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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 11, 1879

Blaine, Aroostook Co.—We closed our tent-meetings at this place Aug. 24. About twenty decided to keep the Sabbath. The last day of the meeting five were baptized. It was a pleasant season. As many as five hundred people were present. During the entire tent season we have sold about $31.00 worth of books, tracts, and pamphlets, and obtained forty-four subscribers for our periodicals. Our tent-meetings have opened a large field for labor. We had an urgent invitation from the high sheriff to go to Fort Fairfield. He offered us the free use of grounds for our tent. As we do not pitch our tent again this season he promised us the grounds for next summer. We had also an invitation to go to Mapleton, with an offer of the grounds and seats for tent free. There are many other places where meetings might be held in school-houses. But where are the men to fill these calls? May the Lord of the harvest raise up laborers, and send them forth into his harvest. S. J. HERSUM. P. B. OSBORN.

Burnham.—Aug. 25 we took down the tent here. Twenty-five signed a covenant to keep all the commandments of God and walk in the light of the third angel’s message, and to sustain religious meetings and a Sabbath-school. We obtained ten subscribers for the REVIEW, and a club of ten for the weekly Instructor for the Sabbath-school. Burnham is a hard field of labor. We have often been reminded of the words of our Saviour as addressed to the Pharisees and lawyers: “Ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered, (forbade, margin).” But God has given the increase, and some who were spiritualists when we entered the place, are now rejoicing in the truth. One charge brought against us was that we were making divisions; but we look at it in a different light. “That day Pilate and Herod were made friends,” that is, they united in condemning Christ. So professors of different churches have united in trying to keep all they could from hearing and obeying God’s truth. But the interest increased until the close. There were between two and three hundred people out to our last meeting. We feel to thank God for the result of these meetings. To him be all the praise.

Aug. 31. Our tent is now pitched on our camp-ground in Waterville, and we had a good meeting here last Sabbath. J. B. GOODRICH. C. STRATTON.