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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 30, 1877

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Modale and Logan.

Our congregations have not been large this week, as there have been two dances in town.

Last Sabbath I met with the church at Logan. The Lord met with us by his Spirit. Two more signed the covenant, making twenty. Others are keeping the Sabbath.

The Presbyterian minister of Missouri Valley preached on the Sabbath question. The audience was large. I was there, but he did not know it. He said that if they could not give a “thus saith the Lord” for all their faith it was no reason why they should not believe the doctrine. They could not give a “thus saith the Lord” for sprinkling, yet they believed in it. He only read two texts. His strong point was “our great men, our learned men, our mighty men.” He said only one church is keeping the Sabbath, that is the Seventh-day Baptist; and they are almost run out, except a few upstarts who are running over the country telling the people that Saturday is the Sabbath. He said he was surprised that some of the children of his church should ask him how the Sabbath came to be changed.

After his discourse, an opportunity was offered, and I got up, and told the audience that the discourse would be reviewed by an upstart at the court house at three o’clock that afternoon. In the afternoon the house was almost full. Nearly the whole town was out. I had good liberty in replying. Truth gained the victory. The minister was out to hear my reply. I gave him opportunity to speak, but he did not.

J. BARTLETT.

Marshalltown.

About eighteen months ago, I persuaded Bro. R. M. Kilgore to come here and give a course of lectures. A church was organized, consisting of ten members. It was said that in a year there would not be one left, but our numbers have been increasing till we now have twenty-four members, and there are eleven keeping the Sabbath who have not yet united with us, making thirty-five in all. There are still others who acknowledge that we have the truth, and we hope they will soon take their stand with us.

Two opposition sermons have been preached, one of which was reviewed by Bro. Kinney of the State Center church. These sermons have made us more friends and stronger ones than we had before. And the best of all is, one of our number, Bro. J. D. Pegg, has gone with the tent, to learn to proclaim the truth.

W. A. MOON.