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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Dec 14, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 49.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

After a course in the school at Cooranbong, N. S. W., Brother S. W. Carr has gone to Fiji to take charge of a training-school for Fijian natives.
In the Workers’ Bulletin Brother J. O. Beard reports the addition of four members to the church in Winterset, Iowa, and one to the church in Eddyville.
A new industrial school has been decided upon by New York Conference, to be located in Cattaraugus County, twelve miles south and west of Salamanca.
Under the recent labors of Brethren Chas. Scholl and N. P. Jenson among the Germans of Chicago, seven persons have been baptized, and several others have been convinced of the truth of the message presented to them.
The West Michigan Herald says that in the Grand Rapids church, November 5, orders were taken for 600 copies of the special SIGNS and 399 copies of the November Life Boat. On the following day six persons were baptized.
One of our workers tells of a man who bought a copy of our book, “Bible Readings,” and not liking it, he traded it for an old pistol. As a result of the trade the book came into the hands of readers who were interested in its contents, and in a short time ten persons were keeping the Sabbath.
The Eastern Tidings, published in Calcutta, says that Brother Meyers writes encouragingly of the work in Burma. Our Burmese brethren have two tracts on present truth, translated ready for the press. The subject of one is the “Law of God Written in the Heart,” and the other “The Second Coming of Christ.”
In the Nebraska Reporter, Brother L. Johnson notes the organization of a church at Valley, with six members. Also the baptism of four candidates at Tekamah, and three at Omaha. He also reports the organization of a Scandinavian church of twenty-four members at Omaha, October 29. Eight of these had formerly belonged to the English church.
The new industrial academy at Harvey, N. D., was opened November 2. The grounds comprise 160 acres, and the present building is a structure 30x40 feet dimensions. This is a two-story building, with dining-room and kitchen in the basement, and attic sleeping rooms. The students will erect a boys’ home, under their instructor, and still other necessary buildings will be added.
A report of Union College work, in the Workers’ Bulletin, says that a lively interest has been manifested in the periodical campaign, 355 sets of the special SIGNS being taken, besides 355 copies of the infidel number of the Life Boat, and 160 sets of the Southern Watchman. November 14 several companies of students went into the city and out into the surrounding country, and sold many copies of the papers.
The executive committee of East Michigan Conference has decided to establish an industrial academy at Holly, a central position in the conference. A building suitable for beginning the work, and seventy-seven acres of land, have been secured, and it is designed to have school work commence with the first of the year. Prof. J. G. Lamson, a well-known and successful educator, is to have charge of the new institution.
From far-away South Australia we hear this good word: “The missionary work done by our church members is bearing good fruit. Too much can not be said in favor of circulating our tracts, papers, and books which contain truth for this time.” Brother W. Woodford also notes, in the Union Conference Record, the addition of seven members to the church at Broken Hill, and one to the lately-organized church at Panaroo.
Writing to the New York Indicator, Brother B. E. Connerly, of Porto Rico, says: “We have baptized two, two more are ready for baptism, and altogether there are thirteen or fourteen on the island who are keeping the Sabbath. Three of the new ones—a Methodist minister, his wife, and brother-in-law—of Arecibo, we have never seen, as they were convinced through reading the paper, and the personal work of Brother Moulton. We have seen the real working of the Spirit of God in the lives of the ones baptized, and others have seen it too and marveled.”
From Seattle, Wash., Brother H. C. J. Wollekar writes that the church in that city had actively engaged in the work of the missionary campaign. Quite early in the movement they had ordered 900 sets of the special SIGNS and the special German and Scandinavian papers. This makes 3,600 copies in all. At the time of writing, Brother Wollekar had sold 120 copies of the special SIGNS No. 1, and some of the foreign papers. In connection with this work he took two yearly subscriptions for the SIGNS, and writes: “I am having some precious experiences as I go from house to house, talking with the people and placing the saving truth for these times in so many homes.”
Of the sanitarium for colored people, located in Nashville, Tenn., Brother J. E. White writes that, while it is the only institution of the kind in all the world, it “is struggling along in a rented building, handicapped for almost every facility, and certainly needs immediate assistance. Notwithstanding the difficulties under which it labored, this sanitarium has accomplished wonders, and is obtaining recognition among the wealthiest and best class of colored people in the South.” At present it is located in the crowded district of the city, but it must have a place in the suburbs or in the country where quiet can be maintained for prominent, overworked colored people throughout the South.”