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1 i 1 roo TABLE OF CONTENTS RDTOUALS - Te Denominational Pa per; Te Broadeling nluence o Bible Studv; Te Bible Frum a Literary Side; Notbina:ness o Negations; Testing by Tim~; Tne Power o-prsonal Exper ience; Previou~ Preparation; Roman Catolici~m and Protestantism in Germlny; Elder Amos R Wells; An Open Letter to Sevent-day Bapti t PastorR and Tlleological StuJientR Summary o News ~ 148 Te Faculty o Milton College MSSONS-Editorials; Watis Missing; Treasurers Report ; 15 ~ome \necdotes o Beecer ~51 WOMANSWORK-Moter Poetry; Te WillarnStatue; Resoliitions; Syillools in Gnesis ; CHLDRENS PAGE- Cuddledowntown Poetery; How Rob Rode te Donkey; How Tey Studied 1;4 Fair Play: --: ~ 15S Te tr~am Po try 155 YOUNG PEOPLES WORK-Real Beauty Poetry; Caugt From Plivate Li ; A Tract or Personal Work; Titing; From Far o Cina 155 Te Conerence Minutes 156 DEATHS 157 SABBATH SCHOOL 158 Rubber Farms S8 Te Hidden Sin S8 HiRtoryand Biograpy 159 Te Gold Tat Perises 159 Meeting a Sermon Hal Way 159 r e Sabbat Recorder A H LEWS D D LL D Editor JOHN HSCOX Business ~lanager TERMS OF SUBSCRPTON Per year $~ Papers to oreign countries will be carged 5 cents additional on account o postage No paper discontinued until arrearages are paid except at te option o te publiser ADORESS All communications weter on business or or publication so\1ld be addressed to THE SABBATH RECORDER Plainield N J ~E SABBATH VSTOR publised weekly under te aupices o te Sabbat Scool Board by te American Sabbat Tract Society at PLANFELD NEW JERSEY TERMS Single copies per year $ 6 Ten copies or upwards per copy 5 Communications sould be addreased to Te Sabbat Visitor Plainield N J HELPNG HAND N BBLE SCHOOL WORK A quarterly containing careully prepaed elps on te nternational Lessons Con ducted y Te Sabbat Scool Board Price 2S cents a copy per year; seven eents a quarter THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTST PULPT Publised montly by te SNJTHDAY BAPTST MSSONARY SOCETY Tia publication will contain a sermon or eac Sabbat in te year by ministera iv ing and departed t is designed especial1y or pastorl curcea and ilolated Sabbat keeper_ but will be o value to all Price ity cents per yeat Subacriptiona ould be sent to Rev O U Witord WesterlY R ; sermons and editorial matter to Rev O D Serman Rcburg N Y DE BOODSCHAPPER A ad PAGa &LGOU MONTHLY TH HOLLAND LANGUAGE SubKription price 75 centl per rear pualsh&d BY G VUTHUYUJ Haarlem Holland D BodNclAPP (Te M_ner) is an e ejqolcnt o tbe Bible Sabbat (te S entbtay) Baptism Temperance Cle 1 and ia & _\lent paper to place in te bancla Hollandera in tis country to call tbeir at~ _dod to tjje important acta \ ( D aeatry Ark ANEL C MAN M D - at THE SA B BAT H RECORD E R ALFRED UNVERSTY One Hundred Tou8and Dollar Oentennt Fund Alred Uni~ersity wu ounded in S36 and rom te beginning it constant and earn est aim as been to place witin te reac o te deserving educational advantages o te igest type and in every part o te country tere may be ound many wom it as materially assisted to go out into te world to broader lives J useul and onored citizensip Tat it may be o still greater sel vice in opening a way to tose seeking a col- lege education it is provided tat or every one tousand dollars subscribed and paid in- to te Centennial Fund rom any town in Allegany or Steuben counties N Y O an) county in any state or territory ree tuition be granted to one student eac year or te Fresman year o te College course Your attention is directed to te act tat any money wic you may subscribe will in conjunction wit tat subscribed by otera in your town or coo nty become a part o a und wic will orever be available in te way o assisting some )ne i~ your own viein ity Every riend o Higer Education and o Alred University is urged to send a contribution to te Treasurer weter it be large or small Proposed Centennial Fund $1 Amount needed Tune r ~ Jacob Vicker~ Canisteo N y Garwood Fergu~on ROT pll~vil N y Rev E M DeemS Horn l1~vil1e N y Amount needed to complete und $956; Spring Term Milton College - Tis term opens Wednesday Marc and continues twelve weeks closing Turs day June A college o liberal training or young men and women Tree principal courses: Ancient classical modern classical and scien tiic Many elective courses are oered Spec ial advantages or te study o Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic pilology Te Academy o Milton College is te pre paratory scool to te College and as tree similar courses leading to tose in te College wit an Englis course in addition itting students or ordinary business lie Excellent s$:oot o music wit courses in Pianoorte Violin Viola Violoncello Ele_ mentary and Corus Singing Voice Culture Harmony etc Classes in Bible study Elocution and Pysical Culture Club boarding $14 per week; boarding in private amilies $3 per week including room rent and use o urniture For urter inormation address te REV W C DALAND D D Presiden~ or Pro A E WHTFORD M A Regstrar Milton Rock County Wis Salem College Twentiet Anniversary Building Fund n 199 Salem College will ave been in existence twenty years During te greater part o tis period its work as been done in one uilding For nearly a it o a century tis commodious structure as served its purpose weu but te work as ar outgrown te plans o its ounders Every available space is crowded wit llpparatus specimens and curios o great value Every recitation room is illed beyond its capacity eac term ~ More room is needed or te library Te requirements o to-day call or anoter building On te college campus Te demand is urgenta t is prol1osed to lay te corner stone o sucb a building not later tan te opening o te all term o 194 To tat end tis und is started t is to be kept in trust and to be used only or te purposes above specl ied t is earnestly oped tat every lover o true education witin West Virginia and witout will be responsive to tis ~reat need and contribute to tis und in order tat a suitable building may be erected Te names o te contributors will publised rom time to time in Good Tid tcn te usalem Expreas and te SAB nt Racoau mblcrirrtiot8 arc received te etary n te enne«mr Boote Bond Aberdeen W Va Mr Dwibt Truman Bond Salem W VL be Cbicago BENJAMN F LANGWORTHY ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAw or- Suite 51 and 512 Tacoma Bldg 131 LaSalle St Tel Main 341 Cicago Sevent-day Baptist tsureau 1CmploYDllAnt and c:jorre8podded~ President-C B HULL Marquette Bldg Cicago VicePresident-W H GREENMAN Milton ] unction Wis Secretaries-W M DAvrS 62 West 63<1 st Cicago ; 111 URRAY MAXSON 56 West Monroe St Cicago ll ASSOCATONAL SECRETARES Wardner Davis Salem \V Va Corliss F Randolp 185 Nort 9tSt Newark N J Dr S C Maxson 2 Grant St Utica Nv Rev E P Saunders Alred N Y W K Davis Milton Wis F R Saunders Hammond La; Under control o General Conerence De nominational in scope and purpose NCLOSE STAMP FOR REPLY Plainield ~ J AMERCAN SABBA & TRACT SO CETY Ex ECUTVE BOARD J F HUBBARD President Plainield N J A L TTSWORTH Secretary Plainield N J F J HUBBARD Treasurer Plainield N J REV A H LEWS Corresponding Secretary Plainield N J Regular meeting o te Board Bt Plain ield N J te second First day o eac mont at 215 P M SEVENTH DA Y BAPTST ME MORAL FUND J F HUBBARD President Plainield N J J ~l TTSWORTH Vice President Plainield N J JOSEPH A HUBBARD Treas Plainield N J D E TTSWORTH SecrelOry Plainield N J Gits or all Denominational nterests solicited Prompt payment o all obligations request ed W ~ --- M STLLMAN COUNSELLOR AT LAw Supreme Court Commissioner etc -- Millton Wis W OMANS EXECUTVE BOARD OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE President Mrs S J Clarke Milton Wi~ Vice-Presidents Mrs J /\:8 Morton Mllton Wis; Mrs W COaland Milton Wis Corresponding Secretary Mrs T J Van Horn Albion Wis Recording Secretary Mrs J H Babcock Milton Wis Treasurer{ Mrs L A Platts Milton Wis Editor Womans Page Mrs Henry M Maxson 66 Wlt St Plainield N J Secretary Eastern ssoction Mrs Anna Randol~ Plaintield N J Secretar! ~outb Eastern Association Mrs G H Trainer Salem W Va Secretary Central Associatinn Mrs R E Weeler Leonardsville N Y Secretarv Western Association Miss Agnes L Rogers Alred N -Yo Secretary! Sout~Weslern Association Mr G H F Rando Fouke Ark Secretar! N(rt~Western As~ociation Mrs A E Witord Milton Wis New York City SABBATH SCHOOL BOARD O C CHPMAN ARCHTCT St Paul Building aao Broadwa HARRY W PRENTCE D D S -Tbe]anllport Weet Street MARCH 6 i95 ALFRED CARLYLE PRENTCE K D 155 W 46t Street Houre: 8-1 A M ; 6-S P M O -~-- RRA S ROGERS Special Agent MUTUAL BEN :PT LP Na Co -_37 Br()a<!:~Y Aired N Y Tel 6548 Cort AFinm UNVERSTY Secod SeU1ester~ 6gt Year begins Feb 3 95 For catalogue aud i~oqilnbotl address BOOTHE COLWBLL DAVS P D _ o DD Pres AFRED ACADEMY Second Quarter Opens Nov _ Preparation or Col1eg~ TEACHERS TRANNG CASS Op!;1S Sept 6 94 (\ < :SG BURDCK Priu EVENTH DA Y BAPTST EDUCA S TON SOCETY; E; -M TOMLJsoN President Alre~ N Y Rev; ARTHUR E MAl!! Correspondtl Secre tar:! Alred N Y; - V A BAGGS Recordins Secretary Alred N A : KENYON Treasurer Alred lor Y Te regular lrie<;tings o t~ Board are eld itt Febntary May August and JSov~mber at te call o te President OUNG PEO_PJES EXECUTVE Y BOARD Rev A C Davis President Weat Edmeaton N V Mrs Waltel L Greene Secretary Alred N Y Starr A Burdick Treasurer Alred N Y L C Randolp Editor Youna Peoplel Page Alred N V Mrs Henry M Maxson General Junior Superintendent Plainield N J Associational Secretaries Roy F Randolp New Milton W Va; L Gertrude Stillman Asaway R ; Etel A Hav~n teonards ville N V; Mrs H C Van Horn Alred N Y ; C U Parker Cicago 1l ; C C Van Horn Gentry Ark ĀLFRED THEOLOGCAL SEMNARY REV ARTHUR E MAN Dean nn - r7 - Westerly R George B Saw President $11 Central Ave- nue Plainield N J Vice Presidents Eastern As<ociatio!J Ed ward E Witord Rrooklyn N V; Central Association r Lee Cottrell Leonardsville N Y; Western Associa tion Artur E Main Alred N V; SoutEastern Association S Ore<tes Bond Aberdeen W Va; Nort West ern Association Herman O Clarke Dod!!:e Centre :inn; Sout Western As sociation Gideon H l Randolp Fouke ~ Arkansas \ Frank L Greene Treasurer 49 Vanderilt Ave Brooklyn N Y Corliss F Randolp Rec Sec 85 ~ortb Nint St Newark N J Jon B Cottrell Cor Sec 197 Park Place Brooklyn N Y Oter Members Eli F Loooro New York City; Stepen Babcock New york Cit); Carles C Cipman Yonkers N Y; Esle F Randolp Great Kills P Staten sland N Y Regular meetings te tird Sunday in September December and Marc and te irst Sunday in June H ~-- ERBERT G WHPPLE CouNsELoa AT LAw- St Paul Building Broadway SEVENTHDAY BA~TST MS SONARY SOCETY WK L CLAllKE President Welterly R A S RABCOCK Recordins Secretary Rockville R GEORGE H UTTER Treasurer Weaterly R REV O U WHTPORD CorrelPondinl Secretary Westerly R Te regulars meetings o te Board o managers are eld tt tird W ~dneady in January April July Bnd October BOARD OF PULPT SUPPLY AND MNSTERAL EMPLOYMENT RA B CRANDALL President Weoterly R O U WHTFORD Correapondinll Secretary Westerly R -1 FUNK HLl Recording Secretary Alaway & Associational Secretaries: Stepen Babcock Eastern J63 W J4t Street New Vork City; Dr A C navis Central West Edmeton N Y; W C Witord Western Alred N V; U S Griin Nort Western Nortonville Kans; F J Eret Sout Eastern Salem W Va; W R Potter Sout Western Ham mond La Te work o tis Board i to belp putorles curces in inding and oblainin pal tors and unemployed mlnistera among U to ind emloyment Te Board will not otrude inormation elp or advice upnn any curc or rtersons but give it wen asked Te int tree per sons named in te Roard will be ita working orce eing located near eac oter Te Associational Se~retarie will keep te working orce o te Board inormed in reo gard to te pastorless curces and unemrloy ed minister! in teir respective Asociatlons and give watever aid and couns 1 tey an All correspondence wit te Roard eiter troug its Correspondinil( Secretary or A sociational Secretaries will be trietl coni~ dential Silo N J THE SEVENTHDA V ll-p-t-s-1--g- EC: N ERAL CONFERENCE Next session to be eld at Silo N J Aug ~ _5 DR GEORGE W POST{ 1987 Wl;ington Boulevard Cicago President REV E P SAUNDERS Alred N Y Ree Sec Co REV L A PUTT D D Milton Wis r - Sec PRoP W C WHTFORD Alred N Y Tre urer t Executive Committee-Rev W L Burdc :Asaway R ; David E Tit rt Plain ield N J: r B Crand11 Wterl R t; H n cock leonardsville N V: EW F Randnlp Great Kill N Y; Rev D Burdick Nile N Y ---:-:---=--==== Utica N Y D ~--~-- R S Co MAXSON Oice us Genace StTeet D West Edme\toaN Y~ R A c DSrR -Grri act ~ P b7= - Eye ~ D D A Sevent-day Baptist Weel~ly Publised By Te American Sabbat Tract Society Plainield N J VOLUME O;--No PLANF:gLD N ] MARCH orted by tem God would be less tan God Tis wbrld is ull _oyender grass said Deacon could we measure Him Lie would be sorn Watts ~ci me; o al its ~riterest -i we knew beoreand all Wen m a-mowin in te ield te grass close by says e it will reveal So Bible study will bring great s sort and tin and ull ~ weedo; but over yender comort not because we can understand all wy tings about God but because we learn enoug t looks to me as i te grass is tick and smoot and to bring tat assurance wic is te center and ig circumerence o real comort How He But sakes alive tat aint te case; or wen mow watces over te universe guides te stars; or to were Te grass saw rom ar awlly looked all so smoot counts te airs o our ead we cannot understand; but te more we study te Word te and air ind its jest as sort and tin as all te rest or more we sal come to believe tat He does tus wuss; How e orders all or te best over and above And tats te way te tings o eart keep on a-oolin us! tat wic is so tangled to our vision we can never solve; but tat He does we are assured Bout every day youll ear some man complainin o more and more as we learn o His dealings wit men Te lie tat seeks enricment is lot And tellin i ed ad a cance like oter people wat rom ait and comort will ind tese troug He migt ave been Hed like to know ow e can continuous study o te Bible as no were else ever win Wen all te grass tat comes is way is all so sort Suc study does not c~ase wit te pages o te and tin book Te devout soul rises rom te study o But over in te neigbors iell wy e can plainly te pages to ind God more clearly in everyting see else in all te experiences o lie in all te developments O nature in te ongoing o istory Tat teyre in clover plumb-knee-deep and sweet as sweet can be At times its ard to tell i tings are made o gold Dr -everywere Gradually te Bible student brass; com es to know someting o te deeper meaning tat God is All and in all Seen rom wat Some men cant see tem distant ields are ull o yender grass ever standpoint te question may be considered breadt o view clearness o intellect strengt ve learned one ting in makin ay and tats to ill my mow o caracter or ricness o comort Bible study Wit any grass tat can get to arvest ere and ri(;w is at once a ountain o deligt and a source o Te yender grass tat way aead is wavin in its lie Tat tose wo catc te narrowest view pride o wat te book teaces yet ind muc o good ind aint very illin by te time its cut and dried in it is anoter proo o t~ greatness o te Hope springs eternill so tey say witin te uman Bible as a source o good to men Te cildren wo play at te edge o te ield gater breast: Man neve! is te sayin goes but always to beblest So my advice is Dont let your present cances pass ing tiny lowers- witin te space o a ew yards A-tinkin by -and by y~ull reap your -ill o yenjier are illed wit contentment and teir love o grass _ -- beauty is satisied Te botanist passing tem by :c E World ranges all te plidns gatering an undred specimens w~e te cildren ave gatered - -LAR:CES-r and most to ~be desired one analyzes compares; describes and so comes Bible Sidyu among tliere~tiits:;o bi-baa Bible t9 know ininitely more o tile beauties q nata So~~Ce- O study/iste comort Wic comes - uretim te cildren cankno~;and yet te i~l!i Comort - to uman lie troug suc study :1t its narrower :~dge and in its artest~cope As cildren cry in te dark or as set:v~d cacli: well So te Word endces tat wic tey want; or moan in ear concerning tat tey do no know so uman earts aland strengtens te liewic studies it so nar rowly as not t9 know te depts o its rices ways and everywere are calling out or God wile tose wo learn most o its deligts and Hands reac in te darkness eyesatry to peer truts and ind so muc more o God and te troug te sadows wile back o ands and -beauty o rigteousness ave only begun to eyes eager earts are calling or te Fater atom te depts o te Divine love or te seeking His love waiting lis touc and wantil1~r His pres~nce He w? ~tud~es te Word ric~s o te Divine wisdom t is comorting Wt a view to indmg Gpd m t wll be led step wen we ave demea we may do in tis lie ~ by step by te deeper and rices assurances :to tink tat in te next lie te studv o te tiougwic comlort always comes First truts wic are revealed i~ te Bible -ere and are seen by us a~ ;tjtroug a drkened glass dimly; w~u beunolded~ expla~ed; viviied; and oalljwe must knowtat it 1S ~c>tnecessary we \ ~ < ;- ~ soubjwiders~d alltings jn;ord~~ to :becotii- WHOLE No 3133 made intense in an ever increasing degree and most o all to tose wo in tis lie ave studied te Word wit?reatest devotion and wit largest grasp Tus seen it is needless to urge te reader to study te Word - AN incident is related concerning te members o a Bible class in His Moters wic -one declared is preerence Tranalatlon o or King James Version o te te Bible Bible altoug e admitted tat te Revised Version migt be more scolarly Anoter member smiling quietly declared a preerence or is moters translation o te Bible saying tat it was better tan any oter version o wic e knew Tis reply called ort muc surprise on te part o oter members o te class since is moter was not known as a translator nor a scolar in matters connected wit te Bible Asking is explanation e replied tat is moter ad always been translating te Bible or im in wat se said in wat se did and in tat wic se was n er lie and troug er te Bible ad been translated- to im wit constant application and clear unmistakable meaning n making tat translation se ad not entered into any discussions as to texts or contexts but ad so presented te teacings o te Bible as to make it a power and a guide to im n tat young mans reply is ound te main source o te inluence o te Bible Very ew men study te text o te Bible in any version in a way wic inluences teir lives in any very ~etennining manner To te majority o tose wo believe in te Bible and wo are inluenced by its precepts te book comes troug suc translations as tat youn~ man describes i e troug te living inluence o teir associates His moter could not ave talren a place among suc trans l:itors o te Bible weter King James Ver sian te Reyised Versibn;teTwent1et~Ce1Jtury Bible; or any oter; but sllellad translated i in a:ormmore ~ectual ~ndin a way ~ie se~esgoc iriadegree igertan eiter se o~any o us~:caritrieasure: Happy indeed are tose cildren wjlose moters tus translate tile Word o qod~ - See1ur- Prom te Hegt& -- THE peak wic is nearest te stonn cloud s ncilrest te stars o ligt Tere is a ascination about cliirib- / ing natural mountains wic once begun becomes almost a passion Men spend large amounts o money take great risks andoteil lose lie under tis ascination One eviqenee o strengt ani o value :iote lives :o;ni~~ ~~ te desire to -beat te- top: O tiiligs

