Meetings at Armada by M. E. Cornell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 25, 1875

Meetings at Armada.

By M. E. Cornell

By special request, we commenced a series of meetings at the new house of worship at Armada, Mich., Sabbath, Feb. 20, and continued until March 14, and although broken up the third time by storms, the interest would immediately rise again, and it kept up good to the close. Had in all twenty-nine meetings, in which a good degree of freedom was given, both in speaking the word and in the social meetings. Several have decided to keep the Sabbath, and a goodly number are seeking to obtain a new and a deeper experience in the thing of God. At the last meeting, we took an expression, and found that more than two-thirds of the large audience present were in favor of the truth. This was a solemn meeting, and many hearts were affected. My stay at the house of Bro. D. H. Lamson has been very pleasant, and I shall not soon forget the kindness received here. Here I met Bro. and sister Corliss; and also renewed acquaintance with the brethren and sisters of Memphis. I was glad to find so many were still holding fast the present truth.

By request of Eld. Crandall of Dearborn, Michigan (first-day Adventist), I attended their quarterly meeting at Columbus, and was very cordially received. At their urgent request I spoke on Sunday. At the close of my discourse there was a rush to buy my books, and I had several urgent requests to lecture in different places in this and adjoining counties. I have rejoiced to see so much good fruit of the faithful labor of Bro. Lamson and others in this part of the State; and there is yet a large and promising field open before them here. But now a warm rain is taking off the heavy body of snow so fast that the country is flooded, and public meetings are entirely out of the question.

M. E. CORNELL.

Armada, Mich., March 15, 1875.