DEAR BRO. WHITE.—Our meeting at Fredonia, N. Y., July 23d and 24th, was in time of need, and resulted in good to the church. God blessed and strengthened his law-loving children, and one more was added to their number, making, in all, twelve added to the church since O. R. L. Crozier got up his noted Bible class to overthrow Sabbath-keepers.
“Thus saith the Lord God; Wo unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, (breaches, margin,) neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.” Eze. xiii, 3-5. This, and verses 6-15 in the same chapter specially refer to all such as do not stand in the breach made in God's law of ten commandments. But take the opposite, by divining that there is a breach; viz. the ten commandments were abolished at the crucifixion, and then the nine were re-enacted by Christ and his apostles, and the fourth commandment left out. Thus they make the breach and set at naught the inspired teaching of James ii, 10, and the plain testimony of Jesus Christ, which says: “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.” Matt. v, 19. The certain and awful destruction of all that do teach thus falsely is clearly set forth in Eze. xiii, 13-15; Rev. xvi, 21. Take notice, the hail stones fall on men, not on law-keepers, but on law-breakers.
These diviners teach that the Lord Jesus made this breach in his Father’s law when he was nailed to the cross. When the scriptures plainly testify that it was the man of sin, the son of perdition, [2 Thess ii, 3, 4; Dan. vii, 25; xi, 32, 33; Rev. xiii, 5-8] that made this breach more than five hundred years after the crucifixion.
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity and seen lies, therefore I am against you saith the Lord God.” Eze. xiii, 8. How much better off those will be who follow the teaching of the Apostle. “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James ii, 12.
July 30th and 31st, a Conference was convened in Milan, Ohio. A strong desire was manifested by the brethren present to help to spread the last message of mercy throughout this entire State. We believe that God was well pleased with their earnest petitions for help and light from the Heavenly Sanctuary, and messengers will be moved out to spread this truth. Unbelief says, wait a little longer; things will look more favorable farther onward. But faith says, now. “Now is the accepted time; now is the day of Salvation.” God’s hand is in this last message. If thousands were in the way to oppose it where there is but one now, yet it will prevail. God has shown by its onward progress, and steady increase throughout the wide-spread harvest field, that his own hand is in the work. Stop, it never can!
Olena Conference.—August 6th and 7th at the home of Bro. Caulkins. The people here were much interested. The doctrine of the Advent was new, having never heard but little on the subject in this place. Many have been stirred up to read their Bibles as they never had done before. One of the societies has appointed a prayer meeting for to-morrow night. This is another new thing, [I am told.] Some say, why, the seventh day is the Sabbath, others want to read on the subject. An advent man heard of the meeting and came some distance to hear, and was much interested. He wanted books to read, and gave his name for the Review. Said he had taken the Harbinger until it came out so against the Sabbath. Although he did not understand the Sabbath question, he said he knew that the Harbinger was wrong by the spirit it manifested, therefore he ordered it stopped. A family, next door, recently came over from England, have listened attentively.—The wife most heartily embraced the truth. Her husband bid her go on. He will likely be with her soon and help her. May the Lord help the people to investigate this all absorbing subject and get ready for the coming of the Lord. I am waiting for conveyance to proceed onward.