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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 1, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 9.

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Bro. S. Warner writes from Providence, R. I., Dec. 21st, 1856: "I would at this time send to you, and all the brethren who love our Lord, and consent to, and try to keep, the Commandments of God, and the Faith of Jesus, my fraternal love and greeting, and do herein express that I do feel to desire and pray to our God, that your, (and our,) faith may be strengthened, and that your mind may be enlightened, your health preserved, and usefulness increased, that you may be enabled to bring to light, and to the understanding, of all the readers of the Review, things new and old, from the only fountain of truth, yet given to man, for his instruction, i. e., the Holy Bible.
"As I have never had the satisfaction of being personally acquainted with you, and I might say the same of nearly all the true Sabbath-keepers, with the exception of our beloved Bro. Joseph Bates, you will therefore know that it is the cause and the persons I feel the most for. Yet it would be esteemed by me as a great blessing, if I could have the privilege of meeting with others of like precious faith for the worship of God from time to time. But this little spot on the face of the globe seems to be a place where all created beings are constantly and entirely engrossed with the love of gain, and enjoyment of momentary pleasures.
"I do most humbly pray, that myself, your unworthy brother in Jesus, I trust, may be more faithful, more obedient to the commands and will of God, having the mark of the living God, which I understand to be the keeping of God's holy day, the seventh day of the week, the Sabbath of the Lord, or the 'Lord's day.'
"Blessed be God that he gave me to realize that the mark of the beast, &c., was the obedience of the will to the commands of the beast, Papacy, in keeping the 'Sunday,' and profaning God's Sabbath."
Bro. C. W. Standish writes from Milan, Ohio:— "Though I am but a poor Laodicean, I feel encouraged to hope; (for the same Faithful and True Witness says, As many as I love I rebuke, &c.,) and I am resolved to heed the admonition to be zealous and repent. I believe the time is soon coming when this Message will go with a loud voice, and all lovers of truth will be engaged in advancing the last Message of mercy to a rebellious house."