p. 128 | Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 20, 1857

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. A. G. Carter writes from Rubicon, Wis., Aug. 7th, 1857: "I think I have great reason to praise the Lord for the Laodicean message, for it has been the means of showing me my wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked condition. I feel determined by the grace of God to take heed to the warning of the faithful and true Witness, and buy the gold tried in the fire, and white raiment that I may be clothed, and anoint my eyes with eye-salve that I may see, and that it may be my happy lot to receive a crown at the appearing of my Lord with all the dear saints of God. I can say the Lord is good to send some of his messengers here to set before us the last message of mercy. It was a matter of rejoicing with me to meet with the dear saints in different parts of Wis. Did not our hearts burn in the love of the truth as it fell upon our ears. O may the Lord help us to treasure it up with good hearts, and grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord unto his glorious coming."

Bro. T. E. Thorp writes from Plymouth, Wis., Aug. 9th, 1857: "I have just arrived in Wisconsin, where I find the people as a general thing anxious to hear the present truth. I preached last First-day on the Sabbath question, and some persecuted while others were convinced that I was right. Now the question is whether they have got religion enough to prompt them to duty or not. Some of them at least I think will take a stand for the truth."