Faith Amid Persecution
By Editor
Sister H. L. Daniels writes from Elkland, Pa., Nov. 1857. "Although surrounded with darkness, and persecution on every side, especially by those who profess godliness, yet I am strong in the Lord, and in the faith of his coming. I want a disposition like my Saviour in this hour of temptation, to pray for those that seek to destroy and persecute me; that thereby I may be able to overcome evil with good, and when I am reviled, to revile not again. Though dark be my pathway here, yet all will be bright, all will be peace and harmony in that eternal world of glory that is before us. I am willing to suffer the scoffs and sneers of cold-hearted professors, and the ungodly, knowing that my Lord was persecuted, the prophets and apostles who 'through faith subdued kingdoms, stopped the mouths of lions, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, turned to flight the armies of the aliens,' suffered bonds and imprisonments, scourgings and mockings; 'they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain, were destitute, afflicted, tormented; cast down but not destroyed, perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken.' May the Lord help us to bear with patience, that we may by and by overcome. I desire the prayers of all God's saints, that my faith fail not."