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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 27, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 17.

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Vermont Tent.

By Joseph Bates

This Tent was pitched in Union City, Mich., July 24th, and remained over three Sabbaths, to the 10th of August. Notwithstanding our series of meetings were held in the midst of the season of wheat harvest and haying, many came from the surrounding country to hear, and listened patiently to learn our position.
Meetings in the Tent every evening but one. In the daytime, Sabbaths and First-days. This people had a good opportunity to hear from a number of our Brn. in the ministry. Bro. Ingraham commenced and labored with us successfully for a few days, until it seemed manifest that his labors in the field were called for in Illinois. Bro. Sperry from Vt. supplied his place. Bro. and Sr. White spent one Sabbath and First-day with us, and aided much with their preaching, exhortations and prayers. Bro. Hutchins from Vt. also joined us on the last Sabbath and First-day, and was listened to with attention. Many of our hearers admitted the correctness of our views with respect to the speedy coming of Christ, and the Sabbath of the Bible, but it is to be feared that a lack of consecration and moral courage will keep them from embracing them until they are farther pressed on the subject. A number, however, did confess and embrace the above named truths, and appointed their weekly meetings to worship God on his holy Sabbath-day. They have also supplied themselves with books, and subscribed for the Review to still further aid them in the investigation of this last work, that they may be ready when Jesus comes. As we were called away in great haste at the close of the above named meetings to unite our labors with others in pitching the Mich. Tent in this place for a series of meetings we have thereby been hindered from giving the foregoing account of the Union City meetings so soon as we wished.
Owing to the late severe cold storm of three days, our meetings here have commenced under rather unfavorable circumstances; but as the weather is now changing, we expect the people from the surrounding country will not be hindered from attending the meeting as they have been. From what we hear, it is evident that the people in this vicinity are anxious to hear our position.
JOSEPH BATES.
Burr Oak, Mich., Aug. 17th, 1857.