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IV. 
BATTLE 
CREEK, 
MICH., 
U. S. A., 
JANUARY, 
1892. 
No. 1 
A 
PRAYER 
OF 
SURRENDER. 
I have robbed their treasures.— Isa. 10 :13. 
I will fill their treasures.—Prov. 8:31. 
TAKE from me, Lord, the things that most I cherish, 
That thy wise judgment would not have me hold; 
Thou knowest I am willing all should perish 
If thy new life is hindered by the old. 
Yet, for my heart is weak, and I am fearing, 
Because my mind is slow to comprehend, 
I ask that thou, in conscious presence nearing, 
May take and conquer, yet, through all, befriend. 
Like some young child engaged with many pleasures, 
And clasping close the dearest of them all, 
A'though transfixed at sight of greater treasures 
Yet is not willing those possessed should fall; 
So am I, Lord ! But in tliy'loving dealing 
Take each possession, every valued thing — 
All that is now my heart's devotion stealing 
Away from thee, who should be crowned as King. 
Unclasp these hands, so closely, fondly twining, 
Wound, and then heal the heart which thou hast 
bought; 
Draw nearer, Lord, and let thy light's true shining 
Reveal the inmost chamber thou haBt sought. 
There lies one hope above all others reigning; 
One love, a rival to all other c'aim; 
0 Christ, it is thy love alone constraining, 
Gaining full entrance to thy blessed name. 
1 trust thee, Lord ; I know that love so tender 
Would never wound save to more fully bless. 
O thou who hast been Saviour and Defender, 
I crown thee LOBD by one submissive " Yes." 
Henceforth inscribe one motto — " Jesus only," 
One motive —" For Christ's sake." My heart's chief 
place 
Shall be thine own ; then shall I not be lonely, 
A single eye shall only see thy face. 
— M. E. Hodges. 
HEART 
VS. 
BRAIN, 
THE following is an abridged newspaper report of 
an address by Dr. C. H. Parkhurst, of New York, 
delivered before a Presbyterian assembly in Chicago. 
The distinction between a religion of the head and 
of the heart, which the speaker endeavored to draw 
in a way to set his hearers to thinking, is a subject 
which may be profitably considered by every church-
member or professor:— 
" I have undertaken to say something to-night 
about heart—heart considered as an implement of 
Christian insight — material of Christian character. 
" Heart is a word that the Bible is full of. 
Brain, 
I believe, is not mentioned in Scripture. 
Heart, in 
the sense in which it is currently understood, suggests 
the warm center of human life or any other life. 
When we say of a man that he ' has a good deal of 
heart,' we mean that he is ' summery.' 
When you 
come near him, it is like getting around to the south 
side of a house in midwinter, and letting the sunshine 
feel of you, and watching the snow slide off the 
twigs, and the tear-drops swell on the points of 
pendant icicles. 
" Brain counts for a good deal more to-day than 
heart does. 
It will win more applause and earn a 
larger salary. 
Thought is driven with a curb-bit lest 
it quicken into a pace and widen out into a swing 
that transcends the dictates of good form. 
Exuber-
ance is in bad odor. 
Appeals to the heart are not 
thought to be quite in good taste. 
The current de-
mand is for ideas, not emotions. 
Eyes are so related 
to light that luminous things amuse them. 
Intelli-
gence is so related to scintillant forms of truth that 
those forms are entertainment to it. 
Have you ever 
reflected how much cerebral vitality a man can ex-
pend upon matters of Christian truth without being 
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even personally touched by the realities he has 
cerebrally dealt with ? 
I asked a member of my 
church the other day whether he thought a certain 
friend of his, who attends a certain church and is ex-
ceptionally brainy, was really entering into sympathy 
with religious things. 
" 1 0, no,' he said,' he likes to hear preaching be-
cause he has an active mind and enjoys the way 
that things are spread out in front of him.' 
" In the old days of the church a sermon used to 
convert 3,000 men ; now that temperature is down, 
it takes 3,000 sermons to convert one man. 
"Intellectual activity upon Christian themes is not 
Christianity any more than working a flying trapeze 
in church is godly exercise. 
" We can run the entire gamut of theological con-
troversy, maintain among hearers an unflagging in-
terest, keep the intellectual machinery running with 
a rush that sets tbe wind blowing and the ground 
shaking, without one of the hearers having come 
into personal, experimental touch with one blessed 
morsel of meat which these theological nuts that 
we have been squeezing between the jaws of our in-
tellectual crackers, have packed away inside of them. 
Now, that is the kind of thing pure intellect is ; bril-
liant as winter sunshine, but cold as the frosty splen-
dor of January ; with scintillant agility enough to 
whiten the air, but incompetent to brush away the 
snow, eat through the ice, unlock the fountains of 
•fertility, fire the pulse of this ague-stricken old earth, 
warm it into springtime, and garnish it with summer 
life and loveliness. 
" 1 The issues of life are out of the heart.' 
Pas-
sion is axial. 
Heat is power ; heat is enginery, 
whatever style or order of machinery it is that you 
belt it to. 
Don't be afraid of heat. 
All the best 
thoughts in the world are ingots molded from metal 
once molten. 
Prose is poetry cooled down. 
Art is 
enthusiasm become shape. 
The old cathedrals are 
petrified pulse-beats. 
The master paintings are me-
diaeval passion flungonto canvas. But nowadays art is 
imitation rather than creation, because the thermom-
eter is down. 
It is precisely the same with ethics. 
To attempt to do right by rule is not Christianity. 
The only rules for a Christain to obey are those that 
are wrought into the fabric of his own renewed 
heart. 
You cannot read one of St. Paul's epistles 
without feeling that it was struck out at a white 
heat. 
There is nothing that suggests elaboration, 
reviews, revision. 
That is the way theology was 
made 1800 years ago. 
Only it was not thought of as 
theology in our sense of the term. 
We never call a 
religious truth theology till a good part of the vitals 
are out of it, and the blood in it is well curdled. 
"Theology is religious truth treated anatomically. 
A man can be an acute theologian, and be as dry as 
a bone. 
Intellectual dexterity cannot deal with 
truth. 
Truth has a heart, and only heart can find it. 
Dogma is truth's body in which the warm currents 
of truth's blood no longer circulate. 
All the the-
ology that is in the church to-day is in the epistles, 
but it isn't there as theology. 
So all the bone dust 
in our grave-yards to day was once in society, but 
it was not there as bone-dust. 
" St. Paul had no creed but his own discernment of 
truth ; and if a man has that creed, he needs no other ; 
and if he has it not, it is doubtful if any other will 
do him any good. 
There is to mo something intol-
erably grotesque in the present posture of our own 
great Presbyterian Church, bent as it is to cold, con-
secutive calculation, to the task of mechanically re-
pairing and padding and abbreviating and patching 
an expression of 
two-hundred-and-fifty-years-old 
Westminster enthusiasm. 
There is that ingredient 
of cobbler and tinker about it that makes it to be no 
more like original creation than manufacturing wax 
flowers is like blossoming. 
" It is heat that makes the world a live world, and 
not light. 
It is heart that composes the core of 
Christianity, and not head. 
God so loved the world 
that he gave his only Soo,that ' whosoever believeth 
in him should not perish but have everlasting life.' 
It was love, and not thought; heat, and not light ; 
heart, and not head. 
" The great trouble with the Presbyterian Church 
to-day is that it is brainy, and one of the best things 
that could happen to it would be to have fifty per 
cent of its brain taken out and made into heart. . If 
we could have throughout the Presbyterian Chui-ch 
a real old-fashioned Wesleyan 
revival, all of our 
doctrinal problems would pass out of sight like rain-
drops falling into the sea, and our New York Pres-
bytery's ' Prosecuting' committee would melt into 
disregard and invisibility, like darkness under a shaft 
of lightning. 
" We all have a great deal to learn. 
The seminary 
has a great deal to learn ; the pulpit has a great deal 
to learn ; and the pew has a great deal to learn. 
Our appeal this evening is simply for heart. 
The 
story of the gospel begins With these three words, 
' God is love.' 
That is the key, and that is the meter 
into which the entire song waits to be sung, the 
world over and the centuries through." 
" WITH the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; 
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." 
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AN 
IMPORTANT 
FIELD. 
As no provision has been made for the considera-
tion of Mexico in the Foreign Mission Department of 
the HOME MISSIONARY, on account of the large num-
ber of other fields, 1 will ask a little space to mention 
some of the features which make it an important 
missionary field, and trust that all the readers of the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY will study the articles that will 
appear in our other papers concerning it. 
We might almost call it a home mission field, it is 
so near to the United States, and it seems strange 
that as a denomination we have neglected it so long. 
Here are 11,000,000 people right at our very doors, 
and not a single laborer among them teaching the 
present truth ! Surely from the standpoint of num-
bers and locality alone, they demand our speedy at-
tention. 
But there are other reasons why it is an important 
field. 
Mexico is a strong Boman Catholic country. 
In city, village, and country—everywhere is felt the 
mighty influence of this giant power. 
The people 
are kept in ignorance of the Bible by the priests, and 
Protestant mission work of all kinds must be done 
under great difficulties. 
But shall we hesitate on 
that account ? 
My mind was forcibly impressed re-
cently by the reading of Isa. 49 :6: " It is a light 
thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up 
the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of 
Israel; I will also give thee for a light to the Gen-
tiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end 
of the earth." 
It seems to me that we have been too contented in 
doing the light work in Protestant lands, without 
realizing that we are to be a light to all, and that the 
gospel of the kingdom is to be the salvation of all 
who believe it "unto the end of the earth." 
There 
is danger also of falling into the same error that 
other Protestant denominations fall into, viz., that 
of classing Boman Catholics in with Christians, and 
thus failing to appreciate the importance of Boman 
Catholic countries as mission fields. 
I went into a large number of churches and cathe-
drals in Mexico, and everywhere saw the same sight, 
— scores and hundreds of people, of all classes, from 
the wealthiest to the poorest, bowing before the 
images of the saints, wallowing on the dirt floors, and 
kissing the ground, muttering their meaningless 
prayers, counting their beads, and going through 
many other superstitious ceremonies,— which proves 
them to be in as great need of the enlightenment 
which only the gospel of Christ can give, as are the 
heathen of Africa, India, or 
China. 
Those who 
know of Boman Catholicism, only what they have 
seen of it in the United States, where its power, 
although rapidly extending, is restricted by our laws 
and popular sentiment from having entire sway, 
cannot appreciate fully the power which it has in 
such lands as Mexico. 
Other denominations have their missions estab-
lished in many of the larger cities of Mexico, but 
there is plenty of unoccupied territory in which we 
can establish a number of missions as soon as we 
have proper persons fitted to take charge of them 
and means to support them. 
With the right kind 
of books, prepared in the Spanish language, our work 
can be made much more nearly self-sustaining than 
that of other denominations who do not have books 
for sale by subscription, nor the perfect system of 
selling them which we have. 
Especially do we need 
to have young men and women educated as medical 
missionaries for all such fields. How many there 
are among us who are allowing year after year to 
slip by, engaged in worldly business, teaching secu-
lar schools, or in some other employment that is not 
directly advancing the cause of truth, instead of de-
voting the time and the energies which God has 
given, to securing a preparation for his work in Buch 
fields 1 
Of the financial condition of Mexico, and the pros-
pects for the future, I will give more details in the 
Mission Field Department of tbe Review and Herald. 
Suffice it to say here that there are abundant evi-
dences that the Lord has been shaping the policy of 
this and other nations, to make the way more avor-
able for the truth to be carried. 
Now is the time to 
work, and we should all be educating ourselves for 
some place in the great harvest 
field. 
May God 
move on the hearts of many to study the Mexican 
field, and workers to labor there for the salvation of 
precious souls, and all to support 
heartily with 
prayers and means the plans which our Mission 
Board may make to enter this important field. Next 
March we will try to furnish something for the 
Foreign Mission department on Central America and 
the West Indies. 
This report is written from the 
island of Buatan ; and although it is the twenty-
fourth ,of December, the atmosphere is beautifully 
warm. 
We are thankful for the many evidences of 
the prospering hand of the Lord over his work here. 
L. 
C. 
CHADWICK. 
THE whole rationale of Christianity has been put 
in thirteen words by a poet, as follows : — 
" In the heart of man a cry, 
In the heart of God, supply." 
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FOURTH 
SABBATH 
READING. 
To be Read in the 
TREATMENT OF THE ERRING. 
THE Scriptures speak plainly in regard to the 
course to be pursued toward the erring: " Ye which 
are spiritual 
restore such a one in the spirit of 
meekness; 
considering thyself, lest thou also be 
tempted." 
To convince one of his errors is a most delicate 
work ; for through constant exercise, certain modes' 
of acting or thinking 
become 
second 
nature ; 
through habit a moral taste is created, and it is 
very hard for those who err to see their errors. 
Many are blind to faults in themselves which are 
plainly discerned by others. There is always hope of 
repentance and reformation in one who recognizes 
his faults. 
But some are too proud to confess that 
they are in the wrong, even when their errors are 
plainly pointed out, and they see them. 
In a general 
way they will admit that they are human, liable to 
err ; but they expect others to treat them as if they 
were unerring ; such confessions count for nothing 
with God. 
It is very discouraging to labor for this class. If 
their wrong course is pointed out to them as being 
dangerous both to themselves and to others, they 
seek to excuse it by laying the blame on circum-
stances, or casting it upon their brethren, leaving 
others to suffer the censure which justly belongs to 
themselves. 
They are filled with indignation that 
any one should regard them as sinners. 
The one 
who reproves them is looked upon as having done 
them a personal injury. 
And yet these very ones who are so blind to their 
own faults are often quick to perceive the faults of 
another, quick to criticise his words, and condemn him 
for something he did or neglected to do. 
