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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 15, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 37.

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Field Notes

Brother E. B. Hopkins reports the baptism of five persons at Hermitage, Tex., August 21.
Seventeen persons were baptized at the Missouri State camp-meeting at Columbia, which closed August 21.
Nine persons, all adults, were baptized at Sayville, L. I., August 28.
A new house of worship was dedicated, free of debt, at Buffalo Gap, Tex., August 28.
Thirty-seven persons were baptized at the close of the Indiana State camp-meeting at Martinsville.
A successful tent effort was recently closed at Clinton, Ontario. Several persons were led to accept the truth.
Reporting the result of a tent effort in Newark, N. J., Brother W. H. Loose says: “Ten have already taken their stand for the truth.”
Four persons have recently taken a stand for the truth at Pony, Mont., as a result of meetings and house-to-house work in that place.
A church of thirteen members was organized at Pleasant Hill, Ohio, August 6. Immediately following the organization twelve persons received the ordinance of baptism.
Prof. Geo. W. Rine reports the baptism of four persons at Sacramento, Cal., August 13, where he had previously held a number of cottage meetings.
Brother J. W. Beams reports the baptism of six persons at Cuba, Neb., also that four have accepted the message at Miller, at which place a Sabbath-school has been organized.
Fifteen persons were baptized at the Provo, Utah, camp-meeting, and seven others expressed a desire for baptism later, these together constituting about one fifth of all who were in attendance.
In a report of meetings at Western Washington, closing August 14, Brother W. W. Sharp says: “Some have taken their stand on the Lord’s side, and others have promised to do so soon.”
The Pacific Union Recorder of September 1 states: “As a result of the tent-meetings at Missoula (Mont.), ten persons have been baptized, and have united with the church at that place. The tent has been removed to Elliston, a small town between Missoula and Helena.”
In a report of meetings at Grass Valley, Ore., Brethren W. S. Holbrook and F. D. Wagner state: “Three have decided to keep the Sabbath and obey the commandments, and two others expressed themselves as being convinced of the truth of God, but did not take their stand, on account of their families.”
Four tent companies will be in the field in Missouri this fall. Elders Merrell and Scoles will be in Columbia; Elders A. A. and H. E. Meyer will work among the Germans in St. Louis; Elders W. S. Cruzan and D. P. Ziegler will be in the vicinity of Poplar Bluff; and Elders H. M. Stewart and H. K. Willis will be located near Pleasant Hill.