Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 28, 1858

Extracts from Letters.

Sister S. Osgood writes from Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 11th, 1858 : "The little band here are trying to hold fast the blessed truth. We meet twice a week for prayer and praise, and feel that the Lord does meet with us by his Holy Spirit. Praise his name for condescending to manifest himself to such poor unworthy creatures as we are. I believe we are striving to free ourselves of every thing that is unlike the blessed Saviour ; for we know that without holiness it is impossible to please God. When we read of the remnant that are rising, we want to rise with them, and meet with the 144000 on mount Zion."

Wm. Brink writes from Elkhorn Grove, Ills., Oct. 2d, 1858 : "I am a poor man, sixty-eight years old, and badly crippled from my youth. My occupation is cabinet-making. I have been trying to live a christian near forty years. Some sixteen years I have believed in the personal reign of Christ on the earth, and in order to enjoy that belief I had to cut loose from sectarianism. Since then I have expected to stand or fall to my own Master, and I choose Christ in preference to popular theology. Bro. Hart called on me last Fall and wished me to take the Review for three months at least. I did so, and it has brought me to keep God's Sabbath instead of man's."

Bro. B. Hall writes from Shelby, Mich., Sept. 25th, 1858. "The Message seems to be on the rise here in Shelby: Although we have been called to pass through some severe trials, yet the Lord has done a great work, and the Church seems more than ever determined to overcome."

The honors of divine government are secured while favors are bestowed upon the rebellious, through the mediation of the Lord Jesus Christ. "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other."