BRO. SMITH: I started to serve the Lord some over two years ago, by obeying the voice of the third angel, and walking out with the Lord's peculiar people.
I then started with my whole heart, and all I possess, in the work, and I thank God it is there yet. I feel willing, and have ever felt to aid the cause with whatever the Lord has been pleased to intrust to me. Therefore I shall esteem it a great privilege to assist in raising money for purposes described in the circular. I will take two shares. I want to be a humble child of God, and I mean by his assisting grace to fulfill the conditions necessary to become one.
Yours in the truth.
I. D. VANHORN.
Mt. Hawley, Ills.
Spreading Present Truth in Elgin
Sister S. Lyon writes from Elgin, Iowa: "I can say truly that it is good to serve the Lord, though almost alone, there being but one family of Sabbath-keepers within eight miles. Some lovers of present truth sent me some books and papers last summer, for which I am very thankful. I have scattered them about among my neighbors, praying God to bless those silent messengers to the good of many souls. I believe there are some honest souls in Elgin that will see the light and walk in it. I often ask myself, Can I do anything to advance the cause of present truth? Will God bless the feeble efforts that I may make in behalf of his law that has been so long trampled even in the dust? Paul says that God sometimes makes use of the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of this world to confound the mighty. May God bless the messengers, and send some of them here, that the people in this place may hear the third angel's message, and be sealed with the people of God."
TO THE BRN. IN MINNESOTA.
By Wm. Merry
Bro. Smith: I wish to say through the Review to the brethren in Minnesota, that the time has come that arrangements should be made for tent operations, that all may be prepared with their pledges to sustain the brethren and let them go free the coming summer for the advancement of the cause of truth. Now let us go right ahead and honor the cause we profess to love by upholding our brethren in preaching the word. In so doing God will bless us. Come, brethren and sisters, to the help of the Lord.
In behalf of the tent committee, WM. MERRY.
St. Charles, Minn., May 2, 1861.
APPOINTMENTS.
By Roswell F. Cottrell
The Lord willing, there will be a gathering of the brethren in Western New York at the house of Bro. J. Lanson, Clarkson Center, Monroe Co., N. Y., on Sabbath and first-day, May 25 and 26. It is expected that Brn. M. Hull and C. W. Sperry will meet with us.
R. F. C.
Texas Conference
THERE will be a conference held in Texas, Pa., to commence the third Sabbath evening in May. The brethren in Pennsylvania and New York are invited to attend.
In behalf of the church, J. BARROWS.
Minnesota Conference Meeting
Providence permitting we will meet the brethren in conference in the neighborhood of Bro. Moses Porter's, five miles north of Mantorville, Dodge Co., Minn., on the 25th and 26th of May. We hope to see a general attendance of brethren and sisters. We would like to see Bro. Morse at this meeting. We wish to take into consideration some matters connected with the running of the tent this season.
We would like to hear from Bro. Andrews at this meeting.
Jno. Bostwick.
H. F. Lashier.
Wisconsin Conferences.
By Isaac Sanborn; J. N. Loughborough
PROVIDENCE permitting we will meet in conference with the church at Marquette, Wis., May 18, and 19.
Also at Avon, Rock Co., the 25th and 26th.
Isaac Sanborn.
J. N. Loughborough.
GENERAL MEETING IN KNOXVILLE IOWA.
By J. H. Waggoner; E. W. Shortridge
PROVIDENCE favoring, we will meet with the friends of the cause in Southern Iowa in general meeting at Knoxville on sixth day, May 17, 1861.
Our future labors will depend upon the position and action of the friends of the cause in Southern Iowa, to be determined by the time of the Knoxville meeting.
J. H. WAGGONER.
E. W. SHORTRIDGE.
Business Department.
Business Notes.
The P. O. Address of Wm. Dawson is Peosta, Dubuque Co., Iowa.
Receipts.
FOR REVIEW AND HERALD.
Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the REVIEW AND HERALD to which the money receipted pays. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged, immediate notice of the omission should then be given.
E. Pratt 1,00, xix, 1. M. S. Gleason 4,00, xix, 1. S. Allen (by the hand of C. S. Glover) 3,00, xv, 1. H. C. Whitney 1,00, xviii, 19. J. Walter (from Book account) 1,50, xvii, 9. G. W. Holt (from Book account) 1,00, xix, 1. W. McClenerthan 1,00, xix, 1. H. Crosbie 1,00, xxi, 14. H. Crosbie (for E. Dalgrien) 0,50, xix, 1. H. Hilliard 1,00, xxi, 1. Mrs. N. Dennison 2,00, xx, 1. Wm. S. Lane 3,00, xix, 1. C. Daniel 0,56, xviii, 1. E. H. Higley 2,00, xx, 1. D. Pike 1,00, xviii, 1. Jno. Durham 1,50, xviii, 14. A. Coryell 1,00, xix, 1. A. G. Wilbur 1,00, xviii, 14. A. Gleason 2,00, xix, 6. J. Jennings 2,00, xviii, 1. G. Reed 1,00, xix, 20. C. Smith 1,00, xvii, 1. Wm. Dawson 2,00, xix, 1. J. B. Sweet 4,00, xx, 1. S. Dunklee 1,00, xxi, 1. J. L. Palfray 1,30, xix, 14. S. Brigham 1,00, xix, 1.
FOR SOUTHERN IOWA TENT. By the hand of H. C. Whitney $12,90, which pays J. W. for the tent.
FOR MICH. TENT. Ch. in Watson, Mich. (s. B.) $10.
FOR GOOD SAMARITAN. H. Crosbie 20 cts. H. Hilliard 10cts.
FOR THE POOR. E. Elmer $1,00. S. Elmer $1,00. D. C. Elmer $1,00. Ashfield (Mass.) Sabbath-school $2,00. Sister H. Keefer $1,00. Ch. in Watson, Mich. (s. B.) $5,00.
FOR MISSIONARY PURPOSES. Ch. in Watson, Mich., (s. B.) $5,00. C. Daniel $0,44. A. Coryell $5,00.