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SOUTH LANCASTER, MASS., FEBRUARY 18, 1903 �
No. 7 
WORK. 
WORK while it is day; 
Work, Christian, and pray; 
Go, follow thy Saviour, 
Be wise to obey. 
Work while it is light, 
Soon cometh the night ; 
Gird on the whole armor, 
Press on with thy might. 
How rapidly rolls 
How solemnly tolls 
Each moment of mercy 
For perishing souls. 
0 do not delay, 
Time hastens away; 
Hark ! Heaven is calling, 
Work while it is day. 
Thy vineyard is here, 
Work, be of good cheer; 
The Master is coming, 
His harvest is near. 
"0 LORD of hosts, blessed is the 
man that trusteth in thee." 
Asa, �
" THE entrance of thy words giveth 
light; it giveth understanding unto 
the Simple." 
GO, PREACH THE GOSPEL.--NO. 1. 
(Concluded.) 
CHRIST read the minds of his dis-
ciples, and he saw that they were 
awake to the peculiar dangers that 
would assail them. He assured them 
that if they would go forward in faith 
to fulfil their commission, they would 
move under the shield of Omnipo-
tence. He made every provision for 
the success of their mission. He 
took the responsibility of the work 
upon himself. 
This was his last instruction to his 
disciples. He had told them his will 
concerning their work. He had 
opened their understanding, that they 
might comprehend the Scriptures. 
He had plainly assured them that they 
were to begin their work in Jerusalem, 
the very hardest field they could en-
ter, and were to preach the remission 
of sins to all nations. " Ye are wit-
nesses of these things,"—his trial, his 
rejection, his crucifixion, his rising 
from the dead, and being on the 
earth for forty days. " And, behold, 
I send the promise of my Father upon 
you : but tarry ye in the city of Jeru-
salem, until ye be endued with power 
from on high." 
" And he led them out as far as to 
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, 
and blessed them. And it came to 
pass, while he blessed them, he was 
parted from them, and carried up into 
heaven." While the Saviour's hands 
were still outstretched in blessing, he 
was taken from them ; and as they 
stood gazing upward, to catch a 
last glimpse of their ascending Lord, 
the sound of the voices of the angels 
that escorted him was wafted down to 
them. " While they looked stead-
fastly toward heaven as he went up, 
behold, two men stood by them in 
white apparel ; which also said, Ye 
men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing 
up into heaven? this same Jesus, 
which is taken up from you into 
heaven, shall so come in like manner 
as ye have seen him go into heaven." 
" And they . . . returned to Jeru-
salem with great joy : and were con-
tinually in the temple, praising and 
blessing God." 
" And when they were come in, 
they went up into an upper room, 
where abode both Peter, and James, 
and John, and Andrew, Philip, and 
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, 
James the son of Alphxus, and Simon 
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of 
James. These all continued with one 
accord in prayer and supplication." 
" And when the day of Pentecost 
was fully come, they were all with one 
accord in one place. And suddenly 
there came a sound from heaven as 
How joyful to thee 
The harvest will be, 
If faithful till soundeth 
The great jubilee. 
Then labor and pray, 
0 Christian, to-day; 
ot, �Work, watch till thy Master 
Shall call thee away. 
—Messiah's Herald. 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled 
all the house where they were sitting. 
And there appeared unto them cloven 
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon 
each of them. And they were all 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began 
to speak with other tongues, as the 
Spirit gave them utterance." 
By the power of the Holy Spirit the 
disciples were fitted to act out the im-
pression that had been left upon their 
minds by Christ's words,—that they 
held in trust the most sacred truths 
ever committed to mortals. The 
church was fitted for the work of rep-
resenting Christ. The messengers of 
God spoke as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. In accordance with the 
direction given, they prayed in the 
name of Jesus. So were the words of 
Christ fulfilled, " Whatsoever ye 
shall ask in my name, that will I do, 
that the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. . . . The Comforter, which is 
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father 
will send in my name, he shall teach 
you all things, and bring all things to 
your remembrance, whatsoever I have 
said unto you. Peace I leave with 
you, my peace I give unto you : not 
as the world giveth, give I unto you. 
Let not your heart be troubled, 
neither let it be afraid." 
Shortly before his ascension, Christ 
had prayed, " For their sakes I sanc-
tify myself." He had given himself 
wholly to the work of human re-
demption. Charged with this exalted 
office, Christ stood as the head of 
humanity, the visible representative 
of an invisible God. " He that hath 
seen me, he declared, " hath seen 
the Father;" and again "I and my 
Father are one." And having em-
bodied in himself the love of God, 
Christ has imparted it to those 
who believe on his name, that the 
'copies of his character may be multi-
plied. 
" As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so I have also sent them 
into the world." They are a part of the 
great firm in the science of salvation, 
which is to work the works of Christ. 
" And for their sakes I sanctify my-
self ; that they also might be sanctified 
through the truth." 
To us as well as to -the disciples, 
Christ has given the work of carrying 
the truth to the world. But befor 
engaging in this great and aggressive 
warfare, upon which eternal results de-
pend, Christ invites all to count the 
cost. He assures them that if they 
take hold of the work with undivided 
hearts, giving themselves as light-bear-
ers to the world, if they will take hold 
of his strength, they will make peace 
with him and obtain supernatural as-
sistance that will enable them in their 
weakness to do the deeds of Omnipo-
tence. If they go forward with faith 
in God, they will not fail nor become 
discouraged, but will have the assur-
ance of infallible success. 
The hour came for the lifting up of 
the Son of God on the cross, and the 
hour has now come for him to be 
lifted up from the earth. Impelled 
and stimulated by the love of Christ, 
as God's people advance in the work 
marked out for them, they will con-
quer through faith. By faith they 
may behold even more than angels in 
their ranks ; for the abundant aid of 
the General of armies is ready for 
them in every emergency. He leads 
them on from victory to victory, pro-
claiming at every step, " I have over-
come the world." Your leader goeth 
forth, conquering and to conquer. 
Never forget that you are fighting the 
battle of the Lord of hosts, in full view 
of the invisible world. 
MRS. E. G. WHITE. 
WHEN God afflicts thee, think he hews a 
rugged stone, 
Which must be shaped, or else aside as 
useless throWn. 
—Richard Chenevix Trench. 
" LET us not forget that we are saved 
to serve." 
" A LARGE part of my religion con-
sists in trying all the while not to be 
as mean as I know how." 
MISSIONARY 
DEPAIZTMENT 
OUR MESSAGE FOR TO-DAY. 
IT must be very evident to all who 
have read the new tracts just issued 
that our message for to-day is very 
fully included in the subjects consid-
ered. Now with the price of the 
tracts at such a reasonable figure, 
what possible excuse can we make 
for not warning our neighbors and 
friends ? 
It seems that everything is pre-
pared for us to a marked degree, and 
we are glad to report that our churches 
where the matter has been presented 
have responded quickly. At Cliff 
Island four thousand tracts were taken; 
the Portland church took one thou-
sand five hundred of the first number ; 
and Falmouth took eight hundred. 
One member of the Deering church 
after reading the first tract, said, 
" Twenty-five dollars of my money 
shall go into the circulation of this 
tract." 
The old-time enthusiasm seems to 
be awakened by reading the first tract. 
If there are any who have not yet seen 
a copy, send to the tract society at 
once for a sample, and we feel that 
this will be all that will be needed to 
bring an order for a quantity. Sev-
enty-two cents per hundred certainly, 
for a sixteen-page tract, is very rea-
sonable. 
If there are any whose enthusiasm 
in the tract work has died out, just get 
these tracts and read them, and I be-
lieve it will be the means of your don-
ning the armor and going quickly to 
work. For the envelope work they 
are just the thing. May we arouse to 
our opportunity -in the good old State 
of Maine this winter and spring, and 
sound the message far and near that 
" Jesus is coming." There is no time 
to lose in the work of preparation. 
P. F. BICKNELL. 
TO THE WORKERS IN VERMONT. 
DEAR BRETHREN : We have just 
received a letter from Oakland, Cali-
fornia, giving some information that 
we think well for you to know, so we 
quote from it as follows : 
" A little more than a year ago the 
postal authorities excluded a large 
number of publications from t h e 
pound-rate privileges. Among the 
libraries examined at that time were 
the five published by our people, and 
all but the Bible Students and App/es 
qf Gold were stricken from the list. 
This providential exemption of these 
libraries saved our people seven cents 
a pound postage on the millions of 
pages which have been sent out since; 
but now the Postmaster-General and 
his third assistant recommend t o 
Congress a four-cent rate on publica-
tions of this class. 
" So you see the situation,—three 
of our libraries entirely excluded from 
pound-rate privileges, and the remain-
ing two saved from their fate by a 
miracle, it would seem, and now these 
are likely to have their postage rate 
increased fourfold. Does not this 
restriction of our privileges contain a 
lesson for us all? Should we not 
grasp as never before the opportunity 
of to-day ? Ought we not, while the 
postage rates are so favorable, use by 
millions the tracts which have been 
prepared at so low a cost ? 
" The plan which is now being fol-
lowed in many places is to include 
one each of the four new tracts in the 
first four packages when used by the 
envelope plan. . . . This package 
plan is the very easiest way we know 
of to commence work. It gives you 
an opportunity of following up every 
advantage gained by your visits. Do 
not become discouraged, however, 
even if they do not evidence the in-
terest you desire. Keep on trying, 
and do not feel that your work is 
done until the seed sown has been 
watered in every way within your 
power." 
ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
From the above you can readily 
see that we are not to slumber, but 
be at our " Master's business " as it 
requireth " haste." 0 let us all do 
all that we can, " work while it is day, 
for the night cometh when no man 
can work." We have been told that 
if we did not do our work now, there 
would come a time when we would 
have to do it under harder circum-
stances. We can now see how this 
will be brought about, although this 
is not all there is to it. The work 
has been well started in Vermont, 
and is being taken up all around us. 
Let us continue in a good work, and 
improve every opportunity possible to 
sow the seed of truth, and the Lord 
will give the increase. " Be patient," 
persevere, and " work till Jesus 
comes." 
We rave received a good letter 
fro a sister which we wish to use. 
" I could use many more of the 
new tracts, but as our means are quite 
limited we can not well pay for them 
at present, but we know that if the 
opportunities which come to us are 
well improved, more will be given. 
I received the tract We Would See 
Jesus.' Words are too feeble to ex-
press the joy which filled my soul as 
I looked upon the illustration on the 
first page of this tract. It seemed so 
full of meaning. I shall do what I can 
to place the message before the people. 
Thousands of poor souls are yet to be 
warned. None who are awake can 
fail to see that our time for warning 
the world is almost closed. We ca 
not work too fast." 
We could use many more similar 
testimonies, and can only thank the 
Lord that he is working upon the 
hearts of his children to " Arise, and 
shine." 
Since the brethren throughout the 
rank and file of our people have 
adopted the " pay-as-you-go " plan, we 
would recommend that the individu-
als, whether ordering of the State tract 
society or of the librarians, pay when 
ordering the tracts. So let us take 
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up the work with renewed earnest- 
ness and push it to its close. 
F. M. DANA. 
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY OF THE 
SOUTH LANCASTER CHURCH. 
AFTER hearing the readings of the 
week of prayer, it was felt by the young 
people of the church, and also by 
the students at the Academy that they 
should be materialized. The promise 
" Give, and it shall be given," seemed 
to prompt all, not only to give of 
money and material things, but time, 
talents, and all. To those who give 
" it shall be given." The more we 
give the more we will have to give, 
and the more of us who give the 
greater the amount given ; conse-
quently, the greater the blessing to 
all. �
This spirit of service seemed to 
permeate all the young people, who 
only waited for an opportunity. We 
hope the news of this service for the 
Master will stir all who hear to go, 
and do likewise. 
Our watchword is, " The message 
to all the world in this generation." 
In a consecration service at the be-
ginning of the week of prayer, the 
matter of helping the poor was dis-
cussed. A young lady student sug-
gested, that, in order that all might 
have some opportunity to help, each 
one bring a pound or more to the 
service the following morning. 
This was done, and quite a wagon 
load of edibles of all sorts was do-
nated, and piled upon the rostrum of 
the assembly room. Students and 
teachers alike were active in bringing 
their offerings. 
After this Professor Griggs offered 
a prayer that God's blessing would 
follow to those who received and also 
those who gave. 
A committee was appointed by the 
Young People's Society to distribute 
the food. �
Their experience, as told 
by the secretary of the society, who 
was a member of the committee, fol-
lows. 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE POUNDS. 
" It is more blessed to give than 
to receive.' �
With this knowledge 
ringing in our ears, the only thing to 
do was to put it in practice. �
It is 
known that the students of the Acad-
demy before Christmas brought each, 
a pound or more of food for the bene- 
fit of the poor. �
The work of distri- 
bution was entrusted to the Young 
People's Society. �
Being one of the 
distributors, I will try to describe 
the places visited. �
About six places 
were visited, four being in Clinton 
proper, and two on the outskirts. 
Clinton proper being about two miles 
away, and the day being an extremely 
cold one, made us better appreciate 
home surroundings. 
" The first family upon whom we 
called was French ; and from all ap-
pearances extremely poor. Ragged 
children, dirty floor, walls, etc., all 
presented a scene not soon to be for-
gotten. Truly this was a needy case. 
The next call found a mother and five 
little children huddled together in one 
room. We were glad, however, to see 
a good fire, and to receive its warmth. 
The mother thanked us many times, 
while the children seemed to spend 
the time in eying the food left. 
About half of a mile from this place 
we made our next stop. The struc-
ture if such it might be called looked 
more like a barn than a house. Wind-
ing our way up two flights of stairs, 
we entered a room with a floor, bare 
and dirty. The lady that welcomed us 
seemed very glad we came, and ex-
pressed the wish that we might come 
again. Bidding her adieu, we re-
sumed our journey. More than a 
mile from this place, we made our 
next visit. This was a colored family, 
and they likewise seemed glad to see 
us. �
At the next house we were 
greeted by an old woman whose face 
was wreathed in smiles. She invited 
us in, and wished us a merry Christ-
mas. When we laid the food on the 
remnant of a table, it seemed that she 
could not thank us enough. This 
sunny heart had an effect on us that 
made us feel more anxious to see the 
next family. �
At our last stopping 
place we found a mother ironing, 
while around her were four or five 
small children. The condition of the 
children was indeed pitiful. When 
we placed the gifts on the table, 
the mother hardly knew what to say, 
she seemed so glad. These visits 
that we made gave us a better appreci-
ation of our blessings, and a better 
understanding of the condition of 
many around us." 
Any who are interested in this line 
of work, who have friends who would 
read our papers, or know of persons 
with whom we may correspond, can 
address our corresponding secretary, 
Mrs. Paul C. Mason, South Lancas-
ter, Mass. 
'There are hundreds of people suf-
fering in Boston, and any cast-off 
clothing you may send us will be 
used to make some soul happier. 
L. B. Amicx, President, 
J. K. JONES, Secretary. 
MAYAGUEZ, PORTO RICO. 
As YOU all know from the cards we 
wrote, we arrived here January 11. 
We made some pleasant acquaintances 
on the boat, and had some real good 
Bible studies which promise a fruitful 
field for other work, as we have heard 
from some of the persons since com-
ing to Mayaguez, and they are coming 
to see us, and want to know more of 
us. �
One of the interested men is a 
lawyer, and another is superintendent 
of a railway in the New England 
States. He is coming, and wants to 
room in our house. He and his wife 
manifest a real interest in our work. 
It was all so strange to us at first 
that it seemed as though we must be 
dreaming. When we came in sight of 
land it was nearly midnight. That 
night we slept in the boat, and the 
next morning went into the city [San 
Juan]. We could not walk side by 
side on the walks ; they were too nar- 
row. When we met people, if they 
were on the walks, they stepped into 
the streets which were correspondingly 
narrow. The most of the pedestrians 
go in the middle of the street, the 
only obstructions being now and then 
a lazy looking ox-team hauling a 
loaded two-wheeled cart and the 
driver, a barefoot, happy looking fel-
low who did not appear to have ever 
been in a hurry in his life. 
All along the streets were little 
children playing, as destitute of cloth-
ing as when their eyes first saw the 
light. �
They tell me that these chil- 
dren have never known such encum-
brances as any sort of clothing, and 
rebel like soldiers when it becomes 
necessary for their parents to infringe 
upon their rights by reason of age to 
force them to put on a little apron or 
jacket; and they insist upon wearing 
no more than the law allows even then. 
Our boat had gone, so we were 
forced to spend the Sabbath in San 
Juan or travel on the Sabbath. We 
went to a hotel where the proprietor 
was a Swede who spoke a little Eng-
lish ; and by the aid of many gestures 
made us understand what it was nec-
essary for us to know. We had a 
large room, sixteen feet to the ceiling, 
and lighted by a glass in the roof. 
There were two beds with springs, an 
iron wash-stand, a large mirror, and a 
table. The floor was stone. Our 
host was very solicitous for our wel-
fare, and treated us royally. 
Sabbath we organized a Sabbath-
school. Sister Connerly was superin-
tendent, and Brother Connerly taught 
the lesson, which was doubly impres-
sive as we saw everywhere the won-
derful works of God in the beautiful 
tropical plants. The country is like 
a greenhouse only more beautiful, for 
here we have the tropical flowers in 
their own home. 
MR. AND MRS. B. E. CONNERLY. 
( To be concluded.) 
" MINUTES are golden, and should 
be improved to the very best account." 
ATLANTIC ONION GLEANER �
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The FIELD 
DYER BROOK, MAINE. 
WE came to this place two weeks 
ago, and have had good meetings, al- 
it 
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though the snow is so deep that it 
prevents some who would otherwise 
attend. One evening forty-five were 
present, and listened very attentively. 
Some are investigating, and admit the 
Sabbath truth. My health is good, 
and our courage is good in the Lord, 
although we are at present snow-
bound. We think under favorable cir-
cumstances much good may be accom-
plished here by holding public meet-
ings. 
This church is much scattered ; 
and on account of deep snows few 
meet each Sabbath, but the few are 
doing what they can. God grant 
that all our churches may fall into 
line and present an unbroken front. 
Then when the enemy comes in like 
a flood, the Lord will lift up a standard 
against him. Then will the message 
go with the old-time zeal, and a peo-
ple shall be gathered out that shall 
hasten the coming of the Lord, 
Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly. 
J. B. GOODRICH. 
NEW YORK CITY. 
THE work in this city (Manhattan 
District) is progressing as never be-
fore. Perfect unity and harmony ex-
ist in the churches, and all seem to 
have a desire to do what they can for 
the advancement of the work. 
