Affliction and the Blessed Hope
By Elcy Hough
BRO. WHITE : It has been sometime since I have said anything through the Review. It is not because I have no interest in the Review, but on the account of sickness and death. I have often wanted to write as I have read the letters from the dear brethren and sisters, telling of their afflictions. I feel as though I could sympathize with them. I have lost five children out of eight, one of whom was drowned. Thus I have had some afflictions; but out of them all the Lord has brought me through. Blessed be his name, for his goodness to me. Had it not been for present truth and the blessed hope I have beyond the grave, I should have been discouraged long ago. I love this present truth. It is a lamp to my feet and a light to my pathway, through the world of trouble. I feel to praise God that I had an ear to hear the solemn message that is now being given to a sinful world. I can say as the Psalmist, Before I was afflicted I went astray. I can say, "It is good to be afflicted." Dear brethren and sisters, I feel that I want to live199near to my God. May we as a people let our light shine to the world, that others seeing our good works, may be led to glorify God. We see the signs thickening around, that the time of trouble, such as never was, is very near. The Lord is coming. May it ring in our ears from day to day—the Lord is coming! I have been meditating for a few weeks about the coming of our Saviour. My heart has been cheered. May the Lord arouse us that we may arise with the message. Those that remain of my little family are trying to meet our dear Saviour, who has suffered and died that we might live. I want to suffer with him, that I may also reign with him in glory. In love of the truth. ELCY HOUGH.