Tent Meetings in Michigan and Opposition Faced by R. J. Lawrence; P. Strong

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 10, 1874

Tent Meetings in Michigan and Opposition Faced

By R. J. Lawrence; P. Strong

Michigan.

We pitched our tent in this place on Wednesday following the Battle Creek Camp-meeting, and continued until Wednesday preceding the week of the Lapeer Camp-meeting, when we took down the tent, and shipped it for Lapeer. We gave fifty discourses, and sold twenty dollars’ worth of books, and gave away five dollars’ worth. Obtained five subscribers for the REVIEW and two for the Instructor. The Methodists held street preaching the first and second evenings of our meetings. Then came temperance lectures, women’s rights lectures, spiritualist lectures, shows, &c., besides the wireworking of others to keep the people away.

Notwithstanding all this opposition eighteen gave in their names to hold Sabbath meetings, and eight or ten more were keeping the Sabbath. The Lord wrought for his truth in the conversion of some souls that we trust will go through to the kingdom of God. To him be all the praise.

R. J. LAWRENCE, P. STRONG.