p. 153 | MEETING AT WOODLAND by Stephen Nelson Haskell

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1880

MEETING AT WOODLAND.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

Our meeting at this place was of an encouraging nature. The friends of the cause were present from Vaccaville, Dixon, and Arbuckle. They brought encouraging reports from their respective churches. Through the Sabbath-school work and missionary effort, an interest had been awakened in some of these places for miles around. In Woodland also the Sabbath-school interest is good.

Our meetings commenced Friday night. Sister White's testimony was no less appreciated here than elsewhere. The friends showed their interest in the prospect of laborers coming from the East, by donating liberally towards the tent fund. They also voted to use the twelve-page edition of the Signs for missionary work. They now receive one hundred and thirteen copies of the eight-page edition. The twelve-page at $1.50 would add $56.50 to their expense for the year, but one quarter of the year being gone the additional expense for the remaining nine months would only be $42.38. One-half of this the Association proposes to give them, which would reduce their additional expense this year to $21.19. This they cheerfully raise that they may have the twelve-page edition for their missionary work.

On Sunday, Sr. White spoke to an interested audience composed largely of those not of our faith; and at 7:30 P. M. to a full house on the subject of Christian Temperance. At the close of her address the temperance pledges were circulated and sixteen names were secured to the Teetotal Pledge, nine to the Anti-Rum and Tobacco Pledge, and seven to the Anti-Whisky Pledge.

Our brethren seemed much encouraged by the meeting, especially at the results of the temperance effort. A number of teams leave this morning for Arbuckle where we hold meeting this evening and to-morrow.

S. N. HASKELL. March 29, 1880.