Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

ones. He is to sacrifice his ease, his pleasure, his comfort, his convenience, his will,and his own selfish wishes for Christ’s cause, or never reign with Him on His throne.”The means earned in the hayfield was sufficient to supply our present wants, andalso pay our expenses to go to western New York and return.Our first Conference in New York was held at Volney, in a brother’s barn. Aboutthirty-five were present—all that could be collected in that part of the state. But ofthis number, hardly two were agreed. Some were holding serious errors, and eachstrenuously urged his own views, declaring that they were according to the Scriptures.These strange differences of opinion brought a heavy weight upon me, as it seemedto me that God was dishonored; and I fainted under the burden. Some feared that Iwas dying; but the Lord heard the prayers of His servants, and I revived. The lightof heaven rested upon me, and I was soon lost to earthly things. My accompanyingangel presented before me some of the errors of those present, and also the truth incontrast with their errors. These discordant views which they claimed to be accordingto the Bible were only according to their opinion of the Bible, and they must yield theirerrors and unite upon the third angel’s message. Our meeting closed triumphantly.Truth gained the victory. The brethren renounced their errors, and united upon thethird angel’s message, and God greatly blessed them and added to their numbers.From Volney we went to Port Gibson to attend a meeting in Brother Edson’s barn.There were those present who loved the truth, but were listening to and cherishingerror. The Lord wrought for us in power before the close of that meeting. I was againshown in vision the importance of the brethren in western New York laying aside theirdifferences, and uniting upon Bible truth.We returned to Middletown, where we had left our child86