NORTH-EASTERN MISSOURI.
By H. Wren
The tent labors in this part of the State were brought to a close at Bible Grove on last Sunday night with the largest congregation of the season. During the season the tent has been pitched three times, and more than a hundred discourses delivered, and a large quantity of reading matter sold and given away, until this whole region has either heard or read of the Advent and Sabbath, and a great number are convinced on both subjects; many of whom will yet act, as they have assured us. Eighteen have taken stand with us, and there are now thirty-five Sabbath-keepers, where, last March, there was only one, and last July, only seventeen. At Bible Grove there is a real revolution wrought in the minds of the people. The opposition here has been general and somewhat bitter. But the tide is turned, and the better part of the community are with us in faith, and soon will be, in practice, we believe. A minister’s labors could not well be more efficient and acceptable than Bro. Long’s were here. He did most of the preaching, Bro. Rogers having been called away, to the sorrow of his many friends in this country. May the Lord be praised and thanked for all his mercies. Bro. Long left with the tent yesterday to hold a general rally meeting in Daviess Co., in company with the other ministers of the Conference. Bible Grove, Mo., Sept. 27, 1876.