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Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 12, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 7

MICHIGAN

Palmyra and Jasper.—From Jan. 27 to Feb. 5 I labored with the churches of Palmyra and Jasper. While at Palmyra, a majority of the members of the church of Adrian being present, a resolution was passed changing the name of the Adrian church to that of the church of Palmyra. The elder of the former church remains the elder of the latter one. The place of worship hereafter will be at Palmyra. This change has been made necessary by the fact, that, by removals and otherwise, Palmyra has become a more central point than Adrian is. At the latter place, however, there are two or three faithful souls whose missionary labors are, I trust, preparing the minds of the people there to receive the truth at no distant day. We held but two meetings at Jasper; but they were quite encouraging on account of the large attendance from without. We organized a Health and Temperance club at Palmyra, and obtained signers to the pledges at Jasper.

Feb. 5. W. H. LITTLEJOHN.

Carson City, Feb. 4.—Our meetings here closed last evening with an interesting temperance meeting. We have been here over two Sabbaths. This church is the first-fruits of my tent labor. It had been more than two years since I had visited them, yet only one has given up the Sabbath. Much improvement has been made in their Sabbath-school. They have just supplied themselves with Sabbath-school maps, etc.

Nearly all the families in the church have provided themselves with “Spirit of Prophecy,” and the bound volumes of the Testimonies. While here, book sales amounted to not far from $70, and subscriptions to our periodicals number about thirty. We have had quite a good hearing from the outside, although, with one exception, all the sermons have been practical. If we could remain longer, I think a goodly number might be gathered in. Prosperity in temporal matters has attended this church, and some have been faithful in bringing “all the tithes into the storehouse,” and have proved the willingness of the Lord to bless his faithful servants; and the best of all is, they have a free spirit, and a consciousness that they have done their duty. Others have proved unfaithful in this matter. If the crops in 1880 are as good as they were in 1879, the tithes of this church will not be less than $900, and I think nearly all will do their duty in this respect. I have also visited several other churches since having reported. A. O. BURRILL.