OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 23, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 17.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

Elder L. R. Conradi appeals to the Foreign Mission Board to begin the publication of a monthly periodical in the Hungarian language.

The Iowa canvassers’ school closed on the 8th inst., and it is expected that an efficient corps of canvassers will labor in that state this season.

The address of Elder D. A. Robinson and his collaborers in Calcutta, India, is 154 Bow Bazaar Street. He reports a favorable opening of their school.

Elder R. M. Kilgore reports a recent addition of seven members to the company at Spring City, Tenn., the place where so many of our brethren were imprisoned last year for Sunday labor in that county.

General camp meetings for May are appointed as follows: Atlantic Conference, May 20 to June 1; North Pacific Conference, May 21–31; Iowa, Des Moines, May 21–31; California (Oakland or vicinity), May 28 to June 7.

Brother S. W. Pelter reports that five persons have accepted the Sabbath of the Lord as a result of a short discussion of the subject in which he was urged to engage with a Disciple minister at Peakesville, Mo.

Beginning on the date of this paper, the Central California camp meeting, at Fresno, will continue till May 3. It is expected that Elders A. J. Breed, N. C. McClure, R. S. Owen, J. A. Burden, and Wm. Ings will be present during the meeting.

We mentioned last week that the Pitcairn would sail from this city on the 30th inst., but a despatch from Battle Creek, Mich., requests a delay of one week in order to accommodate the missionaries coming from that place, who find it difficult to meet the appointment as announced.

A good report comes from Great Falls, Mont., where Elder W. J. Stone is laboring. Among the recent accessions to the faith are four business men, who now hang out their signs informing customers that no business is done on the Sabbath (Saturday), but that their places will be open on Sunday.

Our denominational school building at Newark, W. Va., was burned on the 8th inst. This is a great loss to the brethren of that conference, as they depended much upon the educational facilities afforded by the institution. However, it is a test of faith in the word of the Lord, which says that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Of the origin of the fire Elder Babcock states that the person having charge of the building of fires put ashes in a pine box and left it near the wall of the house. The box took fire in the night and the flames communicated with the building, which was entirely destroyed, together with nearly all the contents. There was no insurance, and the loss is estimated as high as $4,000.

Something over a year ago, the academy at Graysville, Tenn., was closed for a time because its principal and assistant were made the subjects of Sunday-law persecution. The report for the past year, however, is very encouraging, the enrollment having been over one hundred, with an average attendance of seventy-five. The recent closing exercises were attended by a large and appreciative audience. Several companies of canvassers, composed of students of the academy, go out to different fields to labor during the summer. Elder Colcord, principal, will take a short rest. Prof. I. C. Colcord will engage in tent labor during the summer with Elder J. W. Collie, at Louisville, Ky. The academy now passes into the hands of the General Conference, under whose auspices it will hereafter be conducted.

The General Conference Committee have set apart May 16 and 17 as a time of fasting and prayer.