Extracts from Letters by Editor

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 12, 1857

Extracts from Letters.

By Editor

Bro. I. D. Cramer writes from West Milton, N. Y., Jan. 19th, 1857: "Myself and companion have professed to be guided by the voice of the Third Angel's Message nearly seven years, and I can truly say, We have ever found the Review a faithful messenger. I desire to grow in grace daily, with its increasing interest. I am satisfied that true light is shining out from the word of the Lord, to give edge to the Message. I feel that the message to the Laodiceans is what I need to give heed unto, that I may have the gold, the raiment, and the eye-salve, that I may see all the light."

Sisters N. G. Sanders and S. J. Grant write from Rush Lake, Wis. : "We are glad to see so many are heeding the message to the Laodiceans, whether they are Laodiceans or not; but from the similarity between the Laodicean and the Advent church at the present, we are inclined to think the application a safe one, and hope by God's help to obtain eye-salve gold, and white raiment, that being clothed by the righteousness of God, we may be prepared to meet our coming Saviour and King. We wish humbly to be where and what God would have us to be, and wish to see, understand and live, in accordance with all his will."

Bro. C. W. Stanley writes from Giddings, Wis., Jan. 27th, 1857: "Bro. Smith, Myself and companion are trying to be zealous and repent. We want to buy gold tried in the fire, and white raiment, and eye-salve that we may see; for the Saviour says, Behold I stand at the door and knock. We are striving to open the door and let him in. O may the Lord help us to overcome and sit with him in his throne. We feel to thank the Lord that he has kept us humble, and given us a desire to seek the truth and to acknowledge the messages. We praise the Lord that we did not denounce the Review and Review party under D. P. Hall's teaching; for the paper has ever come to us bearing precious truth. We are glad to see the church taking higher ground."

Sister C. B. Spaulding writes from Metamora, Ills., Jan. 25th, 1857: "I am encouraged in reading the cheering epistles that the Review contains; and I have read with interest those pieces on keeping the heart. I hope it will be profitable to me, and I do pray that I may be enabled to give the more earnest

heed to the things that I have heard, lest at any time I should let them slip. I feel that it is high time that we awake from our stupidity. May the Lord help us one and all, to be zealous and repent, and buy white raiment that we may be clothed, and anoint our eyes with eye-salve that we may see. That the Lord may have mercy upon us according to the multitude of his tender mercies, and not according to our iniquities, and blot out all our transgressions, that we may be permitted to stand on mount Zion with the hundred and forty-four thousand that shall be redeemed from among men, is the prayer of your unworthy sister."