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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 29, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 34.

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SABBATH, July 29, seven adults were baptized at Norfolk, Virginia.
SEVEN converts are reported in the Saskatchewan Conference, Canada.
ELDER W. D. FORDE baptized three colored persons in Chicago, Illinois, recently.
SEVERAL were baptized at the close of the camp-meeting held at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
SEVERAL were baptized following meetings held in Wilmington, Delaware, by Elder R. H. Martin.
AT Shelbyville, Illinois, Elder B. F. Stureman reports the baptism of thirteen persons on Sabbath, July 15.
SEVEN received baptism at Nashville, Tennessee, July 22, six of whom were students of the Nashville school.
SEVEN were baptized at Truly, Montana, early in July, and seven more are keeping the Sabbath and will be baptized later on.
DURING a tent effort conducted at Tolstoy, South Dakota, ten young persons were baptized and received into the Tolstoy church.
THE New York Swedish tent company reports that six have signified their intentions of obeying the Lord, and others are interested.
TEN have recently taken their stand for the truth, and others have expressed their determination to keep the Sabbath, at Lexington, Kentucky.
EARLY in August three souls were baptized at St. Johns, Oregon, the result of Bible readings given by one of the members of the St. Johns church.
NINE adults have been baptized at Grand Rapids, Michigan. This makes twenty-eight who have been baptized there the past year. These were largely brought into the truth as the result of Bible work and personal efforts of the church-members.
ELDER H. E. REEDER recently buried five souls in baptism at Sheridan, Wyoming. Ten have joined the church at that place since their camp-meeting.
ON a recent Sabbath eleven souls were buried with their Lord in baptism in the river at Dodge Center, Minnesota. These, with three others, have joined the church at that place.
BAPTISM was administered to three at Muncie, Indiana, recently, seven at Eaton, and two at Salem. Three or four others are keeping the Sabbath at the latter place, and will be baptized later.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL of twelve members has lately been organized at Husum, Washington. Baptism was administered to four Scandinavians in Seattle, Washington, following a tent effort there.
AS A result of a series of meetings held at Souderton, Pennsylvania, twelve persons have accepted the truth, eight of whom have been baptized and united with the Fairhill church. Others are awaiting baptism.
TWELVE persons are keeping the Sabbath, and others are very much interested, as a result of tent meetings held at Holbrook, Nebraska. Four took their stand for the truth following meetings conducted at Omaha, Nebraska.
ELDER HENRY SHULTZ reports from Sheyenne, North Dakota, seventy-eight conversions—sixty-one baptized at the camp-meeting, and seventeen at their home churches. At a tent effort near this place twelve more were baptized.
BETWEEN twenty and thirty have already taken their stand for the truth as a result of the tent meetings which Elders E. J. Hibbard and M. H. St. John are conducting at Long Beach, California, and four at the conclusion of an effort at Galt.
THREE precious souls received baptism in Lake Superior, Wisconsin, recently, and others will be baptized later. Four young persons have been baptized at Poy Sippi, two ladies at La Grange, five German believers at Milwaukee, and five others at Portage, Wisconsin.
SABBATH, July 8, nine souls were baptized in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. These, with one more, were admitted to church relationship. Five went forward in this ordinance the same day in Toronto, Ontario; and three others at Hamilton have taken their stand for the truth.
A COMPANY of twenty-five Sabbath-keepers has been organized at Troup, Texas. Among these are a Methodist minister and his wife. This is the result of meetings conducted at that place by Elder W. M. Cubley. Five went forward in baptism recently at Ladonia, and two at Fort Worth.
SIX were baptized at Kief, North Dakota, early in July, who with three others were taken into membership in the church there. Eight persons were baptized and eleven added to the Russian church at Dogden on Sabbath, July 15. A church of twenty members has been organized at Greatstone.
SEVEN adults have begun keeping the Sabbath at Fort Scott, Kansas, and others are deeply interested. A church of eight has been organized at Horace, and six others are keeping the Sabbath, who it is hoped will unite with the church soon. Five new Sabbath-keepers have been added to the company at Garden City, and three at Syracuse.
ELDER J. W. DORCAS baptized three persons in the Nishnabotna River at Oakland, Iowa, early in July; Elder M. W. Lewis administered the rite to five at Mt. Pleasant; and later three more were baptized at the latter place. Five have also been baptized and united with the church at Mason City. One lady and her children and three other ladies have accepted the truth at Cedar Rapids.
SEVERAL colored persons have been added to the company of believers in Boston, Massachusetts, and a colored church was organized at that place on Sabbath, July 22, sixteen members uniting at that time, and several who were not present will unite at the first opportunity. This is the first colored church in that conference. A German church of ten members was also organized in Boston on July 15.