Minnesota Mission Labor in Meeker County
By Charles Lee
My labor in Meeker County, Minn., has come to a close for the present, although it seems as if it was only begun. I was to be present at the quarterly meetings at Chisago Lake and the Cambridge churches, and they have now waited on me over two months; I am now on my way. The good Lord has blessed my labor of late far more than was expected. In the midst of opposition and confusion, forty-two earnest souls have taken hold of the commandments of God. Thirty-two of them have united in the brotherhood known as the Litchfield church. Eighteen have been buried with Christ in baptism. The s. s. is raised so as to exceed $100. Two months ago, when I began my labor here, there were six disheartened Adventists. The members of this church chiefly consist of the leading men and women of the community. Some have held valuable positions in the church to which they formerly belonged. In regard to nationality, they are a mixture of Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians. They have come out from the Methodist, Baptist, and Lutheran churches, which churches they now think, in taking a view of their position, in faith and practice, compared with the word of God, constitute a part of the “fallen Babylon.” Rev. 14:8. Oh! what a glorious truth the Lord has given unto us. What could unite hearts of different nationalities, and different religious sentiments, but this great truth? May the great God be blessed forever that I, poor mortal, have been thought of in his mercy, and have a part in this glorious work. It is daily bread to me. Our opponents here have become very quiet, to what they were once. The only thing we now hear from them is, that they are getting up a mob to drive me out of the settlement, and that the shepherds declare to their flocks that if they cannot succeed in getting quiet and becoming settled as before, they will mob them. I wonder if they cannot see and know that they give evidence to the truthfulness of the words of the Lord, when he speaks about hirelings! My prayer is to God that he may open their eyes, that God’s holy truth can lead them on the way of life. And may the great and merciful God bless the dear brethren and sisters, who here have taken hold of God’s covenant, that they may grow strong in the Lord and be received by Jesus in glory at his coming! My address is now Chisago Lake, Chisago Co., Minn. CHARLES LEE.