A Good Work Well Finished.
REV. L. C. ANDERSON.
I closed up my work at Florence on the first Sabbath of September. Rev. William H. Ash was present, to take charge, in good time. The Lord blessed the end more than the beginning of my labor at F. We were permitted to work in a revival, beginning about the middle of August and lasting up to September 1st. This brought out great numbers of the people, and gave opportunity to reach many. The Spirit was manifested from the beginning, in converting power. About twenty were converted, fifteen of whom joined our branch of God’s Church. So you see that we had great cause to be thankful, when, on the 1st inst., we came together at the Lord’s Table, to re-dedicate ourselves to Him who first loved us and gave Himself for us, to make to Himself a people zealous of good works.
Nothing is more potent than the Spirit of God to break down opposition and remove prejudice. The outpouring from on high turned away the stream of opposition, and so melted the hearts of the people that we could say with David, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
The first part of my labor at F. was a work of sowing, and stirring up the hearts of Christians, so that, in God’s time, we should be prepared to enter and gather sheaves for the Master. During my labor, twenty-one were added to the church, nineteen on profession of faith. Seven children were christened, and two unworthy members were cut off. In these seventeen months, the little church of twenty members became thirty-nine.
Brother Ash enters upon the work with good promise of success, and has a live church to work with.
A MEMPHIS LETTER.
The following letter, from Rev. Mr. Mallory, will explain itself. It was written immediately after his recovery from the yellow fever:
Memphis, September 27, 1878.