L E T T E R S | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 21, 1862

L E T T E R S.

"Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another."

From Sister Osgood.

Bro. White: Our long silence has not been because we had lost our interest in the cause to which your life is devoted, no, no! The cause is still dear to us, and shall ever be. We anxiously await the arrival of every Review, that we may learn how it prospers; how the toiling and care-worn servants of the Lord sustain their banner while surrounded by thick darkness and angry foes. Distance cannot separate union of hearts; and as trials thicken around, mine is drawn out in love and deep solicitude for the despised few, "the nation not desired."

More and more do I learn to sympathize with you and sister W. as I realize the solemn responsibilities resting upon you. Truly yours is a place of trial. Yours is a holy trust. May the Lord give wisdom in every emergency, and sustain under every discouragement and trial. This has been, and is, and shall be, our prayer; and we trust the Lord will hear, not for our sakes, who are so utterly unworthy, but for the sake of his own precious cause.

Hope on, trust on, labor on. The clouds which look so dark have sunshine just the other side. Soon they will part, and light appear. The time is nearing when the watchmen shall see eye to eye. Soon as with the heart of one man shall they stand by you, to hold up your hands till victory is won. May the time hasten when estrangement and distrust shall vanish before the breezes of love and faith. The little flock shall then feed sweetly together.

I am not weary of the Saviour's yoke, nor of the precious lessons he imparts. I desire with Mary of old ever to sit at his feet and learn of him lessons of meekness, patience, wisdom, and love. He helps me when I struggle to overcome self and sin. God gives the victory when I plead for help in Jesus' name. The more I meditate upon his heavenly teachings, the more I love the Teacher. God's precious word shall be the golden clasp that binds our hearts together. We cannot study it, entering into the spirit of its teachings, without finding our hearts filling with love; and if we continue to study, they will continue to fill, until the slightest touch will make them overflow. O, we need to have them just so full now. "Little children, let us love one another with pure hearts, fervently." "Praying one for another, and submitting ourselves one to another in the fear of God," that all the Christian graces may be in us, increasing and abounding even until our Master comes.

Your sister in the struggle for truth and holiness.

M. M. Osgood.

Bronte, Halton Co., C. W.