Encouragement in the Christian Warfare
By Delilah C. Elmer
DEAR BRO. WHITE :—For more than a year I have been trying to keep all of the commandments of God, and I praise the Lord for the light that is constantly shining upon my pathway. I have no wish to trample on any part of God's holy law. I feel like putting my whole trust in the Lord, and pressing my way onward until I see the end of the Christian's race. Who is there that is watching the signs of the times, who cannot lift up his head and rejoice, knowing that his redemption draweth nigh? I am not free from trials, yet I am happy. Let us be encouraged; for our warfare will soon be ended, and our victory won. I believe the time of trouble, spoken of in Dan. xii, is just before us; and we shall have to put on the whole armor of God in order to stand. I feel that there is nothing too dear for me to sacrifice for Christ and his cause. I desire to be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass. Yours, believing that the remnant who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus, will soon be at home. DELILAH C. ELMER. Ashfield, Mass., Aug. 13th, 1854.