The Highway of Holiness
By L. M. Wright
Bro. Smith: It is nearly two years since I started in the cause of Christ. I thought I was getting along very well, until last Spring Bro. Wellcome came here with some other brethren to labor, and I saw I was not living where it was my privilege to live, that there was more for me to enjoy. I saw that the blood of Christ could cleanse from all sin as well as a part. I then went to Jesus just as I was. I could not make myself any better, but went to him saying, Here Lord, I give myself entirely to thee, and trust thee for all things; by thy grace assisting me I will do every duty, come life or death I will serve thee while I live. Then I could claim the promise, In the day thou seekest me with all thy heart I will be found of thee; and O, what peace flowed into my soul! Then I could say, The Lord is mine and I am his. I praise God that there is a highway of holiness cast up for the redeemed of the Lord to walk in, that no unclean thing can walk there. It is a strait and narrow way. It does not admit of pride, or the fashions of the world, nor wrath, malice, or any such thing. O, I want nothing in my heart but love to God and all mankind, and to live more and more like my blessed Saviour from day to day. We are to be presented before the throne of God without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, and O, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation! Dear brethren and sisters, are you living in that way that you can say that Jesus saves you now, saves you from all sin? While I am writing my heart is filled with the love of God. I feel that my path grows brighter and brighter. There is a fullness in Jesus; praised be the name of the Lord! It is our privilege to be growing in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. I praise God that we can. I can say with the Psalmist, "Great peace have they that love thy law." Glory be to God for the way of life and salvation! I would say to those who have not the privilege of meeting with brethren and sisters on the Sabbath, that when we meet we remember you in our prayers. Be not discouraged. Put your trust in God and he will meet with you at your homes; and by and by if we prove faithful we shall meet where parting will be no more, and God himself shall wipe all tears from off our faces. Bro. Steward lectured here last winter. In hearing his lectures my father and mother and two sisters were convinced that all the commandments are binding as well as a part, and we commenced keeping them. We belonged to the Baptist church, and they excluded us. They said they did not exclude us for breaking the commandments of God, for they believed we kept them; but for breaking the rules of the Baptist church. We had rather break the rules of the Baptist church than the commandments of God. I want to live so that my name may never be blotted out of the book of heaven. Yours striving to be an overcomer.
L. M. Wright.
Portage City, Wis.