Canadian Union Messenger 
" As THE COLD OF SNOW IN THE TIME OF HARVEST, 80 IS A FAITHFUL MESSENGER. 
VOL. 11 �
PORT HOPE, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 7, 1911 �
NO. 44 
" Not many, lives, shut only oue have we, 
One, only one; 
How sa -.red should that one life ever be, 
• That narrow span. 
Day after day 
Filled up with blessed toil, 
Hour after hour 
Still bringing in new spoil. " • 
WASHINGTON COUNCIL 
Many things have come up for 
consideration since the council began. 
Elder Haskel tells of the work in 
Maine daring the temperance ..cam-
paign in which fifty-five thousand 
of the Temaperauee.loaruotor were 
circulated among the people of that 
State in behalf of the cause of tem-
perance. We are glad that we, as a 
conference, had a part in this work 
by donating a entaber of papers for 
the use of the workers. By actual 
count, the temperance people won, 
but by some immgukkeity in report-
ing the accounts, the matter has been 
placed in the bawls of one of the 
government officials for ,final deci-
sion, which may he withheld till the 
first of December. 
Elder Evans ' tells of many inter-
esting matters in connection with the 
prOgresS of the work in China. In 
a revival meeting, held for one week, 
about two hundred heathen Chinese 
came to seek Christ. Something like 
thirty of these have since become 
stanch Christians. He spoke of 
the many direct answers to the 
prayers of the Chinese, and attri-
butes the promptness and directness 
of these answers to their great faith. 
it is faith that brings the blessing 
near. 
It is expected that about four hun-
dred and sixty-five thousand dollars 
will be called for in 'the budget for 
missions for 1912. $367,717.51 was 
appropriated for 1911. Any one 
who has taken the pains to look care-
fully over the statistical report pub-
lished some time ago in the Review 
and Herald, has noticed with much 
interest the great advance that is be-
ing made in all departments of the 
message. 
It is expected the council will 
close Wednesday, November 1, when 
the committee will return at once 
to their respective holds to do all in 
their power for the completion of 
this treat work. May the dear Lord 
fill all our hearts with courage and 
earnestness; for the time is far spent, 
and the coming of the Lord is near. 
Wm. GUTHRIE. 
MISSIONS 
I note that we are a little short 
on the " Ten-cent-a-week-for-mis-
sions " fund for the first nine months 
of the year. Let us push the Har-
vest ingathering campaign, and also 
give a little more liberally so that 
we may close the year with a clean 
record • before the Lord. We raised 
the full amount of ten cents per week 
for each member last year, and I am 
sure we do not wish to do less this 
year when the need is even greater 
than it was last year. 
As we measure to others, so shall 
it be measured to us again. As we 
love our Master and perishing men, 
so let us give to carry to them the 
words of life. 
WM. GUTHRIE. 
AN APPEAL 
As I take up my pen to write this 
article, I have before me a letter 
from Elder Wm. Guthrie, who is at 
Washington, D. C., in council with 
the brethren. In this letter is a re-
quest that I make an urgent appeal 
to the brethren of the Canadian 
Union Conference in behalf of the 
plans adopted by the General Con-
ference council for raising means to 
meet the demands made upon them 
through the many calls which come 
to them for help. Those who have 
never attended one of these councils 
can not fully appreciate the great 
burden that rests upon the brethren, 
as they have placed before them the 
calla that come from those iu the 
forefront of the work. 
For years we have been expecting 
the time to come when the Spirit of 
God would go before us, and open up 
the way for the message to be given 
in the darkened corners of the earth. 
Now this time has come. The calls 
are coming thick and fast, and those 
who must meet the expense of this 
growing demand, are sometimes per-
plexed to know just how to meet it; 
but they move out by faith, believ-
ing that the same God who created 
the demand, will also work upon 
men's hearts to supply the means. 
With the evidences multiplying round 
us, saying that the Lord hasteneth 
greatly, is there one who will say to 
the brethren, " Your plans are too 
broad; your demands upon us too 
great " ? No; surely every one who 
is looking forward with delight to 
the appearing of the Master, will 
rejoice at the signs, and say to the 
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bniersli*tiY qp forward, 144the avi1l 
furnish -gni, ineiSn* to g7s0.*ppoiti thoie 
who leav6..14me and friends ,to fill 
these openings. 
