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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 10, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 50.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

At Arcadia, Neb., a new church building is being erected and will soon be ready to be occupied.
Brother R. C. Porter reports the addition of two members to the colored church in St. Louis, Mo.
While on the way from the Black Hills to Sheridan county, Neb., Brother L. E. Johnson baptized three candidates at Olerichs and celebrated the ordinances.
Within a few weeks twenty-four persons have united with the church at Omaha, Neb. The Reporter states that a number of others are keeping the Sabbath and awaiting baptism.
On the 29th ult. the Oakland Sabbath-school held an “Ingathering Service,” and a very interesting program was rendered. The offering amounted to $110.17, in addition to various articles of food.
Nine candidates were baptized recently at Tarsney, Mo., by Brother L. W. Terry. This church is reported of good courage. There is always courage where there is energy and progress in the work.
From Tallula, Ill., Brother M. G. Huffman writes to the Review that the Baptists have kindly offered the use of their beautiful church in which to hold meetings. He adds that “heretofore all efforts to secure a church in Tallula have been fruitless.”
Brother George M. Brown, Educational Secretary of Nebraska Conference, says he has more calls for church-school teachers than he can supply at present. But he adds, “There are some devoted students now at Union College preparing for school work.”
The new church edifice at Kansas City, Mo., which was dedicated November 23, is a fine brick structure, 46 by 60 feet, and covered with a slate roof. The building also includes conference and tract society offices. The auditorium is 43 by 43 feet, with seating room for 400 persons.
The church at North Creek, N. Y., has a new school building in a country place, near a “bubbling spring.” Brother G. B. Thompson, president of the conference, says: “The brethren and sisters are all loyal to the school, standing by it in times of difficulty, and some at a distance send financial support.”
Dr. Paulson writes that “the December Life Boat is ready, and is the best ever issued. We are getting it into the army and navy all over the country. We expect to use 10,000 copies for this purpose monthly. It is developing many missionary opportunities. Price, two cents a copy.” Address 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago, Ill.
Writing to the Southwestern Union Conference Record from Oklahoma, Brother G. F. Haffner says: “I find that our German brethren are getting stirred up on the church-school question. I find almost every church planning for a school, and one church has two schools already in operation. One school has about forty scholars. I am glad to see such an interest manifested; this is what we need, and, after we get all these church-schools started, it will not be long before our higher schools will be filled to overflowing.”
In the harbor of Hamburg, a little missionary steamer, with Brother Christensen in charge, plies amongst the thousands of ships that come and go and await cargo. Hamburg is said to have the largest harbor in the world. Another boat, to cost $3,500, is being fitted up for operations in the waters between Copenhagen and Oresunde, Sweden.
At Salamanca, N. Y., Brother Homer W. Carr and wife began a school a year ago with seventeen pupils, and now have thirty-nine. He says: “We invite the people in Sunday evenings, and talk to them of the principles of Christian education. There seems to be a good interest in the village, and our work is spoken of very favorably.”
Brother O. E. Davis, a laborer in the new British Columbia Conference, is located at Port Simpson, an Indian town nearly seven hundred miles north of Vancouver. Speaking of the Indians he says that many of them are quite clever and industrious, and adds that “the work for the Indian and the Eskimo has scarcely been touched.”
Our corresponding secretary of Sabbath-school work, Sister L. Flora Plummer, says: “It has been proven that the Sabbath-school work need not be confined to the members of our own church. Branch Sabbath-school work is ideal work for young people. These schools are held for the children of those not of our faith, and can be conducted wherever a few children can be brought together. In one city one hundred and forty children were brought into various branch schools which were conducted almost wholly by young people of our church. The results of this work were most satisfactory.”
The Review notes that on the 22d ult. nineteen California missionaries, bound for other lands, met in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Mich., for a farewell service. There was a large audience present, which was addressed by the missionaries and by Brethren A. G. Daniells, president of the General Conference, and A. T. Jones, president of California Conference.
An eight weeks' special for persons who can not take a needed regular course has been provided by the managers of Union College, College View, Neb. The course will begin January 5, and will include Bible Doctrine, Prophecy and History, Language, Arithmetic, Spelling, Reading, Public Speaking, Singing, Writing, Drawing, Hydrotherapy, and lectures on various topics.