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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 22, 1863

Letters.

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

This department of the paper is designed for the brethren and sisters to freely and fully communicate with each other respecting their hopes and determinations, conflicts and victories, attainments and desires, in the heavenly journey. Then they, says the prophet, that feared the Lord spake often one to another. We believe emphatically that we are living in that time. Therefore seek first a living experience and then record it, carefully and prayerfully, for the comfort and encouragement of the other members of the household of faith. Let this department be well filled with lively testimonies of the goodness of God, and the value of his truth.

From Sister Weaver.

BRO. WHITE : It cheers my heart to hear from brethren and sisters of like precious faith. I feel more determined than ever to try to be an overcomer and meet God’s chosen ones on mount Zion. I do not want to bury my talent. I want to work for the Lord. We are commanded to let our light shine; and I believe if we are Christians we shall. The religion of Jesus Christ will be our theme. I want to be an instrument in the hands of God of leading souls to Christ. My prayer is, O Lord, make duty plain, that I err not. I think it but a little while before our sorrows here shall cease; a little while before we shall behold the glories of Heaven, and have no more sadness to mar our peace; a little while before we shall be where lasting glory reigns, where storms and tempests will be o’er; a little while before we shall enter into that rest prepared for the people of God. What a great privilege to be a child of God! I think religion is worth giving up all else for. We have a hundred-fold in this life, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Glorious thought! If faithful a little longer, we shall reap our reward, and come off conquerors through him who hath loved us, and gave his life a ransom for us.

Yours in hope of eternal life.

CORDELIA WEAVER.

Cambridge, Niag. Co., N. Y.

From Sister Wakeling.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: Thinking that it might be interesting to the friends of truth to hear the testimony of some of those who have lately started in the narrow way that leads to life, here in Memphis, I thought I would try to communicate a few facts for publication.

The cause of truth is being built up. In our meeting this evening, all of the brethren and sisters seemed to be striving for the same blessing, to have God's Holy Spirit, to guide us into the perfect knowledge of the truth as expressed in the word of God. We are anxiously looking forward to the happy time when the remnant shall stand with the Redeemer on the mount Zion, to sing the glad song of Moses and the Lamb. We feel thankful to the Lord for having permitted us to hear the last solemn warnings of the third angel's message, that the last gathering call has been sounded in our ears. There has been a great and good work done here; and, praise the Lord! we believe the work is still going on. The dear children and youth are becoming interested, and some have announced their determination to go with their parents to mount Zion. Oh, may the messengers of this truth be encouraged to go on and labor with renewed zeal in the great work.

Dear brethren, pray for the cause in Memphis, that we may all come off victorious through the blood of the Lamb.

Yours in the love of the truth.

SARAH J. WAKELING.

Memphis, Mich.