NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Tent No. 1, Gerry, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
The weather has been unfavorable for the interest here; but the tent is pitched near a school-house, in which meetings are held when the weather prevents holding them in the tent. Sept. 28 we held our first Sabbath meeting at Gerry. Friends from Sinclairville attended. One man took a stand with us. Oct. 5, there was a good attendance at our Sabbath meeting, and ten came out fully upon the truth. Others are almost persuaded. Regular Sabbath meetings and Bible-class are appointed at one o'clock P. M.; prayer-meeting every Thursday evening. In the afternoon I met with the church at Sinclairville. There was a good attendance. Love and union prevail, and they have quite an attendance of interested persons who have not yet embraced the truth. Their Sabbath-school and Bible-class is a success. We held our last meeting here for the present, Oct. 6. The audience was large. People desire to hear. The truth commends itself to them, and nearly all admit that it is the truth. We are very grateful to God for his love and mercy in answering the prayers of his dear people for blessings on our labors. During our twenty-two weeks' tent season, we have again and again verified the promise, “As thy day, so shall thy strength be.” May our gratitude be manifest in our redoubled diligence. Tent No. 9, Sunderlinville, Pa., Sept. 30.
We struck our tent to-day, after laboring here about ten weeks. During the first six weeks there was hardly any opposition, and twenty took their stand on the commandments of God. Then the resident Christian minister invited another Christian minister to preach against the seventh-day Sabbath. His positions were the usual ones. I notified the congregation that his discourse would be reviewed in the tent, and invited all, including the speaker, to attend. Our tent was full. We had liberty in reviewing, and truth gained the victory. Not being satisfied with this effort, they appointed another meeting on our hour of service. We had in the tent three times as many, by count, as they had in the school-house. As the result of these opposition meetings, seven more took their stand in favor of the truth, and more are investigating. Tobacco has taken a fall here, and pork barrels are for sale. The owners will not fill them up as usual this fall, and they can be had cheap. This winds up our tent season this year. We have held eighty-seven meetings in all; and as the result, twenty-seven have taken their stand for the truth,—the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Tent No. 6, Russellsburg, Pa., Oct. 4.
We have been here three weeks. Several have taken a stand upon the truth. The druggist, the leading physician of the place, and his wife, are among the number. I return home to attend the quarterly meeting; Bro. Foy remains here. May God be with him.