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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 4, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 18.

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East Pennsylvania

By K. C. Russell

LANCASTER.—A series of special services was held with the newly organized church of Sabbath-keepers at Lancaster, Pa., April 19-23, during which their commodious church was dedicated to the Lord.
The services were conducted by Elders W. J. Fitzgerald and J. H. Schilling, and the writer. The attendance consisted of the local membership and citizens of Lancaster and Ephrata. While the attendance was not large, yet there was a deep interest manifested in the meeting throughout.
Those who are familiar with the circumstances which have attended the efforts put forth by the members of this company in securing their church building can not but believe that it has been a most signal manifestation of God's providence which has enabled them to obtain such a desirable building, located in a thriving city of over forty thousand inhabitants, and in the midst of one of the richest farming sections in the State.
It is less than a year since Elder Schilling opened a series of tent-meetings here, which resulted in bringing out a company of believers who now constitute a portion of the charter membership of this new church organization. Scarcely had this company become established in the truth before it was learned that a neat brick church, with a seating capacity of three hundred persons, could be obtained for the moderate sum of two thousand dollars; six hundred dollars has already been paid on this property, and arrangements have been made whereby the remainder can be met on easy terms.
We rejoice with the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, and especially with the members of the Lancaster church, that they have been so successful in securing this church, which will be another standard for the third angel's message in the old Keystone State.
In addition to the effort in Lancaster, Elder Schilling has charge of the work in Reading, Allentown, and Lebanon, where members are being added to the church. K. C. RUSSELL.