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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Dec 26, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 6, No. 19.

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COMMUNICATIONS.

By S. W. Rhodes

From Bro. Rhodes.

DEAR BRO. WHITE :—It has been in my mind for several days to say to you and all the saints for our encouragement, that the Lord has been, during a few weeks past, and is now at work in Oswego County, delivering his church from those influences which have been against his people somewhat, and hindered the work of God among them.
Our meetings have been interesting, and the Spirit of the Lord has been freely poured out to melt our hearts, and to remove all hardness and cement his saints in holy union, and to prepare them for the work of the Lord. The fruit of our meetings shows clearly that God has been with us, and that the ark is in the camp, especially at Roosevelt, for the Lord has brought six or seven to see, believe and confess the light of God's holy law, the Sabbath not excepted. I take courage and hope to see God's work prosper in the hands of his servants.
Bro. J. N. Loughborough came to our help last Sabbath, and is doing us good with the word of the Lord in Oswego city.
The last scourge and device of Satan down to the present, in this vicinity, calculated to divide and distract the flock of God, is the leaven of the unhallowed "Messenger of —" (should be called messenger of folly.) This influence has of late met with a severe, and we trust permanent, rebuke here. It is the mind of all with whom I have conversed in this section, that in order to escape the corruptive influence of the sheet referred to, that it be returned as not wanted.
I would add upon my own responsibility that, if any who have been with us in the present truth, can relish such food as that paper furnishes, they must first have backslidden from the faith, lost sight of the latter rain, and lost their relish for the word of God. You may be sure, Bro. White, that you have the prayers, sympathies and confidence of the pure in heart in this region.
I am your companion and brother in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.
S. W. RHODES.
Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 21st, 1854.