Earlier text: Conference Department.R. I. MONTHLY MEETING.
By J. S. Miller
In response to the call of Bro. Sweet of Exeter, a Monthly Meeting was held with the church at that place on Sabbath and first-day, Feb. 15 and 16. All the S. D. A. churches in the State were represented except New Shoreham. Our first meeting was on Sabbath evening at the house of Bro. Sweet. This meeting was one of deep interest. After spending a few moments in prayer, Bro. S. N. Haskell gave us a short discourse on the rise of the message, which was followed by testimonies from all present in the truth. The testimonies were of a character that indicated an awakening to the importance of the work in which we are engaged. On Sabbath morning at half past nine, we met at the school-house at Gardner’s Corners, and had a meeting for prayer and social worship, followed by preaching at eleven. There was preaching again at three, and again in the evening, preceded by a season of prayer. On first-day morning, we met again at the school-house at half past nine, and had a social meeting, followed at eleven by preaching. On first-day afternoon, we met at the house of Bro. Sweet to consult about matters connected with the future of the cause. These general gatherings have heretofore been called from time to time as the interest of the cause seemed to demand. But at this meeting it was decided to establish the R. I. Monthly Meeting as a permanent institution, to be held on the third Sabbath and first-day of each month, meeting with the churches alternately. Although New Shoreham was not represented, we took it for granted that they would come into the arrangement, and trust that when opportunity offers, we can so arrange the matter as to give them their share of these meetings, consulting their convenience as to time. On first-day evening, preaching again at the school-house, preceded by a season of prayer. One thing worthy of notice in these meetings was the lack of excitement which has in past times characterized meetings of this sort; and yet the interest which was good at the commencement, ran deeper and deeper to the close. Several dollars’ worth of books and several dress patterns were sold during the meetings. One sister from Ashaway came to the meeting wearing the reform dress. The modesty, convenience, and healthfulness of this dress commended it to the common sense of the sisters present, and almost without an exception they are resolved to adopt it. May the Lord bless them in bearing the reproach of Christ in living out the truth in this respect. Bro. Haskell and myself remained until sixth-day morning, holding meetings every evening. Some ten discourses were given by Bro. Haskell, and the interest to hear was even better at the close of the meetings than at the commencement. The little church at Exeter are moving forward with perfect union, and, as we believe, growing in grace and the further knowledge of the truth. May the Lord add to their numbers such as shall be saved. J. S. MILLER.
Ashaway, R. I. “PRAY FOR ME.”
By Tennyson
“Pray for my soul, more things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me, night and day.
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within the brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer,
Both for themselves and those who call them friends?
For so the whole round earth is every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.”
—Tennyson. ASHAWAY, R. I.
By J. S. Miller
The little company at this place have, for many months past, been struggling against adverse circumstances in various forms; but it is with pleasure that I record the fact that there has recently been a coming up in a knowledge of the truth, and in taking advance steps in the way of reform. We have, during the past year, met with some difficulties for want of a suitable place in which to hold our meetings. But we have now secured a comfortable house of worship for the coming year. On sixth-day, Feb. 7, Bro. S. N. Haskell, of South Lancaster, Mass., came to see us, and stayed with us until the following fifth-day, holding several meetings, and encouraging us much by his faithful testimonies. On Sabbath evening, Feb. 8, we met and re-organized s. b. to the amount of $102.56, an advance of $36 from last year. Three-fourths of this was voted to the New England mission, and the remainder to be devoted to the same object if not used for incidental expenses. It was pleasing to witness the interest manifested in this department of duty. Even the children came up and requested to be represented. One little boy only six years old had his name put down for one cent per month. On fourth-day evening, our prayer-meeting was very interesting, and the good Spirit of the Lord was manifested in good measure. A daughter of one of the brethren arose, and for the first time requested to be remembered in our prayers. Infidelity has got a strong hold in this locality, and we are fully aware that our adversary is abroad in the earth. Oh! that the Lord may strengthen us to walk out in all the truth and withstand all the wiles of the Devil, making us instrumental in calling out the honest ones in this region. J. S. MILLER. MEETING AT CLARKSON, N. Y.
