DAKOTA TERRITORY by C. L. B. Aurner

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 19, 1878

DAKOTA TERRITORY.

By C. L. B. Aurner

The church at Swan Lake is still striving in the face of many difficulties to walk in obedience to divine commands. We have a beautiful little church in which we meet each Sabbath except the second one of each month, when services are held in a school-house a few miles east, for the benefit of those living in that locality. Among our fifty-five members there are many earnest ones, anxious to do something to help extend the knowledge of the truth.

E. A. Pullen, a young brother who came from Minnesota last summer, a few weeks since packed a lot of German and American tracts, and, on foot, started for the Dakota River some fifty miles from his home. At the little village of Olivet he gave some tracts to a family; as the result two families, four persons, have commenced the observance of the Sabbath. He also visited the Russian settlements, and distributed German tracts. At last accounts, twenty-five Russians were keeping the Sabbath. This is a “start.”

Eld. Hanson was with us ten days, preaching constantly. It was good to have him with us once more. He is always welcome. We should never cease to remember the labors of this pioneer, who has built up the most of the work in this territory. He is a fluent, enthusiastic speaker, and fine singer. Next Sabbath there will be baptism. We are looking for Eld. Whitney’s arrival, and wish to aid him to the extent of our ability. C. L. B. AURNER.