COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR Vol. 30 � Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 17, 1925 � No. 37 COLUMBIA. UNION F. H. Robbins, President � E. J. Stipeck, Sec'ty-Treas. 507 Flower Ave., Takoma Park, D.C. ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD We are indebted for the above expression to William Carey, who although a humble shoemaker, felt the call of God ringing in his soul to dedicate his life to a mission field. While his friends around him could see only the cobblestones of London, Carey caught a vision of the great needs of India and became the first missionary to tat great field. But there is another part of this ex- pression that we have not mentioned and without the spirit of it we are powerless to do great things for God. It is, "Expect great things from God." Surely, it is not hard to do great things for God when we have re- ceived great things from God. Is not this the kind of spirit we need as we go forth in this great Harvest Ingathering effort? Many receive little because they attempt little. What could we not do as we attempt this year by the help of God to do great things for Him? Christ has said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father." With such a promise of success as this, can we hold back from at- tempting great things for him? We are to cooperate with one who knows no failure. In a sense every Seventh-day Adventist who goes forth in the Harvest Ingathering work is a foreign mis- sionary. He, perhaps, is not called to be a Livingstone or a Moffat or a Carey, but he has his place to fill. The epitaph on Livingstone's tomb in Westminster Abbey reads, "I pray for a blessing on any man, Englishman, American, or Turk, who will put forth one effort to heal the world's open sore." Can you not hear this appeal ringing in your heart? Shall we not dedicate our lives anew for this work, and not only put forth one effort but attempt great things for God in this 1925 Harvest Ingathering campaign? � E. F. Hackman. "Live under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Add daily to your Christian experience. . . Search dili- gently for perishing souls." WHAT DOLLARS WIL DO IN MISSION FIELDS $5 � Will pay the salary of a native woman church school teacher for one month in North China. $10 � Will support a native evangelist in China for one month. $25 � Will pay the rent of a chapel in East China for a year. $50 � Will keep a native worker in the field for six months in India. $75 � Will pay the salary of a woman evangelist in South China for a year. $100 Will supply fixtures and furniture for a chapel in the Malay States. $250 Will build a mission house (poles and mud) or a hospital for natives in South America. $350 Will build a school house in South China or South Africa. $500 Will supply a native church building in South Africa. $750 Will furnish a mission dwelling house in South Africa. $1,200 Will furnish a motor boat for Lake Titicaca Mission, enabling missionaries to reach other stations more quickly. $1,500 Will buy a tent for evangelistic work in South Africa. $2,000 Will take care of the salaries of five workers, buy an Arabic typewriter, and much needed med- ical supplies for our Egyptian Mission. $3,200 Will supply our Congo Mission with two out- stations, two dispensaries, teachers, evangelists, and nurses. Home Missionary Dept. Es � BB WHAT A LITTLE CHURCH CAN DO In a coast town of New England is located a small Seventh-day Adventist church. Workers are not able to visit it very frequently and the services must be conducted for the most part by the local officers, but the members arg earnest workers and God is using them in a marked manner. One of the women is very active in Bible work and her work has been crowned with success. Though having few educational advantages, she has fed on the 2 � COLUMBIA UNION VISITORS Word and by the help of God has been able to convince many of the truth of the last warning message. The president of the conference has frequently been called to baptize into the church those whom she and other members have prepared for this sacred ordinance. We mention this experience for the encouragement of small struggling churches who have no regular pastor, or the isolated members who may be fighting the battle alone, not privileged to attend any service. Remember God desires to use you where you are. Learn a lesson from the trees of the field. Those in the thick forest protected on all sides are often small and spindly, but those that stand alone and brave the winds and storm send their roots deep into the earth and as a consequence develop into the kind of timber needed for the most im- portant building purposes. As a part of God's great building each individual needs to learn to meet the test of opposition in the fear and strength of God, without relying on human help; to develop those qualities that will make him useful and fruitful in the work of God in the earth. Let our isolated members and small churches and companies who may often feel they are neglected, take courage and remember that God has placed them where they are for a purpose. If they pray for divine wisdom and discern- ment, it will not be long until they will see many