They do 
not realize that their own errors may be much more 
grievous in the sight of God. 
They are like the 
man represented by Christ as seeking to pull a mote 
out of his brother's eye while he had a beam in his 
own eye. 
The Spirit of God makes manifest and re-
proves the sins that lie hidden, concealed in darkness ; 
sins which, if cherished, will increase, and ruin the 
BOUI ; but those who think themselves above reproof, 
resist the influence of the Spirit of God. 
In their 
efforts to correct others, they do not manifest pa-
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tience, kindness, and respect. 
They do not show 
an unselfish spirit, the tenderness and love of Jesus. 
They are sharp, rasping, and positively wicked in 
their words and spirit. 
Every unkind criticism of others, every thought 
of self-esteem, is " the putting forth of the finger and 
speaking vanity." 
This lifting up of self in pride, as 
if you were faultless, and magnifying the faults of 
others, is offensive to God. It is breaking his law, 
" Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." " Be 
kindly affectioned one toward another." 
We have 
no right to withdraw our confidence from a brother 
because of some evil report, some accusation or sup-
position of wrong. 
Frequently the report is made 
by those who are at enmity with God, those who 
are doing the enemy's work as accusers of the 
brethren. 
Some one not so mindful as he should have been 
of Christ's words, " Take heed how ye hear,", allowed 
his unsanctified ears to hear wrong, his perverted 
senses to imagine wrong, and his evil tongue to re-
port wrong. 
Many a man will not come openly to 
talk with the one he thinks in error, but will go to 
others, and under the mask of friendship and sym-
pathy for the erring, he will cast reflections. 
Some-
times he openly agrees with the one whom he 
covertly seeks to injure. 
Suppositions are stated 
as facts, without giving the person charged with 
wrong, a clear, definite statement of his supposed 
errors, and without giving him a chance to answer 
the charges. 
This is all contrary to the teaching of 
Christ. 
It is the subtle way in which Satan always 
works. 
Those who do such things have set them-
selves up as judges, through admitting evil thoughts. 
One who engages in this work, communicates to his 
hearers a measure of his own spirit of darkness and 
unbelief; his evil surmisings sow in their minds the 
seeds of bitterness and suspicion toward one whom 
God has delegated to do a certain work. If he makes 
a mistake, it is seized upon, magnified, and reported 
to others, and thus many are led to take up the re-
proach against their neighbor. 
They watch eagerly 
for all that is wrong, and close their eyes to all that 
is commendable and righteous. 
When an effort is made to ascertain the truth in 
regard to matters that have been represented as 
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wrong, those who have been the accusers are fre-
quently unwilling even to grant the accused the 
benefit of a doubt as to the reliability of the evil 
reports. 
They seem determined that things shall 
be just as they have stated them, and they treat the 
accused as guilty, without giving them a chance to 
explain. 
When there is manifested a spirit of such 
fierce determination to make a brother or sister an 
offender, and the accusers cannot be made to see or 
feel that their own course has been wrong, what 
does this show? — That the transforming power of 
the enemy has been upon them, and their character 
reflects his attributes. 
Satan well knows that all his strength, together 
with that of his angels and evil men, is but weakness 
when opposed, to the faithful, united servants of the 
Great King, even though they may be few. 
In order 
to overcome the people of God, Satan will work upon 
elements in the character which have not been 
transformed by the grace of Christ; he will make 
these the controlling power of the life. 
Unless these 
persons are converted, their own souls will be lost, 
and others who regarded them as men led of God, will 
be destroyed with them, because they become guilty 
with them. 
Satan endeavors to create suspicion, 
envy, and jealousy, leading men to question those 
things that it would be to their soul's interest to 
believe. 
The suspicious ones will misconstrue every-
thing. 
They will call an atom a world, and a world 
an atom. 
If this spirit is allowed to prevail, it will 
demoralize our churches and institutions. 
To speak evil of another secretly, leaving the one 
accused in ignorance of the wrong attributed to him, 
is an offense in the sight of God. 
Let those who 
have been drawn into this work repent before God, 
confess their sin, and then nourish the tender plant 
of love. 
Cultivate the graces of the spirit, cultivate 
tenderness, compassion for one another, and do not 
longer work on the enemy's side of the question. 
Before giving credence to an evil report, we should 
go to the one reported to be in error, and ask, with 
all the tenderness of a Christian, if these statements 
are true. 
A few words spoken in brotherly kind-
ness may show the inquirer that the reports were 
wholly without foundation, or that the evil was 
greatly magnified. 
And before passing unfavorable judgment upon 
another, you should go to the one whom you think 
has erred, tell him your fears, with your own souls 
subdued by the pitying love of Jesus, and see if some 
explanation cannot be made that will remove your 
unfavorable impressions. 
Christ prayed that his disciples might be one, even 
as he is one with the Father. 
Then every one who 
claims to be a child of God should labor for this 
oneness. 
When it exists, the followers of Christ 
will be a holy, powerful people, united in love. 
But if you let love die out of the soul, and accept 
the accusations of Satan's agents against the children 
of God, you become servants of sin, and are helping 
the devil in his work. 
" Though I speak with the tongues of men and of 
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sound-
ing brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 
And though I have 
the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, 
and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so 
that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, 
I am nothing. 
And though I bestow all my goods 
to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be 
burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me noth-
ing. 
Charity suffereth long, and is kind ; charity 
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 
up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her 
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; re-
joiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all 
things, endureth all things." 
Nowhere is the duty of forgiveness so plainly 
taught and so impressively enforced as in the lessons 
of Christ. 
Study the parable of the two debtors: 
" Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto 
a oertain king, which would take account of his 
servants. 
And when he had begun to reckon, one 
was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand 
talents." 
Here was one man in high position who 
had been intrusted with a vast amount of property. 
But upon an examination of his accounts he was 
found unfaithful; he owed his lord ten thousand tal-
ents. 
This, at the lowest computation, amounts to 
nearly ten million dollars. When the king saw the 
evidence of his servant's 
unfaithfulness, he com-
manded him to be sold, with his wife and children, his 
houses, his lands, and all that he had, that payment 
might be made. 
Alarm seized the unfaithful man, as 
he saw ruin before him, and he pleaded for delay : 
" Lord, have patience with nfe, and 1 will pay thee 
all." 
But his lord knew that he could never pay the 
debt. 
While the servant acknowledged the justice 
of the sentence against him, he begged for mercy. 
" Then the lord of that servant was moved with com-
passion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt." 
What joy was this, what relief from the shadow of 
bis wrong course, which surrounded himlike a cloud I 
He went forth from the presence of his lord with 
the whole debt canceled. 
But circumstances oc-
curred which tested the true spirit of this man,— 
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whether he would manifest the same forgiveness and 
mercy that had been Bhown toward him, or whether 
his joy and gratitude were of a selfish nature, and 
his heart not softened. 
" The same servant went out, and found one of his 
fellow-servants, which owed him a hundred pence ; 
and he laid hands on him, and took him by the 
throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 
And his 
fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought 
him, saying, Have patience with me, and 1 will pay 
thee all. And he would not; but went and cast him 
into prison, till he should pay the debt." 
Here Christ illustrates the spirit of selfishness and 
severity which brother exercises toward brother. 
Both are human, both are in need of mercy, pa-
tience, and forbearance. 
But one whom God has 
forgiven much, will not forgive a small offense in 
his fellow-man. 
Too many professed Christians re-
gard one whom they deem in error with an unfeel-
ing, relentless spirit, which is the fruit of pride, 
self-sufficiency, and hardness of heart; thus they 
show that God's great love for them is not appre-
ciated ; for it has not softened their hearts. 
When this man, whose great debt had been for-
given, met another, inferior to him in position and 
office, who owed him but a small sum, he was filled 
with anger, and with threats and violence claimed 
the money due him. 
Then when the poor debtor 
fell at his feet and used the very same prayer which 
he himself had uttered before his lord, he was mer-
ciless. 
He accused the man of not meaning to pay 
him, and disregarded his prayers and tears. He who 
had been forgiven so much would himself forgive 
nothing. 
He claimed his rights, and taking advan-
tage of the law, afflicted the distressed debtor by 
casting him into prison. 
This conduct grieved those who witnessed it, for 
they knew the whole story of his pardon, and they 
carried a complaint to the king. 
Then the king's 
anger was stirred, and he ordered the man to come 
before him. 
" Then his lord, after that he had called 
him, said unto him, 0 thou wicked servant, I forgave 
thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me; shouldst 
not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-
servant, even as I had pity on thee ? " 
And his lord 
delivered him to the jailer till he should pay all that 
was due. 
Will those whose natnes are upon the church books, 
who claim to be sons and daughters of God, con-
sider their relation to God and to their fellow-men ? 
While we must depend so entirely upon the mercy 
of a sin-pardoning Saviour, shall our hearts remain 
hard and unsympathizing? 
Can any provocation 
authorize unkind feelings, or should it cause us to 
harbor resentment or seek revenge? 
Can we cast 
the first stone in condemnation of a brother, when 
God is extending his mercy to us, and forgiving 
our trespasses against him? 
Should God enter into 
judgment with us, our debt would be found to be 
immense, yet our heavenly Father forgives the debt. 
Men will be dealt with by God, not according to 
their opinion of themselves, nor according to their 
self-confidence, but according to the spirit they re-
veal toward their erring brethren. 
We are not for-
given because we forgive, but as we forgive. 
" If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; 
and if he repent, forgive him." 
Treat him and his 
errors as you wish God to treat you when you offend 
him. 
You should not say, as some have said, who 
ought to know better, " I do not think he feels hum-
ble enough. 
I do not think he feels his confession." 
What right have you to judge him, as if you could 
read the heart? 
The word of God says, " If he re-
pent, forgive him. 
And if he trespass against thee 
seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn 
again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive 
him." 
And not only seven times, but seventy times 
seven, should you forgive him, — just as often as 
Christ forgives you. 
MRS. 
G. WHITE. 
(To be concluded next month.) 
REPORT OF LABOR, DECEMBER, 1891. 
Main Office. 
RELIGIOUS WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
60,556 
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United States 
43,341 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
2,651 
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United States 
1,444 
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letters written to foreign countries 
263 
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" United States 
131 
MRS. S. L. STRONG. 
HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE WORK. 
Pages books and tracts sent to foreign countries 
32 662 
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" United States 
76,787 
Number periodicals sent to foreign countries 
371 
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" United States 
< 
1,073 
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letters written to foreign countries 
1 
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" United States 
560 
LAURA C. BEE. 
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY 
WORK. 
Pages tracts and pamphlets sent out 
140,535 
Number copies Sentinel sent out 
650 
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"" American 8tate Papers " sent out 
127 
MARY E. SIMKIN. 
GERMAN WORK. 
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LENA STEINEL. 
Chicago Office. 
Pages denominational publications sent out 
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N. R. L. publications gent out 
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Health and Temperance publications gent out... 26^524 
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letters written 
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JENNIE THAYER. 
SCANDINAVIAN WORK. 
Pages tracts sent out 
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No. copies Zions Vaktare and Evangeliets Sendebud sent out, 
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TENA JENSEN. 
1892.] 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
7 
Extract? 
from 
Correspondence. 
FROM a physician and minister in Barbadoes, 
W. I.: — 
"It is with pleasure that I acknowledge the receipt of some very 
valuable and useful books and tracts, for which I am very thank-
ful, especially for 'Bible Readings,' which I do believe has been 
God's own appointed way for dispelling forever from my mind all 
error and darkness, and causing the true light of the gospel 
to occupy their place. 
I do assure you that I have not words 
sufficiently strong with which to praise God and thank you, his 
instrument, for sending me that book, which I have read and 
re-read, accompanied with fervent prayer to God that he would 
be pleased in his own good way and time to instruct me in his 
word, and to cause the pure light of his gospel to remove all error 
that may have been occupying my mind, which prayer, I rejoice to 
say, he has answered. 
"I now feel abundantly blessed in being able to write you that 
I have fully and publicly accepted the truth as taught by Seventh-
day Adventists, for which I repeat, Praise God! 
I do ask you to 
remember me in your prayers, asking him for Jesus' sake to grant 
unto me more faith, more strength, more earnestness, more of hi6 
Holy Spirit, so that I may daily grow in grace and wisdom, with 
increased love- for Jesus, and power to keep his commandments. 
It is my desire to continue faithful to the end, and be accounted 
worthy to obtain eternal life at the resurrection of the just, 
" I am glad to be able to write you that since my conversion to 
the teachings of God's word as regarded by Seventh-day Adventists. 
I have been instrumental in God's hands of converting my wife 
and her brother. 
It is my one and only desire henceforth to 
know nothing among men but Christ and him crucified, by en-
deavoring to reflect the light that I have received, by teaching 
others as I have been taught and instructed in God's word." 
From an old and valued correspondent in Sierra 
Leone, to whom two boxes of clothing were sent 
last summer by the Battle Creek church : — 
"Tour very interesting and welcome letter reached me with bill 
of lading for the two boxes you so kindly sent. 
At the first read-
ing of the letter, I could hardly believe my eyes, but in due course 
of time it dawned upon me that it was not a dream but a reality. 
I cannot sufficiently thank you all for your kind gift and the 
prompt way in which you acted in the matter. 
May God abun-
dantly bless you and increase your labors more and more. 
"You will be pleased to know that since the receipt of the 
articles, I have gathered together those for whom they were 
intended. 
Suffice it to say that their joy was indescribable, and 
they could hardly contain themselves; they frisked and jumped 
like one mad. 
After telling them in their own vernacular, for 
they are all ' Sherbros,' where the goods came from, one chief 
rose up, and said in their own language, ' What a strange peo-
ple! 
What black man would do this? 
God people! 
God people! 
Thank you! Thank you! 
