Sister Hutchins on the Joy of Present Truth
By Elizabeth Hutchins
Sister Elizabeth Hutchins, Sandusky Co., Ohio, writes: I love the precious cause of present truth. I love to think that Jesus soon will come to take his suffering, sorrowing ones to himself to be with him forever, free from sin, when we shall love him with undivided affections. I love to believe that the earth will soon bloom again in its first Eden state. I love to behold the works of creation and dwell upon the beauties of nature. Though the curse rests so heavily on the earth on account of sin, yet there is some beauty left to assure us what it was before the fall and to point us forward to its restoration. The Lord is good to me in not cutting me off in sin long ago when wandering far from him. He is good in showing me the light of present truth. I am thankful for the privilege of meeting with God’s people on the Sabbath, though it is often wearisome to go seven miles, after the cares and labors of the week. But oh! how pleasant and joyful will it be to meet with all the saints in the new earth! How joyful is the Christian’s hope! “There is resting by-and-by.”