PACIFIC COAST | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 15, 1878

PACIFIC COAST.

[Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.]

Reno, Nevada.

July 28, Eld. Loughborough had given seven discourses at Reno, to large and attentive audiences. Deep interest is manifest. A few books have been taken, but money is scarce. This town has been nearly ruined by speculation in mining stocks. Eld. L. is rapidly advancing to the points in our faith of vital interest.

Oakland, Cal.

Six more have signed the covenant, making thirty-three, in all, who have taken a stand since the tent came here. Of the meeting on Sabbath, July 27, Eld. Healey says:—

“Last Sabbath we had an excellent meeting. Many of the brethren from San Francisco were present. Mrs. E. G. White addressed us, and after her earnest appeal, a call was made for those who desired the special prayers of God’s servants. About forty came forward, most of them members of the church who desire a firmer hold on God, but a few were making their first start in the Christian life.”

North Pacific Conference.

The second annual meeting of the North Pacific Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was held on the camp-ground at Salem, Oregon, the first session being held June 28. Six churches, including the new church at Beaverton, Oregon, which was received into the Conference at this session, were represented by delegates.

Eld. I. D. Van Horn was elected president of the Conference; Sr. A. P. Van Horn, secretary; and John Donaldson, treasurer. Conference Committee, Eld. I. D. Van Horn, S. Maxon, T. H. Starbuck.

Credentials were renewed to Elds. I. D. Van Horn and Alonzo T. Jones; and Bro. J. C. Burch, Wm. Leavitt, S. Maxon, Wm. Russell, Wm. L. Raymond, T. H. Starbuck, and A. G. Roberts received licenses.

The treasurer reported as follows:—

Rec’d during Conf. yr., $837.52 Paid on orders, 630.30 Balance on hand, $207.22

Resolutions were passed expressive of the high estimate the Conference placed on the labors of Sr. White and Eld. Loughborough. Also expressing their firm faith in the truths of the third angel’s message.