Osceola, Iowa by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 26, 1871

Osceola, Iowa.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

We have now been here two weeks. The weather and the roads have been fine; and the interest and the congregation have been much better than we expected. We seldom have less than four hundred, and sometimes as high as six hundred, hearers. Books go off well. Yesterday we introduced the REVIEW, and obtained twelve subscribers. We have thoroughly canvassed the life and death question. It was received with favor by the mass of our hearers, and with much delight by many. All declare that the Bible seems much plainer and that they can now believe it to be the word of God. The ministers are not able to hold their congregations away. There has been a Methodist Conference here for a week, with scores of ministers, but it has made no apparent difference in our attendance. Last night we introduced the Sabbath question to a crowded tent. Of course, now comes the test. We hope in God. D. M. CANRIGHT.