“ Every one said to kis brotker, B e o f good courage.”
VOLUME X II
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Isa. 41 : 6 .
SEPTEMBER 11, 1923
INGATHERING
WORK
NUMBER 36
A
SUCCESS
H. E. L y s in g e r
er if not the better product. Many a
church is decaying while its daily prayer
is for strength. There is power a plen
ty, but we poorly apply it. W e make
steam-engines so imperfectly that at
best they use but three per cent o f the
energy which is locked up in the coal.
Not ten per cent of the electrical power
H o w C a n W e R e a c h O u r G o a ls ?
is applied to the world’ s work by our
W e have many times tried to reach
best devices. And as to the potency o f
our goals by stimulation agitation, hur
church membership, not orie per cent is
rahs, and field days, and have failed.
being made active through the ordinary
While stimulation has its place in cam
channels o f efficiency.
What, then,
paign work, we have learned that
may not be said of the infinite energy
other things are far more important.
o f the Holy Spirit, awaiting the hour
By our experience as a people, we
o f a more complete consecration o f hu
ought to know by this time what meth
man possessions and agencies to work
ods are successful and what methods
miracles o f grace beyond our present
are not.
dreams? ” —Every Day Evanyelism, pp.
There are at least three outstanding
56-57.
features which will spell success for any
How true it is. W e have seen it
church that will lay great stress upon
demonstrated over and over again.
them: consecration, organization, and The church that has experienced a bap
leadership.
tism of the Spirit, whose members are
C o n s e c r a t i o n .— Our church mem
willing to go anywhere or do anything
bers should be made to understand that
for the sake o f the Master, and who
it is not gall and nerve that is so much
will thoroughly organize, will reach
needed, but an individual consecration
their goal without a doubt.
o f heart to make us willing to do any
I f your church is already thoroughly
thing or be anything that will help
organized along home missionary lines
hasten this message. W e are told that
you need not make another orgnization,
in doing work for God we should not
providing your territory has all been
consult our feelings. The life that is
divided and every member given his
consecrated to God will accept his
assignment. Remember now that be
share in this, the greatest o f all mis
fore going out in the Harvest Ingather
sion campaigns, whether he feels like it
ing, your territory should be properly
or not.
districted so every member will have
O r g a n iz a tio n :— “ Nothing happens
his share.
without organization. Not to organize
L e a d e r s h ip . —The great crying need
is not to do anything; in business, in
o f the hour is leadership. Our great
government, or in the church. As a
and first business is to take the third
rule, the better organization, the greatangle's message to every kindred,
The General Conference has given to
every union and every local conference
their Harvest Ingathering goal. These
goals are based on $7.68£ cents a
member. On the same basis it is ex
pected that the conference will appor
tion to each church their goal.
tongue, and people. But this cannot be
done by preachers and church officers
only, or even in a general way by these
chosen leaders. Dr. Forsyth is emi
nently wise in saying: “ If a preacher
is to act on the world, he must do it, as
a rule, through his church. He must
make it a church that acts on the world
through him, indeed, but also otherwise.
He is to act as its head and not in its
stead. ”
In any campaign o f the church, the
minister, the church leader, must be a
general, both planning and managing
the movement. To this work he is called
o f God and should be so in earnest
that he will suffer no one to excell him
as a leader o f his own people. He should
be a friend and counselor to each work
er personally, making the members feel
a new attachment and devotion to their
leader as a fellow-worker.
There will be times when the prayer
and working bands that are formed
will seem to be making no apparent
progress. It is then that the good lead
er is stronger than ever. He is full o f
courage and hopefulness, his zeal is in
vincible, his counsels are reassuring.
He redoubles his own efforts to bring
in cheering results, rekindling the faith
o f any o f the band members who are
disposed to be discouraged. Without
him at this period, the whole band
formation would disintergrate and cease
to be; but he holds firm, keeps his face
to the front, and success comes back
again in greater and more gratifying
measure than ever. It is steady and
untiring leadership which counts in all
the work o f the church.
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Nebraska Conference
S. G. H aughey, Pres.
B.
C. M a r s h a ll, S e c’y
C has. B a k e r , F ie ld M is s io n a r y S e c’y
1115 W e s t Charles
Grand Island
Notice to Nebraska Churches
F e li x A . L o r e n z
On the campground the conference
committee took action setting our Har
vest Ingathering campaign September
15 to October 27. The many members
who were consulted felt that this was
the best time for the Nebraska cam
paign.
Surely it is encouraging to see the
official dates of this effort embrace only
six weeks. The shorter campaign is a
great success. And as the entire field
indicates that the work can he finished
“ Just the Thing to D o”
“ Why not ask the Gentiles for as
sistance? I have received instruction
that there are men and women in the
world who have sympathetic hearts,
and who will be touched with com
passion as the needs of suffering hu
manity are presented before them.
. . . There are men in the world
who will give of their means for
schools and sanitariums.
“ The matter has been presented to
me in this light. Our work is to be
aggressive. The money is the Lord’s,
and if the wealthy are approached in
the right way, the Lord will touch
their hearts and impress them to give
of their means. God’s money is in
the hands of these men, and some of
them will heed the request for help.
Nebraska Harvest Ingathering Campaign, Sept.
