Conference Department by Mary E. Guilford

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 16, 1867

Conference Department.

By Mary E. Guilford

Exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching. Heb. 10, 25.

This Department is designed to fill the same place in the paper that the Conference or Social Meeting does in the worship of God. Speak often one to another to comfort, edify and aid each other in the way of holiness and true Christian experience.

LET ME SUFFER WITH JESUS.

SHALL I crave the world's wealth, its pleasures, its mirth, Or seek fame and honor to win, When my Saviour left Heaven, and came to the earth, And died on the cross for my sin?

Shall I murmur at trials, with sorrow run wild, Be fretful, impatient, unkind, When Jesus was patient, forbearing, and mild, Meek, gentle, forgiving, and kind?

Can I lounge at my ease, or let pride fill my heart, Or look with contempt on the poor, Yet still hope to gain with the blessed a part, And the meek on the evergreen shore?

Ah no! let me wrestle and struggle through life; Act wisely, bear nobly my part; 'Mid scenes of temptation, of sorrow, and strife, Stand firm, with unfaltering heart.

Erased from my heart be each carnal desire; Be hushed every murmuring sigh; My soul, be thou cleansed by the heavenly fire, And prepare for the glories on high.

Yea, this be my portion; with Christ suffer here, That in Heaven with him I may reign, Where glories unfading, unending, and fair, Will banish each vestige of pain.

There, love, peace, and joy, will eternally flow; There, harps with rich music will swell; There, all who live holy and righteous below, With Christ and his angels shall dwell.

MARY E. GUILFORD. Castalia, Ohio.