VOL. 
I. 
BATTLE 
CREEK, 
MICH., 
DECEMBER, 
1889. 
No. 12. 
Fourth Sabbath Readipcj. 
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they can attend services on the fourth Sabbath, will confer a favor by 
having it sent in a club to the librarian of their local tract society. 
Copies 
thus sent will be distributed to subscribers on the fourth Sabbath. 
In 
order that the address which this paper contains may be new to all, it 
should not be exhibited before that time. 
The person who is to read the address should become familiar with it, 
and then do his best to read it in an interesting and intelligible manner. 
Brief remarks on different points presented by the address, in the way of 
explanation or illustration, if to the point, will break the monotony of 
reading, and add interest to the exercise. 
It may be well, sometimes, to 
sing, at intervals, short stanzas of some appropriate missionary hymn. 
Avoid making these exercises tiresome. 
Rather than do this, it will 
be better to omit some of the less important portions of the address. 
OUR 
SPECIAL 
WORK, AND 
ITS 
CALLS 
FOR 
SPECIAL 
SACRIFICES. 
THE present time is one of much interest. 
The 
present dispensation is nearing its close, and this 
world's history in its present condition will soon 
be among the things of the past. 
Many different lines of prophecy, both in the Old 
and the New Testament, center at this time ; the 
last links in each of these lines are about to be 
devoloped ; and this will be the ushering in of the 
great and terrible day of the Lord, — the coming of 
the Son of God in the clouds of heaven with power 
and great glory. 
Preparatory to these events, a message must be 
proclaimed to the world. 
" And this gospel of the 
kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a 
witness unto all nations ; and then shall the end 
come." 
Matt. 24:14. 
Examining the prophecies of Daniel, we find that 
in their fulfillment we are now brought down very 
near the time when the great image is to be smitten 
and broken in pieces, so that as the chaff of the 
summer threshing-floor, it shall be carried away by 
the wind, and no place shall be found for the powers 
it represented. 
In the book of Revelation, we find a chain of 
prophecy commencing in the twelfth chapter, con-
tinuing through the thirteenth, and closing with the 
first five verses of chapter 14. 
In this line of proph-
ecy, where we believe our own country is represented, 
the last thing to be developed is the making of an im-
age to the papacy, and the causing of all men to 
receive a mark in the forehead or the hand. 
We also read a three-fold warning in the four-
teenth chapter, verses 6-12. 
The first proclaims the 
everlasting gospel and the hour of judgment come ; 
the second proclaims the fall of Babylon ; the third, 
speaking with a loud voice, utters a most solemn 
warning against the worship of the beast and his im-
age. 
These warning 
messages 
develop a people 
" who keep the commandments of God and the 
faith of Jesus." 
We profess to be that people. 
Our church cove-
nant is the commandments of God and the faith of 
Jesus. 
We, ourselves, are now engaged in proclaim-
ing the warning against the worship of the beast and 
his image. 
This is the live question of to-day, and 
the whole world will be stirred by it. 
Need we ask the questions, Where do we now stand ? 
and what is our relation to these prophecies and their 
fulfillment? 
Nothing is more evident than that we 
are in the last days ; that we live at the time when 
these things are fulfilling. 
Is not this a special time ? 
Is there not a special 
work for this time? 
Noah lived at a special time. 
It 
was made so by what the 
Lord 
had 
said, 
that in one hundred and twenty years the world 
should be destroyed by a flood of water. 
No such 
condition of things had ever existed before. 
His 
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special work was to build the ark, and to warn the 
world of its impending doom. 
That was an impor-
tant time, and an important work. 
It called for the 
greatest devotion, self-sacrifice, and true consecra-
tion. 
But what of our own time ? 
Certainly it is full 
of eternal consequences; it is for us individually to 
sense these things. 
This time calls for consecration 
of ourselves to God and his work as never before. 
It 
devolves upon us to give this solemn, warning mes-
sage to the world. 
Can we afford to be indifferent in 
the least ? 
Will not God hold us responsible for this 
work ? — He certainly will. May God help us fully to 
awake to the interest of the time and the demands of 
God upon us, and may we with all our hearts conse-
crate ourselves anew to him. 
0. A. OLSEN. 
THE 
HOME 
MISSIONARY 
FOR 
1890. 
THE present number closes Vol. I. of the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
It was started for the purpose of pub-
lishing the fourth Sabbath readings in a cheap and 
convenient form with other matter intimately con-
nected with them. 
