The San Francisco Tent Meeting by John Norton Loughborough

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 17, 1874

The San Francisco Tent Meeting.

By John Norton Loughborough

THIS meeting is still in progress although a few sharp frosty nights have caused us to talk quite seriously of taking down our tent. This meeting which commenced Oct. 16th, has now continued near nine weeks. It has proved a great-er success than we anticipated when we erected our tent. The meetings have been well attended from the first. We now have the names and addresses of seventy-five in San Francisco who are keeping the Lord's Sabbath, and over one-third of these have come out since our tent meeting commenced. There are now over fifty in Oakland keeping the Sabbath. It is beginning to be a pretty "strong point" for our cause "around the bay."

During this San Francisco meeting we have disposed of about $125.00 of books; obtained about a score of paid subscribers to the Signs, and thirteen subscribers to the Reformer. Sabbath and first day, Dec. 12 and 13, were good days for San Francisco. On the 12th, ten more united with the church. Of these five were baptized on first-day the 13th. Our tents have now been on the move in California about eight months, we shall probably lay them up next week. We shall endeavor to be active during the rainy season, and, if the Lord will, strike out as early in the spring as the weather will possibly admit. The Lord direct, and speed on the work is our daily prayer. J. N. L.