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Work for the Colored People in South Carolina

By Sydney Scott

COLUMBIA.—This city is the capital of South Carolina, and has a population of forty-two thousand, of whom sixteen thousand are Negroes. It has the State hospital, penitentiary, and five educational institutions, two of which are for the colored people.

Our work has forged its way forward in spite of opposition. In May we began a tent effort, continuing it until October 31, pitching the tent twice. The average attendance was two hundred; some nights more than six hundred were present; in all, about seven thousand souls heard the message. Forty new Sabbath-keepers have been raised up, among whom are three merchants. We have increased our Sabbath-school to sixty members. Twenty persons have been baptized, and others will receive baptism soon. We took up $211.49 in donations; the average collection each night was $3.36. All running expenses have been paid, and a small balance was left to go to the Negro mission treasury. A church of over forty members will be organized before the close of the year.

We have leased a church building, and shall begin a fall campaign in a neat building which is in our possession for six months. We hope for good results from this fall effort, and ask to be remembered at the throne of grace. SYDNEY SCOTT.

Two Good Visits

By Ole Andres Olsen

HUTCHINSON, MINN.—After attending the district meeting for western Iowa at Council Bluffs, and a council at College View, I accepted an invitation to visit Hutchinson, Minn., and meet the students of the Danish-Norwegian Seminary at that place. We arrived by train on Friday noon, October 7, just in time for dinner, and received a hearty welcome from both teachers and students.

At the end of the first full week the enrolment had reached forty-eight. This was a considerably larger number than expected, and we are assured that probably as many more will be enrolled before the close of the present term.

Some twenty acres have been cleared, and utilized for various crops; and forty acres more are under process of clearing, so that by next spring the school will have sixty acres ready for cultivation. It will be remembered that the land purchased for the school farm, consisting of one hundred fifty acres, was all in brush and timber. We also found a fine barn and many other improvements, all of which show hard work on the part of Brother Axelson and his assistants. But the best was yet to come. With the beginning of the Sabbath, everything was in readiness, and the family gathered for worship. It was indeed a precious season. Then a little later, at 7:30 P. M., we gathered in the smaller chapel for the Friday evening meeting. The writer spoke for a short time, recounting God's mercies, and referring to some of the experiences leading up to the present occasion and the school so recently opened.

Following the remarks we enjoyed a precious social meeting, in which the presence of the Lord was very manifest. The testimonies borne by teachers and students were full of joy and thankfulness, and buoyant with hope and courage. Every testimony expressed a renewal of consecration, and an earnest desire for a fitness for service in the Lord's work. It was indeed one of those seasons whose memory one wishes long to retain.

For the service beginning at eleven o'clock the next morning we met in the large and beautiful chapel, where we again realized much of God's presence. At another service at 4 P. M. we studied the great foreign field as it opens before us in America and in the regions beyond. This meeting continued until the close of the Sabbath, many taking part.

I am thankful that the way has opened to secure an efficient faculty; for this means much to the success of the school. I found Elder Andreasen, the president, full of courage, and greatly enjoying his work. The same can also be said of Professors Berthelsen and Peterson, and all others who are carrying burdens and responsibilities. May God's signal blessing rest upon them in their efforts to guide the minds of these youth, and aid them in a preparation for such work as the Lord has for them to do.

RAYMOND, WIS.—After a long absence it was my privilege to meet with the church at Raymond on Sabbath and Sunday, October 22, 23. I was glad to find that this church is holding its own, and making good progress. The membership has been well kept up, and at present there seems to be excellent harmony and a good interest among both the old and the young. It was a refreshing experience for me to meet with these dear souls. There were only four left of the first who accepted the truth; but it is always cheering to meet these pillars in the truth, who have weathered so many gales, and yet stand firm to the principles of the message. Many who were children and youth in the early days are now bearing burdens and carrying responsibilities in the work. May the blessing of the Lord continue with them.

