Downey, Los Angeles Co., Cal.
By E. A. Briggs
SINCE my last report, seven more have signed the covenant here, making fifty-two who are faithfully striving to walk in the light which they have recently received. Many of these have been slaves to the vile habit of tobacco-using; but this evil is fast disappearing, and we trust it will be soon eradicated from among them. One of those who have been received into full church fellowship, is a brother who was a Methodist preacher, and who has just given up the use of tobacco in which he had indulged fifty-seven years. Let none say that they cannot break away from this habit. We have just purchased a lot, and ordered lumber, for the erection of a church building. Pray for the work here. Nov. 22, 1883. E. A. BRIGGS.