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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 17, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 48, No. 8.

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KANSAS

By J. N. Ayers; Smith Sharp

Our meetings held in July near Fort Scott were well attended by those not of our faith. At Centerville we had a profitable season. The house was full at each meeting. One was baptized, and the ordinances were celebrated. The S. S. pledge was raised to about $25.
The next meeting, at Mound City, was encouraging for the church. They arranged to hold meetings on the first, third, and fifth Sabbaths in each month in Mound City, and on the second and fourth Sabbaths at sister Osborn’s, on the Osage River. A leader and a clerk were appointed, and a resolution was passed requiring all members too far away to attend meeting to report by letter at least once in three months. They also raised their S. S. pledge from $60 to $110.
Of the church at Indianapolis we can report nothing favorable. Much labor has been spent here, but those who embraced the truth have failed to realize their responsibility, and the cause is low. One old gentleman, while on a visit to his son near this place, although seventy-three years of age and nearly deaf, after reading constantly for nearly a month, fully embraced our views and was baptized. After using tobacco sixty years he threw it away, and now rejoices in the truth. Let those who say they can’t quit using tobacco think of this case.
At Mt. Vernon greater opposition has existed than at any other place I know of. They locked us out of the school-house and the meeting-house last winter, but the Baptists kindly opened their meeting-house for this meeting. The people turned out well, the house being full at some meetings. The ordinances were celebrated, and five were received into the church. Bro. Reed was ordained elder.
Our meetings at Rock Creek closed last night. Seven were baptized yesterday, and eight united with the church. Bro. John Gibbs was ordained elder, and Bro. E. M. Kalloch deacon of the church. A resolution was adopted making it censurable for members to neglect attending meetings and taking part in them.
J. N. AYERS, SMITH SHARP.
Rock Creek, Kan., Aug. 7, 1876.