p. 425 | Idaho by D. T. Fero

International Tract and Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 27.

Idaho.

By D. T. Fero

BETWEEN five and six months have been spent in labor since we arrived in Idaho, principally in Boise and Franklin, though some work has been done in other places. At Boise the friends were embarrassed by not having a public place for meetings. This want has been supplied. Sister Missell owned a building which had been vacated, and she generously offered the use of it, which was accepted, and money and labor were contributed to fit it up. This has proved a blessing. A church organization has been effected; the tract society work has been revived, and ten new members have been added; the Sabbath-school is united and prospering, and a few from the outside have been added to the church. In accomplishing this work we have had the hearty co-operation of the brethren and sisters, and if the members of this church realize their responsibility and seek God for help to walk circumspectly, they may have the privilege of seeing the cause strengthened by others being brought into the truth. The friends in High Valley united with this church.

At Franklin several families have accepted the truth. A church of nineteen members has been organized. There is an interesting Sabbath-school, with an attendance of about fifty, and a tract society has been partially organized. The following may be given as a brief synopsis of the work up to the present:—

Number who have commenced Sabbath observance, 28; number baptized, 23; number added to the tract society, 16; number of subscriptions obtained for periodicals, 18.

At the Walla Walla camp-meeting it was decided that it would be best for us to labor for a time in Washington Territory, and with some regret we left the friends in Idaho, hoping to return and continue the work there after tent season.

D. T. FERO. Sprague, W. T. June 30, 1886.