New York by G. B. Thompson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 17, 1903

New York

By G. B. Thompson

I AM glad to report that the message is making some progress in this conference. During the past year we have been endeavoring to dispose of our quota of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” All our laborers have taken hold of this work, and are still engaged in it. Nearly six thousand books have been ordered; most of these have been sold, and the proceeds sent to the academy at South Lancaster. We hope the time is not far distant when we can sing our jubilee song.

The medical work was started during the year, and is operated under conference management. A small sanitarium has been opened in Buffalo, with donations from all parts of the conference, and is being blessed beyond our expectations. Dr. A. R. Satterlee and his wife are in charge, with two trained nurses. We have also started a small training class for nurses. The influence in the city is excellent, and we shall soon have to provide more room.

The educational work is making a healthy growth. Ten or more church schools are now in progress, and the blessing of the Lord is being seen in a marked manner. At the school in West Salamanca, where Brother H. W. Carr and his wife are teaching, twenty-three were baptized last Sabbath, and there are others who desire baptism. These all showed evidence of true conversion. It is hoped that an intermediate school will be established in this part of the State during the summer. In other of our schools also the power of the Lord has been present to convert the children. Following our annual conference in January, an institute for our teachers was held, and was well attended. Profs. F. Griggs and E. A. Sutherland were present. We feel confident that this institute has marked a new era in the educational work in our conference. The conference assisted the teachers to attend.

The Lord greatly blessed at our annual conference. The instruction from the brethren from abroad was practical and well received. Three churches were admitted to the conference, and last Sabbath another church of nineteen members was organized at Salamanca. Three church buildings were dedicated during the past year. The missionary spirit was manifest during the conference, and it was voted to pay the salary of Elder B. E. Connerly in Porto Rico, and purchase a tent (50x70 ft.) for use in Scotland. We feel confident that our conferences will be greatly blessed in sharing their blessings with the regions beyond, and thus hasten the coming of the Lord. The conference in all departments is entirely out of debt, and we are endeavoring to carry on the work on the cash basis. Our courage in the Lord is good, and we expect to see the work rise, and the warning message carried to all the world. An effort is now being made to have all take part in the campaign to distribute our good tracts, and an encouraging response is being heard from all over the State. G. B. THOMPSON.