VOLUME XXIII: �
DENVER, COLO., WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 8, i.91.3. �
NUMBER 1. 
COLORADO CONFERENCE DIRECTORY. 
OFFICE: 1112 KALAMATH ST., DENVER. 
PRESIDENT—C. R. Kite. 
Sac. AND Tartss.—Ralph T. Emery. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
C. R. Kite. �J. S. Rouse. 
O. M. Atway, �
M. A. Altman. 
G. P. Knott. 
DEPARTMENT. SECRETARIES. 
Tract Society—Ralph T. Emery. 
Field Missionary Agent—C B. Sutton. 
Educational. Missionary Volunteer and 
Sabbath School—Mrs. Mae Warfle. 
eligiotua.Liberty Secretary—G. W. Anglebarger 
pp 2 is no, more. One year ago as it 
came to us we welcomed it, and with re-
newed vows and consecrations to God 
and His cause, we set our aims a -little 
higher and faced the new responsibili-
ties. What the record has been, and 
the final results' will be, eternity will re-
veal. Perhaps we have, not had the suc-
cesses we had desired; perhaps, our-feet 
have slipped at times, and our life's sky 
has been shadowed with clouds, but. all 
along the way I am sure we... can see 
tokens of God's loving kindness. Now 
we must leave the past, and again meet 
the new days of the new year. 
What a precious •thing a "day" is. 
How little the most of 'us really value it. 
From getting up in the morning until 
lying down at night, the hours may be 
filled• with the most wonderful happen-
ings. I, do not mean the- "great, big" 
doings. For after all it is the "little 
things,"—the cheerful word, the friendly 
look, the hand clasp, or just a smile, that 
counts really for the wonderful and truly 
great things. 
"Smile. And while you smile, another 
smiles, 
Andby and by there are miles of smiles; 
Arid life's worth while because you- 
The other day I read a quotation from 
Christ's Object Lessons which impressed 
me very much. Here it is: "The Lord 
measures, with exactness every possibi-
lity for service. The. unused capabili-
ties are as much brought into account as 
are those that are improved. For all 
that we might become through the right 
-use of our talents God holds us respon-
sible. 'We shall be judged according to 
what we ought to have done but did not 
accomplish, because we did not use our 
powers to-Oorify-Cved,." 
Surely these words call for most seri-. 
ous consideration on the part of every-, 
one. Let us resolve at the beginning of 
this new year that with God's help we 
will be all that He wants us to be. That 
we will do what. He wants us to do. 
As church officers entering upon your 
solemn responsibilities, set your ideals 
high and work toward them. As church 
members may you unite with those upon 
whom you have placed. responsibilities 
and together resolve to make the year 
1913 all that the Lord has ,planned it 
should be, remembering that we �
, 
"Count that day lost whose low descend-
ing sun 
Views from thy heart or hand no worthy 
action done." 
C. R. KITE. 
The Gospel and the Foreigner 
What can we do to bring the message 
of salvation to the foreigner in our midst 
is a question of much interest to all. 
We feel very keenly the lack of prop-
erly fitted workers who can speak the 
langUage of these many nationalities, but 
while this is a serious lack still I am glad 
that there are ways and means by which 
we can work and be a blessing and help 
to 'many in !Seed. 
04 of the first things to be done is to 
form a friendly acquaintance with these 
people. We should remember that they 
are sirangers in a new and strange coun-
try tb them. they meet with strange 
custotts and people whose language they 
cannot understand. Thus they' will be 
rather shy and distant, and somewhat 
suspi0ous, therefore it betomes evident 
that the first thing to do IS to show our 
selves riendly and appreciative of their 
Situation. This is often best done by 
waheribir far an—opportswity--urtlarlrf-
some help and service to them where 
this may be needed. 
The first and most important qualifica-
tion fot a person to have for successful 
soul-winning work, whether they be for-
eigners or natives, is a heart filled with 
the love of Christ. A heart that is filled 
with sympathy and love for the unfortu-
nate, and like the Master, ready•te go out 
