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

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 59.

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FIELD NOTES.

THE brethren at Delmar Junction, Iowa, are building a house of worship.
ELDER C. W. OLDS reports the addition of five members to the church at Madison, Wis.
A CONFERENCE workers' school is to be held at Oshkosh, Wis., beginning January 9, and to continue about fourteen weeks.
FOUR persons were baptized in the Oakland church, after the missionary meeting on the 12th inst., by Elder H. F. Courter.
ELDER L. D. SANTEE reports the baptism of six persons at Ottawa, Ill., during his recent labors with the church in that place.
THE secretary of the Iowa Tract Society reports the organization of three new local societies—Nanson, Alexander, and Cedar Falls.
ON the 3d inst. twenty-four diplomas were issued to graduates from the medical missionary class at the Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.
ON the 13th inst. Elder J. E. Fulton, of the North Pacific Conference, sailed from San Francisco for New Zealand, to which field he goes on call of the General Conference Committee.
AS A result of meetings held in St. Louis by Brother A. P. Heacock, nine persons have been added to the church in that city. The erection of a house of worship is now in contemplation.
AT Bloomville, Wis., where Brethren S. Swinson and E. McIntosh held meetings during the autumn, a church of twenty-eight members has been organized and a new church building erected.
THE December 8 issue of Harper's Weekly contains an interesting article and several illustrations descriptive of Pitcairn Island, making complimentary mention of our missionaries and their work. The illustrations are by Captain Davis, the same artist who took the views for the new book, "Story of Pitcairn Island," published at this office.
THE placing of the students at Mount Vernon (Ohio) Academy on vegetarian diet is reported to be working so well that there is no sickness among them. The winter term began December 19.
UNDER the labors of Elders G. B. Starr and A. S. Hickox, at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, a church of twenty-eight members was organized October 20, and eight days afterward seventeen more were added.
A YOUNG lady canvasser in the State of Missouri sold books to the value of about $1,000 during the past summer and fall. She had been a student at Union College, and now returns to her studies for a season.
ELDER R. S. WEBBER reports an addition of six members to the church at St. John, N. B. He also reports encouragingly of the Sabbath schools in the provinces, five of which are in Nova Scotia and two in New Brunswick.
THE Review notes the information that Brethren Whaley and Curlett, undergoing a ninety days' sentence in Centerville, Md., jail for working on Sunday, were released after thirty days of service, by order of the judge who sentenced them.
AT the close of the camp meeting held last month at Ashfield, N. S. W., Australia, Dr. M. G. Kellogg was ordained to the gospel ministry. The camp meeting was followed by a series of tent meetings, conducted by Elders J. O. Corliss and S. McCullagh.
AT the recent session of the Atlantic Conference, the following officers were elected: H. E. Robinson, President; S. B. Horton, Secretary; T. A. Kilgore, Treasurer; Executive Committee—H. E. Robinson, R. D. Hottel, C. P. Bollman, Allen Moon, John F. Jones.
AT the late session of the Australian Conference the following officers were chosen: President, A. G. Daniells; Vice President, M. C. Israel; Secretary, S. McCullagh; Treasurer, N. D. Faulkland. Executive Committee—A. G. Daniells, M. C. Israel, S. McCullagh, W. C. White, J. Smith, L. J. Rousseau, T. Whittle.
PEOPLE who labor under difficulties which to others would seem insurmountable often accomplish the greatest results. Sister Marian Klaiber tells of a brother in Ontario who devotes all his time to the work of visiting, distributing literature, and selling what he can to pay his way. She says "he is very deaf, but he labors with a simple trust in God, and accomplishes a good work. A number of people have been fully converted to the truth through his efforts."
A SISTER engaged in Bible work in Davenport, Iowa, in a letter to the Workers' Bulletin, relates the following encouraging incident:—
Some time ago a canvasser in Illinois sold a gentleman "Bible Readings," taking oats for his pay. When the man discovered that the book was a Seventh-day Adventist publication, he wanted to burn it; but his wife prevented him, and placed it in the spare room upstairs. Later a niece from Davenport visited them, and, finding the book in her room, became interested in it. Her aunt made her a present of it. Now she, with her sister and husband, are keeping the Sabbath. We have held readings with them. The canvasser sowed the seed; the Lord gave the increase.