Field Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 29, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 17.

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Five persons were baptized recently at Hogeye, Ark.

Four persons have recently accepted the truth at Madison, S. D.

Two persons were baptized at Hartford, Ark., on Sunday, March 21.

Five young people requested baptism on Sabbath, March 6, at Coshocton, Ohio.

A report from Burt, N. Y., states that four were baptized at that place on a recent Sabbath.

Brother Victor Thompson reports the baptism of two at Marion, Ind., and one at Kokomo.

Sunday, April 4, five persons were baptized and united with the church at Hygiene, Colo.

Six persons are keeping the Sabbath as a result of a series of meetings held at Smallwood, Md.

At Scottville, Mich., six persons have accepted the truth as the result of a series of meetings.

Sabbath, April 3, four adults were taken into the church at Hagerstown, Md., subject to baptism.

Sabbath, March 27, five were added to the church at Peru, Ind., and others are planning to unite soon.

Five persons have united with the church at Fort Wayne, Ind., since its reorganization in January.

Seven persons have accepted the truth at Mount Joy, Mo., and a number of others are deeply interested.

A report from Livonia, Mo., states that ten have accepted the truth; seven were baptized Sabbath, April 3.

Sunday evening, March 28, four persons were baptized and united with the First Philadelphia (Pa.) church.

Elder A. R. Bell reports that five members were added to the church at Harrisburg, Pa., subject to baptism.

A report from Brother C. M. McDonald states that four persons were baptized recently at Coody’s Bluff, Okla.

On Sabbath, April 3, eight adults, new converts to the truth, were baptized at the Chicago (Ill.) Forty-sixth Street church.

As the result of meetings held at Corsicana, Tex., two sisters have been added to the church, and four young men are candidates for baptism.

A report from Brother J. H. Seible states that there is now a company of five families keeping the Sabbath at Gackle, N. D.; others are much interested.

Brother A. P. Heacock reports the baptism of five adults at De Queen, Ark., and states that at Huntington five persons declared their intention to keep the Sabbath.

During the series of meetings conducted by Brother Thomas Hubbard in the Boggstown (Ind.) church, which closed March 28, eleven were added to the church.

At the quarterly meeting of the Lowell (Mass.) church, on April 3, thirteen persons were baptized. One sister who lives at Natick, and a Jewish brother, were among the number.

Brother E. B. Westbrook writes: “As a result of the efforts put forth in Hornell [N. Y.], from January 28 to March 25, eighteen precious souls are rejoicing in the blessed hope.”

There are fifteen new Sabbath-keepers at Smithsburg, Md., as the result of a three-weeks’ series of meetings; and a Sabbath-school of twenty-eight members was organized Sabbath, March 27.

Brother E. B. Hopkins, reporting from Tarpon, Tex., says: “Three sisters took their stand for the Sabbath, and I am quite sure the husband of one of them will take his stand also.”

On Sunday, March 21, five persons were baptized at Lone Wolf, Okla., and a church of seven members was organized. It is expected that others will be baptized and unite with the church soon.

Brother F. C. Clark, who is working in Leavenworth, Kan., reports that the Sabbath-school has been increased from eight to twenty-five, and that five have begun to keep the Sabbath, since he went there.

Writing recently from Rockford, Ill., Elder F. J. Harris says: “We had a good quarterly meeting last Sabbath. Three new Sabbath-keepers were taken into the church, and there are others to join soon.”

Brother John P. Gaede, reporting from Leesburg, Ohio, says: “Eight have signed the covenant, and others are in the balance, who we hope will decide soon. The interest is still increasing, even after the testing truths have been presented.”

As the result of a series of meetings held at Watseka, Ill., nineteen were added to the church March 27, four of whom were old Sabbath-keepers; seven were young people, children of Sabbath-keepers; and eight were converts from the outside. Others are interested.