| 72 remained right there in Rock Creek Township ever since the Saints left the county, now begin to reap the benefit of steadfast faith. Bro. Alston bore a faithful testimony. So also did Bro. Thomas Revel of Nauvoo, Srs. Newberry and Borley of Montrose, Iowa. The first to bear a testimony at the opening of the meeting among the sisters was a young sister of the Montrose Branch, Sr. Braddock. With candor she talked to the Saints about the shortness of the time left to labor for the cause.
We were blessed, thanks to the Lord of Hosts for his mercies. How happy are they who can, like one of old, say, "I will trust him though he slay me."
The work in and through Hancock County shows an increasing desire on the part of the people to hear. Bro. Daniel F. Lambert has spoken in the Pilot Grove neighborhood, at different places, all the season, so far. Bro. John H. Lake is in the field doing the best that he can.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 21, p. 432.
The following items are from the Herald for August 15:
From Deer Creek, Nebraska, July 24, we learn that Bro. Charles Derry is still breasting the tide of opposition in his defense of the truth, pressing steadily toward the "mark," for the prize for which he set out in the long years ago, brooking contumely and abuse, seeking to do good for evil in trying to show the people the narrow way through the preaching of the word.
Bro. Josiah Ells, writing from Warnock Station, Ohio, July 28, says:
"My health is much improved. I expect to stay here a few weeks; the work is spreading, so far as a desire to hear is manifest."
We are in receipt of a letter from Bro. A. C. Inman. He wrote from Crawford County, Illinois, July 26. He is still trying to sow the good seed as he passes on through life.
Bro. John H. Lake removed from Keokuk, Lee County, to Farmington, Van Buren County, Iowa, the last of July.
Bro. Charles N. Brown, of Providence, Rhode Island, writes under date of July 21, very encouragingly of the prospects of the district over which he has been chosen to preside. It has been called "New York and Southern New England Mission." He has visited several places in his mission, and writes feelingly of the Saints where he has been. Circumstances should now make New York, State and city, a good missionary field.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 21, pp. 496, 497.
September 1 the following was published respecting the work in Australia:
Letters from Brn. Wandell and Rodger, June 18 and July 2, 1874, indicate that the missionary work is difficult, but not discouraging in that distant field. Bro. Wandell says:
"In Sydney we are increasing slowly as yet. I baptized two on Tuesday last, and have an appointment to baptize two more on Sunday next."
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