After a few numbers had been 
issued, it was found to be such a convenient method 
of getting important matter before our people, that 
several 
Extras have been issued, and other de-
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In the present enlarged condition of the work of 
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This necessity has become so evident in 
the present stage of the work, that it has been de-
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tras whenever necessary. 
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Sabbath 
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more compact than in the past. 
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In starting the paper in this enlarged form, and 
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This will perhaps not cover the actual cost 
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just what those need who are at present giving but 
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Ft. Collins, 
Hillsborough, 
Longmont, 
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Saguache, 
Silver Cliff, 
Individuals, 
Total, 
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1.00 
17.95 
1.00 
4.55 
7.85 
2.71 
17.20 
$78.70 
45 
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E. Fryeburg, 
Hartland, 
Hodgdon, 
Linneus, 
Milton, 
Monticello, 
N. Jay, 
N. Windham, 
Norway and Paris, 
Norridgewock, 
New Sweden, 
Oakfield, 
Portland, 
Presque Isle, 
Richmond, 
Somerset Mills, 
Total, 
Less exchange, 
Total, 
$ 1.25 
.55 
4.79 
1.42 
5.15 
1.00 
1.00 
3.87 
1.84 
15.00 
3.00 
$40.26 
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ILLINOIS. 
Aledo, 
Belvidere, 
Bloomington, 
Bluford, 
Chicago, Eng. 
Chicago, Scan. 
Duquoin, 
Kankakee, 
Keenville, 
Lena, 
Lovington, 
Martinsville, 
Monticello, 
Oakland, 
Onarga, 
Pittwood, 
Princeville, 
Proctor, 
Ridott, 
Rockford, 
Rock Island, 
Roscoe, 
Rush, 
Sadorus, 
Springfield, 
Sheridan, 
St. Anne, 
Watseka, 
West Salem, 
Woodburn, 
2 Individuals, 
$1.35 
7.63 
.30 
1.73 
36.53 
5.63 
4.60 
3.13 
2.59 
2.80 
1.25 
.25 
2.41 
7.66 
.25 
2.07 
28 
32 20 
17 
107 
124 
25 
14 
27 
24 
22 
38 
12 
20 
12 
6 
28 
25 
31 
6 
11 
20 
52 
15 
34 
15 
.41 
.02 
.21 
.14 
.07 
.08 
.43 
.04 
.53 
.08 
.04 
.24 
.01 
.10 
.34 
.04 
.19 
.08 
.09 
.10 
.20 
.02 
.12 
.14 
.007 
DAKOTA. 
CHURCH or COMPANY. 
80.18 
Mch. 31 qr. not sent in time, 
76.82 
Total, 
$157.00 
Allendale, 
Allegan, 
Alaiedon, 
Alma, 
Arcada, 
Arbela, 
Armada, 
Almena, 
Almira, 
Attica, 
Alamo, 
Battle Creek, 
Bancroft, 
Birmingham, 
Brookfield, 
Bushnell, 
Bunker Hill, 
Burlington, 
Byron Center, 
Birch Run, 
Belvidere, 
Blendon, 
Bloomingdale, 
Bedford, 
Bellaire, 
Bear Lake, 
Carson City, 
Cedar Lake, 
Cedar Springs, 
Cedar Dale, 
Colfax, 
MICHIGAN. 
