p. 230 | Stockton by Dudley Marvin Canright

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, Cal. · May 27, 1875

Stockton.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

Monday, May 24, we took down the tent after a stay here of five weeks. Bro. Waggoner remains a week or so to follow up the work, hold prayer-meetings, organize S. B., &c. Though our meetings were thoroughly advertised both by bills and the dailies, which gave us favorable notices frequently, yet our attendance was small most of the time.

Many who did attend were transient persons who heard a few sermons and then went to other places, most of them took more or less books with them. I obtained nine paying subscribers for the Signs and one for the Tidende; sold about $30 worth of books, many tracts and pamphlets, and gave away a good many. Some eighteen have commenced to keep the Sabbath, though we do not feel certain of all of them. Some live too far away to meet with them here and others will soon go to other parts. All are in moderate circumstances. Their meetings will be held in a private house. As usual, others are interested for whom we still hope. And so we have not a large or strong company here for the present. We have done the best we knew how and are thankful to God for some fruit. I enjoyed an excellent parting meeting with them the day I left.

D. M. Canright.