REPORT OF MEETINGS AT PARIS, IOWA.
By M. E. Cornell
The interest of this meeting has been affected by protracted meetings in different directions, and also by the almost constantly muddy roads. The winter proves an unfavorable one for lectures in new places. Thirty-four lectures have been given here, and above twenty are keeping the Sabbath. Among the number are a Baptist minister and his family who appear to be taking hold of the work right. Regular meetings are expected on the Sabbath at the Disciple meeting-house, in Paris. We have been repeatedly urged to organize a society, but we thought best to leave the practical matters and organization to others to be accomplished in due time. By urgent request, we give a few lectures at the school-house at Tallyrand, a village three miles distant. The good work is still going on at Brighton. Our enemies there prophesied that, when the preachers left, the interest would die out quickly; but instead of this, they are having a continued revival, and several have started in the service of God since we left. This is encouraging. Now how important that those who profess the truth should be careful to maintain good works, and not bring a reproach on the cause they love. In this let every one show the same diligence, and thus walk together in harmony and love. Paris, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1869.