Now when the calls are urgent, 
and your help is needed, is the time 
to transfer your treasures to the 
heavenly kingdom. Soon it will be 
too late, and your money will be of 
little worth to yourself, and of no 
account to the kingdom of God. 
Those who come to the help of the 
Lord's cause When the load is mov-
ing hard are the ones who show their 
faith in its success, as well as their 
appreciation of his blessings; while 
those who bring it 'after the work is 
finished, do so only through fear. 
Consequently; what we do should be' 
done in the time of need. 
The brethren- in council have de-
cided to finish the $300;000 fund 
this year; therefore, all pledges made 
to this fiind, should be paid•before 
January 1, 1912; and all who have 
not pledged to the fund, but desire 
to have a part in it, should send in 
their offerings also before that time. 
The " Ten-cent-a-week " fund they 
have decided to raise to a " Fifteen-
cent-a-week " fund. This with the 
offerings made from the tithe fund 
by the different conferences, is to fur-
nish all the means needed to for-
ward the work in countries abroad. 
All .the different funds used for for-
eign work, excepting the gifts from 
the tithe &rad, are to be counted in the 
" Fifteen-cent-a-week " fund. To 
our mind this is an excellent plan, as 
it furnishes a way for all to have a 
part in this closing work; and our 
confidence in our brethren 'and sis-
ters in''the- Citiradian -Union Confer-
ence, leads us ,tO believe that they 
will all see the advisability of this 
move, and heartily respond by giv-
ing to these different funds; namely, 
First Day Offerings, Sabbath-school 
Offerings, Harvest ingathering, Mid-
summer, and Week of Prayer Offer-
ings, and in Sufficient amount that in 
the aggregate it will be fifteen cents 
or each person in the Union. 
• Pardon ills (-if it•is.!:Pnocessary to 
ask, pardon:) for expressing my appre- 
ciation for the liberal offerings 
made by the members of the On-
tario Conference to these different 
funds. Words can not express the 
gratitude that filled my heart, as I sat 
in council last fall, and heard that 
Ontario was not only equal to ten 
cents per week in her offerings, but 
ahead. I am sure the record of 1911 
thus far shows the same result. The 
letter before me, however, says that 
in the, Union ,we are short of the 
ten cents a week. I am sure the 
brethren do not want the records of 
the year- to close without changing 
this showing, consequently, I appeal 
to all our members to makes. grand , 
rally for this fund: and in defence of 
the good name of , the Canadian 
Union, as well as to do our, part in 
sending the third angel's message to 
the darkened corners of the earth, 
to take hold of the work in earnest. 
With the Ingathering number of the 
Signs, at our command and the week 
of prayer before us, I see no reason 
why we can not meet this call. We 
can if each one will do his . or her 
part faithfully and well: • Let none 
be found wanting in the end. 
M.C. KIRKENDALL. 
THE FIELD 
CHATHAM 
Dear MESSENGER Friends,— • • 
• Getting the MESSEN-
GER each week is like getting a letter 
from home, so I concluded you would 
he• interested to know what we are 
doing in Chatham. 
About five weeks ago we- had new 
electric lights put in our little church. 
We then started again the Sunday 
night meetings with a good outside 
interest. Marked attention is paid 
as we endeavor to unfold the word of 
prophecy and hold up the light of 
truth. After speaking for an hour 
ands five minutes Sunday niglr,t, sev 
Arai said they could have listened for 
another hour. �
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We also have a good interest 
among the colored people here. Two 
Baptiit ladies have already started to 
keep the Sabbath. They talked the 
Sabbath question in their church un-
til a discussion was created, but the 
minister would allow no one to take 
part who was in favor of the seventh 
day. His members finally concluded 
that Sunday is the right day to keep. 
The two ladies, however, say they 
are not discouraged, but will keep 
right on till,they are put out of the 
church. 
We have not brought any of the 
other truths of the Advent message 
before them yet, but when we do so, 
we hope and pray they will accept 
them; :and become Adventist workers 
among their own people; for there is 
a great work to be done among them. 
Yours in the •blessed hope of the 
third angel's message. 
MR. AND MRS. .1. C. -WILLIAMSON. 
HAMILTON :ONT. 
After an absence of nearly four 
weeks, Our hearts were cheered on 
our return to Hamilton to meet with 
a large company on Sabbath, Oct. 28. 
