p. 55 | A Wanderer Found by Frederick Walter

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 6, 1859

A Wanderer Found

By Frederick Walter

From Bro. Walter.

Bro. Smith: For the first time I take the privilege of casting in my testimony, trusting that it may be cheering to the dear brethren scattered abroad to hear that another wanderer is found. O how glad and thankful I am that the Third Angel's Message ever saluted my ears, and that I had a heart, willing at last, to obey it. I hesitated about eight months, but during this time I candidly investigated the truth, and now I rejoice in the same. Praise the Lord for his goodness and his wonderful works to the children of men.

A year ago next February my dear brother from this place on a visit with his friends at Monroe, presented the truth in his weak manner; but the blessing of God seemed to accompany his words. Though not a messenger, yet his words were with power, and I was then deeply impressed, and if I had then obeyed, it would not have been half the struggle that it afterwards became. I believe that if a messenger would go down there this Winter some good might be accomplished. If some one should feel it duty to go, inquire for Mr. Walter, six and one-half miles south of Monroe. There you will be kindly entertained. They feel very anxious to see a messenger that way. Will not Bro. Cornell come that way on his return from Ohio? If you take the cars from Toledo to Vienna, from there it is about three miles north where my father lives.

Dear Brethren, are we not living in perilous times? The Saviour said, As it was in the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be; for as it was in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matt. xxiv, 37-39. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot, they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded. Luke xvii, 26-29.

When we look at these things, dear brethren and sisters, do we not see a striking similarity between our own days and the days of Noah and Lot? O then let us be earnest and zealous workers together with God in the precious cause we have espoused. It is but a few months that I have tried to live the truth, and it proves a source of joy and consolation to me. As my brother remarked, There is a glory in it. So far I have tried to be earnestly engaged in the cause, and by the help of God I mean ever to abound in the work. I believe by the fulfillment of the scriptures I have quoted, and many others that describe the sins that are to characterize the last days, that the coming of the Saviour is near. The Sabbath is a delight to me. I always hail it with joy. Pray for me, dear brethren and sisters, that I prove faithful.

Your unworthy brother in the Lord, and in the patient waiting for the coming of Jesus. FREDERICK WALTER. Watson, Mich., Dec. 22d, 1858.