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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 2, 1879

Grant City, Tent No. 2, Sept. 25.—Have been in this place five weeks, and have spoken thirty-six times. The interest is still good. Among the interested ones are the best people of the community. Over fifty were present at our last Sabbath meeting. Nine have signed the covenant, and we have hopes of several more. Have sold $6.00 worth of books, and our donations amount to $4.40. Shall remain here this week, and then take down the tent and go to our Conference. J. M. Rees. J. S. Shrock. V. Thompson.

Tent No. 3, Sept. 25.—We have closed tent labor for the season. Six or eight are now keeping the Sabbath at Cicero, where we last labored. We have organized a church of thirteen members at Arcadia. The S. B. pledged to the Conference amounted to $42.00, and we are confident that this sum will be increased to $50.00 when all have been called upon. At this place twenty copies of our papers were subscribed for, besides a club of ten Instructors for the Sabbath-school. Have sold about $40.00 worth of books during the season.

Arcadia and Cicero are only three miles apart, so that the members constitute one church, now numbering twenty-four. We expect some will fall away; but we have hopes of others, so we trust the number may continue good. Three of these were keeping the Sabbath before we came here. Bro. Lane rendered some valuable assistance. Bro. Henderson, who has a license from the Kansas Conference, has labored in connection with me, manifesting commendable devotion and energy in the work. Wm. Covert.

Madison Co.—As an item of encouragement for T. and M. workers, I send in the following report of labor. Having learned last winter of a few individuals near Frankton, in Madison Co., whose interest was awakened upon the Sabbath question, I determined to visit them for the purpose of getting reading matter before them, and also to speak in their neighborhood if opportunity offered. I soon found it convenient to put my resolutions into operation, but the heavy rains and deep mud made it impracticable to continue meetings as was desired; so I turned colporteur, and prevailed on the interested ones to buy books and subscribe for the REVIEW, and Good Health (which I regard as the pastor and deacon of our churches), and left them to keep up the interest, assisted by a monthly visit from the writer during tent season. And I can heartily thank God that I am now enabled to report at least ten of them keeping the Sabbath. I would advise all missionary workers to engage in a special effort to obtain subscribers for our periodicals. They are weekly reminders of many things of great importance, and will materially aid in keeping up the interest awakened by preaching. Wm. Covert.