A union meeting was held in church 
number one, January 24, 1903. The 
different churches in the city were 
well represented, and the church was 
crowded to its utmost capacity. A 
very good spirit prevailed. Part of 
the time was devoted to the consider-
ation of the Sabbath-school work. 
Brother S. N. Curtiss, our conference 
Sabbath-school secretary, presided at 
this part of the meeting. Interesting 
papers were read on various topics 
by the members of the different 
churches, after which an opportunity 
was given for questions and inter-
change of thought. 
The meeting was so successful that 
I have appointed another general 
meeting for February 21, 1903, when 
papers will be read on the following 
subjects : General City Missionary 
Work, Foreign Missionary Work, The 
Spirit of Prophecy, The Tithe, Spe-
cial Offerings, Church Schools, The 
Gospel of Health, and many other 
subjects. 
This is to be an all-day meeting. 
and those who come from down town 
will bring their lunches with them. 
The meeting opens at 9:30 A.M., and, 
after several sittings, closes at sunset. 
The work in Carnegie Lyceum is 
progressing as never before. The 
straight, pointed truths are doing their 
work. We have already presented 
the message in all its bearings includ-
ing the spirit of prophecy and kindred 
subjects. The people seem to. drink 
the truths right in. God has greatly 
blessed our work, and we expect to 
see many souls accept the truth as a 
result. Even now we see fruit of our 
labors. 
A number of new ones are at-
tending our Sabbath meetings in the 
different churches. About eight 
weeks ago the colored people, who 
had accepted the truth through the 
mission conducted by Elder S. N. 
Haskell, were organized into a church 
by Elder H. W. Cottrell and the 
writer. Six members joined. The 
next Sabbath five more joined the 
church ; two of these, however, were 
old Sabbath-keepers from other 
churches, making nine new ones in 
all who had accepted the message 
through the work of Brother Ucht-
mann and the mission workers. We 
found the work among the colored 
people to be almost at a standstill 
and in great danger of entire dis-
organization, hence we thought it ad-
visable to ask Brother C. H. Carroll, 
who accepted the truth in this city 
four years ago at our tent effort, and 
who came to us from the Roman Cath-
olic Church, to connect himself with 
this work.. 
Brother Carroll has proved success-
ful beyond our most ardent expecta-
tions. In the few weeks that he has 
been at work for the conference a 
large interest has been aroused, and 
he is busy both night and day visiting, 
holding Bible readings, and preach-
ing. He has gained admission to 
the Methodist and Baptist colored 
churches; and, as a direct result of 
his labors thus far, seven souls have 
accepted the truth and united with 
the church, among them a regularly 
ordained Baptist minister. Many 
more are interested, and the pros-
pects for the colored work in this city 
are much brighter. 
A night school has been started for 
the colored people, anal some of the 
brethren and sisters of church number 
two are giving instructions in reading, 
writing, Bible, history, grammar, and 
other studies. A young people's so-
ciety has been started also, and is 
making very good progress. 
It is our intention to open a church 
school as soon as possible. No part 
of the work is to be neglected. I 
feel thankful for the support that I 
am receiving from the members of the 
different churches. 
The work in New York City is 
rising to the praise and glory of God. 
E. E. FRANKE, 
Superintendent of Manhattan Dist. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
SINCE my last report, I have been 
laboring in Charleston until February 
8, having labored there four weeks. 
As a result of this work, together with 
the faithful efforts of Brother and 
Sister Clark, eleven are now keeping 
the Sabbath, and several other's are 
almost persuaded to obey. 
The call for labor there is still very 
pressing, and we are expecting to re- 
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turn as soon as consistent, and con-
tinue the work. 
My work for January is as follows: 
I preached forty sermons, made sev-
enteen regular missionary visits at 
different homes, distributed four hun-
dred pages of tracts, sold $10 worth 
of " Daniel and Revelation," received 
and read about one hundred letters, 
and wrote ninety letters. 
S. M. COBB. 
COUDERSPORT, PA. 
As expected at the writing of our 
last report, our attendance has grown 
to such an extent that the hall is now 
well filled with earnest listeners every 
night, and the prospects are good for 
immediate results. Already there has 
been a noble response to the voice of 
God, but we long for more to follow. 
We have just entered upon the 
most testing features of the message, 
and greatly desire that God's mind 
be fully met in their presentation. It 
is so sweet to see him work for others 
through humanity, and how precious 
the results when unobstructed. 
We desire the prayers of God's 
people for these just now listening to 
the truths presented, that right de-
cisions be made, and God's approval 
rest upon all. We look only for vic-
tory. 
CHAS. BAIERLE. 
CHESAPEAKE CONFERENCE. 
WORK on the eastern shore of 
Maryland is an interesting problem. 
September 1, I united with Elder F. 
W. Mace in an effort at Fairmount, 
which is in the southern extremity of 
Somerset County bordering on the 
Tangier Sound. Within a radius of 
three miles, there are three settle-
ments. Upper Fairmount, Fairmount, 
and Landonville. There is a post 
office in each settlement. The com-
bined population is about one thousand 
five hundred. 
Before we came here, the Method-
ists had full possession. Their church 
building has a seating capacity of 
about five hundred. In good weather 
it is well filled, especially on Sunday. 
At the extreme end of Lower Fair-
mount, there is a branch of the M. E. 
Church. The minister delivering the 
same discourse in the afternoon that 
was given at the upper church in the 
morning. They pay their preacher 
$1,000 per year. 
The people depend upon what they 
catch in the waters for a living ; and, 
as a rule, are illiterate, somewhat 
superstitious, and, of course, are filled 
with prejudice. 
At the introduction of our work 
here, the report was circulated that we 
came to fight Methodism. This at 
once arrayed the community against 
us. �
This, with a few sermons against 
us by a good speaker, resulted in a 
system of lying and abuse. Our meet-
ings being interrupted at times, by 
firecrackers being discharged in our 
portable tabernacle, and yelling after 
those who attended our meetings. 
All this has been borne with Chris-
tian fortitude until the well-thinking 
portion of the community have signi-
fied their disapproval of such be-
havior, and we are now pleased to 
report that nine are professedly keep-
ing the Sabbath, and as many more 
must soon, or abandon hope of eternal 
life. 
Years of experience in working 
among this class of people have de-
monstrated the truth of the Testimon-
ies, that the minister's work is not 
completed in the pulpit, but rather in 
the homes of the people. 
The people must see and read it 
from their own Bible. They must be 
shown by its connections that it is 
the truth on that point. This, with a 
people who think themselves up-to-
date with the world (and they are in 
dress and custom), and a people who 
do not know the use of a marginal 
reference or a paragraph sign when 
they see one, makes it a problematic 
work for a minister. But God is work-
ing, and souls are growing in grace 
and a knowledge of the truth, and 
while the work is apparently slow, we 
trust God's blessing will make it rapid. 
In your prayers remember Maryland. 
J. F. JONES. 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
ON Sabbath four adults, heads of 
families, offered themselves for bap-
tism. The missionary spirit is taking 
hold of some of the people, and they 
are looking to " the regions beyond." 
At the west-side church there are 
several more who probably will soon 
be ready for baptism. 
The donations last Sabbath for the 
English sanitarium were $15.95. Our 
Buffalo sanitarium is full to over-
flowing. The work with the Signs is 
growing week by week. The cottage 
meetings are making a deep im-
pression. 
A. 0. BURRILL. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
AT the services in the new church 
Sabbath, February 7, the following 
resolutions were unanimously adopted: 
Whereas, The memorial Seventh-
day Adventist church in Washington, 
D. C., has received much help from 
the friends in the capital city ; there-
fore, 
Resolved, that we express our sin-
cere thanks to God who has moved 
upon the hearts of believers in the 
third angel's message, to establish a 
memorial of the saving truth for this 
time in the nation's capital; and, 
Whereas, It is of the utmost im-
portance that this memorial church 
be absolutely free from debt; there-
fore, 
Resolved, That we as a church 
pledge ourselves to do all in our power 
to clear this church at once from all 
indebtedness, and while deeply grate-
ful to our brethren who have enabled 
us to much more than meet the deci-
sive payment due February 2, we 
earnestly request their further coop- 
eration in a determined effort to im-
mediately raise the balance still due 
on this church, and thus establish in 
the heart of the nation, a free memo-
rial, xightly representing the everlast-
ing gospel of the kingdom.. That 
from this church there may be pro-
claimed to the men of the nation the 
truth that makes free indeed, and 
that thus from this city set upon an 
hill, may be published abroad the 
coming of him who brings the eternal, 
the glorious liberty of the sons of God. 
The praise service that followed 
was one never to be forgotten. We 
praised the Lord that he had not only 
helped us financially, in much more 
than meeting the payment of $2,500 
due February 2, but that he was 
pouring out upon the church his 
Holy Spirit, thus fitting them for the 
responsibilities placed upon them by 
the position to which they were called, 
which were made infinitely greater 
and more solemn, by the very trust 
reposed in them by those who had 
sent means to establish the work on a 
foundation suitable to their location 
where the national life centers. 
There were deep heart searchings 
and a most earnest seeking of the 
guidance of the divine Light. All 
felt it was the beginning of better 
days, that the thrilling, the tremen-
dous crisis was just upon us. 
We turn with brightest hopes to 
the future, and yet with solemn, ear-
nest supplication for wisdom and 
light; and we do most earnestly ask 
that all who have sent means to help, 
will follow with their prayers, that 
only the glory of God, the saving of 
souls, and the finishing of his work, 
may be the fruit of the seed thus 
sown. 