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T H ES A B BAT H R E C ORDE R; VOL LX ~o; i ~ b t t in te curc and o ts success; cn d dual stonn s Here a ~:2 m~~ iey may be ligtning- 1 V Te ambitious student justly aim!! to; ea e Cristian:~ucceeds wo does not make te world ~c~~;~d~ b~t\t~y remii~n irm in spite o all tat l1ead o s class and tecareless:;o ne dese rves t r at reormers te better by is teacing All1llen are; teactl~~rs comesupolv em:&: e g e to be last and least TeinventQr is eager to l~ t s te beneactor~ o Te OrnS in wic teacing is done may vary apost es rg eousnes outstrlp all competitors and te successul bus i- dan!er nor rom te but te act tat eac teaces and must teac men are never ~e(jo rom i v lless llan latlgs at indrances i e may by remains Tese are undamental truts w C certam t y iluc opp osltlon as approces - per ny means stand at te top All tis is well sould ind requent expressi?n and constant secu t lon J osep s broters Jealous and cruel but te igest value wic tis element 111 us d G stian sougt to put imta deat b ut te time cam e 1 consideration at te an so every n can brlng inds expression in splnt ua t ungs t is well to long or power and to pray or t w en e s t d as telr dellverer Paul was Tere s always discon lort in climbing and te tisequally welho God t:d lk a wld beast and dled a prisoner but r~member tat ;is or- un e e top o te mountain is likely to be swept by b 1 to men e w~s most triump~ant o martyred men b t dained te ways y w C 1 power comes storms t is well wen we becoine as am 1US al~d by wic tey ar~ able to kn~w Him t S Greeces greate~t poet~ Homer died a ~begg~r or;gaining spiritual eigts; as te mostin- k t r power wen one reuses to and Cervantes t S said starved to deat M- satl;atelnotllltaiu clirilber is to stand upon te JlOC ery pray \ P d L t avail imsel o te means by wic power top soldlscopyng t 9 ara se os or top o Mount Blanc or teigelt peak o te ~~~l1iy~ivedollars Dryden lived in poverty Rockies Tere is a vast dierence owever comes and knew distress and tere)sa traditiojtat between spiritual eigts and tose o material WHAT as just beeri said cbitcern- Goldsm~ts Vicar o wakeield!1 was sold- or mountains He wo rises in spiritual attain- Spiritual ing te teacing power o te a trile to secure im rom arrest because o ments is nearest te stars o ligt He is al- Vision curc and o individuals is eq~al- debt Our own Lincoln wose memory is now so in -te warmt and_ glow o tat spiritual at- ly true in te matter o dlscernmg res because o is birtday just past was ttlospere -w it- is te Divine Presence A spiritual tings Too little do we appreciate t~e storm swept and ligtning scarred as ew oter sanctiied ambition to rise igest in spiritual Scriptural word tat spiritual tings are splr- -uen ave been bitt eac year adds to te tribute tings; is wort more tan we can measure in itually discerned All vision is made greater o loving reverence wic not only our own napractical Cristian living He wo is igest and stronger by use Not inrequently: at s~a tion but te nations o te world bring to is sees artest and as most correct views o as te writer been unable to distingus Wit memory t is inevitable tat tose wo do trut and duty He is also above temptlltions any degree o clearness i at all a vessel on te most or rigteousness and te redemption o Te writer camped one summer on a mountain distant orizon wic a sailor could see and d~- inen rom te power o sin are likely t9 suer ridge Many times at morning and at evening scribe witout trouble Te dierence la~ 111 rom misrepresentation misortune and neglect te city lying in te valley nearby was covered te act tat te sailors eyes ad been tramed So let it be but let no one tereore srink wit og so tat only te pinnacles o curc by tat continued experience wi~~ brin~s rom any p~rt o duty rom te enunciation o spir~s and te tops o te igest cimneys could sarpness o sigt and strengt ~ptr1tual VS- any trut rom te doing o any work or be seen All else lay dripping and sivering ill ion is needed in ordinary aairs as m te larger wic God and rigt-eousness call t is ten te og :Muc o te weakness wic comes experiences o lie Many people do not app~e- old better to be storm-swept and ligtningto Cristians in te matter o practical duties ciate blessings because tey ave not te sp~r- scarred on te crest o te mountain tan to lie and attainments comes because tey are siver- itual discernment to see wat blessing~ are in lazy inactivity in te sade o te valley Te ing in te ogs o worldliness and depressed by Spiritual vision is equally n~cessa:y to dlsco~r inal judgment o God is not rendered in a mote cill wic comes wit disobedience To te disguises and te d~celt wic appear 111 ment but wen it is rendered every evil wic avoid all tis te cure or it all is in gaining temptations Blessing and curse oten come comes because o te advocacy o rigt all opgreater eigts were ogs cannot ollow and rom te way in wic tings are viewed m?re position tat is awakened because men ileek were sunligt always is He wo is nearest tan rom wat tings are Te re~1 meanmg tat wic is just and all weariness wic te stars o ligt spiritually is nearest to te o lie o te providences o God wat He re- comes to tose wo struggle tat te will o God eternal sanctuary oj te Divine presence and {]uires o us and wat te rewards o ill doing may be done are ricest o assets in te inal acte everlasting love and well doing are is not understood except by count o te universe spiritual VSOn Tat most important duty *** THE mission o te curc o wic God requires at te and o every person SNCE it is probable tat te Te Power o Crist in te world is tat o a wit- te developing o imsel in rigteousness in Sunday amendment to te Sunday laws o te Curc ness or trut a power or rigt- manliness and in all tat makes or te good Laws Pennsylvania wit wic our eousness and a sield against evil o te world is attained only wen troug readers are already amiliar will Venever it ceases to be tese or ails accord- spiritual vision one learns wat a cild o God die in te Committee a movement as been ing to its opportunity it is weakened and be- ougt to be Tis need o spiritual vision made to secure an amendment o te Sunday law comes unworty Noting in te teacings o covers te ield o lie in every pase and every or te County o Allegeny in wic te city Crist is more vivid and vigorous tan His as- experience Troug it alone we know te o Pittsburg is located Some years ago te sertion o te saving power o te curc- value o opportunities te need o blessings te penalty or violating te Sunday law in tat Ye are te salt o te eart Ye are te ligt danger tat lurks in evil doing and te sad re- County was raised to twenty-ive dolbtr5 wereo te world Te eectiveness o te curc sults wic come rom evading or neglecting as te penalty under te state law is our doleiter as an inluence or as a teacer is ound to know and do te will o God He wo would lars n Allegeny County were te penalty in te caracter o its individual members Te attaln most as a clld o God must labor earis large one al d S grante to te 111 ormer 111 curc is a combination o te lives and car- nesty or tat strengt and clearness o spiritual case o conviction Tis as degraded te exeacters o persons All eective teacing comes vision witout wic God is not known and cution o te law and or many years te eelbecause o te teacer is experience concerning trut is not seen ing agaipstt4e injustice o suc ~n:~xessive trut ~ic e teaces Men may talk about **~ pe aity):asbeen very strqng Te modiication tat wic tey do not know by experience but THE wol~ situation in R\issia ~ ;; t t trut n O w;pr o posed istat te penalty be mane our te ir words are em_ oty i not insincere Te U n~ gives newemp a~ls e t d t t dollars :in accordance wit te general state ilial source o power in a p reacer in a Sabbat HU~ tat uneasy les t e ea a scool teacer or in a parent is o und in per-- t law and tat one al o te penalty go to te i wears a crown yet as e clr- tl d County te oter to te scool board in te dis- ~onal expo erience Bot cildren and adults are cumstances iti tat stricken empire are le sa - N tri~t were te suit is broug A similar quick to discover te lack o actual personal results ave ad legitimate cause elt er can exrience on te part o a teacer Tey see tey e removed until te pro d ucmg causes are amendment was Pilssed a ew years ago but ve- 1- troug words tat are tin and teories wic done away We take advantage t S d t toed by Governor Pattison Five amendments mc en are- not backed by personal caracter Lying to call attention to te larger trut t a t ave been propose d to te Sunday law o Mas- 111 d d 11 sacusetts during te present session o te leg- back o eac individual experience as te pri- some sense all!p6 at lea ers an a conqner- J:~ mary d d t iillature all o wic are aimed at minor ea- s~urce o power is te indwelling spirit ers walk m te midst o troub e an anger lk tures o te quelition so tat--tqeir consideration o God and Willing obedience to it on t e part is said tat great caract~rs are e great moun- T does not involve te undamental issues cono tle teacer God cannot teac an unwilling tains Tey always attract te storms ere ne nor can He make to e careless one strong is trut:in te nected wit Sabbat reorm Two bills ar~ also stateritent~ Tere S astl more k lk t beor~ te legislature o COln~ticut w11ic j; in spiritual tings rus ee we trace backw:ard important trut in te act t at let e gradl~ U;ward te inner sourceoaj1 spiritual power : te ~o~taip:sj:: tey are u~oved by t~ to leglllizebase!>l!-l ~d 8tlt~r st>p~ts9~ ~~P411Y _~ ~ } ~J MARCil 13;195; THE SA B BATH R ~ CO RD E R - were no admission ee is carged Tus it ~glycommended Te teacing o Englis coines to pass tat wile agitation is golg or- begins in te ome long beore te pupil ward in New Erigland; tel~uger eatures o te reaces academic studie5 and success or ailure case are not involved and te ate o te amend- in te kndwledge o Englis depends in no small ments in Massacusetts and Connecticut will degree upon te ome But it goes witout say- indicate no important results concerning te ing tat careul instruction in Englis ougt to larger question o Sabbat rdorm Te annual be given every cild rom te moment e enters report o te New England Sabbat Protective scool Te krnd~rga-rt~ollld_abodnd in te League indicates a goqd degree o activit:y- and best o EnglisQ and te academic course wic te LeagueClii1illS to be gaining strengt or its doe> not give Englis a prominent place and work in New England: Te two bills wic urnis te best possible teacers o Englis were beore te last Congress see~ing Sunday as little claim to commendation or acceptance; legislation or te District o Columbia ave ~ died wit te Congress so tat new bills must SUMMARY OF NEWS be introduced at som~ uture time i te ques- Te inauguration o RooSevelt and Flli~banks tion is agaiit:brougtbeore tenational body on Mar!=li 4sttrpassed te usual standard on Probably tis will be done: because S we ave suc oc<:asions in several particula~s Te said beore te l-iendso Sunday l~g;lation weat er Wail avorable and te national sentiave been iltriving or nearly a century to se- ment wic was expressed last autumn in te cure some deinite action looking toward Stin- election o tese men ound large expression day legislation by te n~tion in connection wit te inauguration As te election outran party lines and was an unusualexpression o te eelings o te people in diil \ THE items o news rom Milton College on anoter page will be tinction rom te plans o a party so te sentiment at te i~auguration was national in a o interest to all our readers Not large Milton College least llmong tem is te announce- sense Te new administration begins its work ment concerning te readjustment o te courses witli suc support trougout te country a5 no o study in te college to bring tem into accord administration as ad since te days o Lincoln wit te system o ~ger education wic cen- Te general caracter o te inaugural address ters in te University o Wisconsin All educa- by President Roosevelt <!-nd itil brevity ormed tors will commend te wisdom wic keeps our a prominent eature o te occasion n tis scools in close touc wit te best eatures o respect e emulated te example o Lincoln diileducation represented in te State Universities cussing only tose larger national questions and in te general scool system o te country wic rise above party issues and personal con Te undamental idea in education is a normal siderations Te opening sentence o iil adand armonious development o eac student dress was tis: No people on eart ave First o all e is to be made sel-reliant because more cause to be tankul tan ours and tis o wat e actually knows and strong troug is said reverently in no spirit o boastulne5s in wat e as genuinely appropriated Wile our own strengt but wit gratitude to te Classical Courses o study were ormerly deem- Giver o Good Wo as blessed us wit te ed absolutely essential to proper intellectual de- conditions wic ave enabled us to acieve so velopment and to iger culture better metods large a measure o well being and o appio scientiic study and also o te study o Eng- nesil Wiie tere is muc in national aairs!is ave sown tat muc o te best culture wic needs correcting wile many great evils can be obtained in tese departments as well as exist tere is on occasion an element o loty in te Classics Te writer was educated in te purposes and genuine patriotism wit te belie tat witout a Classical Course desirable masses o te people_ wic responds to wiile education could not be attained and e still be- leadersip in te direction o tat wic is lieves tat te ment!l discipline wic comes igest and best rom a toroug study o te classics is an im- Te week opened wit a great strike in te portant eature in a liberal education But it city o New York wic included te workwould be olly not ~o recognize suc advance- t11en upon te subway and te elevated railment in scientiic studies and suc improvement roads ts extent and caracter ave made it in te study o Englis as will secure results as o gener~l interest; since it belongs to tat class valuable as tose produced troug classical o disturbances wic directly aect all larger study- On te oter and increased attention interests and are in some sense te outgrowt to scientiic; ;studies; especially te natural o national caracteristics and a wide-spread sciencesbrings te stud:ent into toucwit te state o aairs Considering te extent o te great questi~nsin practical 1ie along pilo- strike comparatively little violeri~~ as occur~ sopiealines and in touc wit eticatquesti()ds -red Up to te present ~me;~te railroadsave in so many ways tat one maynqt: say tat e reused atbitrahon:; atougit is sai~ tat te wo is educated mainly in science as notat-- worklnenwerewiihng to aritratewitin:tw6 tained ig cult~re a~d broad ~col~rsip But or tree days ater te strike began A large te main purpose o tis note is to <:ommeitd te number o strike-breakers were :brougt in readjustment wic- as been made at Milton by te railroad; a~d te service! especially in and to place THE RE;CORDER on record as te te s~tbway as improved eac day during te riendo every step in educational matters wic week Like all ~imilaraair5 suc c1llicts will give strengt to our colleges breadt and are muc to be regretted Usually ~~ po!rties torougness to te culture tey oer and are at ault Te worst element owever in most o all tat -igest o all elements suc occurrences is te sudden intererence in education te developinent o manood wit te cem~rt o travelers and wit tebusiand womanood on te broade~t intel- ness interests o great cities and indirectly o lectual etical and te1igio~s lines Te cour$es te wole nation t is to oped tat te o study in te AcademYat Milton give~ alarge protection o te p~bl~c against suc intererplace toenglis composition and ~ngl;s litera- enc~wi1secure legislation or cotrtpulsory at-- ture; dur~: ;~ouryears:t:is cannot :bed6 bitration in all suc Case~: t isnot te part o good government to lea~ great public in: terests liable to sudden aild arbitraryinten:uption and paralysis because 1 te disagreement between a ew leaders o great labor organizations and any group o employers wo ave ill carge lines o universal transportation and travel Strikes like te one we are considering are ar more tan lbeal or temporary conlicts between employers and employes over te matter o wage~ ours o work etc Every great strike demonstrates te act tat wise Paternalism in goverriment is demanded in all su~p~c~5es!e seri()uslless <> suc occur-: rences ougt to asten te Cure Begimling wit tree oclock on Monday morning Mardi -- - ) 6t te situation canged insta!1tly so tat one nli11ion one undred tousand personscoming into N ew York or business were orced to seek transportation by te surace street car lines or by some oter means Four or ive cieoicers representing te roads and te workmen controlled te situation Te situation in Russia as outlined in our news column last week as grown in intenility extent and seriousness up to te present time Te terriic battle wic was well begun at tat time; as continued wit sligt modiication wit unbroken ierceness Wen te igting began te line o battle was practically one undred mile5 in extent Gradually te iercest igting as been transerred rom te center to te two wings wit te crucial point on te Russian rigt in and about Mukden Wile deinite oicial statements as to losses are not at and te acts indicate tat te number o killed and wounded will surpass tat o any oter battle already ougt between te Russians and Japanese and compared ~it oter great battles in ormer times it will be colossal Te Japanese ave ougt wit teir accustomed recklessneils as to lie and te Russians wit tat desperation wic comes wen men know tat deeat is equivalent to anniilation On te 9t o Marc te Russian orces were in ull retreat aving abandoned teir main line including te city o Mukden At tat time te leading question was weter te discomiture o te Russians would result in an orderly and successul retreat to Tie Pass or weter being cut ~ as to cailroad communication te retreat wi become a total disaster t is certain tat te Japanese ave a strong orce near te railroad nortwest o Mukden wic places all te probability in avor o te utter discomiture o te Russians Meanwile te Russian orces on te Japanese rigt wer-e te battle began wit greatest intensity a week ago ave been driven back and in te absence o deinite news or a day or two past te probabilities ivara severe Rtissiandisaster at tat point~ Weter because o te reverse already be- guri at Mu~den or o! oter reasons it was reported on te 9t o Marc tat te Russian leet commanded by Rojestvensky ad begun its ret\ll1n tnip t as been understood or som~ time tat Admiral Togos sips were quietly waiting or Rojestvenskys leet at various poiqts in Asiatic waters Judging by past experiences sould te Russian leet continue it~ journey until tli~ Japanese sips ate met overwelming disaster to te Russians would be almost certain Wile te immediate interests o te great battle at MUkden ave pused revoluntlonary aairs partially aside /duringt;e week~ tere

