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Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 10.

A Prayer
Earlier text: In German East Africa

Western Pennsylvania

By J. W. Watt

NANTY GLO AND INDIANA.—Last November we began a series of meetings in one of the public school buildings in Nanty Glo. The meetings were held each evening for nearly four weeks. Since that time I have visited the place as often as consistent with other duties. As a result of the work thus far, we now have a Sabbath-school with a membership of seventeen. Four adults and a number of youth and children have decided to obey God. Others are convinced of the truth, and still others are investigating.

By the blessing of the Lord I have placed thirty-five copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons” in as many homes in Nanty Glo. Also one copy of “Bible Readings,” and many tracts, were disposed of. In going from house to house with our literature, I found many opportunities to talk with the people about the salvation of souls and the truth for this time. The schoolhouse has now been closed against us, and no public place can be secured at present for services. The Sabbath-school will be held in private houses for a time.
February 7 we had the privilege of baptizing one of the students of the Indiana church-school, a young man seventeen years of age. We are thankful for the blessings received in connection with our school at Indiana.
This month (February) the writer enters upon his thirtieth year of ministerial work in the third angel’s message. Twenty-nine years ago the second Sunday in February his first sermon was preached. During all these years the REVIEW has been almost a constant visitor in our home; to us it is the best of all papers. I am indeed thankful to God for his keeping power during all these years of labor, and for the privilege of still having a place in this precious work; thankful for good health and ability to continue in the work; thankful that while some have dropped out by the way, every point of the message is just as clear and bright as when I first received the message in 1873. May the Lord help us all to be faithful to the end. J. W. WATT.

Rarotonga

By F. E. LYNDON

In our field, the Cook Islands, there seems at present to be quite a stir. Our paper, the Tuatua-Mou, printed in the Rarotongan language, is doing an excellent work. There is quite a demand for it, not only in this island, but in all the other islands of the group.
On the day of the steamer's arrival I have quite an interesting time. The natives flock around me for their papers as bees do after honey. They say, Tuatua-Mou meitaki (very good). Every mail from the other islands brings me letters inquiring after the Tuatua-Mou or other literature. One man wanted an explanation in the Rarotongan language of all the books in the Bible. Another sent an earnest request for twelve books of “Daniela,” closing with the words, Kare akangaropoina (O do not forget).
Two months ago, Brother Tonga, a church-member from this island, sailed for Aitutaki, as a canvasser for “Iesu Akaora” and “Daniela.” The books have met with a ready sale, especially “Daniela.” Within a few days he will sail for the island of Mangaia, where he will spend about six weeks with his books, and then return home to his family at Rarotonga.
Aitutaki is an island to the north of us, with about the same native population as Rarotonga. At present there is no white missionary of any Protestant denomination there. The London Missionary Society has withdrawn its white representative. French Catholic priests are rapidly taking possession of the spiritual interests. Plans must soon be laid by us to follow up the work already done with the printed page, or else much will be lost.
We find much to do in the treatment of the sick and in dressing sores. My experience in the slums of Chicago, eleven years ago, is now proving very helpful to me in treating some of these cases.
We are pleased to be here and have a part in the gathering of the remnant from these islands. Pray for us, that we may be successful in the salvation of many.
F. E. LYNDON.

The British Columbia Conference

By Bertha Lofstad

THE eighth annual session of the British Columbia Conference was held at the Manson Industrial Academy, near Port Hammond, January 14-18. There was a goodly number present, thirty delegates representing twelve churches, and eight delegates at large, making thirty-eight in all. One new church was admitted. A number of our people who were not delegates were also present. Elder W. B. White, president of the North Pacific Union Conference, and Elder E. L. Stewart, president of the Western Canadian Union Conference, attended this meeting. Elder W. M. Adams was re-elected conference president, with a slight change in the conference committee, and Bertha Lofstad was elected secretary and treasurer. The following were some of the recommendations adopted:—
That a health and temperance department be created, and a secretary elected for said department.
That suitable young people be encouraged to take up the several lines of evangelical missionary work for which they are suited and prepared.
That the conference worker in his part of the field, or the local church elder in his church, assist in the organization of the Missionary Volunteer work, and foster the same.
That our conference laborers, church elders, and our people generally, make a special effort to strengthen the cause of healthful living by subscribing for Life and Health, by selling that magazine, and by securing subscriptions for it.
That an effort be put forth this coming year to establish church-schools in as many churches as possible.
That the executive committee take active steps to place religious liberty literature in the hands of all the lawmakers, the leading editors, and leading judges of our province.
That all our conference laborers and church elders agitate the principles of religious liberty among our people, and encourage them to vigorously circulate religious liberty literature among their neighbors.
That this body tender a vote of thanks to the attorney-general for his impartial position in regard to the Dominion Sunday law.
That our brethren in the different parts of this province send brief letters of thanks to him.
This was the largest conference ever held in British Columbia, and we have reasons to expect the prospering hand and the blessings of God during the year 1909. BERTHA LOFSTAD, Secretary.

