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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 18, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 37, No. 18.

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Meetings in Michigan.

By Joseph Bates

MARCH 11, 12, with Sabbath-keepers in Greenbush and Duplain. At the latter place, met with Bro. Cornell, who was giving the people a course of lectures. A Disciple minister was sent for, who came from St. Louis, Gratiot Co., in haste, to see what could be done. God's law-abiding people, and others in the community, were becoming deeply interested to hear. The Lord bless and set home the truth. We closed our meetings at Greenbush Sunday evening.
March 14–21, visiting from house to house, and holding meetings on the Sabbath and first-day in Ithaca. This church is struggling to hold themselves in the message, and seemed very glad to have us come and see them where they were almost hedged in, at their homes, on account of their deep muddy roads.
Spent one week with the church and brethren at Alma. Here the Methodists were laboring for revival meetings. We held eight interesting meetings with the church and people. The visiting Methodist minister attended all our meetings but one. He said it was a new chapter to him. Three other persons in Alma professed to believe the Sabbath. The brethren were encouraged and strengthened.
March 28–31, with the church in Spring Brook. Some who had been almost discouraged, and unwilling to keep up their stated meetings, and walk together in love, were revived in their minds, and encouraged and resolved to labor on and overcome. Our meetings were encouraging.
March 31 to April 3, with the church in Matherton, Montcalm Co. Sabbath and first-day, held four meetings. The church was encouraged, and resolved to press forward. Some from other churches and outsiders attended, and manifested much interest to hear, and receive tracts to read, as also they did in other places we have named, and many railroad passengers, who often take them many hundreds of miles, where the living preacher has not been privileged to go.
Sabbath, the 8th, with the church in Monterey. The Lord strengthen and bless his people.
JOSEPH BATES,
Monterey, Mich., April 10, 1871.