Our Work and Workers

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 23, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 37.

Our Work and Workers

Departures to Foreign Missions

THE following have sailed for India during the last two months: Wilbur Nelson and wife, to assist in the book work; Prof. and Mrs. H. R. Salisbury, Professor Salisbury as superintendent of the work in India in place of Professor Shaw, who is taking a furlough on account of ill health; and Miss Rachel Kinzer. The following to China and Japan: James E. Shultz and family; Pastor and Mrs. R. C. Porter, Elder Porter to act as president of the Asiatic Division; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Warren; B. H. Shaw; Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Peterson; Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Grundset; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ham; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Doolittle; and Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Anderson.

MISS ANNA HOFFMAN sailed from New York the latter part of June to join the workers in Jamaica, B. W. I.

R. T. E. COLHURST and his daughter Agnes sailed for Europe in June, to connect with the work in the European Division Conference. About the middle of July Brother R. Joyce and family left New York for their new field in the British Isles. W. E. Hancock sailed at the same time for Europe, to enter some Spanish field in the European Division. His wife will follow him after he has become located.

THE following have gone to take up work in South America: Brother C. E. Boynton and family to British Guiana; W. O. Cluff and wife to Bolivia; Miss Claire Wightman to Bolivia; Miss Gertrude Johnston to Chile; and Mrs. Bishop to live with her son, F. W. Bishop, in Chile.

THE last of June Brother George W. Miller sailed for St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, to engage in the book work.

BROTHER J. H. SMITH and wife left the States early in July to take charge of the work in the Bahama Islands.

EARLY in August Pastor W. B. White and wife, O. K. Butler and family, and Miss Florence White, left for Europe, Pastors White and Butler going on to South Africa, and Miss White going to unite with the workers in Persia.

PASTOR N. J. AALBORG and his family left New York early in August for Jamaica, West Indies. Mrs. Adah Johnston, mother of Mrs. Aalborg, accompanied the party. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Furnival sailed for Jamaica August 16.

THURSDAY, August 28, Brother F. Burton Jewell and family left New York for South Africa, to join Pastor and Mrs. Sturdevant in the work in Eastern Rhodesia.

EARLY in September Brother J. A. and Mrs. Bodle left New Orleans for Guatemala, where they will engage in school work.

RECENTLY Brother and Sister E. W. Thurber and Brother H. E. Meyer and family went to Mexico to engage in the work there; Brother Meyer to have charge of the printing work in Tacubaya.

BROTHER and Sister J. Van de Groep left Australia the middle of June for Singapore, where they go in response to a call for more workers in the Malaysian mission field. Thus other fields than the United States are responding to pleas for help, from dark and needy lands.

DOCTOR HARRY G. HANKINS, having successfully passed his medical examinations in Edinburgh, Scotland, has gone to South Africa, to enter upon medical-evangelistic work.

BAPTISM has been administered to fourteen new believers in Batavia, and others are obeying the truth. At Jesselton several new converts are waiting for further instruction and for baptism. Five or more at Sandakan, Borneo, are walking in the light of the message. Three more at Singapore have received baptism. Seven at Padang, Sumatra, have been baptized, and a church has been organized. Several more in Battakland have begun to observe the commandments.

DR. RILEY RUSSELL writes of the baptism of six souls in Old Wiju, Korea, and says, "We have baptized thirty-one this quarter in the north of Chosen [Korea]." He also reports fifty-four new believers during the past year in the north.

BROTHER H. KUNIYA reports the baptism of two sisters in Kagoshima, Japan, and two other persons at Sose-ho.

PASTOR E. M. ADAMS says that at the last quarterly meeting in Manila thirty-three were taken into the church, and twenty-one that are obeying the truth applied for membership. As a result of the three efforts being conducted in his field, he reports sixty new converts.

A REPORT from the Malay States tells of the conversion of five persons.

BROTHER F. E. STAFFORD says that as a result of the winter's campaign in Shanghai, he had the pleasure of baptizing nine believers Sabbath, June 28. Four at Fat Shan were baptized July 6. Pastor R. F. Cottrell tells of the baptism of fifteen individuals in two places in Southern Hunan. Regarding an itinerating trip in the northern and eastern parts of this province he writes as follows:

"At Hwa Yung we have an out-station which is practically self-supporting. A church was organized there last fall, and during our recent visit we held a four days' meeting, and received a small company into the church. Our next stop was at Ih Yang, where we also have an out-station and an organized church. A boys' school was started here this year, with forty-two pupils, and the number would have been more than doubled had there been sufficient accommodations. Our people at this place are not well-to-do, but this comes the nearest to being a tithe-paying church of any with which I am acquainted in China. Five were added to the church at this place by baptism.

"At Ning Siang, where a church was organized last December, the believers have been severely tried of late. Nevertheless, they are determined to overcome the attacks of Satan. Twelve received baptism here, and we left the people with better courage and strength than ever before. It was at this place that three generations entered the baptismal waters together—the grandmother, seventy-three years of age; the mother, about forty; and the daughter, thirteen. . . . After returning to Changsha, another trip was made, during which we visited the stations at Liu Yang and Li Ling, holding meetings and having baptismal services at each. The growth that our believers have made in spiritual things in these cities was a great encouragement to us. At the latter place a church of nineteen members was organized."

