A Call to Christian Unity
By E. H. Lewis
Bro. Smith: I find myself this day here, a weak one, among a people hostile to God's holy law; but my prayer is that they may be brought under the saving influence of the Third Angel's Message. It is now a little more than one year since I heard the joyful news of the kingdom, the speedy appearing of our great Redeemer. The message found me in one of the Babylonish churches, and it seems sometimes as though there was almost a miracle wrought in first convincing and then convicting me of the error which I had been taught; but to day, although a stranger and a wanderer here in this land, I feel to rejoice in the Advent doctrine. Yesterday being the Sabbath, I spent a part of it in wandering around the fields and woods, and in silent prayer strove to keep all wordly things out of my mind. I believe the time is nigh at hand when the remnant will be more united. O my brethren, let us strive to come together into the unity of the faith, and trust in God. O how weak is the faith of Sabbath-keepers yet! How little of the mind of Christ, and how much of the world and self! May God help us all to arise. Mt. Clemens, Mich., Oct. 1858.