LETTERS by Caroline C. Belden

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 24, 1863

LETTERS.

By Caroline C. Belden

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

From Sister Belden.

BRO. WHITE : As it cheers my own heart so much to read the communications, of the dear brethren and sisters in the Review, I concluded I would pen a few lines, if perchance, it might be the means of comforting even one of the lonely ones scattered abroad.

God in his loving kindness, has of late brought affliction and sorrow into our family, by removing from our midst, a darling son and brother; but, thank God, we mourn not as those who have no hope, for we confidently believe he has fallen asleep in Jesus. Like a flower he has been cut down in his early youth but he gave good evidence some time before his death that he had given his heart to God, and that with him all "was well;" and when he passed away it was so calmly, so peacefully, with the praises of God upon his dying lips, that it seemed as if the loving hand of Jesus had left its sweet impress upon the countenance of our departed one. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord," and I can say from my inmost heart, "The will of the Lord be done."

Since the sickness and death of my child I have felt more than ever before the importance of renewing my covenant vows with God. I feel there is a fearful responsibility resting upon God's children, at the present time. Let us then, dear brethren and sisters, awake to a realizing sense of the duties that are devolving upon us, especially those of us who are parents. Let us see to it that the blood of our children be not required at our hands, and I would ask your earnest prayers in my own behalf that I may be kept faithful even unto the end. In the hope of meeting you soon in the Kingdom, I remain your sister striving for eternal life.

CAROLINE C. BELDEN.

New Boston, Mass.