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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 25, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 5.

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J. F. BALLENGER

By J. F. Ballenger

Serena.

SABBATH, July 6, was a good day for the Serena church, Bro. I. G. Colcord and myself left the tent in Newark in care of Bro. Foster, and came to assist in word and doctrine. We spoke in the morning on the necessary preparation for baptism. The Lord gave freedom, and his blessing was upon us. After preaching we repaired to Fox River, where Bro. Nettleingham, the local elder, buried three with their Lord in baptism. This was a solemn and impressive scene. In the afternoon we celebrated the ordinance of humility, and partook of the emblems of our dying Lord. All bore cheerful testimony to the sanctifying power of present truth. One brother who lately embraced the Sabbath at Newark, said he had not enjoyed such a meeting for twenty years, although he had been a church member for forty years. We felt like praying as never before, “Lord, send out thy light and thy truth.”
Five were taken into the church. This church is coming up on all points. Their V. M. society is doing a good work. Since Eld. I. G. Colcord moved here last March, this church has taken an advance step. Bro. Colcord desires to see the cause of God prosper, and is willing to sacrifice to this end.

J. F. BALLENGER

Newark, July 15.