Ohio Meetings in Eastern Morrow County
By H. A. St. John
FROM April 8 to May 31, I held a series of meetings in the eastern part of Morrow Co. The first seven meetings of the series were held in an old Presbyterian church called Harmony. The society having gone down, the house was seldom used. Although they chose to call the church Harmony, it was soon very evident that the harmony of some of the society belonging elsewhere was much disturbed by the truth which they would not hear, and we were notified to close our meeting. By earnest invitation, we went to a small school-house about a quarter of a mile distant, where we finished our meetings without further interruption. I never experienced a worse time for meetings than during this series. The roads were muddy, the nights very dark and generally rainy. This had much to do in making our congregations very small most of the time. Several times there were but five present. But having a few interested hearers, we were encouraged to hold on till we felt sure that the work was done. Eight souls publicly accepted the truth. Six of these were members of the Methodist church. Five were baptized. They unite with the Waterford church, and hereafter, for a time, the regular meetings and Sabbath-school of this society will be held in “Yankee Street” school-house. To my brethren in Ohio, I would say that I do not think it duty to pitch the tent at present. When the tent is pitched, it should be well supplied with laborers. Ohio has not the laborers. Oh! my dear brethren, should we not seek God earnestly for his blessing upon ourselves and our Conference? Should we not fervently pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers, imbued with the Spirit of God and the last message, that we may behold the work of God prospering among us? If the General Conference Committee can use our tent in any part of the wide harvest field, may they not take it? Better be in use than lying still. I am now in the eastern part of Knox Co. Have commenced a course of lectures in a7good-sized country school-house. Have had my first meeting, with a very fair congregation. I earnestly desire to be remembered. I want the glory of God and the salvation of souls to be paramount to everything else. My address, for the present, is Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio.