Howard Co., Kansas by J. Lamont

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1875

Howard Co., Kansas.

By J. Lamont

AFTER Bro. Cook’s departure for Mo., I continued the meetings at Canola and vicinity about five weeks. The outside interest increased above what it had been before. Eight more have embraced the truth, and there are several others who, we feel confident, will not stand out much longer. We have organized a Sabbath-school, established a weekly prayer-meeting, and entered into the work of the T. & M. Society. This we think quite a triumph, as single dollars are more difficult to raise here now than considerable sums of money were a year or two ago. Bibles being rather scarce, we have also established a Bible depository in this place.

Jan. 31, I began a series of meetings about fifteen miles south-east of Canola. I continued there till the 12th, when it became necessary to come here to attend the T. & M. meeting. Four had already taken hold of the truth in that vicinity, and quite a number of others are deeply interested. I return to-morrow to continue the work with them. There seems to be very little prejudice. Invitations, some of them very earnest, have come in from several neighborhoods. I have just heard, by letter, of two other families who have embraced present truth from reading. They do not live near each other. One was furnished with reading matter by a member of our (Kansas) T. & M. Society, the other by a member of the N. E. Society.

Attended the quarterly meeting of this Dist. (No. 4) Jan. 17. It was quite an interesting meeting. A goodly number of pages of reading matter have been distributed, also subscribers obtained for periodicals, &c. About twenty dollars were donated to the widow and orphan fund.

J. LAMONT.

Canola, Feb. 16, 1875.