West Pennsylvania Conference by W. F. Schwartz

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 21, 1915

West Pennsylvania Conference

By W. F. Schwartz

On July 2 I went to Corry to spend a few days with the church there, and to hold the quarterly service. One meeting was held in Corry, and the other meetings in Brother Bemis's home, seven miles from Corry, where a good interest has been awakened. While there I baptized two persons, and five were added to the church. It had been planned to begin an effort at Albion, but failing to find a suitable location, the tent was pitched in Erie, on the west side, at Eighth and Cascade Streets, where a fine class of people attended.

In July there were fifteen days of rain, and in August twenty, and a large flood that caused great loss of property and the death of thirty-six persons. But we can praise God for his guiding hand and protecting care. We labored one night to save our tent, while at the same time our own home cellar was filling with water. The stream was so swollen that my wife and I could not reach our home that night, but had to remain on the west side until the next day. Water and gas were cut off from the city for a few days, so the people had to build cooking places in the yards.

The meetings at the tent were hindered two nights because of the flood, but the people came even on the rainy nights, and God has caused the truth to spring up in the hearts of many. Six persons have already decided to keep the Sabbath, and we have the names of thirty-four interested ones who need further instruction. We are praising God for his love and his mercy that are being manifested toward us.

W. F. SCHWARTZ.