Middletown (Conn.) Seventh-Day Adventist Church
By C. H. REIMERS
MIDDLETOWN is the city where Elder James White mailed the first copies of the REVIEW, then called Present Truth. About ten years ago Sister E. G. White, when attending a camp meeting in this place, said that as Middletown held a prominent place in the early history of our denomination, it should have a memorial for this truth — a church building. Because of faith in this statement I believed that although there were only about eight members, and all were poor, with the Lord’s blessing we could do it. Three years ago I was invited to hold some meetings for a company of Methodists who met in a home. They took up a collection, and wanted me to take it for myself, but I refused it. Then they insisted that I take it and use it as I wished. I asked the Lord to guide me to use it aright, and he impressed me to make it the basis of a fund with which to purchase a lot and build a church, that we might have a respectable place to invite the people to come to hear the truth. This we did. Much of the work on the church has been done by the members, therefore progress has been slow. Satan has done all possible to hinder the work, but the dear Lord has continually prospered us. I could tell of many experiences where he wonderfully blessed in the work of building, bringing us help, just what we needed, and just when we needed it most. The chapel is of red brick, trimmed with yellow brick. It has cement block foundation. It is twenty by forty feet, and contains a baptistery. Many who are not Seventh-day Adventists have worked free of charge on the building. Even an infidel artist painted a beautiful open Bible on the front wall, with "Thy word is truth" over it. We hope soon to finish and dedicate the building. While it will be a memorial for the truth and a comfortable church home for our members, my prayer is that the Lord will grant it to be the place where many in this vicinity will find Jesus and accept him and his truth, and thereby be saved with all the redeemed.