There seemed to be a good interest among the young people. A school building has been added to the church, making what is really the best church-school building I have seen anywhere. The school itself is prospering. This matter of the early Christian education of our youth has not always received the attention that its importance demands. When we stop to consider it, we can not but be impressed with the necessity and the wisdom of providing facilities for bringing up our children in the fear of God and the love of his truth. The only thing in this world that we can take with us into the kingdom is our children. Houses, lands, money, cattle, everything else that we may accumulate, will all be destroyed in the day of the Lord; but it is our privilege to take our children by the hand, and lead them through the pearly gates, to enjoy with us the blessing of eternal life.

O. A. OLSEN.

California Camp-Meetings

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

The Northern California Conference has for some time followed the instruction given by the spirit of prophecy in regard to disconnecting conference business meetings from the camp-meetings. Our camp-meetings are devoted entirely to evangelistic, missionary, and instruction meetings. As the membership of the conference is about five thousand, and the territory is large, four camp-meetings were held this season. Three of these were local, and one was a general meeting. The local meetings were held at Sacramento, Napa, and Visalia; the general camp-meeting was held in Berkeley. The attendance was good at all the meetings, and three of them are being followed up with tent-meetings.

Missionary work and Christian education were the leading themes at each of the camp-meetings this year. At the three last meetings one day was devoted to church-school work, and one day to each of our advanced schools in the conference. Practical instruction was given in these meetings, and the importance

of providing for our children and youth a Christian education was brought close home to every parent. As a result, all the schools in our conference have opened with a larger attendance than before, and all report that the work is going forward more rapidly than in former years. The Pacific College and the Lodi Normal Academy both opened with a large attendance, and our two intermediate schools at Armona and Sanitarium are well filled.

Keeping the importance of Christian education before our people at the camp-meetings has not only filled our higher schools, but has created a demand for church-schools throughout the conference. Quite a number of churches that did not have church-schools last year have opened them this year; others have applied for teachers, and hope to open schools this month.

We consider that to secure the salvation of our own boys and girls, and the salvation of the outside world, is the most important work on earth. Keeping the following words before us, we have tried to make Christian education and missionary work the leading topics at our camp-meetings:—

“Properly conducted, the camp-meeting is a school, where pastors, elders, and deacons can learn to do more perfect work for the Master. It should be a school where the members of the church, old and young, are given opportunity to learn the way of the Lord more perfectly, a place where believers can receive an education that will help them to help others.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IX, page 82.

We found that our meetings in the interest of Christian education were well received by strangers. The earnest appeals made to parents to save their children from error met an answering chord in the hearts of parents from other denominations as well as our own. Care was taken by all to speak in the highest terms of our public-school system; while at the same time showing in a way that would not offend any, that infidelity is woven into many text-books used in public schools. At the first three meetings the teachers from the Lodi Normal Academy had a fine display of the manual-training work done in the grades, also outlines of work in different studies. These attracted considerable attention, especially at Berkeley, as the camp was near the State university. Many teachers carefully inspected the work, and favorable comments were often made by them. One teacher said, “Why, I had no idea you had anything like this; I thought you had nothing but religion.” She did not realize that Christian education is included in true religion.

The converting power of God was manifested in all our meetings. Eighty-six applied for baptism at the four camp-meetings; sixty-two of these were baptized on the grounds, and twenty-four were baptized at their home churches immediately following the meetings. We feel that our camp-meetings are profitable, as a large proportion of those baptized were young people from Seventh-day Adventist homes who were drifting toward the world. Many of this class are reached more easily at our camp-meetings than in any other way.

Three years ago, when we began selling literature from the desk in our missionary efforts at the camp-meetings, some conservative brethren said we would overstock the people, and then nothing would be done the next year. They said, “It will react.” Well, I am glad to say it has re-acted, or acted again and again. The literature sales the second year were larger than those of the first; and those of this, the third year, have surpassed them all. The lay members are just beginning to learn how to do active home missionary work. Some who hesitated the first year before spending one dollar for literature now do not fear to buy several dollars’ worth at a time; for they have found out that they can sell it to others, and thus help hasten the coming of the Lord.

