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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 13, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 40, No. 9.

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Lincoln, Vt.

By D. T. Bourdeau

Thus far in our efforts in Lincoln two have embraced the truth and subscribed for the Review, and several others have become convinced that we have the truth, and a few feel the importance of obeying it. May God give them grace to carry out their convictions. From the first, we have treated the preachers with kindness, inviting them at times to take part with us in our exercises; but when they commenced to work against us in circulating falsehoods, and opposing our views in private, we frankly told them that they could have the use of our tent to set forth their views before the people while we were in the place. But thus far they have been silent, excepting that a popular preacher came here from Starksborough, and read an essay on the duty of the people meeting in their church.
Being offered the use of the town house to close our effort, and Eld. Hutchins’ being ready to aid in the work, Bro. Washington Cross and myself, in the absence of my brother, to make arrangements for our camp-meeting, came to this place with the tent yesterday; pitched it, and held our first meeting last evening, there being a fair audience and good interest. We can be here only over two Sundays before camp-meeting. But we could manage this place in connection with Lincoln, and thought that we or Bro. Evans could fall back here after camp-meeting. There is plenty of work to do if we will take hold of it with a spirit of sacrifice and with energy, feeling the worth of souls, and improving every opportunity of working for the Lord in private as well as in public. And we must not be discouraged though we should come over hard ground at times. Christ and the apostles had to do this. The chopper of wood does not stop when he comes to a hard knot, but he works the harder; and in clearing up a farm men must often work the hardest in going over the most promising soil.
My brother joins me to-morrow, while Bro. Hutchins and Bro. Evans go to Lincoln next Sunday. D. T. BOURDEAU.
South Starksborough, Vt., July 31, 1872.