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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 28, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 28, No. 13.

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JAMES SAWYER

By James Sawyer

From Bro. Sawyer.

BRO. WHITE: Present truth looks good to me yet. Every part of it as it progresses and becomes developed, enhances its value as a whole, and I feel as though I would like to say Praise the Lord. Why, the visions and the health reform after being railed at and attacked with vehemence, are proving to be also the work of the Lord; and he who dares to raise a finger against them is in gross ignorance indeed!
The testimonies to the church, given through the visions, have not been heeded by me as they should have been; hence I have erred at times where I should not, had I been more familiar with the warnings contained in them.
While the cause of the Lord seems to be gaining strength, wickedness is increasing. Around us we discover men giving way to every plan or way of success, except the plan of salvation. They are seeking no interest whatever in the future kingdom of Christ. Open blasphemy and foolish jesting are much employed in the common conversation of men. The rich, the worldly, the refined and the poor, seem to be greatly addicted to these and kindred vices. Few, very few, are appalled and awe-stricken as they hear these horrid utterances come from the lips of beings made in the form of God. The sensitive female's ear is not exempt from those horrid impressions and blasphemous expressions as formerly, but many of them, also, are as bad as the males. Will not the wicked world soon be ready to say, “Who is the Lord, that we should fear him?”
Of course, according to the Scriptures, calamities and woes must be heaped upon them for such transgressions. Cries of anguish will avail the transgressor nothing in the time of great trouble. The Lord who sitteth in the Heavens will laugh when their fear cometh. This increase of sin should warn me to be on my guard, lest I also be found naked. The Lord, let him be my refuge! My covert shall be under the wings of the Almighty. How good it is to trust in that strong arm! Oh that men would praise the Lord! But they will not, and indignation and wrath must finally come in like a whirlwind. It is my desire to have a pure heart that the Lord may hide me in the day of his fierce anger.

JAMES SAWYER

Cooperville, Mich.