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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, August 6, 1867

Conference Department.

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

BRO. G. W. PARKER writes from Chicago, Ill., I give God all praise for the light of his gospel under the third angel's message, as it is through it that my mind has been led to meditate upon these great subjects of the last days. I am trying to progress in the warfare.

It is now but one year since I first heard of the message. In looking back for the last year, what changes have taken place. Death has entered my family and taken the only one who, at that time, sought to keep the Sabbath with me. Although but ten years old, he realized his situation; and he was laid away till Jesus comes. Now my wife has taken hold in earnest to go to the beloved city. My temporal affairs have met with a complete overturn, and I thank God for having thus led. The Lord is good.

I often look around to ask myself, What does the Lord require me to do? Will prosperity have a tendency to draw me away from meditating upon these truths? The Lord in mercy forbid.

I pray that the Lord will preserve me through the perils of these last days. My natural inclinations are to allow my whole energies to go into any work which I have before me. Knowing this, I often feel as if I were in much danger.

SISTER E. J. CONNET writes from Richland Co. Ill.: I have still a thirst for more knowledge of the truth. The books I have and the Review are a great feast to me; and I want some to give to my friends and neighbors when I can get them to read. The opposition here is so great that I have but little chance to speak in behalf of the truth; but when I can, I refer to my books.

One week ago I was called to follow my mother to the silent tomb. It was a sore affliction. I had the care of her in her last illness, and often read to her from my books. She said they were the truth. She went down to the grave like a shock of corn fully ripe for the harvest, aged 86 years. My aged father yet lives. Pray for me that I may be enabled to discharge my duty as a child, and keep all the commandments of God. The responsibility is very great. My daily prayer is for patience and meekness to bear the opposition that I meet. How sweet to the Christian to know that Jesus will soon come and take his ransomed people home! Glorious thought! a little longer and we shall all be home.

BRO. A. O. BURRILL writes from Kendall's Mills, Me.: There are a few Sabbath-keepers here that are striving for the kingdom. For a long time it looked as if the cause would go down here for want of order; but I am happy to say that better times are with us now. I hope and expect that ere long we shall be in gospel order. We have encouraging meetings every Sabbath, and also a good Bible Class connected with the meetings. And the best of all of it is that the wanderers are returning to their Father's house. Some are also coming out on the Sabbath. More are interested on the question, and I trust that there will be a people here yet, sanctified through the truth when Jesus comes. There are ten Sabbath-keepers here now. One made a start last Sabbath which of course made our hearts rejoice.

I. D. CRAMER writes from Fulton Co., N. Y.: It rejoices our hearts to see the steady onward course of the third angel's message. Our prayer is, Lord, speed the message through the length and breadth of the land, and bring in the number that shall be made up and sealed, that deliverance may come to God's waiting Israel.

THE anger of God is no furious agitation, but the judgment which awards punishment to sin.