Western New York by G. B. Thompson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 14, 1916

Western New York

By G. B. Thompson

It was my privilege, in company with Elder K. C. Russell, to meet the faculty and students of the Fernwood Intermediate School, at Tunesassa, November 16. This school is located in the southwest corner of the Western New York Conference. I found about thirty students in the school. All were of good courage, and interested in their studies. A new dormitory is nearly finished, which will enable the school to accommodate about fifty students. The entire plant, I was informed, is worth about $12,000, and is entirely free from debt. This is certainly very encouraging. This intermediate school is about two miles from the railroad, and affords a very quiet place in which students in this and adjoining conferences can secure an education that will prepare them to pass on to schools of higher grades.

The following Sabbath and Sunday Elder Russell and I spent with the church at Elmira, N. Y. Some were present from other churches. This was a very pleasant occasion to the writer, as it afforded an opportunity to meet some I had known years ago when laboring in this State. The Lord greatly blessed in the meetings held. The church members are all striving to be faithful. As we dwelt on the certainty of the message, new courage and a renewed determination to be faithful came into all our hearts. The members of the conference committee were present at this meeting, and among other things, planned for aggressive work to be carried forward in the city to strengthen and build up the church.

The last night of the meeting the church was well filled, and some who are not now with us expressed a determination to keep the Sabbath, and to become identified with this message.

G. B. Thompson.