A New Effort for the Kingdom
By Editor
Bro. J. F. Hammond writes from Worcester, Mass., Dec 1857: “The prize that lies at the end of the race I still have a desire to obtain. O how inferior this world with all its wealth and pleasures looks to me when compared with the dazzling crowns that the saints will receive from the hand of Jesus. O that I may be so happy as to meet them in glory. I have many fears that I shall lose my crown. Ten years I have professed to keep the Sabbath, and what little progress I have made in the divine life. O that I may be forgiven for all my backslidings and negligence. I have a large family of children, and great responsibility rests upon me. O for wisdom from God to direct me in every duty, that their blood may not be found upon my skirts in the coming day. I mean to make a new effort for the kingdom.”