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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, January 14, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 5

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LABORS IN MICHIGAN.

By John Byington

I LEFT home Nov. 1, to attend the Monthly Meeting at Tompkins. We had two meetings on the Sabbath and one on first-day evening at the school-house. At this meeting I spoke of the certainty of Christ's soon coming again, and as at his first, so at his second coming but few would be found ready. And as I exhorted professors of religion to awake, some went away and said we were uncharitable.
The evening of the 5th I held a meeting with a few brethren in Leslie. May the way be opened for the truth to take effect in this place.
The 9th and 10th, I had five meetings with the church in Bunkerhill. This church is rising, and yet there is much to be done. I fear some are too trifling in their conversation. Do we remember that for every idle word we must give an account in the Judgment? Sister Lovina Fuller came 15 miles to receive baptism. We were glad to hear from her daughter and son-in-law who had just commenced to obey the truth.
December 14th, we had two interesting meetings with brethren in Leslie and the church of Bunkerhill, who met at the house of Bro. Landfaire for Monthly Meeting. The 15th, had two meetings in Alaiedon as noticed in Review. They would be glad to see Bro. Cornell in Alaiedon. The 21st and 22nd I was with the church in Parkville. We had two meetings on the Sabbath and one on first-day, and also a meeting for the election of trustees. Our meetings here were interesting. Things with the church have for some time looked very discouraging, it being the result of so many moving from them. Of late they are a little more encouraged. They have meetings at their house of worship every Sabbath. We would ask again, cannot some faithful brother who is moving or wants to move, go to Parkville? I believe they have had the promise of a course of lectures in their meeting-house some time this Conference year. Can it be done? First-day evening we had an interesting meeting in the school-house near Bro. John Langdon's. We felt while talking to them that they had an ear to hear. We presented to them the holy principles of the ten commandments as a rule of life for the converted man who had found pardon for his past sin against that holy law, and that if we would carefully examine the subject, we should find it both reasonable and scriptural to render obedience to the whole of it.
JOHN BYINGTON.