THE LONE PILGRIMS by Mrs. M. E. Archer

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · June 17, 1880

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 55, No. 25

THE LONE PILGRIMS.

By Mrs. M. E. Archer

BY MRS. M. E. ARCHER.

Will you please give me a little space in the REVIEW to express my thanks to Bro. Cottrell for his cheering words to the lone pilgrims? I trust that I can appreciate them, having been, for about ten years, a lone Sabbath-keeper. Nevertheless, in living alone, we learn to depend on the Lord, and look directly to him for everything, and oh, what a precious lesson is this! His love never fails; he knows our every weakness. To him we may go with every trial which we may not tell to one another; and what sweet communion we may enjoy with him from day to day if we will only yield our will to his.

I once heard a story of an old bear that had two cubs. One of them she tended with assiduous care, but the other she allowed to care for itself, consequently it learned to climb the trees. One day the dogs were out in the woods, and that cub climbed a tree and was safe; but the little darling cub couldn’t climb, and his mother not being able to climb with him in her arms, they were both destroyed by the dogs. I sometimes think perhaps the poor pilgrims who fight their way through alone, will be about as likely to stand the test of the fiery persecutions which are just before us, as some who are more highly favored. At least, let us not murmur or complain, but let us strive to let our little rush-light shine before the wicked who surround us, and at the Jubilee, when the dear Saviour appears, we shall be among his saints who are preserved forever.