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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 19, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 54.

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FIELD NOTES.

THE Australian Conference is composed of 11 churches, having a membership of 781.
ELDER A. J. OSBORNE, president of the California S.S. Association, is visiting among the schools in Los Angeles County.
BROTHER W. H. THURSTON, a colporter, has found a favorable location in Rio Janeiro, but is in great need of Portuguese publications.
IN a certain territory in South Carolina, 18x22 miles in extent, Brother Charles Kellen has placed 260 copies of "Bible Readings." These books ought to give instruction to a large number of people.
ELDER W. T. KNOX reports the baptism of four persons at San Bernardino, Cal. From there he went to Pomona, where two were added to the church, and money was raised to purchase a lot for a house of worship.
ELDER H. F. COURTER arrived in this city from Selma, Cal., on the 6th inst. He reports the baptism of six persons at Selma. It is expected that he will remain in Oakland during the winter. Address, care of Pacific Press.
On the work in Mason City, W. Va., Brother F. M. Gardner says: "The people who are coming out to keep the Sabbath are among the best people of the town. These are the ones who have read, and it is not very hard to convince them of the truth."
DR. MAXSON, of the Rural Health Retreat, near St. Helena, Cal., says: "Our new building, including Swedish movement and class rooms, and five sleeping apartments for help, is nearly completed, and will be the means of sheltering some of our helpers who are now in tents." The new cottage erected last year has been of great utility, and still another is demanded by the increasing patronage.
AT Portland, Oregon, a workers' class is being conducted, in which there are over fifty in attendance. Bible study, Christian help work, and hygienic cooking are the leading features of the school, and a large number of those who attend expect to devote themselves to work in the cause.
REFERRING to the work in the North Pacific Conference, Elder W. M. Healey notes the organization of a Sabbath school at Seattle, Wash., by Elder D. T. Fero. It is located several miles from the church in Seattle, and was the result of following up the camp meeting interest by earnest labor.
ELDER J. M. WILLOUGHBY reports the baptism of two persons at Salt Lake City, one of whom is over 80 years old and a pioneer of the Territory. He also states that Elder Gardner has located at Ogden for the winter, and, in connection with Elder J. H. Morrison, had been holding meetings in the country near that place.
AT Plano, Ill., where Elder J. W. Scoles continued meetings after the camp meeting, a Sabbath school of forty members was recently organized. The use of a hall for meetings was donated for one year. Elder Scoles and wife have gone to Battle Creek to attend the Bible school, and Elder W. D. Curtis continues the work at Plano.
FROM the Review we learn that the charges against Brethren A. J. Howard and H. O. Bullen, of laboring on Sunday, have been dismissed by the Circuit Court of Annapolis, Md., on the ground that the complaints were too indefinite. Also that Brother D. C. Plumb, a student in the academy at Graysville, Tenn., has been sentenced to twenty-seven days' imprisonment for cutting wood on Sunday; and that a brother named E. W. Remminger is under arrest in Pennsylvania on a like charge.
FROM a private letter from Elder W. C. Grainger, who is laboring in the vicinity of Crow's Landing, in Stanislaus County, Cal., we learn that there is a good interest manifested in the reading matter distributed, but many are kept away from preaching services through the influence of opposition. This is an obstacle that will grow as time passes. With all the boasted independence of our countrymen, the majority of people are actually afraid to brook the opposition that comes to those who would adhere to the plain word of God. And, strange as it may seem, the bitterest opposition in this respect comes from those who profess to be followers of Christ. In the days of Christ and his apostles the most persistent persecution came from those who claimed to be the conservators of God's word. Yet those who would stand by that word in preference to the traditions of the elders, met the enmity of the elders, and in consequence many feared to follow their own convictions of duty. It is so to-day; the traditions of the popular churches are held up in lieu of the word of God, and anathema and contumely deter many from laying hold of the truth. It is as much of a cross to follow Christ to-day, in the face of apostate churches and the jeers of a sinful world, as it ever was. The truth never was and never will be popular; and all who will receive it will do so through the ordeal of persecution.