B. F. MERRITT by B. F. Merritt.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 5, 1868

B. F. MERRITT

By B. F. Merritt.

From Bro. Merritt.

BRO. SMITH: I would like to say to the friends of Jesus that I still rejoice in the blessed hope. In the power and willingness of Christ to save, I trust. More and richer blessings than I have deserved has the Father in mercy bestowed upon me. A debt of gratitude I feel that I owe, which I can never, in this world, pay. When I see Jesus perhaps I can then better praise him as I ought; but while he is gone from his people, who are purchased by his blood, we should daily live as in his sight, and by so doing make it manifest to the world that we are his.

The way of the Lord, as made known to us in these last days, is a pleasant way; and if we gladly lay aside every weight which hinders our progress, and willingly walk therein, we will find that

“The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.

B. F. MERRITT

Eureka, Ill., Apr. 18, 1868.