the brethren at Ridgefield, Wash., are erecting a church-school building.
a new sanitarium building at Otter Lake, Mich., is about ready for occupancy.
at Belleville, Mich., a house of worship and schoolroom are being erected.
as fruit of the labors of Brethren A. C. Shannon and J. P. Gaede, at Sidney, Ohio, ten persons have begun the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord.
the church at Afton, Iowa, was increased by the addition of two members, husband and wife, July 23. They were baptized by Brother C. A. Washburn.
meetings held in Ute, Iowa, by Brethren N. C. Bergensen, and P. E. Brothersen, have resulted in the baptism of four candidates, and the organization of a Sabbath-school of thirty-two members.
the new house of worship at Ann Arbor, Mich., was dedicated in connection with meetings held July 23 and 24, and the Daily Argus gave quite an extended notice of the dedication services. Brethren E. K. Slade, L. G. Moore, and O. B. Butcher were the ministers present.
the Union College Messenger of July 15 is a report of the Young People's Convention of the Central Union Conference, held in College View, Neb. It is a pamphlet of 88 pages, and contains much matter of interest and profit, especially to those who contemplate such convocations, or who are engaged in young people's work. Price 10 cents. Address the Messenger, College View, Neb.
from the Magnet, a weekly paper published in Jamestown, Tuolumne County, Cal., we learn that Brother M. C. Israel recently baptized six candidates in Sullivan Creek, near that place. "A goodly congregation from Tuolumne and Sonora were assembled on the bank of the stream," and "at the close of an interesting discourse" the candidates were baptized. Brother Israel hopes to organize a church at Sonora, in the near future.
a report in the Union Conference Record, by Brother S. M. Cobb, president of New South Wales Conference, Australia, notes the dedication of a house of worship at Eugowra, and the baptism of two candidates on the same occasion. The building is also used for a church school. He also reports the baptism of five persons, and the organization of a church of twelve members, at Orange. Five others had accepted the Sabbath truth who had not yet united with the church. A few days later, at Blayney, seven candidates were baptized, leaving as many more awaiting a future opportunity. The brethren at Bathurst are now building a house of worship, to be dedicated in September.
at Titikavika, on Rarotonga Island, in the Cook Group, the Sabbath-school lesson is taught in the church school during the week. This has greatly stimulated the interest in the Sabbath-school. Of this method the teacher, Sister Evelyn Gooding, writes to the Record (Cooranbong, N. S. W.): "In 'review,' instead of the adults alone finding the scriptures and reading off the answers in a formal way, the children just answer up before they can find the place in the Bible. The faces of the children show their eagerness to answer what they have so well mastered during the week. Their quick answers also stimulate the older ones to try to do better, as parents naturally feel ashamed when their children know more than they do."
the manner in which the last message of warning is permeating the different countries may be inferred from a brief report in Eastern Tidings of labor in Upper Burma, by D. Ella Smith and Enid Sloan. From their report of six weeks' labor we take the following: "We took about two hundred orders for Oriental Watchman and Good Health, sixty-two orders for 'Patriarchs and Prophets,' and twenty-six orders for 'Christ's Object Lessons.' The field had been canvassed twice for these books. In a large number of homes we found one or both of them with other literature of ours. In some homes we found as many as four different books which had been placed there by our canvassers. We can see that the truth is doing a quiet work among the people."
writing to the Minnesota Worker, of the work in Tennessee, Brother C. A. Graves says: The "work is onward in Tennessee. Many of the church companies are helping a canvasser to stay in the field by supplying what is lacking of the necessaries of life for his family. We have none yet, in the Earlyville church, but hope to be able to get some one soon. Brother Howell is working away at the school building. Going into the primeval forest with no backing but the Word of God, he has cleared about three acres of heavy timber, and now has the logs sawed, and has commenced the foundation of the house. We expect to begin school work as soon as we have a small building up. We will probably have to make our own furniture at first, and do the most of the work ourselves, altho some of the people near by will doubtless aid some about the heavier work."
writing to the Welcome Visitor concerning the work at the Life Boat Mission in Chicago, Brother W. S. Sadler says: "After counseling with other brethren, we decided to organize a company of Sabbath-keepers at the Mission. This was done Sabbath, July 9, and consisted of twenty-two members. The writer was chosen as leader of the company, with Brethren Van Dorn and Widgery as assistants. Brother D. K. Abrams was selected to be secretary and treasurer. Sabbath services and Sabbath-school are regularly held, and a baptistry has been built in the Mission. The Sabbath after the company was organized, it was my privilege to baptize four candidates, three of them being sisters. It is our plan to have Sabbath-keeping converts who are baptized, hold their membership in our regular churches in Chicago, and accordingly, we have arranged with the church elders so that they will examine the candidates with us before baptism."