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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 25, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 35, No. 5.

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S. O. JAMES

By S. O. James

From Bro. James.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: Allow me to say a few words through our good paper by way of encouragement. I often think of the lonely ones that are scattered abroad and wish that I could sometimes take them by the hand and speak a few words of encouragement to cheer them on their way. How discouraged and downhearted we get sometimes when sore trials press upon us, and how apt to forget that we might have Jesus for a friend and comforter.
How willing he is to soothe our troubled feelings if we only lean upon his loving arm. Oh! let us prepare to meet our dear Saviour. Let us often ask ourselves, Am I prepared to meet him with joy? Oh! the unspeakable bliss that meeting will afford to the overcomer. Blessed reality! to lay down the cross and take up the crown. Dear brethren and sisters, let us strive together for that happy inheritance, and not lose sight of “the blessed hope.”

S. O. JAMES

Warren Co., Iowa.