ON a recent visit of Brother E. B. Hopkins to Kildare, Texas, eight candidates were baptized.
AN intermediate conference school building is being erected at Gaston, Ore. It is to be opened on the 27th inst.
THE fourth annual Indian camp-meeting on the Six Nation Reserve, was held near Brantford, Ont., October 7–16.
THE Canadian Union Messenger notes the organization September 24, of a church of twelve members at Woodstock, Ont.
MEETINGS held in Clinton, Ont., by Brother W. H. Spear, resulted in the conversion of six persons to the truths presented.
OUR Spanish laborer in Arizona, Brother Marcial Serna, writing to the Pacific Union Recorder, reports the baptism of four candidates at Phoenix.
AT the close of the recent camp-meeting at Ashland, Ore., nine persons were baptized. Four others accepted the faith, to be baptized at a later date.
A HOUSE of worship was dedicated at Prentice, Wis., September 25. Another church dedication was celebrated at Almond, in the same state, October 23.
ON the resignation of Brother A. J. Howard as president of the Arizona Conference, Brother C. E. Knight, formerly of California, was chosen to fill the vacancy.
THE superintendency of the work in Wales has fallen to Brother H. W. Meredith, as Brother A. F. Ballenger has been called to Ireland, to take charge of the work in that field.
A REPORT in the West Michigan Herald notes that meetings held by Brethren W. H. Heckman and W. C. Hebner (place not given), have so far resulted in six applications for baptism.
EIGHT persons were baptized at Dowling, Ohio, September 24, by Brother F. M. Fairchild, after which a church of eleven members was organized. There were three other applications for baptism at a later date.
FROM Hildebran, N. C., Brother Albert Carey writes. "Since September 16, with the valued help of Brother T. H. Jeys, our conference president, leading out, tent-meetings have been held on the site of our burned sanitarium. The attendance has been good, and several have taken a firm stand for the truth."
WRITING to the Missionary of the work at Matabele Mission, Rhodesia, Africa, Brother M. C. Sturdevant says: "Our school has steadily grown till now there are enrolled 102 in daily attendance. Seventy belong to our mission, and fifty-four eat at our mission table, and still they come. Two promising young men came just yesterday, July 22, desiring to enter our mission for one year or more. We have no more room now, but what shall I do? shall I turn them off? The spiritual condition is very encouraging at the present time. Many are truly growing in Christ. Some have for a long time desired baptism, so, after weeks of careful instruction, twelve were baptized June 28. That morning, a beautiful day, we met as usual at the schoolhouse to study the Sabbath-school lesson. Then we retired to the river, where we found 250 natives waiting for the services."
AT Jackson, Mich., three persons have recently accepted the faith through the labors of Brother P. C. Hayward.
ON the 24th ult. five candidates were baptized by Brother T. B. Snow, and added to the church at Maiden Rock, Wis.
THE baptism of three candidates at Little Rock, Ark., is noted in the Southwestern Union Recorder, by Brother U. Bender.
THE Indiana Reporter is now printed at the Boggstown Industrial Academy, as part of the manual labor of students.
MRS. E. G. WHITE and Brother W. C. White have returned to their home at Sanitarium, Napa County, Cal., after an extended tour of important centers of the work in the South, East, and North.
THE Forest Home Industrial Academy, at Mount Vernon, Wash., was dedicated September 25. Altho the building was not altogether completed, the school was opened on the 26th, with twenty-six pupils, and Prof. L. I. Stiles as principal.
IT is expected that many new laborers will soon be sent to foreign fields through the action of conferences in placing half their laborers and tithe at the disposal of the General Conference. This ought to, and will, give a great impetus to the foreign work.
CONCERNING the camp-meeting held at Manhattan, Kansas, October 5–12, Brother B. W. Brown writes that there was a good attendance and interest. Not only our own people, but those who came in from the outside, were greatly blessed. Eight were baptized, five made profession of their faith, to be baptized on arriving at their homes, and one united who had been baptized before—in all, fourteen. Tent-meetings were continued with full attendance and good prospect of further fruit of the Gospel.
