Thoughts About Meetings.
By D. B. Staples
BRO. SMITH: Our hearts were made glad this morning on receipt of Review No. 22. It came in time for our little church to get the benefit of the lesson which it contained from Bro. Canright, in his “Few Thoughts About Meetings.” The weather being favorable, the most of our church were present, and the article from Bro. C. was read at the commencement of the meeting; and could you have been present and witnessed its effect upon God’s dear people in this place, it would have done you good. From the testimonies borne, and resolutions formed, we have reason to believe there will be a general reformation in the Johnstown Center church. We all had to confess a lack of energy, and plead guilty to all the points advanced. May God help us to carry out our resolutions with a full purpose of heart, and bless Bro. C. for his timely admonition, and encourage his heart to think that his “few thoughts” have been the means of doing so much good, even if they do no more; but I believe they will act as an impetus to a renewed energy, to more than one dear brother or sister, or church even. Johnstown Center, Wis., Nov. 3, 1866.