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Review and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 17.

General Articles
Earlier text: AMERICAN TRADE ABROAD

WHERE TO INVEST.

The fraudulent transactions of John S. Morton, of Philadelphia, in connection with the Market Street Railway, were but one of a series of frauds and defalcations which have startled and alarmed the community within a month. Three saving banks in Chicago, and the oldest savings bank in Allegheny City, have suspended payment. The depositors in the Chicago institutions will lose heavily. The Allegheny bank it is thought will pay in full. Mr. W. C. Gilman, one of the most respected brokers of New York, has been discovered to have raised large sums of money on fraudulent securities. These defalcations impair confidence, and hinder the return of prosperity. They suggest depths of social corruption underlying the whole fabric of the public welfare, and add to the anxieties and fears of patriots. Christian men who are disposed to hoard their wealth, instead of using it for immediate, incalculable, and imperishable good, may reflect profitably on these revelations in connection with the following paragraph from the Christian Advocate: “Wanted—Somebody to insure fire insurance companies against fire, and life insurance companies against death, and savings banks against too great difficulty in getting the money out of them, and railroads against receivers, and all bonds against too much binding. There is absolutely no security for money. God does not intend to make a sure foundation of trust in this world. There is only one deposit where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.”—Christian Statesman.

LABOR AMONG THE MICHIGAN CHURCHES.

The following ministers are chosen by the Conference Committee to assist the directors in the missionary work among churches in their respective districts, for the general good of the brethren and for the advancement of the cause of present truth.
The ministers are expected to correspond with the directors whom they are appointed to assist, and thereby make arrangements to begin the work as soon as possible.
The arrangement is as follows:—
Div. Minister. Dist’s. Directors.
1. H. M. Kenyon 1 and 3 1, T. J. Snyder; 3, I. A. Olmstead
2. E. H. Root 4, 5, and 12 4, M. S. Burnham; 5, J. S. Wicks; 12, Peter Smalley
3. A. O. Burrill 6 and 7 6, F. Howe; 7, F. Squire
4. D. H. Lamson 8 and 9 8, J. McGregor; 9, Wm. Ostrander
5. J. Fargo and M. B. Miller 2 and 11 2, E. P. Giles; 11, Alex Carpenter
6. E. R. Jones 10 and 13 10, George Randall; 13, D. E. Wellman
There are many things of importance that should receive the most careful consideration from the ministers and directors as they go from church to church, that cannot be mentioned here, but a few may be noticed.
1. It is of great importance for the good of each family of Sabbath-keepers to have in their houses, for their own reading, the REVIEW, HEALTH REFORMER and the INSTRUCTOR. How can the brethren keep pace with the third angel’s message without these helps?
2. Every church should take a number of copies of the SIGNS by clubbing. Those that have not yet done so should be urged to do so the coming year, and those that have, should be induced to increase their efforts. Scattered brethren should also take a number of copies. We should all get as many paying subscribers for these periodicals as we possibly can, using premiums only when necessary.
3. The clerk’s book must be examined, and the S. B. and one-third carefully looked after. In short, everything should be set in order and made well pleasing to the Lord.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

LOVERS OF PLEASURE.

By D. A. Robinson

Who that has his eyes open can doubt that Paul’s description of the last days is literally fulfilled at the present time? He foretold times of peril; and that which was to make them such was the fact that men would be “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” This does not mean simply the worldling, because he adds, “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” With what amazement and alarm would Wesley have looked upon the following flaming handbill, announcing a festival in the Wesley church:—
“HARVEST FESTIVAL AND FAIR
Will be held under the auspices of the LADIES’ BENEVOLENT SOCIETY of the Wesley Church
AT CITY HALL on the evenings of Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11 and 12.
“A series of fine tableaux will be presented to the public Thursday evening, beginning promptly at eight o’clock. ‘The evening prayer of the Huguenots,’ ‘The witch of Endor,’ ‘The spruce-going young man and the dashing young lady,’ and the ‘new policy,’ constitute
SOMETHING NEW IN THIS CITY!
“The patrons of this festival will be entertained by musical attractions on FRIDAY EVENING, which will be announced.
“If you wish a delicious ice cream, a capital bowl of oysters, a plate of tip-top baked beans, or a bunch of luscious fruit; if you have any inclination to invest in a telephone or a balloon, in short, if you really enjoy
A GOOD, WIDE-AWAKE, OLD-FASHIONED TIME,
GO TO THE HARVEST FESTIVAL!
“Single admission, 25 cts.”
If the name of a church was not found in this bill, one would think he was reading a notice of a theatrical performance. The world converting the church, and yet men talk of a millennium! Truly Babylon has fallen!
D. A. ROBINSON.