White man God be true God! 
We will 
follow him.' 
" My wife has undertaken to prepare the garments in her sew-
ing class (150 yards of cloth douated). 
The books you sent —' Bible 
Readings,' 1 Great Controversy,' and ' Man's Nature and Destiny'— 
are highly interesting. 
I did not at all expect them, and that 
makes me more grateful for them. 
They are calculated to 
strengthen me in my work. 
I have become so much interested 
in them that I have set aside, for the time, all other reading until 
I can finish them. 
Before concluding, let me again sincerely thank 
you, and through you, those who have so kindly contributed the 
contents of the boxes. 
They have thereby helped to turn many 
from darkness to righteousness. 
Let me refer them to Daniel 12: 3." 
From a young lady in England : — 
" Thank you for your letter received yesterday, which gave an 
opportunity of explaining my position with regard to your move-
ment. We were very much interested in Mr. 
, whom we had 
the pleasure of entertaining two years ago, and were quite willing to 
hear him explain and advocate his views on the Sabbath. 
Since 
then my mind has been much exercised over the question, and I 
have read, thought, and prayed much about it ; but up to the pres-
ent time I do not see my way clear to accept your position. 
" I have found the papers both interesting and edifying, and in 
the summer time, when driving in the country, where I distribute a 
great deal of literature, I have often given yours among others." 
The following extracts were taken from a letter 
written Brother Vuilleumier by a gentleman living 
in Argentine Bepublic, S. A.: — 
"Your letter was read with pleasure, and it was a cause of re-
joicing for all to know that our friends in the United States are 
concerned about us. 
We are here a group of one hundred and 
thirty-five Waldensian families from the Piedmont valleys. 
With 
the exception of one or two families, each possesses from two hun-
dred and fifty to five hundred acres of land, and large herds of 
cattle. 
" The neighbors not having consented to meet on the Sabbath, 
we meet on Sunday. 
My house is open to all who desire to be in-
structed in the word of God. 
Our spiritual wants are greater than 
our physical, but they are not felt enough. 
Myself and six hun-
dred and thirty-seven of age, need good, earnest, nourishing spirit-
ual food. 
So do our young people, but they don't realize their 
need. 
Their parents are not earnest enough, and it hurts the chil-
dren, as they are without restraint." 
It might be well to add that it is some twenty-
five years since they settled in Argentine, and that, 
they have never been visited by a minister. 
They 
read French, Italian, and Spanish, but very little 
English. 
t 
From Kingston, Jamaica: — 
" For the last few weeks I have been making up my mind to 
address this letter to»you, and I hope the Lord will help me to 
make plain what I have upon my mind. 
I have read carefully 
every book, 
tract, and periodical you have sent me, and have 
never given away one without knowing its contents. 
The con-
sequences have been that I am perfectly convinced of the truthful-
ness of 
every point of 
doctrine, especially the Sabbath and 
the coming of the Lord; and I have formed the resolution not only 
of practicing, believing, and acting up to them by the help of the 
Lord myself, but through his grace conferred on me I shall hence-
forth make every effort to further the work by making known 
those 
precious truths to others, of which, until recently, I was 
partly ignorant; but now through his unbounded mercy they burst 
upon me in a flood of light. 
I feel overwhelmed with the goodness 
of God. 
I hope it may be his good pleasure to help me at this late 
period of my life to do something in his service." 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
[JAN., 
[STUDY FOR FIRST WBEK IN FEBRUARY.] 
FOREIGN 
MISSIONS. 
CONDUCTED BY W. A. SPICER. 
WITHOUT 
GOD. 
O CHURCH of the living God, 
Awake from thy sinful sleep ! 
Dost thou not hear yon awful cry 
• 
Still sounding o'er the deep ? 
Is it nought that one out of every three, 
Of all the human race, 
Should in China die, having never heard 
The gospel of God's grace ? 
Canst thou shut thine ear to the awful sound, 
The voice of thy brother's blood ? 
A million a month in China 
Are dying without God ! 
O, speak not of the noble few 
Who the gospel sickle wield, 
And reap some sheaves with weary hand 
On the edge of the harvest field ; 
For beyond their utmost efforts 
Four hundred millions lie, 
And a thousand preachers were all too few 
To reach them ere they die. 
But hear, 0 hear ye for yourselves 
The voice of your brother's blood ; 
A million a month in China 
Are dying without God ! 
Go, for the Saviour sends thee, 
To call from the distant East 
The idolaters for whom he died, 
To his heavenly marriage feast. 
The gospel that thou bearest 
The power of God shall prove. 
To triumph o'er the souls of men 
By the omnipotence of love. 
And remember, while thou lingerest, 
The voice of thy brother's blood ; 
A million a month in China 
Are dying without God ! 
— H. Grattan Guinness. 
CHINA. 
THE Chinese empire is one of the most extensive 
dominions ever swayed by a single power in any 
age or in any part of the world. 
Its territory com-
prises one third of Asia, and one tenth of the habit-
able part of the globe. 
Its area is over 5,300,000 
square miles ; its population, four or five hundred 
millions. Its political divisions, outside of China 
proper, are Manchuria, 
Mongolia, Hi, Kokonor, 
and Tibet. 
These may be said to be the col-
onies, or dependencies, of the Chinese empire. 
Tbey 
comprise about three fifths of the empire. 
Man-
churia, Ili, and Kokonor contain a mixture of the 
Asiatic peoples, various tribes of which are roving 
and quarrelsome in their nature. 
Some of the terri-
tory in these countries is very productive, but quite 
a proportion of it is a barren desert. 
When China 
is spoken of as a missionary field, it is not usually 
understood as embracing the dependencies. 
CHINA 
PROPER. 
China proper lies between 18° and 41° N. lati-
tude, while the eastern extremity borders on Corea, 
124° E. longitude, and the western boundary is 98° E. 
longitude. 
Its area is upwards of 2,300,000 square 
miles. 
It has a seaboard of 2,500 miles. 
Compared 
with the United States, its area would include all 
the States lying east of the Mississippi river, with 
Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri added. 
This is di-
vided up into eighteen different provinces, which 
vary in size from 39,000 to 400,000 square miles, and 
they vary in population from 5,000,000 to 38,000,000, 
making an aggregate of about 400,000,000. 
Each 
province is subdivided into poos, or counties. 
Each 
county has a market town, which is a walled city, 
the wall being from twenty to sixty feet high. 
There are upwards of 4,000 walled cities in these 
provinces. 
On the top of the walls in some places 
are piled large stones, which in tumults of wars 
are thrown upon the heads of the assailants. It 
was by this very primitive mode of warfare that 
Abimelech, the unworthy son of Gideon, met his 
death at Thebez, a piece of millstone being thrown 
upon his head from the top of the wall, by a woman. 
See Judges 9: 50-55. 
GOVERNMENT. 
The form of government is an absolute monarchy, 
notwithstanding the fact that the emperor is sup-
posed to be governed by a code of laws which quite 
minutely point out his duties. 
He regards himpelf 
as the interpreter of these " decrees of heaven," and is 
recognized by the people over whom he rules as the 
connecting link between themselves and their gods. 
The administration of the government is undoubt-
edly designed to be patriarchal. 
The emperor is 
the sire, and his officers are the responsible elders 
of the provinces, departments, and districts, as every 
father of a household is of its inmates. 
Nowhere 
has this plan been so systematized 
and so thor-
oughly acted upon, and for so long a period, as in 
China. 
Its government has been modeled without 
any knowledge of other kingdoms. 
From the un-
changing character of the Chinese people and their 
government, it is but reasonable to suppose that 
they have followed to a greater or less extent the 
principles of its founders, subject to such variations 
as would be made by its different dynasties. The 
wearing of the queue was imposed upon the Chinese 
as a mark of subjection. 
Hence to lose it would in-
dicate rebellion. 
It is a fact that liberty is unknown 
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MISSIONARY. 
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among the people. 
There is not even a word for it 
in their language. 
No acknowledgement on the part 
of the sovereign, of certain well-understood rights as 
belonging to the people has ever been required, and 
it is not likely to be demanded by the one or given 
by the other party, until the spirit of the gospel 
enlightens the people. 
THE 
PROVINCES. 
Each province is famed for some special feature, 
which is recognized by all. 
For instance, the prov-
ince of Shantung is noted as being the birthplace of 
Confucius, who was born B. C. 551, and died B. C. 477; 
also of Mencius, a celebrated writer of the Confucian 
school, who died B. o. 317. 
Pechili is honored as 
containing the capital, Pekin, in which there are 
from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 inhabitants. 
Nankin, the 
capital of Kiangsu is renowned throughout China for 
its manufacture of silk, cotton, crepe, satin, paper, fine 
ink, and for its literary standing. 
This province of 
Kiangsu also contains Shanghai, the great emporium 
of Asia, and the most noted European treaty port. 
Shansi is noted as the "original seat of the Chinese 
people, and many of the events mentioned in the 
scenes recorded in their ancient annals occurred 
within its borders." 
It is bounded on the north 
mostly by the Great Wall, which is also of general 
interest. 
Kansu is the largest of all the provinces, 
and the least productive, as the greater part of it 
is a desert of sand and snow ; yet one peculiar geo-
graphical feature is a narrow strip of land projecting 
like a wedge into the Tibetan plateau, which com-
mands the trade and power throughout the northern 
provinces. 
Thus the interests of the Chinese people 
are bound together by some local and yet general 
interest in each of the various provinces. 
WATER-WAYS AND 
TRAVEL. 
The empire is watered by large rivers, which, by 
means of their tributaries, irrigate and drain the 
country. 
They also afford unusual facilities for in-
tercommunication. 
"The rivers of China are her 
glory." 
Some of them are navigable for hundreds of 
miles. 
The lakes are comparatively few. 
"A vast amount of traffic is carried on by means 
of a system of canals, which intersect the land in 
every direction, connecting many of the chief towns 
with the great rivers. 
The Grand Canal, which con-
nects Hang-Chow-Foo in the province of Chekiang 
with Tientsin, the port of Pekin, is about 650 miles 
in length, — a mighty water-way, constructed to 
facilitate the internal commerce of the country, and 
especially to enable the grain fleet, with its enor-
mous supply of rice for the use of the capital, to 
avoid the perils of the coast — perils of pirates and 
of storm. 
This mighty canal crosses the two great-
est rivers, the Yang-tse-kiang, and the Hoang-ho, or 
Yellow River, but has latterly become comparatively 
useless, owing to the erratic conduct of the Yellow 
River, commonly called ' China's Sorrow,' which is 
subject to appalling floods, when it bursts its banks 
and inundates vast tracts of country, finally se-
lecting for itself some totally new channel." 
Missionaries or other travelers in China can for a 
trifle hire boats to convey them from village to 
village; and the passengers can make their home 
on the boats. 
In other parts of the country, the 
journey is made on chairs, " litters," or 
wheel-
barrows, or on beasts. 
CLIMATE. 
From a latitude and longitude of China proper, 
the reader will at once perceive that within its 
limits is every variety of soil and climate that can 
be found in the United States of America, " Canton, 
the southern capital, being in the tropics, while 
Pekin is subject to violent extremes of heat and 
cold." 
The warmest latitudes in America, however, 
do not correctly represent those of China. 
Some of 
the cities in the southern provinces are the coldest 
places on the globe in that latitude. 
It is said to 
be the only point in the tropics where snow falls 
near the sea. 
Near the Grand Canal, the moisture 
is excessive, because the marshes are not half drained. 
In these districts, fevers, ague, and dysentery prevail. 
The inhabitants of Shanghai suffer from rapid changes 
in the autumn and spring months. 
Rheumatic and 
pulmonary complaints are common. 
In the northern 
provinces, the severe cold of the winter apparently 
counteracts the excessive heat of the summer ; " for 
whereas the people of the southern provinces are 
pale and comparatively feeble, those of the northern 
are stalwart and the children rosy. 
This is perhaps 
partly due to the difference of food, the products of 
the northern provinces being those of 
Northern 
Europe, so that millet and other nourishing grains 
replace the invariable rice diet of the South." 
PRODUCTS AND FOODS. 
As to variety, the products of China are in excess 
of those of America. 
It furnishes large quantities 
of silks, crepe, satins, tea, etc. 
A large proportion of 
the soil is devoted to raising food for man. 
Rice, 
corn, canary seed, and wheat furnish most of the 
cereals. 
Rice is emphatically the staff of life, and is 
considered indispensable all over the land. 
Corn, 
buckwheat, oats, and barley are not ground, but are 
cooked singly in various ways or mixed in with 
other dishes. 
They have a long list of culinary 
vegetables, including twenty varieties of peas and 
beans, some for camels and horses, but mostly for 
human consumption. 
For meats they have fowls of 
all kinds, also fish, pigs, finely dressed cats, puppies, 
etc. 
Taken as a whole, most of the varieties of food 
stuffs to be found in all other countries are to be 
found in China. 
One of the greatest objections that 
the European or American can find with the food of 
the country, is in their mode of cooking it,— with 
all kinds of fat and oils, both vegetable and animal. 
HISTORY AND MISSIONARY EFFORT. 
About the year 2200 B. c., "the Chinese settled 
around the bend of the Yellow River. 
From this 
time on, the records are more or less reliable." 
The 
Chinese are a civilized people, and their ancient works 
show that the former inhabitants of the land pos-
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[JAN., 
sessed an intelligence in certain arts and sciences, 
which the present race have lost. 
On the noted 
wall in China, which in many places has a hight of 
thirty feet, and a breadth of twenty feet, are bricks 
weighing from forty to sixty pounds, of workman-
ship that challenges the wonder of the beholder. 
During the Tang dynasty, between 908 and 618 B. c., 
China was the most civilized country on the face of 
the earth. 
In the early part of the Christian Era, the gospel 
was preached in China by the Nestorians. 
