OUR WORK AND WORKERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 24, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 43.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

THE Haskell Home, an institution for the care of orphans, near Battle Creek, Mich., this year raised twenty acres of beets under contract for a sugar factory at Kalamazoo. The work was done mainly by the boys, and a representative of the factory says it was the best beet field he has ever seen.

WRITING to the Welcome Visitor from Birmingham, England, Brother S. G. Haughey notes the accession of twenty-five adherents to the faith in connection with meetings held in that city by Brother E. E. Andross and himself. He says, "One minister is obedient to the faith, and four others are attending our meetings." The interest is spreading, and these brethren have invitations to speak in different parts of the city.

BROTHER J. E. WHITE recently paid a short visit to California, coming here to visit his mother, Mrs. E. G. White, and brother, W. C. White, on their arrival from Australia. He spoke in the Oakland Church Sabbath, September 29, and again on Sunday evening, October 7. On the last occasion he gave an interesting account of his work among the colored people in Mississippi, in which he has been engaged for the past six years. His story was made more realistic by a number of stereopticon views. These were all photographs showing city and country life, thrilling scenes connected with the great flood of two years ago, churches and schools established by the Southern Missionary Society, and also of the missionary steamer Morning Star, which has been a prominent factor and an almost indispensable auxiliary in that difficult yet fruitful field. A lecture on the same subject was given in San Francisco. Altho having met with many obstacles in their work, Brother White and his co-laborers are receiving fresh encouragement, and go forward with renewed hope.

A LOCAL camp-meeting was held at Napa, Cal., September 27 to October 7. There was a good attendance, and a good interest on the part of the community. Mrs. E. G. White was present on both Sabbaths and one Sunday, and spoke three times. The ministering brethren present were C. Santee, president of the conference, M. H. Brown, W. M. Healey, C. N. Martin, C. M. Gardner, J. E. White, and W. C. White. Orders were taken for 147 copies of the new book "Christ's Object Lessons," and the tent fund was augmented by $165.

THE Gospel Help Mission of Brooklyn, N. Y., is located at No. 82 Fulton Street, corner Popular Place. The mission is supported by a laundry, by renting furnished rooms, by donations, and by the sale of fruit and health foods. The superintendent, Brother F. W. Hiddleson, writes that of those who attend the meetings, "many have professed the Saviour, but they go out into the world again, and, in most cases, we never hear of them again. The Lord has said that His Word shall not return unto Him void, and we confidently leave the result with Him. It is our business to scatter the seed, and the Lord will give the increase. Our mission is in a dark part of the city, where sin abounds. Saloons and wicked resorts thrive, and the poor drunkards daily stagger by, or fall by the way. A short distance from us a police station has its sad work to do, and the victims of passion and rum fill its hall almost every day. Next door to the mission is a saloon, which has for its patrons not only many men, but countless women. The latter bring their pails, pass in at the back door, and shortly emerge with them filled and concealed under their aprons or folds of their dresses. They are women of families, and belong to the middle or lower classes, in most cases. In most all of the families of this section the 'growler' (the name of the pail used for beer) is an indispensable article of household furniture. Notwithstanding the light that is shining from the throne at this time, these people seem never to have caught one ray. They seem to think that they can not live without their beer."

OUR tract, periodical, and Bible workers have some rare experiences. The following extracts from a letter published in the Southern Review relate one of these experiences in Chicago:—

"It is wonderful how little some rich professing Christians know about our Saviour. I want to relate one instance. One day I approached one of the finest mansions in the city, and the servant, in answer to my call, asked me for my card. Then I was conducted into the parlor and comfortably seated, while I waited to see the master of the house. In five minutes the servant came and requested me to follow. He led me through the finest decorated rooms I ever saw. Well, you can imagine that I began to shake! But I gained new courage, especially when I thought of the promise that the Lord has given, 'And My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth.' The fear was all gone when I met the master of the house; he was an elderly man, and was engaged in dictating some letters to a lady stenographer. He asked me if I were the gentleman who wanted to see him. I said, 'Yes,' I was praying all the while and asking God to give me a message for this man. I told him of our needs for the institution and in the field; he was astonished at my boldness, and not much time did he lose in telling me so. I asked if he were a Christian, and received an answer in the affirmative. Then I took out my little compass [thanks be to God for pocket Bibles] and showed him something about the sacrifice Jesus had given to redeem him, a sinner. He told me that no man ever spoke that way before to him, and he had lived half a century. I asked him about his soul, and we had prayer together—the first time he had ever prayed! He has asked me to come again and again to see him. I go there frequently and hold readings. How awful to think that this man has lived fifty years and not a single man had the courage to ask him about his soul, and tell him of the love of Jesus! I praise the Lord for the many similar experiences I have had, and that He takes all fear away."