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LIFE. 
This life here is but to fit us 
For a better life to come, 
When our loving Savior calls us 
To that blest eternal home. 
To each one of us He's promised 
Peace and joy and life, to give; 
If we cast all self behind us, 
And for others, only, live. 
In return for care and sorrow, 
He will give to us His peace ; 
And if we will only trust Him 
We shall be from sin released 
I'm so glad that Jesus loves us 
And permits us here to stay, 
And prepares us each to meet Him 
In that bright, eternal day. 
Should we say there's nought to live 
for 
As we travel through this life ? 
Look about you, think of others, 
Struggling through this world of 
strife. 
As we think of those about us, 
We'll forget that we are sad, 
In our efforts to be cheerful, 
That we might make others glad. 
LELA GIT3SON. 
"Never was there greater need 
of earnest, self-sacrificing labor 
in the cause of Christ than now, 
when the hours of probation are 
fast closing, and the last message 
of mercy is to be given to the 
world. My soul is stirred within 
me as the Macedonian cry comes 
from every direction, from the 
cities and villages of our own 
land, from across the Atlantic 
and the broad Pacific, and from 
the islands of the sea, 'Come 
over and help us.' Brethren 
and sisters, will you answer the 
cry ? saving : 'We will do our 
best, both in sending you mis-
sionaries and money. We will 
deny ourselves in the embellish-
ment of our houses, in the adorn- 
ment of our persons, and in the 
gratification of appetite. We 
will give the means intrusted to 
us into the cause of God, and 
we will devote ourselves also un-
reservedly to His work.' The 
wants of the cause are laid be-
fore us ; the empty treasuries 
appeal to us most pathetically for 
help. One dollar now is of 
more value to the work than ten 
dollars will be at some future 
period." 
"Work, brethren, work while 
you have the opportunity, while 
the day lasts. Work, for the 
night cometh, when no man can 
work. How soon that night 
may come, it is impossible for 
you to tell. Now is your oppor-
tunity ; improve it. 
If there are 
some who cannot give personal 
effort in missionary work, let 
them live economically, and give 
of their earnings. Thus they 
can contribute money to send 
papers and books to those who 
have not the light of truth ; they 
can help pay the expenses of 
students who are fitting for mis-
sionary work. Let every dollar 
that you can spare be invested in 
the bank of heaven." Test. No. 
33, p. 260-I. 
Sel. by C. V. R. 
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A WARNING. 
A one armed man by the name 
of Fitch is passing himself off 
among the brethren as a canvasser 
for the Ohio Tract Society. He 
put in an appearance at Deshler 
and left a brother minus his new 
rubber boots which were loaned 
to him for a couple of days to 
make a book delivery. His story 
is that he is about to move to a 
town near by and has rented 
rooms and is waiting for his wife 
and goods. I saw him last at 
Findlay. Since then he has ap- 
peared at Bowling Green and a 
good brother there is several dol-
lars poorer for the loan of a can-
vasser's outfit and books. Money 
is missing also from the room in 
which he slept. He is debtor. to 
the Ohio Society a hundred dol-
lars, and is unreliable. 
I feel that I owe it to my good 
brethren of Ohio to expose all 
such frauds. Do not be too free 
with strangers calling themselves 
Seventh Day Adventists. 
More particulars if needed. 
D. E. LINDSEY. 
ANOTHER TWIST OF THE 
"THUMB SCREWS." 
We have recently applied for 
the use of a Town hall in a vil-
lage in Northern Ohio, to be 
informed that "The churches 
have laid in a petition, before the 
town council not to have them 
let in any stray ministers to 
preach in the hall as they had 
churches for that purpose, and 
if people wanted to hear the Gos-
pel they must come to their 
churches to hear it." 
D. E. LINDSEY. 
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TiOings From the Field 
~VV_ 
LIBERTY CENTER.—Our meet-
ings at Liberty were well attend-
ed and the church seemed to 
appreciate the word spoken. 
Being alone and almost pros-
trated from exposure I closed the 
meetings. I now expect to go 
to Bowling Green next week to 
hold meetings near there. I am 
always glad to hear through the 
VISITOR of the meetings held by 
the laborers and the good reports 
from the canvassers. 
D. E. LINDSEY. 
MARSIIFIELD—OUT meetings at 
this place closed, for the present, 
Feb. 22d. Several are keeping 
the Sabbath as a result of the 
meetings, and a Sabbath-school 
has been organized and Reading 
