REPORT FROM BRO. ANDREWS.
By R. F. Andrews
SINCE our Conference, I have been engaged at home most of the time. I have been trying to build up the cause, and advance the truth what I could; and I think I can say that the cause of truth is onward, and that the brethren and sisters are trying to move with the body, and keep pace with the work of God. At our weekly prayer meeting, July 2d, we concluded to set apart the 4th of July as a day of fasting and prayer. We notified our brethren and sisters that were not present, next day, and notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, we were glad to find the brethren and sisters willing to lay their work aside, and to meet together for the worship of God, and while some were feasting and carousing, and others performing their daily labor, we felt that it was our duty to humble ourselves and make an effort to draw near to the Lord. The Lord met with us, and our hearts were encouraged to strive on for the reward to be given to the faithful at the end of the race. None of the brethren and sisters regret the way that day was spent. The previous Sabbath I spent with the church at Elkhorn Grove, Ill. The brethren there mean to be faithful, and endure to the end. God grant that they may. I left home for Rockton, Ill., July the 9th, to join with Bro. Blanchard in laboring for the upbuilding of the cause within the limits of our Conference. I trust we shall have the prayers of the brethren, that we may have wisdom to walk in and out before the people of God, and to feed the flock so that they may grow up into Christ, their living head.