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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 29, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 26.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

FIVE converts to the faith are reported as a result of labor by Brother C. Sorenson, at Hennessey, O. T.
A CANVASSER in Cleveland, Ohio, recently took twenty-five orders for “Coming King” in twenty-four hours.
A CHURCH of thirteen members was organized at Jerome, Gove Co., Kansas, in the early part of last month, by Brother T. Godfrey.
In the Welcome Visitor, Brother Francis M. Fairchild reports the baptism of four candidates—one at Cygnet (Ohio) and one at Bowling Green.
In the Dakota Worker, Brother Ole P. Norderhus reports that eight persons have accepted the message in Lillehammer, Norway, as a result of his labors.
In the Review we note the following camp-meetings for July: Winchester, Ky., 7-18; Devil’s Lake, N. D., 6-11; Ponoka, Alberta, Can., 12-17; Keene, Texas, 27 to August 7; Statesville, N. C., 29-.
At Brokaw, Ohio, three persons were baptized in the Muskingum River, recently, by Brother F. E. Gibson. He also notes a Sabbath-school of eighteen members held in the home of a Brother Johnson, at Waterford.
On the 7th ult. fifteen persons, and on the 15th eight others, were baptized in Brooklyn, N. Y., by Brother L. H. Proctor. These united with the English church. We have also a Scandinavian and a German church in that city.
THE Welcome Visitor notes that the brethren in Springfield, Ohio, held the first meeting in their new church building, May 14. Altho not fully completed, it was far enough advanced to be available for holding meetings, and at this first meeting every seat was occupied.
THE South African Missionary notes the baptism of eight colored persons at Cambridge, Cape Colony, by Brother D. F. Tarr. A representative of the Kafir paper recently congratulated him on the work he is doing in that locality, and notice of it is being given in the paper.
On the 22d ult. four candidates were baptized by Brother L. E. Johnson, at Oak Grove, Neb. People were gathered from ten miles around, and a large congregation listened to a discourse by Brother A. T. Robinson, president of the conference. Two weeks previous, thirteen persons were baptized at the same place.
FOLLOWING are the officers of Western Washington Conference, elected at the recent annual session: President, E. L. Stewart; secretary and treasurer, Maggie Geissler; assistant secretary, Lela Hoover; state agent, Lee Moran; assistant agent, Wm. Furber; secretary of educational, young people’s, and Sabbath-school work, E. L. MacLafferty.
At the late annual session of Western Oregon Conference the following officers were elected: President, F. M. Burg; secretary and treasurer, W. C. Raley; educational secretary, G. W. Pettit; corresponding secretary educational and Sabbath-school department, Edith Starbuck. The following named brethren constitute the executive committee: F. M. Burg, W. R. Simmons, D. W. Emmerson, J. M. Cole, J. E. Graham, G. W. Pettit, H. J. Dirksen.
THE new sanitarium at Peoria, Ill., is being appreciated by the people of the city, and is wielding a good influence. In the Herald, Brother R. B. Craig says: “We find in this city many who are tired of the drug habit, and are thankful for a better diet. Some have already quit tea, coffee, flesh-meat, etc. Many of our city physicians are co-operating with us. We have a wonderful truth, and many who come to us are exclaiming, ‘Why have we not known this before?’”
At the recent session of the Minnesota Conference, held at Stillwater, the following officers were elected: President, H. S. Shaw; vice-president, O. O. Bernstein; treasurer and transportation agent, C. M. Everest; bookkeeper, Wm. Asp; educational secretary, M. B. Vankirk; Sabbath-school and mission secretary, Ella E. Merrickel; field secretary, W. W. Ruble; executive committee—H. S. Shaw, O. O. Bernstein, C. M. Everest, Fred Johnson, A. Mead, E. W. Catlin, John F. Anderson; trustees of conference association—O. O. Bernstein, Wm. Asp, and J. F. Pague.
At the recent meeting of the Lake Union Conference, held at Berrien Springs, Mich., the following officers were chosen: President, Allen Moon; vice-president, Wm. Covert; secretary and treasurer, W. H. Edwards; field secretary, J. B. Blosser; educational secretary, M. Bessie DeGraw; training-school representative, P. T. Magan; missionary secretary, D. W. Reavis; publishing work representative, I. H. Evans; sanitarium work representative, Dr. D. Paulson; German work representative, C. L. Herrmann; Scandinavian work representative, L. H. Christian; field secretary of religious liberty work, D. W. Reavis; auditor and business agent, W. H. Edwards.