NEBRASKA by CHAS. L. BOYD

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

NEBRASKA

By CHAS. L. BOYD

New Erie, March 11.

THE interest here has been good from the beginning. Last Friday evening the house was well filled, and the congregation listened to a discourse by Mr. Allen, pastor of the U. B. Church, in favor of the first-day Sabbath, and to a review by the writer. A rising expression was then called for; not one voted in favor of the affirmative, but a goodly number in favor of the review. The next day we held a Sabbath meeting, and nearly forty were in attendance. I shall look for a good church to be organized here in due time. The rush of seeding has come, so last night I closed meetings for the present.

New Erie, March 18.—I deemed it best not to hold meetings during the past week, but have visited from house to house. Have obtained ten subscribers for our periodicals. Last Sabbath we organized a Sabbath-school, chose a leader, and made arrangements for permanent Sabbath meetings. Nineteen have signed the covenant, and others are keeping the Sabbath. This makes more than seventy-five who have signed the covenant to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus since I came to this part of the State last December. Only seven of these were ever members of the S. D. Adventist church. Many urgent calls are coming in.

Last Sunday and evening I preached at Watson. At the close of the evening services, I was requested, by vote, to avail myself of the first opportunity to give them a course of lectures. CHAS. L. BOYD.