Hope in Christ’s Soon Coming
By L. Lathrop
DEAR BRO. WHITE :—I am still trying to keep all the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus. The Review is a welcome messenger to me. Each number comes laden with good news of the onward progress of the cause, and of the bright hopes of the remnant. My heart is cheered when I hear through it from all parts of the field, of the many that are brought to see the truth of the third angel's message. I am glad that the eyes of my understanding have been opened to see the truths of God's word. I feel to rejoice in the blessed hope of the soon coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and of being made like him, and of reigning with him evermore. I can see the signs fast fulfilling that precede the Second Advent; the people are waxing worse and worse, men's hearts are failing them for fear of those things that are coming on the earth. I believe that the number of God's people will soon be complete, and sealed with the seal of the living God. By the grace of God I mean to be one of the number. My daily prayer to God is that I may be purified and made white, and that I may through the merits of Jesus finally overcome all things, and have right to the tree of life and enter in through the gates into the City. My love to all the brethren and sisters in the present truth. Yours in the hope of a blessed immortality.
L. LATHROP.