Argentina

By Arturo Fulton

After the close of the Ramirez camp-meeting, Elders G. Block and Victor E. Thomann remained to follow up the work. Elder Thomann reports as follows: “The meetings held after the conference have been blessed of the Lord in a visible manner. The attendance has ranged from three hundred to five hundred persons, who listen with profound interest to the word of God. Many manifest their desire to unite with the church. At present there are about sixteen who love the truth and have begun to keep the commandments of the Lord; they have left off their vices, and the idols of Romanism, and have requested baptism. As we bade them good-by, many were in tears, nearly all thanking us for the word of the Lord, and urging us to continue the work.”
Elder L. A. Rojas reports his work in San Nicolas and Rosario: “Although he had been sick and was not yet well, Prof. W. C. John arrived to help in the work, December 17. That evening we had an excellent revival meeting, in which we heard with joy the good testimonies. After visiting the brethren and interested ones we went on to Rosario. Thursday we crossed the river to an island on which was the home of a family named Figueroa, who received us with great pleasure. We had an enjoyable time studying the Bible with them and another family who are interested. The next morning they returned with us to Alberdi, where on Sabbath we had the pleasure of burying four precious souls in baptism. The following Sabbath we were unable to have baptism in San Nicolas, but held it the next Thursday. Two souls went forward in the rite; the Sabbath following one more was baptized. Praise the Lord for all that he has done! and may we see these seven persons saved in the kingdom of the Lord. The help and counsel of Professor John were very acceptable at this time. The Methodist minister, who recently accepted the truth, has entered the canvassing work. He has had good success, and is of good courage.”
We are very thankful to the Mission Board for their generous response in sending new workers. Elder C. E. Knight is nicely located in Belgrano, a suburb of Buenos Aires, and is learning the Spanish rapidly. Brother Arthur Warren, from Watford, England, surprised us by arriving unexpectedly. He began at once with the work in the printing department. His help was greatly needed, and because of the promptness of the Mission Board in answering our appeal, the work can go on uninterrupted. There is a bright future for the work in this field.
ARTURO FULTON.

Manitoba

By E. J. Harvey

SURELY the angels of God are helping most remarkably in this closing message. As I humbly ask the Lord of the harvest in the morning to send his holy angels to prepare the hearts of the people to whom he will lead me during the day, I am sure he hears and answers prayer. Not only in English, but in twelve or more other languages, he has enabled me, by his grace, to sow precious seeds of present truth in the homes and hearts of the waiting people who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Not only large books, such as “Home and Health,” “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and “Ministry of Healing,” and the message-filled Signs of the Times Monthly, Watchman, Life and Health, but small books, tracts, and weekly periodicals are being sold. These are as little wedges, opening the way for other publications. The Lord has blessed me in this work. Brethren and sisters, please remember the cause of present truth in Manitoba.
E. J. HARVEY.