of his way to give help and comfort to 
the needy and those in trouble at any 
and every time, such will always find an 
opportunity for doing good, With such 
an one it is4`The love of Christ constrain-
eth me;" and it is wonderful what a win-
ning power there is with an individual 
whose soul is filled with this love of 
Christ. 
Another important qualification is that 
of tact, but this is largely supplied if we 
possess the first. To know how to make 
our approach acceptable, to say the 
right thing at the right time is' very im-
portant. It is always out of place to 
enter into any kind of argument, that 
must always he avoided, as no good but 
much harm will result. 
The immigrant and foreigner, being 
generally timid and shy, longs for some 
one to speak kindly and show an interest 
ECHOES FROM THE FIELD. 
in his welfare. To a gentle, kind ap-
proach he is very responsive. 
In a general way the plan that has 
proved the most successful is that of a 
mission training school, with -some one 
of experience to take charge and super-
intend the work. In connection with 
such a mission various lines of work can 
be carried on. While they may not 
know the native languages of these 
foreigners they must, nevertheless, make 
it a point to become acquainted with the 
habits and customs of these foreigners in 
order to be able to know how to deal 
with them ancrto render the service so 
much needed. 
A trained missionary nurse should be 
connected with such a mission, prepared 
to minister to those in need, look after 
the sick whether they be children or 
adults. There is a ;wide field for this 
line of work. AnOther line of work is 
the holding of evening classes teaching 
English. These foreigners• are very de,-
sirous to learn English. Such classes 
give an excellent opportunity, too, for 
acquaintances with many under most 
favorable conditions., �
• 
connetinn with such a mission we 
should have a' liberal supply of literature 
in these• various, foreign,languages.' We 
find,these foreigners eager to react acme-
thing in their own tongue. 
Such a mission need not he confined 
to Only One, nation or latiguage;I:but 
rather wotk•for Several at the same tittle. 
This plan, has proved to be successful 
Where it has'been tried. That which` is 
of first importance in such i work is to 
find the right class of individual's to head 
the mission. Persons with the needed 
experience and tact to know linfw to deal 
with all 'these different eletrienta and 
temperanients, 'large-hearted, Wand gen-
erous; Ailed With. loveand syrnpathy• for 
these people,-and at the Sametime using 
gondjudgrnent'anddisctetinn. • 
This foreign field in our own- countrY 
is a large and needy one. Yes, a neg;. 
lected field. Are there not those 'on 
whom the Lord is laying a special bur-
den for this line of work? There cer-
tainly must be, for it cannot be that this 
class of people shall continue to be neg-
lected. 
This is by no means a barren field. It 
has been demonstrated that where earn-
est and well directed efforts have been 
put forth they have been very successful. 
We plead that this line of missionary 
effort be made a subject of prayer, that 
God will lay the burden of this work up-
on such as He would have engaged in 
this work. We invite correspondence 
and will be glad to render any assistance 
we can. Our address is 3645 Ogden 
Ave., Chicago, Illinois. 
0. A. OLSEN. 
With the German Churches 
As the Week of Prayer is now in the 
past it will no doubt be of interest to the 
readers of the ECHOES to know that our 
German churches in this Conference en-
joyed seasons of refreshing during that 
period. 
It was the writer's privilege to spend a 
short time with each church. The first 
two days were spent with the brethren 
near La Salle; the next two.at BrightOn, 
and the rest of the week was divided be-
tween the companies at Niwot and 
Hygiene. 
The quarterly meetings are alsdin the 
past, and we can say that the Lord came 
very near`to us as we again called to our 
remembrance what it cost •the dear Sav-
iour to redeem us.' I also attended the 
business meeting of the churches at Hy, 
 
giene, Brighton and La Salle. •May the 
rich blessings of God be with the new 
officers during the coming year, and 
grant them a full measure of His Spirit 
so that they may courageously bear the 
responsibilities that will fall upon them, 
and feed the flock of God to which they 
have been called as overseers. If every-
one will uphold their hands by faithful 
prayer it cannot be otherwise. 
We have now started a series of meet-
ings among the. German speaking people 
of Greeley, and we ask you to remember 
us in your prayers. 
G. F. KNOTT..; , 
La Junta 
It isn't often we notice any report in 
the ECHOES from La Junta. But we are 
not asleep if we are silent. We'are feW 
in number, only two brethren and three 
sisters above twelve 'years who are 
regular in attendance. But the Lord 
verifies His promise and meets where 
two or three are gathered in 'His name. 
We hold our regular services, two on 
Sabbath and prayer meeting. Wednes-
day night. After Sabbath school we all 
spend an hour in Bible study on some 
subject that has been selected the pre-
vious Sabbath, and we find it very inter., 
esting and instructive. We haven't any 
pastor or elder, but are thankful we can 
study God's word together and let the 
workers go to the more needy;fields. 
We also took part in the Harvest In 
gathering campaign, ordering zoo of the 
Mission Signs. From 33 papers only 35c 
was secured. Front 167 we collected 
$23.54.. This offering will more than pay 
the balance, due on our Fifteen-cent-a-
week Fund, for which we feel very 
thankful. 
Brethren and sisters, let us hold high 
the banner of truth in our localities, re-
membering the door of mercy is soon to 
be forever closed. 
MRS. ANNA M. SHANE. 
With the Sabbath Schooli 
FORT LUPTON. 
Our Sabbath school rally was a great 
help to our little school. It really gave 
us a great uplift, and helped us to see 
that there are greater heights to reach. 
The Week of prayer brought many 
blessingS. The children's meetings were 
unusually good and'several of the chil-
dren are really trying to be Christians, 
and have said that they wished to be 
baptized and fit themselves for mission-
ary work. They take part now in every 
prayer and social .meeting. They are 
growing into Christ as a plant grows, 
gradually. I don't know that they real-
ize what a change there is in their lives, 
but we see it. 
MRS. FLORENCE NESMITH. 
LAMAR.' 
DEAR SISTER WARPLE t—Today I am 
sending you the quarterly report, and am 
glad that ihe amount •of our donations 
has increased. 'It is a plesure for out 
members to' give, atd they try to'give all 
they can. We do not rnake any special 
effort to raise the donations, but they 
know all of the offerings go to missions: 
Each one pays for his own supplies All 
seem interested in 'the Thirteenth Sab-
bath offering, and take pride in making 
the amount as large as possible. We 
announce the amount 'as soon as the 
offering is Counted, •and , if it is a little 
short someone or two offer to add a little 
more to make it in round numbers. 
We have a number attending our ser-
vices who have recently begun keeping 
the Sabbath, but who have not openly 
made ' a profession- or united with the 
church. I believe if there was a minis-
ter here for a short time to hold some 
meetings, several would take their stand. 
EVALENA I3, BENT. 
These are, good reports. Let us, hear 
from more,olthe Sabbath school secre- 
taries. �MRS. MAE WARFLE. 
964.73-- 
52-43-- 
172.36_ 
174•55---
115.5o_ 
314.31- 
776.94-- 
438.17 
10646, 
59.44 
77.12 
56.89 
58.99 
389.97 
5.13 
272.64_ '142.35 
413.30-- �
..13.44 
388.78-- S57.33 
.ECHOES' ;..FROltd THE :FIELD. 
From One of Our Missionary Volunteer 
Societies 
DEAR SISTER WARFLE:-We , are 
quite encouraged with the work, here. 
Each one seems to have taken a new in-
terest and some of our members are 
really working. We hope this interest 
is the "leaven that leaveneth the whole 
lump." 
In cleaning out our bookcase we found 
a very large accumulation of Little 
Friends,' Yozith's Instructors, Signs of the 
Pones, and some monthly magazines. 
With a suggestion from our leadet we 
bought some holly ribhon and made the 
papers tip into books, tieing thern with' 
the ribbon. We used Some of our pretty 
Tentfierance Instructors for covers, and 
Sister McKibben gave us Some pretty 
colored pictures for the covers to our 
Little Friend books. These books looked 
real attractive tied with holly ribbon, 
and we used 351' papers in' thit way, 
forming 49 books. They were all taken 
by the members of the society and given 
away. 
We fixed up twelve`baskets of food for 
Thanksgiving, and.WecInesday evening 
we got little wagons and three of us.took 
them atound. 
We ate now visiting it print 'farnify in 
North Longmont. The man has tuber-
culosis and wants very much to see one 
