FIELD NOTES | AdventAI

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

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 55.

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FIELD NOTES.

Four persons were baptized at College View, Neb., October 27.

The brethren at Union, Oregon, are building a house of worship.

On the 4th inst. eight members were added to the church in Kansas City, Mo.

Elder C. Santee reports the addition of three members to the church at St. Joseph, Mo.

As a result of labor at Packwood, Iowa, by Brother T. E. Moore, five have accepted the Sabbath of the Lord.

The brethren in Marshalltown, Iowa, have purchased a lot and are about to begin the erection of a house of worship.

The new church building about six miles east of Milford, Iowa, was dedicated on the 18th inst., Elder G. F. Watson conducting the services.

The recently organized church at Bloomville, Wis., has a new house of worship nearly completed and free from debt.

Meetings in a schoolhouse near Moville, Iowa, have called into the light of truth nine heads of families and one single man.

In connection with the celebration of the ordinances at New Boston, Mo., nine persons were baptized. Elder C. H. Chaffee officiated.

The Bible workers in San Jose, Cal., report, as recent results of their labor, that six persons have begun the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord.

It has been decided that Elder A. G. Daniels, president of the Australian Conference, will return to America to attend the next session of the General Conference.

Dr. J. E. Caldwell and wife, who went out on the last voyage of the Pitcairn, have been located at Avarua, Raratonga, South Pacific, to which address he desires his mail matter sent.

From the Union Record we learn that Brother Robert R. Whaley, on trial at Centreville, Md., for working on Sunday, has been convicted on three charges and sentenced to ninety days in jail.

The church at Benton, Iowa, was increased by four new members on the 1st inst. They were baptized by Elder E. G. Olsen, president of the Conference. A new house of worship is in course of construction.

Elder H. K. Willis reports the organization of a church of nine members and a Sabbath school of twenty members at Republic, Mo. This organization is the result of tent labor by Brethren T. A. and H. L. Hoover.

Brother A. J. Howard, who was arraigned a few weeks ago in Annapolis, Md., on a charge of Sunday labor, was discharged by the court on a demur to the indictment. A prominent lawyer asked the privilege of defending him, and did so free of charge.

At Rathdrum, Idaho, Brother D. E. Scoles has been holding meetings in a Baptist Church. Under date of the 28th ult. he reported a Sabbath school of thirty-five members, and fifteen had signed a covenant to observe all the commandments of God.

The West Virginia Conference school at Newark opened on the 5th inst., with forty students. Sister Frost, recently from Baltimore, takes the place as teacher made vacant by the resignation of Brother S. F. Reeder, who enters the canvassing work as State agent.

Elder R. H. Brock, writing from Lehigh, Indian Territory, notes that, under the labors of himself and Brother W. H. White, forty-four had signed the covenant. A Sabbath school of forty-eight members had been organized. Other localities were calling for his services.

At Centralia, Cal., on the 4th inst., a new church building was dedicated. For two days previous meetings were held by Elder N. C. McClure, who also preached the dedication sermon. Elder R. S. Owen continued meetings the following week, and baptized five persons.

Concerning the work at Selton, Ontario, Elder A. O. Burrill writes: "There are twenty-seven new Sabbath keepers, and a Sabbath school of about fifty members. We are erecting a set of church buildings now. We are still in our tents, with three inches of snow on the ground."

At Cumberland, Pa., a Brother Renninger was arrested on complaint of a relative for working on Sunday, but before the trial the complainant relented, paid the cost, and withdrew the complaint. It will not always be so; we are close upon the time when "a man's foes shall be they of his own house," and they will not withdraw the charges, but will push them to the full extent of the law.

Elder A. J. Breed writes to the Review that a company of ten Swedes has been found in Minnesota who are keeping the Sabbath of the Lord, from reading the Scriptures, having had no knowledge of Seventh-day Adventists or their work.

Brother George D. Ballou, who has been laboring at Oxford, N. C., has been called by the Atlantic Conference to the Baltimore field. Brethren John F. Jones and A. J. Howard, who have for a time conducted the work there, will attend the Bible school at Battle Creek this winter.

Elder D. T. Shireman, who has labored four years in North Carolina, has now established headquarters at Raleigh. He reports the organization of a church of fifteen members at Sandy Mush. November 4 he organized a church of twenty persons at Asheville, baptizing three that same day.

A church of nineteen members was organized at Ventura, Cal., on the 3d inst., and some half dozen others contemplate joining the church in the near future. A lot has been donated and some means subscribed toward the erection of a house of worship. The labors of Elder D. C. Hunter and Brother J. G. Smith have been the instrument for presenting the truth to the people of this vicinity.

A report in the Monitor of the labor of Brother Rule on Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne County, W. Va., says there is quite an interest, and several are keeping the Sabbath. Some desire to be baptized, and others are anxious about the organization of a church. "A Christian minister has quit the use of tobacco, is keeping the Sabbath, and at his appointments preaches the present truth as far as he knows it."

Reporting to the Indicator, Elder S. H. Lane, president of New York Conference says that "Syracuse is truly a missionary field. Each time I visit the city and hold meetings I find some new ones interested." This speaks well for the members of that church, and it is not surprising that they are "agitating the idea of building a meeting-house." He mentions two additions as the result of Bible readings.

The following press dispatch, now going the rounds, speaks for itself:—

Washington, November 16: An interesting feature of the Seventh-day Adventists' conference, in session here, was a recital in the report of Secretary B. S. Horton, which was read to-day, of the persecutions to which the denomination is subject in certain localities. It was reported that two members are in jail at Centreville, Md., for chopping wood on Sunday. In some places it has been impossible to induce insurance companies to insure churches on account of threats of incendiaryism, and the secretary said he had often been served with White Cap notices for trying to conduct meetings.

A sister in a certain California town who spends a few spare hours each week in canvassing for our books, writes to the Missionary Echo: "Two ladies of wealth, leaders in society, gave me orders, and when I took the book gave me the money but refused to have the book. They said they could not read, and I could not make Adventists out of them, for they had heard that I was one of those people who were making trouble by circulating such reading matter. One lady told me she would work for a law to press me down."

A recent visit of the college board to Healdsburg College finds the school in a prosperous condition, barring the slight epidemic of la grippe, which has been prevalent throughout the town. But all were recovering, and only one was deemed dangerously ill. President Howe and Professor Howell were among the convalescents. That the sickness was not caused by unsanitary surroundings on the college grounds was shown by the fact that there were cases in the town as well as in the college home. A profitable board meeting was held, and steps taken for

some decided improvements. One of the great wants now is for more students, young men and women who desire an education. There are plenty who need it, and Healdsburg College offers a good place to obtain it.