J. M. COMER by J. M. Comer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 29, 1910

J. M. COMER

By J. M. Comer

Oregon

JANUARY 23, as a result of a three weeks' meeting, I baptized seven persons at Hopewell, Ore. Following a short revival meeting in our Royal Academy, April 30, it was my privilege to baptize four; later, on July 9, I administered the ordinance to three more.

July 14 I pitched a tent here in Cottage Grove, and on the evening of the fifteenth, held a union temperance rally, the ministers of the three other churches joining me in this effort. Our young people scattered over two hundred copies of the Temperance Instructor before the meeting, and solicited donations. They received more than enough to pay for the papers, besides helping to advertise the meeting. Our tent was packed, and as many more were on the outside. The collection that night more than paid expenses.

Sunday evening, July 16, I started meetings. Elder W. L. Black joined me July 18 and remained with me to the close. We held forty-two meetings, presenting, as well as we could in so short a time, the leading points of our faith. God wonderfully blessed us, and on Sabbath, August 27, I baptized eleven new believers, and the next Sabbath six more. These, with four others, were taken into the church. The four are new Sabbath-keepers, but came in on profession of faith, having been baptized in other churches. Thirty-four are keeping the Sabbath as a result of these meetings, and others are now waiting baptism. I hope soon to see them, with other interested ones, fully established in all points of the faith and in the church. Surely the Lord has blessed us, and to him belongs all praise.