Tent Meeting at Townsend, Ohio by John Norton Loughborough; T. J. Butler

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 2, 1858

Tent Meeting at Townsend, Ohio.

By John Norton Loughborough; T. J. Butler

Bro. Smith: I suppose the brethren have been watching with some anxiety to learn the result of our efforts with the tent in Ohio, so I will hasten to say a few words concerning our meeting at Townsend, Huron Co., which has just closed.

This meeting commenced July 16th, and continued 36 days, during which time we held 40 meetings in the tent. The congregations were good and attentive from the commencement to the close of the meeting. Twenty-nine discourses were given in vindication of the different points of our faith, and 11 of our meetings were occupied in discussing the subjects of the state of the dead, future punishment, and the Sabbath, with one Eld. Vail, of the Christian order, who was procured by his church for the occasion.

This discussion, we think, settled the minds of the great portion of our hearers that we had the truth on those subjects which had been advocated in the tent. When the call was made for volunteers to keep the Sabbath, fifteen or twenty arose to manifest their determination to obey God rather than man. Others have since informed us that they shall keep God's commandments. Many more are satisfied, and say they will commence soon. The Sabbath-keepers have appointed Sabbath meetings to pray with and exhort one another.

Over $21.00 worth of books were sold at this meeting, and thirteen subscribed for the Review. As near as we can learn, over forty have embraced the truth since our tent operations commenced in this State. We learn from Bowling Green that the work is still onward. Several have come out there since the tent left. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. T. J. BUTLER.

P. S. We expect to pitch our tent this week in Republic, Seneca Co., where we shall continue till the Lovetts' Grove conference, if the Lord will. J. N. L. T. J. B.