Consecration and Holiness
By L. R. Chapel
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—The Lord has been at work for us of late in bringing us to see the necessity of an entire consecration to God, and to strive for more holiness of heart, and to see the straitness of the way as we never before have seen it. O how good the Lord is to correct us of our errors and faults, that we may be purified by confessing and forsaking them, and be fitted for the kingdom. We have had some trials, but the Lord has, in a great measure, worked a deliverance for us. We had one of the most heart-searching, melting meetings last Sabbath, I think, that I ever attended in Caughdenoy. It seemed very discouraging in the morning, but the Lord worked beyond any of our expectations, and I hope that the resolutions made there, to be for God, will never be forgotten by any of us. I fully believe the Lord is begetting in his children more of a cry for holiness of heart, and entire submission to the will of God.—I can say never did the word appear so plain, and the commandments so pure and holy as they do at the present time. I can say as did the Psalmist: O how love I thy law; it is my meditation day and night. I rejoice in the law of God, knowing that it is a perfect law of liberty, and is able to convert the soul, and I mean to be a doer of the word, as well as a hearer. I mean to strive to overcome by the word of my testimony, through the blood of the Lamb. I feel daily the necessity of having my mind continually on the Lord, and occupied with things about the kingdom, in order to overcome the influence of wicked spirits I have to meet with in this dark world. Your brother in Christ, L. R. CHAPEL. Caughdenoy, N. Y., Nov. 21st, 1853.