Field Notes

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

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 52.

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THREE new Sabbath-keepers are reported at Fuller, Kan.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL has been organized at Palmerston, Ontario.

A NEW church building was dedicated at Preston, Kan., November 12.

THE church at Leavenworth, Kan., has recently gained four new members.

ARRANGEMENTS have been made to erect a church building at Plant City, Fla.

THE Jacksonville, Fla., church has purchased a chapel at Riverside for public worship.

ELDER J. R. BAGBY has been holding a series of meetings at Ingersoll, O. T., with a good interest.

BROTHER W. T. LLOYD reports the organization of a Young People's Society in the church at Rock Falls, Ill.

ELEVEN students of Emmanuel Missionary College received baptism at Berrien Springs, Mich., November 18.

AT Bache, O. T., eight persons have taken a stand for the truth as the result of meetings which were recently closed there.

A RECENT report from Elder C. N. Martin, Yuba City, Cal., stated that five persons were ready for baptism at that place.

A NEW church building has been erected at Woonsocket, S. D. Eighteen persons have accepted the truth there the past year.

THE church at Jennings Lake, Fla., which began recently with a membership of eight or ten, now has a membership of twenty-two.

RECENT meetings at Abilene, Kan., have resulted in bringing eleven persons to the observance of the Bible Sabbath.

THE Kansas Worker reports five new Sabbath-keepers at Preston, Kan., and states that “more seem ready to obey.”

THE company at Muskegon, Mich., have rented a church building, in which they hold Sabbath-school and weekly meetings.

BROTHER L. F. BAXTER, treasurer of the church at Humboldt, Kan., writes of the week-of-prayer services there: “There seemed to be a real reconsecration of hearts to the Lord in our week of prayer, that, if practised in daily living, will bring blessings to each one in this our little church of Humboldt. We feel encouraged.”

The Kansas Worker of December 13 states: “From the field there comes the cheering word from all sides that there seems to be such an awakening on the part of the people to hear the word as has not been for some time. Large congregations have gathered to hear, and more seems to have been accomplished within the last few weeks than for a long time.”

The South Dakota Worker says of the week-of-prayer experience at Elk Point: “The week of prayer was a good week for the church and school. A number of the students would gather from day to day in little private prayer-meetings and seek God's blessing on the school and the cause of God in regions beyond. It was a week of self-examination and private prayer. The testimony meetings revealed victories gained; the desires to enter the heavenly Canaan were quickened in the hearts of many.”

BROTHER E. J. HARVEY sends this cheering word from San Diego, Cal.: “We witnessed such a soul-inspiring scene this morning, December 31, that I must tell you of it. Among the twelve sisters and eight brethren who were buried in a watery grave and arose to walk with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in newness of life to-day, were a saloon-keeper's wife and two young daughters, who walked together into the water, and were baptized by God's servant, Brother W. W. Simpson. The Lord is working mightily in San Diego. Praise him for his precious truth for these days.”

BROTHER E. L. CARDEY says in a report from Herrin, Ill.: “Since the organization of the church here we have been especially blessed in working for souls, although we have met some disappointments. A number have been added to the Sabbath-school. It now numbers thirty-six, and the church eighteen. We are expecting others to begin keeping the Sabbath before long, and are working and praying to that end. November 25 was a good day for the church. The Christian people kindly gave us the use of their baptistery, and four souls were buried with their Lord in baptism. Others are still waiting baptism. We are trying to raise means to erect a church building, and hope to build before the winter is past.”