Missouri Tent by R. J. Lawrence

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 17, 1872

Missouri Tent.

By R. J. Lawrence

We pitched our tent in this place in a grove in a thinly settled farming country, only two houses in sight, on Wednesday, August 28, and commenced meetings the evening of the 29th, when, to our surprise, about sixty came in. The next evening there were one hundred present, the next, one hundred and fifty, and on Sunday, between three and four hundred Sunday eve, nearly the same. The question was, Where did they come from? The answer was, From one to fifteen miles away. Some who have heard, manifest quite an interest in what they have heard, and say they want to hear us through. They are quite an intelligent farming class of people, and we may hope for success here, by the blessing of the Lord. Pray for us, that we may be humble, and where the Lord can bless us and our labors. We have given six discourses, with a very good degree of freedom. Our tent is pitched about three miles from Bro. Butler’s. We have only one mail each week. Our Post-Office address is Half-rock, Mercer Co., Mo.

Sept. 3, 1872.

R. J. LAWRENCE.