A New Sabbath-Keeping Family
By Lydia F. Russell
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: Were it not that I might cheer some poor, lone pilgrim, I should feel unworthy to write anything for the columns of the REVIEW. Through the influence of a dear brother and sister of Franklin Co., we were led to investigate the Sabbath question. Praise the Lord for his goodness and mercy to fallen man. He has given us strength and grace to yield our all to him, to bear the scoffs and frowns of our friends and relatives, and to come out from among them, and keep the Sabbath of the Lord. We love its weekly return. We have all been trying to live religion from childhood, but it seems as though everything was new. Portions of the Bible that were enshrouded in darkness stand forth brightly under the light of present truth. We can truly say that we love the precious truths of the last message. There are three of us, my husband and myself, and our aged mother, who love the precious truth of the Bible. She is seventy-two years of age, and has left off the use of tea and tobacco, after having used them nearly all her life, and her health is not impaired by it. We trust that the Lord will send some messenger here to labor. The REVIEW is all the preaching we have, but it comes to us as meat in due season. Oh! how we long for the society of those that believe as we do. Pray for us, that we may perform our duty faithfully, being led by the Holy Spirit in all things, submitting ourselves to the will of Him who doeth all things well. Hoping to gain an entrance through the pearly gates into the golden city, I remain, Your Pilgrim Sister, LYDIA F. RUSSELL.
Essex Co., N. Y.