Sharing the Present Truth
By Mary F. Carpenter
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—After so long time I wish to redeem my pledge, by sending my mite to help sustain the Review. I believe it is meat in due season for the waiting ones who love the appearing of the Lord. I have read it with much interest as I have also several tracts on the same all-important subject of keeping all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, which I understand to be implicit confidence in every word of God. Through the goodness of God and the kindness of my brethren, I have been blest with these truths, and to me they are precious; but you know the spirit of true christianity is far from covetousness: we want others to share with us, and I have endeavored to have others share these blessings with me, and read the books and papers; and I have so far succeeded that quite a number have read enough to trouble them, if I may judge from their appearance and confession. Some half a dozen have acknowledged it to be their duty to keep the Sabbath, but do not do it. I have presented the books to those whom I thought to be sincere inquirers after truth; and I was at a loss to know why they could not receive these precious Bible truths, until I was instructed that they were giving heed to false doctrine; but I still hope and pray that God will send laborers this way that will declare the whole counsel of God, and that some, at least, may be brought out of darkness into light. I had the privilege of attending, one Sabbath, the Tent-meeting in Hardwick, where I heard three sermons from J. White, Hutchins, and Ingraham. Truly it was refreshing to hear and see some of those dear brethren from whom I have so often heard through the Review. I also attended a Tent-meeting at Johnson, Sabbath and First-day. Here we had a good meeting, and heard a whole gospel, and had a whole Bible recommended to us, and not as we have heard here, that the Old Testament was all done away, and we could not understand the book of Revelation, when the Bible says it is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants. And a blessing is pronounced upon those who hear, and read, and keep the sayings of this book. The above mentioned are all the meetings I have enjoyed with those of like precious faith, but I anticipate a meeting with them on Mt. Zion where we will join in the song of Moses and the Lamb. MARY F. CARPENTER.
Waterville, Nov. 17th, 1855.