Report from Bro. Byington.
By John Byington
BRO. WHITE: We have now been two weeks in Memphis. We have had eight meetings, and have visited and called on about twenty families, and in nearly every house we found the majority obeying the truth. We would say to the many others that requested us to call, Be patient and we will see you again. With suitable labor to keep them united and to encourage reform, I think this people will come out from the world and others will see the good done for them. I listened to a discourse on the law last Sunday from a Methodist minister. It was the first time that I ever heard a Methodist minister say the ten commandments were all abolished. This was his position in plain terms. He referred to the Bible for proof. I thought of this text while he was preaching. Rom. iii, 31. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid. Yea we establish the law. At the close of his sermon he said he could find the spirit of nine of the commandments in the New Testament and requested Adventists to search and see if they could find the Sabbath. Thus he claimed immortality for the nine; but the hated Sabbath must forever die. But if he is so happy as to see the new earth I think he will see the Lord's Sabbath there. We leave today for Oakland.
J. BYINGTON.
Memphis, Nov. 5, 1863.