North Pacific Mission by I. D. Van Horn

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 4, 1877

North Pacific Mission.

By I. D. Van Horn

SINCE moving our tent to East Portland we have continued meetings for about four weeks. Three weeks of the time we used the tent, but the weather becoming unsettled and nights cold, we took down the tent and laid it away for winter. We are now occupying the school-house. There are a few much interested, some of whom have commenced to keep the Sabbath. This week will tell whether we shall be able to form a church or not. Some twenty or more are entirely convinced, and are almost to the point of acting. We hope to establish a small society here, that the light may shine in this large city, even if it be caused to shine by a few.

We are pleased at the prospect of forming a Conference in this mission. I think it will be an important step in the right direction for the cause here. May the blessing of God attend our effort. I. D. VAN HORN.

Portland, Oregon, September 24, 1877.