3 - is abimdant evidence tat te disturbances at various points trougout te empire are in creasing and tat te strugg~e between te people and te government is certain to continue Tat a majority o te liberal pady desire tat te war sould cease and tereore are glad wen te Rl15sian orces are deeated is certain Te wole s~el1e is pitiitl beyond de- ;;cription even wen we remember tat te great a1yl long-continued wrongs urtder wic te people o Russia ave been suermgso long must usu~llybe atoned or by terrible sacriice o~suresand lie Te prese11t iiiiaiojl; trougout Russia as been made unavoidable \ by te istory o several centuries past Te barbaric rule o an absolute monarcy wic as retained its apparent success at te price o uman rigts te best interests - o te people and o te government itsel as now reaced te limit o endurance and te unavoidable retribution wic God and rigteousness old in!:tore or every suc case ave allen upon te nation One cannot look upon te scene witout great pity or Russia and sympaty or General Kuropatkin to wom as been given te impossible task o sustaining te interests o Russia in Mancuria He does not seem to be so great a captain as Marsal Oyama wo commands te Japanese 6rces Neverteless te situation is against im in so many ways tat in spite o skill and o great igting qualities on te part o te Russians and o teir dogged persistenc) also successive deeats ave met te Russian orces ever since te war began Te better tougt o te world everywere opes eagerly tat te battle o Mukden may so determine te uture tat peace in some orm will asten its coming ABOUT FREE THNKERS To te pastor te man said Well part am a ree tinker or my Yes? replied te pastor; ten am glad to meet you; so am tougt you were a Presbyterian So am and as ree a tinker as a man may care to be And under is breat te pastor went on tinking but te man did not ear it: you mean a loose tllinker wy am not tat am only a ree tinker Your great locomotive tat leaps along te rails under pressure o steam is ree Let it leap rom te rails spurning restriction reusing restraint and it is not ree; it is loose and it will soon be a wreck Your lower tllat blows in tlle breeze rooted in ric soil obeying te laws o its being and place wandering no witller is ree Let it be uprooted and dance or a tougtless moment on te breeze and it is loose but it will soon die Your lad eld down to rule and order learning te duties o lie coming out to te ulness o uildood; is ree Let im spurn tllose laws; let im become te victim o is own wims; and e is loose but e is eaded toward slavery Looseness eads toward wreck Freedom eads towards ulillment o te law o lie Minds tat reuse to recognize ixed laws ixed trut tat will n6t bow beore eternal trutll; accepting it as tlle guide o lie but must call all trut eac day to wait a new settlem~nttese minds are not ree; tey are only loos~ _~bere is no ~~edom in e~?i~ te ~~c and Crcle o tat teter and vingtere ~ E wiirltl ~ 7 \ ~ TH-E SABBk~;HR: ECOR:PE~R> yott~ino~~n AGGRESSVE SABBJ\TH REFORM stroyed; wat cartte rigteous do?t is not FROM REV STEPHEN BURDC{ putting te tougt too strong- to say tat on n response to your invitation to cont:ribute te ile o Gods Sabbat law rests te lie o all someting to THE RECORDER _ symposiunl in re- divine law lation to Aggressive Sabbat Reorm Work Te conditions o aggressive and eective am disposed to begin by expressing te opil1- Sabbat reorm work are tat knowledge o ion tat te trite old saying tat watevdis God and His trut tat love or GOQ and His wo~t doing is wort doing well is sugges- ser~ice: and tat endowment- o His Holy Spirit tive o an important principle susc~ptible o wic uniies puriies and qualiies a people or wide applitation wic wen applied to te His service and te work o His kingdom work wereunto God as called and separated Wit tese conditions tere will be divine bless His pepple suggests te Jact o mens ig~r _! ings elp eiciency and success Witout relationsip and obligations including te duty tem tere must be disappointment and ailure and te privilet? do aitully and w~ll te ALFRED- NY Feb; work He as comm1tted unto tem _ < Ts REFLEX NFLUENCE UPON OURSELVES Noting isreallyweidone;on- te par o te d b 1 t PROF w CWHTFORD doer i ij as not been prolupte y ert 19 en- Oneo tegeuera1 principles o pysical lie ed convictions and steadast purposes _arid prois tat everyting CYsts someting Action is moted by te best possible use o tl~e given equa:l to reaction; but te action is_ always power to tink and act t is one ting to be necessary to produce te reaction a man a complacent well-wiser and an impersonal would -enjoy te ruits o labor e mustlabor contributor in a small way or te success o a man would ave pysical strengt e must a work wic as or its object te triump o -exercise is muscles Q course tere are seem- Gods trut and te up building o His kingdom ing exceptions to tis principle; but tey are among men Sabbat Reorm like oter need:- only seeming exceptions A man may rob is cd reorms does not ind its greatest indrance ellow men or e may live upon carity and in te open opposition o its enemies but rater tus is case may appear to be an exception to in te lack o co-operation in te prosecution te general rule Te converse o tis proposition is also true Action will certainly ave its o an aggressive and eective reorm work Among te causes wic lead up to tese conditions is open co-operation and ellowsip wit eect Labor will ave its reward To tis principle tere are als_o seeming exceptions but demoralizing error unconscklltsly suc it may as in te case already mentioned tese excep be to some but neverteless it is really suc in its nature and eect Error resting alone on uman tradition and dogma allowed only by man-made creeds rites and observances and astened by perverted religious sentiment is certain to grow and magniy its inluence among te people wenever trut ceases to be aggressive and wenever it consents to be silent and voiceless in order to te maintainance o good ellowsip and cordial relations wit kindly pleasant people wo neverteless are te riends and upolders o armul errors! and te active promoters o alse doctrines as essential actors o te Cristian religion Tere can be no real reorm wen te proessed riends and representatives o known trut ail to make it aggressive and eective as te recognized agency o grace and duty to God and teir ellow men Knowledge unused is knowledge abused and a blessing lost; ence te words o tlle-lord Jesus; ye know tese tings appy are ye i ye do tem Te cie reason or Aggressive Sabbat Reorm Work is not to be Ound alone in tlle promotion o Sabbat observance and its incidental results-te ~aintainance o a day or religious worsip and pysical restb\t ra er tlle putting o te Sabbat o J eoya on its true basi~ as tlle God-given sigrtand collsta~tly:recurring reminder o mens :relatiolls and ;obli~ gations to God as tlleir CreatorSustainer and BeneaCtor As suc it rests on tlle basal prin; ciple o all u~an obligation ;lllmoral law all tat is igest and best in uman tougt and lie and all tllat is most exalted and eective in spiritual agencies Tere is no precept o te Decalogue concerning wic it may be more truly said on tis commandnient ( te Sabbatll precept) angs all tlle law and te propets or i tlle oundations be destroyed or in oter words it mens -consciousness o personal obligations to te persqnal_gqdandfatber bede- tions are only apparent not real A lie o industry will bring comort Bodily exercise will produce pysical strengt Tese principles o te pysical lie ind teir exact parallel in te spiritual lie Service or our Master will bring strengt to do_greater service and will certainly elp in te development o caracter Tis is certainly true in spere o service and must old true tereore in Sabbat Reorm Work Two travellers were once nearly overcome by te cold in a journey across te Alps At lengt one o t~m ell down and gave imsel up to die Te oter went to te assistance o is allen comrade and by is energetic exertions on beal o anoter brougt new vigor to is own benumbed body Wit tis new incentive or action e saved not only is comrade but also imsel; or e was imsel about to be overcome by te cold But wy sould we tink o te relex inluence o Sabbat Reorm Work more especially? Because tat 15 our distinctive work w:e do 11t believe in SabbatllReorm we ave no good excuse -Jor separate denominational: existence Wy soulq not wetllrow up ourrelati~n wit te- GeneralConetence arid our denominational societiesand join wit te Baptist associations t1laarnriea~es(at and ~r i~ldeedwit:any -oter ~nom1l1ational orgamzatlon tat would acceptus? Wy sould we insist tllat tlle members o our curces sould keep tlle Sabbat? Wy not t~ke int~ our m~mbersip anybeliever in Crist weter e believes in baptism or not and weter e as any convictions about te Sabbat or not? Bretren is te keeping o te Sabbat an important matter or is it-not? not let us admit our mistake at once Tere is no use o keeping te Sabbat just to be odd t involves a good many inconveniences in our -relations witll our ellow men But te keeping Q te Sabbat is an important matter Te Sabbat law is operpetua:obligatic;l1i;::<:we be- lieve tatinaili1jg to o~serveit we wot1ldpe_;~ent or ~any oter o te Decalogue By detu~ning Fear not little:t~k Vor it is your Faters a~ay ~om allegianc~ to our Heavenly votion to tis precept or ourselves and eager good pleasure to give you te kngdom Fater ness in bringing it to te attention o our el- ALFRED UNVERSTY; MARCH We migtindeeq keep te Sabbat and be low Cristians we sall gain strengt o carmembers o oter tan Sevent-day Baptist acter tat will elp us to lead consistent CrisL WENT HOME TO DE eurces- allow teir members to ave little tian lives and better to ulill in every way te Tey told me in te dining-rool11 car o a peeuliar!ties o belie o teir own We ave purpose or wic we were called o God train on te Louisville and Nasliville road tat organized ourselves into curces o Sabat-Sabbat Reorm ~vork will elp us to be bet- in te smoking car was an old colored mal) wo tpeping believers not only or convenience o was g oing Sout to see is old plantation ome? ter Sabbat keepers ourselves t is easy to see orsip togeter but also tat we- may in tis tat te 1uan wo is urging oters to agaln beore deatll clal med lm By and by commenc~ Pay more eectually let our lilrt sine T e ent to ave a talk wt 1m He was wrl nk ~ te observance o te Sabbat mtistimsel qe : ~ great commission wic Jesus gave to is dis- giving eed to te law Q te Sabbat He carted and wite-aired arid evidently very old arid dples at te end o is eartly mipistry not liotbe giving imsela broad allowance on te wen expressed wonder tat isriend~ in only teaces us tat we sould send te Gospel ground o necessity and still urni~!1 an ex: K~~ntueky soulda~elet im setoutollsuc ~ to te eaten but also tat we sould be in long j ourney ~ replied: - ample tat is wort anyting we as asevearne st in prpclaiming te w ole trut as w e eritday Baptist people do not keep D te Si\b- ey jest cou d n t elp deirselves sa t1nderstandit~ Resaid ~teacing tem to ob- b at b etter t an t e majority 1; e peop e k eep tole de cilen as bottl1d to cum an dey jest serve all: tings watsoever ave commanded Sunday; we migt as well stop publising tracts ad to let me you ~ Te relexlaetion o mission work ilpon te and keep still about te Sabbat But te very And ow long since you let te old planact o our engaging in Sabbatp reorm work tation? curces tat are engaged in tat work is well will elp us to a more consistent manner o lie Way back in wa times sa dun went knowq No curc inancier will complain o ~ te amount o money tat is given or oreign some one as only a little to give or rigt o wid some Yankee sogers an dats de last eber did see o ~ars lomases olks ze missionary work or e knows well tat te benevolent objects believe tat esould give man w glves a d 1 lar or mlsslnary wor k S a portion t at l 1t ~ e to t e T r act S oc 1ety or gwine down to sprise em te one wo is likely to give a dollar or te S abbat R e orm wo F orelgn 1T1SSlOnary Were S lt? work o te ome curc No one wo is di- work must certainly command te support o Jest a leetle ways out Selma Dey tell reeting te activities o workers in te com- every earnest ollower o Crist but te Sab- me dar am great canges bout Selma! but l11t1nity were a curc is located will complain at work must also ave our support And reckon kin walk rigt down de road an ind o te time and attention tat some members bot o tese not only or teir own sakes but de plantasum in de nigt Bress de Lawd are spending or oreign missionary matters also or teir relex inluence sa but doan reckon could ey closed my or e knows tat tese are te people wo will We sould talk about te Sabbat also tat eyes in deat i dey adnt let me cum Dars give time and attention or curc concerns at we may be taugt by te words o our own lips bin sie a longin to see de ole place agin dat ome and or all sorts o active work or te We are very apt to orget tat o wic we couldnt stand it Master in te community in wic tey live never speak t is an open secret tat te man Tree or our o us cipped in to get is Activity in missionary enterprise produces a wo takes part in a conerence meeting gets as meals or im and make im comortable but strengt o caracter and an ability to resist muc good as e gives Tis same doctrine is we saw tat te journey was telling on is temptation true o te Sabbat we keep te Sabbat strengt On te morning o te day we were Now all tese blessings and oters tat ave mecanically and never speak or tink about it to reac Selma could see tat e was weak not taken time to name come to im wo wit it will not mean a great deal to us But i on and nervous and wen sat down~side im te same devotion to te Master and is com- te oter and we are always tinking o te e saitl: mand is engaged in striving to bring te wole Sabbat and requently reading about it and ze ee lin sort skeart bout mysel dis trut to is ellow Cristians t remains or talking wit oters te Sabbat will mean more mawnin ad a dream last nigt dat was 115 to notice wy Sabbat Reorm sould be te to us and will be a greater blessing to us An- walkin long de road an met a uneral an (special burden o our teacing as disciples o oter gain wic we get rom Sabbat Reorm wen axed wo was gwine to be buried a Crist We ougt to e engaged in tis line o work is a res encouragement to te study o wite man spoke up and said: testiying to te Cristian world not only be- te Bible We need- to study te oly scrip- Pon my soul i dat ;lint Mars Tomases cause we appen to be te ew tat are believ- tures to establis and conirm our position t ole nigger Job wo runned o door in de wa ing in itand oters are talking abo~t oter is just rom tis study o te Bible also tat we Hea boy let me tole you sumtin Yo as tings t does seem indeed tat we are provi- may look or ultimate success in our campaign cum too late to see yor ole Mars; dats im in dentially called to tis work because te laborers or te return o te Curc to te Sabbat o de coin an e was axin bout you jest e day in tis direction are certainly ew We migt our God Celebrated saints o bd ave ound beo e died tink tat we sould be publising tracts and in te Bible truts tat ad been disregarded told im tat dreams did not signiy and sending ort missionan es to proclaim te doc- and ave come or~ inspired by te Holy Spirit ater a bit ad im quite cirped up got im trine o baptism by immersion and be talking trine o trinity; Augu~tine wit is doc- some topacco or is pipe saw tat e ad about te inluellc~ o tis work upon ourselves trine o trinity; Augustine wit dis d()c- breakast and as let im e smiled all over t is true tat te doctrine o immersion is o trine o sin ; Luter wit is doctrine o Jus- wit appiness as e said: immel1 s~valu eto tos~ wo p beli~ve in i~ and tiication by ait; and tere are many oters Only two ours mo to Selma ze moas also o{ :gr~a~ : value to;otpers!tis an <?rdi Gr~at pn;acers presenting-t e trutlj Wit ear- G d T dun got derd nance te _oqservance o wic js a stri~ing nestness ave spokeq a~ in!pired o o e G - k nr Wti ld F TirtY minutesiaterte conductor beckoned mark p loy~ltr! t9 q!~?-l1d Aevotion to od :woro t e;vves eys :} e mpey M b C to tree pr Jour o us tocolue into te: smoker Wen we torougly believe te doctrine o a1jd o oodyca1j -no e orgotten ary salvationtrqug aitllpy te ree grace o Judson :an(oter missionaries ave anundy~ng Teolclma~ satlisi~eat leaningagainstt:e God we i1e<rdsome: iteacing coucerning our!-mebut te Bible asn()tbeen exausted by side ole car :ind seemed to t>e sl~epillg obligation toward im in order tilt we may not tese teologians and preacers _Tere are:;lesbeendead ten llliriutesi; quietly;ob~ be led astray jnto te eeling tat it does not oter neglected truts to be brougt to te no- served te conductor and e died as - peac~ matter wat we do so long as we believe Te tice o te Cristians o tis world Tese ully as a cild alling to sleep doctrine o te riecessity o baptism -is a elp in great truts yet to be brougt into prominence So e ad Tere was a smile on is old tis direction are to exert a migty inlueme upon Cristen~ black ace-a smile o anticipation and te pipe But watever we may say o te value o te dom One o tese truts is t!1e perpetual ob- ad not allen rom is ingers Deatll ad doctrine o ba\tisin te doctrine o te Sab- : ligation o t?e Sabbat~; and te blessi~gs t~at come like a sot leecy mantie and its touc ad bat is yet more valuable t is no accident come rom ts proper observance Sometmg been painless- Detroit Free Press tat te l~w o te Sabbat is one o te ten as been known o it in all te centuries but elemelltary precepts given to te cildren o it ~s not yet come to te place tat it must srael; in te wi1de~ness t represents an ever ave May we b~ true to te trust tat!-s living ~b1igti9n like tlt~~ \o~te sixt :orje been committed to us < 165 t is absolutely necessary tllat te Publising House receipts sould be greatly augmented by tqse udebted to it Dont wait i do it no~

4 J r66 By ; U Mission~ WBTFOD Cor Secr~tary Westerly R N te paragrap o te Missionary Page tip onte New and Old Evangelism in THE RE CORDER o Feb ~7 we wis to make two corlections wic will make clearer and inore corred te tougt Wereit reads An inner taint and corruption o te sane it sould read an inner taint and corruption o te soul 2 its sent is in te eart o man not in is ead ~ sould read its seat is in tebeart o man not in is ead ; ~\ EVANqELST L D Seager closed is labors wit our curc in Garwin owa; and is now olding meeting wit te Ritcie curc at Berea W Va Ti:!e meetings at Garwin were indered in attendance and desired results by blizzards and extremely cold weater H()w~ ever no series o meetings can be eld witout some good results sinners are not converted Cristians are revived and strengtened in te love o Crist and in ait in is saving grace N tese days we ear muc about revivals te great work o saving gra~e in \Vales and te work in England and in our own country Wat is a true revival? t is te quickening o te soul in te love o God ajd ait in Jesus Crist as te only Saviour t is te giving o spiritual lie and an increase in spiritual power and activity t is produced by te power o Gods Word and te Holy Spirit We ave spiritual lie but we want more o it vve ave te love o God and o Jesus Crist but we want it in larger uller measure We ave love or te souls o men but wat we want is more love o souls in ouor eart t is not a sentimental love we want or need but a love tat swallows up eartly love in te love o God making us obedient tq ls oly will \;Ve need a quickening o our ait not ait in intellectual appreension and in te process o culture but ait in te power o God and te quickening enligtening regenerating sanctiying power o te Holy Spirit We need a revival in coltviction--conviction o sin and o its exceeding sinulness and a quickening o te courage o conviction \Ve need a revival o tat conviction tat will stand or someting and stand ard Tere is too muc looseness esitating alting between two or more opinions lack o irmness We need a quickening o te c:onscience People are not conscientious enoug wit God and men A true revival not only means a revival o soul but a reormation o lie t is suc a revival and reormation tat will make truer and more devoted usbands and wiv~s aters and motero; more aectionate and obedient cildren onest tradesmen trutul lawyersspititual and aitupreacers soul seeking and saving curces tat will:de- stroy greed and grat and clean out te cesspools o corruption in business society and in national lie Now suc a revival is not to be brougt to pass by great sermons and sensational evangelism but by personal prayer personal quickening personal work personal devotion EDUCATNG MEN AWAYFROM THE MNSTRY t must be conessed tat te drit o college ie is Dot one tat encourages a young man to go orward wit is plans or minist~rial work eveiwoen e basreaclled a decision beore en- VoL LX No; tering college Te average college lije like te ular Cristianity as sunk many into te woraverage lie o modern times; io too :indierent sip o te Virgin Josep and te saints n to religion alld to religious inluences EVen in Englimd te great mass o tem live alas! colleges pronouncedly organized to train men among a population Cristian only in name or te ministry te curric~lum studiously neglected in te past erding togeter in te avoids tose subjects wic would keep alive in dreariness o London Slums indierent alto te eart o a young man te ire tat as al- geter to religion Te best o Cristianityready beeri kindled tere and substitute5 oter te qui~t orderly peaceul omeo o te middle subjects wic inevitably draw im in a dierent direction Too requently no eort1is mad~ to cultivate in im te desire wic as already class te carm o Cristian village lie-tey do not see and ave no opportunity o seeiitg Te Arcdeacori ten pointed out tat we ave ad birt and every college proessor knows to sow te Jew wat Cristianity really nleans tat a majority o to!!ewoentercoliegewitti _ 7;e Missionary Review te m~nistry in mind leave college to take up A MSSONARY SPRT-HOW TO GET law or medicine or to entel business n onner days te colleges were made up almost wolly T All attempts to make a missionary spirit preo men wo were preparing or te mintstry~ and te atmqspere o te college was one domin~nt or powerul in te Curc wic do wic strengten~dwmi every year te desire not begin wit te individual drawing n arer to Jesus Crist or imsel are as ~ain and oolis already maniested But in modern days it io quite te opposite partly because te scientiic as it is