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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 22, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 29.

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Maryland

By J. F. PIPER

A CHURCH of sixteen members was organized at Smithsburg, Md., May 8. With the exception of two, all are new believers. Others are keeping the Sabbath, and it is expected that they will unite with the church soon.
June 13 nine were baptized in a stream near the home of the local elder, and the day before five were baptized at Hagerstown. While the church has been organized at Smithsburg less than a month, more than thirty dollars has been handed in as tithe.
All the members of this little church are fully informed on all points of truth, and some are withstanding great opposition, but are bearing it with patience, and will come off “more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
In all, twenty-eight have been added to the Hagerstown church since Elder W. L. Adkins and the writer went there last July, and five or six more are keeping the Sabbath in the two places, who we expect will unite with the church in the near future.
It has been a great pleasure to labor in these places, as the believers have greatly assisted, and perfect harmony prevails. I trust that they will ever retain this first love, and be zealous for the cause of present truth. I am now engaged in tent-meetings in Rochester, N. Y. J. F. PIPER.