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Extracts from Letters.

Sister E. H. Vanornum writes from Edwards, N. Y. I still love the Review and its precious instruction and am glad that order and organization are uniting Sabbath-keepers. I often feel to acclaim, O that I and my family had the privilege of assembling on God's holy day where the children are giving their hearts to the Lord. But I rejoice to know that the Lord is willing to hear the prayers of his people.

I solemnly believe we are living in the last days. I desire the eye-salve that I may see, and be zealous and repent. I desire to forsake every idol and cleave unto the Lord with all my heart.

Bro. T. Draper writes from McGregor, Iowa: I must expect soon to leave the things of time; but I wish to do what I can, before I sleep.

Your sending my paper without pay calls up my grateful acknowledgement of your kindness to me. The Lord bless you abundantly. If I live to want it after the six months is out I will let you know. Please insert a few lines in some corner of the paper that my brethren of my acquaintance may know that I am alive and love the truth. It may be that they will write, that others may know that they also live, and love him who loved us even unto death.

Bro. W. W. Wilson writes from Woodhull, Ind.: I wish to testify through the Review that I am still striving to live in obedience to all of the ten commandments and also the faith of Jesus. I am alone, and can sympathize with the lonely. I still retain pleasant memories of meeting with the brethren at Avon and Little Prairie. They are truly bright spots in my short experience. I ask an interest in the prayers of the faithful, that I may run with patience the race set before me, and at last meet with the redeemed on mount Zion.

Bro. B. Leach writes from Laporte City, Iowa: It is over two years since I, with my companion, embraced the Advent faith. Since then we have been striving to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. When I read the word of God, and see the promises there are in it, it strengthens me and gives me courage. It is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I want to practice its precepts, be guided by its counsels while on the earth, and in the world to come inherit everlasting life.

Pray for me that I may be faithful to the end.

J. W. Landes writes from Lagrange, Iowa: I am still pressing onward for the kingdom, and realize daily that time is closing fast, and we have no time to lose in preparing ourselves for the coming of the Son of Man. I intend by the help of God to rid myself from every evil, that I may be prepared when my blessed Lord comes. Pray for me that I may live faithful and always keep in the path of duty.

Sister A. E. Perkins writes from Anamosa, Iowa: I am a deaf mute. I attended the Institution at Hartford, Ct., seven years. I left there in 1824 and came to Illinois where my parents then resided. I am very thankful that I can read and write. Before Bro. Cornell came to Anamosa in 1860, I kept Sunday as the Sabbath. While he was preaching in the Court House about the Sabbath and Bible, I was told about the true Sabbath. After investigating for myself by reading some religious tracts on the subject of the true Sabbath and other doctrines different from the popular denominations, I found the true Sabbath with joy and sweet peace, and determined to keep it holy. I hope to be faithful to the end by my kind Father's aid. It is nearly three years since I embraced the truth of the Sabbath. I believe it is God's true rest-day, and should be kept accordingly.

In May, 1860, Bro. Brinkerhoof baptized my husband and myself. I never shall forget that precious time. I was happy in the manifestation of Jesus Christ to my awakened soul. I hope that I am one of them that are truly God's children. I know that I have faults to grieve and lament over, and I often sigh with sorrow for my sins; but I trust that the precious blood of Jesus Christ can and will cleanse me from all my sins. I believe the soon coming of Christ and rejoice that it is near.

I am a child of afflictions; but God has kindly preserved me in them. It is my greatest affliction that I cannot hear preaching and singing and praying in the meetings; but I must be resigned to God's will. I hope that my deaf ears will soon be opened to hear glorious things in Heaven, and my dumb mouth be opened to sing praises to God and the Lamb who shall reign forever and ever.

Bro. L. Pinkerton writes from Blairstown, Benton Co., Iowa: The Review is my only preacher, and I welcome its weekly visits with delight. The only fault I find with it is that it does not come often enough. I trust that I shall profit by its teachings. I feel that time is short, and what is done in the way of preparation for another world must be done quickly. I see the gathering storms of Satan's wrath just ready to burst over the heads of God's dear saints; and who will be able to endure the fearful ordeal when we shall be hated and despised of all men, and even life itself be in danger? Will there be any that will faint and falter in the trying hour, and barter a life of endless joy for a few moments of safety here? I earnestly desire that I may be among the number who shall stand upon mount Zion with the Lamb of God. I have many difficulties to encounter, and much opposition; but my trust is in Him who has promised to be with his saints even to the end of the world. It gives me sincere pleasure to hear of the prosperous condition of the church abroad. Oh, when will Iowa be up and doing? When shall we awaken from our slumbers and press into the thickest of the fight?

