A Visit to Boston by K. C. Russell

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 10, 1906

A Visit to Boston

By K. C. Russell

I REACHED Boston on Friday afternoon, April 13, where I remained until Thursday, April 19. It had been one year and a half since I left the Boston field to connect with the Religious Liberty Department of our work.

My primary object in visiting New England at this time was for the purpose of attending an important business meeting of the New England Sanitarium and Benevolent Association, of which I was a member. This meeting was held Monday, April 16, at the sanitarium in Melrose. I am gratified to report that the results of the meeting were most satisfactory. Steps were taken to place the institution under denominational control.

Sabbath, April 14, at 11 A. M., I spoke to our church in Everett, Mass., and at 2:30 P. M. I spoke to the Boston church. It was a source of great pleasure to meet those for and with whom I had formerly labored. I was also encouraged to see so goodly a number of new members who, since my departure, had been added to the church through the earnest labors of Elder L. S. Wheeler, the present pastor of the Boston church, and his faithful collaborators. Sunday evening I had the privilege of speaking to a good audience on the subject of religious liberty, in the Universalist church at Everett.

After my arrival in Boston, I was pleased to learn that the dedicatory services of the mission for the Jewish people of Boston was to occur during my stay there. Many of the readers of the REVIEW are aware that for three years or more Elder F. C. Gilbert, who is a converted Jew, has been laboring earnestly for the establishment of such a work in Boston.

The dedicatory services took place Tuesday afternoon and evening, April 17, which was the seventeenth anniversary of Elder Gilbert's conversion to Christianity and his acceptance of the third angel's message. An elaborate and interesting program had been prepared for the occasion, consisting of selections of vocal and instrumental music, and appropriate addresses by our ministers and others.

At both the afternoon and evening services there was a good attendance. Among those present were Elder E. W. Farnsworth, Elder W. J. Fitzgerald,

Prof. Frederick Griggs, Dr. C. C. Nicola, Elders L. S. Wheeler and E. E. Miles. In the afternoon addresses were given by Elders Farnsworth and Wheeler, and the writer; and in the evening Rev. Wolfe, pastor of the Christian church of Haverhill, Mass., and Rev. Heath, pastor of one of the Baptist churches in Boston, gave interesting addresses; also Dr. C. C. Nicola, superintendent of the Melrose Sanitarium, gave an appropriate and interesting address. Professor Griggs, principal of the South Lancaster Academy, offered the dedicatory prayer.

The work of the mission is already opening up encouragingly, and we believe, with the earnest corps of faithful workers who are connected with it, an effective work will be done for this long-neglected people.

My earnest prayer is that God will signally bless this mission, the sanitarium, and the other lines of gospel work in this important field.

K. C. RUSSELL.