Rain, Mud, and Mildew by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 3, 1869

Rain, Mud, and Mildew.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

These are the order of the day here, and have been for weeks. We have had our tent pitched here four weeks, and have hardly seen half a dozen fair days. Those who know anything about Iowa mud can imagine about what the roads are here! Of course our congregation has been almost wholly composed of the villagers. As often as we have succeeded in getting up the interest, the rain has come and broken us up. This week it has rained harder and longer than at any time before. We have had to abandon the tent entirely, and go to the Court House. So it is about settled that our meetings here must be a failure. We regret it the more as this appeared to be an excellent opening.

But the Lord lives and reigns, and we believe that all will be for the best in the end, though we cannot see how. We try to improve our time in reading and writing. D. M. CANRIGHT.

Sigourney, Iowa, July 16.