Circle planned for. We hope 
to return here after the meeting 
at Wheeiersburg, to bind off the 
work. The interest was good 
to the last, and we parted with 
many friends on leaving, some 
of whom we hope may yet unite 
with those that believe. More 
than $40 worth of literature was 
left with the people to bear its 
silent witness, besides many pa-
pers provided by friends of the 
cause. 
This is a new field, and we trust 
the prayers of God's people will 
ascend fervently in behalf of this 
people. 0. F. GUILFORD, 
ALBERT CAREY. 
iChristian Uolunteers 
DEAR CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEERS : 
Some five months have now 
passed since our organization 
was formed, and our hearts are 
full of praise to Him who direct-
ed in organizing, and who is 
blessing in the efforts which 
have been put forth in this work. 
Bands have been formed in many 
of our churches, and it is of in-
terest to note how faithfully the 
meetings have been attended and 
the earnestness with which their 
studies are carried on. The 
work done for, and by the iso-
lated ones is also especially en-
couraging. I was pleased some 
weeks ago, when visiting one of 
our lonely Volunteers, to read a 
very earnest, helpful letter which 
she had received from another 
isolated sister, and to see the 
pleasure with which the letter 
was received. God only knows 
the good which these letters will 
do, and although they may not 
be acknowledged for months and 
perhaps not at all, yet those writ-
ing them receive a blessing in 
so doing. 
After writing to those whose 
names had been sent to her, I 
received a letter from one of the 
C. V.'s who wrote thus : 
"As you asked me to do, will 
answer after hearing from my 
correspondents. However, I 
have heard from but one. I was 
indeed glad to have the privilege 
of writing to her. Her answer 
was so encouraging and she ex-
presses such hope and faith that 
it was a great encouragement to 
me. 
I have learned this, that al-
though our efforts are feeble, if 
we only do our best the Lord 
will bless us and make us a bles-
sing. 
Why I have not heard from 
the other young lady, is more 
than I can tell, I pray that I may 
not have written anything which 
would turn her farther away 
from God. I did not write with-
out prayer, and have faith to be-
lieve that although I may never 
hear from her, my labors will 
not be in vain, although they 
were small. Yet I trust that if I 
can do her any good she may 
answer and that I may have the 
privilege of helping her." 
Another young lady writes : 
"In reading the "Welcome 
Visitor" I see so much about 
"Volunteers." I know nothing 
about it only as I see it in this 
paper but I feel as though it 
would be a source of help to me. 
I am the only girl of my age in 
this town keeping the 7th day, 
am surrounded by wordly girls, 
have always associated with 
them, ever trying to exert a right 
influence ; nevertheless I have 
not been as fully consecrated at 
times as I should. Now I want 
to be numbered among the work-
ers, and please make me a mem-
ber of your Christian Volunteers. 
I do so want to be one in His 
service. I fully realize that the 
time is short and there is much 
to be done. Oh that I might be 
the means of saving souls for 
Him is my prayer." 
The secretary of one of our 
earnest Bands writes : 
"Our meeting today was a 
very good one, and many of our 
young people are earnest and 
anxious to do something for the 
Master. All the names you sent 
were taken except two. The 
Spirit of the Lord is leading us 
in our work and our minds are 
constantly being led out upon 
different lines. There are many 
ways opening for us to do good 
service for the Master." 
A number of letters have been 
received from other states ask-
ing about our work. We are 
thankful for all of these letters 
and are there not other young 
people who would enjoy enter-
ing into this work of correspon-
dence, thus receiving a blessing 
as well as being a blessing.? 
JANET W. HASKELL. 
NOTICE. 
Young men who desire to help 
themselves to an education will 
find it to their advantage to cor-
respond with 
JANET HASKELL, 
Sec'y Christian Volunteers, 
Geneva, Ohio. 
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CHURCH SCHOOLS. 
As inquiry concerning teachers 
for these schools has been made 
from time to time, and as we are 
now prepared to suggest the names 
of several promising young people 
for this work, we would be glad to 
correspond with such churches as 
may be thinking of establishing 
schools. These young people 
alluded to are now students at the 
Academy and have proven them-
selves worthy of confidence and 