Tradi-
tion gives Thomas the Qredit of being the first who 
proclaimed it. 
But the influence of the " mystery 
of iniquity" soon followed in its wake, with its 
blighting influence. 
Until the early part of the 
present century, China was practically closed to 
foreigners. 
At the present time, there are about forty mis-
sionary societies operating in China. 
The number 
of missionaries, according to the " Encyclopedia of 
Missions," was, in 1890, 1,295; ordained natives, 
209; 
unordained, 1,260. 
There were sixty hos-
pitals, forty-three dispensaries, and 520 organized 
churches, ninety-four of which were wholly self-
supporting ; while the number of 
communicants 
was 37,287. 
The amount of contributions made by 
natives in 1889 was $36,884.50. 
There is no land 
where missionary effort is so rapidly on the increase 
as in China. 
Of the obstacles which lie in the way of the work 
in China, tbe first, perhaps, is the general dislike of 
foreigners. 
The common name for the foreigner is 
fan kwei, "foreign devil." 
His appearance, his ac-
tions, his speech, are looked upon with suspicion. 
Secondly, the prejudice and conceit of the literati is 
an obstacle. 
They are the most difficult class to 
reach, and the most bitter opponents of Christianity. 
The opium habit is destructive to both soul and body. 
China is a wealthy country, and the systemof the 
government and the customs of the people are such 
that the wealth goes into the hands of its officers 
and lords, while the common people are distress-
ingly poor. 
The language is another obstacle ; but 
those who are apt in studying languages can master 
it sufficiently to preach in one year. 
It usually re-
quires two years. 
This difficulty, however, is largely 
overcome by a modern method of placing the sounds 
in Roman letters, so that in a brief period one can 
converse in the language, though unable to read the 
Chinese characters. 
Medical missionaries have great 
influence among the people, as the science of the 
healing art will restore the sick in spite of the anger 
of their gods. 
Men and women are wanted to go to 
China with the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 
that will be manifested as in the days of the early 
disciples. 
Already we have seen in this country a 
little of what God will do in a far greater degree in 
this direction. 
The same power will at no distant 
day be manifested in China through those who are 
willing to saorifice their interests to give a knowledge 
of the gospel to the Chinese. 
S. 
N. 
HASKELL. 
Oakland, Gal, 
THIRTY-SIX 
YEARS 
IN 
CHINA. 
WHEN I arrived in China, thirty-five years ago last 
September, there were not five hundred native 
Christians in the whole empire in connection with 
the Protestant missions. 
The number of communi-
cants reported in 1853 was only 351. 
In 1861, the 
year in which I came to Hankow, the Protestant 
missions could not boast of two thousand converts 
in all. 
In 1877, however, the number had risen to 
13,035, and at the end of 1889 it reached 37,287. 
Thus it took forty-eight years to bring the net in-
crease up to five hundred, while it has taken only 
thirty-five years to bring this five hundred up to 
nearly forty thousand. . . . From this center alone 
(Hankow) there have been issued, within fourteen 
years, upwards of 6,145,000 books and tracts. I will 
leave that fact to speak for itself. 
At this great 
center the missionaries have been earnest believers 
in three branches of the missionary work ; namely, 
preaching, healing, and book-distributing. 
My ideal missionary is the man in whom the 
preacher, the doctor, and the colporter are rolled 
up into one. . . . Our success is largely to be as-" 
cribed to the heartiness, the thoroughness, and the 
persistency with which we have been carrying on 
these three branches of our work. ... 
I have spoken of the eighteen provinces as being 
all open, with the exception of Hunan. 
I am in-
clined to think that the day of Hunan's visitation 
is not far distant. 
The recent riots in this province 
and in other provinces, all have their root in Hunan, 
and it is beginning to be felt that Hunan cannot be 
allowed to remain closed to all foreign intercourse. 
These riots have been the means of waking up the 
great provincial officials to tbe danger of winking at 
the efforts of the gentry and scholars of Hunan to 
stir up an anti-foreign feeling among the masses of 
the peonle. 
The viceroy of the two provinces, Hupeh 
and Hunan, has issued a splendid proclamation, in 
which he states explicitly that Christianity in China, 
so far as the profession of it is concerned, is on the 
same footing precisely as Buddhism and Taoism. 
The imperial ediot, which followed immediately, is 
still more explicit. 
These two documents are by 
far the most satisfactory of their kind that have 
ever been issued in China. 
The effect of their publication has been instan-
taneous, and the good already done is incalculable. 
The riots have turned out to be a blessing in dis-
guise, and we are only beginning to reap tbe harvest 
of good that must follow. 
The gates of China will 
be thrown more widely open than ever, and the cry 
for true laborers will be more urgent than ever. — 
Rev. 
Griffith 
John, 
Hankow. 
" How kind and pressing were the invitations we 
received ! 
Dear people, they are only waiting for 
the gospel, so ready to accept it! O why are there 
so few voices raised to tell the sweet, old story ! " 
— From, 
"In 
the Far 
Fast:' 
1892.] 
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MISSIONARY. 
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ELDER HASKELL is writing something on China for 
the Signs, this month. 
THE Chinese fought two wars with the British 
Government to prevent the introduction of the opium 
traffic. 
Pressed by Britain to legalize the traffic, 
the Chinese commissioner said, " It would indeed be 
for the advantage of the revenues; but we should 
certainly put a value on riches, and slight men's 
lives." 
The Chinese emperor said, "Nothing will 
induce me to derive a revenue from the vice and mis-
ery of my people." 
These words surely do not come 
from the uncivilized barbarians that many ignorantly 
suppose all the Chinese to be. 
The gospel in China 
is rescuing many from the toils of the opium habit; 
for there is power in it to save to the uttermost. 
THE 
MONTHLY 
MEETING. 
WE give this month, and will continue the plan, a 
suggestive outline for the monthly foreign missionary 
meeting. 
It is only suggestive ; and yet from what 
we hear from the societies, it may be a help to many. 
Directness and method in our study are sure to in-
crease our own interest and create interest in others. 
Keep the map before you. 
If you have no atlas 
at home, get out the children's school geography. 
There are many points also, in any good geography, 
which we have forgotten since school-days, and which 
will help to make the field and its people more real 
to us. 
If there is no large wall map at the meeting 
room, or if your company is too large to gather aroun d 
a printed map, have some one draw a map on a large 
scale on the black-board or on a large sheet of wrap-
ping paper. 
For the latter, light crayon or black 
charcoal crayon may be used, according to color 
of paper. 
As all enter heartily into the study of the fields, 
trying to get a definite understanding of the situa-
tion and needs, many will be surprised to find how 
deeply and personally interested they will become in 
countries and peoples to which they had, perhaps, 
seldom given a thought before. 
We want to get so 
acquainted with the great fields that we can spread 
their needs before the Lord in prayer, as Hezekiah 
spread out Rabshakeh's letter in the temple. 
Talk up the first-day offerings. 
These ought to 
be very much larger. 
The work is waiting to be 
done, the fields are open, and the Lord calls on us to 
show our interest in a practical way. 
In a town in 
England, a missionary society has been organized 
called the "Do 
Without" Society, and it has at-
tracted attention by the amount a few members 
have been able to give by doing without many things 
which would have been convenient and even help-
ful. 
We do not need any new organizations, but 
ought not every one of our societies to resolve itself 
into a " Do Without" society, and put the cost of the 
articles we can do without into the first-day offering 
fund ? If we become familiar with the present needs 
of the foreign work, we shall find that it will have 
no small influence in regulating the expenditure of 
the means which God may give us. 
If there is not a regular weekly missionary meet-
ing in your church or company, talk the matter over 
with the brethren and sisters, and formulate some 
plan for united prayer and study in the matter of the 
foreign work. 
The space in the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY is too meager 
to give more than the barest outline in the study of 
the fields. Let all be interested to read up on the 
subjects, and glean points from books and other 
sources, and let all join in to make the meeting lively 
and interesting. 
Item No. 5 in the program should be 
short, and yet many points of progress may be noted 
in a few minutes ; and talking over the reports that 
have appeared during the month in our various pa-
pers will not only encourage our own hearts, but it 
may lead many who do not read the foreign reports 
to see what they miss by not doing so. 
A leader is 
necessary to preserve order and method in the study, 
and yet let us guard against stiffness and formality 
in talking over the lesson. 
POINTS SUGGESTED 
FOR 
QUESTIONS. 
1. GEOGRAPHICAL position of China ; its territory, 
divisions, towns, and cities. 
What proportion of the 
human race live and die in China ? 
2. Government. 
(See also Review, Dec. 22, p. 
791.) 
3. Bivers and canals ; modes of travel; variety and 
influence of climate ; food of people. 
4. About how near to the building of Babel does 
traditionary history date the beginning of China ? 
Its civilization. 
5. Missionary work and progress during the past 
thirty-six years ; obstacles to be surmounted. 
Have 
the recent riots blocked the way for the gospel? 
See Ps. 33 : 10 ; Bev. 14 : 6. 
6. We are to pray in behalf of the great harvest 
field; how should we pray? 
1 Cor. 14:15,first part. 
See also Job 29 : 16, last part. 
7. Will willing ignorance of the needs of the far-
away fields release us from individual responsibility 
to pray and work in their behalf? 
Prov. 24:11-12. 
PROGRAM. 
1. Opening Song. 
2. Scripture reading, Acts 17 :22-27 ; Ps. 33 :13-22. 
3. Prayer. 
4. Study of China. 
5. Very brief mention of items of progress in our 
foreign work, as noted by members in our papers dur-
ing the past month. 
6. Informal discussion: How shall we increase the 
interest and attendance at the foreign missionary 
meetings ? How shall the first-day offerings for for-
eign missions be largely increased ? 
7. Closing Song, No. 1055. 
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RELIGIOUS 
LIBERTY 
CONDUCTED BY W. A. COLCORD. 
MINTJTE-MEN. 
IN the days of the Revolution there were men, 
who, though pursuing their daily avocations, wTere 
nevertheless constantly on the alert as to the move-
ments of the enemy, and at duty's call were ready 
on a " minute's notice " to shoulder the musket and 
fight for their counlry. 
This is what gave them the 
name of "minute-men." 
Though comparatively few 
in numbers, they were an important factor, and 
contributed in no small degree to the success of the 
struggle. 
So in the great conflict between truth and error, 
when the powers of darkness are arrayed against 
the light of Heaven as at the present time, not a few 
but every individual interested in the outcome should 
be a " minute-man." 
All should be so awake to the 
interests of the cause, and so in sympathy with the 
most advanced moves, that when a call is made for 
action, there will come the ready, willing response, 
" Here am I, Lord, send me." 
While this spirit 
should characterize our relation to every good cause, 
so far as lies in our power to aid it, it is doubly nec-
essary in the solemn work in which we are engaged ; 
and in no other work is it so much needed as in the 
promulgation of the principles of religious liberty, 
and in warning the world against following in the 
wake of the mystery of iniquity. 
When the announcement was first made by the 
pioneers of this message that our beloved land, with 
all her boasted liberty, would one day repudiate the 
principles on which it was founded and become a 
persecuting power, it was received with derision. 
" Absurd 1" " Such a thing is impossible !" people 
said, and so far as any external evidences were con-
cerned, it did indeed seem improbable that such a 
thing would ever happen. 
But, relying on God's 
word and their right interpretation of prophecy, 
these " faithful few " gave to the message such a 
" certain sound " that, in spite of the sneers of the 
multitude, conviction was carried to many hearts. 
It was some time before much evidence of the truth-
fulness of the positions taken was seen, but the cloud 
appeared in time, and though no larger than a man's 
hand, it gave a sense of assurance that the position 
was indeed well taken. 
The National Beform As-
sociation was organized, with its avowed declaration 
of a determination to establish a national religion and 
erect a religious despotism in this country. And that 
cloud of thirty years ago has grown till it wellnigh 
covers the heavens, and we can almost hear the mut-
terings of the coming storm. 
The issue is squarely 
before us, and it is ours to meet it as " minute-men." 
The Sunday-rest movement is developing with 
wonderful rapidity. A general interest in the sub-
ject is being awakened, not only all over our own 
land, but in other countries as well. 
It is being dis-
cussed everywhere, in the pulpit, and by the secular 
as well as by the religious press. 
More matter bear-
ing on the subject can be gathered from the public 
prints in one week now, than could have been 
found in six months, eight or ten years ago. It 
has found many champions among politicians, who 
advocate it as a "public measure." 
In every legis-
lature that will convene this coming winter, efforts 
will be made to secure more stringent Sunday laws. 
A national committee has been appointed by the 
American Sabbath Union, whose special business 
will be to look after this particular part of the 
work. 
The movement is under the direction of 
shrewd business men, — men of influence and stand-
ing,— and their testimony carries conviction to the 
masses. 
In fact, it is really getting to be unpopular 
not to be identified with the effort in some way or 
other. 
Some have thought that the interest in the work was 
flagging. 
Such thoughts are born only of ignorance 
of the true condition of affairs. 
In the convention of 
the American Sabbath Union just held in Des Moines, 
there was nothing but hope and courage expressed. 
All opposition was ignored. " Why, yes, everybody 
was in favor of the movement except the saloon-
keepers, atheists, and Robert G. Ingersoll," said one 
man. 
The president of the Union told the writer 
that he had never heard of the American Sentinel, 
and others prominent in the movement stated that 
they had never heard of the King case. 
The addresses were scholarly productions so far as 
diction and polish were concerned, and the earnest-
ness and zeal manifested, carried the audiences with 
them. 
When the call was made for those in favor 
of closing tbe World's Fair on Sunday, the crowd 
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was a unit, and when those opposed were asked to 
stand, and one lone, beardless youth arose, the finger 
of scorn was pointed at him as at a traitor. 
