Faithfulness Amid Affliction
Sister H. Bryant writes from North Brownsville, Mich., Aug. 12th, 1857: "I enjoy my mind well, and feel thankful that I ever heard the blessed truths of the Third Angel's Message. It seems that God is with us to own and bless whenever we meet to worship him. Thank God for what he has done for me and my family. O pray for me that I may ever be found faithful." "Afflictions may press me, they cannot destroy,
One glimpse of his love turns them all into joy;
And bitterest tears, if he smile but on them,
Like dew in the sunshine, grow diamond and gem.
"Let doubt, then, and danger, my progress oppose,
They only make heaven more sweet at its close;
Come joy or come sorrow, whate'er may befall,
An hour with my God will make up for them all."