A New Field in Naperville
Sister E. A. Pratt writes from Naperville, Ills., March 15th, 1858: "I wish to drop a few lines to you, although I am not able to sit up in bed. I have been very ill with a disease of the brain; but I am so rejoiced that my neighbors are investigating the truth, that it gives me new courage and strength. Yes, I hope I shall not always stand alone here. There are souls here starving for the truth. They have only learned a little from the books that we have distributed among them. Almost every day some one inquires why some of our ministers do not come and preach here. I sometimes think when I hear of so many of our ministers attending conferences that some one of them might come here, for this is a new field; but I do not know others' duty."