CONFERENCE IN LYNKVILLE, WIS.
By Jno. Bostwick
Bro. Smith: Pursuant to appointment Bro. Ingraham met with the little church in this place, stopping over three Sabbaths. The strait testimony on the blessed truths of the third message afforded the little band of Sabbath-keepers in this place much consolation and comfort, confirming us in present truth. Eleven willing souls were buried with Christ in baptism. The Lord's supper was administered, church order established among us, an elder and deacon set apart by the laying on of hands and prayer to perform the work assigned to them in the word of God. Truly it is solemn, and yet sweet to the soul to attend to the ordinances of the Lord's house. Through the labors of Bro. Ingraham some have been convinced of the truth, and have made up their minds to go with the remnant to mount Zion. Others were willing to acknowledge the truth, but owing to a lack of the spirit of self-denial and sacrifice, have concluded to hold on to the world a little longer, waiting perhaps for a more convenient season. Some Adventists of the no-Sabbath faith came out to hear, and were willing to confess that we had some grounds for our position on the perpetuity of the royal law. We have hopes of them, believing they will yet see the glorious truths of the third angel's message, which to my mind is the only thing that will ever unite the Israel of God in the last days, and thus prepare them for translation. When we look over the track of the Advent people, and contrast their present position with what it was fifteen or twenty years since, it is lamentable. And more so when we are led to examine the cause. But the hand of the Lord is in the work. A sifting is going on among the Adventists who are willing to hear the message. And by believing and obeying the law of God we become a distinct people, of whom it can well be said, "Here are they who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." I thus remain your brother in hope of eternal life.
Jno. Bostwick.