Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

At the spring council of the California
Conference, 1873, it was planned to hold tent
meetings in the Napa Valley during the summer,
the first to be held at Napa City, and the second in
St. Helena. These were to be followed by a fall
camp-meeting at Yountville, midway between
Napa and St. Helena. With a new sixty-foot
circular tent we began our effort in Napa, May 24,
and continued until July 27. Forty decided to obey
the truth, and the old schoolhouse was obtained for
Sabbath services.
On July 30, we began meetings in St. Helena
and continued until Sept. 14. On the last two days
there was a debate on the Sabbath question
between Elder Cornell and Prof. Martin of
Woodland. At its close Elder McCorkle, a local
pastor, pled for a donation for Martin's travel
expenses. The audience wanted to take a collection
and divide it between the debaters, but Elder
McCorkle would not agree to this. He said, "Since
no decision has been made upon the debate, I
suggest we put a hat on each side of the table, and
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