p. 13 | Our Work and Workers by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 29, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 31.

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Our Work and Workers.

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BROTHER V. B. WATTS baptized four candidates at Lincoln, Ark., June 13.

JULY 4, five were baptized as the result of tent-meetings at Hill City, Kan.

SIX members were added to the church at Hopewell Cape, N. S., June 21, by baptism.

BROTHER C. H. Miller writes of baptizing five dear souls at Tekama and one at Calhoun, Neb.

AT the close of the camp-meeting recently held at Seattle, Wash., forty-six went forward in baptism.

JULY 4, Brother L. Zecchetto baptized eight believers from the French settlement at Woonsocket, R. I.

AT Gangeville, Cal., Brethren B. L. Howe and C. M. Gardner baptized thirty-five June 27. Several more are deeply stirred.

NINE children and youth were buried with their Lord in baptism at Modesto, Cal., June 22, by Brother C. M. Gardener.

NINETY-TWO have united with the Denver (Colo.) church since the beginning of the conference year. Five were baptized June 27.

CAMP-MEETING for the Greater New York Conference was held at New Rochelle, June 4 to 14. At its close seventeen were baptized.

BROTHER FRED JOHNSON baptized six at Sebeka, Minn., recently. These embraced the message thru the labors of Brother O. J. Nerlund.

THE clerk of the church at Columbus, Ohio, reports the addition of four by baptism June 20, and six more expecting soon to unite with them.

BROTHER C. D. M. WILLIAMS writes from Honolulu that the brethren have dedicated a new house of worship. Brother R. C. Porter preached the dedicatory sermon while on his way to South Africa.

THE Upper Columbia Conference, at its annual meeting at Spokane, Wash., early in June, received six new churches with a total membership of one hundred twelve.

FIVE adults at Harwarden, Iowa, have begun the observance of all the commandments, and others are thinking seriously of taking the step as the result of the labors of Brother and Sister L. P. Syp and Ross Syp.

A LETTER from Brother J. A. Leland, Albuquerque, N. Mex., states: "The church here is growing. On May 21, six dear souls were baptized, and there are several others to follow soon in the same ordinance."

ENCOURAGING reports come from the labors of several brethren at Rosehill, N. Dak., where twenty-three new members rejoice in the light of the truth. A church of twenty-nine has been organized by Brother C. Leer.

MEETINGS at Boulder, Colo., conducted by Brethren Meade MacGuire and E. E. Farnsworth, closed with the baptism of twenty-nine. In all, thirty-five united with the church by baptism during the month of June.

AT Alexander, Texas, Brother G. A. Lagrone has been busy meeting error. The opposers to the truth have helped bring six to take their stand for it. A Sabbath-school of twenty-two members has been organized.

BROTHER J. ERNEST BOND writes from Douglas, Ariz., under date of July 12: "We have just held baptismal services and organized a company here. Fifteen were baptized; others will follow in a few days. Each family represented has taken the SIGNS."

BROTHER W. M. HEALEY writes from Escondido, Cal.: "Sabbath, June 6, I baptized six of the older pupils of the Escondido church school. I have reason to believe that the school did much toward bringing these young people to take their stand on the Lord's side."

REPORTING the annual conference and camp-meeting of the Wyoming Conference, held at Crawford, Neb., Brother Chas. Thompson writes: "Twenty-seven were baptized during the meeting, six new churches were admitted to the conference, twelve new tents were pledged for camp-meeting accommodations, and on the last Sunday an offering was taken for missions amounting to over $1,100." Brother J. H. Wheeler was reelected president.

THE Northern Union Reaper reports three splendid camp-meetings in the Northern Union Conference. The first was at Minneapolis, Minn., where one thousand were camped on the grounds, and fifty-five were baptized. At the second, at Woonsocket, S. Dak., about the same number were baptized. The third was held at Velva, N. Dak. Meetings were held daily in four languages, English, Russian, Scandinavian, and German. Ninety-six were baptized, and $25,000 was given for home and foreign missions.