Extract of Letters by Editor

Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Oct 28, 1852

Extract of Letters.

By Editor

BRO. P. GIBSON writes from London, C. W., Sept. 10th, 1852:—"I do feel thankful for the last message of mercy that has come to us. The Review and Herald came in time to save the little flock from the shepherds that scatter them. I was led to receive the message of the first angel in the fall of 1845. I then commenced to take the Voice of Truth, which gave the cry to God's people to come out of Babylon. I hesitated to come out of a society I loved so well, and had been a member of twenty-six years. They called me a Millerite and cast me out of the Methodist Church. I believed that my Saviour would come in this generation, and rejoiced to suffer a little reproach for his sake.

The paper I was taking ceased to be the voice of truth. The Harbinger was sent me, but it was not the Harbinger of Christ's coming, but of the "Age to Come." The Review and Herald with other pamphlets were sent me free.

I now rejoice in the message of the third angel as in the first. I love the Holy Sabbath, but do not have the privilege of meeting with my brethren on that day. If it would be for the glory of God, we should be glad to have some of the brethren come over and help us."

BRO. T. J. GIDDINGS writes from Nile, N. Y. Oct. 9, 1852:—"We are thankful for the Review and Herald. It is to me as food to the hungry soul. Those of my brethren whose names I gave for the paper, are well satisfied with it. It gives good satisfaction where it is read. The Lord prospers his own cause.

The subject of the coming of the Lord, I hail with more delight than all others. It gives that life to all my devotions, that I can but feel absorbed in this glorious theme.

I have been studying the scriptures for about ten years, to find out in what the saints' rest consisted, and have found that, according to the promise of New Heavens and New Earth, there were joys that the preaching that I was accustomed to, could not afford. O, that the Lord would open the eyes of my brethren, that they may see, and be willing to teach the whole truth, and prepare the way of the Lord. It is very cheering to me to hear of the prosperity of our Advent brethren."

BRO. WHEELER writes from Newport, N. H., Oct. 14th, 1852: "I attended the appointment at Portland, Me., and had a good time with the brethren there.—Baptized four. Spent last Sabbath with the brethren in Washington. The conference has proved a great blessing to the cause. There has been a rising in the church. God's blessing rests upon his people, and they are coming together, striving for the unity of the faith, and the power of the third angel's message."