p. 202 | General Notes

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 1, 1902

General Notes

Two additions have been made recently to the company of Sabbath-keepers at Austin, Minn., and several others at that place are awaiting baptism.

RECENTLY work was begun in the town of Monmouth, Ill., by canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Through the interest thus awakened, which was followed up with Bible readings, eleven persons have been led to the keeping of the Sabbath, and a great opportunity is opened for further work.

As a result of work begun some time ago at Grafton, W. Va., by two isolated Sabbath-keepers there, ten residents of that place are now keeping the Sabbath, and meetings, which are being conducted in a private house, are well attended. The two who first sowed the seeds of truth in Grafton moved to another place without having seen any visible results of their labors; but other laborers are now reaping the harvest.

BROTHER MORRIS LUKENS reports favorably concerning the work in Erie, Pa. Among other interesting items, he mentions the following: “A gentleman of some means, who has never made any profession of religion, raised his hand for prayer on a recent Sunday night. A few days later his young son was taken very sick, and the man and his wife spent the night in seeking the Lord for the restoration of their boy. God heard and answered their prayers. This made such an impression on the man that the next day he sought the Lord for the forgiveness of sin, and, like Jacob, would not cease pleading until he received the blessing. He has sold out his business, and has since refused a position at twenty-five dollars a week, because he could not keep the Sabbath and hold it. He is now awaiting baptism.”