FIELD NOTES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 3, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 56.

FIELD NOTES.

By Editor

FROM the Missionary Echo we learn that Elder E. H. Gates is to labor for a time in Fresno, Cal.

THE Scandinavian Church in Brooklyn, N. Y., now has 50 members, and more than half as many more keep the Sabbath of the Lord.

AT Mt. Holly, N. J., on the 10th ult., four members were added to the church by baptism, Elder S. J. Hersum administering the ordinance.

ELDER J. M. COLE, missionary at Norfolk Island, arrived in Sydney, Australia, October 8, having gone there to attend the camp meeting at Ashfield.

AT Winfield, Kansas, where Elder M. H. Gregory has been holding meetings, the ordinance of baptism was administered for five succeeding Sabbaths.

ELDER A. W. BARTLETT reports four additions at Pasadena. Preaching and Bible-reading services were held in the parlors of the lodging house where he had a room.

PROF. W. W. PRESCOTT preached for the church in this city Sabbath morning and Sunday evening, November 24 and 25. He left for College Place, Wash., on Monday following.

A CHURCH of fifteen members was recently organized at Creighton, Mo., by Elder W. S. Hyatt, president of the Conference. This result followed the tent labors of Brethren L. W. Terry and H. L. Hoover.

BROTHER FRANK C. KELLEY, for several years connected with the book department of the Pacific Press Publishing House, sailed for Panama November 19, en route for Colombia, South America, to engage in missionary work.

BROTHER JOHN F. JONES reports the baptism of four persons at Baltimore November 11. A large company of people witnessed the ordinance, and the occasion was very encouraging to the brethren of the Baltimore church.

THE Kansas Worker says: “We receive good reports from our German school at Bison, Rush County. There are 36 in attendance, seventeen of whom are in the advanced grades, fourteen in the intermediate, and the others in the primary.”

THE Bible Echo of October 22 states that a good degree of success was attending the work in Rockhampton, Queensland, of which mention has heretofore been made. Several interesting cases were engaging the attention of the workers, and a baptism was about to be held.

THE new church building at Santa Ana, Cal., was dedicated November 11, free of debt. Elders N. C. McClure and Roderick S. Owen were present on the occasion. Elder McClure went from there to San Pasqual and San Diego, while Elder Owen remained to continue meetings for a time.

SOME of the brethren and sisters are wondering what they can do to spread the truth. They cannot go canvassing for high-priced books, they cannot afford to buy tracts to give away, and do not know what to do. Some can solicit subscriptions for periodicals; some can sell periodicals and pamphlets. Try some of these suggestions.

LETTERS from Brethren Bishop and Davis, who sailed for Chile in October, state that they were having a pleasant voyage, and had not suffered at all with seasickness. Although they had taken steerage passage, they had been granted the privilege of going to all parts of the vessel. This gave them an opportunity to distribute reading matter among the passengers. They expected to arrive at Valparaiso about Christmas. Their mission is to canvass for our publications.