Longing for an Advent Messenger
By C. A. Ingalls
C. A. Ingalls writes from Warsaw, Ill. "Bro. Smith: We are trying to press onward and upward and I think the Lord is with us. The Sabbath especially is our delight. It is the holy of the Lord and honorable. There are no Sabbatarians in this part of the country to our knowledge, and many of the people here have been brought up to believe that Sunday is the 7th day of the week. When we would present the Lord's Sabbath they tell us we are wrong, that they are keeping the 7th day. I always supposed before that all called Sunday the 1st-day of the week. We have not heard an Advent sermon for three years, and none but those similarly situated can know how we long to hear a messenger again. We are striving to rise with the message, but were it not for those blessed words of our Saviour "My grace is sufficient for you," we should despair. It seems to us that time is almost ended."