General Notes

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 4, 1902

FIVE new members were admitted to the Minneapolis English church, October 4.

A REPORT from South Africa states that the mission school at our Matabele Mission station has a daily attendance of over sixty native pupils. The workers at that station are planning to erect a new church building, and will make some extensive repairs to their dwelling houses. Brother J. A. Chaney, of the Matabele Mission, has been engaged for some time in superintending the erection of a school building for our people at Sweetwaters, near Maritzburg, Natal. He has also just finished the translation of “Steps to Christ” into the Zulu language.

BROTHER J. M. FREEMAN sends the following words of encouragement from the Kolo Mission, Basutoland, South Africa:—

“We had a splendid time here on Sabbath, August 30. Thirty-seven were in attendance at Sabbath school and the following service. We noticed some who had not been present of late. Some had been afraid to come, as they had felt the moving of the good Spirit of God, and feared to respond. Last Sabbath we spoke on the subject of the two masters. We showed that all are serving one or the other, and described the wages that will surely be received from each. After appealing earnestly to all who had not done so to choose at once the master whom they wish to serve, and to others to consecrate their lives anew to the Master whom they have chosen, there followed a general breaking up. All our people gave themselves anew to the Lord, and nine others offered themselves. With most of these we have labored from time to time since we have been established here. There was weeping, expressions of thankfulness, reasons given for the steps taken, and prayer which prolonged our meeting four hours.

“We sincerely thank the Lord for his good Spirit, which has been working among these darkened souls. We hope that our people will pray that these nine newly converted souls will be kept faithful. Five of this number—three young girls and two young men—are members of our school. This makes a company of fourteen who are now awaiting baptism.”