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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, March 17, 1885

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 62, No. 11

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KANSAS

By W. D. Curtis; F. Curtis

AMONG THE CHURCHES.—Feb. 12 we left the company at Arispie for Garrison and Carnahan Creek, where we remained until the 19th inst. The time was spent in teaching publicly, and from house to house. The Lord gave force to our feeble efforts, and our brethren seemed to take new courage. Prejudice is rapidly being removed from the minds of the people in this vicinity. Some attended our meetings only who refused to hear us last winter. May the good work continue in their hearts until they have been “born again.”
From this place we went to Spring Side, where we were joined by Bro. Wilberforce Jones, formerly of Missouri, who was accompanied by three brethren from Manley. We were at Spring Side Feb. 21, and the Lord helped in bearing the straight testimony. The general tenor of the preaching was calculated to inspire confidence in the message, and to lead to a more thorough work of self-examination. The Lord is an ever present help.
We parted from our dear friends at Spring Side the 1st. Spent two days with our brethren at [illegible]. On account of sickness, we held but one meeting with them. With but few exceptions, these brethren and sisters seem to be seeking a nearness to the Lord that will enable them to stand unmoved amid the perils of the last days. Our Saviour says, “Him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” Rev. 3:21.
March 6 we went to Manley, Marshall Co., where we found a company who had been brought out through the labors of Bro. W. Jones. We here united our efforts with his, and leaning upon the Lord for help, we endeavored to present the truth on the subject of spiritual gifts, temperance, tithing, tract and missionary work, and non-conformity to the world and its way of fashion. The Lord gave force to the good testimonies borne, and the earnest ones were led out into the full light of truth. March 8, we organized a small church of seven members. Others will unite with this company as soon as they can be baptized. We could not administer that ordinance there, for want of a suitable place. The Lord was very near while we celebrated the ordinances of humiliation and death. All who joined the church became members of the tract society when we return to finish the work there; and we expect to organize a Sabbath-school at that time. We found the Review and “Sunshine” in every Sabbath-keeping family. The Lord will lead this little company safely through the trials of this life if they will only submit to his guidance at all times.
We now go to join Eld. J. H. Cook in a general meeting to be held at Spring Side. It is indeed pleasant to work for the dear Saviour. Pray for us, brethren, that we may always be enabled to walk humbly before the Lord. W. D. AND F. CURTIS. March 5.