p. 69 | From the Vermont Tent: West Bolton Revival Progresses

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 15, 1871

From the Vermont Tent: West Bolton Revival Progresses

By D. T. Bourdeau; A. S. Hutchins

From the Vermont Tent.

THE good work is still progressing at West Bolton and vicinity. About twenty have taken their stand on the truth. Several of these had not made a profession before. Some were back-sliders. At the close of our second meeting last Sabbath, it was interesting and affecting to see sinners with tears and choked utterance express their desire of being Christians. This closes the mouths of those who say that all our preaching amounts to is to lead men to formally keep the Sabbath.

A voluntary effort is being made by the friends here to raise a fund to help defray tent expenses. About thirty dollars have already been raised. A few have subscribed for our periodicals and more will soon. Preachers are silent, but it is rumored that they will have their side represented after we leave. Yesterday (Sunday) we showed the people that such a course would be against their own interest, to say the least; that if we were engaged in tearing down the churches on error, as some represented, that it was the imperative duty of the preachers to show it up with a good spirit, and we would treat them with respect and Christian courtesy; that what was worth discussing behind our backs was worth discussing while we were in the place and could speak for ourselves. We told them that their only chance to occupy our tent would be the coming week. We wait to see what the results will be.

One half of those who have embraced the Sabbath are from the township of Jericho, so that this effort connects well with our brief effort at Jericho Corners last fall.

D. T. BOURDEAU. A. S. HUTCHINS. West Bolton, Vt., Aug. 7, 1871.