FIELD NOTES | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 12, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 53.

FIELD NOTES.

ELDER N. C. MCCLURE is visiting the churches in Southern California.

ELDER D. A. BALL reports the addition of five members to the church at Brookfield, N. Y.

A NEW house of worship at Schroon Lake, N. Y., was dedicated on the 28th ult., Elder S. H. Lane officiating.

ELDER H. A. ST. JOHN recently made a tour of the four churches in Napa Valley, Cal., and reports them of good courage.

AT Williamstown, N. Y., on the occasion of a recent visit by Elder J. W. Raymond, three members were added to the church:

THE church at North Creek, N. Y., has erected a new house of worship, which was dedicated October 14. Elders S. H. Lane and A. E. Place were present.

As the result of the labors of Brethren F. M. Roberts and J. M. Wormich, a church of twenty-two members has been organized at Frankton, Ind., and a house of worship is being erected 28x41 feet.

BROTHER BAXTER HOWE, who has been holding a short series of meetings at Armona, Cal., reports sufficient interest to justify a continuance. Two heads of families have come out on the Lord’s side.

At the recent annual session of the Colorado Tract Society the following officers were elected: President, N. W. Kauble; Vice President, G. W. Anglebarger; Secretary, Chas. T. Shaffer; Auditor, Watson Zeigler.

BROTHER F. C. GILBERT, of Boston, speaks encouragingly of labor for the Hebrews. He says that many are not only glad to accept the New Testament when offered them, but frequently send strong appeals for them.

FROM Lehigh, Indian Territory, Brethren R. H. Brock and W. H. White report interesting meetings. They say: “We have tried to present the truth in a plain and simple way, and the power of God has attended the preaching of his word in a remarkable manner. The interest to hear has been good from the first and still continues the same. Twenty-nine, all adults but four, have decided to follow their Lord and keep the Sabbath.”

ELDER O. S. FERREN reports as the result of meetings that were held in Horton, Kansas, since the camp meeting at that place, that seven have accepted the truth and united with the church. Still others are observing the Sabbath.

BRETHREN S. M. COBB and H. L. BRISTOL report that as the result of their labors at Dickenson, N. Y., thirty have decided to follow Christ, keeping the commandments of God. They have begun the erection of a meeting house 26x40 feet.

ELDER H. F. PHELPS reports from Minnesota the baptism of eight persons at St. Cloud and thirteen added to the church. On October 6 six persons united with the church at St. Paul, making twelve which have been added to that church this season.

NOTWITHSTANDING the inclemency of the weather and fearful storms which occurred at the time of the Colorado camp meeting, it is reported to have been one of the best meetings ever held in the State. After the meeting closed services were held in the Delta church by Elders States, Kauble, and Truby. As the result of these meetings six persons were baptized.

ELDER E. W. WEBSTER reports a company of twenty-five Sabbath keepers as the result of his efforts at Bushy Creek, S. C. At Spartanburg, in company with Elders Kilgore and Sharp, August 7 to 10, a church was organized of seventeen members. October 6 and 7, through the labors of Elders Webster and I. E. Kimball, three more were baptized at Spartanburg and four united with the church.

In the Review of October 30 Sister White has an article on missionary enterprise and object of Christ's church, which we wish all our workers would read. Here is one sentence: "To misapply means or influence or any intrusted capital of mind or body, is to rob God and rob the world, for it is turning the energies into another channel than that in which God designed they should be for the salvation of the world."

ELDER R. M. KILGORE reports two being added to the church at Atlanta, Ga., largely under the labors of Elder Owen, and nine baptized at Graysville, Tenn., where Brethren Smith Sharp and W. E. Haskell have been laboring. The enrollment of the students at the Graysville Academy now numbers sixty, which, considering the financial depression, is remarkable. He says, "The study and deportment on the part of the students far exceed that of any previous year."

THE camp meeting at Gainesville, Ga., is reported to have been an excellent one. The change of sentiment among the citizens of the place was marked. It will be remembered that it was at this place that our brethren were persecuted for Sunday labor some time ago. It is said that several of the prominent men of the place, including two or three lawyers, "have changed their minds squarely about in the matter of Sunday laws and religious legislation in general."

THERE were 760 persons camped upon the Missouri camp ground at Warrensburg, from September 19 to October 1, and the meeting is reported to have been excellent throughout. The increase in membership in the Conference was 300, and 4 new churches were admitted. Tithes increased about $2,000. One church of 40 members was organized among the Germans during the past season. There was raised for foreign missions, including Sabbath school donations, $1,896.70.

THE Workers' Bulletin, of Iowa, in giving a summary of the reports of tent labor in that State at seventeen different places, says that one hundred and fifty have embraced the truth during the season. In addition to this one church building has been erected, another is in process of erection, and considerable money has been raised for the erection of another. The State meeting at Beaman is reported to have been a success in every respect. Brethren P. A. Hansen and N. C. Bergensen report the baptism of six willing souls at Ruthven.

AT the recent annual Conference of Michigan the following officers were elected: President, Elder I. H. Evans; secretary, J. S. Hall; Treasurer, Review and Herald; Executive Committee, I. H. Evans, J. Fargo, E. H. Root, H. D. Day, and M. J. Cornell. The treasurer's report showed that the total receipts for the year were $51,378.26; the disbursements, $42,815.85, leaving a balance of $8,562.41 in the treasury. The officers elected for the Tract Society were as follows: President, I. H. Evans; Vice President, C. D. Rhoades; Secretary and Treasurer, J. S. Hall.

ELDER R. S. DONNELL, president of the Upper Columbia Conference, reports some sixteen in Spokane who have embraced the faith, and others are interested. Before the tent was taken down at Medical Lake, a church of seventeen members was organized. Some have taken their stand at Yakima. For the last two and a half years he says there has been a steady growth in this Conference, and its membership has nearly doubled. One hundred and twenty-two were baptized at the last camp meeting, and their present membership is stated to be more than one thousand.

BROTHER F. H. WESTPHAL gives an interesting account in the Review of his meeting with German Sabbath keepers in the Argentine Republic, twenty-seven of them having covenanted together to keep the commandments of God at Crespo. After two weeks' work there a church was organized of thirty-six members. At the end of three weeks four more were baptized, and five united with the church, and the next Sunday eleven more decided to keep the Sabbath. He says it seems good to preach to such thirsty souls. At Esperanza, in the Province of Santa Fe, a company of French-speaking people are keeping the Sabbath.

THE International Tract Society sends out an appeal for funds to circulate literature in the States of Delaware and Maryland. Elders Moon and Howard write that our brethren who have been arrested in Maryland, and still others who may be, will probably have to go to jail. Regular church services have been interrupted in our own church building, windows have been broken, the people stoned and rotten-egged, smitten with the fist, dragged through the dust, and even worse things threatened. One brother was saved from being stabbed to death only by the interference of others. And all this hatred and malice simply because men preach and keep the commandments of God. It is not regard for Sunday or State law, for that is violated in many ways without interference. It is the fulfillment of Rev. 12:17.