A. A. FAIRFIELD

By A. A. Fairfield

From Bro. Fairfield.

BRO. WHITE: Permit me through the Review to speak to the many dear brethren and sisters with whom I have been made acquainted by reading their letters. They contain such a flow of feeling and stirring exhortations that I am often made to thank God and take courage, and would esteem it a great privilege were I permitted to meet with them and mingle our voices together in prayer and praise to our Father in heaven—prayer for his guidance and protection while we are to battle with the many foes without and within—praise to God for his goodness to poor fallen man. O, that I could but realize the vastness of those sweet sentences of scripture, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life;” and, “He that believeth on him is not condemned.” O, that I could believe and so live by faith that I might escape condemnation; but my faith is so weak, and my heart so treacherous, that I can but say, “Lord, help thou mine unbelief,” “God be merciful to me a sinner,” and save me through the merits of Christ.

It is now over two years since I with my companion commenced keeping the Lord's holy Sabbath, which, through the labors of Bro. Hull at Mt. Pleasant, and the reading of books on the subject, we were led to see was the only Sabbath ever required by the Lord for man to keep. We have found many things to oppose and hinder us in keeping it as we think the Lord requires, but always feel that we are doing our duty in keeping it the best that circumstances will permit. We long to be placed in a community of Sabbath keepers, that we may enjoy the blessings of the society of those who love God and keep his commandments. We are entirely shut out from the society of such, except through the Review, which we love and prize highly for the truths and information it brings.

Dear brethren and sisters, pray for us, that God will bless us and help us so to live out the truth that others seeing our good works may be made to glorify God, and at last be permitted to enjoy the rest that remaineth for the people of God.

Yours striving for the truth, and hoping at last to overcome through the blood of the Lamb.

A. A. FAIRFIELD

Trenton, Iowa.

A Blessed Refreshing at Fairview

By Jesse Dorcas

From Bro. Dorcas.

Bro. White: I have just returned from Fairview, where we had the largest gathering of Sabbath-keepers that I ever had the pleasure of seeing together in this State, and probably any other. Nine churches were represented at this conference. A more general melting into tenderness I never witnessed. In short, we had a blessed refreshing from the presence of the Lord.

Dear brother, permit me to say to the saints scattered abroad, that I have taken fresh courage, and have started anew for the kingdom. Through trials, temptations, and sins, I was almost overcome, and had strong fears that I should never enter into that heavenly rest. But being permitted to read an admonition from the Lord through our beloved sister White to Bro. Osborn, my hard heart was melted. O! those words of the compassionate Saviour! “Come just as you are, wait not to become better. Come in all your unworthiness and sins. Return unto the Lord, and he will return unto you!”

“It is enough! I yield, I yield, I can hold out no more; I sink by dying love compelled, And own the conqueror!”

These are my feelings now, and may they ever be. Yours in love. Jesse Dorcas.

Tipton, Iowa.

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"Thy Will be Done." Matt. vi, 10.

By M. C. Butler

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS : Is our will swallowed up in the will of God, so that we can say at all times, Not my will, but thine, be done? Luke xxii, 42. Do we want our own way, and if we cannot have it are we uneasy and feel like complaining? or do we consider that we are not our own, we are bought with a price? 1 Cor. vi, 19, 20.

If we lose our earthly possessions by fire, wind, or water, do we feel to mourn? or can we say with Job, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord?"

When we are called to languish on a sick bed, do we feel to take counsel of Job's wife, to curse God and die? Job ii, 9, or do we feel as Job did, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him?" Job xiii, 15.

When men say all manner of evil against us falsely, do we feel like trying to find something against them? Do we feel like mourning because our names are cast out as evil? or do we feel to rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is our reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which were before us? Matt. v, 12.

Finally, brethren, let us prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thess. v, 16-18. I feel to say with the poet,

"In all my Lord's appointed ways, My journey I'll pursue; Hinder me not, ye much-loved saints, For I must go with you."

Pray for me, that I may meet you on mount Zion, to sing the song of deliverance.

M. C. BUTLER.

East Thetford, Mich.

Note from Bro. Loughborough.