TO THE SCATTERED BRETHREN OF GRAND TRAVERSE CO.

By John Sisley

Dear Brethren, at the annual meeting of the T. and M. Society, Bro. Peter Smalley, of Spencer Creek, was appointed director of your district. We ask your hearty co-operation with him in this good work. We have realized that God was waiting to bless any efforts put forth to advance the truth in this distant part of the Conference. Let us each do what we can in this blessed cause, and do it quickly, as time is short.
Will you send your address to Peter Smalley, Spencer Creek, Antrim Co., Mich., as we desire to visit you soon, and to find you ready to enter into every good work, and to move on in the advancing light of truth. JOHN SISLEY.

Seventh-day Baptists Prosecuted for Sunday Labor in Pennsylvania

Two Seventh-day Baptists have recently been prosecuted in a town in Central Pennsylvania for working Sunday. They defended themselves by pleading that their religion taught them to observe the seventh day, and that the observance of “the first day of the week” is an unrighteous innovation, never sanctioned by Scripture. They also claimed that the law of 1794 is unconstitutional, and that it is opposed to any Sabbath at all, since it abolishes the Sabbath of Scripture and ordains a new one, which is really no Sabbath. The two Seventh-day Baptists were found guilty, and fined $4 each, which they refused to pay. On account of this refusal, they were sent to jail for four days.—Painesville Telegraph.

INDIANA

Thorntown, Boone Co.

SABBATH, Oct. 13, Bro. Bartlett and the writer held some very interesting meetings at Thorntown. In the forenoon gave a discourse on the subject of organization. In the afternoon ten were baptized. Quite a large congregation assembled at the water’s edge. The scene was an impressive one, and the Spirit of the Lord was present. In the evening we organized a church of twenty-one members. There are others who will soon join. At our next appointment we expect to organize s. b., as we have already explained the matter to them quite fully.
I am now at Darlington, where we have closed tent labor, and where Bro. B. has just closed a discussion on the Sabbath and kingdom questions, in which the truth gained a complete victory. We expect to follow up the work here, and effect an organization as soon as we can. We are only nine miles from Thorntown. There are nearly fifty Sabbath-keepers in this part of the State at present; on the first of July there were none. To the Lord be all the praise. S. H. LANE.

Peoria, Miami Co.

FIFTEEN here are keeping all the commandments. Ten have signed the covenant; others will. The people are slow to act on accepted truth, being fearful of—they know not what.
Bro. Rees went home two weeks ago, which has made the work rest heavier on me. During the last eight weeks, I have spoken on an average eight times per week. But I come out of this campaign with better health than I had last May.
I am grateful to God for his goodness. W. W. SHARP.

MICHIGAN

Allegan Co., Oct. 15.

AFTER returning from our good camp-meeting, I held meetings at Allegan and Monterey. These meetings were of an encouraging nature. There is a disposition manifested on the part of our brethren to press to the light.
Sabbath, Oct. 13, was a good day for the brethren in Allegan Co. The house of worship at Allegan was well filled with Sabbath-keepers from different parts of the county. Bro. W. H. Littlejohn gave an eminently practical discourse from Luke 18:18. We were glad to meet Bro. L. at this meeting, and to find him ready to buckle on the armor, and engage anew in the good cause of the Master. Bro. Littlejohn is ready to labor as duty may demand and health permit.
We have cause of gratitude to God for the prospects which are before us. May the Lord enable us to humble our hearts before him, recognize his opening providence, and walk in the light as he may graciously let it shine upon us.
H. M. Kenyon.

