Lessons from the Oakland Tent Meeting
By Mary Van Horn
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I would like to say to you that I realize in a measure that God is very good to us. I attended the tent meeting in Oakland, and was greatly blessed; and I feel as if the strength I gained there would sustain me many days. Let us all praise the Lord. I had the privilege of meeting with Sr. White, whom I receive as God's chosen instrument to unite a people to stand amid the perils of these last days. I saw the wisdom of God in choosing a woman, for the ears of this generation are dull while listening to the word spoken by men; but I noticed great attention when she spoke. I heard the remark that God was not so particular as to notice in what fashion our dress was cut. Such do not remember the dealings of God with his children, and would have thought Jeremiah a fanatic, when he went and obtained a linen girdle, and wore it awhile, and then put it where it would rot. They forget, also, the case of the children of Israel, when they wore a hem of blue in their garments. God is not changed; he takes notice of what men term small things, as well as great. Let us love and trust like little children, and God will lead us. Let us follow the Lamb of God, and soon we shall enter the green pastures, and drink the living waters. Praise the Lord for the prospect. MARY VAN HORN.