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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 7, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 39.

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FIELD NOTES.

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THE baptism of six converts at La Grange, Wisconsin, is reported by Elder I. Sanborn.
BROTHER H. W. COTTRELL reports the addition of nine to the membership of the church at Worcester, Mass.
WITHIN the past two weeks two new church edifices were dedicated in Nebraska, one at Beaver City and one at Shelton.
IN connection with meetings held in Girkin, Tenn., Elder H. W. Reed reports an addition of five adherents to the faith.
ELDER C. A. WASHBURN recently baptized eight souls at Massena, Iowa, on the occasion of the dedication of the new house of worship.
ELDER K. C. RUSSELL, who is holding tent meetings at Johnstown, Pa., reports an attendance beyond the seating accommodations of the tent.
ELDER D. C. HUNTER reports the baptism of four persons in tide water near Santa Cruz, Cal. One of the candidates was a sister 83 years of age.
ELDER F. M. ROBERTS recently visited Leesburg, Va., where he was encouraged by finding both the Baptist and Methodist Churches open to his use.
DR. J. E. CALDWELL speaks encouragingly of the prospects for work among the colored people of the South. He is stationed at Knoxville, Tenn.
ELDER J. W. BAGBY and Professor T. W. Hiddleson, of Walla Walla College, report the organization of a church of forty members at Union, in that State.
BROTHER C. A. HINTERLEITER, of Gettysburg, Pa., desires clean copies of the Signs, Review, or American Sentinel for missionary work. Send postpaid to his address.
THE Southern Division of the Australian tract society reports book sales by canvassers aggregating over $3,500 during the month of March, and in April over $2,000.
CLEAN copies of the Signs, Sentinel, Youth's Instructor, and Our Little Friend of 1893 will be used in missionary work if sent to Mrs. C. M. Davis, 2013 Division Street, Spokane, Wash.
F. A. HOPKINS, 529 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Cal., promises to use in missionary work clean copies of any of our denominational papers that may be sent postpaid to his address.
THE American Sentinel says that some zealous people threaten to burn the new Adventist Church being built at Ford's Store, Md. “One lady who makes a high profession in another church said she would furnish all the oil necessary to make sure work of it, or words to that effect. It is marvelous what some people will do in the interest of Christianity(?) and law(?)”AT Sharpsburg, Iowa, at the last quarterly meeting, twelve new members were added to the church. This greatly encouraged the little company, which was almost doubled by the accession.
ELDER W. M. HEALEY, who has been holding tent meetings at Sebastopol, Sonoma County, Cal., reports twenty-nine accessions to the faith, notwithstanding the extra efforts of the Methodists to discourage attendance of the people.
BROTHER J. A. DYE, writing about the tent work at Lodi, Cal., says: "Some ministers of other churches have attended and say, 'Yes, that was a good sermon, and it's Bible,' and then go and warn their people to stay away from the tent, as it is no place for them."
THE College View Enterprise gives a good report of the camp meeting at Crawford, Neb. The attendance was not large, but the meeting was very encouraging, especially in the spiritual upbuilding of the brethren in that vicinity. There were also sixteen persons baptized.
THE church in Washington City has purchased the house of worship formerly occupied by the Eastern Presbyterian Church, on Eighth Street, between F and G, Northeast. Services are conducted on the Sabbath and on Sunday evenings, by Elder J. O. Corliss.
A DEEP interest in the truth is reported at Church Hill, Md., where as many as 300 were in attendance at the tent on a recent Sunday evening. If this interest continues, the next thing we will hear will be arrests for Sunday labor. Of course there are plenty of people around there who labor on Sunday, but they have not yet been guilty of keeping the Sabbath of the Lord on the day previous to Sunday.
BROTHER O. J. OLESON, who went on a pioneer canvassing tour to the Faero Islands and Iceland, has been heard from. Arriving at Thorshaven, Faero Islands, he went to church the first Sunday, and on returning a man asked him if he was a canvasser. On being answered in the affirmative, the man asked if he could get for him a paper called the Sondagens Tidende, and a large book entitled "Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation." Of course Brother Oleson could get them both, which pleased the man very much, and convinced our brother that the Lord was in advance of him—as usual.