op- portunities, and if faithful will realize that they are doing their full share in God's great world program. E. R. Numbers. NEW JERSEY A. J. Clark, President � C. H. Kelly, Secretary-Treasurer 1600 Brunswick Ave., Trenton, N.J. Phone, Trenton 4197 HARVEST INGATHERING CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN The believers of the New Jersey Conference will interested to know that our churches everywhere are getting started in the Harvest Ingathering campaign for 1925. Many of the churches have already begun to work toward their goal. Among these are Jersey City No. 1, Paterson No. 1, Trenton and Vineland. Brother W. F. Schmidt, pastor of the Vineland church, reports that Sab- bath, August 22, Vineland had already reached one-third of its goal of $10 per capita. Elder A. J. Clark, Brother Sorensen and the writer are making a two weeks' tour among the churches of ,New Jersey rallying our people to Harvst Ingathering work. Meetings have been held in Franklin, Trenton, Plainfield, and the Newark English churches. Our people are responding to the call of the hour. At our workers' meeting held here in Trenton, August 24, our workers set their goals. These goals combined summed up $1075. Several of these were $100 goals and a num- ber set theirs at $50. Our conference president is leading out enthusiastically in this matter and he wants every- one to know that he is determined to raise at least $100 personally. Your Home Missionary Secretary has his goal at $100., Brethren, let us make this year the greatest Harvest Ingathering year of our history ! I am sure we can do it. The Harvest Ingathering campaign begun Septem- ber 5 and continues until October 17—a period of six weeks. Shall we not this year lay our plans to fully raise our goals within the six weeks period? Churches in the past have done this, and we certainly can do it. Our plan is to have the local church Missionary Secretary, if possible, Saturday night of each week mail in to the Home Missionary Department at conference headquarters an exact statement of cash collected and actually turned in to the church treasurer. He will get these figures each Sabbath from the treasurer. In turn the conference will issue a weekly Bulletin giving a list of the churches and the amount received from each church. Thus everyone in the conference will know just how the work is progressing. Let every one resolve more than ever before to make his Harvest Ingathering work a soul saving work. One crippled sister last year brought three precious souls into the truth. Our General Conference department has adopted as its slogan "Souls above Goals." Beloved, let us go after the funds this year as never before for they are sorely needed; but above all let us most earnestly seek for souls to bring them to a knowledge of this precious truth. In this way we know we shall truly have fullest access to heaven's great storehouse of blessing. R. B. Clapp. A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY For our boys and girls to earn a set of the reading course books for this year. Everyone enjoys reading good books and those that have been selected for our reading courses this year we believe to be exceptionally good and the prices are very reasonable. The books and prices are: Senior Course—Missionary Adventures in Africa, $1.50; Ups and Downs of Life, $1; The Story of Abraham Lincoln, $1.25; How We Got Our Bible, $1; complete set by mail $4.50. Junior Course—In the Lion Country, $1.25; John Williams the Shipbuilder, $1; •Early Writings, $1.25; complete set by mail $3.15. Primary Course—Stories Mother Told, $1.35; The Congo Picture Book, $1.35; complete set by mail $2.30. Our plan is for our girls and boys to sell our full-message magazine, The Watchman. It works like this: The cost of the magazine when purchased in lots of ten or more is ten cents per copy and, it sells for twenty-five cents per copy, your profit being 15 cents on each copy. As the senior set of books costs $4.15, it would be necessary for you to sell only twenty-nine mag- azines to secure this valuable set of books. The Junior set sells for only $3.15, so it would require you to sell only twenty-one of these easy selling magazines. Of course, we would not expect those for whom the primary course is intended to go out and sell mag- azines, but here is a chance for the older members of the family to do a little missionary work. Earn your own set first then earn a set for your smaller brother or sister, as the case may be. COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR Official Organ of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Issued fifty times a year by the Mount Vernon College Press, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, U.S.A. Price fifty cents per year in advance. EDITOR � ROBERT B. WHEELER Entered as second-class matter March 25, 1908, at the post-office at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all subscriptions and make all money orders payable to your book and Bible house. All copy must reach our office by Wednesday morning of the week preceding the date of publication. Whenever possible it should be typewritten and double-spaced. 