An Extract by M. E. S.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 14, 1867

An Extract.

By M. E. S.

BRO. SMITH: I place at your disposal an extract from a letter written me by my husband from Prescott, Wis., under date of April 15. M. E. S.

“I think we are nearing the severe troubles of the last day. If crops should fail here this season the people would suffer extremely. Some in Minn. have starved to death this spring while others have had to live days upon slippery elm bark. Wheat is now $2.75 per bushel. Many cannot get the seed here to be put in this spring, so they will be cut short in harvest. Many acres will lie over this season for want of seed. Confusion is to be the portion of the wicked. May we be found among the righteous that we may be shielded in the calamities that are to befall the ungodly. I had rather suffer, and starve even, with the smiles of my Father in Heaven, than to have all the riches of earth without his approbation. Time is short indeed. We are nearing the end. Let us be ready! Oh! that we may all be found at last in the kingdom of God, where no hopes shall be blasted, no pain felt, no evil feared! Oh! that sin may be so effectually slain in us that we may be found among that company who are without fault before the throne of God!” T. M. STEWARD.