REPORT FROM BRO. VAN HORN.
By I. D. Van Horn
I closed my meetings in Blendon, for the present, on Sunday, Nov. 15. The present result of my six weeks' stay here is very good for a new country school district. Twelve have embraced the truth, and they are showing signs of their sincerity by leaving off some of their bad habits. Tobacco is being laid aside by some who thought they could not live without it. They need a good deal of reform in this direction. May they have help from the Lord to overcome. There was no open opposition, and but little from any source. We had several Sabbath meetings which were well attended, and were interesting to all. The Lord helped us in this work. There is an organized church at Blendon Landing, consisting now of ten members. There are two more that will join by letter as soon as they can get them. These, with the twelve who have recently started to live the truth in their vicinity, will make a company who, I trust, will be blest of the Lord, and be an honor to his cause. Bro. Smith, who is the elder of the church, is a man devoted to the cause of his Master, and I think his life and example will have a saving influence on all about him. The last week of our stay was a good time for us all. We spent it in fasting, self-examination, and prayer, which resulted in our getting nearer the Lord, and receiving of his rich blessing. I am now at home making some preparations for winter. I shall be ready to go out to my work again in the course of three or four weeks. I shall then visit these friends again, and do what I can for their advancement in the truth. May the blessing of the Lord remain with them, and may the good work move on. My faith is strong in the present truth, and my courage is good to go on in the path of duty. I mean, by the grace of God, to make up wherein I have lacked in the past, and throw my whole soul and strength into the work. May the Lord help. Battle Creek, Nov. 20, 1868