teaches they are dead and abolished? And if it is love that leads a man to keep the commandments of God, what is it that impels him to disregard them? All true obedience springs from love, all other obedience is vain. May God's love rule in your heart and mine, and then we will be God's obedient children, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless in His sight.

THE SPRING OF 1892

was very cold and wet, and I took a heavy cold, which brought the la grippe back on me with great power. My friends watched in fear, lest I should not recover. Brother and Sister Bidgood and Brother and Sister Briggs were especially kind to us during this illness. Through the loving kindness of our Father in heaven I once more recovered so as to do a little in the cause I love.

I was too feeble to attend the State camp meeting in Minneapolis in May, 1892. My two daughters, Ella and Nellie, attended it, and it was the best one ever held in the State. The brethren came home greatly refreshed and encouraged. They could see clearly that the long-looked-for triumph of God's faithful children is at hand. The power of God was present, not only to heal the soul, but the body as well. Sister Haak, of Winona, with whom I am well acquainted, had been an invalid for years, and a great sufferer; she attended the meeting, and was instantly healed in answer to prayer, and returned to her home a well woman. Thus we see the Lord is gracious, and willing to do great things for His people. The Bible study, conducted by Elder A. T. Jones, was a great blessing to the dear brothers and sisters. Their eyes fairly shone with their new hope and joy. May the good and blessed work go on until the joy of every believer shall be full.

A while after Camp Meeting I had the pleasure of visiting Long Prairie, Stewartville, Eagle Lake, Good Thunder, and Kasota. It was a privilege to meet the dear old veterans in the cause, and speak to them once more of the blessed hope. We realized more than ever that we are standing on the very verge of the eternal world; events startling in their nature are transpiring before our eyes, and the next thing in order is the time of trouble, and then the glorious appearing of the Son of God on the white cloud, and the gathering of the saints unto Him. At Eagle Lake I