THE PACIFIC COAST

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 12, 1877

THE PACIFIC COAST.

(Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.)

Salem, Or.

During Bro. Van Horn’s labors here, five started to live the truth, and seven united with the church, making the number nineteen. Others were preparing to join. He baptized five. He was to start about Mar. 10 for Walla Walla, to labor for a while. He writes that his family are again well.

Mendocino Co., Cal.

At Christine, Anderson Valley, Bro. Healey began lectures Feb. 22, and preached twenty-two sermons. It was a rainy time, but the audience increased from forty to over one hundred. He organized a church of twenty-six, and S. B. for 1877 to the amount of $350, which he considered quite liberal for that place, as they are generally poor, and those who have been keeping the Sabbath in the county have already paid over

$100, making nearly $500 paid and pledged on S. B. for 1877. He found a general willingness to leave the use of tobacco, pork, etc.

Fairview.

At the general quarterly meeting, Mar. 17, 18, four were added to the church, two requested to sign the covenant, and one was baptized.

Napa, San Jose, and Oakland.

QUARTERLY meetings have recently been held in these places. Bro. Loughborough says, the result is an increasing interest to hear the truth. In these places, he noticed many strangers in the congregation. These, he found, were persons who were reading the extra copies of the SIGNS distributed by the missionary workers. He was introduced to some who had recently embraced the truth by reading, and were present to hear for the first time a sermon by an Adventist.