Field Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 23, 1911

The summer’s work among the colored people in New York City resulted in seventeen baptisms.

Eighteen persons were baptized at the close of the camp-meeting at Sanford, Fla., and ten at the close of the meeting for the colored people. The new church at Orlando was dedicated October 14.

On Sunday, October 22, five persons were baptized at Colman, S. Dak.

The new church building at Gilchrist, Minn., was dedicated October 29. Elders S. E. Jackson, H. Steen, and L. H. Christian were present to assist in the services.

A short series of meetings was recently held at Grove, Ky. The Lord blessed the workers in presenting the message, and several were added to the church at that place.

The Danish-Norwegian tent effort in Brooklyn, N. Y., under the direction of Elder N. P. Neilson, closed October 8. Six souls have united with the church, and others are deeply interested.

As a result of the summer’s tent effort in Omaha, Neb., conducted by Elder and Mrs. G. R. Hawkins and Brother P. A. Field and wife, with associate Bible workers, between twenty and twenty-five have taken a firm stand for the truth.

Seven adults in Wooster, Ohio, have signified their intention to obey the truth. At Thornport two persons openly took their stand with us at the close of the tent-meetings, and several others expressed their intention of so doing.

A Sabbath-school of forty-five members has recently been organized at Lufkin, Tex. Elder J. I. Taylor baptized three new Sabbath-keepers at Houston several weeks ago. The workers at Hale report that twenty have begun to keep the Sabbath there, and they hope to organize a church soon.

It is reported of the work in Portland, Ore., that on Sabbath, October 21, thirteen candidates went forward in baptism, making a total of forty-six added to the church in the past few weeks. Several others are waiting only for further instruction before taking this step. Brother H. W. Oliver reports that one family has taken a stand for the truth at Yoncalla.

Of the result of the tent effort in Citronelle, Ala., Elder E. G. Hayes reports: “Eleven adults signed the covenant, seven of whom united with the church, and still others have begun to observe the Sabbath. Five of those uniting with the church were baptized before the close of the tent-meetings; the other two were satisfied with their former baptism. Several others are deeply interested in the message, and will continue to study the truth.”

From Norman, Okla., comes the word that as a result of the tent effort there, two have requested baptism, and several others are interested in the truth. Concerning the progress of the German work in that State Elder A. A. Meyer writes: “It has been my joyful privilege to lead about fifty precious souls to Christ, and to baptize them. They are all now staunch Christians, and active members of some of our various German churches. I also baptized between twenty-five and thirty at our last two annual camp-meetings, and a few were baptized by other brethren. So, in all, we have gained about one hundred German members in the last year and a half.”