Universal Service in G od’s A rm y.
in less time, we hope to see an even
shorter program. Let us, in Nebraska,
strike while the iron is hot, in vindica
tion of the shorter plan.
The workers are so distributed that
nearly every church is to have some
conference help. The workers will en
joy these visits with the churches, and
we feel sure the churches will appre
ciate their help. Every church will
hear personally from the worker who
will visit it. It might be well to sus
pend action until this word is re
ceived.
Your committee and the other con
ference officers have accepted the state
goal suggested by the General Confer
ence based on our membership—
$15,-585.18. This will prove to be an
easy matter if everybody does his part;
an impossible matter if the entire bur
den should rest on a few. So let us
have no slackers in the Lord's army.
The definition of each church’s ter
ritory has been sent to the officers.
Thus all confusion between churches
will be avoided. And so every church
should define the territory for the
members so there will be overlapping
nor wasting of territory. Let us all
plan and work and pray together for
a great and successful campaign.
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I must work the works o f Him that
sent me while it is day: the night
cometh when no man can work.”
1 5 .— Oct. 2 7 ,
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N o R oom fo r Slackers.
“ Talk this over, and do all in your
power to secure gifts. We are not to
feel that it would not be the thing to
ask men of the world for means, for
it is just the thing to do. The plan
was opened before me as a way of com
ing in touch with wealthy men of the
world. Through this means not a few
will become interested, and may hear
and believe the truth for this time.”
—Mrs. E. G. White, Oct. 11, 1908.
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the ruined streets, and a man shall be
as rare as a purse of gold. While this
text is a threat to one nation, it is a
promise to mankind. It places the real
value not on money and earthly pos
sessions, but on men. That is what
the Master taught and that is Chris
tianity.
Another dread calamity is threatened
“ against all the inhabitants of the
earth,” in which destruction will be
visited upon all nations, and the
wicked will be given to the sword.
Jer. 25:30, 31. The accumulated wealth
o f millenniums will be destroyed, for
“ the cities of the nations fell” (Rev.
16:19); “ all the cities
. . . were
broken down at the presence of the
Lord.” The earth will he left without
a human inhabitant, for “ there was no
man.” Jer. 4:23-27.
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A Golden Opportunity
S. G. H augh ey
“ I will make a man more precious
than fine gold; even a man than the
golden wedge of Ophir.” Isa. 13:12.
Here the worth of a human being is
placed far above all that men esteem
of value. The prophet was foretelling
a day of trouble for Babylon. She
would come to the extremity of her
desolation—her land shorn of its har
vest, the standing grain trampled un
der foot of war horses; her houses and
palaces consumed by fire; her pride
turned into shame, wealth into poverty,
and power into captivity. But so long
as men were left, Babylon might re
cover. She might repair the damage,
begin over again and have revenge on
her enemies. No, she was to be shorn
of her man-power. Her widows and
orphaned children shall search about
In 1909 the following message came
to us: “ We are living in the time of
the end. The fast fulfilling signs of
the times declare that the coming of
Christ is near at hand. The days in
which we live are solemn and impor
tant. The Spirit of God is gradually
but surely being withdrawn from the
earth. Plagues and judgments are al
ready falling upon the despisers of the
grace of God. The calamities by land
and sea, the unsettled state of society,
the alarms of war, are portentous.
They forecast approaching events of
the greatest magnitude.
“ The agencies of evil are combining
their forces, and consolidating. They
are strengthening for the last great
crisis. Great changes are soon to take
place in our world, and the final move
ments will be rapid ones.
“ The condition of things in the
world shows that troublous times are
right upon us. The daily papers are
full of indications of a terrible con
flict in the near future. Bold robber
ies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes
are common. Thefts and murders are
committed on every hand. Men pos
sessed of demons are taking the lives
of men, women, and little children.
Men have become infatuated with vice,
and every species of evil* prevails.
“ The enemy has succeeded in per
verting ju stice and in filling m en’s
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hearts with the desire for selfish gain.”
— Test., Vol. 9, p. 11.
Since this message was given, we
have passed through the World War
and calamities of all kinds, which have
swept away millions of the human
race. Now a terrible earthquake in
Japan takes its toll of hundreds of
thousands. Surely everything in our
world, and even nature, is speaking to
us in thunder tones of the speedy com
ing of the Lord and the end of all
things. All that will be saved from
the dread calamity soon to befall this
earth, will be the men, women, and
children who have made a covenant
with the Lord by sacrifice, and have
kept His commandments.
Then my brethren and sisters, there
is but one thing for Seventh-day Ad
ventists to engage in today,— the sav-
and we will be as successful in reach
ing our goal as were they. They had
gold and silver with which to build
the tabernacle in the wilderness; we
will have the means with which to fin
ish God’s work in the earth and gather
fhe “ lively stones” for completing the
spiritual temple of the Lord.
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Goals
S o u l s . That is our first and pri
mary goal. Let us be on the alert
constantly to find tired and hungry
souls and point them to the Saviour.
And our “ follow-up” plans,—let us not
lose connection with a single oppor
tunity to win a soul. Have a booklet,
take the names of the interested and
a word describing the interest, and
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Visit the Jews
Among the very best donors in our
Harvest Ingathering efforts are the
Jews. They like us because we keep
the Sabbath and do not eat pork and
do not hate the Jews.
