WISCONSIN

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 14, 1877

Adams Center, Adams Co.

We held meetings with the company at Adams Center, Adams Co., May 23 to 27. This company was raised up last winter through the labors of Bro. A. D. Olson. On Sabbath, the 26th, twelve were baptized. In the evening a church was organized, consisting of eighteen members. There are about a dozen more in the vicinity who will connect themselves with this church. Our good cause is prospering in Wisconsin. We are full of hope and courage. There never were as many openings and calls for labor in this State before as there are at the present time. We expect to run at least six tents the coming summer. H. W. DECKER. JOHN ATKINSON.

Black Creek, Couillardville, and Knowlton.

According to appointment, I was at Black Creek, Outagamie Co., May 10 to 20. Bro. Decker was with me to assist in organization. Fourteen were baptized, and a church of fifteen was formed. Bro. T. E. Thorpe was chosen elder; Willard Lathrop, deacon, and Thomas Dobbie, clerk. Others will soon unite with them.

After these meetings, I spent two days at Couillardville, near Oconto, where Bro. Enoch has been laboring this spring. Five have taken hold here, and six were desiring baptism. They did not receive the notice of my coming, and were so much scattered that we could not accomplish the object of my visit, my time being limited.

May 25 began meetings at Knowlton, Marathon Co. My meetings here last fall were broken off by the approach of the lumbering season. We found the interest unabated, and the attendance increased until, at our last meeting, the house could not contain the people. We have labored hard for these kind friends, and all are convinced of duty. But the lumbering business, in which all are engaged, stands greatly in the way. Some are taking hold, however. Sabbath meetings have been appointed, and I shall return as soon as possible to labor further. GEO. C. TENNEY. Portage, Wis., June 4.