Meeting at Dodgeville

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 9, 1857

Meeting at Dodgeville

Bro. E. Everts writes from Dodgeville, Wis., June 27th, 1857: "We commenced our meeting here Sabbath evening. There were about 300 out; and the best interest was manifested for the commencement that there has been in any place yet in Wisconsin. Our Tent is pitched on the common in the heart of the village—a beautiful site—and the novelty of a Tent, and the pleasure of the shade from the beating rays of the sun, and the cool breezes gently floating through to fan the listening congregation, all seem inviting. How good the Lord is to suffer us such smiles of his approbation. The Adversary is stirring up here the most ungovernable brood of children from six to twelve years of age, precocious in impudence, screams, profanity and disobedience, to the disgust of all older ones. We cry out, Are they orphans? No, they show that they all have one Father, and his works they will do."