CHURCHES ORGANIZED IN WISCONSIN.
By Wm. Covert
WITHIN the last week two churches have been organized in Wisconsin, one of twenty-three members at Merrill, and one numbering eleven at Rose Lawn. Fourteen of those at Merrill never had membership in any of our churches before they entered the organization there. Seven new members were received into the organization effected at Rose Lawn. Both these churches will soon receive other members into fellowship. At Merrill, Sister Anna Sufficool and her daughter Bessie have been doing Bible work for some time, and the larger number of new members were brought to the faith through their labors. A tent was pitched in the city during the summer, and meetings conducted in it by Elder Stebbeds, assisted by Brethren Beardslee and Sufficool. Under the labors of these brethren, a few persons decided to obey the truth, and of course all who attended the meetings were benefited. Some of the members had received baptism before the time of organization, and six were baptized by Elder Herrmann at the time the church was organized. Another series of meetings will soon begin, which will be held in another part of the city, and the Bible workers will also continue to labor in that field. The interest is undoubtedly as good now as it has been at any time in the past, and the outlook indicates that a good many will accept the truth within the next few months. At Rose Lawn a new church building has been erected, and appointment has been made for its dedication to take place during a short series of meetings, which is to be held October 11–13. The church, which at present consists of only eleven members, has asked for a church-school teacher, though perhaps not more than six children will attend the school. This I regard as a hopeful omen. Many of our larger churches, with much more means at hand, think themselves unable to sustain a church school; but this small church, with but little capital, have provided a school for their children. I am sure that God will bless them in this good work. This is a model to which I would call the attention of other churches. They believe in feeding the lambs as well as in caring for those who might be called the sheep. They believe that to feed the flock of God means to care for the needs of both old and young, and in this they are right. WM. COVERT.