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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 12, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 31.

Oregon.

GRAVEL FORD, Coos County.—We commenced meetings at this place June 17. It lies at the forks of the North and the East branches of the Coquille River, seven miles north of Myrtle Point, which is our nearest town. The country is thinly settled and our attendance small; only thirteen were present the first evening, but the number increased as the meetings continued, the average attendance from the beginning to the close being about thirty, except on Sundays, which we made special occasions by announcing to have a "basket dinner" on the grounds, thus drawing the people settled along the valleys for a distance of ten miles. Many of these heard only our Sunday sermons, therefore we improved the time by giving four discourses each Sunday, on the most important points of our faith. We closed meetings here July 17, just thirty days from the time we began. We gave forty-three discourses. As a result seventeen new Sabbath-keepers signed the covenant and four others are keeping the Sabbath who have not yet signed.