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dollars toward my support, on the subscription for my salary, received four dollars and sixty cents, the amount of a collec- tion taken up at the organization of the Rock Island associa- tion for the cause of Home Missions, and nine ($9) dollars from the home missionary society in the Mt. Pleasant church, Henry County, where I preach once a month; have received nothing for the Foreign Missions, Bible Publication or Educa- tion Societies.

We have one Bible class of about fifteen scholars, and three small Sabbath schools. The one in this place is quite small and quite interesting; about thirty-five children and ten teachers. The one with the Mt. Pleasant church comprises both young and old and is quite small. . . . The other is sustained by a Br. Gillmore, twelve miles south of this. It has about thirty children. The church in this place are now making an effort, and I think it will be successful, to finish the house we purchased last summer. This has engaged part of my time the past week.

I have during the quarter attended the Davenport Associa- tion and the convention at Canton in this state. On the whole, although we have witnessed no marked tokens of divine favor, yet we think the churches are becoming more consistent, exer- cising a better discipline, and evince a laudable growth in the Christian graces, and I can but feel a degree of assurance that God will soon appear in answer to the prayers of his people to revive his work with us. ...

All of which is respectfully submitted.

EZRA FISHER, Missionary at Rock Island.

N. B. Yours of Nov. 29th came to hand today, informing me of the appointment of Br. H. Johnson to accompany me to Oregon. The intelligence rejoiced my soul. May God favour the decision of your Board and greatly bless the enterprise. We are making every arrangement to leave as early as the tenth of April, should the All Wise permit.