L. W. CARR by L. W. Carr

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 27, 1869

L. W. CARR

By L. W. Carr

From Bro. Carr.

BRO. ANDREWS: Permit me to say to the readers of the REVIEW who have been acquainted with me, that I am with full purpose of heart returning unto the Good Shepherd and his flock, I trust, never more to stray. On account of my wandering and sinful course in departing from the Lord, and forgetting his people and his holy commandments, I must take to myself words of confession to his people who have known me, as I have to my God. I must make thorough and sure work, for my sins are great, relying solely upon His promise that if I confess my sins he will forgive them. With sorrow too deep for utterance do I confess that the vain things of this world had deceived and blinded me until I forgot my God, his holy law and Sabbath, and his people; and I must have been very near the verge of perdition, when the Good Shepherd came to my rescue and gave me to feel that if I would return unto him he would return unto me, and fully and freely pardon. This is what I am trying with all my might to do. I am deeply in earnest. I feel as the prodigal son must have felt. And that my restoration may be complete, I ask the forgiveness of God's people. I cannot rest until I have redeemed the time spent in departing from God.

I trust a godly sorrow for my sins, which worketh repentance that needeth not to be repented of, is having its cleansing, reforming, and sanctifying effect upon my mind and heart, and is revealing unto me the exceeding sinfulness of my sins, creating in me, I trust, a daily dying to sin, self, and the world. Brethren, I must join in the song that is to be sung by the overcomers on Mount Zion. Pray that this may be my lot.

L. W. CARR

Detroit, July 11, 1869.