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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 20, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 34.

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Field Notes and Gleanings

AT the South Side church, in Chicago, Ill., three persons were baptized on July 25.
FOUR new members were recently added to the Chicago (Ill.) German church.
SIX persons were baptized recently at Stewartville, Minn., and united with the church there.
TWO young men were baptized recently at Hornell, N. Y., and united with the church there.
NINE persons were recently baptized at Lincoln, N. D., and others will be baptized soon.
A REPORT from Oneida, N. Y., states that ten have accepted the third angel’s message in that place.
SEVEN persons have begun to obey the commandments of God as a result of the tent effort at Adrian, Mich.
FIVE persons have already accepted the truth at Norwich, Conn., as the result of the meetings being conducted there.
On Sabbath, July 18, five members were added to the Peru (Ind.) church; baptismal services being held the same day.
ELDER A. W. KUEHL on a recent Sabbath baptized five persons whom he had been instrumental in leading into the truth, at St. Paul, Minn.
SABBATH, July 18, was a good day for the Mankato (Minn.) church. After the forenoon service nine dear souls followed their Lord in baptism.
SUNDAY, July 5, nine persons were baptized at Lincoln, N. D., and two more were taken into the church. Five or six more will soon be ready for baptism.
EIGHT persons have recently united with the Reno (Nev.) church,—four upon profession of faith, and four by baptism. Others are awaiting baptism.
As a result of the Fresno (Cal.) tent-meeting fifteen persons were baptized, while sixteen united with the church. Since then a number of others have been baptized.
A LETTER from Brother Amos Mitchell reports that four persons were baptized by him at Newburg, N. Y., on July 18, three of whom united with the church at that place.
A REPORT of the work at Bishop, Cal., from Brother J. J. Hill, states: ‘On July 5, Brother Lewis baptized two willing souls; and on July 11, five more were buried with their Lord in baptism.’
ELDER WM. COVERT recently held a series of meetings with the church at Aledo, Ill., and before they closed, six persons were baptized, four of these being young people who will unite with the church.
A REPORT in the West Michigan Herald states that four persons gave their hearts to the Lord recently at Grand Rapids, Mich., as a result of the tent effort there. Others are expected to take their stand soon.
The Columbia Union Visitor contains a report from Charleston, W. Va., which states that four new converts were taken into full church-membership at the last quarterly meeting, and that others will unite with them at the next quarterly meeting.
The Workers’ Bulletin, reporting the work at Muscatine, Iowa, says: “Meetings which are in progress are deepening in interest, and thus far ten have taken their stand for the truth. This makes a total of about sixty who have united with the church since January 1.”
SISTER JENNIE R. BATES, reporting in the Atlantic Union Gleaner, says: “At our June meeting in Richmond, Maine, two of our young people followed their Lord in baptism, and three united with the church; in two weeks, three more went forward in this ordinance, and there are still more to follow.”
A NEW church has been organized at Moundsville, W. Va. A report in the Columbia Union Visitor says: “We have baptized five, and shall have another baptism next Sabbath. We organized a church of twelve members with a full set of officers, also a Sabbath-school of twenty members. Two united with the church last Sabbath, making a membership of fourteen.”
BROTHER J. J. REISWIG reports that the small camp-meeting for the Germans at Gackle, N. D., was well attended by the citizens of Gackle and by the farmers close by, and the interest increased all the time, until on Sunday there was such an interest that the German Baptist church was not opened for service, all of their members coming to the camp-meeting. A number of the visitors expressed the conviction that they will have to obey the fourth commandment before they can be saved. Three persons were baptized during the meeting.