Two Jewish papers have been pre
pared, one in English and one in Yid
dish. If you can use any and your
church is not already supplied, send to
the office for them.
Care should be taken that we do not
canvass Jews on September 11, 12, or
20, which correspond to the Jewish
New Year and Day of Atonement. We
can not use the familiar and beloved
word Christ, gospel, or missionary
among the Jews. Following is a good
suggestive canvass:
“ Good morning, M r.
, I am
“ Ten hours service, no matter how much I get.
Ten dollars in money,
ing of human beings. This will mean
earnest effort on our part. It will
mean investing all we have in souls,
and let us remember the following
statement from the Spirit of Prophecy:
“ The money that we refuse to invest
in the work of the Lord will perish.
On it no interest will accumulate in
the bank of heaven.”— Special Testi
monies, Series B, No. 9, p. 7, par. lt.
When Israel was about to leave
Egypt for the land of Caanan the Lord
instructed them thus, “ Let every man
ask of his neighbor, and every woman
of her neighbor, jewels of silver and
jewels of gold.” Ex. 11:2. R. V. This
was the first recorded great Harvest
Ingathering campaign. It was of the
Lord’s planning. All had a part in it
and it was successful.
See Ex.
12:35, 36.
A G o lden O p p o r t u n it y
Today Israel is marching to the
heavenly Caanan, and the call comes
from every land, “ Send us help; give
us the W ord of Life or we perish.” To
answer these calls we must have
means. This is a call for every man,
woman and child to go to his neighbor
and ask for help in the support of our
world missionary work.
Only the
money invested in God’s cause for the
saving of souls will be laid up in the
bank of heaven.
Who will heed the call and go to his
neighbor and ask for means? Let us
all respond as readily as Israel of old,
no matter how long it tak_es.”
then follow up the work regularly,
systematically, after the campaign is
over.
S e r v i c e . You know God looks at the
service, not at the amount. The ser
vice goal is this: Ten hours in the
work. Some will do much more, but
let ten hours be the minimum for all.
S i l v e r . Really, the money will take
care of itself if we put forth faithful
efforts in service for souls. But the
money is needed for this great mes
sage. The General Conference has a
goal— a million and a quarter— so Ne
braska must have its share of that goal
— $15,585.18.
And
every
member
should adopt the goal recommended to
us by our leaders— at least ten dollars
for missions.
Mutiply your church
membership by ten. How does that
look for a church goal? Let the
stronger help his weaker brother and
let us all determine to work until our
church has reached its goal.
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The Business District
Generally this is the cream of our
territory. Let members select those
with whom they have special prestige
because of past dealings. The rest of
the business district should be visited
by men who know the business men
personally, or by a committee of two
women when they are strangers. Keep
the big gifts to the forefront, and talk
and expect dollars, not dimes.
calling on the Jewish neighbors today
(show front page) with a report of the
American Sabbath-keepers, who are do
ing a great, charitable work all over
the world, especially in Europe, where
most of you have relatives (show page
1). There people are greatly in need
of medical help, and so we send our
doctors and nurses trained in this
country (show pages 4 and 5).
“ We also help the immigrants the
same way (show pages 8 and 9). Once
a year during the harvest (show front
page) we publish this report for the
Jewish people. This is not for sale.
We would like you to read it. What
ever you wish to donate toward this
work, we will appreciate very much
(hand him the paper). Thank you.”
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B o x e s! B o x e s! Boxes !
One cold night, after two hours on
the main corners of the streets among
the Saturday night crowds, eight little
girls, from nine to fourteen, with
sparkling eyes and smiling faces
brought in their boxes. Excitement
ran high as the money, even whole
silver dollars, was counted. There was
more than sixty dollars. We have or
dered boxes for all the church schools
and other children in Nebraska. They
are pretty boxes. And they are free.
The church school teacher, or leader,
or parents will order them for the
children.
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Wyoming Conference
J. W . T u r n e r , P re s .
W . R . B a b c o c k , S e c’ y
J. R. Staton, F ield M issionary Sec’y
Craw ford
Nebraska
Scottsbluff and Gering
E. T. W il s o n
We are glad to report progress in
this part o f the Lord’s vineyard, des
pite the organized efforts o f the enemy
o f the cross o f Christ.
A few weeks ago, the writer visited
a gentleman, the husband o f one o f our
sisters in the church o f Scottsbluff, who
was quite ill, but having studied the
message for some time with some of
our faithful church members, he ex
pressed a desire to unite with the
church, which he did the following Sab
bath. Who shall wear the star as a re
sult o f this new-born soul? Doubtless
those who were faithful in home mis
sionary work will share in the joy when
the ransomed of the Lord come to Zion.
Last Sabbath and Sunday I spent
with some o f the believers who live
about thirty miles from others o f like
faith. A fter a splendid Sabbath school,
which is composed o f two families who
meet each week in the capacity o f a
home Sabbath school, and about a half
dozen visitors, it was my privilege to
present to this earnest little company
the message o f peace as outlined in the
Scriptures o f truth, contrasting it with
the peace promised by the world. Our
souls were made to rejoice as we con
templated the wonderful promises con
cerning the coming o f the Prince o f
Peace.
