“Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another.”
From Bro. Wellcome.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I again attempt to write a few lines for the Review, although it is in weakness. For the past three weeks I have been confined to my bed by sickness the most of the time, but being able to sit up and hold my pen, I feel that I must speak a few words to the scattered ones, many of whom are afflicted in various ways, some, like myself, having peculiar trials to pass through. I do believe that it is the duty of God’s dear children to speak often one to another, to cheer and comfort each other on the way, and to stir up each other’s pure minds by way of remembrance; and I thank God for the Review which is a medium through which we can speak. O may God sanctify all our hearts that thus hold converse with each other, that we may write under the direct influence of the Holy Spirit, that it may be quick and powerful. Why, how it cheers the drooping spirits of the lonely brother or sister that is deprived of the privilege of meeting with others of like precious faith, while they can sit down and read the epistles from loved ones far away, who are filled with faith and the Holy Ghost; and although many are strangers to each other in the flesh, they are brought nigh by the precious blood of Christ. Yes, praise God for that union that exists in the hearts of the followers of Jesus! for while we speak of the love of God which is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, each one that enjoys that love in their hearts, seems to have it kindle up, and sometimes it is fanned into a flame, and the happy soul is led to shout forth praises to God who has given us his love thus fully to enjoy, and others are stimulated to renewed exertion, and seek to enjoy that love more richly in their hearts.
O, the fullness of that love, and yet how free! Can any of us be content to follow Jesus afar off, with but little or no love in our hearts, while it is our duty and privilege to follow close to his bleeding side? so close that the healing fountain may wash away all our sins? Praise God that such a fountain was ever opened for us poor sinful creatures, that we might be cleansed from all our filthiness and all our idols, and thus be enabled to walk in the highway of holiness, the way cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in.
O what a delightful way! The lion’s whelp has never trodden it, the vulture’s eye has never seen it, and man with his sinful heart and carnal mind has never walked therein. But thanks be to God, when man humbles himself under the mighty hand of God, and his heart is renewed by grace divine, the carnal mind taken away by the cleansing blood of Christ, then his feet are placed upon the Rock of Ages, and he begins to walk the narrow way marked by Christ’s most precious blood. By faith he views his Saviour just before him, and he loves to follow in his blessed footsteps. I praise God that I ever found this narrow way that leads direct to the city of the living God. O what a glorious light shines upon this path, while we follow close to the blessed Saviour. Our pathway is lighted through the gloomiest passages of life, and the more troubles thicken around us to darken our way, if our faith is fixed on God, the brighter the light seems to shine. The body may be racked with the most excruciating pain, yet the mind can be stayed on God, and kept in perfect peace. Ah! we know in whom we have believed, and we can say with the psalmist, He leadeth me through green pastures and by the side of still waters, and though I pass through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for his rod and his staff they comfort me. Do troubles of an earthly nature come upon us, and poverty stare us in the face? All is well; we are bound for the land of Eden, that beautiful home. Do earthly friends forsake us, or their unkind words come like daggers to the soul? We look away to Jesus; he was wounded in the house of his friends; he bore our griefs for us, he knows how to sustain us; therefore we can safely cast our care upon him, for he careth for us. He is like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. While we are almost ready to faint under our weakness, our faith shows him ever near, and we repose under the shadow of his wings; we rest on the bosom of his love. O blessed Saviour! How I love him! His name is music to my ears. My soul is filled with rapture while I dwell upon his goodness, and the greatness of the salvation he has purchased for us. I hardly know where to stop.
Brethren and sisters, are our hearts filled with his love? Have we sought for it with all our souls while the invitation has been, Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest? Have we come in faith and found rest to our weary souls? If not, O let us come now, just as we are, with all our sinfulness, submit our hearts fully to God, lay hold of his promises by faith, receive the virtue of the atoning blood of Christ, be made free from sin and condemnation, that our feet may be established on the rock Christ Jesus. Yes, this is the will of God, even our sanctification; and shall we not enjoy all there is for us to enjoy, not only because it is our privilege to enjoy it, but because it is our duty to be wholly consecrated to God? Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. O let us arise, put on the whole armor of God, enjoy a full and present salvation, dwell in God and God will dwell in us, that we may daily hold communion with him. Depend not on your works; if you do, you will lean on a broken staff. It is by the exercise of faith that salvation comes, and by constant, living faith it is retained.
Why do we not hear more from those that enjoy full salvation? O that God would inspire your hearts to write, for we may all be mutually benefitted by the interchanging of our thoughts.
Brethren and sisters, remember me in your prayers, that while passing through the furnace of affliction my faith may hold out to the end, that being tried I may be made pure, and finally meet you all in the city of our God.
S. C. WELLCOME.
Almond, Wis.
Extracts from Letters.
Bro. A. Smith writes from Portage City, Wis.: "If any person has reason to thank God for his goodness, I have. He has kept me with his kind care, and watched over me all the days of my life up to the present moment. He has drawn me by the sweet influence of his love, and called me to see myself as I was, and caused me to embrace the truth of his word, and lay hold of salvation through the precious blood of Christ, and established in my heart a principle of love; and I have been enabled through that love to love God with my whole heart, might, mind and strength, and love my neighbor as myself, and my brethren with a fullness of that love. He has made me a happy recipient of his grace, and I will serve him with my whole heart. I will take his word for my faith and practice, and do all duties that the Lord makes known to me, praying God to direct and influence my judgment at all times, and being directed by his Spirit, taking his word for the man of my counsel, live as near to God as I can, live up to all the light I have presented to me through his word, do all the good I can, and follow no man, or any set of men, unless they are following the examples of Christ, and the teachings of God's word."