By John Norton Loughborough

OUR meetings here (Wright, Mich.) are well attended, although it is cold and snowy. Good interest is manifested. We have had seven meetings here. Last night four new ones made a start, among them a sister of Bro. McPherson, lately from Wis. We have meeting to-night, and day and evening after to-day until Wednesday night. We are well, and free in the Lord.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Note from Bro. Cornell.

By M. E. Cornell

THE Iowa State Conference is organized—nine churches in all. J. T. Mitchell, Chairman, M. B. Smith, Clerk. Brn. Snook, Andre and Weaver, Conference Committee. Bro. Auten was delegate from Knoxville, came on horseback 144 miles, and Bro. Rider from Waukon, came on foot 120 miles, and Bro. Shireman, from West Union, came on foot 80 miles. They think it was the best conference yet held in Iowa. In one social meeting 68 spoke in 68 minutes. It was truly cheering.

M. E. CORNELL.

Marion, Iowa.

To the Brethren in Iowa.

By W. H. Snook

WE started a delegate to the conference at Fairview, but he was compelled to return on account of poor health. This we deeply regret. We are at a loss how to proceed. We wish to say to the brethren in Iowa that we desire to cast in our mite with them and help to raise up the standard of truth, and advance the cause.

We deeply regret the present state of affairs in Southern Iowa, but hope there is yet a remnant who will learn wisdom, and heed the warning of the faithful and true Witness.

There are twenty-two members in the organization here. Fifteen are carrying out systematic benevolence according to "the plan," amounting to about ten dollars per month. As we have failed in attending the conference, we shall acquiesce in the proceedings of the conference. We wish to unite our efforts with the common interests of the cause in Iowa. W. H. SNOOK. Sandyville, Iowa, Jan., 1863.

Monthly Meeting in Vermont.

By A. Fife

WE would say to the brethren in Northern Vermont that we favor the move made at the Irasburg meeting, Jan. 10, 1863, to bring the monthly meetings of the several churches in a regular circuit, and would appoint our monthly meeting at Wolcott, Feb. 21. We hope that the brethren and sisters of the several churches will attend as far as convenient.

In behalf of the church. A. FIFE.

What is in the Bedroom?

THE importance of ventilating bedrooms is a fact which everybody is vitally interested in, and which few properly appreciate. We copy the following from an exchange, which shows the injurious effects which must arise from ill-ventilated sleeping apartments: "If two persons are to occupy a bedroom during a night, let them step upon weighing scales as they retire, and then again in the morning, and they will find that their actual weight is at least a pound less in the morning. Frequently there will be a loss of two or more pounds, and the average loss throughout the year will be more than one pound. That is, during the night there is a loss of a pound of matter which has gone off from their bodies, partly from the lungs, and partly through the pores of the skin. The escaped material is carbonic acid and decayed animal matter, or poisonous exhalations. This is diffused through the air in part, and in part absorbed by the bedclothes. If a single ounce of wool or cotton be burned in a room, it will so completely saturate the air with smoke that one can hardly breathe, though there can only be one ounce of foreign matter in the air. If an ounce of cotton be burned every half hour during the night, the air will be kept continually saturated with smoke, unless there be an open door or window for it to escape. Now the sixteen ounces of smoke thus formed is far less poisonous than the sixteen ounces of exhalations from the lungs and bodies of the two persons who have lost a pound in weight during the eight hours of sleeping; for, while the dry smoke is mainly taken into the lungs, the damp odors from the body are absorbed both into the lungs and into the pores of the whole body. Need more be said to show the importance of having bedrooms well ventilated, and of thoroughly airing the sheets, coverlets and mattresses in the morning, before packing them up in the form of a neatly-made bed?"

APPOINTMENTS.

Meeting at Battle Creek.

Bro. and Sr. White spend Sabbath, Feb. 14th, with the church at Battle Creek. Social meeting at 9, A. M. Preaching at 10½, A. M., and 1, P. M. The brethren will be glad to see a large gathering from towns around.

Bro. and Sr. Byington design meeting with the church at Parkville, Sabbath the 21st.

PROVIDENCE permitting, I will hold meetings as follows:

A Quarterly meeting at Orleans, Feb. 14 and 15.

Green Bush, Sabbath and first-day, 21 and 22.

Owasso, the evening of the 24th, and day and evening of the 25th.

A Quarterly meeting at St. Charles the 28th, and March 1.

Locke, March 7 and 8, and part of the week following.

Woodhull, the 14th and 15th.

A Quarterly meeting at Lapeer, the 21st and 22d.

A Quarterly meeting at Avon (with the Oakland and Shelby churches) the 28th and 29th. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.