Encouragement from Brother Miller
By P. Miller, jr.
BRO. SMITH: I would say a word by way of encouragement to the readers of the Review. Though I do not endorse all that it publishes—for instance, that the 2300 days ended in A. D. 1844, and that then our great High Priest entered the Most Holy of the heavenly Sanctuary, &c.—yet the truth which it publishes concerning Israel, the admonitions relative to holiness and purity of heart, and the enlivening communications from the brethren scattered abroad, all serve to constitute the Review a much esteemed friend. My faith in our position relative to the Third Angel's Message, remains firm and immutable as the everlasting hills. Yes the third and last angel of mercy, [Rev. xiv, 9,] to this fallen world, has plumed his wing, and is now on his last errand of mercy, fulfilling the last clause of the parable of the supper. Luke xiv, 23. "And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled." Never did the truth have such a purifying influence on my heart as now. Never did the holy Sabbath, the token of remembrance which God in his infinite mercy and love has made known and given unto us, even us who have received the truth of the Third Angel appear more brilliant and precious than now. Like a golden chain, the more it is worn the brighter it grows. Laona, Chaut. Co., N. Y., Nov. 30th, 1856.