Meetings in Michigan by Joseph Bates

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 29, 1866

Meetings in Michigan.

By Joseph Bates

Bro. WHITE: The Allegan Co. Monthly Meeting convened in Allegan, Sabbath, May the 5th, and was the largest monthly gathering we have ever held in that place. Bro. P. Strong was with us and took a part in the meeting. The testimonies in the social meeting were cheering and refreshing. The Lord blessed his waiting people. In compliance with the request of the Conf. Com., the church in Monterey observed the four days of fasting and prayer, ending with the Sabbath, yesterday. We feel that we have been strengthened and benefited in waiting before the Lord. The Sabbath was a good day to us, our congregation was large, but very quiet and solemn by reason of the good Spirit of the Lord moving in the hearts of his dear people, while they were presenting their humble petitions for him to regard his people in their affliction, and raise up his servants who are detained from the field, and let the light shine in their pathway to carry forward the last message of mercy throughout his wide harvest field.

The evening after the Sabbath at the close of our solemn and interesting season of fasting and prayer, the church was blessed and refreshed again in celebrating the ordinances of the Lord's house.

JOSEPH BATES.