EXTRACTS OF LETTERS by Editor

Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Jul 22, 1852

EXTRACTS OF LETTERS.

By Editor

BRO. JOSEPH BATES writes from Galesburgh, Mich., July 12th, 1852:—"I have stopped at the Post Office to communicate a few lines. Bro. Dodge, of Jackson came here with me yesterday from Climax, where we spent the Sabbath, at which place two brethren embraced the truth.

"We gathered a few friends here yesterday to listen to the truth; and one of the dark spirits from the East came with them, (R. H.) He charged the Sabbath-keepers with breaking up a band of Advent believers of about one hundred in number, in Roxbury, Mass. I told him it was the Sabbath-breakers that did that work. He afterwards acknowledged that he had kept the Sabbath a few years, just to please the rest; but he knows the commandments are all abolished. It is many years since I have heard such a perfect jargon as this man presented, after I closed, and a part of it while I was speaking. He is a real brawler. I told the man of the house I should not preach in the evening if this man was allowed to brawl in this manner. So we left.

"I sent you five names, last week, from Plymonth. There, I trust, a good work is done with Bro. Cornell's family and brethren. I wish I had time to give particulars."

BRO. W. MORSE writes from Royalton, Vt., July 12th, 1852:—"I feel very thankful for the effort you are making for the dear youth, in publishing a paper for their benefit. I send you a few names, and the enclosed—for their paper. All I have seen seem much interested in the paper.

"Our hearts are encouraged while we read in the Review and Herald the cheering account, from the brethren at a distance, of the state of the cause. We think much of Bro. Andrews' Letters to Crozier. I would not part with the papers that contain them for any price, unless I could obtain them again.

"I feel deeply for some who have been with me in the former messages. I want them to share with me in finding a good foundation to stand upon. I want them to have the paper, receive the truth, and stand with us on Mount Zion. I walked eight miles, last night, after doing a day's work, to see some that have been firm in the Advent faith, and found two that wanted the Review and Herald."

BRO. H. S. GURNEY writes from Fairhaven, Mass., July 11th, 1852:—"We have had a good meeting the day past. It is thought best to have a conference at Bro. Collins' about the time you may be this way, and leave it with you to make the appointment.

"I thank God that the work is manifestly progressing, although I am unworthy of being identified with his cause; but I do rejoice in the work."

BRO. R. MORAN writes from Lawrenceburgh, Dearborn Co., Ind., July 11th, 1852:—"The Review and Herald comes regularly, in a day or two after its publication. Our beloved Bro. Andrews' letters to C., in my judgment, are invaluable. If I had the means, after the series are finished, I would scatter them in pamphlets by the thousands. It does seem to me, that any person, to be honest before God, cannot withstand their force."