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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 10, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 37, No. 4.

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New England.

By S. N. Haskell

I RETURNED from Maine to Boston, Dec. 5. Evidently there is no place in the East where there are more influences brought to bear against the truth than in this wicked city. Yet God has a people here that love him and are willing to show their love by keeping his commandments. Some have gone from them, for they were not of them. A goodly number are becoming more and more established in present truth. Union and love is evidently deepening in their hearts.
The effect of the tent meetings cannot at present be known. The truth is at work in many hearts, and if the brethren continue faithful, I see no reason why there may not be accessions to their number continually.
The Judgment alone will reveal the result of the labor that has been put forth in Boston and vicinity. A Bible-class and Sabbath-school have been organized, and a good degree of interest is manifested. The S. B. figures show they are in earnest. The missionary spirit is getting hold of some. Tracts are being circulated. There should be a hundred dollars' worth of tracts circulated in the vicinity of Boston within the next four months to those who will read. The attention of the people must be called to this subject. Then, if in the providence of God a tent be run there next season, an ingathering of souls may be seen. When true love actuates individuals, burdens will be borne, responsibilities taken, not for a reward, but for the glory of God. Those who cheerfully volunteer to act this part in the cause of God will finally find that great gain is the result of every such effort.
Dec. 26, I left for South Lancaster. Met with brethren and sisters in the evening, also the evening of the 27th; and last evening we celebrated the ordinances of the Lord's house. The hearty confessions with the free flow of tears indicated that God was in our midst. All felt like renewing our consecration to God and his cause. I leave to-day for Dartmouth, Mass.
S. N. HASKELL.
Dec. 29, 1870.