5. m 4). � e,. a 4 � 0C4 0 Subscriptions Taken Papers Distributed Pa F Scripture Cards Given Letters Written Letters Receivzd Mission Offerings Home Mission Offerings a a to a .41 fA ti) COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR SUMMARY OF THE MISSIONARY VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE COLUMBIA UNION For Quarter Ending June 30, 1925 Ches. 14 304 148 9 275 39 974 21 $19.70 73 74 2 582 .179 728 44 49 32 $ � 15.47 $ � 44.59 $ 41.50 E. Pa. 31 398 291 14 451 117 841 68 83.75 238 .246 60 6794 569 1949 152 128 105 50.71 41.72 37.57 N. J. 23 353 127 5 692 35 1316 25 36.70 201 107 95 6228 292 1408 45 164 56 16.96 40.79 Ohio 39 839 320 25 2780 399 3762 318 236.42 1065 406 277 15923 695 6588 419 1332 331 903.76 818.77 578.14 Potomac 30 820 369 22 955 254 1057 68 116.51 346 533 771 13103 977 918 524 783 74 440.48 100.83 33.15 W. Pa. 11 199 79 9 90 69 263 31 23.90 121 151 1105 533 201 1 65 30 11.48 58.45 IV. � Va. 4 72 30 2 102 70 64 4 36.50 129 491 1 356 97 47 4 66 36 14.50 15.14 15.64 152 2985 1364 86 5345 983 8277 535 553.48 2173 2008 1206 44091 3342 11839 1189 2587 664 1453.36 1120.29 766.40 EAST PENNSYLVANIA C. V. Leach, President �W, H. Jones, Sec'tg-Treas. 3256 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pe. Phone, Tioga 4897 GOALS, IDEALS, PLEDGES A goal is not a pledge. It is a standard that we set up at which we shall aim. Not that it is an ideal, for it is not a perfect mark. We know that we cannot come up to perfection, hence must set our goals lower than the perfect state. But without setting a mark to aim at- a goal-we shall fall far short of what we would and should do for God. God has set a goal in His work. There are to be just 144,000 gathered from the remnant church to travel with Him throughout all the ages as a body guard. He has also set a goal as to how many are to hear the message-"Every nation, kindred, tongue, and people." And He has set a definite time in which this shall be done. Yet He has set this goal to be performed through an erring church. Knowing our weaknesses and failings, yet He has set a standard for us to reach and a time in which it shall be done. Yet the setting of a goal for the Harvest Ingathering may be a handicap to us. If our attitude toward the goal set is that of one who accepts the task just because he feels he must, we shall lose the blessing and find the task a drudgery. Our attitude will hinder the work and hold back others who would go forward to greater suc- cess. But if we accept the goal set as a privilege, and bring ourselves to this goal as a reasonable aim for which we shall strive, we shall find a blessing in the task and success in the work. � J.A. Applegate. WILKES BARRE The Lord has blessed us in our efforts and we have almost $400 of our $555 goal. On Sunday morning a few of us went among the foreigners and in about an hour and a half received $24. On Monday I went among the Jews and in three hours collected $22-the bank giving $5. Mrs. Daniel Ackerman from liazelton, was here for a few days and I took her with me. She went home on Wednesday morning, and on Sabbath she brought $30. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Ackerman, both blind, brought their goals of $15 each, to church yesterday. Really, I could scarcely keep from weeping when I looked at those dear souls without their sight bringing their offerings to the Lord. The Lord will surely hold His people accountable who have their sight and are doing nothing. � Jessie M. Weiss. IE 0 NEWS NOTES At the opening of our Harvest Ingathering campaign we received a telegram from the Wilkes Barre church informing us that they had reached their goal of $555. Good for Wilkes Barre. Who'll be the next in line? Elder Leach has returned to the office after visiting the camp meetings in Ohio and West Virginia. Miss Mae Reichard, our office stenographer, left us recently to attend school at the Shenandoah Valley Academy. We regret to lose Miss Reichard from among our office workers, but we are glad that she is taking advantage of an opportunity to complete her education and thus become a still more efficient laborer in the cause of God. The Reading church has dismantled its old church building, and will soon be ready to begin the erection of a larger and better one. Sunday, August 29, a company of Philadelphia North church members went to Chinatown and conducted a service in the street. Brother Sun, the Chinese colpor- teur, spoke from John 3. Real interest was manifest. Following the discourse, and while the rest of the com- pany sang, Brother Sun and a few of the members called on the shopkeepers and received $34 for Harvest In- gathering. Only a small section was visited on account of shortage of papers. The following premiums are offered to the winning Missionary Volunteer societies. The senior society col- lecting the largest amount per capita in Harvest Ingath- ering will receive a 1925 set of the Senior Reading 4 � COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR Course books. The Junior Society collecting the largest amount per capita will receive a set of the Junior Reading Course books. Sellerville church has almost reached its goal in the Harvest Ingathering work. We are sure that they will more than double it before they are through. Philadelphia German church