DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: The Sabbath of the Lord is to me a delight, and in the keeping of the commandments of God there is great reward. I feel to praise the Lord for all his watchful love and tender mercy shown toward me, and I greatly enjoy the reading of the testimonies in favor of truth which appear in the Review from time to time. I dearly love the present truth; and I am trying in the strength I receive from the Lord to live it out, that those around me may know that there is a sanctifying power in this work. Sometimes I fear lest at any time I should falter in the way and at last come short of the prize. But Jesus has promised to be with me, and has said that his Spirit should comfort and guide; and as I reflect upon these promises, I take new courage and still press on. I would praise him also, that he has bowed a listening ear and answered the prayers of his children, and that those who stand at the head of the work are being restored. Let us continue to pray, that they may improve rapidly, that the work may go on with renewed zeal, and the mouth of the scoffer be silenced. I desire your prayers, that I may be faithful unto the end, and receive the crown of glory which the redeemed shall wear.
Your sister in the truth.
SARAH J. WAKELING
Merrillsville, Mich.
Obituary Notices.
Bro. Orton is dead—murdered in the most brutal manner! The church mourns! One of our most efficient laborers in our social meetings in Western New York is gone from us. We shall hear his voice no more till the last trump shall sound and those who sleep in Jesus shall arise incorruptible. How can we do without his cheering presence at our meetings? The church will listen to his animating exhortations no more. The unconverted will hear his stirring appeals no more; nor have the benefit of his earnest prayers in their behalf.
But though dead, he yet speaketh. His ardent labors of love will be gratefully remembered by the church, and his thrilling appeals to the unconverted will still seem to sound in their ears.
Brethren and sisters, what shall we do? As we feel the loss of his presence and his labors, let us, one and all, consecrate ourselves anew, and labor more abundantly in the cause of God. Let all, the aged, the middle-aged and the youth, be incited to labor with energy and zeal in the good cause, till our probation close—till the night cometh wherein no man can work.
R. F. COTTRELL.
DIED, in Marengo, Iowa, Feb. 24, 1866, after a long and painful illness of one year, Wm. P. Ballard. He bore his illness with patience, and seemed resigned to the will of God.
J. I. SHURTZ.
DIED, in Pleasantville, Iowa, Dec. 22, 1865, of consumption, our grandfather, Jacob Haynes, in the 70th year of his age. He was a firm believer in the third angel's message, and had for several years been united with those who strive to keep all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. He died in full hope of the resurrection. We laid him in the grave to sleep until the Saviour comes. We miss him, miss him everywhere, but we hope to meet him again when time is o'er, and
"Oh! the joy of that meeting no tongue may tell,
For we'll part no more forever,
There the songs of triumph shall ever swell,
And the sons of light shall forever dwell,
In Heaven, far over the river."
MRS. N. P. EWING.
DIED, in Coryville, Kewaunee Co., Wis., Feb. 21st, 1866, my brother, Eliab McAllaster, aged 33 years, 6 months, and 6 days. Bro. McAllaster embraced the Sabbath five years ago last summer. Since that time, he has been a firm believer in the Advent doctrine. We deeply feel his loss. He came to his death while chopping, a falling limb striking him on the head, causing his death in about half an hour. He leaves a wife and child, and a large circle of friends, to mourn his loss.
"Dear as thou wert, and justly dear,
We will not weep for thee;
One thought shall check the starting tear;
From sorrow thou art free."
AUGUSTUS MC ALLASTER.
DIED, in Oronoco, Minn., Feb. 26, 1866, of consumption, our beloved brother Eld. John Bostwick, aged 29 years, 8 months, and 5 days. His faith was unshaken in the third angel's message and the final triumph of the truth. He died in full hope of a better resurrection. That name, so sweet to a Christian, often fell from his lips in his last moments.
Funeral discourse by Eld. S. Pierce, from the words, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." Rev. xiv, 13.
HENRY F. PHELPS.
Note from Bro. White.
By James White
DEAR BRETHREN : I wish to briefly state in reference to myself as follows :
1. My faith in the present truth is unshaken, and the great desire with me is to receive strength to take some humble part in the work.
2. In some respects I consider my condition somewhat improved, yet I do not gain flesh, and am very thin and weak from want of sleep, and from the painful results of dyspepsia.
