Courage and Faith in the Message
By Elbridge M. Adams
I AM sure we do not appreciate, for we do not realize, the care the good Lord has over us every day in sparing us from dangers seen and unseen. We are freshly reminded of this by the sudden death of William Crozier, the editor of the Daily Bulletin of Manila. He died of bubonic plague. It is said that he was bitten by a flea from a dead rat that he found in his desk. We celebrated our regular quarterly meeting rites last Sabbath in Manila. About one hundred were present. The Lord blessed, and all seemed to take a lively interest. Next Sabbath we will hold these services with two other companies, and the following Sabbath with a new company that have been keeping the Sabbath for some time but have not yet united with the church. We have had some very testing experiences here, but God has helped us in all these, for which we are very thankful. It has been my privilege and great joy to be instrumental in helping a young man (an American teacher) to take a full stand for the Sabbath. He has been in the islands for about one year, and has had a conviction for some time that he ought to keep the Sabbath. In fact, as his late employment required him to work only half a day on the Sabbath, he tried to keep the other half. But now, though he has lost his position and has had to refuse another good one because of the Sabbath, he is happy in the Lord and trusting that some way will open for him. A very interesting phase in connection with this experience is that other prominent Americans here are having their attention called to the truth. One man whom we have been interested in for some time, but to whom we have not had opportunity to speak of our faith, has become so stirred as to indicate his desire to see me and have an explanation of the Sabbath. Pray for us, that we may have the needed grace to present aright the blessed truth which has given us so much comfort and hope. Our courage is good, and we look forward to the speedy finishing of the great work.