GREAT BRITAIN by John Norton Loughborough

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 23, 1900

GREAT BRITAIN.

By John Norton Loughborough

BATH, ENGLAND; CARDIFF, WALES.—From December 1-17 I was with our people in these places,—the first ten days at the former place, and the last seven in the latter. Thus my time during the week of prayer for the British field was equally divided between these two places. The meetings in Bath were well attended. Many of the company live quite a distance from the meeting-place, and have to come on foot up and down the steep hills of Bath. Though not blessed with much of this world's goods, the company contributed, with cheerful hearts, to the annual offering.

At Cardiff the Lord was with us, and blessed those who were able to come to the nine meetings held during the seven days. During our first evening meeting a heavy snowstorm visited Britain, with a change to severe cold weather. Some of our people, or their children, took cold, and were made ill, thus losing the public meetings. The weather was so cold that I found it the safest for me to keep near the fire when out of meeting. For this reason I made but few visits in Cardiff. Our week of meetings seemed to be one of encouragement to this company. They cheerfully contributed to the annual offering.

‘God loveth a cheerful giver.’ We are told that he ‘regardeth more the will with which one worketh than the amount that he doeth.’

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.