From the Vermont Tent by Daniel T. Bourdeau

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 27, 1872

From the Vermont Tent.

By Daniel T. Bourdeau

The tent remained at South Starksborough, or Jerusalem, over two Sundays. Sixteen discourses were given. There were nearly fifty persons in attendance last Sabbath. Three decided to keep the Sabbath. We think this is encouraging for an effort of thirteen days. We had to take down our tent yesterday to have it at our camp-meeting. The interest was good. Some were out from Lincoln. These two places should not be neglected. We left appointments for the Sabbath and Sunday after our camp-meeting, which several of those who heard us design to attend.

We were told that Jerusalem was a hard place. True, they are mostly sinners in J. But Christ came to call sinners to repentance, and we feel freer in such places than we do among proud, formal and bigoted professors. Our hearts were touched to see such a good attendance in the busiest season of the year, and to hear of several women who would help in the hay-field that their husbands might attend the meetings. There is force to these words of Paul: “Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.” Rom. 12:17.

On our way to camp meeting. D. T. BOURDEAU. Aug. 12, 1872.