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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 10, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 57.

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FIELD NOTES.

By Editor

A house of worship is in process of erection at Linton, Ind.
The attendance at Walla Walla Colege the current term has reached 120, notwithstanding the hard times.
Increasing interest in meetings held at Loyalton, Pa., is reported by Brethren George W. Spies and W. J. Heckman.
Since the State camp meeting in Kansas, three churches have been organized,—at Williamsburg, at Pomona, and at Geneva.
The dedication of the new church at Bern, Kansas, was set for the 9th inst., Elder McReynolds and other ministers to officiate.
At Connersville, Ind., there is now a company of over twenty members, the result of tent effort the past season, and an early organization is anticipated.
The protracted meeting season annually observed by our people, and usually denominated "the week of prayer," will be held this year from December 22 to 30.
Meetings held in Clinton County, Mo., a few miles from Cameron, by Brother Wm. T. Millman, have resulted in the organization of a church of thirteen members.
Elder J. W. Watt reports encouragingly of the canvassing work in Indiana, the sales for the last month being greater than for the corresponding month last year.
The Kansas Worker says that Elder S. S. Shrock has been compelled by failing health to give up work for some time, and go to his home, at College View, Neb., for rest.
Elder O. A. Olsen, president of the General Conference, is at present in Battle Creek, Mich., where he expects to remain most of the time until after the General Conference.
The South African Conference began its session November 30, at Claremont, Cape Colony, and a Biblical institute connected with the Conference is to continue until January 8.
Although no official report has yet reached us, other reports speak very encouragingly of the good meetings in connection with the recent session of the Atlantic Conference at Washington, D. C.
Elder W. J. Stone reports the organization of a Sabbath school of fourteen members at Wicks, Mont. Also the baptism of six persons in Bitter Root Valley, where it is expected soon to organize a church.
The ministerial force of New York Conference has been augmented by the transfer of Brother George M. Ellis from Missouri. He begins labor at Fulton, where an interest has been created by Bible readings.
A little company in Bloomsburg, Pa., with a Sabbath school of fifteen members, reports accessions to the faith, although they have had no preaching service. It will be so with all companies whose members are walking in the light.
Elder J. S. Washburn, of Southampton, England, reports large audiences at their meetings. One Sunday evening hundreds were turned away for want of room, although the hall has a seating capacity of 700.
A canvasser in the State of New York, writing to the Indicator, says: "I have obtained orders for 'Bible Readings' from some who had been canvassed over and over again for it, but would not subscribe. Now they are so eager to get the book that they even pay for it in advance."
Elder J. H. Morrison, superintendent of General Conference District No. 6 (Pacific Coast), was called to his home in College View, Neb., a few weeks ago on account of sickness in his family, and arrived just in time to witness the decease of his daughter Mable. He has the sympathy of his wide circle of acquaintances.
As usual during the session of General Conference, the Conference Bulletin will be issued daily, and during the preliminary institute it will be three times a week. The institute will begin February 1, from which time the Bulletin will be issued. The price during the institute and General Conference session will be 50 cents. Orders should be sent early, to A. O. Tait, Battle Creek, Mich., or to your State Tract Society.
Sometimes adversity begets energy. This is why it is permitted to come upon the Lord's people. If their opponents were always kind to them, they would come to rely upon that kindness, instead of trusting in God. This principle has been illustrated recently in Mason City, W. Va. The church in which our brethren met was closed against them, and the next day they started the enterprise of building a house, and report good success in soliciting funds.
East London, South Africa, is a seaport on the Indian Ocean. Elders George B. Thompson and Ira J. Hankins have labored there for about a year, having visited nearly every house, talked with the people, and preached in a hall. Elder Thompson writes, under date of October 29, that a "good many are investigating with interest, and a few have commenced to obey." He also states that a native Congregational minister has translated a tract, "Christ Tempted as We Are," into the Kaffir language, and it was then in the printer's hands.
Brother Richard Brown, of Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal., gives us the encouraging assurance that "the word printed in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES has been the means of leading seven persons into the Ferndale church." Our brethren in other churches where they have but little ministerial help may hereby learn a lesson in the matter of utilizing the help at hand. The labor and expense of putting the truth in printed form will be of little avail unless the brethren make use of it. Its usefulness consists, to a great extent, in helping the brethren to work:
A letter to the Union Record from Brother H. O. Bullen, of Shady Side, Md., shows that the trail of the dragon is there. He had been once tried on a charge of Sunday labor. He writes as follows: "The Sunday after my trial, my boat sails being wet, I went to open them, and a near-by neighbor came to me and said it was a sin to break the Christian sabbath, and said I must stop, and if the law did not compel me to, he would himself by force. He watched my house to see if I did any work, but as my wife was sick I had to be with her, so he did not have to use his power. He did not consider it any harm for him to watch me on the Christian sabbath, but he thought it a sin for me to go quietly and open my sails on that day. Another good Sunday keeper said he thought it a sin for one to dig potatoes Sunday, and said if I did not stop it he would make me. My house is watched ever Sunday now, and they say they feel bad that I won't keep it nor let them keep it; so I suppose it is very hard for Satan."