REPORT FROM BRO. COTTRELL.
By R. F. Cottrell
My labors in Randolph continued nine weeks. Eighteen embraced the Sabbath, and others still are convinced of the truth. I hope they will obey before their convictions wear off, before it shall be said, Let them alone. It will be a poor excuse, in the Judgment, for not obeying a plain commandment of God, that some of those who kept it, ate only two meals a day. No one requires you to follow this example. All are free to choose for themselves in regard to the health reform, except in the use of those things notoriously hurtful to both body and mind. These we expect all will feel called upon to abandon, and cleanse themselves from their pernicious influence and effects. I spent one Sabbath with the two Sabbath-keepers near Eddyville, mentioned by Bro. Milk, in a communication in the REVIEW. They embraced the Sabbath from reading books which he scattered in that region. But as the weather was so excessively warm, and as the people were in the midst of haying, it was not thought best to try to commence a series of meetings in a new place; and needing rest myself, I thought it best to return and spend a few weeks at home, where I arrived after an absence of ten weeks. Ridgeway, N. Y., July 24, 1868.