JOHN MATTESON by John Matteson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 1, 1872

JOHN MATTESON

By John Matteson

Minnesota.

I STAYED about eleven weeks in Freeborn Co., Minn. Our meeting, and labor have been much blessed of the Lord. A great deal of prejudice has been removed, souls awakened, and the solemn truths of the third angel’s message have found room in many hearts who were formerly opposed to them. Twenty-seven have embraced the Sabbath, fourteen have been baptized, and twenty-two added to the church. Their present membership is forty-three, of whom seven are living in other places. Their S. B. has been raised about $31.00 and is now $155.00 per year. There are several others convinced of the Sabbath, who are God-fearing people and of whom we have good hope. Eld. L. Jorgensen and wife, formerly Baptists, are with us heart and hand, though they have not formally united with the church.

JOHN MATTESON

Altamont, Shelby Co., Iowa, Sept. 26, 1872.