Sister Harris’s Christian Testimony
By Caroline E. Harris
BRO. WHITE: With deep gratitude of heart would I take my pen to bear testimony to the great goodness of God, and of my desire to come up with his people. In the great building which is fitly framed together in Christ, and which groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord, I am glad there are none so weak and imperfect but they may have place. Praise the Lord that he can make use of the poorest material in this building. Glory to God! With my whole heart I desire to get into the place I should be in. I believe my Saviour is helping me to go on from strength to strength. I have said, "Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living." "Close by thy side still may I keep,
Howe'er life's various currents flow;
With steadfast eye mark every step,
And follow thee where'er thou go." "Thou, Lord, the dreadful fight hast won;
Alone thou hast the wine-press trod;
In me thy strengthening grace be shown,
O may I conquer through thy blood!" "So when on Zion thou shalt stand,
And all heaven's hosts adore their King,
Shall I be found at thy right hand,
And free from pain thy glories sing?" Mr. Wesley is in the grave now; but soon will he see Jesus, and with "all heaven's host adore their King." O the prospect that looms up before the people of God! Heart cannot conceive it. If it is so very pleasant to see a band of Christians meet, as at the Battle Creek Conference (described by Bro. Smith in a late Review), where the meeting is only for a short time, and they part again, each to breast the storms and trials of life, what a meeting will that be when Abraham the patriarch, and all the prophets, shall have come up from their dusty beds, with all the pure and good of all ages, and the dear martyrs too, who counted not their own lives dear unto them for Christ's sake, and all, all shall greet each other and give praise to him who redeemed them by his blood—their battles fought, their hopes all realized, and an eternity of bliss before them! O let me be there! Let me share the suffering and the cross, that I may also share the victory and the rest. I am glad the work of the Lord is moving onward. Yours hoping for life.
CAROLINE E. HARRIS.
Lunenburg, Vt.