TO THE WEARY, WORN AND TRIED:—I praise the name of the Lord that he has ever called after me.—I want to know him aright, serve him acceptably and have his law written in my heart. I do hunger and thirst after righteousness, and the Lord is not slack concerning his promise; not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. I long to be freed from this sinful world of cares, toil and sorrow, and to be forever at home with my dear Redeemer. I believe,
"It is the hour of Time's farewell,
And soon with Jesus we shall dwell;
The speeding moments hasten on,
And quickly they will all be gone."
I will mention the loving kindness of the Lord in bringing me from darkness to light, that I might keep his commandments and live. My parents observed the first day of the week as the Sabbath; but thank the Lord we lived in a neighborhood of seventh-day Sabbath-keepers. I occasionally went to hear them. I became convinced that I was not keeping the Sabbath of the Lord. I desired to be a Christian, and searched the Bible, and found that I must keep the Sabbath in order to obey God, also, that I must leave father, mother, brothers and sisters and companion, for the sake of the kingdom. O, what peace and joy it brought to my soul when I commenced to obey—peace that the world could not give. My heart was full of gratitude to God for his goodness.
It is nearly two years that I have tried to keep the Sabbath. My companion is now a believer, and we are striving to keep the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
I believe that we are now living in the day of his preparation, and I want to be meek that He will guide me in judgment, and seek righteousness and meekness so that I may be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
"O I long for that land whose blest promise alone,
Is changeless and sure as eternity's throne."