The Cause is One by James White

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 19, 1860

The Cause is One.

By James White

THE salvation of a soul is as precious in Maine as in Iowa. Nearly all the interest some have in the cause is confined to the State in which they live, or their town, their neighborhood, or their family. This is wrong. We should rejoice as much when a church is raised up in a distant State, as though the good work was done in our own town.

The great work seems to be West. There, broken fragments of society have crowded in, and not being fully organized and settled, are in a more favorable condition to hear the truth than in older portions of the country. And many have not realized their high expectations of the West, and in their disappointed state of mind are better prepared to hear of the "better country."

We believe that the Message will yet be spread far and wide, but at present we think that great efforts should be made in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois.

We hope that our dear friends in New England and in New York will consider what we said to them in regard to Brn. Andrews and Loughborough laboring with them as only suggestions, that they will unite with us in the prayer, Lord, direct thy servants.

J. W.