SABBATH IN OAKLAND

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 13, 1881

SABBATH IN OAKLAND.

LAST Sabbath was the regular day for the district quarterly meeting. The Sabbath-school in the morning was fully attended; in fact, most of the church seem to have come to regard the Sabbath-school as an important part of the church service, and are as regular in attending it as the meeting following. More than this, they often bring with them those outside of our faith. Of the one hundred and eighty-seven in attendance last Sabbath, more than twenty-five were children of outsiders. A few of these have been in attendance some time, and seem much interested.

Following the Sabbath-school, a social meeting was enjoyed in which the principal topic discussed was the missionary work. The importance of engaging in this was urged not only as a means of getting the truth before others, but of keeping our own souls alive. Like most of our churches, Oakland did not expect the assistance of a minister; but just at the close of the meeting Elder Rice came in, having been sent for to administer baptism to two waiting candidates.

One of these was a sister from Arizona, who had embraced the truth from reading. She had been spending a few weeks here to learn more of our people, when she was suddenly called to return home. It not being thought advisable to go to the lake, the First Baptist Church kindly granted us the use of their baptistry. As this dear sister goes to her distant home, our prayers go up to God for his blessing to rest upon her and make her strong in the truth.