Our Work and Workers

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Sep 28, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 38.

Our Work and Workers.

At Black Creek, Wis., a church of ten members was organized on the 20th ult., by Brethren H. W. Reed and French.

At the recent camp-meeting at Columbia, Mo., seventeen candidates were baptized. There was a good outside attendance all through the meeting.

A LETTER from Brother L. W. Felter notes the addition of six members to the church at Houston, Texas, and the conversion of two persons at Buffalo, in that state.

IN a letter to this office from Cripple Creek, Colo., Brother C. H. Bates mentions the baptism of four candidates, and the decision of four others to keep all the commandments of God.

A REPORT by Brother L. E. Sufficool in the Wisconsin Reporter notes that six have commenced the observance of the Lord’s Sabbath as a result of meetings held at Rhinelander, in that state.

AUGUST 20, a church of twelve members was organized at Bruce, Wis., by Brethren Wm. Covert and J. B. Locken. The brethren of this new company are already planning for a new house of worship.

A GATHERING of brethren and sisters “on the prospective school farm for Southwestern New York” (location not given) is noted in the Indicator. They gathered, canned, and packed 118 quarts of blackberries, and at the close of the meeting four candidates were baptized by Brother H. W. Carr.

FROM Sayville, Long Island, August 29, Brother L. H. Proctor writes: “We commenced tent-meetings at this place about eight weeks ago, with a good attendance most of the time. There was not a Seventh-day Adventist in the place when we came here, but on August 28 I baptized nine adult persons, and others have decided to be baptized in a few days. We have organized a Sabbath-school of thirty members.”

A LETTER from Brother John S. and Sister Lulu Wightman, of Lakeville, N. Y. reports the organization of the church of Avon, with fourteen members. Four others afterward expressed a desire to unite with the body. On the occasion of the organization, the local tent-meeting which these laborers were conducting was attended by thirty-five of our brethren from other churches, and a large number of the town people.

OF the camp-meeting held at Hazel, Ky., last month, Brother H. C. Balsbaugh writes that the attendance was larger than at any former meeting in the conference. Six were baptized. Steps were taken for the immediate erection of buildings for the intermediate school at Hazel. The work of the conference is growing more substantial, the permanent tithe has materially increased, and new laborers have been added to the working force; for which the brethren everywhere will join those of Tennessee River Conference in thanksgiving and rejoicing.

THE workers in Fiji are now rejoicing in the use of the new cutter, which Brother C. H. Parker has had built. It is said to be doing excellent work, enabling the laborers to go from point to point, and from island to island, with a convenience and expedition not heretofore experienced in that needy field. Of the prospect there, Brother Parker says, “The only drawback is the scarcity of laborers.” A letter from Sister Parker to friends in Australia says that a man and his wife from the island Cikobia, twelve miles from them, had come to study for the ministry. This man is a skilled workman in wood, and gave up a good position for the work’s sake. With this family came the son of the chief of Cikobia. This young man is blind. He is taking Bible lessons, has a wonderful memory, and seems consecrated to the Lord’s service.”

WRITING of the midsummer week of prayer in Rarotonga, to the Union Conference Record, Brother G. F. Jones says: “Our brethren here do not seem to have been acquainted with our annual meetings before; however, they were well attended, and strangers came in every evening. We feel sure that the prayers of our brethren elsewhere have been a blessing to us here. Our Maori brethren are in need of your prayers. While often almost defeated in their trials, victory has been given them in the end. They do not possess much silver and gold, and they do not well understand the blessings of giving freely, but we introduced the little envelopes to them, and asked them to listen to what the Lord would tell them to do with them. When the Sabbath meeting came, some of the little children led with their gifts, and soon every one, young and old, was eager to put something in the envelope. There was a fear among them of being left out, so they brought them to the desk. Thus it was fulfilled again, ‘A little child shall lead them.’ How happy they all were as they gave. I had a large pile of envelopes in my hand. They were not heavy with gifts, but they were with principle. God had set a high value on them. The ‘giving’ seed had been sown, and it brought joy among us. The more such meetings we have, the better. Three have recently been baptized here, and we trust the good work will go on.”