Trials and Hope in Jackson
By J. Whitmore
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—The church in Jackson, Mich., are in union with one another, striving to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. We have some very good meetings. We have had many trials and afflictions of late to pass through. God has seen fit, in his providence, to take from us our beloved Bro. Bowles by death.—God, whose wisdom is past finding out, has seen fit to let him sleep awhile in the grave. I believe he will soon come forth clothed with immortality, and reign with Christ forever. He died Sept. 7th, after a short illness, of the typhus fever. I hope to meet him soon, with all the saints in the kingdom of God. I thank God for the light shining from his Word under the third angel's message. I thank God for the Sabbath, yea, and all of the commandments. We need to watch and pray much, and trust in God lest we fall into the hands of the Enemy, who is trying to destroy the children of God. Jesus tells us if ye will live godly in Christ Jesus ye shall suffer persecution, and a man's foes shall be they of his own household. I am the only one of our family who keeps the Sabbath. We who keep the commandments are looked upon, by some, as the offscouring of the earth, and they think that we ought to be banished to some uninhabited part of the world. Well, praise the Lord, we expect to be separated from them soon, where we shall never trouble them more. In hope,
J. WHITMORE.
Jackson, Mich., Sept. 1853.