Report from Bro. Bates.
By Joseph Bates
BRO. WHITE: My last report closed with a series of meetings held in Orleans. From thence July 5th, I came to Vergennes, where the Lowell church hold their meetings, and labored with them from the 5th to the 11th, holding six meetings. The brethren felt much encouraged to see the interest their neighbors manifested in attending our Sunday meetings. July 11th to 16th I spent visiting the members of the church in Bowne, and holding meetings on the Sabbath. In celebrating the ordinances of the Lord's house here, and also in Vergennes, the brethren were encouraged and strengthened in the Lord. Sabbath July 22nd, according to appointment, I met with the church in Monterey. I felt glad to meet and mingle our voices once more in prayer and praise, with those with whom we have so often united to worship the God of our fathers, through our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our meetings were interesting, and I trust some good was done in the name of Jesus. Some of the soldiers recently returned home from the war are interested to hear. Monterey, Mich., July 28, 1865.