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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 11.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

A CANVASSERS’ SCHOOL for the northeastern part of Iowa will be held at Cedar Rapids, beginning on the 16th inst., and continuing till the 30th.
THE new church building at Spokane, Wash., is almost completed. It is fitted with church-school rooms, and is said to be a creditable structure.
THE NEW YORK INDICATOR says: “Cheering news comes concerning a good work being done at Minetto in holding a Sunday-school. About fifty are in attendance, and a good interest is manifested in the lessons. The Little Friend is used. Some are attending the regular prayer-meeting, and desire further to study the Bible.”
A SABBATH-SCHOOL of fifteen members was organized at Turkville, Kansas, February 17, by Brother T. Godfrey. Four persons had fully accepted the truth, and others were interested.
THE prosecution of two of our brethren for laboring on Sunday has aroused an interest in the subject of religious liberty at Statesville, N. C. The papers have opened their columns to the truth, and three lawyers have come out against the Sunday law.
At Fredericton, N. B., where Brother W. R. Andrews has been laboring, a church of eleven members has been organized, and a new house of worship is being erected. The church will be dedicated about the first of June, and the first annual meeting of the Canada Union Conference will be held in it.
THE following brethren and sisters arrived in San Francisco from Australia on the 5th inst.: G. A. Irwin and wife, A. T. Robinson and wife, E. H. Gates, and Miss Edith M. Graham. Brother Irwin is president of the Australasian Union Conference. Brother Gates is chairman of the missionary committee of that conference, and Sister Graham is the secretary and treasurer. They came to attend the General Conference. Brother Robinson preached in the Oakland church on the Sabbath following his arrival.
In the Central Advance we find this good report from Brother G. W. Berry: “A glorious victory has been achieved by the power of the Lord at this place. Brethren Cook and Beames have lately been doing colporter work in this part of the Big Horn Basin. They found an interest here, and held a ten days’ meeting in September. The meetings were resumed January 2. At this writing, January 20, twenty-four souls have given themselves to the Lord. Nearly all are starting for the first time to serve the Master.”
Of the medical missionary work at Kimberley, South Africa, Brother J. V. Wilson writes to the Review: “The great De Beers Diamond Mining Co., employing thousands of men, have voted to instruct their doctors to send their patients to our baths for treatment. Already this is greatly increasing our work. The government physician who prescribes for the post-office employees is sending the clerks here, and the Cape Police are coming also. This means a great deal for the work here. We are glad to have a part in this closing message, and wish to continue in it to the end.”
Some Life Boat workers recently visited the State prison at Lincoln, Neb., and distributed 300 papers. While talking with the prisoners one of the men said: “If I had ever had a kind word spoken to me before, I would not have been in this place.” The other man said, “Yes, that is the way with me. When I get out of here I am going to do all I can to help you people. The Life Boat work is a good work. We get copies every little while. I have a farm yet and some property. They are saving it until I get out, and then I am going to help you people all I can, and try to keep other fellows from getting in here.”
Brother J. E. Fulton says, in the Australasian Union Record, that “letters from Fiji give good reports of the work in that part. The work has now been started in several parts of the group. A number have accepted the truth through reading the Rarama, our little native paper. Years ago we were told by Europeans that if our work ever took hold there, white missionaries would be compelled to remain, by the work; that if we removed, the natives would apostatize. This may be so with some, but we are glad to state there are some good, stable souls among the natives; and more, there are some who have not seen us at all, and who have, through reading alone, commenced to obey the truth. Last report says that two of our native boys have been out preaching, and both have seen a number accept the truth under their labors. . . . The Avondale Press is now printing an edition of ‘Great Controversy’ in Fijian. Who will assist in paying the expenses of this work? Some have already helped us. We are thankful for this, but we need more help. This is a book that ought to be in the hands of the people. Catholicism is making great progress in Fiji. There is no literature for the people to give them an intelligent idea of the papal power. In the ‘Great Controversy’ the history of the past and the message of the present time are so linked together that we have therein the most valuable information that can be presented. No one will doubt this who knows the message for this time. A young native Fijian is now attending Avondale School, fitting himself to return as a missionary to his people.”