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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 21, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 3.

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JOSEPH BATES

By Joseph Bates

From Bro. Bates.

BRO. SMITH:—Since the 22d of April our labors have been confined to Windsor, Eaton Co., and Delhi, Ing. Co. Mich.
In Windsor, where our meetings continued from the 22d to the 26th of April, we were interrupted by other appointments and much stormy weather. Some however became interested; others heard our position for the first time and admitted the truth. Two send for the Review. Some of the brethren who came some distance to attend the meeting, were more fully confirmed in the truth.
In Delhi our meetings commenced on the 28th, and continued to May 3d, in a school-house some two miles from the center of the town. The interest continued until the close. One sister who came out on First-day, acknowledged that she had heard the truth, and after the meeting closed, said to her husband, "I shall keep the next Sabbath." Our last meeting was interesting.—The people walked away silently, without stopping to ask questions, or find fault with the truth. We hope they will examine, and live out the present truth, and be ready for the coming of the Son of man.
After the meeting closed the brethren were freed from their real estate, and are now free to work more fully in the cause of the Lord, and help forward the work in the coming crisis. I leave here for the north, this morning.

JOSEPH BATES

Delhi, Mich., May 6th, 1857.