Faithfulness Through Great Tribulation
By Lydia M. Locke
Dear Bro. White:—I praise God for the privilege I enjoy of hearing from the little remnant that are endeavoring to do the will of God. My dear friends, let us prove faithful, relying with unshaken confidence upon the promises of God, for they are sure; and though we have to pass through severe trials, we have the promise that his grace shall be sufficient, and let us remember that the great multitude which John saw, [Rev. vii.] which no man could number, were those that came out of great tribulation, having their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. I rejoice that the eyes of my understanding have been opened to see the precious truths of God's word, and that he has given me a heart to obey. We shall reap in due season if we faint not. Let us watch therefore, and pray always that we may be accounted worthy to escape all the things that are coming on the earth, and to stand before the Son of man. Your unworthy sister,
Lydia M. Locke.
Salem, Ind., Aug, 7th, 1854.