GEORGE B. STARR by George B. Starr

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 4, 1878

GEORGE B. STARR

By George B. Starr

Oskaloosa, March 27.

I HAVE given seventeen lectures at Bluff Creek chapel, a union church ten miles south-east of Oskaloosa. We had been advertised two weeks ahead by a Presbyterian minister, who warned the people against us, giving the impression that all we desired to do was to get up a division on the Sabbath. Many decided not to come, as they did not wish to have their minds agitated on that subject. I urged them to come out and hear on the prophecies, promising before talking on the Sabbath to give them all notice, so they might remain at home if they desired. This only increased the interest to hear, and during the past week there has been an average attendance of over two hundred.

Sunday night a vote was taken, sixty persons voting on the side of the seventh day, and not one in favor of the first day. Seven or eight kept last Sabbath, and we hope for many more.

Closed meetings for a short time to attend quarterly meeting.