Faith Amid Trial and Loss
By Fanny Freeman
BRO. WHITE : I would like to let the dear scattered ones of like precious faith, know that I am striving to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. For the past two years I have not had the privilege of reading the Review, or meeting with any one of the remnant church. Yet my Saviour has been very precious. It has been the will of my Heavenly Father to chasten me very sore. Two years last August my husband, (Edwin A. Freeman,) enlisted and went into service, in about five months after his enlistment, he was taken sick and placed upon a hospital boat to be sent to St. Louis, and farther accounts we have not been able to learn of him. It is thought by all that saw him in his sickness that he must have died. His last letter to me was dated the twenty-second of Jan., near two years since. He was then very sick. It has left me with six small children in this city among strangers without means of support. The way has been very dark, yet often has this precious promise borne me up amid all trials; "I am thy God. I will still give thee aid. Though thou passest through deep waters they shall not overflow, or through the fire, thou shalt not be burned." "My grace is sufficient for thee." It is my desire that I may come forth as the refined gold and the purified silver, purified from all dross. I do not know of any one that keeps the seventh-day Sabbath in this place but myself; but I can say it is my delight and I hope that, unworthy as I am, I may yet attain unto that rest that remains for the people of God. Oh that God may make his chosen servants as flaming fire, the word preached quick and powerful, that the spirit and power of Elijah's God may rest upon them to the bringing down of strong holds, and sowing of the seeds of truth and righteousness. I desire an interest in the prayers of all, that I may be faithful to the end. I have felt very diffident about sending for the Review, being unable to pay for it; but receiving a few numbers from a dear aunt, it was like meeting an old friend; and they so revived me that I could not refrain from writing to have the paper sent. Yours in hope.
FANNY FREEMAN.
Oshkosh, Wis.