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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 13, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 12.

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THE INTEREST INCREASING.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

Yesterday a gentleman came over from the city of Salem, four miles distant, to see us about moving our tent there. He was superintendent of the street car railroads of that city. He said they had consulted about the matter, and had authorized him to visit us and urge us to come there. They had procured a good place for the tent, would move us and meet all our expenses, etc. This seemed remarkable to us, as they had only known of our meetings through the papers, and we had no thought of going there. Of course, it is too late to go with the tent, and other urgent openings probably will not allow us to go there at all. He was very much disappointed.
This morning, while driving through the main street of Salem, in front of a printing office, we saw displayed in large letters the following bulletin: “Salem Post. A Sunday Dialogue Giving the Origin of the Sabbath and Its Early Observance. Eld. Canright, and Others, on the Same Question.” Observing a few moments, we saw many stop and read it. I obtained a copy of the Post, and found that a good share of its reading matter was devoted to this question. The report of our tent-meetings occupies a column, giving the substance of our arguments on the Sabbath question, and on other points. Other papers are doing the same thing. This shows how extensively these meetings are moving the people.
Salem is an old city with a population of many thousands. Some there are already keeping the Sabbath as the result of our meetings. We received a letter this morning from Lynn, inquiring about the Sabbath question. Infidels, Universalists, spiritualists, worldlings, and, indeed, some from nearly every class, have already embraced the Sabbath. Such an extensive interest I have never seen in all my life. Surely our New England brethren need not think the third angel’s message cannot succeed here. We believe that the Lord means by this to show them that their sacrifices, and labors, and prayers, in this work have not been in vain. All of us are busy as we can be from morning till late at night. I am exceedingly tired, but hope for rest in a couple of weeks. D. M. Canright.
Danvers, Mass.