Vermont by D. T. Bourdeau

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 29, 1873

Vermont.

By D. T. Bourdeau

Notwithstanding the mild weather we have had of late, the snow is between three and four feet deep in the woods. There have fallen upward of twelve feet of snow in East Charleston this winter. I thought it would be impossible to go to Westmore for several weeks, but providentially it froze hard last Friday night, and Bro. Hamlet Burrows and I were enabled to work our way to Westmore yesterday (Sabbath) morning, by taking an early start. We were not expected, but had an unusually good meeting. The young converts there are growing strong, and prize the truth very highly. God bless them. There are other candid souls in their midst who will yet take hold of the truth.

I want to add to the praise of God, and for the encouragement of those who have felt concerned about my health, that I am now able to work twelve hours a day by the side of able-bodied men, at such work as tapping maple trees and wading through from three to four feet of snow, gathering sap, chopping, etc., and that on two meals a day. Thank God for good advice given in the testimony. I am not a sound man, but I am thankful for an improved condition of health. I desire to live on to act some humble part in this good cause. D. T. Bourdeau. Barton Landing, Vt., April 6, 1873.