p. 10 | OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 1, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 48.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

THE winter term of Union College, College View, Neb., will open on the 20th inst.

THE next session of the General Conference will be held at South Lancaster, Mass., from February 14 to March 7.

THE brethren of Iowa Conference are moving for the establishment of a sanitarium in Des Moines, and a call has been issued for donations to the worthy object.

A MISSION was opened in Brooklyn, N. Y., November 6. Of course it will need assistance, and any one who desires to help in the good work may address 43 Fulton Street.

AS A result of the past year’s labor, mostly of a private nature, with the Bible and the SIGNS, Brother G. W. Anglebarger reports a church of forty-two members at Cañon City, Colo.

THE baptism of five persons at St. Thomas, Ont., is reported to the Review by Brother P. M. Howe. He also states that a rescue home has been started in the western part of the city, with good prospects of success.

AS A result of recent labors at Madeline, Lassen County, Cal., Brother S. Thurston reports thirteen keeping the commandments of God. He baptized seven one day, after driving twelve miles to find a suitable place.

At the late quarterly meeting at Atlantic, Iowa, three members were added to the church. A new church building was dedicated at this place on the 27th ult. The services were conducted by Brother C. Santee, president of the conference, and Brother E. G. Olsen. Other workers were also present, as the occasion was at the close of a general meeting.

WRITING from Tonga, in the South Pacific, to the California Missionary, Brother E. S. Butz says: “We have a Sabbath-school with a membership of about thirty-five, the attendance often reaching forty-five or fifty. These are mostly native children. They take a great interest in the Sabbath-school lessons, learning the memory verses in English, while we repeat the same in the Tongan language. They are bright children, and learn fast. Could you step into our Sabbath-school some morning you would not find it unlike our schools in America, save for the dark skins and native costumes. It is wonderful how soon one becomes accustomed to a new environment. I think it would seem not a little strange now not to see the brown faces, black eyes, and native dresses in Sabbath-school. Many of the native children can repeat the Ten Commandments in both English and Tongan.”