The inspired writer when giving instruction that was to be handed down from generation to generation, and to influence the christian church through all time, did not forget the widow. Indeed she had a prominent place in his mind.
So much did he think of her that he could not define pure religion without expressing a duty which christians owe to her. And again in Acts vi, 1, we read, "And in those days when the number of the disciples was multiplied there arose a murmuring among the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration." This complaint of the Grecians was just, and we are glad to learn that after this murmuring the widows were provided for.
The spirit of christianity will not allow us to neglect this class of sufferers. Whatever may be her circumstances she demands sympathy.—She may not have children to cheer her lone way, but is left with strangers. Perhaps some of them lie in yonder grave-yard where she oft retires to weep. Others have been lost at sea, and this, to the mother, sacred privilege of visiting the grave "to weep there" is denied her. She cannot forget them. You may tell her to cheer up and put her trust in Jesus. That is a very sweet name to her but still she thinks of her children, and of that dear one who walked by her side and was the comfort of her heart. She had lost children before, but she had a husband to read the blessed word of the Lord and pray with her, but now she must come to the throne of grace alone. How lonely she feels!
She may have children around her now, some of them loving and obedient. O how they comfort her in her lone way? Others are hard hearted and disobedient, yet she loves them and must pray for them. She says, "O how much they need a father to direct them!" Her heart is sad. As she walks out to that little grove just after the sun has hidden his bright face below the western horizon, she thinks of the favorite air which he used to sing. She hums it over, but the former sweetness is gone. What a time is this to think of loved ones now at rest? The kind words, cheering sunny look, faithfulness around the family altar, favorite expressions and peculiarities all come back with freshness; but there has been a change.
That widow however comfortably she may be situated, feels that her attachments to earth have been broken. Here is a great work for christians, to visit the widow in her affliction, speak kind and cheering words to her, and if need be to administer unto her necessities.
But how much the widow has to be thankful for! Angels are interested in her welfare, and are ministering spirits sent forth to minister unto her if she is an heir of salvation. Saints are required to visit, and our heavenly Father will be the widow's God. If she is faithful and "stands up for Jesus," he will be that friend who sticketh closer than a husband and take her home to rest with himself at last. There friend will meet friend and the tomb will separate hearts no more. Brother, sister, be kind and faithful to that widowed mother, or Jesus will not say to you "well done." Speak softly to her for her heart is tender. Widowed mother, trust in Jesus. You may feel lonely in that little room but Jesus will be with you there .
Kicking.
By Editor
"Stand firm! what though perchance you fail,
'Tis with your armor girded on—
You have obeyed the General's call."
Kick, does he? Well suppose he does kick, will he hurt you? Can you not keep out of his way? What makes him kick? Those that kick generally have something to kick at. Saul of Tarsus kicked, you know, for a while, but he found it hard work, very hard; so does every one that kicks against the truth, love and mercy.
There is no peace to these kickers; they are like "the troubled sea, casting up mire and dirt." Saul never kicked any more after the scales fell from his eyes; his name was changed to Paul the Apostle. The cause of all kicking against the truth is because truth is hated. Persons that kick do not like to be probed, searched out, their sins exposed, brought to light.
We do not expect any thing else but kicks from those who hold on to lust, pride, covetousness or oppression. Persons also who manufacture, sell and use rum and tobacco, write novels, puff novels, sell novels, read novels, and the like, are almost sure to kick when reproved; we have found it so. Ministers, editors, theological teachers, that keep back part of the price, cry "peace, peace," when there is no peace, that succumb to iniquity in high places, wink at sin, bow the knee to the popular voice, hush agitation, are almost sure to kick when a word of reproof is dropped in the ear. And a kick from this quarter, of all other kicks tells, yes, it tells! It is a kick in very deed, we felt this to be true the other day. "Every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved." John iii, 20.
It was kicking in gospel times, it's kicking now, in our times. Haters of the truth kicked then, haters of the same truth kick now, and the same kicking against God's truth, doubtless will go on, so long as there are haters of the truth to kick. The true prophets of God were kicked for telling the truth, so also the apostles. Paul was kicked and kicked time after time, for rebuking sin and sinners. The Scribes and Pharisees of old kicked terribly when Christ exposed their sins, their pride, covetousness, hypocrisy, their spirit of caste and aristocracy, while they honored God with their lips at the same time their hearts were far from him; when he compared them "to whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness." See Matt. xxiii throughout.
Luther was kicked severely for rebuking sin in high places; so was Wesley, Whitefield, Bunyan, Baxter Edwards, Payson, the Tenants.
