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Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 27, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 22

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PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.

By I. Sanford

On the way to my field of labor in Virginia, I stopped ten days in Berks Co., Pa., and held fifteen meetings. Five more had commenced keeping the Sabbath, making nine in all. They have excellent meetings every Sabbath, as they are all people of some Christian experience. Three were baptized. Quite a number more are convinced of the truth, and we expect they will soon take hold with us. They take ten copies of the German paper to use in the missionary work. They also keep on hand a good assortment of German tracts to circulate among the people, as they are all of German origin. We hope soon to see a large company of Sabbath-keepers in South-eastern Pennsylvania. May the Lord speed the day.
I have just closed a series of seven meetings in Camden, N. J. There have been five additions to this church since March. Three were baptized. They have an interesting Sabbath-school of thirty-eight members. Twenty-five Instructors are taken, and the Song Anchor is used in the school. They take twenty-nine copies of the twelve-page Signs, three copies of the REVIEW, and three of Good Health. They have a V. M. society, which is doing good work. Their tithes the past quarter amounted to a little over $25, and the penny contributions for the Sabbath-school exceed $5 a quarter. Last evening we organized a health and temperance club of ten members, which we trust will soon be much increased in numbers. All are anxiously praying and working for the advancement of the cause in Camden. Eld. Orcutt will attend their quarterly meeting, the second Sabbath in July, and assist in carrying forward the good work. I hope to spend a few days with them next fall in a protracted meeting; until that time, let every one see how many he can find who will read our papers and tracts, and thereby be led to attend the meetings. I. SANFORD.