Aledo, Ill by R. F. Andrews

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 21, 1871

Aledo, Ill.

By R. F. Andrews

Immediately after Conference, I resumed my labors in this place. Found the people still anxious to hear. The Lord has greatly blessed the feeble effort that has been put forth. I think I never attended a protracted meeting when it was more evident that the Lord was powerfully working upon the hearts of the people. This corner of the earth has long been considered a God-forsaken place. Men have lived here till they passed the meridian of life without being moved by a popular gospel. But the truth, the precious, present truth, has, praise the Lord, affected their hearts. In a number of families where there was no family altar, it is now erected, God's worship is maintained, and his holy law is regarded as the great standard of right. The heads of eleven families have decided to lead a life of obedience to the commandments of God. Nearly forty in all have taken their stand in favor of the down-trodden law of the Most High, and so far as I know, only five of them were professors before. Just now we are having some opposition from a Mormon elder. We trust that it may result in the prosperity of the truth. We feel that our strength must come from God alone. We praise his name for what he has done in the past, and mean to humbly trust in him in the future. Pray for us. R. F. ANDREWS.