MEETING IN FLETCHER, VT.
By Augustin C. Bourdeau
BRO. SMITH: The cause of present truth advances slowly in Vermont, but blessed be God, it advances. Let us pray the Lord without ceasing, that he may crown our feeble efforts with success, while we are trying to expound Bible truths unto those who are plunged in darkness and papal error, and that he may send more laborers into his vineyard. On First-day, the 30th ult., with Bro. Rhodes who had called on us on his way to N. Y., I set out to meet my appointment at Fletcher. Our arrival was hailed with joy by the few brethren, and by the anxious inquirers after truth. The assembly was not very crowded, but it was rich in blessings, and there seemed on the part of many, a most earnest desire to know the truth as it is in Jesus. In the forenoon, we presented the passages in the New Testament, which are claimed to be in favor of the first day of the week, or its observance, proving that they contained no evidence that the day was, or was to be regarded as a Sabbath, or that the disci157ples in any way observed it as the "Lord's day," or in commemoration of the resurrection. In the afternoon Bro. Rhodes spoke with much freedom on the perpetuity of the royal Law, &c. We hope that the word spoken will be to many a savor of life unto life. Three or four more individuals have decided to keep all God's commandments. We were much interested by an aged man and his son-in-law, who lifted up their hands, and with tears streaming down their cheeks, exclaimed, "Religion makes us happy. We love the blessed Jesus, and we will try to keep all God's commandments." We could but weep with them, and most earnestly pray God to give them the bread of life. The aged brother had been a backslider for years. May the Lord speed on the Third Angel's Message is my prayer. A. C. BOURDEAU.