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THE
MINNCS0TA WORKER
“Whatsoever thy Hand findeth to do, do it with thy Might.”
Volume 8.	MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., AUGTST 18, 1897.	Number 89.
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Cast thy Bread Upon the Water.
Cast thy bread upon the water,
Throw it gently on each wave;
Many souls are drifting, drifting; Jesus bids us seek and save.
Though thy efforts seem but fruitless, Thy life-labor all in vain,
After many days of floating,
‘Twill return to thee again.
Some are sailing toward the harbor, Many drifting with the tide-Out upon the surging billows,
Without pilot, without guide.
Quickly grasp the helm of duty,
Ply the^oar and spread the sail,
Gather in the struggling seamen That are drifting, soon to fail.
Cast thy bread across the ocean,
Tqss it o’er the deep blue sea,
Break it gently to the fallen,
’Twill impart blest liberty.
Give it kindly to the children,
Send it graciously to all,
And upon tby nearest neighbor Eel some precious life-crumbs fall.
Jesus is the guiding pilot,
O’er life’s rough uneven tide;
He, the beacon light of heaven,.
To the port will safely guide.
May we land and find there many Souls, all happy free and safe, Through the precious bread of heaven, We have lifted from the wave,
Paulina M. A. Andekson.
Tivoli, (Minn.
Trinidad, West Indies.
Dear Worker :—
I uave long promised writing you about this field and now will give you a few hints about our work. I don’t know of any work so interesting as that in far-away lands. Everything combines to make it so. New people, new customs, new climate, new fruit, new eagerness. The only thing we find in common is the same natures. The people here are very intelligent, quick, sharp, and yet their minds are more easily impressed with truth than the people I have been accustomed to deal with. The advantages are much less than in the northern countries, and still we find a good degree of culture, education, etc. Being so completely under the influence of the Catholic and Aglicans, (Episcopalians) they are not accustomed to thinking for themselves so it makes the work hard. There are many, many honest souls longing and hungering for truth, and when we bring it to them, they receive it with so much joy and say it is what they have been praying for. We are holding meetings in a suburb called Bellmont. Our place is a new building which was built for a residence, but we engaged it before it was completed and converted it into a little chapel. There was a family living near who began praying when they began building it that it might be a chapel where the simple truth of God might be preached. They knew nothing of Seventh-day Adventists or any thing out side of their church. They said when they learned we were going into it (still not knowing anything about us) they thanked and praised God for it. It is needless to say they have been most attentive, attending every meeting and have just asked for baptism.
The medical missionary work has had a hard struggle, but is beginning to look brighter. I have always had plenty to do, but had to work so carefully lest I antagonize the doctors. But the Lord has guided it so that they are beginning to be friendly and the leading one here, an American, who has been here more than thirty-five years,
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is becoming much interested. This is through patients of his I have treated.
The work has reached a crisis. There is so much prejudice hei*e against “missions” that the more intelligent class of people will not come to me when they find out I am connected with one. So in order to progress the work it must be separated from the missions. Another difficulty we have had to contend with has been the lack of means. The treasury was so low that our share was very small and the medical missionary work got none of it. So the present difficulty in making this essential change is lack of means. If separated it will soon, we feel sure, be more than self-supporting, but it must have an opportunity to work. Just as we were feeling this burden so heavily and belieling it was the moving of the Spirit of God, yet seeing no way to move, I received a letter from one of the leading laborers of the Iowa Conference, saying they were making a special effort to help the foreign work and asking me to write them just what our needs were. Well it is needless to say it was an answer to our earnest prayers.
Then I remembered my “home conference” always so willing to take hold of anything that will advance this cause which is nearing so close to the end and I felt sure she would not be willing for Iowa to lift alone but would esteem it a privilege to join her in helping us.
Our plan is to open a “medical home” for ladies. This is in demand here as there are but few doctors and no nurses outside of Port of Spain, and the families of the estate, owners, managers, etc. when ill are obliged to come to the hotels or the hospitals, which is not pleasant and few besides the poor will go there. There are now three cases who would be very glad to come to us, but it requires a little outlay of means to start it as rent is very high and also furniture. Who would like to have an interest in such a work. I would have the support and help of at least one physician, and he the very best in the island.
