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 REVEREND EZRA FISHER

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in arresting the sophistical arguments in favor of promiscuous communion, while I may be at home the coming winter. This situation was unsought and entirely unexpected on my part, and, after much prayer on the subject, I have concluded that it was one of Providence's calls. The church is very nearly in the center of the valley and removed far away from most of the talent in the ministry. Should the Board require it, I will make up the time I shall lose in moving, which will be but a few days, after the first of April. Yours in gospel bonds,

EZRA FISHER. Received Jan.

15, 1856.

Oregon City, O. Ter., Nov. 28th, 1855. Rev. Benjamin M. Hill, D. D., Cor. Sec. of Am. Bap. Home Mission Soc. Herein I send you my report of labor under the appoint-

To



ment of the Home Mission Society as General Itinerant for the third quarter ending Dec. 31st, 1855. I have labored 13 weeks in the quarter preacher 27 sermons attended 1 1 prayer



meetings; one yearly meeting; six church covenant meetings; visited religiously 42 families and 31 individuals; traveled to

and from

my

appointments 660 miles. Respectfully submitted,

EZRA FISHER, General Itinerant. P. S.

The

results of the yearly meeting with the Proviin the forks of the Santiam and a subsequent

dence church meeting held in the vicinity is about 70 hopeful conversions and about 40 baptized. A new church constituted; also a protracted meeting held on the south fork of Santiam; some eight or ten baptized and a church constituted. For the last five months the French Prairie church have been somewhat revived and have had additions almost every month amounting to six or eight, and the interest still continues. This is in Br. Chandler's field of labor.

Yours,

EZRA FISHER.