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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 6, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 46.

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"Sixteenth of Exodus."

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EDITOR SIGNS OF THE TIMES: I wish to express my sympathy with those who have "gone up into the gaps," to make up the "hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord." I have a deep interest in the work, and am thankful to God for the watchmen that give the trumpet a certain sound. The assertion of Mr. Woodward that Seventh-day Sabbath teachers pass by Ex. 16 in silence unless compelled to notice it, called to mind an article published in the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald of Sept. 19, 1854, p. 45, under the above heading. I thought of proposing it for re-publication, when I began this writing, but on reflection I doubt it being of sufficient value to occupy the space in the SIGNS. Therefore I send this as a congratulatory word to one with whom I have been associated so long in the work of publishing the truth for the times. As I look over past volumes of the Review and Herald, it is a solemn thought that three out of five of the "corresponding editors" have fallen; but it is a consolation that they have fallen at their posts, and rest under the blessing of the Lord. Should you and I fall, may this be our lot. I have often thanked God for the labors of those who have laid off the armor; and I thank him that one is still left to press the battle to the gate. May God give you wisdom to do it in a manner acceptable to him.
In love, yours, R. F. COTTRELL.
WE are always pleased to receive a word from Bro. Cottrell. In regard to Ex. 16, no one can accuse us of trying to evade it unless he is ignorant of our writings, or willing to misrepresent us. We believe Mr. Woodward is both! When the Methodists of the Pacific Coast will come forward and try to make a defense of Armstrong's misrepresentations of Ex. 16, it will be time enough for them to boast. We have twice published our exposure of him, and expect to do so again. On which side is the evasion? The people may judge.