Meetings in Salem by John Norton Loughborough

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 4, 1878

Meetings in Salem.

By John Norton Loughborough

WE arrived safely at Salem, Oregon, on the morning of June 14, found Elder Van Horn at the depot waiting to convey us to his home.

Sabbath morning I spoke to the church from 1 Cor. 15. The Lord gave freedom as I endeavored to show that the success which is attending efforts for the spread of the truth in all its various departments can indeed lead us to say, “ We know our labor is not in vain in the Lord,” and we, like the apostles, while contemplating the evidences of our faith, and opportunity to advance the truth, have reason to be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” On Sunday evening I spoke again to a good sized audience on the coming of Christ.

As our sea voyage to Oregon was somewhat rough, and produced sea sickness with all our company, and as Sister White was much weakened physically thereby, it was her privilege to rest over one Sabbath; but she spoke yesterday to a full house in Salem. This forenoon she is to speak to the prisoners in the chapel of the State prison, and to-night she is to give a Temperance lecture in the Methodist church, the largest church building in Salem.

Preparations for the camp-meeting are going off well. The ground is beautiful, being a grove of about thirty fir trees of 150 feet in hight, interspersed) with those of a smaller growth. These with their dark green foliage, contrast nicely with the white tents and yellow carpet of straw placed upon the ground.

The brethren have taken hold with a will to prepare for this, their first, camp-meeting, and we expect to see the signal blessing of God in our meeting. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Salem, Oregon, June 23, 1878.