Report from Bro. Byington.
By John Byington
BRO. WHITE: I am now with the church in Watrousville, and have had five meetings with them which were well attended. Truly the labor with the tent in this place last year did a good work. Our brethren here are trying to walk in all the truth. They have here, as in many other places, much to learn, and are manifesting a teachable spirit; and I trust will be established in all the truth. What the enemy cannot do by opposition from without, he will try to do by dividing brethren, destroying brotherly love and kindness, and thus discourage some, and hinder the work. Dear brethren, press together. The Lord is working for you and will cause all things to work for the good of them that love him. I have spent Monday and Tuesday in visiting as many families as my strength would enable me to reach. On first-day evening, after meeting, in company with Bro. Freeman, we visited a brother who had become so tempted that he did not attend our meetings. We talked and prayed together till nearly ten o’clock. The brother rejoiced for our visit and thought he should no more yield to the enemy, but with all his family go forward. Time rightly spent in visiting from house to house will do much good. By taking cold, and constant labor my cough troubles me again, but I hope by suitable care it will not continue through another cold winter. Watrousville, Oct. 9, 1866.