A Testimony of Faith and Obedience
By David Upson
Dear Brethren and Sisters: It is now about sixteen years since I first heard about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the third angel's message, the Sabbath truth, and the commandments of God. I then thought I should see Jesus before this time, but time is prolonged. God is gracious, and still waiting to be gracious to the children of men, that they may reject the doctrines and commandments of men, and keep the law of God, and so prepare their hearts unto glory, and confess Christ before men, that he may confess them before his Father and before the holy angels. I love God and his Son, Jesus Christ, and those who keep his commandments. I love those who give in their testimonies through the REVIEW, that I have never seen in this world. I hope to see them in the world to come. What a good medium the REVIEW is! We can hold correspondence with each other, and it preaches to us what I believe to be the true gospel. The darkness is past, the true light now shineth. Blessed are they who believe and obey the gospel, and keep God's commandments. If all men were commandment-keepers, this world would be a paradise to what it is now. We should want no locks and keys, and all immorality would be at an end. We should not only profess Christ, but live Christ, if we would be admitted into his kingdom. The longer I live in this world, the less I love it. "If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." How we should love and adore God as the Supreme Ruler of the universe! Jesus is soon coming to receive his ransomed ones home. Yours, patiently waiting,
DAVID UPSON.
Cayuga Co., N. Y.