Anew Consecrated to God’s Service by Joseph Harvey Waggoner

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 5, 1857

Anew Consecrated to God’s Service

By Joseph Harvey Waggoner

Bro. J. H. Waggoner writes from North Adams, Mich., Jan. 9th, 1857: "DEAR BRO. SMITH, I improve a few moments to say that the Lord is blessing the church in Hillsdale at this time. I spent the first Sabbath of this month with them, and improved the time in giving the warning against the deceptions and dangers of the present and the immediate future. The word was blessed and the saints were strengthened. Circumstances connected with my labors here have been the means of waking up the church to the realities of the perils of the times in which we live, and the necessity of entire consecration to God. For myself I can say, I never felt these things as deeply as at present. Never had I greater reason to rejoice in God, and in his preserving kindness than at this time. I wish to say to the little flock that I have covenanted anew to fully consecrate myself to the service of my blessed Master, and be more faithful in delivering a testimony to this wicked world of the nearness of the day of God's wrath. My constant prayer is that I may be humble enough to glorify God, and be preserved from the dangers that surround us. I want to put my whole trust in the Lord, and know nothing but Jesus and his boundless love. My earnest cry is now, 'Lord, spare thy people.'"