Extracts from Letters

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 3, 1865

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. W. E. Caviness writes from Fairfield, Iowa: Time is undoubtedly short, and all that we can ever do for God and his cause must be done quickly. It should be esteemed a great thing to be counted children of the great God, the maker of the heavens and the earth; and to give and sacrifice in such a good cause, which will secure a crown for us that will fade not away, and bags in Heaven that wax not old. Let us, then, work for God and his cause while it is called to-day, for the night cometh when no man can work. A few more fleeting days and time will close, and Jesus will come in the clouds of heaven, to take his blessed children home. That we may all watch and pray that that day may not overtake us as a thief, is the desire of your unworthy brother.

M. M. Moody writes from Chatham Center, Ohio: As I am deprived of the privilege of meeting with brethren and sisters, I would say to them that I am still determined to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus that I may have a right to the tree of life. I am glad that I ever accepted this message, and by the grace of God I hope to be faithful unto the end. Pray for me that I may live out my profession before parents and friends.