A Call for Missionaries in Nebraska
By Hannah Clough
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I feel a desire in my heart to communicate a few thoughts to you through the REVIEW. And first I would express my gratitude to God for his watchful care over me. I can truly say that I have found him to be an ever-present help in all my trials and bereavements. I have been called to lay away in the grave the last of my six children. But the Lord is good, and doeth all things well. I will still trust in his name. His promises are all yea and amen. I am far away from those of like precious faith, yet I will not murmur nor complain, much as I long for the society of the saints. I am still hoping that the Lord will send us some good missionaries that will present the third angel’s message to the people of Nebraska. The State is filling up fast, with an intelligent emigration from the East; also, from Europe and the Canadas. Surely it cannot be that this State will be passed by without hearing the last solemn warning. I see by the REVIEW that there are Sabbath-keepers in Burt County, but I have not as yet seen one since I came to the place. There has been quite an interest among some, to read our tracts, and some there are that oppose, mostly professors. What we need is, the living preacher, one that is willing to forego many of the comforts and conveniences of this life, for the sake of a harvest of souls. I am looking to the Lord for help. I request also an interest in your prayers, that the Lord would in his own good time qualify and send us out those that would be willing to suffer the hardships incident to a new country, without flinching, expecting their reward when the Saviour comes. Pray for me, also, that I may be kept by the grace of God, that I may not be a stumbling-block to others, but that by a well-ordered life and a godly conversation, I may commend the truth to others, and be saved by it myself, and finally, that we may meet on Mount Zion no more to part. Yours in hope. HANNAH CLOUGH.
Washington Co., Neb.