OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 21, 1897

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

FIVE converts were recently added to the company at Joplin, Mo., under the labors of Brother L. W. Terry.

IN all nine persons were baptized at Great Falls, Mont., during the month of December, as a result of meetings held by Elders C. N. Martin and W. J. Stone.

A CHURCH organization was effected in New York City on the 9th inst., and Elders E. E. Franke and C. H. Keslake are preparing for another series of meetings.

ELDER W. T. MILLMAN closed a series of meetings at Elgin, Mo., and reports a company of eleven who have espoused the cause of “the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

ELDER I. D. VAN HORN reports the organization of a church of eleven members at Locust Point, Ohio, and a dozen others deeply interested. Preparations are on foot for the erection of a house of worship.

THE last number of the General Conference Bulletin gives a list of thirty-three periodicals issued by the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, thirteen of which are in foreign languages, and eleven published in foreign countries.

ELDER N. W. ALLEE reports the recent baptism of six converts in the new baptistry of the church at Minneapolis. He also states that a good company accepted the message at Pipestone, Minn., as a result of tent labors by Elder C. W. Flaiz and Brother C. H. Parker.

THE organization of a new church at Durango, Colo., is reported by Elder L. W. Angelbarger. From there he went to Alamosa, and notes a stirring interest about eight miles from that place, where meetings were held in a schoolhouse. This work was bitterly opposed by local ministers, by the usual means of misrepresentation.

RECENT labors of Brother H. E. Giddings at Tarsney, Mo., resulted in the addition of six to the number of those who look for the Lord and “love his appearing.” A professed minister of the Gospel went from Independence to Tarsney on purpose to raise a disturbance and block the progress of the meetings, but his purpose was finally defeated.

IN a report to the Workers’ Record, Elder W. A. Hennig, president of Missouri Conference, states that one man in that jurisdiction is selling 100 copies of the SIGNS every week. How many who read this will say, “Well, I couldn’t do nearly so well as that,” and will therefore do nothing? But labor in faith will never fail, whether the results seem great or small. The first thing the Master requires in his work is a willing mind, then “we shall reap if we faint not.”

JUDGING from reports from many localities in the United States, and our increasing subscription list, there is a quite extensive awakening on the subject of missionary work with the SIGNS. And the general report is more lively missionary meetings. Many who are actively engaged in selling the paper, and otherwise bringing it before the people, report precious experiences, and find openings for further work. They also find that the Spirit of the Lord is going before and preparing the hearts of the people to receive the truth, especially in the cities.

THE church at San Jose, Cal., has recently lost ten of its active members, including an elder, a deacon, and one who had acted as leader after the departure of the elder. But they have all gone to localities where their services were more needed than in San Jose. Four have located at Soledad, where there is no organization, and six in Santa Cruz, where three immediately found official positions in the church, which was short of material with which to fill important places in the organization. There are other places where transfers of this character could be made with decided advantage to the weak points. Brethren should be on the alert for locations where they are most needed in the good work.

THE Indicator, of Rome, N. Y., copies a letter from Brother R. G. Stringer, of Rurutu Island, South Pacific, from which we take the following paragraph:— “It makes our heart ache to see the condition of the poor natives—so ignorant of the Scriptures, and yet so anxious to know their true meaning. They say that they have been taught by the white missionary that Sunday, not Saturday, is the Sabbath, for which reason they changed; that sprinkling is right for baptism; that the soul never dies, etc. All this has to be removed, and truth placed before them in its true light. As the whites have deceived them in so many ways, especially in regard to what the Bible teaches, they will not grasp a new idea at once, and have but little confidence in foreigners. This makes it much harder to reach them.”