DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS:—Not having the privilege often to meet with those who, it is evident are the Salt of the earth, I write a few lines to the readers of the Review.
Brethren, can we for a moment doubt that we are living in the time alluded to by our Saviour when he said, "Behold I come quickly; and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be." Do we not see in every thing around us a fulfillment of prophecy? So plain it is, that I hardly know how any one can fail to see.
Do we not see that the multitude have willingly closed their eyes against the light? choosing darkness rather than light, their hearts have become hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, and the love of the world; and the praise of men, is, by most who profess godliness, better than the honor that comes from God only. Oh, in what an awful state is the world now standing! How unprepared for the time of reckoning which is near!
I feel truly thankful that ever my eyes were opened to see, and my heart to receive, the truth; and it is my desire to be sanctified through it. I feel assured that if I am one of the scattered remnant, I have the prayers of those who move the arm of God. He who once said, "Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom," is for us, and who shall be against us.