The Vail Removed.--Call for Help.
By Chas. W. Olds
Bro. Smith: It is but a short time since the vail was removed from my heart, and I was led to see the present truth; and when I think what the Lord has done for me, I can but praise his holy name. Yet I have not taken as strong a position as I should. The cross has seemed great. Friends and neighbors are all against me. There are only two persons in this part of the country trying to keep the commandments. O that I might have more decision to come out from the world and be on the side of truth; for I have been long enough in error; and I have heard the still small voice saying to me, Come out from her, that you be not partaker of her sins and plagues. By the help of God I am determined to come out on the side of the Lord. We want more light. We want some present help. The storm is fast gathering when we shall wish we had been more wise. I believe the second advent is near; and it makes my heart ache to hear preachers of the word of God still cry, Peace and safety, and preach the conversion of the world before Christ shall come to deliver his people, when they should be out on the walls of Zion, warning the people to flee from the wrath to come. Soon they will hear the doleful sentence, Depart from me! for when I was sick and in prison, &c., you did not minister unto me, or unto the least of mine. I have never heard a sermon on the present truth; but I live in hope that God will send some one of the messengers of truth this way. I think some good might be done here. Chas. W. Olds. Little Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis.