p. 30 | Extracts from Letters by Editor

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 27, 1856

Extracts from Letters.

By Editor

Bro. A. H. Robinson writes from Sandy Creek, N. Y.—

"Bro. Smith, I love the paper; and it would seem hard to do without it. I think of you and others connected with the Office; and when you rest from your cares upon the holy Sabbath, my prayer has been that the Lord would refresh your body and mind.

"I believe that we are living in the Laodicean state of the church, and I desire to take heed to the counsel that I may have the gold that has been tried in the fire, and white raiment to put on, and eye-salve that I may see. I do feel that the testimonies that are being given by the servants of the Lord in regard to our being in a lukewarm state, and comprising the Laodicean state of the church, is meat in due season. The Spirit of the Lord is with this testimony."

Bro. Frisbie writes from Parma, Mich.:—

"I was at Ceresco last Wednesday eve, where a school-house was nearly filled with attentive hearers, and there was an anxiety manifested to hear more. I expect to return to Ceresco next Monday to continue lectures in that place as long as necessary."

Bro. Jesse Dorcas writes from Fremont Ohio, Nov. 17th, 1856:—

"Bro. Smith, I want to say to the church abroad, through the Review, that I will be one of twenty that will help to rub out two hundred dollars of the remaining Office debt, and what may be over I trust will not remain long. Come, brethren, let us take hold of this matter like men of God. The brethren connected with the Office have hard pulling enough without having that matter dragging on their hands.

"Suffer a word of my experience. Dear brethren and sisters, It is now about two years since the Lord in his merciful providence sent Bro. Bates to this place with the light of the Third Angel's Message. O, glory to God! I never shall forget the day. It was the beginning of a new era in my life; and though two years are past, I still find that I have made an excellent exchange in giving up error for truth. We begin to see here, that we have great need of "eye-salve, and white raiment," and have determined to renew our covenant with God, to become more fully sanctified; to be more sensibly affected with the requirements of the service of our God.

"We were favored, recently, with a visit from Bro. and Sister Stewart, of Cleveland. I am happy to say, that so far as I understand their sentiments and feelings, they are with us in the work of the Third Angel's Message. May the Lord bless them and make them useful in his cause.

"I do thank the Lord for the sign of the Sabbath. I see the use of it now, to separate and seal his people."

Bro. Z. Andrews writes from Hartford, Wis.:—

"We now live so far from any Sabbath-keepers that we cannot often have the privilege of meeting with them. We feel sometimes that we should almost get discouraged were it not for the words of encouragement that the Review brings to us weekly. We feel thankful that we have been permitted to enjoy its weekly visits so long. We feel that we are not worthy to have it without paying for it; and as we do not wish to be burdensome to others, I suppose it will not be best to send it to us any more until we can meet its expense. We have carefully preserved and bound together all the numbers of the Review that we have received, and we can read them over and over again, for instruction and encouragement, until we are able to take it again."

[Dear brother, there are many brethren who would esteem it a privilege to pay the cost of your paper rather than that one who loves it so well should be deprived of it.—Ed.]

Sister L. N. Buzzell writes from Brookfield, Vt.:—

"I want to say to the brethren and sisters scattered abroad, that I am striving to overcome every besetting sin, and get my heart right in the sight of God. I praise the Lord that I was ever brought to see the Commandments and to strive to keep them. I hope that I shall be able to endure, so that I may have a right to the tree of life and enter in through the gates into the city. I want to be one that shall stand on mount Zion with the 144,000 that will be redeemed from the earth. I love to read the Review, especially the communications from the brethren and sisters."