A. O. BURRILL by A. O. BURRILL

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 4, 1912

A. O. BURRILL

By A. O. BURRILL

Washington

COLBY.—By invitation of the acting president of this conference, I visited the church at this place, with the thought that I would remain but a few days. An interest to hear the word was at once manifested both by the church and by others.

Colby is located on Puget Sound, eleven miles west of the city of Seattle. The inhabitants are mostly well-to-do, as this place is really a residence district of the city. A prominent lawyer who resides on that side of the Sound, and has his office in the city, invited us to occupy his hall, which is about one mile from the church building. This offered an opportunity for many who had not heard the message to attend the meetings.

The brethren and sister furnished the music, giving from twenty minutes to a half-hour to the song service. The meetings continued for nearly eight weeks. Nine have been added to the church by baptism, and one by letter. Five others are keeping the Sabbath, and later will unite with the church.

The church-school has done a good work for the children. Several of those baptized were students. About twenty-five dollars’ worth of books was sold during the meeting, and several subscriptions for our periodicals were taken. We were favored with a visit by the president, Elder L. Johnson, and one evening Elder W. F. Martin spoke in the interests of religious liberty. He took fifty subscriptions for the magazine Liberty at the close of the lecture.

This is the first time for several years that I have had opportunity to give a full series of lectures, and I have greatly enjoyed it. I am now just beginning a series of meetings in one of our churches in the city of Seattle. Our address is 7961 Forty-sixth Ave., S. Seattle, Wash.