DEAR BRO. WHITE:—I am satisfied it is my duty to commence obedience to the command of the Lord by St. Paul, as recorded in 1 Cor. xvi, 2. I send two dollars for the Review to be sent to the poor. Dear Bro. my heart still beats in unison with yours in the work in which you have been engaged for more than twelve years, viz., in publishing to the world the message of Rev. xiv, 6-12 inclusive. I am still unable to speak publicly through weakness of the speaking organs. It is a sore trial to me to be compelled to cease from preaching the speedy coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. I beg your prayers and the prayers of the Church that I may be fully delivered from every wrong influence that has in any way bound my testimony for a year or two past.
I now contemplate traveling West and South the coming Winter, hoping to improve my health by the journey.
Your unworthy brother, a weeping, living sacrifice, upon the Lord's altar. S. W. RHODES.
Brookfield, N. Y., Oct. 7th, 1855.
We recommend to all Christians a careful consideration of this text. It is evidently an individual work which "every one" should attend to in the fear of God. This text has nothing to say about Sunday-keeping, or public worship, as some vainly suppose, but teaches the private duty of every child of God. "Let every one of you," my dear brethren, attend to this duty, and the Lord's treasury would be full of means to advance the precious cause of truth. J. W.