GOOD NEWS by Ellen Nelson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 20, 1879

GOOD NEWS.

By Ellen Nelson

The Swedish V. M. Society at Allen's Corner, Mo., has sent many Harolds and tracts to Europe, besides those sent to their friends in this country; and they have received many interesting letters from that far-off land. The following extracts from letters received speak for themselves.

A gentleman from Sweden writes: “I have received the Harold and tracts that you sent me, for which I feel thankful. I have lent them to others to read. I have taken them with me to our weekly prayer-meetings, and have read them there. I have been requested not to circulate them among the people; but they are obliged to acknowledge that these tracts and papers teach the truth, though it is a doctrine not known in this part of the country. I shall be glad to receive any reading matter you may send me. May it not be in vain that I receive it from the far-off country.”

Later he says: “Your letter was of much interest to me, also the blessed tracts; they preach the truth to us. I feel troubled in regard to the sleep of the dead, also about the end of the wicked. In regard to the Sabbath question, I say, Amen. I believe the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. I cannot see that it ever was changed; therefore this doctrine is sweet to me. I meet with much opposition, but the Lord's will be done. I give you the names of a few persons to whom you can send me the Harold; I send them with a beating heart, for they are noble men.”

A friend from Iowa writes, “Your paper is of much interest to me. I believe it teaches sound Bible doctrine.”

A lady in Maine says: “I believe in the soon-coming of the Lord. Once this doctrine was not so clear to me as it has been since Eld. James Sawyer was here. I am much interested in the Sabbath question, but am not as yet settled on that point. May the Lord lead me.”

May God bless the workers, and help the Swedes in this country to remember the land of their birth, and put forth earnest efforts to spread the truth among the Scandinavians.

ELLEN NELSON.

Allen's Corner, Mo.