The 
members of the Columbian Commission from Iowa 
and Nebraska were asked in this connection to rise 
to their feet that the people might see them, and 
one of the Commission, Mr. Scott, of Nebraska, read 
a very strong paper in favor of the closing of the 
gates on Sunday. 
Col. Shepard stated that he 
considered it one of the hopeful signs of the suc-
cess of the movement that the Catholics were be-
coming interested in the subject, and that Archbishops 
Ireland, Gross, and others had expressed themselves 
in emphatic terms in favor of the closing of the gates 
of the Exposition on Sunday. 
Leaflets, tracts, and 
pamphlets bearing on this subject were liberally 
scattered, one being a work of over 200 pages con-
taining the names of all those who had petitioned the 
Columbian Commission to close the gates of the 
Exposition 
on Sunday, together with nearly one 
hundred personal letters from ministers, labor organi-
zations, legislators, and others, protesting against 
the opening of the gates, the list being headed by three 
Catholic 
archbishops. 
The theme of every speaker was in substance, 
" The American Sabbath, and How shall we Save it 
from Desecration ?" 
One or two in the course of 
their remarks expressed it as their opinion that 
there must be an awakening of the public to the 
fact that Sunday was a holy day, the Sabbath of the 
Lord, and should be observed from a higher motive 
than compulsion; but the sentiment of nearly all 
was, as expressed by one speaker, " The supreme need 
of the hour 
is 
more 
stringent 
Sunday 
laws." 
Col. 
Shepard stated to the writer that they were going 
to agitate the matter till there was a national recog-
nition of Sunday as a day of public rest, as was con-
templated in the Blair bill. 
With the predominating public sentiment in favor 
of the measures advocated by these men, is it diffi-
cult to see how more stringent laws may soon be 
enacted and enforced against those who dared to 
refuse to recognize them, even for 
conscientious 
reasons ? 
Is there not something in these facts to 
stir every one interested in the cause of right and 
truth, to greater diligence? 
Is there not something 
in these things that are transpiring around us on 
every hand to thrill our very souls ? 
Can we afford 
to sit idly by and not do something? 
"But what 
can I do ? " says one. 
There are avenues at every 
turn for doing something. 
First of all, there must 
be a personal knowledge of the subject itself. 
Then 
our neighbors should have the benefit of our knowl-
edge, and to this end there is readable literature in 
the form of tracts and leaflets that can be given out 
with profit. 
The American 
Sentinel keeps fully 
abreast with the movement, and every new phase 
of it is faithfully chronicled. 
No Seventh-day Ad-
ventist can afford to be without its weekly visits. 
If twenty years ago the workers could have wit-
nessed what we see to-day, what enthusiasm would 
have been thrown into the work ! 
It should be none 
the less so with the people to-day ; but the truth is, 
the development of this work has been so gradual 
and we have become so familiar with its operations, 
that there is danger that the force of these things 
will be lost upon us. 
But shall we allow this to be 
the case ? 
Should there not be more activity mani-
fested in the work the coming winter than ever 
before? 
It is hoped that the reports will so indi-
cate, and that each one may prove himself in spirit 
and in truth, a " minute-man." 
DESECRATION 
OF 
THE 
PULPIT. 
A 
MINISTER of the gospel in Indiana advocates 
from his pulpit a novel scheme, to say the least, of 
influencing the World's Fair commissioners to close 
the gates of the Exposition on Sunday. 
He asks the 
young men living in the different places where Fair 
commissioners live who advocate a Sunday Fair, to 
assemble around their houses and make night hide-
ous, and to pelt them with garbage and rotten eggs 
when they appear on the streets, and otherwise to 
inconvenience the commissioners and disgrace them-
selves. 
It is gratifying to know that there is only 
an occasional minister in the present age of enlight-
enment and liberty who is so bigoted and narrow-
minded as this Hoosier preacher. 
Anarchists in 
Chicago are promptly arrested and imprisoned for 
making utterances of not nearly so inflammable a 
character as the utterances of this short-sighted 
person, and yet he would no doubt hold up his 
hands in holy horror if compared to an anarchist. 
He is a disgrace, not only to his pulpit, but to the 
whole Christian church, and should be asked to step 
down and out.— Mid-Continent 
Magazine for 
De-
cember. 
PROGRAM. 
1. Opening Exercises. 
2. Scripture Reading, Ps. 124 ; Judges 5:1,2. 
3. Reading of the article " Minute-Men." 
4. Talk over the condition of things relating to 
the work in your State and especially in your lo-
cality, and plans for future work. 
5. Reports in the way of letters received, inter-
views had, or work done. 
6. Business. 
7. Closing Song. 
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[STUDY FOR THIRD WEEK IN FEBRUARY.] 
HOME 
MISSIONS 
CONDUCTED BY MISS JENNIE 
THAYER. 
J 
TO MISSIONARY WORKERS. 
THE world's Redeemer has plainly specified the 
conditions of eternal life. 
Both the conditions and 
the promise are positive. 
Christ must be the center. 
We must love him with every power of our being, 
and our neighbor as ourselves. 
And if we do love 
our neighbor as ourselves, we shall labor earnestly to 
present to him the truth in its beauty and simplicity. 
It was thus that the foundation of the Christian 
church was laid. 
Many people had assembled where 
John was baptizing in Jordan. As Jesus walked 
among them, the observing eye of John recognized 
him as the Saviour, and with kindling eye and ear-
nest manner he cried, " Behold the Lamb of God 1" 
Two of John's disciples, whose attention was thus 
directed to Jesus, followed him. 
Seeing them follow 
him, he turned and said, " What seek ye ? 
They 
said unto him," " Master, where dwellest thou ? He 
said unto them, Come and see." 
And when they 
had come and seen where he dwelt, he opened to 
them the great plan of salvation. 
The words which 
he there spoke to them were too precious to be kept 
to themselves, and they immediately 
went and 
found their friends, and brought them to Jesus. 
At this very time Nathanael was praying to know 
whether this was indeed the Christ of whom Moses 
and the prophets had spoken. 
While he continued 
to pray, one of those who had been brought to 
Christ, Phillip by name, called to him and said, "We 
have found him of whom Moses in the law and the 
prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of 
Joseph." 
Notice how quickly prejudice arises. Na-
thanael said, " Can there any good thing come out 
of Nazareth ? " 
Phillip knew the strong prejudice 
that existed in the minds of many against Nazareth, 
and he did not try to argue with him, for fear of 
raising his combativeness, but simply said, " Come 
and see." 
Here is a lesson for all our ministers, colporters, 
and missionary workers. 
When you meet those 
who, like Nathanael, are prejudiced against the truth, 
do not urge your peculiar views too strongly. 
Talk 
with them at first of subjects upon which you can 
agree. 
Bow with them in prayer, and in humble 
faith present your petitions at the throne of grace. 
Both you and they will be brought into a closer con-
nection with Heaven, prejudice will be weakened, 
and it will be easier to reach the heart. ... 
In doing this kind of work, none should feel like 
the Pharisee when he came to the temple to pray, 
and said, " God, I thank thee that I am not as other 
men." 
Let it be kept in mind that Jesus died for 
all, and that he loves others just as [much as he 
loves you. 
Let the heart be softened with the love 
of God ; and then, with quivering lip and tearful eye, 
open to the people the treasures of truth. 
Present 
the truth as it is in Jesus ; not for the sake of con-
tention, not for the love of argument, but with meek-
ness and fear; and it will reach the hearts of the 
honest. 
That which makes the truth so objection-
able to many is that it is not presented in the spirit 
of Christ. 
There is with many a great lack of love in labor-
ing for others. . . . Far more could be accomplished 
by manifesting this love in your labor, than by pre-
senting the strongest arguments. But the two should 
be combined. 
There are many who are in darkness; 
and when the truth, which involves a cross, is pre-
sented, they draw back, as did Nathanael. If by 
kindness and love these can be prevailed upon to 
trace down the chain of prophecy, they will, as 
they find link after link uniting in a perfect whole, 
see new beauty and harmony in the word of God ; 
and the more they study it, the more precious it will 
become to them. 
" But," says one, " suppose we cannot gain admit-
tance to the homes of the people; and if we do, 
suppose they rise up against the truths that we pre-
sent. 
Shall we not then feel excused from making 
further efforts for them ? " — By no means. 
Even if 
they shut the door in your face, do not hasten away 
in indignation, and make no further effort to save 
them. 
Ask God in faith to give you access to those 
very souls. 
Cease not your efforts, but study and 
plan until you find some other means of reaching 
them. 
If you do not succeed by personal visits, try 
sending them the silent messenger of truth. 
There 
is so much pride of opinion in the human heart that 
our publications often gain admittance where the liv-
ing messenger cannot. 
I have been shown how reading matter on present 
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truth is sometimes treated by many people in Europe 
and in other countries. 
A person receives a tract or 
paper. 
He reads a little in it, finds something that 
does not agree with his former, views and throws it 
adide. 
Bat the few words he did read are not for-
gotten. 
Unwelcome though they are, they remain 
in the mind until an interest is awakened to read fur-
ther on the subject. 
Again the paper is taken up ; 
again the readerfinds something in it that is opposed 
to his long-cherished opinions and customs, and he 
angrily flings it aside. 
But the rejected messenger 
says nothing to increase his opposition or arouse his 
combativeness ; and when the force of his anger dies 
away, and the paper i^ again brought out, it tells the 
same simple, straight-forward story, and he finds in 
it precious gems. 
Angels of God are near to impress 
the unspoken word upon his heart; and, although 
loath to do so, he at last yields, and light takes pos-
session of his soul. 
Those who are thus unwillingly 
converted, often prove to be among the most sub-
stantial believers-; and their experience teaches them 
to labor perseveringly for others. . . . 
The trouble with the workers now is that they 
have not enough faith. 
They are too self-sufficient, 
and too easily disturbed by little trials. 
There is in 
the natural heart much selfishness, much self-dignity ; 
and when they present the truth to an individual, 
and it is resented, they too frequently feel that it is 
an insult to themselves, when it is not themselves, 
but the Author of truth, who is insulted and rejected. 
In this work there is the greatest necessity of hiding 
self behind Jesus. 
Take heed first to yourselves, dear fellow-laborers, 
and afterward to the doctrine. 
As surely as you 
allow your natural temperaments and dispositions to 
control you, just so surely will they appear in your 
labors, to mar the work of God. 
If you should bring 
souls into the truth, they would imitate your defects 
of character. 
Let the reformation begin with your-
selves ; let the converting power of God first be felt 
upon your own hearts, and then you will be better 
able to lead others to Christ. . . . 
Jesus demands of those who would bo his followers 
an entire surrender of all that they have, all that 
there is of them. 
In this he does not ask more than 
he has given. 
Lid he not leave all his riches, his 
glory, his hopor, in order to save men ? 
Did he not 
strip himself of his robes of royalty, and humiliate 
himself to take man's nature, that through 
his 
poverty and humiliation we might be made rich? 
Should we then be unwilling to give all that we have 
and are to him, and to suffer, if need be, humiliation 
and reproach for his sake ? 
God forbid. ... 
If Christ has given you light, let it shine to others. 
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor 
as thyself." 
Will you not begin from this time to 
work upon the Bible plan, and live to do your neigh-
bor good, to be a blessing to those around you ? 
Do 
not make one crooked path for your feet, lest the 
lame be turned out of the way. 
If we walk in the light, our wisdom will increase 
day by day. 
We should know more of the truth to-
morrow than we know to-day. 
We cannot afford to 
be dwarfs in Bible knowledge, or in the religious life ; 
but we should grow up unto the full stature of men 
and women in Christ Jesus. 
Heaven is full of light 
and strength, and we can- draw from it if we will. 
God is waiting to pour his blessing upon us as soon 
as we draw nigh to him and by living faith grasp his 
promises. 
He says that he is more willing to give 
his Holy Spirit to those that ask him, than earthly 
parents are to give good gifts unto their children. 
Shall we take him at his word ? . . . 
To all who are engaged in the missionary work I 
would say, Hide in Jesus. 
Let not self but Christ 
appear in all your labors. 
When the work goes 
hard, and you become discouraged and are tempted 
to abandon it, take your Bible, bow upon your knees 
before God, and say, "Here, Lord, thy word is 
pledged." 
Throw your weight upon his promises, 
and every one of them will be fulfilled. . . . 
All heaven is interested in the salvation of man. 
It is for you to say whether you will be co-laborers 
with Christ or not; whether you will, without faint-
ing, suffer the reproach that he endured ; whether 
you will, without faltering, press the battle to the 
gates. 
0, must Christ, the Majesty of heaven, the 
King of glory, bear the heavy cross, wear the thorny 
crown, and drink the bitter cup, while we recline at 
ease Jand glorify ourselves, forgetful of the souls 
whom he died to redeem by his precious blood? 
No; let us do while we have the strength ; let us 
work while it is day ; let us devote ourselves to the 
service of God, that we may have his approbation 
and at last receive his reward.— Mrs. E. G. White, in 
" Historical 
Sketches." 
PROGRAM. 
1. Opening Song. 
2. Responsive Bible Beading. 
3. Prayer. 
4. Song. 
5. Questions on the lesson, 
6. Business. 
7. Season of prayer. 
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HEALTH 
AND 
TEMPERANCE. 
CONDUCTED 
BY Miss LAURA C. BEE. 
ALONE 
WITH 
GOD. 
ALONE with God ! what a blessed thought! 
When the toils of the day have all been wrought, 
To bow and call him my Father, Friend; 
In all that his infinite will doth send 
To feel that he knows, and loves, and cares, 
And every burden and sorrow shares. 
