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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 14, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 62.

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ELDER C. G. BELLAH reports the addition of thirteen members to the St. Louis (Mo.) church.

ELDER J. M. HOYT reports the baptism of four adults at Grand Haven, Mich., and five at Loon Lake.

ELDER W. H. SAXBY, writing from Healdsburg, Cal., reports the baptism of eight persons in that vicinity.

FIFTEEN persons, ten of whom were young people, were baptized at the close of the Wyoming camp meeting.

ELDER E. W. WOLFE reports the baptism of thirteen at Cresco, Iowa, where a new church building was recently dedicated.

A SABBATH school of ten members has been organized at Patchogue, Greater New York. Twenty-five new members were received into the Brooklyn church on a recent Sabbath. Twenty-three received baptism.

A NEW church has been organized at Mount Pleasant, Ark., with a membership of fifteen. Eight were received by baptism.

ELDER B. H. SHAW reports that during the last six months eighteen members have been added to the Kansas City (Kans.) church.

ELDER W. C. YOUNG writes from Quebec: “Nine persons were buried in baptism after a short series of meetings held at Sutton Mountain.”

ON a recent Sabbath fifteen persons received baptism at the Ashfield church, New South Wales, Australia. A number of others are preparing to take this step in the near future.

SIX persons have been baptized and seven new members added to the church at Zenith, N. Dak. More than seventy were baptized at the close of their recent conference camp meeting.

A SABBATH school of seventeen members was organized a few weeks ago at Bonesteel, S. Dak. Six new believers have been baptized at Huron, and five new members were added to the church at Watertown on a recent Sabbath.

FIVE persons have recently received baptism at Fairgrove, Mich. A new Sabbath school has been organized at Elkton, and Elder W. D. Parkhurst reports eighteen adults baptized and seventeen new members received into the Jackson church.

ELDER F. A. D’ETAMORE writes from Borneo: “We met out under the trees by the side of a brook and studied for a time, after which ten were buried in baptism. A number of others are keeping the Sabbath, and we think that another company will soon be ready to follow in this rite. Several of these converts have ability to make workers in the Lord’s cause, and it was arranged for some of them to go to the training school at Singapore to get a preparation for teaching the truth.”

SISTERS B. Miller and Florence Shull conducted a most successful Bible institute of three weeks’ duration at Shanghai. At the close thirteen Chinese women were admitted into church fellowship by baptism. Had sickness not prevented, there would have been several others baptized. These dear sisters are untiring in their efforts to reach the women of China, and their efforts are not without results. Last year a good class of women were baptized, all of whom are remaining faithful, and some are making excellent Bible women.

IN the mountain province of Abra, in the northern part of Luzon, there lives a large pagan tribe who have always resisted the efforts of the Catholic Church to convert them to that faith. They are raw pagans, worshiping stones. Four times a year they gather at certain places and offer a pig in sacrifice to these gods. Last month Pastor R. E. Hay and Brother Leon Rhoda visited a Tinguian who has accepted the truth, and held some meetings with the people of the town. Now they are calling for some one to come and teach them the truth.