Trials and Purity in the Church
Bro. C. W. Stanley writes from Hundred Mile Grove, Wis.: "Bro. Sanborn came here Dec. 1st with meat in due season, while we were in trial from the report of the Mauston conference. He gave us a full explanation, and showed us the necessity of immediate action in rebuking fanatism in the church; so now we have great reason to rejoice that the Lord will keep his own church pure, and though we are sometimes permitted to have a trial of our faith, we feel willing to kiss the rod, and ask for strength to overcome the still greater trials that we expect soon to be called to pass through. The church in Lodi feel that Brn. White, Ingraham and Sanborn were directed of the Lord in the Mauston and Marquette conferences."