DIGEST OF CORRESPONDENCE.
By Uriah Smith
Not having room for all the contributions which are offered for the REVIEW in the form in which they are sent in, we make a note of some of the more salient points in this manner. In an article headed “Brethren Wake Up,” the writer suggests that if people will come to the meeting-house to sleep, they should seek the most retired and obscure corner in which to enjoy that luxury. This is good. And there are many other respects also in which the brethren should “wake up.” Wake up to the nature and demands of the present time, the fulfillment of God’s word, the wants of the cause, our own spiritual condition, and our duty. Paul says it is high time to awake out of sleep. What can a man do when he is asleep? Another has a suggestion to make about singing, that the leader should be sure to get the right key. This suggestion is hardly necessary; for after trying the wrong key a few times, he will see it himself. Good singing is a most desirable thing in the worship of God. All should do their utmost to secure it. All the congregation should keep with the leader, and every one should take particular pains to pronounce the words so that they can be understood. Another sends an article describing how certain English philanthropists have done good deeds of charity by buying houses and fitting them up so that they would afford clean and comfortable accommodations, and then renting them at a moderate sum to the poor. He commends this course to S. D. Adventists. We hardly see an opening in this direction in our present condition. But it may be a subject worthy of consideration by some of our brethren of means, how far they can invest a portion of that in a manner to give employment to Sabbath-keepers who, by embracing the truth, are thrown out of good situations and need assistance.