R. Austin writes from Randolph, Col. Co., Wis.: “I can say that the way grows brighter and brighter as I press on towards the mark of the prize. The more I investigate, the more I can see that God’s hand is in the work.
“Dear brethren, I am determined by the help of the Lord, to live more faithful, to put on the whole armor of God that I may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. I delight in the law of God and the faith of Jesus. I feel like following in the footsteps of my blessed Redeemer. He kept his Father’s commandments. John xv, 10. And it is my duty to go and do likewise. Although some prophesied when I commenced to keep God’s holy law, that I should soon give it up, I feel as strong in the faith to-day as ever I did, and have as good a determination to hold on to the end, notwithstanding one year has passed since I turned my feet into the testimonies of the Lord.
“Brethren and sisters, I feel that we are nearing that time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, and my prayer is that the Lord will remember the remnant who keep his commandments and the faith of Jesus. Brethren, let us try to be faithful, watchful and prayerful; for the time is short and we have none to waste. Jesus is soon coming to gather his children home. May I be one of that happy number who shall stand on mount Zion, and sing the song which no man can learn, but the hundred and forty-four thousand which shall be redeemed from the earth.”
A Lone Sabbath Keeper Encouraged
Sister S. A. Wing writes from Brotherstown, Wis., “Bro. Smith : I wish to say a few words through the Review to the brethren and sisters. It is but about two months since I first commenced to keep the Sabbath of our God. I find that there is a blessing in obeying God. My attention was first called to the third angel’s message by Bro. Alden. I thank God that he ever came here. There are no Sabbath-keepers here but myself. I sometimes feel lonely, but when I read the cheering epistles of my brethren and sisters in the Review, I feel encouraged to go on. I know that Jesus will not tarry long. I wish to be one that shall be found at his coming ready and waiting. Brethren and sisters, what if the world does scoff and ridicule the people of God. This should not hinder our homeward walk. It should only draw us closer together. We know that God will have a tried people ; why then should we shun persecution ? Assist me brethren and sisters, and may we all meet at God’s right hand in the kingdom of our Lord.”
More Laborers Needed in the Harvest
Bro. S. C. Conrey, who is acting as tent-master for the Southern Iowa tent, writes from Vernon: “There are twenty-five members here, and the prospect is good for a large church. There is no opposition to speak of. The people acknowledge our postitions to be true from the least to the greatest, and they are favorably impressed. My daily prayer is that the Lord will send more laborers into the vineyard, for the harvest is truly great, but the laborers very few. Bro. Hull is very much worn down with so much hard labor. I can but say, O Lord, give strength to thy servants, for without thy help they can do nothing. Brethren, the message is rising. Let us be up and doing, that we may be ready when the Lord shall come, to enter in to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
Rejoicing in Hope of Immortality
Bro. & Sr. Losey write from Tompkins, Mich.: "We are rejoicing in hope of a glorious immortality, and are striving to overcome our besetting sins, and to live in such a manner that we may be permitted to meet the Lord at his coming, and dwell with him forevermore. We feel this to be worth laboring for, and praying for. We want to be redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, and have a right to the tree of life, and enter through the gates into the city."
The Third Angel’s Message in Iowa
M. S. Cook writes from Fontinelle, Iowa: “I first heard the Third Angel’s Message last winter when Bro. M. Hull came through Osceola. I thank the Lord that I was permitted to hear the sound of that message. I praise the Lord that the truth is spreading here in Iowa. Myself and wife are the only Sabbath-keepers there are in our immediate vicinity, but there are some investigating for themselves: and if some of the preaching brethren could come this way, and give a course of lectures, many, I think, would come out on the Lord’s side. May the Lord speed the time and send more laborers into his harvest. We are still trying to keep all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and mean by the assisting grace of God to be of that happy number that will enter through the gates into the beloved City.”
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Mechanical Religion.
By J. Clarke
HAD it pleased God, he might have so systematized morality, and instituted such forms of worship, and so arranged moral science, so woven it with prophecy, and combined the whole with displays of his own power, that no rational being could have thought of doubting him or his truth for a moment.
But what would man have been in such circumstances? A mere automaton, obedient by necessity, with no grand reward of fixed choice, no sensation of the goodness of God in doing all this, and when saved from sin, he would only have looked upon it as a matter of course, something due to him, something as we see mankind now, frequently, who suppose the world was made especially on their own account.
"Says man, See all things fitted for my use,
See man for mine, replies the pampered goose."
And man saved without a prodigious effort on his own part, without a sense of the awful nature of sin, would have been as insensible of the pit from which he had been taken, as the senseless brutes.
