WE have just received notice, under date of October 9, 1912, of the dedication of our branch office at 1224 Euclid Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Among the leading workers in attendance were: Elder E. T. Russell, president Central Union Conference; C. H. Jones, general manager Pacific Press; C. G. Bellah and F. E. Painter, union agents of Central and Northern Union conferences; S. N. Curtiss and James Cochran, of the branch office; and Elder W. A. Hennig.
For nineteen years our work there has been carried on in rented quarters, under more or less inconvenience and constantly increasing expense. We are sure our patrons in the Middle West will rejoice with us in this new permanent home. The building is of brick, 35 x 70 feet, with sufficiently heavy walls to permit an additional story if it should be required. We appreciate the cooperation on the part of our friends in that section, which has made this headquarters possible.
PROF. G. W. CAVINESS reports that fifteen or more at Monterey, Mexico, have covenanted to obey the truth, and quite a number are awaiting baptism.
EXCAVATIONS have been commenced for a mission printing-office in the suburbs of Seoul, Korea. Three dwelling-houses for missionaries are also in process of construction.
CONCERNING the work at Camden, New Jersey, we note that eight persons have received baptism, as fruits of a tent effort there. Eighteen were baptized at their camp-meeting, and others will receive this rite at their home churches.
TWENTY-FIVE persons at Seattle have given themselves to the service of the Lord, as the result of the revival effort conducted by Pastor Luther Warren.
PASTOR P. A. HANSON gives an interesting account of a trip to Douglas Mountain, Washington, where he organized a church of fifteen members, and baptized three.
A CHURCH of eleven members has been organized at Lebanon, Oregon, where six persons were baptized early in August. Five Scandinavians in Portland, Oregon, have yielded to the message.
THE good news comes from Southern Italy that nine persons have been baptized recently, and fourteen others were to be baptized. The work in other parts of Italy is showing good progress.
FOUR persons at Dayton, Ohio, six at Barberton, and ten at Columbus, have recently been baptized. Thirteen were baptized at the camp-meeting, and a large number went to their home churches to be baptized.
THE cheering news comes from England of the baptism of about twelve or fifteen at Wood Green, eleven at Darlington, while fifteen at Acton are ready for baptism, and at an effort at Bristol sixteen have decided to stand for the truth.
AT Sayre, Pennsylvania, twelve persons have decided to obey God. Nineteen were baptized on the last Sunday of the camp-meeting at Washington. Eight at Butler have been baptized, and the believers organized into a company of thirteen.
THREE souls at Grand Rapids, Michigan, have been baptized, and five at Detroit. Ten or twelve persons at Flint, and four at Sault Ste. Marie, have yielded to the truth. At the close of the East Michigan camp-meeting, seventeen persons were baptized.
SEVEN at Brookpark, Minnesota, have been baptized, and a church of eleven members has been organized. Seven at Bruno and four at Duluth have received this ordinance. Twenty-five at Minneapolis and fifteen at Pine Island have promised to obey the commandments.
A CHURCH of sixteen members has been organized at Cedar Falls, Iowa. At Lansing five were buried in baptism early in September, six at Center Point have received this ordinance, and twelve at Creston have decided to obey. Thirty-eight were baptized at camp-meeting.
NINE at Blythedale, Missouri, have stepped out into the light, and five at Poplar Bluff, and a Sabbath-school has been organized at the latter place. The last Sabbath of the South Missouri camp-meeting, twenty-six persons were baptized, and at the North Missouri meeting, six.
SUBSEQUENT to the annual meeting of the Norwegian Conference, twenty persons were baptized. Ninety others have embraced the truth during the past year. At this session the Norwegian field was divided into two conferences, called the East and West Norwegian conferences.
SIXTEEN persons among the Scandinavians of Trempealeau and Dunn counties, Wisconsin, have begun the observance of the commandments, and four have been baptized. The German work in Sheboygan is progressing well, five having embraced the message, and others are "almost persuaded."
THE membership in the West German Union shows a net gain of 1,400 for the past two years. At a session of this union convened from July 19 to 28 at Friedensau, a new union was formed, comprising the southern portion of Germany, German Switzerland, and Austria, under the name of Central European Union. This union has a population of 35,000,000, quite a per cent of which is Catholic, which indicates that it is a difficult field to work. At this meeting about fifty persons were baptized.13
TWENTY-FIVE persons are awaiting baptism at the Tsungwesi Mission, South Africa. Five at our Zululand station, fourteen at Solusi, and three at Somabula have received this rite, and fourteen at Parys, Orange Free State, have given their hearts to God.
A REPORT from Placerville, California, tells of a good revival in progress there, and ten have received baptism. Three at Buckeye, nine at Santa Ana, four at Fresno, three at New Monterey, three at Lodi, and twelve at Turlock, have been baptized, and four at Oceano are awaiting baptism. A Sabbath-school has been organized at Reedley.
AS THE result of an evangelistic campaign at Aurora, Illinois, eleven individuals have been baptized, and six or seven more have taken their stand to keep the commandments of God. In the face of much opposition at Maeystown, the work is still going forward, and five adults were recently baptized, one of whom is a leading business man of the place.
THIRTEEN individuals were baptized at the Yinshan general meeting, China, thirteen in Hupeh, six at Shanghai; and at the conclusion of a Bible school in Hunan, Brother R. F. Cottrell expected to baptize about twelve more. The six at Shanghai are the fruits of an active evangelistic campaign carried on by Brother F. E. Stafford, with whom many of our friends are acquainted, and Sister B. Miller.
BROTHER H. L. SHAFFER writes of the success that is attending the work at Wichita, Kansas. Seven have already been baptized, and many others are interested. At the Wellington church three persons have received this rite, and at Arkansas City, eight. Five more at the latter place have yielded to the truth, six at Sharon Springs, eight at Salina, and five more at Wichita. At the Emporia camp-meeting forty-four souls were baptized.
ON a recent Sabbath a newly finished church in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, was dedicated, free of debt. A church was organized in Richmond, Melbourne, with a membership of forty-one. Four at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, have taken their stand for the message, and others are in the balance. Seven new converts have been added to the church as the result of an effort in Sydenham and Tempe, suburbs of Sydney, and nine in Sydney have identified themselves with us.
