Prayer Amid Persecution
By M. M. Elmendorph
Bro. Smith :—Living as I do, surrounded by those that profess godliness, whose scoffs and sneers I have to bear as well as from those that do not profess it, only adds faith to faith that the Lord is coming. Yet I want a disposition to pray in the hour of temptation for those that persecute and seek to destroy my faith and hope, that I may overcome evil with good. Though dark is my pathway here. I am looking forward for that eternal world of glory where all will be peace and union. I confess that I have made crooked paths, yet I still feel sure that through the grace that is in Christ Jesus I can overcome all my faults. O that at his coming I may have my lamp trimmed and burning, my garments spotless and pure. Since I heard Bro. Frisbie preached in Wright last Aug. I have been encouraged to go on, amid the storms of life, knowing the prize is at the end of the race, and is gained by the faithful. Brethren and sisters, aid me by your prayers, that my faith fail not in trying hours, and that I may at last meet all the blood washed throng on mount Zion. Your unworthy sister, M. M. Elmendorph. Georgetown, Mich. Sept. 1858.