ADAMS, EDWIN. 



ADVENTISTS. 



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pay tribute if his people pass its territory. 

 These people have never paid him tribute, 

 but did so to Egypt. The policy of Egypt is 

 now to abstain from any communication with 

 any of the chiefs of Abyssinia, to regard Jo- 

 hannes and the King of Shoa as independent, 

 and to keep clear of all the political questions 

 of both those regions. 



There have been only three engagements, in 

 which the Egyptians have twice been worsted, 

 but not in any way so completely as has been 

 represented. Had it suited Egypt to con- 

 tinue the war, she must have eventually pre- 

 vailed, for the Abyssinians could not keep a 

 large force together for any time. As it was, 

 several vassal states threw off their allegiance 

 the moment the war ceased, taking advantage 

 of Johannes's enfeebled condition, and driven 

 to revolt by the increased taxation consequent 

 on the war. 



A war broke out during 1877 between Jo- 

 hannes and King Menelek of Shoa. Nothing 

 was known of this war beyond the fact that, 

 in the middle of June, there was a battle in 

 which King Menelek was worsted. Another 

 battle was reported to have occurred on Sep- 

 tember 17th, in which Menelek was completely 

 defeated, losing, according to a report, 20,000 

 killed and wounded, and 10.000 prisoners. 

 King Johannes, who was slightly wounded, 

 was reported to have lost 9,000 men. It was 

 asserted by some that Menelek had been 

 killed, by others that he escaped with 7,000 

 rnen. 



ADAMS, EDWIN, an American actor, was 

 born near Boston, Mass., February 3, 1834, and 

 died in Philadelphia, Pa., October 25, 1877. 

 He made his first appearance on the stage in 

 Boston, August 29, 1853, at the National Thea- 

 tre, acting Stephen in the "Hunchback." In 

 1854 he appeared in Philadelphia at the Chest- 

 nut Street Theatre, and, after acting in Balti- 

 more, Md., he came out about 1860 as Hamlet, 

 and also in other great parts, in Buffalo, N. Y. 

 He subsequently appeared with Miss Kate 

 Bateman and Mr. J. W. Wallack at the Win- 

 ter Garden, New York, and remained with 

 this combination for a considerable time, ap- 

 pearing in various parts of the country. In 

 1 866 he reappeared in New York at the Broad- 

 way Theatre (Wallack's old theatre), playing 

 Robert Landry in the "Dead Heart," and 

 Adrian de Teligny in " The Heretic." On the 

 opening of Booth's Theatre, February 3, 1867, 

 he appeared as Mercutio, and shortly after 

 enacted Narcisse, lago, Raphael, Rover, and 

 Claude Melnotte. He played Enoch Arden at 

 the same theatre for the first time in New York 

 on June 21, 1869, and appeared in this char- 

 acter, and others, in various cities for the last 

 five years. He visited Australia, where he de- 

 clined in health, and returned thence to San 

 Francisco. There he was the recipient of a 

 generous benefit, which was followed by others 

 in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and other 

 cities. 



ADVENTISTS. I. ADVENT CHRISTIANS. 

 The annual meeting of the Western Advent 

 Christian Publishing Society was held in 

 Chicago, 111., August 30th. Elder 0. W. Smith 

 presided. The society publishes a weekly 

 journal called the Advent Christian Times. 

 A proposition for a consolidation of this jour- 

 nal with the Bible Banner, published in New 

 York City, was discussed, but not decided upon. 

 The business agent reported that a more ex- 

 tensive work had been done in the publishing 

 of tracts than for several years previous. Be- 

 sides a new edition of the " Advent Minstrels," 

 and nearly four thousand tracts of the stereo- 

 type editions, considerable editions had been 

 published of tracts on "Christian Faith," 

 " Christian Hope," " Christian Ordinances," 

 "The Christian Sabbath," "Evidences of the 

 Coining of our Lord," and a pamphlet on 

 " The Great Pyramid," making, in all, 26,000 

 new tracts and pamphlets issued during the 

 year. The total amount of issues of tracts and 

 books for the year was about 31,000 in number, 

 or 336,000 pages. The resources of the society 

 and its work were computed at $4,618.38, and 

 the liabilities at $1,362.87, showing an excess 

 of $3,255.51 in resources. The business opera- 

 tions of the year had been attended with a net 

 gain of $723.36. 



II. SEVENTH-DAT ADVENTISTS. The follow- 

 ing is a summary of the statistics of this de- 

 nomination as they were reported to the Gen- 

 eral Conference in September, 1877 : 



The total amount of pledges to the fund of 

 Systematic Benevolence was $47,176.56. The 

 treasurer of the General Conference accounted 

 for the sum of $4,055.91 which had passed 

 through his hands. 



The treasurer of the Seventh-Day Adventist 

 Publishing Association reported to the annual 

 meeting, held in September, that his receipts 

 for the year had been $185,102.67, and that 

 he had a balance in hand of $3,636.21. The 

 total assets of the Association were estimated 

 at a value of $160,993.34, and the total amount 



