The Laodicean Message by Jacob Ayers

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 25, 1858

The Laodicean Message

By Jacob Ayers

From Bro. Ayers.

Bro. Smith : I never saw things in the light I have of late. I am fully satisfied that I at least have got to take entirely a different course from what I have done in time past. It appears to me that I have been greatly in the dark, but I can through the great mercy of the Lord, begin to indulge a hope that I am receiving an application from time to time of the blessed eye-salve. I think I see quite clearly that it will take all to buy the tried gold, the white raiment and the eye-salve; but it appears to me that in view of what it cost to obtain these things for us, and the great and glorious results to come, if we faithfully heed the counsel of the faithful and true Witness, we have no reason to complain of the price, but rather to be filled with wonder, love and praise. There have been times of late when I have been almost on the point of giving up for lost, and I am satisfied that I never saw and felt the force of the Laodicean message sufficiently to save me from ruin, in the past. I now see, I trust, that there is no other way of escape for me. O, may the Lord in mercy help me to increase more and more in feeling and realizing the great importance of these things, and also of attending to it immediately, knowing that the time is very short in which these things can be attended to. It does seem to me that what is done must be done quickly. May the Lord give wisdom.

Yours hoping in the mercy of the Lord at the appearing of Jesus. Jacob Ayers. Bristol, Ct.