MEETINGS IN CONVIS, MICH.
By J. B. Frisbie
BRO. SMITH: Our meetings continued in Convis most three weeks, with increasing interest until the close. We were told that the place where we held our meetings was a hard place, and doubt was expressed whether much good could be accomplished in such a wicked place. But Jesus said that he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. So we are to labor for sinners. Many who are honest in heart, if they can only be led to see we have the truth, will embrace it more readily than many old professors of religion, who are creedized. There were three sisters keeping the Sabbath in Convis, and had kept up their meetings for over a year praying for the Lord to revive his work. Their companions, though not Sabbath-keepers, were friendly. We believe they will yet see the importance of the Sabbath, and keep it. Some have decided to keep the Sabbath, as the fruit of our labor. A goodly number are interested enough to take the Review, and if they will read it, in connection with the Bible, we believe they will see we have the truth. Since our lectures closed, there has been a discourse preached against us by the settled Methodist minister from Marshall, on the immorality of the soul. He was replied to by Bro. Loughborough. We have no fears that our views will suffer by the effort.