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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 30, 1863

Letters.

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

From Sister Hicks.

Dear Brethren and Sisters: I am cheered so often by reading the letters in the Review that I feel like bearing my testimony again in favor of those truths we are trying to obey in this perilous time of war and wickedness. It truly is the time when men's hearts are failing them for fear, looking for those things that are coming upon the earth. The Union men of this community are forming themselves into leagues, and arming secretly to protect themselves and property from the traitors in their midst. Have not perilous times come? Are they not at our very doors? Oh, how it becomes us to watch and pray lest we enter into temptation.

How I long to meet again to worship with the children of God. I have seen but one Sabbath-keeper since we came here, sister M. J. Chapman, of Terre Haute, Ind. She has encouraged me much by her example and conversation, and I hope to profit by them.

I have laid aside every idol against which we are warned, and feel to thank my heavenly Father that he enabled me to do so. I feel the need of rising upon higher ground with the remnant, and having the whole armor of faith to resist the foes from without and within. I hope ere long that some of our elders will come here, that I may obey all the requirements of the gospel by being baptized. I often sin, but I have an advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous. Cheering thought! though we are sinful, he is all righteousness, and our advocate for sin.

Dear brethren and sisters who are alone, I love especially to read your letters. We have greater need of strong reliance upon the almighty arm for support in our trials than those that have church privileges. They in a measure strengthen one another, and their letters strengthen us. When our paper comes to hand how eagerly I turn to the page where they that feared the Lord spake often one to another. Sometimes it is not to be found, and I feel as though I had missed a good meeting almost. It does not look right to me when there are so many intelligent persons who read the Review, that there should often be nothing written for this page, and I hope the brethren and sisters will not be slack in discharging this duty.

O, how I want to have my lamp trimmed and burning when the Bridegroom shall come. Sometimes I almost despair of being able to go through to the kingdom, but that I know is a device of Satan to tempt me to give up. Then the words of our Saviour come to mind, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate;" and again, "Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you." Let us strive to enter in.

Yours in hope. HARRIET HICKS.

Vigo Co., Ind.