p. 199 | Extracts from Letters

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1866

Extracts from Letters.

Sister A. O. Thompson writes from Rensselaer Falls, N. Y.

Last Sabbath, and first-day I attended the Quarterly meeting at Buck's Bridge where Bro. Taylor and Lawrence gave the saints the word of comfort and encouragement. In the evening I for the first time met with the saints to attend the ordinances of God's house. I felt that it was a good place to get down and follow the example of our Lord as brought to view in John xiii. I felt thankful for the institution. It serves to humble the proud heart. On first-day at noon we repaired to the river where my self and two others went down into the water, and I trust arose to newness of life. For one I feel determined to try to make amends for all my past life. It is over twelve years since I embraced the Sabbath; but I confess that I have been an unprofitable servant. There are five in this place who have united with the church at Buck's Bridge. We have meetings every Sabbath, when we do not go to the Bridge. I desire to be an overcomer and with the hundred and forty four thousand stand on the sea of glass.