OUR WORK AND WORKERS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 23, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 34.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

JULY 22, twelve persons were baptized at Livingston, Mont., by Brother J. C. Foster.

A recent letter reports the organization of a church of forty members at Balaclava, Jamaica.

Six persons were baptized at Madison, Wis., by Brother J. N. Anderson, at the last quarterly meeting.

At Julesburg, Colo., four additions to our ranks are reported under the labors of Brethren T. J. Landrum and H. W. Keck.

Six persons were recently baptized at Fort Dodge, Iowa, having accepted the faith under the labors of Brethren W. B. Everhart and H. Johnson.

A report of labor by Brother G. W. Anglebarger notes the baptism of three candidates at Salida, four at Cañon City, and two at Alamosa, Colo.

At the Cripple Creek, Colo., camp-meeting four persons were baptized, and the interest was such as to warrant a continuation of labor there by Brethren Marsh and L. A. Spring.

Two new churches have been organized recently in Wisconsin, by Brethren T. B. Snow and J. B. Scott, one at Bear Lake, with twenty-seven members; the other at Neillsville, with twelve members.

Two former Colorado laborers, J. W. Hopkins and Miss Clara Richards, are taking instruction in Battle Creek, Mich., preparatory to entering upon medical missionary work in Paraguay, South America.

In the Scriptures are recorded instances of the Lord's giving "testimony unto the Word of His grace," by granting "signs and wonders to be done" by the hands of His ministers. And He has not at any time refused to do so where such manifestations would be for the honor of His name, and there was obedient faith to call them forth. A case in point is noted in the Montana Bivouac, as having occurred at the recent Livingston, Mont., camp-meeting: "One brother came to the grounds having an injured eye, caused some years ago by a falling limb, and which had caused him much trouble for a long time. After reaching the meeting it began to grow worse rapidly, until but very little could be seen through it. He suffered much pain from this, and kept it bandaged to exclude the light as far as possible, but it kept growing worse and worse. Finally the brother came to the conclusion that it was not God's will that he should go about the ground in this condition, while the willingness and power of God to heal was being proclaimed from the desk, so he requested prayer in his behalf. The Bible directions were carefully followed, and immediately the eye was restored, the bandages removed, and he could see with it as well as the other. This miracle of the healing power of God, so sudden and complete, greatly strengthened the faith of our people, and aroused much interest in the city."

We have received the annual calendar of the Southern Industrial School for 1899-1900. This school was established at Graysville, Tenn., in 1892, and, until last year, was known as Graysville Academy. The board of managers is composed of the following named brethren: N. W. Allee, president; C. W. Irwin, secretary; E. R. Gillett, A. F. Harrison and N. W. Lawrence. Prof. C. Walter Irwin is principal, to whom application should be made for calendar or special information.

The initial number of the Workers' Educator, monthly, published at College Place, Wash., is at hand. It is a special, being the calendar of Walla Walla College for 1899-1900. It is a creditable publication, both in mechanical appearance and the information it gives regarding the school. The fall term of the college will open September 13. Officers of the board of managers are: G. W. Reaser, president; T. H. Starbuck, secretary; G. A. Nichols, treasurer. Prof. W. R. Sutherland is president of the faculty.

In connection with the Colorado Sanitarium, located at Boulder, the Colorado Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association has started a monthly journal, entitled the Helping Hand. The initial number contains six pages, well filled with matter pertaining to the interests of the institution and the general work of the association. It is edited by Brother F. M. Wilcox, and the price is twenty-five cents a year. From this journal we learn that the sanitarium is enjoying an excellent degree of prosperity, the patients representing several States and territories. "A division has been made between the tubercular and non-tubercular patients, each class being provided with a separate dining-room, and, as far as possible, with separate facilities in all other lines. About one quarter of the present list of patients are suffering from lung difficulties." An entirely separate hospital for tubercular patients is in contemplation.

The August number of the Life Boat, organ of our mission work in Chicago, is a most valuable number. One feature of the varied work in that great city is portrayed in an excellent article from which we take this excerpt: "The Life Boat Mission's Gospel wagon is a familiar sight on the streets of Chicago every pleasant Sunday afternoon. It never fails of a hearty welcome in any part of the city that it may visit, be it high or low. Fine musical programs, adapted to the open air, form one of the most prominent and most attractive features of the service. The wagon made its first appearance for the summer campaign of soul-winning about the middle of June. Its favorite stopping-places are on State Street, in the vicinity of the Masonic Temple, and at almost any point on Clark Street, from the river south to Polk Street. The latter route carries it through the very heart of Chicago's notorious 'Levee' district, a veritable maelstrom of wickedness and crime. Almost as soon as the wagon stops, it is surrounded by a crowd, yet rarely do our evangelists meet with anything but the most respectful and earnest attention."