8.51 
1.25 
6.60 
.84 
1.45 
.90 
152.52 
2.56 
3.26 
.70 
2.71 
4.18 
5.61 
1.17 
2.45 
2.67 
1.48 
30 
71 61 
36 
10 
30 
25 
803 
48 
14 
31 
51 
33 
12 
31 
39 
27 
38 
68 
14 
47 
Arlington, 
47 
Bridgewater, 
47 
.203 
Brookings, 
2.85 
14 
.203 
Brotherfield, 
3.00 
54 
.055 
Big Springs, 
7 
Badus, 
27 
Cresbard, 
4.51 
14 
.322 
Childstown, 
3.41 
25 
.136 
Canton, 
2 
Ellsworth, 
.30 
10 
.03 
Elkpoint, 
22.78 
6 
.14 
3.796 
Grand Meadow, 
6 
.14 
Huron, 
4 
Iroquois, 
3.53 
44 
.08 
Lakeside, 
4.76 
20 
.238 
Milltown, 
18 34 
50 
.367 
Madison, 
43 
Milbank, 
28 
Parker, 
.50 
19 
.026 
Roslyn, 
2 
Sioux Falls, 
33 
Swan Lake, 
6.33 
84 
.075 
Sunny Side, 
11.46 
33 
.347 
St. Lawrence, 
1.07 
26 
.041 
Spring Lake, 
17 
Tyndall, 
2 
Taopi, 
22 
Vilas, 
14.00 
22 
.636 
Watertown, 
4.75 
21 
.226 
Individuals, 
16.11 
Total, 
$117.70 
.119 
.034 
.22 
.033 
.189 
.077 
.271 
.087 
.107 
.207 
.07 
.0105 
Am't car'd forward, 
$198.86 
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$198.86 
Coldwater, 
2.31 
24 
.096 
Colon, 
.50 
11 
.045 
Convis, 
10 
Charlotte, 
6.03 
44 
.137 
Ceresco, 
40 
Cleone, 
5.66 
19 
.297 
Carlton, 
30 
Climax, 
6.38 
12 
.531 
Dimondale, 
24 
Douglas, 
7.73 
32 
.241 
Denver, 
4.74 
41 
.115 
Decatur, 
1.48 
21 
.0704 
Eaton Rapids, 
41 
Edonville, 
2.28 
51 
.044 
Elmwood, 
5.91 
44 
.134 
Edmore, 
.55 
40 
.013 
Ely, 
2.75 
13 
Evart, 
.91 
17 
.0535 
Elk Rapids, 
3.19 
Fairgrove, 
1.26 
34 
.037 
Flint, 
Fremont, 
9.80 
76 
.128 
Flint, 
Fremont, 
24 
Freeland, 
2.50 
62 
.04 
Frontier, 
Gowan, 
Greenville, 
11.35 
35 
.324 
Greenbush and Duplain, 
4.50 
23 
.195 
Grandville, 
Grand Rapids, 
1.80 
45 
.04 
Gaines, 
.65 
Grant, 
18 
Hanover, 
Hastings, 
2.00 
16 
.125 
Hanover, 
Hastings, 
19.43 
26 
.747 
Hazelton, 
6.93 
96 
.072 
Hillsdale, 
66 
Hoytville, 
2.38 
11 
.216 
Howell, 
30 
Holly, 
.95 
Hudson, 
Ithaca, 
Imlay City, 
6.62 
67 
.098 
Ithaca, 
Imlay City, 
8 
Ionia, 
Iron Mountain, 
9 Individuals, 
9.24 
Jackson, 
14.85 
57 
.26 
Jefferson, 
1.70 
57 
.029 
Kalamazoo, 
1.15 
Lapeer, 
4.09 
49 
.083 
Lakeview, 
37 
Leslie, 
2.63 
41 
.064 
Lockwood, 
.25 
9 
.027 
Lowell, 
46 
Matherton, 
14 
Memphis, 
5.31 
80 
.066 
Mt. Pleasant, 
34 
Monterey, 
2.93 
88 
.033 
Montague, 
Morley, 
27 
Mundy, 
3.75 
Muir and Lyons, 
39 
Maple Grove, Barry Co., 
5 
Muskegon, 
18 
Maple Grove, Saginaw Co., 
1.33 
23 
.057 
Morrice, 
1.43 
16 
.089 
Mason, 
12 
Milan, 
2.50 
MICHIGAN 
CHURCH or COMPANY. 
Am't car'd forward, 
$360.50 
Am't bro't forward, 
$360.50 
Morrisburg, Ont., 
2.45 
Napoleon, 
Orleans, 
Orange, 
Otsego, 
5.74 
Ovid, 
6.97 
Ogden Center, 
3.67 
Parkville, 
6.11 
Petoskey, 
Potterville, 
11.66 
Quincy, 
34.06 
Ransom, 
5.46 
Reese, 
.56 
Rochester, 
1.40 
Riverside, 
3.64 
Rockford, 
Sand Lake, 
2.10 
Saranac, 
7.55 
Shelby, 
1.45 
Sherman City, 
St. Louis, 
St. Charles, 
4.75 
Stambaugh, 
Scotts, 
Stephenson, 
Seville 
1.00 
8pencer Creek, 
1.30 
Spring Arbor, 
3.00 
Scottville, 
.67 
Saginaw, 
7.55 
Thetford, 
Tustin, 
Vassar, 
9.56 
Vermontville, 
1.89 
Yanderbilt, 
5.01 
Ventura, 
Watrousville, 
7.21 
Westphalia, 
1.92 
White Lake, 
Wright, 
8.94 
West Liberty, 
Webberville, 
Additional, 
.83 
Total, 
$509.51 
26 
21 
27 
63 
21 
21 
40 
56 
27 
27 
23 
17 
23 
43 
46 
14 
115 
30 
47 
28 
20 16 
46 
15 
25 
37 
15 
9 
102 
13 
TEXAS. 