Our entire literature sales at all our camp-meetings last year amounted to $5,135.75. The entire literature sales of all our camp-meetings this year amounted to $8,380.55, being an increase over last year of $3,250.80. The circulation of this literature can not but win souls.

An effort has also been made to visit the churches in the conference, and encourage each company to introduce a systematic distribution of tracts. Nearly every church has taken up this work, ordered one or more of the large five-dollar packages of tracts with envelopes, and is carrying forward this line of missionary work in its immediate neighborhood. We fully expect the Lord of the harvest will fulfil the following words in his own good time: “He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”

S. N. HASKELL.

Camp-Meetings in Iowa

By M. N. Campbell

INSTEAD of one general camp-meeting this year, the Iowa Conference arranged to hold four small meetings, one in each of its four districts. The first of these was held early in June, at Sigourney, in southeastern Iowa. This meeting was well supplied with outside help, Elders K. C. Russell, P. T. Magan, Clarence Santee, R. A. Owen, and R. A. Underwood being among those who contributed to its success. No conference business was transacted, so the time was wholly devoted to the spiritual interests of the people. The brethren felt that this was a vast improvement over the old plan, under which so large a part of the camp-meeting was devoted to business.

The second meeting was held August 15-21 at Calmar, in the northeastern part of the State, and was well attended by our people. Elder E. W. Farnsworth was with us at this meeting, and his vigorous presentation of the truth was greatly appreciated. The attendance from the town was exceptionally large, and the interest increased to the last. A tent company was left at Calmar to follow up this interest; and up to the present, eleven have accepted the truth. There was but one sister living there at the time of the camp-meeting. Her exemplary life during the preceding years had given the people of the town a very favorable impression of the message, and was, we believe, an important factor in the success which attended the work of the tent-meeting.

The third of the series of camp-meetings was held on the Chautauqua grounds of Storm Lake, September 5-11. The preaching was done almost entirely by the local conference laborers. This meeting was characterized by the presence of the Holy Spirit to a marked degree, and on the closing Sabbath every unconverted person except one, on the grounds, came forward for prayers. The response to the $300,000 Fund and the “Ministry of Healing” campaign was encouraging, and all felt that the Storm Lake meeting would give a decided impetus to the cause in northwestern Iowa.

The last of these gatherings was held at Council Bluffs, September 26 to October 2. On account of the lateness of the date, it was felt to be unsafe to depend on tents for this meeting, so the Congregational church was rented for the English meeting, and the Seventh-day Adventist church was used by the Scandinavian brethren. The people were cared for in furnished rooms near the places of meeting. This was the largest of the four meetings, and in some respects the best. The Scandinavian brethren were favored with the presence of Elders O. A. Olsen and L. H. Christian. The local conference laborers ministered to the spiritual needs of the English-speaking brethren. We were pleased to have with us on the closing Sabbath Prof. F. Griggs, of Union College. The Lord drew very near in blessing to his people at this gathering. At the Sabbath revival service over fifty came forward for special help, quite a number for the first time. Eleven were baptized. The gifts to the $300,000 Fund were very liberal, and a splendid spirit was shown by the people toward the various enterprises that have been launched for the furtherance of the third angel’s message.

The attendance at the four meetings ranged between six and seven hundred. The pledges to the $300,000 Fund amounted to over seven thousand dollars, and fifteen hundred copies of “Ministry of Healing” were subscribed for. Twenty-seven persons were baptized. Waves of influence were set in motion in the various places where the meetings were held that have already resulted in a goodly number accepting the truth. M. N. CAMPBELL.

Chesapeake Camp-Meeting

By B. G. Wilkinson

The annual session of the Chesapeake Conference was held in connection with the Chesapeake camp-meeting at Chestertown, Md., September 22 to October 2. The brethren had secured the use of a beautiful grove, one mile east of the center of the town. Forty-five tents were pitched, and the last Sabbath of the meeting there were about one hundred twenty-five believers present.

