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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 26, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 11.

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Quincy, Mich.

By I. D. Van Horn

Two weeks more have passed since our last report, and the close, searching truths of the law and Sabbath have had a good effect. The battle goes hard, on account of much prejudice and some secret opposition; but, by the grace of God and his goodness to us, about twenty have already decided to leave the ranks of the enemy and keep all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
On Sunday, the 3d inst., A. N. Seymour gave a discourse of more than two hours’ length against us on the law and Sabbath. He traveled closely in his track of “fifty unanswerable arguments,” which has been so faithfully reviewed and exposed in pamphlet form, by J. M. Aldrich. If boasting and assertion were argument, then his array against the Lord’s Sabbath would have been formidable. The people, almost to a man, were displeased with his effort. He took away from them the Sabbath, Sunday and all.
In the evening of the same day, we reviewed his discourse, but he did not appear to hear the reply. We had seventy-five of the pamphlet “Review of Seymour” on hand, which we distributed free to the congregation, and by their out-stretched hands, even after the books were all gone, showed their eagerness to obtain one, and their interest in the truth.
Yesterday (Sunday, the 10th), was a good day for us and the truth. After the evening meeting, we invited all to rise up, who hadmade up their mind to keep the Sabbath, with all the commandments, and from henceforth live a Christian life in harmony with the truth, and as many as twenty-five arose to their feet. We then invited them forward, to which they cheerfully responded. The good Spirit of the Lord rested upon us while praying at the close of the meeting for these and for others who are interested in the truth. May the good work go on until every jewel in this place finds his way to the light of the third angel’s message.
I. D. VAN HORN.
Quincy, Aug. 11, 1873.