OUR WORK AND WORKERS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 2, 1904

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

The church-school building at Mankato, Minn., was dedicated January 10.

The baptism of four candidates at Milwaukee, Wis., is reported by Brother N. P. Neilsen.

The baptism of two candidates at Youngstown, Ohio, is reported by Brother C. C. Webster.

In the Wisconsin Reporter, Brother J. B. Locken notes seven candidates for baptism at Clear Lake, with an increasing interest.

At Camden, Ohio, where Brother W. E. Bidwell has been holding meetings, four young candidates for baptism are reported in the Welcome Visitor.

From Williams, A. T., Brother Walter Harper writes that in one week, covering about two hundred miles, he had taken over one hundred orders for books and helps, amounting to over two hundred dollars.

We congratulate our Review and Herald brethren upon the increased circulation of the paper since the removal to Washington, D. C. We learn that it has a larger permanent subscription list than ever before in its history. For this let us all thank God and take courage.

The quarterly-meeting of the church at Battle Creek, Mich., was held January 30, when over five hundred brethren and sisters participated in the ordinances. The West Michigan Herald says that "it was indeed an inspiration to see so many young people present."

Concerning church-school work in Nebraska, Prof. C. R. Kite writes as follows to the Central Advance:

"We now have twenty-four teachers at work in the conference, and I have just arranged for the twenty-fifth one to go to Nebraska City and teach a three months' term. We have enrolled in our church schools about three hundred and twenty-five children. Our teachers are sending in good reports. One teacher writes: 'Eight of my pupils have just been baptized.' At another place nearly all of the young people have given their hearts to God. At several places where we have church schools the young people have been organized into bands, and plans are being laid for them to do a good work."

Following is an extract from a letter in the Welcome Visitor, from Dr. H. W. Miller, of Sin Tsai Hsien, China:

"This is a walled city, having a wall thirty-five feet high and two and one-half miles in circumference surrounding it. It has a population of about 15,000 inhabitants, and is located in the center of 'The Great Plain,' which is the most fertile, as well as the most densely populated, region in the world, there being 850 inhabitants to the square mile. The city has a good reputation, as during the recent Boxer movement the people here had no feeling of hatred towards the missionaries, and still say that they will never take part in any such affair, even if asked to do so by the officials. Previous to our coming here no foreigner has ever come to this city. We are now trying to secure a place in the city for a training school for the native Christians, and also for training the young men and women from the home land. Here is the place to get the training for missionary work in China. We have good teachers to teach them the language, and native evangelists, who can teach them the best ways to work among the people. We will soon be printing our tracts and pamphlets in the Chinese language, and we have native canvassers selling portions of the Bible. We are the only physicians in this province, with 22,000,000 people around, and a large percentage of them sick of some curable disease who need help. If the people in the States could only see the situation as it is, they would quickly raise money and laborers for the poor heathen in China. They are all willing to learn better ways. I can not write a letter in the day time without having a half dozen of them around me to see how this machine works, and they learn very readily. It is surprising to see the difference between the Christian Chinaman and those that are not Christians. I consider it the greatest opportunity I have ever had, to teach this needy people."