General Notes

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 6, 1902

A RECENT report from Brother E. K. Slade, of Detroit, states that four persons are awaiting baptism there.

BROTHER E. A. STILLMAN, of Rhode Island, reports six recent additions to the company at Niantic, in that State.

FOUR persons in Afton, Iowa, have accepted the truth under the labors of Elder William Guthrie, who held meetings from March 13 to April 5.

BROTHER N. M. JORGENSEN, of Clinton, Iowa, reports that at the last quarterly meeting of the church six persons signified an intention to unite with the company of commandment keepers in that city. A good work has been done among the youth, and the blessing of God has been experienced in a marked degree.

PLANS are being pushed by the Atlantic Union Conference for the construction of a new boat for missionary work in New York harbor, the one hitherto used—the “Sentinel”—being too small for present requirements. From the sale of this boat, and from pledges and donations thus far received, it is hoped to realize about one thousand two hundred dollars, which will be about half the amount needed to obtain the new boat. Excellent results have attended the efforts made with the “Sentinel,” and a still greater work will doubtless be accomplished with the new boat.

A GOOD work has been accomplished the past winter among the Scandinavians in Chicago. In a report to the Illinois Recorder, Brother L. H. Christian mentions that four new workers will enter the canvassing work, as the result of a Bible and canvassers’ school held in the Erie Street church. He states further: “I have also held a series of meetings through the winter in the Erie Street church. The attendance, though not large, has been good. Since New Year’s, five have begun to obey the truth. We are just now studying the Sabbath. Several seem willing to accept it. I was looking over the work here the other day, and I find that forty have begun to keep the Sabbath since I came to Chicago. Not all of these have joined the church, but I believe they will. Seven were baptized last Sabbath.”