In the afternoon while visiting in the
home o f one o f the brethren, talking
o f the beauties o f the kingdom to come,
a son-in-law, a young man who had
never made a profession, expressed
his desire to give his heart to God and
join with his companion in making a
happy home for their little child to grow
up in. The following day, after wit
nessing a baptismal service where two
o f his sisters-in-law were buried with
their Lord by baptism, this young man
promised he would study his Bible each
day, attend Sabbath school, and pre
pare himself as soon as possible for
this sacred rite.
We are glad to say also that the
Scottsbluff and Gering churches are to
have a church school this year. The
entire amount for financing this enter
prise has been pledged and the teacher
secured, and we feel sure that this will
bring new life and courage to the be
lievers in the valley, for God has told
us through His servant that all our
churches should make provision for the
education o f the children and youth.
Plans are also being laid for the re
modelling of the church building in Ger
ing, which is to be used for the school.
We are hoping to have a working bee
just before the Harvest Ingathering
campaign begins, so we shall be free to
push the Harvest Ingathering work
until it is finished successfully.
While we are not satisfied with our
past efforts, yet we do rejoice in the
success which the Lord has given us
while trying to do His will, and to Him
be all the praise.
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Visiting Our Brethren
J. R.
S taton
The past three weeks I have been
visiting some of our colporteurs and
several of the churches. The first place
I stopped was with Brother Vincent
Yardley and wife. We were located at
Green River, Wyo. They have been
doing faithful work this summer plac
ing “ Home Physician” in the homes of
the people. Brother Yardley is plan
ning to take a long trip into the coun
try. He has a five weeks’ journey be
fore him and will walk the entire way,
as there is no railroad in that terri
tory.
After leaving Brother Yardley, I
went to Cheyenne and had a meeting
with the church at that place. They
have finished their church and now
have a splendid little building in
which to worship. I am glad we can
have a monument to the cause of God
in this city. Elder G. T. Glendrange
has been located at this place for some
time, but at present he is taking up
work in another field.
My last meeting was with Gering
and Scottsbluff. We had a splendid
meeting with these two churches. I
was with them three days. Brother
Kappel and Brother Hendrickson have
been canvassing this territory.
At
present they are making their delivery.
On my return home I was called to
Hemingford to conduct the funeral of
Brother John Simmons’ infant son.
Our sympathy goes out to Brother and
Sister Simmons.
Last Sabbath the Gordon and Clin
ton churches had a union meeting, and
I spent the Sabbath with them. We
had three services while at that place.
The Clinton church is composed of new
'members, but they are going forward
and are planning to do their part in
the Harvest Ingathering work. We
hope the Lord will bless them as they
take up this line of work.
Our colporteur work is going for
ward nicely. Most of them have had
good success this summer and the Lord
has blessed them.
We are just beginning the Harvest
Ingathering work in this conference
and we hope to make it a very success
ful campaign.
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The Value of Reporting
RoY K i n z e r
Very often we hear the questions,
“ Why report the missionary work I
have done? I f I do the work, is that
not enough?’ ’ Suppose that the work
ers in the foreign fields or those in the
homeland gave no reports, it would
paralyze the local, the union, and the
General Conference, because the re
ports to the men in charge are what
the diagnosis is to the physician. It
tells just what has been done or is
being done in certain places. It gives
your conference secretary and your
local leader an insight into the needs
o f the territory and saves the duplica
tion o f work. The reports also serve
as a registering thermometer for the
individual and the society.
Nations have won wars because o f
their splendid reporting system. We
also have records o f cases in the his
tory o f our work when missionaries of
other denominations desired to keep us
out of certain territory and presented
protest to the rulers o f the nation.
Each time the records were referred to
by the rulers. When they saw what
we as a people were doing, they re
fused to prohibit our workers from
entering their country. What would
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have been the result in these cases if
there had been no statistics for the
officials to have consulted?
As we look through the Bible we find
that it is largely reports.
Note what
the spirit o f prophecy says o f reporting.
“ Let church members, during the week,
act their part faithfully, and on the Sab
bath relate their experiences.
The
meeting will then be as meat in due
season, bringing to all present new
Vol. 7, p. 19life and fresh vigor.
“ Train the young to do what is appoint
ed them, and from week to week
let them bring their reports to the
missionary meeting, telling what they
have experienced, and through the
grace o f Christ what success has been
theirs. If such reports were brought
in by consecrated workers, the mis
sionary meetings would not be dull or
tedious. They would be full o f interest,
and there would be no lack in attend
ance.” — Vol. 6, p. i36.
God may use our reports in some
special way.
You may never know
just how, but if we pass in our reports
on one o f those little yellow blanks in
the spirit o f service, it is certain to be
a blessing.
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W yom ing Conference
News Notes
The date for the opening of the
school at Crawford is September 12.
Elder Turner spent Sabbath with the
Clinton and Gordon churches.
H. C. Element spent Sabbath with
the church at Alliance. He reports a
splendid interest at that place.
Be sure to get a set o f the new read
ing course books for 1923 for your
children.
