P. WATERMAN by P. Waterman

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 19, 1869

P. WATERMAN

By P. Waterman

From Bro. Waterman.

Through the kindness of thoughtful brethren, I have had the privilege of having the REVIEW to read for some six or eight months. I thank them much for their kindness, and for their labors in this place. I feel to thank the Lord that I have had the privilege of hearing the gospel preached in its simplicity and beauty. It has been my prayer for years that I might be able to come to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Christ. I want to be obedient to all of God's requirements. I have been forsaken by friends because I had embraced the Advent doctrine, but I did not feel that the Lord had forsaken me. I am trying to live nearer to God, and consecrate myself to the service of the meek and lowly Jesus. May God help me to overcome every besetting sin, and to run with patience the race before me.

Shortly after beginning to keep the Sabbath of the Lord, I studied the truth for myself. Some passages of Scripture left doubts in my mind, whether it was binding on us still to keep the seventh-day. The light shown on these passages in the ADVENT REVIEW, has enabled me to more clearly understand this subject. I now expect as long as I live to regard the Lord's day, although I am alone in this place. I expect to meet with difficulties on the way. I spend the Sabbath in reading my Bible and REVIEW. It is all the preaching I have had in a long time. I ask an interest in the prayers of God's children, that I may prove faithful to the end.

Yours in Christ,

P. WATERMAN

Olmsted Co., Minn.