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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 5, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 18.

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FIELD NOTES.

IN Battle Creek, Mich., February 17, eleven persons were baptized by Elder H. Nicola.
On the 18th ult. Elder A. J. Osborne baptized twelve candidates at Fresno, Cal. Most of these were young people.
ENCOURAGING word comes from Pueblo, Colo., stating that the church is constantly growing in numbers and spirituality.
ELDER C. L. BOYD, president of Tennessee Conference, reports the academy at Graysville in a prosperous condition under the care of Prof. G. W. Colcord and assistants.
BROTHER LA RUE, ship missionary at Hongkong, reports the conversion of a sergeant of marines, and through him a comrade, on board the British steamer Linnet. The vessel afterward sailed for Bangkok, Siam.
BROTHER WM. HUTCHINSON and wife have been placed in charge of the offices of secretary of the West Virginia Conference and Tract Society, on account of the ill health of Brother T. E. Bowen, the former incumbent.
OUR brethren in Louisville, Ky., are rejoicing over the fact that they have the free use of a church building until the owners (six wealthy men) have opportunity to sell it. Our brethren have been offered the property at a less price than others have offered for it.
BROTHER D. E. SCOLES reports in the Reaper a series of meetings at Pendleton, Oregon, during which forty-three names were added to the covenant. From there he went to Pullman, Wash., where he secured the Baptist Church for meetings, and with it an encouraging public interest.
THE DENVER Echoes says: “It will be interesting to our readers to know that a Chinese school has been opened in Euclid Hall, Denver, which is to be conducted by teachers of our faith. The Chinese friends have visited our Conference Bible school, and the fact that they have chosen their instructors from our number, shows their appreciation of the manner in which our schools are conducted.”
ELDER J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH reports that we now have four organized churches in Chicago,—two English, one Danish-Norwegian, and one Swedish. Besides these there are additional meetings and Sabbath schools in the above languages in other parts of the city, two being connected with the Medical Mission. The Chinese school has about fifty students. At a recent prayer meeting fourteen took part in prayer.
ELDER A. J. BREED, superintendent of General Conference District No. 5, reports encouraging progress in Oklahoma and Indian Territories. He says there are thirteen churches in the Territories, with 300 members, besides a number of isolated ones. There are calls for laborers from forty different localities. Of Oklahoma City he says the distributor is filled twice a day with from fifty to one hundred papers at a time.
ELDER B. J. CADY, missionary on Raiatea Island, reports a school of native children numbering 105. They had just received a supply of slates from America, and some little books printed by our press at Papeete, Tahiti. They had been teaching some lessons in geography to the children, who seemed to have an idea that Tahiti was about the principal part of the world. The parents are pleased to have the children learn, and the laborers are encouraged by the measure of visible success under many disadvantages.
FROM the Review we take the following items regarding the movements of missionaries: Elder A. E. Flowers and wife sailed from New York, February 17, for the island of Trinidad. Brethren Sanford and Rudolph, who sailed for the Gold Coast of West Africa, touched at the Canary Islands, and report a safe passage and good courage. Sister Emma D. Griggs, of Battle Creek College, has been selected to join the educational force in South Africa. Brethren E. J. Harvey and Adolph Gipp have gone to South Africa, designing to labor in Mashonaland. Brother D. A. Owen and family go to the Hawaiian Islands to engage in missionary work.
AT Delta, Colo., Elder George O. States had a little experience which shows that intolerance is not confined to the Catholic Church, as is supposed. He was seeking a place to hold meetings, and, learning that the Catholics had free use of the public schoolhouse, made application for a like privilege. The president of the school board is a Catholic, and he readily gave his consent; but the other two members are Protestant deacons, and they objected. However, the brethren there secured a donation of lots, and, with other assistance, have now a new house of worship 40x24 feet in size. Ten have recently united with the church, making a membership of fifty.