REPORT FROM BRO. WHITE.
By James White
Through the great goodness of the Lord I have so far recovered from the shock of parting with my teeth as to be able to harness and also put out my horses and go to town on business for our builders. Sixth-day the 14th, self and wife went to Orange, about thirty miles, and spent the Sabbath. As the weather was very hot we improved the cool of the morning to go as far as Bro. Olmstead's in Orleans, between the hours of five and seven in the morning. Much of the way was shaded by the oak, the maple, and the pine. The ride was delightful. Sabbath morning the little church assembled as usual at Bro. Howe's. I had excused myself from preaching in the absence of teeth, but being pressed, found that my speech had improved very much. I spoke to the youth thirty minutes with ease and much satisfaction. Mrs. W. spoke an hour and a half, and then followed an excellent social meeting. We enjoyed this visit very much. For the first time in two years, first-day morning, I hoed a row of corn ten rods in length. Second day morning at five we left for home, and took our first meal for the day by the road-side, and reached home at five in the afternoon. We now expect to keep house again in two weeks, and appoint July 4th to dedicate the new home, when we shall be happy to see our brethren and sisters at ten o'clock A. M. May the Lord meet with us, and may our home and our lives be sanctified to his service. And may our new home be a place for holy cheerfulness, and may jesting, joking, and unholy trifling and foolish talking, never be heard in it. In the name of God we will not have it. I have been much exercised in regard to the ordinances, and suggest that Sabbath, the 29th, would be a good time for the churches and brethren in this vicinity to assemble at Fairplains. I would also suggest that 2 o'clock in the afternoon would be the best time to spend an hour in washing the saint's feet, and the Lord's supper. I have also felt much upon the ordinance of baptism. And as there are some who should be baptized, I believe the Lord will give strength to go into the water and perform the sacred rite. Greenville, Montcalm Co., Mich., June 18, 1867.