This work is highly appreciated here so far as it is gone. One gentleman whose sister was rescued from an untimely death by these God-given principles of healing, said to her, “Surely the Lord sent that nurse here; I never saw anything more clearly from the hand of the Lord”. He had had some talks on the Truth with Eld. Webster, but was terribly prejudiced, now he is
pleased to talk with us and invited Eld. W. to call upon him. These are influential people. In view of what the Lord has lately spoken of this work can we hesitate or stand quietly by and see it suffer when a little dividing up would be such a start for it. The Lord has said he will bless every effort put forth in this work and he has manifested his will that this work be carried on in this little island. If the people get an idea that I am going to leave they come to me begging and praying that I may not leave them.
Dear brethren and sisters, a little sacrifice now for this field means great treasures laid up in the heavenly bank.
We don’t want your money alone but your prayers—earnest, agonizing prayers that the light may penetrate the intense darkness of this place.
The seeming sacrifice I made in coming here has proved the greatest blessing of my life in every way. So will your sacrifice prove. Remember the life that was laid away here for the cause.
Yours in the Master’s happy service, Stella E. Colvin.
* THE SABBATH SCHOOL. *
Our Mission Field.
Turkey, Greece, France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, Tunis and Morocco are all to be included in our mission studies for the coming months alloted. to this work, and when we consider these countries and think of their great need of help, six months seems much too short a time to spend on them, but if we but double our ene.rgy we may accomplish as much and perhaps more than if we should double the time only.
Never have we had placed before us a more interesting field for study. Our Sabbath-school lessons give us the ancient history while the needs of the missionary work give us the present history of the same countries. For this reason the one will be a great help to the other, for in order to fully understand the present conditions one must know something of the past.
Our interest in any subject depends largely upon the extent of our knowledge of that subject. I have found that merely telling about these things amounts to very little unless the hearers are led by that means to find out something for
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themselves. For this reason I suggest the following plan:
Let the superintendent give to each class, or let the teacher give to each pupil one or more of the topics given in the outline for special study during the week, reporting the following Sabbath either to their respective teachers or before the school at the regular time of the five minute exercise. If put into a condensed form quite an amount can be done in this way in five minutes. Get every member of the school to searching his book shelves and libraries. Let the child: en hunt for pictures of scenery, buildings, people, etc. of the different countries, both ancient and modern. With the help of the parent or teacher a very interesting scrap book can be made in this way. Get them to search the papers for items of interest. This will be a help in changing a dead formal recitation into a live, interesting and helpful one. Enough will be found in the following outline to cover the remaining four and a half months which we have to spend on this field. Then if the collection is taken directly after the exercise, all will have an opportunity to show how' deep their interest is, or hotf cheaply they value the souls of these unhappy people.
Outline: The country—
1.	Outline a map showing bundaries, mountains, rivers, etc.
2.	Climate, productions.
3.	People; characteristics, occupations, government, schools, religion, condition and needs of.
4.	Find pictures and stories as helps.
The same outline may be used with each country.
These thoughts will bring others to mind equally helpful I am sure, and reports of work done in this line will be gladly received.
Fannie Burgess.
Notice.
This notice is designed for persons . who are contemplating visiting the Sanitarium Hospital at Battle Creek, for the purpose of occupying an endowed bed and receiving free treatment; and for church elders or others who may be interested in sending such patients here.
It is necessary, before a patient can be received into the Hospital, to occupy an endowed bed and receive free treatment, that a written statement, or diagnosis, shall be received by us
from a physician. This will indicate to us the probable results of a course of treatment. If it is decided that the case can be benefited, then permission must be obtained from the president of the Conference to have the patient occupy the endowed bed, and notification of that fact sent to us.
The necessity of such a course will be readily apparent to any one who will consider the fact that very few of our Conferences have more than one endowed bed, and unless arrangements are made in advance, the bed is likely to be found occupied, so that when patients arrive expecting treatment without having made previous arrangements, we may be under the necessity of declining to receive them for lack of room.
It is further required that a card of admission shall be received by the patient from us, and that upon arrival the patient shall present this card to the matron in charge of the Hospital.
If church elders and others interested in this matter will see that the above conditions are complied with, much embarassment will be saved to all parties concerned.	J. H. Kellogg.
© NOTES FROM THE FIELD. ©
Fulda.