is working and is de- termined to not come behind in this good work. OHIO N. S. Ashton, President �A. E. King, Sec'tg-Treas. P. 0. Box 517, Mt. Vernon, Ohio Phone, 1175 NEWS. NOTES It is encouraging to see our isolated believers taking up aggressive work for the salvation of souls. Sister Luella Townsend, of Kenton, is now waiting for her Present Truth to come. She will distribute a series-of ten subjects, and twenty-five papers will go into the homes each week. Let us pray for Sister Townsend as she begins her work, and for others, who will begin in the near future. A great victory came to the cause of religious liberty when the Unites States Supreme Court declared the Oregon School Law unconstitutional. A full report of this court decision is given in the third quarter of the Liberty magazine. There are particular people in every community who should read this issue of the Liberty. Let missionary leaders and secretaries bring this matter before their churches, and help provide for the liberal distribution of this number. Prices: 9 cents a copy to single names and addresses; in lots of ten or more, 8 cents a copy. Send your names and addresses to the book and Bible house. Sabbath, July 18, a home nurses' class of seventeen members, was organized in the Camden country church, nine miles northwest of Wellington. Miss Ruth Gibson will teach the class, and Brother Robert Gibson will act as secretary. Sister Gibson and her brother Kenneth, have recently returned from a four-years' stay in Madison, Tennessee, where they graduated from the nurses' and agriculture courses respectively. Sister Gibson will com- bine with her nurses' class, instructions in healthful cookery. One of the most important Watchman numbers ever issued is the August one. "Does Evolution Monkey with the Bible? "is answered in both the paper's contents and apt cover design. This is a good seller. Prices: Single copies 25 cents; ten or more copies to one address, ten cents each. Thirteen of the thirty-five members of the Camden church will engage in a house-to-house literature ministry in Wellington. They will use the ten numbers of Present Truth, 89, 109, 98, 69, 102, 114, 107, 106, 117 and 80, in the order named. As the members of this church make these advance moves in saving the lost, a new experience of great joy will come into their lives. We hope that many other churches will do likewise. Follow up your Harvest Ingathering effort with Present Truth, "Family Bible Teacher," or other liter- ature. POTOMAC T. B. Westbrook, President � E. L. Workman, Sec' ty-Treas. 411 Cedar St., Takoma Park, D.C. NEWS NOTES Last year there were thirty-two churches engaged in the Harvest Ingathering campaign. Sixteen of these churches made a substantial gain over the previous year. The other sixteen churches reported a loss. The deficit was so great that the gain of the other churches was overcome and the conference showed a loss of $215. There is no need of any of the churches showing a slump this year. The campaign will open on time and from the reports thus far our officers are determined to do more for missions this year than was done last year. The salvation of souls depends upon how well you do your work with the Harvest Ingathering. Elder 0. B. Hall, who recently came to us from the West, is to assist in the Harvest Ingathering cam- paign. He will go with Elder Manry to the various churches and aid the churches in reaching their goals. Elders Manry and Hall met with the churches in the tidewater section of the conference to launch the Harvest Ingathering campaign, September 5. Elder Westbrook spent a few days with Brother Hafenmayer, at the tent in Winchester and reports that ten have begun keeping the Sabbath so far in the effort and others are 'deeply interested. Elder F. A. Harter reports an increasing attendance at his effort in South Boston, Virginia. The people of the town are rendering excellent help in the music. We are hoping that a new church can be raised up in this city as a result of the work he is doing. Elder Crager spoke in the two churches in Richmond Sabbath, September 5, and his inspiring report of the work in South America has greatly appealed to our people and cheered their hearts. Elder Spicer, having just returned from Africa, spoke in our two colored churches in Washington, telling of the wonderful miracles God is performing on the hearts of the people in the dark continent. He also spoke to an interested audience at the Capitol-Memorial church, Sunday night, September 6. Our people in Danville, under the supervision of Elder Pickard, went over the top on the Harvest In- gathering goal, Wednesday, September 2, three days be- fore the time to open the campaign. Hurrah for Danville. Elder Westbtook spoke in the colored church in Richmond, September 5, at which time the Harvest In- gathering campaign was launched. Sister Pickard, superintendent of the Danville No. 1 Sabbath school tells of an interesting and simple device which she is using this quarter. She writes: "We have a mountain drawn, upon the top of which is Lake Titi- caca and three mission houses. There is a road leading all the way up the mountain and the missionary and wife, we call them Elder and Mrs. Hall, are climbing the mountain to the mission. We are paying their way up each week and will use the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering to get them located, started to work, etc. Needless to say, everybody is interested." COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR � 5 WEST PENNSYLVANIA W. M. Robbins, President � W. B. Mohr, See'tg-Treas. 