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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 28, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 9.

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PACIFIC COAST.

(Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.)

St. Clair, Nevada.

In this new, thinly-settled country, Eld. J. N. Loughborough has held four meetings, with congregations varying from forty-five to seventy. About all the community turn out, and they listen with interest to the word spoken. There are about a dozen Sabbath-keepers here. Some of them moved from California, but the most of them embraced the truth either from reading or from attending meetings held by Bro. J. Ferguson. They are anxious to have some simple State organization effected, and a mission opened at once. Though not wealthy, they do not ask for means from abroad; but seem to desire to have a minister sent them, if possible, from the California field. They are willing to purchase a tent, if it is thought best.

Salem, Oregon.

Since Jan. 5, Eld. I. D. Van Horn has been holding meetings in this place. The regular quarterly meeting was a profitable occasion. The T. and M. business meeting on Sunday was interesting, and showed quite an amount of work done considering the circumstances.
The result of the meetings held here has been to arouse the church to greater activity, and five have expressed a desire to join them. Others are interested.
The report of the North Pacific T. and M. Society, for the quarter ending Jan. 1, 1878, is as follows:—
No. of members, 110; No. of reports, 35; families visited, 59; letters written, 72; new subscribers for periodicals, 10; periodicals distributed, 536; pages tracts and pamphlets distributed, 25,507; pages books and pamphlets loaned, 4,077; pages books furnished libraries, 1,672; money received, $80.85.