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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 26, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 17.

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FIELD NOTES.

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ELDER D. A. BALL reports three adult converts at Olean, N. Y.
THE crowded condition of South Lancaster (Mass.) Academy suggests the necessity of an additional dormitory.
THE new house of worship of the church at Kennard, Ind., was dedicated on the 18th inst. Elders Starr and Oberholzer conducted the services.
IN connection with recent meetings held at Marion, Ind., by Elder Victor Thompson, ten were added to the church, and others began the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord.
THE Michigan Conference officers recently set apart a day for the brethren in that State to make a donation for the poor. The object was the assistance of needy brethren in localities where there are no churches.
A FEW weeks ago one of our brethren was invited to give a Bible reading in South Boston, and to his surprise found a room full of people anxious to hear the truth. He was promised that double the number would be present at another like service. The Spirit of God is moving upon the people, and the honest in heart are longing for the truth.
ELDER A. F. BALLENGER reports a tour of about two months, speaking nearly every evening, and has taken orders from individuals for 10,000,000 pages of religious liberty tracts. His recent labors have been principally in Iowa.
AN institute for giving instruction in Christian help is appointed for this city, to begin the 26th inst. Experienced instructors from Battle Creek, Mich., will have charge, and Dr. J. H. Kellogg and wife are expected during the progress of the institute.
THE last Australian steamer brings us copies of the Melbourne Herald and Prahran Chronicle, containing extended complimentary reports of the Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting at Brighton, near Melbourne. The camp contained over 100 tents, and there was a large outside attendance. Owing to the great interest on the part of the public, the meeting was extended a week beyond the original appointment.
A PROMINENT champion of enforced Sunday labor, endeavoring to enlist the people of Maryland in his cause, complains of the "element of sympathy" which he finds there in behalf of those of our brethren who have been imprisoned for honest labor on Sunday, after a due observance of the Sabbath of the Lord. And before an audience of ministers he tried to provoke merriment at the expense of men persecuted for conscience' sake.
ON the way to British Guiana, South America, the steamer in which Brother G. W. Kneeland was a passenger was detained one day at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Island. He sought out some persons to whom there had been reading matter sent, and found that a number of people had highly appreciated it, and some had walked twenty miles to carry it to friends. The Baptist mission was tendered him in which to hold services. One man had been expelled from the Episcopal Church because he and his family began to observe the seventh-day Sabbath.
THE Maryland Court of Appeals has decided against Brother Judefind, who was convicted of violation of the Sunday law of that State, and his case appealed as a test—not really of the case or of the law, but of the court. And the court has shown where it stands by saying that those who violate the law may "expect the machinery of the law to be put in motion," and acknowledging that the law does "foster and benefit the Christian religion." Imprisoning Christians who choose to obey God rather than men is a novel idea of fostering and benefiting the Christian religion, but it is a good illustration of civil-law religion.
BROTHER JOHN QUINN, writing to the Union Record from Camden, N. J., says:—
"The everlasting gospel is working its way into the hearts of many in Camden, and souls who never before knew the grace of God are rejoicing as they become acquainted with it.
. . . Not only is God working mightily for us in Camden, but is also using us in Philadelphia. A few weeks ago one of the members of the Camden church was invited to speak in the largest mission in Philadelphia, and again God caused the light of his truth to rise out of obscurity. There were about 200 persons present, most of them being those who have departed far from God. As the brother stood up, the presence of the holy angels could be felt. Instead of noise and indifference, there was a solemn, serious attention given to the word spoken. As the meeting closed, many of the workers were heard to praise God for the power of his word."
THOSE TENT MEETINGS.—We have a few more copies of "Those Tent Meetings," a rhyming recital, by M. B. Duffie. Price, 25 cents, postpaid. Address this office.