Black Jack Grove, 
Cedar Grove, 
Clifton, 
Cleburne, 
Corsicana, 
Dallas, 
Egypt, 
Ladonia, 
Piano, 
Peoria, 
Rockwall, 
Savoy, 
Terrell, 
Wilmer, 
Total, 
* £ 
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.091 
.331 
.174 
.152 
.208 
1.26 
.202 
.02 
.082 
.091 
.033 
.041 
.027 
.107 
.207 
.126 
.20 
.194 
.128 
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2.65 
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REPORT 
OF FIRST-DAY 
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$ 2.08 
13 
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Albion, 
11 
A lien town, 
1.50 
21 
.16 
Bear Lake, 
2.00 
29 
.07 
Blockville, 
.72 
16 
.045 
Bradford, 
2.25 
17 
.13 
Catlin, 
Cherry Flats, 
16 
Catlin, 
Cherry Flats, 
21 
Clinton, 
14 
Conneautville, 
20 
Cory don, 
10.73 
20 
.54 
East Otto, 
17.81 
38 
.47 
Edinboro, 
6.20 
16 
.39 
Emporium, 
.26 
5 
.05 
Fleetwood, 
.25 
14 
.02 
Jamestown, 
40 
Lowville, 
1.85 
12 
.15 
Niles Hill, 
8 
North Warren, 
2.80 
26 
.11 
Painted Post, 
Philadelphia, 
3.00 
15 
.20 
Painted Post, 
Philadelphia, 
16.79 
36 
.47 
Pittsburg, 
13.22 
35 
.38 
Port Alleghany, 
.36 
37 
.01 
Portyille, 
11 
Randolph, Pa., 
9 
Randolph, N. Y., 
2.15 
19 
.11 
Raymond's, 
2.60 
28 
.09 
Reading, 
20 
Roaring Branch, 
1.05 
44 
.025 
Salemville, 
18 
Shingle House, 
.28 
26 
.01 
Sinclairville, 
3.08 
21 
.15 
Shunk, 
26 
8teamburg, 
.33 
16 
.02 
Sunderlinville, 
16 
Seventy Six, 
13 
Waterford, 
16 
Wellsvffle, 
8.46 
46 
.18 
West Valley, 
4.27 
31 
.11 
West Pike, 
1.10 
12 
.09 
Wheeler, 
Williamsport, 
5.65 
19 
.30 
Wheeler, 
Williamsport, 
2.70 
30 
.09 
Youngs ville, 
.80 
15 
.05 
Individual, 
9.60 
Other donations from State, 
97.68 
Total, 
$221.57 
UPPER 
COLUMBIA. 
Milton, Oregon, 
$ 5.50 
74 
.074 
Walla Walla, Wash., 
10.70 
53 
.203 
Dayton, 
Wash., 
1.85 
42 
.044 
Boise City, Idaho, 
8.56 
38 ' 
.225 
Farmington, Wash., 
2.45 
38 
.064 
Franklin, Idaho, 
.45 
35 
.013 
Moscow, Idaho, 
Echo, Oregon, 
2.15 
32 
.067 
Moscow, Idaho, 
Echo, Oregon, 
21 
Alba, Oregon, 
Spokane Falls, 
Wash., 
17 
Alba, Oregon, 
Spokane Falls, 
Wash., 
2.87 
16 
.179 
Heppner, Oregon, 
15 
Garfield, Wash., 
Highland Valley, Idaho, 
14 
Garfield, Wash., 
Highland Valley, Idaho, 
2.00 
13 
.154 
Viola, Idaho, 
5.00 
10 
.50 
Pataha City, Wash., 
9 
Medical Lake, Wash., 
8 
Individual, 
1.35 
Total, 
$42.88 
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Blue Valley, 
$ 4.99 
17 
.29 
Albion, 
Blue Valley, 
2.65 
42 
.06 
Blair City, 
2.45 
17 
.14 
Bloomington, 
2.20 
12 
.18 
Broken Bow, 
5.20 
22 
.236 
Culbertson, 
4.48 
33 
.135 
Columbus, 
2.15 
3 
.716 
Crete, 
1.20 
3 
.40 
Decatur, 
5.10 
42 
.12 
Dunbar, 
5.88 
31 
.19 
Ft. Calhoun, 
5.79 
27 
.21 
Fremont, 
1.00 
Halifax, 
2.92 
Jackson, 
1.00 
Lincoln, 
17.70 
59 
.30 
New Era, 
.65 
30 
.02 
Otis, 
3.40 
15 
.226 
Richmond, 
10.64 
Raeville, 
25.23 
48 
.525 
Shelton, 
Stromsburg, 
7.06 
33 
.21 
Shelton, 
Stromsburg, 
3.90 
13 
.30 
Scattered Members, 
32.06 
Trunk Butte, 
4.81 
39 
.12 
Waco, 
1.10 
12 
.09 
Total, 
$153.56 
VERMONT. 
