THE TRUTH ABROAD by F. Morrow

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 15, 1862

THE TRUTH ABROAD.

By F. Morrow

Bro. White: It may be interesting to the readers of the Review to know how much the present truth is thought of in foreign lands, and how hard the enemy tries to circumscribe its limits. He does not want it in any of his dominions. I take the liberty to send you the following extract from a private letter from Ireland, believing its insertion will be for the good of the cause. The counsel of a mother to her dear sons will show that the truth is received without any caviling. O that we all might receive the truth with the same childlike simplicity.

F. Morrow.

“I do hope my dear sons that you are striving to obey God with all the heart. I am sorry my dear J. that your last letter gave me little reason to hope that you had given up error for truth; but I believe you sincere, and can only pray the Father of infinite mercy to remove your prejudice, and reveal to your understanding the sweet and glorious light of present truth.

“Dear son, read your Bible prayerfully, laying aside all your preconceived opinions. Ask your heavenly Father for the promised aid of the Holy Spirit to show you what is truth. Then act up to the light given, and I trust soon to hear that you are numbered with God's dear people, who are obeying him by striving to do his will on earth. I have examined the plan of organization laid down in the Review, and also the doctrine and discipline of the Seventh-day Adventist people, and wonder how any sincere child of God could raise an objection. If you compare it with apostolic faith and practice, you cannot fail to see the harmony and consistency of their position. I have read sister White's visions, at least a part of them, and will only say, my heart glows with gratitude to God, the bountiful giver of all good, for the revelation of light and truth given to his dear remnant church through the instrumentality of Bro. and sister White. For my part I feel no inclination to reject, nor dare I come, dear son, to your conclusions. I believe the light to come from God, and that nothing but the power of the Most High could prepare weak mortals for such a great and glorious work, and sustain them through all the trials and privations through which they have passed. Beware, my dear children, how you treat the solemn message sent you from heaven. It corresponds with Bible truth, and those that reject it, I fear will also reject the most solemn warnings of the Bible. We live in an evil time, when the world, it may be truly said, ‘by wisdom knoweth not God.’ O may we be enabled by divine grace to yield ourselves unreservedly to the Lord, obeying all his divine requirements,

and looking forward with joyful hope for the appearing of our dear Saviour, who will soon appear “without sin unto salvation.” O may we be gathered, an undivided family, into his everlasting kingdom is my daily and earnest prayer.

“S. has received the Hymn Book you promised in your last letter. It came with Spiritual Gifts Vols. 1 & 2, from the Review Office. But the Devil and his angels would not have let us get them if we had been easily conquered. When they arrived there were £2, 8s, postage to be paid. We wrote to the general P. O., and they were returned with twenty shillings, British postage, on the Hymn Book. They said that it was over weight. We gladly paid the amount rather than not get them. Although the books were in separate packages, they would not let us have part, unless we paid for the whole.

“I conclude with earnest prayer, my dear sons, that if we are not permitted to meet here, we may all meet on that blest shore where parting will be no more. I commend you to God and the word of his grace to keep you from falling. O may he preserve you blameless unto his coming and kingdom.

“Your ever affectionate mother,

“Margaret Armstrong.”