506-508 First National Bank Bldg., Greensburg, Pa. NEWS NOTES It would make your heart rejoice to see all the new faces in attendance at the Sabbath services at Greensburg since the summer effort which was conducted by Elders Coon and Rapp. There were about ninety present. Only a few of these were old members. The brethren se- cured the Fireman's Hall which is centrally located on Pennsylvania Avenue, and if possible will start Sunday evening meetings. The interest is very good and Elder Robbins is endeavoring to get a Bible worker to assist. Elder Coon was unable to speak at the Pittsburgh church, Sabbath, September 5, due to his strenuous sum- mer's work. He will no doubt visit his relatives in New York state for a few weeks. Brother C. B. Newmyer who has been looking after the company at Uniontown, was called to the Pittsburgh church for September 5. His help there was greatly appreciated. Elder Robbins has started to visit the churches in the interest of the Harvest Ingathering work. We hope our people will get under the burden of this work, for the funds are needed badly in the fields beyond. Brother Kibler visited Mt. Braddock and he reports a splendid interest there in the Harvest Ingathering work. Brother and Sister Miller obtained permission from the train conductor to solicit passengers, and in a short time they had over fourteen dollars. At camp meeting a special offer of The Watchman Magazine for $1 a year was given by the circulation manager who was present. Those who were not at camp meeting may have the advantage of this offer if they send in their subscriptions within the next thirty days. Send your order in immediately. Order one for yourself, and have it sent for a year to your friends. "Predicament of Evolution" is a new book by Pro- fessor Price. It is the latest on this subject and can be secured for fifty cents from the West Pennsylvania Book and Bible House, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. In quan- tities, they are half price plus the postage. 183 HOME BIBLE STUDY To help promote Bible study in the homes, the "Family Bible Teacher" has been revised and is now ready. The set consists of twenty-six lessons in the form of questions and answers, the answers being quotations from the Scriptures. The notes are very helpful and instructive. When these studies are systematically dis- tributed, they are effective in bringing the truth to the people. Order a few sets from your book and Bible house and begin the good work of encouraging persons to read themselves into the truth. One set in envelope, contain- ing twenty-six lessons, 15 cents. Package of one hundred of any one number of the series,-50 cents. Discount allowed in quantities, Washington Missionary College Takoma Park, D.C. H. A. Morrison, President �R. G. Bowen, Treasurer STATION WMC BROADCASTING The harvest season is upon us. The time of sowing and irrigation is over. We have sown the seed at camp meeting and in the churches, through rally days and programs. We have irrigated with calendars and special bulletins and news notes and school papers. Now comes our harvest,—the opening of school. Will it be a plenti- ful one? How many bright faces and plucky hearts and keen minds will be gathered together in W. M. C.'s chapel on September 15? Three camp meetings have followed fast upon each. other. Ohio came first. Miss Evans, Professor Ander- son and President Morrison were there as official representatives of the school. But there were other rep- resentatives. There were Christopher Prior, Bessie Shaw, Mrs. Shaw, Ruth Michaelis, and Miss Long, besides others. Mrs. Shaw spoke for the parents. Mr. Prior's W. M. C. poem was applauded enthusiastically. Some $1200 or more were raised on the Scholarship Fund. At the West Pennsylvania camp meeting there was also a good live spirit shown. On the rally day Elder Rapp, a graduate of '23 and now a minister in the con- ference, spoke as a booster for W. M. C. Stanley Brown expects to be with us again this year. Clyde Newmyer, also of West Pennsylvania, will be one of the class of '26. Though the Chesapeake Conference is small, yet we hope to have a larger number from there than ever before. Doctor Salisbury and others attended this meeting. Helen Conard. NEWS NOTES The James-MacPherson wedding took place on Tuesday, September 1, at the bride's home in Ohio. Mr. and' Mrs. James will have charge of the eleven grade school at Reading, Pennsylvania, this year. Calvin Pyle's newest vocation in life is sawing logs out in California. Frank Brewer is starting for Loma Linda. Edward Genge is also, though he is taking the Panama Canal route. The hour is near, The place is here, At W. M. C. So remember the date, And don't be late, To W. M, C. B � E1 COLPORTEUR EXPERIENCE One day while canvassing in Jeanette, a suburb of Greensburg, I met a lady who was very much interested. Suddenly she interrupted the canvass by asking, "What I want to know is, which day is the Sabbath, I don't be- lieve I can be saved unless I keep it and I don't know how to find out." I told her the book would help her to find out, so she ordered a book. � Jennie Keeler. 