MEETING AT SANTA ROSA by S. N. Haskell

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1880

MEETING AT SANTA ROSA.

By S. N. Haskell

THIS meeting was one of special interest to the friends of the cause in that section. The companies at Healdsburg, Green Valley, Sonoma, St. Helena, Petaluma, and Stony Point were represented, besides many scattered brethren from the surrounding country. The testimony of Sister White was well received and appreciated by the friends present. On Sunday P. M., the matter of Bro. Corliss and others coming to this coast to labor was mentioned. After some spirited remarks by the leading brethren present, the following was moved by Elder Healey, seconded by Bro. John Morrison, and carried by a unanimous vote:—

Resolved, That we cordially invite Brethren Corliss and Farnsworth, or such other Brethren as the general Conference may see fit to send us, to labor on this coast, and promise to sustain them by our prayers and means to the best of our ability.

The propriety of purchasing a tent for such laborers to enter new fields was suggested, whereupon Elder Healey presented the following:—

WHEREAS, We hope and expect that Elder Corliss and colaborers will be sent to labor on this coast the coming season, and in order to make their labors the more effectual, we must have a tent in addition to those now used by us in this State, one of which is much worn; therefore,

Resolved, That we raise a fund of five hundred dollars to purchase such a tent as the Conference Committee may decide to be needed, and to this end pledge ourselves to pay at or before our next Northern Camp-meeting the sum set opposite our names.

Instead of a formal adoption by vote, all had the privilege of expressing their minds in a more practical manner by signing their names opposite certain amounts they felt able to give. Nearly all present, including children, signed the above; some, representing other churches, preferred to wait and head a list in their own church. The sum of over one hundred and fifty dollars was immediately pledged.

Each church and company in the State, through the tract society officers, will have the privilege of assisting in raising a tent fund, to be appropriated in furthering the cause in this Conference.

At 7 P. M., on Sunday, Sister White spoke to a large and interested audience from 1 Peter 1: 13–16. The influence of this meeting was excellent, and the brethren return to their homes with renewed courage. S. N. HASKELL.