NOTE FROM BRO. LAWRENCE.
By R. J. Lawrence
We met yesterday at Bro. Fenner's to receive members and baptize. We had a good congregation of attentive hearers. I spoke from Mark xvi, 15, 16. The Spirit of the Lord was present to help. After meeting we repaired to the stream where ten were buried in the likeness of Christ's death, among whom was my wife and my oldest son. Never before was a baptismal scene to me so pleasant. The whole transaction of the day passed off most interestingly. Never before did I see candidates go into the water so eagerly. Their very appearance went to show that they were dead. After baptism we returned to the house. Thirteen more were received into fellowship, making in all thirty-three. We then organized a Bible Class, and elected Bro. Hiram Fenner superintendent, and Bro. Wm. Potter, assistant. I was invited by some of the spectators to come into that district and give lectures. Pray for us. Yours striving to overcome. Rochester, Mich., Dec. 30, 1861.