Finding the Seventh-day Adventists
By Cornelia J. Hough
Bro. White: I cannot express my gratitude to God, for his mercies to unworthy me. His goodness, and mercies, have followed me all the days of my life. In early youth, he called after me, and showed me, that I was a sinner, and that nothing but repentance, and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ, could save me from eternal death. I resolved to leave my young associates, and serve the Lord, who became to me the chiefest among ten thousand and the one altogether lovely. I united with the Baptist church, but as it became popular, and conformed to the world, I was deeply troubled on the account of her sins, and felt that Jesus suffered, and was wounded, in the house of his professed followers. Like a soul thirsting for a cooling stream, I longed to see a church that was plain, humble, and Christ-like. A little over two years ago I heard of the Seventh-day Adventists, that they were a peculiar people, zealous of good works. I said at once, that may be the people I have so long desired to see. I could not at first see the Sabbath, but soon the seals fell from my eyes, and I saw it in its true light. Dear brethren, I feel to praise the Lord for the light of the third angel's message. In it, there is something substantial, something for the mind to rest upon. Language, with me, is too feeble, to express my thanks to God, for presenting to me the light, and giving me a heart to receive it. Truly, the Christian's life, may be called a warfare. I find daily, many things to overcome. The way is straight, and narrow, but not too much so. Then to think of the prize at the end of the race. Oh, how glorious! Jesus said, I will go, and prepare a place for you. And I want to be ready when he comes again that I may be one of that happy number, whom he will receive unto himself. Will it not be worth a life of self-denial, and persecution, to become heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ, and be inheritors of his everlasting kingdom? Cornelia J. Hough.
Manchester, Ills.