Spencer Creek and Dimondale.

SINCE I last reported, I have been traveling with my invalid wife in Northern Michigan. We have visited many scattered brethren, and tried to encourage them in the work of the Lord.
Near Spencer Creek, Antrim Co., we held sixty meetings, which resulted in the encouragement of the few brethren there, and others embracing the truth. A small company are waiting to be baptized and organized.
Last week we were with the church in Dimondale. Some matters that were troubling the church were satisfactorily settled, and on the Sabbath we enjoyed a good meeting, during which five united with the church.
John Sisley.

THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETING.

By John Norton Loughborough

The southern California camp-meeting, held at Lemoore, Tulare Co., Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, has proved a decided success in every respect. Twenty-two tents were upon the ground, besides the 50-ft. tent, which was used for public meetings. The number of campers was one hundred and fifteen.
By request of Bro. Church, the mottoes of our northern camp archway were taken to the southern meeting and placed over a similar triple archway entrance. There being no evergreens within fifty miles of the ground, we substituted therefor trimmings composed of red, white, and blue cloth, which gave a very neat and pretty appearance. Everything possible was done to make the grounds attractive, and this had its effect, not only in making our own people feel decidedly at home, but in attracting the outside world from far and near to see the grounds, especially when word went out that “at the Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting all was as quiet and orderly as at a meeting-house.”
This seemed to astonish the people, as at all previous camp-meetings in this vicinity there has been much noise and confusion. Even at a camp-meeting held a few weeks since, only eighty rods from our grounds, no less than three arrests were made to quell the disturbance, and one of those arrested was a woman. We were favored with a good outside attendance evenings, and on Sunday not far from four hundred were upon the grounds. There was not the slightest show of a spirit of disorder, but as the people went round admiring the grounds and reading the mottoes, they seemed to catch the spirit of the place, and not a man did we see who even attempted to smoke a cigar inside our gateway. They seemed to think and act as if we had suddenly thrown an ornamental village into their new country, and to show their appreciation of our kindness they treated us with the greatest respect and courtesy. They could be heard saying, “Well, this looks like business, this is a people in favor of order; I’m going to see what their ministers have to say.”
The Lord gave his servants, Brn. Healey and Wood, and the writer, something to say, and the influence of his Spirit to help us say it. When, on the Sabbath, we called for half-hearted professors and backsliders to enter into a covenant for greater devotion and consecration to the work, the people were ready to respond as rapidly as they could get upon their feet. This call was followed by one for those seeking the Lord for the first time; this brought a score or more forward, who after prayers in their behalf, responded with earnest testimonies. An invitation was extended to those who desired baptism to manifest it by coming forward, when twenty-nine candidates presented themselves. Besides these four others united with us, making thirty-three in all.
According to appointment the meeting should have closed on Monday morning, but a petition from every camper, for the meeting to continue another day, decided the matter. Another day was given them, and every one staid. Monday was a glorious day. The baptism occupied the forenoon. We were obliged to go four and one-fourth miles to the place of baptism. The procession was nearly one-fourth of a mile long. We told the people we were going to a burial, but unlike common funerals, this had a resurrection connected with it. The baptism was pleasant. The sandy beach of Kings River, strewn with mica, a yellow substance that looks like gold, especially under the water, made the place selected most lovely. As we saw handfuls of this mica on the beach, washed up by the slight waves of the river, we were reminded of the golden banks of the river of life, where all the faithful shall stand, after the resurrection, in the glorious city of God.
In our business meeting a call was made for the district to raise the sum of $83 to pay its indebtedness to the State Society. In fifteen minutes, with no urging, $106 were pledged, and all paid but $9. It was voted to appropriate the surplus over the $83 to the sum still due for the 50-ft. tent purchased last summer. The sum of about $200 per year was added to the S. B. funds by the pledges of new members, and a goodly number of missionary members was obtained. So, financially, as otherwise, our southern meeting was a success.
A young lady living a few miles from the ground, came to the meeting because she had some relatives who were going to be there, and whom she wished to visit. After being there a day she said, “My mother must come and hear this.” So she went home and let her mother come, agreeing to stay by the “stuff.” After the mother had been there a day she thought that would not do; all the family must have the benefit of the meeting. So home she went and found some one to take care of their affairs, and the family all came and remained through the meeting. On Monday Brn. Healey and Wood baptized the daughter who came first, then the mother and another daughter. Bro. and sister Brown, of San Pasqual, San Diego Co., came three hundred and fifty miles in their wagon to attend this meeting, and said they could cheerfully go back over the long journey again, feeling that they were richly paid for the seven hundred miles of carriage travel, which it would take them twenty-seven days to accomplish. God bless them!
The camp-meeting has had a wonderful influence to give permanence and stability to the work in this southern field. A great interest has been awakened in the vicinity of the camp-meeting. Eld. Wood commences a course of lectures immediately at Lemoore. Bro. Rice is to join him to assist in the work. Bro. Eugene McCapes, of Fairview, who received a colporteur’s license at the camp-meeting, enters without delay upon his work from house to house, in the vicinity of the camp-ground.
It certainly should give a spring of joy to the hearts of our people, and serve as a stimulus to greater efforts on the part of our ministers and missionary workers, when we think that through the instrumentality of two camp-meetings nearly one hundred have taken their stand with us.
Four weeks since, I made the report to the General Conference, and put the number of Sabbath-keepers in California at seven hundred. Were I to do that over to-day, I should have to say eight hundred instead. J. N. Loughborough.

