Your ShelfYour Projects

The Believer's Hope

17%

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

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

Read the full edition

The Believer's Hope.

By A. S. Hutchins

BRO. SMITH:—The hope of eternal life is inexpressibly sweet to me. The hope of soon gaining the haven of endless bliss is a strong and unyielding inducement to me, to make every sacrifice which the gospel demands, and patiently endure every trial necessary, until glory completes the work which grace has begun upon the hearts of the followers of the Son of God.
It is a matter of no small encouragement to witness such a general increase of interest on the part of the remnant for the rise and spread of the Message of the Third Angel. I am firm in the belief that the cause of truth is now rising to fall no more. As I read the instructive columns of the Review I am constrained to believe that the resolution,
"Come let us anew our journey pursue," is sinking deep into the hearts of the meek, humble followers of Jesus. This is most certainly as it should be.
We should never rest without the abiding evidence that "the words of our mouth, and the meditations of our heart," are acceptable in the sight of the Lord; and that our ways are pleasing to him. "And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."
A. S. HUTCHINS Middle Grove, N. Y.