MICHIGAN

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

Romeo, June 28.

MICHIGAN tent No. 4 is pitched at the above place, where we have been for one week, with an average congregation of over two hundred and fifty at each meeting. The best class of citizens are among those most interested. The Presbyterian and Christian ministers have attended. The people are very kind, supplying our wants and inviting us to their homes. Many call on us at our tent. We have strong hopes of a company being brought into the present truth in this place. We request prayers. E. B. AND E. S. LANE.

Tent No. 3, Hickory Corners, June 24.

MONDAY, June 17, we came to Hickory Corners with our new tent made in Chicago by Bro. W. Armstrong.

We had our first meeting, June 19. About one hundred were out, the next eve one hundred and twenty. The interest is increasing; congregations enlarging. We had a meeting on Sabbath with about thirty out. And on first-day our congregations numbered about three hundred. The people seem interested, and the prospects for doing good are favorable. May the Lord help us in his work and arouse the people. Pray for us. J. B. FRISBIE. T. M. STEWARD.

Maple Grove, June 21, 1878.

AFTER I had recovered strength to labor; I held meetings in Maple Grove until I was called to go with the tent. After baptizing eight, I appointed a leader to take charge of the meetings and Sabbath-school. I presented our plan of raising S. B., and nearly all took hold of it cheerfully. Their S. B., as promised, will amount to about fifty dollars. About fourteen meet regularly, besides the children. May the Lord bless them, and lead them into the full enjoyment of the truths of the third angel's message. T. M. STEWARD.

Birmingham, June 24.

THE weather the past week has been very unfavorable for meetings, yet our congregations have ranged from one hundred to three hundred. Many of these come from the surrounding country, some as far as five miles. Only three discourses have been given on the subject of the Sabbath, yet we learn of quite a number who observed last Sabbath, and many more are deeply interested. The clergy of the place opened upon us in concert Sunday. The Methodist minister's morning discourse on the “Immortality of the Soul” was reviewed in the afternoon before a crowded tent, apparently with good effect. In the evening, after a discourse on the Sabbath, we obtained ten subscribers for the REVIEW. Books sell quite freely. We have a host of friends, who supply all our temporal wants, and contribute weekly toward the running expenses of the tent. We are encouraged to look for a good work here. J. O. CORLISS. WM. POTTER.

Fairfield, June 24.

We have our tent pitched at Fairfield, Lenawee county. Have held five meetings with increasing interest. Last evening there were more than could be seated in the tent; many remained standing during service. Tracts are taken freely, and many seem to be inquiring after truth. The people are thoughtful of our temporal wants.

We earnestly desire the prayers of God's people for the work in this part of the country. JOHN I. COLLINS. T. P. BUTCHER.