CORRESPONDENCE 259 to young Christians; attended eleven prayer meetings and six church covenant meetings; visited religiously 41 families and as many more individuals ; visited two high schools ; bap- tized one ; traveled to and from my appointments four hundred and thirty-eight miles. Eighteen persons have been received by baptism, in connection with the labors of myself and my fellow-laborers, and five by letter. The church in Tualatin Plains, called West Union, have completed a meeting house; most of the work has been done the present quarter. Connected with the churches I have visited are five Sab- bath schools, but they are generally small, averaging about 25 children and four teachers to the school ; probably in all about 400 volumes in the libraries. All of which is respectfully submitted. EZRA FISHER, General Itinerant. Oregon City, O. Ter., Jan. 2d, 1854. Rev. Benjamin M. Hill, Cor. Sec. A. B. Home Mission Society : Herein I send you my report under the appointment of the Home Mission Society as Exploring Agent for Oregon and Washington Territories for the third quarter ending the 31st of Dec., 1853. During the quarter I have visited the towns of Marysville, Benton County; Forest Grove and Portland, Washington County; Oregon City, Clackamas County, and Santiam church, Lynn County; Marysville church, Benton County ; West Union church twice and West Tualatin church, Washington County; have labored 13 weeks during the quarter; collected one hundred dollars to aid Br. J. D. Post from California to Oregon and paid the same to Br. J. D. Post; have paid two dollars and seventy cents for traveling expenses; twenty- five cents for postage; preached fifteen sermons; delivered ten addresses; baptized one person; attended one meeting of eight days with the Santiam church, during which time Brother Chandler, the pastor, and Br. Cheadle, the father of some of the converts, baptized seventeen
