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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 19, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 20.

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JOHN J. CURTIS

By John J. Curtis

From Bro. Curtis.

BRO. SMITH: I would like to contribute my mite for the encouragement of the commandment-keepers scattered abroad. I have been brought to bow myself low at the foot of the cross by the light of the Third Angel's Message, and I feel to bless the Lord for it. I have been striving for a little over one year to keep all the Commandments of God and to have the Faith of Jesus, and I feel to say as David did, Great peace have they who love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. Ps. cxix, 135. But still I think that there is much for me to overcome in order to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. I want to be more like the blessed Pattern, who was meek and lowly in heart. I want to heed the counsel of the true and faithful Witness, and buy of him gold tried in the fire, that I may have tried riches, bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
I bless the Lord for his goodness to me. I can say I rejoice in the truth. The path which will lead me into the city is one strait path and very narrow, and few find it. The way is plain if we exactly follow the word. We can discern the beast with his lamb-like horns. Soon we shall hear his voice more fully. When the decree goes forth then we shall be able to discern between him that loveth God and him that loveth him not.
Brethren and sisters, as we value eternal life, a never-fading crown of glory, which can only be obtained by patient continuance in well-doing, let us get down humble, and be willing to bear the cross in every place. When we meet in a prayer-meeting, we have a work to do, there is a cross to bear that no one else can bear for us.
We have meetings on the Sabbath, and Tuesday and Sabbath evenings, and the Lord is pleased to meet with us and that to bless. There are about twenty in this place who are trying to keep all the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus, that they may get the seal of the living God. May the Lord sustain you and all connected with the Office that it may be indeed as your motto is, Holiness unto the Lord.
Yours in hope of immortality.

JOHN J. CURTIS

Trowbridge, Mich.