Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

On arriving at Portland, we took the train for
Salem where we were met by Elder VanHorn.
With a corps of workers, we set up camp in a
nice grove of pines near the fairgrounds. The
dining tent was so well patronized that it met all
the expenses of the camp, including our steamer
fare to and from California.
On Sunday the 7th, Sister White spoke to a vast
crowd from the music stand in the city park. Her
subject, "Parable of the Barren Fig Tree," moved
many to tears by the earnest appeals she made. She
spoke Tuesday evening in the Methodist Church at
the request of the pastor. The choir from the
Methodist college rendered excellent singing. On
Wednesday, we took passage on the steamer
"Idaho" for San Francisco.
In November, 1877, Dr. M. G. Kellogg
announced he had secured grounds on the side of
Howell Mountain, two and a half miles northeast of
St. Helena, for a Rural Health Retreat, located by
the side of Crystal Springs. During the winter of
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