MICHIGAN

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 1, 1878

Tent No. 2, Greenville.

After laboring here two weeks we can safely say that the interest in our meetings has not in the least abated. Our congregations have been perceptibly larger the past week than they were the first, especially since the Sabbath question has been under consideration. One favorable circumstance is worthy of notice,—the same faces, as a body, appear nightly. Not a voice has been raised against us, and the papers of the city, of which there are two, speak favorably of the meetings.

Our Sunday evening audience was very large, many standing about the tent. The people generally seem social and friendly, and invitations out are frequent. Several have already said they are persuaded to obey the truth. D. H. LAMSON. H. M. KENYON.

Fairfield, Lenawee Co., July 23.

We have been here nearly five weeks. The interest has been good, considering the busy time of the year. Almost every evening, some have come miles to attend our meeting. Many who have attended say we have preached more Bible than was ever preached here before.

There has been much private, and some public opposition, which has helped some to decide in favor of the truth. The Disciple minister sent to Ohio for Eld. Vail, an old debater, to speak against us; but all his devices, false reasoning, and misrepresentations could not overthrow the truth. Last Sunday morning, the Methodist minister tried. He claimed we must look to the practice of the apostles and to legal statutes for our Sabbath. The Christian church does not keep the Sabbath because it was enjoined in the fourth commandment. He said he had examined forty histories during the past week, had written out his discourse himself, and should carefully preserve it. He had done the best he could, and should drop the subject. We reviewed him in the afternoon, and spoke in the evening on the mark of the beast, our audience numbering over three hundred.

Many are convinced of the truth, and we have hopes that quite a company will obey. As near as we can find out, there are at least twenty who are keeping the Sabbath now.

In a few days we shall move to Jasper, a village about a mile south of here, and shall try to strengthen this interest and add to it what we can. The brethren from Adrian and Canandaigua have attended our meetings on Sabbaths and Sundays, and have shown a commendable zeal in helping in every way they could. They have our thanks. We feel that the Lord has greatly blessed. JOHN I. COLLINS. T. P. BUTCHER.

Muskegon, July 26.

I have been at this place for some time, visiting and canvassing. I have given away several hundred pages of tracts, sold Annuals and other pamphlets for about $1.35, and obtained two subscribers for the REFORMER with premiums, and one for the HERALD. I have joined Brn. Oyen and Olsen, who have pitched their tent in Muskegon. The Scandinavian meetings have not been very well attended, with the exception of the first, when about seventy persons were present. We speak in English a part of the time. A few seem quite interested. The English meetings are better attended. Two persons have subscribed for the TIDENDE. Pray for us. G. A. CARLSTEDT.