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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, November 19, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 23

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From Sister Preston.

By Eliza A. Preston

BRO. SMITH:—I would like to publicly acknowledge my gratitude to God for his goodness and mercy in preserving and raising up Bro. and Sister White, and in permitting these faithful servants of his to come among us once more. They came to us in the fullness of the blessing of the Lord, and we receive it as the voice of the Good Shepherd, for their testimony was quick and powerful, well calculated to cut away from us all our idols and every clog that would unfit us for the race set before us. It was accompanied with the sweet gathering spirit that attends the faithful testimonies. Never did I witness the leveling hand of the Lord laid upon his people as in the meeting at Roosevelt, N. Y. It gave no one a chance to triumph over another, but each of us a good opportunity to humble ourselves low at the foot of the cross together, and pay our broken vows by seeking the Lord with all the heart.
I am glad Bro. Andrews extended the invitation, and I earnestly hope that no one that enjoyed the rich feast will fail to receive the full benefit of the meeting. It may be our last call, the last privilege of the kind we shall ever enjoy. I can truly say it was the best meeting for me that I ever enjoyed at Roosevelt. I am sorry that we were not better prepared to help stay up the hands of the servants of the Lord.
I would say for the encouragement of those dear brethren and sisters, that called on us during the meeting, and especially those brethren that turned in to sympathize and pray with and for my afflicted companion, that he began to amend from that very hour; and has been gradually coming up since that time. It is good to have him at our altar of prayer once more where we each try to humble ourselves before the Lord; and we feel to praise God that he does let the sweet melting influence of his Holy Spirit rest upon us. We humbly crave an interest in the prayers of God's people and by his grace assisting us we will try to overcome and meet you in that better land where the inhabitants shall no more say, “I am sick.”
ELIZA A. PRESTON.
Oswego Co., N. Y., Nov. 1867.