Kirkville, Rome, and North Creek by B. L. Whitney; S. B. Whitney

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 8, 1877

Kirkville, Rome, and North Creek.

By B. L. Whitney; S. B. Whitney

I MET with the Kirkville church Feb. 17, 18. The brethren, by a unanimous vote, adopted the plan of paying regularly into the S. B. treasury for the Tract Society a sum equal to one-third their S. B. This will give a yearly income from this small church alone of nearly one hundred dollars. If all our churches would pay S. B. in proportion as this church has paid, our figures would be largely increased. Sixteen copies of the SIGNS were subscribed for.

Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, I spoke to the friends at Rome. An interesting feature of the work here is the interest taken by the brethren and sisters in missionary labor. They have now an organized Tract Society, and have taken twenty-four copies of the SIGNS to use in the missionary work. Two more have taken their stand on the Sabbath.

Spent Feb. 24 and 25 with the church at North Creek, Warner Co. Eld. Jacob Wilbur and Bro. A. P. Bump were here with me. In these two days we held eight meetings, besides devoting some time to business. Thirty-one copies of the SIGNS were subscribed for, also sixteen copies of the College paper. One brother, who has taken two hundred and fifty Almanacs, reports that although not able to spend much time in the work until after the middle of Jan., he has sold one hundred and fifty. He now takes one hundred and fifty more and says that could he have commenced in season and given his attention to it, he could easily have sold one thousand.

We feel that the Lord has blessed us at this meeting. Especially in our closing meeting Sunday eve the Spirit of the Lord seemed to come in, in good measure; and the brethren parted with a renewed determination to be more faithful in the work of God. B. L. WHITNEY.

Parma.

I CAME to this place by invitation of Bro. A. D. Tracy, who has fitted up and furnished an unoccupied academy building that has come into his possession, for the express purpose of holding a course of lectures in order to get the present truth before his neighbors. Have spoken five times besides preaching in the Baptist church yesterday morning by invitation of the minister. The attendance has been good considering the number of inhabitants and the condition of the roads, and the interest seems to be quite general. S. B. WHITNEY.