Extracts from Letters by Editor

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 11, 1856

Extracts from Letters.

By Editor

Bro. C. W. Stanley writes from Giddings P. O., Wis.:—"The Review comes to us a welcome messenger, and by the assisting grace of God we are determined to stand by the truths that it advocates, and do what we can to help spread them. They are none the less precious than when we first saw them in all their force and beauty; but even more precious as we see from time to time the evidence of their truthfulness. We feel almost alone, as the Sabbath-keepers are so few and scattering, and there are none in this part of the country to occasionally preach to us the word."

Bro. J. H. Bates writes from Green Vale, Ills.:—"We are encouraged to press forward and hold on to the truth, when we read how the cause is rising in different parts of the field. God is blessing the labors of his servants in bringing the honest ones to see the truth. Four were brought to see the position

they stood in, in breaking the commandments of God, (or the fourth one,) and the difference between keeping God's Sabbath and the Pope's, under the preaching of our beloved Joseph Bates, and are strong in the faith of the soon coming of the Saviour. We have meetings every Sabbath, and the Spirit of the Lord is with us in blessing our feeble efforts in keeping his commandments.

"Northern Illinois is a great field for labor. The harvest is truly great but the laborers few. My prayer is that the Lord will send more laborers into this part of his vineyard."