Sin too, undeveloped, had God at once smothered Satan's rebellion, and covered up the sin of Adam, by some well arranged system of reform, by which all the race had been kept in Jesus' fold, by force as it were, as the herdman collects his cattle, with whip and spur, then man nor angel had ever known the terrible nature of rebellion; and the exceeding sinfulness of sin, its hopeless deformity, and disgusting depravity, its destructive influence, its wretchedness, its vileness, and its tendency in every respect, whether as a whole, or in detail, to destroy everything good and holy, and institute in its stead all that is evil and unholy.
It is clear as day, that when Satan fell from his high estate, it became necessary for him to develop the nature of rebellion that its tendency is to continue its efforts in behalf of disorder, and its true character opposed as it is to God, and could it have its own unbridled course, would not halt until it had brought disorder and ruin everywhere, until heaven itself had been made a desolation, and all the starry host had been put in confused orbits. Then had rebellion been satisfied, when glutted with destruction, and when all that was precious had been involved in like ruin with itself; then had rebellion been appeased, when planets, suns, and starry constellations had dashed in wild confusion against each other, then amid the crash of worlds, and the blighting of innocence, had rebellion laughed with maniacal delight, and with like desperation would have fallen upon its own sword, saying, Let us die together. I die, but I die victorious! Ambition, mad ambition, rules in the heart of rebellion, and all sin is rebellion, as far as it extends.
The earth is the theater upon which this grand development is being matured, and the seed is nearly ripe for the sickle; man is the victim upon which rebellion first seized as its prey, and what Satan has done here, he would have done everywhere, had it been allowed (let us praise God it goes no farther), and God has so arranged his truths that all excuse is taken from man, while at the same time, its connexions and beauties must be studied and sought out, or they will be buried in rubbish which Satan has contrived to throw upon them.
Natural and revealed truths are harmonious and plain. It is Satan who has so blindfolded the understanding and bent the will, that these truths seem intricate and hard to be understood; and truths like the Sabbath, the State of the dead, the destruction of the wicked, the sanctuary and 2300 days, and other truths connected with them, all of them simple truths, lying just in our path, rudimental truths, as "sin is the transgression of the law;" plain, clear—yet Satan has so forestalled them with error, that the human understanding is blinded to the simple rules of right.
Correction.
By John Nevins Andrews
A LETTER from brother Lunt of Portland, Me., states that a person by the name of Langarl has caused trouble to the brethren in that vicinity. He writes that Mr. L. represents me as laboring in connection with himself, and as sympathizing with his peculiar views, especially in opposition to the visions of sister White. In reply I have only to say that this statement is entirely unfounded. Mr. L. came into our meeting at Somerville, Mass., and near its close made a few remarks. After meeting he informed us who he was, and expressed a wish to have an interview with me. He accordingly called a few days after and spent several hours in giving his views. I soon discovered the fact that it would be useless to attempt to change his mind. But as he was an elderly man and a stranger, I endeavored to treat him with courtesy. I did distinctly enter my protest against his views of the non-resurrection of the wicked, the spiritual second advent, &c. &c. At the close of this interview he expressed his disbelief of our views of the two-horned beast, and said that they were cherished simply because of the visions, or something to that effect. I replied, as nearly as I can now recollect, that I believed in the visions, but that I did not consider them the foundation of that view.
J. N. A.
Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., July, 23, 1860.
Truth better than Fable.
Bro. D. E. Gibson writes from Melrose, Jackson Co., Wis.: "I have been to a camp-meeting of late, and heard four discourses a day. I listened very attentively to the doctrines of the day; but as I returned home from the meeting, the Review No. 6, Vol. xvi, came to hand; and as I perused its pages I could exclaim, present truth shines brighter than ever. How thankful I am to my heavenly Father for its light. 'Bless the Lord O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name.'"
Investigating the Truths of God’s Word
By Editor
Betsey M. Osgood writes from Lairdsville, Oneida Co., N. Y.,: "There seems to be a moral destitution in this place of the preaching of some of the great truths of God's word. We are told from Sunday to Sunday that man has an immortal soul; and the first day of the week is repeatedly called the Sabbath; and the doctrine is affirmed that man at death goes directly to his reward, so that if we bring forward the Bible doctrine upon these points, as also that of a soon coming Saviour, they are called new doctrines. O, that man would investigate the truths of God's word for themselves, and not trust to the traditions of the fathers."
The Bible is not a new book; and no doctrine can be found in the Bible dating farther back than the Sabbath and the mortality of man, except the fall of Satan. They date from the creation. The doctrine of the Lord's coming, also, is not a very modern doctrine, seeing it was promulgated by Enoch, only the seventh from Adam.—ED.
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