Hope in Jesus Amid Bereavement
Bro. Smith : Though unable to pay for the Review just now, we are very anxious to have it continued, as it is a welcome visitor to us, and one which we do not know how to do without. We have been trying to live in obedience to God—keeping his Commandments and the Faith of Jesus, since the tent was here one year ago last June. We have recently been made to realize that this is a world of care and trial. Death has taken from us our only son, Kelsey L., who died on the 14th, of this month, (November,) aged four years and seven months. But we feel thankful that in Jesus there is hope even in death, and this last enemy will be destroyed when the Saviour comes, so that we sorrow not as those that have no hope. When we consider that the dead will be raised incorruptible, and the faithful living changed to immortality in that day, it makes the coming of our Lord seem most precious, and we long for his appearing. Our desire is to do his will that we may be able to look up and rejoice in that day. Burlington, Mich., Nov. 21st, 1858.