MICHIGAN by M. C. Guild; O. Soule

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1900

MICHIGAN

By M. C. Guild; O. Soule

ALPENA is a city of fourteen thousand inhabitants, and is pleasantly situated on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. This part of the State is practically a new field.

At the State meeting last spring it was decided that my family and I should engage in labor at this place, in company with Elder O. Soule. When we came, we found four Sabbath-keepers living here. We secured a pleasant location for the tent, on one of the principal avenues, and began meetings, June 22. The attendance has not been large, but a fair number have come quite regularly. We have endeavored to present the Third Angel’s Message, and in consequence six persons now observe the Sabbath, and others are convinced of the truth. The daily papers are favorable, and print notices of the meetings through the week.

A Sabbath-school of twenty-three members has been organized. Each Sunday afternoon a temperance meeting is held, followed by a children’s meeting. Thirty-four persons have signed the pledge.

Ten subscriptions for the Sentinel have been secured from the business men, and we have sold a fair number of books and tracts, and have nearly fifty subscriptions for the Signs. A reading-rack has been placed in the depot.

Sisters Clara Kiep and Lucy Tyte have connected with the work here, and are rendering efficient help.

Elder Soule and I spent a Sabbath and a Sunday in June with the church at Onaway. Profitable meetings were held, and some reconsecrated themselves to the Lord. M. C. GUILD, O. SOULE.