of our ministers. -I hope one 'can come 
soon for it may be that we can• get this 
family interested in the Truth. 
We are trying to do all that we can, 
and I am-praying that we may accom-
plish much for Christ during this coming 
New Year. We have formed a Prayer 
Band and I sin, sure it will be a source of 
strength to us. 
EsTRFR M. WILSON, Secretary 
Dec. 28, 1912. �
Longmont. 
The February Signs Magazine 
THE FUTURE OF TURKEY IN PROPH-
ECY,'by L. A. Reed. The events in the 
fulfillment of the prophecy are traced 
out clearly', definitely, and interestingly. 
A strong, convincing setting showing the 
importance of time. 
THE ADVENT MESSAGE. IN EUROPE, 
by Mrs. E. G. White. Another timely 
article iri this important series. Real 
foundation builders. 
THE ,MOVEMENT WITH WHICH THE 
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARE IDENTI-
FIED, AS FORETOLD IN THE SCRIPTURES; 
No. 2, by T. E. Bowen. These articles, 
without question;are of the utmost im-
portance, -presenting . the rise and pro- 
gress of this great movement in just the 
way that'will interest the unacquainted 
reader. Genuine, converting, mission-
ary articles. 
DGHT1oN LIFE'S PATH, the new de-
partment, but one of wide interest and 
helpfulness. 
GLIMPSES OF CHINA, by F. E. Stafford. 
"Gardens" is the subject presented in 
this number. 
BIBLE AND SCIENCE, EVOLUTION IN 
PROPHECY. Another sign of the times. 
World-wide fulfillment. A brief un-
answerable presentation. 
RF.PLEN1SHED FROM THE EAST. The 
heathenitm , of the East supplanting 
Christianity,-A sign of the, times. 
"SIGNS OF THE. END" in earthquake, 
famine and sword. 
Readers of this paper will easily rec-
ognize this February number of the 
Signs Magazine as being one of the 
most timely that has yet been produced. 
Sample copies, ten cents, in coin or 
stamps, 
Five to forty copies, five cents each. 
Forty or more, four cents each. 
Address COLORADO TRACT SOCIETY. 
the Watchman for February 
The following are some of the excel-
lent ,features of the February Watchnian: 
A report of the federated council of 
chnrches, by the editor. This is the 
second' quadrennial, session of an impor-
tant movement which is steadily forming 
in this country, looking toward the 'era.; 
dication of all denominational differ-
encee and the consolidation into one 
ecelesiaetical eirtpire for the more effec-
tive working out of,Certain reforms. 
Hon. Thomas R. Marehall, the vice-
president-elect of the United States, 
gave a very able address before the 
above Tnlentioned �, This �
ap- 
pea- in its entirety. ,' In this isgitruhder-
the caption "The Church and' the Forces 
Of 'Reform," Mr. Marshall haS a very 
clear conception of the true functions of 
church and state and his ideas should he 
heartily endorsed and this article widely 
circulated. 
Ottr readers will:be •glad to know that 
Prof P. T..Magan will continue his im-
portant series on the "Eastern Question," 
his contributioo being entitied "The 
Fear and rDread of Europe." 
"The Jews mislead from :the Christian 
Religion," the second of Elder F. C. 
Gilberts splendid series will be a prom-
inent feature. 
If Our new president-elect selects as a 
member of ,his cabinet a postmaster- 
general actively opposed to the circula-
tion of true protestant literature, we may 
know that our present unbounded privi-
lege of circulating our good magazines 
will meet with opposition. 
Start the new year right and subscribe 
at once. Secure two yearly subscrip-
tions at St.00 each from two neighbors 
and send to your local tract society and 
receive your own subscription free for 
one year. 
Rates in quantities, 5 to 4o-5 cents 
each, 5o or more 4 cents each. Foreign 
countries,including Canada, all clubs .5 
cents. 
Conference Receipts for 1912 
TITHE. OF:IIN 
 S 
Alantosa • � $ 035 91_$ 235.65 
Arvada � 136.64__ 46.60 
Bennett t 
�
-.80.59,._ �
24.36 
Berthoud �
' 1,237.35- 550.33 
Blanca � 1.13:70_ -21.18 
Boulder 
Brighton �
 2,897.76_ 2,177.35 
113.23__ 87.24 
Canon City �
, 217,66 
Capitol Hill �
 1,572.057- 
54.8a 
Colorado Springs,_. �
563. oo__ 230.41. 
Cripple Creek__, �
242.49-- �
?,53,- 
Confererice Church. �
981-29-- 
28-1-°3 
Denver, First �
 3,131,97-, 1,393.32 
Denver, Scand._ �
391.26__ 174.1! 
Denver, Third �
51.09-- ' 9.41 
Florence 
�
12a.39_ ' 74.16 
Fort Collins �
430.64- 349.73 
Fort Lupton �
107:25__.'64.94 
Fort Morgan �
99.75-- ' 74.57 
Greeley � 508.56_1 139.94 
Hygiene, English �
121.68....: �
94.06 
Hygiene, Gerrnen_ �
124.1.3_ 156.19 
Idaho Springs �
215.61._ �
92.38 
La, Junta..__ .. _ _ _ �
287.76._ 193-57 
L4Pla
, 
LLAtYPPti),-;,,-itfrit �
9R, - 4;:114.9r-75. 
1--,Qngolil9PAt--,o1,41-!!t-z.1.09go(14-..1"2494 
159„55 
Loyeland,!Gerrnan„ ;119.32,- 
59,23 
Monte Vista �
,172,14,_ , 315.79 
Niwot.. � 25-3,28- 140.08 
Peaceful Valley �
328,691 , 95,83 
Pueblo �
 