Grand Cayman

By Frank Hall

WE are just completing a church building at East End. It is a building twenty by thirty feet, with chancel roof. The brethren here have worked hard to accomplish this result. Faithfulness in little things is required now in the Lord's work. Good neighbors helped us willingly. The house is built substantially. Shingles, sills, plates, rafters, and boards for flooring were obtained from Mobile and Tampa. We now need windows, and lumber for seats. The bell will soon arrive.
There are two organized companies in the island,—one at Georgetown and one at East End,—with a membership of nineteen baptized Sabbath-keepers and six other candidates, besides others from Bonacca who are now living on the island. There is a thriving Sabbath-school at East End, with a membership of over eighteen.
Bodden Town is a place of about eleven hundred inhabitants. We came here last October to preach the truth, and suffered great inconveniences in presenting the principles of the third angel's message to this people, who are very friendly and kind. Several became interested, but hearing of our soon departure from the island, in February (at the call of the Jamaica Conference), they became discouraged. Thousands of pages of literature have been scattered throughout the islands of Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.
The seed has been sown, and the time of reaping is near. The work here must be followed up. During my stay on the island, my companion has been a great help in the medical work, and our leaving will be greatly felt by all the inhabitants.
FRANK HALL.
Bodden Town.

Observations—From St. Helena, Cal., to Nashville, Tenn.

By W. C. White

At the beginning of the week of prayer, I decided to spend a week or two visiting old associates in church work in the bay cities of California. Accordingly, Sabbath morning, December 12, I met with the Richmond church. Here a few old-time Sabbath-keepers from other places, with a score or more who have recently embraced the truth under the labors of Elder J. D. Rice and wife, have united to form an active, working church, and are preparing to build a meeting-house in this growing northern suburban city.
In the evening it was my privilege to listen to Elder G. A. Snyder as he spoke to the newly organized company in Melrose, an eastern suburban town. Sunday, in company with Elder A. Brorsen, I visited several of the charter members of the Oakland church. Monday was spent with our laborers in Fruitvale, Melrose, and San Francisco; Tuesday, at Palo Alto and Mountain View.
In all these places the evidences of devotion, earnestness, and consecration on the part of both laborers and laymen, were truly encouraging. As a result of broadening labors, there are now a larger number of Sabbath-keepers in Oakland and its suburbs than before the removal of the printing-house to Mountain View.
In response to a telegram from Elder A. G. Daniells, inviting me to attend the annual meetings in Nashville, and then spend two weeks in Washington, I returned home the sixteenth, and prepared to go East. On the twenty-fourth I left home, and arrived in San Fernando, Friday, the twenty-fifth.
Sabbath, December 26, I spent with the teachers and students of the Fernando school. This school is doing a solid work in fitting its students for usefulness and efficiency in service to God, by a faithful ministry to their fellow men. A large number of the students had just returned from spending a week in house-to-house work with religious literature in Los Angeles, and it was good to hear them relate their experiences.
The executive committee of the Southern California Conference held its monthly meeting in Los Angeles, December 27, and amid other matters of importance they took time to listen to a report of progress, and to express individually their interest in the development of a well-equipped college for the Pacific Union Conference.
At Loma Linda I spent half a day with the college faculty. The sanitarium buildings are complete and satisfactory. No more is the sound of saw and hammer heard in the main building. The new elevator is greatly appreciated by the patients. The building and the grounds are much admired by those who come to Loma Linda, but that which is most frequently the subject of remark, is the efficient service rendered cheerfully, heartily, and in the spirit of brotherly love. The new bakery is just getting into full operation. The farm, the garden, and the dairy look well.
