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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 2, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 28, No. 18.

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By Mary M. Sarchit

“Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another.”
This department of the paper is designed for the brethren and sisters to freely and fully communicate with each other respecting their hopes and determinations, conflicts and victories, attainments and desires, in the heavenly journey. Seek first a living experience and then record it, carefully and prayerfully, for the comfort and encouragement of the other members of the household of faith.

From Sister Sarchit.

BRO. WHITE: How often I have been encouraged while reading the Review, and thought of the many promises to the faithful, and often thought, Shall I be one of that happy number? Yes, if I can only say at last, I have come up through much tribulation, and have washed my robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. I want to meet my dear friends who are near by the ties of nature, grace, or gratitude, on the earth made new. It often occurs to my mind, Shall we know each other there? How glorious, beautiful, and lovely, is the promised inheritance. Think of the privilege of knowing our friends, and walking the golden streets of the New Jerusalem, to bask in the sunshine of eternal bliss. Dark clouds often gather around me, and doubts arise in my mind; but this passage of scripture presents itself, “We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Then why should we not press onward, try to overcome every trouble, trial, and temptation, and take hold of the promises by faith, saying, Thy will be done, O Lord? Only a few more days, and we shall be no more tossed by the storms and tempests of earth. It is some time since I have heard a sermon by one of our Advent ministers; but I hope soon to have the privilege. The Bible, the Review, and some Advent books, are my instructors. Pray for me, that I may be able to live a holy life, and set that example before my children that becometh a Christian mother.
Your sister, striving for the saints’ inheritance.
MARY M. SARCHIT.
Cook Co., Ill.