Jesus, when shall I see thy face,
And in thine image shine?
Now I adore thy matchless grace
And boundless love, divine.
Burdened with sin, and pressed with care,
I long to soar away
To those bright realms of Eden, fair,
Where reigns an endless day.
Yet would I patiently endure
All I am called to bear,
Knowing the glorious prize is sure,
And we are almost there.
O, praise the Lord, for he is good,
His guiding hand I own.
His promises indeed are food,
I stand by him alone.
O, 'mid the perils of these days,
Help me by faith to live,
And when I've passed life's thorny maze,
Eternal glory give.
A. L. GUILFORD.
LETTERS.
By John A. Luke
"Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another."
From Bro. Luke.
DEAR BRO. WHITE: You will perhaps be surprised on receiving a note from an entire stranger; but by your kind indulgence I will briefly introduce myself to you and the dear brethren in the third angel's message. For seven years I had been a member of the so-called Christian church, and thought my faith was as immovable as the "eternal hills. I had read the most of Bro. Campbell's works, and had listened to his lectures for a year; and had associated with some of the ablest ministers of the so called reformation, by whom I was treated with much kindness, and for whom I yet cherish the kindest regards, especially John Allen Gans of Kentucky, in which State I was born and raised. But in the providence of God I was permitted to hear the third angel's message from Brn. Waggoner and Shortridge during a meeting held by them, beginning Aug. 9, near Eddyville; and praised be the name of the Lord, I now see a beauty and loveliness in the law of God and faith of Jesus never beheld before. I had been violating that sacred law by laboring on the Sabbath of the Lord, but when the commandment came sin revived and I died, and by Bro. Waggoner was buried by immersion into the death of my Redeemer; and I now consider my life hid with Christ in God; and when he shall appear, if I prove faithful unto the end, I will appear with him. The persecutions of my former brethren are beginning to wax hot against me. Pray for me brethren that I may hold out faithful and receive a crown of life.
Yours in the hope of eternal life.
JOHN A. LUKE.
Eddyville, Iowa.
T. RAMSEY
By T. Ramsey
From Bro. Ramsey.
BRO. WHITE: I feel very thankful to the Lord that amid the great strife and commotion in our country, I am still endeavoring to try to please the Lord in keeping his commandments. Truly the times in which we are living are very solemn, yet I fear we do not realize it as we should. May we all as a people wake up, and come up to the high standard of true piety. I fear for many of our brethren who have grown-up children and let them desecrate God's holy day. This should not be. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." "Train up your children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." These are commandments from the Lord, and we must obey them or we never can expect to see the kingdom of heaven.
We have meetings here twice a week. Our company is very small, but we claim the promise, "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in their midst." I am thankful to see that there are a few in Ohio trying to do the will of the Lord. We would be very glad if some messenger would come and labor in this State.
Yours striving for heaven.
T. RAMSEY
Leipsic, Ohio.
Reflections on Christian Living
The purest church in this world is simply a recruiting station for the true church that is to be; it is merely a provisional arrangement till the perfect church comes.
It is a solemn thing, people say, to die; but it is a vastly more solemn thing to live. It is easier to die a martyr than to live a christian.
When you forgive the man who has pierced your heart, he stands to you in the relation of the sea-worm that perforates the shell of the muscle, which straightway closes the wound with a pearl.
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Business Notes.
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"WHAT'S THE USE TO PRAY?"
By R. F. Cottrell
Some years since, the father and mother of a little family embraced the Sabbath, under the preaching of the third angel's message. They ran well for a season; but trials came, and, not having depth of earth, they withered away. After remaining in a cold, lifeless state for some time, the father attended the meetings at a modern "revival," and being somewhat awakened, commenced prayer in his family again. Arising from the season of prayer, one of the children, a little girl about five years of age, came to her mother with tears in her eyes, and said, "What's the use to pray, if we don't keep the Sabbath?" This cutting reproof from innocent, artless lips, sent an arrow of conviction to the mother's heart, and she has again turned her feet into the testimonies of the Lord. It may prove a means of her salvation. Would it might reach the father's heart also.
"Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. . . . When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you, yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear." Isa. i, 10, 15. "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" Luke vi, 46. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matt. vii, 21. R. F. COTTRELL.
THE ASSOCIATION.
By Editor
We see that the receipts of cash in the REVIEW for the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association are very small. We do not succeed in collecting on our Eastern tour as we hoped, and begin to feel a little anxious concerning the prosperity of the Association.
Many of the friends of the cause pledged nobly, and some of them are fulfilling their pledges. But means do not come in fast enough to meet the present wants of the Association. The Office building should be completed before cold weather; and in order for this, the weekly receipts for the Association should be at least $300. In No. 13, only $51 were receipted. The Association has hired about $1000, and still the treasury is running low. In order for the work of building and publishing to progress, the friends must immediately fulfill their pledges as far as possible, and others, who have not pledged, must join the enterprise. We give it as our opinion that it will be of no use to wait for better times to raise money; therefore recommend that a double effort be put forth at once. The money is wanted now.
The whole of 1861 was given to only those who could not pay until near the close of the year, and the $1000 is hired for the accommodation of such. It will therefore be expected that all others will pay their pledges before the yearly meeting of the Association, October 4, 1861.
To those who have pledged, and cannot well pay the full amount now, we would suggest that they send in a part as soon as possible; and when they send the full amount, certificates of shares will be forwarded. And we would suggest to those who feel unable to take a share at present, that they forward one or more dollars each to the Association in this time of need, which will be placed among the receipts for the Association, and when any of these, at any future time, make up the sum of $10 in all, they will be entitled to a certificate of a share. Here is a chance for all to help a little, and in the present extreme necessity it must be a pleasure to all true friends to help what they can.
Again, many of our churches and scattered brethren have no special call for their Systematic Benevolence funds. These churches can make donations of a portion of the funds on hand, or due the treasury, to the Association. We would be in favor of the Battle Creek church setting a good example in this respect, worthy of imitation by other churches and brethren.
We would speak to the heart of every true friend of the cause, and enlist their warmest sympathies in behalf of the Publishing Association at this critical time. Friends, shall we let this building go right up? Shall the Steam Press continue to print our weekly and monthly, and to publish our works when needed? Please answer these questions in the affirmative by sending along in advance for these papers, and your liberalities for the Association. Our Secretary writes that there are many orders for the pamphlet entitled, Signs of the Times, and none to supply, and asks if another edition can be published. Our reply is, Yes, when means can be spared.
FROM THE CHURCH IN DECATUR CITY, IOWA.
THE Advent church of this place, met at the house of Bro. W. H. Fortune in a business meeting, and called Bro. A. B. Hanner to the chair, and Bro. W. H. Fortune, secretary pro tem and clerk for the church, and proceeded to business.
1. Resolved, That we adopt the name Seventh-day Adventists.
2. Resolved, That we adopt the plan of organization as brought to view in the Review, Vol. xviii, No. 3.
3. Resolved, That the secretary send the proceedings of this meeting to the Review for publication.
Adjourned.
A. B. HANNER, Chairman.
W. H. FORTUNE, Secretary.
ANNUAL MEETING
Of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association.
THE first annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, for the election of officers, and the transaction of all other business pertaining to the interests of the Association will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., sixth-day, October 4, 1861, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.
JAMES WHITE,
GEO. W. AMADON,
E. S. WALKER,
URIAH SMITH,
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH,
CYRENIUS SMITH,
J. P. KELLOGG,
Trustees.