Sabbath, September 1, Brother Kinzer met with the Hot Springs church.
The prospects are good for a splendid
school at that place.
On Monday, Elders Turner and Sta
ton and Brother Kinzer drove to Gering, where they will help on the church
building for a few days.
Elder G. E. Langdon from Walla
Walla, Wash., spoke at the Crawford
church, Sabbath morning, September 1.
Brother Mullinex, who has spent the
last six years in China, spoke at the
afternoon meeting.
Remember the time for the opening
of the Harvest Ingathering campaign.
Let us all do'our part so that not only
will our goal be reached, but that
many souls may be won as a result
of our part in this important work.
Colorado Conference
M. L. Rice, Pres.
G. T. B u r g e s s , S e c 'y
D . T. S n id em a n , F ie ld M iss. S e c ’ y
1X12 K alam ath St.
Denver
Our W orkers
M. L.
R
ic e
Several changes have recently heen
made in the working staff of the Colo
rado Conference. Several weeks ago
Miss Susan Peters, who has been con
nected with the conference office in
Denver, discontinued her work. Miss
Peters did very faithful work while
with us, and she leaves us enjoying
the full confidence and respect of the
entire conference.
Miss Josephine Holmes, one of our
Bible workers, has been forced to dis
continue her work because of failing
health. Miss Holmes has been with
us a few months, but during this time
she has rendered very faithful service.
We regret that her health will not per
mit her to continue in the Bible work.
Brother D. T. Snideman, who has
acted as field missionary secretary of
this conference for the past seven
years, has accepted a call to the Ne
braska Conference. Brother Snideman
will continue in the same line of work
in Nebraska. During the years that
Brother Snideman has been connected
with this field, he has endeared him
self to this people. He has worked
hard to promote the book work, and
God has blessed his faithful efforts.
We bid him God’s blessing as he goes
to his new field.
The Colorado Conference feels for
tunate in securing Brother C. N.
Young, field missionary secretary of
the Oklahoma Conference, to take the
office made vacant by Brother Snideman’s release.
God has especially
blessed the labors of Brother Young
in building up the book work in Okla
homa. We extend to him a cordial
welcome to Colorado, and trust the
Lord will give him the same success
that has attended his efforts in Okla
homa.
Elder W. A. Long, who for the past
three years has acted as pastor of the
Denver First and York Street churches,
has resigned his position. Elder Long
left Denver September 2 for Kansas,
where he expects to engage in business
for himself. For some time Elder
Long has been contemplating the move
which he has just made. He has car
ried a special burden to get out of the
city for the benefit of his boys.
On the evening of August 21 the
members of the York Street church
had a farewell gathering for Elder and
Mrs. Long at the home of Brother and
Sister W. H. Gorich. On the evening
of the 22nd the members of the First
Denver church expressed the apprecia
tion of Elder Long’s service among
them in a gathering at their church.
On both of the above occasions a very
pleasant evening was enjoyed.
A
pleasing program was rendered. We
wish Elder and Sister Long and their
boys God’s blessing as they go to their
new home. God has blessed Elder
Long’s work in Colorado.
Brother A. E. Lickey, who has been
temporarily engaged in the tent work
this summer, has been taken on as one
of our permanent workers.
Brother
Lickey had been engaged as principal
of the Denver intermediate school, but
at the request of the conference the
Denver school board gladly released
him to continue in the evangelistic
work. We have been fortunate in se
curing Professor Ernest Heim, of the
Southwestern Union Conference, who
graduated at Union College last spring,
to take the principalship of the Den
ver school.
Sister Heim will have
charge of the seventh and eighth
grades. We welcome these workers to
our field.
The third angel’s message is one
work. It makes very little difference
where we labor, just so long as we
labor for God. While moving from
place to place often causes some in
convenience to our workers, yet it is a
blessing to suffer inconvenience for
God. In just a little time from now
we will make our last move. There
will be no boxes to pack or trunks
to rope. May God help our workers
who are striving to get others ready to
be filled with power. While preparing
others, may they not neglect them
selves.
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Adieus
D. T.
S n id e m a n
To our brothers and sisters of Colo
rado we say, “ Goodbye.” Our work to
gether in this conference has been most
pleasant, and I must confess it pulls
our heart strings as we leave the good,
loyal people here, but the world is the
field and we only go to another place
made vacant by the call of Brother
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6
Baker to the field across the waters.
Brother Young will come to Colorado
and give you good service. He has had
years of successful work, and we be
speak his pushing the work to greater
heights in Colorado.
As we go to Nebraska, brethren, we
shall be needful o f your continued
earnest prayers in our behalf. We be
lieve the Lord has a work for our col
porteurs in this field of a million and
a quarter of people, and we want to be
faithful in helping to give God's mes
sage to all the world in this genera
tion, for then Jesus will come and we
can go home.
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Resolutions A dopted at Our
Recent Campmeeting
(Concluded)
R
e s o l u t io n
N
o.
