The following letter from Bro. Long to Bro. Butler, having been placed, by the consent of the writer, at our disposal, we take pleasure in laying it before the readers of the REVIEW. We are confident that all the honest in heart, if they will examine the truth as faithfully as Bro. L. has done, will come to the same conclusion. Eld. Geo. I. Butler: Dear Bro.; This will inform you that I have returned from the Minnesota tent. Permit me to state that it has been a season of great benefit to me. It has greatly tended to confirm my previous impressions that S. D. Adventists are certainly engaged in a good work, and that their application of prophecy is a harmonious system, and the more I am permitted to compare it with other views the more am I convinced it is the truth of God's word. I have found Eld. Canright a man whom God loves. He certainly is a chosen instrument of God for the defense and dissemination of the unpopular, yet blessed, truths, especially designed of God to call out and prepare a people for the second advent of our Lord. Bro. C.'s ministrations of the word are logical, tending to convince and convict the minds of the candid ones, and stirring deeply the minds of those who do not choose to be guided by the blessed truths of God's book. Such persons frequently stand confounded as they see their castles of error assailed and demolished by the strong Bible arguments brought to bear against them. This was especially the case, when the truth was boldly attacked by the powers of darkness in the Minnesota tent. The gauntlet was thrown down by one Potter, a trance speaker of the spiritualists, a representative man. The contest was brief, but decisive. The people were reminded of the Appomattox victory. How beautiful the truth did appear in contrast with the marks of the counterfeit manifestations of the last days. We all felt that God was blessing his truth at this time, and we could but rejoice with the lovers of Bible truth that the powers of evil were so effectually restrained in that place. These circumstances, together with others that have come under my personal observation, convince me that S. D. Adventists, as a church, are desirous of acting candidly in119laboring to disseminate what they believe to be Bible truth. I feel to rejoice in having the privilege of casting my lot with such a people. For years I have been watching the efforts of this devoted people, their trials, and difficulties, and sacrifices of labor and means. I have also had the opportunity of knowing something of the labors of those who oppose this people, especially of the leaders of those in Iowa, and the spirit of their work, of the unity of their faith, which is mostly negative—a disbelief in that which is designed to produce unity and harmony, whose views appear to be as various as their numbers. I have had sufficient opportunities to understand, beyond a doubt, the primary object of their work, and must testify that it is to sow dissension and doubt in the minds of those who have already embraced the truths essential to salvation. They prefer this mode instead of laboring in new fields. So we could not expect that God would commit to such hands, with such influences, the important work of giving the last solemn warning to the world, and calling out a people separate and distinct from the world, to look for the coming of the Son of man. I firmly believe that the last message of mercy is being proclaimed to the world, and I expect God's blessing to attend it. I desire to heed it, and be sanctified by it; not hinder it, but rather help to forward it. I find the work of the Lord is deepening in Missouri. Calls are coming in for lectures in different parts of the northern portion of the State. We shall do what we can to cultivate more interest in these things. We crave the prayers of those who love God and his cause, for his blessing to attend us here as well as elsewhere. L. R. LONG.