Western Oregon by R. D. Benham

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 10, 1911

Western Oregon

By R. D. Benham

The regular quarterly meeting of the Falls City church was held July 1. My wife and I had the privilege of attending this gathering, and a blessed privilege it was; for we were a part of the company that held a tent effort in that place and organized the church there.

Although we had not visited the place for several years, we found quite a number of the old friends still there, with a goodly number of new ones, who seem to love the truth as the others do. During the meeting, the sweet, subduing Spirit of God came in, melting hearts and cementing them more closely together, thus demonstrating that the Lord accepted the work of his people, and we all praised him. This church is a working church, and is respected by the community. There seems to be some interest among the people of the place to know more about the truth.

We also visited the Dallas church, where we had the privilege of burying some precious souls with the Lord Jesus Christ by baptism.

At Newburg we received a telegram to come to Vancouver, Wash., to attend the funeral of a dear old mother in Israel, who had fallen asleep in her eighty-ninth year. We truly felt, as we laid her to rest, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”

R. D. BENHAM.