Extracts from Letters

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 2, 1861

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. A. C. Coventry writes from Allegan, Mich. : "I am striving to keep pace with the third angel's message. It is evident to my mind that the present is the time which must be improved by daily obtaining a closer walk with God, in order to fit the believer for translation. It is now about a year since a relative predicted that in less than one year I should be glad to leave the Adventists. Thank God that I have yet a flame of honesty left, and I am resolved that neither life nor death shall persuade me to relinquish my interest in the blessed hope. I cannot sufficiently thank God that he ever permitted me to hear the sound of this last message of mercy, and enabled me to give heed to its warning voice. A solemn responsibility rests on believers in this work. The soul needs to be humbled in order to learn the will of God. 'Lord, what will thou have me to do?' "

Sister P. M. Lamson of Clarkson Center, N. Y., in a letter to a friend in Battle Creek, has the following paragraph: "I was sorry to learn that the Battle Creek church was pestered with such characters as the Good Samaritan exposes. Bro. and Sr. White have enough to discourage them, if they were not sustained by a Higher Power. We have Testimony No. 6. The scales are falling off from our eyes—or in other words—we have not realized the importance of Sister White's labors in the church. It appears to me that her teaching is of the same authority as Paul's or John's or Isaiah's."

Bro. J. W. Wolfe writes from Republic, Ohio: "There are a few in this place who are striving to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and go with the remnant to mount Zion. We feel like giving our heavenly Father all the praise. Our hearts have been made to rejoice of late in reading the testimonies of the dear brethren that they are trying to come up to the help of the Lord, and have been abundantly blessed. I can say that we have not been left without a blessing. The Lord has poured out his Spirit upon us more than we have deserved. Praise his holy name We want to be found among the remnant, having on the whole armor of God that we may fight manfully the battles of the Lord, and come off conquerors through our blessed Saviour. Pray for us."