Temperance Meetings . But my work was not yet done in Battle Creek. We were earnestly solicited to take part in a temperance mass meeting, a very praiseworthy effort in progress among the better portion of the citizens of Battle Creek. This movement embraced the Battle Creek Reform Club, six hundred strong, and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, two hundred and sixty strong. God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Bible were familiar words with these earnest workers. Much good had already been accomplished, and the activity of the workers, the system by which they labored, and the spirit of their meetings, promised greater good in time to come. {LS 220.3}

Afholdsmøder
Min mit arbejde var endnu ikke gjort i Battle Creek. Vi anmodede alvorligt om at deltage i en række afholdsmøder, et meget prisværdig tiltag at have gang i, iblandt den bedre del af Battle Creeks borgere. Denne bevægelse omfattede Battle Creek reform-klubben, seks hundrede stor, og "Kristne kvinders Afholdsunion", to hundrede og tres (221) stor. Gud, Kristus, Helligånden og biblen var fortrolige ord hos disse alvorlige medarbejdere. Der var allerede udrettet meget godt, og medarbejdernes aktivitet, og systemet som de havde arbejdet i, og ånden ved møderne, lovede godt fremover.