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An Eighty-Five-Year-Old Reader’s Testimony

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 5, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 27.

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An Eighty-Five-Year-Old Reader’s Testimony

A BROTHER who entered on his eighty-fifth year last April, recently sent a donation for the advancement of the work, and accompanied it with a letter which we think will be of interest to our readers. We quote a portion as follows:—
I am all alone, not one of like faith to have a word with, therefore I am truly thankful for the REVIEW AND HERALD, which comes to me every Tuesday. I do love it and all its contributors; indeed, I can do little else till I have finished reading it. Though alone, I thank my Heavenly Father for the cheering reports, the grand articles, and the glad news of the opening and entering in of so many doors amid the dense ignorance and increasing wickedness of a world so near its end. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end of the age. The signs are manifest. The scoffers are numerous. The higher critics are rampant with infidelity. The divinity of our Lord is scouted. Error stalks abroad on every hand. Spiritism, or what leads to it, is given forth in many pulpits. Truly the generation now living is witness, and will not pass away till all things be accomplished.
I have just been looking into the Testimonies again, and I praise God for the light and the loving instruction so much needed to guide our dear brethren and enable them to work in harmony with the Great Workman who is giving unmistakable evidence that the end is fast approaching. Dear Sister White was afraid, at the beginning, that she might feel exalted, but I am rejoiced to see that in giving the messages received, grace has been given her all along to show a spirit of Christlike humility and faithfulness. I am satisfied that Satan has been working hard to get some to say that all was not genuine, and I am convinced that all will yet be satisfied that the messages have been faithfully delivered without any coloring by his servant.
The condition of things in the world is well set forth in a few words in this letter, and the sentiment expressed concerning the Testimonies will meet with the approval of many readers.