Bordoville, Vt., May 31, 1872
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Bordoville, Vt., May 31, 1872
By D. T. Bourdeau
From Eld. D. T. Bourdeau.
We reached home from Kentucky in safety yesterday, having had a prosperous journey of three days. Our primary object in going to Kentucky was to follow up an interest started there by Bro. J. B. Brown, of California, and to enjoy a milder climate during the winter season. Upon the whole I think that my stay in Kentucky was a benefit to me healthwise, as I avoided a long cold winter. Yet the world affords no better climate than our Vermont climate in summer; and this morning we enjoy the bracing air of old Vermont with unusual pleasure, as we find ourselves pleasantly situated among our old friends again, who do all they can to make us comfortable. As we look over the past we can say, Truly goodness and mercy have followed us all our days. Praise the Lord for all his benefits. We think our going to Kentucky was timely to help some who were giving up the truth through discouragement and for want of thorough effort, to help the few who had started out to meet unexpected trials, and to exert a further influence in favor of the truth. We labored some at three different points, giving sixty-five lectures, selling $34.64 worth of books and tracts, and giving away $19.00 worth, and forming many pleasant acquaintances. With the few who have embraced the Sabbath at Locust Grove, there are now eleven in all keeping the Sabbath. One has gone to Indiana. We shall remember Kentucky and pray that the Sabbath-keepers in Hardin County may remain faithful, and serve as a nucleus for a good company of believers in their part of the State. May none of them shamefully turn away from the truth for others to be light-bearers in their stead, and wear the crowns they might have worn. On our way home, we stopped at Colesburg, at Dr. Horace Coombs', son of Dr. W. F. Coombs. While there, the following sad accident occurred. At midnight the Doctor was called up to attend to the case of a night operator, son of the sixth auditor of the Treasury Department at Washington, who got run over by a freight car. This accident proved fatal. The man lived three hours, suffering intensely, and requesting the bystanders to shoot him through the head. He died without hope, cursing and swearing. As he was taken into the depot, his blood flowed on one of our trunks, leaving stains that made strong impressions on our minds. Truly death was near, and God in mercy had spared us, and there was hope in our case. How many like this man think only of this life, and do not realize the sad fate that awaits them at last, unless they repent. May God help us to faithfully warn our fellow-men of the solemn scenes that are coming on the earth, when there will not be a ray of hope to the sinner. We expect to commence tent operations within two weeks. D. T. BOURDEAU. Bordoville, Vt., May 31, 1872