to move~ te ands o a clock wit t t 1 rtl b cause tere your inger instead o increasing te tension o Sprt as come preval pa y e is yet no adequate presentation o te religious te spring; you will only spoil te works and position rom a modern point o view partly as soon as te outward pressure jo removed tere will be te cessation o te motion ave because so large a proportion o tooe wo enter te ministry do so witout a college training te prooundest distrust o all attempts to work t d t t t d up Cristian emotion or Cristian conduct in anv or m ac no a equa e rammg- or ese an t t t 1 l S sonle single direction apart rom te deepening and o er reasons e co ege a mosp lere te increasing o tat wic is te oundation cases indierent in oters even ostile to te development o te mini;;terial idea-tc o all-a deeper and a closer communion wit H1orld Today Jesus Crist-Te Missio11UJlry Review WORK OF THE AMERCAN BOARD UP TO-DATE Work is carried on in all te ields in 1693 place;; were regular Cristian services are eld Te number o missionaries is 57 o wom 184 are wives and 182 are single women Tere are 4179 native Cristian laborers engaged wit our mi;;sionaries in te work o education and evangelization O tese 272 are pastors and 2178 are teacers Twenty-tree new curces ave been organized making a present total o 558 curces wit a membersip o Tese curces added to teir numbers last year upon proession o ait 578 new members wile tere are over 7 pupils in te Sun~ day-scools Tese missions ave 14 teological scools wit 18 collegiate institutions n tese tere are 2345 students in training wit nearly 7 in ig and boarding scools and nearly 44 in village scools Te total number o pupils under instruction in all o te institutions o te Board is an increase o more tan 3 during te year Te natve peoples contributed or te support o t1:5 work $173184=-Tlte Missionary Review HOW CHRSTANTY S PRESENTED TO THE JEWS Arcdeacon Sinclair o London preaced teal1tiua1serm~n o te LoridonSociety or te Con;ersion o te Jews arid in te course o is sermon drew attention to an important point Consider e said ow Cristianity is presented to tem n Russia tere are said to be 5; in Austria 1644; in Gennany 562; in Rumania 263; in Turkey 15- ; in Holland 82; in France 63; in Great Britian 92; in taly 4; in Switzerland 7; in Scandinavia 7; in Servia 35; in Greece 2; in Spain 2 How does popular Cristianity oer itsel to tem in Russia? By ignorant peaoantry by te superstitious worsip o pictures and by bitter oppression n Austria in Franct! in Spain pop- THE CHLDRENS FEET Ragged uncomely and old and grey A woman walked in a Nortern town And troug te crowd as se wound er way One saw er loi ter apd ten stoop down Putting someting away in er old torn gown You are iding a jewel! te watcer said (A! tat was er eart-ad te trut been read) Wat ave you stolen? e asked again Ten te dim eyes illed wit a sudden pain And under te lickerilg ligt o te gas Se sowed im er gleaning ts broken glass Se said: ae lited it up rae te street To be oot te rood te bairnies eet! Under te luttering rags astir Tat was a royal eart tat beat! Would tat te world ad more like er Smooting te road or its bairnies eet HS ORDER FOR EGGS Tere is a certain lawyer o te town wo devotes all is leisure time to te perpetration o elaborate and solemn jokes says te Wasington Post Npbody on eart is too august or im to tackle He was in London last summer and one morning e went into a restaurant wit is most digniied air and proceeded to order breakast want two eggs said e t6 te waiter want one tied ori one side and te oter ried on te bter:: Te ~waiter iiodded and withdrew :A little later e returned: ( Co Beg par<;{orisir said~;btitr~ ~rilid didnt quite catc your ord~r Would yc>u mind repeating it? Not at all said te AmeriCan solemnly want two eggs one o tem ried on one side and te oter on te oter Tank you sir said te waiter tougt tat was wat you said but wasnt quite sure sir Five minutes later an apologetic waiter returned to te Americans elbow beg p~rdon sir said e ~gain ~but te cook and ave ad some words Would you mind :aving tose eggs scrimbled? ; Womans Work TH E S A B BAT H R E CO R D E R te tenant wm get wat e pays or and ave Te closing words o er will reveal someting o er deep religious nature: a good clean wolesome place in wic to live MRS lenty M MAxsoNEilitor Plainield N J! Te day may not be ar distant wen even wis tus publicly to acknowledge my THE POWERkF-~PRA YER te battub may be put to te use or wic great gratitude to an all-wise loving Heavenly Lord at a cange witin us one sort our it was made Fater or His sustaining ~race troug te last Spent in ty presence wih avail to make ten years o bereavement trial and disappoint- Wat eavy burdens rom our bosoms take; MRS LELAND STANFORD ments n all ave leaned ard on tis great Wat parced grounds reres as wit a sower!! :Te deat o Mrs Stail ord in Honolulu Con~orter and ound rest and peace ave We kneel--alld ali about ls seems to 1ow~r; came as a great sock; to many people o tilis no doubt about a \lture lie beyond tis i ~ir We rise~a:nd all te distant and te near CotUltrY Te acttat se probablyc~111e to land were no more tears will be sed; andni;> Stands drt in :sunnyoutline brave: and dear:;; ercleat by POiSOl}ing;losely ollowing a si111- more partings ad We kneel-ow~eak We rise ow ullop9wer ilar attellipt in Caliornia; adds greatly to te --;-----;-~--: : _c _: :_~ :!~ _ - i---;>-: J ;-- sadness o te occasiol} ibe FATH THAT WNS -Wy tereore sould we do ourselv~s tis wrol)g ltti;at Wg~k~~lOt c> Or oters; iat we are not aj1v~ys strong? Mrs Sanordlouga woman owide ~ te ait ~ ools Tat we are ever overborne wit care; carities is best known in comlectiori wit te Fait tat moye~ mu11tains Tat we sould ever Vteak or eartless be Leland Stanord Jr University o Caliornia_ Uses tools Anxiotls or troublea wen wit tls is prajrer wic ;;e and er- usband ounded and made -Te Rams Hoill And joy and strengt and courage are wit tee! te lasting memorial o teir ~nly son wo :Selected EXPERENCE N TTHNG died aln:oad at te age o sixteen Tey ad MODEL TENEMENTS given over eigty acres o land and work ad MRS D SHERMAN Tis matter o titing is a subject o experience ave practiced it about twenty years A man said in our presence recently been well started on te buildings wen Senator Stanord died Mrs Stanord ten took up ad te money; would build model tenements and some o te time would become so interested tat would ind tat was giving more Tere is np surer way to elp te poorer people te work tey ad begun togeter and as aitully carried out er usbands plans and as tan to give tem better ouses in wic to tan a tent but did not care only tat some one given money wen needecl till now te institution as property valued at about tirty million live We at once called to mind te pictures more nee4y tan mysel could be elped we all may ave seen in some o te papers o tank God tat gave wen ad it to give dollara Te amily residence in San Francisco a battub in one o tese model tenements tat tink it becomes in a way a pasaion to give Mrs Stanord as recently given to te University and it will probably be used as an Art Gal was made te receptacle o old cloting and and would do te same again under like circumstances only would give more or our own urniture tat ad passed its useulness and a ire escape tat ad become not only te amily lery denominational interests We were working independently and gave mostly in tat way store-room but te laundry as well Tese Te University was opened or te ree instruction o bot men and women in 1891 and pictures are not ar rom te trut or we Tey say tat al te world does not know ave seen battubs tat ad never been put to as been ully equipped in every respect in te wat te oter al are doing So it becomes te use or wic tey were originally intended bl!st manner One restraint in te deed o git us to be rater lenient in judging oters We saw one tat was made te pantry o te was tat tere sould not be more tan ive un- RCHBURG N Y Feb ouse and were told t is suc a nice place to cired women students in te University at one (cep tlngs away rom te mlce you know time Mrs Stanords explanation o tis was PUTTNG AWAY WORRY So to tis man o caritable intentions we tat i te number was unlimited tere was dan b vve ear muc in tese days o te need o were not slow in replying You would ave ger t ere emg more women t an men stuto create some model tenants to live in tem dents and te University would become in eect taking lie more restully o keeping a quiet a womans college and so deeat te end or spirit and avoiding te wear and strain o wor- Tis man was not ar out o te way ater ry Suc injunctions are wise and by no means 1 wic it was ounded te education o bot a or ot er peop eave 119t on y t loug t t e to be put aside as valueless but it would be well same ting but ave gone urter and built sexes or most o us to consider also ow muc needtese model tenements n crowded cities like Toug te Univer;;ity was te one ting less worry we may take rom oter lives London and New York tey ave been built nearest er eart er oter carities were ex- S bl L Cld H Did you ever tink o te burden o care and and occupied Te apartments in tem consist tenslve e U1 t t_ e at rop 1 ren s OS- Alb b anxiety tat weigs UpOlJ uman earts every o rom one to our rooms Teyare clean pta many er ear y orne ca 111g t Y er T d dd day~tis day-because o te delays neglects sanitary and are even proitable rom a inan- am y name S cost one un re t lousan and small carelessnesses o tose wo would cial standpoint Te experiment as ad a or- dollars and se gave as muc more or a per- _ d T K d S never be willully unkind? n te al2gregate it ty years trial in London by means o te Pea- manent en owment e 111 ergartens an ~ F d $ 6 H 11 bd is someting awul-te waiting te eartace body Donation Fund By te use o te money ranclsco recelve 1 er W esl es l t te ours o sickening dread tat a little tus provided ive tousand apartments ave t e 1 ge)1erous gl ts to er own b am y am e tougtulness migt prevent Te sick boy been built and occupied Tere is a constant am y servants sows t e estowa arge Old L d H do away rom ome as grown better te treatendemand or tese apartments and tere se~ms sums to tea les orne an rp an A Alb C ld d W ed illness proved triling and in te interests o to be no lack o tenants T~e erection o tese ~um~ 111 any to ren s an omen H ; 1 S F d returning ealt e postpones or a dav or two ouses as orced an improvement in te locali- OSpltlJ s 111 an ranclsco an numerous ot er te letter tat sould relieve tose at ome ties were tey are} and owners o oterouses P4blic carities Two suc days or anxious love to live troug! are obliged to ma~e muc ~nt;!ed(;d improvements On!! item in te will w~stat any legatee at- We ave-stlcceeded in te mission undertaken or ave!teir room i O ~~ll1r~1ted~ tel?bti?g Jq; bre~k it sgbtl1dj~~ given only one ora rie~d~nd e ~i11 be glad and tankul Eigt years ago1 ane:j~perimentsiniilal~ to Ul1dr~4;pq~la:is! W!!P we:1etimknow-on te morrpw One taun London; was: tried:in New :york: Sev-:By nature:mrs Stanord: was retiring: and mor~ nigt pe bears a burden o uncertainty eral ouses were bui1top;t~ East Side andomelovirigtqug tdl; oeriergy andexecu- and doubt te ;weigt o wid{we dtiulot un- 111anagedc as a :purely: business investment andti;e ability tat accomplised :greattings Se dershuld: > T~ request quickly gtaritedhi~ proved succesouliri tis way wcisond o telling o teir early married :lie prompt reply te doing at once wat te and Nciw by te git o Mr Henry Pipps o beore tere was muc money in te amily inds to do even in matters tat seem trivial to Pittsburg one million dollars is available or purse wen se took boarders to make a little us may me~n muc at te otlier end o te line: te building o model tenements in New York money By all means let us Ptlt useless worry out o Te main object in this is pilantropy but it is Se was eigty years old at te time o er our lives but t~t us take care tat no neglect o expected tatit will also be a buoinesssucce~s deat but noting pleased er better tan to ours put it il1to te lie o a neigbor-for A number o \well~known pilantropists will~ aveer ouse illed wit young people Wen ward orm te Board to ave;carge o te using o se suddenly let San Francisco se ad artis und and work on te modeb tenements ranged a series o receptions in onor o aniece will be begu~ as soon as suitable locations can t was said se was te personal riend o every be secured Te customilrytental will be girl in te University and :wasalwaysteady Carged or teapaj:trnents;but in every case wit sympaty and advice C THE VALUE OF SA YNG NO No is caracterized as amonosyuable te easiest learned by a cild but te most diicult to practice by te man -

5 ) J t l TRE 5 A B B A TR R E C OR ler VOLo LX Non Dr Jonson displays a world o wisdom in SEVENTH-DAY BAPTST AND UNTED teir ecclc:~tiasticat curc polity invested wit tese ew simple lines and te saying is no less BRETHREN GENERAL CONF~RENCE legislative; udi~ial and even: exe~~ti~e powers true in regard to w?men ~~n it is to men EXPENSES COMPARED wit immensely more vital business tan our t seems cold and eartless to a man to reuse Te ollowing letter will explain itsel and en- conerences cart get along wit Quadrennial to lend a riend a little money to tide over some able THE RECORDER readers to get almost a Conerences wy cannot Sevent-day Baptists anxious time; and yet it is a great question as startling view: o te comparative expenses o wit (;mly advisory bus~ness do te same? to weter e is justiied in doing so i e ini Sevent-day Baptists and te United Bretren Please bretren i any o you really tink tat sel is orced to make some o is owncredi- in Crist~ our General Conerences annually are a neces- tors wait wile is money is ulilling a riends REV M HARRY Pastor First Westerly Sevent- : liity give us te reason Te writer as spoken eed /l-- day Bapti$t C~rc WesterZy R to quite a number o ministers and oters ask- n domestic lie a wonk a~ also m~~ call Dear :Broter:~Replying to your letter o ingareason and as yet as received none Our or Je Jittie rnono~yll~ble No; Se may dis- Jan 23 in regax:d to te olding o our General correspondent in answering te article o Nov like to disappoint er cildrenlnsomemattersconlerenceswtt te expense ana ilunijjer;b4~lasturges tat it gives attendants at Conbut knows in er eart o earts tat te grant- delegates oltesame We wis to say tat our erenceopportunlty tclear and See()ut l~aders ed avor would be bad or teir ealt or uture last General Conerence w;ts composed o 25 deed ~ te: Uned B~et~n andoters~wit appiness delegates and tat dejegates and visitors to- one undred was ever at teir general coner- Yet ow ew moters do say No under geter numbered in te n~igborood o 5 ences Among us nearly one-alave been to suc circumstances And tey excuse tem- Tis Conerence was eld at Fr\!derick City general conerence irst or last Among tem selves by saying it is bad or cildren to be Md and te expense o olding te same was not one in ilty peraps ever saw a great Big twarted So it is but i te said cildren ~ere about $86 Our present General Coner- Bisop-and tey ave about six alt te wile brougt up to know tat teir moter ad al- ence is to be eld at Topeka Kan Te num- wl;1i1e among us nearly every member as seen ways a good reason or er decision and was ber o delegates at tis General Conerence will our leaders ndeed bretren Lewis Witnot to be cajoled out o tat decision te moter be 274 A conservative estimate o te expense ord and a ew oters ave even personally would save a great deal o annoyance bot to o te delegates is placed at about $15 t visited about every curc in te denomination ersel and to oters trown in contact wit er is necessarily greater on account o te long iu te United States Now all onor to our ospring distance wic te larger number o delegates representative men like to see tem and will be obliged to travel Te expense o te ~ear tem but wy sould Sevent-day Bap A MOTHERS LOVE Some day Wen oters braid your tick brown air And drape your orm in silk and lace Wen oters call you dear and air And old your ands and kiss your ace Youll not orget tat ar above All oters is a moters love Some day Mong strangers in ar distant lands n your new orne beyond te sea Wen at your lips are oly ands And cildren playing at your knee O ten as at your side tey grow How ave \(\\ed you you will know! Some day Your daugters voice or smile or!yes My ace will suddenly recall; Ten you will smile in sweet surprise And your soul unto mine will call n te dear unorgotten prayer Wic we at evening used to sare Some day A lower a song a word may be A link between us strong and sweet; A ten dear cild remember me And let your eart to moter beat My love is wit you everywere- You cannot get beyond my prayer Some day At longest it c :mot be long sall wit glad impatience wait Amid te glory and te song For you beore te Golden Gate Ater earts parting and earts pain Never to part! Never again -A lnerican }{ cssenge;~ - - :lje:little tat JlaVe seen o te wbrld and kn~wo te ist~x:y o manki~d teaces me to look upo~tbeir errors in sorrow not in anger Wen take te istory o one poor eart tat as &inned and suered and represent to mysel te struggles and temptations it passes troug- te brie -pulsation o joy te tears o regret te eebleness o pux:pose te scorn o te world-tat as little carity-te desolation o te souls sanctuary ~nd treateni~g words witin ealt gone bappiness gone- would ain leave te erring so~ Q my ellowman wit Him rom wose bands it came- D CluJlmers Conerence o course applies only to te regtt- tists be so obsequous and worsipul o a ew lar delegates and not to te visitors tat may men wen Uqited Bretrens and many oters attend Te number o our curc membersip can live and die and not one in ity or a unat te present time taking te statistics rom dred ever look upon te ace o a migty Biste 194 annual Conerence is op Besides all tis wy is not once in our Very truly yours years oten enoug to go up i tey are able W R FUNK Agent and see our great men? And still urter it is Taking te igures given above or teir last muc easier to attend te associations were General Conerence at Frederick City Md or tey will generally be able to see te most o te bas$ o comparison we see tat te ex- our representative men penses o two undred and ive delegates was Tis correspondent mentions one instance o $86 Supposing te average cost o tree a man increasing is subs<;ription to denominaundred visitors eac was one-ourt as muc tional work because e attended Conerence as tat o eac delegate a liberal allowance Well tat may be but wy could not suc insince very ew visitors west o Pennsylvania crease o subscription be obtained by atten~ing would attend wile te delegates would come association? And still e would ave a cance all te way rom te Paciic Coast aving two once in our years in case o quadrennial conconerences tere we would ave $315 or erences But cannot elp surmising tat visitors and allowing tat it cost $2 or en- wile some one would give more wile attendtertainment expenses we ave as te total ex- ing Conerence tat a good many would give pense o teir General Conerence $1375 or less All tose or instance wo went to Noran average expense per member (25 mem- tonville rom te Atlantic seaboard would ave bers) o ive and a al cents- eac or our ad $4 more or less eac to put into te years or one and tree eigt cents an~ually Lords treasury Tis certainly quite overbal But against tis as was sown in te writers ances te extra git o te one man article Annual or Quadrennial Conerences Lest some may orget te article o Nov 14 Nov our General Conerences cost last will summarize it: U!i annually rom $35 to $5 or 35 to 5 Te New Testament does not suggest cents eac member Tat is our Conerences tese great a:nnua Conerences cost us twenty-ive to tirty-six times ~s muc 2 ManJeiCierit deominations wo need per member as tat o te U;nited Bretrens temnitc mote tan wedo not ave tem Tis enormous dierence is occasioned~ by tw:o 3:-- Our General Conerences areimprkctictjtings: our Conerences occtir allriually; tlieirs able {or all coltingendes ;as we owliold tem only once lin our years and secodly orie- 4 n<teitem o expense; we: pay ~twentytwentiet o our woledenomination attends~ ive to orty times as muc to old our coneri ive undred come ~ile only one in ive un-ences: as te United Bretren or instance dred o teirs attends lese igures -speak Our people wo ave so ~uc arder time to or temselves A comparison wit te Con- make a living-many leaving te Sabbat on erence expenses o several oter prominent de- tat account and wit constant crying calls or nominations would doubtless reveal te same Missionary Tract and oter interests can astartling contrast Now on wat ground o ord twenty:-ive to orty times as mttc as tose morality or rigteous necessity can suc ex- wo ave laws and customs to assist tem six travagant expenditure o our money or annual days in a week Conerences instead o Quadrennial Coner- 5 Our General Conerences oversadow ences bedeended? Some one as ventured in and interere wit te associations weakening a privat~ lettter to say tat te experiment o attendance and interest triennial Conventions was once tried by Qur6 Te so-~ll~duplit o ourc:onerence~ P!!Opleand ound to be impractic;ible n-by n() mea~s jllstii~1! ~~ tim!