Untitled article by Wm. Vanard

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, March 3, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 12

From Bro. Vanard.

By Wm. Vanard

BRO. SMITH: As I have not the privilege of getting within talking distance of but few of the brethren and sisters, I will try to speak a few words to them through the paper for the first time. We as a little church at McConnell's grove, Ill., are still trying to hold on to the truth. Though I do not often have the privilege of meeting with the church through the winter, I am favored with the weekly visits of the Review, for which I feel to praise the Lord. Among the best are the sermons. They are all the preaching that we have had in this neighborhood for a year and a half. I love the truth and hope to be sanctified through it. I ask an interest in the prayers of all my companions in tribulation, that I may be enabled to go through with you to Mount Zion.

I would also express my thanks for the health reform. I think it is a very important part of the last message to the church of God; for before we can be prepared for translation, we must have healthy bodies and sound minds. May the Lord help us to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and perfect holiness in the fear of God, that we may be able to stand in the trying day.

WM. VANARD.

Stephenson Co., Ill.