To the Brn. in Wisconsin.
By Editor
DEAR BRETHREN:—We have just received a letter from Bro. M. E. Cornell, who has recently visited you, dated Aug. 14th, from which we take the following: "Many in Wis. are dissatisfied with you for not giving a longer notice for the Koskenong meeting. They think you have neglected them. Many are much disaffected, or have been." This is the first intimation we have had of this matter. You have good reason to think we neglected you, until the matter is explained. You should have stated your grievances to us at once. This would have given us a chance to have given satisfaction. Bro. Phelps invited us, in behalf of the Brn., to attend your conference. He stated the time, and then gave us the liberty to change the time to suit our convenience. We then expected to go to Wisconsin, but were not fully decided. We waited to decide the point, and to be able to arrange our appointments through Michigan, before giving the appointment of your meeting. Our time of going west was delayed by sickness and death in our family. Finally, we decided not to go further west, than Michigan. Then we gave the appointment of your meeting at the time stated by Bro. Phelps. And we never thought of the notice being too short till we received Bro. Cornell's letter. We now see it was too short. It must have been a great trial to you, which is a grief to us. We will try to be more careful for the future, as long as we conduct the REVIEW. Will you forgive us? The mistake did not arise from a willingness to neglect you. We were then almost overwhelmed with cares, perplexities and grief. The care of the Office, trials from abroad unjustly thrown upon us, and in our own house a dear natural brother, sick and dying with the consumption, carried us very near the grave. In that state of things, many things were done imperfectly; the appointment of your conference was among the number. Dear Brethren: We must act in union. If this statement is not satisfactory, please inform us immediately. Let us hear from you.