DEAR BRO. WHITE:—More than a year has passed since we have met with the saints in meeting, yet we have not forgotten altogether those who are struggling to overcome and keep the commandments of God, while I read the trials of others, while struggling here I can in some measure sympathize with them. Oh! if it was not for hope the heart would break. I hope for better times. When I look at the troubles and trials we have to pass through, I am almost ready to sink; but when I look into the Bible and see what God has promised to them that hold out to the end, and then see what Jesus has suffered for us I can exclaim, Lord help me to bear with patience, and live a meek and humble follower of Jesus.
I have been in the Advent, or in other words a firm believer in the Advent, since 1843, and some six or seven years I have been a believer in the Sabbath of the Bible; and the more I study and peruse the Word, the more I am convinced of its sacred truths.
Brethren I want to look forward and not back. When I look back, all is darkness; but when I look forward sometimes it seems as though I could see all the way through into the city. Brethren we have nothing to fear, if we live as we should, and keep the commandments of God, although the nations are getting angry, sword, famine and pestilence are in the land, and men's hearts are failing them for fear and for looking after those things that are coming on the Earth.
See the promises to the remnant by the mouth of David. Ps. xci. Here God promises to protect them in the time of trouble.
My determination is to press on, God being my helper.