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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 8, 1864

D. HILDRETH

By D. Hildreth

From Bro. Hildreth.

BRO. WHITE: We are in this city alone to-day trying to keep the Sabbath of the Lord. The majority of the business, and other leading men of the place, are Catholics, with secession proclivities. A large portion of the population is foreign; and, taken altogether, it is not a pleasant place for a person of our belief. The Catholics have two or three places of worship, one of which is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, a handsome brick edifice, with the Corinthian style of architecture beautifully displayed inside. One can hardly attend their services without imagining that he is in an idol temple.

After being with Sabbath-keepers so long, it seems hard to be deprived of their society, but what is worse it is difficult to get an opportunity to pray in secret and at the family altar. But we are yet consoled with the thought that God has not forsaken us. Good angels have watched over us. How sweet are the consolations of His Spirit. And how ungrateful am I at times when I do not make him first in all my thoughts and purposes. I remember the brethren at Round Grove. May the Lord bless and prosper them abundantly in spiritual things. Brethren pray for us. I am not as much consecrated to the service of God as I ought to be, but I mean to press on.

Yours striving for the overcomers crown.

D. HILDRETH

Ft. Wayne, Ind.