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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 14, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 3.

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Iowa

By Wm. Ostrander

Des Moines.—Thinking that many of the Review family who were formerly connected with the work in Iowa but are now scattered throughout the worldwide field, will be glad to know how the message is going in the capital city of the State, I am sending in a brief report.
It is about eighteen months since I came to Des Moines. The church numbers but few more than when I first began work, but the congregation has changed materially. Several names have been dropped; quite a number have been granted letters to join other churches; a few have united with us by letter, and there are more than a score of persons in the city keeping the Sabbath who have not yet identified themselves with us. There is a live interest, many are investigating our message, and the outlook for a large ingathering of souls during the year to come is good.
About forty years ago I began to preach this truth, and in all these years I have never seen the people so ready to read and investigate as they are at the present time. We are placing our literature in the homes of the people. Thousands of copies of the Review Extra have been distributed, also a large number of tracts and announcements of our Sunday evening meetings. The congregations at our weekly services are increasing steadily, and the Lord is giving freedom in the presentation of the truth.
Personally, I have great reason to be thankful to God for his kind dealings with me and mine during the past forty years. Many of my brethren in the ministry have fallen, but the dear Lord has seen fit to spare my life, and also that of my wife. Our health was never better, our courage is good, and our hope in God and the speedy triumph of this truth grows brighter as the days go by. May the Lord baptize us all with his Holy Spirit for the finishing of the work. Wm. Ostrander.