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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 18, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 51.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

THE brethren at Greenfield, Ind., are building a new house of worship.
AT Corsicana, Texas, on the 16th ult., three candidates were baptized by Brother Thos. Defreeze.
BROTHER LUTHER WARREN, of Nebraska, has been called to labor in New York City, and is now in his new field.
BROTHER R. C. PORTER has taken charge of the work in St. Louis, Mo. This is an important field, and it is hoped that a successful work may be accomplished there.
SISTER LEONORA BOLLES, who last year formed and taught health schools in Philadelphia, is now doing a like work in Memphis, Tenn., with encouraging success.
At the annual session of the Virginia Conference, held last month, officers were elected as follows: President, R. D. Hottel; secretary, A. M. Neff; treasurer, Jas. Gargett; secretary and treasurer of the Tract Society Department, A. M. Neff; secretary of the Sabbath-school Department, Mrs. B. F. Purdham.
On the 2nd ult., eight young people were baptized in Little Sioux River at Blencoe, Iowa, by Brother N. L. McClintock, local elder. One of the company united with the Onawa church.
HARVEST ingathering services were held at Marion, Ind., on Sabbath, November 16. The exercises were mainly for the children, and the Reporter notes that it was a very pleasant occasion.
FROM the Recorder we learn that a dozen persons have begun the observance of the Lord’s Sabbath at Stewardson, Ill., where Brethren Curtis and Thompson have been laboring. A Sabbath-school has been organized.
BROTHER J. F. BEATTY, who has been connected with the Nebraska Conference and Tract Society work for the past eight years, is now employed in the book department of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, the home of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
We have received the General Conference Bulletin for the third quarter of 1901. This number contains the directory of our workers and other matters of interest. Those desiring a copy can get it by sending five cents to the publishers, 267 W. Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the company at Franklin, Ky., has been reduced in numbers by death and removals, they are collecting means to build a chapel and will soon begin the work. This is a good way to replete their numbers and to let their light shine.
BROTHER C. H. JONES, manager of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, arrived home on the 26th ult. from a business tour in the East. He was absent over six weeks, and traveled about ten thousand miles. He attended the General Council at Battle Creek, Mich., and gave personal attention to the transfer of the Sentinel of Christian Liberty to the branch publishing house in New York City.
THE colored brethren of Nashville, Tenn., hold meetings regularly in a hall. The Watchman says that in addition to the regular Sabbath services they have a weekly reading and sewing circle, in which the young are taught to sew, while those over school age, who need such help, are taught to read the Bible. A movement is on foot to secure a lot and erect a church building that will properly represent the cause.
“This is a hard field” is an expression often heard from laborers who report concerning their work. When the Lord came to earth as a missionary, He went into that portion of His vineyard on which the most labor and expense had been bestowed, and found a very “hard field.” But He stuck to it till they put Him to death. He came to save sinners, and He sends His disciples to call sinners to repentance, and no successful work for sinners ever was accomplished in an easy field. “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion.”
On the 30th ult. the Sabbath-school in this city held a harvest ingathering service. The hour usually devoted to preaching was given to this special service. The exercises were varied, giving all an opportunity to take a part. The recitations and songs by the children were mostly in classes, the church-school taking quite a prominent part, and this gave time for the adults to add their testimony to the goodness of God, and offer their tribute of praise. The whole was mainly in the nature of a praise and thanksgiving service, closing with a collection.
On the 25th ult. Prof. W. E. Howell and family arrived in San Francisco from Hawaii, on the Australian steamer Sierra. He was on the way to Berrien Springs, Mich., to connect with Emmanuel Missionary College, and had with him two Chinese students for that institution. He reports that the bubonic plague has again appeared in Honolulu. Although living right in the city, he had not heard of the fact until he went to buy a steamer ticket. He then learned that there had been several deaths from the plague, and had to pass a rigid examination before being able to secure a ticket. Even then the through steamer would not bring his goods, and they had to be left for a local steamer. The authorities had succeeded remarkably well in keeping the matter quiet, the victims of the plague being mostly among the Asiatics.