The teachers gave me some interesting facts in regard to the educational work at Loma Linda. In the three nurses' classes there are forty-two students: in the first year's class, eleven; second year, twenty; third year, eleven. In the medical course there are fifteen students; in the gospel workers' course, nine; in the bakers' and cooks' course, three; miscellaneous, twelve. Of the sixty-nine students in all the regular courses, about two thirds are from Eastern and Northern conferences. In addition to these students in the regular courses, there are twenty-six attending the Bible classes only. Some of these are carpenters, farmers, and gardeners belonging to the sanitarium family or living in the neighborhood. These, with a few of the helpers who are taking one class a day in other studies, bring the number of junior and senior students up to one hundred seven.
The church-school is held in a new building at the foot of the hill. Its enrolment is about forty, of whom five come from Redlands and San Bernardino. Altogether, the students at Loma Linda, regular, special, and primary, are more than one hundred forty.
From the little printing-office in the top of the bakery building there is issued a small journal called the Medical Evangelist. We hope this journal may grow to be a regular monthly, and a strong and influential exponent of the work for which the Loma Linda Sanitarium and the College of Evangelists have been established.
Leaving Loma Linda, Monday afternoon, I was in El Paso, Tuesday evening. I had purchased my ticket over the Texas and Pacific and Iron Mountain railways, to save time, but found that there would be a lack of connection, and consequently a lay-over of twenty-two hours in El Paso.
This gave me opportunity to visit Mr. and Mrs. Addis Albro, whom I had met at Loma Linda. They told me about other friends who were in El Paso. Wednesday I met Elder H. L. Hoover, superintendent of the New Mexico mission, who, with his wife and several Bible workers, had recently come to labor for a time in El Paso; also Brother and Sister Fee, from San Diego, Cal., who were at one time workers in the Paradise Valley Sanitarium.
Wednesday afternoon a company of twelve met at the home of Brother Fee, where I related some of the recent encouragements that had come to our workers in the home and foreign fields.
Wednesday night and all day Thursday our train was running through northern Texas. Much of the way the country is very sparsely settled, and the mesquit scrub looks much like an old orchard that was irregularly set. In size and distance apart, the trees make one think of a very old peach or apple orchard.
At Forth Worth I found time to telephone to the workers in the office of the Southern Publishing Association there, and at Little Rock, to the physician in the sanitarium in that city.
Friday afternoon I reached Memphis, and having the address of Elder J. S. Washburn, I was soon visiting with him at his fireside. Later in the evening we attended a meeting in the northern part of the city, where the tent-meetings were held last summer. About twenty-five earnest souls attended this meeting, and joined heartily in the study led by Brother Washburn.
Sabbath morning, January 2, the little meeting-house was filled to the doors. Of the one hundred twenty-five persons in the congregation, about forty had joined the church recently, as the result of the labors of Brother Washburn and his associates. Memphis is a large and promising field, and it is expected that many more will be won to the truth, and join the church there.
Elders Washburn and Burrow invited me to join them in the special services of the quarterly meeting and the ordination of church officers; but learning that there was a small colored congregation in the city, whose minister was absent, I spoke to the white congregation for a half-hour on the fulfilment of prophecy and the progress of the work, and then hurried across the city to find a small company of colored people hungry for the Word. Among them I saw several who should be trained as teachers.
Learning that hydriatic treatment-rooms had been established in Memphis, I visited the place after the Sabbath, and enjoyed an hour's talk with Brother A. Attebury and wife. Their work is steadily gaining influence, and they desired help to know how to make it a greater influence for good.
Late at night I took the train for Nashville, thankful for what I had seen of the advancing work all along the line.
W. C. WHITE.

