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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 29, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 11.

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LETTERS.

By Jane Loughhead

“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another”
From Sister Loughhead.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: We are in a most solemn time, the closing up of all earthly scenes, and when the last work for the church is being done; and being taught in the word of the Lord to exhort one another, and so much the more as we see the day approaching, I have been constrained to add my testimony in favor of the truth.
The Lord has blessed me and brought me to a knowledge of the truth. It is seven years this Summer since I commenced keeping the Sabbath. Great peace have they that do the commandments. Brethren and sisters, we should be up and doing while it is called to-day, for the night cometh when no man can work. I feel determined to take heed to the warning of the faithful and true Witness. We have no time to lose. I realize the need of a deeper work of grace in my heart, for the time draweth near when he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. If we are faithful we shall receive a crown of everlasting life. It will be worth more than all this present world.
I bless the Lord that I am numbered with the little flock. Jesus says, Fear not, little flock: it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. There are none in this place that keep the Lord's Sabbath but myself and my children. I believe that this is the last message to fallen man, and soon our probation will be closed up. Christ will have finished his work in the Sanctuary, and then every case will be decided. I want to confess all my sins in this day of atonement, that Christ may blot them from the book of remembrance, and confess my name before the Father and his angels. Christ will soon be seen on the white cloud with all the angels of glory to convey the waiting saints home to the city of God. Shall you and I be there? Yes, if we are faithful to the end, for God has promised it.
"O thou blessed Jesus, thou balm of my soul, 'Twas thou, my dear Jesus, that made my heart whole, O bring me to view thee, thou precious, sweet King, In anthems of glory thy praises to sing."
Your unworthy sister.
JANE LOUGHHEAD.
Alba, Pa.