MONTHLY MEETING AT ASHAWAY, R. I.
By J. S. Miller
AGAIN our Monthly Meeting has come and gone, and all the incidents connected therewith are among the incidents of the past. Some eight or ten from the other churches arrived on sixth-day, March 20, and we had our first meeting on Sabbath eve at the chapel. There were present about twenty of the brethren and sisters, and a few from outside who came in to hear. After a short season of prayer and conference we listened to an excellent discourse by Bro. Haskell from Rev. iii, 21. During the night, and on Sabbath morning, we were visited by a very severe snow-storm which cut off all hope of seeing any more of our brethren from the other churches at this meeting. The severity of the storm prevented all the sisters from attending the morning service at the chapel. The little company of brethren who attended this meeting were favored with a short discourse from Bro. Haskell on events under the sounding of the seventh trumpet, after which all present bore testimony. We met again in the evening, at the residence of Bro. B. F. Carpenter. After an interesting season of prayer, Bro. Rodman spoke nearly an hour on the subject of overcoming, and was followed by Bro. Haskell for three-fourths of an hour more. Nearly all present bore testimony, making it one of the best meetings of the session. First-day morning we had another social meeting at the chapel, followed by a deeply interesting discourse by Bro. Haskell on the subject of baptism. At the close of this meeting Bro. H. administered the ordinance of baptism to three persons, two of them belonging to the company at Ashaway being re-baptized, and the other a brother from Green Hill who had recently embraced the message, and decided to obey all the truth. First-day evening we had the last meeting of the session. After an interesting season of prayer and conference, Bro. Haskell spoke about one hour from Rev. x, 2. This last meeting was well attended, and the interest to hear seemed to be good. And so ended our Monthly Meeting. While we felt to regret that a number of our brethren from the other churches were prevented by the storm from coming, we all felt thankful to the Lord for the measure of his Spirit that was manifested during the entire meeting. Nearly all who attended testified that they had been strengthened. Let there be a speaking unto the Lord for his Spirit to prepare us all to work for him in the Monthly Meeting that is soon to be held at Green Hill.