OUR WORK AND WORKERS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 21, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 47.

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OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

AT the camp-meeting held at Salem, Ill., nine persons were baptized.

THE brethren at Red Lodge, Mont., are erecting a new church building.

DECEMBER 22 to 29 is the time appointed for the annual week of prayer.

THE Colorado annual conference will be held at Boulder during the holidays.

TEN new laborers have been granted credentials or licenses in Nebraska Conference.

TWO SISTERS were baptized at Newberg, Oregon, October 7, by Brother H. J. Schnepper.

A CHURCH of twelve members has been organized at Pe Ell, Oregon, by Brother S. W. Nellis.

THE addition of three to the company at Vancouver, Wash., is reported by Brother J. L. Wilson.

A CHURCH of eleven colored persons was organized at Houston, Texas, October 13, by Brother E. T. Russell.

THREE converts are noted in a report of meetings held in the M. E. Church at Reed's Landing, Minn., by Brother A. W. Kuehl.

UNDER the labors of Brother J. W. Raymond, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., six persons have recently "turned their feet into the way of truth."

BROTHER JOHN F. JONES, at a tent effort at Lankford, Kent Co., Md., reports the baptism of four persons, with a good interest as he closes his meetings.

BROTHER A. F. BALLENGER reports twenty conversions in Baltimore, Md., thirteen of whom have been baptized. A church organization will soon be effected.

BROTHER FRED. E. PIERCE, for several years treasurer of New York Conference, has resigned to accept the treasurership of South Lancaster (Mass.) Academy.

EIGHT converts to the truth are reported by Brother T. H. Painter, at Buena Vista, Va. The prospect for further accessions is good, and it is expected to organize a church in the near future. Two ministers of other denominations are interested in the work.

EIGHT of our people lost their lives in the great storm at Galveston, Texas. One of them, Sister Georgia Whitcomb, had previously done some missionary work there, and returned at the earnest solicitation of a lady who felt that some great calamity was coming on the city, and wanted to be taught more of the way of eternal life. It was mainly because of this appeal that she was in the city at the time of the storm. Her little child also perished.

EARNEST, Christian young men, who want to fit themselves for usefulness in the Master's vineyard, are wanted to take the nurses' course. The Saviour spent much of His time ministering to the sick and suffering. Should we not follow His example? With so much sickness and suffering in the world, there is great need of intelligent, Christian nurses. Such have precious opportunities of witnessing for Christ. For terms and application blanks, address the Portland (Oregon) Sanitarium, First and Montgomery Streets.

WRITING from Columbus, Miss., to the Bulletin (Des Moines, Iowa), Brother J. S. Fry says:—

"The negro of the South, poor and unlearned, hungers and thirsts for the truth, just as truly as does his white brother in the North. They are so anxious to learn of the Redeemer that I sometimes have to go at night and read to them. We are grateful that we can sow seeds of truth, knowing that the harvest is sure. Our school for the blacks is progressing nicely, with thirty pupils enrolled. Two evenings in the week there is night school. If you could realize how some exist in this country, I am sure your hearts would be touched. But how will so many learn of the truth when we have so few laborers in the State? It does seem that if the people of the North understood the needs of the South, they would come to the rescue. Pray for us, that we may faithfully do the work that is given us."

BROTHER J. H. BEHRENS, who has had much experience in working with our paper, has this to say in the Montana Bivouac: "Those who read the SIGNS know its value as an agency in the hand of the Lord in bringing the light to homes, and as a paper free from the errors peculiar to our age, cheap advertisements, and the slangy and worldly way of presenting the truth of God. Many hearts could testify, too, that through this means God has brought to them the light of present truth."