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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 20, 1856

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 7, No. 25.

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COMMUNICATIONS.

By Joseph Dudley

From Bro. Dudley.

BRO. SMITH:—Our hearts are made glad by the cheering communications of the Review, and inasmuch, too, as it does not handle the word of God deceitfully. I believe with all my heart that we have got the truth of God, and that it will, if we live it out, abide the coming of the Lord. It has been about one year since I commenced to serve God and keep his Commandments. My wife professed religion in her youthful days, and was baptized in Richmond, by Bro. White; and we feel to say in the language of Paul, Having obtained mercy, we faint not; having renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to the consciences of all men in the sight of God.
We feel to rejoice in the truth of God; for it is the truth that makes us free, and we believe that the Lord will work for his people, if they are humble and faithful, and none can hinder. Although Satan may hurl his fiery darts, yet the Lord has promised to be a shield to those that trust in him.
O may the Lord enable his children to have on the whole armor of the Lord, that they may be able to stand in this evil day, having their loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; and their feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith we may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Yours in hope of immortality at the coming of the Lord. JOSEPH DUDLEY. Somerset Co., Me.