The first tour-to this section of country was made in December, 1866, by the Rev, G. A. Stanley, who was present to tell of those early years of labour.. This trip was in response to an invitation from four men who bearing the truth in his'Tientain chapel became interested and desired him to visit them and preach to their neighboure.- The conditions seemed to justify further efforts and visits for instruction, and after two years two widows were received by baptism into the Christian Church. After almost two years of further work, five were admitted to the sacred rite, of whom four were girls about fifteen years of age. From this point the interest began gradually to be extended into other villages; for in addition to the knowledge of what was doing in the first village visited, much preaching had been done and many books sold: at the fairs in the market towns and cities all about the country.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.