OUR WORK AND WORKERS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 9, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 32.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

In closing meetings at Gorham, N. Y., Sister Lulu Wightman reports that eight persons have accepted the faith.

A CHURCH of twenty-three members was organized at Bear Lake, Wis., July 8, by Brethren T. B. Snow and J. B. Scott.

THE librarian of the church at Cheswold, Del., writes that eight persons were baptized and added to that church July 9.

THE annual conference and camp-meeting for Colorado and New Mexico will be held at Longmont, Colo., August 24 to September 4.

AT Silver Cliff, Colo., July 15, Bro. J. M. Rees, president of Colorado Conference, preached three sermons, baptized six candidates, and organized a church of thirteen members.

MEETINGS are being held in a schoolhouse at Kenyon, Fresno County, Cal., by Brother T. M. Thorne. The place is 5,000 feet above sea level, and is a resort of many summer campers.

"I READILY sold ninety-nine copies of the Independence Number of the SIGNS, and have taken six yearly and four six months' subscriptions," is the report of Brother W. A. Miller, from Walsenburg, Colo.

OFFICERS of Wisconsin Conference have been chosen for the coming year, as follows: President, Wm. Covert; secretary and treasurer, R. T. Dowsett; executive committee, Wm. Covert, W. S. Shreve, C. J. Herrmann, J. C. Mikkelsen, T. B. Snow.

AT the last quarterly meeting of South Side Church, Chicago, four persons were baptized, and four other candidates were awaiting the administration of the ordinance the following Sabbath. On July 15, three members were added to the West Side Church.

A REPORT in the Vineyard notes that a Sunday-school was recently organized at South Sebec, Maine, as a result of the labors of Sister Eva Turney. The initial membership was twenty-seven, with a prospect of considerable increase. A student (name not given) from South Lancaster Academy was chosen superintendent.

FOUR local camp-meetings are to be held in Iowa this year, as follows: For southwestern Iowa, Malvern, Mills Co., Aug. 15-20; northwestern Iowa, Cherokee, Cherokee Co., Aug. 29 to Sept. 5; northeastern Iowa, Charles City, Floyd Co., Sept. 12-17; some point yet to be selected in southeastern part of the State, Sept. 26 to Oct. 1.

OF the work in Tokyo, Japan, Brother W. C. Grainger writes: "Our work is very encouraging. Our two schools have an average daily attendance of about 130 pupils. Many are interested. Our Sabbath-school has an average attendance of 45. Brother T. H. Okohira is superintendent, and Brother H. Kuniya is secretary. Brother Kuniya and Dr. M. Kawasaki are our first converts, having embraced the truth a year and a half ago. They are both very promising young men. Brother Kuniya is one of our most efficient Bible workers, and the doctor is engaged in medical mission work. We opened a medical mission at our house about a month ago. The doctor occupies one room for an office. He has many patients already. We hope to see some of our young men of the Medical Missionary College out here soon to unite with Dr. Kawasaki in his work, for there is a wide field. The Japanese doctors do no charity work. 'No money, no service,' is their motto, I am told; consequently the poor often have to go without treatment when they most need it."

A REPORT in the Bulletin (Des Moines, Iowa), from Brother L. F. Starr, concerning the camp-meeting near Winnipeg, Manitoba, states that the meeting was held on the banks of the Red River of the North, and that about one hundred and fifty of our people were in attendance. Seventeen persons were baptized, four of whom were Indians, and one was a young man from Iceland.

THE June number of the Practical Educator is the Year Book of Union College, located at College View (near Lincoln), Neb. It contains 56 pages and cover, well filled with interesting information and numerous illustrations. The fall term begins September 20, and closes December 12. The courses of study include the Scientific, Literary, Biblical, Normal, Commercial, Missionary, and Preparatory Medical. Also German Biblical and Missionary, and Scandinavian Missionary courses. Prof. W. T. Bland is president of the faculty.

A LETTER dated May 10, from Brother G. L. Lloyd, in the Atlantic-Chesapeake News, tells of his journey from Cape Town, South Africa, to our mission farm in Rhodesia. Two new missions have been opened, one six miles from the farm, where Brother Anderson and his wife have been located, and the other twenty-five miles distant, which is now the home of Brother Lloyd and wife. He says: "Mrs. Lloyd is quite a curiosity here, as she is the first white woman that has ever been in this part of Africa. The natives come for miles to see her. Some white men are known to have been through here before, and therefore, I do not attract so much attention. We are learning the language nicely, or as it is called in their language, 'mucely' (good). Last Sabbath we had quite a good many come out, and we had some pictures we showed them, and taught them about Jesus. This Sabbath about twice as many come out, and before we were through they had learned to sing hymn page 14, of Gospel Song Sheaf. It would do your soul good to see how anxious they are to learn, and how pleased they are when we tell them about Jesus and His love for them. I praise God again and again that we are here among this people. Here around us are no fewer than one hundred and fifty children who want to be taught, but what can we do? We must teach the old and middle-aged, and neglect the little ones, because we can not teach all. We pray to God for help to come. We do not need a college education to teach this people; for they are hungering for the simple Gospel as it is in Jesus."