This camp-meeting was a remarkably good one, considering the vicissitudes through which the Chesapeake Conference has passed for over a year and a half, during which time it has practically been without a president, the work not making, for this reason, the advancement which it otherwise would. Nevertheless, the Spirit of God was present, and there was quite a revival among the believers. Both Sabbaths were occasions of great blessing, in which the Spirit of God wrought a good work in the hearts of those present.

Two new churches were presented for admission to the conference. There was no need of presenting the $300,000 Fund at this meeting, because this conference had practically pledged the greater part of its quota some time before the meeting was held. The “Ministry of Healing” campaign was presented, and it was an interesting sight to see the brethren take copies of this book in quantities ranging all the way from six to twenty. This conference believes in engaging with all the heart in the “Ministry of Healing” campaign.

One day was set apart for a religious liberty rally. Elder K. C. Russell, who was present and helping in the meetings, secured on this day something like four hundred subscriptions for Liberty.

There was a good interest on the part of the townspeople, which led the conference committee to leave a laborer to follow up the work. Elder Roscoe T. Baer was elected president of the conference, with practically the same staff of officers as were in office the year before.

On the whole, the camp-meeting at Chestertown was an excellent one, and we believe it will be productive of much good. B. G. Wilkinson.

Graduating Exercises at Caterham

By A. B. Olsen

ON Thursday evening, July 21, the members and friends of the nurses' training-school at Caterham, England, met to celebrate the graduating exercises for the class of 1910. Brother W. T. Bartlett, editor of Present Truth and Bible teacher in the training-school, acted as chairman. Mr. Bartlett said, in opening the meeting, that the friends of the graduating class had met together more for the purpose of rejoicing with them in the successful completion of their work and studies at Caterham, than to give them sage counsel and advice.

Elder W. J. Fitzgerald, in a brief address to the graduating class, said, among other things:—

CATERHAM SANITARIUM, REAR VIEW, SHOWING RECENT ADDITION AT RIGHT

“There is no calling that is more blessed than that of the medical profession, when rightly used to alleviate the woes, and minister to the needs, of humanity. The fact that we are here calls our attention to our belief that this nurses’ training-school is connected with the cause of Christianity in the world. No religious system, no spiritual system, can be complete without practical, unselfish service, such as is provided for in the nursing and medical professions. As a people, we believe that medical work should go with religious work. It is part of our work, and inseparably connected with it. Our profession can not provide a complete, all-round service for suffering humanity without sending into the world well-trained, thoroughly equipped nurses and physicians. The nursing work is part of a great work, and this institution is one of many scores of similar institutions scattered all over the world. There are institutions, or nurses, to represent our work in all parts of the world. I call attention to this that you may recognize that you are part of a great whole, and gain strength from that fact.”

A few words of hearty congratulation were also spoken by Elder W. H. Meredith, president of the South England Conference.

On presenting the missionary diplomas to the graduates, the writer called attention to the inspiring motto of the class, “All to Jesus I Surrender.” He said that with that motto ever before them, they could not fail, this by the grace of God, to meet with constant and ever-increasing success in the noble work to which they had given their lives. He read a brief paper entitled “The Christian Nurse,” after which he handed missionary diplomas to the four members of the graduating class, and giving each one a hearty hand-shake, welcomed them as members of the medical missionary corps of workers.

At the conclusion of the exercises, all joined the graduating class in singing, “I Surrender All.”

A. B. OLSEN, M. D.

Utah Conference

By George A. Irwin

This conference was held in the Seventh-day Adventist church in Salt Lake City, October 4-9. Forty-seven delegates composed the voting part of the conference, while double that number were present as visitors, and manifested a lively and earnest interest in all the proceedings.

Two sessions of the conference and three preaching services were held each day. The statistical report gave the number of members as 235, a gain of thirty over last year. One new church of seventeen members was taken into the conference. The tithe paid during the year amounted to $2,781, an increase of $650 over that for the past year. Offerings for the general work amounted to $650, an increase of $160 over those of the year before. The sale of periodicals was more than double that of any previous year. The sanitarium relief campaign was presented, and books to the value of $320 were sold. It is the plan to sell one thousand more. Two hundred seventy-five dollars was subscribed on the $300,000 Fund. Three thousand copies of the Harvest Ingathering number of the REVIEW were ordered, and eight hundred copies were taken at the conference.