recommendation. Moreover, they 
are acquainted with the work of 
our home conference, and their 
sympathies are altogether with it, 
so that they can labor to excellent 
advantage in the more general feat-
ures of the work of a church 
school teacher. 
We can in no wise recommend 
any except such as make good 
promise of succeeding and as this 
number is limited, we can promise 
to assist only such churches as 
make early application. All letters 
relating to this subject should be 
addressed to Mt. Vernon Academy, 
Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 
J. W. LOUGHHEAD. 
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wish to keep posted with regard 
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of bringing many strong young 
Christians into service for the 
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many a young life." 
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MocK—Jeremiah B. Mock of 
Bellville, 0., calmly fell asleep, 
Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, 1900, 
aged 71 years, 8 months and 26 
days. 
Although a great sufferer for 
several weeks previous to his 
death, yet he bore it all with 
Christian fortitude and patience. 
He was perfectly resigned to rest 
"a little season" till the coming 
of the Lifegiver at which time 
we hope to meet him again where 
suffering is unknown and the in-
habitant shall not say "I am 
sick."—Isa. 33 :24. 
He and his wife united with 
the S. D. A. church of Bellville 
under the labors of Elders I. D. 
Van Horn and R. J. Lawrence, 
Aug. 18, 1867, and remained in 
fellowship with the church till 
the time of his death. 
His faithful wife, with whom 
he lived nearly fifty years is now 
left alone in life's conflicts, but 
she takes refuge in the blessed 
word of God which is sufficient 
for her in this bitter trial. 
Funeral services were con-
ducted by the writer. Text, 2 
Cor. I :3-4. 
We may not always know the way 
Wherein God leads our feet; 
But this we know, that round our path 
His love and wisdom meet. 
H. H. BURKHOLDER. 
STEVENS—Chas. Stevens died 
while I was at Liberty Center. 
His wife is a member of that 
society. I was asked to preach 
his funeral but was not able. The 
day I came home I was called 
to preach the funeral of our aged 
Brother Sweeney of Holgate, 
but was hindred from attending 
the call. I learn that Brother 
Paudus conducted a short service 
in the Presbyterian church in 
Holgate. D. E. LINDSEY. 
NOTES FROM CANVASSERS. 
Bros. Bidwell and Fairchild of 
Zanesville report good success, 
and courage in the Lord. 
Jay Raymond is now located 
at Fostoria and is having good 
success. He writes that his cour-
age is strong in the Lord. 
Brother F. H. Henderson has 
moved from Zanesville to Bever-
ly, his future field of labor. He 
is of good courage and is doing 
quite well. 
Brother E. E. Cooper, one of 
our old canvassers, will soon 
enter the work in a new county 
and expects to devote all of his 
time to canvassing. 
W. S. Huffaker has joined 
Brother Henderson and will 
work awhile in that county. He 
is enjoying the work and we look 
for a report from him soon. 
L. A. Holobaugh is now can-
vassing in the southern part of 
the state. He is devoting his 
full time to the work and is being 
rewarded by excellent success. 
R. I. F. 
FROM THE STATE AGENT. 
In looking over the work for 
the past year I am glad to be 
able to report some advance-
ments. 
As spring draws nigh 
I feel very desirous of see-
ing a large force of canvassers 
in the field for the summer. One 
of the greatest drawbacks to the 
canvasser in the past has been 
that none could support families 
in this work. But the past year 
has demonstrated that those who 
go out trusting in the Lord to 
lead can do this. Some have 
done even more. While visiting 
the canvassers during the past 
week I found one who had 
worked about six months the 
past year and had supported his 
family and paid off a debt on his 
home of $200 beside. I imag-
ine I hear someone say, "Well, 
he is an old canvasser." The 
past year was his first attempt, 
and we have several in the state 
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who can do just as well, and 
hope to see them in the work 
soon. May the Lord bless all 
the canvassers and give them 
success. R. I. FRANCIS. 
ITEMS. 
Elder E. J. Van Horn has just 
commenced a series of meetings 
at Lake View. 
Elders Lindsay and Shannon 
are conducting a course of lec-
tures at Dunbridge. 
We are glad to learn that 
Sister Cora Gibson is rapidly 
improving in health. She thinks 
she will soon be able to enter the 
Bible word again. 
Benj. L. House leaves Mt. 
