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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 2, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 47.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

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THE church in Owosso, Mich., rejoices over seven new members since the last camp-meeting.
ELDER D. T. SHIREMAN reports an addition of five members to the church at Hildebrand, N. C.
ELDER W. ZIEGLER says "half a dozen have taken a stand for the truth" at Golden, Colo.
AT College View, Neb., November 6, eleven persons were baptized, nine of whom were students of Union College.
ELDER E. G. OLSEN, who is laboring for the Scandinavians in Iowa, reports an addition of four to the church at Audubon.
CHRISTIAN help work is receiving special attention in Lansing, Mich., under the direction of Elder H. M. Kenyon and wife.
ELDER P. A. HANSEN reports the addition of four members to the church at Milford, Iowa, and two to the church at Fostoria.
A HOUSE of worship has been erected by the church at Middletown, Ind. Elder I. D. Van Horn preached the dedication sermon.
COLORADO CONFERENCE, at the request of the General Conference, has taken charge of the New Mexico Mission Field, with its workers.
AS A result of tent-meetings held at East Cohoctah, Mich., by Brethren S. E. Wight and L. N. Lane, six heads of families have been added to our ranks.
ON the 7th inst. four persons were baptized at Warren, Minn., by Elder F. Johnson, who is laboring in the interest of the Scandinavian population.
ELDER J. S. HART reports the baptism of four persons at Sioux City, Iowa, and one candidate was obliged to defer the ordinance on account of sickness.
ELDER H. M. J. RICHARDS reports the baptism of three persons at Winterset, Iowa. He also reports fifteen new names to the covenant at Macksburg, and a Sabbath-school of thirty members.
THE Mount Vernon (Ohio) Academy offers a special course for the winter, commencing December 8 and continuing till March 15. Special attention will be given to Bible study and Christian help work.
SEVEN persons have decided to come over on the Lord's side at Nora Springs, Iowa, as a result of meetings held by Brother P. A. Hansen. A Sabbath-school of twenty members has been organized.
THE winter school in Battle Creek (Mich.) College will begin December 8. The object of this special school is to give, in a short time, to those who can not take a longer course, a good drill in the very things which they must need to fit them for work wherever in the field they may be called. The school will continue twelve weeks.
THE brethren of Colorado Conference are taking great interest in their new Medical Mission and Workingmen's Home, in Denver. Echoes from the Field says it is encouraging to note the interest and hear the response to the calls for help, in preparing articles for the home.
THE church at College View, Neb., aided by the State conference, has started a rescue mission in the city of Lincoln. A building has been secured in which to hold Gospel meetings, and the physicians of the College View Sanitarium will give medical treatment to the poor.
MEETINGS are being held in Toronto, Ont., in a public hall. Also parlor meetings in various parts of the city, and the laborers have invitations to speak in some of the city missions. Elder J. H. Durland reports to Field Echoes that good audiences attend the Sunday meetings, three times a day.
ELDER D. E. LINDSEY reports an addition of sixteen to the church at Dayton, Ohio. Five others had covenanted to obey the commandments of God who had not yet united with the church, and many interested ones are said to be scattered through the city. He is now conducting a series of meetings in the new church at Wengerlawn, which was recently dedicated.
THE Minnesota Worker says: "The Minneapolis Missionary Society and Christian Help Bands are doing some good missionary work these cold days, hunting up the poor, and providing food and clothing. . . . Some of the members have been out soliciting clothing from the wealthy homes in this city, and they find many warm hearts ready to respond to the call for help when they find out we are helping every one in need who has been passed by."
WE omitted to note last week that Sister Rosa Young, of Pitcairn Island, sailed from San Francisco on the British ship Hydrabad, November 13, for her island home. She had been sojourning in California several months, where she was a most welcome guest, not only among Adventist people, but wherever she made acquaintance. Many good wishes for her temporal and spiritual welfare accompany her on her ocean voyage. Sister Young came for the purpose of medical treatment about a year ago, Dr. Maxson shortly after removing a tumor weighing about 30 pounds. The Christian boys—Henry and Thomas—who have been at Healdsburg College, accompany her.
UNDER date of October 24, Sister Vesta J. Farnsworth writes from Sydney, N. S. W.: "The camp-meeting at Sydney has just fairly begun, as this is the second day of the meeting. It has been excellent so far. We spent a few days at Cooranbong last week, and were present at the closing exercises of the school, and the dedication of the new meeting-house, which was built in less than two months. [A letter from another source states that the house was dedicated free of debt.] It is a comfortable building, and will seat about four hundred and fifty. It was badly needed, and will be greatly appreciated by the church at that place. The school had an encouraging attendance for the first year. Twenty were baptized, and I understand that this included all who had not previously been baptized before going to the school. Sister White is in fairly good health, and has a testimony of faith and courage. She is here at the camp-meeting; also Elder Haskell, and Elder A. T. Robinson and wife, who have just arrived from South Africa. Elder W. C. White arrived last week from America. The first evening of the meeting, the tent was filled with people from the city, and they stood all around the pavilion during the service, unable to obtain seats. We are expecting 'showers of blessings,' and they have already begun to fall, for which we praise the Lord and take courage."