OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 22, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 51.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

THE brethren at Glenwood, Iowa, are erecting a new house of worship, which they expect to complete by January 1.

AT Ni Wot, Colo., five members were recently added to the church after a short course of meetings held by Brother G. F. Watson.

THE Colorado Conference organ, Echoes from the Field, reports President J. M. Rees at Grand Junction, preparing to organize a church.

THREE persons were baptized and united with the church in San Francisco on the 11th inst. The ordinance was administered by Brother E. E. Andross.

THE West Virginia Conference organ, The Monitor of November 23, notes the baptism of fifteen persons at the camp-meeting at Grafton. We had overlooked the item, which is of deep interest, not only to the brethren of that State but throughout the field.

WE understand that our brethren at the Review Office are unable to make up the new book, “Making Home Happy,” fast enough to supply the demand. Nothing else could so well express the popularity of the book. For sale at all our publishing houses and branches. Cloth, 50 cents; paper, 25 cents.

“GUIDING STAR” is the name of the new mission which was opened at Sioux City, Iowa, November 30. We trust it may be the means not only of guiding those in want to a place where they can find temporary relief for the body, but where they can also find salvation in Him whose work the mission is.

“THE IOWA Conference now has a larger number of persons employed in the different branches of work—ministry, Bible work, mission work, etc.—than ever before, and each one is finding all that he can do.” So says President C. Santee in Workers’ Bulletin. This may be true in all the other conferences as well, but we have not seen it so stated.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—On the 30th of November we opened our new mission here. The Lord came very near at the dedication service; nearly all present took part in the meeting. We are serving five-cent meals and holding meetings every night. Birmingham Home Mission is located at 2409 Second Avenue. All are welcome. Let the brethren living in Alabama remember we can use beans, all kinds of dried fruit, and old clothing. Direct as above.

W. WOODFORD.

A PROMINENT feature of what we call “our work” (of course it is the Lord’s) is illustrated in the following item from The Kansas Worker: “In Kansas City two sisters found a family,—husband, wife, and seven children, in very poor circumstances. The husband was sick so he could not work; the mother was washing to make a living. The sisters took hold and cleaned up the house, made garments for each of the children, and had the man come over to our home, where he received treatment; in a few days he was able to go to work again. The family are now cheerful and happy, and the mother and seven children come regularly to Sabbath-school.”

FROM the Workingmen’s Home, 1341 State Street, Chicago, we have received hearty expression of appreciation of THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES as a feature of the reading-room. In connection with this acknowledgment the manager sends the following report for November: Lodgings, 5,406; penny lunches, 43,486; baths, 2,264. This brief report speaks louder than general comments, and we return the benediction sent to our paper, wishing the mission “Godspeed in its holy mission.”

FROM The Gospel Herald we learn that the Southern missionary chapel at Lintonia, Miss., has been completed. It is a portable structure, can be taken down and erected at any convenient place. In the autumn the work of this mission was considerably hindered—at least the human plans were hindered—by the yellow fever quarantines in that region. A school is connected with the work at Lintonia, which is greeted with favor by many of the people, who prefer to have their children under its influence than in the public school. In the Herald we also notice that funds are being raised for a chapel at Yazoo City, and for a chapel and school at Bruce’s Landing, Miss. Donations for these worthy purposes may be addressed to Southern Missionary Society, Yazoo City, Miss.