Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

From that time on he began preaching as well as
writing the truth.
At that time there was no system established
among Seventh-day Adventists for sustaining the
ministry. If anyone cared to give them money, it
was thankfully received, and the lack supplied by
their hand labor. Due to these circumstances I was
invited by Elder J. N. Andrews to go to Waukon,
Iowa, where he could secure a small piece of land
on which to grow supplies for his family, and could
speak to the people in that new country as the way
might open. So on Oct. 4, 1856, J. T. Orton and I,
with our families, left Rochester for Iowa in two
lumber wagons. From Buffalo we took the steamer
to Detroit, then by freight train to Chicago. On the
11th, we started overland for Waukon, arriving
Nov. 20. I moved to Waukon without any intent of
leaving the truth or the ministry.
We found things much different from what we
expected. The country was so new and the
inhabitants so scattered there was little chance of
holding meetings. High prices soon began to
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