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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 24, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 46.

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FIELD NOTES.

THE Swedish laborers in Des Moines, Iowa, report the addition of seven to their ranks.
A SERIES of tent meetings in the German language are in progress in Walla Walla, Wash.
ELDER H. A. ST. JOHN has returned to his headquarters in San Francisco, after a four weeks' tour of his Conference district.
THE meetings held at Medical Lake, Wash., by J. W. Bagby, have closed with the organization of a church of sixteen members.
A NOTE from Professor Howe, of Healdsburg College, reports sixty-five students residing within the Home, and more are to come.
AT the recent local camp meeting held at Concordia, Kansas, thirteen persons were baptized. A large outside attendance is reported.
THE office of the Virginia Tract Society has been changed to No. 501 North Twenty-fifth Street, Richmond, and C. D. Zirkle is the secretary.
THE address of Elder D. A. Robinson and the London mission workers has been changed to 184 Elthorne Road, Hornsey Rise, London N., England.
ELDER P. B. OSBORNE reports the addition of five believers at Willard, Maine. His meetings were closed on account of the camp meeting at Bath.
WHEN this paper reaches its readers, camp meetings will be in session at Lansing, Mich., at Warrensburg, Mo., at Nashville, Ark., and at Neillsville, Wis.
ELDER A. J. OSBORNE, who visited the Smith River church, in Del Norte County, Cal., after the local camp meeting at Eureka, reports the baptism of two persons.
OF the work in Wichita, Kansas, Elder C. A. Hall says that since last October there have been thirty-one accessions to the church, and twelve others are keeping the Sabbath of the Lord who have not yet united with the church.
THE brethren who have charge of the tent meetings in Linton, Ind., report a phenomenal attendance,—an average of 400,—and an unusual eagerness for reading matter. The meetings are conducted by Elder J. W. Covert and Brother M. M. Kenny.
AS a result of the tent meetings in Asheville, N. C., which closed August 27, some twenty were added to the company there, about doubling their number. Elders Butler and Brunson are now conducting a series of meetings in the mountain town of Waynesville, Haywood County.
A CHURCH of twenty-seven members has been organized at St. Joseph, Mo., where Elder C. Santee has been holding meetings. Others who expect to join will increase the number to thirty-five. At the same time the tract workers have developed a good interest in another part of the city.
ELDER R. S. DONNELL reports to the Reaper that there is a large attendance every night at the tent meetings being held at Spokane, Wash., and on Sunday nights the tent will not hold the crowd. "Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever!"
IN Elder Loughborough's report of the camp meeting at Newark, Ohio, we note the baptism of forty-four persons. Elder G. A. Irwin was reelected president of the Conference and tract society, and E. A. Merriam was reelected secretary of both organizations. A tent meeting follows the camp meeting in Newark.
AT the recent camp meeting held at Lincoln, Neb., ninety-five persons were baptized. Two brethren, W. A. Hennig and C. N. Hare, were ordained to the ministry. A Free Methodist minister who has been studying our doctrines for about two years, fully identified himself with us at this meeting, and was given license to preach.
A GAINESVILLE, Ga., paper states that several new indictments for "Sunday violation" will probably be made soon by the grand jury. Pushing the mark of Rome's authority to the front is in the air now, and those who live where the civil law is pledged to its support need not be surprised at hearing the "dragon's" voice at any time.
A GOOD report is given of the State camp meeting held at Fayette, Ark. Elders A. J. Breed and E. W. Farnsworth were present from abroad. About 300 people were encamped on the grounds, some of whom came 100 or 200 miles in wagons. Elder J. B. Beckner, formerly of Missouri, was elected president of the Conference.
FROM a report of Brother T. D. Wallar in the Missionary Echo, we learn that a Methodist minister in Boulder Creek, Cal., went into the house of some of his members and without leave took away tracts on important Bible subjects. That minister will make a good Roman Catholic some day, if his eyes are not opened to the logic of his course.
AT the town of Delmar Junction, Iowa, where there was an unfriendly feeling between the ministers, they became united in sentiment by the coming of a tent in their midst,—they united to oppose the truth. It was another case of Herod and Pilate becoming friends; but they declined the request of their people to preach upon the Sabbath question. The tent laborers, Brethren D. H. Tanner and L. F. Starr, report eleven converts.
ELDER GEO. B. STARR reports through the Bible Echo the opening of the first tent meetings in the province of Queensland, Australia, July 26. The tent was located at Rockhampton, and the first audience numbered over 200. Having announced a song service and Bible lesson for the next day (Sabbath), in the afternoon, the response was seventy-four children and eighteen adults. It was expected to hold some meetings in the German language.
THE Sydney, N. S. W., Telegraph of August 10 has this item: "The Seventh-day Adventists have purchased a large estate, consisting of 1,500 acres of land, at Morrisett, about thirty miles from Newcastle. Here they intend erecting a college to accommodate 200 students, and settling 100 families on the land. It will be conducted on the village settlement principle, and farming generally, fruit growing, canning, and drying will be carried on. Assistance will be given to young people to make a start, but only families with money to support the venture will be allowed to take up blocks."