DEAR BRO. WHITE:—It is with pleasure, and I trust with profit, that I read the Review. I feel to praise the name of the Lord for what he is doing for the remnant in these last days. It has been but a few months since I heard of the third angel's message. I had honestly supposed for some time that the Sabbath was abolished, until July last, when Bro. Cornell came to see me. He had just returned from attending a Conference at Jackson.
He said that he heard Bro. Bates lecture on the Sabbath and other subjects. It was something new to me. I began to examine my Bible with a desire to know the truth. I could find nothing to prove that the Sabbath had been abolished; but saw that I had been breaking it.
About four years ago, I left a fallen church with a desire to follow the truth as fast as I should see it; but for some time I had felt a lack. I did not have that enjoyment that I wished to have. When I commenced keeping the Sabbath, I felt that God approbated me in so doing. I went to the Conference at Jackson, in August, and heard Bro. Bates; and there, light burst into my mind. I saw clearly that the first and second angels' messages were in the past, and that the third was now being given. And there my soul was filled with joy and peace in believing. It was painful for me to leave the dear brethren, and return home, where there was only myself and companion, and one brother keeping the Sabbath. We had a prayer meeting the next Sabbath after we returned home, and one brother met with us. The Lord met with us, according to his promise, and blessed us. The next Sabbath, Bro. Case was with us, and spoke from God's word. Some were convicted of the truth. We continued to have prayer meetings on the Sabbath, and soon there was one more keeping the Sabbath. At the Conference here in October, four more commenced keeping the Sabbath, and there has been a number added since. The band here, now numbers twenty, and there is a number more that are interested. We now have three prayer meetings in a week, and there is an increasing interest. But we are weak. We greatly need another Conference here. I hope the way will soon open for one of God's messengers to come here, and labor.
We have a Sabbath school here of fifteen scholars. They are much interested in the Youth's Instructor. I think it will be the means of doing much good to our children.