The Spirit of Caleb and Joshua
Bro. Lewis Martin writes from Bennington, N.H.: “I am satisfied that we are nearing the time of trouble such as never was, and my prayer to God is that he will remember the remnant in great mercy, and give them more of the spirit of Caleb and Joshua, that they may go through to the kingdom.”
Sacrificing All for the Lord
Bro. D. W. Stites writes from Ayersville, Ohio, Mar. 21st, 1860: “Our little church here are striving to sacrifice all for the Lord. I wish to have every tie severed that binds me to this world of sin and sorrow, that it may be said of me, Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. We feel rejoiced to hear that Bro. Waggoner expects to visit us soon. May the Lord bless the messengers, and speak through them to the hearts of the children of men, and good be done in Ohio this season as well as elsewhere.”
Strength to Overcome Every Besetment
Sister E. M. McConnell writes from Ceresco, Mich.: “The present truth is still my delight, yet I must acknowledge my own weakness and short comings, surrounded by a wicked world and worldly-minded professors. How prone we are to step aside and do that we ought not. O let us pray to the Lord daily for strength and wisdom to overcome every besetment, and purify our hearts so that when our Lord comes we may meet him with joy and not with grief.”
OBITUARY.
By R. F. C.
Our aged sister, Mary Demarest, of Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., fell asleep in Jesus, Feb. 21st, 1860, in the 87th year of her age.
She was born in New Jersey, May 13, 1773, and resided also in Rockland Co., N. Y., before removing to Monroe Co. She was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church till eight years ago last Fall, when she came to the Advent faith and was baptized by Bro. Loughborough, who was then quite young. She embraced the Sabbath a year after, and continued to evince a great love for the truth. Though her body became palsied, and her intellectual faculties impaired, yet religion continued to be her delight, and the blessed hope her theme to the last. The writer preached a funeral discourse on the 25th of March. ‑Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth.‑
R. F. C.
SELF-DENIAL; OR TAKING UP THE CROSS.
ASHAMED of Christ!—my soul, disdain
The mean, ungen’rous thought:
Shall I disown that friend, whose blood
To man salvation brought?
With the glad news of love and peace,
From heaven to earth he came:
For us endured the painful cross—
For us, despised the shame.
At his command, we must take up
Our cross without delay:
Our lives—and thousand lives of ours—
Can ne'er his love repay.
Each faithful suff'rer Jesus views
With infinite delight:
Their lives to him are dear; their deaths
Are precious in his sight.
To bear his name—his cross to bear—
Our highest honor this!
Who nobly suffers now for him,
Shall reign with him in bliss.
But should we, in the evil day,
From our profession fly,—
Jesus, the Judge, before the world,
The traitor will deny.
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Where is their Interest ?
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Watson, Lewis Co., N. Y., makes the following statement: "Mar. 13th, A prayer-meeting—fair weather—attendants, five souls. March 14th, a school exhibition—fair weather—attendants, about two hundred, and most of these professors."
The question is (or rather it will not admit of a question), in which exercise had those professors the most interest, the prayer-meeting or the school exhibition? And do the words of Paul in 2 Tim. iii, 4, have any application to such cases as these when he says, "Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God?"
Note to Bro. White.
Bro. Smith: Will you please publish in the Review the following lines to Bro. and sister White.
Dear Bro. and Sister White : Having learned through the Review that you intend to spend a few weeks in this State, during which time you will hold conference meetings where certain brethren may appoint, though we have not yet conferred with any of those designated to make such appointments, yet we think a conference meeting is much called for here, in order that the church may be awakened, and some that seem to be bound set free; that the cause of truth may be advanced, and God's name glorified. And believing that some at least of those referred to as making the appointments, would sanction the appointment of a meeting here, and having a great desire to see you, we therefore cordially invite you to meet with us here in conference before you leave the State.
In behalf of the church at Mauston.
Wm. Russell.
Mauston, Wis. March 27, 1860.
P. S. Our place of holding meetings is three miles from Mauston Station.
W. R.
Appreciation.
By Jos. Clarke
Is a talent, says a certain writer; and a talent which few possess, we may add. True most people appreciate themselves and their own interests, but to appreciate the sentiments and good deeds of another, and to appreciate the interests of another as we would be appreciated, this, this is the test.
I do not mean that we should try to turn dross into gold, nor to hypocritically exalt another, using dissimulation, but to try to discover as many virtues in our brother as he possesses; if he speaks try, to notice his good points and make as little of his errors as is consistent with integrity, truth, and candor.
Now having found his best capabilites, draw out his good qualities, by a course of kindness and cordial, Christian intercourse, not laying up his mistakes and errors but correcting them, if at all, at the moment they occur, and not afterwards bringing them up, vexatiously alluding to and dwelling upon errors which have probably been confessed and pardoned in the sanctuary where Jesus pleads.
Appreciation. Who can appreciate the favor of having fellow workers, companions in our pilgrimage? But says Bro. Captious, it is only a burden to have such erring brethren, always out of the way, always disgraciing the cause; better be alone than have such poor representatives of the truth. Stop Bro. Captious. Don't you realize that we have all been and are still great burdens to our great High Priest, burdens to God? Have not angels made long tedious journeys to, and weary stays in our earth for us? And perhaps you and I are as burdensome to them as any of our weaker brethren. Jos. CLARKE.
J. B. Frisbie’s New Address
THE P. O. address of J. B. Frisbie will be for the future, Berlin, Ottawa Co., Mich., to which place he has just moved.
A P P O I N T M E N T S.
By John Norton Loughborough
ThE Lord willing, I will meet with the brethren in conference again, on my return home, at the house of Bro. Weed, in Tompkins, Sabbath and first-day, April 28th and 29th. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
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