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'Whereas, certain religious organiza
tions are putting forth strong efforts
to coerce the conscience in religious
matters relative to Sunday observance,
and are also seeking to establish the
Christian religion with all its laws,
institutions, and usages as a part of
the fundamental law of the land,
RESOLVED, therefore, that as con
flicting views prevail in every com
munity, which are cherished with
equal sincerity, respecting the holiness
of days, and the manner of observing
the same, and believing that all re
ligious sects and non-religious people
should stand upon the same equality
before the law and be protected in
the enjoyment of their religious and
non-religious sentiments on this and
every other subject pertaining to the
worship of God, so long as they re
spect the equal rights of others and
the customs of common decency,
THEREFORE, we protest against all
these unjust, anti-Christian and unAmerican attemps to give legal pref
erence and sanction to the religious
customs and observances even of the
most popular and widely accepted re
ligion, because such a course of action
is not only un-American, but antag
onistic to the spirit of the Author of
the Christian religion, because if the
legislature can rightfully enforce the
observance of the Lord’s Day under
penal enactments, it can with equal
propriety enforce the observance of
the Lord’s supper, the Lord’s baptism,
and the Lord's Prayer, and determine
the manner in which all rites and
ordinances shall be observed.
R e s o l u t i o n No. 8
WE RECOMMEND, that the maga
zine Liberty be placed in the hands
of state officials, members of the state
legislature, and leading men and wo
men who have a part in molding pub
lic opinion in our conference. Further,
WE RECOMMEND, that a good sup
ply of Liberty magazines be placed in
public libraries and reading rooms
and that the Liberty be supplied for
these places.
R e s o lu tio n
N
o.
9
Whereas, the greatest asset of the
church is its young people,
WE RECOMMEND, that ministers,
other conference workers, church ofoficers, and parents, unitedly cooperate
with the Missionary Volunteer depart
ment in earnest endeavor for the sal
vation of our young people and their
training in service where they are;
WE RECOMMEND, that the confer
ence committee arrange for a strong
evangelistic effort for the young people
during Missionary Volunteer week;
WE RECOMMEND, that each church
endeavor to build up its young, by en
couraging the reading courses, Stand
ard of Attainment, and other Mission
ary Volunteer plans, and by encourag
ing suitable young men and women to
qualify as junior leaders.
R
e s o l u t io n
N
o.
10
Whereas, the church of Christ has
been organized for service, and recog
nizing the need of a thorough church
organization,
WE RECOMMEND, that all our
churches organize themselves into
working, missionary bands, assigning
to every member territorial, topical
work or both.
R e s o l u t i o n N o . 11
Whereas, the continued growth of
our foreign mission work calls for
larger appropriations and many more
workers to care for urgent calls; there
fore,
WE RECOMMEND, that the Colo
rado Conference set as its Harvest In
gathering quota, its full proportion of
the North American goal of $ 7 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,
and that well-organized plans be laid
for workers and laity to unite in an
effort to raise this goal within the
six weeks’ period set by the General
Conference.
R e s o l u t i o n No. 12
Recognizing
that
our churches
throughout the world-wide field are
destined to occupy a very important
place in the finishing of the work, and
realizing the urgent need o f enlarging
our forces, and organizing and edu
cating our people for the successful
completion of the task, therefore,
WE RECOMMEND, that the incom
ing conference committee give early
and careful study to the plan of or
ganizing the conference into districts,
for active missionary endeavors.
R
e s o l u t io n
N
o.
13
Whereas, every Seventh-day Advent
ist should be informed concerning the
progress of our work throughout the
world,
WE RECOMMEND, that every fam
ily subscribe for the Review and
Herald.
R
e s o l u t io n
N o . 14
In view of the wonderful opportuni
ties for service before the Sabbath
school, and the high aim set for it by
the Lord through the Spirit of Proph
ecy in these words, “ The Sabbath
school should be one of the greatest
instrumentalities and the most effect
ual in bringing souls to Christ”
(Special Testimonies on
Sabbath
School Work, p. 2 0 ) , we heartily en
dorse the plans of the Sabbath school
department which tend to encourage
the members to greater faithfulness in
soul-winning endeavor, in regular at
tendance at God’s appointed service, in
the daily study of the Sabbath school
lesson, and in enlarged gifts to the
mission fields through the Sabbath
school envelope.
R
e s o l u t io n
N
o.
15
As delegates to the thirty-ninth an
nual session of the Colorado Confer
ence of Seventh-day Adventists, held
at Stratton Park, Colorado Springs,
June 1 to July 1, 1 9 2 3 , we desire to
express our sincere appreciation to the
trustees of the Stratton Park estate
and to the Chamber of Commerce for
the use of the beautiful and spacious
Stratton Park with its commodious
auditorium, convenient dining room,
abundant supply of pure water, and
well-lighted buildings and grounds, as
well as for the warm welcome given
us and the many courtesies extended.
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Outline Studies from the
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THE CENTRAL UNION OUTLOOK
Kansas Conference
C. G. B e lla h , P re s .
H e r b e r t G riffith , S e c’y
R . C. B a k e r , F ie ld M is s io n a r y S e c’y f
728 K an sa s A ve - - - Topeka !
President’s Annual Report
A s G iv e n at th e R e c e n t C a m p m e e tin g
at W in fie ld
C.
