"Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another."
From Bro. Hebner.
Bro. SMITH : Truly the Review is a welcome messenger to me. It is like bread to the hungry, or the pure spring water to the thirsty soul. The doctrines it advocates are truly the doctrines of the Bible, and its spirit, the Spirit of Christ. Although I am alone in this place, and feel I am a stranger and a pilgrim on the earth as all my forefathers were, yet when I take my Bible and read that God's people are a scattered and peeled people, and then take the Review and read the testimony of the little flock scattered to the four winds of the earth, I can truly rejoice with that joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, that soon, very soon his saints will be gathered to him, and so ever be with him. Praise his holy name. My desire is that I may be a holy man, a perfect overcomer, and share in the kingdom with the saints.
Dear brethren and sisters, although I am a stranger to many of you that write those warm-hearted epistles in the Review, I trust I am not a stranger to the God you worship, or the Spirit you possess. My desire is that this medium, the paper, may be filled with warm-hearted testimonies, and we all be found keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus at his appearing and kingdom. May God abundantly bless this medium through which his people can communicate to each other, and to the world the truth contained in the word of God, the third and last message of mercy that is ever to be proclaimed to the world this side the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Although we may have trials and persecution, and cruel mockings for the word's sake, the apostle says that these light afflictions which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. I desire to live a Christian, squared by the word of truth.
Yours in the bonds of love and Christian affection, and in hope of eternal life at the appearing of Christ.
JOSIAH HEBNER.