Rejoicing in the Blessed Hope
Bro. Matteson sends us the following extract from a letter from J. P. Christensen, of Montcalm Co., Mich.: I weep for joy that I have been made a partaker in the blessed hope, through the proclamation of the last message. For this hope I want to live, and to be willing to die. I rejoice that love and unity prevails among us here; and that we, as a little church, have grown in grace. Some of our neighbors come to our meetings. They say that they hunger and thirst after righteousness. I pray that they may be filled. I desire to have the mind that was in Christ, and that we all may be thus minded, willing to sacrifice all, even life, for the truth. This is the way apostles and martyrs went. I do not expect that we can be saved in any other way. My faith is increasing, and I feel strengthened to crucify the flesh, with the lusts and affections thereof. May we all grow in grace, and soon be gathered home to dwell with our blessed Saviour for ever.