The Work in Vermont

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 28, 1879

The Work in Vermont.

Bro. C. W. Stone, writing from Elmore, Vt., under date of Aug. 20, gives the following account of the work in that place, which will explain his absence from the Canada camp-meeting:—

We have now been here three weeks. Our plan was to take the tent down the 18th, and ship it to Magog, P. Q., for use at the camp-meeting there, Aug. 21-26. But the interest here was so great when that time came that I did not dare to leave. Eld. A. S. Hutchins was here on Sabbath and Sunday last; and when on Sunday evening a large number voted in favor of the truth, and nine promised by rising to obey, and many seemed touched by the power of the truth, we agreed that it was duty to remain. But the possibility of removing was banished by a steady rain from Sabbath till last evening. A sister who has just embraced the truth, who lives three or four miles away, sent me a letter Monday morning, from which I take the following:— “Dearly Beloved in Christ: The hand of the God of Israel is in this. He is showing your duty by sending this rain to keep you here. Blessed be his holy name forever. He will sift the people like wheat, and bring out a people who shall be willing boldly to honor his name by confessing the truth. Oh! I cannot tell you how I have been blessed in the stand I have taken. My faith is strong in God this morning. In my chamber at early dawn, I am writing this. Dear brother and sister, pray for me that I may be a humble instrument in the hands of God of bringing many to righteousness. ‘Here am I, Lord, use me for thy glory.’ Don’t leave us now. Sinners are convicted. Satan is rallying his forces to put down this truth; but the truth must prevail. Remember, ‘one can chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight.’ Hold on, dear brother and sister, the Lord is on our side.”

Others have besought us to stay, and it seems clearly to be duty so to do. We are sorry to disappoint our brethren at Magog camp-meeting. May the Lord bless in that meeting, and may they feel that we have acted in the counsel of God.