3. I cannot read or write but very little, but ride and walk out when the weather is pleasant, which has not been very often during the winter. I walk about my room, and keep up all day, except an hour each day. I have looked forward to warm weather for a favorable change in my condition.
4. My faith in the promises of the word of the Lord, and in the prayer of faith, is the same, and I most earnestly hope that the faithful, believing readers of this note will still continue to pray for my recovery to health.
5. I have no want of means, but at present must have rest from care and anxiety.
JAMES WHITE.
Battle Creek, March 24, 1866.
A Proposition.
By J. M. Lindsay; O. T. Booth
BRO. WHITE: The time is near for Bro. Cottrell to move again, and I would like to see him have a little home of his own. The Lord is blessing his labors and the church are enjoying rich and encouraging pieces in the Review from his pen almost weekly. The church in Western N. Y. are in favor of helping him, and will raise about $200 here. The place we think of buying costs $1,200—$500 to be paid down, the remainder to be paid in three annual payments with the interest. If the church will make the first payment, Bro. Cottrell thinks, if he and his family have their health, they can meet the annual payments. This would leave $300, to be raised by brethren outside of Western N. Y. The property is good and cheap. We would extend an invitation through the Review, to those that appreciate the labors and writings of Bro. Cottrell, to help. We want it as soon as it can be collected. Bro. Booth will advance what we lack the 1st of April for a month or two.
J. M. LINDSAY.
O. T. BOOTH.
To Correspondents.
By Editor
J. J. Shipley. We have none of Miller's Lectures for sale—think the book is out of print.
G. M. Dimmick. If a stranger comes to you, professing to be a S. D. A. preacher, call for his credentials. If he has'nt any, your safest course is to pay no respect whatever to his claims.
ARTICLES ACCEPTED. Our Position.—There will be Two Resurrections.—Report from Bro. Taylor.—Gather Us Home.—Boys Using Tobacco.—Luther.—Sleep.—Report from Bro. Lawrence.—Trifles.—The Victor's Song.—A Brief Sermon.—Childlike Simplicity.—Signs of Christ's Coming.—Unitarianism.—Nature and Destiny of Man, Discussion between R. F. Cottrell and N. V. Hull.—The Name Jesus; a Sermon by J. Matteson.
Appointments.
The next Quarterly Meeting of the Waukon, West Union, and Elgin churches will be held at West Union, commencing Sabbath evening, April 14, 1866. Brethren and sisters are cordially invited. Cannot Bro. Matteson, or some other of our preaching brethren attend?
GEO. I. BUTLER.
The next Quarterly Meeting of the Mackford church will be held April 21, 1866. Bro. Sanborn is requested to attend this meeting if possible. If he will come, he will please inform us where we may meet him with a team.
THOS. HAMILTON, Clerk.
Providence permitting I will fill the following appointments.
West Monroe, March 31, and April 1.
Meeting at Bro. Wheeler's, Sabbath evening.
Roosevelt, Monthly Meeting April 7, 8.
Adams' Center, " " " 14, 15.
C. O. TAYLOR.
Business Department.
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Slavery Not Yet Abolished
By Editor
We call attention to the article in another column from a writer in the Independent, headed The President and Congress. The fearful condition of affairs at the South, and in the nation, is set forth in a strong light, but probably none too strong. Slavery, says the writer, is not yet abolished. If it is not yet abolished, as matters are at present tending, there is not much prospect that it will soon be. In Testimony No. 7, p. 19, we read, "It looked to me like an impossibility now for slavery to be done away. God alone can wrench the slave from the hand of his desperate, relentless oppressor." Here was a view into the depth of the hellish spirit that reigns supreme in the slave holder's heart, which the most enlightened abolitionist, would have then been scarcely willing to acknowledge, but the truth of which people are now beginning to see. While the Testimony does not say that slavery never will be abolished, it signifies that there are more difficulties in the way of accomplishing that event, than were then anticipated, or than have yet been overcome. We would that the bondman (it seems we cannot yet say freedman) might be released from the hand of the oppressor, even if the whole Egyptian host of slaveholders had to be led forth into the midst of some Red Sea, and disposed of as summarily as was Pharaoh and his minions of old. But these are events which we can leave with Heaven. God has the nation in his hand. And they who are true to his service through these eventful and perilous times, need not fear.