p. 14 | The Progress of Bible Truth

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 19, 1857

The Progress of Bible Truth

By George Washington Holt

From Bro. Holt.

Bro. Smith: I am not a little comforted to hear of the prosperity of the church of God, and the progress of Bible truth in different portions of the vineyard of the Lord, through the columns of the Review and Herald. Although the progress of the present message containing the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus, progresses slowly, we feel assured that every victory it now gains will be eternal.

If the Laodicean church strictly and universally heed the counsel of the faithful and true Witness, they will be a peculiar people indeed. They will be the children of Abraham, who left all to obey the voice of God, and went out not knowing whither he went. They will walk by faith, and not by sight, and willingly offer upon the altar of sacrifice, the dearest thing which they hold on earth, and give glory to God as they see the smoke ascend upward to the throne of heaven. They will be like Moses who forsook Egypt with all its treasures, not fearing the

wrath of the king, but had respect unto the recompense of reward. Like Caleb and Joshua who followed the Lord fully, and brought back a good report from the promised land, and said, We are able to go up and possess it. Like Gideon's army of picked men, who took the camp of Midian; and like David, who in the name of the God of the armies of Israel, slew Goliath and put to flight the Philistine host, and was a man after God's own heart. And in conclusion, they will possess the faith once delivered to the saints, and be imitators of the multitude of worthies spoken of by Paul in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. They will be heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. Yes, they will have power over the nations, and sing the song of Moses and the Lamb on the sea of glass before the throne of God, ere long.

How cheering the thought that our journey is almost at an end. The last battle will soon be fought, and the last victory won. God will soon turn the captivity of his people, and the cities of the nations will fall, and the last trump awake the righteous ones that sleep in Jesus, when the shining hosts of heaven will gather, and bring them with shouts of victory over death and the grave, to their eternal home. I would like to be there and see that holy and happy throng, and to hear their sweet songs of praise to God and the Lamb.

G. W. Holt. Bloomingville, Ohio, Oct. 31st, 1857.