All invested here will be returned 
in means and influence to the general 
work. We are sure that in every way 
this investment will prove a great 
blessing to the work. 
Seven thousand nine hundred dol-
lars yet remains to be paid on the 
church. Two brethren, one in Mass- 
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achusetts and one in Maryland have 
each donated $100. A friend, $144.34. 
Sister Weller has given $500. .A few 
more donations like these and all 
would be paid, and our people would 
have made clear to the capital city, 
not only their faith, but would have 
established the credit of our work in 
a way that will prove invaluable. 
We are very thankful for the smal-
ler donations, but we are still hoping 
that some one will be glad to invest 
$1,000 in this enterprise of national 
and universal importance. We are 
certain that those who wish to have a 
part in this work must hasten ; for 
the work will surely be cut short ; the 
crisis is very near ; the ends of the 
world are come. 
J. S. WASUBURN. 
VIRGINIA. 
As I have not reported for some 
time, I will give a few items. I left 
Lynchburg the 20th of October for 
Stanleyton. Here I assisted Elder 
Hottel in a two weeks' meeting, and, 
as stated, in his report, twelve united 
with the church. It was my happy 
lot to bury these in baptism.. Two of 
my own daughters were among the 
number. I held meetings one week 
after Brother Hottel left. From 
there I went to Alexandria, and held 
a few meetings in connection with 
Brother Herrell. I found some happy 
faces here. Quite a number of these 
came out three years ago when we 
were there with the tent. Others 
have been added since. The interest 
is still good, and God is using Brother 
Herrell to find some precious souls 
here who did not have courage to 
take their stand in the past for the 
Lord. 
It was decided by the conference 
committee that I visit the Arlington 
church, and stay as long as the inter-
est demanded, So I remained there 
about two weeks; but the weather 
was so bad and the roads were so 
muddy, that the people could not 
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get out. Two expressed a desire to 
reconsecrate their lives to the Lord. 
From here I went to the Kilmarnock 
church and held meetings two weeks, 
which lasted till near the close of the 
week of prayer. The Lord came 
into our meetings and blessed us, 
although the weather was very rainy 
and bad. But those who were not of 
our faith seemed deeply stirred. The 
first day of the week of prayer was a 
day long to be remembered by all ; 
for the Lord was with us. There are 
a great many calls in this part of the 
State for labor. From this place I 
came home to look after my family 
and arrived here the 26th of December, 
and was with the church the last Sab-
bath of the meetings. I also held 
the quarterly meeting here the second 
Sabbath in January. On my way 
home I gave a talk at the hotel where 
I stopped over night at Lodge ; and 
the keeper has become interested, 
also a lady of the Baptist church who 
is a Bible student. The man is a jus-
tice of the peace, and he says if we 
will come and hold meetings he will 
get the village hall for us. We are 
sending these persons reading mat-
ter. I gave two talks on the boat 
the next night to a goodly number of 
persons. Then they began to ask me 
questions, and I praise God for the 
help he gave me in answering them. 
They asked for reading matter. 
How good it is to rest in the Lord 
and wait for him. It is sweet to work 
for Jesus. 
T. H. PAINTER. 
Feb. 2, 1903. 
THE LABORERS IN MAINE. 
SINCE last reporting I have spent 
time at Norridgewock, Falmouth, 
Lewiston, and Portland. At. Nor-
ridgewock I met with the conference 
committee, and quite extensive plans 
were formulated for the work in 
Maine. 
The committee approved of the 
larger work which .the tract society is 
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carrying forward. It seemed to be 
the unanimous opinion that tract soci-
eties have a much broader field than 
just the routine work of debit and 
credit, which of course is necessary. 
The secretary is full of enthusiasm 
to see a larger work accomplished by 
the office, and we are now testing 
some new lines, of which we will 
write more later. 
At Falmouth, church officers were 
elected, and a good spirit was mani-
fested in taking hold of the tract work. 
At Lewiston also there was a good 
response to the invitation to take up 
the tract work, and there is certainly a 
great field for the work there. May 
the Lord bless the faithful few at 
Lewiston, and give them souls for 
their hire. 
At Portland and North Deering we 
have been working up the church-
school question, and the outlook is 
very favorable for a school to open 
this spring; in fact nearly enough 
money is already pledged for this 
purpose. 
Elder Dexter and wife, also Miss 
Snow, are finding in their work many 
interested ones at Deering and Port-
land. Some have already begun the 
observance of the Sabbath, and of 
others they are very hopeful. 
Last Sabbath and Sunday Elder 
Dexter was at Brownfield again, and 
reports many interested there, and 
the prospect is that more will yet obey. 
In a letter recently received from 
Elder Goodrich, h e reports good 
meetings held among the churches in 
Aroostook County. All will be glad 
to know that he is able to get among 
the people, and continue the work 
that has been so dear to him for so 
many years. 
Elder Hersum reports ten or twelve 
new Sabbath-keepers at Bowdoin. A 
Sabbath-school of twenty-one mem-
bers has been organized there. 
One night recently spent at Elder 
Basney's found him much improved 
in health, which all will be glad to 
know. �P. F. BICKNELL. 
PAWTUCKET, R. I., GENERAL MEETING. 
ACCORDING to appointment, this 
meeting began Friday evening, the 
30th ult. The first service was held 
at the home of Sister McClements. 
We were glad to welcome at this meet-
ing brethren and sisters from the 
Providence church. 
Sabbath, at 10 : 30 A.M., at the time 
appointed for the Sabbath-school, a 
goodly number had assembled. Al-
though there had been no arrange-
ment made for a Sabbath-school con-
vention previous to the meeting ; yet 
notwithstanding that, it was thought 
best to devote the time of the regular 
Sabbath-school exercises to conven-
tion work. 
A program was arranged upon a 
short notice, on different phases of 
this important line of work. 
The first topic discussed was " The 
Object of the Sabbath-school." It 
was shown that the object was the 
salvation of souls. The thought was 
emphasized that in every department 
of the work the salvation of souls 
should be the objective point. 
The elder of the Providence church, 
Brother J. F. Archibald, spoke to the 
subject " How to Make the Sab-
bath-school Work the Most Effective." 
Among the many valuable and practi-
cal suggestions were the following : 
Be punctual, study the lesson, dis-
courage the use of the written ques-
tions during the recitation, have a suf-
ficient supply of helps but not an 
over supply, and always make the 
work a special subject of prayer. 
Sister Waldron, of Providence, 
spoke on the interesting topic, " How 
to Interest the Young People in the 
Sabbath-school." �
The s p e a k e r 
thought this question was one that 
meant something quite different to 
Sabbath-keeping young people than it 
would to interest young people in the 
Sunday-school work; for that is done 
by amusements and entertainments, 
for their selfish gratification. An in-
stance was referred to in this connec- 
tion, of a young lady of her acquaint-
ance who united with the Episcopal 
Church, that she might have part in 
entertainments. 
Blackboard illustrations were rec-
ommended as an important thing to 
interest the young. The importance 
of the teacher's having a thorough 
knowledge of the lesson was empha-
sized. 
The difficulty of interesting the 
children of those who did not em-
brace the truth until their children 
were partly grown was suggested. 
Brother Joseph McGowan, the elder 
of the Pawtucket church, presented 
some interesting thoughts on this 
topic. He expressed himself as real-
izing from experience that the ques-
tion of interesting the young people 
was one fraught with difficulties. 
Brother H. C. Wilcox spoke on a 
phase of the work entitled, " The Most 
Important Thing in the Sabbath-
school Work." The Holy Spirit was 
shown to lie at the foundation of every 
line of Sabbath-school work. These 
talks, with the discussions that fol-
lowed, proved to be profitable and in-
teresting to all, and we believe that 
as a result a new life will be given to 
the work in the schools represented. 
The services that followed Sabbath 
afternoon proved to be a pentecostal 
season. After the discourse an op-
portunity was extended to all present 
who desired to seek the Lord, for 
themselves, their relatives, and friends, 
to come forward to the front seats. 
Nearly all present responded to the 
call, and there followed a most re- 
freshing season. �
Heartfelt confes- 
sions were made, and as a result the 
Lord came preciously near. 
Sunday morning Brother H. C. Wil-
cox gave an interesting talk on the 
importance of the canvassing work. 
Appropriate selections were read from 
the recent Testimonies emphasizing 
the various points presented. 
This address was supplemented by 
remarks from the writer in making an 
appeal for the Life Boat work. It 
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was indeed gratifying to note the 
spirit of doing something for the Lord 
that was manifested by those present. 
Sunday afternoon, after a short ser-
mon, the work of the conference was 
placed before the people. The reso-
lutions that were adopted at our last 
annual conference were read and con-
sidered. The same willingness that 
characterized those who were in at-
tendance at the conference prevailed 
at this meeting ; for when the resolu-
tion concerning the Material Fund 
was presented, there was $36.33, con-
sisting of pledges and cash, received 
in a few minutes. 
The other lines of work received 
their due proportion of attention. 
The closing service was held Sunday 
evening, at which the writer spoke to 
a well-filled house, many of whom 
were not of our faith. 
This was my first visit with these 
dear churches, and I am sure that 
the memories of these Christian asso-
ciations will be cherished by me, and 
will stimulate me to greater earnest-
ness in the work of the Lord. 
Sunday evening Brother Wilcox and 
I accompanied Brother Alex Martin 
• 
and his sister Lillie to their hospitable 
home in Attleboro. Our hearts were 
cheered to observe the interest of the 
representatives of the truth in this 
• 
place to advance the work of the 
o �
Lord,. 
