MONTHLY MEETING AT CANAAN by Dudley Marvin Canright

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1867

MONTHLY MEETING AT CANAAN.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS, IN MAINE: According to appointment from Bro. Stratton in another column of this paper, Sabbath, May 11, is your next Monthly Meeting in Canaan. As you well know, it is important that these meetings be kept up. By the blessing of God, they have been a great benefit to the cause in Maine the past six months. We have all acknowledged and appreciated this. Greater harmony, union, strength, and zeal, have been produced among us than before. We have all enjoyed many precious seasons at these meetings. We know that God has blessed our efforts in sustaining them. Many souls have been converted, and many brought to the knowledge of the truth by them. We still need their influence in Maine. Now it is for you to say whether they shall be sustained or not. Let no brother or sister think that they have no interest in it. Every one has an interest in them, and if they have the proper zeal for the truth they will feel it. If one can stay at home others can. When we begin to make excuses about not going, we had better ask ourselves if it is not that we lack interest in the cause of God, if we have not more zeal in our affairs than in the cause of God,—more interest in our farms than for our souls, more interest to save time and money than we have to save souls who are perishing. Time is short, and we can afford to spend some of it in the service of God besides the Sabbath day. Satan will fix up many plausible excuses for you, but be careful how you heed them. God required ancient Israel to come up to Jerusalem once a year and spend several days each time. He promised to take care of their farms, their houses, and cattle, while they were gone. That same God will take care of your affairs while you go to worship him. Brethren, think of these things, and act as will please God. We do hope that there will be a large gathering at this Monthly Meeting. I hope to be with you at your next one. I am still trying to serve God and love the truth. May the Lord bless you all. D. M. CANRIGHT.