Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 9, 1861

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. C. Woodruff writes from Zanesville, Ohio: "The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald visits me weekly when justice is done in the Post Office department. Opposers to the truth are to be expected; for mankind naturally have neither ears to hear, nor eyes to see it; and if the ability has been acquired by grace, it is easily destroyed by sectarian influence. I believe in holding up the plain, unvarnished law of God as a standard of perfection or godliness, and requiring its righteousness to be fulfilled in our hearts through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. In my judgment this is the only Bible standard of holiness that can be lawfully contended for. I try to keep the commandments, and love all those who are trying to do the same. The complete fulfillment is only accomplished by our having on the whole armor of God, and by God's working in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure."

Sister S. Robinson writes from Union City, Mich.: "Time is short, Jesus is near. The day of the Lord is at hand; the signs are fast fulfilling. Are we ready to meet him in peace? Shall we joy and rejoice in his appearing? Shall we hail with delight his near approach, and say, He is our God, we have waited for him? If so, happy are we now, and happy shall we be in our mansions of glory. May we be so happy as to be inhabitants of the new Jerusalem. The Lord is faithful to fulfill his word, not only to the saint but to the sinner. Come sinner, come to Jesus while he stands pleading your cause before his Father. Soon it will be too late, come now while it is called to-day; to-morrow may never come to you. Then why delay your repentance a single day, hour, or moment. Time is short and eternity near. Jesus says, Come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly, and you shall find rest to your souls."

Bro. E. B. Saunders writes from Eagle Harbor, N. Y.: "My love for the present truth is getting stronger, nor do I intend to get switched off upon some side track. My sympathies are strong now, and have always been so, with the brethren who have great burdens to bear. We do not forget to pray for those at Battle Creek. We desire to rise with the message, and be found with clean hands and a pure heart when Jesus comes."

Bro. T. E. Thorp writes from Berlin, Wis.: "I am living in a new place where the present truth has never been preached. I lend my papers to the people that live around me, and the result is that some are getting very anxious to hear preaching. I hope the time will soon come when all will have an opportunity."

Bro. W. W. Wilson writes from Allen's Grove: "We are commanded to exhort one another, and so much the more as we see the day approaching. I have lately commenced keeping the commandments. I find in keeping them there is great reward. They were written by the finger of God on tables of stone as a sign of their permanence. They were termed a perfect law. The reward for keeping them is eternal life in this earth when it is brought back to its Eden state. There sickness, sorrow, pain and death will be no more. There we expect to have that immortality that Paul exhorts us to seek for. There we expect to assemble from Sabbath to Sabbath to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It becomes us as wise servants to watch daily, that we may be accounted worthy to obtain those promises."