The Ohio Conference at Lovett’s Grove
By H. Abbott
Bro. White: I have a desire to express my heartfelt thanks to God, for all his benefits, and especially for the privilege of meeting with so many of his dear saints, at the Ohio Conference held at Lovett's Grove. I can truly say that it was good for me to be there. I feel to thank God that I had the opportunity of forming so many pleasant acquaintances with God's dear people. The memory of this season will ever be cherished in my heart until our meeting shall be renewed in the Paradise of God. My joy was heightened to greet so many of the lonely ones that left their homes on a pilgrimage of from one hundred, to one hundred and fifty miles, from different parts of the State, to meet with those of like precious faith. Our Conference season was one to be long remembered on the account of the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was efficient in uniting the hearts of God's remnant people, and preparing them for future usefulness in promulgating the message of present truth. I would not forget to tender my thanks to God, for sending Bro. Canright to attend the meeting. The truth dispensed by him was well calculated to arouse God's people to a renewed diligence and energy, and to inspire them to engage in an unceasing warfare against sin in high places; to cut loose from the world, and to be fully consecrated to God. May the Lord bless him and preserve him blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus, is my humble prayer. I can truly say that the Lord did manifest himself to his children at our Conference, and it is a satisfactory evidence to me that it is the commencement of better days in Ohio. Brethren and sisters, pray to this end, that God would pour out his Spirit upon us this coming season with mighty power; that there may be a shaking among the dry bones. Let us implore God earnestly to send efficient laborers into this State, and to give us also a spirit of unremitting labor in his vineyard. We are living in a solemn and awful time. A time when the judgment is being passed upon the dead, soon to pass upon the living; a time when the doom of many shall be eternally fixed; a time when the loud cry is about to go forth; a time when the last warnings of mercy are being proclaimed to the world. O sinner, fly to Jesus; fly to Jesus for refuge. Hasten greatly. Brethren and sisters, let us not sleep while precious ones all around us are being lulled by the siren song. I say, let us awake. "And that knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light." Rom. xiii, 11, 12. Yours striving for eternal life.
H. Abbott.
Wakeman, Ohio.