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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 7, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 20, No. 19.

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L E T T E R S .

By T. M. Steward

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

From Bro. Steward.

BRO. WHITE: As I was reading the Review this morning, and delighting in its instruction, I wished that it was all original matter, for I always feel inclined to postpone the selected pieces for the last; but it is all good. Then I wished I could write, but upon reflection I thought I had never so much as expressed my interest in the Review, notwithstanding I have enjoyed it free so long. As I saw your improvement in mailing your paper, and saw mine marked “fr,” I thought to myself, how negligent I have been! how ungrateful! I feel truly ashamed. Cannot I do as much as to acknowledge a favor? if not I am unworthy of it. I humbly ask your forgiveness. I feel deeply indebted to you for the favor, and I read with increasing interest as we approach the perils of the last days. It contains cheering and profitable instruction for us in this time.
I feel grateful to God for leading out his people thus far, and I am confident he will not leave them now to perish, if they hold fast their confidence firm unto the end. I feel to rejoice that light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart. Our true position in the world becomes more and more apparent to me as we pass along, and events transpire around us. The wise man has said, “The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” I feel the need of a deeper work of grace in my own heart.
I am much pleased with the remarks on systematic labor, and I do hope that we may yet become so closely united by the love of God and our love for his cause that nothing can separate us. I want a part with the people of God. It is my earnest desire to be of some little service in giving this last message to the world. O, that I never had erred! I mean by grace to redeem the time because the days are evil. I hope some of our brethren will speak out on the war question. May the Lord bless you in your arduous work for the advancement of the cause, and sustain the Review Office in all its parts and departments for the dissemination of light and truth.
Yours in hope of eternal life.
T. M. STEWARD.
Mauston, Wis.