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"Them that honor me," saith the Lord, "will I honor, and them that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." Brother, sister, minister, editor, are you God's, wholly God's—God's now, henceforth and forever? Do you expect to move on heavenward softly and smoothly in the path of duty—stand for Jesus always, without any kicks? we tell you nay, nay.
"Where is thy cross? the daily care,
The daily toil, the daily strife—
The warfare thou art called to bear
With foes who arm at more than life."
What says Christ? "He that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall (not may) suffer persecution." "I come not to send peace on earth, but a sword. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house tops. And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
"Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?"
Testimony of Faith and Present Truth
By Martha W. Steere
From Sister Steere.
Bro. Smith: I wish to say to the brethren and sisters scattered abroad, that my heart beats in union with theirs. While I read their stirring epistles and experiences as the Spirit of God has been leading them on to light and truth, often is my own soul filled from the same fountain, I trust, and it has seemed of late that I must testify for myself of the dealings of God with me. Although I am alone here in the third angel's message, I feel the Lord's presence much of the time, and the enlightening influence of his Spirit seems to be taking of the things of Christ, and showing them to me, and drawing me into that sacred nearness to himself, that I seem to be filled in very deed with his fullness. O let us strive to bring all the tithes and offerings into the store-house, and seek to be living sacrifices to God, holy and acceptable, so that he can use us as he will. May we always be ready to do or suffer for him, as shall seem good to him, to appoint. I desire to praise him with my whole heart for the light of present truth. I desire that it may be more than my meat and drink, to walk in it till hope is lost in glad fruition. Pray for me brethren and sisters that I may have that which is lacking in my faith and practice perfected, and though I walk on crutches here, that I may soon leap like a hart in the kingdom of God.
Yours in Christian bonds.
MARTHA W. STEERE.
McDonough Chen. Co N. Y.
A Gainful Surrender.
WHEN you give yourself to Christ, you make the best bargain you ever made. You will receive yourself back, ennobled, exalted, purified, made free. You will be more your own than ever. That which ought to rule will rule within you. That which ought to obey will obey. The true balance of power will be restored within you, and God will be as he ought to be, supreme.
Many a liege has assisted his lord to reconquer his own castle and estates which had been taken away from both by some freebooter. When he sees his lord's banner float over the keep, he knows that it is his own again. So when you labor to subdue yourself to Christ, you are laboring to drive out the tyrants and robbers who have usurped possession of you; and when heart and will are recovered to Christ, they are restored to you, and you shall rule over that mysterious citadel of the will and vast domain of the affections and faculties, lord of yourself and loyal servant to him.—Sel.
Present Truth and Commandment Keepers
By D. W. Hull
From Bro. Hull.
Bro. SMITH: It has only been a short time since I could see any beauty in theology. The present truth however has had the effect of setting me to thinking. My mind is not barren as of old. The more I study God's word, the more I desire to study. I thank God that ever Bro. Waggoner and my brother Hull, were sent here.
There are a few commandment keepers in this place who meet to pray twice every week, and who have a Bible class which meets every Sabbath. Pseudo-Christians unite with the world in scoffing at us, which only tends to confirm us that we are right. Indeed we know we are right when of all the religious sects, their jeers are singled at us. If you were here it would be impossible for you to distinguish the professors of religion. They even out-dress the worldlings; and there is no way of telling them from others except, perhaps, at church. D. W. Hull.
Anticipating Evils.
By Jeremy Taylor
ENJOY the present, whatever it may be, and be not solicitous for the future; for if you take your foot from the present standing, and thrust it forward towards to-morrow's events, you are in a restless condition. It is like refusing to quench your present thirst by fearing you shall want drink the next day. If it be well to-day, it is madness to make the present miserable by fearing it may be ill to-morrow,—when your stomach is full of to-day's dinner, to fear that you shall want the next day's supper; for it may be you shall not, and then to what purpose was this day's affliction? But if to-morrow you shall want, your sorrow will come time enough, though you do not hasten it; let your trouble tarry till its day comes. But if it chance to be ill to-day, do not increase it by the cares of the morrow. Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God send them, and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly; for this day is only ours,—we are dead to yesterday, and we are not yet born to the morrow. He, therefore, that enjoys the present if it be good, enjoys as much as possible; and if only that day's trouble leans upon him, it is singular and finite. "Sufficient to the day (said Christ) is the evil thereof;" sufficient, but not intolerable. But if we look abroad, and bring into one day's thoughts the evil of many, certain and uncertain, what will be, and what will never be, our load will be as intolerable as it is unreasonable.—Jeremy Taylor.
