Report from St. Anne, Ill.
By D. T. Bourdeau
On my way to this place, I attended the Illinois Camp-meeting, which, though small, was a much better meeting than the meeting of last year. The brethren seemed to be in a better frame of mind to take hold of the work, and the interest of the meeting was increased by the labors and counsels of Bro. and Sr. White. This meeting was a great blessing to me. I have had a clearer sense of my duty and of the relations I sustain to the work among my people, and greater freedom in God, since receiving instructions from Bro. and Sr. White. To God be all the praise. I find all the French brethren and sisters in St. Anne and Kankakee holding on to the truth, and several new ones have embraced the message during my absence. We had an extraordinary meeting of the French last Sabbath. Some came twenty-five miles to attend it. My heart was touched at what my eyes beheld. The work is moving on slowly but surely. Truly there is power in the message to hold the unlearned and the oppressed as well as the learned, if they will work for themselves and for others. While laboring to further instruct the brethren, I am helping them to push forward the work on new ground. D. T. BOURDEAU. St. Anne, Ill., June 21, 1875.