Report from Elder Loughborough by John Norton Loughborough

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 23, 1908

Report from Elder Loughborough

By John Norton Loughborough

THE whole month of January, 1907, I suffered with the grip, and this was followed by soreness in my left lung, lasting until August 10. After the death of Mrs. Loughborough (May 31), I decided to sell my home in Mountain View, and reside with the family of my daughter, in Healdsburg, believing that it was the Lord’s will that I should again do some work in the gospel field, and that if so, he would strengthen me for the work.

On August 7 we completed our sale of the place and furniture. On the eighth a letter came from Colorado, inviting me to attend their yearly conference camp-meeting at Denver, from August 22 to September 2. My daughter was certain that my condition would prevent my going. I said, “We will make this a subject of prayer. If the Lord wants me to go, he can cure the lung difficulty. I will not send a reply until evening after the Sabbath, the tenth.” We sought the Lord earnestly for light. I awoke at three o’clock on the morning of the tenth. The rich blessing of the Lord was resting upon me, and I was praising the Lord. The soreness was all gone from the lung, and I said, “Lord, in thy name I will go.” While I slept, the Lord had healed me.

I went to Colorado, and for nine days spoke to crowds of people once a day in their great pavilion, and returned to California in much better health than when I left for Colorado. Then I was able to take part in the dedication services of the new Pacific Press building, the St. Helena hospital, and the Oakland church.

I have just returned from spending the whole month of December in the States of Oregon and Washington. First I was in the ministers’ institute at Salem, Ore. Then I visited the Laurelwood Intermediate School, near Gaston, Ore. Next I was with the church at Portland, and the Mt. Tabor Sanitarium. For one day I was with the intermediate school at Meadowglade, Wash., some sixteen miles from Vancouver. Then for nine days I spoke to the church and college students at College Place, Wash. On

Sabbath, December 28, I gave two discourses to a crowded house at Seattle, thus completing twenty-eight discourses in the month. The Lord gave much of his blessing to both speaker and hearers in all of these places, while we were considering his dealings with his people in the rise and progress of the great second advent movement.

After the Sabbath, the twenty-eighth, I made a three days’ trip to Healdsburg, arriving at home on the evening of the last day of the year, in much better health and strength than when I left home. To the Lord be all the praise.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.