Extracts From Our Correspondence
WE are deeply touched in reading the letters which come to this office since our removal to Washington, and feel that it would be of interest to our readers generally to understand how the change is regarded by the people in the field. The following paragraphs from letters received will indicate the sentiment expressed by many others: “I have been watching the movements of the committee in moving to Washington, D. C., with great interest. I wish to say to you all that I believe it is what the Lord has wanted his people to do for more than twenty years. We are at least that much behind, brethren. I am almost through with this present life,—I am in my eighty-fourth year,—but I glory in my God that his people have started on the right track. If they will follow to do all God tells them, they will soon have a hundredfold greater outpouring of the Holy Ghost than in the beginning. God has wonderful things in his storehouse for us, if we take him at his word. I bid you, Go forward. Christ is coming in this generation. May his people send their treasures to glory beforehand. I felt as though I ought to let you know that I was pleased with your action, in harmony with the Lord's will. I am willing to drop asleep in Christ now any day when he sees best.” “I am heartily in sympathy with the move you have made, because I believe it is the mind of the Lord, and I write to advise you of my sympathy and hearty co-operation in your efforts to advance the cause. Will be glad to assist in any way possible.” “My beloved brethren in Christ, Greeting. I can not help but express my satisfaction and gratitude to God in helping his cause and his people in such a wonderful manner, in leading them out of Battle Creek to the place appointed by himself. I had been watching with intense interest for weeks the outcome of this move. And not only that, I have been praying all the time that God's special guidance might be manifested in your efforts to carry out his instructions. I remember you, my dear brethren, daily on my knees, that God may give you abundant wisdom, especially in this time when it is much needed.”