[From Bro. Holt.] by George W. Holt

Publishing Committee · Saratoga Springs, N. Y. · Aug 5, 1851

[From Bro. Holt.]

By George W. Holt

[From Bro. Holt.]

DEAR BRO. WHITE: My heart is with you in this blessed work of the Lord. I feel to-day like adopting the language of Paul. “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Glory be to God for this holy way of living. Again “I delight in the law of God after the inward man.”

Those that do not see glory enough in this holy law of God written by the Spirit of the living God on the fleshly tables of the heart, to excite them to love and serve God with a perfect heart, and to consecrate themselves and all their substance to the Lord and his cause, without the message of time, never will do it with definite time. What is stronger than the immutable law of Jehovah? The ten commandments are to be put in the mind and written to the heart under the new covenant, while Jesus the Great High Priest is a “Minister of the Sanctuary and of the True Tabernacle, which the Lord pitched and not man.” This work will soon be done and Jesus will leave the new covenant Sanctuary to reap the harvest of the earth. Then those that have done the commandments from the heart will be gathered, and be able to stand before God without an intercessor.

I had the pleasure of reading the “Review and Herald Extra” of July 21st, last evening. My soul was fed with its contents. I am glad to hear from you once more, and that the Lord is prospering you in the work of publishing the paper to send out to the scattered and torn flock, as an instrument to help gather them in the “unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Eph. iv, 13.

The Sabbath and first-day following the conference at Milton, I met with the brethren in Waitsfield, (Vt.) that came together from that and the neighboring towns. The word of the Lord had free course, and was glorified. The brethren were much blessed, and strengthened in the truth of God’s word. Some were at the meeting that had not been with us, and came out clear on the whole truth. Three were baptized. The next Sabbath and first-day I held meetings at this place. The brethren from Randolph, Tunbridge and Royalton were present. The Lord was indeed with us, and his “word” was “quick and powerful.” Some were at this meeting that heard our position explained from the word of God for the first time, and they were astonished at the amount of scripture brought to sustain our present position, and were led to exclaim, “God is with this people.” One sister said she had been deceived by false reports. She had been informed that we were spiritualizers, and believed in spiritual union, &c., and she was surprised to learn that we had no fellowship with that class. She is now rejoicing in the truth.

The Lord is truly reviving his people, and fitting them to “stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.” Prejudice is giving way, and the honest are fast embracing the truth of the third message, and taking a firm and decided stand on the commandments of God, and the testimony of Jesus. Last Sabbath and first-day I met the brethren in Washington, (N. H.). The church in that vicinity are strong in the truth. The blessing of the Lord attended the meetings, and the brethren were revived, and I hope they will continue to rise higher and higher, until they get the victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. I found a few souls in Claremont that loved the present truth. Opposition is strong, but they have taken a bold and decided stand on the commandments of God.

We are satisfied that the Lord has set his hand to gather the remnant of his people, and that the commandments of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, are the standard to which all will be gathered. This is the burden of the third angel’s MESSAGE, and it will not fail to accomplish the work. This message is destined to prevail. The commandments of God, (the SABBATH not excepted,) is the test.—Everything else that is made a test, will fail to do the work necessary for God’s people to stand in the time of trouble.

GEO. W. HOLT. East Bethel, (Vt.) July 25, 1851.