FIELD NOTES | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 27, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 17.

FIELD NOTES.

The church at Paramatta, Australia, fourteen miles from Sydney, has erected a new house of worship.

Ezra H. Mathewson asks for clean copies of the SIGNS for missionary work. His address is Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Brother W. D. Salisbury, who has labored in the publishing houses at Battle Creek, Oakland, and London, is now in Melbourne, Australia.

Our latest information in regard to Walla Walla College is that 153 students are in attendance. A larger enrollment next year will render necessary the erection of additional buildings.

It is reported that there are over 500 students in attendance at Union College. The outlook is for a still larger enrollment next year, which will necessitate the erection of another dormitory.

Brother J. F. Bahler, under date the 12th inst., writes as follows concerning the Chinese school conducted by himself, wife, and daughter in El Paso, Texas: "Night before last some instruction was given on the 'perpetuity of the law,' after which the boys were asked, Do you believe that the law is to be kept? If you do, please raise your hands. All that were present, about fifteen, very earnestly raised their hands. Last night I had the privilege of hearing read some Chinese rules for the school. One section was that the seventh day was the Sabbath; another, that they should give heed to the Bible instruction that they are getting. And still another was that they should learn all they could about Jesus. The rest of the rules were in regard to order. These rules were prepared by the Chinese pupils themselves, entirely unknown to us, and, when interpreted, gave us great joy."