South Caribbean Conference

By J. B. BECKNER

THIS conference was held at Port of Spain, Trinidad, January 13-15, this being the fourth time that the meeting had been appointed, and the second time of the gathering of the brethren for that purpose. Where we are so often under the quarantine laws, it is impossible to meet our appointments. As it was, we failed to have Elder U. Bender with us, which was a great disappointment to us all. We had no help outside of our own conference workers.
Truly God’s blessing has attended the past year’s work. Ninety-seven were baptized, and two churches were organized. One church building has been erected in Tobago, and funds are being raised to erect another at Aronca. At this writing the brethren are getting out timber from the woods for the Aronca church.
The following officers were elected: President, J. B. Beckner; secretary and treasurer, A. G. Peart; Sabbath-school secretary, Mrs. J. B. Beckner; Missionary Volunteer secretary, P. C. Carrington.
During the year two of our workers were taken from us by death — Brethren R. L. Price and C. J. Briggs. These workers we miss very much. Yet we would hold the standard a little higher, and work the harder to hasten the coming of the Saviour to take us from this sin-stricken earth to that land where there shall be no more pain nor death.
J. B. BECKNER.

Norway

By N. C. Bergersen

SINCE my last report to the REVIEW, we have held a canvassers' school, with good results. About thirty were present, and besides these we have about ten or fifteen other canvassers in Norway. They received instruction daily in the Bible, bookkeeping, and many other studies. All left the school with good courage, feeling that this was the best time in their lives. They are now in the field, going from house to house, and have received many orders; so the book sales are now on the increase in Norway.
Some time ago two of our workers met a woman who has kept the Sabbath for fifteen years. She did not know there was a Seventh-day Adventist in the world. She believed in baptism, and several other denominations offered to baptize her, but a voice always told her to wait. Our workers asked her how she began to keep the Sabbath and to believe as she did. Her answer was, “I learned it all from the Bible.” She had been praying for fifteen years that God would send some one to her who kept the Sabbath, and now her prayers were answered. It is impossible for us to express how she felt when she found out that these two workers kept the Sabbath, and that there were over eight hundred Sabbath-keepers in Norway. She is a sister to one of the leading Lutheran priests. Several priests have done all they could to get her to keep the first day of the week, but without result. The sister had never read any of our books or tracts. She learned it all from the Bible. She had great opposition in her home community; but she was firm in the truth. She was generally called a Catholic, but her husband said she was a Jew.
We are holding public meetings at several different places this winter, with good results. Many have given their hearts to God, and some have already been baptized. In Christiania and Bergen we have from four hundred to six hundred people coming to the meeting.
MEMBERS OF THE CANVASSERS’ CLASS IN NORWAY
MEMBERS OF THE CANVASSERS’ CLASS IN NORWAY
In Stavanger we have from seven hundred to two thousand people out to hear the last message of warning. We expect to receive a great harvest from this meeting before spring.
Four months ago I found that we had about twelve hundred copies of “Christ's Object Lessons” on hand. Our workers and brethren generally united to sell these, and the entire number is now disposed of.
Will the readers of the REVIEW please remember us before the throne of mercy?
N. C. BERGERSEN.

Mexico

By G. W. Caviness

SALINA CRUZ.—In September, 1907, one of our colporteurs passed through the village of Salina Cruz, which is at the southern end of the Tehuantepec Railroad, on the Pacific Ocean. This colporteur took a subscription for our Spanish paper from a young Spaniard working on the government works in that port. He also sold him a few tracts. The man read them; became convinced, and kept the very next Sabbath. He then went to work to teach the truth to others. The men working on the harbor improvements there usually had an hour and a half for their dinner; and many of them, as is the custom throughout Mexico, had their dinner brought to them, and sat down beside the works to eat. This brother would eat his dinner quickly, and then read the Bible and explain the truth to the others who were still sitting around. Then he would invite them to meet with him at his house in the evening after their work was over, and there again would study with them the truths of the Bible. After a few months this brother wrote us that he was keeping the Sabbath, and had a company of about twenty others with him. Some months later Dr. W. S. Swayze visited the company, and brought a favorable report of them and of the conditions for advance work in that part of the field. At the annual meeting in November we invited this brother to meet with us, that we might see him, become better acquainted with him, and learn of his ability and desires for future work. He impressed us all as being a very earnest man, and we decided to employ him in our work here in Mexico.
In December it was my privilege to visit the place, and spend some three weeks. I gave them quite a thorough course of instruction in our doctrines and the prophecies of the Bible, and at the last meeting I ordained the young Spaniard elder of the company. So we now have an organized church, with twenty-two members, in Salina Cruz. These brethren are, many of them, pure Indians. They speak a language of their own, called Zapoteca, and I understood from them that there are quite a number of these Indians all over the Isthmus in that part of Mexico. They understand Spanish, and it is in general use for all business purposes; but in their families and in private conversation they use their native language. The conditions in this part of the republic are very primitive. Being in the hot lands, the white or foreign people have not visited them much. Indeed, even the Catholic Church has not done much in that part; and so we find that the aboriginal Indians who have had least connection with the Catholic Church are in a very much better state morally than many where the church has had full sway for hundreds of years.
Two young men from the congregation there have entered the canvassing work. At first they had quite good success, but lately have met with more difficulties. We hope, with further instructions and help, they will develop into good workers. We are glad, indeed, to see how the Lord is working in this country.
Here at Salina Cruz, a few tracts and our paper left in the hands of one man, resulted in the establishing of a church of over twenty members, and all this was accomplished before we knew anything about it. The only thing we had to do was to visit the brethren and confirm the work.
We have recently heard of another company of fourteen in another part; but have not as yet come into direct connection with them.
I am also in receipt of various letters from men who say they are convinced of the truth and are ready to join us, and as soon as possible I hope to visit some of these, and see what the conditions are.
It seems that the time has come for the work to go on in Mexico. Some of the seeds of truth that have been sown are springing up. We thank the Lord and take courage, and are determined to press forward in the work. Remember at the throne of grace the work and workers in this difficult field.
G. W. CAVINESS.

