FIELD NOTES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 24, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 37.

FIELD NOTES.

By Editor

MRS. S. F. CADY, Rocklin, Placer County, Cal., desires back numbers of the SIGNS for distributer work.

ELDER J. W. SCOLES reports the organization of a church of eleven members at Webster, Rome County, Tennessee.

AT the recent camp meeting at Curtis, Nebraska, a score of persons took their stand for Christ, and the church at that place is about to build a house of worship.

COPIES of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, American Sentinel, and Youth's Instructor will be used in missionary work if sent postpaid to Mr. Archie Spence, Maple Valley, Wash.

ELDER S. N. HASKELL reports from Christiania that at the recent Norway Conference there were forty delegates present from ten churches and companies. The Finns and Lapps were also represented at the meeting. The Norway Conference now numbers about 400 members. Greenland and Iceland have also been entered, but reports have not yet been received from those fields.

A BROTHER and seven sisters have gone from College Place, Wash., to attend the medical missionary course at Battle Creek, Mich., which began on the 1st inst.

As a result of a short series of meetings six miles from Knox, Ind., a Sabbath school of twenty-eight members was organized, several of them having united with the church at Knox.

ELDER H. A. ST. JOHN reports that since the May camp meeting San Francisco church has received twenty-five additions, sixteen of which were by baptism, the remainder by letter. The church now numbers 195.

FROM the Workers' Bulletin we note the following mention of baptisms in connection with the last quarterly meetings in Iowa churches: At Des Moines, three; at Clarinda, three; at Graettenger, three; at Algona, two.

THE Australasian Bible School at Melbourne was opened for the second year June 6. There were forty-five students present on the opening day, and eleven more came within a few days later. Five of these were from Tasmania.

SISTER NANNIE PETERSON, of Cathay, Mariposa County, Cal., expresses thanks for periodicals that have been sent to her for missionary work, and asks for a continuance of these favors, but does not wish any of date prior to June 1.

MRS. F. H. SMITH, of Tacoma, Wash., writes to express thanks for the hearty response of friends to the call for papers. In doing so she also expresses a hope that the favors will be continued, as our periodicals, in any language in which they are published, can be used to good advantage in ship or distributer work. Address, postpaid, box 1290, Tacoma, Wash.

BROTHER KNUD BRORSEN, our faithful Scandinavian missionary, died at Carlstadt, Sweden, June 28, of hemorrhage of the lungs. He had been many years a missionary, principally in Denmark, where he was a welcome guest in many homes. He had just completed a six months' sojourn at Battle Creek, Michigan, and had returned to Europe with Elder Haskell.

A GENERAL meeting was held in Parramatta, province of New South Wales, in the early part of June. Of ministers there were present Brethren W. C. White, R. Hare, D. Steed, and A. S. Hickox. Brother Hickox had just arrived from California, as also Sister Anna L. Ingels, who has located in Sydney to engage in the tract and missionary work. At this meeting eight persons were baptized.

On the 12th inst. Elder O. A. Olsen, president of the General Conference, left New York for an extended tour to Europe, South Africa, and possibly to Australia. On the same steamer were Brother L. A. Smith and wife, and Brother W. H. Simkin. Brother Smith, who has for several years been assistant editor of the Review and Herald, goes to London to occupy a like position on the Present Truth, and Brother Simkin will also connect with the work in that office. Brother Wm. Lencker, a missionary to India, was also of the company.

ELDER R. S. DONNELL, president of the Upper Columbia Conference, reports to the Reaper that at the recent quarterly meeting six members were added to the church at Milton, Oregon. A Baptist minister there has accepted the Adventist faith. The church there has outgrown its present house of worship, and has decided to build a larger one. He also reports that the church at College Place received five new members at the quarterly meeting. At Swauk Prairie, Wash., Brother Oliver reports that in connection with the quarterly meeting seven were received into the church, five of whom were baptized by Elder S. H. Kime.

A CAMP meeting was held at Cortland, N. Y., June 15-25. The camp comprised about 300 persons. In connection with the meeting was the annual session of the Conference. Officers were elected for the coming year as follows: President, S. H. Lane; Secretary and Treasurer, E. N. Washbond; Executive Committee, S. H. Lane, A. E. Place, D. A. Ball, P. Z. Kinne, and N. S. Washbond. Three new churches were added to the Conference during the year. Both the Conference and tract society are reported out of debt. Books to the amount of $23,000 were sold last year. Two other meetings are to be held at different points in the State later in the season. The Conference has six tents in the field.