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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 3, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 39.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

At the camp meeting recently held at Augusta, Me., nineteen persons were baptized in the Kennebec River.
Elder W. H. Falconer desires us to state that his address has been changed to 320 Colony Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Fourteen converts are so far reported as a result of meetings being held near Hickory, N. O., by Elder D. T. Shireman and others.
It has been decided to hold the Southern California camp meeting at Los Angeles, October 31 to November 10. The camp will be located at the corner of Pearl and Pico Streets.
The opening of the college at Battle Creek, Mich., and the academy at Mt. Vernon, O., are reported to be more favorable in the numbers attending than in any previous year of their existence.
In connection with the recent labors of Elders Wm. Ings and A. J. Osborne at Fortuna, Humboldt County, Cal., ten persons have decided to yield obedience to the commandments of God.
On the 14th ult. seventeen members were added to the church in Brooklyn, N. Y., seven of them by baptism, the other ten on profession of faith. One was a lady aged 81 years, who had formerly been a Universalist.
On September 14th after an interesting social meeting in the church at Atlanta, Ga., ten persons were baptized in the lake in Grant Park. The ceremony was witnessed by a large company of people. The brethren hope to have their new house of worship completed in time for the ministerial institute, to commence in January next.
Every Seventh-day Adventist Church in Maryland has had one or more of its members called before magistrates to answer for their faith. So says Brother U. P. Long, state canvassing agent. But very encouraging reports come to hand from the tent meetings being conducted by Elders G. D. Ballou and E. E. Franke in Baltimore. One evening over forty signified their intention of yielding obedience to God, and two evenings afterward fifteen others rose to indicate their convictions and desire to follow in the footsteps of the Lord.
A company of twenty-five is the result of labor last summer at Memphis, Mo., by Brethren L. W. Felter and W. T. Millman.
Elder Geo. B. Starr reports the organization of a church of twenty-four members at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Brother Robert T. Nash, of Mississippi, has again been arrested for Sunday labor, and is under bonds awaiting trial next spring.
At Muscatine, Iowa, sixteen Germans have begun to observe the Sabbath of the Lord, under the labors of Brethren M. Stuckrath and D. P. Gaede.
A report from Elder M. Larson states that a Spanish M. E. minister at Albuquerque, N. M., has decided to walk in the commandments of God. He was denied the privilege of stating his reasons in the M. E. Conference. Brother Larson also reports eight converts at Raton, with several others deeply interested.
The Bible Echo of August 26 says: “For several weeks past preaching services have been held twice a week in the city of Sydney [N. S. W.] by Elder J. O. Corliss, who is assisted by a strong corps of workers. Five thousand copies of each discourse have been printed and circulated throughout the city and suburbs. By this means the truth is reaching a large number of people each week. The workers report numerous interesting cases. Some have been found keeping the Sabbath who knew nothing of our work heretofore. The discourses on the second coming of our Lord and Master have been greatly appreciated. Many persons have taken large supplies of the printed sermons to post them to their friends in regions beyond.” From the same paper we learn that Elders Corliss and S. McCullagh organized a church at Ashfield, August 10, where a new church edifice is also being erected. There was a large congregation present, and the next day ten additional members were baptized and admitted to the communion of saints. Here a Christian help band is doing an extensive work. It is also stated that at Petersham nineteen had been added to the company as the result of tent meetings.