Rocky Ford �
 
Salida �
 
Trinidad ' �
 
Two Buttes �
 
Victor �
 
Wentz � 
West Plains____, �
 
Wray �
 
Yuma �
 
Isolated � 
Total �
it2o.611 qr, �
7A7 nR 
ECHOES FROM THE FIELD. 
Echoes from the *field. 
Published every two weeks for the 
Colorado S. D. A. Conference and Tract Society. 
At 1112 Kalamath St., Denver, Colo. 
RALPH T. EMERY, Editor. 
SUBSCRIPTION, 25 CTS. PER YEAR. 
Entered at Denver Post Office as Second-class 
Mail Matter. 
NOTES AND ITEMS 
Sister Redding of Boulder, while in 
Denver Monday, took time to come over 
to the office and purchase a number of 
tracts and papers for distribution," 
Let all remember that, At Sundown, 
January 3r, 1913, the Special Club Rates 
on our periodicals will end. No club-
rate orders will be filled after that date. 
Miss Bessie Sufficool reports that two 
of her readers at Colorado Springs have 
commenced to keep the Sabbath. She 
reports that she has twenty readers, and 
her mother has nine. 
The 1913 Temperance Instructor will 
be dated February 4, and mailed about 
January 24. It will surpass all other 
Temperance issues in both appearance 
and contents. The usual prices Will be 
continued on this special issue. 
C. B. Sutton leaves this week for 
Mountain View to attend the Bookmen's 
meeting there. All bookmen and tract 
society secretaries in the Pacific Press 
territory are expected to be present. R, 
T. Emery leaves the first of the week for 
California. 
The January number of Christian Ed-
ucation sparkles with good things for 
teachers and parents. Every fattier and 
mother in the church should have the 
instruction Mrs. Lewis gives in this issue, 
in her lesson on "Every Home a School;" 
the suggestions given in "A Letter from 
Mrs. A," on school work, and the Editor's 
teaching on "Stepping-Stones and Pit-
falls in Education." Those who do not 
have Christian Education should sub-
scribe for it at once, while it may be se-
cured with other papers at special rates. 
We are in receipt of a letter from the 
publishers announcing that the 1913 Year 
Book is nearly all in type, and part of it 
has been placed on the press. Unless 
some delay is necessitated because of 
important changes the book will be ready 
for shipment, in two or three weeks. 
They also state that the 1913 Year Book 
contains a good many additional features 
and will be a veritable encyclopedia of 
information regarding our denomination. 
The price will be 50c. While this is 
more than the price of former years, the 
hook itself will contain more than twice 
the information that was contained a few 
years ago in the Year Book. We shall 
be glad to handle all orders at this office. 
Conference Finances 
I suppose that we owe our readers an 
apology for sending the ECHOES late last 
issue, and we certainly owe another one 
for having it late this time. However, 
we believe that we have a good reason 
for this last delay. 
During the last month the mission 
offerings and tithe have been coming in 
so nicely that we felt to hold up the 
printing of the paper until we could pub-
lish a summary of receipts. That sum-
mary, so far as tithe and mission offer-
ings is concerned, appears in another 
column. You will also notice elsewhere 
