Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 23, 1858

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. E. S. Faxon writes from Mattison, Mich., Dec. 3d, 1858: "I do rejoice in the present truth, and a foundation for faith to rest upon, even the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus. Now I trust no more to be led away by cunningly devised fables. I think I can say with the apostle Paul, I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. Let me have David's resolve, Depart from me, ye evil doers; for I will keep the commandments of my God; also his dependence, Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Ps. cxix, 115, 116.

"After a christian profession of forty years, in which I had trials, (one especially in regard to singing, as I was a leader for a number of years in that department, and felt that to keep pace with fashionable singing, the worship with the Spirit and the understanding was lost, and I found this a sore trial.) I feel that I can say,

"" Now rest, my long divided heart, Fixed on this blissful center, rest; Nor ever from thy Lord depart, With him of every good possessed!" "