Pressing On Through Trials
By Eliza A. Parmenter
BRO. SMITH:—I have long felt that it would be a privilege to communicate to the brethren and sisters. I feel to double my diligence in trying to serve the Lord, and to live more devoted to his cause. I love Jesus, and my Bible. I there find precious promises to those that love God and keep his Commandments. The trials and afflictions of this life are many, but the grace of God is sufficient for us if we trust in him. I am sometimes cast down; but I am determined by the grace of God to press my way through. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Ps. xxxiv, 19. Yes, 'tis a rough and thorny road
That leads us to the saint's abode;
But when our Father's house we gain,
'Twill make amend for all our pain. Yours in hope of eternal life.
ELIZA A. PARMENTER.
Oakland Co., Mich, Aug 21st, 1856.