p. 20 | Field Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 14, 1904

Field Notes

A CHURCH of sixteen members was organized at Peru, Ind., March 20.

A NEW church building was dedicated at Galesburg, Ill., Sabbath, March 5.

A COURSE of tent-meetings will be held shortly at Muskogee, I. T., where several have recently begun the observance of the Sabbath.

LAND has been donated and a considerable amount of material provided for the erection of a church building at Three River Falls, Minn., and the work of building is now in progress.

BROTHER W. A. BAKER, who is conducting meetings at Spring Valley, S. D., reports that “several have decided to walk in the light,” and that money is being raised by subscription to buy back the old Spring Valley Adventist church building.

WRITING from Columbus, Ohio, Brother R. R. Kennedy says of the prosperity of the work there: “With the blessing of the Lord we have been able to pay off our mortgage debt of $1,000. Over $3,000 has been raised by the Columbus church for the advancement of the third angel’s message in the world during the past year.”

BROTHER P. L. HOEN reports from the Brooklyn, N. Y., Scandinavian church that “ten good souls have accepted the truth of late. One earnest brother,” he says, “with whom I have labored, has just united with us, and is rejoicing in the truth. He has preached several years among the Free Lutherans of Norway, and now he expects, if the way opens, to attend one of our schools to prepare himself to carry the last message to his countrymen. I think his wife will soon unite with us also.”

OF his experiences while in Fiji, Brother Fulton wrote: “We had excellent meetings. The day we celebrated the ordinances was a blessed day. Three precious souls were buried in baptism. One of them was a man I met over six years ago, when I knew only a little Fijian. I am glad to see him take hold after these years. He told me that what he heard then never left him. There are others waiting baptism on the north coast.” Referring to a native official who has accepted the truth, Brother Fulton says: “One thing I remember he said was that the truth made such an impression on him that he never questioned who else would accept it. He said he was asked how many had accepted it. He replied that he did not know, but if only Jesus and himself were in this lotu (religion), it was all right. ‘I am not for the many,’ he said, ‘it is the truth I want.’” The Lord is greatly blessing his work in Fiji. There are now more than one hundred and fifty Sabbath-keepers in that mission field.