Alone with God when the surges roar, 
And the billows dash my frail bark o' er ; 
Alone with him on a boundless sea, 
Where all is darkness and mystery ; 
But grace sufficient for every test, 
And in him alone, alone, there's rest. 
Alone with God when the way is bright, 
When the storm has passed, and the waves are light, 
With home and friends and sympathy, 
And a heart all filled with melody; 
I would still look up from earth's low sod ; 
For that which endures is alone with God. -
Alone with God ! yet I would not be 
Shut in from all earth's misery, 
Its strong desire in joy to live, 
Its hope for peace no man can give ; 
But, free from self, bid the sin-sick soul 
Look alone to Christ, who indeed makes whole. 
He loves us still with a boundless love; 
He lifts our hearts to things above; 
He gives us peace and joy and calm, 
And heals all wounds with a soothing balm. 
Yea, he gives us strength that we cannot know 
While we trust in self and in things below. 
O Lord, give courage, and faith, and love, 
To speak thy words that will raise above 
To a nobler, better, purer life, 
And be thou near in all earth's strife; 
O help me ever to stem the tide, 
And in Jesus alone to be satisfied. 
L. c. B. 
CONDIMENTS. 
CONDIMENTS are the various substances added to 
food, not to give nourishment, but to give relish and 
to gratify the taste. 
Mustard, vinegar, pepper, 
pepper-sauce, cinnamon, cloves, and similar sub-
stances are included under this head. 
They are of 
a stimulating nature, and work injury to the stom-
ach by irritating the mucous membrane, causing 
congestion and diminished secretion of the gastric 
juice. 
Even when taken in very small quantities, 
condiments work injury when long continued, by 
their stimulating effects. 
Though they may occasion no perceptible irrita-
tion, they excite the stomach to more than natural 
activity, and by overworking it wear it out, and soon 
leave it in a diseased, inactive condition, unable to 
secrete a sufficient quantity of gastric juice to prop-
erly digest the food, and chronic disease is the result. 
Condiments deteriorate the blood ; directly, by fill-
ing it with superabundant material which is injuri-
ous not only to the blood itself but to all the tissues 
with which it comes in contact, especially the nerv-
ous tissue ; and indirectly, by disabling the elimina-
tive organs so that they cannot properly perform 
their work of removing the waste elements from the 
blood as fast as they should be removed. 
Many condiments are antiseptics, and anything 
which prevents fermentation interferes with the ac-
tion of the gastric juice. 
For this reason, if taken in 
any but very small quantities, salt must materially 
interfere with digestion. It is an irritant to the 
stomach and to other parts of the system, as is indi-
cated by the burning thirst, quickened pulse, and 
other symptoms; and, being a purely mineral sub-
stance, it cannot be assimilated. From a well-authen-
ticated statement we learn that fish will digest in an 
hour and a half when fresh, but requires four hours 
after being salted. 
Salted food is generally known 
to be very hard of digestion, and when taken for a 
very long time, often causes the stomach to fail. 
Regarding vinegar we quote from " Home Hand-
Book" as follows: 
"Ordinary 
vinegar 
contains 
about five per cent of acetic acid, its principal in-
gredient. 
Like alcoholic liquors, vinegar is a prod-
uct of fermentation, being the result of carrying a 
little farther the same process by which alcohol is 
produced. 
Vinegar is much more irritating to the 
digestive organs than an alcoholic liquor of the same 
strength. It is extremely debilitating to the stomach 
when much used, though exciting for the time being. 
... It so greatly impairs the digestion as soon to in-
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terfere seriously with nutrition. 
The moderate use 
of a light wine or of ale or beer is much less destruc-
tive to the digestive organs than the large use of 
vinegar, which is not uncommon 
among 
hearty 
eaters." 
And, further, we quote several statements from 
" Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene." 
On 
page 47 we read : "Spices at first irritate the tender 
coating of the stomach, but finally destroy the natural 
sensitiveness of this delicate membrane. 
The blood 
becomes fevered, the animal propensities are aroused, 
while the moral and intellectual powers are weak-
ened, and become servants to the baser passions." 
Page 51 : " Bo not eat largely of salt; give up 
spiced pickles ; keep fiery food out of the stomach." 
Page 31 : " We witness great struggles in our own 
country to put down intemperance ; but it is a hard 
matter to overcome and chain a full-grown lion. 
If 
half the efforts that have been put forth to stay this 
giant evil had been directed toward enlightening 
parents in regard to their responsibility in forming 
the habits and character of their children, a thou-
sand-fold more good might have resulted. 
The un-
natural appetite for spirituous liquors is often created 
at home, in many cases at the tables of tbe very ones 
who are most zealous to lead out in the temperance 
work. 
We bid all workers Godspeed ; but we invite 
them to look more deeply into the cause of the evil 
they war against, and to be more thorough and con-
sistent in reform. 
Through the intemperance begun 
at home, tbe digestive organs first become weakened, 
and soon ordinary food does not satisfy the appetite. 
Unhealthy conditions are established, and there is a 
craving for more stimulating food." 
The taste for these fiery, harmful substances is 
wholly unnatural, and only acquired by continued 
practice; 
but when once acquired, our taste can 
scarcely detect the pleasant flavors nature has put 
into all foods. 
The taste is perverted, and we do 
not relish food unless highly seasoned. 
In following these various agents of evil through 
the system, we have noticed, to some extent at 
least, the great harm they perpetrate. 
In the first 
place they furnish no nourishment; therefore they 
are not foods and should not be eaten. 
We should 
always remember that we are to eat for strength. 
Eccl. 10 :17. 
To this end we must eat things that 
will impart strength to us ; and only those things 
will strengthen us that contain nourishment—that 
have food value. 
Condiments are not only worthless as food, but 
we have learned that they work great injury to 
the digestive organs, and to all living tissue with 
which they come in contact through the circulation, 
and that by thus filling the body with impurities 
they defile it. 
From Dan. 1 : 8-20 we see that Daniel and his 
companions recognized the fact that improper food 
and drink defile the body, and that God blessed them 
in taking heed to this. 
In 1 Cor. 6 : 19; 3 : 17 we 
learn that our bodies are the temple of God, and that 
whoever defiles the temple of God, him will God de-
stroy. 
When we transgress in this respect, we must 
pay the penalty as surely as for the violation of any 
other divine precept. 
Let us grasp the bright rays of light and truth, 
and by the help of Him who lived and died for us, 
accept them and live them out, and ever keep in 
our minds the divine command," Whether therefore 
ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the 
glory of God," and that to him that " overcometh " 
are the promises given. 
GEO. L 
MILLER. 
QUESTIONS. 
1. 
WHAT are condiments? 
and what is their 
nature ? 
2. What effect do they have upon the stomach ? 
3. In what two ways do they deteriorate the 
blood ? 
4. What effect does salt have upon the system, ' 
and upon the digestion ? 
5. What is the effect of vinegar upon the diges* 
tive organs? 
6. How 
may it be compared with 
alcoholic 
liquors ? 
7. Why are spices injurious? 
8. Where do intemperate habits often begin, and 
how? 
9. How is the taste affected by the use of condi-
ments ? 
10. What should be our object in eating^? 
11. What is the value of condiments as food ? 
12. What illustrious examples do we have in the 
Bible in regard to the control of the appetite? and 
how did God recognize it? 
PROGRAM. 
1. Opening song. 
2. Prayer. 
3. Questions on " Condiments." 
4. Besponsive Beading of Eccl. 7 :29 ; Jor. 6 :16 ; 
Gal. 5 :16, 17, 23 ; Prov. 23 :2; Eccl. 10 :17 ; 1 Cor. 
10:31 ; Bom. 12:1; 3 John 2. 
5. Business. 
6. Closing Song. 
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MISSIONARY. 
[JAN., 
CANVASSERS' 
DEPARTMENT. 
» 
CONDUCTED BY F. L. MEAD. 
CONVENTION IN DISTRICT 
NO. 3. 
THE convention of the district and State agents of 
the General Conference District No. 3, was held in 
Battle Creek according to appointment. A spirit 
of union prevailed from the beginning and grew 
stronger till the close. 
The Convention was favored 
with counsel and encouragement from Elders Olsen, 
Farnsworth, Irwin, Starr, and Evans, and Brother 
C. Eldridge. 
The delegates present were B. B. Craig, district 
agent, and State agents as follows: A. J. Olsen, 
Illinois ; I. S. Lloyd, Indiana; N. N. Hay, Ohio ; 
D. E. Well man, Michigan ; and Byron Hagle, pro-
vincial agent of Ontario. 
The following publish-
ing houses were represented : 
Review and Herald, 
Battle Creek, C; Eldridge; Review and Herald, To-
ronto, G. W. Morse; Good Health, W. K. Kellogg; 
and the Health and Temperance work by N. B. 
Smith. 
Although the questions considered were largely of 
a local nature peculiar to District No. 3 and its 
wants, yet we believe that the carrying out of the 
plans laid will affect the work for good over the 
whole field. Among the many points cosidered we 
can only mention a few at this writing ; but may 
have occasion to refer to others more fully in the 
future. 
It seemed very desirable to the agents of both 
Districts 1 and 3 to give our people the advantage of 
25 pfer cent discount for six months on " The Two 
Republics," or to sell it on the same plan as was 
adopted with "Patriarchs and Prophets." 
It is 
hoped that the State tract societies will favor this 
plan, and that every family among the lovers of 
present truth will soon have a copy of this most valu-
able book. 
The question of bringing leading features of the 
truth more prominently into the canvass, was care-
fully considered ; also the importance of more thor-
ough preparation for the work by beginners, and a 
constant growth in efficiency, for better work by 
those of experience. 
Brother Morse, of Ontario, gave some valuable 
bints on conducting a successful canvassers' in-
stitute, mentioning, among other items of necessity, 
a convenient place of meeting, properly warmed, 
lighted, and ventilated. 
He said that system and 
regularity 
should characterize all tbe exercises. 
Some 
certain one should 
have 
charge of the 
institute, and the work should be properly divided 
between tbe instructors, each one to perform his 
part to the best of his ability. 
Another question of much importance was that of 
securing canvassers for different books. 
And still 
another of equal importance was how to retain them 
in the field and make them successful. 
Does all the 
responsibility rest upon the State agent? 
May it 
not be possible that others are quite as responsible 
for the success or failure of some of the canvassers? 
For instance, there is a little church over yonder 
of twenty-five members, two of whom are about to 
begin canvassing. 
Is that church in any way re-
sponsible for their success or failure? 
Let us see. 
They were going out with bright hopes for a suc-
cessful "season's work, but before they started, did 
the elder or leader call the church together for a 
special season of prayer for the success of those 
two canvassers? 
And after prayer did the church 
tell those brethren to go to their field of labor, and 
that while there, special prayer would be offered for 
their success, and that their families would be cared 
for during their absence? 
Was that the way it was 
done? 
Did they have success? 
Did they give up 
at some small difficulty and come home? 
Would 
they have yielded to some great obstacle, and gone 
home, if they were receiving such support as this 
from their church ? 
But was the church doing more 
than its duty by them ? 
Dear reader, is this the 
way your church supports those who go from it 
into the field? If so, how do they like the plan? 
If you are not working on this plan, what do you 
say to adopting it ? We can heartily recommend it, 
because we know by experience that its principles 
are correct. 
P. L. M. 
MEXICO 
AND 
CUBA. 
I 
PRESUME the canvassers are looking for some-
thing from me with reference to the prospects for 
the canvassing work in the countries which I have 
visited thus far since leaving#home. I will speak in 
this article only of Mexico 'and Cuba, as they are 
properly classed together, being 
almost 
entirely 
Spanish-speaking countries. 
Mexico is a vast republic, joining our own United 
States, and with a form of government in many re-
spects similar to ours. 
It has its different states, 
and the people elect their president, and their repre-
sentatives in congress, governors, etc. 
There is this 
difference in their political situation, however, that 
the Roman Catholic Church, although 
nominally 
without authority in political matters, is really the 
power behind the throne in everything, from the 
election of an unimportant officer to the making of 
their national laws. 
There are those in their con-
gress, however, who are outspoken and bold in their 
denunciations of the priests and the influences of the 
church. I had the privilege of listening to a speech 
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in their congress by the ablest orator of the repub-
lic, Senor Juan Mateo, and the anathemas which he 
heaped upon the priests and their work were numer-
ous and bitter. 
The Mexicans are a very courteous, hospitable 
people in many respects, 
it is not an uncommon 
sight to see two of the most poorly clad men on the 
streets, embrace each other with as much fondness 
and cordiality as we would see with the dearest of 
friends among the best classes of Americans in the 
States. 
Mexico, with its 11,000,000 people, has only 
a very few thousand, probably less than 10,000, who 
speak and read the English language. 
The Spanish 
or Castilian language is the language of the country ; 
and although there is a decided difference in their 
pronunciation of several letters, the language as 
written is precisely the same as is found in all Span-
ish countries. 
As a canvassing field I consider it a good one, as 
soon as we have the right kind of books prepared in 
the Spanish language, and the right kind of canvass-
ers with a knowledge of the language to sell them. 
In my reports to the Mission Board and the General 
Conference Publication Committee, who are taking 
steps to produce the books, I have presented my 
opinions in detail, so will only say in this article that 
in my judgment the first books sold should be some 
of our health publications, treating on some simple 
remedies for disease, and also some simple recipes 
for cooking, and other useful recipes, and then some 
illustrated articles on general health topics. 
All the 
missionaries with whom I consulted on this point 
were agreed that such a book would have a ready 
sale, and that it would accomplish a vast amount of 
good. 
Following this should be a simple work on 
the prophecies, and then " Patriarchs and Prophets" 
might be sold to good advantage. 
As to the kind of canvassers needed, I will try to 
give a brief outline of some of the characteristics 
which in my judgment they should possess: 
First, 
they should have strong constitutions and strong 
stomachs. 
