Our Work and Workers

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 18, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 32.

Our Work and Workers

FIVE have already accepted the truth in consequence of the meetings at Oakland, Ore., and others are interested.

As a result of tent meetings at Peoria, Ill., held recently by Elder C. H. Bliss, five persons were baptized and added to the church.

FIVE were baptized at Port Angeles, Wash., May 30, at the close of tent meetings held at that place by J. J. Clark and George Barlow.

FOUR persons have decided to keep the Sabbath, and a few others are interested, as a result of meetings recently held in Adelaide, Australia.

At Kelseyville, Cal., Elder J. H. Behrens, assisted by Brother E. R. Button and wife, has been holding meetings; nine adults have fully decided to obey the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus as taught in both the Old and the New Testaments.

In a letter to the editor from H. E. Sawyer Hopkins, of Pomona, Cal., the writer says: “Perhaps a word in regard to our meetings here would be of interest. Yesterday was a blessed day with us, as some eight or nine took their stand with us. Others are interested but undecided.” Elder Warren is conducting the meetings.

A REPORT from Elder Wm. Covert, president of the Northern Illinois Conference, relates that “several persons were baptized in the 46th Street church, Chicago, two weeks ago. The same day two persons were baptized at Sheridan. Several candidates are ready for baptism at Streator, besides three or four at Galesburg, and as many at Aledo.”

IN connection with the tent meetings being held at Greenvine, Texas, an excellent interest is being manifested. The place of the meeting has been crowded every night, with a large number of people standing in the yard around, and all paying respectful attention. On several nights, fourteen to eighteen surrey loads of people came twelve miles to attend the meeting.

ELDER G. W. RINE reports from San Francisco that they are about to close the meetings being held at Valencia Street. There has been a good attendance. The young people of the church assisted in the singing, and Brother James Taphouse gave valuable help in visiting interested people, and holding readings with them. It is expected and hoped that a possible score will take their stand as a result of the work.

FROM a private letter from Brother J. W. Bressie, we take the liberty to make the following extracts: “I have just returned from Red Bluff, Cal., where I have been assisting in a series of meetings for the past four weeks. We had more than a score converted to the faith. We secured the court-house yard at Red Bluff in which to hold meetings, and last Tuesday evening we had about 300 present, and they desire me to speak in the same place next Tuesday evening. The town is all astir.”

BROTHER A. S. HUBBELL accepted the truth at Lake Charles, La., less than a year ago under the labors of Elder Hanson. In April he went to Sallisaw, the same state, to do contract work. He had never attempted to speak in public, but has a good education, and more than all, was deeply moved by the Spirit to labor for souls. He and his wife went to a school exhibition one night to announce a series of meetings which he had decided to hold at a schoolhouse about three miles in the country. After the exhibition, the announcement was made, and as it was raining, the teacher of the school invited him to use the time in talking to the people. He spoke for an hour and a half, and the best of attention was given him. He held five meetings a week. The teacher and his wife began keeping the Sabbath from the first. As a result of the work thus far a Sabbath-school of eight members has been organized. There is a deep interest in the town and country, and the good work will doubtless go on.

SPRING HILL MINES, N. S., is a town of over 5,000 inhabitants. It has no regular conference worker. Brother D. W. Dimock visits the town twice a month, delivering farm produce. Coming in contact with people as he delivers at the houses, he drops a word on the important truths for the times, as he has opportunity, or leaves literature. For some time three families have been keeping the Sabbath, and all of these circulate considerable literature. More recently a young married couple concluded to obey all the commandments of God. The young man was brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, but his wife was a Methodist. His family, excepting his father, has cast him off as lost, and will not speak to him. After Brother Dimock had held a Bible-reading with a young lady, a friend of the young wife mentioned above, she told him she would observe the Sabbath hereafter. She said she would be laughed at in her home, but she could endure that. Such are the results of faithful work in an unassuming way. It is not a solitary example.