AN EXHORTATION TO THE BRETHREN IN MISSOURI.
By A Brother in Missouri
BRETHREN, are we looking for our absent Lord’s return? If we are, how earnestly, with how much faith, are we looking? Those who are hoarding up treasures for their children and grandchildren seem to be exercising about the same kind of faith in the coming of Christ as the woman exercised, who prayed that the mountain might be removed from in front of her house. Said she, “When I had finished praying, I opened my eyes, and there stood the mountain, just as I expected.” Souls are perishing all around us for the want of the truth. The Lord has claims upon us and our property. We pay our s. B.; but if we are looking for Christ’s coming in this generation, we ought to do all in our power to gather in the sheaves. Suppose we look around us this spring and see if there is not some sacrifice that we can make, something that we can sell, that we may furnish means for sending preachers to places in our State where they have never heard a sermon upon present truth. Now, how many will join me in this good enterprise? and remember we want it to be a sacrifice or something saved by economy, no matter how small the sum or how large. I have tried it, and my return is over a dozen good families investigating the truth, some if not all of whom will soon become Sabbath-keepers. I, for one, will continue to work. If we are truly looking for the Lord, let us show our faith by our works. You say there are no preachers. Brethren, one reason why this seems so is this: Our preachers are generally poor, and get little or no pay. They cannot leave home to preach, as they would be glad to do. Let us try it, and we shall find plenty to preach if we will furnish them the means to live. “The Lord hath ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.” 1 Cor. 9:14. Who will respond? From a lover of the truth, looking for Christ. A BROTHER IN MISSOURI.