Letter from Iowa by E. M. Pierce

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 25, 1873

Letter from Iowa.

By E. M. Pierce

Dear Review: I wrote you once before from Omro, Wisconsin, saying I was not then a subscriber for the Review. Now, I take pleasure in sending the subscription for six months. Its teachings are dearer to me than victuals, drink, or raiment, and I would much rather be stinted in the necessities of life than do without it.

Since I wrote before, we have emigrated to this country, and I don’t know that there are any S. D. Adventists near here. I should be glad to know of it, if there are any. There is a church of first-day Adventists at the village of Clear Lake.

I desire to share the inheritance of the righteous, and believe that I may, if I strive as earnestly as I should. I fully realize the dangers which beset one who has started upon the pilgrimage for the celestial city. It seems as if Satan has guarded the

whole pathway with snares of every description.

I desire an interest in the prayers of all, that I may meet you all at the “heavenly meeting,” especially those whose writings have been instrumental in teaching me the way of truth. How much I would like to know them personally. Excuse this rambling note. It seems pleasant to think that it will meet the eye of one of like “precious faith.” I have not seen one for months with whom to exchange thoughts, but hope that the time is not far distant when some of our ministers will find their way here.

E. M. Pierce.

Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa,