Note from Bro. Byington by John Byington

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 1, 1868

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 11.

Note from Bro. Byington.

By John Byington

BRO. SMITH: I did not learn of the appointment for the camp-meeting until I had made arrangements to visit a sick and aged natural brother in Vermont. I concluded to delay the visit for the meeting, but receiving a letter informing me of his great anxiety to see me, I concluded to go immediately. We arrived in Ogdensburg the 21st, a few minutes too late for the cars. Finding a private conveyance I passed through Lisbon to Morley by the Wesleyan chapel which I labored hard to build, some eighteen years ago, just before embracing the Sabbath. I passed down Grass River three miles to Buck's Bridge, where stands the Methodist Episcopal chapel, parsonage barn, and sheds, all of which I assisted in erecting some thirty-five years since. Here stands our plain Advent church which I labored hard to finish just before leaving for Michigan ten years ago this fall.

Here I spent last Sabbath. We had an interesting meeting with the brethren, some of whom I had not seen for ten years. First-day I was with brethren in Norfolk at the house of Bro. Haskell, who had long labored to maintain the truth. Here I met Bro. and Sr. Lawrence, she is feeble in health. I would gladly get back to the camp-meeting, but probably cannot.

J. BYINGTON.

Knapp's Station, Aug. 23, 1868.