G. B e l l a h
The past year has been an exceeding
ly eventful one. World conditions have
been distressing in the extreme. Na
tions have talked peace, but prepared
for war. A few old battleships have
been junked to give place to many new
and larger ones. Armies and navies
have grown apace. War debts, like sin,
is the crushing inheritance o f every child
born into the world. Nations are be
coming more distrustful o f each other,
and relations are strained almost to the
breaking point. The “ war to end war”
has left the world embittered, peace
palaces vacant, and the dove o f peace
without a resting place.
Physical, social, and spiritual condi
tions are no better. Crime is raging, sin
is increasing, disease is spreading, and
fearful hearts are dreading the future.
The present generation is a pleasureseeking, joyriding, jazz-loving, God
forgetting one. The club has largely
taken the place o f the prayer meeting.
The pulpit has too often become a lec
ture platform. Theaters are full, and
churches empty.
Finances are strained almost to the
breaking point. Men are money-mad.
An orgie o f spending is on, such as men
have never known.
The rich grow
richer, the poor become more rebellious.
The moneys o f some nations are almost
worthless. And ours may meet a like
fate. The bank o f heaven is the only
safe place for the means o f God’ s rem
nant people. Is your bank in heaven,
or is your heaven in a bank?
Pestilence has been abroad in the land.
As prince o f the power o f the air, Satan
has been busy with the elements.
Floods, storms, hail, and drought have
laid waste the fair land o f our own
state. Wheat has gone down, and the
dollar up. But little profit can be real
ized when wheat cannot be sold for the
cost o f production.
But the prophet Joel not only pic
tures the conditions, but suggests a
never-failing remedy. “ The day o f the
Lord is at hand. Is not the meat cut
off before our eyes? The seed is rotten
under the clods, the garners are laid
desolate, the barns are broken down;
for the corn is withered. How do the
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Colporteurs’ Report for W e e k Ending Septem ber 1, 1 9 2 3
Bk.
Colorado:
G. W. Berry
T. J. Bowen
Harry Hart
Fred E. Mang
Martha McElvain
Everett Wilmott
Missouri:
Willie Dickmon
C. L. Downs
George Mayer
‘ Arthur Richards
Miscl.
D R
0 D
H P
H P
G C
Hrs.
3
30
29
36
31
42
Ord.
Value
Helps
Total
10
9
46
15
148
19
59
65
50
00
50
50
00
1 50
7 00
21 00
66 00
171
53
298 15
10 00
308 15
B R
30
2
10 00
5 00
15 00
O D
B R
28
107
7
21 00
20
115 00
1 25
12 25
22 25
127 25
165
29
146 00
18 50
164 50
12
5
23
3
1. 50
9
48
15
148
65
00
00
50
28 50
28 50
"Two Weeks
beasts groan! the herds o f cattle are
perplexed, because they have no pas
ture. O Lord, to thee will I cry. The
beasts o f the field cry also unto thee.”
Then the plan o f relief for God’ s
remnant people is given. “ Sanctify ye
a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather
the elders, and cry unto the Lord.
Turn to me with all your heart, with
fasting, and weeping and mourning.
Rend your hearts and not your gar
ments. Who knoweth if he will return
and repent, and leave a blessing behind
him; even a meat offering and a drink
offering. Blow the trumpet in Zion,
sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,
gather the people, sanctify the congre
gation, assemble the elders, gather the
children. Let the priests and ministers
o f the Lord weep between the porch
and the altar. And let them say, Spare
thy people, 0 Lord, and give not thine
heritage to reproach. Then will the
Lord be jealous for His land, and pity
his people. Be glad then, ye children
o f Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your
God: for he hath given you the former
raitj moderately, and he will cause to
come down for you the former rain,
and the latter rain, and the floors shall
be full o f wheat.”
M e m b e r s h ip
There are sixty-four churches in the
conference, with a membership of
2308. Four hundred eleven members
have been added the past year, one
hundred twenty-five o f these by bap
tism.
The conference church has a
membership o f one hundred fifty.
There are twenty-two workers, includ
ing those in the office.
N ew W ork ers
Ten new workers have been called to
take up work in the Kansas Confer
ence since we assembled in session one
year ago.
A t the campmeeting last
year Brother V. P. Lovell, o f the Mis
souri Conference, was called to Kansas
to take the educational and Missionary
Volunteer work.
This was necessary
since Alonzo Cornell, who had the Mis
sionary Volunteer work, and Miss
Annah Vaughn, who was educational
secretary, had decided to attend Union
College.
Then at the Fall Council in
Kansas City in September, Elder L. B.
Schick, president o f the Texico Confer
ence, was secured for Kansas City as
evangelist. A t the same time Elder J.
W. Allison, o f the Arkansas Confer
ence, accepted the invitation to locate
in Kansas City as pastor o f the colored
church there and to do field work among
his own people.
Elder L. F. Abbott
having been called to Missouri as edu
cational and Missionary Volunteer sec
retary, Wichita was left without a pas
tor and the Kansas Sanitarium without
a chaplain.
Elder 0 . F. Gaylord, o f
Madison, Wis., accepted the invitation
to fill these two places. In November,
1922, Brother F. A. Lorenz was called
to the Nebraska Conference as home
missionary and Sabbath school secre
tary.
In March o f this year, Brother
F. C. Clark, who was field secretary in
Nebraska, came to this conference as
home missionary secretary.
