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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 24, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 24.

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ELDER A. E. PLACE reports the baptism of five adult candidates at Williamstown, N. Y.
BIBLE-WORKERS report that ten persons have accepted the Sabbath of the Lord in Houston, Texas, within three months.
ELDER M. A. ALTMAN reports the organization of a church of eight members at Fort Morgan, Colo., and the baptism of four candidates at Sterling.
ELDER W. T. KNOX has been chosen to fill the place on the St. Helena (Cal.) Sanitarium board made vacant by the death of Elder Wm. Ings.
A LOCAL camp-meeting will be held at Brenham, Texas, July 14 to 21. The State camp-meeting will be held at Fort Worth, July 30 to August 9.
ELDER D. C. BABCOCK gives notice that he will be at Kilmarnock, Va., July 3 and 4, at which time the new house of worship will be dedicated.
THROUGH an invitation to preach in the Baptist Church at Burton's Creek, Va., such an interest was aroused that Elder J. P. Neff has pitched a tent there, and reports a good attendance.ELDER L. D. SANTEE notes the organization of a church of eleven members at Peoria, Ill., with as many more ready to unite. A new tabernacle is being erected.
ELDER H. W. DECKER has been elected president of North Pacific Conference. Elder W. M. Healey, who had been president for three years, has returned to his home in California.
IN the report of Elder R. A. Underwood in the Review we notice mention of the organization of a church of twenty-two members at Erie, Pa. Elder L. S. Wheeler has been laboring there.
TENT meetings have again been instituted in Louisville, Ky., by Elder J. W. Collie and a corps of assistants. Among the number is Sister Hattie Andre, who spent about four years as teacher on Pitcairn Island.
AT the recent session of the Upper Columbia Conference, Elder R. S. Donnell was reëlected president of the conference and tract society. Elder W. W. Steward was chosen president of the sabbath-school association.
IOWA Conference has reëlected Elder C. Santee president of the conference and tract society. Mrs. L. Flora Plummer was chosen secretary of the conference, and Miss Jessie V. Bosworth secretary of the tract society.
ON Sabbath, May 15, fifteen members were added to the church at Omaha, Neb. The Christian Help work and work with the Signs of the Times are receiving special attention. The Bible workers are also kept busy. So says Brother A. J. Howard.
WE learn from Field Tidings that the following named persons recently left England for South Africa: Elder O. A. Olsen and wife, G. T. Kerr and wife, Prof. J. L. Shaw and wife, and Elder Frank Armitage and wife and child. The last named go to join the Matabele Mission. Elder Olsen will remain in Africa for at least six months, perhaps twelve.
AT the general meeting for the Maritime Provinces, held at Hopewell Cape, N. B., in May, there were about one hundred and twenty-five present. As instructors there were Elders R. A. Underwood, R. S. Webber, G. E. Langdon, H. J. Farman, and Brother F. W. Morse of Toronto. During the meeting six candidates were baptized. There was a good outside attendance. There are now two tents in that field.
ELDER D. T. BOURDEAU, who has been laboring among the French on the Michigan peninsula, reports the baptism of eight persons at Wilson, five of whom had been members of the Catholic Church. And others had decided to accept the message he was giving to the people, notwithstanding the fact that there was great opposition by French ministers, who declared that they would "destroy the last rag of Adventism."
FROM Elder C. McReynolds' report in the Review we cull some items of interest regarding the work in Texas. Seven were added to the church at Mt. Pleasant, after a ten days' meeting. In Cass County a church of twenty-four members has been established, and a house of worship erected. At Dallas eight were added to the church, six by baptism. At Hutto, where Elder J. P. Lorenz was laboring in the interest of the German population, eight members were added to the church by baptism. There were six accessions to the church at Austin, where Brother Abel Gregory was laboring.
THE officers of the California Conference for the ensuing year are as follows: Conference executive committee, Elders W. T. Knox (president), N. C. McClure, R. S. Owen, M. C. Wilcox, G. W. Reaser, E. E. Andross, and H. F. Courter; secretary, J. J. Ireland; treasurer, Pacific Press; auditor, M. H. Brown. Trustees of the California Conference Association: W. T. Knox, N. C. McClure, H. F. Courter, C. H. Jones, E. A. Chapman, Reuben Gray, and E. E. Parlin. Tract and missionary society: President, W. T. Knox; vice-president, M. C. Israel; secretary, J. J. Ireland; corresponding secretary, Hannah Mott. Executive committee of the sabbath-school association: Henry Scott (president), F. M. Burg (vice-president), Mrs. M. T. Poston (secretary and treasurer), M. H. Brown, A. J. Osborne. The board of control of the Home of the Friendless is composed of W. T. Knox, C. H. Jones, J. J. Ireland, E. E. Parlin, Mrs. E. H. Mattner, Mrs. H. S. Maxson, M.D., and Mrs. C. H. Jones.