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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 11, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 4.

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Granville, Vt.

By A. S. Hutchins

HERE is a small company of Sabbath-keepers so surrounded by the Green Mountains that it is not convenient for them to meet often with brethren in other places for meetings on the Sabbath. On the 7th inst., I preached the funeral sermon of Bro. D. F. Evans' companion, who passed away after a lingering and painful illness. It was a pleasure to meet with Eld. Harlow, Methodist minister, of Rochester, at this funeral. He firmly believes and faithfully sets forth the Bible doctrine of the restoration of this earth to its primeval purity, beauty, and loveliness, cleansed from all the terrible effects consequent upon the fall of man, and baptized with the glory of God, as the final abode of the saints. I have ever remembered as a pearl of great price, a sermon which I heard him preach on this subject, about eleven years since.
I remained here over the Sabbath, and held three meetings with the friends. These meetings I believe had most a salutary effect both upon the minds of the brethren and friends. It is the privilege of these dear friends, not only to know the truth, but to feel daily in their hearts, and to reflect in their lives, its refining, sanctifying power, its divine efficacy to deter and turn us from sin and disobedience, to the highway of holiness and usefulness, to a close and sacred communion with the great Head of the church.
One sister, who had been mostly confined to her bed for some nine weeks, was brought to the meeting on the Sabbath, by her companion. She returned home grateful for this privilege, and strengthened in the Lord. Now that Sabbath meetings can again be regularly held at the house of Bro. Evans, we hope the brethren and sisters will take courage in the holy war. “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.”
On my return home, I visited several scattered brethren, and had some good seasons in prayer with them. Truly, wisdom shows a narrow path, with “here and there a traveler.” A. S. HUTCHINS.
Wolcott, Vt., June 29, 1871.