Field Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 28, 1905

A FUND is being raised to purchase a church building at Lowry, W. Va.

ALL the tent efforts in eastern Pennsylvania have been successful this season so far as reported.

A FUND of several hundred dollars has been raised toward the erection of a church building at Woonsocket, S. D.

A REPORT from Artesian, S. D., says: “Honest hearts are being touched and turned to obey the gospel. Quite a number have taken their stand. We feel sure that more will.”

ELDER J. B. GOODRICH reports the recent organization of a Sabbath-school at Cambridge, Maine; also a meeting there at which three young men took a decided stand to be Christians.

THE Los Angeles, Cal., church is erecting a new school building in the suburb known as Edendale. This is the second church-school building now owned by our people in this city.

THE West Michigan Herald of September 13 reports: “Four young men who were baptized at the Allegan camp-meeting united with the Otsego church last Sabbath. It was a day of rejoicing to all who were present.”

A REPORT of recent work by Elder J. H. Schilling at Lancaster, Pa., says: “Seven have been baptized. Several others have expressed their determination to walk in the light, and will follow in the ordinance of baptism later.”

A REPORT from the work at Williamsport, Pa., states that progress is being made, in spite of much underhand opposition, which has caused the honest ones to be slow in coming to a decision; but nine have accepted the truth. One pleasing feature is that some who had given up the truth have been reclaimed. One brother there has been arrested at the instigation of the local W. C. T. U. for keeping his store open on Sunday.

THE South Dakota Worker of September 19 says: “At the last Sabbath meeting of the Elk Point church, several of the members pledged themselves to pay a certain amount each month for the support of a native Chinese laborer in China, for a year. This action was taken in response to the missionary readings for Sabbath, September 9, particularly that part of one of the readings which was an appeal for means to support a Chinese worker. Several of the brethren had been thinking for some time that it would be a good thing for the church to make a gift of this kind, and this pledge will mean a hundred dollars or more for the Chinese field. This occasion was one of rejoicing to the church.”

A GOOD work is being accomplished by tent-meetings in Philadelphia. The Atlantic Union Gleaner reports: “The owner of the lot whereon Elder Charles Baierle had his tent, at Twenty-eighth and Montgomery Streets, Philadelphia, was not in harmony with the ‘doctrine,’ and gave notice that the tent must be even taken off from his premises promptly on the day of the expiration of the lease. This of course seemed unfortunate, yet thirteen are keeping the Sabbath as a result of the work done there. Elder Baierle then moved his tent to Thirtieth Street and Lehigh Avenue, and is now in the midst of a second and very promising effort.”

DURING the recent camp-meeting at Cloverdale, Cal., August 17-27, the missionary society of the conference was gratified to find fifty-five heads of families on the grounds who were already subscribers to the good old REVIEW. Eight new subscriptions were secured, making a total of sixty-three REVIEW subscribers—a splendid showing for so small a camp-meeting. The total number of periodical subscriptions taken by the two agents on the grounds was seventy-six, among which were thirty-four for Life and Health, and twenty-eight for the Recorder. As Brother Bourdeau remarks: “The very fact that so many on the grounds were subscribers for the REVIEW, explains to quite an extent why the Cloverdale camp-meeting was such a good one.”—Pacific Union Recorder.