California by John Norton Loughborough; G. W. REASER; F. I. RICHARDSON

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 30, 1908

California

By John Norton Loughborough; G. W. REASER; F. I. RICHARDSON

I AM thankful to the Lord that during the past winter he has preserved me from such a siege of grip and lung trouble as I had from January to August, 1907. I have had only two slight colds, of short duration, during the whole winter. While I can not hold a long series of meetings in new fields, as in former years, I am thankful to have strength for some writing, and occasional meetings with our people.

February 14-23 I was with our people in Chico, Cal., and gave nine talks on the great second advent movement, and the agencies the Lord has connected with the work, for its establishment, from its very rise. As it was fine weather, with light evenings, we had good audiences at every meeting. The students from the intermediate school, one and one-half miles away, attended each service.

On the Sabbaths, March 7, 14, and 21, I gave a discourse to the Healdsburg church and the Pacific Union College students on the proofs that it is a genuine gift of prophecy that the Lord has connected with the third angel’s message from its very rise. During the last three weeks I have given talks to the college students on the rise and progress of the third angel’s message. To these talks they have given most earnest and undivided attention. I trust this may be of advantage to them in their future labors.

GRAHAM.—The new chapel at Graham, a suburb of Los Angeles, was dedicated Sunday, March 22, Elders G. W. Reaser, S. T. Hare, J. O. Corliss, and J. W. Adams participating in the services. A church was organized there the day before, composed of twenty members from other of our churches, and twelve were received upon profession of faith. The chapel is a neat building twenty by thirty-two feet, completely finished and painted, and, together with the lot on which it is located, has been paid for, except one hundred ten dollars, by the brethren in the vicinity within the past two months. The establishing of this new church comes as a result of tent-meetings held the past winter by Elder S. T. Hare, assisted by Brother C. F. Marvin.

G. W. REASER.

SAN PASQUAL.—By request of the Conference Committee, Mrs. Richardson and I came to San Diego to assist Elder W. M. Healey in a series of meetings. On our arrival we found the city making great preparations for the coming of Admiral Evans’s fleet, so it was thought best to postpone meetings until the fleet had gone. Having received an earnest invitation from Dr. Johnson Judson to spend a few days at San Pasqual, we decided to go there. We stayed ten days, holding meetings and visiting. On the last Sabbath of our stay, twelve were baptized and added to the church. Two were waiting baptism when we came, nine had recently come to the valley, and five were heads of families. Nearly all had learned something of the truth in their younger days, either through the teaching of their parents or by friends. They expressed themselves as believing that the Lord had brought us together at this time, that they might have the opportunity of hearing the truth more fully, and to accept it. May this experience encourage all to follow the instructions of the wise man, “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”

F. I. RICHARDSON.