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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 20, 1869

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 34, No. 4.

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MEETINGS IN MICHIGAN.

By JOSEPH BATES

Our last report was from Vergennes. Sabbath, June 19, enjoyed a good meeting with the church in Allegan.
June 23, teachers and children of the Sabbath Schools, with their parents, from Monterey and Allegan churches, enjoyed a pleasant half-hour's ride of ten miles over the railroad from Allegan to Otsego. There we united with parents and their children of the Sabbath School, under the shade of a beautiful grove of oak trees connected with the village seminary. Brn. Gage and Bell, with others from Battle Creek, were present. Bro. Gage gave an instructive discourse to parents and children, after which the cheerful, social circles, seated in and around the encampment, partook of the precious fruits of the earth prepared by themselves from their own loaded dinner baskets, after which Bro. Bell gave an interesting discourse to teachers and children of the Sabbath School. It was deeply interesting to all, to witness teachers and children voluntarily rising one after the other and distinctly repeating appropriate portions of Scripture. The singing was well timed and listened to with deep interest. Thanks to the Lord, all returned to their homes well and in good season.
June 25–28, Bro. C. Jones and self took the steamer to the mouth of the Kalamazoo, some 50 miles, to Douglas and Saugatuck, to spend the Sabbath and first-day in meeting with some of the scattered members of the church in Allegan, and other Sabbath-keepers and friends. Brn. Pierce and Spear joined us in D. We believe the Lord wrought for them. We left them much encouraged to go forward.
July 3, Monthly Meeting in Allegan. In consequence of the violent thunder-storm in the morning some did not go, but yet there was a goodly number present, and the meeting was interesting and encouraging.
A stranger bore her testimony in the meeting, professing to have been a Sabbath-keeper for some years in the past. Through protracted sickness, and destitute of means to support herself, she was taken to the county house. The church have arranged to give her a home with Sabbath-keepers.
JOSEPH BATES,
Monterey, July 7, 1869.