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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 18, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 11, No. 18.

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ESTHER DAVIS

By Esther Davis

From Sr. Davis.

BRO. SMITH: I have often been comforted when reading the communications in the Review, and wished that I had the ability to say something comforting to others.
It is about six years since I first commenced to investigate the present truth. The enemy suggested, that as I was a Sabbath Baptist, there could not be many new doctrines for me to learn; and that I must be very cautious about embracing sentiments so unpopular. The consequence was, I did not make that advancement which otherwise I should. I did not have that strong, unwavering faith, that implicit trust in the promises of God, which every true christian must have in order to live pleasing in his sight.
But affliction came, and the Lord made use of that affliction to teach me his will. Blessed be his holy name! Praise ye the Lord! O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever! Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can show forth all his praise?
Last August I was taken ill, and for a long time unable to leave my room. November 1st, I sent for the elders to pray for me. I was very low at the time, as you might say, just alive. The Lord blest according to our faith; but ever since, the enemy has been filling my mind with unbelief; and when I doubted, like Peter, I began to sink, and the Lord withdrew his face from me. Then I saw where I had done wrong. O what agony I endured because I had grieved the Lord. February 27th, I sent for the elders, and was anointed and prayed for; and the Lord raised me up, and I walked to my chair, a thing I had not done since the 12th of August. And I have been about the house ever since; and last Sabbath, March 6th, I rode two miles to meeting.
It is impossible for me to express my gratitude to the Lord for his goodness to one so unworthy. Now, dear brethren and sisters, be strong in the Lord. Believe his promises; for it is very displeasing to him, that we should be unbelieving.
Yours in hope of meeting where the "inhabitant shall not say, I am sick."

ESTHER DAVIS

Mill Grove, March, 8th, 1858.