OUR WORK AND WORKERS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Jun 25, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 26.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

A CHURCH of fourteen members was recently organized at Farmington, N. M.

EIGHT members were recently added to the church at Kokomo, Ind., as the result of labor by Brother A. L. Miller.

BROTHER F. W. FIELD reports the baptism of four candidates at Walamatsee, Japan, where Brother Kuniya has been laboring.

A NEW house of worship has been built at Brookville, Minn. It was dedicated on the 15th inst., Brother P. A. Hansen officiating.

A CAMP-MEETING for northwestern Nebraska and the Black Hills of South Dakota is announced for July 15-22, the location to be given later.

TWO TENTS have been placed in the field this season by West Virginia Conference, one located at Keyser and one at Wilsonburg. Steps have been taken to start the medical work in Parkersburg, and a house has been secured.

BROTHER M. C. STURDEVANT, a former laborer in the Southern Union Conference, reports to the Review that he has arrived at his new field of labor in Rhodesia, Africa. He was in good health, and found the laborers already in that field enjoying the same blessing.

DR. J. E. CALDWELL, who has been engaged in missionary work in the Australasian field for the past eight years, arrived in San Francisco, by way of Victoria, B. C., on the 16th inst. He is accompanied by one son, having left a son and daughter at the Avondale School, Cooranbong, N. S. W.

WRITING to the Nebraska Reporter under date of May 7, Brother N. P. Nelson says of the conference in London: "We have delegates here representing Switzerland, Germany, France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Bulgaria, Australia, Africa, India, and America."

UNDER date of May 8, Brother J. L. Shaw writes from Calcutta: "Our work is moving along quite encouragingly in India. We have baptism next Sabbath, and there are four candidates to be baptized. An interest is springing up in Burma, as the result of the sale of our books and papers, and I expect to go there next week."

WE have received a letter from Brother Robert King, until recently a Baptist, in which he expresses hearty thanks to God for having sent Brother T. H. Watson to Skagway, Alaska, to preach the truth about the Sabbath question, and other truths now being proclaimed by our missionaries and publications. This brother is simply carrying out the true Baptist doctrine, accepting all that is based upon a plain "Thus saith the Lord," and rejecting all that is not thus fortified.

THE Messenger, published at Toronto, Ont., has this to say: "There is a most excellent missionary paper published in Oakland, California, called Signs of the Times. The staff of writers are chosen with care, and the subjects dealt with are of a most instructive character. We do not know of a better paper published. It can be obtained from the publishers, post-paid, for one year, $1.50."

OUR readers will be glad to hear that Brother A. F. Ballenger is enjoying good success in his work in England. He has been engaged in the same work in which the Lord so greatly blessed His ministrations in America—that of watering the seed planted by others. He also announces that he is writing a new book, which he hopes will accomplish as much good as "Power for Witnessing." It is to be entitled "Proclaim Liberty."

AT the recent annual session of the Chesapeake Conference, the following officers were chosen: President, O. O. Farnsworth; secretary and treasurer, Charles D. Zirkle; secretary of the missionary department, Mrs. Myra Davis Zirkle; secretary of Sabbath-school department, Miss Helen V. Price. Four tents are now operated in the conference,—two being in Washington City, one in Cambridge, Md., and one in Oxford, Md.

THE plan of holding Sabbath-school conventions by our churches is productive of much good in the way of developing talent. At first the plan was to unite several schools in one convention, but this was so expensive that many members of the visiting schools were unable to attend; so only a part received a direct benefit. Now many of the schools are holding conventions of their own, preparing papers, addresses, etc., among their own members.

THE May number of the Practical Educator is the Year-Book of Union College for 1902-1903. It is a neat pamphlet of 72 pages, besides 8 full-page photo-engravings illustrative of buildings and grounds. The enrolment of students numbers 415. The pamphlet abounds in practical information. The college has complete Scandinavian and German departments. For copy of Year-Book, or special information, address L. A. Hoopes, president, College View, Neb.

IN THE Wisconsin Reporter of June 4, we find the following: "The Sanitarium at Madison has lately greatly improved its facilities for caring for patients. A beautiful piece of ground with 400 feet frontage on Lake Monona has been obtained, making a retired place within easy reach of the city, where the sick may find rest and quiet. A large dwelling-house on the place has been fitted and improved, in which facilities for giving the necessary treatments will soon be installed."

A new church edifice was dedicated at Indian Harbor, N. S., May 18. The services were conducted by Brethren George E. Langdon and W. H. Thurston. There was a large attendance. Brother Thurston writes that "the believers around the Harbor and St. Margaret's Bay love the truth, and some are leaving their nets to become fishers of men. There are four other places in the Maritime Conference where ground has been purchased for church buildings, and two of these are now being constructed. The believers in this part of the vineyard are not rich in this world's goods, but they are rich in faith."

FROM Brother W. H. Thurston, president of Canadian Union Conference, we have the following report: "At a general meeting held at St. John, N. B., May 29 to June 3, the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island) were organized into a conference, to be known as the Maritime Conference. Officers were elected as follows: President, George E. Langdon; vice-president, M. S. Babcock; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. George E. Langdon; executive committee, George E. Langdon, M. S. Babcock, W. R. Andrews, Wm. Guthrie, and James Hannah. The Spirit of the Lord was manifest during the entire meeting, and perfect oneness prevailed. The outlook is bright and prosperous, and the new conference starts out in faith, hope, and charity."