HENRY W. BROWN by Henry W. Brown

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

HENRY W. BROWN

By Henry W. Brown

From Bro. Brown.

Bro. Smith: With a grateful heart would I acknowledge the mercies of God in sparing my unprofitable life until this time, and in granting me a day of probation, a time to repent of all past sins and besetments. How merciful the Lord has been to me, to ever show such a wicked, miserable creature his truth, and then after professing it for nearly two years, to show me that I was in nearly all my works, denying him. In causing me to hear the admonition to repent, is mercy beyond comprehension. O that God would impress upon our minds the importance of improving the time! His love and mercy still extend to us.

It rejoices my heart to hear what the Lord is doing for his people in other places, and to hear that the Holy Spirit is with Bro. White in his travels among the scattered flock. My heart's desire and prayer to God is, that we may be zealous in seeking for eternal life, by repenting in very deed of all our wrongs, and lay hold with an unyielding grasp upon the hope set before us, and raise a standard of truth; that is, by raising our examples to our professions. We profess that our Lord is soon coming to gather his elect, which shall be without fault before him; but are we seeking a preparation with that zeal that so important a work demands? O may the eye-salve be applied to our eyes.

HENRY W. BROWN

Richfield, Springs, N. Y.