COMMUNICATIONS by Dexter Daniels

Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Jun 13, 1854

COMMUNICATIONS.

By Dexter Daniels

From Bro. Daniels.

DEAR BRO. WHITE:—I rejoice in the weekly return of the holy Sabbath. I can say that it is a delight unto me. It is the holy of the Lord, honorable. Last Sabbath I was with the saints in Brookfield. They seem to be growing in grace and are keeping the Sabbath of the Lord. Sabbath before last, I was at Berlin, at the Conference. Had a good meeting. Some from Springfield were present. Bro. Bates preached to us Sabbath and First-day. Second-day, the subject of gospel order was brought up. All seemed to be united in it. May God be with them at all times by his holy Spirit, to guide and direct them in the way of their duty; and I hope and pray that God will raise up good and holy men, to take the oversight of his flock. Yes, God will do it, then the true church will prosper and be in a healthy state, God's holy name will be honored, and the truth will triumph.

I long for the kingdom to come, when all shall be holy and pure. What a healthy clime that will be. Thy sun shall not go down neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. O, how blessed!

But some there are at the present time who are teaching their hearers that God's holy law was nailed to the cross. They think that the judgment is coming this year, and at the same time they do not believe that God has any law to judge this world by!! A judgment without a law! But the great Apostle says, He that sins in the law, shall be judged by the law; and James says, If we keep the whole law, [i.e. profess to keep it] and yet offend in one point we are guilty of all. Then if we keep the other nine commandments, and yet fail in the fourth, what will it profit us? we are sinners, and we must perish; for sin is the transgression of the law, and the wages of sin is death.

DEXTER DANIELS. Sandisfield, Mass., May 27th, 1854.