Pressing Forward to the End
Sister M. M. Elmendorph, writes from Polkton, Mich. : "I long for the time to come when sin shall be no more, and the curse be removed, and all the people made righteous and inherit the land, even the earth made new. Blessed be God who has enabled me through his grace to turn away from my idols to serve the living God. I am trying to keep the commandments of God and the faith once delivered to the saints, and to wait patiently for his Son from heaven. O let us be ready to hail the glad day. My heart is faint within me when I see how dull and lukewarm I have been. I mean by the help of the Lord to arise and be more zealous, and be transformed by the renewing of my mind, that I may prove what is that good and acceptable will of God. I want to live in that way that I can say,
> *Jesus I my cross have taken,
> All to leave and follow thee;
> All things else I have forsaken,
> Thou from hence my all shall be.* "I am a lonely one of earth, and often ask myself the question, Who will be able to stand when he appeareth. Though I am not permitted to meet Sabbath after Sabbath with the brethren and sisters, yet I am not discouraged. I am determined to press forward and see the end of the race. O how painful the thought that any who ever have been partakers in the third angel's message should give it up! Such will have great reason to lament when it is said to them, 'The harvest is past, I know you not.' May the Lord help us each to buy the gold and the white raiment. I desire to go through to the kingdom with God's dear people. It often rejoices my heart to think of the future. The truth looks precious to me. I desire to be one of that happy number that shall enter that rest that remains to the people of God.
> *And then the living saints shall soar,
> And meet him in the sky;
> And death the righteous shall restore,
> Who in the cold grave lie;
> And sin and sorrow, death and pain,
> Shall ne'er be known by them again.'"