OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 13, 1896

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

A GOOD report comes from the Biblical institute held at Atlanta, Ga., which is now in the past, as it was designed to close on the 12th inst. Nearly all the laborers in District No. 2 (the Southern States east of the Mississippi River and Louisiana) were present, besides general laborers, including Elder O. A. Olsen part of the time, Elder Geo. E. Fifield, of New England conference, and Dr. Paulson, of Battle Creek, Mich.

ONE of our German churches in southern Russia, numbering about forty members, has been forbidden to assemble on the Sabbath. For violation of this order the whole church have been imprisoned twice, twenty-four hours each time, and four times they have been fined fifty cents each. They have also been threatened that, in case they do not pay the fine, everything they have will be sold.

THE managers of our London publishing house have replaced the engine recently seized by the authorities in satisfaction of fines imposed for allowing their female employees to work on Sunday. That is a strange law which deprives all females and boys under 18 years old of the privilege of working in factories unless they keep Sunday. An exception is made of Jews. There are many incongruities in connection with enforced Sunday observance.

IN connection with the last quarterly meeting at Sinclairville, N. Y., four persons were baptized by Elder J. B. Stow. The Baptist minister cordially proffered the use of the baptistry of his church, and the ordinance was administered at the close of the Baptist service on Sunday evening. A marked contrast to this courtesy was manifested at Lock Sheldrake, where the Baptists, aided by the pastor of another charge, made strenuous efforts to break up meetings held in a union church. The action of this church, however, may be partially accounted for in the fact that they had been doing nothing themselves for a number of years. Such an experience is well calculated to prepare the way for opposition to those who want to do something for the Master.