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THE TESTIMONIES

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 4, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 7.

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THE TESTIMONIES.

By Jos. Clarke

NUMBERS 13, 14, and 15, have appeared in rapid succession, and each laden with weighty matter; each one interesting as possible, and each one is of the highest importance to us as individuals, and to the church. No one of these epistles may be directed to me personally, yet each has truth for me. I may not say, “that it is for such an one,” but it is for me.
I have always reverenced these testimonies as from God; they bear the impress of the divine; no dark doubts have ever clouded my mind on this head; but have I heeded them? God forgive my remissness; this I am persuaded is the counsel of the True Witness. O, my God, help me to receive these testimonies in such a sense as thou wilt approve!
Let scoffers deride this work, it will go on; praise the Lord, it is going on. Brethren, do not neglect these writings. Let no one rebel; these are the words of love—plain, truthful, candid; how can any one reject them?
Truly, this is a favored people, yet how ungrateful to God; how little we appreciate these signal favors; shall not our hearts glow with love to God even now? Shall we not thank him for these testimonies? Yes, and we will, with his aid, live them out.
JOS. CLARKE.