Kankakee, Ill by D. T. Bourdeau; R. F. Andrews

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 13, 1874

Kankakee, Ill.

By D. T. Bourdeau; R. F. Andrews

We took down our tent last Thursday. It had been up just nine weeks. For four weeks, we held nine meetings a week, and during the last five weeks we held twelve meetings a week. We spoke ninety-six times in all—eighteen times in French. Twenty have taken their stand on the Bible Sabbath. We have obtained ten subscribers for the REVIEW. Yesterday (Sunday), S. B. was organized, amounting to over $150 a year. We contemplate the organization of a Bible-class and Sabbath-school the present week. We think that as a general thing it is better to organize S. B. during the first course of lectures. This can be done without urging, or leaving the impression that the preacher is after money. Thank God that our system precludes the possibility of doing this, while it gives young believers an opportunity of proving the sincerity of their love, and teaches them at once the lesson of working and sacrificing for the cause they have espoused. We have learned that the French and English are fully up to our American brethren in contributing of their means for the support of the cause. The friends at St. Anne have already met their pledges for the first quarter.

D. T. BOURDEAU, R. F. ANDREWS.

Kankakee, Ill., Sept. 28, 1874.