Considerable time was taken up in considering the need of a small sanitarium for this intermountain region, since there is none nearer than Boulder on the east, and Loma Linda on the west. After some caution and plain talk by those who had had some experience in this work, as to what is involved in

such an undertaking, the following resolution was unanimously passed:—

“Whereas, There is serious need of, and an increasing demand for, medical missionary work, embracing sanitarium advantages, in this field; therefore,—

“Resolved, That we petition the financial co-operation of the union conference to the amount of $5,000, or such part thereof as they may be able to give; that our local executive committee be and hereby is authorized to solicit funds at once for the establishment and operation of sanitarium work, such investment not to exceed $15,000; and that the executive committee, in consultation with the union conference committee, or its duly authorized agent, is also hereby authorized to establish and operate such an institution without undue delay, the amount of expenditure in establishment and equipment not to exceed the amount of bona-fide subscriptions.

A partial canvass of the brethren toward such a fund had been made prior to the assembling of the conference, which resulted in definite pledges to the amount of $2,267, and a conditional pledge of $1,000. A strong effort will also be made with “Ministry of Healing” for this purpose.

Just as the meeting was closing, a contract was entered into between the conference association and Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Gardner for the purchase of the treatment-rooms and good-will of the business that they have built up in Salt Lake City, and for some time to come the sanitarium work will be carried forward from this place. The private home of Dr. Gardner was also included in the purchase, since it is their desire to connect for a time with one of our large sanitariums to obtain a broader experience before taking up work again in some new and needy field.

Elder S. G. Huntington was re-elected president of the conference, with the following-named persons as an executive committee: E. Treganza, W. J. Felt, W. C. Willard, and W. L. Sims. Miss B. Winnifred Hunter was elected secretary and treasurer of the tract society. Ministerial credentials were renewed to Elders Huntington, Wolfe, and Sims; and Brother Charles E. Boynton was ordained, and given ministerial credentials. Missionary licenses were granted to E. Treganza, Leroy Scott, Mrs. L. McPherson, B. Winnifred Hunter, and Johanna Jensen. For the double purpose of relieving the treasury, and giving the canvassing work a start and prestige, it was agreed that the ministers devote their time from this on until after the holidays to the sale of some one of our subscription books.

The preaching and instruction given during the conference were of a practical nature, and designed to build up and establish the people in the faith. While in some respects Utah is a difficult field in which to labor, yet God has many jewels even in this field, and the workers and brethren in general go from this meeting with new courage to gather them in. May the Lord give them courage in their work, and crown their efforts with success.

GEO. A. IRWIN.

The Work in Panama City

By B. E. Connerly

LAST March it was my privilege to begin work with a small company of canvassers in Panama City, the capital of the little republic of Panama. This city is one of the hundreds of Latin-American cities that have waited long to hear the third angel’s message. It is one of the oldest cities of America, having been founded in 1509, and is situated at the southern terminus of the great isthmian waterway that is to separate the two great continents of the Western world. It has a radically cosmopolitan population of about fifty thousand people, many of whom are employed in work on the great canal.

Our work has been principally canvassing. In a small room we have held three meetings a week besides the Sabbath-school. Here many have heard the advent message. It is our hope that by the first of the year we may have a new church building completed, and the company organized into a church.

Living is very high, and the rents are exorbitant; nevertheless, our canvassers have stood faithfully by the work through severe trials and discouragements, and the Lord has blessed their efforts. We have sold several hundred dollars’ worth of books, besides thousands of papers and tracts in the English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Chinese languages.

The legislature has recently passed a bill providing for the closing of the stores on Sunday. This gave us an opportunity to set forth the evil principle of Sunday legislation in our papers, the Caribbean Watchman and Centinela de la Verdad, which we circulated freely. This is the beginning here of the great conflict which will close only when Jesus comes.