6 � COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR Mount Vernon Academy K. L. Gant, Principal �L. B. Taylor, Business Mgr. Mt. Vernon, Ohio Obituaries NEWS NOTES We are sorry to learn of the death of Mrs. Miller's mother. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to those who are called to mourn this loss. Brother and Sister Parish recently welcomed to their home a baby girl. The Mt. Vernon church school started Tuesday morning, September 8. The teachers are Mr. Traub in the upper grades, and Mrs. 0. J. Bell in the lower grades. Students will be here ready to start the school year by the time this paper reaches our readers. Young man, young woman, it is not too late to decide to spend the winter in training for the Lord's service. Come and join us. The carpenters have been preparing new quarters far the science department. The commercial room has been divided and the science classes will be conducted in the extra room thus provided. New cupboards, and other equipment are also being made by the College Mill. Miss Kathleen Smythe's mother has come to spend the winter in Academia.. Sabbath, September. 5, Brother L. J. Smith visited the churches at Clarksfield and Spencer. A number of students have come early. Among them are Stuart Miles, Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Harrell, Evelina Schell, Howard Metcalf, and several others. PARK—Thomas Clymer Park was born in Indiana, April 10, 1879; and died at Columbus, Ohio, July 10, 1925. At the age of sixteen he embraced the truth, to which he remained loyal until the end. On September 7, 1913, he was married to Lavelle Lane, to which union were born three sons, who with the wife and a sister, are left to mourn their loss. � Chas. F. Ulrich. ECKENROTH—Calvin Coolidge Eckenroth, son of Harry H. and Emma Florence Eckenroth, of Shillington, Pennsylvania, was born in Shillington, March 4, 1925; and closed his eyes in death, June 26 of the same year, at the age of 3 months and 22 days. His death came as the result of an attack of pneumonia The father and mother, three brothers and four sisters grieve because of this loss• � A. A. Cone. ORTS—George Orts, son of sister Harry Orts, was killed Monday, July 13, while firing on the Central. Railroad. He fell from the engine cab while the train was passing, through Eliza- beth, New Jersey. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at his home in High Bridge, assisted by the Lutheran minister from Easton, where his body was laid to rest. J. P. Gaede. PENCE—Mary Thrapp Pence was born in Martinsburg, Ohio, October 2, 1842; and died in Newark, Ohio, June 18, 1925. She was married to Harvey L. Pence August 26, 1885. She accepted the truth in New York City in 1899. She was active in mis- sionary work. A sister, Miss Louise Thrapp, two nephews, and a host of friends are left to mourn. �A. G• Haughey. ERTEL—John Arthur Ertel was born October 17, 1918; and died July 16, 1925. Little Jack was the son of the local elder of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, church and a faithful member of the Sabbath school. While visiting his grandparents, a severe electrical storm arose during which, lightning struck and entered the home and claimed the life of the little fellow. When sorrow like this enters the home, what a blessing it is for parents to have their trust in God. Services were, conducted by the writer. � W. J. Venen. FOR THE SABBATH SCHOOL SECRETARY "If Miss Blank is absent from Sabbath school, I can give her report," said Susan. "I know exactly what she will say. She says the same thing every week." "Susan !" Mother's tone of voice was reproving. "But, Mother, she does say the same thing week after week," persisted Susan. "I would enjoy a little variation." Perhaps you have heard similar remarks to this con- cerning your Sabbath school secretary. Perhaps you are the secretary about whom these remarks are made! Remedy the situation at once! "Fifty Model Sabbath School Reports" will suggest to you numerous ways by which the Sabbath school report can be varied week by week. It is a book of 120 pages, published for the Sabbath School Department of of the General Conference. Every secretary should own one of these books, and give it careful study. Do not ((copy" the reports. You will get ideas, however, so you can write original reports that will hold the attention and that "Susan" will not be able to duplicate because each week the report will be different. Your book and Bible house can supply you with "Fifty Model Sabbath School Reports," for 65 cents, postpaid. "Well begun" is "half done" in the Harvest Ingath- ering work, as in other things, THE FOOD QUESTION "The Food Question" is a paper covered book, con- taining 112 pages, written by Dr. E. H. Risley, of the College of Medical Evangelists, Loma Linda, California. The purpose of this book is to give the principles of simple and correct eating, in language that can be under- stood by theeordinary reader. The contents include