Lonely Believers Awaiting the Loud Cry
By Abraham Hoff
BRO. SMITH : My companion and myself, and my son and his wife are the only persons in Sheffield that believe in, or practice what we call present truth. There are no others in this county of like precious faith, that I know of. We are quite lonely, but the Review makes us regular weekly visits to cheer us in our pilgrimage. We love to read the epistles of the little flock scattered abroad, and feel quite disappointed when we find few or no letters in the paper. We are anxiously waiting for some intimations of the loud cry of the message. The hosts of darkness are marshaling, signs and wonders are performed, the people are being deceived, there is a mighty rush for the train that will convey them with lightning speed to perdition, the nations are getting angry, the four angels seem to be loosening their hold, the sea is being agitated, but where is the loud cry of the third angel to call the people of God out of Babylon? Is it not high time that we begin to feel for the pillars of the house, that, Sampson-like, we make a mighty effort in the name of Israel's God, that we may be instrumental in raising up a standard against the flood of iniquity that is overwhelming the world? I wish some of the messengers would come this way; I believe much good would be done. Yours hoping to overcome. ABRAHAM HOFF.