The work is most interesting. We love it, and are of good courage.

B. E. Connerly.

Sabbath Observance at Greenboro

Several have recently begun Sabbath observance at Greenboro, N. C.

New York City

By O. O. Bernstein

Our tent effort closed September 11, with thirty new Sabbath-keepers. We were located in Manhattan. The section in which we operated is one of the finest residential districts in the city, the apartments being all strictly modern.

By thorough organization and up-to-date methods we have been able to enter hundreds of homes, and scatter thousands of our announcements and tracts on all subjects.

Mr. W. T. Hilgert, Mrs. W. T. Hilgert, Mrs. L. T. Nicola, Miss A. Helen Wilcox, Mrs. J. M. Calvert, and Miss Elizabeth C. McPherson assisted as Bible workers during the whole effort. The Nicola orchestra, with Brother Forrest Nicola as director, rendered valuable musical help, as did also Prof. and Mrs. E. H. Dexter from South Lancaster, Mass., and Miss Ethel Cunningham, of Philadelphia. Brother Louis Klebahn of the First Church, New York, led the choir, and Prof. Joseph Groody presided at the piano.

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE FINE APARTMENTS LOOKING WEST FROM OUR TENT

The influence of this effort has extended over a large district, making many friends for the truth. France, Sweden, England, and Germany were represented among the candidates at our first baptism. This scene on the banks of the Hudson will never be effaced from the memory of those who witnessed it. We have been much encouraged by what God has wrought; and with the past summer's experience by which to profit, we hope for still better results from our next effort.

The collections during the summer amounted to over five hundred dollars. In planning to continue the work in a hall, four hundred dollars more was pledged by our friends. Nightly services are now being conducted in a hall at 600 West 181st St. Miss A. Helen Wilcox and Mrs. J. M. Calvert are doing their best to follow up by Bible work the interest which has been created this summer.

We would mention the helpful addresses given by Brethren A. G. Daniels, W. A. Spicer, K. C. Russell, and R. D. Quinn, in rounding off our effort, and also the health talks and cooking school conducted by Drs. D. H. and Lauretta Kress. O. O. BERNSTEIN.

Ten Baptized at Fords Store

Elder John F. Jones reports ten baptized and received into church relationship at Fords Store, Md.

The Work in Australia

By C. H. Parker

Australia

NORTH FITZROY, VICTORIA. — The work still moves forward here, yet we are not satisfied with what is being accomplished. We realize that there is a greater fulness of divine power that God desires to pour out upon his workers. This is the first church ever raised up in this colony. For years no help has been given to it. At our last camp-meeting, an urgent request was made that we should send a laborer to conduct a series of Sunday-night meetings. This we have done, and all the members are lifting nobly. A good interest is manifested.

At Coburg, where our camp-meeting was held, there is also a good interest. A lady who attended the first tent-meeting held in Australia, years ago, by Elders S. N. Haskell, J. O. Corliss, and M. C. Israel, has accepted the Sabbath. At that time she was living at Brighton, a suburb of this city. She attended a few meetings with her mother; but when the opposition of the ministers of other denominations began, they stopped going. They read all that the ministers wrote against us in the papers. Two copies of the Signs of the Times, printed at Oakland, Cal., Sept. 17, 1885, were handed to her by one of our workers. These she kept, with the writings of the other ministers. Many times she and her mother would say, “These people may be right, after all.” When we were pitching our camp at Coburg, last February, she was living there. One morning, the woman who did her washing called her attention to the tents. She asked what they were. When she was informed that a Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting was to be held, she said, “I must attend.” This she did, with the result that she has now fully identified herself with us. Her daughter, who was a mere babe in her arms in 1885, is now a woman, married, with children of her own. She also is interested, and our workers are holding readings with her. One of the two copies of the Signs, preserved all these years, is in my possession. As I look upon it, these words come to me: “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” This incident should encourage every one of us to be more persistent in giving out our tracts and papers, though we do not see immediate results. The promise is sure, “For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

I am sure that this incident will be of great encouragement to Elders Haskell, Corliss, and Israel, also the other workers connected with them in that first effort for this field. Their sowing is still bearing fruit.