K. C. RUSSELL. 
THE WORK IN EVERETT. 
THE GLEANER family needs no in-
troduction to the work Brother C. 
E. Palmer has been doing in Everett, 
Boston, and vicinity for a number of 
years in assisting the poor. On Sab-
bath, January 31, I had the pleasure 
of meeting with the church in this 
city; and it rejoiced my heart to see 
so large a number present both at the 
Sabbath-school, and the preaching 
service. There were between thirty 
and forty present, and a good interest 
was manifest to hear the word of God. 
Though a great deal of prejudice ex-
isted years ago when this work was 
first started, because of his being a 
Seventh-day Adventist, through the 
faithful and devoted life, as well as 
the unselfish service rendered to all 
classes who have been in need, this 
barrier has to a large extent been 
broken away ; and all classes and sects 
unite in helping along this good work. 
This naturally would bring these 
people, both the rich and the poor, to 
want to know what Seventh-day Ad-
ventists believe and teach ; as a re-
sult there have been a number of peo-
ple brought into the full light of pres-
ent truth, who are to-day rejoicing in 
the knowledge of the third angel's 
message. 
The work is spreading ; and there 
are to-day a goodly number of people 
who are very much interested to know 
more about the word of God. Besides 
several regular workers that are in 
constant employ, going from house to 
house with the- Signs, Bible Training 
School, Good Health, and other papers 
and books, Sister Downs is kept quite 
busy giving Bible readings to ten or 
more families a week. And still more 
workers could be kept busy, because 
of the demands that are constantly in-
creasing. 
A beautiful spirit of harmony and 
happiness prevails among the work-
ers ; and all seem to be of one mind 
and of one accord to do the work of 
the Lord. 
At our last Sabbath's meeting one 
soul, to whom Sister Downs had been 
giving a few readings, was deeply im-
pressed by the Holy Spirit to give her 
heart fully to the Lord ; and she found 
the Saviour precious to her soul, and 
knew that she had received the for-
giveness of her sins. 
We hope the Lord will bless the 
work in Everett. �
It certainly is evi- 
dent that the good hand of God is 
upon them ; and now that Brother 
Palmer's family is with him a still 
greater work we hope will be done for 
the cause, by God's grace. 
And may it be that in every place 
we shall see much of the presence of 
the power of the Spirit working with 
the workers to win souls, not to self, 
but for the Lord Jesus Christ, that 
everywhere there may be souls added 
daily such as shall be saved. 
F. C. GILBERT. 
VERMONT TITHE REPORT 
For January, 1903. 
Barre �
Church, 
Bordoville 
Burlington 
CZ 
Charleston 
'' 
Hartland 
Jamaica 
tt 
Johnson 
Middlebury 
C C 
Morrisville 
'' 
Northfield 
Rutland 
Sutton 
4 
Troy 
44 
Vergennes 
C C 
Warren 
Weston, 
4t 
Wolcott, 
Individuals, 
$11.61 
72.20 
47.24 
58.00 
43.11 
29.81 
18.49 
28.55 
18.19 
16.80 
113.40 
15.47 
5.20 
39.70 
3.00 
3.37 
22.62 
43.46 
$590.22 
F. M. DANA, Treasurer. 
ELGIN, PA. 
SINCE my last report, I have held 
quarterly meeting with the Edinboro 
and Lowville churches. At both 
these places, we enjoyed much of the 
blessing of God, and the members 
are proving their faithfulness by the 
'earnest efforts put forth to advance 
the cause we all love so much. 
In Union City the work is in a 
very encouraging condition. With a 
greater knowledge of God's word, 
there has come a corresponding 
growth in grace to those who accepted 
the light of truth during the tent effort 
held here last summer; and this win-
ter, as I have been able to do more 
personal work, new ones have been 
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added to the number, while others are 
deeply interested. 
Last Wednesday evening, I began 
a series of meetings at Elgin, a place 
five miles south of Union City. There 
is a class of people, who have their 
stronghold here, who call themselves 
" Gospel Workers." They are better 
known, however, as the Holy Rollers. 
No one can form any idea of the 
disorder, shouting, jumping, dancing, 
etc., in which these people engage, 
and all this confusion is attributed to 
God's Holy Spirit. 
Since the only place we could get 
in which to hold our meetings, was 
the union church where the Gospel 
Workers meet, we feared the people 
would not attend our meetings very 
well, as the entire community has be-
come disgusted with the disorderly 
ways of this people ; but we were very 
agreeably surprised, as our congrega-
tion numbered about one hundred the 
first night, and has increased right 
along. 
Elgin is not a large place, but the 
people come from Concord and Bea-
ver Dam. As sleighing has been 
very good, they use large sleighs, 
more roomy than elegant, perhaps, 
but which answer the purpose ad-
mirably. 
It is very interesting to see the 
people waiting, all along the way, for 
these sleighs. The first night only 
one sleigh was used, but this did not 
meet the demand, and on Monday 
night they had increased to four, one 
having thirty passengers. 
We rejoice in the Lord's goodness, 
and in the privilege of being co-
workers with him. 
Remember the work here in your 
prayers. 
MORRIS LUKENS. 
CHESWOLD, DEL. 
THE work in this part of the field 
is progressing well considering the 
circumstances. We have been hold-
ing meetings for about three months, 
and the weather has been against us 
all the time. It has rained or snowed 
almost every night that we had an 
appointment for meeting ; and in the 
midst of all this the Lord blessed us 
in our labors here. At the first bap-
tism, in the early part of our meet-
ings, I baptized nine, and two united 
with the church who had given 
up the truth, making eleven who 
united in the early part of our meet-
ing. On the second day of this month 
I baptized two more near Marydell ; 
and, the Lord willing, I shall bap-
tize two more next Sabbath, February 
14, which will make fifteen who have 
come into the truth from these meet-
ings. There are several more who 
are interested in the message ; and I 
think if the weather had been good 
so we could have kept the message 
fresh in the minds of the people, 
there would have a much larger num-
ber accepted the faith. But we feel 
to praise the Lord for what he has 
done here this season. The church 
here is in a good spiritual condition, 
and nearly all are strong in the faith, 
and are beginning to catch the mis-
sionary spirit. Some are canvassing 
with good results. 
One sister of our church is teach-
ing our church school, and the school 
is in a good condition, for which we 
thank the Lord. We are holding the 
school in one room in my house. It 
is not so large this year as it has been 
in past terms ; as a goodly number of 
our people have moved away, and it 
is too far for them to attend ; but 
there are eighteen students enrolled. 
We trust God may open the way for 
us to build a schoolhouse by next 
term, so that our surroundings will 
be better, and we hope to commence 
a little earlier in the season. 
May God add unto our number 
daily such as shall be saved. 
FRED If SEENEY. 
" COMMIT thy way unto the Lord ; 
trust also in him ; and he shall bring 
it to pass." 
EDUCATIONAL 
OUR ACADEMY AND 
CHURCH-SCHOOLS 
OUR PERILOUS TIMES. 
THERE is great danger of us who 
are here in school little realizing the 
times in which we live �
the great 
work that is going on in the earth. 
The Scripture has said very clearly 
that the end of all things is at hand. 
The scripture which I read to you 
this morning is a very clear exposi-
tion of the times in which we live. 
We are united here in our work ; we 
are not brought in very close touch 
with the world, and we are very liable 
to forget that Satan is at work, that 
God is at work too ; that two great 
forces, the force of good and the 
force of evil, have entered upon and 
are engaged in the last great final 
struggle. 
My mind has been especially drawn 
out of late upon a number of points 
that are showing in a very clear and 
unmistakable way the trend of events. 
A gentleman told me over in Syracuse 
the other day,—a gentleman whom I 
should say was not given to making 
extravagant statements,—one w h o 
would be very careful of what he 
said,—that within the past three weeks 
indulgences had been sold by the 
Catholic Church in that city. Now 
you who understand history will know 
at once that if, indeed, that statement 
is true, it is very significant. Not 
that only, but there was a series of 
lectures given by a prominent Catho-
lic in that city, in which he took the 
ground that they were going to use 
force to bring Protestants into the 
church. 
The significance of all this is that 
we are coining into a time when 
Rome will assert itself again. One 
way in which this will be done, 
is through the laws. Roman Catho-
lics are getting into official positions 
all over this country, everywhere. 
You will find if you examine it closely 
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that the governments of our great 
cities are quite largely managed by 
Roman Catholics. Protestantism is 
ceasing to protest. You will notice 
that in the commission appointed by 
the president of the United States to 
settle this coal strike, a bishop of 
the Roman Catholic Church was 
placed on that commission, Bishop 
Folley. A leading Catholic paper 
said concerning this appointment that 
a few years ago it would have been 
utterly impossible to appoint any such 
officer of the Roman Catholic Church 
on such a commission ; but now the 
president of the United States has 
appointed such an officer, and we 
have looked in vain to see any pro-
test against such an appointment. 
The word protestant meant at one 
time a great deal. It found its em-
bodiment when Luther nailed his 
theses on the church door. That was 
protesting ; protesting against the 
evils done by the Roman Catholic 
Church. . . . Is it any wonder 
then that a prominent Catholic in a 
large city can get up in that city, and 
say we have come to the time now 
when we will force this union ? We 
have come to the time when Rome is 
leading back the people of the world 
into its toils ? Who is going to pro-
test against this mighty movement? 
