Uriah Smith to Dudley M. Canright, 2 October 1883

Smith, Uriah 1832-1903

1883-10-02

Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

1 letter

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Bro. Canright: Yours of the 28th was duly received. Should have been very glad to see you at the C.M. We had in some respects a most powerful meeting. A. N. Seymour and wife were present Sabbath and Sunday, and even he acknowledged to Bro. Dodge, that it seemed like 1844. Wish you could have been here. Both myself and Harriet have had a talk with Sr. W., and in many things wherein my mind was most severely perplexed, it has been relieved, which of course makes me feel quite differently. Then again, I have had opportunity to learn that quite a good many are disposed to be affected by my course in their relation to this course. I am very vulnerable on the point of standing in another’s way. i would rather do anything almost than that. Of course I would not think it would make so much difference if others would go no farther than I go. But they do not stop there. Right or wrong they have got the idea fast in their minds that the testimonies and the messages stand or fall together; and if they give up the former they give up the latter also. Now I would much rather a person would be radical on the testimonies, even if they are not at all what they claim to be, than to give up the present truth; for this latter I believe to be vital to our future well-being. So the best light I see for myself is to cast my influence in so far as it will go, with the body, and wait further developments. Sr. W. is certainly doing a work which no other person seems fitted for doing, and which is of great value to this cause. So I will get along with my private trials and hold them in abeyance for the general good. Yours truly, U. Smith.

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Canright, Dudley Marvin 1840-1919
Waggoner, Joseph Harvey 1820-1889
White, Ellen Gould Harmon 1827-1915
Smith, Harriet Newell Stevens 1831-1910

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