NORTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE.
By H. J. SCHNEPPER
I HAVE been connected with the North Pacific Conference a little over two years. During this time the Lord has blessed us greatly. Last summer on four different occasions I administered the ordinance of baptism. Last winter I went to a German-Swiss neighborhood. Nearly every Sunday they had a keg of beer and a dance. The judgments of God took the leader out of the way, and the word preached took effect. Two families began to walk in the narrow way. Most of the people reformed more or less, so that beer is not wanted any more. My last visit to that place was July 11-15, when those who had taken Jesus as their personal Saviour followed Him in baptism. We celebrated the ordinances, and enjoyed a precious season together. July 23-31 I visited Royal, our Conference president having requested me to do so. The brethren there had builded a church, which they desired to dedicate to the Lord. We had meeting every evening, and on the Sabbath four services besides Sabbath-school. In the afternoon we had a precious experience. About a dozen came forward for prayer, six of whom were baptized the following day. On Sunday morning the neighbors and the brethren filled the house to the utmost. After a sermon on the object of the house of God and the consecration of ourselves to Him as temples of the Holy Ghost, the building committee reported, and gave the key to the church, which was free from debt. The brethren were all in harmony, and God manifested His power in the conversion of the youth and children. In solemn prayer we gave the Lord His own—the house, and also ourselves. Every one was moved by the Spirit of God. It was good to be in such a place, where God comes so near His people. The influence of the church is good, and the neighbors desire more preaching. Elder Babcock, though eighty-two years old, was full of the truth of God, and rendered valuable help in opening the meeting and encouraging the people. May God keep him for some time to come to the uplifting of fallen mankind. H. J. SCHNEPPER.