p. 17 | Michigan by G. E. Langdon

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 16, 1915

Michigan

By G. E. Langdon

BATTLE CREEK.—The work of God is onward in this church in which so many experiences of the past have centered. The church is pushing ahead in the Harvest Ingathering campaign. Three thousand papers have been taken, $500 has been raised, and we are still working.

We are striving hard to raise our quota for missions, and we expect to do it. Four thousand dollars has been raised, and we are confident that by the help of the Lord the full amount will be obtained.

We again started our Sunday night meetings October 17. Our attendance has ranged from 350 to 600; collections, $3.50 to $8.30. All the collections go to missions. Sales of books, tracts, etc., amount to $20.

We have a Berean band which meets Monday nights for Bible study and to arrange for Bible work. At present, there are four outposts where Sunday night meetings are held by brethren of the church, and Bible readings are being given in the city. Some report good interest.

The State Sunday school convention, with 4,000 delegates from all parts of the State, held its annual session of three days, last week, in the Tabernacle, which was the only place in the city large enough for the convention. The church has free literature racks in the vestibules, and Brother Babcock, church secretary, reports 10,300 pages of tracts and 200 periodicals taken. On the last night 2,000 tracts entitled “What Seventh-Day Adventists Believe” were handed to the delegates. We trust these pages may win many to rejoice in the truth of the Lord’s coming.

The academy, under the principalship of Prof. W. J. Blake, is prospering. This year it has the largest enrollment in its history.

Miss Frances Case, superintendent of the young people’s work in the church, is having a good interest, and many opportunities are opening for work. She has a large Standard of Attainment class.

The interest in the regular Sabbath services and Sabbath school is good, and the Tabernacle is well filled, except the vestries, nearly every Sabbath. Many strangers, from the sanitarium and other parts of the city, attend. Five persons were baptized on a recent Sabbath, making thirty-five since June 1. The church in general is loyal, and is working, praying, and sacrificing for the triumph of “the blessed hope.”

G. E. LANGDON.