Sister H. Davis writes from Paris, Mo.: "I still feel like striving for that rest that remains for the people of God. Although I have made crooked paths, I praise the Lord that the counsel of the faithful Witness reached my heart. I have tried to heed it and get those preparations which it brings to view. I want to be right before the Lord, confess all my sins that they may be blotted out, and my poor name retained in the book of life. O how important the moments in which we live! How full of interest! How much we need of heavenly wisdom and the Lord's assistance! Our own strength and knowledge are vain, and how vain would be our hope but for the precious promises in the word of the Lord. But his grace will be sufficient for us; and if we are only faithful in striving, we shall have strength given us to overcome all things and get ready for his kingdom. I long to be like my blessed Master, and have my whole soul imbued with the Third Angel's Message. I want a living experience in this last work. I have in time past known something of persecution for the truth's sake, and still I would suffer affliction with the people of God. I do not feel a shrinking from suffering for Jesus who suffered so much for me. The promise is, if we suffer we shall also reign with him. The Lord has been very good to us as a church here. We are, mostly, trying to overcome."