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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 13, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 46.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

The addition of two members, by baptism, to the church at Arcadia, Neb., is reported by Brother G. H. Smith.
Our brethren in Milwaukee, Wis., are conducting two church-schools,—one in the Fifth Street Mission building and one on the South Side.
The State of Alabama has been organized into a conference, with headquarters at Birmingham. Brother W. L. McNeely has been chosen president.
Many students from the Nebraska State University take their meals at the Hygienic Café conducted by Brother H. A. Hebard, in Lincoln. So says the Reporter.
A new church building was dedicated at Grand Island, Neb., on the 13th ult. Brethren N. P. Nelson, R. F. Andrews, and J. H. Wheeler officiated in the services.
The Atlantic News says that the New England Conference Committee has asked all the laborers in that Conference to work five days each week for three months selling books.
The North Pacific Conference workers, says the Visitor, are entering heartily upon the work of canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” One reported nine orders the first day out.
Twenty persons have accepted the Sabbath of the Lord at Catcher, Ark., as a result of Bible work by Brethren Sidney Scott and S. S. Ryles.
At the last quarterly-meeting of the church at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, two members were added to the roll. Brother G. W. Angleberger, who is canvassing there, says, “I find a great many who are ‘deeply interested.’”
At Boonesboro, Mo., after two months’ labor, Brother W. S. Cruzan reports seventeen who have covenanted to keep the commandments of God. He also reports the addition of three members to the church at Armstrong in connection with the last quarterly-meeting.
The Reporter says that Brother Luther Warren commenced a series of meetings in the Conservatory of Music at Lincoln, Neb., on the evening of the 20th ult., and the attendance was so large that many turned away for lack of room. The subject presented was “The Eastern Question.”
At the recent camp-meeting held at Carthage, Mo., five candidates were baptized. The latter days of the meeting were rainy and cold, but a sufficient interest was aroused to warrant a continuation of labor after the camp-meeting. Brethren H. K. Willis and D. E. Scales remained to carry on the work.
Brother Carl Rasmussen has established a vegetarian restaurant at 170 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. It is only five minutes’ ride from the New York City Hall. An elaborate bill of fare is provided, of fruits, nuts, and grains. Within four days after opening, his patrons reached the number of forty.—Atlantic News.
On the 26th inst., Brother J. B. Montrose, one of the original members of the San Francisco church, and one of the original incorporators of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, died in this city, of pneumonia, aged 81 years. Funeral services were conducted in the Oakland Church, by Brethren J. N. Loughborough and J. O. Corliss.
A good work at Eldorado, Mo., is reported in the Record, by Brethren H. K. Willis and W. T. Millman. Fifteen persons have accepted the faith, and with some who had formerly belonged to churches at a distance, an organized church has been formed with twenty-seven members. A location has been secured, and money raised for a new house of worship.
On the 12th ult., a church of fourteen members was organized at Middlefield, Ohio, by Brother A. G. Haughey. The next day another member was added by baptism, and four others were keeping the Sabbath of the Lord, and expected soon to unite with the church. This interest is the fruit of tent labor by Brethren C. C. Webster and B. L. House. Funds are being raised for a house of worship.
Dr. O. C. Godsmark and wife have located in Louisville, Ky., and report encouraging prospects. In the Review they say: We have now secured the lease of a brick church building, with stone foundation, thirty by sixty-five feet, having two Sabbath-school rooms, besides an entry and a good-sized chapel. . . . We are rapidly making the necessary repairs, and our people are gladly sacrificing to make it a suitable place in which to present the precious truth for these times.
We notice the following departures for foreign fields in the Review of October 22: Dr. A. L. Gregory and wife, to Rio Janeiro, Brazil; Brother L. O. Corwin and wife, of New Orleans, to Utilla, Bay Islands, to engage in school work; and Sister Thekla Black, of Battle Creek Sanitarium, to Denmark, later to go on to India. Dr. Gregory and wife are California laborers, who combine Gospel labor with medical work and dentistry. Sister Gregory is the daughter of Brother J. O. Corliss, now pastor of the church in this city, and well known to the readers of the SIGNS.
A very important part of our work is the publication of wholesome, life-giving literature. The holiday season is a time when people in general look about for books to be used as presents to friends—especially to young people and children. A great deal of trash, in pretty bindings, is imposed upon persons who do not know exactly what they want, and their money is worse than wasted. As time draws near to its close, and the public ought to be reading and contemplating more serious things, there comes an ever-increasing deluge of trivial and even vicious reading matter to fill the minds of the young. Before you spend your money for holiday books, send to one of our publishing houses for catalogs of good as well as attractive books. There are a goodly number of such books that you and your friends—old and young—actually need. They will prove not only a pleasure but a benefit.