DEAR BRO. WHITE: The Review and Herald to me and my family is a welcome visitor. On the reception of each number, I have a feast of fat things. The letters from the brethren and sisters, to me are full of interest. I like to hear from those of like precious faith. It is encouraging to me to know that others are willing to suffer reproach and persecution, for the sake of the truth, and a good conscience.
But trials and afflictions are the lot of the people of God, and those that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. The finger of scorn will be pointed at all those who believe and practice the truths of God's Holy Word, instead of the commandments of men. It is painful to think of the deep-rooted prejudice there is against the Sabbath of the Bible.—The greater part of those who profess to be Christians have rejected the commandments of God that they may keep their own traditions. Yet when the Son of man cometh he will find faith on the earth. He will find a remnant of the house of Israel, the true church of Christ, who will be keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus; who will be walking in all the laws and ordinances of the house of God blameless.
It is to be feared that the great mass of professors of religion will reject the counsel of God against themselves, and depart farther and farther from the faith of the gospel, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and will at last drown themselves in destruction and perdition. Verily, strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life and few there be that find it. We are living in an awfully solemn period of time, when the servants of God are being sealed, and those who reject the present, saving truth do it to their everlasting destruction.