Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1857

Extracts from Letters.

BRO. A. G. Hart writes from Lisbon, Iowa, April 4th, 1857: "Our lot has been cast the past Winter in a hard place; but there are some that are investigating the truth; and there is one man that is about persuaded that we have the truth. Our prayer is that he may obey it. We have just moved into a new place, and as far as we have learned there is a prospect of doing good, if we only set the right example before the people. O brethren, pray for us, that we may so walk that we will not prejudice the minds of the people. We know how to feel for those that are scattered. We have no one of like faith within many miles. We believe the testimony to the Laodiceans to be meat in due time; but do we let it work like leaven in our hearts? That is the question: We often fear and tremble that we do not. We are striving, brethren, to get the victory over all our evil besetments. We pray that the time may hasten when some one may come this way and proclaim the last message that will be given to a perishing world. We believe that there are a great many honest ones in Iowa; and there are also a great many false teachers to lead them astray."