LETTERS | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 8, 1862

LETTERS.

"Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another."

From Bro. Price.

DEAR BRO. WHITE: I feel to praise God for his great goodness to me, in permitting me to live in this his preparation day, and that my ears were ever saluted with the sound of the third angel's message, and that God, in his providence, directed Brn. Hull and Cornell to Decatur city, Iowa, where I first heard the last notes of warning. Though I am some distance from that place now, and have not the privilege of meeting with those of like precious faith, on God's holy day, yet I realize that God is ever near to those that put their trust in him, and that to bless. I desire to put my trust in the Lord, and to live more devoted to him for time to come than I have hitherto done.

I and mine have been much cheered by a visit from Bro. E. Styles of North Liberty, Ind. He was with us over two Sabbaths, and his cheering exhortations and pointed testimonies were indeed meat in due season. He had much opposition and they talked of using the lock-and-key argument, but the school teacher that had the key got interested, and Bro. S. was permitted to continue until he gave some nine discourses.

Sectarians mustered all the artillery they could to put down the truth, and challenged Bro. Styles for a discussion, which he declined accepting. Then they desired he would state his subject for the next evening, and let them have part of the time, and reply to him, which was granted them. The subject was then stated by Bro. S. He said he should speak on the perpetuity of the law of God, and claim that the fourth precept was binding in the gospel dispensation, which they denied. His opponent then desired to have an assistant, as he said there were two of us. We granted that request.

The next evening there was a large congregation assembled to hear. One of the opponents was of the Dunker persuasion, and the other I have been informed was a Universalist. The Universalist saved his credit by sitting still; he said he saw that they were beat before Bro. S. was half through. The other could not sit still until Bro. S. had done speaking, but went about through the congregation talking, first to one and then another, aloud, to make interruption. And when it came his turn to speak he drew off his coat, and went to work to do away the law of God; and hard work it was indeed for him. The sweat rolled off from him as if he had been in the harvest field. He hurled out anathemas against the name Advent, and only made bare assertions. He told the congregation that the law of God was all done away, that Christ nailed it to the cross, and that they had nothing to do with the ten commandments, &c. Truth gained the victory; and God

be praised for his precious truth that shines so bright in these last days.

At the close of the meeting that evening, the young men that made no profession of Christianity approached their teachers, and said to them that they never wanted them to chide them for misconduct at church any more, for you, said they, have put us to the blush this evening, and beat us clear out of sight!

The word says, "Blessed are they that do his commandments." The popular clergy say that we have nothing to do with them. Whom shall we believe? Let God be true, but every man a liar.

The next evening we had a very good meeting, and one long to be remembered by some. There was another Dunker preacher there, who took quite a different course from the one in the discussion. He is much interested, and says we have the truth. O, that God would direct him to see the truth in all its beauty, and live it out.

Let us indeed search the Scriptures, and see what God requires of us, in order to be obedient children to the truth and not fight against God.

Yours, striving to meet all the redeemed on mount Zion. WM. E. PRICE.

Cornucopia, Ind.