p. 62 | A Letter from Chicago by Anna M. Hansen

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 18, 1875

A Letter from Chicago.

By Anna M. Hansen

[Translated from the Danish for the REVIEW.]

Dear Bro. Matteson:—It is now more than three years since you first preached to us in this city. You presented the last message of mercy; and after nearly four months of wearing labor, you asked for your pay, that is, believing souls as the fruit of your toil. I commenced to love the law of God, and, with others, to walk in the footsteps of Christ. I felt that I had no strength to praise God for the light I had received; yet I promised to do so as soon as I received more strength. Now the voice of the Spirit says, Pay thy vows to the Most High; for soon you must die. And who shall give thanks in the grave?

I am still sick abed every day, but God is very good to me. I believe he will yet add a few days to my life, for which I am thankful. I have many sharp corners that must be ground off. I am lacking in many respects, and must often cry with tears: Lord, is it possible that thou canst accept of me, and make me a bright jewel in the crown of my Saviour?

I will strive hard, as long as I live, to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. I have many enemies to overcome; but I trust that I shall at last obtain the victory. I long, and wait for my Saviour, and I want to humble myself before my Heavenly Father while he is so good, and Jesus still pleads as a high priest in the Heavenly sanctuary, that he in mercy may forgive all my ingratitude.

I have many things on my mind which I desire to speak of, but my strength will not suffice. I am now busy writing letters to my friends in Norway, and sending them the Advent Tidende. It is my greatest desire that this truth may spread, and shine as a light in a dark place, and that we all may honor the doctrine of our blessed Saviour.

Farewell. Pray for me, that I may be faithful unto the end.

Anna M. Hansen.

Feb. 5, 1875.