A camp-meeting is to be held at Pana, Ill., August 2–12.
The Kansas general camp-meeting is to be held at Salina, August 9–19.
A camp-meeting at South Bend, Ind., is announced for July 25 to August 2.
It has been arranged to have five tent companies at work in South Dakota this season.
Three converts to the faith at Chanute, Kansas, is the sum of a report in the Worker by Sister Jennie Edwards.
Writing from Boise, Idaho, Brother W. H. Saxby reports the baptism of eight candidates, June 23, in the Boise river.
In connection with the recent camp-meeting and conference at Woonsocket, S. D., forty-three candidates were baptized in the lake.
June 16, three persons were baptized in the river at Indianapolis by Brother O. S. Hadley. The service was in connection with the Westside church.
In the Indiana Reporter, Brother F. M. Roberts notes the addition of seven members to the church at Princeton, and the baptism of one candidate at Northfield.
The baptism of four persons at Decatur, Ill., by Brother M. G. Huffman, is reported in the Herald. The baptistry of the Christian Tabernacle was secured for the occasion.
In connection with Scandinavian tent-meetings in Omaha, Neb., Brethren Carl Svensen and August Anderson report that five have accepted the faith, with continued good attendance.
In the Wisconsin Reporter, Brother C. McReynolds notes the baptism of three persons near Mill Creek, by Brother J. C. Mikkelsen, and five at Clintonville, by Brother F. F. Petersen.
The Iowa Conference has donated $5,000 toward establishing the work in Uganda, Africa. This is a field in which it is said that no missionary work by any denomination has ever been attempted.
Through Bible-readings from house to house, and the distribution of literature, at Ferris, Texas, Sister U. V. Shaw reports that five persons have taken their stand to keep the commandments of God, and others are deeply interested.
Reporting to the Southwestern Union Record from Alpana Pass, Ark., Brother M. H. Gregory says: “My meetings still continue with good interest. We have a Sabbath-school of thirty members. There are fourteen, old and middle-aged, who have taken their stand for the truth.”
At Terre Haute, Ind., Brother J. M. Rees recently baptized five candidates, the fruit of home missionary work by the church. He also reports the addition of four to the church at Farmersburg, after a short series of meetings, and two to the Twenty-third Street church, Indianapolis.
A very attractive advertisement and invitation card has been issued by Brother Wm. Ward Simpson, announcing a series of meetings at Santa Ana, Cal., beginning July 8 and continuing every evening until the end of August. Brother Simpson is a successful advertiser, as well as preacher.
The publishers of our Australian Signs of the Times have also announced a series of Earthquake Specials, which we hope will have an extended circulation. The time to call attention to the Lord’s closing work in the earth is when men are forcibly reminded that His Word concerning the last days is being fulfilled, and that so vividly that they feel constrained to pause a moment and consider what these things mean.
In the Welcome Visitor we find this note from Brother C. A. Pedicord: “Sabbath, June 23, was a good day for the Cincinnati church. After the Sabbath-school we repaired to the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, and buried eight dear souls in baptism. Five of these were small boys, but we believe they fully realized the importance of the memorial, and that they have given their hearts to the Lord. There will be four more adults to baptize soon.”
Concerning our last Special, the Southwestern Union Record says: “We have received a copy of the third or Souvenir Edition of the Special Signs, and can truly say that it is the best of all. It has much new matter which the first editions do not have, also many new illustrations which add greatly to the attractiveness of the paper. We can see no reason why this number ought not to sell readily over the ground where the first editions have been sold.”
SAD indeed is the report that comes to us from our branch office in Portland, Oregon, of the death of our young brother, Gordon Allen, who had but recently joined us in the work. A company of our people were enjoying an outing on the Fourth, and Brother Allen, with others, was bathing in the Willamette River, when he suddenly threw up his hands and sank in the water. His body was soon recovered, but he was beyond resuscitation. His family reside near Los Angeles where he was taken for interment. Altho but a short time in the office, he had endeared himself to his fellow workers. The family have our sympathies and prayers in their sorrowful affliction.