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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 6, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 14.

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WISCONSIN

By D. Downer

Since my last report I have attended quarterly meeting at Burnside, Wis. The Lord favored us with his presence. Soon I received word that my mother was not expected to live, and went to see her. She is suffering terribly from a tumor, which, physicians say, would weigh over thirty pounds. As she nears the grave her hope seems to brighten. We leave her with God, and go to the fast-ripening field to work for the Master.
Meetings here have been well attended. No-law advocates have opposed. Three Sabbath meetings have been held here, which have been well attended. A number of the leading citizens of the town have embraced the truth. Others who have never attended meeting are interested, and attend every meeting.
The late high water visited our home. It carried away the stove room, fifty rods of fence, and ten cords of wood, and tipped over the barn, under which the ground is washed out ten feet deep. Windows were broken in, trunks and bureaus were filled with mud and froze. Water was four or five feet deep in the house, and the parlor furniture was carried away. Mud is now fifteen inches deep on the carpets and frozen. Stones weighing two thousand pounds were swept along like chips.
The church at Arkansaw is in a prosperous condition. Ex-Governor Washburn had a store near this town, 26x36, and as no goods were being sold in it, I wrote to him, and told him I would like it for a meeting-house. He replied he might be liberal in his price if he could know that I was a good man and preaching sound doctrine. I informed him that I was willing to be criticised, and that he might question me. After some correspondence he made me a present of a deed of the house, which cost $2,500. Ex-Governor Washburn will be remembered as being opposed to church gambling, as expressed in his message while governor. I believe God is turning the hearts of some toward us. Let us take courage as never before. I visited Rock Elm, where Bro. Hill, of Minnesota, was laboring. The interest was good. I learn by letter that over thirty have taken their stand upon the truth. God opens the way for truth; shall we follow in it?
D. DOWNER.
Augusta, March 22, 1876.