Land has now been purchased for a church at Coburg, and building will begin right away. We trust that in a short time this church will be finished. We shall dedicate it by holding another series of meetings for the people of that place. C. H. PARKER.

Field Notes

SABBATH, October 15, six persons were baptized at Columbus, Ohio.

As a result of house-to-house labor among the colored people at Greensboro, N. C., two are keeping the Sabbath.

SUCCESS has attended the tent effort at Greencastle, Mo. Six have begun to keep the Sabbath, and others are investigating.

ELDER W. D. PARKHURST of Des Moines, Iowa, baptized four candidates recently at Davis City, and three at Des Moines.

As the result of a tent effort at Hamilton, Ontario, seven have accepted the truth, and a number of others are much interested.

AT Little Birch, W. Va., four were baptized Sabbath, October 15, and two others are ready for baptism. Elder Robbins organized the believers there into a company.

SINCE the general meeting of the Maritime Conference, Canada, three have been baptized, uniting with the church at Williamsdale. Two others have joined the church at Halifax.

AT the close of the tent-meetings at Natick, Mass., Brother R. B. Clapp reports that seven persons have accepted present truth. Two have taken their stand for the truth as the result of tent-meetings at Westfield.

FROM October, 1909, to October, 1910, there were added to the church in Birmingham, Ala., as the result of house-to-house work and tent effort, twenty-five colored persons. At Montgomery eleven have taken their stand for the Sabbath.

SABBATH, September 10, a Swedish church of thirteen members was organized at Kansas City, Kan. Five or six more are ready to join. At Bird City, October 1, six were received into the church on profession of faith, and four were baptized.

ELDER P. E. BRODRISON, who has charge of the tent work for Scandinavians in the northwestern part of Chicago, reports several new Sabbath-keepers as a result of the services held there. October 5, eight adults were baptized at the Forty-sixth Street church.

As a result of the three camp-meetings held in California, sixty persons applied for baptism. Forty-six of these were baptized at the meetings, and fourteen requested baptism in their home churches. At the Visalia meeting, this month, sixteen were baptized.

ELDER C. H. BLISS reports that at Shelbyville, Ill., between twenty and thirty have begun the observance of the Sabbath since the beginning of the tent-meetings in that place. Miss Ruth Santee, a Bible worker at Rockford, reports three new Sabbath-keepers among her readers.

SIX young people were baptized at Bethel, Wis., October 8, Elder C. L. Stone officiating; some of these were students of the academy. The church at Clearwater Lake received fifteen additions on Sabbath, September 24,—six by vote and letter, nine by baptism. At Oneida seven persons have taken a stand for the truth, and have been baptized.

TWO new in the faith were added to the church at Lansing, Mich., and at the quarterly meeting three others were received,—two by vote of the church and one by letter. Eighteen have taken a firm stand for the truth at Oxford; and at Grand Rapids five precious souls were recently baptized. As the result of a tent effort at Keeler, four have been baptized.

FIVE are keeping the Sabbath, and a number of others are interested, as a result of tent-meetings at Roswell, N. M.

ELDER J. C. STEVENS reports a successful summer's work with the tent at New Haven, Conn. Twenty-one were baptized and united with the church.

AT least twenty-five persons have acknowledged the truth of the message at Nyssa, Ore., and quite a number are keeping the Sabbath. Brother E. E. Smith expects to organize a church before leaving that place.

FROM Arizona Elder H. G. Thurston reports two new additions to the church at Flagstaff, and recently three were baptized at Prescott. Quite a number are deeply interested in the truth at this last-named place. The governor of the Territory was an attentive listener during many of the services.

BROTHER G. W. WHITE reports that eleven have taken their stand for the truth at York, Neb., as a result of the work done there this summer, and that the interest now is better than it has been at any other time. The tent effort among the Germans in Johnson and vicinity has resulted in six accepting the truth. The Swedish tent effort at Omaha has also been successful in winning several to the truth.

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