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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, July 16, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 5

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REPORT FROM BRO. WHITNEY.

By S. B. WHITNEY

Since my last report, I have attended Quarterly Meetings at Nile, N. Y., Roulette and Farmington, Pa., and Genoa, N. Y., according to appointments. Most of them have been meetings of more than ordinary interest.
On account of the badness of the going and the lateness of the season, occasioned by the frequency and severity of the storms, all of which have been very extreme in this section the present season, the meeting at Nile was comparatively small, but quite interesting. We found our friends, the S. D. Baptists, ready to give us a cordial welcome to their house of worship, which we gratefully accepted.
At every place there is manifestly a growing interest, both in church and community, in the solemn truths pertaining to this time. The impressions made at our late General Conference seem not to be confined tothose personally present, but to pervade quite generally the minds of believers; and I trust all are desirous and ready to emulate the example of Paul as set forth in Phil. iii, 7-14. And in the same proportion as we do this, will our fellow-men become interested in the great truths we profess.
Between the meetings at Farmington and Genoa I lectured a week in a school-house near Bro. Marsh's, where Bro. Cottrell gave a few lectures last spring, and as the result, we decided to keep the Sabbath, while others are interested.
Sabbath, June 29, enjoyed a sweet season with the church at Adams' Center. Providence has prevented my joining in labor with Bro. Fuller as I had anticipated, which has made the latter portion of the quarter very laborious, and as a consequence I find myself considerably exhausted; but while at home for a little season to rest, my mind and interest is on the great work; and as I see the fields already white, the harvest plenteous, and the laborers so few, it makes me anxious to do what I can myself, and also that the church should do its duty in praying for more laborers. S. B. WHITNEY.
Grass River, N. Y., July 8, 1867.