Our next meeting was at Adams Center, N. Y. It was a large gathering. There were several persons in and around this place whose cases had been shown me, for whom I felt the deepest interest. They were men of moral worth. Some were in positions of life which made the cross of the present truth heavy to bear, or at least they thought so. Others, who had reached the middle age of life, had been brought up from childhood to keep the Sabbath, but had not borne the cross of Christ. These were in a position where it seemed hard to move them. They needed to be shaken from relying on their good works, and to be brought to feel their lost condition without Christ. We could not give up these souls, and labored with our might to help them. They were at last moved, and I have since been made glad to hear from some of them, and good news respecting all of them. {LS 181.3}

Vort næste møde var i Adams Center, N. Y. Det var en større forsamling. Der var flere personer i og omkring dette sted, hvis sager var blevet vist for mig, og som jeg nærede dyb interesse for. De var mennesker med moralsk styrke. Nogle var i livsstillinger som gjorde den nærværende sandheds kors tungt at bære, eller i det mindste tænkte de var det. Andre, som nåede livets midterste alder, var vokset op fra barndommen til at holde sabbaten, men havde ikke båret Kristi kors. Disse var i en position hvor det virkede vanskeligt at bevæge sig. De behøvede at blive rystet bort fra at stole på gode gerninger, og komme til at (182) mærke deres fortabte tilstand uden Kristus. Vi kunne ikke opgive disse sjæle, og arbejdede med vor styrke for at hjælpe dem. Til sidst rørte de på sig, og jeg har siden hen været glad for at høre fra nogle af dem, og gode nyheder om dem alle.