A Sister’s Longing for Fellowship
Sister L. H. Rior writes from Scoville, Ohio, May 26th, 1857: "I believe that the dear Lord will lead us safely on if we but put our whole trust in him. I feel that I can say with the poet, that he is the 'Rock of ages cleft for me.' I have a strong desire for the gold that I may be rich, and the white raiment that I may be clothed, and the eye-salve that I may see between good and evil, truth and falsity. "I never spent but a few Sabbaths with the remnant, and that was more than five years ago. O my heart longs to enter the house of prayer; for I do love my Saviour and all his dear children. I keep hoping there will some messenger of the Lord come this way to speak to this people, for how can they hear without a preacher? "Beloved ones, let us strive a little longer to walk the narrow path; for it will certainly lead us to the pearly gates, and the lovely Jesus will open them that we may enter in. My heart burns with love and thankfulness when I meditate upon these things; but we must be pure and spotless, and keep all the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus."