My last report was made in the Review for April 16th. I held meetings over two Sabbaths at Red Banks, Tehama county. Three had embraced the truth there by reading since my last visit. I baptized one and organized a church of twelve members, to be known as the Red Bluff church. The systematic benevolence of this little church is $310 70 per annum.
Sabbath May 2, I was with brother and sister White at San Francisco. I was happy to find them in good spirits. I spent first-day at Oakland, where brethren Canright and Cornell were holding an interesting tent meeting.
Sabbath and first-day, May 9 and 10, I was with the church in Napa, and organized a church of twenty-nine members. Others will unite soon. Eight were baptized on first-day morning. At the close of the forenoon service had a communion season. May 16th and 17th held meetings at St. Helena, and organized a church of twenty-one members. Others will come in soon. Two were baptized during this meeting. May 18th, elected Trustees preparatory to erecting a house of worship in St. Helena.
I have now joined the laborers already here in the tent campaign. The two tents, one in Oakland and the other in East Oakland, with our enlarged ideas of advertising, are doing a good work in calling the attention of the people to the great truths we have to present. The move of Bro. White in publishing the two numbers of The Tent Meeting, and commencing the regular weekly issue of the Signs of the Times, has aided wonderfully in giving prominence to the work in the tents.
The Local Option movement, which is mentioned in this paper, and which had our sympathy, certainly learned the people on their part the way to our tents. We look for a glorious result from these tent meetings. Pray for us.