Mexican climate is very healthful under 
normal conditions, but Mexican diet is not very con-
ducive to health. 
This only emphasizes the im-
portance of placing such a book as I mention above, 
in the homes of the people. 
If the canvassers are 
located in cities, where they can keep their own 
houses and do their own cooking, they can do 
nicely, as the country furnishes abundant material 
for a healthful diet, if it is properly prepared. 
Fruits 
in abundance, among which are the finest straw-
berries I ever ate, and grains of every kind, are to 
be had, sometimes at high prices it is true, but 
always to be bad. Secondly, the canvassers who first 
enter Mexico should have a knowledge of simple 
methods for the treatment of disease. 
There is no 
doubt but that much of the sickness, especially 
among the poorer classes, might be avoided if the 
people could be educated to dispense with the drugs 
which they use in abundance, and take better care 
of their bodies, and treat the first appearance of 
fever or chills with hot water applications instead 
of drugs. 
A practical illustration of the principles 
taught in the books which the canvasser is selling, 
will serve a double purpose, — advertise the book, and 
best of all, relieve suffering and give him an influence 
over the people. 
Thirdly, the canvasser will need 
a sufficient knowledge of the Spanish language, not 
simply to describe his book, but to carry on ordinary 
conversation. 
It is not sufficient to be able to pre-
sent fluently a few studied sentences, and then be 
embarrassed by being compelled to answer, "No 
entiendo," 
when you are addressed in language 
equally as simple, but which is outside of 
your 
vocabulary. 
A systematic study of the language, 
under an instructor if possible, but if that is not to 
be had, a thorough study of the Spanish grammar, 
dictionary, Bible, reader, and some Spanish paper, 
will give you a knowledge of the language, which 
knowledge can be rapidly added to by continuing 
the study and watching carefully the accent and 
pronunciation of the natives as you mingle with 
them. 
Fourthly, and most important of all, the 
canvassers who go to this field must be devoted, 
earnest men and women, who are prompted to go 
by a genuine missionary spirit, a desire to save souls, 
and to lift the fallen from their 4egraded condition 
to a higher plane of life ; to relieve the suffering and 
want that will be found there on every hand; to 
teach the simple story of the love of Jesus to those 
who have been educated in the superstitions of 
Roman Catholicism ; and to show by a holy life 
and godly conversation that there is a living reality 
in the truth which you are trying to teach to the 
people. 
There are several large cities in Mexico, where 
it will doubtless be best to begin the canvass-
ing work. 
Mexico City, the capital, has about 
330,000 inhabitants, while San Luis Potosi, Saltillo, 
Monterey, Orizaba, and Vera Cruz, all of which I 
visited, and Guadalajara, Tampico, Matamoras, Chi-
huahua, and many other cities, are all very similar 
in their conditions, although smaller in size. 
Then 
there are the agricultural regions, and in fact, when 
we stop to think that Mexico has about one sixth 
as many people as the whole of the United States, and 
not a single canvasser has ever yet placed his foot in 
it, we can imagine something of the size and impor-
tance of the field. The canvasser must expect many 
difficulties that are unknown in the States, but the 
same spirit that has aided in making our work so 
successful in the States, is promised to those who 
go into "all the world." 
I was happily surprised to find many of the com-
mon people better educated in their language than 
we find the same class of people in the English lan-
guage in the States. 
That there is a need for work 
to be done among them, I think all will agree who 
are at all familiar with Mexican history, or who 
read the articles which I will furnish for our various 
periodicals. 
There is much more that I might say 
about the prospects of the canvassing work there, 
but space will not permit. 
The canvasser will have 
to sell many of his books through the grates of the 
windows. 
The Mexican houses very seldom have 
glass windows, but have close shutters and on the 
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outside heavy iron grates, which kfeep out thieves 
and animals when the shutters are" opened. 
When 
a person pounds the iron knocker at the closed door, 
the inmates come to the grates to see who it is, and 
usually do their business with peddlers or agents 
through the grate at the window. 
The country is 
not infested with book agents, and our canvassers 
with books such as I have referred to will have 
pretty nearly the whole field to themselves. 
What I have said ol Mexico applies with nearly as 
much force to the cities of Cuba. 
I did not remain 
there long enough to visit the plantations. 
I was in 
Havana three days, and was very favorably impressed 
with it as a field for our canvassers. 
It is almost 
entirely Spanish, but in many respects ahead of the 
cities of Mexico, in others, not so favorable. 
The 
Roman Catholic influence is not as strong, as it 
seems to be losing its hold on the minds of the peo-
ple to a certain extent, although Protestant mission-
aries have much to contend with in this direction. 
In an interview with a Roman Catholic priest, who 
knew who I was, and what denomination I repre-
sented, he told me that if a book like the first one 
mentioned could lie prepared by us in the Spanish 
tongue, it would have a large sale, and that he 
would gladly lend his influence to extend its circu-
lation among his people. 
As 1 go on from these countries to spend the next 
few months in islands where my own native tongue 
is spoken, and then go into countries where Spanish 
is the prevailing language again, I shall watch with 
interest the progress of the preparations which are 
being made to enter these important fields with the 
publications which are so much needed. 
I shall try to send communications for the Can-
vassers' Department of the 
HOME 
MISSIONARY as 
often as possible, but the facilities for mail com-
munication are quite different from Uncle Sam's 
excellent mail service. 
I had to wait five long 
weeks without a single letter or paper from the 
States, and expect to wait still longer than that at 
times during my long journey. 
I am now on the 
island of Ruatan, of which-1 will speak in my next. 
I hope to have the prayers of all the readers of this 
article. 
L. C. CHADWICK. 
DANGERS 
TO 
THE 
CANVASSING 
WORK. 
THE canvassing work having been established in 
the providence of God as a denominational enter-
prise for the promulgation of the third angel's mes-
sage, every canvasser should feel the importance of 
the great work in which he is engaged. 
The stand-
ard of the work, as a whole, depends upon the char-
acter of the individuals engaged in carrying it on, 
who should guard it with jealous cai'e, and ever be 
on the lookout for danger. 
This organized, self-
supporting 
missionary 
work is the most perfect 
organization for canvassing the world ever knew. 
The profits should be used to extend its limits until 
every nation, kindred, and tongue shall have heard 
the last message of warning to a perishing world ; 
until it can be said that the sun never ceases to 
shine upon the consecrated canvasser, and his on-
ward tramp resounds from pole to pole. 
The work is well begun, and already we begin to 
realize the possibilities that lie before it. 
Its great 
success has naturally caused a feeling of satisfaction 
to come over us, and in this security is danger. 
The efforts put forth to start any enterprise usually 
decrease in proportion as the work progresses. 
New 
men, coming upon the field of action and finding the 
work moving along apparently by its own momen-
tum and with the same energy that gave it motion, 
cannot realize when it reaches its zenith, stands still 
for a moment, and then begins its retrograde move-
ment, loses its force, and drifts away from the power 
that has kept it in motion ; and when at last they 
are aroused, it takes a tremendous effort to stay its 
downward course, and start it upward again. 
The 
history of such cases is usually disastrous ; and if 
the dangers can be seen in advance, it is much easier 
to prevent a decline than to check it after it is well 
started. 
We should profit by the experiences of the past, 
and avoid extremes, for they are dangerous. 
It is 
extremely gratifying to notice the general senti-
ment in favor of a fair and honest 
presentation 
of books to the customer, so that if he does not 
agree with the sentiment of tbe book he has pur-
chased, he may feel that the person of whom he 
bought it treated him like a Christian. 
We started 
in by not telling enough, and now, when we realize 
the error of this, we must not think that we can 
remedy it by telling too much. 
A medium position 
all the way through would have avoided both ex-
tremes, would have been consistent and Christian-
like, and just to our patrons. 
The canvasser can be 
honest and give perfect satisfaction without giving 
the whole history of the denomination to which he 
belongs. 
It would be folly for an agent to attempt 
in a short canvass to give a satisfactory exposition 
of our views and work, when our ministers deem it 
necessary to pitch a tent, and remain for five or six 
weeks, at great expense, in order that tho people may 
become enlightened enough to embrace our views. 
For a canvasser to tell his customer that he has the 
third angel's message, without taking the time to 
explain what it is, will not work for the best ad-
vancement of the cause he loves, and he will proba-
bly live to regret that he did not use more wisdom. 
The " Testimoneis" speak plainly upon this point. 
Referring to the use of this and other like expressions, 
they state that " the introduction of these terms 
without a clear explanation of 
them, does only 
harm."— Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 167. 
The canvassing work must ever be under the con-
trol of the denomination, through its agents, and no 
personal interests ever be tolerated under any con-
sideration. 
The question to be considered under all 
circumstances is, What is for the best interests of the 
cause? 
Good, fast-selling books will be offered, 
which may appear to be of great advantage to the 
work, but care should be taken that there is no self-
tsh enterprise back of it; for if the canvasser feels 
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that through his sacrificing work such interest is be-
ing fostered, he will naturally lose his zeal for the 
work, and feel at liberty to change his occupation, 
and thus bring disaster to the canvassing work. 
The sale of our books depends upon the individual 
canvasser, and his interests must be carefully cor sid-
ered. 
Much has been done in this direction d aring 
the past two years, and with gratifying results, yet 
there are many who are not able to meet expenses, 
and are obliged to give up the work and seek other 
employment in order to support themselves and fami-
lies. 
Unless the individual canvasser can succeed, 
he cannot stay in the field ; and when he is forced to 
retire, the work stops. 
Another danger to the work, whjch will become 
more and more apparent as time passes on, is the 
tendency to desire easy places,— something more con-
genial, more permanent and certain. The increasing 
number of canvassers who have made a success in 
the field, applying for work in the Review Office and 
the Sanitarium, proves that they are not satisfied 
with their present occupation, and it is not an en-
couraging symptom for the stability of the work. 
When all our canvassers enter the work with the 
same determination that they manifest when they 
enter the Review Office or the Sanitarium, and work 
with the same zeal to learn their trade and hold 
their places, then will the canvassing work be 
placed upon as solid a foundation as these institu-
tions. 
The work has been much retarded by being 
obliged to begin each year with mostly new recruits. 
We are constantly training and educating canvass-
ers, but too many of them are lost to the work after 
becoming efficient. 
There should ever be new addi-
tions to every branch of the cause, but the veterans 
should be the ones to lead them on to victory. 
It is 
the veterans that the general looks to in time of 
action, who, with the experience of many a battle, 
inspire the raw recruits with their own courage, and 
thus all combined are able to win the day when all 
might have been lost had dependence been placed in 
the recruits alone. The canvassing work is not gain-
ing the strength that it should, not because there are 
no recruits, for there are many, but because the vet-
erans are gradually dropping out; and it is with 
difficulty that we are able to find those who are 
experienced enough to lead companies, to say noth-
ing about canvassers for foreign fields or even State 
agents for our own country. 
The canvassing work is gradually assuming its 
proper place, as a very important factor in our 
work. 
The efforts made in the different States for 
the better preparation of the canvasser, and the 
feeling that the canvassing work is a part of the 
great work given to us as a people, inspire the re-
cruit with the importance of his task, until he feels 
like saying, "If the old hands will stand by me, I 
will in turn stand by the recruit who shall come 
after me." 
Then we may expect that the workers 
will enter it to stay, the older will sustain the 
younger, and the grand whole will move forward 
until, unlike Alexander the Great, the canvaseer 
will weep for joy that there are no more worlds 
to conquer. 
The work will be finished, and all 
who have been engaged in it will hear the joyful 
cry, " Well done, thou good and faithful servant." 
C. 
ELDRIDGE. 
DISTRICT 
NO. 
1. 
THE special order for this district during the first 
two months of 1892 is local institutes. 
Some were 
held in December. 
Altogether, New York, Penn-
sylvania, the Atlantic and New England 
States, 
will each have three, and West Virginia one. 
Othei 
conferences will hold theirs in the spring. 
The de-
sign is to call in all the old canvassers, and give 
them a thorough review on all parts of the business, 
to discuss methods and plans, and to qualify as many 
recruits as can be enlisted. 
These efforts partake 
of the nature of general meetings, as all are invited, 
whether they intend to canvass or not, and a min-
ister is present to conduct religious exercises. 
The 
time and place for each of these institutes will appear 
in our local papers. 
We hope not only to improve the quality of our 
work, but to increase the amount of work done ; and 
to accomplish these results we must have the con-
stant and hearty support of all lovers of the cause 
within our limits. 
We must not become indifferent, 
thinking that the- work will run itself, nor become 
weary in well doing. 
Those who faint not are the 
ones who will reap in due time. 
When tempted to 
relax our efforts or to give up the work, a good 
question to ask ourselves is, " How would the work 
prosper if all should do as I am inclined to do?" and 
then, with the best interests of the cause in view, 
follow our honest convictions, putting self entirely 
in the background. 
The promise of food and shelter 
and raiment is sure to such as seek first the kingdom 
of God and his righteousness. 
Those who now delay to enter the work, thinking 
that there will be a more favorable time, will proba-
bly be disappointed. 
The harvests of the past sea-
son were bountiful; the winter, thus far, has been 
mild, and there is no special excitement to divert the 
minds of the people, and the winds of opposition and 
strife are being held in order that we may work. 
There is a degree of success attending those who are 
wholly given up to the work in the field, that is truly 
inspiring and encouraging. 
Brethren of 
District 
No. 1, what shall be our record for 1892 ? 
E. E. MILES, District 
Agent. 
DISTRICT 
NO. 
2. 
I AM now in Florida, where 1 have been for three 
weeks visiting the workers and drilling a new com-
pany of canvassers that we now have located at 
Ocala, Marion Co. 
Florida is now getting in good 
shape for work in the near future. 
