Minneapolis, Minn by O. O. BERNSTEIN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 12, 1912

Minneapolis, Minn.

By O. O. BERNSTEIN

OCTOBER 1 we closed our summer’s effort, consisting of eight weeks’ tent-meeting and three weeks’ follow-up hall meeting. The total expense of conducting the effort was $668. (This does not include salaries, street-car fares, nor tracts allowed each worker for personal use.) Total donations and collections, with inventories on song-books, electric lights, supplies, and lumber not discounted, were $462. The deficit of $206 was more than made up by a $300 check—back tithe from an old member who felt blessed by the meeting.

The tithe of the Minneapolis church for the first nine and one-half months of 1912 was more than for the whole year of 1911.

There are thirty adults keeping the Sabbath as the result of the summer’s work, ten of whom were recently baptized. Another baptism is soon to follow. The influence of the tent-meetings has been felt in various quarters of the city, and eternity alone will show the vast amount of good that has been accomplished. We are thankful to the Lord for his great blessing and his presence with us.

A second effort of six weeks began Sunday, November 10, in the Nicollet Avenue and Fifteenth Street Baptist church, which we have rented at a very reasonable rate. The opening night every seat in the auditorium, galleries, and anterooms was taken early, so that chairs had to be placed in the aisles, and then scores who were unable to get in went away. Those assisting in this effort are Mrs. Minnie Bridges, Miss Gertrude Burghart, and Mr. Gust Freeman, as Bible workers, with Brother Stemple White as chorister and assistant evangelist. The outlook is encouraging, and for success we solicit an interest in your prayers. O. O. BERNSTEIN.