WISCONSIN by William Covert

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 26, 1901

WISCONSIN

By William Covert

BIRNAMWOOD.— In company with Elder H. W. Reed, I spent last Sabbath and Sunday, November 9 and 10, at Birnamwood. Elder Reed had been there a few days previously to this time, and had held meetings, and arranged for a special gathering on these two days.

While there, we organized a church composed of twenty-one members, and dedicated a commodious church building. The company at Birnamwood is composed to a large extent of Sabbath-keepers who have had membership in our churches elsewhere. Perhaps half a dozen of these had never belonged to our Church, and at the time of organizing none of them had membership in any of our churches, those who had previously had membership having transferred to Birnamwood, entering the unorganized company. So the whole number will be a net increase to the Conference in membership.

There is a friendly feeling existing among the people of the village toward our work, and some of them are really interested in the truth. Elder Reed will soon begin a regular series of meetings in the place, and continue as long as the interest seems to justify the effort. We hope to see others added to this church soon.

This makes five churches organized in the Wisconsin Conference during the last five months. The one organized in October was at Orange, in Burnett County, in the country west of Spooner and east of Grantsburg, and thirty miles from a railroad. At present this church has only eleven persons to compose its membership, but some Swedes are keeping the Sabbath, and will probably soon unite with the church. Two laborers, speaking their language, will be among them for the next two months, doing what they can to advance the interests of the work there.

This church intends to build a church and schoolhouse next year. Wm. Covert.