| 618 prophecy we were warned that persecution was coming upon us. On the evening of that day I was preaching in Bro. James Burwell's house, and when I had spoken about fifteen minutes there came crashing through the window where I stood an iron of two or three pounds weight. It was undoubtedly intended for me, as I stood in front of the window, and about two and a half feet from it, and the party that threw the missile was near enough to remove a wire screen from the window before he threw it. There was a light curtain before it but not sufficient to prevent the iron performing the mission upon which it was sent, but the Lord's power was manifested and it dropped to the floor between me and the window. In a few minutes I succeeded in getting the people seated again and finished my discourse, while two or three of our brethren officiated as guards outside.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 36, p. 184.
Cooks Point Branch, Texas, was organized February 19, 1889, in Burleson County, Texas, by Elder E. W. Nunley, who was chosen president; T. L. Veal, clerk.
In the latter part of February a discussion was held in Boston, Massachusetts, between Elder E. L. Kelley and a Mr. F. C. Whitehead of the Christadelphians. The subjects were the state of the dead and the kingdom of heaven.
On February 22 Elder J. J. Cornish wrote from Brinton, Michigan, that he had just closed a discussion with Elder A. Weeks of the Seventh-day Adventists. This discussion was on the subject of the Sabbath.
February 22 Elder J. W. Wight wrote from North Forster, New South Wales. He paid the following tribute to Elder Glaud Rodger and the Saints in Australia:
Poor Bro. Rodger! What he went through in this land for the sake of truth would make a chapter. The way he toiled in a strange land and met some of the worst persecutions ever known, would bring tears from the eyes of all who might read. Loved be his memory and rest his reward! From time to time have the tears sprung forth as I have heard what he had to meet with; and when Sr. Marriott told how she first met him, and knew him by having known him in her youth, it laid bare the floodgates of grief and I could but wish that when my time shall come to pass from this life, I may have done as well as he.
As to the work here, I have hopes of but fair progress. As to the Saints, in the main they are as grand as can be found; and as to our length of stay, we do not see how it can be more than the three years. But should the Lord say "stay," we will do so.
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