p. 206 | Michigan by J. B. FRISBIE

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 24, 1875

Michigan.

By J. B. FRISBIE

Dear Brethren: It has been a long time since you have seen a report from me, and thinking you might like to hear how the work of the Lord is prospering in my hands, I will write something for the REVIEW.

After God so abundantly blessed me at the Michigan Camp-meeting last August, I was converted anew to the third angel's message. Since that time the light has been shining brighter and brighter until the present time. The present truth never looked better to me than now. I cannot express my gratitude to God for his care, and to my brethren for their interest in me.

I went from the camp-meeting to Kansas. I lectured most of the time the three or four weeks I was there; but the grasshopper scourge was raging, and it was a poor time to get listeners to the truth. While there, I wrote my last communication to the REVIEW.

I returned to Michigan, and attended the camp-meeting at Lapeer. There I made preparations to move to Battle Creek with my family, where they have been living since last October.

I started out like a beginner to lecture, and so continue until the present time. The Lord has been with me, and has given me liberty of speech; but the coldest and hardest winter came on that I ever experienced, which buried us in snow and frost. It was so cold that people did not, and could not, attend meetings. Some listened to the truth, though their attendance was interrupted by storms, and a few embraced the precious truth. My health began to fail me during the latter part of the winter, but as the warm weather of spring came on, it commenced to improve.

About five weeks ago, I commenced lecturing five or six miles from Big Rapids, in a neighborhood of farmers, in a pleasant new school-house. After being there until the fourth Sabbath, eighteen, as near as I can learn, commenced to keep the Sabbath of the Lord. Two were already observers of the Sabbath there.

Quite a number of others acknowledged the claims of the seventh day, but want a little more time to reflect upon it. I think they will soon decide in favor of the truth.

Bro. Lawrence has written for me to join him with the tent this week. I have written for him to do the best he can for a few days alone. I think I had better follow up the interest at Big Rapids some longer. I intend to be with them to-morrow in their second Sabbath-meeting. I have not seen such an interest manifested in any place for many years. It is, in some respects, such a place as Wright, Ottawa Co., was when Bro. Edgar and myself were there eighteen years ago, when over one hundred were baptized, the most of whom are holding on to-day. May God bless them.

There are other neighborhoods inviting me to come. They want to hear the truth. I am getting to be an old man, but I feel like a new convert; and best of all, God is with me. Pray for me.

J. B. FRISBIE.

June 11, 1875.