Reports from the Field

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Sep 26, 1878

Reports from the Field.

(Condensed from Review and Herald.)

Alabama.

Atalla.—Elder Burrill writes, September 9, that during eleven weeks of labor at this place there has been a good hearing. Thirty have expressed their determination to keep the Sabbath. The yellow fever has come within twenty miles of them. Every day the cars are loaded with those who are fleeing from it.

Virginia.

Page County.—The cause in Virginia is reported onward. There are calls for labor from every quarter. Brother Fultz writes that one man came twelve miles to get some one to come and preach to them. The invitation was accepted, and the appointments published in two of the county papers.

New Brunswick.

Undine.—Brother Sawyer writes, September 8: “On my way here, in company with Brother Gelotte, I visited the French settlement where we had left tracts and the priest had forbidden the people to read them. One man requested us to explain the chart in his family. He seemed interested, and we left him a French paper. The postmaster takes Les Signes des Temps. In New Brunswick we found a home with the Danish minister. He and the leading man of the colony questioned us very closely. After we had explained the chart, and had conversed with the minister in regard to the signs of the times, he said he agreed with us except on the Sabbath.”

Michigan.

Douglas.—Elders Jones and Daniels report: “Sabbath and first-day, September 7, 8, were profitable days with us. The blessing of God was in our midst. A goodly number expressed a full determination to obey the truth. Evening after the Sabbath several came forward for prayers. Sunday morning we spoke on the subject of baptism, after which twelve were buried with their Lord by this solemn rite.”

Pontiac.—Brother Corliss reports, September 9: “Our meetings here closed last night, and we now remove the tent to the camp-ground at Orion. The congregations were good to the last, and paid the best of attention. Some noble minds have become permanently interested in the truth. Thirty have promised to obey, and twenty-one have signed the covenant.”

Antrim County.—Brethren J. and R. T. Sisley report: “We have been holding meetings in two adjoining districts in Central Lake township, and as the result twenty have determined to observe all the commandments. Our last Sabbath meeting was one of unusual interest. The house was well filled, and several took part in social worship.”

Pennsylvania.

Coudersport.—Brethren Whitney and Robinson report: “The interest here is still good. There has been but little open opposition, but considerable of the opposite kind. One minister spends much of his time visiting among the people, trying to quiet their consciences by telling them that it makes but little difference which day we keep, if we are only sincere. This, however, does not satisfy all; at our last Sabbath meeting about forty were present, and fifteen arose to express their determination to keep all the commandments.”

Iowa.

Bonaparte and Bentonsport.—Elder McCoy writes: “We closed our meeting at Bonaparte, Sunday, the 8th. Our Sabbath meeting was good. Nine more signed the covenant, making sixteen. On the 7th we organized a church of eighteen members at Bentonsport, and baptized eight persons; five or six others will soon unite with them.”