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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 18, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 5.

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C. N. PIKE

By C. N. Pike

From Bro. Pike.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS : I have sometimes thought that I should like to write to you, and let you know how good the Lord has been to me; but when I look at my own heart and see my weakness and unworthiness, I am led to say, Lord, help or I can do nothing. This is my cry when I get into trouble. I believe the Lord is not slack to help in time of need. It has been between eight and nine months since I began to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and I have never yet been sorry that I started to go with the company who are so much despised by the world. It makes me think what our dear Saviour said, “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” I believe if faithful we shall soon be free from every foe; and even now we are not without a Friend who is able and willing to protect us. The psalmist David said, “I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from mine enemies.” Again, “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.” O how good the Lord is! I do want to be one of the happy number who can say in the day of his coming, “This is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us.” Brethren, pray for your unworthy brother earnestly desiring to be a perfect overcomer.

C. N. PIKE

Jamaica, Vt.