ITEMS OF GOOD CHEER by Mrs. Wm. H. Brown

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 24, 1878

ITEMS OF GOOD CHEER.

By Mrs. Wm. H. Brown

We would render unto the Lord thanksgiving and praise, that we can bear some humble part in the closing work of the third angel’s message. “’Tis sweet to work for Jesus;” and the more we engage in this kind of work because we love it, and because we desire to see souls saved in the kingdom of God, the greater blessings shall we receive. The following extracts from letters received by our society have encouraged our hearts, and perhaps they will prove interesting to others.

One who has been low in the degradation of sin, but who is now striving to live the life of a Christian, says:—

“Yesterday I received some reading matter for which I thank you. You are doing a grand and noble work, and God will reward you. Send me all the reading matter you choose. I love to read of God, and to know of his people. I let my friends have all the papers to read, when I get through with them. Let me understand the doctrines you hold.”

A later letter says:—

“I am still receiving the SIGNS, and the more I read the paper the better I like it. One lady now living in Missouri, who formerly lived here, and to whom I lent the SIGNS, feels anxious to read it still further. I will send you her address if you like. I feel too selfish to give my papers away, as I wish to re-read them.”

One in North Carolina writes:—

“I am yet receiving and reading some of the Adventist papers and tracts; and I fully agree with you on some points of doctrine, while there are some that I have not fully decided upon. I will send you a donation for the paper soon.”

Another residing in the same place says: “I have perused the reading matter

you sent me, and am pleased with the most of it.”

Both of these persons have sent us several addresses, thus showing they have an interest in that direction.

A lonely Sabbath-keeper writes as follows:—

“When I see the precious cause advancing so rapidly, influential men being raised up at places so distant from each other, I can say with you, This is the Lord’s work, and it will triumph. I am thankful that one so unworthy as I has been permitted to see these truths, and to bear some humble part in the work of spreading them.”

A physician in Georgia, who is also a Methodist minister, says:—

“I thank you for the SIGNS OF THE TIMES and the tracts. I have read several excellent things in the SIGNS. The paper speaks God’s truth boldly, and in a style I cannot find elsewhere; so does the little tract, Without Excuse, which I have just finished reading, and inclosed in a letter to a friend in North Carolina. I sent to Battle Creek and procured several tracts on the coming of the Lord, and have distributed them, also the SIGNS; so you see I am not only reading myself, but am scattering the leaves from the tree of life. I believe God is placing them in my hands, and I propose to work faithfully with them. Shall be happy to receive all your Christian kindness may prompt you to send me.”

Mrs. Wm. H. Brown.

Adams Center, N. Y.