Florida

By Page Shepard; J. W. Manns

Jacksonville.—The tent effort for the colored people closed here Sunday night, February 14. It was well attended, and was a most inspiring meeting. The Spirit of God was present in convicting power. After a clear presentation of the Sabbath question, all who believed and desired to obey were asked to stand. Two indicated a willingness to obey the commandments of God. Others are interested, and desire more of the precious light of truth. Pray for the interested souls here.
Page Shepard, J. W. Manns.

A New Sanitarium in Japan

By W. C. DUNSCOMBE

A new sanitarium for the Japanese has just been opened in Kobe. It has long been felt that a sanitarium for the Japanese was more important than one for the foreigners. So about three years ago Dr. Kiku Noma, who was at that time working with Dr. S. A. Lockwood in the foreign sanitarium, decided to step out by faith and start sanitarium work for the natives. With a few dollars, and a small salary guaranteed by the Mission Board for a few months, she hired a native house, and with a pail and some fomentation cloths started the work. This little institution they called the Eisei-in (Hygienic Institute).
At first the Japanese were very adverse to water treatments, as their physicians use drugs almost entirely; but gradually our methods won favor. The small building originally occupied soon proved inadequate, and the workers rented all the buildings in the small block in which the work first started. Although these buildings were connected, and somewhat modified for sanitarium purposes, they proved unsatisfactory, and the rooms were not suitable for the better class of patients.
The blessing of the Lord attended the work which was carried forward under these difficult conditions; and the patronage continued to increase, until they were compelled to rent another small building a block away. Through the efforts of the workers in this institution, many have been brought into the truth, and the Kobe church has been strengthened. For a long time these faithful workers hoped and prayed for a new institution in which they could prosecute their work under more favorable conditions. The Mission Board at home was not able to help, because of lack of funds. However, through the providence of God, the way was opened.
The daughter of a rich Japanese gentleman came to the Eisei-in for treatment. She had been brought up in a Roman Catholic convent, and was a devout Catholic. While at this institution, she regained her health, and accepted present truth. She speaks English and French fluently, besides her native tongue, and has proved to be a valuable worker. She and Miss Young are now conducting a school for Japanese children; and as they teach, they endeavor to inculcate true Bible principles. The father of this sister, being very grateful for the physical help his daughter received, advanced the money to build a new sanitarium, notwithstanding the fact that it is now hard times here, and money is very scarce. The building, equipment, and land cost about twenty thousand dollars in American money.
The building is constructed in a modified Japanese style. Instead of low Japanese ceilings, the rooms have high ceilings and large windows, thus insuring good air and sunlight. As the building overlooks the sea, there is almost always a refreshing breeze, even during the hot summer months. The old institution was on lower ground, and so shut in by houses that the summer weather seemed very oppressive. The new building was erected in three or four months, which is very quick work for Japanese. As soon as the building was finished, it was filled with patients, and I have no doubt that under the improved conditions the institution will enjoy a far larger patronage than ever before. The institution is independent financially; but Dr. Noma and the nurses being earnest Christians, I believe that the institution will be conducted solely in the interests of this third angel's message.
W. C. DUNSCOMBE, M. D.

