Ohio District No. 6 Meetings and Financial Struggles
By H. A. St. John
OUR meetings in Dist. No. 6 were all good. The brethren in this district are financially embarrassed, in consequence of a failure of crops for the two past seasons. Yet there is a spirit of sacrifice on the part of some, and we expect to see a good work done in the district during the coming quarter. Financially, this is the weakest district in our Conference, yet they have made arrangements to take 800 almanacs. The new director is inquiring, and is anxious to do his work just right. May the Lord bless him and all his membership. They may find plenty of missionary work that can be done without money. Two or three persons in this district will give considerable time and attention to getting subscribers for our periodicals. One member was added to the church by letter. Two deacons were chosen. The Defiance church now numbers fifty-three members, and is fully organized. Many of the members of this church are much behind on health reform. They need to study and practice the gospel of health, for they are losing great blessings by neglecting the clear light given. I have reason to believe that if we should be privileged to visit them again at some future time, we shall find that they have made some progress in this important matter. Graham flour, yes, graham flour! Make diligent effort, brethren, to keep a good article of graham flour in your houses, and then let the sisters be determined to learn how to use it. White bread, white bread, and nothing else, greets me at almost every turn, and as I recognize it more as an enemy than a friend, it is no wonder that I grow pale. But I am digressing. And yet it appears to me as not much of a digression after all, as our missionary work embraces the glorious gospel of health. Money used for tea, coffee, tobacco, and spices, would be far better appropriated to the missionary cause. The heavenly Canaan will soon be entered by the overcomers, and unless we come up, brethren, we shall be left to perish in the wilderness.