The Present Truth in Iowa
Bro. H. S. Bonifield writes from Osceola, Iowa:
"The present truth is onward in this part of the country; and the preaching of the three angels' messages has a good impression on the minds of most of the people wherever it is heard, though but few reduce them to practise here or elsewhere. Yet there are a few of us, even in the far West, who feel it for our own interest, and for the good of our own souls to forsake all and bear all the persecution that may be heaped upon us. Though it seems sometimes to be heavy, yet when we think of all the persecution that was heaped upon the only begotten Son of God, and how after enduring all with patience, he died the ignominious death of the cross, then we think we can esteem our troubles and trials light. We know that all things in this world are but momentary compared with the happiness that we shall enjoy in eternity, if we live here in a manner that will be acceptable in the sight of God."