MASSACHUSETTS

By Dudley Marvin Canright

Danvers, Oct. 16.
The Lord is still prospering the work here beyond our expectations. We now count between eighty and ninety adult Sabbath-keepers who are fully settled in the truth. It does our souls good to see them growing stronger and firmer every week. We have begun to have prayer-meetings every evening around at the houses. These are very precious seasons. Each evening some one takes hold who had not done so before, and many have begun to pray who never prayed in the past. We have had two baptisms. Last Sunday there were about fifteen hundred present. Thirteen have been baptized.
Last Sabbath there were ninety-six in our Sabbath-school, and new ones are coming every Sabbath. We have raised about $50 in money for books and papers to make our Sabbath-school interesting. In the afternoon there were over one hundred present at the social meeting.
We have a pleasant hall, well located; and Sunday afternoons and evenings it is crowded, though it is a good large one. Indeed, I can see no dropping off of the interest. We find families every day who are interested, of whom we had not known before. Our meeting-house is shingled, and the work is going along well.
Opposition sermons are preached about every Sunday by some one, but none of our friends pay attention to them any more. They hardly occasion a remark. All the papers have something to say, more or less, every week. They publish whatever we write. The burden of our labor now will be to get these Sabbath-keepers converted, and instructed in all parts of the message. This will of course require patience and hard work. Already they are leaving off their tobacco, tea, jewelry, &c. Shall give a course of lectures on health in a few days?
Brn. Israel and Mead, and sister Lamson, have now left us. We have never had so pleasant a tent company as this season. We shall always remember them with pleasure. Sister Lamson, in particular, has been of great service in the work. She has filled a place which no man, however able, could fill. I think there ought to be more such laborers in the work. But it needs persons of energy and devotion,—sisters who are not afraid of the hardest work of every kind. It is no easy place to fill, as some may think. Bro. and sister Stone and Bro. Robinson are with us now.
My wife's health has been very poor this fall. We fear the climate is bad for both of us; but we shall not give it up yet.
D. M. CANRIGHT.

TEXAS TENT.

