REPORT OF MEETINGS by E. W. Farnsworth

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 15, 1877

REPORT OF MEETINGS.

By E. W. Farnsworth

Friday, Jan. 19, I met with the church in Smithland, Iowa, and continued meetings until Tuesday evening, Jan. 23. The brethren have purchased the building formerly used for a school-house, and having reseated and repaired it, they now have a neat, commodious house of worship. Sunday afternoon it was dedicated to the worship of God. It was a pleasant season for us all. Six were added to the church. Several others will unite soon. I think God has blessed the zeal of the Smithland church, in scattering books and tracts and in doing general missionary labor. The outside interest was good. Our congregations were large all the time we were there; and the Spirit of the Lord seemed to be in our midst as we tried to impress upon the minds of the people the importance of making a practical application of the truth.

I returned to Dakota, Jan. 24, and resumed meetings in a country place about six miles south of Elk Point village, where I had been laboring for several weeks, and where a few had taken a stand on the truth. Sunday, the 28th, we baptized fourteen in the Missouri. We then organized a church of twenty-six to be known as the Elk Point church. A few of these were Sabbath-keepers before. We organized Systematic Benevolence to the amount of $142.00. There are others that we hope will unite with us soon. Pray for the cause in Dakota. E. W. FARNSWORTH.

Elk Point, Union Co., Dak., Feb. 2.