WM. S. INGRAHAM by Wm. S. Ingraham

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 30, 1872

WM. S. INGRAHAM

By Wm. S. Ingraham

Minnesota.

I LEFT home Dec. 21, for Brush Creek quarterly meeting. Our meeting was held at the house of Bro. Kelsey. Only two or three discourses were given before the interest began to rise. The neighbors came in nobly. Bro. Grant stayed with me one week and then went to Jo Daviess to attend the quarterly meeting there, where he had a good time and was made to rejoice by two backsliders taking a stand for the truth. I preached twenty-six discourses at Brush Creek. The church was fully organized. An elder and two deacons were set apart to fill their important stations. The church was greatly encouraged, and took hold of the work in earnest. Seven new ones took a public stand for the truth, all of them heads of families and of the right material.

We have in this vicinity over forty Sabbath-keepers, and their children in addition to the number, who meet on the Sabbath for worship. And as they have no house of worship, except private houses, it was thought proper to move forward immediately and erect a meeting-house.

My health is improving, with the exception of my arms, which are no better. It is not possible to raise my right arm to a horizontal position. And my left arm is some affected. My mind is much clearer than it has been for a long time. Trials that have bound me in the past are vanishing, and the truth seems precious. I would express my gratitude for the sympathy manifested in my behalf by our late General Conference.

We rejoice in the prospect of more ministerial help in this State. The way is opening in every direction for the spread of the truth.