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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 21, 1861

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 18, No. 1.

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SAMUEL TREAT

By Samuel Treat

From Bro. Treat.

Bro. Smith: My heart is cheered and encouraged to press my way through every cloud of opposition onward to mount Zion. While I see the winds of strife blowing so furiously, and already the clarion of war is sounding, which threatens to drench our nation in blood from center to circumference, and also see the promptness and activity with which the people are preparing to meet the contest by pouring in men by thousands, and money by millions to support the government and defend the stars and stripes, it reminds me of our Saviour's words, The children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. Luke xvi, 3. O, should not we be as earnest to support the cause of God and defend the blood-spangled banner of King Jesus as they are to support the government and defend the stars and stripes of the Union? Now let us contrast the two warfares. Their victory, if gained, is only momentary; ours eternal. They win only corruptible honors, while we triumph over death, hell and the grave, and obtain glory and immortality in the kingdom which will have no end. O, let us fight the battles of the Lord, not with carnal weapons, but with the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. In the language of the apostle Paul I would say, Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. And having these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor. vii, 1.
I would here say that I have the privilege of meeting on the first day of the week with some three or four in this place who love the Lord and the doctrine of his second coming. They allow me to advance my views ou the Sabbath question and other points as held by the Seventh-day Adventists, and I hope the time is not distant when they will come out fully on the side of truth. I believe God has got some honest souls that have not yet seen all the present truth, but are seeking for it as for a hidden treasure, and living up to the best light they have. Such, when the third angel's message goes with a loud voice, will embrace it and live it out.
In hope of eternal life.

SAMUEL TREAT

Great Falls, N. H.