Perilous Times and Perseverance
Sister Prentice writes from Red Rock, Iowa: "I would say to the dear brethren I am still trying to keep the commandments. Though sorely tried and afflicted I do not feel disposed to give up, but rather, pressing on and looking upward I would be found ever doing the will of my Father. I feel well assured that 'time's career is closing,' that soon Christ will appear and oh I desire to meet him with my lamp trimmed and burning. These are indeed 'perilous times.' And I feel that there is before the Sabbath-keeper, persecution, bitter persecution. For the dragon is wroth and his hosts are raging. May God give us strength equal to our day is the prayer of your unworthy sister."