By R. M. Kilgore

Peoria, Oct. 11.
Since writing my last report, I have received a note from the sheriff of Hill Co., stating as follows: “You shall be protected by law so far as lies in my power.” With this note there came also the following petition from Hillsboro, the county seat of this county: “We, the undersigned citizens of Hillsboro and vicinity, most respectfully request Rev. Kilgore to preach a series of sermons at Hillsboro after he has ended his engagement at Peoria.” This is signed by thirty-six of the most prominent and influential citizens of that place, which is but six miles east of Peoria. A very strong appeal comes from Towash, twelve miles west of this place, for me to give lectures there, and another from Prairie Valley, all of this county. These are all excellent openings for the truth; but how can I be at all of these places at the same time? I wish I could be, and still be efficient.
The interest here is healthy, and I hope permanent good may result. I do not know how many are already keeping the Sabbath, but a very large number are under conviction. My courage is good. We have meetings every evening in the week except Monday, and two meetings on Sabbath and Sunday.
The threat which I received on Sunday night, that I should be killed if I did not leave in twenty-four hours, has increased the number of our true friends, whose sympathy it has aroused; and I am sure that if its author could be known, his removal to parts unknown would be necessary, the indignation of the better class of citizens is so great.
We hope on, pray on, and labor on; and we trust our brethren pray for the cause in Texas. R. M. Kilgore.

BESIDE ALL WATERS.

To sow beside all waters—everywhere, On every hand to throw the yellow grain, To trust and wait, in faith and earnest prayer, That the good seed shall rise and live again.
Thus sow the seed, not with a trembling hand, And shrink not back to sigh and long for rest; Though with the reapers we may never stand, Yet God hath said our labors shall be blessed.
Do good to all men in this busy world, This strange, sad world of trouble and of strife; So shall we daily follow in the steps, The blessed steps of Christ’s most holy life.
If ye have heard our Savior’s pleading call, And in the shadow of his cross have trod, By the dear hope that strengthened you through all, Go comfort ye my people, saith your God.
As our dear Lord looks now on you and me, With that true love so steadfast and so sure, So let us follow him, where’er it be, As he hath loved us, let us love his poor.
Yes, look on all with tender, loving eyes; To do his work is very, very sweet; To work all day, where’er our pathway lies, To come at night and sit down at his feet.
So, helping others, shall our way grow plain; So Heaven’s sweet light upon our paths shall fall; So at the last shall his sweet welcome words— “Well done, thou faithful servant,” come to all.

LAMOILLE CO., VT.

By A. S. Hutchins

It is indeed gratifying to report that the salutary influence of our recent camp-meeting is everywhere met in this county. In opposing us and our views as a people, ministers had outdone themselves. We had been misunderstood and misrepresented. But God is good, the truth is powerful and will prevail.
I have recently spent two Sabbaths and first-days at Eden Mills and Johnson. Our meetings were all very good. At the close of the last meeting, held the first time I was at Eden, nearly all in the house expressed a desire for more meetings. The last time I was there, I baptized six. Four of this number were members of one family, the daughter of Eld. A. Stone and her husband and two sons aged respectively nineteen and fifteen years. Three of these were brought to the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord by our good camp-meeting.
The elder of these sons lost his place as a clerk in a store by embracing the Sabbath, but he prized the favor of God and a clear conscience of more value than earthly considerations. He now leaves home to enter College at Battle Creek. The six baptized, with four others, were received into the Johnson and Eden church. These accessions cheer the hearts of the dear old pilgrims, who have so long watched the interests of the cause.
New fields for labor are opening. Oh, for men of physical and mental strength, and of hearts consecrated to God and his service, to respond to these Macedonian calls! We watch with great interest our young men, who should come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Will they let worldly interests, or friends, stand in their way? or will they act in harmony with the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and receive a crown of glory when the Chief Shepherd shall come?
A. S. Hutchins.

WISCONSIN

Mount Hope and Hurricane Grove.

