Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written forour admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him thatthinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” Has God changed from a God of order?No; He is the same in the present dispensation as in the former. Paul says: “God is notthe author of confusion, but of peace.” He is as particular now as then. And He designsthat we should learn lessons of order and organization from the perfect order institutedin the days of Moses for the benefit of the children of Israel.Chap. 113 - Further LaborsExperiences from December 23, 1867 to February 1, 1868I will now resume the sketch of incidents, and perhaps I cannot better give an ideaof our labors up to the time of the Vermont meeting than by copying a letter which Iwrote to our son at Battle Creek, December 27, 1867:“My dear son Edson: I am now seated at the desk of Brother D. T. Bourdeau,at West Enosburgh, Vermont. After our meeting closed at Topsham, Maine, I wasexceedingly weary. While packing my trunk, I nearly fainted from weariness. The lastwork I did there was to call Brother A’s family together and have a special interviewwith them. I spoke to this dear family, giving words of exhortation and comfort, also ofcorrection and counsel to one connected with them. All I said was fully received andwas followed by confession, weeping, and great relief to Brother and Sister A. This iscrossing work for me and wears me much.“After we were seated in the cars, I lay down and rested about one hour. We hadan appointment that evening at West-brook, Maine, to meet the brethren from Portlandand vicinity.653