Santa Ana, Cal by John L. Wood

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1879

Santa Ana, Cal.

By John L. Wood

I HAVE now had the tent six weeks in this place, and have gone over the principal points of our faith. Last Sabbath we held a Sabbath meeting in the tent; about forty were out. Sixteen have signed the covenant, and about ten or twelve more are keeping the Sabbath, and I think will unite with us. I shall give them a little rest this week, but will commence meetings again Friday night. During this week I will put in all the time I can in visiting. I have had a great deal of opposition all the way, principally from the Disciples. They have made several drives at the law, and Sister White.

I wish to say a word about the First-day Adventists. Several families came out from Kansas a short time ago, and settled about three miles from here. They told me that when they left Kansas they thought they had all the truth; but they thought they would come to the tent once. But they had been told such horrible things about us by many of their ministers, such as that all the religion we had consisted in keeping the Sabbath, that they were sure they would not like us; but they kept on coming, and last Sabbath over half of them signed the covenant, and nearly all are keeping the Sabbath.

July 21. J. L. WOOD.