Our meetings at Mount Hope and Hurricane Grove were profitable to the church, but the outside attendance was small. Considerable interest was manifested in the missionary work. But few of the brethren and sisters paid all their S. B. dues and the one-third for the missionary treasury.
We recommend all not to wait till the next quarterly meeting to pay the rest of their dues, but, if possible, to pay the next quarter in advance, because the money is now needed to carry forward the work of the Lord. Let us all remember that the Lord and his cause should be first. “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” Read Titus 3:8. “Bring ye all the tithes,” &c. Come, dear brethren and sisters of Wisconsin, let us not wait till the end of the next quarter, but to-day let us bring the first-fruits unto the Lord.
Wisconsin has 1,135 members in church fellowship, and probably not one-half of them belong to the Tract and Missionary Society. We recommend our missionary workers everywhere to urge all who have a desire to be laborers together with God to join the society, and work.
Come, dear brethren and sisters, let us arise and take hold of this work as we never have before, that Jesus may say to us, “Well done, good and faithful servants.”
I. SANBORN.

Pardeeville, Oct. 17.

AFTER being here over six weeks and holding fifty meetings, thirty signed the covenant to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
The influence of this meeting extended to other neighborhoods, and calls were made for meetings. Bro. Smith went to one school-house five miles north of Pardeeville, and I to another three miles southwest, where we gave short courses of lectures. Bro. Smith reports that ten or twelve have decided to obey the message where he is holding meetings, and I trust a few will decide for God in this place, making over forty in the vicinity of Pardeeville. Seven subscribed for the REVIEW and some for the REFORMER. They sustain weekly prayer and Sabbath meetings.
One case at the last place where I held meetings is of special interest, that of father Blaisdell, who is eighty years of age. He embraced the advent faith under the labors of Wm. Miller, but had lost sight of the advent movement, and had connected himself with the M. E. church. He heard of our meetings, and sent an invitation for us to visit him. He seemed to rejoice in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour, yet he knew nothing of the third message. Bro. B. had used tobacco for sixty years; but he has embraced the Sabbath and thrown away his tobacco, and he told me the Lord had given him a complete victory, and taken the appetite for it all away. What excuse can younger people have for indulging in the filthy habit? Oh! flee to Jesus and be made clean, before the decree goes forth, “He that is filthy, let him be filthy still.”
Bro. Smith will stay in this place a few weeks.
C. W. OLDS.

DICKINSON CO., IOWA.

By F. W. Morse

The monthly meeting at Milford was well attended, though the weather was quite stormy. The best of all was, every one came bringing a spirit of earnest work. Not a single case of silence in the social meetings. How I wish some older companies of Sabbath-keepers could just come in and be “provoked,” by the earnest, loving activity of these dear friends, to “go and do likewise.” One young person for whom we had felt a deep interest took a decided stand with us.
I have just called upon all of them. I find the whole secret of a good meeting. At their homes I see faithfulness. Large and small join at the family altar, and Sabbath-school and Sabbath meetings are promptly kept up at home, if they are not able to get together. As might be expected, I can see growth in grace. O dear brethren, may God help us to put aside the driving, crowding pressure of the world, and take time and calm, solemn thought in serving God and preparing for the Judgment.
F. W. Morse.

LETTERS FROM THE SOUTHERN FIELD.

