BRIEF REPORT OF MONTHLY MEETING.
By CHAS. STRATTON.
We met according to appointment, with the church in Topsham, Sabbath evening, April 25. Our hearts were cheered as we met from different places and mingled our voices in prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit of the Lord at our monthly gathering. The Lord blessed and gave us a sweet interview the first evening. On Sabbath, meeting dull. Some of the hearers sleepy, and the speaker had rather a hard time, but got through alive. In the evening we began to inquire into the cause. We learned that there had not been enough secret prayer, and the spirit of the world had crept in. As we began to get down into the valley of humiliation, and confess some, on Sunday morning, our hearts began to warm up with the love of God. Our prayer meeting was interesting. The preaching through the day we trust was profitable. One old lady, 71 years old, who lately received the truth in the love of it, frankly confessed that the Advent people were her people, and with them she was determined to travel the whole length of the road. Eight more arose and acknowledged the truth. There is a deep conviction on the minds of many in Topsham and Brunswick, that the last and third angel's message is true. There was good seed sown in the time of the tent meeting, that if looked after and cultivated, will spring up and bear much fruit. The churches in this region need a faithful laborer with them at least half the time. They are well posted on the truth, but need more of the power of God to draw in others. I intended to stop with them the following Sabbath and first-day, but took cold and have been unable to labor much since. May the Lord give success to the truth, and bring out his people.