MANITOBA by J. J. Gravelle

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 29, 1901

MANITOBA

By J. J. Gravelle

MORDEN.—April 12, 1900, we moved from Killarney to Morden, to help build up the good work in this place. Here is the home of Elder H. J. Dirksen, one of our German ministers. He has done much faithful work here, and several Germans have accepted the truth. The time had come to labor for the English people; and as the brethren here had no place in which to hold meetings, except a private house, we rented a church building. The meetings began with a fair attendance, and one person accepted the truth.

Our camp-meeting, which began July 1, added much to the interest of the work here. Elders Morrison, Hoopes, and Wilkinson, and Brother Graff gave much valuable instruction. The attendance was good, and the last day of the meeting there were nearly one thousand persons on the grounds. A number took their stand for the truth. After the camp-meeting we kept our large tent standing for six weeks. Elder Nelson, director of the mission field, Elders Bubalts and Dirksen, and a number of Bible workers remained to help in the good work. About the middle of August the most of the laborers were obliged to leave, only my wife and I being left to carry on the work. As a result of the effort since camp-meeting several have taken their stand for the truth, and the church at Morden now has fifty-two members. Several young persons are in the truth, but have not yet united with the church. The brethren here have built a new church, twenty by thirty-six feet, and have it nearly all paid for.

J. J. GRAVELLE.