Sister Armstrong’s Christian Testimony
By S. E. Armstrong
Bro. WHITE: For the first time I attempt to acknowledge through the Review what the Lord has done for me. It is over four years since I embraced the solemn truths of the third angel's message in a land of comparative darkness. I there lived for almost four years rejoicing in the truths of God's word, and I believe it was my only desire and chief delight to seek and to serve the living and true God, and to stand forth a living witness for his precious truth. I strove with all my power to live out the principles of the gospel of Christ. On the 19th of March last I left my native home and embarked for America, and came to this place. God, who is rich in mercy, has recently sent Brn. Snook and Brinkerhoff this way to declare the living testimony; and truly their words and example went home with power to my heart, and once more I determined to start anew for the heavenly kingdom. I parted with those two dear children of God with a new and lively hope of meeting them when Jesus comes to make up his jewels, and to be admired in all those that love him. May I so live from henceforth that when Jesus comes I can join with all the redeemed and say, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him and he will save us. Never before did I realize so deeply what it is to be a Christian. It is a great thing to be a child of God, a son or a daughter of the King of heaven and earth. Dear brethren and sisters, I am afraid but few of us do realize our position as we ought. With what Christian dignity ought we to look down on this poor dark world of sin and sorrow. Dead to the world and alive unto God, is a grand thought; dead to the world and alive unto God through faith in Jesus Christ. This ought to be the motto of us all. May it be mine from henceforth, is my earnest prayer. Pray for me that I may prove faithful, and at last meet all the overcomers on mount Zion. Your sister, striving for the victory.
S. E. ARMSTRONG.
Clarence, Cedar Co., Iowa.