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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1880

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 11.

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EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.

By Editor

WE give below some extracts of letters received in response to copies of the SIGNS sent out by our missionary workers.
A brother writing of his courage in the missionary work says: “I am sending out sixty-three copies of the SIGNS every week, and twenty copies of Good Health every month. It is sweet to work for Jesus. I am in hopes that my prayers will soon be answered, and that I shall have at least one hundred and twenty copies of the SIGNS to send out weekly. Not long since I received a letter from a gentleman in Kentucky, stating that he had heard so much of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, that he wanted me to send him a sample copy, with subscription price for one year. We have received letters from Australia, England, Wales, Italy, Egypt, South Africa, and we have correspondents in many other parts of the world.”
A friend writing from N. C., says: “I have received several copies of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Have read them with great care and interest. I am well pleased with the doctrines they advocate. I agree with you exactly in regard to the immortality of the soul, and eternal punishment. I think the application of the two-horned beast to the United States must be correct. Judging from the religious tone of the SIGNS, Seventh day Adventists certainly possess a greater Christian zeal than most other Christians. I feel very grateful to you for being so kind to me a stranger. May God speed you in your labor. I shall do all I can to circulate the SIGNS. I am satisfied that you are right in regard to the Sabbath. I have not given the sanctuary subject much study yet, but will study on that next. I understand that you have a tract entitled ‘The Rich Man and Lazarus,’ which I would like to read. Although satisfied on the subject myself, I would like to be able to satisfy others.”
Another writes from Scotland: “I have received several copies of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. I read the paper with interest, and give it away when Iam through. But though there are frequently articles with which I fully sympathize, I must candidly tell you that my views on the meaning of prophecy are widely different from yours, and are, I think, hardly likely to be changed without more reason than I have yet seen.”
A lady replying to a letter sent with copies of the SIGNS to Jamaica, by a member of the Oakland V. M. Society, says: “I have to acknowledge the receipt of your kind note together with your little treasure, for such they are to me. I have read them with profit and delight. One matter that has puzzled me, was the state of the dead. Other things that I desired to know more about, have been clearly brought to my mind’s eye through these little messengers. Thanks for opening my understanding.”
A gentleman writes from Ireland: “Many thanks for your kindness in sending the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. I find them very interesting and edifying. I should feel grateful to have them continued.”
Another from Yuba City, Col., writes: “I have received several numbers of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. They contain much excellent reading matter, and their general tone seems well calculated to assist the good cause to which the paper is devoted.”
A lady in Essex, Conn., writes to a friend who has recently commenced to observe the Sabbath: “I was somewhat surprised to learn of your ‘new departure,’ but have no condemnatory words for you. I once had my attention called to the subject of the seventh-day Sabbath, and partially investigated it, but something came in my way; yet now I want the very best light there is. If you have anything to help me, please let me have it. I wonder what the mark of the beast is. Can you tell me? I feel an intense desire to belong to the Lord’s family here, and to be gathered with them by-and-by.”