Our Work and Workers

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 29, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 38.

Our Work and Workers

(Items from the Local Papers)

A COMPANY of workers at Fergus Falls, Minn., at the head of whom is O. E. Johansen, report eleven persons who have been baptized, eight joining the church at Navan, Minn.

SEVEN persons were baptized at Northeast, Pa., on July 4. July 31, in Philadelphia, fifteen decided to obey the truth. Four were added to the Leesburg Church July 31.

THREE were baptized at St. Helena (Cal.) Sanitarium, July 10, by Brother F. W. Field, superintendent of the Japanese Mission Field, one of whom was his little daughter Ethel.

G. G. RUPERT closed a series of ten days’ meetings at Butler, Okla., and as the result eleven were added to the church and three baptized. David Voth reports the baptism of two at Purcell, Okla.

FOUR accepted the truth at Norwood, Colo., at recent meetings held by J. W. Norwood and C. S. Prent. J. W. Norwood has left Colorado for the Arkansas Conference, of which he becomes president.

CHARLES M. COTTRELL, who has had charge of the Canadian Branch of this house, has been forced to return to California on account of the illness of his father. W. V. Sample, one of our old employees, takes charge for a few months.

AT the West Virginia Conference proceedings, August 5-15, W. D. MacLay was chosen president; John F. Steele, vice-president; secretary and treasurer, Pearl L. Rees; field missionary secretary, D. W. Perry; Sabbath-school and educational secretary, Mrs. M. L. Haddix. The executive committee consists of W. D. MacLay, John F. Steele, S. F. Ross, A. T. Halstead, and W. H. Snider.

UNION COLLEGE has for some years been developing a system of industrial education, which is now in a measure perfected. They now publish an industrial manual describing in detail the academic, industrial, agricultural, and domestic science courses. Those desiring it will send ten cents in stamps, or, by the dozen, five cents each, to the president’s office, Union College, College View, Neb. The president is desirous of obtaining the names and present addresses of all who have ever been connected with Union College. Address as above.

LARS NIELSON tells the story of a young Swedish family out in North Dakota moving onto a homestead, their horses running away and tipping the wagon over in a German’s yard; but the wife and two little girls who were on the land were uninjured. About a year after this the German called at the home of the Swedish family and found that the lady had been weeping. Inquiring the reason, she said that she was burdened about the salvation of herself and family. They sent her the Swedish paper Sions Väktare, which was received and read with interest. The next year the Swedish family, with the wife of the German brother, went to camp-meeting, where the entire Swedish family were baptized with much joy of heart. Meetings were held in their community, and six persons were baptized and a church of sixteen members was organized. Ten of these were baptized at the camp-meeting. The seed of truth will not return void.

One of the Tokens.— At a Kansas camp-meeting at Council Grove, August 25, a collection was taken for foreign missions aggregating $6,341.98. Let the good work go on. It is a good time to deposit in the treasury of God, and to invest in souls.