p. 12 | OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 20, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 33.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

The Iowa conference now has nine tents in the field.

Brother Martin Stuckrath reports two families added to our ranks at Ackley, Iowa.

A church of seventeen members was recently organized near Powhatan, Ark., by Elder J. Divelbiss.

At Belmond, Iowa, a church of sixteen members was recently organized by Elder C. Santee, president of the conference.

Elder E. W. Farnsworth and wife sailed from Victoria, B. C., on the steamer Warrimoo, for Australia, on the 8th inst.

At Cobden, Ill., eight persons recently took a stand for the truth, under the labors of Brethren C. L. Taggart and J. T. Sweatt.

At Goldfield, Colo., Brother G. H. Smith was recently offered the free use of a Presbyterian tent, which he accepted and held ten meetings.

A new church building has been erected in Hobart, Tasmania. The first Tasmanian camp-meeting was held near Hobart the present year.

June 13 two Chinese were baptized and united with the church at Honolulu, H. I. Sister Sadie Brand reports the Chinese school in a prosperous condition.

As the result of meetings held at Tonawanda, N. Y., by Elder J. P. Lorenz and Brother G. R. Lesh, they report the baptism of six persons, and that fifteen are now ready for church organization.

In connection with the recent session of the Danish conference, seventeen candidates were baptized. The conference was attended by Elders J. N. Loughborough, H. P. Holser, and E. J. Waggoner.

Tent meetings now being held in Erie, Pa., by Elder E. J. Hibbard and Brother L. S. Wheeler, are drawing large audiences, altho at the beginning the attendance was small. The prospect, therefore, is that good results will follow.

At the recent local camp-meeting held at Crawford, in the northwestern part of Nebraska, fifteen persons were baptized, and others received delayed going forward in the ordinance until after going to their homes. Brother Frank Armitage, who has done good service in that region as a licentiate, was ordained to the ministry.

The Home School at Paterson, N. J., will reopen September 15. This school has been in operation two years, and has been quite successful. Those who have patronized the institution are unanimous in its commendation. Good board, room, laundrying, tuition, and a mother's care are furnished for $3.00 a week. Address Helen Cowles, 201 Hamilton Avenue, Paterson, N. J.

Elder E. E. Franke reports that his tent at 94th and Boulevard Streets, New York City, which seats over five hundred people, will not accommodate his Sunday night attendance. At the beginning of his meetings, the audiences were very small, but gradually increased until they are uniformly large. Meetings are held every night, with every indication of raising up a large, permanent company.

Elder H. W. Decker reports a prosperous year for Texas conference, as follows: “A large school building has been erected [at Keene] and nearly completed. Four new churches have been organized, with a membership of 56. There have been added to the old churches, 45; there are 107 in unorganized companies brought out during the year, and 57 were baptized at the camp-meeting that has just closed.”

Under date of July 17, Elder W. G. Kneeland reports the organization of a church of eleven members at New Amsterdam, British Guiana. Since that date Brother P. Giddings reports an addition of seven more, and an increase of interest. They are making an effort to purchase the Wesleyan meeting-house, which they now rent; and as they are poor and seem to be full of faith, of course they will succeed.

Elder W. F. Martin baptized six persons at Roslyn, Wash., July 31, and organized a Sabbath school. He also reports the addition of five members to the church at North Yakima. Also the organization of a Sabbath school at Shoshone, Idaho, with twenty-one members.