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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 27, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 2.

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Bro. M. Hull writes from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Nov. 19, 1860: "I am here in Mt. Pleasant, trying to preach the word of the Lord. There is great opposition here. A tremendous outside pressure is kept up to keep the people from hearing the word of the Lord. The Camp-bellites, notwithstanding all their boasting about free investigation, have shut me out of their meeting-house. But their minister (Eld. E. W. Shortridge) secured the Universalist house for me. Last night the house was crowded with attentive hearers while I gave a discourse of near two hours length on the two-horned beast.
"Eld. McConnell is here from Marion. He would like to debate the points of difference between us. But he has reasons for refusing to debate with Brn. Cornell or Snook, and for certain reasons he will not debate with Shortridge or Hull, or any other man in or out of the State of Iowa. So upon the whole I guess we will not have a debate very soon. Bro. Shortridge has never fully believed our position on the Sabbath until he heard Eld. McConnell oppose it. But the Elder's discourse has left him (Shortridge) without a lingering doubt on that question."
Sister M. Bean writes from E. Brookfield, Vt.: "I wish to say to the dear brethren and sisters of like precious faith, that I feel my heart glows with gratitude to my kind heavenly Father for his great goodness to me. I do truly feel that the dear Saviour does come in and sup with me and I with him. I can from experience say, Great peace have they who love God, and nothing shall offend them; and the soul is in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on God. Praise the Lord! O how good is he! I feel like going strait forward, neither turning to the right nor left, but making straight paths for my feet, that the lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be held. Every Sabbath when the weather is agreeable two or three come in and we are blest. Last Sabbath three came in, making five, with my husband and myself. The sweet Spirit rested down upon us, and I believe we all felt as if we had got a good day's journey towards the port of endless rest."