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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 21, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 51.

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Two adults in Kingston, Ontario, have begun to observe the Sabbath.

On November 25, five new Sabbath-keepers united with the company at Englewood, Chicago.

The First Seventh-day Adventist Church, of Troy, N. Y., was recently organized, with thirty-one members.

Elder J. A. Strickland administered the ordinance of baptism to three candidates in Halifax, N. S., November 14.

Several weeks ago two students in the Gravel Ford Academy, in Southern Oregon, were baptized by Elder F. S. Bunch.

November 5, the new church building at Jackson, Mich., was dedicated. Special services were held at the time, Elder William Ostrander assisting.

Elder J. F. Piper reports that the meetings on Cliff Island, Maine, are continuing with good interest. Some have already decided to obey the truth.

Several weeks ago four new Sabbath-keepers united with the church at Indianapolis, Ind. These had accepted the truth as a result of the tent effort held in that city.

Several weeks ago Elder W. A. T. Miller baptized a believer, who united with the church at Alamogordo, N. Mex. She accepted the truth through reading the Signs of the Times.

Four adults have accepted the third angel's message in the vicinity of Bluford, Ill. On Sabbath, November 11, Elder William Woodford baptized four new believers at Orchardville.

Elder B. W. Brown recently held a ten days' meeting with the church at Louisville, Ky., at the close of which three were buried with the Lord in baptism, and united with the church there.

Elder T. G. Lewis reports from Wisconsin: “At Oshkosh we had a good quarterly meeting. After the service two persons were baptized.” Three sisters were baptized a short time ago by Elder P. C. Hanson.

The Lord richly blessed the workers at Omega, Ohio, as they presented the truth to the people during the tent effort just closed. Seven are now observing the Sabbath, and many others are deeply interested. Elder F. H. Henderson writes from Zanesville: “We have two new Sabbath-keepers, and hope for more soon.”

Elders T. H. Watson and Fred Brink, of the North California-Nevada Conference, report that at the close of the tent meeting which they have been holding in Orland, two persons were baptized. Three adults have recently accepted the truth at Stillwater. During the past season the fruits of two months' tent effort in Sacramento are eighteen souls taken into the church, and many more interested.