Vernon this week for Cleveland 
to enter the work at the Helping 
Hand mission. The VISITOR 
wishes him much of the blessing 
of God. 
All the readers of the VISITOR 
will be- interested to know that 
Sister Estella Houser, who has 
been quite sick with rheumatism 
was much better the last report, 
and it is thought she will soon be 
able to resume her work as cor-
responding secretary of the For-
eign Mission Board. 
We see in the Southern Re-
view that Mrs. C. Albert Brand-
stater, formerly Miss Margaret 
Kessler, will, in company with 
her husband, set sail March 9, 
for Australia, where they go to 
engage in medical missionary 
work. Thus will Mt. Vernon 
Academy have another represen-
tative in a foreign field. 
The following publications will 
be issued as numbers of the 
Bible Student's Library during 
the winter and spring : 
A. T. Jones' Pamphlet, Christian 
Patriotism 
 15c 
tabor and Capital, illustrated 2c 
Marshaling of the Nations 10c 
E. J. Waggoner's Treatise on 
Galatians 
 25c 
The last named will be of great 
help in the study of the Sabbath-
school lessons the last half of the 
year. Order through Ohio Tract 
Society, Mt. Vernon, 0. 
The February number of Med-
ical Missionary and Gospel of 
Health contains half-tone repro-
ductions of photos of Elders 
Robinson and Brown, who re-
cently died in India ; also copies 
of last letters from them, brief 
sketches of their lives, and in-
teresting data with reference to 
their work. An excellent copy 
to circulate amongst those who 
are unacquainted with our medi-
cal missionary work in other 
lands. If you are not already a 
subscriber, send in your name at 
once. You can't afford to re-
main in ignorance of the pro-
gress of this work and the prin-
ciples underlying it. 
Eld. F. L. Mead s mother, 
who lives in one of the eastern 
conferences, received a letter 
from them bearing the date of 
Dec. I I, 1899, and all were well 
at the Matabela Mission at that 
time. We trust that the reports 
of the massacre of the workers 
there are without foundation. 
But if there ever was a time that 
God's people should remember 
in prayer those who are holding 
up the light of truth in foreign 
fields, it surely is now. God has 
said He would stay the winds of 
strife until His work in the earth 
is finished, but this does not re-
lease us from our duty to remind 
Him of His promise, and claim 
it at this time. Daniel recog-
nized this fact when he prayed 
for the deliverance of his people 
from the Babylonish captivity. 
May we not learn a lesson from 
this faithful servant of God? 
Elder S. G. Haughey attend- 
ed, Feb. 20, a general meeting 
at Red Hill, near London. 
He writes that Dr. Kress has not 
been well for some time and is 
now in Southern France. Of 
their work in Ireland he says, 
"We are having some stirring 
times. The question of immor-
tality above all others seems to 
stir things here. To deny the 
doctrine of -an everlasting, eter-
nal-burning hell, in which the 
wicked shall writhe throughout 
ceaseless ages seems to take 
away the cudgel used by the 
ministers to scare the people into 
the church. And, as has been 
manifested here, it is a club that 
many parents use in the training 
of their children and many have 
said that if there is no "hell" 
they can not control their chil-
dren." They have received 
much opposition, but, notwith-
standing, many have fully ac-
accepted the principles of truth 
that have been presented. Sev-
eral scandalous articles have ap-
pared in the paper from one of 
the ministers of the place. He 
is all the more wroth now since 
one of his colporters has decided 
to obey the truth. Although the 
minister has written to the com-
mittee in charge to "cast him 
out of the synagogue," he says, 
"Whereas I was blind, now 
I see." Elder Haughey says, 
"Souls are deciding and we are 
planning to have services next 
Sabbath (February f7), with 
them.' ' 
H. D. Gallion 
 
CANVASSERS' REPORT 
FOR WEEK ENDING FEB. 10, 1899. 
No. Days No. Hrs. Orders Value 
 
W. E. Bidwell 
 22 $ 18 75 
L. A: Holobaugh 
10 52 39 50 50 
 
Julia A. Tracy 
 13 5 11 60 
 
H. C. Oberholtzer 
 6 8 00 
 
Nora B. Fleming 
 7 8 00 
Total 
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$96 85 
W E. Bidwell 
 
F. H. Henderson 
 4 20 
C. L. Wilson 
 8 55 
F. M. Fairchild 
 
Total 
 
DELIVERIES 
Mrs. A. E. Berry 
 
W. E. Bidwell 
 
Mrs. Nora Fleming 
Mr. L. A. Holobaugh 
Mr. H. D Gallion 
Mr. H. C. Oberholtzer 
Mr. W. E. Bidwell 
Total.... 
FOR WEEK ENDING FEB. 17, 1900. 
No. Days No. Hrs Orders 
Value 
 2 
10 00 
 39 
25 48 
 6 
900 
 56 
56 00 
30 00 
130 48 
6 85 
7 49 
8 00 
70 00 
10 00 
8 00 
10 75 
$120 09