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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 7, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 23.

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VERMONT

By A. S. Hutchins

Our T. and M. quarterly meeting held in Granville last Sabbath and Sunday, we consider the best ever held with Dist. No. 6. There was a good attendance. One of the lonely ones came seventy miles, others forty.
Two sermons were preached on the Sabbath, one social meeting held, and another for the celebration of the ordinances of the Lord’s house. The last was one of marked profit. One member was added to the church.
On first-day morning, we enjoyed a refreshing prayer and social meeting. This was followed by a sermon on faith and works, after which came the business of the T. and M. meeting. The reports returned were in number equal to the membership, showing a fair amount of work done, especially in the circulation of reading matter. A good work has been done in the sale of the Family Health Almanac, for which the Society has received more than cost.
Bro. Haskell was not able to go into this district when in the State last winter. But we were thankful to know that these brethren and sisters had taken hold of the payment of the one-third, and had actually, considering their financial and numerical strength, gone ahead of other districts. The meeting closed by raising money to pay for fourteen copies of the SIGNS, for club use, and securing one full-paying subscriber. Arrangements were made to have meetings held regularly at Fayston, Waitsfield, Warren, and Granville.
The cause in this small and newly formed district has suffered from precipitant moves of some, and apostasy of others, which we deeply deplore. It is not the work of this message to dress up persons and make pets of them, but to refine, elevate, and save them. It is not to screen one in his wrongs, but in meekness and love to lead him to confess and forsake sin. Says the apostle, “Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
We are thankful that our friends here are rising above reproaches and difficulties, which have obstructed their way. Two have commenced the observance of the Sabbath in Fayston, recently. The progress of this truth and the lives of those of us who profess to love it, are closely watched by others, who in spirit are with us. May they have moral courage and fortitude to obey and live.
A. S. HUTCHINS.
May 28, 1877.