported 34.45
M. E. Worley 1.00
Jessie V. Bosworth, Treas. 60.15
Jessie V. Bosworth, Treas. 2.00 97.60
South Carolina Conference,
previously reported 45.47
Mrs. R. T. Nash, Treas. 2.15
Mrs. R. T. Nash, Treas. 1.00 48.62
Georgia Conference,
previously reported 65.50
Florida Conference,
previously reported 44.83
W. H. Hall, Treas. 84.06 12889
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Alabama Conference,
previously reported 74.24
Helen McKinnon, Treas. 12.35
Helen McKinnon, Treas. 50.12 130.71
Mississippi Conference,
previously reported 107.64
Hatley church 8or 11563
Louisiana Conference,
previously reported 127.72
Dora F. King, Treas. 11.76
Dora F. King, Treas. 2.00
Dora F. King, Treas. 1.00 142.48
Total from Southern Union
Conference 1,141.73
Amount from outside the Southern Union
Conference as follows :(—
NewYork Conference,
previously reported 5.00
W. New York Conference
previously reported 50.00
E. Penn. Conference,
Previously reported 2.00
Pennsylvania Conference,
previously reported 3.00
Chesapeake Conference,
previously reported 2.00
Mrs, IE. A. Gleason 2.00 1.00
Indiana Conference,
previously reported 5.01
Wisconsin Conference,
previously reported
Michigan Conference,
previously reported
Mrs. E. A. B. Smith
Miss Funice Osgood
Miss Betsey Osgood .30
Iowa Conference,
previously reported .
North Dakota Conference,
previously reported
Oregon Conference,
previously reported
Upper Columbia Conference
(Washington), previously
reported 3.00
W. W. Roper 75.00 78.00
Ohio Conference,
“One who loves the truth”
Mrs. E. Y. Smith
Nebraska Conference,
previously reported
Mrs. S. J. Orr
Virginia Conference,
Alice Campbell
Oklahoma Conference,
Mrs. E. Pirtle
N. Illinois Conference,
previously reported
Conference unknown
Total outside the Southern
Union Conference
. RECAPITULATION.
Received from Southern Union
Conference
Received from outside Southern
Union Conference
Total amount received to
March 1, 1907
$1.141.73
247.99
$1,389.72
W. A. WiLcox, Treasurer.
THE WORK IN GRAYSVILLE AND HUNTSVILLE
Eicur thousand five hundred dollars of the
$150,000 fund is to go to the school and sani-
tarium in Graysville, Tenn., and to the sanita-
rium at Huntsville, Ala. ‘There is nothing
made plainer by the Spirit of Prophecy than
that the work in these places should be sup-
187
ported. Read the
tion :(—
following clear instruc-
“ Nashville is within easy access of Grays-
ville and Huntsville, where a beginning of
great value to the work in the South has been
made. God has answered the many prayers
offered in behalf of these two places. By the
work in Nashville, the work in Graysville and
Huntsville 1s to be confirmed, strengthened, and
settled. Graysville and Huntsville are near
enough to Nashville to strengthen the work
there, and to be strengthened by it.
“The schools in Graysville and Huntsville
were established in the order of God. They
are to do a work for him. They are to become
self-supporting by making the best use of their
land, by raising those products best suited to
the climate and soil of their locality. Various
industries are to be established. The Lord
will greatly bless these industries if the work-
ers will walk in his counsel. If they will
look to him, he will be their wisdom and their
righteousness. His wisdom will be seen in
the work of those who follow his directions.”
J. S. WASHBURN.
MAY 4
As s1arEp in a former number of the
WATCHMAN, it is requested by the officers of
the Southern Union Conference that between
now and the above date, the brethren and sis-
ters of the Southern Union Conference will
donate at least $5,000 in addition to what has
already been given to the $150,000 fund. The
list of the above donations up to date received
by the treasurer of the Southern Union Con-
ference, is found on page 187 of this paper,
and amounts to $1,141.73.
We appeal to conference officers in the
South, to our church officers, to all our church-
members, to isolated Sabbath-keepers, and to
all the WarcEMAN subscribers in the South, to
take up this good work unitedly. Are we
ourselves interested in the work in the South?
The first $50,000 of the above fund is appro-
priated to the institutions here in the South.
Below is a complete list of the amounts ap-
propriated by the Southern Union Conference
Committee :—
Nashville Sanitarium ................ $25,750
Huntsville Sanitarium ................ 5,750
Graysville Sanitarium ................ 2,250
Atlanta Sanitarium .................. 3,750
Graysville Academy ................. 4,000
The WATCHMAN vi iiiineennennnnns 2,500
Southern Publishing Association...... 6,000
Total for the South................ $50,000
The balance of $100,000 remaining of the
$150,000 has been appropriated by the General
Conference as follows: —
Washington Sanitarium .............. $50,000
Pacific Press «o.oo 20,000
Review and Herald ................. 10,000
British School ..............ccoe... 10,000
Williamsbale Academy (Nova Scotia) 2,000
Skodsborg Sanitarium .............. 2,000
West Indies ........coiivevinnennn. 4,000
Chilean Printing House and School... 2,000
Grand Total