p. 16 | GOOD MEETINGS by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, January 6, 1885

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 1

GOOD MEETINGS.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

I HAVE just returned home from attending four general meetings, in Pennsylvania, New York, Minnesota, and Iowa. Had the pleasure of laboring with Brn. Butler, Haskell, Olsen, and a large number of other ministers, besides renewing the acquaintance of scores of old friends. To me these have been among the most profitable and encouraging meetings I have ever attended. My faith in the message has been greatly strengthened, and my love for the work has been warmed into an intense desire to consecrate the whole energy of my life to it.

God has blessed me greatly. While I have carefully read the first, second, and third volumes of “Spirit of Prophecy,” heaven has seemed very near to me. If the Spirit of God does not speak to us in these writings, then I should despair of ever discerning it. Oh, how precious the dear Saviour looks! How infinitely valuable the salvation of one soul! How hateful and inexcusable sin appears! God is good, and the sweetest thing on this earth is to love and serve him.

D. M. CANRIGHT.