The Missionary by H. A. St. John

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 30, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 50.

The Missionary.

By H. A. St. John

California.

NAPA.—Since returning from camp-meeting I have spent one Sabbath with the Napa church. We tried to encourage them in the good work of preparing to hear the well done when Jesus comes.

KNIGHT'S VALLEY.—We spent about three weeks in Knight's Valley, about seven miles from Calistoga, endeavoring to instruct a few souls in the present truth, by visiting, and speaking in the school-house, evenings. Five souls decided to obey the commandments, and signed the covenant. They take ten copies of the Instructor and six lesson books for the little ones, and will begin the study of the Holy Scriptures at once.

CALISTOGA.—The remainder of our time has been mostly spent in visiting and holding meetings in Calistoga. Most of those who accepted the truth when the tent was here are still holding on, and growing in the grace and knowledge of God. We have baptized four adults, and almost completed an organization of seventeen members. We hope others will be added soon. The financial strength of this society is hardly sufficient at present to warrant an attempt to erect a house of worship, which is very much needed. Two rooms of a private house are used for the meetings, and these are barely sufficient to accommodate the believers and their children, giving us no opportunity to do much by way of preaching to the public. The Sabbath-school seems to be flourishing. Some have begun to pay tithes, and a reaching out for the salvation of others is manifest to some degree. May these dear souls grow up into Jesus Christ, their living head in all things, is our earnest prayer. H. A. ST. JOHN.

December, 1886.