Bro. Killingworth, of Spaulding Co., Ga., writes as follows:—
Myself and wife have been the only Sabbath-keepers in this part of the State since the spring of 1872; but we now rejoice that God has sent his faithful servants, Bro. and sister Taylor, to labor in this State. We enjoyed a short season of refreshing during their stay with us. We have been much edified by his teachings, and feel to thank God that it has been our privilege to witness so faithful an effort in behalf of present truth. We cannot tell what the final result will be. As yet, the only definite result is, that three more have taken their stand to observe the Sabbath: others have given good evidence that conviction has fastened upon them, and ere long we hope for more to join us.
Bro. Taylor made many friends while here, despite his Northern birth, and notwithstanding some who thought more of “the church” than of the truth sought to hurt him by false reports. He succeeded in getting the city council chamber, and preached once; but owing to the rain the audience was small. An interest to hear more has been created, the way has been opened, and we look for him to return before many months. I will not attempt to make out a report for him, of the labors wrought in preaching from house to house and in the different churches, or of the reading matter that has been distributed; but I can say of a truth that if the same results follow his labors everywhere, ere long the words, “Seventh-day Adventist,” will become familiar household words in Georgia.
We rejoiced to see that the General Conference was considering the Southern field. God speed the glorious work of gathering the jewels! I am persuaded that a faithful effort with a tent would result in establishing churches of good material in this State. May the Lord direct. We will try to be faithful, believing that the time has come for us to fight it out on this line. We want to be remembered in the prayers of God’s people.
Allow me to thank sister Huntley for her labor of love in sending reading matter to the amount of one-half bushel, tracts and books; also some one for our papers, with which I have been well supplied. Such labor has not been in vain. The reading matter has been carefully disposed of.
Bro. Killen writes from Houston Co., Ga.:—
Not long ago, a Mr. Taylor, living in Brooks Co., in this State, passed through our county; and I had the privilege of hearing him talk privately on the Lord’s Sabbath, and other Bible subjects that were new to me, or at least were very different from what I had been taught to believe. I told him I would investigate these subjects, and gave him twenty cents with which to send me some tracts that I selected from his list. I received them, and others besides. Bro. Taylor left with me a few tracts and papers, old numbers of the REVIEW and SIGNS. I have read them all with a great deal of interest, and am anxious to know more about these great subjects. I have handed them around to others, but find the people generally very slow to listen to anything new. A great many are ready to confess that we have the wrong Sabbath, but seem to think it makes but very little difference.
I have been a missionary Baptist for twenty years, and if I have been keeping a day for the Lord’s Sabbath which is not the Sabbath, I pray God that from this time I may obey him. I told the pastor of the church to which I belong (B. F. Thorp, one of the big preachers of our denomination in this State) of my investigations, and in his first sermon afterward, he said the Sabbath was changed to Sunday in honor of the resurrection; and yesterday he sent me a New York paper, The Examiner and Chronicle, of Oct. 4, containing an article headed, “Yes, We Have a Christian Sabbath.” The only argument I see in it is that Sunday is the Sabbath on account of the “fitness of things.” I thought we Baptists always had Bible reasons for our belief. I know I am not sufficiently posted to defend myself; and I intend to take your paper and send for more tracts before long.
Bro. J. T. Crockett, of Lincoln Co., Ky., says:—
About a year ago I first met Bro. S. Osborn, and had the Sabbath question brought before my mind. Since that time I have carefully and prayerfully examined the proof, and thank God that in his providence I met Bro. Osborn. It looks surprising to me that I never saw, or rather never understood, the plain teachings of God’s word in regard to the seventh day before.
I had been a preacher in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for a number of years. I could not attend the meeting of Presbytery last April, and wrote to them for a letter of withdrawal from that church; but as I was not present there was no attention given to it. I have since had some “pretty warm times.” The Presbytery will meet again in about ten days, when I expect to be present, and my case will, I trust, be disposed of in some way. I have learned from one of their members that the point on which they are now building is to try to show (contrary to their confession of faith) that we are now really keeping the same day the Jews did. I think the history of the Jews is enough to show that they are still keeping the seventh day.

GLOVER'S CREEK, KY.

By Orlando Soule

AFTER shipping the tent to Tennessee, I labored from house to house as the way opened. October 6, I visited the company near Edmonton, and found them much discouraged. I remained two days, and spoke seven times. All seemed encouraged. Six more signed the covenant. Temporary leaders were appointed, and regular Sabbath meetings will be held.
Since my return, I have held three meetings at the Methodist church, the use of which was kindly granted us, and have spent the rest of the time in visiting. Have obtained three subscribers for the REVIEW. There are twelve firm commandment-keepers here, and some who are a little unsettled; but they are so scattered that nothing can be done in the direction of holding Sabbath meetings. May the Lord shield them in the day of temptation.
I now go to join Bro. Osborn in Tennessee.
ORLANDO SOULE.

