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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 17, 1856

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 7, No. 16.

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Bro. Geo. Smith writes from Norwalk, Ohio, Jan. 6th, 1856:—"I welcome the paper with joy, and hope it will continue to come weekly, and I hope that it may be sustained; for I feel truly that we need a weekly paper in these evil days, and that it may ever come to us richly laden with meat in due season. Dear brother, I have started anew in the cause of the Lord. The Lord has been with us of late in bringing the church together in holy union; and while we confessed our faults one to another, the Holy Spirit came upon us and we were made to rejoice in the goodness of God. O how kind our heavenly Father is to us notwithstanding we are so apt to go in by and forbidden paths. Truly the Lord is gracious, and full of compassion.
"Dear brethren and sisters, let us strive to serve the Lord, in spirit and in truth, having our treasure in heaven, (for where our treasure is, there will our hearts be also,) that we may not be deceived by the deceitfulness of this world. Let us be living epistles, living sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, that we may do good while we have time and opportunity. O the rich reward which the Lord has promised us if we deny ourselves here. Time is short, and the Lord will soon come, and if we truly believe that the Lord is soon coming, we will be willing to sacrifice to the cause of God.
"Let us take heed to the exhortation given us through the gifts of the church. I feel to praise God to-day for what I feel and see. The Lord is reviving his dear children here, and we soon shall see of the salvation of the Lord: truth will triumph. I can say with David, 'Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; let the fields be joyful, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.' Psa. xcvi, 11-13. All the commandments are righteousness and truth."
Bro. Edward Andrews writes from Wawkon, Allamakee Co., Iowa:—"We have been in our new home, west of the Mississippi about twenty miles, five weeks, but have not as yet received the least intelligence from any of the little flock that are waiting for our blessed King to come in his glory; nor have we as yet found any who seem to understand the reasons of our hope; yet some do see in some measure the evidence that sustains the Sabbath of the Lord, and none have offered the least opposition to us for keeping it. We had hoped ere this to have received the first No. of the Review and Herald from its new location. We can now better appreciate the worth of this messenger of truth, than we could when we received its regular visits; but we expect it will soon greet us again, and that its warming and refreshing influence will be like that of the returning sun after a long absence through a season of dark and stormy weather.
"I see very clearly that this must be a season of extra expense with those that have to meet the bills that occurred in the removal of the press, &c., and I do most sincerely hope that the brethren and the friends of the cause through the entire field will think of this and promptly send the needed means. If each will send a little, the cause will be free from embarrassment and none be burdened; but if this be neglected those who labor and toil to send us the paper and to defend the cause of truth, must be borne down by embarrassment; but I hope and trust this will not be so.
"We have found a friendly and intelligent class of people here, mostly from New England, and quite a number from Maine. I can but believe that some of them will yet hopefully and joyfully wait for the coming of the Lord."
Bro. P. Folsom writes from Boston, Mass.—"I am very thankful to hear that the cause is rising in the West. I am in hopes nothing will rise in the way to stop the advancement of the Third Angel's Message. It is certainly very cheering to hear that the work of the Lord is moving forward.
"The meetings in Boston are certainly rising. They are very good. The Lord meets with us. I feel no disposition to leave the Advent ship but rather keep on board until the captain shall discharge us from duty. May the Lord, keep the remnant in this day of trial."