We have great -reason to be of good 
cheer; for nearly thirty new Sabbath 
keepers are rejoicing in the-truth. • 
We had a pleasant time while 
away, and met with some wonderful 
experiences. After visiting with our 
relatives, who were quite well pleased 
to see us, I decided to visit some of 
my good Protestant friends; so I at-
tended the Hornerite arid Methodist 
churches, both located in the country. 
Most of the older members were 
those with whom I had associated 
when a boy. Arrangements were 
made with the pastor of the Method-
ist Church for me to speak to them, 
and I accepted the invitation gladly: 
Sunday October 15, I had the pleas-
ure of presenting the " Second Com-
ing of Christ " to a large audience. 
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175 
Another meeting was arranged for 
Wednesday night, and on this occa-
sion the church was filled with people 
from different denominations. Con-
siderable excitment prevailed when 
the report was circulated that I had 
spoken in the Methodist Church on 
Sunday and would speak again on 
Wednesday. The dragon got busy, 
and sent word to me that if I filled 
the engagement, I would be mobbed. 
It was even hinted that there might 
be tar a id feathers there. But Duet. 
31: 6 gave me good courage, and I 
determined to fill the engagement. 
Every thing passed off without a rip-
ple, but the following day I received 
invitations to remain off some farms 
of two hundred acres. I was almost 
requested to get off the earth. Noth-
ing would have pleased me better 
than to remain and give them the 
message, as the Methodists had of-
fered me their church, but I had to 
be back in Hamilton to fill my en-
gagements. 
While in Ottawa, we had the 
pleasure of meeting with the faithful 
few, and had two meetings with them. 
They are almost discouraged at hav-
ing no worker there. 
We also spent a Sabbath with Bro-
ther and Sister Priddy in Kingston, 
and held two meetings there. We 
had the pleasure of being at their 
first Sabbath-school, and meeting 
three new Sabbath keepers. It was 
certainlv'encouraging to Brother and 
Sister Priddy to be able to open up 
their home for a Sabbath-school. 
They aro of good courage. The 
Lord is blessing them, and giving 
them fruit for their labor, as he will 
to all who engage in his work, and 
are williug to sacrifice for the cause. 
Sister Allen and myself have great 
reason to praise the Lord for his 
protection to us on our trip and our 
safe return to Hamilton again. 
MATT. J. ALLEN. 
" Lead, lives of love, that o',:hers who 
Behold your lives may kindle too 
With love, and east their lots with you." 
LONDON, ONT. 
The work here is advancing nicely 
since the cool weather set in. Dur-
the hot summer days we found it 
hard to get the people together for 
Bible study. They were kept sup-
plied with literature, however, and 
now we find many desirious of hear-
ing more on these important ques-
tions. Quite a number of homes are 
open to us where we can gather with 
interested ones to study God's word. 
Some are now making their decision. 
Remember these dear ones at the 
throne of grace that God may so im-
press their minds that they will de-
cide wisely, and step out by faith 
while probation still lingers. 
Regarding our method of work, we 
want to say that too much can not 
be said in favor of the Home Bible 
Study. With these in the homes, it 
seems easy to approach them regard-
ing present truth. A great many in-
quire about these studies as we call 
on them later, some .out.of curiosity; 
others anxious to know what is truth. 
With this latter class we try in some 
way to arrange for studies. Alto-
gether we and much encouraged at 
the interest that has been manifested 
in our efforts. 
We have some very interesting ex-
periences in this work. Some pleas-
ant, others not; but when we remem-
ber this is the Lord's work, we know 
that trail will prevail. I will just 
mention one experience because of a 
statement made. 
I happened to call on our English 
Church minister with a magazine, 
which ho blankly refused to look at 
when he found out it belonged to 
the Seventh-day Adventist denomin- 
ination. He invited me up to his 
study to show me the folly of-Ad= 
ventism, and of course I gladly ac- 
cepted the invitation. To my sur-
prise, he tried to lay his foundation 
on Rev. 1: 10, stating that Presby-
terians and others who call Sunday 
the Sabbath, make a mistake; for 
Saturday is still the Bible Sabbath, 
but Sunday is the Lord's day. Of 
course this was soon exploded, and 
his fire went out for lack of fuel. 
This gave me opportunity to• place 
before him some important truths 
among which I tried to picture the 
true work of the federated churches, 
and the results when they have fin-
ished their work. 
