Report from Humboldt County, Cal.
By N. C. McClure
WE came to Eureka after the April meeting at Oakland, and having canvassed the city with the fourth volume of "Great Controversy," began tent-meeting about the first of June. About thirty signed the covenant, and at the close of the tent-meetings our camp-meeting was held in Eureka. Elders J. H. Waggoner, Loughborough, Ings, and E. R. Jones were with us during camp-meeting, and the results were good to this people, giving the community a better degree of confidence in this work. Since camp-meeting, the cause has been onward in its progress. New accessions are being made to our numbers; our members are working on the outside, we have a good and increasing Sabbath-school, and have just begun holding meetings in our new 32x60 ft. meeting-house, which, when completed, will be an honor to the cause and people. This is the third Seventh-day Adventist meeting-house erected in Humboldt County this season, one having been built at Arcata, one on Dow's Prairie, and one in Eureka, making, with the one built at Ferndale two years ago, four in this county. We are now conducting Bible-readings at private houses and have established a systematic tract work, going from house to house once a week, leaving small packages that are exchanged for others on return visits. We are finding those who will read, and a number of families are becoming interested. Brother Lamb is now holding meetings at Bay Side, and reports a good interest. We are of good courage in the work. God has blessed the word and labors of his unworthy servants in this county. The first preaching of present truth in this county was three years ago this winter, and was bitterly opposed by the enemies of the message. There are now over one hundred Sabbath-keepers in Humboldt, three-fourths of whom have come out during the past eighteen months. To God belongs the praise. Eureka, Dec. 1, 1885. N. C. MCCLURE.