Hungry for Truth

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Apr 18, 1912

THE following letter was written to Brother I. B. Burton by a native whose wife and daughter Brother Burton had had some conversation with regarding the truth while traveling on the train in South Africa. It shows the importance of being instant in season and out of season in imparting the truths of this message, for we know not which shall prosper, this or that:—

“HON. SIR I. B. BURTON: My heart is aching with love of the tidings which my wife told me about you when she met you in the train from King William’s Town to East London. I think it was in June. She told me all about you, and she believed you, not you but the true explanation from the Bible. You will kindly excuse me, as I am not going to utter many things, but have just a few things to say. You are not the first person to illustrate this truth to me, as some friends of mine testified of the same truth, especially telling us of our Lord and Master’s soon coming. I myself have witness the things in this line. I really don’t know how to see you, as my desire is so much I can not tell the way I am longing to see you in person. But trusting to God because I know one thing, that what seems too hard for a person to do is the simplest for God to do; more especially those who trust in him he will never disappoint. Therefore I can say the Almighty will purchase us a chance to see one another before we be changed for his second coming. These words will inspire or revive your heart not to forget me, as if a person whom you knew. Though you don’t know me, brother in faith, I beg to remain with kind regards. Your most obedient brother in faith.”