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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 23, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 12.

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Field Notes

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of sixteen members, several of whom are recent converts to the truth, has been organized at Thornton, Tex.
MEMBERS of the Keene, Tex., church are considering the matter of erecting a church building there. A committee has been appointed to select a suitable lot for the building.
BROTHER W. C. F. WARD says of the result of a recent meeting at Olympia, Wash.: “Four honest souls decided to obey the Lord, and took their stand for the truth in the face of opposition.”
ELDER J. R. BAGBY says of the result of a three weeks’ course of meetings at Altona, O. T.: “Five more took their stand on all the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus. Three more were added to the Altona church last Sabbath, and two others will be in a few days.”
At the annual meeting of the Upper Columbia Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, held in connection with the recent conference session at Spokane, the following-named persons were chosen as trustees for the ensuing year: Silas Yarnell, M. D., S. A. Anderson, W. R. Simmons, J. W. Posey, I. A. Dunlap, M. D., C. M. Christiansen, J. L. Kay.
BROTHER B. E. FULMER says, in a report of progress on the Sanitarium building at Wichita, Kan.: “Two stories are floored, another partially, and the cement floors in the basement are nearly all laid. The doors were snow-bound for some time, but are now here, and are being hung. One set of treatment rooms will soon be ready for operation, and by that time we hope to have some rooms furnished, so we can receive such patients as can endure the noise and confusion incident to the work on the building. We are now receiving numerous applications for treatment and care, which must be refused until we are more fully prepared to receive.”
WEDNESDAY noon meetings are conducted in the Park Street Congregational church, Boston, by Elder L. S. Wheeler. Brother Wheeler says of them: “They are a real success, nearly self-sustaining in offerings, and widening continually the sphere of influence for the truth.” Sunday night meetings are also continued in Berkeley Hall, with a good attendance and interest.
ELDER HENRY SHULTZ sends this word from Lockeford, Cal.: “I have spent two Sabbaths at Lodi with Elder T. H. Watson, where I organized an American church of about twelve members. We now have a German church and an American church at Lodi. These were nearly all members of churches in Dakota, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, who have moved here the past year. Some who had backslidden took a new hold of the truth.”—Pacific Union Recorder.
OFFICERS were recently elected for the Upper Columbia Conference, as follows: President, A. J. Breed; vice-president, F. D. Starr; secretary, J. L. Kay; treasurer, T. L. Copeland; missionary secretary and treasurer, T. L. Copeland; general agent, T. G. Johnson; educational superintendent, J. M. Willoughby; educational secretary (including Sabbath-school and young people’s work), Mrs. J. L. Kay; executive committee, A. J. Breed, F. D. Starr, H. J. Schnepper, C. E. Ford, J. M. Willoughby, Silas Yarnell, C. M. Christiansen.
RECENT meetings at Buckeye, Ariz., near Phoenix, have been followed by good results, though not to the extent that had been hoped, heavy rains having greatly interfered with the work. In a recent report Brother C. E. Knight says: “Several adults have begun to keep the Sabbath, thus strengthening the little company of believers here. February 16 two persons, a brother and his wife, were baptized by Elder Bond, and sometime during March we expect that four or five others will go forward in this ordinance, after which, the Lord willing, a church will be organized, numbering about fourteen, all adults, with perhaps one exception. It is hoped that this organization will be effected before the conference in April.”
FROM the Union Conference Record of February 1 we take the following items relating to the progress of the work in the Australian field:—
Eight persons are keeping the Sabbath at Forbes as a result of the tent effort in that place.
At Quorn, South Australia, where Brethren Craddock and Rogers are laboring, nine have decided to keep the Sabbath.
As a result of the New South Wales camp-meeting, held at Mosman, fourteen persons have thus far expressed their willingness to obey the commandments of God.
The glad tidings of Christ’s soon coming are now being proclaimed in Northam and Geraldton, West Australia. At the latter place, the large tent was blown down and badly torn, but each letter brings news of increased congregations at both places.