After spending six months in this region, traveling and preaching constantly, and seeing but slim prospect for establishing our cause permanently there, and receiving hardly any compensation for all my hard labor, and many privations, I resolved to go to Pittsburg, Pa. The truth is, I was much discouraged. I had labored one year in Maryland, and found but few sympathizers with me or my faith, and had not received fifty dollars for all my toil. I was tired of traveling, and longed for an abiding place where I could preach without being constantly on the wing, and where I could pursue my studies. I was not avaricious, but thought, as I devoted all my time to the ministry, I ought to be comfortably supported. I regretted having come to the state, and certainly should not have been there, had I known the religious character of the people, and how few friends we had in that region. CHAPTER II. IN PITTSBURG--S. A. DAVIS, WIFE AND DAUGHTER--THE WEST--PREACHES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO--WESTERN RESERVE--TALK WITH A BIGOT--CONVERSATION ON A STEAMBOAT--FORBIDDEN TO PREACH--GRAVE CREEK--A MOUND--MY STUDY--WHAT IS SALVATION?--PROCEEDINGS IN BAINBRIDGE--MUD--IN CINCINNATI--GENERAL HARRISON--IN RISING SUN, PATRIOT--PREACHES IN LOUISVILLE, KY.--E. M. PINGREE--ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER--PREACHES IN A STEAMBOAT--IN NEW ORLEANS--BATTLE GROUND. I went to Pittsburg by stage, stopped at several places on the road, and delivered my message. Arriving in that city, I became acquainted with S. A. Davis, pastor of the church there, and publisher of the _Glad Tidings_, a paper devoted to the good cause. His church was numerically feeble, for liberal principles had just begun to take root in that city as in the West generally. Mr. Davis worked hard in the double capacity of pastor and editor. He was a pleasant speaker, fair writer, and a very excellent man. His wife, who long since went to the better world, possessed much talent, and wrote clever articles for the _Glad Tidings_. He now resides in the East, and is still in the Master’s service. His daughter, Minnie Davis, is one of the best female writers in the denomination. She has written several excellent books, and contributes liberally to our periodical literature.