= and ~pe;:se an~ ndeed Among United Bretren not ope in is at teex~seo - opterinter~ts -w~ic ~uld --- T Hit 5 ABD AT~{R E C RDER: ar ou~weig~tbem in pro~t to our people and best metoels available or te care and culture te cause o er cildren Se ad a strong desire tat Tere are not a ew wo are tinking tis all er cildren sould ave a liberal education way and tereore we kindly ask any broter and all o tem save one ave been students in or sister wo believes annual Conerences are a Alred University real necessity to send teir reasons to THE RE- No sketc o er lie could be ~omplete wit- CORDER would kindly provoke a little dis- out apprec~ mention o er solicitude or cttssion on tis matter let te United er curc and te denomination o wic se Bretren partly on account o Jtat big ecclesias- was a member Noting tat pertained to te tical weel wic turns and grinds every our welare o te curc or any o its members was years; and beold 1 ave dropped down were -indierent to er For te work or tede~omitat weel goes around every year at an ex~ nation se gave constantly ~r sympaty and pense o tirty-ive to ity cents per member er~players; and er meansassecould Not- M HARRY ing wa~ ever a greater joy toer tan tat one MRS-L7 7 E - R - :-Y--B-U O -R;;;P-CK o er sons: consecrated imsel to te :k -gospel _ ministry Te uneral o Mrs LeRoy Burdick o He- About six monts ago se became c scious bron Pa took place on Sabbat-day Feb 25 t1 t d k d 95; at 11 oclock at te First Sevent~d~2a~ sease was rna mt mroa s upon--ae s~sp t t C H b P T tern and about tree monts ago se was og- :>ap S durtc d b pe r~dn a e scervllcelsl ed to take er bed During tose tree monts B were con uc e y resl ent oot e we ~ Al d U d1 s e suered greatly but m patence and ait m D avs re Olverslty w r T preac 8 A e 1 t e G d s e endured er suenngs Wt er acunera sermon rom 2 nn 4: 7- arge customed sweetness and resignation Surnumber o people were present to pay teir roun d eyer d b ami 1 y-er 1 alt u an d b e 1 ovtribute o respect and love to Mrs Burdick wo e d 1 US b an d an dd ler evote d an d a O ectonate was one o Potter County s most esteemed and ld 11 1 J beloved residents All er six cildren and c 11 ~en-sf e b e as teepm esus on Tursday mormng e 23 a t e age 76 years 5 twelve o er grandcildren were present at te mon t s an d 6 d 2 ays unera T e ollewmg S a bne blograplucal S d b b d 86 k t M B d k e S survive y er us an now sec E t F rs R d ur 1 C B : d k b years d b ld El G age an y er SX c ren vm s e~ an p ur C was orn at Burdick Mrs George P Kenyon o Hebron Greenbnar near Salem W Va August 28 P a L mco n F B ur d C k M anon N Y R ev 828 S e was a daugter o Vvm F Ran- Wll lam L B ur d C k A S away R 1\ 1 rs d o p an d Mary B DaVS Randolp Wm Ran- oscoe R C St earns H e b ron P a an d M rs dolp was one o te most promment and iniu- T n H Mll er C ou d erspor t P a an d b v i - entlal men o is commumty : He was sur- t een gran d c ld reno S e S a so survive d b y veyor and also ser o is county He was our b ro t ers Sl as F R an d 1 p R vers d e a leadmg member : o te Sevent-day d Baptist C a 1 P res t on F R an d 1 p S a 1 em W V a C urc an d reare d a splendl amily o twelve J u d son F R an dl p G reen b ner W V a an d cluldren ten o wom grew to manood and R ev L ewls F R an d p H op k mton C ty womanood and became loyal members o te R 1 Sevent-day Baptist denomination most o wom ave illed positions o leadersipin teir respective curces and communities One o tese sons Rev Lewis F Randolp as long been a Sevent-day Baptist pastor Six o tese cildren studied in Alred University ive o tem coming togeter in 1855 as te irst delegation o stud~ts rom Vilginia to Alred Academy now Alred University Ester was te tird o tese cildren and was one o te ive wo entered Alred togeter in 1855 Se was a young woman o scolarly ideals and attainments and studied a~d taugt alternately or two years wen s4e was married in 1857 to LeRoy Burdick ten a resident o Alred N: Y;! i Aew weeks later tey moved to H~bron Pa were tpeyestaoli~11m teir new ome in teoi(!s~ but in te vicinity9j)q~ FirstSev: ent~daybaptist CurC11 at Hebron: Here! : : : - -; - tey ave lived or tortyeigt yearsand non~ are1}etter known 6r < more dea~ly beloved in teir community Tey ave beenbles~ed wit six cildrenall \ o wom ave grown to Cristian manood and womanood and wit te ater survive er Mrs Burdicks ome lie was always quiet and orderly and deeply spiritual Se: was not only never known in all tese ~ears to spe~k an impatient or unkind word even toug er lie ~as illed wit constant labor andca~~ or ote~s but or e\)ery one se adra pleasant slllileand a ~ord 6 klndly interestsympaty and good-ceer Sebeiieved in progt:c:ss ariq:~tudied intelligently to ~<lollt te PROMPT OBEDENCE Traveling in te Alps a gentleman tells us e came one day wit is guide to a point were te way was apparently closed by an inaccessible cli Tey ad ollowed a little stream until at last it disappeared in te mountains and tere was no way out Ten te guide directed im to ollow im as e leaped into te oaming torrent Te man was terriied it seemed like certain destruction but tere was no oter way A moment later te guide disappeared beneat te waters and e was let alone n te abandonment o despair e leaped in too but beore p~ ad time to realize te danger e oupd imsel on a green bank on te oter side o ~e mountain in a beautiul valley Te to:rreniad carried im trqtlg and a way ad <p;epeq out p! dat:kness into?- 1arg~ place ;So ;}S w:e_ QlloW Jesus we sall oten ind oitr pat )V~yap!arentJy: closed bu( it is; abyays ~aeto gooll wit Him~ altd He wilt: bring ort- our r(gt~qu sries~ as )e ligt l!nd our judgment as te nqonday will lead tem by a way tey know not will make da~kness ligt beore tetn and crooked tings straigt; tese tings will do unto tem and not ors~ke tem Dr Parkurst says tat even eaven would soon become tedious i tere were no suc ting as gettirrg into a wider and wider eaven Te people wo are least to be congratulated are tose wo ave everyting tey want Te present weater is like some accounts we ave seenuliseit1~d Ho Y--- --T:-i_m_ e_o Continued rom Pag<: 137 Feb 27 to carry ty bed~ He answered tem He tat made me wole te same said unto me Take tip ty bed and walk! Ten asked tey im Wat man is tat wic said unto tee take up ty bed and walk? and e tat was ealed wist not wo it was (Jon 5: 3-13) And tereore did te Jews persecute Jesus ani::l sougt to slay imbecatise e ad done tese tings on te Sabbatday But Jesus answered tem My Fater worket iterto and work (Jon 5: 1617) Tese passages sow ow strictly te Jews eld tat te commandment relating to t~ Sabbat day must be observed And wen te Sabbat was past Mary Magdalene and Mary te moter o James and Salome ad bougt sweet spices tat tey migt come and anoint im / And very early in te morning te irst day o te week tey came unto te sepulcre at te rising o te sun (Mark 16: ) Tese passages are quoted to sow te relation te Sabbat sustains to te -week also to te irst day wen te week commences and also wen te 1nornillg part o tat irst clay o te week took place viz at or about te rising o te sun Wen Paul came to Antioc in Pisidia tey went into te synagogue on te Sabbat day and sat down Paul by invitation spoke on te subject o te people o srael reerring back to nearly a tousand years and sowing ow God ad dealt wit te people and ow God ad kept is promises and raised unto sratl a Saviour Jesus He also gave a synopsis o te lie deat and ressurrection o Jesus and ow te sins o te people migt be orgiven (Acts 13: 6) And wen te Jews were gone out o te synagogue te Gentiles besougt tat tese words migt be preaced to tem te next Sabbat * * * And te next Sabbat day came almost te wole city togeter to ear te word o God (Acts 13: 42 44) Here it appears tat not only te Jews but te Gentiles also kept te Sabbat at tis time and tat bot Jews and Gentiles attend te synagogue on te Sabbat St Paul on is missionary tour remained in Corint a year and six: montbs working six days at is trade (tent making) and preacing in te synagogue every Sabbat to bot Jews and Greeks (Acts 18) Now concerning te collection or saints as ave giveil order to te curces o Galatia even so doye ) / tjpor{te irst day o te weektet every one q youliy byi~ in store as God nat prospered: im tat tere e no gaterings wen cocme - j : And wen come womsoeverye sallap~ prove by your letters ten1 will Lsend to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem ( Cor 16: t 2 3) Tis text is introduced ere to sow tat te irst day o te week was understood and used to tis time as a day or business or wic God ad designed it and not or it rest day - To be Continued --r ~-- Dont be araid o makil1g mistakes; but dont make te same mistake twice :

6 / ~ i Ciuildrens Page -~~ MUD PES O an te enjoyments under te skies Teres noting so jolly as making mud pies Prepare a nice single or sort narrow plank Lay it careully down on a brigt sunny bank Take te resest o eart and te cleanest o sand And mix tem up torougly well wit your ~nd; Add a: cupul o water ten stir wit a stick- A lithe more\vater i it seems too tick r NOW take up a cllunp o tis beautiul do~lg?\bol;t j list enoug ora mud pie you know; Rollli: sotly arollild and give it apat; DOit ave it to() umpy and yetnottoo lar Lay it do\vll on te board to bake in te Sl1n~ Ten make all te oters just like tis one Ten sprinkle wite sand over eac little cake And leave tel11 abont iteen minutes to bake; :\nd wen tey are done youll certainly say Tats te best un ve ad or many a day -Sclct4!! OLD GRAY PENSONER sould tink youd want to get rid o Old Gray ater said Tom Hawes Hes out-lived is useulness and is no good anyway Wy dont you sell im? Te armer smiled as e looked at te old or~e ambling toward te ence were tey stood Te trouble is Tom e said quizzically m araid souldnt know wat to do wit te money ed bring in te market Migt become a bloated millionaire wit te price and tatd be bad or a lazy young dog like you; twould get you into all kinds o miscie avin notin to do but spend te old man5 pile Yes lauged Tom tcre is tat to be tougt o o course; es so valuable d try to resist temptation toug But seriously wy dont you give im away i you cant sell im? Or knock im in te ead? Hes no kind o use anl its - only an expense and trouble taking care o im t doesnt pay Moter tinks so too or w~ were talking about it only yesterday Mr Hawes tougtully scratced tc weater-beaten gray ead tat was now trust over te bars in conident riendliness and looking into te trusting eyes tat ad grown dim in aitul service o im and is Yes e said slowly know se does Ses spoken to me about it moren once And s pose youre bot rigt and tat tat is te common-sen5e way o lookin at it Jim Dorman told me lastweek tat was several dierent kinds o a ool to keep suc a rackabones round te place and mebbe am But you see Gray and ave been good riends or quite a l:pell o years now-aint we Gray?-and it kind o goes against my grain to turn im adrit just because e aint as young and andsome as e used to be No Tommy boy; guess we wont part wit te old ellow yet awile Vlat e eats wont break me and m sure you wont begrudge your dads old cum a little attention now and ten Tere! Go long wit yoti sir! Sow em tat youre notin but a tree-year- old yet! And slapping is neck playully te armer sent im o in a sti and antiquated gambol tat would ave been laugable ad it not been so patetic m goin to cop over te oter side o te Knoll to-day moter said Mr Hawes one sarp December morning a ew monts lat~r ll take my lunc and you neednt be surprisedi m not ome till dark Mustplit in as many ours as possible tese sort days TC;ll THE SABBATHRECORDER TOlumy t~ do up te cores wen e tomes rom er and louder came te sou1!ds; te awul OWl scool witout waiting or me o a wol-pack in ull cry Evidently tey were As e passed te barn Old Grayrecogized on te trail o some -quarry and~ tere could be is step and winnied to im and Mr Hawes little question as to wat tat quarry was At stopped to speak to im last te leaders came into view running low ivats te )!natter olcj cap? Want to come wit eads to eart like unting dogs At sigt oilt and stretc your legs a little? Vell you o te man tey alted and squatted on teir sall; itll do you good And e slipped te aunc~s wit teir tongues lolling out o teir alter and led im out o te door Tere! red jaws Tlieywere not quite certain about See ow you like tat! Dont- go o llow; just im weter e was S9 disabled as to be easily slay round l-iere and Tom:il put yotlilp all rigt teir prey or weter tere wassomc trick \vene comes ome at noon :Wonder wet- about tis tat tey didnt quite understand A ;r d bytter go back ;mdtell moter Grays wbl is-ari arrant coward and wij take 11 (ut e mused as e went on is way No cances; So tey sat tere and waited Tere guess 11ot; teyll see im andlookout or im; was no need o aste; tey could aord to wait e never strays ar r<;lm: te stable and yard Te nigt wic was ast alling was teir And e disl;nissed te matter r111 is mind riend; it would soon be dark and ten- and orgot Old Gray and is days liberty en- So te imprisoned man imagined temreastirely oning ill teir brute minds ase lay tere All te morning and well into te aternoon watcing tem He oliiled tem-one two e worked away acte usual labor: o elling tr!!e ive; eigt in all and clearing and ten someting appened; Tere was one great gray ellow te leader just ow e never could really tell weter e o te pack wo exerted a sort o ascination miscalculated is distance or weter te all- upon im He instinctively elt tat wen te ing tree was delected rom its course by te rus inally came tis ellow would be in te catcing o its brances in tose o its neig- lead and tat it would be is angs tat wo!jld bors All tat e remembered was a cras a meet in is troat A great atred o tat parsarp 5ensation o pain and ten came-obi iv- ticular wol took possession o im a blind 111 consuming rage He almost orgot is dread Wen e struggled back to consciousness te o is own ate in is passion to be revenged on sun was going down over te orizon and te tat gray monster dreary cill o a December twiligt was upon He tried to move a -little and is and ell im For a moment e lay tere endeavoring upon te andle o is axe dropped wen e to collect is scattered senses; ten e attempt- was stricken down He ~ seized it eagerly and ed to rise but ell back wit a groan Fis leg lauged aloud in an insane glee was broken and e was pinned to te eart by Aa my riend e cried taulltingly m te limb o te tree tat in its alling ad struck ready or you now Come on ts all over wit~ im down me know; but i can just split your ugly Well eres a pretty kettle o is must muzzle beore go its all ask say e muttered to imsel Wtts to be And as i understanding and responding to done? Cant move an inc Told moter te callenge te big leader rose and moved wouldnt be ome till ater dark and tey wont a little nearer te prostrate man t seemed to begin to worry bout me or a couple o ours be a signal and te wole line drew in in a yet; and by tat time ll be rozen sti in tis narrower circle cold My only cance is to make somebody ear Ten again Mr Hawes souted aloud once me Wonder i can do it twice trice listening between spells or a pos- And putting is ands to is mout e sent sible reply And te wolves; too seemed to out a stenotorian woop tat seemed as i it listen bendijig teir eads in grave and grim migt carry or miles attention But te utter silence only served to No answer toug e listened eagerly Only accentuate te orror o te situation Tere te long minor al-yelp al-win~ o a wol was nobody witin sound o is voice Nobody somewere in te distance Again e called and to elp! He mt1st die ~md alone And te again and again; but only silence save or tat wolves drew a little nearer! - wol-note tat seemed to answer im rom over But was tat te sound o steps in te uriderte ills brus? For a moment is eart stop-ped beat- No use e said inally Migt as well ing Yes surely and drawing nearer! Te save my strengt and ope tat somebodyll wolves eard it too and rose wit teir airs ind me beore its too late Dont know wo bristling and waited ready or attack or or itll be toug; nobodys likely to be comin retreatas migt seem most easib1e; Arid out / tis way as ar as krio\v; min a bad ix o te gat~ririg darkne~s cam~did::gra:y now; and no mistake stumblig atong ~ wit un~ertai~:step t6 te place Helay backem te ground aint rom is wel-eiiis master lay; arid tieridingis ~~d over exertions aridrom te pain o is broken leg im as i in mute inquiryas to te cause «lte Presently e sat up again is eart beating trouble: rapidly and is ace lusing under te excite- Gray! cried te man sinking back in is ment o a new tougt He listened intently bitter disappointment; wat did youcome or? Seems to me said e in an anxious tone i you only knew enoug to run ome and tat wol sounds a good deal nearer tan e get elp! But you dont and tose bloody did and as toug tere was moren one o brutes will get you too! Well nlebbe its just em You dont spose teyre eadin tis way! as well tat you sould die wit your master; tey are; its all )lp wit me ts teir un- nobody seems to want you but im; so- come gry season and teyd make sort work o a on oli:1riend! And e reaced up is and man in my case He istened again H Pon to caress te bent ead and into is eart crept my word believe tats wats te matter all actual comort tat e was not to die alone o my Lord 1 ave mercy on my wie and boy ater all > All lingering doubt was sc?dti removed Loud; But a cange came over te orse; ~ t seerite~ - ~ ~ ~ T~HE S A B BAT S Rite i DER 171 Young Peoples Work LESTER c RANDoLPH; Editor Alred N Y as i e were seeing te wolves or te irst time Gray or to give im away Jon suppose and as i te sigt ad putji new spirit into im you ad Suppose you ad! Careully e steppedove is masters prostrate And er usband answered orm and stood b~tween im and te waiting Please God Old Gray sall ave te best PRESDENTS LETTER pack e ~reat leader saw im colning and weve got as long as e lives! t was an interested audience composed o advance a little to meet im Steadily te two And To~n? Well at tat very lllinute Tom young people and older people wit young rcgarde( eac oter or an instant; ten te was ont in Old Grays stall strokiilg te neck earts wic greeted te writer a5 e presented wol sp n level gray avalance 6 deat o tile bandaged veter~n and calling in) all te Young People!s Work last Sa1)bat in te But quic tan an eye could ollow Olel Gray sorts o endearing names-c E World Sevent-day Baptist curc o Leonardsvi1l~ turned ab ut and launced out at im wit bot -MLTON COLLEGE- Wat a pleasant ting it is to look into young ind eet and wit a sickening ttld e ell to Te winte~ seasonat ~Milton as been marked aces; even toug some o tose aces J:e te eart wit a crused skull by tree noteworty events Te irst was te wreated in silvery locks :Wat a good ting it Weeling about as quickly as beore te old al111ual ree lecture course wic tis Winter is is to be young any)vay- to eel te blood ingle orse carged down 1) te re~t o te pack o unusual~~cellence ProE H Lewis b iil every part-and wat a noble ting it s to wit a screa~ o rage tat cilled te blood eve~ Cicago inatiiiirated te course wit a stil-uulat- ave tis stored-up energy consecrated to e ote ilulnor woni e was igting ~ an im- ing and compreensive lecture eiititled Te M~ster _ My goo~cljriel1d i you are you g cartly deltlolliacalscrearri; likinoting ea~~ovejst5 on Punisment President Daland just stop and tank te Lord or