MR. FLETCHER'S TESTIMONY.
The good of past times, whom the churches of the present day are proud to place in the calendar of their saints, and whose memory they revere as that of men of sound minds and devoted hearts—these men were the Adventists of their day. Such were the Wesleys, Mr. Fletcher, Whitefield, &c. Were they living at the present time, and holding the same views which they have left on record, they would be among those who are now looking and waiting for the blessed hope. In 1755, Mr. Fletcher thus wrote: “If we are mistaken in forming conjectures—the phenomena we hear of everywhere are but common providences—if these things happen not to us, but to our children (as they most certainly will, before the third generation is swept away), is it not our business to prepare ourselves for them, to meditate on them, and to warn as many people as we can prudently, lest their blood should be required at our hand, were they to fall because of a surprise. Let us pray to God more frequently, that, for the elect’s sake, he would still more shorten the days of the tribulation, and add daily to the true church such as will be saved. What a glorious prospect is this! Let us often think of these glorious words of our Lord, ‘Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that mindeth the sayings of this prophecy.’ Let us join the Spirit and Bride who say, Come. Oh! let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; for he that testifieth these things says, ‘Surely, I come quickly.’ Amen! Even so come Lord Jesus.”