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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 20, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 22, No. 21.

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By Huldah Lanphear

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

From Sister Lanphear.

DEAR BRN. AND SISTERS: I have long felt that I wanted to say a few words through the Review. I feel to thank the Lord that I was ever led to hear his precious truth and had a willing heart to obey it. O the unspeakable love that fills the soul when we do the will of the Lord and follow in his footsteps. O why do we cling to this sinful world, so much. I feel to say, Lord wean my affections from it; and may we all get just right in his sight, be clothed with humility and have on the whole armor; for soon our Deliverer will appear.
May we so live out these great and solemn truths that we have heard, that his great name may be glorified. And may the truth get such a deep root in our hearts that there will be no place for pride or love of the world.
Soon the dividing line will be drawn. We soon shall behold the glory of that bright world or be forever cast off. It seems that I hear all my dear Brn. and sisters say, I will be an overcomer and dwell in the earth made new for the children of God. Then the thought comes home, that none but the pure in heart shall have right to the tree of life. O I long to be more like my blessed Redeemer.
We that are parents let us look around us and see if we have done all that we can for our children. All things are soon to vanish away, and can we bear the thought of having them separated from us. May we remember that the Lord holds us accountable for the way we teach our children. We are to lead them in the paths of righteousness and bring them up in the way they should go. They are to be trained in the way of God's commands when we sit down and when we rise up. Let us hasten to do all that the Lord has told us, and then the Most High shall deliver us. Do trials and discouragements overwhelm? then look up. This is not the place of our rest. Press forward. The dark night will soon be past, the glory of that morning soon will dawn, and ours will be the song of victory. May we be of that happy number that shall stand with all the ransomed throng around the throne of God.
Your sister striving to overcome.
HULDAH LANPHEAR.
Nile, Allegany Co., N. Y.