Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1856

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. J. J. Perkins writes from Chicago, Ill., Aug. 24th, 1856:—

“Bro. Smith. Chicago reminds me of what Paul said of Athens. If Athens was wholly given over to idolatry, so is Chicago; and in some respects it is worse than Athens. Here the sects are at war with each other, and with the Roman Church, which is the mother of them all. This city is thronged nearly the whole time with travelers and political aspirants.

“If these political elements were the religion of the lowly Nazarene, then nearly all would be saved. But how wide the contrast between the few that keep the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus, and the many that keep the commandments and traditions of men. There are free lectures every evening on the wonderful manifestations, or spiritual developments of this generation, which are to convert the world. Deluded souls! how mistaken to dream of heaven and the society of the blessed Redeemer and all the holy angels that surround the throne above; to even think of ever entering the city of the great King, when they have never prepared to walk in his footsteps here! This city, with others of like character, are doomed to drink of the wrath of God that shall soon be poured out without mixture.”