[From Sister Shimper.]
By F. M. Shimper
DEAR BRO. WHITE: With adoring love and gratitude to the most high God, we would acknowledge his goodness and mercy to us. For some time past he has been granting us the deep searchings of his Holy Spirit, with true humiliation of soul before him, and recently has sent, and abundantly blessed the labors of his servant, Bro. Holt, among us. After baptizing six of our number, our dear Bro. Morse was set apart by the laying on of hands, to the administration of the ordinances of God's house. The Holy Ghost witnessed by the gift of tongues, and solemn manifestations of the presence and power of God. The place was awful, yet glorious. We truly felt that "we never saw it on this fashion." "We now feel that our fellowship is with the Father, and the Son, and with one another, and that faith is indeed the evidence of things not seen. We believe our dear brethren and sisters will all join with us in praising that God who is permitting us to rise with his Israel, who are now "rising to fall no more." That the third angel's message may go with power, and the word prevail mightily, in the hearts of the true children, is the fervent prayer of our souls. "Your sister in the belief and love of the present truth. F. M. SHIMPER. East Bethel, (Vt.) July 30, 1851."