DEAR BRO. WHITE:—By the grace of God assisting, I am still looking and striving for an “inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.” My confidence is established in God’s blessed promises. I firmly believe they will all be fulfilled. Grace will be given to sustain the humble follower of Jesus in proportion to the trials through which he is called pass; and eternal life will be the final reward of all the saints. O, praise God for the bright and blissful prospect which lies before the remnant. We are fighting for a “crown of glory that fadeth not away.” “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. But, rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings: that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
But few at present know what it is to “rejoice” in the suffering part of religion; but those who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth will have to learn this sacred lesson. O, may the Lord hasten the time when our hearts will overflow with “exceeding joy,” in view of the sufferings of the cross of Christ: and we be able to say from the heart,
For the sake of purer riches,
I'm willing to pass through
All earthly tribulation,
And count it my just due.