EASTERN CANADIAN
MESSEN
Nov ember 30 1915
Vol. 15 Oshawa. Ontario.
The Week of Prayer
11 ton Is has been =i
pry er Foy
This ver Deceaaber apart,
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thet coretul thonght he given 1a plans
as the week of our choarelies, |
stranghy are
for making the week of prayer thos vear sos ees effet
ive means of raising the spaeitoal stawdard among as.
think that vveryove wha os carrying the boovden of
sprite interests on oor worl recognizes that the
necd of a spritond revival os very great. In view of
the times amd the evident nearness af {Le
should Lins
tian experience and a mer
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very earneston seelang for oa decper Chivas
hotid on God, To ihe
end itis to be hoped that the officers of the choreh
From one end of the astern Canadian
L'nion to the
other, will plan in a definite way for the
during the week of prayer
Meets
One meeting cach dav or
evening should be the least to avranze for daring the
poeviodh, This may rogonre that many make soe ad-
jnstmoents in their alfairs and Jay aside come of their
testi] business and social activities tn order todo this,
but surely the seriousness of the times will justify it.
The readings for the week of prayer are now in the
hands of our people, hemyg printed an the Feview of
November 11. These should be read at the proper
time by someone who will present them with clear
ness and etuphinis, Several seasons of short pravers,
mterspersed with songs of prase will being the pros-
ence of the Holy Spivit, The confession und putting
away of sin will follow an honest aod praverial self
examination which 1s the course reconnnendod hy the
Holy Spint.
cherishing of unhappy differences between brethren,
It may be the love of the pervishing riches of
world which leads to robbing
{Coldness of heart may be due to the
this
aod in tithes and offer
of the Bible and praver
Whatever stands between us amd God, let
ings, It may be a neglect
nx begin
putting it away that we may shave tn the refreshing
that is awaiting has people in the coming season of
prayer. M. N. CAMPBELL.
“No not, waste time in explalning vour mistakes;
show that you have profited by them.”
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No. 47
The Council at Loma Linda
Those of our people who are
close following the
alvance moves of the message ave naturally inter-
exted tn what is bhelng done al
ihe Loge conncil of oar
lest rng ven ot Lona Lindi, California,
The conneil
las tow heen in session for two weeks amd is deowing
toca close. Questions of tarde proportions sdtecting
every rel of Joe earth have been ander considera tion.
Protuilils
the greatest question of all as the matter of
enlaroong our foreign missionary operations me Lhe
Antatie Geld, The funds appropriated for foreign
Huss ons run Close to ST00,000 for TUG and nanny
mere bhorers are being endled tor to fill the openings
that await ns, Just now we are wrestling with the
raise the standard of
weed to
guestion of whether we shall
alferinugs Drom twenty cents a
1916, 1a operate our
work on the present basis of Twenty cents a week
twenty-five
conts fo is at atl possible to
[oy
another year it will be done, but wo may be compelled
to rate Lhe
We now
Korea and three thousand 110 Clin, and the number
statidard to meet the increasing detnsds,
have fourteen hundred Sabbath keepers in
is inereasing al a rapid rate as one movement gains
momentum and 1s being better organized.
To avoul maltiphicity of hig general getherings
apd col down expense of administection the Union
Conference term has been increased to Tone vears and
the local conference
will
to two years, Thos Intter action
not change the
plan of annun! cinpmectings
however,
The
that a required to
previously complete the equivalent of fourteen grades
of school work.
standard of the mmstey hag heen raised so
candidate for ordination 1s vow
These are a few of the important matters ander
consideration here. We have followed the strenuous
prograi in our sessions beginning our meetings at
21x o'clock mn the morning and continuing antl 9:30
and sometimes 11 pom, with only short imtermissions
for meals. clearly
I fully believe
that the influence of this gathering will be (ar reach-
ing in its effects for good. M. N. CAMPBELL.
The Lord's presence has been
manifested in our deliberations and