In April
Miss Faye Eagle, who had done success
ful work as Sabbath school secretary
for so many years, resigned on account
o f the continued illness o f her mother.
Miss Edna Wallace was asked to take
this work, and assumed her duties at
once. In May Mrs. Gertrude Johnson,
a colored Bible worker from Indian
apolis, was asked to come to Kansas for
the summer to assist Brother Allison
in a public effort in Independence. She
is still doing Bible work there. A t the
educational convention held at Colorado
Springs, Prof. H. F. Saxton was called
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to Union College as head o f the Bible
department.
The committee invited
Prof. L. O. Knowlton to act as prin
cipal o f the Academy at Enterprise,
which position he accepted. Also dur
ing the educational convention Elder
O. F. Gaylord was called to Washing
ton, D. C., as chaplain o f the sani
tarium there. The Kansas Conference
was fortunate in securiug the services
o f Elder E. G. Hayes, Bible teacher
at Union College, for chaplain o f the
Kansas Sanitarium and pastor o f the
Wichita church.
(To be continued)
Inter-Mountain Conf.
B . H . S h a w , P re s .
Jam es Larsen S ec’y.
W m . D. K ie s e r , F ie ld . M iss. S e c ’y
122 S. 8th St., Grand Junction, Colo.
\
S. O. s.
A letter came to our office recently
from a realestate man in Hotchkiss
asking us for a price on our church
building. Perhaps our Inter-Mountain
readers understand that there is at pressent no organized church at that place,
but only a few scattered believers. It
seems to me unspeakably sad to think
o f selling a Seventh-day Adventist
church building to the Catholic church.
I am wondering whether there are
not some families of believers who are
not needed where they are who would
be glad to move to Hotchkiss and help
revive our work there. It is a beautiful
location, and the blessing o f the Lord
will rest upon such missionary effort.
Let me hear from you. B. H. Shaw .
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K eep the Harvest Ingathering
Cam paign Before the Church
W e should keep the campaign con
tinually before the church. Every Sab
bath a roll call should be made o f the
members, at which time they report the
the amount they have raised up to date.
This should then be taken down by the
missionary secretary or some one ap
pointed. It possible, it should be writ
ten on a blackboard, giving each band
their credit. Then immediately after
the Sabbath, this report should be for
warded to the conference office.
The Central Union committee adopted
this weekly reporting plan, which has
proved a great stimulus to the cam
paign. We trust that every church
leader and missionary secretary will see
that the weekly report blanks are filled
out and sent to the conference office.
H. E. L y s i n g e r .
Missouri Conference
H . C. H a r t w e ll, P res.
E.
A . E m e r y , S e c’ y
R . M. C a r te r , F ie ld M iss. S e c ’ y
202 W . F rank lin St. - - Clinton
News Notes
Five or more subscriptions to Life
and Health is now forty cents each.
Sister 0. B. Hall is visiting her
mother in Indiana while Elder Hall is
away on Harvest Ingathering work.
The work of tearing down our camp
at Boonville began Sunday evening
following the campmeeting. By dili
gent effort, all of the equipment was
loaded by Tuesday evening and shipped
to Clinton.
The campmeeting has piled up our
office work considerably, so we trust
that our people who have sent in re
mittances and orders will kindly ac
cept the receipt or invoice covering
the same without letters accompanying
them for a few days.
The conference has been divided into
fourteen districts for the Harvest In
gathering campaign, with a conference
worker in charge of each district. We
hope to make this year’s Harvest In
gathering a real one, not only in money
received, but in souls saved.
Brother R. M. Carter reports a week
of real pioneer experiences in book
work while assisting A. B. Culy in his
delivery in the Ozarks. He states that
poor roads prolonged the work, but
that a splendid delivery was made and
that many souls were anxiously wait
ing for their books.
Undoubtedly all of our Sabbath
school superintendents are anxious to
know what their representatives at
campmeeting gave in donations. A list
of the Sabbath schools will be given
in next week’s O u t l o o k with the
amount donated by each at campmeet
ing. The amount given by each Sab
bath school is credited on our records
and thus may be added to the home
receipts to make up the Sabbath school
goal.
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Missouri Campmeeting
It was not the writer’s privilege to
attend all the Missouri meeting, arriv
ing there the last Thursday and re
maining only until Sunday morning.
The meeting increased in numbers
from the first, and the last part of the
meeting was well attended. The camp
was pitched at the edge of Boonville
on a beautiful plot of ground. The
conference this year secured a pavilion
and twenty family tents, which added
to the attractiveness of the camp
ground. It was a beautiful sight to
see those new tents with high walls.
Everybody seemed to be comfortably
located, and the meetings were of the
best.
The same officers were re-elected.
Nine people were baptized at the close
of the meeting. The reports revealed
something over two hundred people
brought into the truth during the last
year. Two workers reported one hun
dred five new converts, and others
contributed a smaller number, which
was a real encouragement to the peo
ple. The spirit was excellent during
all the meeting, and the people went
home with a greater desire to serve
God and work for the salvation of
souls.
The prospect in M issouri was never
brighter than at the present time, and
w e are looking forw ard for a good
year to come.
S. E. W ig h t.
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