p. 62 | Ft. Scott, Kan by J. H. Cook

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 4, 1873

Ft. Scott, Kan.

By J. H. Cook

I HAVE been lecturing in the vicinity of Uniontown, Bourbon Co., Kan., since the 17th of December. Two were keeping the Sabbath when I commenced. Eight others have joined them, and the work is not yet finished. I would say to parties who have been corresponding with me in relation to labor in their respective localities, that the present appearances are that I shall not get away from Bourbon and Allen Counties this winter. Pressing calls come in from the immediate neighborhoods where I am laboring, and duty seems to point in these directions. I feel sad that I cannot respond favorably to all. The fields are white for the harvest. The Macedonian cry is urgent.

Times are the closest that I have ever seen in the State. The people where I lecture are eager to read; but to buy reading matter, is almost out of the question with them. The wheat crop last year was a failure. Corn is the only surplus of farm production, and that is from twelve to fifteen cents per bushel, so that the necessaries of life have by many to be sacrificed. It is more particularly so where I have been laboring than in many other parts. I will hope for better times, and labor on what time I can spare aside from administering to the wants of my family at home. J. H. Cook.