Sister Bean’s Testimony
By M. Bean
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: My heart is made to rejoice from week to week while reading communications from you through the Review. Although most are strangers to me in the flesh, yet I love you, and trust I enjoy the same blessed hope of soon seeing Jesus. With you, dear brethren and sisters, I am striving to keep all the Commandments of God, and the Testimony of Jesus, and I often rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. I feel that my treasure is in heaven, and my record is on high. It will be one year next June since I with my husband commenced keeping the commandments of God. I rejoice with my whole heart, while I often mourn that above six years of my life was lost. It is all a blank, because I did not walk in the light, as it was shown me by the Spirit of God; but Oh, the goodness, the long-suffering of God to me, his most unworthy creature, in bringing my poor soul out of prison, in answer to the prayers of the dear saints. Praise the Lord forever, for what he in mercy has done for me. I want to say to sister Butler, I was glad to hear from you through the Review. I can say with you, I want to meet the saints of all ages, prophets, apostles and martyrs. We have in gone by days, often met and rejoiced together; soon if faithful, we shall, with all the saints, rise to meet Jesus in the flaming skies. Not a Sabbath keeper in this place; but I expect, I hope and trust we shall have our children here to go with us. I think they are searching for truth, and are willing to receive the light and walk in it, as fast as they see it. Yours seeking for glory, immortality and eternal life. M. BEAN. Swanton, Vt., Nov. 23d, 1857.