LAMOILLE CO., VT by A. S. Hutchins

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 25, 1877

LAMOILLE CO., VT.

By A. S. Hutchins

It is indeed gratifying to report that the salutary influence of our recent camp-meeting is everywhere met in this county. In opposing us and our views as a people, ministers had outdone themselves. We had been misunderstood and misrepresented. But God is good, the truth is powerful and will prevail.

I have recently spent two Sabbaths and first-days at Eden Mills and Johnson. Our meetings were all very good. At the close of the last meeting, held the first time I was at Eden, nearly all in the house expressed a desire for more meetings. The last time I was there, I baptized six. Four of this number were members of one family, the daughter of Eld. A. Stone and her husband and two sons aged respectively nineteen and fifteen years. Three of these were brought to the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord by our good camp-meeting.

The elder of these sons lost his place as a clerk in a store by embracing the Sabbath, but he prized the favor of God and a clear conscience of more value than earthly considerations. He now leaves home to enter College at Battle Creek. The six baptized, with four others, were received into the Johnson and Eden church. These accessions cheer the hearts of the dear old pilgrims, who have so long watched the interests of the cause.

New fields for labor are opening. Oh, for men of physical and mental strength, and of hearts consecrated to God and his service, to respond to these Macedonian calls! We watch with great interest our young men, who should come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Will they let worldly interests, or friends, stand in their way? or will they act in harmony with the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and receive a crown of glory when the Chief Shepherd shall come?

A. S. Hutchins.