Holding On to the Truth
By Wm. F. Crous
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: After long silence, in our Conference Department, I am happy to once more bear my testimony in favor of present truth. I still love the truths as taught by Seventh-day Adventists, and am striving to draw near to God by faith, through earnest prayer, that I may have of his Spirit, that my daily walk and conversation may tell in favor of the truth we love. Do we believe the Lord is coming? Then let our works and holy lives show our faith in the things we profess. May the Lord help us by his Spirit that we may do the will of our Father in Heaven, live holy lives, and be found worthy to receive the seal of the15living God, and stand at last with his people. I would say for the encouragement of those that are acquainted with the brethren and sisters in this place, that we are, as a church, still holding on to the truth. May we have your prayers, that victory may be ours at last. Yours in love of the truth. WM. F. CROUS. Licking Co., Ohio, Dec. 6, 1869.