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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 15, 1871

HARRIET HICKS

By Harriet Hicks

From Sister Hicks.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I want to say a few words to you once more. I have been reading our good paper, which privilege has been denied me for several months until lately, and I have been strengthened and encouraged to strive with greater diligence to make sure work for the kingdom. How half-hearted I have been in this cause! How little have I realized the importance of an entire consecration to God! I feel I have not done half I might have done, but have neglected opportunities that will never present themselves again. May my Father in Heaven help me in the future to do and be more like the divine pattern he has given us.

I have been thinking of the sacrifices the tried servants in this cause have made; how they have given up home and home comforts for the truth, the society of their children, and all that we hold most dear, to give the last solemn message to this perishing world; how they have worn out their lives in preaching the truth all over the land; while I, who have also been looking for and thinking that I loved the appearing of Jesus, have done nothing. The Master has said, Go work in my vineyard. Shall we, who do not work, receive wages? No; we will be called unprofitable servants. Dear friends, let us all strive to be up and doing, while the day lasts, for the night cometh in which no man can work.

Yours, intending to be more faithful,

HARRIET HICKS

Howard Co., Kansas.