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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 13, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 11.

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Encouraging Words.

By Eliza H. Morton

The V. M. society at Allen's Corner, Me., still receives words of cheer. The Signs of the Times, as it goes forth weekly, laden with truth and accompanied with prayer, is opening fields of labor for living messengers. Minds are investigating, and hearts are being melted to tenderness.
Soon, very soon, the last paper will be printed, folded, and sent forth; the last V. M. meeting will be held, the last letter written, the last prayer offered, and the last sacrifice made. Do we realize this?
Soon, very soon, the golden sheaves will be garnered, the glistening crowns distributed, and the weary laborers find rest. Do we realize this?
O sisters, toil on, faint not. The journey is not long. The reward is sure. The King's word stands steadfast.
The following extracts from letters received show the power of the truth and the workings of the Spirit of God upon the hearts of men.
A lady in Maine writes: “We cannot thank you enough for showing us the truth. We can take one of the papers you send us and our Bible, and learn glorious things. We are looked down upon because we keep the Sabbath, but we are striving for something brighter than the smiles of the people.”
Another lady writes: “The papers you have been sending I prize very highly. I desire more reading matter of the same character.”
A gentleman writes: “I have read the Signs of the Times with much satisfaction. It instructs and elevates the mind of man and imparts unto him divine wisdom. It is a sunbeam that cometh from the throne of imperishable truth. I shall accept the reading matter you send, as coming from God. Peradventure, God may bless the seed, and harvest the fruit thereof into the glorious rest eternal.”
Although these words come from the pens of strangers, yet they touch tender chords, and awaken the sympathies of the heart. We feel for the writers, we pray for them, and God grant that we may one day meet them where we shall “know as we are known.”
Eliza H. Morton.
Allen's Corner, Me.