They have eight 
canvassers in the field, the interest is growing, and 
I believe several more will enter the work soon. 
It 
has been thought that canvassers located in compa-
nies could not work in this State to any advantage, 
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on account of its being so thinly settled ; but we be-
lieve they can, and intend to demonstrate the fact 
during the coming year. 
I wish I could remain here longer, but cannot on 
account of urgent calls from other States. 
What we 
need is a good State agent, and we will be glad when 
one is appointed for this field. I have just received 
word that Georgia and Mississippi are again without 
a State agent. 
Brother G. S. Vreeland, the new 
State agent, has been 
called to Battle Creek, to 
work in the Review Office. 
We are very sorry to 
lose Brother Vreeland, but trust some one else can 
be found to take his place. 
The work is gaining 
ground in this district, notwithstanding the fact that 
in South Carolina the crops are very poor, and we 
have lately had to give up two of our State agents. 
I have just received a letter from Brother W. H. 
Wilbur, who is working in Mississippi with Brother 
Cook, saying that they were quite sure that in a 
short time there would be a small company of work-
ers ready to begin canvassing, who came out mainly 
through the labors of Brother Cook. 
So you see 
if we cannot find some one who has a burden for 
that destitute field, the Lord will raise up some one 
to carry the truth to the people. The truth must go. 
WE will hold a canvassers' drill at Nashville, 
Tenn., February 7-21, and Brother F. L. Mead has 
promised to be with us. 
1 trust that we will have a 
good drill, and that all will come prepared to stay 
through the meeting. 
Reports from Alabama and the Cumberland mis-
sion show that tho work is onward, and all are full 
of courage. 
While we are not able to make such 
wonderful reports as come from Illinois, where, if 
the canvasser puts in full time, his income will 
be $14 per day ; or from District No. 6, where their 
sales, if all collected in silver, would weigh a ton, 
still we are able to live; and if any of you wish a 
hard job, please come over and help us. 
A. F. HARRISON, District 
Agent. 
CARE 
FOR 
YOUR 
HEALTH. 
THE canvasser who goes from house to house, 
stopping wherever night overtakes him, is often sub-
ject to great inconvenience in securing suitable food 
to eat, and in living in other respects in harmony 
with the laws of health. 
This being true, unless 
great care is exercised many will eventually be suffer-
ing in some manner from their unhygienic living. 
How properly to care for one's self under these cir-
cumstances is a question of much importance to 
every canvasser. 
We have permission from 
the 
Good Health Pub. Co. to select some extracts bear-
ing upon this subject from a letter they received 
from one of their Good Health canvassers, which may 
be of value to those of less experience: — 
" Up to thirteen years ago I was seldom, if ever, 
free from aches or pains. 
I used tea, coffee, pork, 
lard, saleratus, mince pies, ice-cream, oysters, sau-
sage, and condiments, especially vinegar, and occa-
sionally some patent medicines. 
I fancied myself 
a hygienist, and had taught hygiene in school a 
half dozen terms. 
Usually had a free amount of 
fresh air, and did not use tobacco or alcohol. 
I see 
smiles on your face as you wonder what my ideas of 
hygiene were. 
I have now discarded the articlee 
mentioned above. 
I did not make all this changs 
at once. 
Before this year I left the study of Good 
Health to my wife, but this year I tried to get all 
tho good out of it 1 could. . . . Among the benefits 
derived from Good Health this year, 1 must not forget 
to mention particularly physical culture. 
"Having followed canvassing for the last nine 
years, I have often had to stop for a time and 
work at manual labor to regain my lost strength 
and rest up, so, to speak. 
Not so this year. 
I not 
only hold my own, but am actually improving in 
health as the weeks go by." 
We hope all our canvassers will study arid live out 
the beneficial instruction found in Good Health. 
F. L. M. 
NOTES 
FROM 
THE 
FIELD. 
BROTHER Byron Hagle, of Detroit, Mich., has been 
selected as provincial agent of Ontario. 
He has 
been a successful canvasser in Michigan, and we feel 
sure that he will do much for the work in the field 
over which he now has charge. 
Brother James Hackett, of Minnesota, has been 
selected as provincial agent for Manitoba and ad-
joining provinces. 
Brother Hackett is an old and 
tried canvasser, and in Manitoba and Saskachewan 
he will find ample opportunity to exercise 
the 
same tact, push, and courage which have char-
acterized 
his labors in Minnesota the past four 
years. 
The general agent of Australia, Brother Michaels-
writes that the brethren of that country contem, 
plate sending a company of canvassers to India soon. 
The prospects are good that in a few months a com-
pany will go from this country to Newfoundland to 
engage in the sale of our subscription books. 
The foreign general canvassing agent, Brother 
E. M. Morrison, expects to hold institutes in Ger-
many, Scandinavia, and Switzerland the 
presont 
winter. 
Brother A. F., Harrison, district agent for District 
No. 2, makes frequent and earnest appeals for more 
workers for the Southern States. 
His special need 
at the present time is for several good men to act as 
State agents, and thus assist in building up the work 
in the South. 
One lady working for Good Health in Illinois, lost 
only one out of one hundred and fifty orders. 
Two 
ladies in a city in the same State began work 
by 
visiting the best physicians of the place, and out of 
eight calls secured seven orders, which gave them 
much influence with the people. 
Brother E. M. Morrison, of England, writes us 
that nearly 10,000 orders for our books have been 
taken during the past year in the United Kingdom, 
and that over 8,500 have been secured since the first 
of June. 
1892.] 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. 
23 
REPORT OF THE CANVASSING WORK FOR DECEMBER, 1891. 
STATE. 
No. 
can-
vassers 
Av.No. 
of Re-
ports. 
Days. Honrs. 
Books 
Deliv'd, 
Value. 
Orders 
Taken. 
Value. 
Miscel. 
Sales. 
Total 
Value. 
Total 
for Dists. 
Atlantic 
Maine 
Maritime Prov... 
New England ... 
New York 
Pennsylvania.... 
Quebec 
Virginia 
Vermont 
West Virginia ... 
Alabama 
Cumb. Mis. Field. 
Florida... 
Georgia 
Louisiana 
North Carolina.. 
South Carolina .. 
Tennessee 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Michigan 
Ohio 
I Ontario 
Iowa 
Manitoba 
Minnesota 
Nebraska. 
So. Dakota 
Wisconsin 
Arkansas 
Colorado 
Indian Territory 
Kansas 
Missouri 
Texas 
California 
North Pacific... 
Upper Columbia 
Australia 
Central Europe. 
Great Britain .. 
Germany 
New Zealand... 
Norway 
South Africa... 
Totals 
41 
14 
376-
3 
16| 
21 
25 
14 
21 
5 
H 
24 
35 
10 
235| 
31 
236 
294 
302 
17 
44 
35 
23 
111 
45i 
25 
23J 
250 
376 
226 
70 
141 
199 
65 
33 
36 
50 
468 
157 
3,467f 
194 
1094 
1307 
1202 
118 
401 
280 
187 
889 
361 
200 
186 
1440 
1693 
1556 
407 
491 
1990 
333 
695 
239 
2511 
779 
997 
19,550 
167 
506 
630 
399 
180 
111 
82 
357 
153 
231 
10 
405 
1285 
589 
397 
607 
271 
15 
296 
49 
1298 
90 
,506 
$ 462 00 
1,043 25 
1,486 25 
213 75 
230 50 
146 30 
832 25 
612 70 
556 50 
23 55 
1,099 00 
3,220 85 
1,259 75 
1,075 50 
531 00 
1,478 50 
629 25 
41 75 
1,074 50 
139 00 
1,295 50 
552 34 
18,003 99 
84 
509 
683 
916 
71 
119 
135 
68 
432 
73 
83 
44 
400 
900 
284 
382 
402 
214 
108 
152 
213 
324 
1287 
483 
8,462 
5 
178 00 
1,285 75 
1,689 52 
2,148 65 
132 00 
302 00 
350 25 
180 50 
1,025 50 
488 75 
167 75 
103 75 
949 95 
2,177 05 
873 75 
742 85 
932 25 
566 50 
252 25 
301 75 
753 00 
916 08 
1,041 90 
84 76 
2,672 66 
10,317 17 
47 80 
87 55 
110 94 
18 68 
9 90 
7 50 
168 39 
35 20 
1 40 
8 65 
19 10 
71 22 
39 68 
9 10 
17 95 
114 75 
25 86 
208 10 
1,001 74 
J 178 00 
1,333 55 
1,777 07 
2,259 59 
150 68 
311 90 
350 2g 
180 50 
1,033 00 
657 14 
202 95 
105 15 
958 60 
2,177 05 
21,318 91 
873 75 
4,009 40 
761 95 
1,003 47 
606 15 
261 35 
319 70 
761 95 
753 00 
1,030 83 
2,943 67 
1,067 76 
292 86 
1,030 83 
2,672 66 
4,033 28 
THE vice-president of the Michigan T. and M. 
Society, Brother D. E. Wellman, has been chosen 
State agent of Michigan, to fill the place made va-
cant by the resignation of Brother W. M. Crothers. 
THE Review Office has received notice from the 
post-office authorities, that the notification slips, 
which have been in use for several months, will re-
quire two cents for postage, claiming that the pencil 
mark drawn around the price, date of delivery, etc., 
convey special information. 
We recommend the form of blank found on page 21 
of the HOME MISSIONARY 
EXTRA, of March, 
1891. 
These can be obtained of the Beview Office, either 
in slips or on postal cards. 
BY a letter from Brother E. W. Snyder, mailed at 
Rio de Janeiro, South 
America, December 1, we 
learn that the company of canvassers going to South 
America expected to reach their destination about 
December 7. 
They report some very rough weather 
during their journey. 
FOR a few weeks during the coming winter, five 
conferences—Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South 
Dakota, and Texas — will hold schools for the special 
benefit of their canvassers. 
In Texas one halt' the 
day will be devoted to study, and the other half to 
canvassing in the city of Dallas. 
These schools are 
open only to those who cannot avail themselves of 
the privileges offered at Union College or Battle 
Creek. 
24 
THE HOME 
MISSIONARY. [JAN., 
THE HOME MISSIONARY. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
TRACT 
AND 
MISSIONARY 
SOCIETY. 
YEAR 
BOOK 
FOR 
1892. 
Price, 33 cents per year. 
W. A. COLCORD, 
W. A. SPICER, 
EDITORS. 
BATTLE 
CREEK, 
MICH., JANUARY, 
1892. 
WE have indicated by the date at the head of each 
department the time when the matter contained in 
each 
should be used in the weekly 
Missionary 
Meeting. 
BROTHER 
LA 
BUE, our ship missionary in Hong 
Kong, sends us a neatly gotten-up Chinese tract, a 
translation of "The Judgment," illustrated by cuts 
of the beasts of Daniel 7. 
The translating was done 
free of charge by an official translator, a native 
friendly to our work. • 
" IN THE FAR BAST " is one of the best of the very 
few books on China that let the reader into the homes 
and life of the people. 
Any who wish to read on the 
subject treated in the Foreign Mission department 
this month will do well to obtain this book.- It is 
beautifully illustrated, and will deeply interest and 
spiritually benefit old and young. 
Price, $1.50. 
If 
your State society cannot fill the order, it may be ob-
tained of the International Tract Society. 
THE Seventh-day Adventist Year Book for 1892 is 
now ready. 
It has 144 pages, and contains a com-
plete workers' directory of over 1,000 names and 
addresses ; the officers, boards, committees, etc., of the 
different general and State organizations and institu-
tions ; proceedings of the last sessions of the General 
Conference, the International Tract Society, the 
International Sabbath school Association, and the 
International Health and Temperance Association, 
together with the principal actions of the General 
Conference Committee since the close of the last 
General Conference ; brief reports of work done in 
foreign fields ; complete financial and other statistics 
of the denomination. 
It also contains, besides the 
Constitutions of all the different organizations, cuts 
of different institutions, a postal guide, and a table 
showing the beginning and close of each Sabbath 
during the year. 
It is hoped that all will supply themselves with 
a copy of the Year Book, and acquaint themselves 
with the actions that have been taken, and the work 
done, during the year. 
Besides being useful in this 
respect, it is valuable in the way of having at hand a 
complete directory of our workers in all parts of the 
world. 
Price, 10 cts. 
Address all orders to Beview and 
Herald, Battle Creek, Mich. 
Chicago & Grand Trunk R.R. 
Time Table, in Effect Dec. 6, 1891. 
GOING WEST. 
As in temporal, so in spiritual things, true living 
consists in doing and not saying, in acting and not 
resolving. 
God comes and dwells in us when we re-
nounce the world, and yield our wills to his control. 
The heart that is filled with the love of God is con-
tinually drawn out in the ways of righteousness, and 
needs no formal vows to goad it on to duty. 
The 
New York Independent evidently has another idea of 
this matter when, as in its issue of 
January 7, 
speaking of " resolutions to do right," and New 
Year's 
being a fit time to make them, it says, 
" Whether kept or not, they belong to the choicest 
category of human actions," and adds that " conver-
sion is nothing but a fixed resolution of this sort." 
If genuine conversion consists in such a resolution, 
whether kept or not, then it muBt be that there may 
be genuine conversion without fruit. 
This is the log-
ical conclusion of that religion which teaches one 
to rely on his resolutions rather than on the power 
of God to make him good. 
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Trains run by Central Standard Time. 
Valparaiso Accommodation, Battle Creek Passenger, Port Huron Passen-
ger, and Mail trains, daily except Sunday. 
Pacific, Limited, Dr.y, and Atlantic Expresses, daily. 
Meals served in 0. 4 G. T. Dining Cars on all through trains. 
W. E. DAVIS, 
Gen. 
Pats, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
A. 8. PARKER, 
Ticket Agt., 
Battle Creek.