p. 747 | Santa Ana and Norwalk by H. A. St. John

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 10, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 47.

Santa Ana and Norwalk.

By H. A. St. John

OUR meetings following the Santa Ana camp-meeting are in the past. They continued most of the time for two weeks. The change from a camp-meeting to a hall on the second floor was a great one in an unfavorable direction, at least so it proved to be at Santa Ana. The nights were dark and foggy, and the attendance was very small indeed. I did not feel it duty to continue longer. I sold a few books, and obtained one subscriber for the SIGNS. Three more persons signed the covenant.

I spent four days with the Norwalk church. They seemed much encouraged by the labors of Elders Loughborough and Ings, only a short time before. The meetings were fairly attended, the interest and the attendance increasing till the last. The enemy is trying hard here, with good prospect of success, to ruin some souls. But I think there are some at Norwalk who will endure unto the end. Let us all submit ourselves to God, and remember that if we resist the devil he will flee from us; but without submission to God, all our efforts in resisting Satan will be futile. May the Lord help us to see and feel our utter helplessness in the work of overcoming, without a living connection with Christ.

H. A. ST. JOHN. Los Angeles, Cal.