The Churches | AdventAI

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Feb 15, 1877

The Churches.

(Condensed from Review and Herald.)

New York.

Buck's Bridge.—The meeting held in this place, Jan. 27 and 28, was attended by Elds. D. M. Canright and S. B. Whitney; Brn. Hall, Wilbur, and Wilcox were also present. The weather being fine, and the sleighing good, there was a general turnout from the surrounding churches. Eld. C. says: “Sabbath day there was deep feeling in the meeting. Sometimes nearly all were in tears. There are more than a dozen young persons here, from fifteen to twenty years of age, the children of our people. They had been brought up to keep the Sabbath, and respect the truth; but they were not Christians. Before the meeting closed, all but one took a stand for Christ.”

Pennsylvania.

Lock Haven.—Eld. R. F. Cottrell has just closed a series of meetings in this place. Four have commenced to observe the Sabbath and many others are convinced that the seventh day of the week is the true Sabbath. From here Eld. C. will go to Baltimore, Md., where a hall is already engaged for a course of lectures.

Kansas.

Richland.—Bro. Smith Sharp has been laboring in Osage and Shawnee counties for the past six weeks, meeting each Sabbath during the time with the church in this place. Sabbath, Jan. 28, seventeen came forward for prayers, the majority of them for the first time. On Sunday, seven of these were baptized and united with the church. Bro. Miller was chosen and ordained deacon of the church.

Osage City.—Bro. Geo. Kennedy reports great interest here. He says: “The people are very much stirred. I called for an expression Sunday night, Jan. 28, and about fifty testified in favor of the Sabbath and not one for Sunday.”

Ohio.

Butler.—The interest here is also good. Bro. Wm. Cottrell says: “After giving the reasons for our faith and hope, I called for an expression from all who believed that we had Bible reasons for the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath, when about twenty arose to their feet.”

Locust Point.—Brn. O. F. and H. S. Guilford, having given forty-seven discourses, closed their meetings in this place, Jan. 28. They leave “twelve who promised to keep the Sabbath, and a number who are still investigating, having supplied themselves with books. Among the first who commenced to keep the Sabbath was the post-master and the class-leader's wife. There are also several school-teachers who are studying their Bibles to know the truth.”