Bordoville, 
$ 9.92 
59 
.16 
Bristol, 
7.25 
19 
.38 
Burlington, 
5.08 
20 
.25 
Corinth, 
1.16 
11 
.10 
Charleston, 
1.30 
64 
.02 
Cabot, 
9.42 
11 
.85 
Chelsea, 
.63 
18 
.03 
East Middlebury, 
.75 
8 
.09 
East Richford, 
3.00 
33 
.09 
Granville, 
2.33 
28 
.08 
Johnson, 
7.21 
30 
.24 
Jericho, 
4.38 
24 
.18 
Jamaica, 
6.95 
79 
.08 
Montgomery, 
1.00 
9 
.11 
Northtield, 
15.60 
21 
.74 
Rochester, 
10 
Rutland, 
7 
Troy, 
2.50 
13 
.19 
Vergennes, 
.93 
9 
.10 
Wolcott, 
6.20 
7 
.88 
Weston, 
3.15 
11 
.28 
Scattering, not members, 
26.72 
5 
5.35 
Total, 
$115.48 
VIRGTNIA. 
Mt. William, 
1.59 
14 
.115 
Marksville, 
.07 
26 
.0025 
Port Republic, 
.57 
6 
.095 
Quicksburg, 
7.56 
52 
.145 
Total, 
$9.79 
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CHURCH or COMPANL 
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Adams Center, 
Auburn, 
Buffalo, 
Batavia, 
B. Bridge, 
Brookfield, 
Euclid, 
Frankfort, 
Gouverneur, 
Genoa, 
Jeddo, 
Keene, 
Lancaster, 
Mannsville, 
Middle Grove, 
N. Parma, 
Newfane, 
Norfolk, 
N. Creek, 
Newburg, 
Oswego, 
Pulaski, 
Pier, 
Roosevelt, 
Rome, 
8. Hill, 
Syracuse, 
Turin, 
Utica, 
West Monroe, 
Watertown, 
Williamstown, 
West Bangor, 
Scattered Brethren, 
Total, 
$ 2.65 
1.08 
6.64 
2.75 
1.00 
1.14 
2.08 
9.00 
2.25 
1.00 
.23 
.77 
2.20 
1.18 
8.00 
9.15 
2.42 
3.26 
6.55 
3.00 
.20 
2.00 
1.73 
2.06 
2.65 
$74.94 
41 
22 
14 
11 
41 
29 
15 
21 
37 
22 
16 
38 
32 
14 
14 
20 
10 
31 
21 
34 
36 
37 
73 
29 
62 
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20 
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PROVINCE OF 
QUEBEC. 
South Stukely, 
Dixville, 
Fitch Bay, 
Ways Mills, 
Total, 
$ 5.90 
12.00 
8.00 
6.85 
$32.75 
General Report of First-day Offerings for 
Quarter Ending June 30, 1889. 
(COLLECTIONS FROM BOXES.) 
NAME OF CONFERENCE. 
Whole Amount 
for Quarter. 
Memb. of 
Conference. 
Amount per 
Member 
per Quarter. 
Alabama and Mississippi, 
$ 
2.60 
226 
Arkansas, 
226 
Atlantic, 
49.16 
California, 
210.05 
2000 
.105 
Canada, 
32.75 
143 
.229 
Colorado, 
78.70 
300 
.262 
Dakota, 
117.70 
653 
.18 
District of Columbia, 
16.00 
24 
.666 
Illinois, 
157.00 
805 
.195 
Am't car'd forward, 
$663.96 
First-day Offerings (Continued). 
NAME OF CONFERENCE. 
