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life. "Thursday 7th Sep Today my wife and two boys are quite sick with fever. I nursed them all until 2 p. m. and then started for Oregon City on the Brown horse. Arrived at 11 o. c. and slept in my barn haveing travelled 50 miles."

It was indeed pleasant to find on returning the following Monday that they had entirely recovered. A campmeeting was held at Fullers on Mary's river on the 15th of September. The extensive prevalence of the mania for gold had so far drained the country that Bro. McKinney the preacher in charge was left to prepare the ground almost alone. But the attendance was so much greater than he had expected and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit so powerful that every sorrow was forgotten. In view of closeing the meeting on Monday morning the brethren seemed to lay themselves out for a season of special labour for souls, and it seemed that a full cup a

portion was given to them. I greatly doubt if it

ordinarily falls to the lot of Gods children on earth to have more especial visitations from on high than were vouchsafed at this meeting 9 souls were converted.

Doubtless it will be to our interest to multiply our Campmeetings another year if possible, they attract very general attention. And in every instance that I have become acquainted with have been greatly owned of God.

It will now be proper to pause in these general remarks and notice more particularly the different parts of our work, beginning with:

Oregon City This place receives its importance from its great water power, and will doubtless become an extensive manufacturing town. It is a little above ship navigation. Bro. Leslie has labored in this place during the year under some disadvantages. The church is unfinished and (thru) the winter has been so very cold that it was impossible to keep it comfortable, so that at times the congregation has been very small. The Sabbath school was quite good during the summer, but the gold fever took away the teachers and the cold kept away the scholars, so that during the winter it was the day of small things. There was a class and Sunday School formed at Clakamus two miles distant and in view of the demands of the work in both places Bro. Jos S. Smith was employed in October to assist Bro. Leslie with the understanding that he was to pay an occasional visit to Portland. This latter place very shortly assumed an