Report from Bro. Matteson.
By John Matteson
JUNE 15 to 18, I held meetings with the Danish church of Poy Sippi. We had quarterly meeting, and celebrated the ordinances. With much solemnity we remembered our own unworthiness, and great need of a sacrifice, and with gratitude to God we celebrated the memorials of the great condescension and wonderful love of the Son of God. Two willing candidates were buried with their Lord in baptism. It became our painful duty to drop two from our numbers, for long-continued disorderly walk. The church now numbers thirty-two members. These pledged Systematic Benevolence for the coming year to the amount of $52.00. They are mostly poor. There are indications of spiritual prosperity among them, but there are many things yet to be overcome. May they strive to get their judgments sanctified by the truth, and be willing to give up all for the Lord. June 21-27, I attended camp-meeting at Milton Junction, Wis. It is four years since I enjoyed a meeting of this kind with my brethren in Wisconsin, and met with them in Conference. It was very interesting and, I trust, beneficial to me to meet with so many old friends, and unite with them in the praise and worship of God. We were also blessed with the labors of those worn servants of God, Bro. and sister White, whom we esteem highly for their labor of love, through evil and good report, true to the cause, defenders of the truth. May they be much blessed and strengthened in the Lord, and preserved until his appearing. Neenah, Wis., July 6, 1871.