Dayton and Walla Walla.
By I. D. Van Horn
SINCE my last report Brother Raymond and myself have held twelve meetings, six in Dayton and six in Walla Walla. At Dayton the brethren and sisters were much encouraged and strengthened by the meetings, and quite a good interest was manifested outside the church. One, the daughter of Brother and Sister Kirby, who had never made a profession before, was received into the church by baptism. This church is coming up nobly on all branches of the truth, paying promptly their systematic benevolence and tract and missionary one third, and they are now seeing some of the happy results. The Lord is drawing very near them and his blessing is resting upon them. The Walla Walla church is growing some less in numbers, and they are feeling severely the discouragement of many of the members moving away so far that they cannot attend meeting. They feel the loss which the absence of their elder causes, yet the few who do remain are trying to hold up the standard. We have selected a beautiful grove five miles from the city of Walla Walla, up Mill Creek, for our camp-meeting which will be held next season, the last of May or the first of June. There is great need of such a meeting up here and we shall spare no pains or means to make it a success. As far as I can learn, the friends of the cause in this part of the N. P. conference are thoroughly in earnest about a camp-meeting next year. We hope to secure such help as will give a new impetus to every branch of the cause in this conference. Two days ago I left Walla Walla and came down the Columbia river to Columbus, about twenty miles above The Dalles; thence by team twelve miles to the thriving village of Goldendale. Here I met Brother and Sister Cowles who embraced the truth about fourteen years ago under the labors of Brother Canright and myself at Alma, Michigan. I expect to remain here about a week. I. D. VAN HORN. Goldendale, W. T., Nov. 30, 1878.