REVEREND EZRA FISHER
96
Oregon
City.
O. Ter., Oct. 17th, 1854.
Rev. Benjamin M. Hill, Cor. Sec. A. Bap. Home Mission Society. Dear Brother:
from the yearly meeting of the seventy-five miles up the valley from this place and thirty-five south of Salem. This church, like all our churches, is located in the heart of a flourishing I
have just
returned
Butte
Church,
Pleasant
country admirably adapted to grazing and the growing of wheat, corn, oats and all kinds of vegetables and fruits
adapted to
this
climate.
spent ten days with the church,
I
and Sabbaths and one sermon The meetings were interesting, but not attended night. the same results as last year. During the meeting six added by letter, one was received for baptism, there two hopeful cases of conversion and four or five others preaching
Saturdays
manifestly interested in Sperry is the pastor with
their
whom
souls'
welfare.
Br.
each with
were were were
Wm.
have labored. This church has a flourishing Sabbath school and meets every Sabbath I
The will
converts of last year appear probably hire a man and put
Br. Sperry's farm the mostly liberate him to the
coming year and by this means work of the ministry in that
for preaching or prayer.
very
well.
The church
him on
church and
This
vicinity.
is
much
better than the entire
neglect of the ministry. This closes up our yearly meetings I had hoped that I should till the opening of the spring. have been able to give particular attention to Washington
Ter. at the close of this meeting, but there are two pressing calls, one in Washington County and the other in Marion,
Salem, which are obviously more than the exploration of Washington immediately important Our brethren here urge a Ter. at this season of the year.
twelves
miles
south
of
delay of the exploration of that territory till another season. So also the Methodist minister 353 who has charge of that I am collecting facts relative to the region district advises.
of Pugets
Sound and
353 This was Rev. John F.
shall
De
be able to give you a pretty
Vore.
George H. Himes.
