Report from Bro. Loughborough by John Norton Loughborough

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 3, 1863

Report from Bro. Loughborough.

By John Norton Loughborough

Since my last report I have had excellent meetings. Our meeting at Wright wound up with good interest, and we held a quarterly meeting at Lowell, Feb. 7 and 8. We gave six public discourses and more interest was manifest than I have ever witnessed in Lowell. Here Bro. Byington and I parted, he to return to the south part of the State, and I to go on east. Tuesday and wednesday Feb. 10 and 11, met with the church at Orange. We had five meetings here, all with the church except one. These were seasons of encouragement and profit to the church, especially our last meeting, Wednesday evening, for the communion. The public meeting was not very well attended on account of icy

roads which were almost impassable to men or smooth shod beasts.

Feb. 14, met with the Brn. and sisters in quarterly meeting at Orleans. Here I met Bro. Frisbie who had been lecturing in the school-house for about a week. I gave three public discourses, and held meetings to organize a society for holding the new meeting house that the brethren are about to build, to reorganize "systematic benevolence," and to consider the subject of baptism. Our meetings continued till Wednesday, Feb. 18. After meeting that day, five went forward in baptism. The brethren have decided to build a meeting house 32 x 46, at Fairplains near Greenville, and when I left were going to work to haul stone, and get out the lumber for it.

I am now here in Greenbush. Have had six meetings mostly with the church. Have another meeting to-day, to attend communion, which will close the meetings here. I am glad to learn that several of the youth and children here have made a start of late to serve the Lord. The church here have in time past had some trials, but seem much encouraged to press on with the body of God's people.

Although I have attended forty-nine meetings in four weeks, and in that time preached over forty times. I can say, with the blessing of the Lord, I feel as well as when I left home. To-morrow I go on to Owasso to meet the appointment there.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Greenbush, Mich.