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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 16, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 3.

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West Pennsylvania

By J. W. Watt

THE little company at Indiana is increasing in numbers, two more families having located here this fall.
The school building is now ready for use, and the school has begun with sixteen students in attendance. The schoolhouse is twenty-four by thirty-two feet, and we are glad to say that we have no great debt on our hands; we owe less than one hundred dollars on lumber, and must secure a heating furnace, as we have only an ordinary stove at present. We shall need perhaps one hundred twenty-five dollars yet to complete the house. But we are all very thankful that we have a place for church and school work.
The week of prayer was a source of strength and courage to the Indiana church; victories were gained, and love for the truth binds hearts closer together.
When we came here a little less than two years ago, nothing was known of our message, and the people seemed quite prejudiced; but that is giving way now, and they are friendly.
At present the Sunday advocates are making a great stir in Indiana County. They have organized a county Sabbath Observance Association, and propose to place a secretary in every township in the county. More than forty arrests have been made within the last two months. We work quietly on the school farm every Sunday, and have not been molested. But how long we shall be able to do so, we can not tell. Our brethren have sold some copies of Liberty, and we shall do what we can to get the light before the people, but we are not able to do what we should like to do. One hotel keeper in Indiana bought five copies of Liberty when he understood that it was opposed to Sunday laws. Many of the people are not in harmony with the present movement in this county, and some say that if that is religion, they do not want any of it. Dr. Sharpe, the leader in the movement, visits the towns where Sunday work is supposed to be going forward, and when he finds people at work, appears against them as prosecuting witness.
J. W. WATT.