Meetings in Vt. and Canada.
By A. C. Bourdeau
Bro. White: Sabbath Aug. 19th, I met with the few commandment-keepers at Fletcher Vt. The meeting was encouraging. I was happy to see that the truth had accomplished a good work among the honest. Since the close of the tent meetings the ministry of the place have made a labored effort to oppose the truth, especially on the subjects of the Sabbath, and Life and Death; and three or four individuals, having seen the weakness of their arguments, and the consistency there is in the truth, have taken a decided stand among commandment-keepers. I believe that others will soon join with them in keeping all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Last Sabbath, I had the pleasure of meeting with the brethren and sisters in Sutton, C. E. A goodly number came to hear the word. The Lord gave much freedom in proclaiming the pointed truth. It is hoped that the good resolutions which were made will not be forgotten. A mere profession will never save any one. Says James, "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." James i, 22. On first-day I attended a meeting in S., held by Eld. Chapin, of Shefford, C. E. The people came together en masse expecting to hear a discussion on the subject of the Sabbath. Eld. C. refused to discuss then. In his lecture he made the following statements: "There is no love in the law of ten commandments." "The command for keeping the first-day of the week as the Sabbath, is in the new covenant, on the fleshly tables of the heart." "God rested at creation, on the first-day of the first week, of the first month, of the first year of time." The candid Bible reader has no need of any note or comment to show him the fallacy and inconsistency of these statements. There will be a discussion between Eld. Chapin and myself in North Sutton, C. E., commencing on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 1 o'clock P. M. The proposition agreed upon for discussion is as follows: Do the Scriptures teach that the seventh-day Sabbath was made at creation, and that the Sabbatic observance of the seventh-day of the week is obligatory upon Christians? I will affirm. Eld. C. will deny. West Enosburgh, Vt. Aug. 28, 1862.