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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 2, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 22, No. 1.

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C. R. AUSTIN

By C. R. Austin

From Sister Austin.

BRO. WHITE: As I took up the Review this morning and perused its pages in search of spiritual food for the needy soul, my attention was struck with the expression that "the Review is not what it should be;" and the question immediately arose, Whose fault is it? Certainly not the Editor's; for weekly comes the stirring exhortation, or admonition, or words of cheering comfort from his pen, that are like cooling water to a parched and thirsty soul; and while he labors so faithfully for the good of others, may his hands be strengthened from the sanctuary above, and his heart be watered from the pure fountain of life so abundantly that the blessed influence shall be felt all through the scattered flock, and every member shall come to the living fountain, and get his own soul baptized anew with the spirit of present truth. Then would our much-loved paper be just what it should be; and there would be found but little room in it for the pieces, though good, that we had read before in some one of the papers of the day.
While ancient Israel stood at the door of the tabernacle as the high priest went into the most holy place with the blood of the goat, methinks each one's whole attention was engrossed with his own case which was pending there; and shall we who are living in this great day of atonement while the Lamb of God is offering that blood that cleanseth from all sin, and will soon finish all his pleading, have our attention so taken up by the scenes around us that we shall neglect to gird on the whole armor that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.
I do believe that if we were as diligent and persevering in our endeavors to secure eternal life as the Devil is in his to hinder us from obtaining it, we should soon see a perfect church that God would work mightily for. May God help each one of us to get our hearts right, then our lives will be right, and our paper will be just what it should be; and all we do will be for the glory of God; and soon we shall see that blessed Saviour that loved us and gave himself for us, in all his glory, and be forever with him.

C. R. AUSTIN

Berkshire, Vt.