By R. F. COTTRELL
Our late Monthly Meeting with the Clarkson church was one of interest. Between forty and fifty Sabbath-keepers were present. Our prayer and conference meetings were lively and interesting, and nearly all took part. Some were present who were deeply convicted of duty to keep the Sabbath, one of whom made a decided start, while others who had less reason to hesitate, being heads of families, and hence having an undoubted right to act, were deterred by fear of the lions in the way. Oh! that men might learn to believe and trust the Lord, and not be found at last among “the fearful and the unbelieving.” But the Adversary has great power to keep men from believing and obeying the Lord—so much so that even some who have long professed faith in the present truth are kept on the background by pride and an evil heart of unbelief. Oh! that they might learn to trust the Lord wholly, and no more grieve him by a grudging and partial obedience. Bro. Saunders was present, and labored with earnestness and zeal for those who were interested in the truth and convicted of duty. We were blessed in praying for the one who decided to give her heart to the Lord, and we believe that she also was blessed of the Lord. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
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WHEN evils of the nature set forth below become so outbreaking as to attract the attention and excite the comments of such a paper as the N. Y. Tribune, from which we clip the following paragraphs, we may be sure that they prevail to an alarming extent. Who can look at these things and not be mindful of the words of our Lord: As it was in the days of Lot, thus shall it be in the days when the Son of man is revealed. The Tribune says:— We attach little importance to random rumors, but we must be very incredulous indeed if all we have heard and read did not make us suspect that in our modern society causes were at work, hostile both in form and substance to the institution of marriage. We call it a conspiracy, for it is a conspiracy of influences, if not of persons, not conscious and purposed, perhaps, but none the less settled and active. We know not how it may be in England, but in France, and in our own country, there has been remarked a very significant and alarming diminution in the size of families. Marriages are less productive than they used to be; at least, such is the general and the probably well-founded impression. There is no decrease in the marriage rate of France; on the contrary, it is stated that throughout the empire there is a constant and considerable rise in the marriage rate. But the population of the empire does not augment. It falls off, rather, by some scores of thousands a year. The last mentioned sign of conspiracy is accompanied closely by another sign of appalling magnitude and prominence, the significance of which cannot be concealed or mistaken; and that is the enormous number of children born out of wedlock, in every modern community. The figures here are terrible—too terrible to put down. Every child so born affronts the institution of marriage. The tens of thousands that are so born annually in every “civilized” country, in some places outnumbering the legitimate births, are an evidence that, for some reason or other, marriage is not held in honor as it should be. This fearful phenomenon means unlawful gratification of passion; passion unregulated by reason or principle, unsanctioned by morality or religion, vicious and degrading. It means waste of masculine vigor and feminine beauty, the decay of productiveness, and the weakening of social bonds. It means neglect of children, who are thrown uncared for upon the world to supply the ranks of the perishing and the dangerous classes. It means suffering, pauperism, and crime. It means the practice of abortion by vile persons who make it their infernal business to kill offspring in the womb by practices deadly not only to the embryo life, but to the constitution that engenders it. It means houses like that to which public attention has been lately called in this city, where babies are sent to be “taken care of until they die.” It means infanticide—the slaughter of infants for whom no one chooses to become responsible. It means the systematic drying up of the sources of life, physical and social. There is an army, large, appointed, organized, commissioned, waging ceaseless war against the marriage institution. Publication Department.
By Editor
The Publishing Association.
The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was incorporated in Battle Creek, Mich., May 3, 1861. Its object is to issue “periodicals, books, tracts, documents, and other publications, calculated to impart instruction on Bible truth, especially the fulfillment of prophecy, the commandments of God, and the teachings of Jesus Christ.” Its capital stock is raised by shares at $10 each; and every shareholder is entitled to one vote in all the deliberations of the Association, for every share that he or she may hold. The Association has now a large and well-furnished Office of publication, established in Battle Creek, Mich., and employs two steam power presses in carrying on its business. A meeting of the stockholders is held each year, at which a board of trustees is elected to manage its business, and editors chosen to conduct its periodicals, till the ensuing meeting. All persons employed in the publishing department, are engaged at stipulated wages, and all profits accruing from the business, are strictly applied by the Association to the carrying out of the object of its formation, and to its charitable uses and purposes. All lovers of truth, who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus,” are still invited to take shares in the Association, and have a voice in all its deliberations. The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald.
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