Are you ? I am. I am going to take 
a stronger stand, a stronger position 
in these matters. I am going to let 
my voice be heard more often than it 
has been in the past, in public, in 
private, wherever I have the opportu-
nity to protest. I want the spirit of 
Martin Luther to be in my life. I 
want to tell you that this is not a man-
made spirit. It will do me no good to 
read the life of Martin Luther as a 
hero. I must be inspired by the faith 
that inspired Luther. He recognized 
that justification comes not by works, 
but by the free gift of Jesus Christ. 
We must recognize the same thing, 
and recognize it so fully that it will 
make a change in our lives. Then, 
and then only, we can protest against 
the Roman Catholic Church. The 
very fact that we stand out and say, 
Jesus Christ is enthroned in human 
flesh, in your flesh, in my flesh, is in 
itself a protest against the evils and 
wrongs of the papacy. That will 
make us protest in private, in our 
homes, in our class rooms, anywhere 
and everywhere. That is the spirit 
of Martin Luther and that is the 
spirit we want. 
The hearts of men are failing them' 
for fear, and they have good reason, 
too. And when the hearts of men 
are failing them, then it is that we are 
to look up and rejoice for our redemp-
tion draws near. " Let not your 
heart be troubled." No indeed, 
these very things are to be a ground-
work upon which we are to stand. 
We have just passed through a ter-
rible coal strike. We have felt it in 
the New England States in an espe-
cial way. But the anthracite coal 
question is not nearly as large a ques-
tion as the soft coal question, and 
now a soft coal strike is threatened. 
Now, I might think that this thing 
could be averted if it were not for the 
fact that politics are so terribly mixed 
up in such questions. 
We have right upon us a calamity 
in another way, and that is the bread 
question. We are threatened with a 
bread famine in the East. There is 
to-day in Boston but half the number 
of barrels of flour that there was a 
year ago. Railroads are not shipping 
flour; millers are not milling it. 
Flour has advanced fifty cents a bar-
rel during last week here in Boston. 
Now this may not affect us very much. 
We may have enough to carry us over. 
The coal situation has not troubled 
us very much ; but it is a very serious 
question to the poor, and the world is 
full of poor people. The reason of 
these great strikes, the reason of 
these 'great famines—bread famines 
and other famines—lies in the fact 
that,the principle of right and truth 
is going out of the hearts of man-
kind. The Spirit of God is being 
withdrawn from the earth. I can take 
you back through history, and point 
out periods and localities where there 
has been suffering ; but here is a time 
when the want and suffering is world-
wide and that is the trouble of it. You 
will find trouble and famine and war 
in every part of this known world. 
The United States have war on their 
hands. There is yet to-day practi-
cally a war situation in South Africa. 
The British government has not paci-
fied those people yet, and there is a 
strong feeling to stir up this trouble 
again. In the northern part of Af-
rica there is a serious war question ; 
and the same in India and China. It 
is war, war, and rumors of war all the 
time and everywhere. 
We claim that we live in the freest 
country under the sun, and I do not 
know but we do ; but I tell you that 
we are being drawn into a terrible 
political maelstrom. Corrupt men are 
getting the power of legislatures in 
their hands and carrying on the gov-
ernment as they wish. Delaware has 
not been represented in the Senate for 
some time. Why ? Because a man 
by the name of Addicks has through 
corrupt means gotten hold of things 
in such a way that he proposes to pre-
vent the election of a senator until he 
is elected. There are many points of 
this nature that I could speak of. 
What mean these things, this morn-
ing, to you, young people ? I tell you 
that you need to see where we are 
standing, and to pray that these things 
may bring to you a spirit of earnest-
ness and seriousness ; that the spirit 
of the Reformers may enter your 
lives, and that God may give you 
strength, and grace to do your work. 
We are living in a period of the 
world's history when we have no time 
for light, trivial thoughts and talk. 
We are living in a time when we 
should be looking for ,the coming of 
the Lord. Unless you and I are 
thinking of these things, and talking 
of these things, and praying about 
these things, we need never expect to 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
go forth from this school to do the 
work of the Lord. If you go from 
this school to work for the Lord, it 
will be because you are here holding 
these things in your lives. You are 
in constant association with one an-
other. What is to be the thought in 
your association ? �
Let it be these 
questions which I have presented this 
morning. Think upon these things, 
talk about these things, and it will fit 
you to do this work for God. God is 
going to have some one to do this 
work, and no one can do it except 
those who have these things in mind. 
" As a man thinketh so is he." As a 
man talketh so is he. 
" Blessed is that servant, whom his 
Lord when he cometh shall find so 
doing "—watching. Think of a sen-
tinel set to watch an army. Do you 
think that a faithful sentinel would 
be thinking and talking about any-
thing and everything, and not look-
ing for the foe. One of the most 
striking pictures I ever saw of Napo-
leon was one in which he was in a 
field beside an awaking sentinel. 
The sentinel had evidently grown 
weary and had gone to sleep as he 
was leaning against a shock of grain. 
Napoleon had come along and found 
him sleeping, and had picked up his 
gun and stood near him. The pic-
ture represented Napoleon looking off 
to the east in the gray of the break-
ing day as though every man were 
doing his duty. The sentinel was 
just awaking from his sleep, and his 
feelings were clearly depicted as he 
came to realize that he had been 
asleep before Napoleon, his com-
mander. We do not want to be like 
the sleeping sentinel. We want to be 
found wide-awake, and seeing in pass-
ing events the signs of our times. 
We want to keep these things be-
fore you. You have the reading ta-
bles here with the papers and maga-
zines. We have selected the best 
papers for you to read, in order that 
you may become conversant with the 
times in which we live; that you may 
take the paper in one hand and your 
Bible in the other hand and see where 
we are standing. I may talk to you, 
the word of God may talk to you, 
passing events may talk to you, but it 
takes the Spirit of God to impress 
these truths upon you. Give it free 
course in your hearts. 
FREDERICK GRIGGS. 
SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY. 
Twentieth Annual Session of Stockholders. 
FIRST MEETING. 
THE stockholders convened in the 
church at South Lancaster, Mass., 
pursuant to legal appointment in Re-
view and Herald, at 4 P.M., Monday, 
February 9, 1903. President H. W. 
Cottrell in the chair. �
Prayer was 
offered by 0. 0. Farnsworth and 
others. 
The roll being called, it was found 
that one hundred and eighty-five shares 
were represented in person. On ex-
amination of proxies, it was deter-
mined that one hundred and eighty-
two shares were represented by proxy. 
The auditor, D. B. Parmelee, being 
called upon to make his report said in 
part as follows : " I am unable to 
make such a report at this time as 
this body desires and is entitled to. 
We have found it necessary to investi-
gate thoroughly a few of the old ac-
counts. As an illustration we found 
a discrepancy in our note account, 
showing a difference between the 
ledger and the note record of about 
$3,000. We considered that this 
amount was such as to demand a 
thorough investigation. We have 
had to go back to 1889 the last place 
where this account balanced, make a 
dummy of every note that has been 
issued or received, and enter all items 
of interest, payments, etc., on these 
dummy notes. In this work we have 
gotten down to the period ending 
June 30, 1899. Another thing that 
has hindered in this work is the fact 
that in the establishment of our com-
mercial department I was asked to 
take this work, and in view of the 
fact that no one else could be obtained 
for it, consented to do so. In the 
establishment of our commercial de-
partment, we have adapted certain 
lines of our regular accounting to its 
work. This has taken much time and 
thought. We are not making a simple 
audit. We are making a thorough in-
vestigation of the books, and ascer-
taining definitely the financial stand-
ing of the institution. We shall hurry 
this work along just as rapidly as 
possible, and when we have com-
pleted it, shall be able to make to the 
stockholders and the people of the 
Atlantic Union Conference a clear 
and definite statement." 
Brother' Parmelee was asked as to 
the amount of interest that had been 
paid. He replied that " up to June 
30, 1902, over $30,000 had actually 
been paid since the founding of the 
school, which is about $1,500 an-
nually." He said that the people of 
this Union Conference had said that 
they had been asked to pay the debt 
over and over again, and had wondered 
where the money had gone to. This 
interest account would solve this 
question to a large extent. 
The reading of the report of the 
treasurer was waived. 
It was moved that the chair appoint 
the necessary committees. �
Carried. 
The chair appointed the following 
committees : On nominations, G. B. 
Thompson, R. A. Underwood, W. M. 
Lee, J. E. Jayne, and D. W. Johnson; 
on plans, E. E. Miles, 0. 0. Farns-
worth, A. E. Place, R. A. Underwood, 
G. B. Thompson, J. E. Jayne, J. W. 
Watt, S. N. Curtiss, and H. H. Stacy. 
On motion the meeting adjourned 
until 10:30 A.M., February 10. 
SECOND MEETING. 
Meeting called to order at 10:30 
A.M., February 10. President H. W. 
Cottrell in the chair. �
Prayer by 
Elder S. N. Haskell. 
The minutes of the first meeting 
were read and approved. 
The report of the committee on 
THIRD MEETING. 
Meeting called to order at 2:30 P.M., 
February 10. Prayer by P. F. Bick- 
nell. �
The secretary's report of the 
second meeting was read and ap-
proved. 
The committee on plans recom-
mend the following : 
1. We request each conference in 
the Atlantic Union Conference to con-
sider the advisability of holding in-
stitutes, where practical, between this 
time and the tent meeting season in 
which the conference and new recruits 
shall devote at least one half the time 
to selling " Christ's Object Lessons " 
and other books. 
