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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 4, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 36.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

NINE members were recently added to the church in Halifax, N. S.
AT Calais, Maine, five converts are reported to the Vineyard by the tent laborers.
DURING the recent camp-meeting at Rogers, Ark., twenty-one persons were baptized.
THREE persons have taken their stand on “the ‘commandments of God and the faith of Jesus’” at Fayetteville, N. Y.
A SUCCESSFUL term of German church-school has just been closed at Lincoln, South Dakota. It was conducted by Brother F. G. Specht.
THREE candidates were baptized after three meetings held in one day at Wolf Lake, Ind., by Brother I. J. Hankins, president of the conference.
FROM the Workers’ Record we learn that Brother Dan. T. Jones recently returned from Guadalajara, Mexico, to his old home at Kingsville, Mo.
TEN candidates were baptized at Hicksville, Ohio, on a recent call from Brother F. M. Roberts, who was laboring at St. Joe, Ind., near the State line.
A CHURCH of twenty-four members has been organized at Wilton, South Dakota, under the labors of Brethren J. W. Westphal and C. Reiswig.
A DANISH edition of “Christ’s Object Lessons” has been issued by the Review and Herald Publishing Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Price $1.25; postage, 15 cents.
ADVICES from Brethren T. H. Watson and A. M. Dart, who are now located in Douglas City, Alaska, state that the Lord is blessing them in a marked degree in getting the SIGNS before the people of that place. They sold 208 copies in eight hours, fifty copies being sold in the first two hours.
THE “Third Annual Announcement of Woodland ‘Industrial Academy,’” for 1901-1902, is at hand. It is a neat, illustrated pamphlet, filled with interesting information concerning this prosperous young institution. The fall term of twelve weeks opens September 11. Address, Woodland Academy, Bethel, Wis.
THE State of Louisiana has been organized into a conference, with officers as follows: President, S. B. Horton; secretary, W. T. Hartsock; treasurer, Frank Peabody; canvassing agent, C. F. Dart; superintendent of church-schools and secretary of Sabbath-schools, Ruby Roach; secretary of Medical Missionary Department, W. T. Hartsock; executive committee, S. B. Horton, C. A. Watkins, E. S. Brousard, Solomon Brousard, J. R. Hudson.
WHAT it means to be a missionary in the heart of Africa is well illustrated in the following extract from a letter written by Mrs. W. H. Anderson, about four months ago:—
One year ago the last of March, Mr. Anderson and myself and little daughter left the old home station [in Matabeleland] and went to an out-station, where Brother Chaney was staying, about twenty-five miles from the farm. When we went there, there was a small two-roomed building that served for a store and a place to live in. The two men began to get ready to make bricks for some buildings, but Brother Chaney was only there about half of the time that we were there. This left Mr. Anderson alone with the work. The bricks had to be made and burned, and then came the building. The water for making and laying the bricks had to be brought in a wagon for two miles. This required eight oxen and took a great amount of time. The house was so we could move into it about the middle of November. While the preparations for building were progressing, there was a school of twenty-five pupils to teach, the store to tend, twelve black children to look after and do the sewing for, besides the work for Mr. Chaney, Mr. Anderson, myself, and baby one year old. We each, besides some of the native children, had our turn at being ill. One of the most promising young men died. We had meetings for the natives Sabbath morning, and our Sabbath-school. Friday evening we would have prayer and social meeting for both whites and blacks. These were special seasons, when God came very near, and we would hear thanks returned to Him for the missionaries He had sent to them to bring them out of darkness into the light of the cross. Confessions of wrong were also made at this time. If those in the home land could only hear some of these things, they would feel repaid for all they have done for those who are in darkness, and would renew their efforts to spread the Gospel of Christ in the earth. The work looks brighter as we see it through the eyes of faith. Jesus is soon coming to this earth for the faithful few, and may each one of us, with some of those for whom we have worked, be ready to meet Him with rejoicing.