AT a general meeting in Honan, China, one hundred and thirty-seven believers were buried in baptism; and at another general meeting, held in Hupeh, twenty-one were baptized. Our church-membership at that place now numbers sixty.

AT the close of the Finnish Conference, held at Tawasthus, baptism was administered to twenty-six candidates. This was largely the fruit of a series of meetings held there last winter. During the year 1912 eighty-nine new members were taken into this conference by baptism.

Interior of our Mandarin training-school at Nanking. The scene—a farewell to Brother F. A. Allum, who was leaving for America on furlough. The white silk scroll on the wall was sent to the last General Conference.

A NEW chapel was recently dedicated at Porto Alegre, Brazil. Eleven persons also have received baptism at this place.

DURING the first quarter of this year, not less than 1,284 new members were received into church fellowship in the European Division, and 1,107 of these were by baptism. This exceeds the additions in the same quarter of 1912 by 275.

AT the Ponsonby mission, New Zealand, twelve persons have been baptized.

AS a result of a tent effort at Burnley, Richmond, Victoria, ten persons have taken a decided stand for the truth, and about a dozen more are interested. Six persons at Quirindi have signified their intention to obey the message. Seventeen at Broken Hill are preparing for baptism. In Auburn, N. S. W., eleven have yielded to the message, and a new church was dedicated July 27. Another church has been dedicated at Wahroonga.

A COMPANY of believers has been brought out in Pirie, South Australia, as a result of a series of meetings held there. At the close of the camp-meeting session in the Australasian Union Conference 270 were baptized and united with the church.

NINE believers on Lord Howe Island have received baptism, and the members have been organized into a church.

A REPORT from the Somabula Mission, Rhodesia, tells of the baptism of twenty-two candidates on Sabbath, June 21.

A NEW mission station, to be known as "Glendale Mission," has been opened in Rhodesia. At Kimberley seven have been baptized.

THERE have been about forty-one accessions to the truth at Bristol, England, during the past year, and about the same number at Plymouth.

At Pochutla, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Pastor G. W. Caviness reports the baptism of ten individuals, and others desire to be baptized later. Eight at Ixtaltepec have also been baptized. He states that during the last six months, he has baptized eighty persons, and requests for baptisms have come from other places in Mexico. God's work goes on despite human revolutions.

Last year thirty-four members were added in Wales.

CALENDARS have come to us from Pacific Union College, St. Helena, Cal.; Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich.; and Walla Walla College, College Place, Wash. These contain complete information concerning their schools, courses of study, requirements for entrance, rates of tuition, etc. They may be obtained free by writing to the presidents or secretaries of the schools.

We thank the "Emmanuel Missionary College Bulletin" for sending us their Commencement Number for 1913. This is an attractive little booklet, containing photographs of graduates, class-day programs, graduation theses, poems, addresses, etc. Those wishing copies of this number of the "Bulletin" may procure them by corresponding with the editor, at Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich.

The Home Field

(Since last reported)

It may be well to remark that it is difficult — yes, impossible — to make up accurate accounts classified as below. Baptism is almost invariably equivalent to church-membership. The conversions reported lie outside of baptism, and are generally candidates for baptism. Church-membership is not included in either of the items preceding it. Oftentimes the number reported is indefinite, as a "few," or "several," or a "number." To us these are counted three, when many more may be meant. Rarely do we report as low as three in a state. These reports of course do not include the many that are not reported at all, or the reports which do not come to our notice.

Baptisms: California 59; Utah 5; Washington 67; Idaho 53; Oregon 121; Montana 16; Saskatchewan, Can., 35; Ontario, Can., 34; Alberta, Can., 33; Wyoming 42; Missouri 24; South Dakota 34; Georgia 20; Kansas 10; Colorado 7; Minnesota 61; Michigan 125; Wisconsin 76; Illinois 22; Indiana 10; Ohio 22; New Jersey 22; Maryland 5; Massachusetts 21; New York 11; Vermont 9; Louisiana 4; Alabama 7; Mississippi 6; Tennessee 7; Texas 6; Oklahoma 10; New Mexico 3. Total 995.

Conversions (not included in baptisms): California 62; Arizona 8; Utah 5; Oregon 42; Idaho 5; Washington 8; Nebraska 10; Missouri 14; Colorado 4; Minnesota 7; North Dakota 20; South Dakota 8; Iowa 10; Michigan 26; Indiana 5; Illinois 11; New Jersey 7; Ohio 5; Virginia 9; Massachusetts 12; New York 32; Louisiana 31; Kentucky 8; Tennessee 10; Alabama 21; South Carolina 8; Oklahoma 21; Arkansas 12. Total 421.

Additions to Church-Membership: Oregon 39; Michigan 19; Delaware 6; New York 3; Oklahoma 3. Total 70.

Churches Organized: California 1; Saskatchewan, Can., 2; Alberta 1; Quebec 1; Wyoming 3; Illinois 1; New York 1; Alabama 1; Kentucky 1; South Carolina 1.

Sabbath-Schools Organized: Arizona 1; Saskatchewan 1; Kansas 1; Minnesota 1; Iowa 1; Michigan 1; Vermont 1.

Churches Dedicated: North Dakota 1; Minnesota 1.

Our Chinese guest room in the Kiangsu mission. The scrolls on the wall bear the inscription, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"