Awakened to the Advent Faith
By Charlotte Gazin
BRO. SMITH: About the middle of January last, Brn. Wheeler and Edson came to our place and gave six lectures. We made up our minds to keep the Sabbath of the Lord, and felt somewhat interested in the Advent faith. They left us some publications which we read and compared with the Bible, and by the grace of God we are now able to rejoice that our eyes are open to see where we are. When the truth of the Advent faith began to take hold on my mind, O what new beauties did the plan of salvation present to my view! Even nature itself wore a lovelier garb. Though I had been a professor of religion about six years, I now felt I had need to apply the message to the Laodiceans to myself. I feel truly thankful to God that he ever sent those dear brethren this way. I believe that they will receive a rich reward in the coming day. They did faithfully warn the people in this place to flee from the wrath to come. I feel that we have great need of patience, and watchfulness and prayer. I want to be fully resigned to the will of God, and so to live that we may be able to escape the things that are coming on the earth. Though we have not the privilege of meeting with those of like faith to worship God, and sometimes feel very lonely here, and have our names cast out as evil, yet I feel fully determined to go on to perfection. Brethren and sisters, pray for us that we may be of the number of the saved. Your sister in hope of life. CHARLOTTE GAZIN. Indian River, N. Y. May 6th, 1858.