THROUGH a letter from Brother J. A. Morrow to the South African Missionary, we learn that five of the Boer prisoners who were sent to the Bermuda Islands during the war, have accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith. This is the result of labor by Brother Morrow and his wife. Five of these Boer brethren have recently returned to Africa—three going to their former homes in Orange River Colony; and one to the Transvaal—where they will endeavor to further extend the message which has become dear to them.
OF the work at the treatment rooms conducted by Brother J. Kloss and wife in Superior, Wis., they say, in the Reporter, that it is prospering. "The Lord has blessed in the treatment of the sick. Several persons who have tried medicines, hot springs, and various institutions, without receiving benefit, are obtaining much help from these treatments. Others, suffering from rheumatism, have recently recovered and gone to work. One man who hobbled here on crutches for his first treatment, has left his crutches with us, as he is able to work, and does not need them any more."
FROM the Workers' Record we learn of the death of Brother D. C. Hunter, at Nevada, Mo., the date not given. He was14quite a prominent public man in Vernon County, before he accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith, having practised law and filled several county offices. He had been in the ministry about twenty years, but for the past few years had not been in active service, on account of failing health.
Besides laboring in Missouri, he had also spent some years in Arizona and California. Dr. Mary Hunter, of Battle Creek Sanitarium, is a daughter of this deceased brother.
A REPORT from Brother H. F. Courter, vice-president of Georgia Conference, notes that meetings held at Bowman, closing September 19, resulted in eight converts to the faith. He is now, in company with Brother Hugh W. Jones, holding meetings at Comer, with a fair hearing. Of general conditions in that part, he says: "We are experiencing a severe drought. Many wells and springs are dry which never were known to fail before. The bolls of cotton have opened so fast that the farmers are unable to keep up in gathering. There is a great deal of sickness, no doubt caused partly by the low water, and partly by the habits of the people."
WRITING from Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, West Africa, to the Minnesota Worker, Brother J. M. Hyatt says: "I have every reason to believe that the West Coast will be one of the most fruitful fields in Africa, so far as the natives are concerned, when it is properly worked. There are many centers where the natives are well under the influence of civilization all along the West Coast, tho it will surely take wisdom from above and good common sense in dealing with this class. Missionaries will need to be all that the Word implies, and not influenced by the foreign traders who are here for the money. Unfortunately this has not been true in some cases. The trader can afford to drive, but not the missionary, as few will get a knowledge of the message in that way. I was down the coast about sixty miles for a few days and had the privilege of taking some twenty-four subscriptions for our papers. These were for the SIGNS and Present Truth. Many more wanted to subscribe, but I could not stay until the month's end when they get their money. With the exception of three, these are yearly or half-year subscriptions. We are glad to get some of our papers into this town, as we have no one there that knows the message for this time."
FROM a report of Brother J. V. Wilson, who conducts a bath establishment in Kimberley, South Africa, we take these items: "One man came in some forty miles to get help. He had been sick for months, and had to be carried into the rooms. In less than two weeks he was returned home well, and has been well ever since. Just lately one of the leading physicians of the place sent a patient here, an engineer in the De Beers Company, who had been sick with rheumatism for eight months, suffering so much pain he could not sleep at night. Within a week after commencing treatment at the baths, he was restored to health and free from pain. He was very thankful indeed. A few days ago a man came in sick with a cold. We gave him one electric-light bath and massage, and he went out from the baths entirely cured. One doctor in the place got so run down that a physician whom he called in told him he must take an ocean trip, and stay six months. Instead, he came to the baths, got well, and is now enjoying excellent health. The ladies' baths are doing better now than they have done at any other time since they were started. At times the bath rooms are full, and several are out in the garden waiting their turn. Influential ladies come in their carriages and motor cars, bringing their friends with them. These are but a few instances of what the Lord is doing for the people here, and show how He can bless these simple remedies that co-operate with nature."