SOLILOQUY, VA.

By J. R. S. Mowrey

Our quarterly meeting at Soliloquy was a feast to the waiting ones. The meetings began on the evening of Oct. 6 and continued until Oct. 9. Brn. Lane and Sawyer were not with us. Bro. H. C. Shipley was present and with this exception all were strangers to me, but we all saw eye to eye, and it was a season of rejoicing and one never to be forgotten.
The brethren are in earnest, and indeed we should naturally expect to find them thus; for they have been instructed in the things of God by men who have drank of the life-giving fountain. May the Lord bless Brn. Lane and Corliss for the good work which they have begun, and so far established, here. The cause is onward. Those who reject the light that is now shining cannot frame an excuse for their actions. I would add, I wish to be, and by the grace of God will be, found with all of like precious faith engaged in the good work.
Steps were taken at the above meeting preparatory to organizing a State Conference.
J. R. S. MOWREY.

FRESNO CO., CAL.

[Abridged from the Signs of the Times.]
Eld. Healey gave five discourses in the new colony east of Fresno, where an interest has been awakened, to be followed up by the T. and M. workers. Also attended the quarterly meeting of the Fairview church. This church has a membership of about sixty, nearly all of whom were present and took part in all the ordinances. The meeting was deeply interesting. Some who had been quite inactive in the past came forward and resolved to take a higher stand. Eld. Healey says, “The Spirit of the Lord was with us, and we wept tears of gratitude as we thought of what God had done for us.”

I THANK THEE, LORD, FOR WEAL AND WOE.

By Eliza Cook

I thank thee, Lord! for all I’ve known Of kindly fortune, health and joy; And quite as gratefully I own The bitter drops of life’s alloy.
Oh! there was wisdom in the blow That wrung the bud and scalding tear, That laid my dearest idol low, And left my bosom lone and drear.
I thank thee, Lord! for all of smart That thou hast sent, for not in vain Has been the heavy, aching heart, The sigh of grief, the throb of pain.
What if my cheek had ever kept Its healthful color, glad and bright? What if my eyes had never wept Throughout a long and sleepless night?
Then, then, perchance, my soul had not Remembered there were paths less fair, And, selfish in my own blest lot, Ne’er strove to soothe another’s care.
But when the weight of sorrow found My spirit prostrate and resigned, The anguish of the bleeding wound Taught me to feel for all mankind.
Even as from the wounded tree The goodly, precious balm will pour; So in the riven heart there’ll be Mercy that never flowed before.
’Tis well to learn that sunny hours May quickly change to mournful shade; ’Tis well to prize life’s scattered flowers, Yet be prepared to see them fade.
I thank thee, Lord! for weal and woe; And whatsoever the trial be, ’Twill serve to wean me from below, And bring my spirit nearer thee.
—Eliza Cook.

NEW YORK.

By H. H. Wilcox

New Connecticut, Oct. 15.
I came to this place to attend the quarterly meeting, and found the church united, earnest, and more spiritual than ever before. They were very much benefited by the camp-meeting. The outside interest is good. Three more have just commenced keeping the Sabbath.
Bro. M. C. Wilcox has joined me, and will labor with me in a new field until about the first of November. We held our first meeting yesterday at the Webster school-house, about five miles from New Connecticut. Good attention was given to the word spoken. H. H. WILCOX.

MINNESOTA

By C. Nelson

Steele Center, Steele Co., Oct. 11.
The church at Steele Center had a good quarterly meeting, Oct. 6 and 7. The good Spirit was with us, and we were blessed. Five dear souls followed their Saviour in baptism, and eight were added to the church, which now numbers thirty-two members. The Lord has been good to us.
C. Nelson.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
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