Whole Amount 
for Quarter. 
Memb. of 
Conference. 
Amount per 
Member 
per 
Quarter. 
Am'd bro't forward, 
Indiana, 
Iowa, 
Kansas, 
Kentucky, 
Louisiana, 
Maine, 
Michigan, 
Minnesota, 
Missouri, 
New England, 
Nebraska, 
New York, 
North Pacific, 
Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, 
South Atlantic, 
Tennessee, 
Texas, 
Upper Columbia, 
Vermont, 
Virginia, 
West Virginia, 
Wisconsin, 
Total, 
$663.96 
45.00 
364.13 
12.25 
40.00 
509.51 
2.00 
61.71 
150.03 
153.56 
74.94 
119.30 
221.57 
22.32 
42.88 
115.48 
9.79 
301.46 
$2,909.89 
1135 
1594 
1883 
125 
436 
4355 
1754 
862 
766 
670 
• 803 
542 
1062 
843 
145 
158 
390 
|366 
457 
121 
106 
1766 
24,490 
.039 
.228 
.092 
.117 
.001 
.071 
.196 
.229 
.093 
.112 
.263 
.057 
.117 
.253 
.081 
.171 
.119 
Paid for quarter ending March 31, 1888, 
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December 31, 1888, 
$2,570.55. 
3,612.33. 
Wherever practicable, the children should meet by themselves, at least 
a portion of the time, even if there are but two or three present. 
Some 
person of Christian experience who is otherwise qualified for the work, 
should, before the meeting, be selected to take charge of it. 
After the 
reading which is prepared for them, it may he well to let them have a 
social meeting in which they can express themselves upon the subject 
presented. 
The exercises should be conducted in a way to impress them 
with the sacredness and reality of the work. 
DEAR 
CHILDREN : 
— 
Have you all heard that we are to have a mission-
ary ship, and that the money which you take to the 
Sabbath-school and give to your teachers is to help 
pay for it? 
How glad I am that we can all help 
buy this ship. 
I know that you are glad, too, and 
that you will want a great deal of money to give for 
it, so 1 will try to help you think of ways in which 
you can earn some. 
But first, perhaps you would 
like to hear about another missionary ship which 
sailed to some of the same places to which our ship 
will sail. 
A long time ago the people in England 
sent John Williams to tell those who lived on some of 
the islands in the Pacific Ocean* about Jesus — how 
•NOTE TO PERSONS CONDUCTING THE CHILDREN'S MEETING.— If pos-
sible, have a map of the world in the room, and as you proceed, point out 
the places mentioned. 
If you have no hanging map, use a large atlas. 
Also have a picture of a sailing vessel to show the children, so they can 
see what It would take to make a ship. 
By referring to the room or some 
other object in sight, the dimensions of which you know, show them how-
large a vessel sixty feet long and fifteen feet wide would be. 
Make such 
other explanation of things mentioned and words used as may be neces-
sary. 
THE CHILDREN'S 
PAGE. 
95 
he came to this world to die for all the people in it, 
and to tell them about other things also. 
After John Williams got there, he very much 
wanted a ship, so he could go from one island to 
another, but the people who sent him were not 
willing to give him one. 
Mr. Williams said that 
he must have a ship, if he had to build one him-
self. 
Who can tell some of the things of which 
ships are made? 
[Planks, nails, ropes, cloth, etc. 
Let the children answer.] 
Mr. Williams did not 
have these things, and the only way he could get 
them was to make them by hand. 
The planks were 
made by splitting logs in two. 
After this was done, 
the natives smoothed them down with small hatchets 
with crooked sticks tied to them for handles. 
They 
had to have some bent or crooked planks to make 
some parts of the ship,, so they went into the woods 
and found crooked trees, and split them into planks. 
These planks were held together by large wooden 
pins instead of such nails as we use. 
The cracks 
in the vessel were filled with cloth that the natives 
made, dried banana-stumps, and such things. 
They 
made ropes from the bark of a tree that grows there. 
The sails were made by quilting together several 
thicknesses of a kind of cloth made by the na-
tives. 
Mr. Williams had a little iron, but it was not in 
the shape he wanted ; so he had to melt it, and ham-
mer it into the right shape, in the same way that 
blacksmiths make shoes for horses. 
Some day per-
haps you can go to a blacksmith's shop, and see him 
work. 
You will also see his bellows, with which he 
blows the fire to make it burn fast and hot. 
Mr. 