Southern California Medical Convention

By J. R. LEADSWORTH

THAT our churches in Southern California might be fully up to their opportunities in combining health and gospel lines in the most effectual ways, a medical missionary convention was called for, to be held in Los Angeles. Churches in close proximity were invited in, and the program was arranged for a two-days’ meeting, February 13, 14.
The Sabbath morning was taken up by a consideration of the subject, “A Crisis in Medical Work,” by Elders J. A. Burden and R. S. Owen. The thought made prominent was that the truths committed to us are a complete antidote for the sickness of soul and body, and are due the multitudes who are being deceived by mind cure, Christian Science, the Emmanuel Movement, etc.
So general was the interest, the church was again packed at the afternoon service. The subject, “God’s Plan for the Medical Work in Southern California in the Year 1909,” was spoken to by a dozen or more physicians who are connected with the work in this conference. The uppermost thought expressed was that God wants the medical work to be used as a means of gathering a rich harvest of souls, instead of simply a profession for getting a livelihood, as is often the case.
Sunday the entire day was filled with helpful papers and demonstrations on practical missionary methods in the home, in the church, in the church-school, and so on up. Other interesting subjects considered were, “What Is the Relation of the Physician to the Minister?” “How May the Self-supporting Nurse Co-operate with the Gospel Worker?” “What Shall Be the Relation of the Physician in Private Practice to the Organized Work?” Many helpful suggestions were offered by those who presented papers on these subjects, as well as by those who took part in the discussion.
At the evening service demonstrations on simple treatments were given for the benefit of those who desired instruction, and the interest manifested by all gave renewed evidence that in the health work we have ready access to the people. In order that the churches generally might be instructed on practical medical missionary work, the following resolutions were adopted:—
“Resolved, That all be encouraged to study the foundation principles as presented in Life and Health, in the ‘Testimonies for the Church,’ and in ‘Ministry of Healing.’”
“Resolved, That where practicable, arrangements be made for churches to receive instruction on common diseases and simple treatments, and in the preparation of food in harmony with the principles of right living.”
The conference committee was requested to take under consideration the following plans for the future prosecution of the work:—
1. That, if possible, every tent company in the Southern California Conference be provided with at least one physician or nurse who shall give lectures and demonstrations upon health topics, visit and care for the sick, etc.
2. That during the summer months, health schools be established for the instruction of our church-school teachers.
3. That our conference provide work for our trained nurses along medical missionary lines.
4. That at every institute, convention, and camp-meeting in this conference, there be a full presentation of every branch of the third angel’s message,—evangelical, educational, and medical.
5. That in each church classes be organized, and physicians, nurses, or the most competent worker available, give instruction in health principles and simple treatments.
6. That physicians and nurses visit different churches and meet to exchange ideas with workers, promoting unity of sentiment and action.
7. That conventions similar to the present one be held from time to time, that workers may relate experiences, so that methods may be improved by a comparison of notes.
J. R. LEADSWORTH, Pacific Union Conf. Med. Sec.

Medical Missionary Department

By W. A. George, M. D.; W. A. Ruble, M. D.

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
W. A. GEORGE, M. D. . . . . . Chairman
W. A. RUBLE, M. D. . . . . . Secretary

Field Notes

Three persons have accepted the truth recently at Milwaukee, Wis.
Two persons were added to the church at Newton, Kan., Sabbath, January 2, on profession of faith.
Elder Jacob Riffel has recently held a three-weeks' meeting at Lincoln, Kan., at the close of which he baptized four.
Four members were added to the church at Nunn, Colo., recently: two by letter, and two others on confession of faith.
A report from Earlsboro, Okla., states that three families have recently begun to keep the Sabbath, and four others are seemingly at the point of decision.
Three persons were baptized at Rockport, Tex., on a recent Sunday. Several others have begun to keep the Sabbath at that place as a result of the tent effort.
Five adults are keeping the Sabbath at Port Huron, Mich., as a result of the labors of Brother and Sister H. A. Weaver. Their Sabbath-school now numbers fourteen.
Brother T. W. Field reports the organization of a church of nineteen members at Oplin, Tex. Seven of this number had never been connected with any of our churches.
Sabbath afternoon, February 6, thirteen candidates, all but two of whom were students of Union College, were baptized by President Lewis in the baptistery of the College View church.
As a result of a series of meetings at Muscatine, Iowa, six presented themselves for membership, and were admitted to the church subject to baptism. Many others are deeply interested.
Brother G. A. Lagrone reports that as a result of the meetings he is holding at Brysonville, Tex., two families have already taken their stand for the truth, and that others are much interested.
The following report of the work at Williston, N. D., comes from Brother C. J. Kunkel: “Here they organized a Russian church of fourteen members. Three or four young men are awaiting baptism, and one family is ready to unite with the church.”
As a result of an effort put forth at Neodesha, Kan., a church was organized with a membership of fifteen adults. Seven had letters from other churches, and the remainder were received on profession of faith. Three others are keeping the Sabbath.
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