Salem, Oregon by Isaac D. Van Horn

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Feb 14, 1878

Salem, Oregon.

By Isaac D. Van Horn

We came from Portland to this place in time to attend the quarterly meeting of this church, January 5, 6. We had a good quarterly meeting. Most of the members of the church were present. The communion season on Sabbath afternoon was a happy time for the church. Most of the members of the Eola church met with us. We believe it was a season of encouragement to all. The T. and M. business meeting on Sunday was interesting, and showed quite an amount of work done considering it to be the first quarter of the organization, and not having all the necessary means to carry it on.

As the district quarterly meeting was appointed to be held here January 12, 13, and the Conference T. and M. quarterly meeting the 19th and 20th, I have continued meetings all the time so far, and shall continue them another week. The result has been to arouse the members of the church to greater activity, and five have expressed their desire to become members of the church. Others are interested. We are presenting to them the plain, pointed truths of the last Message of Mercy, and it produces a thoughtful and solemn feeling in the attentive audience. The Lord is giving us his blessing in our effort, for which we feel grateful and render him the praise. He is also giving us the attention and hearts of the people, and souls are being won by the truth to unite their interests and talents to his glorious cause. We consider this church as permanently established, and they take hold of every branch of the cause with a good degree of zeal and interest.

I. D. Van Horn.