The Michigan Tent by I. D. Van Horn

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 21, 1864

The Michigan Tent.

By I. D. Van Horn

BRO. WHITE: Since I left you, I have enjoyed some of the blessing of the Lord. I feel thankful for all his goodness to me, and I want to live so that I may hold sweet communion with him daily.

I met with the church in Tompkins, Sabbath, May 28. The brethren and sisters all expressed a desire to be found walking worthy of the truth, that they might be prepared to go with the remnant people to Mount Zion.

On first-day, the 29th, I preached to a large congregation at home, many of whom are much interested. Thursday, June 25, I started for Hadley. I found Bro. Canright here.

The brethren here, we found to be laboring under some discouragement, but they were cheered by the testimony given during our stay with them. I preached four times, Bro. Canright once, and we had one social meeting. We enjoyed freedom in this meeting, and felt glad to hear the brethren and sisters express their determinations to go through with the people of God.

We left Hadley, Monday morning and came on to Greenbush. We found, that our tent had come, so we procured a team, and Tuesday we started for Ithaca. And here we are; but we must acknowledge that we are disappointed. This place was represented to us as having about four hundred inhabitants, but we find about thirteen dwelling houses, and not over one hundred and fifty inhabitants. However we are not discouraged. We shall pitch our tent here, and do what we can. Though this place might have been reached, and all the people accommodated in their school house or courthouse, both of which can be had for meetings, we have concluded to commence meetings here, which will begin Friday evening June 10th.

We trust it will not be in vain that we have come to this place. We shall wait here for Bro. Lawrence, and hope we may be able to do some good. We ask you to pray for us, that we may see our duty clear; for we want to move right in this work.

Yours in the truth. I. D. VAN HORN. Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Mich.