Little Prairie, Wis by William Carthy

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 24, 1867

Little Prairie, Wis

By William Carthy

From Bro. Carthy.

BRO. SMITH: With your permission I will once more give my testimony in favor of the truth through the Review. It is a long time since I have written anything for its columns, but I love the glorious truths that it teaches none the less than when I first believed, for I know that our redemption is nearer now than then.

Before the enlargement of the paper I felt as though I could not allow any lines from me to crowd out any other matter, and since its enlargement it seems just as well filled with important truths, and I have felt as little inclination to write. But Bro. H. F. Phelps, in writing on “Articles Selected,” in No. 24, encouraged me to throw in my mite. I can truly say that my only source of true happiness is the gospel of Jesus Christ and the beautiful and sublime truths belonging to the remnant. I desire to be one of the faithful ones that will give heed to the counsel of the true and faithful Witness, and to all whom God may appoint to lead and instruct the people. I have no desire to know, by experience, that dark despair of mind that those have felt who thought themselves lost forever. Oh! may I ever have confidence to look up to my God in time of trouble. I want to keep near my Saviour. I am traveling through a lonely wilderness. I do not want to get out of the sound of my Shepherd's voice, nor wander from the flock. The mountains are too dark and dreary for me to find the way alone. No, I must have a guide. Jesus will lead me if I am willing. Yes, he will take me by the hand, he will support my feeble steps. He says to us, “Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” WILLIAM CARTHY.