Milford, Ontario by R. F. Cottrell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 20, 1872

Milford, Ontario.

By R. F. Cottrell

It has been some time since I have reported labor through the REVIEW; but I have not been idle, though having nothing special to report. I have attended the monthly meetings in our part of the State of New York, written for publication in the Sabbath Recorder, as well as for our papers, and have made efforts to get our neighbors interested in the truth, with some apparent success, so much so that on giving an appointment at our house it was well attended and a deep interest manifested.

On the 18th of January I left home and came here to Prince Edward Co., Canada West. I have had a series of meetings in a country place, some three miles from Milford, without very marked success, though the few who attended gave good attention to the word. Snow storms and winds prevailed almost continually, and the roads were blocked up with drifts, which made the attendance small and irregular. But I had the opportunity to advertise the truth both by distributing tracts in the meetings and from house to house where I visited. I hope that some seed has fallen into good ground.

Now the weather is fair, and leading men in the township have freely offered me the use of the town hall in the village of Milford. I have given three discourses to good and very attentive congregations, and there seems to be reason to hope that good will result. I continue as the interest may demand, hoping that souls may be saved as the result. To-morrow and next day is the season for fasting and prayer to the Lord of the harvest. Though separated from my people and among strangers in another dominion, I shall not forget these solemn days of prayer.

R. F. COTTRELL.

Milford, Feb. 9, 1872.