Grateful Acknowledgment.
By John Nevins Andrews
The Review has come to hand, containing remarks from Bro. White relative to the work in Europe, and especially giving encouragement that Bro. D. T. Bourdeau will be sent hither. I am most grateful for these encouraging words. I am certain that the Lord is here in the Old World. It is not because the path is smooth, nor because the work is easy; but it is that I feel the burden heavy upon my soul, and that God is giving me testimony to bear that has some power to break through the darkness. The coming of Bro. Bourdeau will be the coming of Titus. This is a cheering prospect to me. For the most part we shall labor, no doubt, in separate fields, and perhaps quite remote from each other, but we shall be within supporting distance, and with God's blessing may render much help to each other. Most sincerely do I thank Bro. White for the intimation that after a little he may come also. May he find a good work in France, Switzerland, and Germany, yes, and in other countries of Europe also. I cannot promise that this will be the case, but I do say from my heart that we will spare no effort to have it thus. And may a prosperous journey, by the will of God, be granted to him and to sister W. to come unto us. My heart is more encouraged with respect to the prosperity of the work here than at any former time. God is certainly coming near to us for our deliverance. His arm is mighty to help and to save. There is but one thing that I desire upon earth: it is to witness the salvation of many souls, and to share in that salvation myself. If I have sought earthly good in time past, I seek it no longer. May I from this time live alone for Him who died for me. La Coudre, Neuchatel, Nov. 14.