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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 5, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 10.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

ONE aged man and one young man were baptized at Sisson, Cal., February 2, by Elder George A. Snyder.
ELDER R. D. HOTTEL is conducting a series of meetings in a portion of Baltimore which has not heretofore been worked by our laborers.
THE office of the American Sentinel and branch house of the Pacific Press Publishing Company has been removed from 43 to 39 Bond Street, New York City. Brethren and others desiring to communicate with the office will please note the change.
ELDER N. C. McCLURE, president of California conference, speaks a good word for the special classes recently organized at Healdsburg College for the benefit of the workers at large. He was especially pleased with the classes in English language, Bible, and history.
As a result of the work of the Bible readers in this city, eleven persons have recently begun to observe the Sabbath of the Lord. For some time past the number of Bible readings held has averaged forty-seven per week. This is in addition to tract distribution and benevolent work.
A VERY encouraging interest is reported in meetings being held at Millville, N. J., by Elder S. B. Horton and Brother John F. Jones. By special invitation Elder Horton addressed the Young Men's Christian Association, having an audience of about three hundred and fifty.
On the subject of practical church work Elder C. P. Bollman says: “The work is to be done through organizations, not by the organizations. Individuals must do the work. Organization is simply for the purpose of securing uniformity and concert of action. . . . Organization should never be allowed to take the place of individual effort, and will not be when properly used.”
THE interest in the work in New York City continues to increase under the labors of Elders O. O. Farnsworth and E. E. Franke. Twenty new Sabbath keepers are reported. The Bible workers also give an encouraging report. Sisters L. Maria Slocum and Worthie Harris say, under date of February 16: “At present we are kept quite busy visiting the people, answering questions, and conducting Bible readings. Some are so anxious to hear the truth that we have to visit them two or three times each week.”
ELDER A. T. JONES held a series of meetings at Banbridge, Ireland, February 14–22. He had previously held a successful series at Kettering, England.
ELDER Z. G. BAHARIAN reports twenty-four faithful Sabbath-keepers in Bardizag, Turkey. He also notes the favorable impression our people make upon the minds of the Turks by non-interference in politics.
It is only about two years since any public effort was begun by Seventh-day Adventists in Jamaica Island, but there are now about two hundred adherents to that faith. The interest was first awakened by the sale of literature by canvassers.
ELDER L. R. CONRADI, member of the General Conference Committee for the European field, in a report to the Review, says, “We are grateful to the Lord that we close 1895 with 1,500 Sabbath-keepers in the German-Russian field.” These all have come out in the face of persecution and exile.
ELDER O. S. FERREN, who has been inaugurating the work in northern Wyoming, reports the organization of a church of seventeen members at Sheridan, and more recently another company of ten at Big Horn, with a Sabbath school of about twice that number. Of the latter place, a town of about two thousand inhabitants, he says that he could find only about half a dozen Bibles for sale.
ELDER H. P. HOLSER writes as follows to the Review, concerning the work in Turkey: “Our brethren are now laboring in five different localities. Two are at work in the city of Constantinople; one of them is a colporter and ship missionary. He was arrested for selling the Ten Commandments, but as soon as it was learned that he was one of our people, he was released without examination, and still continues to sell publications in the city. [Our people are permitted to labor unmolested because it is known that they do not meddle in the political affairs of the government.] Among those who embraced the truth last year is a young man about to graduate from a Turkish medical college. He takes special interest in our health work, and at his own expense published a tract on tobacco using. We have also recently added three Armenian tracts to the list of our publications.”