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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 21, 1859

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 13, No. 22.

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By A. H. Daniels

"Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another."

From Bro. Daniels.

BRO. SMITH: The cause of the Third Angel's Message is onward with us. Those that have commenced to keep the commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus, are firm in the truth. We have had some good meetings. The Lord has been with us; praise his holy name. I went not long since to Bridge Creek, about 15 miles from here, and preached four times. Found one that was in the first angel's message, and he said he saw light in the third. I gave him the "Law of God," by J. H. W., and Sabbath Tracts, Nos. 1-4.
There were quite a number of inhabitants in that place, and not one could I find that was a professor; in fact, only two that had been. They were composed of Universalists, Deists, and Nothingists. The first night I lectured there, one said he thought their debating school would be more interesting. But on the whole they took a vote that I should stay. The next evening my subject was the mortality of man. Before commencing I told them they might ask questions, but not outside of the subject. So they came on with their Tom Paine and other infidel writers. But as I said I would not answer questions outside of the dis-course, they laid them down and took to the Bible, and soon found out that they could all be answered.
On First-day they paid good attention. Some were interested, and before I left they invited me to come again. I would go more, for I have many calls; but I am poor, and have thought if it was the Lord's will that I should go there would be a way provided for me.
The Advent Review is a very welcome visitor. We cannot do without it. It is just the paper every child of God needs in these last days, and my prayer is that it may receive abundant means to sustain it, that those that can will pay for the paper, and those that can, do more. For I do believe we are living in the last days, and shorter than most of us think. Every political paper is filled up with murders and wickedness of every kind, saying men are growing worse instead of better, and all acknowledge that something of great importance is going to happen soon, but don't know what, nor will they know unless they keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Yours hoping for eternal life. A. H. DANIELS. Sumner, Wis., March 25th, 1859.