Progress Amid Opposition
By William S. Ingraham
Dear Bro. White :—I have just returned from Mc. Kean Co. The work of the Lord is progressing in this Co. Since my last letter in the Review twelve precious souls have embraced the truth. I have met with much opposition of late, when cold hearted professors are tested by the searching truths of the third angel's message. Some of them [preachers not excepted] spare no pains in opposing the truth, and in stirring up the baser sort to do the same. For all these things they will have their reward. With the Apostle I can say, None of these things move me. The word of God is sweeter than honey or the honey comb; and it is sharper than a two edged sword; and by it we are able to vanquish all our foes. The promises I find recorded in the word of the Lord, have been cheering to me in time of trial. I have often thought of the words of Peter, "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of; but on your part he is glorified." I feel much of the time like a pilgrim and stranger, but my heart is fixed on the land of rest; and I hope to live to see the King in his beauty. I expect we shall be a tried people. It will be through much tribulation that we enter the kingdom; but it is beneath the dignity of a christian to try to shun the suffering part of religion. It is a faithful saying, "For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him. if we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us." 2 Tim. ii. 11, 12. I firmly believe the coming of Christ is very near perhaps much nearer than many of us are inclined to believe. Let us heed the exhortation of the Apostle: "Let us not sleep as do others." Ulysses, Pa., Feb. 13th, 1855.