Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 25, 1858

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. B. F. Curtis writes from Iowa City, Oct. 30; 1858 : "Bro. Hull left our house Tuesday, the 26th, for Indiana, which leaves the cause here without a preacher. There is a great interest in this city, and for miles around. O that some preacher could come out and spend some months here. This city numbers eight or ten thousand inhabitants. I am not enough acquainted as yet to know whether we could reasonably expect a preacher this way this winter. Where is Bro. Phelps ? Could not he come ? or could not my beloved Bro. Waggoner come out again this winter ? I pray God to raise up more laborers for his harvest."

Sister B. Strout writes from Bradford, Me., Nov. 3d, 1858 : "O how it would rejoice my heart to meet with the dear saints in conference, and hear God's messengers preach the word. I have not seen or heard any of the preachers since Bro. Barr was here two years ago last May ; but my trust is in the Lord. I believe that we have a great High Priest in the heavenly Sanctuary, who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; and my prayer is that my sins may all be blotted out. It cheers my heart to hear that the message is rising, and God's people are going free. May the Lord strengthen and prepare us for the conflict just before us."