DEAR BROTHER:—Nothing rejoices me so much as to hear from the "little flock" scattered abroad; to hear of their joys, their sorrows, their happy deliverance, and the advancement they are making in the cause of Christ. Brethren, press on. Soon you will lay off your armor and receive the laurels from your Captain, in honor of the victories won, and the achievements you have made in the battles of the Lord. Be on the alert, let not the enemy take the advantage, waive every argument that is not according to the statute book, the Bible. Errors of the grossest kind will gradually creep in and sap the foundation, if it were possible, of our holy religion, and the mystery has already begun to work. Beware. "He that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
I am doing what I can to convince professors of religion of the truths of the Bible; but I meet with many objections; viz., "that these cardinal positions have for the last fourteen years been as familiar as my right hand; they are stale and worn thread-bare, and exploded; and I have scattered the whole organization, to the satisfaction of many of its votaries, to the winds, so as to prostrate it, as never to revive again, and have come to the conclusion that it is a cardinal and destructive error."
It is no wonder that the truth does not spread more rapidly, when ministers make such assertions as the above. May the Lord pity them and bring them to the light!
Yours in Christian bonds. E. O. MEACHAM. Carroll Co., Ill., Aug. 6th, 1855.