SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by T. S. Whitelock

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

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

By T. S. Whitelock

SAN DIEGO.—The Lord is greatly blessing in the work in this place. Souls are finding peace in the Lord, and working for the salvation of others. Elder Santee spent one week with us recently. This was a season of refreshing to the church, and all enjoyed the lessons given. For some time the work has been deepening. Sabbath, November 9, was a day long to be remembered because of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The speaker was in the pulpit, ready to begin his sermon, when a sister arose, and wanted to know if it would be a proper time to ask the prayers of God’s people. When told it was, she confessed her sins, and asked all to remember her when they pray. She was followed by nearly the whole church, confessing their faults, and asking an interest in one another’s petitions, for themselves, their friends and relatives. There was a silence in the church, made solemn by the presence of the angels of heaven. One Methodist lady who came in to worship with us said, in her testimony: “I am indeed glad to be here. I believe you have the Spirit of the Lord. Why, it seems just like one of the old love feasts we used to have in the Methodist Church, but we don’t have any of them nowadays.”

After a season of prayer in which God was petitioned to remember each request, and increase the burden for souls, we had a praise service. Many claimed the victory by faith, and expressed their confidence in the Lord to answer their prayers. Seven arose for baptism, making eleven in the past two weeks. Two are middle-aged sisters who were faithful workers in the Methodist Church.

T. S. WHITELOCK, M. D.