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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 5, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 45.

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Field Notes

Brother T. B. Westbrook reports the baptism of three persons at Corning, N. Y.
Three persons were baptized recently and joined the church at Mortimer, Iowa.
Three persons were baptized recently at Burlington, Kan., and united with the church there.
Sabbath, October 3, six persons were baptized and united with the Foosland (Ill.) church.
As a result of weekly visits by one of our Bible workers in Southport, a suburb of Indianapolis, Ind., three persons have taken their stand for the truth.
Sabbath, October 10, four persons were baptized and joined the Scandinavian church at Des Moines, Iowa. This makes seven baptisms since the tent-meetings began.
On Sabbath, October 5, two persons were baptized at Charleston, W. Va., and united with the church there. Others in the city are keeping the Sabbath, and will unite with the church soon.
From the conference laborers' reports in the Nebraska Conference, for the quarter ending September 30, we find that one hundred eight persons were baptized during the quarter; other conversions, twelve.
A report in the Southwestern Union Record from Atlanta, Tex., states that as a result of the tent-meetings there, twelve adults have taken their stand to obey the commandments of God. A Sabbath-school has been organized.
On September 26 five persons were baptized at Providence, R. I., and one united with the church by letter. These, with the three who were baptized at camp-meeting, make nine received into the Providence church during the month of September.
The following report comes from Turlock, Cal., at the close of the tent-meetings: “Forty-seven names were received for baptism and admission into the church. On Sabbath, September 12, twenty-six of this number were buried with their Lord in baptism, and four others, who were satisfied with their former baptism, were received into the church. There remain yet seventeen to be received into church fellowship, fourteen of these by baptism.”