p. 22 | LONG ISLAND, ME by J. B. Goodrich

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 17, 1878

LONG ISLAND, ME.

By J. B. Goodrich

This place is about two miles from Cass Island, where we have just completed the organization of a church of sixteen members and s. B. to the amount of $41.60 a year. I find those that came out by reading, a very earnest class of believers. The most of them gave up the use of tobacco before I came here, and I have not seen any pork among them. They found that in the Bible the swine was placed among the unclean beasts, so they let it alone, and now tea is also excluded from their tables. But here, as in other places, there is a determined opposition against the truth. The minister advised them to keep away from our meetings, and some are very obedient; but the minister cannot keep them away from the Judgment, and when God shall judge every man according to his work, there will be a howling among the shepherds, and no way for them to escape the all-seeing eye of Him who keeps a faithful record of every man's life.

We are now holding meetings on Long Island, with some interest. From thirty to one hundred are out to hear.

J. B. GOODRICH.