OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 11, 1903

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

A CANVASSERS’ institute is set for March 4-25 at Minneapolis, Minn.

A CHURCH recently organized at Clyde, N. M., was received into the Colorado Conference at the recent session.

THE Worker reports the recent addition of three members by baptism to the Minneapolis, Minn., English Church.

MEETINGS held in December, at Rocklane, Ind., by Brother R. S. Donnell, resulted in adding six members to the church.

DECEMBER 30, during the session of the Colorado Conference, Brethren Marcial Serna and H. A. Aufderhar were ordained to the Gospel ministry.

THE house of worship at Lincoln, Neb., was dedicated January 18. The sermon was preached by Brother E. T. Russell, president of Central Union Conference.

At Franklin, Ind., Brother F. L. Moody reports that ten persons have accepted “the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” in connection with meetings being held there.

BROTHER G. M. BROWN has resigned the educational secretaryship of Nebraska Conference in order to take up work in the Mexican Mission Field. Brother C. R. Kite succeeds to the vacancy with address at College View.

BROTHER D. U. HALE and family of Texas Conference have been invited by the Mission Board to go to the Gold Coast of Africa to labor, and are now on their way. Brother I. G. Knight and wife, of Kansas, have been invited to go to Central America, to take charge of the work in place of Brother Hutchins, who lately died there.

At the Portland (Oregon) Sanitarium, Dr. W. R. Simmons, in the Recorder, says: “We have had with us for three months a Methodist minister who was a missionary in Japan for fourteen years. He has become interested in our work, and, as a result of making a thorough study of our faith, has decided to keep the true Sabbath.”

A BROTHER in Southern Indiana has a church-school in his house. He pays the teacher $15 per month, and gives her board and lodging. The school has only three pupils; two of them are the brother’s children, and the third is a homeless child for whom he is providing. This brother has a little house with a few acres of land in the country, and supports his family principally by labor in the railway shops. “Where there is a will there is a way.” So says the Reporter.

FROM the Southern Watchman we clip this item of a report by Brother W. C. Wales: “One sister in Georgia thought she could not sell a book [“Christ’s Object Lessons”]. She was the only one who refused to take a part in the work when the rest of the church took it up. But one brother had promised to sell thirty books, so finally she thought she would try to help him. She went out one afternoon and sold six books. She was the first one in that church to sell her quota.” So the last was first.

THE church at Perry, O. T., is building a commodious house of worship, and the hearts of the people not of our faith have been opened to help in a liberal manner.

A NEW church edifice at Brenham, Texas, was dedicated December 22. The services were conducted by Brethren H. Shultz and W. A. McCutcheon, president of the conference. Two other new churches in that conference await dedication—one at Dallas and one at Sanger. So says the Record.

BROTHER JOHN HOFFMAN writes from Borga, Finland, to the Minnesota Worker: “We now have ‘Great Controversy,’ ‘His Glorious Appearing,’ ‘Steps to Christ,’ ‘Ministration of Angels,’ ‘Christ and His Righteousness,’ in the Finnish language, and are now working on ‘Thoughts on Revelation.’ We also have a number of tracts.” Brother Hoffman adds this pitiful story, which explains one great hindrance to our work there:—

There is considerable suffering here this year on account of the crops being a total failure in many places. Many of the people are grinding bark with their flour, and in many places they are making their clothing from gunny-sacks. Besides this, the Russian yoke is pressed heavier and heavier upon the poor people. Their liberties are being roped in little by little. All the young men and many of the young women leave home to get away from the Russian military service. Of course the young women do not have to serve in the army, but when the young men go the women go, too. Those who can not secure passports go out into the Baltic Sea in open boats and are taken up by passing steamers and carried away to foreign shores. Some of these are caught by spies, and what they do with them I do not know. They took a young brother in this way over a month ago, and we have not heard a word from him since. I think they must put them in the Russian army. There are from five to six hundred people who get away every week, and most of them land in America.