God Is to Be Trusted, Not Tempted
God is to be trusted, but not to be tempted.
APPOINTMENTS.
PROVIDENCE permitting there will be a tent meeting in the town of Cadiz near the Franklin school-house, and five miles west of Monroe, commencing June 10th, on Friday at 7 P. M., and continue over Sabbath and First-day, and as much longer as the interest demands.
We shall look for brethren from Crane's Grove, Avon, and Warren. Our brethren will come calculating to feed themselves and lodge in the tent. Our sisters will find a lodging in the dwellings of our friends. Come brethren to this meeting, calculating to labor for the salvation of souls.
WM. S. INGRAHAM.
ISAAC SANBORN,
May 29th, 1859.
PROVIDENCE permitting there will be a conference in Roosevelt, town of Schroopel, Oswego Co., N. Y., in connection with the dedication of their new house of worship, to commence sixth day, June 17th, at 2 o'clock P. M., and continue over the Sabbath and First-day.
A general gathering of the brethren is desired that we may consult together, and be prepared unitedly to act upon the best plans for advancing the cause of present truth in N. Y. Bro. Hutchins or Sperry is desired to attend this meeting.
For the brethren,
F. WHEELER.
Faith and the Promises of God
By Editor
It is estimated by the Journal of Missions that there are at the present time about 1500 Protestant Christian missionaries, laboring among the unevangelized portion of the human family, who are estimated to number more than 900,000,000! To give one preacher to every 1000 of this great mass of mind would require 90,000 missionaries. Were it not for faith in the promises of God, such statistics as these would stagger the belief of the christian philanthropist in the conversion of the world to Christ.—Exchange.
We would like to know where those promises are which are capable of sustaining a faith against statistics so overwhelming? “Were it not for faith in the promises of God, belief would stagger.” We have never yet been able to find these promises. This exercising faith in promises that do not exist, to keep belief from staggering, is an appropriate characteristic of world's-conversionists.
Truth or Nothing
By Editor
A BROTHER wrote some time since from Sandusky Wis. : "The Review is the only preacher we have among us. We read it in our meetings every Sabbath. We have had no preacher to speak to us since Bro. Phelps left us ; and we do not want any unless they will preach the truth."
That is it. The truth or nothing, is a good motto. Let us have the truth preached, or let us do without preaching. We are glad the brethren there manifest no disposition to heap to themselves teachers who will preach smooth things and prophesy peace.
Creation, Redemption, and the Sabbath
Query.—Which ought to have the most honor, he that created the world, or he that redeemed it? If he that redeemed it, why not keep the first day of the week as a memorial of his resurrection?
J. Averill.
Lindon, Wis.
Answer.—Touching the degrees of honor which are due to the creation and redemption of the world, the Bible gives us no instruction. All we know on this point is, that we are required to love the Lord our God with all our might, mind and strength. But even if this point were plainly decided, it has nothing to do with the Sabbath question. The Sabbath does not rest upon any such basis. For man to take upon himself to decide which is the greater, the work of creation or redemption; and having concluded that the latter is greater than the former, to presume to decide further that it ought to be commemorated by a day of rest, and then to determine that, for this reason, the memorial of creation should be discarded, the Sabbath put away, and another day appointed for this new service, without any divine direction for so-doing, is all wrong, all presumption, all folly!
That the great facts connected with our redemption should be commemorated, is well. But we do not keep the resurrection day to do this, for two reasons. 1. We are not said to have redemption through Christ's resurrection, but through his blood; which would fix the commemorative day to the day of the week on which he was crucified, and not to that on which he rose. 2. The Bible has already furnished us with appropriate and forcible memorials of these events in the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper. These are sufficient. Let us not add to them, lest the searching inquiry, "Who hath required this at your hand," should seal our lips at last with shame and confusion.
Note from Bro. Ingraham.
By Wm. S. Ingraham
We shall start out with the tent the first of June. The brethren in Wisconsin and Illinois wishing to help us in the tent enterprise by their means, can send their donations to Wm. S. Ingraham of Monroe, Wis., or to James White, Battle Creek, Mich. We shall give notice in the Review of what we receive.
Our meeting at Avon last Sabbath and First-day was quite interesting. Things that were wanting in the church were set in order. An elder and deacon were chosen and ordained to fill their proper places in the church. Eight were baptized at this meeting.
Since my last letter, five more have embraced the truth where we have been laboring.
WM. S. INGRAHAM.
Monroe, Wis.
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