A Testimony of Progress
By J. A. Woodman
BRO. SMITH: It has been about nine years since the light upon the Sabbath and its kindred truths began to dawn upon my pathway. And when I look back upon the state of the cause at that time, and consider its progress until the present, I can but feel like exclaiming, The Lord be praised! His hand, I know, is in the work, and his cause is onward, still onward. And although I am at present deprived of the privilege of going up to the house of the Lord with his people, a privilege which I have ever highly prized, I am encouraged from week to week, by reading the cheering reports from the brethren scattered through the wide harvest-field. How the truth spreads and the light increases. The Health Reform is destined to do a great work for this people, I believe. When we become “temperate in all things,” then we shall be better prepared for the trials that await us. When I think of the onward march of present truth, I am oftimes led to inquire, Shall I keep pace with it? or shall I be left behind, and be lost at last? I mean to keep striving, and by the assisting grace of God I hope to overcome. I know it will cost many strong efforts and hard struggles, but if victorious in the end, I know the prize is ours. J. A. WOODMAN.
North Leeds, Maine.