2. Resolved, That we ask the trus-
tees of this corporation to carefully 
consider the advisability of providing 
employment for worthy young ladies 
who desire to obtain an education and 
are not financially able to meet the ex-
penses of attending the school. 
3. We ask the board of trustees to 
take earnest steps to secure the re-
mainder of the funds necessary, and if 
possible erect a dormitory for the 
young men this spring. 
Each of the resolutions was dis-
cussed quite fully, and on motion each 
was separately adopted. 
The minutes of the third meeting 
were read and approved. 
On motion the meeting adjourned 
sine die. 
HAMPTON W. COTTRELL, Chairman, 
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary. 
THE BOOK WORK. 
Pennsylvania Conference, Week Ending February 6, 1903. 
Name �
I Place I Book I Days I Hrs Ords I Value I Helps I Total I Del'd 
W. W. Moore, Somerset, �
P & P �16 �
1 �
4.50 21.60 26.10 
G. F. B. Unger, Vera Cruz �
P & P �
1 �
3.00 �
5.00 �
8.00 �
6.25 
*J.Q.Herrington, Alleg'ny Co., P & P �48 �
16 �
46.25 21.50 67.75 
T. D. Gibson, Uniontown, �
P & P �28 �
7 �
17.50 �
5.00 22.50 46.75 
W. J. Hackett, Johnstown, �
P & P �20 �16.50 16.50 33.00 
W. H. Zeidler, Braddock, �
G C �16 �
1 �
2.25 13.75 16.00 
W. C. Fleisher, Braddock, �
G C �14 �
5 �
12.75 11.75 24.50 �
2.50 
T. 0. Saxton, Indiana, �
D & R �36-2 13 �
33.50 �
3.00 36.50 �
7.75 
Mrs. T. D. Gibson, Uniontown, L G �8 �
2 �
7.00 �
7.00 13.50 
Andrew Ness, Scottdale, �
C K �26 �
15 �
15.00 �
8.50 23.50 
L. H. Yothers, Vandergrift, H of M �35 �
23 �
33.00 13.00 46.00 
1.J. G. Saunders, Brockport, M of N �
5 �
6.25 48.99 �
55.24 
W. T. Hilgert, Philadelphia, �
4.00 
Totals, �
13 Agents, �
2471/2 89 $197.50 $172.59 $370.09 $80.75 
*Five weeks. 
t Four weeks. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New England Conference, Week Ending February 6, 1903. 
Name �
I Place I Book I Days I Hrs Ords I Value I Helps I Total I Del'd 
J. E. Leighton, Reading, �
D of A 
E. Mitchell, Reading, �D of A 
Lottie Wright, Milford, �
D of A 
M. Adelaide Higgins, Lowell, G C 
R. C. Andrews, Salisbury, �
C 0 L 
33 
27 
10 
6 19.75 
2 �
6.00 
1 �
3.50 
2 �
6.50 
19 23.75 
7.25 27.00 .75 
4.25 10.25 9.50 
3.50 29.25 
.50 �
7.00 
6.50 30.25 12.75 
Totals, �
5 Agents, �
70 �
30 $59.55 $18.50 $78.05 $52.25 
Union Conference Totals, �
I Days I Hrs Ords I Value I Helps I Total I Deliver'd 
18 Agents, �
3181/2' 119 �
$257.05 $191.09 $448.14 $133.00 
ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER �
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nominations was called for, and they 
submitted the following : For Board of 
Trustees for the ensuing year, Hamp-
ton W. Cottrell, William A. Wilcox, 
Albert E. Place, George B. Thomp-
son, Rufus A. Underwood, John W. 
Watt, J. Edward Jayne, Orville 0. 
Farnsworth, Preston F. Bicknell; for 
President, Hampton W. Cottrell ; Sec-
retary, Frederick Griggs ; Treasurer, 
George W. Palmer ; Auditor, Dwight 
B. Parmelee. For advisory members 
of the board, S. M. Cobb. R. D. 
Hottel, and S. N. Curtiss. 
It was moved by E. E. Miles, sec-
onded by H. H. Stacy, to adopt the 
report of the committee. On motion 
the chair appointed W. M. Lee and 
Frederick Griggs tellers. The ballots 
being counted, it was found that 437 
votes had been cast. Of these George 
B. Thompson received 437, J. Ed-
ward Jayne, 437, Preston F. Bicknell, 
437, William A. Wilcox, 435, John 
W. Watt, 435, Orville 0. Farnsworth, 
418, Hampton W. Cottrell, 395, Ru-
fus A. Underwood, 390, Albert E. 
Place, 329, Wilbur L. Payne, 127. 
For president Hampton W. Cottrell 
received 306 votes, for secretary 
• 
Frederick Griggs, 328 ; for treasurer, 
George W. Palmer, 304 ; for auditor, 
Dwight B. Parmelee, 328 ; 348 votes 
each were cast for S. M. Cobb, R. D. 
Hottel, and S. N. Curtiss as advisory 
• 
members of the board. The chair-
man declared the nominees elected 
and the report adopted. 
Treasurer Fred E. Pierce, being 
called upon to report, replied that on 
account of the changes in the books 
referred to in the auditor's report he 
was unable to prepare a definite state-
ment. He reported, however, that 
$24,505.96 had been received from 
the sale of " Christ's Object Lessons." 
Of this amount $14,608.11 had been 
paid on the principal of notes held 
against the Academy ; $4,269.91 on 
interest, and $1,608.82 on old ac-
counts outside of notes. 
On motion the meeting adjourned 
until 2:30 P.M., the same day. 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
ITEMS OF INTEREST 
BOSTON FIELD. 
—The Sunday evening services will 
soon be resumed in the city. 
—Vere S. Richards spent last Sun-
day with friends in Nashua, N. H. 
—Brethren Ogden and Irons, of the 
South Lancaster Academy, were in 
the city last week. 
—Cottage meetings are being con-
ducted each week in Dorchester, Mal-
den, and Somerville. 
--There is rejoicing among the 
coal consumers in Boston since the 
price of it has been reduced. 
—Sister Louise Nelson, who has 
been spending some time in Attle-
boro, has now returned to Boston. 
—The question of establishing a 
hygienic restaurant in the city in the 
near future is being considered. 
—The gospel workers' training class 
that meets each Thursday evening in 
room C, Tremont Temple, is grow-
ing in interest. 
—The L1/4 Boat campaign in Bos-
ton is onward, and a goodly number 
of both old and young are enlisting 
in the good work. 
—Elder G. E. Fifield, and a num-
ber of our people from the West New-
ton church, were in attendance at the 
service in Boston last Sabbath. 
—Sister Merna Lee, the daughter 
of W. M. Lee, the treasurer of the 
New England Sanitarium, spent a few 
days at the sanitarium in Melrose last 
week. 
—It is expected that there will be 
seven candidates immersed in the 
Lorimer Hall baptistry, in the Tre-
mont Temple building, Sabbath, the 
14th inst. The service will begin at 
3- P.M. 
—Last Sabbath was another excel-
lent day for the Boston church, when 
Elder R. A. Underwood gave his in- 
teresting discourse on " God's plan in 
bestowing honor and glory upon man 
contrasted with Satan's." 
K. C. RUSSELL. 
ACADEMY NOTES. 
--The stockholders' meeting last 
week brought to us quite a number of 
old friends and acquaintances. 
—The young people shipped last 
week a large barrel of groceries, etc., 
to Brother Palmer for his work in 
Boston and vicinity. 
We were favored with talks dur-
ing the chapel hour several times last 
week from different members of the 
board and others. 
—Miss Mabel Williams, who was 
called to her home on account of the 
sickness and death of her father, has 
returned to her work in the school 
once more. 
Quite a number of our young 
people are engaged Fridays, and such 
other time as they can get, in the sale 
of the _Life Boat. They all report 
success, and a large measure of the 
blessing of God in their work. 
—Most of our students who have 
been obliged to be away from their 
class work on account of illness are 
now back with us. We are glad 
once more to see their seats in the 
chapel and in the class rooms filled. 
We feel to thank our kind heavenly 
Father for his care over us all during 
this time of sickness. 
—Elder E. E. Miles, and Brother 
H. C. Wilcox spent Sunday, February 
15, with the students in the interests 
of the canvassing work. Elder Miles 
occupied the chapel hour presenting 
the importance and needs of the work. 
Some twenty passed in -their names 
as desiring to talk further relative to 
this line of work for the coming sum-
mer. We trust a good company may 
go forth from this school into the 
canvassing field the coming season. 
" THE Son of man came not to be 
ministered unto, but to minister." 
OBITUARY NOTICES 
PAINTER.—Mrs. Annie Painter, the mother 
of Brother Henry Painter and my father, 
died Jan. 31, 1903. She was 88 years, 9 
months, and 17 days old, and was the mother 
of seven children, four sons and three 
daughters. She had forty-three grandchil-
dren and ninety-six great-grandchildren. By 
her request the writer preached the funeral 
sermon to a large congregation. Our large 
church would not hold the people. Her 
two sons, Henry and William, and grand-
sons, Edward and Peter, bore her to her 
resting-place till the. Life-giver comes. The 
funeral texts were Job 7 : 8, 9, 21. 
T. H. PAINTER. 
ASIILEY,—Rachel C. Ashley, the widow 
of Richard Ashley, of Dartmouth, Mass., 
died on February 6, at the age of 79 years 
and 9 months. Sister Ashley was one of 
the very first Seventh-day Adventists in the 
world, and was highly respected by all who 
knew her. She leaves a daughter, and a 
number of grandchildren. The funeral took 
place on February 9. 