After all, what is sweeter than soul-winning, leading them to the dear Saviour where they find “joy unspeakable and full of glory”? How it rejoiceth our own hearts when others are drinking of the “fountain of life”. Personally we are enjoying much of God’s blessing. Our number is growing so that now four have taken their stand with the “little flock”. Two await baptism and others manifest an interest. The whole number of Sabbath-keepers here is eleven. One dear sister, 97 years old, rejoiceth in the “blessed hope” of looking for her Saviour and being among those who ‘ ‘keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus”. We still feel our need of the prayers of God’s people, for ourselves and the interested ones here.
J. H. Behrens, A. W. Kuehl.
Batavia.
Still we are pulling away at Batavia. Several have begun to observe the Sabbath and we are trying by God’s help to establish them in a deep Christian experience. We trust others will
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yet take hold. The meetings at Philbrook, three nights in the week, are well attended; the hall, oil and lamps are all furnished free; and the attendance is good and the attention all that could be desired.
J. W. Ingisox, C. L. Emmerson.
Since (.’amp-meeting I have been developing the interest in the country south of Alden village among the people who came to hear last winter when I held meetings in this place, and also continuing the distribution of literature in the village, which I began last spring.
There are a few Danish and Swedish families who attend quite regularly, and others attend occasionally.
At the last few meetings the Sabbath question has been presented and I hope that there are honest hearts here who will receive the love of the truth and obey.
Pray for the work here.	P. S. Oesen.
the book: work:.
Canvassers’ Report for Week Ending Aug. 6, 1897.
ORDERS TAKEN.
	Book	Val.	Val. Helps.	Expenses
Jacob Skadsem	P. J.	$19.00	$ .65	$ .65
A. Hawley	U <(	20.50	3.00	
C. E. Burgeson	t( <(	18.18	3.20	
J. M. Little	u t<	19.85		
G. Henrikson	(< il	11.00	2.54	2.50
H. E. Shelstad	<< n	30.75	3.60	2.60
J. W. Ingison	B. R.	6.50	.50	.55
F. E. Rew	D.&R.	5.25	1.25	1.07
I. T. Andrus	C. O. S	. 12.75	2.05	1.80
		$143.78	$16.79	$0.17
Sr. Martha Lee is now delivering.
Sr. Richel has gone home to make her parents a few days visit before going to Hastings to canvass where she expects to be joined by Sr. Lee.
There are others we have not heard from the past week. Send in your reports, please, so they may appear in the WORKER and thus encourage your fellow laborers.
We were favored the past week with a visit from our district canvassing agent, Bro. %. Sherrig, which we enjoyed very much, talking over the needs of the canvassing work, and laying plans for future work, which we hope will result in much good.
J. F. Pogue.
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Publishers Minnesota Worker.
Fall Camp Meetings.
As announced last week there will be four fall
Camp-meetings in our State.
Hewitt..............................Sept.8 -12
Crow Wing........................... “15-19
Frazee............................... “22-26
Marshall.......................Sept. 28 - Oct. 3.
Upon request of the brethren in that vicinity it has been decided to postpone the Frazee Camp-meeting until Sept. 22 to 26. The other meetings will be held as previously appointed.	C. W. Feaiz.
This Interests You.
The Home Missiomiry will be issued from Philadelphia, beginning with the September number under the name of The Missionary Magazine and will be enlarged to 32 pages, with a cover.
The Mission Board designs that this magazine shall convey to our people information regarding the work in all foreign lands as well as in our own country.
The Missionary should have as large a circulation as possible. Every Seventh-»day Adventist family ought to have it. All friends interested in the spread of the truth in the earth will be interested in the progress of thegospel inevery land.
Will not the librarians in our churches see that every member has an opportunity to.take the Missionary? Price 25 cents per year.
Sample copies of the September number will be sent to all: who will send us their name and address.
Direct all correspondence to The Missionary Magazine, 1730 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
A brother to whom we sent peanuts and a mill a few weeks ago writes: “The nuts and grinder are
all right. The machine works well_You may send
me 125 pounds mor-e nuts.”
We continue our offer to send the mill for $1.50 with orders for 25 pounds or more of nuts until Sept. 1. Prices have advanced but we still offer 251b lots at 7 c; 100 lbs or more 6% c.
WINCHELL & NASH
506 West Lake Street,	Minneapolis, -Minn.