Williams had to have a pair of bellows, too, to make 
his fire burn, but he had.no leather to make them of, 
so he killed three of his four goats, all there were on 
the island (they did not have any cows or horses 
either), and used their skins. 
But one night after he 
had his bellows made, the rats ate off all the skin, 
and spoiled them. 
Mr. Williams then made another 
kind, without leather, to throw wind something as 
pumps throw water, but he found that it worked 
both ways, so that it drew the fire into itself, and 
was soon in flames. Finally he fixed it so that it 
worked all right, but he had to make another one, 
to blow while the first one was filling with air. 
The 
natives thought it was good fun to work these ma-
chines, and it took eight or ten of them to do it. 
This ship was about sixty feet long and fifteen 
wide. 
It was made on the island of Barotonga, 
which you can find on the map. 
When Brother Tay 
went to Pitcairn Island, he called at this island, and 
left some reading matter on present truth. 
When 
we get our ship, we hope Barotonga Island may be 
visited again. 
Mr. Williams's ship must have been a very queer 
looking one. 
When it first came into a harbor, peo-
ple did not know what to think of it. 
He named it 
the " Messenger of Peace." 
The king of the island 
went with Mr. Williams on its first voyage. 
When 
they returned, they carried with them, with other 
things, some cocoanuts and some pigs and cats, the 
latter to catch the rats. 
There were so many rats in 
Barotonga that when the people ate their food, it 
took two or three persons to keep the rats off the 
table. 
One night one of the missionaries forgot to 
put her shoes where the rats could not find them, 
and in the morning they were gone. 
The rats had 
taken them for their supper. 
Now 1 must tell you the different ways in which 
children have earned money for missions. 
One little 
girl wiped dishes for a neighbor, another made paper 
flowers and sold them, another sold pretty cornuco-
pias which she filled with lamp-lighters. 
Some have 
crocheted 
edging, others have done some kind of 
needle-work, — making pen-wipers and other useful 
things. 
One little girl earned quite a large sum by 
taking care of a mouse-trap. 
Her father gave her a 
few cents for every mouse she caught. 
One little boy 
had a missionary hen that raised twelve chickens. 
These he sold, and gave all the money to the mis-
sionary cause, although his friends tried to have him 
keep part of it for himself. 
He said that he had 
promised it all to the Lord, and he would not break 
his promise. 
Other children have had missionary 
gardens. 
There are many ways in which children 
can earn money, such as going on errands, making 
snow paths in the winter, cleaning sidewalks, build-
ing fires, and doing other kinds of work. 
Now I hope that every one of you will try very 
hard to think of some way in which you can earn 
money for this new missionary ship. 
Talk with your 
parents and Sabbath-school teachers about it, and I 
am sure that they will help you. 
The Lord will help 
you, too, if you ask him. 
It will make you much 
more happy to give money that you have earned 
yourselves, than to give that which your father or 
mother has earned, and you will feel more like praying 
for the ship and those who sail with her. 
Whatever 
you do to earn money, be sure to do it well, just the 
best you can ; for you will be doing it for the Lord, 
and this is the way in which he wants people to work 
for him. 
M. L. 
H. 
WHATSOEVER thy hand findeth to do, do it with 
thy might. 
96 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
National Refofii). 
NATIONAL REFORM. 
LESSON 
THIRTY-SIX. 
X. To whom does Paul through his letter to Titus remind 
Christians that they should be subject and render obedience ? Titus 
3 : 1. 
2. Among others, for whom does he exhort that supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made ? 1 Tim. 2 : 2. 
3. Among whom are those classed who despise government, and 
are not afraid to speak evil of dignities 1 
2 Peter 2 : 10. 
4. In what instance have we a remarkable example of respect 
paid even to usurped and unholy authority ? 
Jude 9. 
See Luke 
4:6; 
Heb. 2 : 14. 
5. What instruction to Christians is given in Rom. 13 :1, first 
clause ? 
6. Who is the source of all power ? 
Same verse. 
7. By whom are the powers that be, ordained ? — Idem. 
8. What, then, do those resist who resist the powers that be ? 
Verse 2. 
9. Then can anarchy be right ? 
10. Of what is God not the author ? 
1 Cor. 14 : 33. 
11. What has the poet Milton truly said upon this point ? 
Ans. 
— " Order is heaven's first law." 
12. What declaration of the Saviour's shows that earthly gov-
ernments have certain lawful claims upon men ? 
Matt. 22 : 21, 
middle clause. 
