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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 28, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 35.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

THE addition of five members to the church in Camden, N. J., is reported by Brother Jay W. Rambo.
SABBATH, August 3, six candidates were baptized after the regular services in South Side church, Chicago.
A CHURCH of fourteen members was organized at Lewiston, Ill., recently, by Brother J. P. Henderson.
A NEW house of worship is being erected by the church in Du Quoin, Ill. A church-school is also contemplated the coming winter.
THE church-school children of San Francisco sell 500 copies of the SIGNS each week. One little boy sells twenty copies every day after school.
THE Chesapeake Reporter notes that six of the readers of the SIGNS supplied by Brother Shaffer, of Washington, D. C., have recently begun the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord.
FOUR persons have been convinced of the claims of the Sabbath commanded by Jehovah, and have begun its observance, in Newark, N. J. This is the result of Bible work by Sister Neale.
A CHURCH was organized on the Oneida reservation, Wis., on the 11th inst., by Brethren William Covert and H. W. Reed. This is the first Indian church organized by Seventh-day Adventists.
THE Atlantic News of the 1st inst. states that on the previous Sunday night 3,000 persons attended the services in the tent at Trenton, N. J., where meetings are being conducted by Brother E. E. Franke.
AT the recent quarterly-meeting of the church at Roby, Fisher County, Texas, thirteen new members were added to the church. Brethren French and Field were present to officiate in the administration of the ordinances.
AT the recent session of the Tennessee River Conference, it was decided to establish an intermediate school at Hazel, Ky. Prof. C. L. Stone and wife are to have charge, and the school will open about November 1. It is expected that there will be at least forty pupils at the opening.
FIFTY thousand tracts were distributed among the delegates and visitors to the recent Epworth League Convention, held in San Francisco. The tracts were in packages enclosed in envelopes, on which was printed a neat cut showing a view of the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, the ocean, and the beach.
THE Pacific Union Recorder has made its appearance as the organ of the Pacific Union Conference. The initial number, August 1, presents a neat appearance, and is full of conference news, and good thoughts and suggestions. It contains sixteen pages, and is issued bi-weekly at 50 cents a year. Address Box 548, Oakland, Cal.
JULY 13, 14 important services were held in Pittwood, Ill., when the tabernacle that had been purchased by the church was dedicated, and seven persons were baptized. Brethren were present from several other churches, as also many of the citizens of the place.
BROTHER A. S. HICKOX has returned from the Australasian field to California, arriving in San Francisco on the 9th inst. He was accompanied by his wife and Sister Manners, the latter of whom was destined for Battle Creek, Mich. Brethren G. A. Snyder, H. W. Woodruff, and C. W. Irwin, with their wives, who sailed from San Francisco in June, had just arrived safely in Sydney as Brother Hickox left on the home voyage.