OUR WORK AND WORKERS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 24, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 21.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

THE Southern Illinois Herald gives a report from Brother Charles Thompson that four candidates were recently baptized at Noble, in that state.

IN connection with the dedication, April 29, of the new church built by our colored brethren at Cleburne, Texas, Brother Thomas Defrezee was ordained to the Gospel ministry.

THE brethren of the Second Seventh-day Adventist Church, Springfield, Ill., have begun the work of erecting a house of worship. We wish our colored brethren success in their commendable enterprise.

THREE candidates for baptism at Aledo, Ill., is noted in the Recorder, now published in Chicago. In the same paper Brother L. H. Christian notes the addition of nine members to the Rockwell Street church, eight of them by baptism, one having been previously baptized.

THE latest issue of Apples of Gold Library, No. 87, "Come, for All Things Are Now Ready," is just off the press. It is an excellent Gospel number, appropriate in any kind of missionary work. It contains also a poem, "Marriage of the Lamb," by Gerard Moultrie. As it contains only sixteen pages, envelope size, it can be placed in an ordinary letter without extra cost. Price, 1 cent, or 80 cents per 100.

A PRIVATE letter from Brother J. E. White, president of the Southern Missionary Society brings the sad information that fire had visited his place at Edgefield, Tenn., destroying a large barn and valuable contents. Three horses, a mule, and a cow and calf, together with vehicles, farm tools, hay, and grain. Total loss, not less than $2,000, with insurance of $300. The fire occurred in the night, and was not discovered until too late to save any of the contents.

TO OUR friends who have been inquiring for reading matter in the Japanese language, we wish to announce that we have a new supply of the following books and tracts: "Steps to Christ," 20c; "His Glorious Appearing," 25c; "Marshalling of the Nations," 10c; "The Great Day of the Lord," 15c; "New Testament Sabbath," 2c; "Second Coming of Christ," 3c; "The True God and His Sabbath," 1½c; "The Way of Salvation," 2c. Pacific Press Pub. Co, Mountain View, Cal.

Washington Branch Sanitarium, Washington, D.C., Building Erected by Gen. U. S. Grant.

THE Oakwood Manual Training School, at Huntsville, Ala., itself a missionary enterprise, made an effort recently to see if its members could not assist in a small way the erection of headquarters buildings at Washington, D. C. To their surprise, and that of many of their friends, the donation amounted to $87.55. In estimating such contributions it must be remembered that both teachers and pupils are struggling with difficulties in imparting and receiving practical education. They need help themselves, and in such sacrifice they demonstrate the worthiness of the institution.

THERE has just been published at this office a series of two-page leaflets on Bible topics. They are sixteen in number, and are styled "Signs of the Times Leaflets." The subjects are as follows: No 1, "The Sure Word of Prophecy;" No. 2, "Prophetic History of the World;" No. 3, "Second Coming of Christ;" No. 4, "Signs of Our Times;" No. 5, "The Sanctuary;" No. 6, "The 2,300 Days;" No. 7, "The Law of God;" No. 8, "The Sabbath of the Bible;" No. 9, "The First Day in the Bible;" No. 10, "Who Changed the Sabbath?" No. 11, "The Great Threefold Message;" No. 12, "The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast;" No. 13, "Church and State;" No. 14, "Life and Immortality;" No. 15, "The Great Judgment Day;" No. 16, "The Home of the Saved." These leaflets are sold in one-pound packages, containing about twenty sets; price, 50 cents, post-paid. Just what you need in your missionary work. Can be had of any state tract society, or address publishers of this paper.

WRITING from Winfrey, Ark., Brother H. Clay Griffin reports the organization of a church at Frisco, April 2, with seventeen members. There were yet about a dozen to be baptized at a later date. The Sabbath-school had a membership of thirty-six. Brother J. S. Rouse and family had moved in to carry on the work. Brother Griffin adds: "There are several other places waiting for meetings, but there is no one to go at present. The deputy sheriff of Washington County sent me word some time ago that he had procured two schoolhouses for me, and to come as soon as possible." As an inducement for consecrated families to come there and settle, the writer says: "Land is cheap on the mountain-sides, and very fertile. Railroad lands can be bought for $2.50 to $3.00 an acre that will produce from twenty-five to fifty bushels of corn per acre. It is good for apples, peaches, cherries, and nearly all kinds of small fruits. Good improved land can be bought at prices ranging from $5.00 to $25 per acre. . . . We can promise good water, good health, and a good living to the energetic, and a good experience to the consecrated, faithful worker. Come over and help us."