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Life and Travels of William Conrad
Chapter XX - Copy of Letters to his Four Churches
July 31st, 1861. VERY DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS-We have met and parted and met again; but whether I shall be permitted to meet you again in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ here on earth, the blessed God only knows. But this I have to say, I know whom I have believed, and in Him I trust for protection amid this scene of tribulation-for, God is my witness, that I have not from the beginning at any time shunned to declare unto you the whole council of God, and ye yourselves know how, for the space of forty years, I have, under the blessing of a covenant God, taught you, and from house to house, both day and night, exhorted you as a father would his children, that you would walk worthy of God, and that, you would live in peace with all men, as much as in your power is. Oh, my brethren, how deeply solicitous I have been! and my solicitude has not abated. Oh, live to God and one another-always observing that blessed direction of Jesus-"All things therefore, whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye also unto them." Oh, brethren, I know the sweets and quiet of conscience such course of life affords; that great is the recompense of reward. And now, I feel in my bonds, a prisoner, a more full and blessed quiet-come life or death-and, for myself, I have to say, before God, I know not the cause for which I am this day in bonds; I know of no act of mine, whatever, subjecting me to this state of things. But God knoweth, and now, as I know not whether you will any more see my face in the flesh, may the blessing of God rest on you, and may the great head of the church bless you with the ministration of His word, by whom He shall please to send among you in His Spirit's power, for I know that in your parting with me, you are loosed from a poor, frail and weak effort, in the gospel, as heretofore by me proclaimed among you. So, dear brethren, farewell in the Lord,
WILLIAM CONRAD,
A prisoner at Williamstown, Ky.
And, by order of each of the churches-four in number-copied into their church-books. Here I would mention that the state of religion during the years 1870 to 1874, inclusive, was quite dark and ominous; the children of God seemed captivated with the vanities of earth, serving the flesh more than serving God-those tangible marks of Zion's visibility almost, if not altogether out of sight in many localities of our beloved Zion. I know I only baptized two of God's dear children in 1874.
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