p. 141 | FIELD NOTES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 2, 1893

FIELD NOTES.

By Editor

THE annual session of the Australian Conference will be held in Melbourne, January 6 to 15.

AT Charlotte Center, N. Y., fifteen have recently accepted the faith through the labors of Brethren S. and H. G. Thurston.

NINETEEN additions to our ranks are the result of meetings held at Oregon, Arkansas, by Brethren J. A. Sommerville and W. F. Martin.

ELDER G. T. WILSON and wife arrived in Auckland, N. Z., on the 5th of November. Their address will be Banks Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand.

ELDER J. T. BOETTCHER reports the organization of a church at Hadersleben, in the northern part of Schleswig, Germany, with sixteen members. Seven of these were baptized in the sea; the others were received by letter.

BROTHER J. F. BECKNER held meetings with good interest in the Methodist Church at Grant, Cass County, Missouri, until the minister induced the trustees to close the doors against him, and that in the face of a strong petition in favor of continuing the meetings.

ELDER H. E. ROBINSON, president of Atlantic Conference, preached in Wilmington, Delaware, December 4. Of the work there he says: "The attendance is increasing, and Brother and Sister Hersum are encouraged by the prospect of many sheaves in the final harvest."

THE Echo Publishing Company, Melbourne, announces four new tracts by Mrs. E. G. White, recently issued from the press,—"The Sufferings of Christ," "The Privilege of Prayer," "The Elect of God," and "Benefits of Bible Study." The price is not given, an essential item in a press notice.

THE interest awakened among some families in Townsend, Delaware, by a canvasser, calls for further labor and the establishment of regular meetings. The possibilities in the path of the canvassing agent are thus demonstrated, as is also the obligation that his walk shall be worthy of his calling.

THE Bath, England, Gazette, of November 23 and 30 gives extended reports of sermons on the Sabbath question by Elders J. J. Washburn and E. J. Waggoner. Without himself expressing any opinion, the reporter gave the speakers credit for intimate acquaintance and close attachment to the Scriptures.

PROFESSOR G. W. CAVINESS, principal of South Lancaster (Mass.) Academy, in giving notice to prospective students of the new term to begin January 2, gives this encouraging information regarding the attendance: "We are now so full that it will be necessary to rent another building to accommodate those coming, and we want to know about how many to provide for."

THE Bible Echo says: "The Australian Tract Society has undertaken the publication of a little four-page paper, entitled The Messenger. It will be issued twice a month, and will be especially suitable for free distribution in the parks, at the markets, on shipboard, and at the railway stations. It will also be useful for distribution among the employees on the large stations in the interior."

SISTER SARAH L. POTTS, who recently called for papers to use in missionary work at Montesano, Wash., reports having made a profitable use of the matter kindly furnished by different persons. Some papers are placed in a distributor at the railroad station, some loaned from house to house, and some given to people who call at her home,—and God's blessing is invoked upon them all.

OUR young brethren in America should remember that foreign fields are anxiously looking to them to fill important places in the work. Especially should this be borne in mind by students in our colleges and academies. Ministers, teachers, Bible readers, secretaries, colporters, and intelligent canvassers are in demand all over the great harvest fields, and the demand will increase more and more unto the end.

IN the West Virginia Monitor of December 14 Brother Wm. Hutchinson uses this truthful expression with reference to the week of prayer: "During this season of prayer we shall make a display before all heaven to what extent we appreciate the blessings of present truth, and what value we place on human souls." But this is just as true of every other week as it is of the season referred to. The extent of our appreciation of God's blessings, and of our estimate of the value of souls, is always displayed before heaven, for it is manifest in our daily lives.

Under date of December 12, Brother S. B. Horton writes to the Union Record from Paterson, N. J., as follows: "Last Sabbath a lady who had been attending our lectures came and requested that we go to see her father, who had been stricken suddenly with a paralytic stroke, and to pray with him. We repaired to his home after the meeting and spent some time in reading God's word, and prayer. Last night he attended our meeting with his daughter. We met him as he came into the hall, and he said, 'I am all right, thank God.' He was raised a Catholic but left the church on account of false doctrines and superstitions."