a statement showing the receipts for 
December. This last statement is en-
couraging, isn't it? Nearly twice as 
much tithe came in during December as 
during any previous month for 1912. 
And there was $1,00o more than during 
December last year. 
We also notice that during igii we 
sent along to the General Conference a 
little over $6,000 mission funds Dur-
ing 1912 our credit with the General 
Conference will be over $1o,000. Last 
year the General Conference closed 
their books on December 31, so we could 
not forward what money reached us 
after December 27, to them in time to be 
included in the 1911 account. That 
difference placed with the $9,75o raised 
during 1912 amounts to over $to,000. 
The treasurers at Niwot and Victor 
because of sickness were unable to get 
their remittances to us until just too late 
to be included in the record for this past 
year. We are sorry for this, but glad 
they will have such a good start for 1913. 
R. T. EMERY. 
Obituary 
SYLVESTER:—Jasper Newton Sylves-
ter was born Dec. 15, 1837, in Meggs Co., 
Ohio. He came west in 1849, and for the 
last fourteen years has made his home in 
Loveland, Colorado. He died of pneu-
monia, Jan. 3, having reached the age of 
75 years and 19 days. 
. Brother Sylvester was converted to 
God in 1878, and soon after united with 
the people "who keep the command• 
ments of God and the faith of Jesus." 
Although the cold was extreme, the 
funeral was .well attended. The aged 
companion and only child, Mrs. H. M. J. 
Richards, were with him in his last ill-
ness, and are comforted with the assur-
ance that he sleeps in Jesus. The last 
words he was heard to repeat were Rom. 
11:33. The funeral address was based 
on z Tim. t:10. �
M. A. ALTMAN. 
December Receipts 
As many of our readers will judge 
from the report of receipts for 1912 given 
elsewhere in this paper, the- December 
receipts were unusually good in this 
Conference. Had they not been, our 
standing in the Mission funds would 
have been very poor, indeed. 
During December we received tithe 
and offerings as follows: 
Tithe �
$5,856.16 
Mission Offerings �
 2,810. to 
Campion Academy �
8.5o 
German Seminary.. �
46.00 
Conference Poor �
8.61 
Total Receipts �
.$6,729.37 
The Mission Offerings were made up 
of the following items: 
Annual Offering_ _ ____ ___$1,067.44 
Sabbath School Offering.. 625.4o 
Thirteenth Sabbath �
 145.30 
Birthday Offering �
17.15 
Missions Signs � 285.94 
$300,000 Fund 
�
69.55 
Investment Fund �
 310.18 
Weekly Offerings �
82.41 
Missions �80.15 
�
Misc. Items_ 
 126.58 
Total �
 
Another Year 
Another year is davvning! dear Master, 
let it he 
In working or in waiting, another year 
for Thee! 
Another year of leaning upon Thy lov-
ing breast, 
Of ever-deepening truthfulness, of quiet 
happy rest. 
Another year of mercies, of faithfulness 
and grace, 
Another year of gladness in the shining 
of Thy face. 
Another year of progress, another year 
of praise, 
Another year of proving Thy presence 
"all the days," 
Another year cif service of witness for 
Thy love. 
Another year of training for holier work 
above, 
Another year is dawning! dear Master, 
let it be 
Everywhere, anywhere, another year for 
Thee. 
F. R. HAVERGALL. 
_$2,810.10