it by umati ear~ beore Taken sudderilyby sur- gave a remarkably iriteresting talk on Berlin; n te aternoon alioter service was eld prise te cowardly curs turned tail arid ran or illustrated wit views o te Prussian capital and te C E Society iras reorganized P~ _ teir lives nor stopped until tey were a sae sown by te college lantern Pro A R W Burdick is President Tey will soon tal<e distance rom tis new and terrible campion Crandall eld is audience entranced wile e up te work pertaining to te Student Evangel Ten te orse came back and stood by is mas- told tem in is carmingly amiliar way about ists (By te way iny dear Endeavorer Pres ~ers side keeping a watcul eye upon is en- Old Kentucky Te views e sowed were iclent as your sodety taken old o tis mat (l1lies: or te most part taken by imsel Te Rev ter? Te year is al gone since our last Con~ Prc5ently tey stole nearer and still nearer R C Denison o Janesville gave wat good erencegatering Let us all elp and as te until tey were in teir ormer position And judges pronounced te best account o Abra- Rev L C ~ndolp as said Everybody again e drove tem back wit impetuous rus am Lincoln and is lie and position as te sout everybody lit) and wit tat orrible roar and scream But ideal American ever eard at Milton College Next Sabbat we expect to present te work again tey returned Everyting was in teir Te Rev Fred Sta t a native Scandinavian o o te Young Peoples Board at Adams Centre avor Te ligt was rapidly ailing now and scolarly attainments carried is audience to Pastor Powell writes us saying V/e sall all Wen it was ully dark a sudden rus and it te ar Nort and sowed tem rare glimpses be glad to ave Y<2u come and surely we will would be all over Tey seemed to understand o Te Religion o te Vikings Te c\5ing be glad to go Let us all stop and tank te it and to be content or te present simply to lecture oj e course will be delivered Marc Lord tat we as young people ave a work to stand 11 guard and to keep out o reac o 25 wen oessor Lewis is to come again and do tose deadly eels And Old Gray seemed to tell us abou Te Social Sel Wen e comes am dear Endeavorers understand it too or e began to winny loud- -te capel is always packed wit eager listen- His and yours ly and srilly as i calling or te elp tat e ers a testimony bot to te excellence o is ad- A C DAVS Jl{ must ave i is master was to be saved dresses and te loving esteem in wic e is Darker it grew and darker Te line ad eld b) teacers and students drawn in a little nearer by imperceptible de- Te second event was te production at te grees Out o te ills ar away sounded te Presidenta ome on Feb 28 and Marc by lonesome wail o a solitary woll Wit one te students o Sakespeares A Midsummer voice te pack answered it-a sarp snarling Nigts Dream Tis was given under te disout o triump; and ten as i tis were a recti on o Mrs Daland and Miss Agnes Babsignal te dusky gray orms sot orward at cock Te rendering o a play o Sakespeare te~irst or e Stood in teir way Rear- as been an annual eature o te winter term ing kicking plunging wit tat blood-curd- Four plays ave tus been given: Te Merling scream o is e met teir attack One cant o Venice King Henry te Eigt two tree were crused and mangled by is Julius Caesar and now A Midsummer iron-sod eet; but te odds were too great A d Nigts Dream All wo eard tis play ave terrible pair o ang~ meet in is neck and te pronounced it te most succe!lsul 6 all Te blood lows in streams Anoter gas in is parts were well sustained and more toroug side; anoter in is lank; te brave old orse is preparation was made Te ~udience on Feb staggering now nearly spent And ten- 28 was composed o te students and on Marc Baiig! bangl Two o te brutes are down () te ~aculty and Trustees Tere is some and te rest draw o in alarni~ Again and talk o aving te play given in te auditorium Andin te midst o it Mrs Hawes cried sin in respect o te grouping ot studies and!apdere :;yebeenuriing you to self Old te requireinent~ or baccalaureat~ degrees - _ ~ \> Marc THE MONTHLY DENOMNATONAL LESSONS We were pleased wit te elps on te Young Peoples Page tis week but tey came too late to elp us in our meeting as THE RECORDER did not reac us till Monday t seldom comes beore Sunday Cannot te next ones on our Cina Mission be publised a week earlier? t would accommodate us so muc Peraps out e E Society is te youngest in te denomination t was organized injnov 194 We ave about twenty members and it is a good working society Our Junior Society is abollt our years old and numbers about te same as te Senior tink Sincerely yours Lucy F RANDOLPH again and again and twotull limping o sole tent at Commencement time in June FOUKE ARK Marc 195 survivors brtbe pak wile ToinHaw~s atid Te tird event i5 te publication 1:>y te Facis rleigbors kneel by te well-ntg dekd man ultyo te report o certaiii ;canges to be made We would like to receive several letters a weeka~ suggestive as te above especially wen anderideavor~o bripg im backt«lie in te coursesolstudy and entrance requirecou!led W1~n ~t 15t tlley ad go iin arid Old Gt~yments widi will be ollow~dot1t at te begin- wit art item o news ~nd e~pres~io~s o :suc liying interest as are seen in tis You ome and ad ~r~ssedteirwouriqs;it wi~ nitigq te ~ext colleg~yeartese are inie were iiadto aye tat Sabbat lesson were you time or te story t seemed tat Mrs Hawes tne ollowing: not and Tom ad got a little anxious wen te Te adoption O evell belated as it was? Mark it to te teso~calledsemester credit o our ind~atigable secretary Mizpa nigt drew on -and te usband and ater did system Serburne Greene See wat a good page se not appeat and ar te more so because o te 2 Te adoption o te requirements o adowling o te wolves in te timber; and call- mission to college tat are in orce in te Uni- as collected tis week on Cina s it not remarkable tat te letter rom Dr Palmborg ingon two o te neigbors Tom ail persuad- versity o Wisconsin being ourteen (14) units sould appen to come just at tis tme? We cd tem to go wit im in searc o is ater (or years work) o Hig Scool Grade as set tank te riends wo are ao loyally assisting Tey ad looked or sometime witout success ort in te latest catalogue o te University in making tese lessons interesting and instructive in te section in wic tey ad supposed im o Wisconsin: to be at work wen te sound o Old Grayis 3 Te altering o te coll_ege courses o scre!m5 came t6 tem and tey -::ad arrivect study so as to bring tem into essential agreejust OPPORTUNTES FOR MSSON WORK in time Ten Mr Hawes told is part merit wit tose in te University o Wiscon N CHNA QUOTATONS SELECTED BYMRSW L GREENE Two oremost a~ts mark te opportunity in :

7 ; ( ~ l \ THE S AB BAT HREeo DBR;- Cina at tepresent our: one act te erment 6 Te workers now on te ield -bot na- Additions to curc during perioq 393~93 o ideas old liter:ary la!idmarks swept away and tive and oreign 57; western books and metods rusing in ; te 7 Te growt q te Cina Mission oter act is a new approacableness on te part 8 Te needs o te Cina Mission A GLMPSE OF bur CHNA MS~ON o educated and ig-class peopl~ towards mis- 9 Results in te lives o te Cinese taugt Our gospel missio planted in te dark lane) sionaries o western learning in te mission ~ 6 Cina was born in a spirit o great relig7 Old - C b 1 Relex actio n o te mission upon te ious revival Te spirit o missions was burn Y conservabve; una las egun to move in more ways tan one Never ill te orty ~nd people and curces i~ te llome land ing in te earts o all Cristian people te lb d Tlle dlerent depar<nents o work car- ;orld over Te work o William Carey was lnore years t at ltlsslonanes lave a Ore 111 u Tell c O\v ave te people been so willing t6 lis- Tied on by our missionaries: (a) Evangelistic; just coming to be known and understood by te t~nto tegospe1 as now Wecnever ad suc (b) Educational; (c) Medica\ 111asses~Men o great devotion and migty! d i l d d 12 Obstacles to te work o tje nll S~ on ait wei~e olding beore te people te claims meetmgs our an ye lu:! re present oil - ~ some Sundays; at tillles eigty women out to 13:: How we atome can most elp our o -tat last great commission o our risen Sav- missiollaries in Cina iour: Go ye into all te world and preac t e prayer-meeting at one place t S not only t e poor people eiter b~tt now te wealtier peo- For ill~rmation ot~r tan tat ound-on gospel to every creature~:~ And men and womplein te city come and are riendly in every tis page reer to ConerenceiVrinutes; Jubilee etleverywere couldse~ t}1atteyadt:lorlgt Papers address o Mrs D H Davis in te to tlo! n arne Cristian wi1 lo! tey ~ontil1tled to way-vamans ark ar Womcn SABBATH RECORDER o June 2 194; pictures be diso_bedient to tat unqualiied command o Conditions in Cina were never so avorable and articles on Cina in THE RECORDER o Feb te--saviour to Go into ALL te world and or te prosecution o missionary work as te 2 195; and various letters rom our mission- preac te gospel present time Tis js te Curcs opportunity aries in Cina wic ave appeared on te We ind traces o tis growi~g missipnary in tat greatest o all eaten lands * * * Te Pages o THE RECORDER rom time to time spirit among our people as early as 181 t act is tat missions ; in Nort Cina were never MRS W L: GREENE was te idea o doing missionary work tat!jrso irmly establised so well equipped or so nised te inspiration and zeal tat remlted in successul as since te atrocities o 19 SOME FACTS REGARDNG OUR CTN}\ ~ t e orgamzatlon C on l erence w llc lb 1 egan m Since 19 tere as been a remarkable turn- MSSON 183 Eorts to organize or deinite missioning towards Cristianity upon te part o te SELECTED BY WALTER L GREENE ary work were made 1n 1818 and 1828 but or common people Tis as not been conined to Q Wen was our Sangai l\1ission ound- some reason tese did not stand but in 1843 anyone district or section but as been univer- ed? te Sevent-day Baptist Missionary Associasal trougout te empire Te capels are A Te irst missionaries arrived in Cina tion was organized and wit a ew canges tronged wit attentive listeners As an old in 1847 Te irst capel was opened in Janu~ to-day inds every loyal Sevent-day Baptist missionary said to te writer: Formerly te ary 1849 and te present Sevent-day Baptist contributing to tat noble society problem was ow to get people into te curc; curc was organized in July 185 wit seven We ind at irst tat tis missionary enternow te trouble is ow to keep tem out members prise ad or its object te Dissemination o :vultitudes ave placed temselves under te in- Q Vo were te organizers and irst mis- te gospel in America only: But we notice luel1ce o te Gospel and still greater multi- sionaries? tat te next year te ollowing was added to tudes are willing to be instructed in te way o A R d M N W d d teir constitution: and oter parts o te ev an rs at an ar ner an lie Te opportune time to teac is wen te Rev and Mrs Sol111n Carpenter world people want to be taugt-missianary Rc- Q Wat workers ave been identiied wit Please observe: during te year 1843 te ticw o te W ord our Cina Mission? gross additions to our curces was 763 By Not only are tl:-empires water-gates open A Mr and Mrs Wardner ; Mr teir ruits ye sall know tem Tose Sev:- to te missionary as at no previous time but im- and Mrs Carpenter ; ; ent-day Baptists were illed wit te spirit o perial decree as gone ort tat tey sall not ; Dr and Mrs D H Davis 1879 to missions and no doubt tere were many o te be closed any mo~e and tat oreigners entering te present time; Miss Eliza A Nelson laity wo were Willing to let teir own aairs tem must be protected rom all assault and in- r882; Dr Ella F Swinney ; Miss suer wile tey went to divine worsip and tererence Tus as te Gospel ree course as Susie Burdick ; 194 to present time; wile tey called on teir neigbors to talk never beore in Cina Rev and Mrs G H F Randolp ; about te wonderul gospel and to discuss te Persecutors o te Cristians are being pun- Dr Rosa Palmborg 1894 to te present time; claims o te Sabbat Tose were days wen ised by imperial order on te ground tat Mr and Mrs Jay W Crooot 1899 to te pres- men were earing ;;tbout te Sabbat o God Cristian teacing is beneicial to te individual -cnt time te Gospel Sabbat; tey eard about it in teir and to te Empire Q Wat dierent departments o mission- stqres in teir sops in teir kitc}1ens on teir Te Cinese can be speedily organized and ary work are now carried on? arms at te roadside; because Sev-ent-day trained in abits o prompt and eective vol un- A Evangelistic wit tree preacing sta- Baptists were illed wit t~ bles~~cl spirit o te tary service not or te money tat it brings tions Educational wit two boarding scoqls Master Meet rebl1 an~/ persecutiop? O but or te seer love o blessing oters and o and tree day scools A medical dispensary course tey did B!lt wa 4idtat?-mount to serving a Crist wo is made so real to tem at Lieu-oo in addition to educational and wen compared wit te lninit!:! trea~i1(:!d tey by te work and lie o te missionaries tat e evangelistic work were laying up ~nparadis(!? - Tl;Jey ~ej()iced!;eems almost visible ts members ave proven Q How many workers are now on te ield? and were ~xceeding glad; tor grea wast1:t(ir to oreign visitors tat tere is dept and joy A Five oreign workl:rs nine natiy~teac7 re~ardi~ ~eay(!nr~ ~c ruita:ge~t~-con~ in Cristian lie and service tat te vast rna- ers two Bibie women two medicaiassistant~ vincing t~~timony o tat ~pirit:illed age jority o workers in Cina and in America ave QWo a~~ te oreign workers in our _ t wa~ about tat time t~t te ~eeds o Sabnot attained unto-missiollary Rcview o te ~i~am~si~n? --~-> b~~j1t~ut~ere pia~ted i~de Adventistd~l1om~ World A Dr D H Davis Mrs DH Daviswo iqatlon; now numbering more tan orty tousis temporarily in Americi; Miss Stsie Burdick andi t was in tat kind o soil tat te Cina SUGGESTED TOPCS FOR PROGRAM Dr Rosa PalrnbDrg and Mr;;;~ mid Mrs Jay -W Mission was orn Tat is te only ki~d o soil To be given out to ~ndeavorers previous to Crooot - - tat will produce missions; We ave tried to te meeting and used in addresses; papers etc Q Wat o te growt o te Mission? plantmissions wen tat kind o soil did not 1 mportance and opportunities o Mission prevail but tey would not grow Tank God ary work in Cina Foreign workers 6 5 or te ertile soil o Cristian ait and devo- 2 Causes leading to te beginning o te Preacing Stations ~ 2 4 tion among Sevent-day Baptists in 1843 and Sevent-day Baptist mission in Cina Curc membersip : Tank God or Sold\non Carpenter te 3 Te irst missionaries sent to te Cina Boys in boarding scool irst ml!on to oer imsel or tt:work? Forield Girls inbdarding sco()l ~ign Missions Tank God or is co-workers: 4- Object o our Cina mission~ Day scoql pupils ; ; 32 So Mrs C;irpenter and Mr and Mrs Wardnerl 5 All te workers wo ave been identiied Naive teacers : ; 6 1 Jan 6:s49~i~: abrigtspotin Seye~t;-9ay wit te Cina Mission Number?day scools : 23 Baptis~ ist()y; oron:tat day}lto~e;??ble THE- S (BB AT~:H; t EC RD ER cbnse~rated -men; C;lrpenter and Wardner Rosa Palnib6rg See teir pictures in THE RE- ~~ DEATHS opened and conducted te ptst:pubic Sevent- _ CORDER o Feb 2 day Baptist wotsipin SHangai Cina Te Cina Missioil as been one potent CRANDALL-Jesse Burdick Crandall son o Benjamin Since ta:ttime our mission aa struggled agellcy tat as done m~lc toward uniying our Wanton and Joanna Weeden Crandall was born against migty odds to ill~intain an-- existence l 1 i S in Rockville R 1 peop e (l1rmg te ast ty years ome o our Valley Aug and died )n HOJ)e R 1 Feb aged 75 years 5 Carpenter and \Vardner and teir aitul com- people ave 11t been interested in tis grand monts and 28 days panions ave gone to teir re~acl aving su-work bilt tey ave been te losers now and He was ullitediq ll1arriage June to Lydia ered many ardsips and discouragements in will be in glory i teyever get tere A GQdrey wo died July Two SOl1S were k D tl [ p R b born to tem Broter Crandall was onored by is t elr wor unng e al mg e e On Our mission as suered and is now suer- ellow-townsmen aving represented tem or tree tat broke out in 185 tey were driven rom ing becal1~e all our people ave not been regu~ consecutive terms in te State Senate and a director place to place and well nig worn out by te lar in teir gits to tiscaitse Our istory o tci Fi~~t National Bank o Hopkinton ortirty- ardsips and te uncertainty o ;everytliing sows tat wen weave been weil engaged six years as well as oter positions o tnist n 1842 Tey were cll1pelle~1 to get alollg wit sca!lt doin:gbig ~Wprk o~ tose abroad we av~ been e gave is eart to Orrist and was bartized by Eld ~ean:; or tersttp port rom:tevery s tart bl d T JonGreenand~ unrted/witte Se;ent-day Baptist most esse at: orne loug t e spmt Curc in Rockville wic connection e eld till is Wen te wale closed and all Cina ad been 111issionsdoes not begin tat end to it begins deat respected and love~ by all opened to missionary labors l\:[i :Carpenter sent as it did:in 1843 in te earts- and lives o m~n earne\t~peals:t~t~~11~leland or a s~eedy and women wo are willing-;tp let teir OW!! COAT5-David C Coats was born inadam:: ~~L~ remo~emellt o tetnlsslon But unds were work!suer a little wile tey go over to te Oct and died at te National Military wantingrdnterest wasyanil1g spirituality was neigbors to tell te glad story and impress Home Kans Feb dying and no one wanted to go Mr and Mrs te p aims o te oly Sabbat He ad made it is ome in Farina ll or some Wardner ad t6 -leave te ield because o poor B time He ad been in poor ealt or two years but ut tell youj we will never see suc a re- was able to do ligt work up to July last wen e ealt During te war in U1 own laild in vival as tey saw in 43 wile te work o te made application or admittance to te National Milir86o1864 our sainted missionaries were prac- kitcen continues to be so pressing and te tary Home ill Kansas at wic place e died lie betically let to sit or temselves but Mr Car- business at te oice continues to be so urgent longed to Co C o te 186t Regt NY V He renter secured a position as interpreter at te and te arm demands so muc time and te leaves one sister Miss Sarynta M Coats o Adams United States Consulate But during tat time store-keeper is so araid to talk Sabbat doc- Centre N Y to mourn is loss F A B we notice tat in spite o te act tat e was trine lest e lose a customer and preacers are DAVS-At Salem West Va Feb 2 Teodora Gardiner Davis 195 Emily compelled to earn is own support; tere were so araid to attack te evils in teir curces Dora as se was always called was te daugter o added to te curc at Sangai seven new con- lest tey lose teir job Never will we see it Teodore and Emily Place Gardiner and was born at verts But te strain was too great Mr Car- wile so many o te members o our curces Mystic Conn Dec 2S 1877 Wen se was about two renters ealt broke down and tey returned excuse temselves rom te prayer meeting and years o age er parents removed to Silo N L to America in 1864 And or nine long years S bb t le a at -sc N 1 ever w 11 e so many were se spent eleven appy years Se was baptiz- ed togeter wit orty one oters by er ater at our denomination ad no missionary in Cina our people attend to teir worldly aairs on te Silo on Jan n 189 se removed wit But te little curc tat ad been planted did Sabbat to save a ew paltry dollars; never er aters amily to/salem W Va Se was gradunot die; te aitul natives remained loyal re- wile we continue to discriminate between te ated rom Salem CoUege in te class o 1899 Two ceiving some little support rom te Board and poor man and te man o means cutting o te years were spent as a teacer in te Public Scool o laboring and praying tat teir Critian in- d b Salem On July poor man le steps as e ut retall1111g t le W Davis o Salem Ater six se weeks was married o appy to married Okey strtlctors migt be spared to return to tem man o means toug e breaks every Sabbat lie tere came six monts o eroic struggle wit dis- Year ater year eorts were made to ind in te year ease Some days ope almost died and again te ligt someone wo would lay temselves on te al- Te revival spirit and te spirit o missions came back almost to sunsine Monts passed and tar o te Cina Mission but witout avail do not grow in tat kind o soil; its too word went out tat Dora was sae But a cange \ He do not wonder tat nen esltated to take v say d can t sprou t 111 suc groun d d Vll1e sus came on and Monday se sank morning rapidly Feb till se eu asleep in Je 2 On account o te teir cances in Cina wen te prospects or ligt doesnt sine tere illness o er pastor Rev E A Witter te uneral support were so uncertain But; loyal to te C S SAYRE services were conducted by Rev Geo B Saw o great cause o missions and maniesting great Plainield N J Seldom is tere suc a mingling o SHFT TG THE BLAME joy and sorrow at a jlrewell service Te keenest conidence in te denomination and setting a ~ 1->1 bl M Listen says ti1e autor is ace wreated sorrow o usband and ater was mellowed by te 11 e examp e trust or us to emu ate r - igest Cristian joy Burial was at Lost Creek W Carpenter wit is devoted wie once more wit smiles o deligt Here is a letter rom Va Se ad everyting to live or but was ready to toug adva]ced jn year-s and_brok~!1 by te a gentleman wo says: t may interest you say Not my will but tine be done Se will be rigor o ormer service) set sail and landed in to know tat began reading your latest tory greatly missed at Salem A young woman o more Sangai in yesterday evening on -te train going ome Be- tan usual Cristian caracter culture and promise ore i realized were was ad been carried o useulness as been taken away by er Heavenly Now look tat year (1864) wen our mis- Fater Wy we do not know Her last words resioriaries witdrew rom te mission because o ity miles beyond my destination peated over and over again were: Fear tou not or lack o S4Pport tere were but 93 additions to Te candid riend raises is eyebrows am wit tee; be not dismayed or am ty God -te curces o our deno~ination Can you tougtully will strengten tee yea will elp tee yea will readb~tweell telin~s? Telarg~st nu~ber o But e suggests possibly it wa:; te md- upold tee wit te rigtand o my rigteousness add~t~o~stq Q!lr cprces _since ~me was tion o te train tat put te person to sleep G B s 59 2 al1d t~twas irite year 1874 te next y:~ar -Va/ey Weekly KNG-At taca N Y Feb Anson King _ in te 78t year o is age ollowing te return o Mr~ and:mrs Ca]:>en~ ema~s o Cristians inake a little dark Broter King is survived by a wie tree sons and ter to te little Sevnt~d~) ~aptist igtre~~at - )wotti:16 tbeirbwp ~ridu~~:;tere; Teybw1d ive daugters He was \l devqted usband llld ater ai:lbee~: plantec!m C111a ;; Tesecon4ltwn~ te; walls 6 teir ouses; olit ot~irroubles a!