such subjects as the following: Economy in Dietetics; Milk and Eggs as Food ; Fruit as Food; the Advantages of a Non-flesh Diet; Acid and Base Balance of Food; Defi- ciency in Diet; Feeding the Sick; and a number of other important topics. In "The Food Question" you will find complete information, simply expressed, relative to the much-dis- cussed question of vitamines. A careful study of this little book will be a wonderful aid in keeping your family in health, for it is a fact that a large percentage of the illness that afflicts mankind is directly traceable to diet. The book is supplied on the subscription book basis. You can readily sell it for 25 cents per copy. Order a quantity from your book and Bible house, and see that the book is scattered widely throughout your vicinity. "Send me anywhere, only go with me ; lay any bur- den upon me, only sustain me; sever any tie except the one that binds me, to thy service and tia thy heart." Mrs. M. P. Gray, Newark � OD 48 68.90 53.05 C. H. Lingo, Trenton � OD 25 47.50 18.60 Walter Martin, Elizabeth � WH 19 27.25 26.75 Elizabeth White, Camden � OD 23 37.50 AV. A. Widmer, Ridgefield Pk. OD 37 107.00 A Colporteur 30 60.00 Totals 6 colporteurs 182 $348.15 $98.40 Chesapeake, Week Ending September 4, 1925 W. H. Groves, Field Missionary Secretary H. Wheatley, Baltimore OD 21 20.75 J. E. Jones, Baltimore PP 36 159.25 W. H. Groves, Hampstead PP 18 128.00 Ada Thomas, Baltimore PP 65 88.00 Mrs. Groves, Westminster 18 123.00 A. Petrucci, New Castle Co., PP 8 9.00 N. Baker, Baltimore OD 33 41.55 4.00 J. A. Houston, Wilmington PP 31 16.50 11.25 Totals 8 colponteurs 230 $355.05 $266.25 *Two weeks. � **Three weeks. � tFour weeks. Grand Totals 65 colps., orders $3,492.05, Del. $4,345.17 A FAREWELL GATHERING On Wednesday evening, September 2, following the prayer meeting, the members of the Youngstown church went to the home of their pastor, Elder West, for a farewell reception. Brother Atterholt, in behalf of the members and friends, presented Elder West and family with a purse as an expression of their esteem, and wished them God's blessing as they leave for their new field of labor in Akron. Luncheon was served. COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR 7 Book Hrs. Orders Del'd Name � Place COLPORTEUR REPORTS New Jersey, Week Ending September 4, 1925 Name � Place � Book Hrs. Orders Del'd � J. W. Wilhelm, Field Missionary Secretary West Pennsylvania, Two Weeks Ending Sept. 4, 1925 L. W. Kurz, Field Missionary Secretary Stuart Miles, McKean Co. � BR Myrtle Bateman, Allegheny For. E. S. Miles, McKean Co. � BR Frank Brewer, Bellefonte � PP Geo. Buttermore, Beaver Co. � OD Jennie Keeler, Mercer Co. � PP 165 32 31 28 27 24 298.90 43.65 97.00 51.00 56.75 42.85 7.50 34.30 329.50 58.00 E. Thompson, Lawrence Co. BR 3 23.50 H. E. Linss, Bedford Co. � PP 69 101.00 Nathaniel Krum, Center Co. PP 38 15.50 428.00 Nola Krum, Center Co. BS 35 20.75 238.75 Sophia Martin WC 3 22.05 22.05 F. W. Jackson, Shawmut WC 5 15.00 15.00 Totals 12 colporteurs 460 $787.95 $1133.10 East Pennsylvania, Week Ending Sept. 4, 1925 0. C. Weller, Field Missionary Secretary *B. Bell, Ardmore GC 38 48.25 27.50 tMrs. L. Ellett, Phila. GC 80 83.80 112.75 R. S. Finch, Chambersbg. PP 61 86.00 193.30 *Wm. P. Hess, Reading CS 16 71.50 201.75 H. G. Lewis, Forty Fort GC 26 17.25 116.75 Fannie Martin, Caernarvon GC 17 42.40 108.45 Wm. H. Smith, Pottsville BR 27 34.75 89.50 C. Miller, Jackson DR 8 14.00 W. W. Sanburn, Norristown OD 43 82.25 4.75 *Dillie Sun, Philadelphia HL 90 208.00 208.00 0. C. Weller, Cumberland PP 7 63.00 Totals 11 colporteurs 451 $686.20 $1125.75 Ohio, Week Ending September 4, 1925 E. M. Fishell, Field Missionary Secretary E. C. Alexander, Brown Co. PP 50 63.75 324.50 Wm. H. Asper, Warren PP 42 16.50 19.52 John Booth, Portsmouth OD 44 34.30 16.80 S. E. Curry, Cleveland BR 29 19.50 76.50 H. Davidson, St. Mary's COL 27 3.00 90.00 M. Durichek, E. Liverpool COL 38 18.00 90.20 Wm. Ellis, Beloit COL 46 40.75 244.25 V. � Gibbons, Wellsville BR 38 47.00 Fred Hannah, Barnesville PP 23 46.50 10.50 L. V. Harris, Akron PP 24 79.35 20.50 McCampbell, Cuyahoga Co. PP 38 46.00 88.70 N. Pappas, E. Liverpool COL 31 22.00 75.50 Mary Paskan, Toledo COL 106.45 D. Stephens, Warren BR 25 25.90 4.25 Ray Weaver, Mansfield COL 20 17.80 56.05 H. C. Wilcox, Youngstown DA 35 45.00 43.50 Y. Wimberly, Dayton PP 30 24.00 .75 Totals 17 colporteurs 541 $655.80 $1161.52 Potomac, Two Weeks. Ending September 4, 1925 J. W. Siler, Field Missionary Secrtary C. H. Mason, Tazewell � PP W. B. Powell, Derby, Va. � BR Miss Brian, Washington � *Mag. C. A. Blount, Wise Co. � BR Dortha Stowe, Washington Mag. 21 68 30 56 15 219.50 75.00 144.60 38.75 115.00 109.75 75.00 119.10 38.75 Walter Munday, Lynchburg OD 50 26.00 .50 Mrs. J. Howard, Washington WC 10 25.00 25.00 Elizabeth White, Wash. � Mag. 10 25.00 25.00 A. H. Antisdale, Washington WC 36 23.25 23.25 N. H. Pond, Park View � WC 33 31.80 28.80 A. Duglas, Fredericksburg � BR 20 50.00 Totals 11 colporteurs 349 $658.90 $560.15 CAN YOU ANSWER? What is conscience? What is the mark of the beast? Do the unconverted have guardian angels? How long should a preaching service last? Where is the ark of God at the present time? What constitutes the