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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 10, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 45.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

AT Elgin, Ohio, eight persons were recently baptized by Brother E. J. Van Horn.
THE Ohio Conference has decided to purchase a farm for the use of Mt. Vernon Academy.
HEREAFTER the Atlantic News, organ of the Atlantic Conference, will be published at 765 A Halsey Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ON the 9th ult. Brother W. S. Shreve baptized three candidates at Victory, Wis. These were the fruit of labor by Brother N. P. Nielsen.
BROTHER A. E. PLACE, having accepted the presidency of Atlantic Conference, has moved to Brooklyn, N. Y. His address is 814 Macon Street.
WORDS of encouragement come to us concerning the success of the church schools at Spokane, Wash., Baker City, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho.
THE Keystone Gleaner says: “Thirty-three almshouses, in thirty counties of Pennsylvania, are receiving a number of copies of the SIGNS each week.”
SIX persons were recently baptized at Liverpool, Texas, by Brother H. B. French. These, with one other who had been baptized, were added to the church.
AS a result of labor at Brenham, Texas, by Brother A. Kunze and wife, twenty-four persons have covenanted to “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
AT Duquoin, Ill., Brother C. H. Bliss occupied the Methodist pulpit on three occasions last month, by invitation of the pastor, who was taking a short vacation to recruit his health.
IN the last number of the Texas Reporter we find this testimonial: “The SIGNS seems, if possible, to grow better each week. We know that no just estimate can be made of the amount of good it will do when placed in the hands of seekers after truth.”
IN making a call for more beds for the Kansas City Mission, Brother L. W. Felter says: “We are having meeting four nights in the week, and are very much encouraged. Hands are up every night for prayer, and we hope to see many conversions during the winter. The more beds we have, the more men we shall come in contact with.”
ON the evening of the 30th ult. the new mission at 45 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., was formally opened, and dedicatory services held. The Foreign Mission Board, the Brooklyn Church, and Dr. J. H. Kellogg work conjointly in this enterprise.
TWO VERY important enterprises are just being inaugurated by the International Tract Society. First, a paper is being started for the blind; and, second, the society is making arrangements to enter Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Islands with our literature. Means are needed to carry forward the work.
FROM the Reaper we cull this item: “Brother C. L. Ford has been doing a good work in our Seattle [Wash.] Mission for the past few weeks, in the way of fitting it up, so that it will be a comfortable home for more than one hundred men, and we trust will be much appreciated by the homeless class during the winter which is just before us.”
REFERRING to the new mission at Peoria, Ill., the Recorder says: “The missionary spirit has already taken root in Peoria. One physician has written to Elder Lane indorsing the idea, which he saw mentioned in one of the daily papers. Several have offered to work in fitting up the building. Some will donate lumber for necessary repairing. Some of the wealthy citizens have stated they would purchase meal tickets for the poor, and donate clothing.”
AT the recent organization of the Montana Conference the following resolution was adopted:—
“WHEREAS, Our conference desires to circulate as widely as possible the quarto-centennial number of THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, which will make its appearance the first of the year; therefore,
“Resolved, That the conference committee take steps at once to organize in every church, special SIGNS bands, with leaders, that the work may be carried on in a systematic manner throughout the conference.”
THE Nebraska Reporter says: “One interesting feature of the York camp-meeting was the Gospel wagon which made evening trips to the city with singers and speakers. The wagon is owned by Brother J. H. Johnson, of Lincoln, having been built under his direction during the past summer. He expects to make a trip soon out into the ‘highways and hedges,’ distributing reading matter and talking with the people. Brother Johnson has been interested in this line of work for some time, and it seems that the Lord has especially led in this undertaking.”
CONCERNING the work in Fort Worth, Texas, Brother A. G. Bodwell writes as follows to the Reporter: “The Lord is wonderfully blessing us in our missionary work. The Holy Spirit comes into our meetings with mighty power. There have been some very remarkable conversions. One man was converted who had been drunk for over a year, and another that had been a drunkard from childhood. A large, portly man, who was traveling for a wholesale house, said to me as I shook hands with him; ‘I have gotten a revelation here to-night that I never had before. I see that a man is saved from his sins, and not in his sins.’ He said he had been a church-member for twenty-five years, and had supposed all the time that he was saved in his sins. He said we had something for him, and promised to come again.”