~d isdeat come~ as =l- sad trial especially to te arid ig UJr~s did not jtlst- appen toc6tp~i tliis and sorows T eykeep;:t :e;dob r si6ckea t one woas wa:lkedbyp i 9 side as a loving-~lpinate Cl d d d li (lr it~-iye years Tog~~er tey ad acedreway ou s anra111 not appel1to come : s all :c:ark u about te m N;;:sunslne: v comes nto sponsibilities rejoiced iii successes and patiently borne at te same time _ teir~liambers anti no ir~ burn~ on te eartli trials; and tey Yil not long be parted by deat n But tey ad no~been on te ield more tan And tere te; live (om year t~ yeariri glo~m te summer o 1883 a series o meeting~ were eld at a year or so wen Mrs Carpenter was called and saqness because tey will not let G;ad;s taca by te late Rev L C Rogers On J~ne S o to a blessed _ rest and ~e ne;xt year saw Mr sunsine in meet m~my persons wo can talk tat year a little Sevent~diy Baptist 7Curc was C t d 1 d t ormed and Anson King was cosen deacon Broter arpen er m e c 1111l1g -ea t an agam e or ours o telr t rou bles sorrows and co res and S ister King loved te Sabbat as tey loved Him mission was let~ _ wi~out an American repre- wo seem to orget tat God ever made a low- wo is te Lord o te Sabbat and werever tey sentatlve; bttt t~s tme _9r only abou~ tree er or a star or a sunbeam or dh a single kind ave been te Sabbat ligt as not gone out ~ile y~rswen \ D H DaVS a~~ we saled or ten~er ting or tem-j R lyuller D D tey were living ora time wit a daugter in New Cma and lanqed at Spangal m January 188 York Citr te writer became acquainted wit tese Since t~at time We av<:: been stearli1y represent- Te Publising House Will now ave an o- good people and be desires to commend te gentle ~ Cristian caracter and unselis lie o te one wo ed on tat ield At te pre~ent time we ave ice o wic to be proud But tere is no a~ gone and to commend t~ tose wo mourn te ive able wprkers:in te:; i triission ::Mr Davisextravagance in it; simply te necessities or loving Saviour iti \vom e placed is conidence Mr arid Mrs Crooot Mis~Sti~ikBtirdiCk and :g6d lwbrk:; ie ; J: -G: L / -

8 ~ { 174! - Sabbat Scool CODUCTD U SAllBATB-CBOOL avu r~ -~ Edited by RD WltLAli C WBTPOaD Proessor o Biblical Lancuages and Literature in A1red University NTEtNATONAL LESSONS 195~ T HE SABBATH R E COR DER VOL LX No l ~ Home News ter~sting and elpul paper giving us rilucli or-mote Home News THE RECORDER S an 1- ADAMS ientr~ N Y;-Te ollowing nqte_ ~piri~ual ood an~ uniting us by ait i? Cri~t t 1 t Seelng your request and 1 denommatlonat work Witout ts coun- S 1 sown exp ana on d k in a recent number o THE RECORDER: or lnor- sel ~nd te ~ormat~on t brmgs s ou now rna t lonw t re e rence t t Stud Cltlb o tl; lttle concernmg my beloved bretren wo are e y~ 11 d t d r te consecrated-ttt-te-eause--o Crst Salemvtlle V age U sd en you t as or esclrlo P sloenndoyou a ~s been blessed wit te visits o many o our same n er separa e cover as JOvna QVATD t d t ears work and a noble men and te good tey ave done us S Dec 3 1 Cbrbt te m:t:rll-:i o Men Jon : 1-18 prm e pr~g;~m M?r S~~ d Crcle o te not yetorgottell We rejoice in being asso- J 7 Te Wltne o Jon te Baristlg!e~~ 1934 PArdogra~lco t e SSl~? U y ciated wit suc bretren upon wom we can t :::!t Jean Te First Win M!racle Hi Firat in Disciple Cana Jon Jon : 3551 am en re c llrc d d b 2: 1: Te Adams Centre Study CltJb was orgail rely and wo we be leve are gul ~ y t e an 8 Jesu and Ncodemus Jon 3 1$ HS t t true e ave te Bible 1 our eb 4 ~U at laco~s Well Jon 4: S 14 ized pursuant to te rules o te study club di- - y pm S W ~:t:!~: J~~S:~o~~ ~;r:ic~a~~~:d~ JY!:n 4~4n;- ; t U t t st~te o New omesbut muc o its teacings is rejected by Feb as Te Miracle o te Loaves and Fis VSion e myers y e te ;peqple o tis country Men ougt t6 be Jon York Tere are many suc orgaolzabons 1 liar 4 JeU at te Feut o Tabernacle - true to te Bible as te book WiC reveals te Tbe Slavery o Sin ]~~n a: ~~::~ te state under oter names Te repqrts and ~:~:!i: Te Healinl o te Man Born Blind bulletins o tis department o te University mmd o God and te duty l11en owe to H~and Jon g 1-11 t SOC to eac oter t also sows te way o salva- Mar 5 Review contalll sugges ons or orgaolzmg suc 1 a - 11 :::;:::======;========== ety togeter wit a model constitution or te bon a~d leads to appmess Tose w W LESSON X-REVEW T b bt d b addressl11g te study t may be Wise and sae and oly t consame ese can e ame y - University at Albany N y Te state will ur- tams lgt to direct men mte p~to tr ut For Sabbat-day Marc Golde Tc t-:for God so loved te world tat e gave is only begotten Son tat wosoever believet in im sould not peris but ave everlasting lie Jon 2: 31 t is seldom tat we ave assigned or our study a group o twelve lessons witin te limits o nine consecutive capters o te Bible Jons Gospel is particularly attractive and we migt well spend oter weeks o study on tese same nine capters Te irst lesson is a general introduction to tile study o te Gospel o Jesus Crist Te eleven oter lessons present to us our Lords activity during various periods o is ministry ranging rom te beginning to six monts beore te end; tat is according to te usual cronology rom February o te year 27 to October o te year 29 Lessons 2 3 and 4 are witin one week Lesson 5 is at te time o te irst passover o our Lords ministry Lessons 6 and 7 are very near to eac oter and probably in Decel!!ber o te irst year Lesson 8 is probably at t@ second passover Lesson 9 i~ at te tird passover Lessons 1 ll and 12 are at te east o tabernacles or sor-tly aterwards in te tird year Te place o te irst two lessons is at Betany i:>eyond ] ordan Lessons 4 and 7 are at Cana o Galilee Lesson 6 is in Samaria Lesson 9 by te sore o te Sea o Galilee Te oters are in Jerusalem t is noteworty tat te ourt Evangelist tells us muc more about te times o our Saviours great deeds and teacings; and beore te t is noteworty tat te ourt Evangelist last week te oters tell us almost noting o wat Jesus did in Jerusalem wile Jon mentions muc tat occurred in te Holy City Five o our lessons are concerned wit as many striking miracles o our Saviour; atd it is worty o notice tat Jon usually speaks o miracles as signs Two o our lessons are given up eac to te record o a conversation o Jesus wit one individ\!al and several o te oters mention similar conversations He did not consider it a waste o time to talk to one t will be interesting t6conduct a review exer : cise in te classes by asking about te times places; and persons Ten we may consider wat one ting is to be learned in eac lesson 111S or t e use b a c u a lb rary t and ood and comort to strengten and ceer seven y- i ve or a un d re d vo urnes on as mo t any sub - Crist is te center o te Bble t S a mme o ject te dub desires to study Tere is a small wealt to all wo wtll study ~t and a ~ver o ee to be paid to te state or te use o te plea~ure to t~ose ~o obey ts precepts As books For one undred volumes te rental is G?d s Wo~d t ~bldet orever and all wo i d 11 trile wit t are Justly condemned ve ars T e c u b was orgamze d m t e a A D WOLFE 19 Te subject te irst year was Early American History; te next two years Englis History; last year Frenc and te present year German History Te programs consist o q!}otations lessons papers on istorical persons and events an occasional debate and discussions o te events o te day Occasionally some one not a member will be invited to give a lecture beore te club t is expected tat an illustrated (stereopticon) lecture on Germany will be given soon so it will probably be eld in one o te curces te public invited and a silver collection taken to deray expenses Te club begins its years work about Oct and inises it about May t meets every alternate Monday evening at te omes o te members Te program or te year is prepared by te oicers and executive committee and printed beore commencing te work in te autumn At te last regular meeting beore te summer vacation te oicers are elected and te subject is cosen or te next years study At te close o te years work in addition to te regular meeting tere is a social meeting or banquet Eac person by becoming a member promises to take te part assigned to im or er on te programs and pays te sum o one dollar Te unds are to pay or te use o te library printing programs and oter expenses Te average membersip o te Adams Cel{ tre Cluo is tirty-ive Tpe members are ;oau age~ ; s6~~ are still in ter _ ~teens and tere ~ndoters wose eads ave been witened by neatly t~ee score and te~winters U~Uy te pastors o bot curces ave been interested and active members Six denominations are represented in its membersip rom wat Jesus said and wat learned rom - Te club gives to tose wo are members development and culture and opportunities or te at e did Wat ints do we ave in regard to te caracter o any o te disciples o Jesus? study o sci~ntiic and istorical subjects in a - - place remote rom te great centers o learning HE:PNG HAND NOTCE Yours respectully Sabbat-scools desiring extra copies o GRANT W DAVis te HelpingHand s~ond quarter will ~o Feb well to send teir orders now Tis is te last cance beore te quarterly goeil to SALEMVlLLE PA-As one o tein~erested readers o te SABBATH RECORDER ~awi~ call LONGNG J AMES RUSSELL LOWELl Still troug our paltry stir and strie Glows down te wised ideal And longing moulds in clay wat lie Carves in te marble real; To let te new lie in we know Desire must ope te portal: Peraps te longing to be so Helps make te soul immortal Longing is Gods res eavenward will Wit our poor eartward striving; We quenc it tat we may be still Content wit merely living; But would we learn tat earts ull scope Wic we are ourly wronging Our lives must climb rom ope to ope And realize our longing A! Let us ope tat to our praise Good God not only reckons Te moments wen we tread is ways But wen te spirit beckons; Tat some sligt good is also wrougt Beyond sel-satisaction Wen we are simply good in tougt Howeer we ail in action BEYOND HARM T~ere is only one ting in te universe to ear Sorrow deat; disaster poverty sickness-none o tese n tem arid troug telll Gods and and Gods love areseen~ As Miltons Prayer o Patiepce stt!dastly pro claims: :ive naugt to ear: Tllisoarluessin te :sado~ o Ty wing; Berieat :{t am~atmost sacred-ere Can come no evil titig! Or ~s Paul wrote: Wat ten sall we say to tese tings? * * * Wo sall separate us rom te love o Crist? salltribulation or anguis or persecution or amine or nakedness or peril or sword? * * * Nay in all tese tings we are more tan conquerers troug im tat loved us Sin is te only enemy_ Sin may use Gods blessings to overtrow us; but siji is not rom God; And even sin cannot enter wen we let God keep watc~ S Times NoW-is te last:ci\llce to increase yo~r H~~p~ ing!!andorder ; :) lng POWDER -A olutelv ure las SUBSTTE History and Biograpy MEMORS OF GOV:SAMUEL WARD OF WESTERLY R -~ vious to tlie a~no~1lcerilent o is deat is dat~ to tis Assembly an account o js uneral exed Marc wen e reported te doings penses or payment: And it is urter resolv-: as Cairman o te Coinmittee o te \Vole: ed Tat te Delegates or tis colony or te For a day or two beore e ad elt quite un- time being be instructed to erect a decent tombwell but ad persisted in perorming is ctis- stone or monument o marble wit suc intomary duties He died iii te city o Pil a- scription as tey sall tink suitable over te delpia on- te 25t dayo(marc 1776 in te place w~eis body at been deposited at 51st year o is age o-small pox t is said e te expense o tis colony ad strong repugnance to te practice o in- On is deat bed Gov Ward said tat i is oculation wic ad been in vogue since 1721 vote and voke were necessary to support te aild resisted te persuasions o is riends to cause o iscountry e sould live; i not e ta~e te disease iil t11at manner Vacc1nation sould die} ie died says Jon Adams; as a preventive w~s ten unkilowll ;and te cause o is country was stipported But wen deat ~pproaced it ound im (To be continued) ready: A lie nobly spent :in te discarge o every public and private duty ad preparedim to relinquis is Makers g~t witout murmuring Special Notices and e descende<;ltto tpe grave; Te Battle Creek Seyent-day Baptist Curc otdj Like one wo wraps te drapery o is couc its services every Sabbat aternoon at 3 oclock in About im and lies down to pleasant dreams Peterson Block No Wasington street Battle Creek He died as te patriot dies; at tpe post o Mic Visitors are most cordially welcomed and Sevent-day Baptists wo may be stoppin in te city duty battling or is countrys rigts: He died are invited to attend like a Cristian; wit implicit conidence in te justice and mercy o is Creator Te deat o Gov Ward cast a deeper gloom BY CHARLES H DENSON over Congress His loss was elt to be a na- [Entered according to Act o Congress 111 te tional calamity anc;l it was truly said upon te District Court o Rode sland] announcement o te event tat te land Continued rom Marc 6 1l1urnet Jon Adams in a letter to is n tat capacity e was present and co-oper- wie said We ave tis week lost a very valuated in te gallant deense o is native State able riend o te colonies in Gov Ward o under te command o Generals Greene Laay- Rode sland by te small pox in te natural dte and Sullivan n te celebrated r~treat way He never would earken to is riends rom Rode sland e commanded a regiment wo ave been constantly advising im to inand on te twelt o April 1779 e was com- oculate ever since te irst Congress began missioned Lieut Colonel o te Firat Rode s- But e would not be persuaded land Regiment During tat and te o11ow- Numbers wo ave been inoculated ave ing year e was in Wasingtons army in New gone troug t~e distemper witout any dan Tersey and participated in te toil and glory o ger or even coninement but noting would tat servi~e At tbe termination o te war Col do He must take it in te natural way and Ward returned to te peaceul pursuits o a die He was an amiable and sensible man a citizen wit te same alacrity tat e ad mani- steadast riend o is country upon very pure ested wen is countrys voice ad called im principles His uneral was attended wit te to anns He now commenced business as a same solemnities as Mr Randolps Mr Stillmercant and maniested as muc enterprise in man being te Anab~ptiat minister ere o wic is new proession as e ad in is previous persuasion was te Governor was desired by career Congress to preac a sermon wic e did wit n te spring o 1783 e made a voyage rom great applause Providence to Canton and was among te irst Te ollowing is te order o Congress reto display te republican lag in te Cina specting is uneral: seas Upon is return to te United States e Marc Te Congress being inestablised imsel at New york as a mercant ormed tat Mr Ward one o te delegates o and by is probity rugality and industry be- Rodesland; died yesterday came successul ii is business n te course Resolved Tat tis Congress will in a body o is mercantile career e visited J~uropeand attend te uneral o Mr Ward tomorrow wit was at Paris wen Louis XV was beeaded a crape round te arm and will continue in Ater is return rom Europe Col Ward estab- mourning or te space o one mont lised i~~el on a arm at East Greenwi~ R Reso~v~dJ Tat Mr Hopkins Mr $amuel 1 were He Hv~d t6see isci1dren: ed~c~tedaciams:and Mr Wolcott lie a committee to SEVENTH-DAY Baptists in Syracuse N Y old Sabbat aternoon services at 23 oclock in te all on te second loor o te Lync building No 12 Sout Salina street All are cordially invited J1iir SABBATH-KEEPERS in Utica N Y meet te tird Sabbat in eac mont at 2 F! M at te ome o Dr S C Maxson 22 Grant St Oter Sabbats te Bible class alternates wit te various Sabbat-keepers in te city All are cordially invited tir THE Sevent-day Baptist Curc o Cicago olds regular Sabbat services in te Le Moyne Building on Randolp street between State street and Wabas avenue at 2 oclock P M Strangers are most cordially welcomed r D WLCOX Pastor 516 W Monroe St THE Sevent-day Baptist Curc o Hornellsville N Y olds regular services in teir new curc cor West Genesee Street and Preston Avenue Preacin at 23 P M Sabbat-scool at 33 Prayer-meeting te preceding evening An invitation is extended to all and especially to Sabbat-keepers remaining in te city over te Sabbat to come in and worsip wit U THE Sevent-day Baptist C\lrc o New York City olds services at te Memorial Baptist curc Wasington Square Sout and Tompson Street Te Sabbat-scool meets at 145 A M Preacing service at U:3 A M A cordial welcome is extended to all visitors EL FORSYTHE LooFBORO Pastor 26 W 54t Street to be publised in te Spring o 195 A History o Sevent Day Baptists in West Virginia to use tiie~s andest~b1isw~~lseivesjilte:st~p~rint~qdte ttneral atiat~at tey be directbtlsines~ o ~cti;~ lie n: 1817 wit ~y:iew :o e4 to:apply to Rev Mr Stillman aildreqitest being nearer is -cildren several o wom ad imte :preac a l1neral serinq)1 on: teocca~ embarked in business in New York e removed sion; tat te said committee be directed to in- rom is nl-!ive ~tate to jamaica on Long s- vite te Assembly and Committee o Saety o A D 1789 to A D 9Z By Corliss F taadolp \ land Here and in te city o New York e Penn and oter public bodies to attend te t is no~ expected tllot tis volume will be publised some resided in te1l1idst o is amily and riends uneral Te General Assembly o Rode and time about during al te o coming it Spring te edition:w ill be small; a~ already been subscri~d or by wom e was admired and beloved or is sland also at teir next session in May pass- Advance subscriptions will be accepted or a limited maniold virtues until te termination o is ed te ollowing vote: Wereas te Hon period at $2 n~t postage p~epaid long and!lseul career Samuel Ward Esq late a delegate or tis te price will be advanced upqn publication Tis dutiul son aild is excellent ater colony in te Continental Congress at lately never met aga~n on eart Te ater was call deceased)n te city o Pjladelpia; i testied to is great reward!sitt teson wascon~inu- mony o te respect due to is memory and in ed ere to illustrate to te world tiie eects o grateul remembrance o is public services is Pr~c~tsand:exaini>l~ Te last noice o Resolved Tat is Executors or Adtninistra- Gov W~rd iipoi:~j6utnal C~ng~e~spre- torsare:desiroo as soon as :way bel to exibit ~~ ;~_:<::: : :;::~ - k Address all subscriptions to CORLSS t RANDOPH 185 Nort Nint Street NEWARK N:J \ r