sin against the Holy Ghost? How long will the work of our colporteurs continue? Will any of the heathen who have never heard of Christ be saved? Should Seventh-day Adventist physicians accept pay for services rendered on' the Sabbath? Why do not Seventh-day Adventists attach the title "Reverend" to the names of their ministers? Does God require a man having a family that is dependent upon him for support to keep the Sabbath when to do so would mean the loss of his position? All these questions and hundreds of others equally pertinent are answered in the new edition of "Outline Studies from the Testimonies." This valuable book is attractively bound in red cloth, stamped in gold, priced at $1.25, postpaid. Order of your book and Bible house. Harvest Ingathering Goals World Goal $1,250,000.00 North American Division Goal 750,000.00 Columbia Union Goal 100,000.00 Individual Member's Goals Objective: At least one soul won for Christ. Service: At least ten hours Ingathering work. Financial: At least $10.00 for Foreign Missions. COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR Se1BB2ITH SCHOOL RED BOOK The Sabbath School Department has no manual. We are always hoping that the time will come when we shall have a book deserving of that title. In the mean- time we are rejoicing that we have a series a Sabbath School Leaflets, Nos. 1-9, which cover almost every phase of Sabbath school work. For the present these leaflets constitute our "manual." That we may have these in convenient form for keeping and reference, the Review and Herald Publishing Association is binding a small edition of these leaflets in cloth with the title, "Sabbath School Red Book." This makes a neat little volume which can be easily carried, and will always be handy for reference. Who Should Have a Copy? First, the conference Sabbath school secretary; second, every superintendent; third, every secretary; fourth, every teacher; fifth, everybody who wants one. Order through your book and Bible house. Price, 50 cents. LIFTER YOU RETURN HOME At your camp meeting this season, were special mokings held for the church officers. This was done at many of the meetings. But since returning home, do the various officers of the churches remember the many detailed points brought out at these church officers' meetings? In these days of intensity, with distracting things on every hand, and much activity about, all do not have good memories. The safest rule for any officer of the church, Sab- bath school, Missionary Volunteer society, or any other church organization, is to follow the regulations of the General Conference on various lines of church policy. These are concisely stated and clearly set forth in the book, "Officers of the Church and Their Work," car- ried by your book and Bible house, and priced at sixty cents, postpaid. Officers, do not be without this valuable little guide. THE SURETY OF THE BIBLE Elder M. C. Wilcox, for many years editor of the Signs of the Times, is the author of a book recently issued carrying the above title—"The Surety of the Bible." This is a timely book for those who would like to study anew the sure evidences of the Word of God. It is dedicated to "The thinking, honest souls who are inclined to doubt, yet who long to believe"; and to "wandering, unsettled souls, who have lost faith and vision, yet are willing still to seek." Even the most staunch fundamentalist may at some time have doubts relative to the surety of the Bible. Can one know that it is verily the word of the living God ? This book of 192 pages reviews and sums up the various phases of God's multiplied witnesses to the fact that God's word is truth. Read is yourself, and make an effort to place it in the hands of your friends, neighbors and others within your reach. The price is $1.25, postpaid. The book is stocked with your book and Bible house. ADVERTISEMENTS We do not solicit general advertisements, and must reserve the right to reject any or all. But to accommodate our friends in reading notices considered proper to admit to the columns of this paper, especially about the sale of homes, employment, or for in- stitutional requirements, finally approved advertisements will be published at the rate of one cent for each word or initial, with a minimum charge of 25 cents, rate the same for additional in- sertions. To receive any consideration, cash and reference from conference presidents or workers must accompany each request for advertising space in the VISITOR. Address Editor Columbia Union Visitor, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. For Sale—Near Seventh-day Adventist church and school, 55 acres land with extra good large house and basement barn either of which would cost $2000 to erect, with 2 cows, 1 horse, 300 chickens, 300 bushel of oats, 50 bushels buckwheat, potatoes, wagon, spring wagon, small tools, harness, in fact everything to run a small farm. Price $1800. Address Harry A. Rice, Wheelerville, Pennsylvania. � 3t SMILE There's a wondrous lot of power In an honest, wholesome smile; For it often starts a blessing That will travel for a mile, And when hearts are sad and heavy And the days are dark the while, You can notice that things brighten From the moment that you smile. Selected.