It was in Dartmouth where our dear sis-
ter, E. 0. White, first took up the burden 
of the third angel's message. In the year 
1844 Brother T. M. Preble first wrote a 
small tract on the Sabbath. He had it 
printed, and left a copy of it under the door 
of Elder Philip Collins' house. Ile read it 
carefully. and soon after embraced the truth 
with his whole family. It was at this time 
that Captain Joseph Bates was on his way 
home from New Hamphsire. While he 
crossed the Fair Haven bridge, he met 
one of the brethren who greeted him with 
this question: Captain Bates, what is the 
latest news ? To which the captain re-
sponded, while holding up both hands : 
" The seventh day is the Sabbath of the 
Lord thy God." It was not long after this 
that both Brother and Sister Ashley em-
braced the Sabbath, and both were stead-
fast until the end. 
W. R. UCHTMANN. 
ANOTHER FAITHFUL MAN HAS FALLEN 
IN DEATH. 
OUR beloved brother, George Williams, 
of Hartland. Vt., died of consumption at 
his home February 4, in the forty-ninth year 
of his age. 
Brother Williams gave his heart to God 
seventeen years ago. A little more than 
eleven years ago he embraced present truth, 
and has been a faithful representative of 
our views since that time. 
THE LOVE OF POWER AND THE POWER OF LOVE. 
THE above is a fac-simile reduction of a full-page illustration which will 
help to emphasize the truths in the article entitled, " The Love of Power 
and the Power of Love " which will appear in the Sentinel of Christian Lib-
erty dated March 12, 1903. 
This article is strong and convincing, showing the real difference between 
the Christian religion and the papacy. The following are quotations from 
this article : 
A few years ago he became so much in-
terested in the church-school work that he 
determined that his own and other children 
should have the benefit of such a school. 
To this end he labored earnestly, and with 
the assistance of the Taftsville church a 
school has been established at that place 
with a good, well-equipped building and one 
acre of land. The membership of the 
school is at present from fifteen to twenty. 
Brother Williams was also a member of the 
conference committee, and has given the 
conference valuable service in that capacity. 
He also served the conference as treasurer 
for a time ; and it is due largely to his ef, 
forts that the old conference debt of some 
years' standing has been paid. The mem-
bers of the conference committee will feel 
his loss very deeply. 
He leaves a mother, a wife, six children, 
and numerous relatives and friends to mourn 
his loss. But we sorrow not without hope. 
He was happy indeed in the Lord to the 
last. One by one the family were called to 
his bedside to receive a parting admonition 
to faithfulness in the service of God. Our 
brother peacefully rests in the embrace of 
Jesus. 
" Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, 
From which none ever wake to weep." 
A large audience gathered to listen to a 
funeral discourse by the writer from John 
6 :38-40. 
J. W. WATT. 
" 0 FEAR the Lord, ye his saints : 
for there is no want to them that fear 
him." 
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SUNSET CALENDAR FRIDAYS. 
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ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
The spirit of self-sacrifice . . . is pow-
erful, for it is the spirit which has produced 
all things that are good. . . . 
The sway over others of the spirit of self-
sacrifice is the noblest of which the mind 
can conceive. . . . Its power is a spir-
itual force; a quickening, invigorating, cre-
ative influence that elevates the mind and 
nourishes and expands the soul. . . . 
The supreme manifestation of the spirit 
of self-sacrifice . . . is seen in Him who 
"came not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 
(151 91 
The spirit of self-exaltation craves . . . 
above all things else . . . that which 
appears to be power—authority, rule, su-
premacy for itself over others. . . . 
The sway over others by the spirit of self-
exaltation is the most ignoble . . . of 
which the mind can conceive. It is . . . 
the domination of might regardless of 
right. . . . 
The supreme manifestation of the spirit 
of self-exaltation . . . the world has 
seen in the papacy—the system which 
claims to be the representative . . . of 
Jesus Christ on earth, and which at the 
same time is the . . . successor of what 
was the most furious and crushing political 
despotism that the world has known. . . 
In these days when the trend of the different religious bodies is Rome-
ward, it devolves upon those who see the true condition of affairs to warn 
them of the danger of their course. This special issue of The Sentinel will 
be a great factor in helping to do this. Thousands of copies of this num-
ber should be sold in every State. 
What are you doing to give this number a wide circulation ? Each church 
should purchase a quantity for distribution. Prices on less than 100 copies, 
seven cents for each five; 100 copies, $1.25; 1,000 copies, $12. Send or-
ders at once to your conference tract society or to the Pacific Press Pub. Co., 
11 W. 20th St., New York City. 
92 (16) �
ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER 
ATLANTIC UNION 
GLEANER 
ISSUED WEEKLY 
By the Atlantic Union Conference 
Of Seventh-day Adventists 
South Lancaster, Mass. 
(Official Organ) 
Subscription Price, Fifty Cents a Year 
EDITOR, �
- �
- �
- JENNIE THAYER 
Entered at South Lancaster, Mass., as second-class matter. 
A TRIAL subscription to the 
GLEANER will be sent to any address 
until May 13 for ten cents. 
THE amount of donations for the 
sanitarium in England received to 
date by the treasurer of the Atlantic 
Union Conference is $239.98. 
THROUGH the kindness of Elder 
A. 0. Burrill we are permitted to give 
our readers an interesting letter from 
Brother and Sister B. E. Connerly to 
the church at Buffalo, N. Y., from 
which place they recently went to 
labor in Porto Rico. We trust that 
this letter may awaken a missionary 
spirit in many hearts. 
DURING the recent meetings at 
South Lancaster, Brother George W. 
Palmer resigned the office of treasurer 
of the Atlantic Union Conference in 
order to accept the office of treasurer 
of the South Lancaster Academy. 
Brother W. A. Wilcox was chosen to 
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Brother Palmer. 
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE 
ACADEMY. 
I WISH to speak especially of the 
South Lancaster Academy, as I am 
officially connected with that institu-
tion. It was founded twenty-one years 
ago. It has had a successful history 
as far as the results of its work are 
seen. It is said by comparing the 
number of students who have attended 
the various schools of the denomina-
tion, that a greater proportion have 
entered the Lord's work from South 
Lancaster Academy than from any 
other school. This should be a 
source of great encouragement to the 
people of the Atlantic Union Confer-
ence, whose academy this is. The 
school is blessed with a faculty who 
fear the Lord, and who work in har-
mony with each other and with the 
managers of the corporation. We 
have enrolled the names of one hun-
dred and forty-two students. They 
are earnest and energetic. They are 
generally well matured in years and 
many of them will very soon be pre-
pared to enter upon some line of the 
work of present truth. 
The conferences in our Union have 
already ordered twenty-three thousand, 
one hundred copies of " Object Les-
sons." Twenty-one thousand and six 
dollars have been received by the 
academy, and applied on the debts 
of the institution. It is cheering to 
know that such a large amount of 
liabilities has been canceled. But we 
are not at liberty yet. Our quotas 
have not all been sold. �
At the 
Greater New York Conference, we 
considered the " Object Lessons " 
work and found we were much behind 
in the sale of our conference quota. 
So an effort was made which resulted 
in the sale to private individuals of 
eight hundred and sixty-four books. 
I wish to suggest to all the presi-
dents and their committees in the At-
lantic Union Conference that we 
should inaugurate a plan at once by 
which we can rally our forces, and 
finish this work before our summer's 
work begins. The time to complete 
our work is now while times are good. 
The Lord's call is to service. If 
each person from our eight thousand 
constituency in this conference who 
can, were to rise up and go forth in 
the name of the Lord, this part of the 
work would very soon be accomplished, 
and then we could go at something 
else. The unredeemed notes, being 
interest bearing, are constantly in-
volving us deeper in debt. From 
every view of the question we are 
called upon to meet the issue before 
us as men and women who love and 
fear the Lord ; as men and women 
who know not defeat. The Lord calls 
us to action, not alone to service in a 
general way, but as well in special 
ways. All are called to act a part in 
the sale of the book under considera-
tion. Let each one of us ask himself 
if he will do his part and do it now. 
In doing our part the Lord will add 
his Spirit without measure, and the 
work will be closed up in righteous-
ness. " Not by might nor by power, 
but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of 
hosts." 
H. W. COTTRELL. 
NOTICE. 
AT the closing meeting of the New 
York Conference session, Jan. 25, 
1903, H. W. Carr and Roy F. Cottrell 
were ordained to the sacred work of 
the gospel ministry. 
H. W. COTTRELL. 
WASHINGTON CHURCH. 
THE following donations for the 
Washington, D. C., church have been 
received at this office : 
GEO. W. PALMER, 
Treas. A. U. Conference. 
Previously acknowledged,$385.87 
J. F. Archibald, �1.00 
Ellen Barstow, �
.25 
Clara Patten, �
.25 
M. L. Butler, �
1.00 
Mrs. H. M. Wilkinson, �
.50 
A friend, �
2.00 
Rachel Christman, �2.00 
Mrs. Mary A. Goodwin, �
2.00 
C. L. Sweet, �
1.00 
Mrs. George Dean, �
2.00 
Mrs. Charles Deos, �
1.00 
George G. Greene, �3.00 
C. M. Christiansen, �
2.00 
$402.22 
" HE shall cover thee with his 
feathers and under his wings shalt 
thou trust; his truth shall be thy 
shield and buckler."