NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA.
By B. L. Whitney
SUNDERLINVILLE, PA.—In company with Bro. J. G. Saunders I visited this place Dec. 7-15, for the purpose of organizing the company of believers here into a church. The company here were brought into the truth through the labors of Bro. Saunders during the past summer, and I was especially pleased with the earnestness and zeal with which they have taken hold of the truth, especially the reforms, some of them beginning the work of serving God by first forsaking their bad habits. The twelve meetings we held with them were well attended, and a good degree of outside interest was manifested. We organized a church of eighteen, fifteen of whom I had the pleasure of burying with Christ in baptism. The scene at the baptism was one of the most pleasant I ever witnessed. The best of order prevailed, and the exercises were characterized by the presence of the Spirit of God. An elder was ordained, and all the other officers were duly elected. By vote, they adopted the tithing system as recommended by the General Conference Committee, and every member joined the tract society. They have an interesting Sabbath-school organized, and at this time supplied themselves with the Lesson Sheets and the Song Anchor. There are others here who are convinced of the truth, who, we hope, will soon take hold of it and join those already organized. Altogether, we were much pleased with this young company of believers, and trust that with the blessing of God they will become a strong church and a great help to the cause in the Pennsylvania Conference. May the union and love that prevails among them always continue. WOODHULL, N. Y.—Dec. 16, I came to this place to complete the organization which was commenced about one year ago. There are but few brethren here, but they love the cause and are desirous of doing what they can to advance its interests. Satan has been trying to bring in division among them and so hinder the work of God, but he has been defeated, and peace and harmony prevail. An elder and deacon were duly ordained. All voted to adopt the new plan of S. B. Fifteen copies of the SIGNS were taken for the missionary work. Bro. J. W. Raymond was with me here and at Osceola, where we spent Sabbath and Sunday, Dec. 21 and 22. This meeting was nearly a failure on account of storm and lack of due notice, so we were not able to organize here as we had hoped. Bro. Raymond will return at some future time to attend to this work.