A Great Blessing by C. A. Mitchell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 31, 1871

A Great Blessing.

By C. A. Mitchell

I HAVE been so often cheered by reading the straight testimonies, given in our good paper, that I wish to express my gratitude to God, through its columns, for this one great blessing.

It has not been quite a year since I fully embraced the faith of the S. D. Advent people. I attended the camp-meeting at Marion, Iowa, last May. It was not without a great deal of prejudice that I went there; but I was determined to see and hear for myself those whom I had so often heard spoken against, and I thank God that my doubts were swept away, and in their place, the bright truths of the third angel’s message have full possession. I want to be a humble, devoted child of God, that I may help to bear the burdens of those who have borne the burdens and heat of the day.

I praise God for the blessed privilege he has given me, of meeting from Sabbath to Sabbath with a goodly number of S. D. Adventists who are striving to overcome, and prepare for the things that are coming on the earth. Although the church here has had trials which have had a tendency to kill the interest in the present truth, I am satisfied they are coming off more than conquerors.

C. A. MITCHELL.

La Porte City, Iowa, Jan. 20, 1871.