Windsor, Missouri by J. G. Wood

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Nov 20, 1879

Windsor, Missouri.

By J. G. Wood

We continued our tent-meeting in this place a little more than seven weeks. This includes the time of our annual camp-meeting, which was held here, and left a very favorable impression.

The attendance was good to the close. We had much opposition, which helped to keep up the interest of the meetings, and bring the people to a decision in favor of the truth.

Eld. Hallam (Disciple), who claims to have held a discussion with Eld. J. N. Loughborough in Napa, Cal., ten years ago, preached three opposition discourses. We replied each time with good effect.

Eld. Bayley (Congregationalist) read a lengthy article written by Dr. Stone of Philadelphia, in which he admitted that the Sabbath was given to man in Eden; that neither Christ nor the apostles gave any command for keeping the first day; that it came in silently and gradually; he said that Christ dared not tell the Jews of the change of the Sabbath, as it would have so imbittered the whole nation that the progress of the gospel would have been impeded.

At the close of our review, several came forward and called for the covenant to sign, pledging themselves to keep the Sabbath of the Lord. Twenty-five have taken their stand with us. Many others are fully convinced that we have the truth. We obtained fourteen subscribers for our periodicals.

J. G. Wood.