13. Is it not evident, then, that civil governments are in the 
order and providence of God ? 
LESSON 
THIRTY-SEVEN. 
1. WHAT title does Paul twice apply to the civil ruler in Rom. 
13 :4? 
2. To what does he say rulers are not a terror ? 
Verse 3. 
3. What is evidently meant by "good works" ? 
Am. — Hon-
est living and fair dealing between man and man. 
4. In what words does Paul state that the institution of gov-
ernment is ordained of God for a good purpose ? 
Verse 4, first 
clause. 
5. In what words does he state the purpose? 
Am. — "For he 
is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that 
doeth ml" 
6. By punishing evil doers, what position does the government 
virtually take ? 
Ans. — That of protector of its citizens' lights. 
7. How are evil doers to regard the government ? 
Am. — 
" But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid.'''' 
Verse 4. 
8. Why so ? 
Arts. — "For he beareth not the sword in vain." 
9. What other and higher motive besides that of fear does Paul 
give why Christians should be subject to earthly governments? 
Verse 5. 
10. What would be the natural incentive prompting to obedience 
from a knowledge of the fact that the ruler is a " terror " to evil 
works, a " revenger" to execute " wrath " upon him that doeth 
evil, and that he bears not the " sword " in vain ? 
IX. And what from a knowledge of the fact that the system and 
arrangement of government is "ordained of God" ? 
12. Besides the duty of doing good, what else is it right that the 
citizen should render to the government in its support ? 
Verse 6. 
13. Did Paul ever claim to be a citizen of an earthly govern-
ment ? 
Acts 22: 24-28. 
14. Did he ever appeal to an earthly government for justice and 
protection ? 
Acts 25:9-11. 
LESSON 
THIRTY-EIGHT. 
1. WHAT is meant in Rom. 13 : 1 by "the powers that be" ? 
2. By whom are they ordained ? 
3- Then must not all they do be proper and right ? 
4. Who created man ? 
5. How was he made ? 
Eccl. 7 : 29. 
6. Is all that man does, therefore, necessarily right ? 
7. For what were all things created ? 
Rev. 4 : 11. 
8. Do all things glorify God ? 
9. By whom was marriage instituted? 
Matt. 19: 4, 5. 
10. Shall we therefore conclude that God approves of all mar-
riages as proper and right ? 
See Matt. 14: 3, 4. 
11. For what purpose was man 
created? 
Acts 
17:24-26; 
Rev. 4:11. 
12. For what purpose was marriage instituted? 
Gen. 2:18; 
1: 
27, 28. 
13. For what purpose are governments ordained? 
Ans. — To 
preserve order in society, and punish infringements of man's natu-
ral and inherent rights. 
Rom. 13 : 3, 4. 
14. May not all these be subverted, and fail to answer their 
original design ? 
15. Have they not all been ? 
LESSON 
THIRTY-NINE. 
1. WHAT is a theocracy ? 
2. Is there a theocratical government upon the earth at the 
present time ? 
3. What is the only theocratical government the world has ever 
seen ? 
Ant. — The government of Israel. 
4. Where are the predictions recorded stating that this gov-
ernment should cease for a time ? 
Eze. 21 : 25-27 ; Hosea 3 : 4. 
5. What is the nature of all earthly governments now in 
existence ? 
6. From the very nature of the case, what then must be the 
province of such governments ? 
7. Have civil governments a right to enforce religious observ-
ances, whether right or wrong ? 
8. Why not ? 
9. Is Sunday-keeping a religious observance ? 
10. What would the enforcement of it then be ? 
11. Upon what general principle, then, may Sunday legislation 
be opposed and shown to be wrong ? 
12. What general rule does Paul lay down in Rom, 13 : 7, first 
statement, by which Christians and all others should govern their 
conduct ? 
13. How does the Saviour in Matt. 22 : 21 make a clear distinc-
tion between civil and religious duties ? 
14. Is the keeping of a weekly day of rest and worship a duty 
men owe to the government ? 
15. What have most States in their now-existing Sunday laws ? 
Am. — Exemptions in favor of those who observe another day than 
the first day of the week. 
16. Are the exemptions wrong ? 
17. What do they show ? 
Ans. — By these the States granting 
them acknowledge that men have the right to make their own 
choice in reference to a day of rest and worship, and, virtually, 
therefore, that the legislation in reference to which the exemptions 
are made, is an infringement upon natural rights, and is therefore 
unjust and out of place. 
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