Report from Bro. Fuller.
By N. Fuller
I met with the brethren and sisters in Nile Settlement last Sabbath. The Lord met with us and poured out his Spirit upon us. Our hearts were melted together in love. Some arose and stated that they were sinners, and in a dreadful condition; wanted the church to pray for them. Our joy was manifested by our tears, which flowed freely from every eye. We tried to pray; and the Lord gave us the spirit of prayer. Bless his name! The cause is advancing rapidly in Allegany Co., since we organized, and accepted the gifts of the Spirit. O, I wish the remnant everywhere knew the value of those testimonies, which the Lord has been giving to the church. But the Lord could have said of us as of old, O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself. Organization and the strait testimony are the very things for those who wish to purify their souls by obeying the truth. I attended the conference at Willing, Allegany Co., the second Sabbath in March. We had a good meeting. Two were baptized. Five joined the church. Several arose for prayers. At that meeting I met my only brother according to the flesh, who, after a year and a half in the national struggle, has returned, having lost both his arms; the right one at the shoulder, the left a little below the elbow. Oh, how painful to see our friends mangled in so distressing a manner! "Distress of nations with perplexity" is upon us; but it will soon be over. I have been at home only three days in seven weeks. During this time I have attended nearly sixty meetings, and preached at most all of them. My lungs are troubling me, but I am not tired of laboring in this good cause. Bro. White, can you and sister White make an appointment for Southern N. Y., or Pa., this spring if you go east? The churches are very anxious to have you come. We think you can do much good. O may the wounds that have been made by fighting against the order and work of God, be healed by taking hold of the work unitedly, and then the church become one, east, west, north and south. Let those that stand out look at their own spirituality, which is a swift witness against them.
N. FULLER.
Wellsville, N. Y.