Michigan Church Visits at Mount Morris, Pine Run, and Flushing
By R. J. Lawrence
From the 19th to the 26th of November, I was with the church at Mount Morris. This church, numbering about twenty members, was raised up under the labors of Bro. S. H. Lane. I found them much discouraged. Some have apostatized, and others have moved away, so they now number only thirteen. I spoke five times, visited them at their houses, and had an ordinance meeting. The 27th and 28th, I was at Pine Run. The weather was bad, and only a few came out. I spoke four times. The most of the brethren live from three to six miles from the village, and their meetings had been entirely discontinued. As I could not get them together at the village, I went out into the country. I talked to them of the cause, the shortness of time, and the necessity of a preparation to meet the coming events. Twelve covenanted to hold meetings in the neighborhood. There are three or four more Sabbath keepers some three miles farther away who were once members of the Thetford church. They expect these persons will unite with the church here. I spent Dec. 4 and 5 in Flushing. Spoke three times, and had a business meeting to settle up some matters for the year. There has been a feeling existing here from the time the truth was first presented, on the part of the Hazleton brethren, that there should be a church organized in their town. So a meeting was appointed for Wednesday evening at which a petition was presented by the brethren in Hazleton to the church of Flushing for a withdrawal for the purpose of effecting a separate organization, which was granted by a unanimous vote. I spent Dec. 10 and 11 in Saranac. I spoke three times, and Bro. Van Deusen twice. The friends here are firm. There is a growing interest. Our meetings here are held in a private house. The room has been filled, and a good number of outsiders have been in. I expect to remain here another week. Some want to be baptized. The Lord has helped in preaching the word. R. J. LAWRENCE.