Throughout the entire interview I 
noticed the spirit of intolerance he 
manifested, and my mind went back 
to the time when Rome held the 
scepter, and all others not believing 
as sire did were subjected to perse-
cution and death. Dear ones, this 
dark cloud is hanging over the world 
to-day, and when it bursts among the 
nations, " there shall be a time of 
trouble, such as never was since there 
was a nation. " Are we• ready for it ? 
While we have a little time of peace 
left, let us bend every effort to this 
work that the honest in heart may be 
soon warned and gathered out, then 
we who are faithful to the end will 
receive a crown of righteousness 
which fadeth not away. 
MR. AND MRS. W AL H. BOYCE. 
85 Smith St. 
THE ENEMY AT WORK 
The following is part of a letter 
written by Elder J. A. Strickland, of 
Harvey, N. B. Though not intended 
for publication, 'we feel sure Elder 
Strickland will not seriously object 
to our using it. It shows to what 
extremes the enemies of God's truth 
will go in their efforts to hinder the 
work. We are glad to see the work 
at Harvey is advancing, notwith- 
standing these efforts. The Lord 
will surely triumph. Let us remem-
ber the workers in our prayers. El-
der Strickland says:-- 
" 1 have all 1 can do, visiting the 
the people, and giving Bible readings 
from house to house. I had some 
very pleasant meetings Sunday. it 
rained all day, but a goodly number 
came out. The places I am working 
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STATEMENT REsouseins AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR 
ENDING AUGUST 1, 1911 
RESOURCES: 
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Fttenitorentid fixtures as per inventory 
Expense las ,per inventory 
Cash as tinder: 
Operating Funds 
Local Trust Funds 
inventory 
8504.14 
65.74 
04,043 
227.00 
9.40 
569.88 
Accounts Receivable as under: 
Williamsdale Academy 636.32 
Sundry 
100.52 
736.84 
L I A RILITI ES 
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100.00 
Accounts Payable 
283.40 
PRESENT WORTH of conference Aug. 1, 1911 
1500.15 
1883.55 
1883.55 
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6146 611-ett6tilitt64 With Harvey. The 
1%403 here tongifier Anything within 
teninites. Mahe -distriet. I .believe 
by 04 .ititie" Winter is over, we will 
have daniettiing to show for our 
Wgrk. 
"Ito not have mach time to get 
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1.i:hinged tirice near Midtiight by a 
ega*A4 411Eakia, NirlioAcave Indian 
yells mud �
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theta :to go ghead If they enjoyed 
it. �
If their aim and nitibitiOn with 
winchesters is no better than that 
whicti they use against me in theirs 
Script ire Argurneits, I am in no 
da!jer. Yon need not think I am 
isj ay,y 4amer. Those who have at-
temphsd to intimidate me are not 
cape) le of any real action. 'They 
simOy thought it a wise way to con-
vert we to presbyterianism, but I 
auk. ssfe for the grand Old message 
yet; and hope some day to see some 
of my gun-shooting, yelling Presby-
terian opponents rejoicing in the 
truth. " 
The General Conference council 
at Washington has appointed the 
Canadian Union Conference to be 
held in Toronto, June 27 to July 8, 
1912. 
The address of Brother Matt. J. 
Allen is 26b York St., Hamilton, 
Ont. .- Church meetings will be held 
at .Hamilton in Kennedy's hell, cor-
ner James and Robert fits., at 3 P. 
on Elabbeiths. 
y the feiVileineee of those Oing 
business with us, we were able to 
make large remittances to our credi-
tors last month. ,One more such ef-
fort will almost entirely pay our 
accounts. 
0:Mers for " Acts of this Apostles " 
continue to ,,vocite. It is 'only $1.60 
now, lb may be mere Atter. We 
hope coat stock will real ushs.time 
fer.the Indidays, but it has to come 
from California. 
If .you have not seen the George 
Washington number of Liberty, it 
will pay you to send ten cents for 
a sample copy. Order before the 
edition is entirely exhausted. Send 
your orders to this office. 
" I have been selling Life and 
Asuish. for ,over a year, " writes 
an agent who orders fifty copies a 
month. " I go over the same terri-
tory every month. By so doing I 
have regular customers who appre-
ciate the magazine. " 
" Do thy duty; that is best; 
Ceave unto thy Lord the rest! " 
mnroR 
0. M. RUSSELL, Tea". 
C. P. A. NOTES 
Good orders for the 'Bible Read- 
ing Series of the 8iyae are beginning 
to come. 
In less than two mouths our Offer 
of the MESSENGER at thirty-five cents 
per year will close. 
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