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J. W. Wolfe

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · January 7, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 4

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Bro. J. W. Wolfe writes from Ohio: I love the instructions, admonitions, and cheering testimonies that come to us weekly through the Review; and I would say to those that have taken the responsibility of writing for the various departments of the papers, to go on, and enjoy the blessing of God. And I believe there are many more, if they would carry out their convictions of duty in this respect, who might make themselves useful in writing for the edification of the brethren, and for the advancement of the cause of God.
I have been led seriously to consider, since reading testimonies No. 12 and 13, my past unfaithfulness to God, my duty in the cause of truth, and the awful condition of modern Israel, being compared with that of ancient Israel, of whom but two were permitted to go over and possess the land of promise. We should not be cast down by reading those pointed testimonies for us, but be moved to diligence in the service of God, and be zealous and repent of all our unfaithfulness in the past, that we may avert the pending judgments of God upon us, as did the ancient Ninevites. As that is an example recorded, perhaps for our encouragement, let us put away all the idols that have kept Jesus from having full possession of our hearts, and honor God by keeping all his commandments. And as he has been so good to us as to give us a sense of our condition before him, let us not despise those faithful reproofs, but love them and rejoice in them.
Let us as a people who desire to be God's “peculiar people,” and have been praying for light to guide us in holiness, rejoice in that light, whether it comes by way of reproof, or any other manner in which God, in his mercy, may see fit to send it to us. As God is being faithful to us, let us all prove faithful to him, that we may enjoy his approving smiles while here, and be permitted to enjoy the glories of the purified earth, which will soon be the reward of the faithful.
ZEAL without knowledge is fire without light.