Report of Meetings by C. W. Olds

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · January 15, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 3

Report of Meetings.

By C. W. Olds

We held meetings at Bellfountain one week, commencing Nov. 15. The members of this church are united in the truth, are doing what they can in the T. and M. work, and are prompt in paying the tithe. The Lord blessed the word spoken to the good of all. Five united with them at this meeting, making a membership of twenty. They all have an interest in the temperance work, and nearly all signed the pledge. Nov. 20, came to Mackford, where we held ten meetings. An effort was made to set plain practical truths before this old and tried church, and we trust the word spoken was well received. Sunday, the 23d, we held a temperance meeting, at the close of which twenty-seven signed the teetotal and five the anti-whisky and tobacco pledge. There are a few that still indulge in tea, coffee, and tobacco. May the Lord help them to see that they are standing in the way of sinners. Thursday the church was made to rejoice by the return of their elder, Bro. Baker, who has been at the Sanitarium about three months. Bro. B. has returned much improved in health, feeling that he has received a new lease of life. This church has a flourishing Sabbath-school, and we hope to organize a temperance club soon. May the Lord help all to open the door of their hearts and let the Saviour in. Courage, brethren; “for yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.”

C. W. OLDS.