p. 135 | Extracts from Letters by Editor

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 26, 1857

Extracts from Letters.

By Editor

Bro. D. Chase writes from Fairhaven, Mass., Feb. 4th, 1857: "The brethren here and in Dartmouth are agreed, generally, that we are of that class who are poor, wretched, miserable, blind and naked, and are endeavoring to be zealous and repent, and to obtain the tried gold, white raiment and eye-salve, that we may be rich, clothed, and see.

"I rejoice to hear that the cause is rising in the West, and that there is an effort to get ready for the loud cry of the Third Angel. I hope that we shall all realize that we are in the antitype of the passover, in which no leaven was to be used. Let us purge out the old leaven, that we may be a new lump; for even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v, 7, 8. In the type it is said, That soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger or born in the land. Ex. xii, 19. See also

verse 8. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, and unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs. We must expect to have bitter trials and persecutions; for they will surely come. But let us be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. James v, 7, 8. I believe this generation will not pass away before our glorious Saviour will be revealed in all his glory."