Songs of Rejoicing

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 10, 1910

Songs of Rejoicing.

And how it cheered the hearts of the believers in the “blessed hope” as the clear light of the third angel’s message broke upon them, as they waited in uncertainty and trial following 1844. Here are a few words from letters dated in 1851:— Hiram Bingham: “Daily have I received light upon the different points connected with the closing message. The heavenly sanctuary, O how beautiful!” (Morristown, Vt.). H. Flower: “Never did the light of truth shine so brilliantly into my heart as at present. It is but a few weeks since we received the light on the Sabbath, and now we can look back upon our experience, and to the seventh-month movement, and truly say that God was in it” (Ashfield, Mass.). Joshua Philbrick: “While my brethren were led to give up the ‘midnight cry’ in the past, . . . I felt within my soul that God would yet vindicate his holy truth, and justify the past movement. He has done it. Praise God, . . . for the third angel’s message clears up the whole matter” (Sutton, Vt.). Sarah Griggs: “O, what a halo of glory shines round these precious truths! Praise the Lord for the sounding of the third angel’s message” (Avoca, N. Y.). D. Daniels: “O, this seems like heaven! . . . I received the paper Thursday after dark, but did not read much until this morning. I can almost say, as Philip said to Nathanael, ‘We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write.’ I must believe that this message is from God” (Chicopee Falls, Mass.). Marshall Truesdell: “All difficulty has vanished respecting the requirements of the fourth commandment, . . . O ye messengers of Jesus that are proclaiming the solemn message of the third angel, be not discouraged, the Lord is on your side” (Catlin, N. Y.).