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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 11, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 2.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

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EIGHT persons baptized during October last at Port of Spain, Trinidad Island, is part of the report of Brother E. W. Webster, missionary.
A CHURCH of seven members was organized last month near Roby, in Fisher County, Texas, by Brother W. A. McCutcheon, president of the conference.
FROM Prof. C. C. Lewis, of Keene (Texas) Academy, we have this report: "Best attendance we have ever had at this time of the year. Enrolment, 107. Home full, and rooms rented outside for overflow."
A REPORT in the Echoes from the Field notes the organization of a church of twenty-eight members at Grand Junction, Colo., by President J. M. Rees. Baptism was administered in the Christian tabernacle.
THE St. Helena Sanitarium has opened a Hygienic Vegetarian Restaurant at 1422 Market Street, San Francisco. There ought to be many more such places, in every city or town large enough to sustain them.
A CHURCH of eleven members was recently organized at York, Neb., by Brother F. Stebbeds. A camp-meeting was held at York in the autumn. Brother Stebbeds also reports the baptism of three candidates at Seward.
OUR eight missionaries on the island of Tonga, Friendly Island group, send expressions of gratitude to the brethren in Minnesota who recently sent them a fine new tent, which arrived in good condition. The tent was made at the college in Healdsburg, Cal.
THE success of Haven of Rest Mission, Fort Worth, Texas, has stirred up other people to start missions of a similar character. Two have been instituted since ours was opened, the last one being under the auspices of the United Ministers' Association.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL convention held in the First S. D. A. Church of San Francisco, December 16, 17, proved to be a very interesting and profitable occasion. The convention was under the auspices of the State association, and much good instruction was given.
ON the 28th ult., Prof. D. Delos Lake and wife sailed from San Francisco for Apia, Samoan Islands, to engage in missionary work. Both Brother and Sister Lake were graduates of Healdsburg (Cal.) College, and had spent four years in teaching at South Lancaster (Mass.) Academy. Brother Lake was ordained to the Gospel ministry in San Francisco a short time before his departure.
A LETTER from Sister Mary T. Westphal to the Wisconsin Reporter gives some interesting items about the work in Argentina, South America:—
"We have just had a general meeting in Entre Rios. A very important feature of the meeting was the children's meetings. One day was especially devoted to them, and they did their part well. After they had sung, read, and recited, we gave each a sack containing some hygienic breads, some nuts, etc. Brother Leland had his nut-butter machine here and made them something of nuts to take the place of candy. Such a happy 126 children they were! It was decided to build a schoolhouse, in which German, Spanish, French, and English will be taught. A German brother has donated forty acres of land for the same. In December [last] Mr. Westphal and I will attend a general meeting in the northern part of Santa Fe Province. The meetings will be principally in the Spanish language. About 125 brethren and sisters are expected to attend. We have a church school in our house, and our children study German, Spanish, and English. The work progresses here. God has humbled the people by allowing their crops to be destroyed, and now they are more desirous to hear God's Word."