MEETINGS IN MICHIGAN by Joseph Bates

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 9, 1869

MEETINGS IN MICHIGAN.

By Joseph Bates

SABBATH and first-day, Oct. 9 and 10, held four meetings with the church in Gaines. Stormy weather, and sickness in the families of Sabbath-keepers, prevented many from attending. If brethren realized the importance of attending the Sabbath-meetings, nothing but actual necessity would keep them away.

October 16 and 17, held seven interesting meetings, and celebrated the ordinances with the church in Orange. Members came from six, nine, and sixteen miles. The Lord blessed and strengthened his waiting people.

Evenings of the 19th and 20th, held three meetings with the church in Matherton. Many of their neighbors came to hear.

The 21st and 22d, visited Sabbath-keepers in St. Johns and Greenbush. Sabbath and first-day held six meetings with the church in Greenbush, and brethren from what is called the Colony, some seven miles distant. God grant that all his remnant people may have a realizing sense of the all-important and solemn hour in which we live, and make haste to confess and forsake all our transgressions and sins, and be on our watch for our Lord's return from the wedding.

JOSEPH BATES. Monterey, Oct. 28, 1869.