Striving to Live Out the Truth
By Jennie Messersmith
BRO. WHITE: I can say for one that I am striving to live out the truth. I love the law of the Lord, and find the Sabbath a delight. It is now nearly two years since my feet were turned into the "narrow way." Much of the time has been spent in reading the precious word of God; and never before have its sacred pages seemed of such value. Though a Bible reader from my youth up, yet many of its teachings were dark and mysterious, and many inconsistencies appeared. In embracing the third angel's message, I find a chain of truth whose links seem unbroken; and in tracing them out, what seemed darkness is now light, and instead of contradiction, harmony appears. Oh, how much I owe to my heavenly Father in thus giving me light to receive the truth. That I may consecrate myself wholly to his cause, is my ardent desire. I find difficulties in the narrow way, yet none but which, by faith in God, I may overcome. Pray for me, dear brethren and sisters, that I exercise that faith. I want to meet you all in that City for which we are striving. I would not relax one effort, until the prize is won. The time seems short to obtain the penny; but the promise is to those who come at the eleventh hour; and we who have been thus called, shall we not work with a double zeal? The laborers of the vineyard, who have borne the heat of the day by making truth plain for us, have shown such earnestness, and shall we be behind their efforts? No. Let us renew our covenant with God to continue steadfast unto the end. Yours striving to overcome.
Jennie Messersmith. Victory, Wis., Aug. 27, 1865.