p. 167 | Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 13, 1859

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. Ferciot writes from Lovett's Grove, Ohio: "I am thankful to God that my heart still beats in unison with the third angel's message; and I can say with others of my brethren and sisters, that the good admonitions and kind rebukes received from the messengers, and likewise from my brethren, have done me good. The Message has done great things for me, whereof I am glad. But there are greater victories to gain, and more to overcome, and I need great watchfulness, that I may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. I do not feel like giving up the struggle until the victory is mine. By looking at the past, I can see in some measure where I have been lacking, and how the tempter has been trying to overcome me in different ways; but I feel thakful to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, that I have been enabled to overcome some of my besetments and sins. We read that it is by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony that we are to overcome."

"It is truly encouraging to me to read the warm-hearted testimonies from those who have had experience in the first and second messages, and to hear from so many whose hopes, desires and aims are the same. I feel willing that the world should know that I am on the Lord's side. Although many around us look on with derision, yet it cheers me to kuow that he that is for us is greater than all they that be against us."