The Review notes two new tracts printed in India,—one in Hindi, the other in the running script of the Urdu language, which resembles the Arabic.
During the East Michigan camp-meeting at Holly, ten persons were baptized in Shiawassee River, by Brother O. F. Butcher, of Detroit. Others were to be baptized later.
The West Michigan Sanitarium has been transferred from Grand Rapids to Berrien Springs, where it will be conducted in connection with the Emmanuel Missionary College.
By moonlight on the evening of September 26, seven candidates were baptized in the lake at Mahtowa, Minn.,13by Brother Fred Johnson. His associate in the work which brought about this result was Brother O. J. Nerlund.
A special collection is to be taken in all the churches, November 3, for the benefit of the International Publishing Association, at College View, Neb. This association publishes books, papers, and tracts in foreign languages—two papers in German, one in Swedish, and one in Danish-Norwegian. Send for catalog and price-list.
The Maritime Conference has chosen for president, Wm. Guthrie; secretary and treasurer, Alberta McLeod; auditor, E. E. Gardener. This conference expects soon to have a band of good workers from the Williamsdale Academy.
Reporting to the Northern Union Reaper, Brethren G. L. Budd and A. C. Gilbert note that as a result of their work at Osage, Minn., twelve persons are ready for baptism. Three others who had accepted the truth have moved away.
At the last quarterly-meeting of the church in Amboy, Minn., three members were added. Two were baptized by Brother Andrew Mead, one having been previously baptized. One of these new acquisitions will attend Maplewood Academy this year.
Recent labors conducted by Brother E. H. Huntley, at Egeland, N. D., resulted in six converts to the faith. Two of them are already at Sheyenne River Academy, and two others are contemplating active missionary work as soon as circumstances permit. So the prospect for the results at Egeland being multiplied is very good.
The Danish church recently organized at Denmark, Neb., by Brother Lewis Johnson, has made a good start toward the building of a new house of worship. A room for a church school will be one feature. Another item in Brother Johnson's letter to the Reporter is the baptism of two ladies at a country place five miles north of Florence, where a large company of various nationalities and complexions had been gathered by invitation of a Brother Gunnerson to hear the discourse and witness the baptism. Brethren and sisters also came from churches in surrounding towns.
In announcing the New York State Sabbath (Sunday) Convention, to be held at Elmira, October 28 to 31, Brother John S. Wightman calls for a supply of religious liberty tracts; of our periodical, Liberty; and of SIGNS of recent date (clean copies), for distribution in the city. This is an important matter, as there will be a gathering of earnest Sunday-law champions from all over the state, and they ought to be well informed, and the people well informed, concerning the iniquity of the movement they are (many of them unwittingly) advocating. Send matter to John S. Wightman, Secretary Religious Liberty Bureau, 507 Herrick Street, Elmira, N. Y. He ought to be well supplied. Don't forget to prepay postage, and send immediately.
At the late annual session of New York Conference, it was decided to effect a division, the boundary between being the eastern lines of Cayuga, Tompkins, and Tioga Counties. The following officers were elected for the eastern division: President, F. H. DeVinney; secretary and treasurer, T. E. Bowen; conference committee, F. H. DeVinney, T. E. Bowen, Courtland D. Green, H. D. Church, John R. Calkins, C. S. Coon, Chas. C. Harris; secretary of tract society, T. E. Bowen; secretary religious liberty department, J. S. Wightman; secretary educational department, Bessie L. Jackson; secretary Sabbath-school department, Mrs. L. M. Calkins. For the western conference, officers were chosen as follows: President, H. W. Carr; vice-president, J. W. Raymond; secretary religious liberty department, J. S. Wightman; secretary young people's and Sabbath-school work, Mrs. H. W. Carr; field canvassing agent, Allen Maury. The conferences are known as the New York Conference and the Western New York Conference, respectively. The Indicator will be continued as the organ of both conferences.