SEATTLE, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1941
SEATTLE, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1941
Dear ——— , — We have had unusual encouragement since we left New York — in Maywood, St. James, Winnipeg, Regina, Maple Creek, Calgary, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria. God is working in western Canada and there are many brothers whom He has fitted to serve and to maintain what is due to Him.
The season at Vancouver was remarkably good, taking on special features. We had five readings on Job — a book hardly ever used in such an extended way. We dwelt particularly on chapters 1 and 2 and then 32 to 37 and finally chapters 38 to 42. The book shows how ‘the first’ is taken away to establish ‘the second’. It also shows strikingly how priesthood may be reached in one under divine discipline. In fact Job becomes a priest as seen in how he served in regard of his three friends. There was help also in the addresses. J.D. had the first. He touched largely on priesthood, referring much to the readings we had. I had before me ‘Double’ 2 Kings 2; Ezekiel 47: 9, Revelation 18: 6. A large number — for these parts — came together and interest was well sustained.
On Wednesday we went to Nanaimo and stayed with Mr. Dean. We had two meetings and a good few came together including several outsiders. At the reading we had what is to mark the servant illustrated in John the baptist in John 1. The address was on Ecclesiastes 4: 9 - 13, 2 Kings 2: 6 - 11, Matthew 18: 19, 20 — “Two better than one”. We saw Mr. Dean’s son. He is making some progress physically evidently, but no exercise as far as I could see.
On Thursday we went on to Victoria, where we also had two meetings. The address was on righteousness in Matthew — in view of the assembly in that gospel: chapters 1, 3, 10. The [p. 239] reading was on Acts 1 and 13 — to bring out what marked the early believers in this dispensation.
We are now in Seattle, having arrived here last night. Two meetings today and then Lord’s Day. There is progress here, I believe. We go on to San Francisco district on Monday, God willing.
Affectionately yours,
James Taylor.