9 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDTORALS -Bible Study as a S<>ilrce o Comort: Hi M9~rs Translation o te Bible: S~eing From te HeiKt: Te puw~r o te Curc: Sp itual Vision: Uney Heads: Sunday Law; Miltun College : SUlllmarv o News 163 About Free Tink rs 164 Aggressive S<1b~MtR~ortn Work Went Hom to Die 165 rilssons-editorials: Educating ~en Away From te Ministry; Wurk o te American Buard Up to dtk:how Cris- tianity ipr~sentl:d to te Js; A Mis- sionary Spirit-How to Glt t 166 TeCiidtens Feet Poetry 166 His Order For Eggs 166 WO~ANS WORK-Te Power o Pral er Podry: Model Teneme!ts: Mrs Le land Stanord: Te Fait tat Wins Po~try: Exp rience ill Titing: Putting Away Worry; Te Valne o Say ing No ~ 167 A Moters Love Poetry 168 Sevent day BapHs!s and United Bretren Getteral Conerence Hxpenses Compared 168 Mrs Leroy Burdick 169 Holy Time 169 thldr~ns PAGE-Mud Pies Poetry; Old Gray Pensioner 17 Milton Co liege 17 YOUNG PEOPLES WORK- Presidents Letter: Te Montly D~nominatiul1al Le~$on: Oppoltunititos or Mis~ion Work ill Cina; Sugge~ted Topics or Flog-ram; SOl11e FactR RtgHtdil1l( onr Cina Mision; A Glimpse o our Cina 1\1 ission 17( -172 li3 Siting te Blame DEATHS 173 SABBATH SCHOOL 174 Home News 174 Longing Poetry 17~ Beyond Harm 17j History and Biograpy i5 _c~_ =---c-c--=o-=~cc~~ e Sabbat Recorder A LEWS D D LL D Editor JOHN HSCOX Dlsiness Manager TER)tS OF SUBSCRPTON Per year $2 Papers to oreign countries will be carged SO cents additional 11 account o postage No parer discllltinued until arrearagcs are paid except at te option oj ~tc publiser vl1osis All comnlunicatlovlls weter on business or or publication sould be addressed to THE SABBATH R::CORlJ::R Plainield N J THE SABBATH VSTOR Publised weekly under te aulpices o te Sabbatb Scool Board by tbe American Sabbatb Tract Society at PLANFELD NEW JEBSEY TERMS Single copies per year $ 6 Ten copies or upwards per copy 5 Communications sbould be addressed Te Sabbatb Visitor Plainield N J HELPNG HAND N BBLE SCHOOL WORK A quarterly containing careully prepared belps on te nternational Lessons Con ducted by Te Sabat Scool Board to Price :zs cents a copy per year; seven cents a quartere THE SEVENTH-DAY BAPTST PULPT Pulisbed montly by te SEVENTHDAY BAPTST MSSONAlY SOCETY Ti publication will contain a sermon or eacb Sabbat in te year by ministera living and departed t is designed espccially or pastorleu curces and isolated Sabbatb keepers bnt will be o value to all Price ity cents per year Subscriptions sbould be sent to Rev O U Witord Westerly R ; sermons and ed>torial matter to Rev O D Sberman Ri\bburg N Y DE BOODSCHAPPER A 2 AG& RELGOUS MONTHLY tl THE HOLLAND LANGUAGE Snbscription_price 75 cenul per year PUBLSHED BY G VELTHUYSEN Haarlem Holland Da BooDSCJlAPPD (Te Meuenger) is an ule ponent o te Bible Sabbat (tbe SeY- - ent-day) Baptism Temperance etc alld is an excellent paper to place in te bapda o Hollander in tis Couniry ti> call teir at _bol to tese important acts T HE 5 A B BAT ~ ALFRED UNVERSTY One Hundred Tousand Dollar Centennial Fund Alred University w~ onnded in 1136 and rom te besinninll its constant and earn est aim bas been to place witin tbe reacb o te deservinll educational advantages o tbe bigbest type and in every part o te country tere may be ound many wbom it bas materjally assisted to go out into_ tbe world to broader lives o useul and onored citizensbip Tbat it may be o still greater vice in opening a way to tose seeking a col lese education it is ~provided tat or every one tousand dollars subscribed and paidinto te Centennial Fund rom any town in Allegany or Steuben counties N Y or any -county in any state or territory ree tuition be granted to one student eac year or te Fresman year o te College course Your attention is directed to te act tat any money wic you may subocribe will in conjunction wit tat subscribed by otera in your town or county become a part o a und wic will orever be available n te way o assisting some )ne in you r own v;cin itl Every riend o Higber Edncation and o Alred University is urged to sepd a con~ triution to tbe Treasurer weter it be large or small Proposed Centennial Fund $1 Amolint needed Tune lqo~ ~ Jacnb Vickr Cni~teo N Y Garwood Ferl!non HnrnpJlvill N Y Rev E M Deem~ Hornel\RviJle N Y Amount needed to complete und $9567 Spring Term Milton College Tis term opens Wednesday Marc Rnd continnes twelve weeks closing Tursday June A college o liberal training or young men and women Tree principal courses: Ancient classical modern classical and scient iic :Many elective c1~rses are oered: Special advantages or te study o Anglo Saxon and Teutonic pilology Te Academy o Milton College is te preparatory scool to te College and as tree similar courses leading to tose in te College wit an Englis course in addition itt ing students or ordinary business lie Excellent s~ool o music wit courses in lianoorte Violin Viola Violoncello Ele mentary and Corus Singing Voice Culture Harmony etc Classes in Bible study Elocution and P~slcal Culture Club boarding $14 per week; boarding in prate amilies $3 per week including room rent and use o urniture For urter inormation address te REV W C DALAND D D President or Pro A E WHTFORD M A Registrar Milton Rock County Wis Salem College Twentiet Anniversary Building Fund n 199 Salem College will bave been in existence twenty years -During tbe greater lart o tbis period its work as been done in one building For nearly a it o a century tbis commodions structure as served its purpose weu but te work as ar outgrown tbe plans o its ounders Every available space is crowded wit apparatus specimens- and curios o great value Every Tecitation room is illed beyond its capacity eac term More room is needed or te library Te requirements o to day call or anotber building on tbe col lege campus Te demand is urgent t is pronosed to lay te Corner stone o suc_ a building not later tan te opening o tbe au term o 194 To tat end tis und is started t is to be kept in trust and to be used only or te purposes above specl ied t is earnestly oned tat every over o \ true education witbin West Virginia and witout will be responsive to tis great need and contribute to tis und in order tbat a suitable building ma) be erected Te names - o tbe contributors will be publisbed rom time to time ill Good Tid ngs te usalem Expreaa and te USA ATB R&eoua aubkritiona are received b t O! n t1r 11 Mr Bootbe BOd Aberd~pa-W VA ){r DwicbtTrumanBold Salem W VL R E CO R DE R --_~---C:--CO; 111 :---; A~~;:~c:!a~:R::::!lo ~ ~- BENJAMN 1 LANGWORTHY 1 --~: 6-8 P M ATTOaHEY AN1 CoUNlLOa AT LAw RitAs ROGERS Special Alent Suite 5 and s- TaCllma Bldg 13 1 LaSalle St Tel: Main 3141 Cbic_ro ~ M~O:u 1l ant 11 ll C Tel 6548 Cort Sevent-day Baptist Bureau 1nplo:nn nt _lid Clo pond n President-C: B HULL Marquette Bldr Cicago Vice-President-W H GitEENAN Milton Junction Wis -- Secretari~s-W M DAVS 62 West 63d st Cicago ; MURRAY MAXSON 516 West Monroe St Cicago Tl ASSOCATON AL SECRETARES Wardner Davis Salem; W Va Corliss F Randolpb 85 Nort 9tb St Newar~ N J Dr :: C Maxson _2 Grant St Utica N Y Rev E P Saunders Alred N Y W K navis Milton Wis F R Saunders Hammond La Under control o _General Conerence Denominational in scope and ~1r[lose NCLOSE STAMP FOR REPLY Plainield N J So AMERCAN SABBATH TRACT CETY EXECUTVE BOARD J F HUBaARD Presldent Plainield N J A 1 TTSWORTH Secretary Plainield N J F J HUBBARD J Treasurer Plainield N 1 REV A H LEWS Corresponding Secretary Plainield N J Regular meeting o te Board at Plain ield N J te second First day o eacb mont at 15 P M SEVENTH DAY BAPTST ME MORAL FUNO J F HUBARD President Plainield N J J ~{ TTSWORTH Vice-President Plainield N J JOSEPH A HUBBARD Treas Plainield N J D E TTSWORTJl Secretqry Plainield N J Gits or all Denominational nterest solicited Prompt payment o all obligabodll requeatcd w W M STLLMAN COUlELLO AT LAw Supreme Court Commissioner etc Millton Wis OMANS EXECUTVE BOARD OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE President Mrs S J Clarke Milton Wis Vice-P-:esidents Mrs J B Mor~on Milton WS; Mrs W C Daland Mlton Ws Corresponding Secretary Mrs T J Van Horn Albion Wis Recording Secretary Mrs J H Babcock Milton Wi Treasurer Mrs L A Platts Milton Wi Editor o Woman Page Mrs Henry M Maxson 661 W 7t St Plainield N J Secretary Eastern Association Mr Anna Randol{! Plainield N J Secretar\ :sout Eastern Assocltion Mrs G H Trainer Salem W Va Secretary Central Association Mri R E Weeler Leonardsville N Y Secretarv Western ASSOCation Mis Agnes L Rogers Alred N Y Secretary Sout Wetern Association Mr G H F Randolp Fouke Ark Secretar! Nort Western A ociation Mrs A E Wbitord Milton Wis New York City SABBATH SCHOOl BOARD George B Saw President S1 Central Ave nue Plainield N J Vice Presidents Eastern Assoclatio! Ed ward E Witord Brooki)n 11 V: Central Association ra Lee Cottrel1 Leonardsville N V; Western Associa tion Artur E Main Alred N Y; SoutEastern Assdciation S Orestes Bond Aberdeen W Va:; NortWest ern Association Herman n Clarke Dodge Centre Minn; Sout Western As sociation Gideon H 1 Randolp Fouke Arkansas Frank L Greene Treasurer 49 Vanderbilt Ave: Brooklyn N Y Corliss 1 Randolpb Rec Sec 18S Nortb Nint St Newark N J Jobn B Coltre!! Cor Sec 197 Park Place Brooklyn l Y Oter Members Eli F LooboroJ_New Vork City; Stepen Babcock New York City; Carles c Cipman Yonkers N Y; Esle F Randolpb Great Kills P Staten sland N Y Regular meetings te tbird Sund in September December and Marcb and te irat Sunday in June HERBERT G WHPPLE CoulsELOa AT LAw St Paul Building Oao Broadway C CHPMAN C _ St PAul BuDdin AlCBTKT _so Br~wajo: Alred N Y FRED UNVERSTY A Second Sellllster 69t Year begins Feb For catalogue and iuonnabo1l address B COLWlOLL ~VS ~ D DD Pres 7HE AFRED ACADEMY Second Quarter Opens Nov 12 1<)4 preparation or College TltACHltRS TRANNG CASS Opens Sept 6 <)4 SG BURDCK Prin ~~ S EVENTH DAY BAPTST EDUCA TON SOCETY E M TOKL1NSON~ President Alred N Y Rev ARTHUR 5- MAl! Corresponding Sece tarl Alred N y V A BAGGS Recordinr Secretary Alred N Y A B KENYON Treasurer Alred N Y Te regular meetings o te Board are eld in February May August and ;t;ovember at te cau o te President --~ PEOPLES EXECUTVE Y OU~G BOARD Rev A C Davis President Well Edmeaton N Y Mrs Walter L Greene Secretary Alred N Y Starr A Burdick Treasurer Alred N Y 1 C Rando1p t _ Editor Younr People Pale Alred N Y Mrs Henry M Maxson General Junior Superintendent Plainield N 1 AssociationlU Secretaries Roy F Randolp New Milton W Va; L G~rtrude Stillman Asaway R ; Etel A Haven (eonard ville N Y; Mrs H C Van Horn Alred N Y; C U Parker Cblcaro 1 C C Van Horn Gentry Ark -A LFRED THEOLOGCAL SEMNARY REV AaTHuR E MAlH Dean Westerly ~ SEVENTHDAY BAPTST MS SONARY SOCETY WK L CLARkE President Weterl R A S BABCOCk Recordinc SeCretary Rockville R GEORG: H UTTD Treuurer Waterl R REV O U WHTFORD Correspondinc Secretary Westerly R Te regulara meetines o te 8ar o managers are eld te tird Wednesdaya n January Allril Jnly and October BOARD OF PULPT SUPPLY AND MNSTERAL EMPLOYMENT RA B CRANDALL President Westerly R O U W H TPORD Corresponding Secretary Westerly R FRANK HLL Recordinr SecretarJ Aaa R Asociational Secretarl Stepen Babcock Eastern 363 W Ht Street New Vork City; Dr A C Davis Central Welt Fdmeton N Y; W C Witord Western Alred N Y; U S Griin Nort Western Nortonville Kans; F J Eret Sout F:atern Salem W Va i W R Potter Soutb Western Ham mond a Te ork o tis Board la to el pastor leu curces in ind in and obtain inc pa to and unemployed mlnlatera among u to nnd employment Te Board will not obtrude ormlltlon elp or advice upnn an cure Or perlons but giv it wen askled Tbe int tree!cr lqnl named in te Board ill be ta working orce being located near eac otber Te Asociationsl Secretarie will keep te working orce o t Board inormed n reo lard to t pastorless curces and unemploy ed ministers in teir respective Auociations and giv watever aid and counsel te can All correspondence wit tbe Board eltber troug its CorrespondinR Secretar or A lociational SecretarC8 will be atriedj coni dential Silo N J _---- HE SEVENTHOAY BA1!tTST GEN T ERAL CONFERENCE Next session to be beld at Silob N J Aug DR GEOaG! W POST{ 1987 Wasington Boule vard Cbicago President RllY E P SAUlCDEU Alred N Y Rcc Sec: RllY 1 A!LAm D D Miltoa Wis Cor See PloF W c WH1TaU Alred N Y Treuurer Executive Commlttee-ReY W L Burdick Asawa R; David E Tit_ Plain ield N J: ra B Crandall WCtlterlYJ R ; H Babeock Leonardsville N- Y; Esle F Randolp Great Kill N y; Roy W D Burdick Nile N Y --~~========~ Utica N~ Y ~~~~ ~-- R S c MAXSON D ce Genun Succ ====-:-: West EdJlltltO; N Y~ RAC G ~~~~ ~;- PiJ s \ : VOLUME 61 No 12 SUNRSE On y~nderlitt1e sunny ill Te grass is growing green and lowly Long dlits o S)OW are lingering still But spring is coming surely slowly o appy robin in te tree-top clinging Were sundse winds are swinging Sing out again and say tat ope is oly Far out beyond te mountains blue Te sky grows tender in its glory; Opal and pearl and rose o ue Te mists unold rom summits oary o robin ig against te sunrise swaying know wat you are saying Dear robin wo as told you all te story? { A Sevent-day Baptist Weekly Publised By Te American Sabbat Tract Society Plainield N J Te brown buds open to te sun Clasping tem close and sining clearer; Te brown eart trills wit lie begun And ope wic every dawn makes dearer o robin all te world is ull o sweetness And blessed incompleteness; Sing robin sing and bring te glad days nearer! -c E World THE ready and generous response Sabbat wic our correspondents ave Reorm given concerning te matter o Symposium Aggressive Sabbat Reorm as urnised many suggestions o value t as also accomplised wat THE RE CORDER was anxious to secure tat is te giving to eac reader a view o te tougts and conclusions o tose wo stand as leaders in our curces We sall not attempt to summarize te views tat ave been presented~ but tere are some so valuable tat tey are worty o being recalled First among tese as been te opinion expressed many times tat te act o our rlenominational existence and ~ll logical conclusions growing tererom require us to be more vigorous and more devoted in Aggressive Sabbat Reprm t as been repeatedly stated by diepent :writers ~n te l?ymposium tat i we are not to make Sabbat re ~rm a deinite and ~eading eatur~ o qui V9r~ tere is no~just reason or te continuation o our denominational; orglluiiatioiis aoo: no cause pr a separationrori~ur b~etrenwoa;e:b~ptists~ i irideedtere is suicien ground or lseparat \rig i-om any-oter denomination t is;~asier to reac tis con_clusion asa matter o logic and a act in istory t~n to realize ow ar-reacing te conclusion is and wat it requires o us; but tat i is seen so deady gives ope tat ou-r leaders and te people as well will come to appreciate watitmeans better tan tey ave ever done Tat tere is need o suc appreciation and conseqtie~t il~ti<?n as been repeated byvarious writers during te progress o tis SY!ll~ posiuln Te purpo!1c1 o THE RECOJU)ER in calling att~ntiop- to ti~ point is to jncreaseempasislc;6ncernin~ itto keep it beore te minds ol PL~NFELD N J MARCH te readers ilnd especially to urge upon pastors tat wat is demanded by logic and te acts o istory must be carried out by tem as pastor and by te denomination as a wole tis is not done te curces in teir individual capacity and in teir denominational union cann~t stand rigt beore God nor do justice totemselves and teir mission Te setting ort o tis point so clearly in te symposium presents a new pase o duty to eac pastor and eac curc and strengtens te grasp o te ligation upon eac to do more tan as been done iterto LESS requently but not less per Have we Walt- tinently ave several writers said ed Foo Long? in eect Tere is reason to ear tat we ave waited too long already in te matter o Aggressive Sabbat Reorm Tis is a suggestion o te utmost importance Woever loses ground in any great work is not only warned but ougt to be spurred to entusiastic endeavor tat lost ground may be regained beore it is too late t may be more diicult to point out all te evidences tat we ave lost ground tan it is to reac te logo ical conclusion as to wat ougt to be done Tat tere are suc evidences no careul observer will deny Wile tis implies neglect te observer will recognize tat te adverse inluences wic ave surrounded us ave not been ew nor weak Tat tese ougt to ave spurred us to greater activity and saved us rom loss is true Watever may ave been lost must be regained Tis is te supreme lesson to be learned at tis time N 6 suc loss is absolute and all loss may be overcome troug divine elp God is so merciul tat not inrequently our most valuable lessons are learned troug losses t ougt to be so tis case: Te need o greater consistency in Sabbat o]lservance and o a iger spiritmll conception o te meaning o ttl Sabbat aw beep spo~en: o qjany; itimes:; in t~:syrppos~~m Te )ac\<: o ti~ ;coti-sis~e9y apd osucp; iger c<;>pception : o:-tilt:) meanng:o te :~abbatkeeping are aniortg te/evidences tat we ave lost st~ellgt~l an4 dearness o perceptio~ troug neglltct Clearness o perception: conct:)r~ingduty is one o te most important eatures connected wit dtlty Men neglect doing rigt in many instances because teir vision is perverted until te demands o rigt are but dimly seen t maybe also tat tese demands are seen in wrong relati()ns and so weakened We tink no careul observer o our istory and o te presellt situatklll will deny tat tere are too many evidences o weakness decline and loss o power in te matter o Sabbat-:keepingas wellas in te matter ; -- WHOLE No r o aggressive work Te two are unavoidably associated A ig and vigorous conception o our duty as Sabbat-keepers carries- wit it te spirit o aggressiveness in avor o te trut te importance o Sabbat-keeping is but ligtly conceived and carelessly considered tere---is 11 incentive to aggressive work t as been trite and will be true in te uture tat earnest consistent and spiritual Sabbat observance will carry wit it corresponding eorts and zeal in spreading te trut Tose wo believe tat a trut is really important are always zealous in making tat trut known t will be well i as te result o wat our readers ave seen rom te pens o teir leaders everyone sall become more tougtul in te presence o suc acts as ave been presented As tere are evidences o weakness and decline wisdom teaces tat tese sould be recognized and cured To recognize tem properly is te irst step toward bringing an eicient remedy VAROUS suggestions ave been Metods o made concerning metods o work Work in Sabbat Reorm All tese ave been good We believe tat no metod as been suggested in te symposium wic as not been tried once and again in te course o our istory Te writer as examined te istory o earlier eorts in Sabbat Reorm and inds or example tat te establisment o tract depositories and local centers or te distribution o literature was undertaken early in te last century Repeated eorts by way o te living teacer ave been made at\d at one time considerable attention was given to te distribution o literature at te alldso individual distributors sent out or tat special purpose Tent work as been attempted and te value o presenting te Sabbat question in connection wit evangelistic work as been discussed requently W e tink it as been discussed more oten as a teory ta:n it as been actually associated witb evangelistic work as a deiniteeature t also appears tat te question o spreading Sabbat trut as :been prriinin~ryt in ~l1eb~g~:l!in~ ; o all c::>ur: missio~ary cmoyements Te wnter eels certam tat tose : o~~~ ana preign mis;ion~ry ~ovements*i~ avel:i~en most successui and p~rmanet:ilve ad teir inception in tpe conviction o our special duty to give litterance to Sabbat trut and to extend te knowledge o it trougout te world As to metods te past indicates tat tose wo ave ad t~ work in carge ave learned troug teir own experience and tat o tose wo ave preceeded tem te best and most eective metods o procec:!ding: However tis t\ay be tere is value iritije :pr~setation o va:rious views as to metods Forms o ~;