TESTIMONIAL by C. W. S.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 14, 1876

TESTIMONIAL

By C. W. S.

GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Please accept a copy of resolutions granted Bro. Jos. Clarke at a business meeting of S. D. Adventists at Bowling Green, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1876.

Resolved, That the church of Bowling Green extend their Christian sympathy to Bro. J. Clarke and wife in their mission to the freed-men of Texas, praying God’s blessing and sustaining grace to attend them in their labor of self-denial and Christian philanthropy.

H. A. ST. JOHN, Chairman.

J. B. CRAW, Clerk.

NOTE.—It is with much pleasure that we publish the above token of the esteem in which our worthy brother and sister, Joseph Clarke and wife, are held by the members of their church. The readers of the REVIEW have long been acquainted with Bro. Clark through his writings; and now they will be pleased to learn that he is going to Texas, with his wife, on a mission to the freed-men.

They go by permission of the General Conference; they bear their own expenses and give their time and labor. Here is an example of the true, missionary spirit. Let it stir up to diligence our missionary forces who can labor nearer home and with comparatively little sacrifice. Let it sink into the hearts and pockets of those who have means—means which God has given them to hold in trust for the advancement of his cause, the salvation of souls.

May Bro. and Sr. Clarke go out feeling that the prayers of God’s people will follow them; and, when their labors are finished, may they be able to present an account with as glorious a balance as that of St. Paul’s, noticed in the last REVIEW.

C. W. S.